The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-10 00:00:00

CONTEMPORARY PRESS.

LORD STANLEY'S IRISH REGISTRATION

BILL

(From the Morning Herald of Tuesday.)

Lord Stanley intimated, last night, his intention to
abandon his Irish Rezistration Bill. Ministers may,
e of place and pay for

therefore, deem themselves secu

d Stanley stated that the very pe-
opposition to which his bill had
m no hope of being able to carry
session, even through the House
Ten divisions had taken place on that
And on five of these divisions the whole power of
• had been exerted to secure its defeat.
occasion only had ministers been successful :
Ames had they been defeated. To the present oc-
_mts of office, however, defeats on such points seem
be of the lightest possible moment. After solemn
Ind repeated affirmations by considerable majorities, of
the principle of the liish Registration Bill, ministers
had continued to offer the most uniring opposition to
Out of forty-six clauses,

liar char

a subjected, left

it, during the present

mmon:

Governmen

progress of the measure

,-,4,er nine night's discussion) been
unposed of. and of the three clauses in question one
)osti. Any further attempt to proceed with
bill during the present session could only tend to
obstruct the progress of important public business.
In the course of his observations Lord Stanley re-
marked, that the history of his Irish Registration Bill
',ad scarcely a parallel. Never before, perhaps, had
hundred gentlemen been found to give their at-
lc'e night after night, and week after week, in
to support a measure introduced by a private in-
-11, and opposed by the whole power of Govern-

•ee hay

sunopposet

Len dar

krul thai measure, although le now withdrew

it, had not proved unprolific of benefit. Public atten-
tion had been directed to the evils of the Irish regis-
tration system. Public opinion demanded such a mea-
sure as he had submitted to the consideration of the

d such a measure he should again bring for-
ward at a period of the next session so early as should
enable him to surmount all the obstacles which the
3.1 of his antagonists might place in its way.
John Russell disclaimed for himself and his
ver had recourse to anything but
system of. opposition" to the Irish
1., fle justified O'Connell, more espe-

associate

raving e

cially, for moving an instruction to the committee to
define the Irish franchise; and retorted on Lord Stan-
ley, that his conservative supporters, more especially
the four learned gentlemen around him, who spoke at

t length on O'Connell's motion, had approved
themselves the real obstructors of the progress of the
Irish Registration Bill. In conclusion, Lord John de-
1, that he should always oppose any bill, that un-
t of purifying the Irish registries, should
tend to limit the Irish franchise. It had been his fate

le share in the long-protracted discussions
on the Reform Bill ; and he should not shrink from
discussions even more protracted, rather than abandon
any of the principles which that Reform Bill contained.
This latter part of his theme Lord John handled
at pomposity of manner which distinguishes all
empts to be peculiarly impressive. He is, in
singularly• feeble personage—remarkably ob-
tterly devoid of eloquence—and, at times,
ddicted to mouthing. He had reason, it is
true, last night, to indulge in a fit of self-complacency.
The abandonment by Lord Stanley, of his Irish Re-
gistration Bill, operates confessedly on the present te-
its of Downing-street as a respite does on convicts.
may deem the►nselves safe.

with ti

fearfully

ion minist

.tronage are theirs for two quarters longer;
nd even then, have they not the chapter of accidents
Truly, as one of their supporters has de-
3, the whigs are a "lucky" race !

ribed the