The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-24 00:00:00

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1835.

The discussion on the Irish*Church 13111 terminated early
this morning by a Ministerial majority of 37—a majority
which, whatever may be the case with the House of LordS,
effectually disposes of the question in the Commons. The
result is the more glorious, inasmuch as the Tories, backed
by the Trimmers, had made the most Herculean exertions
to frustrate it. PEEL contributed his sophistical elo-
quence—STaiqt.EY his energy—GRAHAM his intolerance—
tald D. JACKSON his " widow's mite" of logic. All the
Conservative forces were summoned, from cast, west, north,
anti south, and drawn up, in grand parade, on the Opposi;
tion Bench ; the twaddler rushed from his club, anti even
the sick man from his bed, to swell the number of the Con-
servative votes ; but, despite this extraordinary show of
energy—most creditable had it been exerted in an honest
cause-Common-sense asserted her claims—Justice achieved
her victory!
The debate, though the subject was three night's old,
and consequently deficient in novelty, was full of interest
and animation. Mr. SHEIL'S speech, in particular, was a
master-piece of its kind—full of energy—full of apposite
reasoning—not deficient in historical and ecclesiastical re-
search ; nor, indeed, in any of thiose high and rare quali-
ties, of which to be suce4ssful in' these fastidious times, a
House of Commons appeal should be made up. The Hon.
and Learned Member let fly:a shaft at bigotry which will
rankle in its breast to its dying day. We cannot deny
ourselves the pleasure of extracting one passage from his
splendid oration, which Is worthy of GRATTAN in his best
days. It has no tricky antithesis, or glittering metaphor
to recommend it. Its great merit is, that it springs " warm
from the heart, and faithful to her fires."
3,'};e advocates of the Irish ChlirPli, in talking or the amount
seelethrge7Caanth' orieiefesrgtoive the
sum voeutti toof a
tithe, i. Protestant t ebseteaanut
sum paid*, the Catholic peasantry to the Catholic priest. Give
00 of what fund? Out of their own un-
controlled, tresotilleir
priev..4,
whitl oughstoto::::
spontaneous liberality—out of their own pockets, and
out of their own hearts—(loud cheers)—proving the success, the
triumph of the voluntary principle, the virtue of the priesthood, the
gratitude of the people, the noble moral qualities that reside in the
the loft recollections associated
Irish people. Yes ; I speak it with pride, we maintain our priests
in comfort, our hierarchy in respectability, in the Chri4tian mediq7
Fity that becorpcii them i' tp, The 'i'iOsliiii" Of 94rGO. we raiie
we do .711 this, when ! have biioll-•-• ' -
milw iact"Feen, .ier;e,i.n,,t,aiit.ertolnvPllll:asta:,dows4.:lttohifl Yos'upQrifreosw‘n,rveismosueroseisl,ent linger point to 'I The Paris papers of. ... W •
.• ednesday, the whole of which
•.
• , eceived this morning, contain. no intelligence
paupers as we, are TepFeNplycl. t 9 bc, we hale that, unaided by the .1 ,
itiveil suilamment, at a jut elevaticao...... . •
worth communicatin... The conductor of the Reformaleur
Stiite, 3-,41 lY
dent Church, how paltry it is of Protest... -
....
our an-
revenues, bolting as it '':e-s
that all the-A'rsimst' with its enormous
for the Seine Department to three months' imprisonment,
to . • '•Aristocracy belong to it,
come neret making a poor face, and with its coffers replenished Journal was on Tuesday sentenced by the Court of Assizes
and a fine of 3,000 francs (being the highest penalty al-

This,- we have no doubt, will be the upshot of the busi-
ness, unless some remedy is speedily applied to the evil.
We have reason to believe that the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER is favourable to a reduction of the stamp duty,
and we are of opinion that, if this were carried so far as to
leave no more than one penny on each paper, the revenue
would not suffer, while the present proprietors of newspa-
pers would have little to complain of, and the privilege of
circulation through the Post-office would more than com-
pensate for any disadvantages to be feared from the dear-
ness occasioned by the additional penny.

We are sorry to perceive that Mr. Alderman WOOD'S
Bill for the regulation of public carriages, meets with op-
position in Committee,- and is likely to be thrown out. Ho-
nourable Members seem to think that the ruffian who
stand behind an omnibus, becomes as mild and inoffensive
as a lamb the moment he gets beyond the jurisdiction of
the LORD MAYOR, and therefore wish to confine the ope-
ration of the Bill to the city. Ibis restriction will very
materially diminish the benefit which the measure is inten-
ded and well calculated. to confer upon the public. Much
praise is due to Alderman WOOD for his laborious and per-
severing efforts to remedy an evil so justly complained of
by the inhabitants of the metropolis and its vicinity ; and
we hope, if he cannot accomplish all he wishes, he will take
what he can get,. limiting himself at present to the abate-
ment of the nuisance in the city, and deferring the
sion of his plan to a more propitious season. . • "