The Sun. — 1840-04-08 (London, England)

IRISH CORPORATION REFORM. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a petition from the Corporation of Londonderry against the Irish Corporation Reform Bill. This petition was sealed with the seal of the Corporation, so that although the petition whi he ch had presented on a former night was only the petition of the Mayor and Sheriffs in their own individual character, his Noble Friend opposite was deceived by his Radical friends when he was told that the corporation of Londonderry were in favour of the Bill. The Earl of WINCHIL SE A presented a similar petition from the corporation of Dublin. The Marquis of WE STMEATH presented a similar petition signed by 73,000 inhabitants of Dublin. The petitioners stated that the Bill was a confiscation not only with respect to present property, but property to accrue, because it gave a power of taxation upon property of five times the amount of the property in the city of Dublin. The measure was one among the many that had been brought forward by the Government for the purpose of ur.- Protestantizing Ireland, and to take the property from the Pretestants of Ireland to give it to the Roman Catholics, who coveted it. He did not believe that it was competent for her Majesty, consistent with her Coronation Oath, to give her assent to the Protestant Confiscation Bill. He should like to know from the Noble Viscount what impeachment he could bring against the Corporation of Dublin, that they should be subject to this wholesale confiscation. According to the present Bill, there was no necessity for any qualification for magistrates, and they might be taken from the very dregs of society for any thing that was contained in that Bill. Their Lordships were asked hoodwinked to confiscate the property of the Protestants of Ireland. He could not believe that in that Protestant House such a measure would ever be allowed to pass. Did ber Majesty's Ministers think because they were forced by one who ought never to have been in the House of Commons, to do that which their better reason would shun, that therefore they would force that House to give their assent to the Bill ? Unless the Noble Marquis opposite was impeached for what he had done in Ireland, and lost his head, Lords Derwentwater, Balmerino, and Ratcliffe were murdered men.—( Laughter.) The Noble Marquis concluded by expressing a hope that their Lordships would not pass the Bill. The Marquis of HE A DFORT, notwithstanding what had been said by the Noble Marquis against the Roman Catholics of Ireland, believed that they would stand up to a man in support of her present Majesty and her Crown, if necessity required it, as they were thankful for the tranquillity which Ireland at present enjoyed. The Marquis of NV ESTMEATH said he did not speak against the Roman Catholics of Ireland, but against the demagogues that were in that country. He believed the Irish Catholics would be angels if it were not for the demagogues that were there. Lord WYNFO RD presented petitions from Cork, against the Irish Municipal Bill. The Duke of BUCC LEUC /I presented petitions from different parts of Scotland against the intrusion of Ministers. The Marquis of LONDON DERRY presented petitions against the Irish Nlunieipal Bill. The Bishop et LONDON presented a petition from Leeds against the trade in opium, end a similar petition from Worcester. Lord GLk NG ALL presented a petition from Cashel against the Irish Municipal Bill. The Noble Earl wished ro know whether it was the intention of the Noble Viscounr to move the second reading of the Bill on Friday? Viscount MEL BOURNE said if they were to go into Committee on the other Bill it would be impossible to