The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-04 00:00:00

4, 1851.

which is due from every subject of tho Crown, in that
case the question ceases to be a religious question, and
you have a right to interfere end impose such re-
strictions as you may deem necessary, Istcause you do
not impose them on religious opinions, you impose them
only on political doctrines." Having read this extract,
I trust we shall al feel we may reserve ourselves with
perfect confidence till we see the Bill introduced, but if
it be doubted as to the propriety of any Bill at all being
brought in, I point to Roman Catholic Peers of the
highest standing who have publicly declared that al-
legiance to the canon law is incompatible with al-
legiance to the Sovereign.—(Hear.) If so, we see
good reason for the introduction of some measure
for our consideration; not, Sir, that those Noble Lords are
recreant to their religious principles in thus resenting the
Papal rescript; not that through the indirect influences
of Protestantism they have adopted views which iu other
times they have abhorred. Nothing like it ; the
Papal rescript would have been resented iu the
pahniest days of the Roman Catholic religion in
this country—(Cheers, and cries of " No, no." Why,
Sir, our earliest national history is full of incidents in
which the people, the Parliament, and the barons of
England, Catholics as they all were, indignantly ex-
claimed against such intrusions on the part of the Ro-
man Poeta. Thu canon law, for example, has always
been hateful to Englishmen, and I do trust that in the
measures to be taken its operation in this country will be
rendered null and void, otherwise we shall be embroiled
in interminable intestine disputes utterly incompatible
with the safety, the honour, and the welfare of our
Sovereign and her dominions.—(Hear, bear.) I trust
all Hon. Alealbers will feel the'y can concur in the terms
of the Address, and I hope we shall postpone any de-
bate on a subject so exciting until the matter is sub-
stantively before us.—(Cheers.) Her Majesty also
speaks of certain changes in the courts of equity and
law, and the registration of deeds relating to real pro.
party. All Hon. Members who represent large consti-
tuencies must be alike familiar with the general and
urgent wish that exists for law reform; and much as
they would desire a temperate, well-considered extension
of the suffrage, I am sure they will feel that her
Majesty's Ministers in deferring that until another
session, and taking; up the great question of
law reform in our courts of equity and law,
have exercised a sound discretion. The establishment
and extension of county courts has, so far as it goes,
introduced a sweeping change in pleading practice and
evidence; but the change of the law in the United States
of America has made the people of this country more
alive than ever to the necessity of great change in every
department of our legal administration. I can only ex-
press a hope, which is, that it will be undertaken in the,
spirit which the folllowing skier; extract from an emi-
nent author would demonstrate. He says:—" Let us
not be deterred by clamour against innovation from
abrogating what is useless, simplifying what is complex,
or determining what is doubtful ; nor attempt to stave
off an immediate pressing difficulty by a patch-
work scheme of modifications and suspensions,
but let us consult for posterity in a comprehensive
scheme of legal philosophy."—(Hear, hear.) It is not
necessary that I should point ont to the House the
great benefits which must accrue from a registration of
deeds of real property. All the inconvenience, annoy-
ance, and expense, together with the delay which
arises from the want of it, is familiar to all, and
any Government which will originate and carry
out a well-digested and simple plan, by
which the transfer of rail estate can be ren-
dered more easy and inexpensive, will add to the
value of property, and deserve the hearty thanks of the
Legislature.—(Hear and cheers.) It now, Sir, only re-
mains for me to thank the House for its indulgence. I,
Sir, only earnestly desire that Divine Providence may
illuminate our common path, guide all our councils, and
so direct all our efforts that our legislation may be
eminently practical, equal, and promotive of the best
interests of the United kingdom. With this expres-
sion, Sir, I earnestly commend, by an unanimous vete,
the adoption of the Address to her Majesty.—(Loud and
continued cheering.)

Mr. ROEBUCK then rose and said, that never since
he had the honour to be a Member of that House had he
risen with so much pain as on the present occasion. On
the consideration of other addresses to her Majesty, he
might have felt pain; but the feeling which ho now enter-
tained was a clear feeling on his own mind, the result
of a calm and deliberate judgment. The reason of that
pain was, that now for the first time since he (Mr. Roe-
buck) had been a Member of that House he found an
Administration calling itself Liberal—an Administra-
tion the head of which had gained all his honours and
his great position as one of the great Liberal
party—taking the first step backwards, at a time
at which onward progress was the distinctive
mark of the day. He was surprised to find that the
step backward was taken by that Administration, and
by that Premier who had been the advocate of liberal
measures. The Hon. Seconder of the Address had re-
ferred to Noble Lords antecedents as a proof of his
liberal policy. Last year he (Mr. Roebuck) should have
been willing to rely upon the N oble Lord's antecedents, but
now he could not do so. He (Mr. Roebuck) was
surprised to find that with such antecedents, the
Noble Lord could come forward as the opponent
of civil and religious liberty. What were the
antecedents of the Noble Lord? lie was distinguished
as being the organ of the party %Ilia brought forward
the motio❑ fur the repeal of the Test and Cor-
poration Act in 1825, and now he was fur stop-
ping civil and religious liberty. He would call
the attention of the Honourable Seconder of
the Address to an observation made at
that period by one who knew well what the
mind of man was—by Mr. Conning. He said, " Beware
of what you aro doing—mind what you arc about, for
so soon as you relieve the Dissenters from their disabili-

