The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-14 00:00:00

Abingdon ; and Mr. &OTT MmuLAY, one of the
Members for Bucks, who has become a Papist, took
the oath administered to Catholics.
A new writ was ordered for 14unceston,' in the
TOM of Sir H. HARDINGE.
Lord ASHLEY presented petitions from several
places in Lancashire, in favour of a Ten Hours' Fac-
tories Bill.
Mr. WYSE gave notice that, on Wednesday, he
should move for a Select Committee on Art-Unions:
In answer to a question from Colonel Woon, Sir
J. GRAHAM said a Bill, founded on the report of the
Welch Commissioners relative to the late disturbances,
was in preparation, and would. be introduced next

week.
Mr. LinnELL complained bitterly, amidst loud
laughter, of the 'attacks made upon him in the news-
papers in reference to his speeclr'on the Factories
Bill, and said he had never, on tiny one occasion,
given the slightest symptom that he would support a
Ten Hours' Bill.
Mr. MILNES opened the adjourned debate on the
Factories Bill, and strongly supported the amend-
ment of Lord ASHLEY. Mr. WARD opposed -the
amendment. Mr.. 314GEAcax -~mod Mr. HAWES
supported it, and Mr. M. Surfori;- as a Member of
the Government, of course declared his intention of
voting against it.
Lord YOLLINGTON and Mr. S. WoRTLEY, though
both strong supporters of the Government, took the
humane side of the question. The former, in reply to
en assertion that if Lord ASHLEY'S motion was car-
ried, the corn-laws must be repealed, manfully declared
that if the corn-laws rested on such a rotten founda-
tion, he would be the first to vote for their repeal.
• Sir R. PgnL entered into a number of statistical
details, to show the hazard and impolicy of interfering
with the trade of the country to the extent proposed
by Lord Asir, and exprested.his determination to
oppose the amendment.
Lord J. RUSSELL followed. 'He went into some
statements to prove that the proiosed limitation of the
hours of labour would not be productive of the evils
anticipated, and concluded by stating his intention
to vote for the clause.
After a few remarks from Sir R.lNums, the House
divided, when numbers.were—
For Lord Ashley's clanse , .... 159.
Against it
Majority against the clause ---- 138
A clause proposed by Mr. BROTHERTON was nega-
tived without a division. Mr. GRANGER then moved
additions of words' to clausei 4, 45, 69, and,7o, which
were carried. On a division the Bill was passed by a
majority of 129. •
The House then, at Two o'Clock, adjourned.

