The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-18 00:00:00

RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (MONDAY.) Sub• Committee No 1. This Committee met3this day at one o'clock; Mr. Strutt, Chairman. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE (POTTERIES). Soon after the assembling of the Committee the room was cleared; and, upon the parties being called in, • The CHAIRMAN said that with respect to the objec tion raised against the subscription contract in the ease of the North Statfordshire (Potteries) line, the Com mittee had consulted the Speaker, as well as many legal authorities, with respect to the validity of the contract deed. The opinion of eminent lawyers was, that notwithstanding one of the trustees was himself unqualified to have his name attached to the contract, still the parties who were duly qualified could, in a court of equity, enforce the terms of such deed. It, however, appeared that with out the subscription of Mr. Garrett, the trustee in question, there was sufficient capital. That was so mach in favour of the promoters, but it did not alter the non-compliance with the standing order. Indeed he was of opinion that the order required some alteration to meet such a case as the present, for the principle would apply to a large number of Bills. The decision of the Committee was, therefore, unaltered, namely, that the standing order in this instance was not complied with. The Committee would, how ever report to the House the circumstances of the cue. Mr. Bunter?. then called Mr. Burchel, of the firm of KU g-our and Parsons, to prove that without the amount of Mr. Garrett's liability, there was more than sufficient capital. This disposed of the case. There is no doubt of the non compliance being overruled by the Select Committee up stairs, the decision of the Sub• Committee being merely a formal compliance with the standing order applying to the allegation. THE LEICESTER AND BEDFORD. The Committee then proceeded with this adjourned case. Mr. BURKE called a witness to prove that certain meadow land was not properly shown on the plans and sections. Mr. John Stapleton was called to prove that his property was not correctly shown on the plans and sectams. Mr. Coams admitted the allegation. Several other allegations were sustained, after which Mr. BURKE proceeded with the petition of the Leicester and Swanington Railway Company. The first allegation was that there was no fixed point of junction shown on the plan where the proposed line was to oin the Leicester and Swannington Railway. Several Ivitnes es were called on both sides, and the Com mittee decided that no fixed point had been shown. Standing orders in this instance not complied with. THE LONDON AND SOUTH ESSEX. r witnesses to prove the deposit of the plans, sections, Coroiti'of reference, &c. Mr. Burke appeared on a petition against the Bill, but, in consequence of the absence of a material witness, the case was adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. THE RUGBY AND STAMFORD. Mr. Venables appeared for the promoters. The deposit of the plans, and sections, and books of re ference having been proved, the further proceedings were postponed till to-morrow. The Committee adjourned at half-past three o'clock. Sub-Committee No. 4 The following Members of the Committee were present et twelve o'clock :—Sir W. Heathcote, Chairman, Mr. Hope Johnstone, and Mr. Adam]. GREAT WESTERN AND WYCOMBE. This is a Bill to forma line frJm the Maidenhead station of the Great Western Railway to the town of Wycombe, Berks. The length of the line will be about ten miles, and the cost (as estimated) 150,0001. Mr. Joseph Gibbs is the engineer, and Messrs. Dyce and Co. arc the Parlia mentary agents. TENBY, SAUNDERSTOOT, AND SOUTH WALES. This is a Bill for making a railway from Tenby and Saundersfoot; to the South W Railway, and also to im prove the harbour at Saundersfoot. The length of the pro posed line is about six miles mid three-quarters, and the coit is esthnatA at 110,0001. The engineer is Mr. Thomas Gibes; the Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Burke and Co. The !tpdirg orders were declared to he complied with. LEEDS AND BRADFORD (GUISELEY BRANCH). The line proposed to he termed under this Bill is only 24 miles in length, from the Leeds and Bradford Railway, at A prrley-bridge, for the accommonation of the manufactur ing; villages of Yendon (population 3,379), and Guiseley (population 1,971). The cost is estimated at 100,0001. Messrs. Stephenson and Gooch, are the engineers; and Messrs. Burke and Co., tha Parliamentary agents. Standing orders complied with. MZ EDS AND BRADTOILD—JUNCTION MINE AT BRADFORD. The line proposed by this Bill is but of the length of one mile. The object is to form a junction with the West Riding Union Railway by a connecting branch front Bolton-lane to Well street, Bradford, thus completing the communication between the valleys of Aire and Calder. The cost is estimated at 30,0001. The en- Pineers are Messrs. Robert Stephenson and Young. The arliamentary agents, Messrs. Burke, Pritt, and Co. The standing orders were declared to be complied with. GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST. The object of this Bill is to connect Gloucester with the mineral district of the Forest of Dean. The length of the proposed line is about tifteen miles, and the cost is estimated at 320,000/. Mr. Brunel is the engineer, and Mr. Dorrington the Parliamentary agent. The solicitors to the Bill are Messrs. Whitcombe, Phelps, and Co. This case having been partly gone into, was postponed till to-morrow, on account as we understood of the absence of the solicitors. YORE AND CARLISLE. It is proposed by this Bill to connect the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway with the Great North of England line, by a line from Northallerton to Clifton, near Penrith ; also to connect the Newcastle and Darlington Railway with Lan caster and Carlisle, by a line from Auckland to Orton. The length of the proposed lines will be about ninety-five miles, and the estimated cost is 1,950,0001. The engineers are Messrs. Rundell and Harris, and the Parliamentary agents are Messrs. Burke, Pritt, and Co.__ The standing orders were complied with. xamcaszintz AND Now= YORKSHIRE. The case of this Bill having been called on, the clerk to the Committee stated that a petition had been presented against the Bill. The CHAIRMAN was of-opinion that such being the case, the Bill must go before another Gommittee. After some consifftition, however, it was decided to call the party to the petition against the Bill, that is the East Lancashire Railway Company. It appeared that the petition had not been properly entered on the votes of the House, as it did not describe the proposed Bill by its proper title. No one appeared on behalf of the petitioners, and the Committee decided to proceed with the Bill. There was a second petition from a Mr. Marley, in refer ence to which we understood the Chairman to say that he would not report on the consideration of the opposed parts of the Bill in the absence of the petitioner. The other particulars of the Bill were proceeded with. The object of the Bill is to unite the manufacturing dis tricts of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Northumberland. The projected termini are Elslark and Scorton, The length of the line, 47 miles 5 furlongs and 4-chains, with the Clitheroc Branch of 13aniles. -The cost el construction is estimated at 1,450,000f.' The engineers are Messrs. Hawkshaw and Gee, awl the Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Dorrington and Co. Loam course of the proceeding Mr. Dyson appeared on behalf of Marley's petition. The CTIAIRMAN believed that the objections in the petition *plied only to the plans and sections. Mr. DYSON said that such was the case, The CHAIRMAN then decided that the Committee could not go into oljections of that nature. The remaining portions of the case were then gone into, and the ustr.ll proofs' were received; but the case iwas ulti mately adjourned till Thursday, to hear the opposition on the petition of the East Lancashire Compiny. 11173.1. AND SELBY RAILWAY PURCHASE. The object cf this Bill is to give power to sell the above named railway to the York and North Midland Company, to whom it had been leased some time ago. The standing orders were complied with. The Committee then adjourned. Sub-Committv, No. 6. This newly-appointed Sub-Conmittee on standing orders alsenibled for the first time this morning, in room No. 14, The Committee consisted of Captain Jones (Chairman) Mr. Pakington, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Deedes, Mr. Horsman, Lord Worsley, and Mr. Childers. The members who attended this morning were, the Chair man, Mr. Horsman, and Mr. Deedes. CARNIVA.TII . AND WEST LINTON. The first petition brought before the Committee was that of the Caruwath and West Linton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to make a railway, so as to connect the Caledonian Railway at the divergence of the Edin burgh and Glasgow branches, near Caruwath, in the county of Lanark, with the Edinburgh and Peebles Railway at Leaklbrim. near Permybank, in the county of Edinburgh. r he line, - which is twenty miles and one furlong in length, has been laid out by Mr. James Leslie, who estimates its cost at 185,0001. The customary formal proofs having been put in,- the standing orders were declared to have been complied with. n iLLLOCIINEY. This was the petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way Company, wh o are the Railway, for leave to brin proprietors of the Ballochney a Bill to make a railway about three miles in length, ti n mi neral t raf fi c, from a point on the Ballochney Railway, as to l t a l m i l d e ou.tincal field s near t h e Ki r k o f mated cost at Shotts. The lin w Y Mr. A- J. Adi e , w h o esti s e 33,000/. absenat,ectihsieonCom mittee, at the One of the witnesses being request of the parties, deferred their MONICL.A.ND AND En tait .....: (CHAPEL-HALL ni t `" 1 : 781. 11 1EOCEI This was the petition of the Monkland and :liirkintilloelf Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill neral branch from their Palace Cray branch to°tT e ak c e a m i. Ball Iron Works. The cost of the line was estimated at 25,8001. The usual formal process having been adduced, the stal l ."._ ng orders were declared to have been complied with. C yJn OnIAN AND DITIVMARTON JITIWOTION. _ _ - - - This was the petition of the Caledonian and Dunbarton shire Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to make a line from Glasgow to Dumbarton and Loch Lo mond, with branches to Helensburgh, Milingavie, and other places. The length of the line and the branches together is thirty-two miles, aid the cost was estimated by Mr. Neil Bobson-at 599,0001. The Committee decided that the standing orders had been complied with., VIIMSONTOWN, raortNrNGsxpz, AND COLTNESS. This was the petition of the Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltnipss Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to make a branch of five miles and three quarters. in length, from a point. on the main DIA to Batligate, the estimated cost of which is 51,000/. The parties provcl that they bad complied with the stand ing orders. CAZZDOINTIIiII JUNCTION. This was another petition of the Wilsontorrn, Morning de,and Coltnessßailway Company, for leave to bring in Bill to make ato connect tbeir line with the Edinburgh branch of the Caledonian nailway, the esti mated colt of which was 123,3741.. The Committee postponed. the case, to admit of the attend ance a an important . wit2l&S.T.' _„ Tbc Cortunittee adjournel at four o'clock, TIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1846. (YESTERDAY.) Sub-Committee No. 1. