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their grievances should be considered. He thought
that his proposition would tend to unite them
more and more with the English nation. He greatly regretted
that recriminations should be introduced into the debate and
he was sorry that the Noble Lord had thought proper to
read the terms of the Catholic oath.—(Cheers.) Who
could mistake the meaning of the Noble Lord?—(Cheers. )
What would the Noble Lord say if be were a witness in a court
of justice, and as acrimonious lawyer were to remind him em-
phatically that he was sworn to tell the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth ? Would he not think that it
was intended to insinuate that he required the caution ?
_(Cheers.) What else could be the feeling of the Roman
Catholics—( Hear, hear)—and must it not be an encouragement
to others who were less informed than the Noble Lord, and
who were too apt to assert that the Catholics ought not
to be in Parliament, because they did not regard an oath ?
( Hear, hear.) He was far from wishing to hurt
the feelings of the Noble Lord, or injure him
in the estimation of the public. On the contrary, ho
held the Noble Lord in the highest esteem, and when he was
invited by Lord Melbourne to take the lead of their party in
that House, when his Noble Friend succeeded, he expressed his
wish that the Noble Lord would return to the party with
whom he had acted in early life, when he (Lord J. Russell)
would be perfectly willing to follow him as leader—
( Cries of " Hear, hear")—but he thought that with
the Noble Lord's talent and influence ho ought to be careful
how he increased the unfriendly feelings between the different
classes of the people. It was necessary that they should give a
frank acid frill confidence to the Roman Catholics so as to end
these melancholy distinctions.—(Cheers, and cries of " Di-
vide, divide.")
Strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House then
divided, when there appeared—
Against the motion 324
For the motion ...
Majority against the motion
.•
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
Ilouse adjourned at Four o'Clock.

Am. for the mild and conciliatory manner in which he
had expressed himself, and then proceeded to discuss
the question brought forward by Lord JOHN
RUSSELL. The Irish State trials formed one of the
main topics of his speech, and, in that respect
he only followed the example of his pre-
decessors. The result of these trials, he said,
had no moral effect. One opinion, however, he
expressed, in which every Englishman, Scotsman,
and most Irishmen will agree—he could not conceive
a greater mischief that could happen to Ireland than
repeal, except the continuance of a military govern-
ment. This is an honourable admission from one
who took such a strong interest in the Canadian in-
surrection.

Mr. O'CONNELL and Sir R. PEEL then followed,
and Lord J. RUSSELL replied. The House, at Four
o'Clock, divided, when the numbers were—

For the motion ... 92.5

Against it
Majority against the motion -99

The debate on the Irish question, after a nine
nights' discussion, was brought to a close last night.
It has been, on the whole, an interesting and ani-
mated, and—as the result, we trust, will show—a
useful, debate. As regards ability, the preponderance
has been decidedly on th© side of the Opposition, for
ithout meaning to deny the skill and ingenuity dis-
played in the speeches of Lord STANLEY, Sir ROBERT
PEEL, and the Attorney-General for Ireland, we
must say that no Ministerial display of eloquence
has at all equalled, or even come near, those made
by Me,srs. MACAULAY, SIIEIJ, Sir T. WILDE,

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Of Mr. O'CONNELL'S speech last night it may be
stated with pert', ct truth, that, without affecting any
lofty or impassioned rhetorical flights, it was just the
sort of speech suited to the occasion—manly, calm,
argumentative, and characterised by a tone almost
amounting to the conciliatory. The lion. and Learned
Gentleman frankly and fairly stated his opinions of
some of the proposed remedial measures of Govern-
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said—" You must make regulations for insisting on
the residence of freemen ; they should reside for three
months before, and three months after, the registry, in
the borough. If you insist on the residence of freemen,

you will-have made a very useful change. The
county franchise, too, is, I am told, to be altered. Yon
should give us the beneficial interest franchise. The

