The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-14 00:00:00

opy :f t , 4 .w A. 7 . 41 1( 4.1 Aj 0 , 4, Aso A.st Q., it U THE FUNDS.(CiOSING PRICES). BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES.96Wis% s J%ree per Cent. Consols Annuities .. . tong Anntlitiv!, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 . Ditfo, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • India Bonds. 1,000/. Ditto, under 1,0001. Consols for Account xchequer Bins. 1,000/. . 5007. Ditto, Small 10 7-16 95%% 34 '2:7 - -- Pm -34 37 - - Pm. 34 37 - - Pm. FOREICIN FUNDS Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent l'ortuguase Four per Cents • kprinish Bonds, 5 per Cent • Ditto, for.the. Account .. • DeLrred - .• • • • Ditto, Three per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. :33% Dividends on the above payah!:. in London. ONE O'CLOCK. .. 3 1 % Y:. Fren,:h Scrip, 3 per Cent. .. • • Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 55 • 60 5934 ▪ 94% 95 10 7-16 CLOSING PRICES. 311!2 BUSINESS CLOSING PRICES OF PAID. DONE AT PRICES. RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. 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Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) •• . • 87%••• • • • • • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... 1% s 8 p 31 idland .. • • • • • • 100 -• • • 144 ••••• • • • • Ditto, New .. • . 18 .... 31 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. Q 5 .... 43% .• •• • • AIL . , New, Brandling .. 20 .. .. 37 • • .... .• • • NeNle and Berwick .. 10 .... 19% 20 North British .. 20 .... 27 Ditto, Half Shares .. 6 .... 9 Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. .. 214% •••• • • • • Northamp.,Bedford, &Cambridge ••••• • • • • • North Kent and Direct Dover .. 2y,.. 2 % .. ••• • • • North Staffordshire .. .. • • 425. •• • . 3%% P Norwich and Brandon .. 18 .. 219% 64 8% 129 74i 1% p 144 3n P Ditto. New Oxfil.,Worcester, & Wolverlimptn. l l2% Preston and Wyre • • • • • • 25 Ditto, Half Shares • • • . Rugby and Huntingdon .. 2 Scottish Central .. • . .. 7 • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 231,... Shropshire Union .. 423. ... S )11111 Midland .. • • .. .. 425. ... South and Midlands Junction .. 425.... Trent' Valley 5 . Waterfd., Wexfd., Wick., & Dub. 133 .... -- Yora and North Midland .. ZO .... 97 Ditto, Half Shares .. 23 .... 4634 Ditto. Extension 15 .... 3034 313. i Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• • 1 .... 9,L a . FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish .. .. 5 .... 63 1 _ East Indian . ss. .... ••• • • • Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 .... IG% .. .. •• • • Great Western Canada .. • • 3% •• • • 3 % ••• • .. Luxembourg 4 .... Orleans and Bordeaux 12% .... •• . • Over Yssel 4/. 3s. 4d.... 2% cts Sambre and 3leuse .. 6 .• • • 4 !i•••• • • • • • . 8 .. ..... 3 di5...... I% I p..•••• dis. 1p 1 dis 27 ►,6 27% ....... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. to:A . oo'4nd Westminster .. 20 .. 27 •• • Lontbn Joint- Stock • • .. .. 10 .. •• • Real del Monte, Unregistered MINES. 3% •• • • • • •• • 1254 2% (Its ASYLUM FOR DISCHARGED PRISONERS.—(THIS DAY.) A public meeting was held this day at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, " for the purpose of considering of an appeal to Parliament to carry out the humane objectlof establishing national houses of occu pation and shelter for persons discharged from cus tody." The meeting was fixed to take place at two o'clock, but for a considerable period after that hour there were not more than a dozen persons in the room. Mr. Sheriff Launre having taken: the chair, the se cretary said he had received several letters of apology from gentlemen who were unable to attend. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting. He said it was really deplorable the state of persons discharged from prisons. He found, by documents he held in his hand, that there was 20,000/. a year paid fur a model prison, but it failed to effect any good object. In fact, he knew of nothing that existed calculated to meet the crying evil the suppression of crime committed by persons discharged from prison, who had no place of refuge. He understood that the Government was will ing to listen to any useful suggestion that would remedy the evil. He had heard it argued that providing labour for criminals would interfere with honest men's means ; but he would ask, would it not be better to give cri minals employment outside than pay for their mainte since in a prison ? There was a benevolent Christian in Manchester, a Mr. Wright, who ought to have a monument erected to his memory; that gen tleman had actually reclaimed ninety-six of what he called the gaol population, and only four of them had returned to crime. Now, if an individual could do that, he would ask why should not the State do so? He for one would say it was their duty to do so, and he trusted that no effort would be left untried to effect so desirable an object. He was glad to see pre sent at the meeting so high a dignitary of the Church as the Lord