The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-07 00:00:00

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which he states that he was an advocate for the bal- 1
lot, for enfr‘nchisiog every 10/. householder, for the !
extension of the boundaries of boroughs, but that \
he looked upon a pecuniary qualification, as necessaryl
! so that gentleman remained entirely ot the same opi-
nioil after he was admitted into the Government : he
(the Marquis of Londonderry) must therefore suppose
j that the Secretary at War was a sort of sleeping
partner in the concern. He then came to a person of
I grew. importance as regarded Ireland, one whose appoint-
I ment had given great alarm to the people of that country,
,(he allutlied to the Vice-President of the Board of
Trade, who was so well known in Ireland as being
hostile to the Union, and to the Protestant interest ;
11_ hat mom particularly to the Union, when he was ap-
pointed
to a situation in the Government, presided
1 over by the Noble Viscount, the people of Londonderry
became pegliarly alarmed. That Right Hon. Gen-
tlemen, in a speech which he had made, declared that
'I !! ire would neither pay rent, tithe, or taxes. If he did,
.1 the people might then call him Shiel of the silk gown.
1 That Right Hon. Gentleman, after he was raised from
being a Greenwich pensioner to the Beard of Trade,
I went over to Ireland to his election, and on the 16th
1 Sept, 1839, according to the Dublin Evening Post,
at that election there was an Archdeacon, one
1 Of tkat body to whom such power was about
v to lee given—viz., hhe Catholic clergy—was present,
1 and wade a violent speech, in which he characterised
) that House as the sink of hereditary legislation. Mr.
!
lithiel made a speech immediately after, and stated
that he fully identified himself with all that
Ihad fallen from the reverend gentleman. That
wise eulogising that violent speech in a most extra-
ordinary degree, yet still he remained Vice-President of
the Board of Trade. The President of that Board
tile° was nearly in the same situation. With respect to his
i! agreement with the Government his opinions were very
ffox., especially on the question of the Corn-laws.
No now came to the Noble Lord—the Privy Seal, the
- champion of the Exaltados.—(A laugh.) He found
that in that Noble Lord's speech in May last, he dif-
tiared from the Noble Viscount at the head of the Go-
vestment, and gave his opinion that it was impossible
to hold the finality of any human measure. He (Lard
L.) new asked the Noble Viscount whether he still
persevered in all the declarations which he made on the
I Sin of May last, when he resumed office—( Hear)—
fnotwillbetanding that infusion in the Ministry, which
oblvd the Noble Viscount's bosom friend (as we under-
eteod Lord Howick) to depart from his side ? This infu-
sion of such men as he (the Noble Marquis) had spoken
of haarcaused an impression in the public at large that the
le Noble Lord was looking to some undefined changes. Now
•• he azkpd the Noble Viscount whether there was any rea-
lson fcrr such an impression ? He asked the Noble Vie-
ecaott whether all those motions were to be open questions?
I
ll Indeed all questions seemed to be open in the present Ca-
hinet, Lie had mentioned four of them, and he could
reentien half a dozen—(Hear,.hear.) He asked was every
j Xlterber of the Government to be at liberty to take inde-
i pendent views of every question? If so that was a state
I in evlsich no Cabiret ever before was placed. He did not
I
that any, statement of his could have any effect on
the Ministers, or that any exposure would induce them to
retire until the end of the world. But he would read an
rb,tr2-et of the Parliamentary minorities in which they had
' been placed since Viscount Melbourne became First Lord
of the Treasury. In 1833 they were in four minorities in
the Please of Commons, and eleven in the House of Lords ;
and 1836, eleven in the Commons and ten in the Lords.
In I aO7, in the Commons, nine—in the Lords, five. In
1963, in the Commons, twenty-one—in the Lode, four.
lln IVA, in the Commons, eight—in the Lords eleven,
and in the Session of 1840, they have bad five
. inineritie,s—(Laughter)—makinet in all 58 defeats in
the Commons, and 69 in the Lords.—(Cheers and laugh-
, toy.) la this time there were no less than 112 Bills intro-
!thread isy the Ministry, and let fall to the ground.—( Hear,
, hear, and laughter.) In 1836 there were 29; in 1837,
21 ; in 1338, 25 ; in 1839, 28.—( Hear, hear.) He made
1 thai statement to show that he had not risen on light
• pfr3ZU,l.3. He asked the Noble Lord, did he mean to de-
, eve* e the House when be made those declarations in May
beet--or did be mean to adhere to those declarations, not-
withstanding, that infusion in his Ministry, which com-
pelled his Noble Friend to leave his Government?