solvent-test franchise would annihilate the county

constituency of Ireland. We are a poor country, and
if you do anything, you shpuld do it generously, and
do it at once. You should give us a franchise equally
potential with that in England, so as to have a con-
stituency of the Irish counties equal in propor-
tion to the population of that of the Eng-
lish counties. If you legislate for us justly, I
shall hail your measure with satisfaction; but we
must have no restriction of the franchise. We will
meet you cordially, if you will meet us cordially."
On the landlord-and-tenant question, Mr. O'CONNELL
remarked that if the law were restored to the state
in which it was before the union, the landlord would
have no right to complain ; and with respect to
absenteeism, he added—"it ought to be punished as
a crime. You ought to impose an absentee-tax. Lay
a heavy impost on the absentee landlord in England,
so as to drive him back to the interests of his
wretched serfs." The Hon. and Learned Member
closed his speech by some pertinent and forcible com-
ments on the manifest injustice of maintaining the
present enormous Protestant Establishment in Ire-
land. Sir R. PEEL, who rose immediately after Mr.
O'CONNELL, devoted a great portion of his speech to
an attack on Lord JOHN RUSSELL, for having spoken
in disparaging terms of the Chancellor, and to an
explanation of the conduct of Government, as re-
garded their interference with the repeal monster
meetings. His explanation on this point was scarcely
necessary, for Sir JAMES GRAHAM had already
travelled over the same ground, and the Premier did
little more than echo his statements. On the subject
of the Landlord and Tenant Commission, he stated.
that it was intended to make, not a partial and super-
ficial, but an honest, searching inquiry, into the
matter ; and with respect to the franchise, he
remarked, " I think it ought to be sub-
stantially equal with that of Great Britain.
I do not say that there should be an
identity of franchise between the two countries, be-
cause that is impossible:; but this much I will say,
that, with regard to the Irish franchise, I think it
ought to be substantially equal with that of Great
Britain." With reference to the Protestant Church—
the monster-grievance of Ireland—Sir ROBERT PEEL
spoke out with far more energy and decision than
he is usually in the habit of exhibiting. " I
come to the conclusion," he said, " founding my-
self upon compacts, on authority, and on
the convictions of my own mind, that the
best course—and the course which I for one, as
far as my humble powers can effect it—the Govern-
ment can pursue, is, to maintain in its integrity the
Protestant Church Establishment." This declaration
is decided an straightforward enough—there is no
fault to be found with it on that score—but unfor-
tunately it is decided and straightforward on the
wrong side. So long as the Protestant Establishment
continues on its present footing, there can be no sure
guarantee for Irish tranquillity. The race of agitators
is only to be extinguished by the extinction of, or at
any rate by a searching, comprehensive reform in,
the existing Protestant Church in the sister country.
We close our comments on the debate by remarking
that the remedial measures proposed by Government
for the pacification of Ireland, are passable enough
in their way, but are by no means characterised

by sufficient comprehensiveness and liberality to meet
the emergency of the case. Much more must be
done ere there can be the slightest hope that the
Repeal agitation will die away into insignificance.
Meantime thus much good has been affected by the
debate—it has shown Ireland that she has a far more
numerous body of staunch friends in the House of
Commons than she ever supposed she possessed ; and
we trust, therefore, that in future we shall hear less
about " the vile, brutal, arbitrary Saxons !"

Paris papers of Thursday have been received. On
that day the discussion on M. DE REMUSAT'S motion
was resumed and brought to a conclusion. The
motion was rejected by a majority of 30. The
papers contain no news of interest to the English
reader. The French funds were very firm, and the
market closed as follows :—Three per Cents., for
cash, 82 55 ; for Account, 82 60 ; Five per Cents.,
for cash, 125 85 ; for Account, 125 85 ; Bank of
France Shares, 3,270; Neapolitan, 103 63 ; Spanish,
• Paris and Rouen Railroad, 832 50 ; Paris and
845.

