The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-15 00:00:00

BILL.

In answer to a qtlestion from Sir R. A. INGLIS,
Sir G. GREY said, the abolition of the Lord-Lieute-
nancy Bill would be the first order of the day on Monday
night.
ENFRANCHISEMENT OF COPYHOLDS.

In reply to Mr: AGLIONBY,
Mr. MULLINGS said that it was not his intention to
brine in his Bill this session for the enfranchisement of
copyholds.

I'IIANSPORTATION OF MR. SMITH O'BRIEN.
Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN begged that the "1-16u,e
would bear with him fur a short time while
he brought before it the case of% his brother, Mr.
Smith O'Brien.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") His ex-
cuse for doing so was that the treatment of his brother
had been the subject of commentin the public prints.—
(Hear.) Other Members of the sister island had been
asked to introduce the subject, and perhaps
many in the House thought it would have been better
that they should have done so. lie, however, thought it
was his duty to undertake the task, 49 he was better
informed as to the facts of the case. From a letter
which 'he had received from Van Diemen's Land, dated
the 31st of January last, he found that his brother had for
three weeks previously been in such a bad state of
health that his lire was despaired of. It appeared
that when he arrived there he refused to take a ticket
of leave, although his companions availed themselves of
the privilege, and the cons' quence was that ha was
placed on a small island known as the island of Maria.
He was there treated with the greatest kindness by the
inhabitants, but shortly atter his arrival orders came that
no one should be allowed to hold conversation with him
except his religious instructor. The habitation in which
he had to take up his abode was badly situated, being ex-
posed io the turbulence of the wind and the powerful
rays of the sun, so thet he could only take exercise for
an hour in the evening. Such being his position his
health' rapidly declined, and the medical inspector was
compelled to request the authorities to adopt some
change in respect to his treatment.—(Hear, hear.)
Now he (Sir L. O'Brien) knew very well that, if he
was to go to Van Diemen's Land, he should not be
able to convince his brother that he was in the wrong.
Then the question arose, would the Government pur-
sue a Person to death? If a man was obstinate, would
they Persevere in a treatment of him that would bring
him to his grave ?—(Murmurs). His brother thought he
was in the right. He (Sir L. O'Brien) thought differently,
and his brother never received the leastencouragement from
him.—(Hear, hear.) But would the Gimerntnent pursue
that man to an extremity which would cause the loss
of his life? Under these circumstances, he (Sir L.
O'Brien), thought this was a moment when the House
should consider whether the treatment which he had
described should be continued.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir G. GREY said every Member in the House would
sympathise with the lion. 'Member (Sir L. O'Brien),
on this occasion. Had the Hon. Member apprised
him (Sir G. Grey) of his intention to bring this matter
before the House, he should have had an opportunity of
consulting the dispatches on the subject, and been the
better able to throw some light on the matter. The
Hon. Member had truly stated that the Government
wished to act with as much indulgence in this case as
was consistent with their public duty; and they issued
instructions to the Governor of Vat, Diemen's Land,
on the arrival of the Hon. Gentleman's relative and
three other pawns, to offer them _tickets of leave,