The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-24 00:00:00

axe that Ireland ought to have no constituency a:,` all "
We bold him to his word. Yes, if the principle covertly
asserted in Lord Stanley's present Bill is to be affi-med—
Ifs
etb. e Principle of the Emancipation Act, of the Reform
_fatlitand a Lord Morpeth's Bill, is no longer to be the
LfidiantigeliPis.r•ienac%iple cf our Irish policy, let lreland be at once
our confidence we believe it would be
the Slifer and wiser, as well as the more manly and ho-
nourable plan. •
(From On the Morning Post.)
n asio
a late occn we described Lord Morpeth's Bill
of embodying two leading, principles—one is the reform
the
present vicious mode
of establishing the right to be
Put upon the register; the other, which is made essential
to
ttleithe first, is the repeal of the Irish Reform Act, by to-
NelY changing the property qualification for the franchise.
complained of the gross unreasonableness of this. We
,dimeuseribed it as a legislative sophism, plurium interrogatio-
• to which it is unjust to demand an answer ay or no.
The just mode of dealiag with such a sophism is to take
guestions separately, and to say ay or no according to
the truth of each. From this vie infer that if Lord Morpeth
hones willing to deal hoaestly with the House—we mean
I
• nstead e as a politician—Le would have two Bills
of
• le a one. First, a Bill to amend the acknow-
• egeu abuses of r g stratior, in the principle of which
a:onservaiives agree ; and secondls, a Bill to repeal
the
l',ef•nin Act, ehleli the Conservivives would undoubt-
edlyor oppose. But his Lerilst•ip, although he must be
ft ally certain that such a Bill as Le has preparci has no
et: chance erf heisg carried than his Honout able a 1:1
are° 1 Frisnd Air. O'Connell has af heiag ma le li:hu-
ller" of Chitia, wit/ put the two inineieles t getees, and
ender it imperative upon every
man who thiaks the satle.
taunt of the
Constitution in 1832 ought not to he distuibel
The4Y " no" to the second rearing f the Bill.
al Globe has put forenet a strange doctrine than,
of
",the second reading is the time for affirming este
the Propositions cf the Bill, therefore the Con-
' .e's!ja:oivr givinganswer
einre b
thatound
then
secoed vote for
seeding the secoisnd read
also the
of th. na decided negative to one of thy! principles
e • Leal, and therefore the Conservatives are bound to
Lute against the second reading. It is no fault cf the Con-
i'lleitattises that- a principle which they approve has been
zei op aids aacther utterly opposed to Conservative
Tni
ilelples. it is not consistent with ether the morals or
so, Parties of Conservatives to consent to cell because
e_ne good is mired up with ie This philosophy of the
oru‘Otervatives would indeed seem le lirh .e,s et St. Omer's
eFit:el,gowes, or Maynooth, the moreliey of which semi-
hind. may possihly hose reached Lord Morpeth at second-
ant But Conservatives base not hal this disadvantsge,
the vihe do not apr r• hand that any f them desire to pram-.
the morality f the Jesuits, '• by way of a ( h
tlol'ess they do this they are bound to reject a Bill which
ri),°tes to effect a grctt tcvolstionary evil,.f.r the sake
of
LtedYiag moral delinquency in tin political prate:cc
lue people.
(From the lilt rning Herald.)
In r l• •
tvie anon to the enerossing sub.;ect of " Raileays"—
a"le lines cf communication which exercise so vast an
, 1/I""tice on the social habits of the community in this
Iratrye_we are not a little jealous of every Legislative
te ference eith their emit and management, whien is
Lot ,aest distinctly avowed and explained, and for which
"i•gent necessity cannot be shown. On tl.e other
head,tins
tiNat the public require some more effectual protec
:11,8gaiest the recklessness of drivers and engineers,
Mint the occasional denial of the most reasonable ac-
rT°(lntions, and against the wanton abuse of the mone-
ieing Powers which ralway companies do assuredly
:ells of not onl putting off all existing horse and
p°tlte-17e' ttavelling, ony -adjacent high
.reads, but of even
any from coming on again, or being re-
sten nod upon them,—tuat the public require, at
this extent, protection more absolute than any
‘,41 railway companies, of their own motion, are
The'Y to afford them, cannot, ee think, be doubted.