Bishop of London, and the Noble Lord (Lord Kinnaircl). He would now conclude and give' place to the Right Rev. Prelate who wculd move the first resolution. The Bishop of LONDON then proposed the first re solution. In doing so he said he thought that a great Old of credit was due to Mr. Sheriff Laurie, for the exertions he had made in the cause of humanity. This was a subject in which he (the Bishop) took a deep in terest, as did also the clergy generally ; but the nature of their avocations did not enable them to take a very active part in it. He Lad long been impressed with the necessity of providing for those poor creatures, who, when discharged from prison, had no place of refuge whatever. had no doubt but that Government would take this subject in hand; but even if they did not, he felt confident that charitable individuals would be found to so so themselves. But it saes the duty of the Govern ment to do it, and the consideration of the expense should not weigh for a moment, because it would be better to expend large sums in the reeamation of criminals, than in keeping up large prisons at an enormous expense to the country. There could be no doubt that for years back the effect of the penal sentences upon prisoners had had any but a useful result, for the convict invariably came out infected with the moral pestilence of the society of the gaol. He had attended at the Pentonville Prison, and he had the satisfaction of being able to say that the result of tile system there enforced had been attended with the best possible I results ; and the aline observations applied to the Parkhurst Juvenile Prison. But it would be mcst de eirable to have some institution f,r the refuge of persons who had committed but ono offence, and who, when discharged, might easily b 3 reclaimed if taken up in time ; but he did not mean to say that those who had offerded more than once should not also have a friendly hand holdout to save them from ultimate destruction. He would also be desirous to see a similar institution for the reception of people discharged from hospitals, but not sufficiently recovered to return to their labour. With these observations he would readily propose the first re solution. MONCRTON MILNES, seconded the resolu- Ile should have long taken an jnterest in this • bj e ct, but had been repelled from taking an active pilule part in it by reason of what he had heretofore consie'ered th e many di ffi culties by which it was sur 'rounded. But he would not now throw col d water upon - the benevolent exert i ons of Mr. Sheriff La urie by men tionng them, but whateve r they were, every member of eoeicty should lent his Il i o eu r r e i t i nove the difficulties and remedy the evil. He i lions in Boston and otherp arts ofvery useful imaitue Americr, for tee rest tamation of disehargedml and their results had been most successful, sals' fory us:fortunate creatures had been rescued inti7)ceMinatnhye fearful abyss of crime into which many had fall en l e in c ountry, for want of similar institutions. li would contend for it, that the prevention of crime, rather than its pnnisliment, should be the first object of every state, and, therefore, the state should not hesitate to establish such institutions as would effect the sacred and excellent objeet ; and he had no doubt but the Legislature, of which he was a member, would take up this subject • warmly, and nothing should be wanting upon his part to aid the object by every means in his power. Ler.] KINNAIRD moved the next resolution. Ho said he found he had been left very little to remark upon, by reason of the speaker:; the meeting had already beard. There was one point on which he would make sin observation, namely, the sourae from which the funds were to be derived for this object. He was proad to, say, as ret Englishman, that it only required to :how the English public the usefulnera and necessity of a groat pubEe work to induce them to come forward rea dily and liberally with aid to carry it out. His Lord eldp concluded by stating an instance that had come under his own observation of a criminal who had been reformed, and who now kept a school. The resolution suggested that the Government should provide the . funds fur the support of the institution. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY seconded the resolution. He -said he greatly deplored the state of contamination to which prisoners were subjected by the present sys tem of prison discipline. He then read some statistical tn.',lea to shbw the decrease of crime in places where - prisoners were taken up and put in places where they `.ere reformed. Mr. D. W. WIRE, Under SheriN proposed the next resolution, whi c h was to the effect that a committee should be formed to carry out the object of the meeting. Sir DE LACY EVANS, M.P., sai d this was a su bj ec t on - which he had acquired n o inform ation, and therefore it would be idle for him to make any observation upon it. But it had his entire concurrence, and he was very glad to see it taken up by the City authorities. Mr. B. B. CAI:MELD proposed a resolution to