The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-08 00:00:00

Pi ItiT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

reciat THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTEItDAY.
(From the Globe.)
A fatal schism in the Conservative party was again pre-
dicted last night by the Standard as certain, " if t:ie Cor,-
servative leaders %lain sacrifice the Protestants re kcland "
The Comervative leaders in the Lords di I again
sacrifice " the Protestants of Ireland," by negativing
Lord Wynford's amendment to except Dublin from
the Irish Municipal Bill. We have, therefore, Standard
authority that " the fatal schism" has finally taken
place ; and ice think we have a right to expect
to see our Contemporary take the same vigorous
part in it as in 1829, when be avenged by such choice
outpotrings of opprobrious epithets the great first " sa-
orifice of the Protestants of Ireland" by Sir Robert Peel.
The fatal schism was consummated in the Commons,
as well as the Lords. The star of Peel was again
ascendant in the Tory horizon ; and the Right Hon. Ba-
ronet, with visible self-complacency, rejoiced in getting
rid of Lord Stanley's and the antagonist bills for
this session. He also took occasion to declare, in very
marked terms, that the opinions he had delivered on the
subject of Canada remained entirely unchanged, and that
he trusted the measure before the House (the Clergy
Reserves Bill) " would be discussed in the same spirit
as the question of the Union had been discussed." It
would be difficult to show less regard to the " whisper
of faction" in the Lords. All this confirms what we
have said of the actual divisions in the Tory party.
The Standard may term the schism a fatal one—and
so doubtless it is—as having in it something predestined,
something inevitable.
( From the Courier.)
Last night, Lord Stanley withdrew his Irish Registra-
tion Bill, with an intimation that he should introduce it
again next Session. We regret this coarse ; every con-
sideration that can be suggested to the mind of a man
desirous of promoting the moral, political, and religious
welfare of society, is opposed to the postponement, for
even a brief period, of any measure which is calculated
to put down the frauds, the perjuries, and other enor-
mous crimes, which are the consequence of the
present system of registration. On this subject
it is unnecessary to make any further remarks; it has
often been amply discussed. There are few persons
o whom it will not appear as 11 advised in a Member of
Parliament to abandon a mwasure which ha has success-
fully carried through nine divisions out of ten, as it
would be in a general to vacate a 'vantage position which
he has obtained by a succession of victories, and that
without any apparent necessity. We repeat that we
regret the course which the Noble Lord has thought
proper to adopt. Had his Lordship proceeded with the
measure, which no rational man can deny is essential to
the promotion of a healthy state of registration, he would
have merited the gratitude of the whole empire. He
might have risked a defeat this session, and the odium
would have rested upon those alone whom the present
system benefits, and who alone contend for the continua-
tion of prectices which are a reproach to Christianity.
(From the Standard.)
The result of the division is the House of Lords last
night will be read with pain, by the Protestant commu-
nity—with indignatio:n and despair, 'if people do not duly
weigh the peculiar circumstances of the case. Let it be
our business briefly to call attention to these circum-
stances. First, the majority against Lord Wynford's
amendment was riot very great—a majorite of 47
in a house of 206, including pairs, is not a very great one ;
and when it is considered, that to constitute this majority
the Ministerialists mustered in full force, and brought
along with them a section of the Conservative party, it
will seem less. The strength of the case of the City of
Dublin Corporation will, however, appear much more ma-
nifest from a contrast of arguments than from a comparison of
numbers. The battle was won by a trick, as we predicted it
would be—a trick aided by what we must look upon as a
culpable degree of confidence on the part of the Notate-
men who concurred in Lord Wyntord's amendment.
They ought to have anticipated every indirect manceevre
as sure to be resorted to; and we apprised them distinctly of
what they were to expect from Lord Normanby. After the
splendid speech of Mr. Butt had produced the unpre-
cedented effect which it is on all sides allowed to have
produced, Ministers sent for the Corporation Commis-
sioners, who arrived in London by the earliest possible
day. These men were consulted with, and their stories
carefully sifted by their employers; but weeks rolled on,
and a whisper in contradiction of Mr. Butt's statement
was never breathed, until the very eve of the discussion of
Lord Wynford's motien, when Lord Normanby declared
that he eas prepared with proofs that Mr. Butt'z allega-
tions were unfounded.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 7.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool-
sack, shortly after fiva o'clock.
A Meseaga from the House of Commons brought up
certain private Bills
Lord \VHARNCLIFFE postponed to Tuesday next,
the motion of which he had given notice for Thursday, on
the subject of Jones, who had recently been convicted in
Dublin, of Rlbbonlam.

The Duke of RIC lIMOND presented a petition from
certain ministers of the Church of Scotland, praying the
jute, ference of the Legi,laturc to protect them against the
per which they arc suffering in con=sequence of their
having obeyed ti-e law.
Toe NOBLE DUKE took that opportunity of ingtiring
what were the intentions of his Noble Friend (the Earl of
Aberdeen) with respect to his Bill upon the suli.ct of
Church patronage.
The Earl of ABERDEEN said that it was perfectly
natural that his Noble Friend should take a lively interest
H sniA,ct, closely connected as w.is with the district
0.
en',) intention respecting the Ball in question ho would
gi,e N:Jble Friend a definite answer at the nest sitting
of the House.
Lord B R OUGHAM presented petitions from the
minister, pariah clerk, and others of a parish in the county
cf Ross, to tt,e same ell_ et as that presented by the Duke
of Richnsoad. The Nolo!e Lord presented also a petition
from the medical practitioners of itenfr,‘vv, prsyiag for
medical Reform; arid a petition from Bridgereator against
the Corn-laws.
The Earl of K INN° UL presented petitions from
Perthshire is favoqr of the Earl of Aber leen's Church
Benefices Bill.
Tire Elrl of ABERDEEN presented a number of
petitions to the same (Feet.
Tue Earl of ST. VINCENT presented a petition from
400 canal boatmen, against the carrying of goods upon
canals on Snnday%.
Lord HATHERTON reminded their Lordships that
he bad presented recently petitions to the same effect front
every town and village along the line of the Staffordshire
and Birmingham Canal. The hardship to the boatmen
was very great, and ;night be relieved without the slightest
inconvenience to the trade of the country; nor did the
petitioners ask for any interference with the carriage of
passengers upon the same canals. Tire great hardship
was occasioned by the carriage ;of goods. He wished to
know from his Noble Friend the Secretary for the Home
Department, whether it would not be practicable to intro-
duce a clause to meet the wishes of the petitioners in the
Canal Police Bill, which was now before the other House?

The Marquis of NORMANBY said that the subject
was one tvh►ch required particular attention of the Reuse
and the Legislature, and he assured his Nubi Friend
that he should give it his serious consideration. Bat he
did not think the mod,2 suggested by his Noble Friend
would be the hest, as he did not think it expedient to
introduce into the body of the Bill alluded to a clause re-
lating to so different and delicate a subject.
Earl STANHOPE presented petitions from Leicester,
aid from places in Wales and Scotland, against the war
wits; China ; also petitions from Huddersfi-ld, and from
an individual in Lincoln, against the new Poor-law B►ll.