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London, England, 1836-05-17 00:00:00

COWPER'S PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

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aining his Private Correspondence will be found in
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF COWPER.
By the Rev. T. S. GRIAISHAWE,
With an Essay on his Genius and Poetry,
By the Rev. J. W. CUNNINGHAM,
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reipubliva) curant "—CicEno.

An opinion is beginning to pervade this country silently,
yet rapidly, that the Tory Lords have determined to struggle
for the restoration of Orange ascendancy in Ireland. Their
mode of destroying the Corporation Bill, and Lord Lynd-
hurst's expose of the motives, indicate nothing else. So
that, while other parts of the empire are enjoying the bless-
ings of Reform, this wretched land is to be thrown back
into Cimmerian darkness, deprived of every ray of light
which the " spirit of the age" is diffusing among neigh-
Louring nations. - We are to lose, in the nineteenth, those
institutions which were the commencement and foundation
of European liberty and civilisation, in the twelfth century!
Verily, my Lord Lyndhurst, you are the boldest lawyer that
ever tampered with the principles of the British Constitu-
tion ! Your innovations outstrip the march of intellect, in
strides which the seven-league booted giant, or other mon-
ster of the middle ages, would not equal. You may bring
about mischief and anarchy, but you must not thereby hope
to deprive us of liberty ; you may protract the grievances
of Ireland, but in doing so you will assuredly destroy some
privileges of your order. The universal voice of the people
will proclaim these consequences of your rashness before
one month shall have. elapsed.
Notwithstanding the unusual calmness and repose which
we are beginning to enjoy, and which the writs of rebellion
themselves cannot (bits, a few weeks may produce here
the most violent agitation'. Preparations are every where
making to petition against the annihilation of Irish Corpo-
rations ; and these petitions will intimate pretty clearly
what the people think of those Senators who would deprive
them of their privileges. If Government will not assume
a more determined position than they have yet taken in the
" Lords," and demonstrate to the disaffected portion of that
body the danger of evoking the clamours of the people, the
very worst consequences may be expected. Discontent
already manifests itself among every class of Irishmen.
They expect the King and his Ministers will adopt means
for ensuring the progress of those measures for the benefit
of this part of the empire which the Commons have sanc-
tioned. Otherwise the nation will be compelled to demand
a popular controut over the House of Lords. This will be
such an innovation on the Constitution as all reasonable
men would deprecate, and which nothing but the perverse-
ness of their Lordships can justify ; but it will be loudly
and earnestly called for. Many are of opinion, however,
that their Lordships can yet right themselves with the
country, on seeing the.error into which they have fallen.
Lord Holland's protest, and the grounds on which it rests,
ought to be again-and again brought before Parliament and
the public. There cannot be a doubt but that their Lord-
ship's proceedings with regard to the Irish Municipal Bill
are irregular, and ought to be reviewed. In their struggle
and endavours to resist and destroy a measure founded on
justice, equal rights, and precedent, they have overbalanced
themselves, are in a false position, and in danger of falling.
Such is the consequence of attempting physical or moral
difficulties. Those who devised this opposition cannot be
honest or sincere;, And their motives, disguise them as they,
will, are not 'concealed. They want to get into place ;
of which they think there cannot be the most dis-
tant hopes, should the present Government be able
to carry those legislative enactments still requisite
to complete-the policy of Reform. All who voted for the.
" instruction " to the Committee may not be actuated by
these unworthy motives ; but such of them as aro not, are
puppets in the hands of more skilful empiries. This is
manifest to the world ; and public indignation is great in
proportion to the injuries sustained, by their Lordships' ob.
stinate policy. Dublin, Wexford, New Ross, and severalother cities and boroughs, will in a few days express the;,.
sense of the wrong that is being concocted against
There are various conjectures afloat, as to the course
which the Ministry will pursue in the present crisis. The
Tories talk of a change or modification, pig less popular
principles than those on which Lord Melbourne's Cabinet
is constructed. Many Liberals oontemplate the probability
of his Majesty's conceding to his present Minister ample
powers for teaching their Lordships " the propriety of
complyingiwith the people's wishes; while not a few say
Earl .Mulgrave can demonstrate the danger of postponing
justice to Ireland. That Nobleman has done more towards
the improvement of this country, in a short time, than any
of his predecessors for centuries past ; and hopes are en-
tertained that his visit to England, at this mon,:mt, may be
productive of some happy consequence;. He has made
himself perfectly acquainted with the feelings 'and preju-
dices of every class of Irishmen ; and may, by his talents,
good will, and influence, be able to convinee some, even of
the inveterates, ltow absurd ata their real or affected ap-
prehensions of O'Connell and Popish ascendancy. The
latter pretext, for denying to this country a participation in
nil national benefits, proves to demonstration how ignorant
that party is of the state of society here—or how unfit
they are to- ho ever again intrusted, by a reforming Mo-
narch, with the government of his people.

