The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-26 00:00:00

LEGAL APPOINTMENTS IN IRELAND.

Mr. A. TREVOR wished to put a question to the Noble
Lord the Secretary for the Home Department, which he con-
sidered of paramount importance at the present moment, and
which the public looked to with great interest. He would
not allude to the various report., it circulation beyond
—( Cries of " Question I") Reports, however, were in gene-
ral circulation respecting certain appointments connected with
the Government, and these had been strengthened, and partly
confirmed, by ail expression used the other night by the Hon.
and Learned Member for Dublin. He wished to know whe-
ther the legal appointments connected with the Irish Govern-
ment had, previously to their being confirmed, been submitted,
either directly or indirectly, to the Hon. and Learned Member
for Dublin for his approbation ?—( Great laughter, and ge-
neral cries from the Ministerial benches of " Don't answer.")
No person rose to answer the question.
Lord Viscount HO WICK presented a petition from the
owners and occupiers of land in Northumberland, respecting
agricultural distress, and praying for relief.
Similar petitions were presented by Sir Eardley
from Warwickshire; by an Hon. Member, whose name we did
not know, from various places in Yorkshire ; and by the Mar-
quis of Chandos, from several places in Buckinghamshire and
Bedfordshire.—Laid on the table. .

The Earl of DARLINGTON had to present a similar
petition from Shropshire, signed by 1,400 farmers. The pe-
titioners prayed that they might, either by means of drawbacic
or license, be allowed to make malt for their own consumption.
He trusted that the Right Hon. Gentleman would not oppose
so reasonable a request.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was afraid
it would be found impracticable to grant any such request.
He admitted that the agricultural interest laboured under
great depression, and he lamented the situation of the farmer ;
and he could assure the Noble Lord that nobody was more
anxious than himself to relieve the farmer from the burdens
that pressed on him. He repeated that it would be imprac-
ticable to grant what was demanded ; for the inevitable result
would be—a result which he was sure that no friend to the
agricultural classes would feel satisfied with—the spread of
illicit distilling throughout the country.
Mr. SINCLAIR trusted that the Noble Lord would give
the House some more specific information than he had hitherto
done respecting the Irish Tithe question, and when he was
likely to bring it before the House.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that it was the intention
of his Majesty's Ministers to propose a measure on the subject

as soon as possible. This measure would be brought under
the consideration of the House in a very short time. His
Noble Friend, the Secretary ior Ireland would give notice on
the subject in the course of a few days.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
An HON. MEmfiEtt asite,:,l whether it was intended to lay
the whole of the Reports of the Comm;;;;.;
brought Corporations
forward bef befog o_ners of Municipal
they M iNboeble r
the
.hands of
Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that a ediitildetofle por-
tion of the Report had been printed, and was in
Members, and the rest was being printed as expeen;:-Td!
pLroefirrus to the uicasure being
as
possible.
THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN.
An HON. MEMBER wished to know frotti the Noble Lord
whether the Archbishop of Dublin had not intimated to his
Majesty's Ministers that he intended to resign his seat at the
Education Board; in consequence of the notice which the
Noble Lord had given as to the appropriation of any surplus
which might arise from the Irish Church ?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that the question put to
him was not one that he could conveniently answer at any
!ength. He would only say, that since he had accepted the
office which he at present held, several confidential communica-
tions had passed between the Archbishop of Dublin and him-
self on the subject of the appropriation of any surplus fund that
might arise from a new arrangement respecting the Irish
Church, and that that Right Rev. Prelate almost entirely ac-
corded in the views entertained by himself on the subject—
( Loud cries of " Hear hear.)
ISLE OF MAN.
Lord SANDON was anxious to put a question to the Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade. He wished to know whether
his Right Hon. Friend intended, in the course of the present
session, to propose any change in the system of trade with that
island?

Mr. C. P. TH OM SON had already given notice of his
intention to introduce a Bill to put the trade of the Isle of
Man on a very different footing from what it was at present.
Under the circumstances he did not believe that period of the
session would admit of their
.going into the question generally.
He agreed with the Noble Lord that the system of trade at
the Isle of Man required alteration, and he should be most
happy to give his best assistance to carry into effect such alte-
rations as would remove the grounds of the complaints now
made, . _