The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-27 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1844.;

In the House of Lords the Ecclesiastical Courts
Bill went through Committee, and the report was
ordered to be broughtr_up on Thursday.
The House adjourned at Nine o'Clock.

In the' House of Commons the Earl of MAREn
moved the second reading of the Brighton and Chi-
chester Railway_ Bill._ _Colmel. WYNDHAM and the
Earl of ARUNDEL opposed the motion. A divisi9n
took place, when the segOnd.reacling was carried by
a majority of 51.
The Stratford and Thames Junction Railway Bill,
the Cym Celyn and Blaina Iron Company Bill, and
the. Colchester and Harwich Railway Bill, were read
a second time.

On the motionthat the London and South-Western
Railway Bill be read a second time, Mr. WALLACE
objected to several clauses of the Bill, as they en-
abled the Company to act as wharfingers, custom-
house-agents, steam-boat proprietors, and in •severat
other capacities inconsistent with their duty as rail-
way proprietors.
. .

Mr. LABOUCIIERE thought the objection of Mr.
WALLACE WaS well founded, but it might be taken
into consideration on bringing up the Report. Mr.
GLADSTONE concurred with the Hon. Member, and
the Bill was read a second time.

Mr. M. MILNES gave notice of an amendment on
Lord PALMERSTON'S motion relative to the slave trade,
to the effect that the mutual right of search was only
temporary, and should be at all times under the con-
trol of the Governments who Were parties to the treaty.
Some other notices of motion were given, and ques-
tions put to the Government, which are briefly stated
in the Parliamentary report.
Colonel Wow) moved for leave to bring a I3ilr
to exempt lime from, toll conveyed on zany turnpike
road in Wales. Mr, Hum...a-opposed the motion ; the
Bill was intended only "for the landlords, and he did
not' see why they should enjoy such an exemption.
Sir CUARLES MORGAN was also opposed to the mea-
sure. Sir James GRAHAM said he was decidedly
opposed to the exemption, but he would not oppose
the introduction of the Bill, as he thought it ought to
printed and sent down to Wales, in order that
,the
opinion of the people in that quarter might be ascer-
tained. On a division leave was given to bring in the
Bill by a majority of 26.
Mr. Iftrrr moved that corn imported from British
possessions in South Africa, India, and Australasia,
be subjected to the same duty as that paid on corn
imported from Canada. The motion was rejected by
a majority of 70. Sir G. STAUNTON then made a
motion for granting a pension to the survivors of the
late Doctor MORRISON, for his services in China.
After a lengthened discussion, the motion was with-
drawn, and the House adjourned at Eleven o'Clock.

The Easter holidays commence next week, Par-
liament of course, is to be adjourned for the usual
period, great numbers of Members are already on the
wing to enjoy themselves at their country seats, and
the public may therefore justly ask what their repre-
sentatives have done during two months. Questions
of vast importance. should have been brought before
either the lazy House of Lords or the talking House
of Commons ; but has there been one measure *in
which the people can take the slightest interest in-
troduced into either' House ? While Ireland is
groaning under oppressions which no other portion
of the United Kingdom submitted to, which England
and Scotland resisted as one man, and which are a
disgrace to the age, the "strong Ministry," it is true,
adopt strong•measures; but they are the measures of
the despot - Troops are scat into Ireland, the best
friends of the country".(for. O'CONNELL, with all
his faul4,,is her-truest friend) are persecuted, jurieS
are packed; newspaper reporters are- bribed, and every
scheme is adopted by the High Church party to
irritate that country against the Government. No
remedy is proposed for the evils which afflict Ireland,
and which are unparalleled in any European State.
The Tories rejoice in punishment, and Ireland knows
it well. But what have the Government,' during
these to months, done for England ? They have
reduced the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. They
have robbed certainiundliolders of a portion of their
annuities. Have they
.made any compensation ?
Have they proposed any measure which can alleviate
the burdens of the people ? The enormous duties
on sugar, and corn, and tea, the articles chiefly
consumed by the working classes, are to re-
main as they are, and while the poor are
starving, the .country gentlemen retire to their
seats to enjoy the amusements of hunting and racing.
A sys!eal like this cannot prosper; and we are glad
to find that even one of the Tory party is so con-
vinced of the iniquity of the Government that he
shakes off the dust of his feet against them. Last
session was emphatically called the "Do-nothing
session," and the Government were named the
" Do-nothing Government.? Have they improved ?
Was there ever such a miserable exhibition made by
a weak Government as has been made under that Go-
vernment which boasts of the support of the Churct),

60,ivq,t ~dap ,the intelligenceof the country?
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French people; but what a
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