THE MARKETS---(THIS DAY).
HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.)
CUMBERLAND.
:oars heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3lO to 13 15
New Meadow Hay 0 U U 0
Useful Old Ditto
Fine Upland Meadow and Ille.grasg 114 y
Clover Hay 4 5 5 5
OA Stiow.. ..... .“4,4-4, 110 to 1: I 141 Wheat Straw 1 to 1.18
SMI I'H F I ELI)
•
thaw+ ilelivy Lowland Meadow Hay ... ....43 0 t•..£3 5
Nl/4w Meadow Hay
User"! t ,Id Ditto 3 10 3 15
Fane Up'and Meadow and Rye crass Hay
Altiver Hay ,extra line .......t 5 to.. Generally ........4 5 5 5
oat Straw £1 Li to XI I t I Wheat Straw I 10 118
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Coar,c Meadow Hay
..C3 5 to X? 10
.
New Aleadow Hay
Useful 4 411 Ditto .
Fine Lll.lait,l Meadow and oye grass flay
rimer-Hay
.. \ 4 5 5 5
0;.1 SO aw . ..... —.... Cll2tu X 1 II Wheal Stritw

r[ilcr: of littFAD.
The highest price of 11re44 itt tho 3letropo!is is SI. for the
[here are uthort whit 3011 from a half.penny to three hnlf-p.oe.
th.it

TRICE OF SEEDS.--May hi,
Per Cwt. Pel' Onarter.
New English Red Clom'As. 'lds 705 St. F0in,,,,,, 5, ''4s (16s 42s
Old Ditto Ditto' —s. —s --.4 Ityu ono.. . 135 265. (14s
New Foreign DL to his 60s (i)S Pitos%)l GrF.,6 i IS, 4.25,
O'd Ditto Ditto 5 —5....6. Linseed, thr leeititiA ...(its 635. 70s
New White Clover ..,..,6 6 7.55. S2s Ditto, (hr sotv.tig
Old Ditto DAM —s 5 3 Ditto, tor crushing 5 LOS 9(4
New Trefoil 15: 19, 21s ('snotty —s 445 505,
Old Ditto —s. 12s ISs Deny —c 44s (ins
Tretoinitn .35 3+s Sss O'er liusiiitl
English Carrgway —s 'ins. 5-s White lltistar4 is 04. 1k 61.
Forego Ditto
C•ittander - —s lOs I 4 I s Fares
Rapeseed, English tine (Per Last' 3:l' i's... l'weign :IV .341

1111.10 Es OF
Farnham (p r cwt.)
K. .
Choice ditto •
K,ut
Sussex Pockets
SoperlitiV ditto

(101'.i —May I.
It'l. (s. PI Os. lo H/ Ps
0 1.1, 4' 0- to 4 10
H. tis 7 104 tri o
3 15, 5 C. to
iq Os 4/ 0. to 4 10
0 0. 4 10s. to 5 to

I'EL, HAY MARK —Alay II
day ' 75s ,11 to SU Q • Clover Ns •tt to 105: lid
Straw :13s O. to Sts.