the effect that subscriptions be entered into to defray the expenses of printing, advertising, &c. Mr. JAMES ANDERTON seconded the resolution, and spoke of the necessity that existed for making provision for the ventilation of the houses of the poor. A vote of thanks was then passed to Mr. Sheriff Laurie, and the meeting separated. THE HURRICANE IN SCOTLAND. The following interesting details regarding the hurricane have been supplied by Professor Nichol of our observatory : —" I have now had experience of a good many storms here ; but certainly none of them at all equalled in fury the gale of this morning. The devastation caused by it in the district over which it has passed must have been quite unprece dented. The facts, as observed at this Observatory, are the following :—About I o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon the baro meter began to fall. It was then 29.156 (corrected per tem perature), and it fell very gradually, by a small quantity each hour, so that at midnight it stood at 28.980. The wind was not high as yet. Towards the evening it blew fresh, but nothing more. The subsequent occurrences are too important to be passed over with only a general notice, and I therefore give them in a table :- 4th March. Height of Force of Direction of Hour. Barometer. Wind. Wind. 1 a.m. 28•944 6. S. 2 —.855 10.— S. 3 —.779 12. S. 4 —lO5 23. S. 5 —.628 28. S. 6 —, —*566 29. S. 7 —.546 30.-- S. 8 —.526 37• S. slightly W. 9 — , LSO 45. . S. by W. 10 —'549 S. by W. 11 —.680 S.W. 12 —193 S. W. The temperature at eight in the morning was 47 degrees 12 seconds of Fahrenheit, at nine it was 45 degrees 5 seconds, and at ten, 46 degrees .04 seconds. The force of the wind in the foregoing table is expressed in pressure of pounds' weight on a square foot. The record of force ceases at nine o'clock, as the tempest then broke the part of the anemometer which indicates it. I was too much engaged in efforts having regard to the safety of the house to take particular note of minute changes ; but I have reason to believe that the storm at that time was near its maximum. One pecu liarity very much struck me. In general these hurricanes come in mere gusts of great waves. This one did so too ; but I never have known a storm in which the power of the gust was so persistent; the pencil of the anemometer remain ing at its full height for a very considerable space of time. The dynamic effects of the wind here have been quite equal to what the indications of the anemometer would prepare us for. A front window of the observatory was early dashed in ; and, but for the aid afforded by a visitor in my house, and Mr. Johnston, farmer, at Horslet-hill, in barracading the shutters, I make no doubt that the roof of the building would have been carried off. The stand of the Herschelian telescope was blown down under peculiar circumstances. It was secured by strong ropes to heavy stones . buried in the ground. The rope, attaching it to one of the stones, broke ; but the other stone, a block two feet square, and about a foot in thickness, was torn from the earth, and tossed ten yards from its place ! The magnetic house is levelled to the ground ; but, what is most strange, its floor. consisting of very heavy beams, has been driven some six yards from where it was. Fortunately, no instrument, except the trilling damage to the anemometer, has suffered. I am quite at a loss to account for this storm. It gave very little, if any, premonition of its approach. I think it must have been a storm of translation, or a moving whirlwind of large radius, but of immense power. If that was its character, the same thing will be found to be the case as occurred on our last great gale, at all similar to this, when Professor Airy informed me, that at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, the atmosphere underwent no commotion whatever. Sup posing my conjecture accurate, I would expect very serious intelligence from both coasts of Ireland ; from the west coast of England, as far south as Liverpool, and from the north. But it were quite wrong to speak dogmatically on so obscure a subject."—Glasgow Argus. THE SUN, LONDON, SATTInDAY EVENING MARCH 'l4 l 1846. IRISH PRODUCE. As the alleged scarcity of provisions in Ireland, and the necessary consequent inconvenience arising to the immense mass of the inhabitants of the sister kingdom, continue to occupy an important position in the councils of the Legis lature and the consideration of the public generally ; with a view to the adoption of the best means for its partial allevia tion, an enumeration of the list of the principal importations of provisions which have taken place within the past week, in continuation of that previously given in cur columns a few days since, may prove of utility and interest. On Wednes day, the 4th inst., four vessels arrived in the river Thames from various other ports, having on board, collectively, 2,772 packages of bacon, 675 of pork, 300 of beef, 1,015 of butter, 88:5 of lard, 41 hampers of hams, 530 barrels and 450 quarters of oats, 161 barrels of porter, 55 packages of