The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-03 00:00:00

MARINE FORCES.

Lord GEORGE LENNOX gave notice that he
should to-morrow move for certain returns relative to
the Marine Forces.

POOR-LAWS.

Lord G. SOMERSET moved fdr certain returns
connected with the Poor-laws.
Mr. O'CONNELL moved fiit certain returns
relating to the number of electors in the towns
and boroughs of Ireland.
DROPPED ORDERS.

The Dropped Orders were then disposed of.
Lord J. RUSSELL postponed the introduction of
his Bill for the Registration of Voters till Monday next.
On the motion of Mr. G REENE the Select Committee
on Petitions for Private Bills was named : and on the
motion of Mr. HUME the Seledt Committee on
Printing was appointed.
In answer to a question from Mr..SHAW,
Lord MORPETH said that the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman had stated pretty correctly that the amount
of the arrears of tithes owing to the clergy in Ireland,
which had been distributed, avas very small,
amounting to no more than 6s. 101 in the
pound. With r:spect to the sums due on
the same account from the landlords, he had to state
that a considerable part had been got in, and was ready
for almost immediate distribution, and he could assure
the lion. and Learned Gentleman, and the House, that
his lion. and Learned Friend was taking the most co-
gent and stringent steps to recover the remainder.

REPEAL, ASSOCIATION.
Captain POLHILL said, in rising to renew the
question which he put to the Noble Lord the
Secretary for the Colonies on Friday last, the
answer to which was so unsatisfactory that he had
then e;o..r. or ;„,,,,,,tuti to renew the question.
—(Cries of " Order, order, Chair, chair.")
The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member might put
his question, but he must not make any observations in
doing so, as that might give rise to a debate.
Captain POLHILL felt greatly obliged to the
Speaker. He was perfectly in order" when he was giv-
ing the reasons why he thought the answer of the Noble
Lord unsatisfactory. He was not bound to enter into
any discussion of the question : he would merely repeat
the question, in the hopes that he and the House would
receive a more satisfactory answer than on the fornier
occasion. He would then ask the Noble Lord
" Whether her Majesty's Government is aware of a
letter addressed to T. M. Ray, Esq., dated Bucking-
ham Palace, January 20th, 1841, 'and signed G. E.
Anson, conveying the sincere thanks: of Prince Albert
to the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland,'
for their address to his Royal Highness upon the birth
of a Princess r

Lord JOHN RUSSELL immediately rose and
said—Since the Hon. Gentleman put the question to
me on a former occasion, I have seen the letter to
which he refers in the newspapers, but I hare not thought
it necessary to make any inquiry on the subject.—(Loud
cheers and laughter.)
SYRIA.

Mr. HUME wished to ask the Noble Lord the Se-
cretary for the Colonies whether, by the despatches that
had lately been received by the Government from the
Levant, they had learnt that the treaty of Captain
Napier or Admiral Stopford had been carried into
effect, and whether Syria had been evacuated, and the
authority of the Porte established in that province ?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that all the infor-
mation he could give the Hon. Gentleman was to this
effect. The con% ention signed by commodore Napier
was without the authority of the Ambassador, and
was not approved of by Sir Robert Stopford,
and the submission Mehemet Ali had made in
consequence of the instructions given by Admi-
ral Stopford, had been accepted by the Sultan.
The Sultan had in consequence given instructions to
Commissioners to proceed to Alexandria, ar d had
instructed that Commission to inform Mehemet
Ali that he would give to him the hereditary
Pachalic of Egypt. With regard to the evacuation
of Syria, arrangements were making by which
Ibrahim and the troops under his command would eva-
cuate Syria and return to Egypt without molestation.
That operation had not yet of course been effected, but
arrangements were being made for the purpose of carry-
ing it into effect. Mehemet Ali had given proofs of his
readiness to fulfil the arrangement by giving up the
fleet which belonged to the Sultan. The fleet was
fitted out, and it was expected that it would soon be
ready to proceed to its destination.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUME wished also to ask whether or not that
arrangement had been effected by the Sultan in cor se-
quence of advice given to him by the Four Powers?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the resolution come to
by the Sultan was certainly in consequence of the advice
given him by the Four Powers.—(Hear, hear.")
CANADA.

Sir R. PEEL wished to ask the Noble Lord whe-
ther he had lately received any despatches from the Go-
vernor of Canada, and whether it was his intention to
present them to the House ?

Lord J. RUSSELL******* thought no despatches
had been received since the last that were presented to
Parliament, but he was not prepared to give any

,ve answer.

Sir R. PEEL then inquired whether any day had
been fixed for giving effect to the Act of Union ?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that it had been
the intention of the Governor-General to proclaim the
union at the end of January or the beginning of the
present month. But (as we understood the Noble
Lord, who spoke in a very subdued tone) it would be
necessary, very shortly, to assemble the Legislature of
Upper Canada, and if the Union was not by that time
proclaimed, it was the intention of the Governor-Ge-
neral to propose a Special Council to consider what
time the proclamation should issue.
BETTER ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for leave
to bring in a Bill for facilitating the Administration of
Justice. He said he should occupy but a small portion
of the time of the How?, because the measure had
already been before it, and he believed would not
meet with any serious opposition. The measure which
he now proposed to bring .in related merely to that im-
portant branch of jurisdiction, the EqUity Courts ;
was very important that the causes which came
before those Courts should be decided with
all possible celerity ; or that there could be no
debate ; but great and lamentable delays had arisen in
the administration of that branch of jurisprudence, not-
withstanding the high character of the Judges who had
presided in those Courts, and their unwearied endeavours
to afford relief. He believed the great cause of delay,
had been the increase of business which was as-
signed to them; From the increased popu-
lation of the country, and from its still more
increased wealth, and the enormous property which came
under the administration of those Courts, it was utterly
impossible that justice could be done to suitors under
the present system. The property to be administered
was now inoreaeod top rest extent. The introduction