PRICES OF POTATOES AT SPITALFIELDS
York Reds ;from vessel) 0!. Os. to 51. Os. per too
Scotch Reds ditto , ... a/. 0:. to 4!. Os ditto
Ccinintio Roth Id. Os. to 41 Os. ditto
Marsh Champions 4/. L. to 41. ss. ditto
:Thaws • 0 los. to Si. Os. ditto
Aliddliiig ... I/. 153. to 21. 10s. ditto
Coats -.. In` 1/. 10, to 0/. 0:, ditto

PRICE OF OIL -
Re Oil, brown, per ton, 411, . M.—Unice.' Oil, 431 0:
Rap•e Oil Cake at the Mill, inoo , (id ea —Rape Cake, per too, 5 S.

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.14111C.hh OF LEATHER
rOr 1b 0. to 0 1 Per lb d. to e
Crop 111 d es, BO to 401 b. each 121 1:11 Horse Hides, German hi •.,1
---.. —........-40 50 - Spanish
--------LO 80
Bull tildes
Butts, Vitriol
---- English .... l5 2 I —7O Ith, *l4 21
—.... eoreigu
Foruiwil Hides
D,essing tildes
------ Shaved ... i 5 $9 Basile 7 14
Be t S..iddlers Hides ........ 16 18 Bellies
Horse Hides, English
• If rounded 2.1 to 40 per lb more
______

PRICE OF RAW FAT, er stone
Price of Tallow (as stated by the TallJw pof Sib.
Melters) "

PRICE OF TALLOW
blotiti
0111
(liti
Yellow Russia
White (hl.
Soao Ditto
lq,it lug Stull

SOAP, !cc per I 12lb.
Yellow Soap —s ryl
Mottlt.4l s
Curd ',lt Oct
Graves .
Good 1)U0 , ...... ss.

--14410 E OF
Tile mega of good Store Candles ii
Candles, per dozen, is 0,1 ; it
Sixpence per dozen

hops is as follnws:
1 discount for cash.jec7,li:l.:S•)etilt,..a.ld Shop,
83
(id.

COAL 51A11

Per Ton. - - —8: ii:
Adairs
.. , IN II
• 11111 l •f•••111•tt,11.14. 91
Holy we 11.,,.. •
Leaae's Main
iJrd's Rodhugli l6 0
South Hartley
Stormont Mani Gas
Townley l7 6
West Hartley
W Its End Bewicke and Co ,20 6
Walls End Heaton 4O 3

KEE—May 16
POT 'NI I g. g.
Walls End 1111(13 l9 6
Walls End New(nalel)
i vlr3lls End Lainbtun
R'at's En.l Butterknowl
%Valls End New Tees l7 6
Walls Ena 'Fees
Nails En(l West lletten
13 0
Cowpen
I.langenneell Cual

Ships art ived since last nmtetrfl4y,

~.7,

BANKRUPT BI L L.—A public meeting was held at
Glasgow laA Thurdai, at which resolutions condemnatory of
the Bankru;.t Bill, at present in Parliament, were passed.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

There is not a right-minded. Reformer in the Bri-
tish dominions whose heart will not throb with delight
on reading the manly and dignified language that fell
in the House of Lords, last night, from the Marquises
of Lansdowne and Clanricarde, on the occasion of the
former Noble Lord's moving the re-committal of the
Irish Municipal Reform Bill. Seeing the author of
the clauses which have been so impudently termed
" Amendments," in his place, Lord Lansdowne asked
if it were the wish of. that learned person tlfat he should
move the recommitment of that Bill ? and having re-
ceived an affirmative reply, the President of the Coun-
cil continued :