• %%re, is one case so materially affected by the mode in
lefe," Railway Company may exercise the power above
i,Qued to, of drivirg eff and extinguishing all other calla-
,. :,e''voktrade but its own between given points, that we hope,
lett." Committee on Railways, Honourable MemLers will
en:4M who will devise some efficient restraints upon a
• • ; a A,Mit WiliCh we fear the great Railway Companies have
eitT,l_P°Biiien to exercise selfishly and oppressieely. It is
' - et the fast or the Directors of those Companies affect
have
fa; •t,
to
i:eat it as owl:, that it is quite centrery to their wishes
se ale short stations," as they are called ; that is to
jut stations at loialitles not very populoua themselves, but
eie,el
between the memopoThan tcrrninus and
starion 20 or 30 miles down the line. The
sr rely lee of stopping at these shot t stations ease were ouie
• el assuredvery recently by the Seem t•sry of one of the
;' • greet l
the "1") " di•tressea the lecomotive pacer by straining
te machinery, and occasions a most irksome' feeling
th `nose passengers who are hound for 'knees trips, or for
paerte:_lire journey." Now, considering that, for the most
et* these short stations have a very small staff of officers
ieaeserrants attached to them, and are almost destitute cf
vise?! accommodation for passengers, it is a little ungra-
eite—„to hear the companies complaining of the " neces-
inlelueY are under" of maintaining them " at all'—unless
i inkeTta lose
where it can be demonstrated that they abse-
il. moriey by them. We happen to know a case
2,a lurien one of these short stations returns sufficiently everfolic
ere nialit of all its staff and contingent exeeases. et
to tsn‘ t Centry in its neighbourhood, who are compelled
cys,v Qe the flee front the almost total extinction of
to ,‘•,' other public conveyance, arc treated very frequertly
a 12talt. eugines, intolerable delays, and all the
treter St ter vies saitudes of broken axles, tenders off the
oraten' tun me got up, fires blown out, &e. To remon-
meet s :meets se head-quarters, the answer has been en
train- ler 'es --" Th, a first-rate engines arc wanted for the long
the 011. t, i fee, no stoppages; and the Directors had
clUelati,l a beton, thorn whether they would really keep
tplei? he steer auy of the short stations." To say no-
o' to alter
unreasonableness of this mode of treating
the-:.wh° its ye thought themselves entitled to complain,
41eXticieus tress of the disparaging view taken by their
°r I?" might, 'tresses," the Directors of the " little go,"
si'°,krt,statioi, • passengers, is one of the most whim-
atee's'ungs in the world. If for short distances the
'O4-rallies char, se very much more in proportion than for
eight (for .aht or nine miles two shillings, for twenty-
pleie or thirty at five shillings)—one should have sup-
tertu
distance
a da'itional per centaur of charge against. the.
as s eutlicient consideration to the sensitive
to tlii4l7 for an, s' distress" they occasioned to it, and
at go? sally more' sensitive Directors, for any " irksome-
', ,tir-oi,e:ntailed kee `.heir long train passengers, by the
itaine;l:lnge, in" and " dropping out " of the short.e
Potter' But it: se met so, practically speaking. st n
lifteP'•the guare ds, this engineers, and the stokers, all_
shtt their severe.: fashions, snub the short trainers, If
the suer. getting into a first-class carriage, ten to one but
Of is closed upon the skirt of a coat or the flounce
Proat "wn• If hi Ito a second-class carriage, the most
tenset dexterity is earcely retrieves the fingers from the
la
leeeea°l the door. On arriving at their destination, the
titre --en People are shelled out with no other invite.-
leg c't attention, but injunctions to make haste, and their
to Beetsae:t flung out to the fortune of the road. It may go
Ati owners, or less owners may go to meet it. That
stunt 4444 of the guard, nor the porter. Ia the same in-
the „the engineer puts ol the whistle, the stoker' puts on
ohlik-eedit,tns and the first-ebess short trainers find themselves
out of ,_"° take a flying leap rather thau a deliberate step
tshori the carriage on ti the landing. Happy the man
Ilse t,ii:tto travel eighty miles. He may calculate upon
118 y -4LitY of the guard going all lengths with his jour-
kite to the man who takes a ticket for an eight
Stag I `I.T. He is not looked upon as worth " his
tetille Nobody who is about to travel 40 miles in the
Path -our can afford 00 per cent. of his civil ty cr sym-
-I,4veY to such a
plodder. But stnce shore-distance men
venset/es tlitioh right probably, to have their wishes and con-
where consulted as long-distance men ; and since,
klan-ii 2° or 30 coaches ran to Harrow or Uxbridge,
the R-h.°W or Stanmore, Broxbourne or Kingston, scarcely
wi (Itf one can now be maintained on four wheels
bath (1,1%°: living (quadruped) skeletons to draw it; it will
4hort - tneurnhent on the Committee to protect the
01 inati 0n travellers-. To do this, tit be compulsory
dilate Rail's
Companies not to set up a short or interme-
Peleij"ltlon wsibout a twelvemonths' previous notice, duly
ehane;" lane' adve-tisee. This course would give some
engaLPuolic in
Tannin e,t3 tseteasnnste -e and others. who may be already.