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock ; Mr. Strutt, chairman. The Committee called the parties in the EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER. The CHAIRMAN said that the ease hail been postponed to enable the Committee to consider whether the petitions against this ltill sh (mid or sho hl not be heard, they not having bren gist up in c, , il funnily with the standing order 111 A, which directs that all petitions shall contain the name of such Bill, or Bills as they are concerned in. The Committee were of opinlon that, notwithstanding the standing order had not been complied with, the petition should be received, inasmuch as several other petitions which had been referred by the House to Committees were also heard. Mr. BURKE then proceeded with the allegations in the petitions against the Bill. The first allegation was that the notices served on the owners of property on the line proposed to go as far as Exmouth, whereas the petition for the Bill only asks power to go as tar as Bear. Mr. Hallett, a landowner at Exmouth, was called. Ile said that the notices stated the terminus of the railway was to Le at the port of Exmouth, and it was to go on part of his property. The petition for the Bill, however, made the termini at quite a different point. Mr. Enracostae, for the promoters, contended that the standing rdcrs did not require the exact termini of railways to be stated in the notices. The CHAIRMAN, after consulting with the other Ilon. Members, said that the Committee wet e of opinion the standing order In this case was so very general that the allegation could not be maintained. It was the opinion of the Committee that the standing orders with respect to the exact point of termini teing stated In the notices should be made more stringent. The allegation, under the circum stances, could not he sustained. The next allegation was that no notice had been served on Mrs. Mary Peed, the owner of some property on the proposed lino. The notice was served on Mr. Thomas Peed, who had no interest what ever in the property, and Mr. Burke submitted that the Omitting orders had not been complied with. • Mr. ELLICOMBE called a witness to prove that, upon calling on the property, he was informed that it belonged to Mr. Thomas Peed. It was also found that that person's name appeared on the poor's-rate l'ook for the years 1844 and 1845, and that being the c;tse, he trusted the Committee would consider the notice a Frmer service. The CHAIRMAN said the Committee were of opinion that the stand ing orders had not been complied with ; but that it appeared to the Committee the name of Thomas Peed appeared on the poor's-rate book as rateable for the preperty. ilia mat allegation was that the name of a Mr. Pickering was re turned as assenting to the construction of the line wi:hout his au thority. Mr Pickering was called, and he said that he had never signed assent, nor had he given his authority to any one else to sign for him. Witness was told by his wife that during his absence from home a gentleman had called, and asked her to sign his name to a paper, but site, not being a good writer, asked her son, who was only tell years of age, to sign it. Ills wife said that site did not know what the paper was about. The boy was then called, an 1 he said that the gentleman :sited him, in the presence of his mother, to sign his father's name on the paper, which he did. The gentleman did not say what the paper contained, nor did his mother tell him. Mr. ELLICUMBE called a Mr. Buffet—Witness said that he had been employed by the local agent, and having called at Pickering's, he explained to the wife that the paper was to be filled up with her qame• and she immediately consented to have it signed The CHAIRMAN—Did you post that letter to the agent in London? Witness—l did. Mr. BURKE submitted that the assent was improperly obtained. The CHAIRMAN said the Committee were of opinion that the stand ing orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as the name of William Pickering was signed on a paper without his consent, by his son, a boy of ten years of age, acting under the instructions of his mother. Several other allegations of the same character were sustained, and the case was gone through. NORFOLK EXTENSION (STOWMAR MET AND WitIVIONDHAIII). The adjourned case wits resumed, Mr. Burke appearing for the pro moters, and Mr. Webster for several opponents. A few of the allegations were allowed, but the most importatat were overru'ed. The case then concluded. The CHAIRMAN said the Committee would adjourn till Thursday, but he had to inform parties that Mr. Greene would sit to-morrow (Wednesday) to hear unopposed cases. Sub-Committee No. 2. Cloister G, This Committee met to-day shortly later twelve o'clock. There were present Sir J. Y. Buller (Chairman), Messrs. Kemblo, lirainston, and G. Craig. RUGBY, LEAMINGTON, AND WARWICK. The petition stated that the line, which proposed to join the Bir• inlngham Railway at the parish of St. Mary, in the county of War. wick, would be of great public utility. There was a petition again' the till from the directors of the Worcester and Warwick Railway. The formal evidence was proceeded with. • From the evidence, it appeared that the length of the line waslG 1y miles, and the estimate 450,000/. It also appeared that this line would have the effect of shortening and rendering complete the communication front the eastern side of the kingdom to the western, bringing the ports of Yarmouth and Lynn Regis into direct commu nication with Bristol, the West of England, and South Wales. The allegation of the petition was, that the tunnelling of the mile and 6th furlong was not marked on the section with a dotted line, which the Committee considered to be sustained. The CuAtastAx then announced that the Committee were of opi nion that the standing orders had not been complied with. Engineer, P. Stephenson, Esq.; Solicitors, Messrs. Harris and Son, Rugby. AIILDRIE AND 13 ATIIGATE JUNCTION. There were three petitions against the Bill, namely, from Mr. J. Graham, the Ballochney Company, and Mr. J. Ady, complaining, cf non compliance with standing orders. Na one appeared for the two latter. The object of the 11111 was to construct a railway from the town of Airdrie to join a branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The length of the line was fourteen miles, the amount of estimate ')13,0001., the sum subscribed 320,0001., and the amount deposited 23,000/. Mr. Lm au appeared in support of the first petition, which alleged that the amount paid up was omitted throughout the contract deed. This be . n; apparent on the face of the deed, Mr. Dr.ANs (in support of the Bill) adduced evidence in extenua tion, to show that the error was the result of a mistake, a wrong deed having been put before the parties for their signature. The Committee were of opinion that the standing orders had not been complied with. Solicitors, Dean, Dunlop, and Hope, London; Engineer, Mr. George Martin. I.EXCESTER. &Z D TADIWORTH JUNCTION BRANCH. There were two petitions agsin-t this Bill from the owners, occu piers, and lessees of the land on this lima, complaining of non-com pliance with the standing orders. it was admitted on the part of the promoters of the Bill that there was an omission of the height and span of the arch over Ashby de-la-Zouch bridge in the plans deposited with the Clerks of the Peace of the counties of Leicester and of Warwick. It was also ad mitted that there was an inaccuracy in the datum line. The reotn was ordered to be cleared. The CHAIRMAN (on our return) said that the Conunittee were c: opinion that in the ease of this Bill the standing orders had not del complied with. COVENTRY, NUNEATON, BIRMINGHAM, AND LEICESTER. The object of this Bill, as stated in the petition, was to shorten the distance between Coventry, Birmingham, Leicester, and Staf ford, and to afford increased facility of transit to and from the ex tensive coal-fields traversing the'linc. The length of the line, ex cluiiive of about three miles of branches, was 24 miles. The capital was 551,7691. There was a petition from Mr. Banbury and others, alleging that there were inaccuracies in various sections of the plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace at Harwich. The Committee found that in the second furlong of the third mile the standing orders had not been complied with. . --- It being announced that the Speaker was at prayers, the Com. mittee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow.. Sub-Conimittee No. 3. The Committee resumed its sittings this morning, after an adjourn ment of four days. Some additions have been made to the Committee sinee Its former sittings, and it now consists of Mr. Aglionby.(Chair man), Mr. Thornely, Mr. Barneby, Mr.-Aldan], Mr. Stansfleld, Mr. Broaaley, and Mr. E. Buller. THE ALWORD ITAZZEIT RAZIA I 7II.I . e. This was the petition of the Alford Valley Railway for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the construction of a line from Kintore to Alford, being a branch from the Great North of ScoUand Railway. The lengl.h of the line is 15 miles, and the estimated cost of construe tton, made by Mr. Alexander Clibb, is 100,0001. The Committee, after hearing the customary formal proolit; decided that the standing orders had net been complied with, on the ground that the'lleighths and depths of some. minor embanliments and cut tings were omitted front the plans and sections. - GREAT NORTH OP SCOTLAND EASTERN NYTEN SION. This was the petition of the Great North of Scotland Eastern Extension Railway Company for leave to bring in a fill to make a line from the Dyce Station of the Great North of Scotland Railway, and to pass through Elton, Old Deer, Mintlaw, and Longside, to Peterhead and Fratzerburg, with branches to Deeside, Inverary, and Macduff. The capital of the Company is 700,0001., in 14,000 shares of 501. each. The length of the line is thirty-three miles and six furlon,ts. and the estimated cost Is 400,0001. The Committee gave the same decision In this case as the last. GREAT NORTH 101 1 SCOTI. AND. This was the petition of the Great North of Scotland Railway Coin pan;; for leave to bring in a Bill to make a railway, 108 miles in length, Irons Aberdeen to Inverness, with branches to Banff, Portsoy, Yar mouth, and lturghead. The capital was 1,500,0001. The parties proved that they had complied with the standing, orders, LAST LOTRZAN• CENTRAL AND TYNE VALLEY JUNCTION. . The object sf the petitioners in this ease was to make a railway from East Linton to Dalkeith, a distance of 18 miles, the estimated cost of which was 300,0001. Tte Commlttee postponed their decision until the engineer of the litie had had an opportunity of explaining some apparent discrepan cies in the plans and sections. HARWICH AND EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY AND PIER. This was a petition for leave to bring In a Bill to make a railway from Harwich to Colchester, a distance of eighteen miles, and a pier at Harwich. The estimated cost of the works was 180,0001. The Committee decided that the standing orders had been com plied with. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. Sub-Committee No. 4. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, when there were present, Sir W. Heathcote, Chairman; Mr. Evans, Mr. Arland, Mr. Cornwall Leigh, and Mr. M. J. O'Connell. GLOUCESTER AND DEAN roxEsT. The consideration of this Bill, adjourned from yesterday, was re sumed at the meeting of the Committee. The object of the line Is to conne,:t Gloucester with the mineral districts of the Forest of Bean, and also to extend the Monmouth and Hereford Railway (for which an Act was obtained last session) to the Great Western Rail. ,ray at. Gloucester. The cause of the postponement of the case yesterday was not (as was stated through mistake) the absence of the solicitor, but the absence of two wituesses,who had been served the usual Parliamentary notices. Those witnesses attended this morning, and the Committee agreed that the standing orders were complied with. SZTLOPSRIRIC 'UNION RAILWAYS AND CANAL (NEWTON TO CREWE, WITH BRANCHES). The object proposed is the conversion of the canal into a railway, as part of a system for the completion of which there are two other Bills before the Committees, one the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Chester and Wolverhampton Line), which is before this Com mittee, and the other a Bill with the more comprehensive title of "Shropshire Union Railways and Canal" Bill, which is before another Committee. The length of the Newton and Crewe line is about 70 miles, and the estimated cost 1,125,0001. The engineers are Messrs. Cubitt, Stephenson, and Provitt, and the Parliamentary agents Messrs. Burke, Pritt, and Co. This line (with branches) will commence at Newton, and at Crewe it will meet the several rail ways by which a communication is intended to be opened with the interior of Wales, and will form a link between Milford and Liver- Pool and the great towns in the north of England. Standing orders complied with. S IITLOPSYLIRE UNION RAILWAYS AND C41141 . --- (CILESTRIL AND mrozvEßnawsr- Ton LINE). line,This _ which is part of the system mentioned above, will cern a.en e at calvetley, and by proceeding to Wolverhamppton, will Com o!' this portion will „,,,, , ,WZZ. be e t r w t e he present Chester and Crewe line, a direct been. chester and Wolverhampton. The length agent,, mcssrs sts . r i tt. C . übitt. 