" Then, my Lords, as the Noble and Learned Lord
seems to think it is my duty so to do, I am undoubtedly
prepared to move the recommitment of this Bill.—(Hear,
hear.) lam prepared to move the recommitment of this
Bill for the purpose of sheaving the respect I entertain
for the deliberations of the other House of Parliament,
which sent up this measure for our consideration.—
(Cheers.) It is in this sense alone, I beg it may be dis-
tinctly understood, that I believe it to be my duty to
Move the recommitment of the Bill—it will be in this sense
alone that I shall (should the Noble and Learned Lord
not. do so) move the Bill through the remain ing stages it
has to pass in this House.—(Cheers.) I 'repeat, that as the
Noble and Learned Lord declines to make the motion, I
shall certainly move the Bill both in its present and future
stages ; but I wish to be understood that in so doing, I
do not adopt either the principles or the details of the Bill
—for both principles and details have been changed since it
came into this House—and that I only take this step for
the purpose of affording to the other House of Parliament
an opportunity of considering if it is able to recognize
the identity of their Bill in that which shall be returned
to them."—(Cheers.)
The straightforward tone of this short speech will
doubtless prepare the public mind for the following:—
" The Marquis of Clanricarde—l do not rise to oppose
the motion for the recommitment oTthis Bill. At the same
time I must say, that most undoubtedly if it comes from
the Committee in the shape it now appears likely it will be
made to assume, it shall meet from me wilh all the opposi-
tion a very humble Member of this assembly can give it.—
(Loud cheers.) I take the measure as it now stands to be
a 2n,sitive insult to the people rf Ireland.--(Renewed
cheering.) In place of being amended the Bill has been
entirely altered—altered in its principles and altered in its
details, while the pervading principle of every change has
been the mast mistaken view of policy ever yet proposed to
the Legislature for adoption.—(Cheers.)
The Marquis of Lansdowne—ln order that the Nobl-e
and Learned Lord may remove the impetfectious whiel„ „re
to be found in the Bill as it has been recoustru.cl."l
move that the House resolve itself into rommit' I now
tee. In
1
doing so, however, I must say that I er::‘,.,,bl „memr in the
observations ?Aids have fallen fr-,,„, the „me Abrq„is
near me, and I shall be readV
to the opposition he meditr:,e, _
aflinq him my support in
g to the Bill in its future
stages.—(cheers.v'.

