The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-20 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY.

In the LORDS; the sitting was short and unimportant : some
Bills received the Royal assent, two others were brought up
from the Commons ; the intention of Government not to alter
the timber duties this Session was stated, and their Lordships
then adjourned.
hi the CoMMoNS', after somo business of secondary import-
ance had been gone through, Lord John Russell moved that
the Lords' amendments in the Irish Corporations Bill be
printed and taken into consideration on a future day. In
doing so he said, " I know the Bill is so amended in its I
nature that it is no longer what it professes to be in the ori-
ginal details—namely, an Act for amendment of Municipal
Corporations in Ireland. On the contrary, it is now an Act
for the total destruction, annihilation, and extinction of those
corporations ; and, I must say, when I shall have to propose
to the House the consideration of these amendments, I shall
be prepared to admit, that for the purpose of avoiding collision
with the other House of Parliament, I am ready to make many
concessions." But he afterwards added, " I cannot say that
any reflection I am able to make will lead me to support any
measure which may deprive Ireland of municipal rights."
Sir George Sinclair asserted that the House of Lords enjoyed
a large share of the confidence, gratitude, &c. &c., of the
country 1 His speech was received with shouts of laughter.
Mr. Hume, in an able address, strongly condemned the sui-
cidal course which ISO Peers had been pleased to adopt. In
destroying the hopes of justice for Ireland, they were preci-
pitathes their own destruction as hereditary legislators. Sir
James 'Graham said he must admit most distinctly that the
present crisis of affairs was sonzenthat dangerous, and feeling
that to be the case, he thought the advice which the Noble
Secretary for the Home Department tendered at the com-
mencement of his speech was prudent and statesmanlike.
Mr. Browne (the newly elected Member for Mayo) said—and
was cheered for the determination—that the House of Lords in
sending back the Bill as they had done, showed that an or-
ganic change was wanted in that House. If no one else did,
he would himself bring forward a measure which would effect
that organic change in the House of Lords. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer declared that "no change had taken place
in the conduct of the Government regarding the measure ;
they kid acted consistently, and the proceedings of the Noble
Lord was in keeping with their first declaration. They had
been asked if they would consent to the total extinction of
corporations—the Government had answered, no ; and that
answer they reiterated now." After some other Hon. Mem-
bers had spoken, the original motion was agreed to.
We have not, in this place, entered into any detailed sum-
mary of the debate; but, from the great importance of the
subject, we have felt it our. duty briefly to draw attention to
the mein points, as they bear upon the question.

LONDON AND GREENWICH it A ILWAY.—The
Prince of Orange and suite, with many of the English No-
bility, visited this splendid work on Monday last. His Royal
Highness, who took his stand on the engine, expressed much
satisfaction with the improved carriages, and the precision with
%Odell the newly invented " break" stopped the train.