whisky, 395 of eggs, 142 of other descriptions of provisions, and 77 pigs, in addition to a quantity of malt, paper, leather, and vat ious other articles. On the following day, the imports into the port ()f London, from the same quarter, consisted of 509 packages of butter, 1,062 packages of bacon, 424 of lard, 47 of pork, 700 quarters of oats, a quantity f hams, several packages of potatoes, and various other articles. On Friday, 1,225 packages of oats, 93 of hams, 61 of eggs, 33 of butter, 7 0 of bacon, 67 of malt, 51 of beef 122 packages of porter, a quantity of spirits, linens, and other articles the produce f the Irish soil. At the same period, the imports into Bristol from Ireland consisted , of, in addition to a quantity of linens, whisky, and other articles, 299 packages of bacon, a quantity of lard, seed, farina, 300 packages of butter, 61 of feathers, 214 bushels of oats, 37 sacks of barley, and several packages of pork, oatmeal, wheat, pollard, and malt. The following is the list of provisions imported into the port of Liverpool from the Irish ports for the past week, being from the 27th ult. to the sth inst. exclusive :-2,718 firkins, 138 half ; firkins, 453 casks, and 120 boxes of butter; 2,625 barrels and 317 sacks of wheat ; ;,4,698 sacks of flour; 34 barrels and 150 bags of oats; 22 sacks of barley; 530 sacks, 115 other packages, and 120 barrels of oatmeal ; 250 bags of meal ; 3 barrels, 25'tierces, and 52 hhds. of hams ; 497 barrels of bacon ; 28 bags of feathers; 27 casks, 26 firkins, and 1,147 kegs of lard; 488 sacks of farina; 501 boxes and tierces and 10 bar rels of linens and cottons; 309 barrels, 5 tierces, and 12 kegs of pork; 15 barrels of tongues ; 13 barrels and 6 kegs of other descriptions of provisions; 392 sacks of malt; and 39 casks of whisky. Finally, the following articles were imported into the port of London at the commencement of the present week, viz., 435 packages of pork, 153 packages of butter, 684 of bacon, 68 of hams, 5 of tongues, 34 of porter, and 59 of eggs, in addition to a quantity of linens and other articles, the whole being the production of the Irish soil. It will be for those most competent to form an opinion of and most in terested in the matter to judge of the inferences deducible from the enumerations of the importations of provisions which have taken place in the course of a single week from Ireland for consumption in this country, viz., the capabilities of the country for the production of food of every description for the supply of its numerous inhabitants; and, in the second place, as to how they can be spared for extraneous purposes at a time when so much distress and want is stated to exist in that kingdom. This is not the place to enter into a further particular consideration of the matter, otherwise it would be worth while to suppose the immense quantity of provisions which must be contained in so many large pack ages, and to draw a conclusion as to the amount of relief which the salutary distribution and disposal of them through proper channels in their native country would afford. ST AFFORD ELECTION. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) FRIDAY, 6 P.M. The polling for the rival candidates, W. Sleigh, Esq., on the . Protectionist interest, and the Hon. Captain Carnegie, on the Ministerial side, took place this day. The polling throughout was in favour of the Hon. Cap tain, and at the close, the numbers were : Carnegie Sleigh Majority On the poll being closed, tha Mayor stated the numbers, as g i%en above, and the newly-elected Member and his opponent subsequently addressed the ele?.tors. The whole of the proceedings were conducted in an unusually quiet manner. Mr. Aeland, from the League, was at Stafford, and addressed the electors in the course of the day, in favour of Captain Carnegie. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Colonel Bowles, Colonel Arbuthnot, Major- General Sir Edward Bowater, and Dr. Preetorius, left Osborne House at half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning, crossed in the Fairy steam-packet to Gosport, and travelled to town by a special train. The royal party arrived at Buckingham Palace from the Nine Elms' terminus in four carriages and four, at half past one o'clock, escorted by a party of Light Dragoons. The Queen, Prince . Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, were in the first carriage and four; the Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were in the following carriage; Colonel Arbuthnot and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater were in the third chariot and four; and the Marchioness of Douro, Colonel Bowles, and Dr. Pre:itorius, were in the fourth carriage and four. tier Mjcsty and her Royal Consort were received, on their arrival at the Palace, by Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Devereux, the Lord Chamberlain, Viscount Hawarden, Lord George Lennox, Captain Meynell, Captain Francis Seymour, and Lord Charles Wellesley.. The Countess of Charlemont has succeeded the Mar chiono:s of Douro as'the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Devereux have succeeded the Hon. Misses Stanley and Dawson as the Maids of Honour. Viscount Hawarden has succeeded Lord Glenlyon as the Lard in Waiting to the Queen, and Captain Meynell has succeeded Colonel Drummond as the Groom in Waiting to her Msjesty. