The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-05 00:00:00

sEAFORD V. MORRIS.

The decree in this case was affirmed as to the copy-
hold property, and reversed as to the freehold, with
liberty to enter another appeal.
THE CASE OF MR. O'CONNELL. _

Lord CAMPBELL moved that the reasons given by
their Lordships in giving judgment in the case or the
Qticen v. O'Connell, be printed.—Agreed to.
ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS OF CONGRATU-
LATION.

The Earl of DELAWARIt brought up her Majesty's
gracious answer to the Address of Congratulation on the
birth of a Prince, which was agreed to by their Lord-
ships on the 6th August. The answer was as follows:
" I have received with extreme satisfaction your loyal
address ; I heartily thank you for your congratulations,
and I receive this address as' an additional proof of your
loyal attachment."
The Duke of WELLINGTON moved that her Ma-
jesty's gracious answer be printed with the Votes,—
Agreed to.
TREATY WITH MECKLENBURGH.

Viscount CANNING laid upon the tab!e trelties
which had recently been entered into with Mecklen •
burgh-Schwerin.
ROYAL COMMISSION.

The LORD CHANCELLOR then directed the Black
Rod to summon the House of Commons to the bar. On
their arrival the ro) al assent was given by commission
to the undermentioned Bills :
The Joint-Stock Companies Regulation Bill, the In-
solvent Joint-Stock Companies Regulation Bill, the
Joint-Stock Banks Regulation Bill, the Art-Unions In-
demnity Bill, the Merchant Seamen's Bill, the Courts of
Law (Ireland) Bill, and the Irish Fisheries Bill.
The Commissioners were—the Lord Chancellor, the
Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl
of Delawarr, the Earl of Dalhouic, and Lord Wham_
cliffe.

The LORD CHANCELLOR then read her Majesty's most
gracious Speech (for which see another column). After
which the Commission for proroguing Parliament was
read, and the Lord Chancellor declared the Parliament
to stand prorogued until Thursday, the 10th of October
next.
The Royal Commissioners appeared in their robes.
There were a few ladies present, who occupied the front
Opposition bench.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)

