The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-13 00:00:00

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LONDON!
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1842.

There was another debate in the House of Commons
last night on Mr. COWPER presenting a petition against
the income tax, and the probability, or rather the cer-
tainty, of similar debates every evening, seems to have
moved the Tories to put forward Lord FRANCIS EGERTON
to make a little diversion, and cover the Premier's retreat.
That Noble Lord accordingly suggested to Mr. COWPER
to withdraw the petition, and allow him to bring for-
ward, at the earliest possible opportunity, a substantive
motion which shall settle the whole question. As Mr.
DUNCOMBE observed, the Noble Lord had spread out a
feather bed for her MAJESTY'S Ministers to fall on, and
fall on it they will without being smothered.

Lord MAHON, who, like Lord FRANCIS EGERTON,
voted with Mr. T. DUNCOMBE on Monday evening,
though both generally vote with Sir R. PEEL, wished for
the adjournment of the debate till Friday, .in order to
allow Lord F. EGERTON to bring forward his motion on
Thursday. The motion was discussed, and the debate
accordingly adjourned to Friday, not then to be resumed
if Lord F. EGERTON'S feather bed be found in the mean
time sufficiently soft to break the fall of the Premier
and his companions.
We scarcely understand Lord F. EGERTON'S conduct
On Monday he distinguished himself, in the early part Of
the evening, by both speaking and voting for Mr. T. Dux-
comnE, and in the latter part by uttering a violent, and,
regarding the uncouth gesticulations of the Noble Lord,
a furious tirade against Mr. DUNCOMBE and his friends.
At five o'clock he voted that the Premier, by enforcing
an antiquated order, was stifling the prayers of the
people, and at 12 o'clock he was most vehement against
those who opposed the arbitrary conduct of Sir ROBERT
PEEL. The Lord FRANCIS EGERTON of after dinner con-
demned the Lord FRANCIS EGERTON of five o'clock.
Being of this kind of double character, having one
tongue for the Radicals, and another for the Tories, the
Noble Lord was a fit and proper person to step between
Mr. COWPER and success, and stave off a division which
would have left Sir' R. PEEL in a minority. We hope
the Noble Bed-maker, otherwise Lord Eitherside, may
succeed, or the Session will be wasted in a Jruit-
less effort on the part of the Tories to prevent the voice
of the people being heard in Parliament against the in-
come tax.

Sir R. PEEL, with an air of contrition for past offences,
cordially ashamed, or at least shamming shame, admitted
that he could not maintain the practice he voted for on
Monday, but he declined to take an active part in putting
an era to it. But a great man like Sir ROBERT, being
always able to obtain some titled persons to do his dirty
work, the Noble Lord we have mentioned is to act for the
leader of the House. Sir ROBERT conceals his
own disgrace beneath the splendid and dazzling honours
of his titled foPowers. His confession, however, and
Lord FRANCIS EGERTON'S motion, promise a complete
seitlemerit of the question, and Mr. T. DIINCOMBE will
have the high honour of wringing from the Tory majo-
rity of the House of Commons the recognition of the
right of the people, after it has been suspended for 150