The Sun.
London, England, 1835-08-25 00:00:00

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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1835.

REJECTION OF THE IRISH CHURCH BILL!

The Peers have made short work with the Irish
Chur:h Bill. The first serious demonstration of
their intentions made when they_came to the con-
sid,,ration of the 10th clause, which provides for the
re-opening of inch Tithe Compositions as may have
been founded on fraud or error. As the fraud or error
was in favour of the Church, and against the Tithe-
payer, the clause was struck

A ,spaciousip was then made in the Bill b:: the
wholesale removal of all the claw4,s from 11 to 21.
The 40th clause, which! re,-,,i!lates the amount of (!oin-
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position by the average price of corn for the last seven
years, shared the same fat!,

But it was not till their Lord hips had got beyond
the 60th clause that the axe was laid to the root of
the tree. When clause 61 was read, Lord HADDING-
TON got up and moved, that it and the next 27
clauses, embodying the appropriation principle, should
be entirely omitted. A discussion emitted, in which
the Noble Lord's views were supported by the Bishop
of LONDON, the Earl of WINCHILSEA, and Lord
RoDEN, the Duke of WELLINGTON bringing up the
rear. Against so formidable a phalanx of orators,
what could a BROUGHAM, a PLUNKETT, a MEL-
BOURNE, or a LANSDOWNE avail ? Clearly nothing.
The Tory Lords poured forth torrents of red-hot abuse
against the appropriation principle, and those who
maintained it. The destruction of the Church was the
burden of the song. To adapt the Protestant Esta-
blishment to the wants of the Protestants, and to de-
vote the surplus to the moral improvement of the peo-
ple of Ireland, was, they declared, an impious robbery,
a sacrilegious spoliation, which could not possibly es-
cape the Divine vengeance. But they could see no
robbery in hundreds of Clergymen devouring the sub-
stance of the Church without performing any service
in return

Towards the close of the debate, Lord MELBOURNE
told their Lordships in plain terms that if the motion
succeeded, the Bill was lost—he would have nothing
more to do with it. In spite, however, of this declara-
tion, the motion was carried by a majority of 97, the
numbers being 138 to 41. The House adjourned
mmediately after the division.
Thus have our Lords and Masters consummated
their achievements against the peace and happiness
of England, by an exploit which will set Ireland
in a flame. By the rejection of this Bill, the
Irish Clergy are left without any means of
support, except what they may receive from the cha-
rity of the benevolent; and the expectations which had
been raised in the minds of the Irish people, are dis-
appointed with a recklessness of consequences which
nothing short of insanity can justify.

Our readers will see by the various reports of Public
Meetings on the subject of the Corporatian Reform
Bill, which appear in another part of The Sun, that
nothing short of the absolute rejection of the Lords'
Amendments by the House of Commons, will satisfy
the people. ' We 'trust, therefore—though with feW or
no hopes of the popular wishes being attended to—

that their Lordships will see the necessity, when the
Report of the Committee comes before them to-night
for consideration, of so revising their amendments,
that the Commons may be enabled to pass the Bill,
without compromising their consistency. By their
resistance to all rational reforms, their Lordships are
playing a very desperate game, in which they, not the
people, will be the losers. Not content with destroying
the Municipal Bill, they last night gave the finishing
stroke to the Irish Church Bill. Is conduct like this
to be tolerated ? No ; the people must be firm—they
must be unanimous ; they have the power in their own
hands, and must not scruple to exert it. If they
do not, they will again have a Tory oligarchy
usurping the Government, and then farewell to all
efficient alterations in our corrupt institutions. Now,
therefore, or never, is the time for us to declare our
will, to take up our post, and stand to it at all ha-
zards. There are many unpleasant rumours afloat re-
specting changes, &c., in the Administration, but if
the people only remain staunch to their interests,
neither Tory nor ultra-Tory will be able to take up his
official quarters in Downing-street.

In another column our readers will see an important
document respecting the " Orange Lodges," to which
is affixed the illustrious signature of " ERNEST,
Grand Master." We beg to call their particular at-
tention to this precious document, because it is in
spirit, if not in so many express words, tantamount to
a confession of all the charges brought against the
Grand Master of the Orange Institutions. The poor
Deputy is sadly mauled in it I

The Paris Papers of Sunday, the whole of which
we have received, bring reports of Saturday's proceed-
ings in the Chamber of Deputies on the Fieschi law
against the Press. The speeches delivered for the
measure were not remarkable for anything besides their
dullness, and the determination of the orators to
support the Government of LOUIS PHILIPPE. 'We
wonder has it ever occurred to these apostates that
they may be very shortly called upon to prove their
loyalty by accompanying their Royal Master in a voy-
age to Holyrood, or some such asylum for deposed
Sovereigns ? The CITIZEN KING may, by his
watchfulness, retard a Revolution in France, but
he cannot prevent it, should he be so unfortu-
nate as to succeed in his present efforts to abrogate the
most valuable provisions of the Constitutional Charter.
The debates on the Bill will occupy the greater part of
this week.

