The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-01 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Viscount MELBOURNE said the Noble Lord might
draw what inference he pleased, but he begged leave to pro-
test against any such inference as that which had just been
stated.

THE CORONATION.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY inquired whether it
Was intended by the Government to change the period that
had been announced for the Coronation ' • and also whether
they meant to allow tho people to have a Coronation on the old
established scale?
Viscount MELBOURNE said it waa intended to post-
pone the Coronation for a day or two in the same week that
had been announced—probably to the 28th—in order to
avoid a circumstance which bad been alluded to, namely,
the anniversary of the death of George the Fourth. He
himself did not see there was any reason for that, because
there was hardly one day in the year but what was
the anniversary of some melancholy event. The acces-
sion of every .Sovereign to the throne was always observed;
and yet the accession was necessarily the anniversary of the
death of the preceding Sovereign. lie, therefore, did not
think the objection which had been urged to the day already
fixed was a very weighty one. It was not the intention of
the Government to make any alteration in the ceremony
from that which had been already stated in the proclamation.
If, however, the Noble Lord thought proper to make any
specific motion on the subject, he (Lord Melbourne) would
be ready to meet him. lie could not plead guilty to the charge
of being indifferent to ancient usages or customs, or of not
being desirous of preserving that which remained of antiquity,
or of a want of reverence for the practices of their ancestors—he
could not plead guilty or admit that he was liable to any such
charge. He thought the ceremonies that had been alluded to
might be safely given up, especially as there was a precedent for
doing so. There was also another reason which was extremely
important at the present day, which was the great diminu-
tion of expense, and great fatigue would be saved
to her Majesty. He thought he was not entitled to the in-
sinuations that had been thrown out against him by the Noble
Lord ; the same course that was now proposed to be pur-
sued was adopted at the last Coronation with great sa-
tisfaction to the nation at large. There certainly did exist
in London some discontent, but he did not think that sufficient
to prevent the Ministry from adopting the course pointed out.
He could not see that by leaving out part of the pageant that
had hitherto attended a Coronation the dignity of the Crown
would be compromised.

BISHOP F ALTA.
The Earl of SHREWSBUORYMgave notice that it was his
invention on the Bth of May to call the attention of their
Lordihius to the correspondence that had taken place between
the Bishop of Malta and the Court of Rome.
The Earl of \VINCIIILSEA, having been informed that
Mr. Turton had sailed for Canada, wished to put a few questions
relative to that individual to the Noble Viscount opposite, and
he trusted that the Noble Viscount would give him a
clear and decided answer to them, as they affected deeply
not only the country hut the character of the Sovereign.—
( Hear.) If he was correctly informed, this individual had
sailed iu one of her Majesty's ships, and it must therefore be
presumed at the public expense. He could not do the Noble
Earl into whose hands the affairs of Canada had been placed,
the injustice to suppose that an individual of Mr. Turton's
character had gone out with him as his private friend. The
qte-stions he wished to put were—first, whether any puhlic si-
tuation of any character had been off, red to that individual,
or any promise made to him, or any ground given him to sup-
pose, that when he got out to Canada he would be appointed to
some public situation. Ile wished also to know if that individual
had treni prom Led any remuneration, under the sanction of
the Noble Viscount, for his s, rvices in Canada.—( Hear.)
These were questions which he had a right to put to the Go-
vernment. He knew the morel worth of his countrymen, and
they would say that if the Ministry had recommended such
a person to their youthful and virtuous Queen, they had
committed a gross dereliction of duty.—( Hear, hear,
hear.) He maintained that if that individual had gone
out in any public situation, either given or prospective—
if he had gone out with the prospect of getting an appoint-
anent, the advisers of her Majesty had been very remiss in the
performance of their duty. Ile considered that he had a
right to put these questions; he had a right to know whether
the Ministers had given any such appointment, or whether
they would sanction such a one, if made by the Noble Earl
who was her Majesty's representative in Canada.
Viscount MELBOURNE considered the Noble Earl had
exceeded the limits which were usually adhered to by the
courtesy of the House in asking questions. He (Lord
Melbourne) would not go into the question, as it in-
volved the character of the individual alluded to. He would
confine himself to answering the questions put to him. In
the first place, no situation whatever was ever offered to the
gentleman by the Government ; and if he had gone out to
Canada, as he believed he had, he had gone out without any
appointment either given or prospective—nor was the Govern-
ment aware of any intention on the part of the Noble Earl
( Durham) to appoint the gentleman alluded to to any public I
Situation.
The Bills on their Lordship' Table were advanced a stage,
and the House adjourned.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 3O

The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
Mr. Campbell, from the East India House, appeared at the
bar with returns of the compensation granted to reduced ser-
vants of that Company.
Laid on the table.

GREAT YARMOUTH ELECTION.
Mr. Baxmi, as Chairman of the Great Yarmouth Election
Committee, appeared at the bar and reported that the Com-
mittee had decided that Chas. Edw. Rumbold, Esq., and Wm.
Wilshere, Esq., were duly elected to serve in Parliament for
the Burgh of Yarmouth, and that neither the petition nor the
opposition were frivolous or vexatious.

I\qpik,...TIRLINGSHIRE ELECTION.
Goo lt; 419LCAttPigjaairman of the Stirlingshire Election
Ifie„-6, 415PlIati the bar, and reported that William
Forbes,nsq-, vfe&ittl:idiily elected to serve in Parli4knent for
the Shire of Stirling-1 nd that Col. George R. Abercrom-
bie was duly elected, and ought to have been returned
es a Coaliniasioner to serve in Parliament for the said shire,

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HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 30.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the Woolsack at
Five n'Clock.
Lord SKELMERSDALE presented a petition from
OrmskiA, in Lancashire, for the better observance of the
Sabbath. Also a petition from the same place against any
Ole-nation of Church property.
The Marquis of SLIGO presented petitions for the total
abolition of Negro Slavery from several places in the county
of Cumberland, from Weybridge, From; Carlisle, Rockcliffe,
and numerous places in the county of York.
Lord GLENGALL gave notice that he should, on Friday
next, move for a return of the names of individuals furnished
to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, to serve the office of High
Sheriffs for the year 1838, and also for a return of the names of
the individuals appointed High Sheriffs by the Lord Lieutenant.
SPANISH SERVICE.
Lord LYNDHURST wished to ask the Noble Viscount
opposite whether it was the intention of Government to renew
the Order in Council for the Enlistment of British subjects
in the service of the Queen of Spain ?
Viscount MELBOURNE said it had already been stated
in another place, that it was not the intention of the Govern-
ment to renew the Order in Council.
Lord LYNDHURST wished then to observe, that by the
Foreign Enlistment Act, British subjects would subject them-
selves to a severe penalty by entering or continuing in foreign
service withoui.the licence of the Crown, and that he had been
informed many persons ROW in the service of the Queen of
Spain, intended to continue in that service after the 9th of June.
Viscount MELBOURNE said, that although it was not
the intention of the _Government to renew the Order in Coun-
cil, yet it would be a matter for the consideration of the
advisers of the Crown, whether a special license should not be
granted to those who intended to continue in the Spanish ser-
vice.—(" Hear, hear," from Lord Lyndhurit.)
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY thought that what
had just fallen from the Noble Viscount was an admission of
the entire failure of the policy of the Government in regard to
Spain.