The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL II, 1840.

treat the witness as a hostile one, and cross-examined
him. It was the practice to allow proof to be given
of agency after the examination of the witness.
While the Committee were discussing the question
the Speaker was announced to be at prayers, so that
the decision could not be given till Monday.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.
(From the Globe.)
We wish it to be clearly understood, that, in defend-
ing the Government from what we consider (and Sir
Robert Peel as good as confessed) a mere party oppo-
sition for mere party objects, we have not for a mo-
ment meant to deny the serious sins of omission with
which all parties in this country may well reproach them-
selves, as regards China. Had Sir R. Peel, in the
devotional peroration of his subdued speech, instead
of taking freedoms with the text of our Liturgy, con-
tented himself with praying God to turn from us those
evils which WE most righteously
have deserved, we
should sincerely have joined in the prayer. Had Sir
James Graham proposed to solemnize a day of
na-
tional humiliation for years of national eagerness and
presumptio❑ of enterprise—we could scarcely have
opposed it. We do think that British impatience
of restraint and discipline has been much to blame in
our relations since the trade was opened with so
peculiar a people. What we do not think is, that any
acts of the Government could have altered the con-
sequences of the conflict between British anti-monopoly
and Chinese moimpo/y—British determination to serve
customers wherever they could be found, and Chinese
apprehension of all intercourse between their and our
subjects. The mere increase and enfranchisement of
our trade must have brought on a crisis ; nor do we
even think that the cautious policy of the East India
Company would have long staved it off.

(rom the Stadard.)
The quest'on of the Church Reserves in Canada is
stated with equal perspicuity and candour in the
petition of the University of Oxford. The claim
of the Church is not weakened by the authority of
the law, now confessed to be clearly in its favour ;
but were the subject still open, reason and justice
to the majority of the British nation place it upon an
immoveable foundation. The majority of the British
nation, including the population of Ireland, are attached
to the doctrines and discipline of the united Church of'
England and Ireland. A still greater majority, in-
cluding the members of the Church of Scotland, are
attached to the principle of an Established Church.
The people of the United Kingdom generally arc in-
vited to emigrate to the Colonies, with a view to extend
the scheme of British society in a form, as nearly as cir-
cumstances will permit, representing the soeill state at
home, and therefore likely to preserve these depen-
dencies in their political connection with the parent
nation.

(From the Courier.)
We were not deceived in the estimate which we yes-
terday formed of the character of Lord Denman's
opinion of the Printed Papers B 11, although we
certainly did not anticipate the Learned Judge's acqui-
escence in the clause for putting a stop to the actions
now pending. This, it will be perceived from the terms
of his amendment, will be its undoubted effect :—" That
all actions now pending against the printer of the House
of Commons in respect of any publication by order of
the House, shall be, and the same arc hereby stayed and
defeated." Now, it seems very difficult to reconcile this
amendment with Lord Denman's observation in the in-
troductory speech, that when he considered the means
adopted by the Commons to relieve the embarrassment
which has been created by their own resolutions to authorise
publication by sale, he saw much to complain of in every
point of view, " for it certainly did introduce a mode
of paralyzing the proceedings of a Court of Justice
through the medium of a communication between other
parties, to which, he believed, their Lordships would
agree with him they ought not to be exposed." What-
ever inconvenience may have arisen to the House of
Commons, it is perfectly clear it ought not to be re-
moved at the expense of the injured.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack shortly after 3 o'clock.
PRINTED PAPERS BILL.
The Printed Papers Bill was read a third time and
passed. _

Lord ELLENBOROUGH gave notice that, imme-
diately after Easter, he should move for the appointment
of a Select Committee to consider what regulations it
was expedient to adopt respecting the publications of
their Lordship's House.

