The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-31 00:00:00

Mr. flumE resolutely condemned Lord SEA.TON'S
policy in Canada, declared that the vote was uncalled
or, and that he would oppose it.

Sir H. HARDINUE heard Mr. HUME'S speech with
regret, and praised the services of Lord SEATON.
Mr. WILLIAMS and Mr. HAWES supported Mr.
HUME, but on a division the grant was carried by
82 to 16.
In a Committee on the Admiralty Court Bill Mr.
HUME moved to substitute 3,0001. for 4,0001., the salary
of the Judge. Colonel SIBTHORP consistently sup-
ported the motion, but that, too, was carried against Mr.
HUME on a division by 83 to 17.
The question of the Sergeant-at-Arms and the
Printed Papers, is to be taken into consideration to-
day, the first thing after private business.
The Exchequer Bills Public Works Bill went through
a Committee.
In a Committee on the Tobacco Excise Alt, the
CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER moved resolutions to
repeal the regulations with regard to that article. He
proposed to do away with the system of surveys and
permits, but he will not enter into details till after
Easter. The resolutions were agreed to, and a Bill is
to be brought in. This is, we believe, one step to-
wards improvement.
In a similar Committee on the Glass Excise Acts the
CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER moved a resolution to
levy the same duty on broad sheet glass as on crown
glass, which was agreed to.
Tile Constabulary Bill, after a conversation, was read
a second time. Sir E. KNATCHBULL gave notice that
he would move to refer it to a Select Committee.

The second reading of the Beer Bill was postponed.
The Law of Evidence (Scotland) Bill went through
a Committee, after some little opposition on the part of
Sir W. RAE.

The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve.

We said on Saturday,in speaking of Lord STAN-
LEY'S Bill, that his Lordship might cure the little
sore of the Irish Registries, but he would throw the
patient into convulsions. Visible symptoms have
already supervened of this dreadful disease. Lord
ST &NLEY S success is described in the Dublin
Evening Post of Saturday, as " the first signal of
universal agitation." " Yes," it says, "we must
agitate in every county—in every town—in every
parish in the kingdom. We shall not tamely sub-
mit, ,
to this time injury." That, however, is not
the only symptom. Mr. O'CONNELL has pub-
lished a letter to the Duke of LEINSTER, elabo-
rately setting forth all the political evils under
which Ireland still labours, such as having to sup-
port a Church which is not that of the majority of
the people ; being yet refused a searching Corpora-
tion Reform, which has been granted to England ;
having received a much less measure of Parliamen-
tary Reform than was granted to Scotland and
England, involving a franchise limited and cur-
tailed in a'
-manner most degrading to Ireland ; anti
finally he comes to the Bill of Lord STANLEY,
and thus he speaks of it :
" One would have imagined, my Lord Duke, that the
most inveterate enemy who ever inflicted a grievance upon
Ireland would be contented with all the insulting injustice
and iniquity resulting from the Reform Bill; the limited
franchise, and the vexatious registry. There was one ad-
vantage remaining—one solitary advantage ; when the
voter was once registered he continued on the registry for
eight years. For eight years the toil, the trouble, the
vexation, expense, and intimidation of a registry sessions
could not be visited upon him.
" This was the one, the single, the solitary advantage in
the entire system. Lord Stanley thinks this 0110 advan-
tage one too many for the Irish people to enjoy. He
frames his Registration Bill. A vicious ingenuity to
destroy the franchise pervades every clause of that Bill.
He puts in motion every enemy that Ireland has ; English,
Scowl], or—worse than all—lrish.

" Nothing can keep him from another attack upon the
Irish people. The spirit of the Coercion Bill revives.
He sacrifices every delicacy I all the charities of social
life. The illness of a venerable, venerated parent, can-
not detain him from his assault upon Ireland. There is
no sacredness in private sorrow that can keep him from
working out his mischief against us. The Government
manfully arid firmly resist the attack; but the activity of
hatred to the people of Ireland and to their religion stimu-
lates our enemies. Some foolish conviction that the mis-
chief was too manifest, too glaring, too enormous to bo
tolerated in the House, detained some of the Irish Mem-
bers and some of the English Liberals from the debate.
Lord Stanley triumphs; and another grievous blow is
thus inflicted on the rights and liberties of the Irish
people.
" Lord Stanley's Bill is a monstrous contrivance of
mischief First, it takes away at one blow all the vested
rights of the existing registered votes of Ireland."
Mr. O'CoNNELL then enumerates the other
mischiefs which he conceives the Bill will cause,
and concludes—
" I have stated enough to show that the object of this Bill
is to annihilate the franchise of the occupying tenantry of
Ireland, and to place the nomination of our Members in the
bands of—to say the least of the great majority of them—
a most ungenial aristocracy.
" It is with the moat unfeigned respect I ask your Grace,
is it possible the union can continue it this Bill should pass
into law ? Or, if it shall continue—if sanctioned by your
Grace's countenance, and that of your friends, the popular
voice of Ireland be for ever extinguished—is it not mani-
fest that disaffection, discontent, and turbulence must per-
vade the island ? And that land which now tranquilly re-
poses in its confidence of the pure intentions and patriotic
motives of the Irish Government and the British Ministry,
will, once again, be converted into a scene of destruction,
desolation, and bloodshed.
I will not, my Lord Duke, venture to prophesy what
may be the ultimate consequences. I recoil from the pro-
spect of futurity with horror and affright."
Lord STANLEY may at least boast of the power
of his nostrum and the quickness of its operation.
Prussic acid is not more quick nor mote deadly.
A more ready mischief-maker never hatched a se-
dition nor administered a poison. The evil is
apparent. Why is it to be inflicted on the
country ?