&eversdi,l. a Minister of the Crown address either
HOW`: of Parliament, on any occasion, in language
mote calculated than this to win to the side of the
Administration the feelings, the hopes, the confidence,
the gratitude, the judgment, and the cordial sympathy,
and generous, energetic support of every subject of the
King who detests hypocrisy, abjures fraud, and hates
oppression. These memorable words of the President
of the Council will strike deeply into the mind of the
nation, and arouse those popular energies which
during the discussions on the Bill for the Reform of
Parliament carried dismay into the citadel of corruption,
but which "lave been palsied by subsequent ill-advised
concessions to the rabid intolerance of the Tory Peers
—concessions made by a Ministry whom these " born-
blind" senators have not ceased to calumniate, to op-
pose, and to thwart, and made, too, to rescue their
implacable enemies from their own 'suicidal hands.
That cloud which has for a time overhung
the conduct of Ministers, and obscured their
had intentions, is now burst through. Haying
laboured long and vainly to save the House of
Lords—haying incurred public displcuiure and the
base reproaches of that perfidious party whom they
sought to shield from the resentment of an insulted
nation, in their attempts to establish harmony between
the hereditary and the elective branches of the Legis-
lature—Ministers secin, that their well-intended erris
only embittered the hostility of political -opponents,
while it offended and estranged friends, hese at length
resolved to discharge their duty to the ,:tnpire and to
themselves, and to leave to the decision of the public
the question now in issue, not between the Cabinet and
the expelled faction, but between the representatives of
the people and the Tory majority in the House of
Lords, and between the twenty-three millions who corn-
pose our empire at home, and the few hundreds of cor-
ruptionists who form the Carlton Club. It is now pro-
claimed to the empire that Ministers will not be parties
to the acceptance of the Copley scheme of corporate
destruction in Ireland. On the contrar„ they now
stand pledged to resist with all their mi7ght the ne-
farious proposition which strike'' at the root of civil
and religious liberty in, 'a country integraliy con-
nee" with ourselves , and is fraught with ruin to
the United Ringd.oin. Should the mangled measure
be, r, four thiß., approved by the House of Commons—
antitb assumption, though but an extravagant hypo-
l'utesis, is enough to fill one with shame and humilia-
tion—the " deep damnation " of the deed will belong
exelusively to that assembly. Well, then, will they
whom the liberal electors of Inland, Scotland, and
Ireland sent to Parliament to represent their opinions,
to (miry out their views, and to protect their liberties
and rights—will the Commons stultify and debase
themselves, will they outrage the feelings and the
pronounced jod,ommts of their constituents, by accept-
, mg, in lieu of the salutary measure which passed al-
most unanimously through their House,' a despicable
abortion, the progeny of profligacy and spite, which
has lieu) fostered in that nursery of bigotry and
rnis-
chief, the Tory Benches of the House of Peers ?
Acceptance of. the Lyndhurst scheme will be the sure
passport to retirement to every Member of the Lower
House Avho has been returned' by a Liberal con-
stituency. The popular representative who sanc-
tions by word or deed the insult to the people of
Ireland and the aggression upon public liberty
contained in that foul scheme, seals his own
doom. Such a renegade would be renounced by his
constituency, and, should his boldness urge him to
seek a seat in Parliament, scouted from every hustings
in the empire. But no such infamy will be incurred—
no such tergiversation will be displayed—no abandon-
ment of principle so flagitious—no betrayal of trust so
hideous—oodesertion of duty so scandalous—will be
committed by any popular Member of the Commons'
House of Parliament. Virtue, patriotism, popularity,
character—all are at stake now in the Lower House,
and all demand from that House an energetic co-
operation with and support of Ministers in the glorious
career of wise and enlightened policy which the A&
ministration is pursuing. There must he no tritn-
ming—no oscillation between duty and iilltr'.gue—
no balancing of chalices henceforth. A crisis has
been effected by ,the swinish perversity of the Tories
in the House of Peers, urged on to their undoing
by their own fatuity and the malevolent counsel of
their mercenary satellites ; and henceforward there
is no place for neutrals or tricksters. The line
of demarcation is. plainly drawn, and on either side
must the community each person following the bent
of his inclination, or the suggestions of his cunning,
or his conscience—range themselves. The question to
be decided is, first, shall the reforming Ministry, or
the spendthrifts, pensioners, plunderers, and profli-
gates of the Carlton Club rule the British empire ?
Secondly, shall the irresponsible Peers, wedded 85 the
majority are to corrivion in all its phasCs, and in all
its lecalitiee4 441,1,0 in the dust the representatives of
pec:4oo, and the rights and privileges of the nation,
and lord it once more over these countries as in the
worst days of feudal barbarism ? And thirdly, shalt
eight millions of persons who are as much the suli-
jects of the British Crown as the electors of Middle-
sex, and as well entitled to and deserving of a full par-
.

