The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-27 00:00:00

upon any subject at which a more perfect and cordial
prevailed. It will be seen by the list we
have giVen rilioie tth':llf several Peers were present who
refused to' vote for tit'd in4o;i,hnents introduced in the.
l'3lll on the ntotion of Lord FitXlWiald',, or_who voted
tokwithwn un,dtsguised reluctancd. Th'o'se Peers
were, we undersi'.4 most prompt 4thi
reserved in the expression of ,
oticurrezice in CIU
line of conduct now recommended foir t!f fitiloption of
4('; 1-Ic4* of Lords. What that conduct is 1&.!.-
, 4 r• # -,„ -
explaineu iii vr
eril, rom. It was the unanimous
opinion of the assembieO flfret ,the duty of the
HonSe Of Lords commands a deterni;;O. -14r1.11,7renee to
_J:f_i't;iqi'‘';ll' in' prevent the creation of new Cdftli)7,rs4-
tions, of " nor';;121 4e,:tito'illsd of agitation," in any city or
borough in Ireland, upon Pi' i.if4olrtlyhatever. Cor-
porations in Ireland, to become p(lNictil ),,,,.trotnents
in the ihiaitit tf demagoues, lay and ecclesiast:tftii! 14!ele
will be none. Upori o'ittt we are sincerely hapfy
and grateful to learn there is nd IflH.! !').o ,possibility, of
OrOproinise, or even of negociation. TIM Miatter is
fixed diid The intelligent and enliglifok4
Peers who constituted Oie,rnbly of Saturday are
not, however, so remindful of tile ft-'fi' which is due
to a co-ordinate branch of the Legistattift'a 0).7 go
tenacious of opinions they have once expressed as Ea
have refused to the amendments of the House of
Commons that full and mature consideration to which
they are entitled. Their Lordships, although they
will not permit the O'Connell Government to ered
" normal schools of political agitation," under the
nickname of corporations, in any of the towns of Ire-
land, whether large or small, are not indisposccl, we
understand, to give a favourable consideration to the
opinion of the House of Commons that, for the pur-
poses of municipal administration, it may be advan-
tageous to extend the the application of a statute al-
ready in beneficial operation in several places in that
country, for the creation and regulation oflocal boards.
By this concession, should it be offered, the question
between the two Houses of Parliament will be consi-
derably narrowed. It is only in twelve of the cities
and towns of Ireland that the Bill, as re-constructed
by the House of Commons, proposes to establish the
"normal schools of agitation," while to the twenty
places next in population and importance the Bill, in
its present form, applies the far wiser and more salu-
tary provisions of the statute above alluded to. The
difference between the two Houses would then be
reduced to this, that the machinery for local admi-
nistration .which the House of Commons thinks admi-
rably adapted for twenty of the principal towns of Ire-
land, the House of Lords thinks well adapted not to
those twenty only, but to twelve other towns also. We
are at a loss to conjecture upon what principle the
House of Commons will be able, in the future dis-
cussions which the question in this position may oc-
casion, to sustain the validity or importance of its dis-
tinction between the twelve towns and the twenty.
Several passages at the beginning of the document
presented to the Lords in conference, entitled " Rea-
sons of the Commons for dissenting from the Irish
Municipal Bill sent down from. the Lords," animad-
vert upon the Lords' amendments, and, without dis-
tinctly asserting, seem to insinuate that in adopting
those amendments, the House of Peers went beyond
former precedents, and laid the foundation of a practice
incompatible with the due discharge of their Legislative
functions by the two Houses of Parliament. In the dis-
cussion of to-night the first attention of the House
of Lords will be directed to the reply which ought
'to be made to this complaint on the part of
the Commons. The constitutional question will, we
venture to promise, be treated as such questions are
generally treated in the House of Lords, with due
gravity, with profound erudition, and with consum-
mate talent. The reply of their Lordships, we also
venture to anticipate, will be conclusive and triumphant.
Should any party in the House of Lords attempt
to sustain this complaint, put forth by the House of
Commons as to the constitutional competency and re-
gularity of their Lordships' procecedings, it is probable
that this preliminary discussion may proceed to such
length at to postpone the practical questions at issue
to a future day. We anticipate, however, with the
fullest confidence that upon every point connected with
the subject, whether constitutional or practical, the
House of Lords will be found fully prepared to vindi-
cate the course it has determined to pursue ; to sustain
the exalted character it has long enjoyed as a delibera-
tive body ; to discharge its duty with calmness, dig-
laity, and spirit ; to realise, in a word, the high and
just expectations of the country.—Morning Post.