The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-22 00:00:00

THE IRISH CHURCH.

On the resumption of the adjourned debate,
Sir RUUNDELL PALMER said the present measure
had been to him a subject of the greatest anxiety and soli-
citude, and if personal feeling or political obligation could
be enough to bind him to act in personal concert
with those friends with whom ho had acted so long,
and if he had found it impossible to do so
an the present occasion it was owing to an imperious
and overwhelming necessity. (Hear, hear.) He had no
sympathy with those who impugned the motives of the
right hon. gentleman, becauso he knew they were as pure
and deeply seated as it was possible for anything to be
in human nature. (Hear, hear.) Ho could not go the
entire length of the bill now under consideration. (Hear,
hear.) Ho objected to the bill because its principle was
not alone disestablishment simply, but because it was dis-
establishment accompanied by universal disendowment.
(Hear, hear.) He was quite ready to do all that was pos-
sible to remove grievances ro the greatest possible ex-
tent, bat he could not consent to an act which took
away the entire property of the Church in Ireland. Ho
believed the proposals of the bill to be without precedent
—at least he knew of none—(hear, hear)—aud it was not
even comparable with the extensive ,appropriations of
Church property which took place at the time of
the Reformation. (Hear, hear, from the Opposition.)
In Canada there was no precedent for the measure, there
life interests in the case of the clergy reserves were also
repealed—(lean bear)—and indeed they remained so
down to the present day. (Hear, hear.) He could not
consent to a proposal that went the length of saying that
what was not national property ought to be treated as
such, and thereupon to found au argument to enable one
person to take that other person's property and pat it into
his own pocket. ("Hoar, hear," from the Opposition.)
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Madlle. Nilsson, the
celebrated singer, informs us that the announcement of
her name to sing at the above theatre is entirely without
her authority. Her only engagement, she states, was
with Mr. Mapleson, of Her Majesty's Theatre, and sha has
declined to sing at Covent-garden, especially under two
managers. She has informed Mr. Map.eson that she con-
siders her engagement now annulled.
OLI,HAM ELECTION PETITION.—OLDHAM, MOll-
- This morning the petitioners abandoned 95 objec-
jectious on ground of parocbisl relief. Of the objections
300 have been exhausted, against 100 on the other side ;
Platt and Cobbett continua level.

At Judges' Chambers, this morning, the Cain-
bridge •election petition against both the sitting members
was withdrawn.
DOVER ELECTION PETITION.—DOVER, Monday.—
The Dover election petition case was opened tkis morning
before Baron Martin. The counsel for the petitioner are
Sergeant Sargood and Mr. George Shaw. For the re-
spondent Sergeant Ballantine end Mr. George Frances.
Thera are 100 witnesses.

THE ABERGELE CATASTROPHE.—RUTHIN, MGR•
day.—The assizes opened this morning. The calendar
includes the names of tho stoker and driver of the Aber-
gele goods train.

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