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Benedict':, ii m n ag,nifieent opera, The Crusaders, draws n overfloaing 3es here every night. It is by far the most perfect opera that has hitherto been produced upon the English stare. As might have been expected, it is heard now to much greater solo greater advantage than it was OR the first night. performers are more perfect (wi in the music—the choruses ;at massively magnificent w ohores they are !) go bett er as the chor us - s i ngers ge t more used to the music —and the e or t chestra is as on e vast instrument, discoursing excellent "aspiration of one master - mind. tinily musicfrom is the great e besot)' of this opera. It is one piece of :n'soiteciig can whole and inlivisuble ; nothing can he added to it, nothing be taken from, it wit hout marrin g that harmoniousn one ness which is its distinguishing characteristic. It Itisa ;; rest musical epic ; an d, as the Dial, o Para dise Lost, er the Jerusalem Delivered, must be read again and again, and not only read but studied to thoroughly appreciate the genius of Homer, or Milton, or Tasso, so must The crusaders be lis tened to attentively again and again, and be studied before its beauties can be properly appreciated. At the first hearing the mind is lost in admiration at the magnificent whole. It is only by hearing it repeatedly —by dissecting it, as it were—that the excessive beauty and fitness of the various parts of which that whole is Composed, can be comprehended, or that the mar vellously, harmonious manner in which those parts are combined can be thoroughlt appreciated. The Crusaders is, indeed, a great opera. U. Benedict has produced a work which "the world will not willingly let die." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 13. Their Lordships met to•day at Five o'clock. REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS. Earl FORTESCUE presented a petition from the southern division of the county of Devcn, praying that all duties on the importation of corn be totally and im mediately repealed. He would state that t he petition emanated from a meeting called on behalf of protection, most numerously and respectably attended, but which agreed to the present petition by a large majority. THE DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Lord KINNAIRD presented four petitions in favour of this railway. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up the Direct London and Portsmouth, the London and York, and the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Bills, which the House of Commons had puscAl, and pray ing their Llrd.hips' concurrence. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Rath farnham, in the county of Dublin, against the 8.11 for protection to life in Ireland, at present before their Lord • ships' House. The petition was couched in very strong language, and contained some very f,)rcible epithets, but he believed there was nothing in it which prevented its acceptance by their Lordships. The Noble Lord was pro ceeding. to point out objections to some of the clauses of the Bill as it now stood, when he was interrupted by a Noble Lord, who suggested that it would be better to reserve his remarks till the third reading was moved. He accordingly gave way to the Earl of ST. GERMANS, who moved the third reading of the IRISH PACIFICATION BILL. Lord CAMPBELL wished to call their Lordships' attention to the 11th clause of this Bill, which he con ceived to be rather an anomalous one, and one which he hoped to see corrected before it wentdown to the House of Commons. That clause in its present shape was a most arbitrary one, because it provided that it' any spi rituous or malt liquors should be found to have been " sold or consumed " in any house or cabin, the parties therein assembled were liable to a charge of misde meanour without one word about " suspicious circum stances," so that if two or three persons assembled in a house upon a social occasion, and drank a glass of beer or a glass of gin, they would be liable to a charge of misdemeanour upon no other grounds whatever; for the words were not accompanied by the other qualifying words, " under suspicious circumstances." In the Bill there was a slight exception in favour of travellers. The eleventh clause was most stringent and highly dangerous in its effects. Suppose that in a village within a proscribed district parties wished to provide themselves with provisions ; groceries, perhaps, or other necessaries. Now, if the grocer happened to have spirituous liquors in his house, and that he had persons at his table drinking, or that he presented his cus tomers with a glass of spirits, that person was liable by this clause to be transported. If a messenger went to the doctor's, and it should turn out, as no doubt it would in a