The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-30 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1851,

In the House of Lords last night,
The Smithfield Market Removal Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The Marquis of LAN SDOWNE moved the third reading
of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill.
The Earl of ABERDEEN renewed his protest against
the measure.

The Bishop of OXFORD considered the Papal rescript
to be an aggression upon the Church as well as upon the
State, and therefore supported the Bill.
The Earl of GALLOWAY opposed the Bill, as did Lord
STUART DE DECIES.

The Duke of ARGYLL, the Earl of GLENGALL, and
Earl FORTESCUE supported the Bill, and Earl NELSON
and the Marquis of Slaw opposed it.
Lord REDESDALE considered that the plan originally
proposed by the Earl of DERBY was infinitely preferable
to the Government measure.

Viscount GAGE would have much preferred a measure
Lo check the increase of convents and nunneries.

Earl GREY explained the status of tho Roman Catho-
ic bishops in the colonies.
The Bill was then read a third time.

On the question that the Bill do pass.
Lord MoraEAGLE moved the insertion of an additional
clause with the view of preventing the Bill from inter-
fering with the spiritual jurisdiction and function of Ho
man Catholic bishops.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE contended that the clause,
though unobjectionable, was unnecessary, as the Bill
would not interfere with spiritual matters.
After some observations from the Earl of ST. Gza-
MANS, the Bishop of OXFORD, and Lord CR.ANWORTH,
Lord MONTEAGLE withdrew his motion.
The Bill was then passed.
Some Bills on the table were subsequently forwarded
a stage, acid their Lordships adjourned.
In the early sitting of the House of Commons yes-
terday,
The Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The remainder of the sitting was occupied in consider-
ing the Metropolitan Sewers Bill, which passed through
Committee.
In the evening sitting,

Mr. FREWENmoved" That the Excise duty on hops
is impolitic and unjust, and ought to be repealed at an
early period."
Mr. FULLER seconded the resolution.

Mr. L.HODGES moved, as an amendment, " That on
any reduction of excise duty on hops taking place, it is
expedient to reduce the excise duty on British hops and
the Customs duty on foreign hops by one penny per
pound weight each together, with the 5 per cent. addi-
tional duty thereon granted by the Act 3d Viet., c. 17."
After some observations from Mr. BARROW and. Mr.
CIIRTEIB,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER refused again-to
enter on a question which had been discussed four times
during the session. He hoped the House would not con-
sent to the resolution. _ _ _

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After a few words from Sir J. TYREE', Mr. COWDEN,
and Mr. 131.88, the amendment was withdrawn, and the
House divided on the original motion, which was re-
jected by a majority of 59 to 30.
Mr. HzTwoop then moved, pursuant to notice, "an
address to the QUEEN, praying her Majesty to issue di-
rections, in such way as she may deem fit, that the
Crystal Palace may be retained in its present position
until the Ist of May next, with the view of determining
whether the building could be appropriated to purposes
of public utility or amusement."
Colonel SIBTHORP opposed the motion, and denounced
the Exhibition as having tempted the working classes
into dissipation and extravagance.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the
results of the Exhibition had been most gratifying, yet
the Commissioners could not think themselves justified
in delaying the demolition of the Crystal Palace, unless
there were a general expression of public opinion in
favour of its retention.
Sir ROBERT INGLIS thought the pledge to pull down
the building could not be violated.
Mr. EWART, Mr. MACGREGOR, and Colonel THOMPSON
spoke in favour of the motion, and Mr. Gounnunts, Mr.
BANYES, and Lord SEYMOI7R against it.
Atter a few words from Mr. WALLEY, Mr. VILLIERS,
and Mr. GEACII in favour of the motion, the House di-
vided, and the motion was carried by a majority of 78
to 47.
Mr. C. ANSTEY then brought forward the motion of
which he had given notice on the subject of transporta-
tion to Van Diemen's Land, but before the Hon. and
Learned Gentleman had concluded his speech the House
was counted out, at ten minutes to Eleven o'clock.

It will be observed with universal satisfaction that
the House of Commons last evening, by a majority of
75 against 47, decided in favour of the motion of the
lion. Gentlema n the Member for North Lancashire.
The Crystal Palace, therefore, will remain untouched
till the first of next May, in order to allow the public
time to discover whether it may not be advisable to
determine upon its permanent preservation. In ac-
cordance with what we announced yesterday, the
principal arguments brought forward by the oppo-
nents of Mr. HEYWOOD, were to the effect that the
maintenance of the structure in question would be a
breach of faith reflecting seriously on the national
honour, the Government having insisted upon a pledge
that the building should be destroyed immediately after
the close of the Exhibition, and that pledge having
been solemnly given by the Royal Commissioners.
The absurdity of reasoning such as this requires no
great display of logical acumen in order to effect its
demonstration. It is as ridiculous as anything could
well be, and the more so from the extraordinary em-
phasis with which it was supported from the floor of
the Imperial Legislature. As an illustration of this,
suppose a soldier was wounded in battle, and
that the first army surgeon he encountered
on the field assured him it would be neces-
sary to amputate his leg, the unfortunate
man consenting to submit to that operation : suppos-
ing that some little time afterwards a more eminent
practitioner, a BRoDIE or a LISTON, were called in,
and that thereupon amputation was decided to be
altogether unnecessary—shall anything so prepos-
terous be insisted upon as that the limb must never-
theless be lopped off, simply upon a wretched punc-
tilio of honour ? Utterly ludicrous as such a con-
jecture may appear, the case of the Crystal Palace,
the nation, and the Royal Commissioners is strictly
analogous. Look at the matter in the clearest light
imaginable, and it will be seen that the
Honourable Representative of Finsbury was
right when be said that the arrangement
made for the removal of the Crystal Palace imme-
diately after the close of the Exhibition was an
arrangement of the public with the public, one con-
sequently admitting of any conceivable change or
modification on the part of the community itself, just
as the subject might, on mature resection, appear to
suit its convenience. yet, setting all these considera-
tions at defiance, putting on one side common sense,
and plain reason, and sound judgment, the petulant
antagonists of the motion of Mr. HEYWOOD con-
tinued to harp last evening on the promise
of the Royal Commissioners, mantaining that any
evasion of that promise would be injurious to
the credit of the country and to the honour of the
population. Among these marvellously obtuse mal-
contents it will be perceived, by a glance at the de-
bate, that the CHANCELLOR of the EICHE4UER ren-
dered himself singularly conspicuous. Singularly,
we say advisedly ; not that we are in any way Nur.
prised at a new act of absurdity on the part of Sir
CHARLES Noon—that having come, long since, to
be regarded by us simply Sic a matter of course—but
because there is, in his present proceeding, a more
than usual evasion of the truth, a more than ordinary
defiance of all the decencies of honest dealing. It has
so happened that this unlucky personage has, from
tha first moment of his entering office, been rushing
prepense and deliberately counter to public opinion,
battering his bead against that most stubborn of all
the rocks that can be encountered by an ladeabie.