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London, England, 1845-06-17 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1845.

The House of Lords met at Four.
The Earl of ABERDEEN then moved an address in an-
swer to her MAJESTY'S Message on the subject of Sir H.
POTTINGER, stating that the House would cheerfully con-
cur in giving effect to her MAJESTY'S gracious considera-
tion of Sir H. POTTINGER'S services. The Noble Earl in
moving the address passed a high eulogium on Sir H.
POTTINGER for the services he had rendered his country.
Tl.e House being addressed by the Marquis of LANS-
DOWNE, the Earl of HADDINGTON, and the Earl of
GLENGALL, the address was agreed to.
The order of the day for the third reading of the
Maynooth Bill was then read.
A long discussion ensued, but eventually the Bill
was read a third time, by a majority of 131.
The House of Commons met at Four o'clock. The
second reading of the Cambridge and Bury St. Edmund's
Railway Bill was carried by a majority of 15 ; the
numbers being—for the Bill, 47 ; against it, 32.
Mr: MANNERS SUTTON moved that the Cambridge
and Lincoln Railway Bill should be recommitted. The
motion was opposed and eventually lost on a division.
The numbers were—for the motion, 77 ; against it, 118 ;
majority against the motion, 41.
Mr. ROEBUCK then drew the attention of the House to
a letter which, by implication, conveyed a challege
which he had received from Mr. J. P. SO3IERS, the
Member for Sligo, in consequence of certain expressions
which he had used with regard to the repealers of Ire-
land on Friday night. In the course of the debate one
of those personal scenes ensued which always create
an interest in the House.

Mr. J.P. SOMERS, in the most frank and manly manner,
withdrew his letter, and expressed his regret for what
had occurred, and both Honourable Members were com-
plimented for the course which they had pursued. In
the midst of this discussion Mr. O'CoNNELL entered the
House, and was received with loud cheering from the
Opposition, and laughter from the Ministerial benches.
Eventually a resolution, approving of the conduct of
Mr. ROEBUCK in bringing the matter before the House,
and also of that of Mr. SOMERS in apologising, were
agreed to.
Sir H. PEEL moved, in answer to the QUEEN'S Mes-
sage, a grant to Sir H. POTTINGER of 1,500/. per annum,
to commence from the day on which he ceased to be her
MAJESTY'S Plenipotentiary in China
In the course of the discussion which followed, the
conduct of Sir H. POTTINGER was highly eulogised by
the Members on both sides of the House, and the mo-
tion was agreed to.
The order of the day for the third reading of the
Irish Banking Bill was then read.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN then moved the amendment of
which he had given notice.
A long discussion ensued, and eventually the amend-
ment was negatived.

The order of the day was then read for bringing up
the report on the Academical Institutions (Ireland')
Bill, when

Sir JAMES GRAHAM postponed entering into details
upon the Bill until Thursday next.

The other orders of the day were then disposed of,
and the House adjourned at Half-past Ten o'clock.

The todious debates on the Maynooth Grant have al

last been brought to a close, and the Bill has passed its

ast stage in the Legislature with an overwhelming
majority. It now requires only the royal assent to
make it the law of the land. The final ceremony
will probably take place this evening, and we
cordially trust that this important measure
will have a fair trial—that Protestants will no
longer refer to it for the purpose of attacking
the Catholic faith, and that those who are to enjoy its
provisions will show, by their discretion and ldyal de-
portment, that they are not undeserving of the favour.
It is a small favour, we admit, and probably will be re-
ceived kindly, not so much for the value of the gift, as for
the noble and disinterested conduct of those by whom it has
been conferred. The Irish are proverbially agrateful and
kind-hearted people, and they will, therefore, long, re-
member the sacrifices made in their behalf by the liberal
Members of the House of Commons, who disregarded their
political interests, and offended many of their supporters
for the sake of peace and justice. The feeling which
guided these senators was well described by Lord
CAMPBELL last night. That able lawyer and
consistent politician spoke from the heart, for
he is not a man given to deceive, and said
that "he was glad to see that the Noble Lords
opposite were likely to have a long tenure of office.
They had carried the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, they had
carried the Maynooth Bill by large majorities, and they
now had it in their power, with the assistance of his side
of the House, to carry other measures equally useful,
and he trusted that that would be ultimately effected
for which he had always contended—the endow-
ment of the Catholic priesthood. Yet, though
it might induce a long exclusion from office of himself
and his friends, he would still rejoice at the advance-
ment of a generous and friendly policy towards Ireland."
Such sentiments do high honour to Whig principles,
and shine out with peculiar lustre at a period when not
a few leading men have sacrificed principles
for place, and preferred their own sordid interests
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for religious instruction, ten times larger than it re-
quires, while a starving people of another church, or
rather, as the Bishop of LLANDAFF said last night, of
" the same Church only altered in features," are com-
pelled out of their scanty means to support some fifteen
or twenty prelates and at toast two housand clergy.

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