The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-24 00:00:00

GREECE.

Sir R. PEEL, in laying on the table of the House
certain papers, by command a her Majesty, said there
were amongst them papers relating to the recent events
in Greece, and he felt confident that the House, on pe-
rusing them, would view, with the greatest satisfaction,
the successful results of the efforts which had been
made by popular assemblies, convened under very
critical circumstances, to establish the principles
of free representative government and to combine with
them limited monarchy.—(Cheers.) He felt the
strongest confidence that when the house viewed the
course which her Majesty's Government had taken,
they would approve of the advice which they had given
and the measures which they had adopted for the pur-
pose of bringing this great effort to a successful issue.
FEES TO MAGISTRATES' CLERKS.
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Lord DUNCAN • said, seeing the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman the Secretary for the Borne Department in his
j)laCe, he rose to put a question to him on the sub-
ject of fees to magistrates' clerks, of which he had given
him notice. On the 13th of March, the Noble Lord the
Member for Lincolnshire was induced to withdraw the
motion which he had made on the subject, in con-
sequence of an assurance from her Majesty's Govern-
ment that a Bill would shortly be brought forward.
On the 2d of April he had put a question on the same
subject to the Right Hon. Gentleman the Under Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department, the answer to
which was so vague as to lead him to suppose that the
Bill would not be brought forward so early as had been
expected. He begged now to ask at what period the
Bill was likely to be introduced ?
Sir J. GRAHAM said he was anxious to do all in his
power to expedite public business. A Bill was under
his consideration which was in a state of preparation,
and it would be introduced as soon as it was complete.
MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
Messengers from the Lords brought down certain Bills.

VESTRIES IN CHURCHES BILL.
Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN brought in a, Bill to pro-
hibit the holding of vestries in Churches, which was
read a first time. The Hon. Gentleman then moved that
it be read a second time on Wednesday.
. Mr. HAWES hoped the Hon. Member would not fix
*so early a day as Wednesday for the second reading of
the Bill. It -was necessary that the Bill should be freely
circulated through the country, in order that the parties
interested might have an opportunity of becoming ac-
quainted with the provisions of the Bill. That oppor-
tunity would not be afforded to them if the Bill were
read a second time at so early a, day as Wednesday next.
He therefore hoped that the Hon. Gentleman would post-
pone the second reading of the Bill to Wednesday three•
weeks.

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RELIGIOUS TESTS IN SCOTCH UNIVER-

SITIES.
Mr. FOX MAULS presented two petitions—one
from the Senate of the University of Glasgow, and an-
other from the students of that University—against
the subjecting the members of the Universities of Scot-
land to religious tests. He gave notice that he should,
that day week, call the attention of the House to the
subject matter of those petitions, and in order that they
might be in the hands of Hon. Members in time to enable
them to make themselves acquainted with the subject,
he begged to move that the petitions be printed and
circulated with the Votes.—Sgreed to.
• MR. FERR AND'S ACCUSATIONS.
Mr. FE RRAND rose and said, Sir, I have dur-
ing this morning minutely examined into all the
speeches which I made in the manufacturing
districts during the Easter recess, and which have
been published in the Times newspaper. I have, Sir,
paid particular attention to the leading articles of the
Times, in which are certain extracts from speeches of
mine, said to bear ors the Right lion. the Secretary of
State for the Home Department, and the Learned Mem-
ber for Beverley. Sir, it is not my intention to retract
One syllable which I used in those speeches, nor to ex-
tenuate or explain away a single sentence. When I
made use of that language, I asserted the sacred pre-
rogative of a free-born Englishman, and I expressed my
opinion upon the public conduct of two public officers.
Sir, I defy this House to deprive me of that privilege.
.The opinion which I formed of the conduct of those two
public officers is supported by the public press 'of the
country, and is backed by public opinion. But, Sir, if,
in making use of those expressions, I have in any, way
wounded the 'personal honour of any Member—(Here
the Hon. Member was interupted by loud ironical cheers)
—Sir, the party spirit and unmanly bearing which was
exhibited towards me last night, and persisted in this
instant, should, Sir, remind those Honourable Gentle-
men—and I am sure, Sir, I shall be backed
'with the feeling of Englishmen at large—that
this House is the last tribunal for them to appeal to.
(Here the Hon. Gentleman paused, took up his hat,
walked deliberately from his seat, and bowing to the
Speaker left the House. Sir James Graham who had
not observed this movement, rose to reply to the Hon.
Gentleman, but as he was laying his hat on the table, a
loud burst of uproarious mirth broke from all parts of
the House, and on the Right Hon. Baronet's turning
round, and ascertaining the cause, he heartily joined in
the laughter, and resumed his seat. The laughter
and confusion continued for some time, and it was
again and again renewed, as Mr. Borthwick attempted
to address the House. After this Hon. Gentleman had
remained upon his legs some time without being able to
utter a syllable),
Mr. ROEBUCK rose, but was met with loud cries of
Order, order, " Chair, chair," and much confusion, in
the midst of which Mr. Borthwick sat down. The Hon.
and Learned Member (Mr. Roebuck) said—Sir, I rose
to Order.—(Cheers and cries of " Chair.") I aro sure
the House, Sir, must have understood from what passed
last night, and from the transactions of last night, that
a most serious charge was .made before this House
against a Minister of the Crown.—, (Cries of " Order:,)
However ludicrous may have been 'the upshot of the
hear, and laughter)—
MBEIt rose to order. He said the Hon.
mMaAnetmtebrile—rO(fNl:reMaErE'vesham was in possession of the House.—
(Hear, hear, and cries of "Go on, Roebuck.") The
Hon. Member for Bath had not said one word to order.
Mr. ROEBUCK—Whv, Sir, I have not uttered so
much as one sentence—(Neers, and cries of " Go on,
go on," and " Chair, chair")--
Mr. SPEAKER—The Hon. Member for Evesham
'was certainly in possession of the Chair ; but the Hon.
Member for Bath rose to order, and
dressed himself to any question of ordhe has not yet ad-
dressed
Mr. ROEBUCK—Sir, I rose merely to say that I
thought it pertinent to the question of order to explain
to the House now the serious circumstances which oc-
curred last night--(Loud cries of .'llear," and "Order.")
Sir, I think that those circumstalces may he regarded
as constituting a question of privilege.— (11( ar, hear.)
Sir, I thought that adiscussion of privilege was to take
hear)—but an Hon. Mem-
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Sir, I rise merely to ask you, Whether—after what
Cheers and laughter.) Therefore,
passed in the House last night—it is becoming and fitting
to allow those proceedings to pass over in so slight and
Os we understood) so contemptuous a, wanner ?