the ticitiity, to get out. cf their
of moos eats end the carriagesburisess" with a less ruinous loss
Pres:lle/14nd Property than they are exp.osel. to at
"t ex-
ener'et) "uren " &Lion" calls a Ire '1
tosice-i Let the Companies' be equally Etithm ant,
boa.ed
to a sniTel'an
ahead toe event cf their proposing disc,, M the
11Uhlic''•"i,ting station of this kind, Why show
Ssenee .111dits vicinity, after being deprived of the convek.
ablie-L", benefit of' the former inedei of travolli -g by
bl res-4e end coach c nye .ance: be left without even
e efageoYins.ubstitute ici(exe)ept at' the expense.and trou-
re, en 50 a, miles out of their way to take their passage
of • tile
dot's' distant station), at the whim or caprice
""e ralleny
.Puttine
ee e ? It is testily a monstrous power this,
t;an% an6ti u_pe anti taking sway again intermediete
the It now that where it is not absolutely ec
effect in
__;seat of exercising it has been resorted to with
duty of r`_*,6 r to suppress complaiets, or escape from the'
en tir. euressime iseFeets and grievances of arrangement

1,,._ , (Prom the Globe.)
for,," deg,, of last night, on order of the day
ti,the second reading of Lord Morpeth'sthe Bill fo.r.dt.su-
iul,ng the franchise and amending
a :loud, was one of surpassing interest—,lol.• merely as
registratio a i
, powet:fliet in which the competitors for place and
were
•1 efforts . prepared to put forth their utnios
Is ,0 attain the object of their aspirations,
S 1" met wi'b correspondent resistance by those
it "? possess the e advantages—it was more. I
4 atet, and it is so regarded by the nation ;it was a con-
Il• i"°lving issues of higher moment than a mere
44 '4gßie between political belligerent 3. The peace of
iii.
‘entire nation—the continuance of a country's adlie-
boll Ito Ertish int2rests—possibly of continued coo-
l% •on with Britain, as an Unitcd Kingdom, are
iti II A t
e' uy the blind ambition of Lord Stanley in the
)144 he ha ,_
W, , „ ' s been induced to take on this question..
:i, At, her the Noble Lid is impelled by the headlong
0114, *0 of his own nature, or prompted by those who
th, '1,1(. eratAly him as the appropriate agent for effecting
th, ''' clk Q dehigns (too long delayed, as they assert, by
It, 'todit, eats of their nominal leader), it is nnt worth
th ,de to st, iquire. The production of his genius, and
tti t! result, it Las already wrought in the country in
lit 64 his L',Atte vras already associated with recollec-
iw 'lls of for, mer attempted coercion and oppression,
i felently att est his capabilities to destroy any party
iti,4 'ell resigns I,t,elf to his counsels, and to throw into
iiita. ticsny tout, f,..v on which he may be allowed to try
'l,_l k uliar sy9tem of legislation. The impetuous
underlings: have long shown their disapproval
414 Robert Peel. Wearied with waiting for that
totti , nation of their hopes,
the advent of their party
pi e'itch
Plr:11a " „ 1. power, t'ney have given significant hints
AI eir ish for a holler lealer. List night the new
At 14 the Premiership in the Ministry to be