1,000,0001. Ensiii.em me bout 45 miles, and the cost is estimatedt, Pitmen' aryStephenson , and Provitt; Pai -1 Standing orders complied with. c and Co. LONDON AND /MACS:v:4,4MM. (WIDENING'. This application to Parliament on th and Blackwell Company arises out or e part of the London creased traffic will be created by the Rirkwal expectation that an in the projected London and t4outh Essex Railway. ;..c.tt,eension line and of time works is 240,0 001 . Mr. Locke is the engineeres tai,m,red cost Dyson and Hill the Parliamentary agents. The standi ng o ) (I Me" "' r ere were declared to be complied with. GREAT GRIMSBY AND SILEPPZILT.3) (EXTENSION No. 3). ark, ffla and The object of this Bill is to extend the (:rent Orimsbytu e,, ltl . Railway from .oainshoroug h ; to join the Nottingham, N Lincoln Raillia'y, It'Newark. The length of the proposed line is 24 miles, and the cost Is estimated at 300,000/. The engineer is Mr. Fowler, and the Parliamentary agents are Messrs. Dyson and Co. The Committee pronounced that the standing orders were complied with. GREAT GRIDISUY AND SHEFFIELD .TUNC-. TION (EXTENSION, No. 1). The object of this Bill is to effect a saving of distance b '' ,etwvs . ) Hull and London by several branches , a nd also to construct .. ,t ar p'' to the town of Caistor. The aggregate le n g th of the pr jpo . : e d'l l ats will be about, six miles. The. cost is: adulated at rjo-.0001. ige ' . j 31. ' .1. - nwler is the engineer, i. antl„ Mp - rm. DvEm azi,CO.; , tnry agents. Par/Ix:102- . . Standing order complied with. .. EAST LANCASHIRE (DEVIATION AND BRANCH). The object of this measure is to authorise a deviation from the main line, and the construction of branches to Bacup and Crawshaw Booth. The length of the deviation is a mile and a half, that of the branches about six miles, and the cost Is estimated at 200,0001. The engineers are Messrs. Gooch and Crawley ; the Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Dyson and Company. Standing orders complied with. The Committee then adjourned. Sul-Committee No. 6. This Sub-Committee re-assembled this day at twelve o'clock. 'resent, Captain Jones (in the chair), Mr. Childers, raid Mr. Deelee. The first tn.:Mess called on was the petition fur THE ENFIELD, EDMONTON, AND EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION. This was a postponed case from yesterday. The object oft ne line is the continuation of a branch line from the Northern and Eastern Railwny et Edmonton to the town of Enfield. The estimated cost is 36,0001., and the contract entered into 27,0001. The Committee decided that the standing orders had been complied with. WILSONTO*VIM, mortNrNasxnz, COLTNESS (CALEDONIAN JUNCTION). This ;r•as also a postponed case from yesterday. The Committee lecided that the standing orders had also been complied with in this case. MALDON, WITHAM, AND BRAINTREE. The length of this line is 12 miles, and is for the passage of goods and traffic. The estimated cost is 180,000/., end the amount sub scribed 150,000/, The engineer is Joseph Locke, Esq., and the Parliamentary agents Messrs. Dyson and Co. ; solicitors, Messrs. Blood and Douglas. The customary proof having been tendered, the Committee de cided that the standing orders had been complied with. THE BRISTOL AND EXETER (CREW— HERNE 1LRA441.1). The length of this proposed line is S.?l sirs. and the object of the Bill is to construct a railway, commenclYtig at the junction of the proposed Great Eastern Railway at Crewkerne, and terminating at the Junction of the Yeovil and Durston Railway at Martock. The estimated cost is 120,0001.; the estimate has been given under a de claration. .. . .... The engineeer is I. K. Brunel, Esq., ; the Parliamentary agents. Messrs.: Dyson and Co. ; and the sol:eitors, Messrs. Silvery and Clarke. The standing orders were reported t• 4 have been complied with. DUNDEE AND ARBROATH EXTENSION. The object of this line is an extension of the Arbroath line to Broughty. The length is two miles, and the estimated cost 20,0001., the funds hiving been supplied out of the capital of the company. Ile name of the engineer is John Miller, Esq. ; those of the Parlia mentary agents, Messrs. Webster and Co., and of the solicitors, Messrs. Sheilt and Seville, Dundee. The standing orders were reported not to have been complied with, in consequence of a copy of the estimate, and not the original itself; having been handed in. I n every other respect the standing orders had been complied with, and the Chairman said that the Committee would report accordingly. The matter was therefore postponed till another day, to enable the agents to produce the original. DUNDEE AND PERTH RAILWAY AMEND. MEN?. Th.nelte line, for which a Bill was otitaine7l last session ; and the agents stated that the Bill involved the question of the Perth terminus. The length will be betweun three and four miles, and the estimated cost 57,0*01., amount subscribed out of the Company's funds. The engineer is John Miller, Esq. ; the Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Webster and Co., and the solicitors, Messrs. Shrill and Seville, Dundee. The standing orders were reported to have been complied with. TEE FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION. This line is to connnence from Preston to the Lecds and Bradford Railway, to Elidack, in the West Riding of York, with a branch to Burnley. Total length, about 50 miles ; estimated cost, 600,0001. ; amount subscribed, 450,000/. Engineers, S. I'. Bidder, Esq., and P. Park, Esq.; Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Gregory and Faulkner ; solicitors, Mr. Bray and Mr. Webster. The standing orders were decided to have been complied with. The Committee then adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. MONDAY, FEB. 16. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in the undernarned lion. Members _ . Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle—Lord James Stewart, and Mr. Ewart, Cheltenbant and Oxford—Mr. C. Berkeley and Mr. G. Berkeley. Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern—Mr. B Denison, Sir G. Strickland, and Mr. Cayley. Blackburn and Preston and East Lancashire Amalgamation—Mr. Patten and 3ir IVanen London and Croydon (Thames Junction Branch)—Mr. Kimble and Mr. Antrobus. York and North Midland (East Riding' Branches—No. 2)—Mr. Itroadley, Sir J. Lowther, and Mr. Hudson. Great North of England and Boronghbridge Branch—Mr. 0. Dun• combo, Mr. La;% son, and :kir. Hudson. Oreat North of England Purch sc—Mr. 0. Dnncombc, Mr. Lawson, and Mr. lludson. West of Scotland Junction—Mr. Oswald and Mr. Ilastie, Great North of England and Bedaie Branch—Mr. 0. Duncombc, Mr. Lawson, and Mr. Hudson. Midland (t4yidon and Peterborough Railway Deviations and Branches)—Sir J. Tr°Hope, Mr. Fitzwilliam, and Mr. Farnham. Glasgow Harbour Mint.ral--Lord J. Stuart and Mr. Baird. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the 'rouse of Commons. MONDAY, FEIIRUATIY 16. PRIVATE BILLS. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That It he an instruction to the Select eqmmittee on Petitions for Private Bills, and to 411 Committcei upon Private Bills, not to hear parties on any Petition hereafter reierred to tho:n, which shill not he prepared and signed in strict conformity with the Rules and Orders of this House:"— Amendment proposed, to leav out the word " hereafter :"—Qaestion Pat, " That the word hereafter' stand part of the Qu•estion." The house divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 105. Acland, Sir T. ridden, .John Patten, J. W. Baillie, William Ferguson, Sir R. Pattison, James Baine, Walter Finch, George Piumptrc, J. P. Baldwin, C. B. Forbes, William Price, Sir R. Baring, F. T. French, F. Pulit;trd, Robert Barrington, Lord Gaskell, J. M. Railileigh, W. Bateson, Thomas Gore, Montague Ross, David R. Bell, Matthew Grogan, Edward Rutherford, A. Pcanett, Philip Halsey, T. P. Seymour, Lord Bo Tring, Dr. Basile, A. Sh'tw, Frederick Brotherton, Joseph II :INV.:, B. Sheppard, T. Buller, :Sir J. Y. Ilay; Sir A. Sheridan, It. B. Christie, W. D. Ilayter, W. G. Smith, It. V. Clayton, R. It. }Lindley, C. Somerset, Lord G. Clerk Sir George I lodgson, F. S'otheron, T. 11. Cochrane, A. Hodgson, Richard Stanstleld, W. R. Colebrooke, Sir T. Hope, Sir J. Staunton, Sir G. Catlett, John Howard, C. W. G. Stuart, Lord J. Colqunc,on, John Howard, P. 11. Strickland, Sir 0. Connolly, Colonel Inglis, Sir It. Strutt, Edward Courtenay, Lord James, William Thornely, 7'. Craig, W. G. Jones, Captain Trelawny, J. S. Crawford, W. S. Layard, Captain Vane, Lord H. Hamer, Colonel Lemon, S:r Charles Villiers, Viscount Davies, I). A. Lindsay, Captain Vivian, J E. Dodd, deorge Lang, Walter `Douglas, Sir C. Lygon, General Drummond, IL Mahon, Lord Walker, Richard Warburton. H. Wawn, J. T. Duncan, Lord Maitland, Thomas Williams, W. Duncan, George March, Earl of Worsley, Lord Duncombo, T. Miles, William Wrightson, W. B. DU ncombe, A. Mitchell, T. A, Yorke, Henry R. •Dtmdas, Admiral Neville, Ralph Young, John El)rington, Lord O'Brien; A. S. TELLERS. Esmonde, Sir T. O'Connell, N. J. Greene, Thomas Estcourt, T. G. Ord, William lieatheotc, Sir W. MINORITY-NOES, 63. Acker!, James Duckworth, Sir J. Masterman, John Ainsworth, I'. Duncannon, Lord Mildmay. 11. St John Anson, Colonel Ellice, Edward Moffatt, George Archbold, Robert Elphinstone, IL Mostyn, E. M. Arkwright, G. Escott, Rickham O'Connell, Daniel Bailey, Joseph Etwall, Ralph Paget, Colonel Bantle, Colonel Fitzgerald, It. A. Pandarvcs, E. W. Beresford, Major Forester, G. C. Pluntridge, Captain Blake, H. J. Gibson, T. M. Repton, G. W. Blewitt, R. J. Gore, Robert Ricardo, J. L. Ilroadley, Henry Grimsdltch, T. Scott, Francis Butler, Colonel Hamilton, Lord C. Shelburne, Earl of Carnegie, Captain hill, Lord H. Smythe, George Cavendish, G. li. , Hope, G. W. Tancred, 11. W. Clive, Viscount Houldsworth, T. Trotter, John Colborne, IL H. llndson, Georgo Troubridge, Sir E. Collett, W. R. liumphery, Aid. Wall, C. it. Compton, 11. C. Hussey, Thomas Winning,ton, Sir T. Copeland, Alderman Lowther, Colonel Wyndham, Colonel Corbally, M. E. Mangles, It. I). TELLERS. Dickinson, F. F. Manners, Lord J. Entwisle, W. Douglas, Sir H. 31arsland, Henry Gisborne, Thomas RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, rms. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are -Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 4 p.-Blackburn and Preston, 6 p.-Eastern Counties, 22% -Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, 1% p. -Huddersfield and Mary Chester Railway and Canal, 7% p.-Lancashire ant North Yorkshire, % p.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 9% p.-Liverpool and Isnry, New Shares, 3% p.--Liverpool, Ormsklrk, and Presto!), p.-Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Stockport, % p. -Lon don and York, I% p.-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 2 p.- Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 8% p. -Ditt o , Q ua rt ers (C), 6% p.--Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 11% p.-Ditto, Exten sion, 3% p. e.-Manchester and Southampton, % p.-North Eastern, 4 dis.=-North Staffordshire, 3% p.-North Western, 1 % p.-Shef field and Lincolnshire Junction, 2% p.-Sheffield and Manchester, No. 2,6% p.-Ditto, No. 3,3% p.-South Eastern and Dover, Con solidated Halves, 1 is p.-West Riding Union, 3 p. LEEDS, FEB. 16. SToes Excusaroz.-The sales are -Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarters (C), p. - Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extensions, 14 p.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 6% p.-Leeds and Dewsbury. 16%-Ditto, New Branches 3% p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 10% - Ditto, New, ss. ells.-Lancaster and Carlisle, New Shares, I I-North British, New Carlisle Branch, 21. 195.-Direct Northern, 2 %-West Riding Union, W. Is.-Laneashire and North Yorkshire, 2s. p.-Lei cester and Bedford, par-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, 343. p.-North Staffordshire, 4 p.-North Western, 21. 13s. ad. HULL, TEL 16. STOCK EXCHINGE.-The sales are-Derby, Galnsborough, and Grimsby, 18s.-East Coast, 305.