"No one, we suppose," says the Herald of yes.'
terday,si reference to Friday night's debate an the':
House 'of Commons, on the Factories Bill, "No one,
even of the warmest adherents or the longrhour sys•
tem, will attempt 'to deny that the adherence of
Government to that system, however conscientious,
has" inflicted. the .most serious injury on the Conser-
vative cause that it has sustained since the list grand
mistake in '1829. That injury, too, is wide-spread,
and consists of many parts. One of these, and by no
means a slight, one; is the deterioration of the. Oa-
racter of the louse of Commons. Titii is too often
the forerunner of sonie hazardous organic change."
Our COntemporary then proceeds to comment on
the late speeches of that consistent couple, Messrs.
LIDDELL and GALL!' KNIGHT, and adds ,:—‘` No two
speeehei of 'such brevity were ever
,before fraught
with so much loss and damage to the party to-which
the speakers belonged.". There is a world of truth
*in these remarks, and what adds to their significance
.4 .
is the singular fact that they are put forth by a
journal which is a staunch supporter of -that very
" Conservative cause" which it now frankly and
boldly insists has been seriously injured by the ob-
stinate tenacity of the ,Government on the factory
question. The mischief inflicted by thafGovernment
on Toryism, and. more particularly on "the cha-
racter of the 'House of Commons" -which House,
however, so far as we can see,' hai not of late
years had much character to lose—must,
indeed, have been great and undeniable, ere
the Herald would have dreamed of alluding to it
in such strong, emphatic terms. We respect our
ConteMporary for his manly candour, and we cor-
dially subscribe to every one of his observations.
His allusion, in particular, to the deteriorated charac-
' ter of the House; is true to the letter; , for not a man
•
of any reflection but must acknowledge that by its
vacillating conduct on. the factory question, the Im-
perial Senate his greatly lOwered
!nation. But three short weeks since it was carried
away by a sudden paroxysm of humanity ; 'so great was
its., benevolence—so ardent its sympathy with the
sufferings of the factory women and children, that
the awe in which it habitually holds _the Premier
was laid aside ; and, despite his frowns, protestatiOnsr
and even menaces, it had the boldness to deeide
,against him, and even leave him in a Minority. Such
,was the bold, independent demeanour which, the House
'of Commons maintained not quite three weeks ago;;
But since then a complete Change has come over it.
It has had time for reflection; it was " drunk --to
Use Mr. GALLT KNIGHT'S appropriate phrase—when,
'it decided in favour of the overtasked factory opera-
tives; but it is now " sober," and being so, it feels it
its bounden duty to repudiate the claims of the poor
and the helPless, and to stand by the interests of the rich_
and the influential. :Its, humanity, like 808 ACREii
Valour, has fairly oozed out at its finger-ends, and it
is once again the obsequious slave of the Aladdin,
Lamp-!---in other words, the ready, submissive tool of
That conjuror, Sir ROBERI PEEL. True, its final de
:vision is not yet made, but every one, endowed with
the slightest observation, can foresee Which way the
debate on Lord ASHLET'S clause will terminate ;
every one can foresee 'that the House will most egre-
giously stultify itself ; and that *the Coniervatives,
More especially, will rush, in breathless haste, to
follow the consistent—the enlightenect—the high-
minded eiample set them by those twin political
luminaries, Messrs. GALLY KNIGHT and TADbilx.
.Ahd all this wholesale tergiversation is to take place,
because, forsooth, the Premier will have it so! and
because-;-more and more humiliating still-if •the
House persists in being consistent; the Home Secre-
tary.will feel it his duty to retire from office, and
cultivate, like another CINCINNATUS, his garden at
Netherby ! 'To think' that the
:threat of a OBAHAH
quitting public life lb:Mid be sufficient to Seam 'a
British House of 'Commons froM the broad, straight
obvious path ,of duty—Of consistency—of common
sense-43f humanity ! 'We look. upon this is one of
the most : inglorious and hnmiliating, " signs of the
times" that has been manifested for many years.
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• Madrid journals of the sth have been .received. If
we are to credit the statements in them, put forth
by .the Government, the decree abolishing mar-
tial law is only the. beginning of a -new system,
which is to be in accordance With the Constitution.
The present Cortes is to be dissolved forthwith, and
a , new assembly is to be convoked, 'to meet .in
the month of August, for the dispatch of ,business.
Most ,of the State
;prisoners have. bet released,
now that NARYAEZ has obtained, the' object of his_
wishes; LOPEZ 'and Mai)oz who were .committed-
to. prison,at the breaking out: of the insurrection., at
Alicant, had presented themselves before thiNlitical:
Chief, and there being no charge.B'ol6st them,
they were set at liberty. BRAYO ,had also
been rewarded for his services by i *aluable appOint-
"menti.. "We know," says the Heraldoi,‘,4;that the ei-
tesident of the Council is animated with. -the best
' sentiments for the triumph of the order 'of things to
which he so powerfully contributed, and we ate aware
,Of the ardent desire which animates him to give to the
. ,Q"Ccrg and the 'Country new proofs "of fidelity and
dcvotion." . - --- -
._
The ex-editor . of a scurrilous journal has been ap-
pointed Ambassador to the Court of Lisbon.

The Three per Cents. were done at SOf cash, and
31 5-16, 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 211,60
days.

The FTench Chamber of Deputies, are still e
to the exclusion of all other business, a
na.oin Friday s tge
n discussing,
se'
the clauses of the Prison Bill,
Government
.submitted to a material alteration in
one of them proposed by M. VATOUT, The original
clause declared that all prisoners should be shut up
in separate cells day and night, with one, hour for.
recreation; whereas the amendment restricted *at
terrible( punishment to criminals condemned to the
galleys or imprisonment with hard labour. Several
Ilembera-vere- apposed ta- the: clause .even in• its'
amended shape, and contended that with the cellular