The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-04 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.
SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

IMPERIAL PA RLIAM ENT

THIS EVENING.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
CASLETT'S DIVORCE BILL.

Mr. ADAMS was heard at considerable length
to-day in favour of this Bill. The case was one of
considerable aggravation, the seducer of Mr. Cas•
lett's wife being his own cousin, a married man,
with a large family. After the Learned Counsel
had concluded, the Lord Chancellor postponed the
examination of witnesses till four o'clock to-morrow.

Several private Bills were read a third time and
passed.
The House went into a Committee upon the
Composition Assessed Taxes, and several other
Bills.

Mr. BRIGHT and others brought up three private
Bills.

Sir War. HEATIICOTE brought up eight private
Bills.

Mr. Burford, from the Trinity House, presented
an account of the Pilots for 1828.

Mr. Walker presented papers from the Court of
Chancery in Ireland.
Lord NAPIER moved for certain returns re-
specting the Poor-rates.
Lord BERESFORD presented a petition against
the passing of the Clarence Rail-way Bill.
Lord GREY presented petitions from individuals
to the same effect. The Noble Lord also presented
a petition from Chorleigh, Lancashire, against the
monopoly of the East India Company in the Tea
trade-.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved for
certain returns respecting the Coal Trade. He also
moved that the Committee be at liberty to report
to the House from time to time.
LORD LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND•

The Marquis of ANGLESEA rose to make his
promised explanation relative to his sudden recal from
the Lord Lieutenantcy of Ireland. He said—The mo-
ment has now arrived which I have been looking
for with the greatest anxiety and much solicitation,
because I have been labouring under a severe stigma
and rebuke, and have been subject to many insi-
nuations which I felt it was within my power
to relieve myself from. My Lords, now that moment
has arrived, I really feel myself overwhelmed with
the difficulties I have to encounter. First, I
have to do that which I feel myself unable
to do—which always gives me pain—that of
addressing your Lordships on a public affair. Next,
my Lords, I am under the necessity of speaking of
myself. And lastly, though not least, I fear that in
endeavouring to vindicate myself, I may have the
appearance of wishing to inculpate others. My Lords,
I disclaim any such object. Mine is purely defensive:
the only object I have in view is to explain the cir-
cumstances of my sudden recal from Ireland—of the
unusual manner in which that event took place—of
the—l must call it—offensive manner of the dis-
missal ; and I must also speak of the letter I wrote,
which was said to be the cause of this. But pre-
viously to this, I wish to relieve myself from many
of the insinuations that have gone forth. Only one
manly attack has bees' made upon me, and 1 really
feel grateful to the noble Earl who made it, because
it gave me an opportunity of fully explaining to him
that he was under a misrepresentation as to my
conduct. I take the liberty of stating on this occa-
sion, that at that time, so anxious was I not to over-
state the case, not to state any thing I could not prove,
that I then made an admission not at all necessary.
The Noble Earl made a reply, after I had in-
formed your Lordships that I had placed a fourth
physician to join the committee on Mr. Eneas
Macdonnell's health. The Noble Earl stated
that that physician had not signed the paper,
and moreover, that he had refused to sign any
paper that did not go to the state of his health.
Now my Lords, I can only state that 1 have
lately ascertained, that Dr. Cheyne did sign
the paper, arid no person was more aware of the
serious state of Mr. Macdonnel's health than he was.
I will now state, my Lords, the course which I pur-
sued in Ireland. My extreme anxiety is, that Govern-
ment should be in full possession of the state of that
country. I have no reserve, my Lords, whatever.
I was anxious that every thing I knew of the state
of Ireland should be known even in the
highest quarter. I took particular pains be-
fore I went from this country to explain the
particular grounds on which alone I could undertake
the government of that country, and I believe I have
not swerved in the smallest degree from the course I
pursued ; and I shall have occasion to refer to letters
arid communications, and I think it will appear from
them that I was not negligent of the Protestant re-
ligion, and that I did not snpport the Catholic As-
sociation. The Noble Marquis then proceeded at
considerable length to read the different papers and
documents bearing upon his case.

(LEFT SFEAKING. )

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair precisely at Four
o'clock.

Several Private Bills were forwarded a stage.
Mr. DICKENSON presented a petition from the
Woollen Manufacturers of Somersetshire, praying
for a Repeal of the Laws affecting the Free Trade
with India; and also a petition from the parish of
St. Michael's, Bath, praying for a Repeal of the
Window Tax.

Lord WILLIAM POWLETT presented a pe-
tition from the Ship-owners of Durham, in favour
of a free trade to the East Indies.

Mr. F. WILSON presented a petition from the
inhabitants of High and Low Harrowgate, praying
for a Repeal of the Window Tax.
Mr. ROWLAND HILL presented a petition
from the County of Salop against the reduction of
the Militia.

Mr. NICHOLSON CALVERT presented a
petition from St. Albans, against the reduction of
duty on Foreign 'Thrown Silk.
Mr. DOWNIE presented a petition from the
Magistrates of Aberdeen, against the Bill now in
progress for the enlargement of Goals in Scotland.
Mr. DUGDALE presented a petition from Bir-
mingham against the Able Bodied Labourers Bill.
Mr. SLANEY moved for the amount collected
in every parish in England and Wales, for the sup-
port of the Poor since the year 1819.—Ordered.
Mr. ROBINSON presented several petitions
from Silk Manufacturers in Berkshire and Somer-
set, against the reduction of the Duty on Foreign
Thrown Silks.
Mr. W. WHITMORE postponed a motion re-
specting the East India Company for a fortnight.
Mr. LITTLETON presented a petition from a
gentleman named Sincox, respecting the rate of in-
terest allowed OH commercial claims, by the Com-
missioners appointed by Act of Parliament, for the
purpose of liquidating the claims of British sub-
jects upon France. The petitioner complained that
he should be subject to great injustice if he were to
submit to the award that had been made.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
observed that, with deference to the opinion of
the Honourable Member, he thought that the adop-
tion of the course proposed in this petition v,ould
be in a highly degree dangerous and injudicious.
lie considered that the Commissioners ought not to
have given any advice to the petitioner, but to have
allowed them to have taken their own course rela-
tive to appealing.
After a few words from Mr. BERNAL and Mr.
P. THOMPSON,
Mr. R. GRANT observed that the question was,
not whether the parties should have their claims
granted, but whether the parties should have the
merits of their claims examined. The Right Hon.
Member then supported the petition at some length.
(sAn turrnia.)