I cipation :itish liberty as the citizens of London
r r Westminster—shall these millions of our fel-
low-subjects, who consume our manufactures, and
supply our markets—with whom we are in con■
stant intercourse, free and unrestricted—who are as
deeply interested in the welfare of the United
Kingdom, as we are ourselves—who must imm
prove as we prosper, and perish if England sinks-...
shall this people, who man our fleets and recruit our
army, and whose representatives we have allowed to
legislate for Great Britain and her vast dependencies
—shall they be debarred from the enjoyment of tha4
wholesome system of municipal government which we
have, despite the stratagems and hostility of tile
Tories, established in our own towns and cities ?--and
tvwill t
,t the
this
passions
iniquitous
npeopleiia and
diotfofluaEst
tneigrnl
jatuinisedt i
pridecpee— rnli int
a,
nof
dor for theyeinrfl tao paradermay t o pre-
he n
me th 0
in-
tolerance of a titled junta of bigots and oppressors
These are questions of mighty moment; and upon these,
a final decision must now be pronounced. Reason
having abandoned the Tory Lords, they have accele-
rated, with terrific impetus, that crisis which many
have looked forward to with apprehension, arid some
with pleasure, but the advent of which all brave clearly
foreseen. The patrician order, or rather-
,he Tory ma-
jority of that order, have, in an evil hour, for their
defeat, signal and
af-thice of society, pro-
claimeduolbffl
it
eiol
enyse.o
retreat,ou ut l :ea uctodhne:
they
combating
own privileges and for the pease
war against the peopl%
pur-
chase irrevocable,iioarsdes tsafetyescape c
ampbueysut
innbscceuarttrhiii
le:
unscathed.
powers. In any event, it is impossible for the Tor;
persist, they save their honour at the loss, total and,
Tory
irretrievable, of their pecul;.hr and extraordinary prix:,,
ranks
eagnekss ;
theref o for
i s 4o_ o
we donoi
t so thoroughly encased in idiotcy
as to believP_,
t
:inagine that even in the Tx
or a knave so panoplied in brass as to
-A prete,
that in a conflict such as the destructive
rp .
4 ones appear to pant for, the Peers of their calibre
could withstand the first shock of popular opinion.
This, however, is matter for the consideration of the
" lofty Lords ;" and of the parasites who have se-
duced them from the paths of prudence and propriety-,
in whose corrupt counsel they have reposed a ruinous
confidence, "and whose unprincipled howlings they have
mistaken, or for a mischievous purpose adopted., for
the Aclatnations of the people. The nation 'must
look to its own safety, and the advocates of ref...3r,, and
good government must gird up their loins,
prat on their
armour, and be 'prepared for . any casualties that .may
occur.—Morning Chronicle.