Lord STRAFFORD, in reference to a petition which
the noble Marquis presented on a former evening as from
:rsitrbraletiolnlaorfo Londonderry,
,Marquis's
speech;vassa
rend
thatad i
n when
Londonderry,tne report,
is oaf the :greatest astonishment. When the Mayor
woe dalied on for an explanation, he declared, upon his
ilnenear, chat he had not forwarded the petition to the
Igeble Marquis as thret of the Corporation, but as the peti-
! eiee of isimself and the two Sheriffs, and not in their offi-
eve' I character.—( Hear, hear.)
Visotoetot MELBOURNE said he had only to say that
}he had not altered the opinions he had fn-merly expressed
, open the subject.
l CORN-LAWS.
Lord FITZGERALD presented a petition,signed by
1 the lanthel proprietors of Galway, against tne repeal of
the Corn-laws. As it was understood that the debate on
iilA subject would be renewed, he hoped the people of
i I, el.wl would take care and prove to the public, and to
I Paihrasvert, that they were interested in the maintenance
of the Corn-laws.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition
&gam by sixty or seventy of the principal merchants of
i Lt*etyrerul, praying for an alteration of the Corti-laws, cud
tee reee;itiilion of a fixed duty for the present fluctuating
sae.; .. The Noble Marquis then presented a petition
.;!(,e,, W.:ltaeire in favour of the Corn-laws.
PARTY PROCESSIONS IN IRELAND.
The 41 ,rquie of NORMAN BY, after presenting peti-
tieete in iterate of the Irish Municipal 13111, proceeded to
'irk! Aplanatioes regarding the Temperance Procession
'and. on the St. Petrick', lley. The Lord-Lieu-
had directed that, if nothing threatening occurred,
harry demoostration, the procession should not be
is e:rreied with. As to the placards, he understood that
tves net the set of the Society but of an individual, who
tad i recant to sey it was by authority. As to the proces-
sion, it vies p 4 rtectly ordirly, but excited great interest
as everything eunueeted with the SJciety had recently dune
la ii•e!aed. but nothing had occurred to obstruct the peace
or g:va ••litince to any individual of any peEtice. As to I
the rail:m:s,l,e undo,stood they were merely red and
e hies, trithout any third colou-, and were adopted merely
,e, e die-oration, and did net indicate any party feeling.
Harlin; aa‘d thus much with reference to the procession,
Le ,east ley be thought such procession an unwise mode of
terteyhie out what he thought, to be a most beneficial
tae one in the habits of the people, to which he looked
eftii il,r., erea•est interrst, as tending to their moral
e oeitaration ; tut when he seid he thought it was an unwise
iee•errii2g,l'e I heueht the friends of the Society felt it ne-
, "eery to retain their ii.fle,•nee on that day over the minds
of teem members, which had tacit been an commonly sur-
r ,der.ei to eceivivial i:truenee, and thought the best mode
i,f driarz ti:i4 was by exciting in them a pride in being
members of the Society. With reference to the procession
ei Detilin, h•• ha.t is ritt, oreFp,..ctier.,.. it, but had not set re-
viettel eta answer; but in a private letter to him, his Noble
rri,n4 the L-If d. L eetenant stated that he was himself in
tar *vet, a during a portion of the time. and observed the
passing of tine procession, and that nothing he had seen
ie heleed had given him so much pleasure. He gave
eree•lit to all those parties who, like the Rev. Mr. Matthew,
ew, prorwiting the moral improyernent of the people of
leered, 'I hat gentleman lind engaged most actively end
e--aletiely in the cruse of temp ,rance, an I he had never'
bevel 050 word against his character. —( hear, hear.) He
b; bevel there was nothing of a political character in this
movemeut, and he understood that many of the principal
Pretestant resident landlords had taken up the cause
teitis the Rev. Mr. Matthew, tied given hint every
sarpty,*. and assistance in their power. Among others
he teigiA mention that arelitive of ins Noble Friend oppe-
;ea Sir Lucius O'Brien, of the county Clare, had, much
to logs c,-redit. taken up the cause of Mr. Matthew very
warmly. . fre hoped that as there was nothing whatever
or a p;litical character in the matter, it might be allowed
te go on. and thereby promote the moral improvement of
liektid.

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