-Grinisby and Sheffield Extension, 17s. 6d.-Hull and Barnsley Junction, 365. 6d.-Lincoltt and Wain fleet, 345.-Newcastle and Lerwick, 22% -North British, Carlisle Branch, 3 -West Riding Union, 5. SHEFFIELD, FEB. la. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Grimsby and Sheffield Exten sion, 21. 165.-Leeds Wakefield, and Midland, 21. 35.-Li nco l n an d Waintleet, 11. Ifs.-Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 21. 7s. -Sheffield, Rotherham, Wakefield, and Goole, 2%-South York siEre Coal Railway, 21. Is. HUDDERSFIELD, FEB. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Lendon and Croydon, 22 1 ,4- South Eastern and Dover, New (issued at MO, No. 4, 3%-Hud dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 7% p. - Huddersfield and 'Sheffield Junction, 21% -Armagh, COleralne and Portra,h, 31s. -North Western, 2%-Goole, Doncaster, and Site:field, 305.-Glas gow and Dumfries, 465. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FEB. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, I Is. p. -Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1% p. -North British, Halves (ilawlck), 4 p.-llitto, Halves (Car lisle), 1%. 1701tiii Flaf. hi. STOCK Baal...Nos.—The silica are—Grand Union, IL Mi.—Lei cester and liedibrd, 11. 2a.-=London and York, 414 —3falton and Driflield (Mutton, 2 -Manche:42r, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 31. 19s.—Newcastle and Darlington Extensions, 1044—North British, 25 lA—Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 3 —York and North Midland Exten sion, New (East and Wust Riding), 10%. LOSS OF TWO VESSELS. Isle Jeromie, King's Posts, lltldsotes Bay, Dee, 19, 1845. Sir,—Letters received from Captain Edwin Penheath, of the ship Jane; Morrison, of Quebec, and frotn Captain Donald Campbell, of the ship Sir Richard Jackson, from Montreal, bearing date, MaSdeongan Shoals, 7th December, inform me of the lost Of heath these Skil:A on the night of the tat to id instant; ithd that they had at the time the ships struck cut away the Main and mizen-masts of both ships seve rally to ease them. • The boats of the former having been all stove in or washed nVerboard, the crew were saved on a raft constructed by them of deals, of which consists the caw, and the crew of the latter ship, after having been a d:,y and night fast in the ice in their boats at last get on shore, where both crews were without provisions, and in the former case with hardly any clothing, "An Indian whom they Met idieved their temporary d!stresses out of a scanty quantity of provisions, which afforded only about half a meal a day to these crews, numbering w:th master and one pas senger (Mr. Midleton, fr om Liverpo o l), about forty souls. This Wien broligat, after a few week's delay (on account of two large rivers Intervening between this and the wreck, Which were not strong' enough frozen to cross) the above intelligent, conveyed through the let'ors from the masters, and lost no time in repairing to their assist ing up ; but whir' assist ance, and am happy to thank the Almighty that thirty are now safe the case site belZl five are in charge y men have died ;- ad four, at their - own choice, were left on um ier.tand that she the wreck of the Sir ,t et Indians, with slightly frozen feet; two .o, I fear, will be carried off by the tee, as . rt. Jackson, which does not appear to be break is invariably With I,r.,...iz.vsessels east away on thes.t shoals. This vessel is laden is much damaged about her bows. Vc In. Dobson, E grain. The Jane Morrison I did not See ; but sq, Secretary, Lloyd's." ........._ on the plains of 4 a irs r w e e as o l I concluded ee l t o lo ri tt o s 's f s t jiggle which 132- Sir Richard il command of the enegan, %h o h a i tv has saa just t f I;o u r b t i t i t s g i a i e l 'Field Train Department throughout that 6 under the title of " Seven Years' Catnpaimhig InotaiV tary service, I g V a a n te o r p loo th , e the Netherlands, froth 1808 to 1815 ;" aid the extrcme'yinsula and tug manner in which he has combined a narrative of his personal e ,s n o t i e , r a t i ai n ventures in all that stirring time with an account Of the importaan4; scenes in which he was both actor and spectator, must render hig work one of the most attractive pictures of tae romance of war ths,t, ta4.over been presented to the' public. • - • , ..,. .., IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. CORN-LAWS. The Earl of STRADBROKE presented 20 petitions ;mom various places in ESFCX against any alteration in the corn-laws. li p The Duke RICEIMOND presented petitions from parishes in Devo the same effret. AR ISII-CLERKS. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Rev. W. A. Len', incumbent of a parish in Cork, stating that he had been for many years incumbent of the parish • that recently the parish had refused a church-ra+e, and in consequence of there being no funds available for the payment of the parish-clerk, that personage had refused to perform his duties, and since the 31st of August there has been no person to make the responses during the time of worship. The petitioner prayed that their Lordships would adopt some measure to obviate their present difficulties. Lord BEAUMONT read over the names of the Committee which was appointed last night to consider the peculiar burdens on land. ... Lord BROUGHAM had no sanguine hope of the Commit tee being able to come to any instructive result on the sub ject. It was rather a question fir discussion than of fact. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Can you persuade the Com mittee that no good result will come of their labours 7 ( Laughter.) The Duke of RICHMOND said that the object of the Com mittee was to call farmers, manufacturers, and tradesmen be fore them to investigate the subject in all its bearings, and he considered that the result would prove whether money would be more profitable if invented in lands or in the funds. After a few words from the Earl of MALMESIIURY, Lord GREY said that in the other House of Parliament a great number of individuals were sometimes appointed upon Committees, but very frequently only a very small number of those attended. To prevent that, a regular minute was kept of the attendance of the Committee, and to the report was annexed the names of those who sanctioned and those who objected to it. He considered that the same course should be adopted with the report of the present Com mittee, in nrtier that when it is laid on the table it may be ascertained what degree of value is to be attached to it. The LORD CHANCELLOR said it would be necessary to have it recorded how lung the Members remained in the Committee. Lord CAMPBELL said that another practice existed in the other House of Parliament, which had proved a salutary one, and that was to place the name of each person who put a ques tion at the commencement of the question in the report. The Duke of WELLINGTON suggested to the Noble Earl (Grey) the prop iety of proposing a new standing order on the subject. Earl GREY would 'dont the suggestion, and give notice of a motion sub'-et for next vkeek. Lord BROUGHAM said the names were taken of every member who attended in a Committee. The LORD CHANCELLOR—But the names of those who put questions are not given. Earl GREY suggested that it would be better to defer their discussion until the matter came formally before their Lordships. The subject then dropped. CORN-LAWS. - - -- -- Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Darsetshire, praying for a continuance of the corn-laws. THE CASE OF AIR. GUN STONE. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, in rising to ask a question with reference to the causes which led to the dismissal of Mr. Gunstone from the situation of Assistant Poor-law Commissioner in Ireland, said that since he had come into that House he had received a letter, which would considerably shorten the observations he intended to make. He might premise by stating, that he had had no com munication with Mr. Gunstone as to the causes which had led to his dismissal from the situation he filled as Assistant Poor-law Commissioner. It was entirely unknown to that gentleman that he brought the matter before their Lordships' House. It was, indeed, true that some six weeks ago he had communicated with him complaining of the hardship of . losing his situation, and suffering in reputation. He (Lord Londonderry) did not intend to animadvert on the conduct of those who had caused this dis missal ; it might have been just, but all he meant to say WM, that it was a hard case for the unfortunate gentleman himself. It was admitted by every one that he was one of the most able public officers in Ireland, and had it not been for his inde fatigable zeal and ability, the poor-law would never have been established to the same extent or so Perfectly carried out in all its arrangements. He (Lord Londonderry) had with many others opposed this law when first established, but when he observed the manner in which its details were carried out, he had become a convert, and now believed that it was one of the best boons that had ever been granted to Ireland. On these grounds it was that he brought this subject before the House. He was sure that no gentleman unconnected with Ireland could discharge so efficiently his ditties us 'that country as Mr. Gunstone, who was intimately acquainted with the habits and condi•ions of the people of that country. He was ignorant as to whether his dismissal had been at the instigation of the Poor-law Commissioners or whether it had originated with the Right Honourable Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department. He did not consider it likely that he (Sir. J., Graham) would act in this man ner towards a public servant, whose duties had been performed to the general satisfaction of all parties. The Noble Marquis concluded by stating that if he had erred in thus bringing, the matter under their Lordships' notice, Ice had erred in a ,good cause. Earl ST. GERMANS rose and said, that ►he individual alluded to had expressed a desire that the matter should not be brought under their Lordships' notice He must remind their Lordships that the only complaint which Mr. Gunstone had to make was that he had not been promoted. He was under the direction of the Commissioners of Somerset House, and in consequence of some arrangements which they had made, for the more efficient execution of the powers entrusted to them, Mr. Gunstone, conjointly with Mr. Power s , became affected by them, and Mr. Gunstone's position, was rather inferior to what it had been before. That, how ever, was a ditty of the Poor. law Commissioners, and if they had not, considered it conducive to the public advantage that such art arrangement should take place, he would not have proposed it. The only thing, therefore, that- Mr. Gunstone had to complain of was that he was net promoted. He thought that no iniusti.. , whatever had been done to him. Atter a few words from the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, the subject dropped. CUBA AND PORTO RICO. The Earl of ABERDEEN laid on the table further cor respondence with the Spanish Government relating to the admission of sugar from Cuba and Porto Rico. THE RIO DE LA PLATA. Lord BEAUMONT gave notice that, on Thursday neat, he should move for further papers respecting the armed inter ference of England and France with reference to the affairs of Rio de Is Plata. THE GAUGE COMMISSION. The Earl of DALHOUSIE laid on the table the report of the Gauge Commission. PIER AND HARBOURS.(IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a first time. Their Lordships then adjourned, at a Quarter to Six o'clock, until Thursday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Tuesday, Feb. 17. The Serkc ER -took the Chair at a few minutes before Four. • *. RAILWAY BUSINESS. The York and Carlisle Railway and the Syston and Peter boiough Junction Railway Bills were read a first time. Petitions were presented against the Hampton Court Branch of the South-We,tern Railway and against the North Kent Railway, from landowners, praying to be heard by counsel against those railways. Mr. M UNT Z presented two petitions to withdraw a petition against the Macclesfield and Lichfield Railway on the standing orders. The following Railway . Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed, viz. : —Newcastle and Darlington Junc tion (Thirk and Maltnn Branches) Railway ; Grand Juncti n Railway (Huyton and Aston, and other Branches); Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway Deviations and Branches; North Union Railway ; Newcastle and Berwick Railway ; Lar.caster and Carlisle Railway ( Extension to Caledonian Rail way ) ; and Lancaster and Preston Junction Railways Amalga mation, THE MILITIA. Mr. TRELAWNY presented a petition against the calling out of the militia. Others petitions agairst this- LAW S measu were also presented. CORN _ _ Lord HOTHAM presented three p e ti t i ons f rom places in the t West c i u d l i t o u g r e o s f 111 n o l r d k s n h o i t re b , e pr w a7 t h i 7 , a t h w a n t . t h e protection extended Mr. THORNEL Y presented a petition, signed by 3,745 of the inhabitants of Cheshire, expressing their approbation of the measure proposed by her Majesty's Ministry with respect to foreign produce, a - ridpraying for the immediate repeal of the corn-laws. PEACE BETWEEN NATIONS. Sir JOHN EASTHOPE presented a petition from the members of a Peace Society at Leicester, praying that all dis putes with foreign nations should (instead of appealing to arms) be referred to arbitration. CORN LAWS. Mr. PHILPOTTS presented a petition from Gloucester in favour of the Ministerial measure, but expressing their regret that the abolition of protection should not be immediate. CALLING OUT THE MILITIA. An HON. IVlEntaEa presented a petition praying the House not to sanction the calling out of the militia. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented petitions against the en rolling of the militia—one from Norwich signed by 1,600 persons • one from a place in Yorkshire signed by 2,000; and others from Hamilton, Berwick, and other places. TBE TEN HOURS' BILL. The Hen. AiLlSEaProsented a petition in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. __ METROPOLITAN DISTRICT ASYLUMS. . _ The WoW.llameeitalso presented a petition from the guar. diens of St. Luke's, Chelsea, against the Metropolitan District Asylums Bill. They complained that by a late order of the Poor-law Commissioners they were dependent on seven other large parishes. The petition stated that there was already in the parish sufficient accommodation for the casual poor. They had made a representation to the Poor-law Commissioners and they had also memorialised the Home-office, but they had had no 'satisfaction. He moved that the-petition' be referred to the Committee on Metropolitan District Asylums.—Agreed to. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the shipowners of Wells, in Norfolk, praying that the Government would make some provision for the improvement of the harbour. The pe tition was most numerously and respectably signed. THE MILITIA. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the women of .Northatnptonshire, praying that the militia should not be called out. CORN-LAWS. The Hole MEMBER. also presented six petitions from different parishes in Forfarshire praying for the immediate repeal of the present corn-laws. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from a parish in Kent, in favour of protection to agriculture. Lord MORPETH presented petitions from the West Riding of Yorkshire, in favour of a total. repeal of the corn-laws ; also petitions against the re• organization of the militia ; and also in favour of the Ten Hours' Factory Bill. SOAP. Mr. HUTT postponed his motion with respect to the opera tion of the Excise Laws on the manufacture of soap in this country for a fortnight. POOR-LAWS. Mr. WODEHOUSE gave notice that, on Thursday next, he should put a question to the First Lord of the Treasury with respect to the intentions of the Government as to the poor-law. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. Mr. EWART postponed, for a fortnight, his motion with re respect to abolishing the banishment of convicts to Van Die men's Land, and the abrogation of transportation as a punish ment, except only as a supplement to the previous punishment this that work house they k of imprisonment. w h t se o its f aorgPe CASTLER EAGH WORKHOUSE. • The O'CONOR DON wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary o f State for the Home Department, thet et to troeoleehfne thef refusal the workhouse. poor, op of r, rhowh ether gu had come -to resolution, which was c a r ried by a ma jo rit y of ten to eight , to open the workhouse. ten oithueth a e r r di h a e nst was oo a P v e ia n re e 4 r 3 4ViES CfRAHAM said be underitocil that the par. diens had refused to open the workhouse, but he was not aware that they had come to a resolution to alter their determina- tion. He should have no objection to lay on the table the papers with respect to the subject. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE, in rising to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to friendly societies, said that differences of opinion had arisen with respect to the provisions of the Act now in operation. The Act to which he referred was the 10th of Geo. IV., c. 55, which consolidated certain Acts relating to various societies which had been established for benevolent purposes. 'lbis law was amended by the Act of William IV., c. 40, which extended the objects of friendly societies. Very recently a case had arisen with respect to the South Shields Investment Friendly Society, whose rules were certified by Mr. Tidd Pratt. A dis pute ensued between the parties, and an action was brought. The case was referred to the Court of Queen's Bench, and Mr. Justice Wightman decided that the society in question did not come under the provisions of the Benefit Socis ties' Act. If this opinion was held to be correct, he believed that two thirds of the friendly societies in the kingdom would be illegal. He felt satisfied of this, and it was for the purpose of settling the doubtful point that he wished to introduce the present Bill. The amendments he in tended had received the sanction of all parties in the country interested in friendly societies, and had been submitted to Mr. Tidd Pratt, by whom they had been approred. With these observations he begged leave to bring in a Bill for the amendment of the law relating to friendly societies. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill, which was read a first time, and the second reading was fixed for Wednesday week. NAVIGABLE RIVERS AND CANALS. Mr. HUME rose to propose that all Bills for the improve ment or formation of canals and works of every kind should be referred to the Board of Admiralty, and also for copies of all reports and correspondence respecting the lose of the emigrant ship Catarique, in Bass's Straits, in August last, having 423 emigrants on board ; also for a copy of the report of the officer at Liverpool on the state of that vessel previous to her sailing. It was not his wish to attach blame to any persons, but it was to be recollected that out of the whole 423 persons on board, nine only were saved. He was anxious to know with whom the blame rested, whether the ship was regularly built, and whether she had proper charts on board. The copies were ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. HUME moved fur a copy or extract of any instructions front the Foreign-office, for the guidance of any agents de puted to inquire into the state of commercial negotiations with the Zollverein at Munich, in 1836; also copies or extracts of any letters or reports from them to the Iloard of Trade, or any department of this Government, respecting the conferences of any .such agents or other public functionaries with the Com. missioners of the Zollverein for the facilitation of commerce between Great Britain and Germany.—Agreed to. STATE OF IRELAND. Mr. O'CINNELL, in pursuance of notice, rose to briug under the attention of the House the state of famine and disease in Ireland, but, his opening observations were delivered in such a low tone of voice that they were totally inaudible in the gallery. He was understood, however, to say, that on the 3d of February he gave notice of his intention to move fur a Committee of the whole House to take into consideration the state of famine and disease in Ireland, with a view to some means being devised for tFe relief of the suffering people cf that country. That was the motion which he intended now to move. The importance of the subject he was sure was fully admitted by all whom he was then address ing, and in making such a motion he disclaimed being actuated by any party motive, and in return he fully expected that he would be met by no party opposition.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He trusted that the House would enter fairly into the consideration of this question. 'the House would have heard already that there was a most calamitous prospect for the people of Ireland. The extent of the calamity was not accu rately known in this c,,untry. He did not entertain any hope that the bringing of his motion before the House would have the effect of avoiding the present famine in Ireland, but before he sat down he hoped to be able at least to show that the ca lamity was far more awful and extensive than the House was aware. In order, however, to explain the frightful extent of this calamity, it would be necessary to explain the previous state of Ireland. The calamity, it would be seen by the docu ments which he intended bringing before the House, would show that that calamity was not the result of the negligence of the Irish people, or the sterility of their soil. It was not even occasioned by a deficient harvest; it was the dispensation of Providence, which no man could control, and the charitable and the humane were, there fore, called upon to relieve a people placed in such an unfor tunate position; they were certainly bound to mitigate the calamity as much as possible. The rural population of Ireland, instead of increasing, as in all other countries, were fast fading and wasting away. It had been reported in this country that the people of Ireland were on the verge of famine. That repot t was not precisely true, because it did not go far enough. The agricultural population of Ireland were at the present moment in an actual state of starvation. He proposed to prove the truth of his assertions by quoting from indisputable doetiments. He (Mr. O'Connell) asserted, and he could bear out his asser tion by referring to authorities of the most unquestionable character, that the misery of the people of Ireland was in creasing. He held in his hand a return of the amount of population in Ireland in the years 1821, 1831, and 1841 ; - and he found the matter placed beyond a doubt. The population between the years 1821 and 1831 increased by near a million, but between the years 1831 and 1841 it increased by only 437,950 individuals, or less by half than in the previous ten years. That could not be accounted for by the emigration reports; but the House had the fact staring them in the face, that in the course of ten years the population of the country went back by nearly half a million ; for in 1841 there was half a million less of human beings in Ireland than there should be, and nothing but the distress of the country could account for it.—( Hear, hear.) The next document to which he begged to refer was a report of the Irish Poor-law Com missioners, ordered by the House, and published in 1835. in which they declared that 1,3C0,000 of the people of Ireland were in a constant state of destitution, and that for several weeks in the year they were compelled to subsist on the charity of their neighbours.