3St i
Ori%,?'

from Madrid are to the 16th, and,
,rnment papers, official dis-
-,cing a victory gained
4- In one

The accountb .
according to the Gto,..
patches had been received annot,...,
by the QUEEN'S troops over the insurgent..
of these General RONCALI states that he had caused
seven officers who had fallen into the handslof Gene-
ral PARDO to be shot. The names of these unfortu-
nate men were Lieutenant-Colonel Don ILDEFONSO
VosoLls, Captain Don JOSE MENA, Lieutenants D.
LUIS GIL, and D. P. PEREZ VILLAXADIERNA, and
under-Lieutenants ALGARRO, MOLINA, and BLANCO.
The Government also received accounts that Co-
lonel PURZOA had taken two feluccas from the insur-
gents between Carthagena and Torrevieja.
1 A circular has been addressed to the Foreign Am-
bassadors, to the Grandees of Spain, and to the Clergy,
announcing to them that her MAJESTY had decided
on going as far as Aranjuez to meet her mother,
Queen CHRISTINA, and inviting them to accompany
her.
On the 16th, the Three per Cents. were quoted at
29i at 60 days, and the Fives, without Coupons, 20
cash, and 20i at 60 days.

Sir Robert Peel left town this morning for Windsor
Castle to attend her Majesty, but returns to town this
afternoon, the Right lion. Baronet having a grand
Parliamentary dinner party in the evening at his re-
sidence in Whitehall-gardens. Near fifty Members of
the House of Commons have received invitations.

DISCOVERY OF THE HALVES OF NOTES TO THE
AMOUNT or 1451.—Yesterday Mary Mitchell, a poor woman
living at No. 46, Hereford-street, Ltsson-grove, stated to Mr.
Long, at the Marylebone police•ofice, that on Wednesday evening
last, as she was walking along Drummond.street, near the terminus
of the London and Birmingham Railway, she picked up from the
pavement a nap parcel sealed, and on its being opened it was
found to contain the halves of notes to the amount of 1451. She
was anxious that they might be restored to their rightful owner,
and with that view she had made the matter known to the magis-
trate. The parcel now remains at the Court, and it is hoped that
the finder will be rewarded for her honesty.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, MC

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
COVENT-GARDEN.
We had a full average supply of both fruit and vegetables,
while the demand was, throughout, inactive, at but little
variation in prices :—Potatoes, from 2s 6d to 4s 6d per cwt ;
Spring Onions, 2s 3d to 4s 9d; Coleworts it Greens, 25 6d to
4s ; Turnips, Is 8d to 2's 9d ; Carrots, 3s 6d to 5s 6d ; and
Leeks, 8d to Is 2d per dozen bunches; old Onions,
Is 9d to 2s 3d; Spinach, is 9d to 2s 3d; Apples, Is 3d
to 4s; Pears, 6s to 12s; and Brocolj sprouts, is 6d to 2s 3d
per half sieve,
NEW-GATE AND LEADEN/MIA..
Although the supplies of both Game and Poultry were
not to-day extensive, the demand ruled inactive, at barely
last week's prices :—Fowls, Is 8d to 4s ; Chickens, Is 6d to 2s ;
Ducks, is to 25 3d ; Geese, 4s to 6s ; Pigeons, 4d to 10d ;
Turkeys, 4s to is; Rabbits, 6d to Is 6d; Hares, Is 9d
to 25 9d ; Partridges, Is to 2s ; Pheasants, 25 6d to 4s ;
Wild Ducks, Is 6d to 2s; Teal, 9d to Is 6d; Widgeons, Is
to Is 6d ; Snipes, 6d to Is ; Woodcocks, 25 to 3s 3d ; Plovers,
3d to 6d, each ; and Larks, is 3d per dozen. Although the
supply of Meat was tolerably good, the general demand was
steady, on the following terms :—Beef, from 25 4d to 3. 4d ;
Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s ; Veal, 35 6d to 4s 8d; and Pork,
25 Gd to 4s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase.
NEWPORT.
We had a steady demand for all kinds of Meat, at fully
previous rates.