Nye believe we may pretty confidently affirm that the
w'nich so rne,e-h has been Minis;erial differmces,
ru-
moored within the last v;eek, are at in end ; and that
the enlarged maxim, which we alletd.ed to a fdw days
"an; thing for a quiet life and a place,"
has prevailed in re-placing the `State carriage of the
Whigs. 07; the Railway from which it had slightly
devial-Jd. One of our Evening Contemporaries has,
ar:iusingly enough, presented its readers, during this
temporary derangement in .Omni:in--street, with. a
daily bulletin of the Premier's health. Very few of
our readers, we dare say, require to be told that Lord
Melbourne's indisposition has not been one hich
required the aid of the physician, or even the apothe-
cary, but was merely one of those slight nervous ex-
citements to which the political frame is as sub-
ject as the physical ; and as such,is rather curable .ny
means of the verba et votes, alluded to by the Roman
poet, than by the skill of Esculapius. To one of the
causes to which this temporary derangement has been
attributed, we would allude no further than to say that
it lies, we believe (in spite of the authoritaY,ve tone of
a Sunday Paper to the contrary), beeo accommoda-
ted to the satisfaction of all parties. 7,;.he other is un-
derstood to have been the long brAnded question of
the appropriation clause in the; Irish Tithe Bill.
Upon this point we hear Lord John Russell has been
constrained to yield to the discretion of the head of
the Administration, who has wisely adopted the •
maxim de non apparentilms et non existentibus eudeni
est ratio ; and who, 'finding that there is not, 'and at
all events cannot tor many years, if ever, be teeny sur-
plus to dispose of, has decided that it is useless to
hazard the i'..bstance while contending fcmr a shadow.
To be sum the Noble Ministerial Leader in the House
of Concr.alons may find himself awkw:Ardly situated in
hav'rag to abandon a position hitherto so vehemently
maintained ; and that is rumoured to have been the
.great difficulty which has stood in the way of
'vieltling this concession--a coneTssion, which if it
really takes place, the country owe to the integrity,
the firainess, and the patriotis-r,n of the House of Lords.
After all, the main diffieu'av with Lord Melbourne
and his colleagues must 'nave been, or will be, with
their lord and master, c' the late Member for Dublin."
We should surmige, '.lowever, that they cannot have
taken so importan'.. a step without his concurrence ;
and judging rre,n the tone of his address to the elec-
tors of Killft-ontry, we should augur that his concur-
rence l'.as been obtained. In that address he pledges
hinr.elf to continue to give his " cordial support to
Lord Melbourne's Government ;" a voluntary re-ad-
hesion which would scarcely have been tendered, were
anything like a rupture near at hand. Without, how-
ever, either pretending to a minuter knowledge upon
the subject than what we really possess, or to reason
upon probabilities of which the parties in question
have so frequently shown theirdisrcgard, in the main, we
:jinn be formd to be correct in stating that the Alialis-
terial diiferences and difficulties are, for the -present,
at least, at an cud ; and that if, in puttio.g an end
to them, Lord Melbourne may not have, raised his
character or that of his colleagues for cr,nsistency, he
has shown no lack of a still more usef,..d quality—dis-
cretion.—Morning Herald.
Lord Lyndhurst's Bill for the alic:lition of Munici-
pal Corporations in Ireland, which lias been fraudu-
lently substituted for the Irish. corporation Reform
proposed by his :Majesty`; Ministers, and passed
by the House of Commons, was last night, on the
motion of the Marquis of T..,Paisdowne, recommitted in
the House of Lords. Peeviotisly to moving the re-
commitment of the spty.'ious and surreptitious Bill,
the Noble Marquis reli.,ested to be informed by Lord
Lyndhurst if it were his intention to move that the
Bill, still called " a 13ill for the Regulation of Munici-
pal Goveinment ';,l Ireland," should be moved a fur-
ther stage, and 'twin" answered that it was the duty
of him (the Noble Marquis) to move the recom-
mitment or: the Bill, he honestly and boldly stated
the motive which induced him to proceed with the
measure in the following words, which we give as a
-fair and manly exposition of the intentions of the
Cabinet ;—" The Noble and Learned Lord," said the
President of the Council, "is pleased to tell me he
considers k my duty to move the recommitment of the
Bill. lam undoubtedly prepared to move the recom-
mitment of the Bill out of deference to the other
House of Parliament, which sent up this measure for
your Lordships' colsiderction. It is in that sense
alone that I think it my duty to carry it through its
different stages ; it was in that sense alone that I
made the offer to the Noble and Learned Lord
to carry it through its different stages ; and as
the Noble and Learned Lord declines to make
that mot;.on, I shall move this Bill both in
its present and other stages ; but I wish to be
und.ustood that in so doing, I am not adopting either
nrinciple or details of the Bill, for both the
principle and details have been changed, and.
that, I have only taken those measures for the pur-
ime (2/ (Sortlino- the other House the oppor..
ittnit ti considea:ng whether they are 'able
to recognize or
ident!fy the Bill as the Bill they sent
np." We recognize this as a distract pledge that
Ministers are resolved to do their duty by the country.
It would not have been consistent with etiquette, nor
the usages of Parliament, nor perhaps with the privi-
leges th„ legislature, which it is essential to preserve
fn o
nt precedent' which might under any other circum-
stances prove dagerous, for Ministers to stop the pro--
„ress . of a Bill on account of changes introduced into,
it by one branch of the Senate. Though if ever sucla
l proceeding could be justified, it would be in the pre-
sent case, wherein such a gross fraud has been prae,-
tised as the introduction of the Bill fOr the " abolition"
of ItiskCorporations, under the name and pretence,
of a Bill for their " better regulation." The sub-
stance of the Bill gives the lie to its title. 'But, a§
we have already observe,!, it is not for Ministers to
lead the assault against either branch of the Senate ;
but rather, if the insulting and despotic conduct of
avert
the Lords do not render it impossible to,