—( Hear, hear. ) The next tact given by the same return is, that the civil population are to the amount of 36 per cent. li , ing in single rooms, and in so.ne instances, two or more families live in the same room. The most important of all reports that have been furnished is the one furnished by Lord Devon's Commission. That Commission was formed of 400 gentlemen of rank and experience, and, perhaps, a better corps never issued from the hands of Government. He would wish to implore the atten tion of the House to the facts which they related. They re ported from evidence g i ven t o them, and from their own obser vations, and they were better able to make those observations, as they were all lauded proprietors. They state that the agri cultural population of Ireland suffered great privatious and hardships. They were badly fed, badly clothed, badly t oused, and badly paid for their labour. It was impossible to describe their sufferings—their only food was the potato, their only drink was water, and they had hardly a protection against the weather. The larger portion of the people came under the denomination of agriculturists, and they had to endure more privation than the labourers in any other country in Europe. Let the House remember that the men who made that report were not demagogues. They were men distinctly and emphatically be yond the possibility of deceit or of being deceived as to the condition of the- agricultural labourer. By the last census the population was returned as 7,000,000, and 5,000,000 of them were described . as labourers. He was glad to be able to ac quaint the House with the details of this report, made forty-five years after the union of Ireland with England—thesichest and the most industrious' country on the face of the earth—and this report was made by persons most competent to the task. They proved that the labourers of Ireland were badly clothed, housed, and f e d. Th e i r h ouses were perv i ous to t h e ra i n, their only food was the potato, and their only drink was water. They suffered more than any nation on the face of Europe, and he would appeal to every gentleman whether that report did not show a great amount of suffering ? Let them remember that they did not at that time govern themselves—they had no Irish Parliament. They had been forty-five years in their hands, and they were responsible for the state of Ireland. Let it be remembered that this was not the year 1844 or 1815, when the harvest was abundant. The statement made by the Commis sion was at a period of distress. He would refer to one of the re • ports of the Commission under Lord Devon. Ths report stated that through the disease of the potato the people had been brought to a state of great suffering, and that they had exhibited the greatest patience. The r, port said that the state of the people was not brought on by themselves. He trusted, then, that this statement would be attended to. The report farther said, that any improvement which had taken place in the condition of the people was not to be attributed to any eels ditional demand for labour, but to the blessings of the tem perance movement in that country. The people then in that country were suffering greatly, and something should be done to alleviate that distress. The labourers were only able to have po tatoes—potatoes was their only food, and water their only drink. All this has, however, failed them— the potato, at least, their most' important—indeed, their only means of subsistence—had ; failed them. A winter was now set in ; many of the people had not firirg, nor. even a blanket to corer them. Re had other documents, which were Parliamentary docu ments ; and be would cpiote them to prove, that the wretched condition of the people had not been over-rated. The sum of the statistical details of the report, which he held in his hand, then was, that there had been imported from Ireland in the year 1845 as much as 2,145,703 quarters of wheat, barley, arid oats, and as much as 2,184,064 cwts. of oatmeal and flour; showing that the crops in Ireland during the previous year had been both abundant and valuable. It was evident, therefore, that the inhabitants of Ireland, if they could have retained the provisions which they themselves had produced, would have had sufficient supply for all their wants. But in addition to this, there had been an importation of cattle in the same year to the number of 2,883, of sheep 2,776, and nt swine 104,141. These numbers showed a singular anomaly between the state of Ireland and the produce which it bore for the sus tenance of its inhabitants; when a country so blessed by Pro vidence, and so cursed by man, presented .uelt a contradiction, he really thou..sht it presented a paradox which loudly called for inquiry. Others might account for It if they could; but he thought it was requisite that some measure should be immediately taken to ascertain the cause. He would only observe that the mildest features of want in Ireland were equal to the worst famine of other countries. It vas necessary to state these facts with regard to Ireland in order to show the formidable nature of the evil with which the country was threatened, and he thought it was unnecessary to make any further comments to bring it under the notice of Government. Some of the Ministry were acquainted with the facts which he had detailed, but he had felt it his duty to bring the case of Ireland as near as possible before the- House, and he hoped, therefore, he should be excused for any prolixity which he might have evintesel in making these statements respecting Ireland. All these docu ments showed that one-half of the potato crop was re ported to have been destroyed so long ago as November last—( Hear, hear)— and it was not to be denied that more authentic documents could be laid upon the table These documents showed that the disease had deprived fami lies of their food. They presented additional evidence to that furnished by the Right' Hon. Baronet (Sir Robert Peel) last night, and showed the unmitigatieg misery and poverty which existed in Ireland at the present moment, A Committee was appointed last year to inquire into the state of the disease in the potato crop. They sat at the Mansion House, Dublin, and issued 983 letters to various parties throughout Ireland, requesting information as to the failure of the potato crop, and the consequent condition of the people. The replies which they received from clergymen of the Established Church, from Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, and poor-law guardians, showed that the potato disease was almost universal throughout Ireland, and that the people were undergoing the most unmi tigated sufferings. The Hon. Gentleman then referred to other documents, but owing to the low tone in which he spoke, their purport could not be' heard in the gallery. The Hon. Gentleman next referred to a document which he held in his hand, from a county in the south of Ireland, the name of which we did not learn, from the low tone in which he spoke. It con tained the attestations of clergymen belonging to the Established Church, and the ministers of the various Roman Catholic and D'osenting congregations, showing the great prevalence of the potato disease. He had in his possession the Government returns obtained from every part ot Ireland, detailing the state of the disease. He would have felt hardly justified in bringing them before the House, had it not been that some of the leading journals here had during the last ten days denied that the evil in the north of Ireland was so great as represented, or that there was any danger of an insufficiency of food. He did not accuse them of acting from party motives, but he believed they were acting under a d e lusio n , and were deluding others.— (Hear.) The evil was not confined to one lotality or part of the country, but was spread throughout the Imes!. Everywhere the cry was of the codling famine, A latter p hie hand showed that in Tralee the labourers were only receiving 214. per day, and the tradesmen were paid even less; and here the potato disease prevailed to a great extent. The lion. Gentleman here read an extract from the letter in support of this statement, and to the effect that as a result fever prevailed, and was geatly on the increase both there and at Killarney. Leaving these, he would go to Londonderry, i n th e nor th o f Ireland. He had before him a report of the Derry Agricul tural Society, from which he would read an extract. The Honourable Gentleman here quoted a passage, showing that the evil of the potato disease existed in a very aggravated form throughout the north of Ireland. He would next produce a return from Castletownroach, in tke county of Cork. The respected clergyman of that parish states that the disease is progressing. The next returns he would produce were from Down, Armagh, Antrim, and Monaghan, where the disease was unchecked, although every method was adopted that was suggested for their preservation. In Donoughmore the poverty was increasing with the disease, and want of employment would add more to the impending ruin. From the documents he had received from the county of Clare and Galway, he found that famine and dis ease were no less prevalent in those places than in the other parts of Ireland he bad already mentioned. He wished to be understood that whenever there was a scarcity of provisions in Ireland, it was accompanied by disease, princi pally typhus fever ; and that disease continued, no matter what might be the season or the temperature of the air—it was not affected by tee atmosphere. It always ceased when provisions became abundant. The House was now aware of the cause, and it had in its hands the cure of the evil—viz., the produc tion of a sufficiency of food to the people of Ireland. The dis ease always ceased the moment an abundant harvest arrived. In the year 1734, the summer was cold and wet accompanied by a scarcity of provisions. The summer of the next year,3.s, was also cold and wet, and provisions were not more plentiful than they had been in the preceeding year. 1736 was an extremely hot summer. In 34 the disease was prevalent, it continued through 35. In 36, when provisions began to be more plentiful, it be gan to abate ; and in 1737, when Providence blessed the country with a most abundant harvest, the disease disappeared alto gether. During the years of scarcity the disease was always most prevalent, and in times of plenty it disappeared totally. In the year 1740 the spring was dry and cold—the autumn and winter were frosty— a great dearth of provision occurred which towards the latter end of the year increased almost to a famine. In that year 80,000 persons perished from this disease. The Honourable and Learned Member then went on to compare from the report the state of society with the state of the tillage and consequent want in the years 1798, 1800, 1801, 1817, 1841, 1842, and 1843 with the experience of 1793. This, he said, sufficiently showed the con nexion between want and misery, starvation and disease ; and these facts showed that the connexion was the same in 1843 and 1845 as it was in 1793, the year of national excite— ment, and in 1798, the year of the great rebellion. This was the cause of the deaths of the 80,000 individuals of whom he had previously spoken. He had shown the House that there was no peasantry so badly off as the peasantry of Ireland. He had shown them that there were nearly five millions of the peasantry of that country on the point of starvation. He had shown the House all this from the report of Lord Devon's Commission, and it was the duty of the House to propose some thing to alleviate the distress. Let him tell them what he pro posed. He proposed that the House should join him in tha most strenuous application of some remedy for those evils. He was there to show that Ireland bad all the resources in their own power. He proposed that House should take from the landlords of that country means of remedying the evils. That they should tax the absentee landlords of that country 30 or 40 per cent., and the resident la n dl or d s w h o did their duty to their country, a comparatively smaller one of 10 per cent. That would make a fund, which would assist the people of that country in a very material degree, and re move much of the distress which affected her. The poor.laws of Ireland were not adequate to the present stat e o f th e coun . I try. The poor-law unions would make very good hospitals in cases of sickness, and there was no doubt that there would be many claims upon them rising out of the present distressed state of the people. The lanes in Dublin are full of fever. Fever is abroad over the whole land. It had pleased Provi dence to inflict a great calamity. It was the business of that House to abate it as soon and as well as they could. There were the railroads. Why should they not take some strong measure with respect to railroads ?—( Hear, hear.) He hoped to see the railways placed in the bends of the' Govern ment. He hoped to see a Board au horised by Government to see what railways were most fitted to give employment in Ireland ; and he trusted that the House would sanction any motion for that purpose. Famine was coming on—fever was coming on—and this House should place in the hands of the Government power to meet the evil. If they had that autho rity they would know what railroads were required for Ireland, - so as to give the most extensive employment to the people. The decisions of such a board he believed would be received with more attention than the decisions of the House itself, for it was a general impression, and he coincided in the-opinion, that there was no worse tribunal to decide on the merits of those lines than the Committees originated by the House. He had attended one of the Committees himself, and he really did riot know very well how he was voting.