ISLAND OF GUERNSEY.
Lord DENMAN presented a pet;tion from Messrs.
Ladbrook, bankers, London, complaining of the state
of the law in Guernsey and the adjacent islands,
and stating that, owing to the delays in the
courts of law, they had been for a long
time unable to recover the sum of 4001., due
to them from inhabitants of the island of Guernsey
nn bills of exchange, and that from the same cause
three years had elapsed in an undefended cause
without their being able to obtain any thing, while the
expenses were most ruinous.' His Lordship begged to
call the attention of the Government to the subject.
MEDICAL REFORM,
Lord DENMAN and the Marquis of NORMANBY pre-
sented petitions (the former from physicians and sur-
geons of Nottingham) praying for medical reform.
CORN-LAWS.
Lord SYDNEY and the Earl of CLARENDON
presented petitions for the repeal of the Corn-laws.
The Marquis of NORMAN BY presented petitions
in favour of Church Extension.
Several Bills on the table were advanced a stage.
The House then adjourned to Monday next.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past Three
o'Clock.

Mr. DUNBAR presented a petition from the Minis-
ters, Elders, and Congregation of Elgin, against the in.
trusion of Ministers into the Church of Scotland.
Mr. ELLIOT presented a petition from some parish
in Roxburghshire, against Lay Church patronage ; also
a petition from certain inhabitants of the same county,
praying for Annual Parliaments, Universal Suffrage, and
Vote by Ballot.

Colonel RUSHBROOKE presented a petition from
some place in Suffolk, praying for Church Extension.
Sir C. BROOKE VERB presented a petition with a
similar prayer.

Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from
Hawick, in Scotland, praying for a repeal of the Corn-
laws ; also similar petitions from a person residing at
Dudley, from the Catholic congregation of Chester, a
petition in favour of Jewish emancipation from an in-
dividual residing at Kennington, and a petition from a
place the name of which we could not catch, in favour
of Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot.
Mr. VILLIERS presented petitions from the in-
habitants of Lincoln's Inn, the inhabitants of Rother-
hithe, and the inhabitants of Clare-market, praying for
a repeal of the existing Corn-laws.
Mr. LOWTHER presented a petition from York,
preying the House not to assent to any alteration of
the Clergy Reserves in Upper Canada.
Alr. OSWALD presented a petition from Glasgow
in favour of the Copyrights Design Bill.
Mr. HODGSON presented a petition from Swansea
complaining of the working of the Municipal Corpora-
tion Act. The petition was ordered to be referred to
the Committee now sitting on the subject.
Col. T. WOOD presented a petition from Staines,
praying for Church &tension.

Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that immediately
after Easter he would move for leave to bring in a Bill
to amend the laws relating to Parliamentary Elections
in England and Wales.—(Loud cries of " Hear.")
Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that he would defer,
till after Easter, the motion of which he had given
notice for Tuesday next, to introdoce a Bill to amend
the sixth and seventh George IV., entitled the Clergy
Reserves Bill.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN hoped the Noble Lord
would not exclude from the motion of which he had
given notice, a clause to amend the laws relating to the
registration of voters.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that in bringing forward
his motion he would state his general views as far as
regarded Ireland also.
Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he would move
as an amendment to the motion which had been made
last night, relating to the payments made to Roman
Catholic Clergymen in the British Colonies, that the
returns should be extended to all classes of Clergymen,
and to all denominations of Dissenters in the British
Colonies. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then
gave notice of a motion with regard to the petition of
Mr. Bradshaw, in Ireland ; also that after Easter he
would call the attention of the House to the state
of the occupiers of land in India ; also that on
the first motion, that the Speaker do leave the
Chair for going into Committee on the Irish
Registration Bill, he would move that a Select Com-
mittee should be appointed to inquire into the law
with respect to the registration of voters in Great
Britain and Ireland, and to report on the
practicability of assimilating the law in both
countries ; also that, on the motion for going
into Committee on the Irish Registration Bill, he
should move that the House should go into Committee
that day six months.
Sir H. INGLIS wished to ask if there would be
any objection to lay before the House the opinion of
the House on the Clergy Reserves Bill (Canada).
Lord J. RUSSELL could not then answer the ques-
tion. He would take time and consider the subject.
Sir R. 11. INGLIS gave notice that on Thursday,
the 7th of May, he would call the attention of the
House to the subject of Church Extension.
Messengers from the House of Lords brought down