ties, you will find in them your bitterest opponents.
Well, they had now no longer disabilities. No, now
they had one united Protestant cry, in which all were
conjoined. He could not help remarking upon the
admirable artifice of the Honourable Seconder of the
Address, in his remarks upon the conduct of the
Noble Lord. Now what was the time at which
the Noble Lord had chosen to step back? At
a time when he put into the mouth of
our Gracious Sovereign congratulations upon the in-
creased happiness of the labouring classes at a time
when, after a long experience of law by which the re-
strictions on religion and on trade and on industry were
swept away.: when he put into her mouth words of
congratulation for the fact of increased happiness which
they now enjoyed. Since 1829 the country bad been
going on in one line of policy. On that occasion the
great Protestant hero whose death they now deplored,
and whose loss they felt that day—(Hear, hear.)
yielding to the experience and the pressure of circum-
stances in Ireland ; and the Duke of Wellington, who
had seen, as he said, more years of war than any man
of his time, and most of those years of civil war—
knowing, he said, the mischief's of civil war, he would
to save the [country from one month of this, give
his life, underwent pressure, consented to pass
the Emancipation Act. These great and brave
men taking up the principle acted upon it, and
carried it out frankly. Sir Robert Peel when it
was suggested to him to lay the Catholic clergy,
and be had considered the question, and an im-
portant one it was, and that he would not inter.
sere with the internal polity of the Catholic religiose
no more than he would with the Wesleyan system.
That was the principle upon which he went. ;The
Noble Lord and his party felt great pain, and he might
say great jealousy, that these men, the enemies of
liberality and dissent, should come in and sweep
away the honour for which they had laboured. It was
complained by the party of the Noble Lord that the
honour belonged to them, for that they had got Catholic
emancipation and others had gained the honours. This
showed that had the Duke of Wellington not
done as he did, the party would have persevered
in their demand for complete emancipation.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—We
understand that a marriage will shortly take place between
the lion. James Colborn, eldest son of General Lord Seaton,
and the lion. Charlotte De Burgh, daughter of Lieutenant-
General Lord Downes.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY.—The Royal Mail Com-
pany's steam-ship Clyde, Captain Moss, with the West India
mails, left this afternoon. She had a large and valuable
cargo, with about fifty passengers, many of whom were for
the gold diggings. The next homeward steam-ship, with
the West India and Mexican mails, will be the Thames,
Captain Itivett. She may be looked fbr about the sth or
6th instant. The Jupiter, Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's steam-ship, commanded by Captain Meehan, with the
Peninsular mails, has not made her appearance. The da-
mage done to her machinery on her outward voyage has, we
understand, been repaired at Corunna, so that she may
shortly be looked for. The Madrid, Captain J. Weeks, from
the Peninsula, with the usual mails, is expected about the
4th instant.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—Yesterday an inquiry
as to the state of mind of Mr. David Wilson, a retired mer-
chant of the City, was opened before Mr. Barlow, one of the
Masters in Lunacy, and a special jury of magistrates and
merchants, at the Sheriff's-office, Red Lion-sqnare. Mr.
Wilson was a native of Scotland, and early in life he joined
a mercantile firm in the City as a partner, and having in
that capacity amassed a considerable fortune he retired into
private life, and continued to reside with his wife (having
no children) until her death, which took place about two
years ago, after which event he became unsettled in his
habits, wandering about from place to place, until his friends
thought it necessary to have him placed under the care of
an attendant. The precise amount of his property was not
stated in evidence. The lunatic himself stated he had 1,2001.
a year. but he could not tell how it was derived, and he had
told Dr. Winslow that he was worth from 200,0001. to
350,0001. The jury found that he had been insane since the
10th of December last.

INTRAMURAL BURYING GROUNDS.—Besides the
business of the valuations of old cemeteries and private
burial-grounds, for compensation on closing them, and be-
sides the valuation and examination of new sites, the Board
of Health has been engaged in the investigation of the claims
to compensation of the clergy, churchwardens, and the
parishes. We believe that up to the last week the investi-
gation of the claims of 70 of the parishes (including those
of Marylebone, St. Pancras, and a number of the City
parishes) had been decided.— Sunday Pape-.

COUNTY INCOME AND EXPENDI3UEE.—A
Parlia-
mentary return, just issued, shows that the income of the
counties cf England and Wales amounted, in 1348, to
1,584,7581. 4s. 73/4d.; and in 1849, to 1,541,887/.Bs. 6d. The
evpenditure in the same two years amounted, in 1848, to
1,406,728/. Os. liqd. ; and in 1849, to 1,382,004/. 2 dB. 314 .
The reports of the state of business in the pro-
vinces during the past week show a declining tendency at
Manchester, although the home demand has been well main-
tained ; but in the woollen districts there has been continued
activity and firmness. In the Irish linen trade there has
been no reaction from the recent improvement, and the orders
from America are large.

The Fruiterers' Company yesterday presented the
Right Hon. the Lord May or with twelve baskets of apples,
according to annual custom. The members are to dine with
his Lordship, who will also entertain his ward, this day.