The advices from the north of Spain are not im-
portant. Both the Carlists and the QUEEN'S troops
are making preparations for an active campaign.
France is intriguing with Russia. This ought not
to escape the attention of the British Government.

Letters and Papers from Madrid to the 18th inst.,
received this morning, bring intelligence respecting the
termination of the recent insurrectionary movement
in that capital. Great praise is due to the Minis-
ters, General QUESADA, and the civic authorities,
for the discretion with which they conducted
an affair in which the slightest mismanagement would
have led to scenes of savage outrage--perhaps to a
temporary suspension of the powers of the Govern-
ment. The details of this insurrectionary movement
may be summed up in a few words. They are as fol-
lows :—On the 15th inst., there was a bull-fight at
Madrid, at which four companies of the Urban militia at-
tended. As soon as the fight was over the men formed
themselves into columns, and protested that they would
not lay down their arms before the Ministers were dis-
missed, and certain measures which
_they prcposed for
quelling the rebellion in the north, adopted by the QUEEN
REGENT. This resolution being taken, they marched
in a body to the Plaza Mayor, where they were joined
.by other battalions of Urbanos, with shouts of" Long
lire Liberty I Long live Queen ISABELLA II !"
Here they remained in deliberation for nearly six hours,
when a draft of a remonstrance addressed to the
QUEEN REGENT was produced and approved
of by the Urbanos. It contained nine distinct resolu-
tions or propositions, which were to be submitted im-
mediately to her Majesty, and no steps were to be
taken against the Government before the expiration of
the time necessary for receiving the QUEEN'S answer.
In the meanwhile the Chiefs of the Insurgents pub-
lished the following document, addressed in the form
of a'proclamation to the inhabitants of Madrid :

" Fellow Citizens—The object which has assembled us is to
overturn the Ministry, which environs the throne, and is hur-
rying it with its fatal counsels towards an abyss, and which en-
courages the efforts of the Carlist faction, and exposes our
country to the most frightful anarchy. An address, in which
these truths arc laid before her Majesty in a manner equally
respectful as energetic, shall be in a few hours in her Royal
hands.

" Fellow citizens—We have sworn not to lay down our arms
until our wishes shall be realized.

" Inhabitants of Madrid—B.- not afraid that the tranquillity
of your homes shall be disturbd ; we have sworn that the evil-
disposed, who, misinterpreting our geoerous sentiments, should
attempt to commit the least excess, shall atone for it with the
forfeit of their

" Fellow Citizer:s—Long live Isabella! Leiig live Liberty
Long live the Quc,n Regent l Down vvith the Minister., 1"

\i'hile these proceedings were going forward Li the
Plaza Mayor the Ministers were not idle. Persons
known to possess great influence among the Urbanos
in consequence of the liberality of their opinions, were
sent to remonstrate with the officers on their unnatu-
ral conduct. General QUESADA placed himself at
the head or his troops, and by a feint as skilful as it
was unexpected, took possessign of every avenue and
street leading to the Plaza Mayor, so that the Ur-
hallos were hemmed in on all sides, ar►d thus prevented
from forming a junction with their friends in other
parts of the city. The insurgents were then sum-
moned to lav down their arms, and to retire peaceably
to their respective houses, QUESADA pledging himself
that though in the power of his troops not a hair of their
heads should be molested. The General's moderation
and prudence had the happiest effect upon the Urbanos,
who with one consent laid down their arms, and with-
drew as directed. Not the slightest insult was offered
to them, nor was a threat uttered on any side.
Thus terminated the insurrectionary movement of
the 15th instant at Madrid—a movement which might
have proved fatal to the QUEEN'S Government, had
it not exercised the most extraordinary forbearance.
We arc not disposed td join in the sneers in
which some of our contemporaries indulge at the
expense of the unsuccessful Urbanos. The at-
tempt to excite an insurrection in the capital
was highly culpable, but at the same time the
insurgents conducted themselves with a propriety
never surpassed by so large a body of men under similar
circumstances. In fact, this principle of order in the
midst of disorder, is one of the most astonishing features
in the revolutionary movements in Spain. One Go-
'vernment is no sooner overturned than the populace set
about to replace it by another, armed with pretty nearly
the same powers. In a word, the Spaniards, wherever
they rise against the Government, appear to act, not
under the influence of revolutionary excitement, but
from a mistaken notion or conviction that there is no
other way by which they can rid themselves of evils no
longer endurable.
The QUEEN-REGENT was expected to arrive in
Madrid on the 17th inst. Up to a late hour in the
evening pf that day her MAJESTY had not returned an
answer to the address of the Urbanos. Finally an ex-
traordinary Gazette was announced, containing a decree
declaring the city in a state of siege, and the inhabi-
tants subject to martial law. Whether or not this de-
cree—of which the following is a copy—was intended
for an answer to the address of the LTrba,uos, we can-