The Sun.
London, England, 1836-04-15 00:00:00

PRISONERS' COUNSEL.

The Earl of BEAUCHAMP presenieciai;tition, agreed to
by a very full bench of magistrates, against the Prisoners'
Counsel 13111.
IRISH CORPORATION BILL.

The Duke Of-- lIsigTER presented a most numerously
signed petition from the citizens of Dublin, in favour of the
Irish Corporation Bill.
Lord LYNDHURST presented a petition from the Com-
missioners of Paving and Lighting of Bristol, complaining
that by the Municipal Corporation Bill their powers had been
taken from them, and praying that they might be pro-
tected by some clause in the Amendment Bill. Also one
from the owners and occupiers of land in the parishes of Wigan
and Kearsley, praying to be put in the same condition as
other rural districts with regard to the Municipal Reform
Bill.—( Hear.) Also one from the Attornies and Solicitors
of Nottingham against the probate clauses'of the Ecclesias-
tical Courts' Reform Bill.
WAR IN SPAIN.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, in rising to present a
petition, said he would take the opportunity of asking a question
of the Noble Viscount at the head of the Government. Since
the question bad been before the House upon a former occa-
sion, the war in Spain had assumed a very different as-
pect—he wished to know whether the letter purporting to
have been written from Santander, on the 4th of March, by
Lord John Hay to General Cordova was true, in fact, and if
so, whether it, had been written by the instructions of the
Government? Also whether, such being the case, there
would be any objections to the production of the instructions ?
Lord MELBOURNE had no doubt but the report was
correct. The matter rested with the Admiralty, and he had
no doubt there would be no objection to the production of the
instructions, if there were any. . _ _

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY gave notice that he
would to-morrow move for a copy of such instructions.
Lord MINTO—We have no such instructions ; we cannot
produce them.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY would also ask for a
copy of Lord Palmerston's despatch of the 10th March, rela-
tive to the 27 Carlist prisoners. He thought that letter
did the Noble Lord honour, but he was afraid that
it. came too late, for by the commercial advices
which had arrived in the city, he was informed that a vessel had
sailed from the port in which they had been confined, and
had touched at Porto Rico without cargo. He wished to ask
whether any information had been received upon the subject.
Lord MELBOURNE said some despatches had been re-
ceived, and he believed would shortly be laid upon the table.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL (IRELAND.)
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a petition
from the Mayor and Citizens of Londonderry, against the
Irish Municipal Corporation Bill. The petitioners complained
that Londonderry, with a population of 30,000 had been placed
in Schedule C, while Kilkenny, with a population of 6,000 less
than Londonderry, had been placed in schedule B of the Bill:
The Noble Marquis said he would on this occasion draw the
attention of the Noble Viscount to the disturbances that bad
taken place in Dublin, and the destruction of the statue of
William 111. ; and he could not help adding, he was sorry to
see such an apathy on the part of the Government to what
was going on in Ireland. _ _ _

Lord MELBOURNE denied the Government looked on
with indifference to what was passing in Ireland. With re-
spect to the petition the Noble Marquis bad presented, he
(Lord M.) was very glad to hear it, and when the Bill
came to be discussed, he had no doubt they should find in the
Noble Marquis a strenuous defender of the rights of the city
of Londonderry, and all the other Corporations in Ireland.
The Martyis of LONDONDERRY should certainly do
everything in his power to oppose the Bill in all its stages.
The Noble Marquis then presented a petition from certain
officers of the Corporation of Dublin, praying for compensa-
tion in case that House should pass the Irish Corporation. Bill.
A NOBLE LORD, whose name we could not hear, presented
a petition from the Marquis of Donegal, praying to be heard
by Counsel against the same Bill.