The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-13 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY SUMMAR iits

In the LORDS', yesterday, the Marquis of Londonderry
moved for accounts of the warlike stares supplied by Govern-
ment to the Queen of Spain, and the payments made for the
same. His Lordship, in a long and not particularly relevant
speech, undisguisedly evinced his sympathy with Don Carlos,
whose forces he magnified, and on whose character he bounti-
fully bestowed all sorts of political panegyric. Lord Melbourne.
expressed his willingness to produce the papers moved for, ml'l
then proceeded to disprove some of the statements made by the
Noble Marquis, and to demolish all the arguments founded on
them by the previous speaker, over whom he gained, as will a
bc.
seen, deciiive triumph. The Earl of Aberdeen disapproved
of the conduct of Government in favouring the cause of the
Queen of Spain, and contended that the fact of the Duke of
Wellington having acted upon the stipulations of the Quadruple
Treaty was no proof at all that he approved of the policy on
which it was founded—that, in fact, the Noble Duke did dis-
approve of it, but when he came into office he had no choice
but to pursue the policy of his immediate predecessors. In
the course of the debate, the report that six Englishmen We
been shot by the order of Don Carlos was confirmed by Lord
Melbourne. The motion of the Noble Marquis was agreed
to. The Lord Chancellor brought in a Bill to alter and am2nd
the proceedings in the various Ecclesiastical Courts, and to
consolidate those Courts themselves. The importance of the
Reforms contemplated by this measure will be at once recog-
nised by referring to our report of the Noble Lord's speech.
Lord Lyndhurst approved of the principle of the Bill.
In the COMMONS' several Railway Bills were brought in and
read a first time. Mr. Was presented a petition from the
Dissenters of Great Marlow, against Church-rates, and com-
plaining of great hardships endured through the Dean and
Chapter of Gloucester. Mr. W-akley moved for returns of the,
number of summary convictions during the year 1835, in which
copies of the evidence bad been preserved : the motion was
agreed to. In answer to a question from Mr. Wallace, Mr.
Labouchere said that it was intended to propose making a
change at the Post-office as to the situation of the Postmaster-
General. A series of resolutions for the future regulation of
Select Committees was adopted. Mr. Finn then brought for-
ward his resolution relative to Orange Associations, the RIP;
pression:of which he demanded, in a speech which is worthy of
perusal. At the suggestion of Lord John Russell, the consi-
deration of the subject was deferred till the 23d instant. Mr.
Hume's motion for a List of Officers, of whatever rank, struck
out of the Army List since 1815, not being on full pay, with
the reasons for such dismissal, was agreed to, with the omission
of the words following "full pay." Mr. D. W. Harvey then
brought forward his motion for the appointment of a Select
Committee to which all plans for railways should be referred-
A long and interesting discussion ensued, which terminated
the withdrawal of the motion. Lord J. Russell brought io
Bill for the general registration of births, marriages, and de'aths,
and likewise a Bill for the purpose of amending the Ip,„,,vs re-
gulating the marriages of Dissenters. His Lordship's speech
on the introduction of these most important measures supplies
an exposition of their principles, and of the mode in which they
are to be applied. It will be found in our Parliamentary Re-
port, to which, with some remarks on the subject in another
co'umn, we refer our readers. Sir R. Peel had no objection
to the Bills. Mr. Baines and Mr. O'Connell were also fa-
vourable to them. Lord John Russell then thanked the House
for the very favourable reception of his proposed measures;
and leave having been given to bring in the Bills, the House
adjourned at half-past Eleven.