The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-20 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock,

THE PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three o'clock.
Mr. H. MAXWELL presented a petition from the county
of Cavan, praying for a revision of the General Registry Act.
AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.
The Marquis of CHANDOS gave notice that he should,
on the 18th of May, upon moving the Order of the Day for
the House going into a Committee of Supply, call' the atten-
tion of the House to the distress of the agricultural interest
for the purpose of founding a resolution thereon.
NOTICES OF MOTION.

Several Hon. Members postponed motions of which they
had given notice till after the recess.
SABBATH BILL.

Mr. POULTER postponed the Committee on the better'
observance of the Sabbath Bill from the 29th inst. to the 19th
of May.
NEW WRITS.

Mr. F. BARING moved a new writ for Inverness in the
room of the Right Hon. Charles Grant, who had accepted the
office of one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
Colonel SIBTHORP made some observations that were
almost inaudible in the gallery, the purport of which was to
object to so long an adjournment of the House as until the
12th of May.
Mr. F. BARING then resumed his motion for the New
Writs.

For the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the room of Lord
Morpeth, who had accepted the Chilternundreds, and had
been appointed Secretary for Ireland.
For the Burghs of Haddington, Ere., in the room of the
Hon. Robert Steuart, who had been appointed one of the
Lords of the Treasury.
For Taunton, in the room of Mr. Labouchere, who had
been appointed Vice- President of the Board of Trade.
For Berwick-on-Tweed, in the room of Sir Rufane Donkin,
who had accepted the appointment of Surveyor-General of
the Ordnance.
For the borough of Sandwich, in the room of Sir Thomas
Troubridge, who had accepted the appointment of one of
the Lords of the Admiralty.
Mr. F. BARING, in reply to the observations of Colonel
Sibthorp, said that he did not think the House would, upon
considering the difficulties which naturally attended first en-
tering into office, grudge the few days which the members of
the new Government would have, after their election, to pre-
pare themselves for the business of the country ; and under
those circumstances he believed the House would not object to
the adjournment till the 12th of May.
Col. SIBTHORP saw no reason why he should not persist in
his objection to so long an adjournment as the 12th of May.
He knew it would require not three weeks but three months to
render the Members of the new Ministry comfortable in their
places.—( A laugh from the Opposition.) When he looked
at the gracious speech of his Majesty, in which so much had
been promised to relieve the agricultural interest--(Laughter
from the Ministerial Benches)—and also when he saw the
difficulties of the mercantile interest ; and when he was to ex-
pect a renewal of the fructifying system of the:Right Hon.
Baronet opposite (who was, however, likely only to sit for a
short time on those Benches), he thought it necessary
to raise his voice, and to object to so long a postpone-
ment of the business of the country.—( Hear, hear.)
He did not like the countenances of the Hon. Gentlemen op-
posite—( Laughter)—for he believed them to be the index of
their minds—( Continued laughter)—and he should oppose
them on every point, from the conviction that they could not
bring forward any thing that would tend to benefit the country.
He earnestly hoped to God that they would have a safe and
speedy riddance from such a band.—(Laughter.)
Mr. O'CONNELL said he admired the good humour with
which the gallant Colonel had made his observations, and
although there might be something very remarkable in the
countenances of the gentlemen on this side of the House, yet he
thought the gallant Colonel's countenance—(Laughter)--at
all events, was as remarkable as any upon the Ministerial
benches.--( Laughter.) I will not (continued Mr. O'Con-
nell) abate him a single hair—(Great laughter)—in point
of good humour. It is pleasant, Sir, to have these things
discussed in the good temper and with the politeness which
characterizes the Gallant Colonel. Elsewhere they may be
treated in a different style, either considered by the reso-
lution of this House as unfit to hold office may presume to
talk of the Irish representatives in a manner highly
unbecoming any Member exceedingly indecent, an
indecency that would be unsufferable, if it were not ridiculous.
--(Hear, hear.) There is no creature, not even a half maniac,
or a half idiot, that may not take upon himself to use that lan-
guage here which he would know better than to make use
of elsewhere.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") And the
bloated buffoon ought to learn the distinction between
independent men, and those whose votes are not worth
purchasing, even if they were in the market.--( Loud cheers. )
I thank the Gallant Colonel for the good humour with which
he has introduced this, and if we are not to have him as a
friend, it is pleasant to have him as an enemy.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. SINCL AIR then rose, but in consequence of the low
and indistinct manner in which the Hon. Member spoke we
could not hear very well what he said. We understood him
to commence by stating that he could not help expressing his
regret that the good humour the Honourable and Learned
Gentleman had commenced with had not extended to
the observations which he had made with reference to indi-
viduals in their places in Parliament.—(" Oh! ") He had al-
ways admired the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's endeavouring
to avoid actual collision with individuals.—( Cries of Oh,
oh I") He had refrained from making any observations upon
the structure of the Ministry until it should be completed,
so as to be laid before the House in all the symmetry of its
proportions. It must be admitted that consummate
dexterity and admirable discretion had been displayed
with reference to the choice of its materials; but still it
wanted the Colossal column from the Giant's Causeway.—
( Laughter.)
An HON. MEMBER of the Ministerial benches, but whose
name we could not learn, rose to order, and said—l do not
think the Giant's Causeway--( The remainder of the sentence
was drowned in the uproar on the opposite Benches.)
When the interruption had subsided,

Mr. SINCL A Iff proceeded to say that he believed that,
as to the lonic column, if a trench were cut, the foundation
would be discovered to be formed of the same materials. He
then went on to speak, but in so inaudible a tone, that only
detached sentences could be occasionally caught of what he
said. He complimented the character of the late Chancellor
of the Exchequer. He prophesied that the present Govern-
ment would be destroyed between the Scylla of the Radical
reefs and the Conservative Charybdis, for he feared that suffi-
cient would not be done by them to satisfy the Radicals,
and too much to excite alarm in the minds of the Con-
servatives.--( Hear, hear.) He suspected, however, that
an ominous and temporary conjunction would take place be-
tween the Wellington Mars and the O'Connell Jupiter, with
all his satellites.

[lt is merely conjecture whether the above remarks were
made as repeated, so indistinctly and inaudibly the Hon. Gen.
tleman spoke.] _ _

The appointment of the Election Committees, and such
other business as was fixed for this day, were postponed until
the meeting of Parliament after the adjournment.
Mr. BULWER asked if the late Government measure
respecting Ecclesiastical Courts was completed?
Sir H. HARDINGE was unable to reply in the absence
of his Majesty's late law officers.

The motion for adjournment was then put and carried.
IRISH CHURCH.

Mr. SH EI L gave notice, that on the first day after the re-
cess that the House went into a Committee of Supply, he should
move " That no person who should be appointed to an eccle-
siastical dignity should be considered to have any vested inte-
rest in it, which would entitle him to compensation in case it
should subsequently be suppressed."
Sir R. ING LIS stated that on the Hon. and Learned
Member's making that motion, he should move that the oath
he had taken should be read.—(Great cheering from the Op-
position. )