Sir R. PEEL laid on the table papers and returns.
Mr. HAWES moved for returns relating to the Lae
disturbances amongst the negroes in Dominique.
POST-OFFICE INQUIRY.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that next session he
would call the attention of the House to the unsatisfac-
tory nature of the repbrt of the Secret Committee of
Inquiry into the opening of letters in the Post-office, and
that he would submit a specific measure on the subject.
He would also more for the repeal of the rate-paying
clauses in the Reform Bill.
LORD STANLEY'S RESIGNATION.
Mr. KEMBLE moved for a new writ for North Lan-
cashire, in the room of Lord Stanley, who had accepted
the Chiltern Hundreds.
FRANCE—OTAHEITE—MOROCCO.
Sir C. NAPIER had to put a question to the Right
Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) which he hoped it would be
consistent with his duty to answer. In the course of
the session the Right Hon. Baronet had stated, with the
frankness which became a British Minister, that a gross
outrage had been offered to a British subject in Otaheite,
and that he had no doubt the French Government would
disavow the conduct of the Admiral. Since the affair at
Otaheite a French squadron had been employed
upon the coast of Africa, and had bombarded
Tangiers. Another squadron had since been dispatched
to Mogadore, and had taken possession of that place.
Another squadron had been sent to Tunis to prevent the
French fleet from intimidating the Dey. Independently
of that, they had put several new ships in commission,
and augmented their naval force, whilst we were dimi-
nishing ours. We had called home and paid off one of
our ships from Otaheite, and, in the meantime, the
French augmented their force in the South Seas. We
had since paid off two other ships. The question he wished
to ask was, whether France had made any reparation for
the gross outrage at Otaheite ; and, if not, whether we
were to be left in the unprotected state in which we were
in all those places where the French were exercising
their naval forces ?—(A laugh.) The Gallant Commo-
dore then made some allusion to the French seizing the
" Queen," which excited laughter, but was not heard
distinctly in the gallery.
Sir R. PEEL said he would make as frank an an-
swer as he could. With respect to Tangiers there was
no reason to doubt the assurances of the French Go-
vernment, often repeated respecting Algeria and the
countries adjoining, including, of course, Tunis and Mor-
roco.—(Hear.) With respect to Otaheite, I have to
state, said he, that a discussion has taken place between
her Majesty's Government and the Government of the
King of the French as to the occurrences in that quarter
which were calculated to disturb the friendly relations
of the two Governments, and I have the satisfaction to
state that these discussions have been brought to an
amicable and satisfactory termination. The negotiations
which have passed will be communicated to the House,
and I trust that for the present the House will not ex-
pect me to enter into detail.
Mr. HINDLEY (amidst cries of " Order, order,")
begged to ask what was the Right Hon. Baronet's
opinion of the conduct of the French Admiral to Mr.
Pritchard, and whether any reparation had been made
for that conduct ?
Sir R. PEEL—Sir, I have already stated that the dis-
cussions have been brought to an amicable and satisfac-
tory termination—(Hear, hear)—a termination satisfac-
tory to both countries—(Hear, hear)—l mean, per-
fectly consistent with the honour and the interest of both
countries.—(Hear, hear,)
LORD STANLEY.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, that having heard a new
writ moved for in the room of Lord Stanley, he begged
to ask IN bether the Noble Lord was still at the head of
the Colonial Department ?
Sir ROBERT PEEL said that his Noble Friend's
position in the Cabinet was not in the least affected by
his acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds.—(Hear, hear,
and a laugh.)
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that the answer was
not sufficient, although it was given with such pleasure
and facetiousness by the Right lion. Baronet. The
Noble Lord held an important office in the Cabinet, and
he thought the people would desire to know why he re-
linquished his seat in Parliament, and, therefore, the
question was a legitimate one.—(Hear, hear.).
Several petitions of course were laid upon the table ;
when
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, who was interrupted by cries
of " Order, order," said he did not wonder at the im-
patience of Hon. Members opposite, as they must be
tired of wheeling about so much during the past session.
—(A laugh.) Although he knew he had not much
time, as he expected the Black Rod to make his appear-
ance every moment, the motion he had to make was of
importance, and he would take the opportunity that
remained of making it, It was for a copy
of the opinions adduced by the judges on the questions
of law propounded to them in the case of " O'Connell
and others against the Queen," with the copy of the
notes of the short-hand writer appointed to report the
proceedings. Those opinions had already been laid
before the House of Lords, and were by this time circu-
lated throughout the country; and there could be no
objection to produce them in that House. He un-
derstood that Mr. Gurney had taken notes of
those opinions, which, he believed, were cor-
rectly reported by the press; and it would be seen that
some of them reflected th highest credit upon the
judges. (Hear, hear.) The opinions of one judge (Lord
Denman) ought to be laid on the table and printed in
letters of gold.—(Hear.) It was still recolltctcd what
had taken place in that House last session, and all the
vapouring there had been about " convicted conspira-
tors," and how the Right Hon. Baronet took credit to
himself for having brought the convicted conspirator to
condign punishmeut; now itproved that he (Mr.O'Connell)
was no conspirator at all—(hear, hear, cheers, Oh, and
laughter)—and that they (the Ministers) had been guilty
of the greatest injustice, He (Mr. Duncombe) had been
called to account in the House for having denounced the
manner in which the prosecution of Mr. O'Connell had
been conducted when he laid the petition from his
constituents on the table. It proved now that the only
conspiracy which had existed was concocted in the
Horne-office and carried into effect in the Queen's Bench,
Dublin—(Cheers, laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh.")
When he looked at the unfair advantage taken of Mr.
O'Connell—(Cheers)--the fraudulent j ury list—(Cheers)
—the packing of the jury—(Cheers)—the partisanelip
of the judge—(Cheers)--the employment of spies and
the suborning of the reporters, he felt that the question
had ended as it ought to end, in the disgrace of those
gentlemen opposite, who had engaged in this conspiracy
against the due administration of the law
and the rights of the Irish people.—(Cheers.) Those
persons had Fad three months false imprisonment, and
a vindictive feeling, and a sort of part malice and ma-
lignity were exhibited by the Government towards
those individuals.—(Hear.) When a Bill was submitted
by Lord Campbell to the other House of Parliament,
for the purpose of suspending sentence till the validity of
the judgment was ascertained, it was rejected because it
was supposed it might bo favourable to Mr. O'Connell
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insult offered to the leaders of the Irish people, in whom
they placed their confidence. Talk of the question of
repeal, the Government had promoted and given an
impetus to repeal, which they would find it difficult now
to stop.—(Hear, hear.) They created an impression
among the English people, that if they themselves were
Irishmen they would be repealers, in consequence of the
misrule of the country.—(Cheers.) They had insulted
Ireland, and it would never be forgiven by the Irish
people. It was a disgraceful proceeding, and would
never be forgotten by the people of England. He in-
tended to move that a message be sent to the House of
Lords for a copy of the opinions of the judges in the case
of the Queen v. O'Connell, so that it might be
laid on the table of the House, and might