— ( Laughter.) He thought that if 100,0001. were subscribed for a railway. the Government ought to advance 100,000/. more ; thus enabling the capitalist in Ireland to meet his monthly payments. This money might be lent at the rate of perhaps 1 per cent., which might be increased to 4, as in the circum stances they might think fit. This stiggeetion was merely thrown out for the consideration of the House, for his plan o as yet undigested. It might be said that the measures now before the House would be sufficient to alleviate the distress in Ire • land. Cleat evils, however, they knew required great reme dies. He new spoke, not from party views but from the very depth of his conscience. Death had already followed—further death wood follow the neglect of the House. The Hon. Member then concluded by moving the motion of which he had given notice. Sir JAMES GRAHAM—I am sure that I express the general sentiments of the House, when I assure the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who has brought forward this subject, that he is entitled to the respect and attention of every Member of this House ; for it is not to be dissembled that the state of Ireland, at the present moment, does deserve the serious at tention of Parliament. I agree with the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, that the importance of this .übeect can eardly be overrated. I also agree with the Hon. and Learned Gentle ! man in the persuasion, which he expressed at the commence ment of his speech, that whatever diversity of opinion may exist in various qnarters of this House upon various topics, the subject now under discussion is one which will receive from all parties the most patient and anxious consideration. It is my painful duty to state, that having taken the utmost pains to inform myself accurately on the facts of this case, I cannot state that in any important particular the Hon. and Learned Gentleman has ev iggerated them. What are the striking , facts? He has stated to us that a very large proportion of the potato etop of Ireland for the present year has failed. ' Before we consider the effect of that statement, it is necessary to remember how very large a proportion of the population of Ireland is dependent upon the potato, which is almost exclu sively their daily food. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman has estimated that' seven-eighths of the whole population are dependent upon the potato. I should perhaps place it at some thing lower, but clearly, I believe it is admitted on all hands, that at least one-half are so dependent. Now, consider this matter. One-half of the whole population of Ireland are de pendent for their.daily food upon the potato, which by a visita tion of Providence is this year a signal failure. It is very diffi cult to ascertain by any computation which we can make the ' exact proportion or extent of that failure. Professor Playfair and Mr. Lindley estimated the loss at an early period of the year at half the entire crop. Admitting, for one moment, that there is some exaggeration in that estimate, I will now state to the House what is the result of the most accurate inquiries which the Government, with all their appliances, have been enabled to make. They had institutedaCommission, at the head of which they placed Mr. Lucas, Under Secretary of Ireland ; Colonel Jones and Mr. lePGregor, who was at the head of the Irish Ct.nsta bulary ; the Poor-law Commissioner, Mr. Taylor, and Profes- Kane ; and the result of the inquiry had been stated to the House last night by the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government, in sums of its most striking features. Reports were read from the different electoral districts of Ircl ind, the larger number of which, so far from proving that the report of Professor Playfair arid Air. Lindley had bee n exaggerated I showed, on the contrary, that the evil was not sufficiently told. In ordinary years the great majority of the people of Ireland arc compelled to subsist for a period of six weeks upon more expensive articles of food than potatoes, in consequence of the crop of the preceding year not keeping until the crop of the ensuing year was ready for food. To show the present condi tion and prospects of Ireland, let us suppose that the danger be less than one-half- I will take one-fourth. Suppose then the failure of the potato crop this year be equal to one-fourth of an average crop. You have then, in addition to the six weeks' scarcity of other years, to add one-fourth part of 10i , months, that the population will be without their general sub. sistance. By this calculation it appears that for four months :the people. of Ireland must be fed upon food of a higher and more expensive class. A more difficult and alarming case 1 could hardly be brought under the consideration of Partia 1, ment. It is not only the imperative dniy of the Government', but there is also a natural i.npulse in the breasts of Hen: - , Members of this House, under such circumstances its these, which calls forth their sympathy, and urges upon them the ne cessity of adopting some speedy measures to remedy this evil. The information to which 1 have alluded does not extend to a later period than the Bth of January. Further sta.- em er o s I have been made since that date, winch prove that the disease, so far from being arrestsd, is still progre , sing ; that the pota toes are decaying, and that there is a great and increasing dan , ger of want, unless some precaution be used to present this evil These further statements also went to prove that, in consequence of the di-ease, the seed could nor be preserved for the ensuing year. The . ffeet of such a state of teinge I can , not and dare not contemplve without feelings of the greatest distress. He must also rase that, (rent the accoui.ts which had arrived respecting the state of the country, 190 labourers had recently come before a board of guardians complaining that they had no employment, that so wastes a ere offered to them. and that they were -offering under extreme desti tuio He thought that that was a i - ight which was en,uzit to excite the pity of all who witnessed is. The Hon. and Learned Gentle man (Mr. O'Connell) had stated the facts to which he had called the attention of the House with considerable accuracy. He ( Sir James Graham) considered that - the redundancy of the population was, to a certain extent, the cause of a great portion of the evils under which that cou n try laboured. He considered this also the more strange, as the principal towns of England and Scotland took off a great deal of that redutioancy. In Manchester. Glasgow, and Liverpool, immense numbers of the Irish were very laudably exercis ing their industry. The Right Hun. Gentleman proceeded to say, `• The Hon. ,Gentleman (Mr. O'Connell), I think, also observed that the imports into England were increasing." !think I have now glanced at the principal points in reference to this subject ; I now, therefore, wish to put the House in possession of the steps which the Government had thought fit to take to meet the present emergency. I think it necessary to state to the House what has already been done, short as the session has been, to meet the emergencies of the present moment. There has already been given forthe Public Works' Bill 50,000/., there is a grant of 50,000/. in the Drainage Bill, and it is tho intention of her Majesty's Government to insert a clause in that bill for the purpose of improving the inland navigation of Ire land, by joining the northern locks of the Shannon with the southern ; the whole amount of money proposed to be advanced for the carrying out of public works in Ireland, amounted to 468,0001. He wished to call to the recollection of the House the fact, that in the last session of Parliament railway bills were passed authorising an outlay of capital of nine millions. In this country it was generally assumed that the whole outlay re quired for the construction of a railway, would extend over a period of three years. The case, however, was different with regard to Ireland, as the railways in that country required a longer time to construct. At any rate, he could not divest himself of the fact, that 2,00 'NOW. of money had already been expended in the construction of railways in that country ; and from the reports he had received, it appeared that able-bodied men had gonna considerable distance, leaving their families be hind, in order that they might obtain employment on these works. It appeared, as the Hon. arid Learned Member had stated, by the reports which had been laid on the table of the House, that the potato crop had failed through out a great portion of Ireland. Then with respect to the poor.. law. He admitted that that law was insufficient, and he quite agreed with the Hots. Gentleman that the number of poor-law unions were insufficient to afford relief to the great numbers who required it. He (Sir James Graham) had stated the nature of the measures which the Government considered ought to be employed with respect to Ireland, -and he was sure the House would give her Majesty's Government credit for not -having neglected the adoption of measures which might alleviate the sufferings of the people of Ireland.—(Hear.) At any rate, *Weyer might be the reeult of the potato atop, the Government could not b e t a k en by surprise.—(-1-lear.), The Hon. Gentleman has observed the prevatence of fever' and the amount of destitution arising from it. I admit tote lion. Gentleman the fatal consequences that have - foll t u r /to from this scourge, but.on this point I will call his atteatia rt . the fact that in this respect the poor-law of Ireland 1 6 1 ; important relief.—( Hear, hear ) in the existing re b e there are four modes in which relief in cases of disease a 1.,. given. Path nts can be received either into the worth, __ . 11 :; or be removed from the workhouses into hospitals, if the . e 3 any objection to their remaining there for fear of info ;t ot Treading among the rest of the inmates. I d 0 e re place much confidence in these two provisions, ba , 43 1 are two other provisions whose importance in cases of this be are to be highly estimated. The first of these provisions o_ o providing of temporary fever hospitals in the vicinity of e it , workhouses. Out of 110 unions in which workhouses c l e d, been built, 42 have already had temporary hospital , er s , e u se and measures are being taken to provide such aee; t "•110 dation for the remaining workhouses.—(Hear, hear.) jo remaining provision is one which empowers the P u r e is guardians, in cases where no ho s pit a l i s ere cted, to ts 0 0. empty house and use it temper ily for such a purpose. T u or way, in 1944, a malignant typhus fever prevailed, and upao4 1,100 persons had been received into a temporary fever : 40 tal, and of these from 900 to 1,000 were in a short tern o ll charged cured.—( Hear, hear.) But with these prorl't ss sof is impossible to meet the case, and therefore, on tbe pr o 3 o l the Government, I p r opos e t o g i ve no ti ce f or th e introduy A f f il a Bill with the object of amending this state of things. . f ars the precedent of 1832 i n re l a ti on t o h os pitals, . 1 0 0 fever spreads, it will be impossible to meet it by the P 0 means. It is not my intention on the present o ccasion 04 1 at greater length into the cir c um s t ances o f Ireland; 1 e llii must say that I am most unwilling that thi s discussito b i t ilr be prolonged, so as to interfere with th e progress Itf, t ts 00 por s tant debate going forward on the measures propose° ;obit the present critical state of th e co un try. E ver s ince Na l r elop eg last, when the full extent of the potato di seas e was de 3 s 0 itself, my opinion has been, that to meet the evil it a m sr duty of the House and of the Legislature to remove feed bargees or restrictions on the free importation of an te o fo food. This was and is my candid opinion—that WI f io ron edy is secondary and trifling when viewed in cool e d Itt with this. Notwithstanding the mea s ure of her b lO Government, if famine should proceed (and I very ran r o dei it will) I apprehend that a generous exercise of the P„010 tion on coin will be necessary, and a r e la x ation of the ta must take place. . I Mr. SHAW said he would not say one we ra f ok would have a tendency to check any pleasures 1 t would have for their effect the amelioration-t e 3 0 1 distressed people of Ireland. At the same h e r pid thought it his duty to state to the House the .00 0 state of the destitute in Ireland. The P oor -l aw Conslons, 0: in the year 1835, stated in their report that theier 2,300,000 people without the means of providing it st tltt ri .a greater part of the year. And he felt bound to add t "" p ir s would be considerable distress unless provision were s s- ar s However, he thought very great exagger a ti o n had taxe .. , o ol and that statements had been put forth f o r interested I s e, He had every respect for the high character of the 0)3" gentlemen who were directed by Government to eaa,t&P li ss the cause and the extent of the potato di se ase in hew F 4 Plas fair and Lindley; but he (Mr. Shaw) consider eras withstanding, that their report was exaggerated.( " st al, from the Opposition.) He admitted that distress o f a' more or less in every part cif Ireland, but he e, 111. yelled very recently through the coun ties of 'ler perary, Kilkenny, and Carlow, and very man y o. of Ireland, and he found that there was c o nsiderable P„ost" sine, but that there was mere than an average crop 0 " p ilfs ' Now, with regard to the let era which the it'll Or d Baronet read last night in reference to this subject'e s oL; quite aware that great distress did exi s t in those P ot ri ' country where the Government communication i s w alllo Generally speaking distress was prevalent in the „ i s i Ireland, and such places as Mayo, CLinmel, and De uet ;ol lt ; the south of Ireland, too, the distress was no .les!f te , and in Kerry, Clare, and Waterford, he might Pth 004 suffering would be found. On the whole, however, eo e 4 1 the extent of the deficiency of the potato crop had to be exaggerated, but he did not wish for a moment deed posed as blaming the Government for what they e tsivj discovering the extent of the potato disease, and„ 4 '; esti the best means for devising a remedy for it. r°:, se s l is es e weeks in every season a deficiency of potatoes was 'r - IDs but in the present season the deficiency had been g of A S ever it had been known before. But it most be re s pill that ample substitutes for the potato had been founp!" latterly there had been a more than ordinary s e s e t 00 4 4 labour. He could not help thinking, therefore, t" s ir tent of the misery in Ireland had been greatly e,s,a7o and he thought further that a very unfair use laa" . .";eot i of the subject. However, this branch of the atr up oo.7' longed to another debate, and what he had to ~ a j o r .) should reserve until the other debate came on.--( d 0, SirJAMES GRAHAM suggested to the Hon- I ,, r e 0 Ip i Member for Cork, that as the Government sveles'e pws/ do all in their power to mitigate the sufferings of to t off Ireland, occasioned by the failure in the potato cr o P . '„beer hardly any necessity for the Hon. and Le a rned Mr' / ing his motion. I ° 7 Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL s a id th a t i n o fferings:op i 0 tions which he was about to m a k e , h e had no int sss e- 0 1. 0 0 peding the repeal of the corn-laws. He was prePi l iit t elt his suppprt to that measure, because he believed OO,O he beneficial to the people of the United Kingslent'oeflt 0 was no d übt that the repeal a the corn-lawsli,ba v isk beneficial to the people - of England than it o ti R eef people of Ireland, who were without money and w d r, If any of the evil effects which were depicted 8 1, 4 07 upon the repeal of the corn-laws, by Hon. Gent o oV site, would ensue to the agriculturists, there F os pp ibitoe Ireland, that had hitherto had a monopolY , 0 00 ) market for food, would be the country that wow ot ss f r i ; —(Hear.) But he would repeat that he did ° any evil results from the repeal of the corn-lawTA 0 1 He was determined to offer a few observations de eope merits which bad been produced on his . 1 id tI O House—( Hear, hear) - even at the risk of I f ; cc" dered as offering impediments to the disco , o ely corn-1 tws. The distress i n I re l an d a t the P re f ebre he would aesert, was 01 the mo s t t r i g htf u l and fearful:4bl , —.'Hear.) With regard to the a r g u m ents of th e w 0 Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Horne , 3 , 0 1 ,1 without attributing to him any dise.reditable motlid . 0 1 . 4,,, say they were not in consonance with the fact. ,f,: ft . ey o tr, argument of the Right Han. Gentleman opposite V l , O Ol g, to the exaggeration of the statements which had ht o4, r rossi tr i night with respect to the present distress in Re ta il , / shortly dispose of it by saying that he left the 6 1 0 ,1- 0 settled between him and the Government. wit ° te eta / s el s si from their own Commissioners accounts of the ! kit feta, precisely similar to those which had been broths 001•1110,, his (Mr. O'Connell's) side of the Hoag,. fo e O Pr Right Hoe. Baronet the Secretary of State ef tit' Department, had received official documea ts ..l t fl, sent famine in Ireland, and he had not s si eltet a statements were exaggerations.—( Hear, hear ) wo e (t d Hon. Gentleman had, however, said that there as daney of the population in Ireland of 2,00 0 -“ r„ ibrefost l y O'Connell) believed that Ireland could mainti n r s ol w o g, y times her present population—(Hear, hear), ase abet fact. was capable of doing so, he could % t oe t s " s t , fact. of her having at present a numerous poPo' co uld " be f 'A considered an evil. The reason why Ireland t • stet/ port her presen population was, because alarm rig t , was taken from her people.-4 Hear, hear.) ~ ,o . 0 1 . 9 Ireland were in a position similar to that of o u ' ere slt ts .o 4 ( had she a full command of all her resources - 1,0' 3 n nits sent at borne—were she allowed fair Plar es en_ s ?lj be nor eason for her people to complain that .str y thri e 05. quantity of food was sent forth from this e o °." ba t t i 4r ) ,/ present exported, if they were also assured `, 3s tsr, - fas r sl have food for themselves. But the anomaly °, l or -; t er_ A r plc sending forth immense quantities of her pr°`!,_ s l ' ea slS e try was one that was most startling and most shocaleso se4d V He (Mr. J. O'Connell) had but risen to atte 4 r ' a ipl racy of the statements made, and to go furth e ' ib• / lr e ' n de' 'ft that, Irons all the accounts he had heard, and ts res osll sf Or he possessed of judging of them, the statement t ee ~r i ri l la of being exaggerated, fell infinitely short o ' .. t i l e "I f ilf t if (Hear, hear ) He willingly bore testimony tu b ,s.7 3 le,ao lention which the House had evinced that even , 00 10 13 ,0 question was under discussion—( Hear) --and h l t eet r sitt i lso l ' adverting to the fee ling he had witnessed thro u t t e ie - 0 04 session exhibited by Hon. Gentlemen, and, 3r ," ,' s ja discover some remedy.—(Cries of " Hear, °l ie fee l fer,f e el' sides of the Halve.) It might be said that t- ur a e , o pilf selfish one. And decidedly there could notsoesesellhfr 0° 1 a calamity as famine in Ireland, without 0 T i eh' o oll 0 1 being felt in England.—( Hear, hear.) Should y ou' d is ol o l occur in any other country, the consequences . 0 frept4 little short of a dissolution of society. Bu t ..g l e risitieti, ip t, efforts of the people were so broken into by 5 " 0 07,1 r, could almost endure anything ; and, further' a blettsel o , not disturbed, it would be owing to the ado ir bt tb e rio o ; ) mind and soul which the Irish people had ( Hear, hear.) He implored of the House s u s „ ° , oef e ,ors/ - that, in what they had done, or in what tor;;bsch i ! ge V i et , 'dined to do, they had met the terrible dange r deee,Ao fi t t° el alai over- Jr. land. tie imploied of them °, woo, it f taag t .10 ti A selves with the idea that the Irish peo pl e o ssru ,5 ° ,,r i had been given them as a boon, °r lawn or r or, favour. They would acknowlede the o e sr, bes . , l° , l intention of her Majests's Government — ", ( h t of s o d volv e they would n d acknovelecge it in the 14 4 o f es% of _6. favou , for they looked on such applicatt° n o f fula"ol°, rally nothing more than so many restitutioS e y sh° t a e to rij they had been most unjustly deprived. • it orde r d!" 9,, the course of their police towards Irelsnd , t t ifro eete s ti° at o i the pten'mena of ever recurring famine, Pe' o f leg l' oo ° _,ll There must be something bed in the systen e to Mo i re e r e the administration of • ffattut in that vonntrY A by t, 0 0 0 0 11 0 i mitie4 Their attentien had been astrakearif t ees 0 0_ Is and certain increase of evils in Ireland, an baabOblielee view their polie s they would find that tig ers 01 It o r e so;re:, He was not grEne to touch upon mere In a „ n atter: 3 IP 4 upon all maters of emen•e• ee, and upon a Le t te so . q fp:', cal policy that had reference to Ireland- lii3s ystf it e Poe t i collect the words of English writers upon e l erg ed 'oil j 0., fifty or sixty years ago England stood Z elan d to o .. 0. 1 systematical's saer.fie-d the interest of 1 1 w as e f "of . Sne e 0 d fe' that time considered her owu interest. r ot fan a , having systematically .ireerfered with t he g i s, sl ger ' O O l c, turing prosperity ; and, by the same aut l' l t . e use o .oo s e it s . charged with having denied to Ireland t it 3 oss e . i' re &b l ot! sources. Let the House look at its po l l: n a g : ea : 0: 1: 0 :i: t .. ll . o ti cbflo ill; if something was net remaining caleul te rs .. os ep se e oe se ti s rest of Ireland; and if there was, let thettl ey e `" to st c ou ld ' e l lay the axe to the root of the evil as then et' 1 1,0 4 0011,0 that this system would not do any 1. ey ho n g o th aa r C t i i T i ll os.t e b eA s f io on the plan of giving relief to Ireland gency and afterwards forgetting ciple unworthy of such a nation as ,' - ' b Mr.rl 00 1 0' 0 f which he had mentioned had been elude r or f, but t be e if i o 1785 and 1799 and they were not contr He chit l ea f 0 trary, were admitted to be true' having systematically impeded the the the fielded Ws t ii ? tO i country and Mr. Huskisson repeated ~....„syie rig ~p sa p; pc°. Peri t i;l 80. el, words that he used were, " You have af,tere-t-;,,,f bad be eO b li,; t ic, gency of the moment that which 0 " Y t u which vii., t il t. ° sr (Mr. J. O'Connell) felt sure that of trade with foreign countries , . 0 _i on s „ s ots e ioo e: 0 was nothing more than Ireland was entitled Fror:th at' i duheePt i 0 111 4 of the union no further con et. order to impress the question sn e o 47 eo J es s of What ,c;rry._,c had said that in 1780 t h e und str" firs t tiale ili t l tt' t o f tlr r i ' this had been made evident for the vo ,? The a .be be e pro of He had felt it necessary to referretr.iltuhenspeoloBstheet:sfe/409., rights of which they were tiepr! o il tos eing_ t r o re t_ s h oe iel e , f f their home trade and the rightrs. AO that The go, if oportunities in the foreiffn a°' trade' own rigposl we vilitehrastle pies on which they founded , ,____. yet h ow tci ~ 04 ,11 greater necessity and equal eta . 10t . , 0 ,, 3 n ne isio b i ~pr ,.i , Why, that this country shook' .7..rt'ooutse aphis' sip land is deprived, hY the. I" s c ed ' I P ° 'es apps' elPh the .1 stb i were continued, While It rea, i nd was fulif lan d • 10° produce remained tura , a 1 765 _ from 10000 tained; the high duties i t n a ° low (jut' ibt I on w sa . 1 1. h i 0 by the fact that ever yallevtatio. for 0 turned. The a the unto c ogsfy ei 0 . re nothing was re which had been ex reseedhiri ping w i lts . vlac ted ros d b e li oi er t s was carried, but by what means___:oo they n 1.. L 1 6 0 e of th 'un to ha ve coder O i er say. If by that measure their dutY , ;op po. benefit to Ireland, it was whoa b ' been was n 0 stets Its they desired to carry the schem tection. But the duties wino unt ; and l tr y ba' the tl 3 l o o o ' manufactures was low in e on - the c° u i ll s i sjoeed; dad ° oil that the benefits conferred ~.... eorreerl t - •• op tly a ...se p •s on Irish prate"' i rentlYs " imposed duties . 1 PP ex q ail dude§ ; awl mu"' an equivalentto the advant,eae:orbiob e c_ .. l go o r ?it was not Itill isi.s thijoiJok, ~ "' ttti r 1 1 , t