country district, that the doctor kept an apothecary's shop, that, under the clause, would be a place of public resort, and the messenger would be liable to transportation.. He hop. d their Lordships would not send this clause down with the others. Then there was another clause equally objectionable. The Earl ST. GERMANS hoped his Noble and Learned Friend would take one clause at a time. Lord CAMPBELL—No doubt it would be far more convenient to do so. vv The Earl ST. GERMANS was sure that his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack bad not shown any objection to consider the alterations suggested by his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Campbell). There were a class of houses commonly called shebeen houses, and the owners of which were not bound to receive tra vellers ; but rather than have any risks run, he had no objection to the proposed amendment. Lord CAMPBELL said that, in his opinion, the amendment of the Noble Earl would not answer the purpose, as it was very bard to say what houses, in some instances, were houses of public resort ; for instance, it might be said that grocers and apothecaries' shop Were places of public resort within the meaning of the Bill. The Marquis of WESTMEATH said, that any person acquainted with Ireland must know that a strong party was raised against the selling of groceries and spirits in the same house in Ireland, and that it might he hard to know how to distinguish in such cases. The LORI) CHANCELLOR said, it might be bard to prove the sale of spirits in a house, but it was easy to know when it was sold, notwithstandine . . Earl DEVON said that the Noble Lcrd opposite (Lord Campbell) seemed to have great sympathy for the class of persons likely to be affected by the Bill, but he wished to ask the Noble Lord if he entertained an)' sympathy for the unfortunate labourer and tenant, who were the marked objects of assassination ?—(Hear.) The Marquis of WESTMEATH would wish that the Noble Lord (Lord Campbell) would fancy himself in the mountains of Spain for five minutes, surrounded by banditti, and calling out for the protection of the Habeas Corpus Act.—(Laughter.) He (the Marquis of Westmeath) was of opinion that he would require some other and better panacea for whole bones.—(Renewed laughter.) The clause was then agreed to. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. PROTECTION AGAINST RAILWAY COMPANIES. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Mr. Hibble, of Greenlaw, near Paisley, Renfrewshire, which contained allegations against two railway companies, which, if true, struck at the privileges of that House in a material degree. The petition had reference to the Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Companies, which had a joint line, and it was respecting this that the comphint was made. The petitioner said that when the measure was before Parliament the plans showed that it was the intention of the projectors to take the line through the lawn in front of his residence. At considerable expense he came to London to oppose the project, and it was eventually arranged that a protective clause should be introduced into the Bill in favour of the petitioner. He went home under this ar rangement, but judge his surprise to notice that when the Bill was issued the protecting clause was struck out. It was in regard to this that the petition was now pre ferred. A more gross and scandalous fraud on the Par liament and that House ho (Lo;d Brougham) never knew, and they were bound to make inquiries, and adopt such steps as would prevent such mal-practices. Another charge was, that the parties had made use of totally different plans to those which they had produced when the Bill was passed. The Bill was passed in 1837 ; but, however long ago it might be, if it could be proved that parties had been guilty of such a gross breach of faith, or such a gross deception on the House, it was the duty of their Lordships to inquire into it. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY BILL. Oa the motion of the Earl of DALHOUSIE, this Bill was read a first time. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMOLVS, March 13. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a quarter to Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Lord HENRY BENTINCIC,;iIOvIW introduced by the Earl of March and Major Beresford, took the oaths and his seat for North Nottinghamshire. The Noble Lord was cheered on his entrance from the protectionist side of the House. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed, viz,,:— Weir Dock Company. Bath Water-works. Royal Asylum of St. Anne's Society. Trent Valley Railway (Alrewas Branch). London and South-Western Railway Acts Amendment. Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction Railway. Liverpool and Preston and Manchester and Southport Railway. Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway. Willingham Inclosure and Drainage. Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland Junction Railway. Norfolk Railway Extension (Stowmarket, Wymondhar..-, and Attieborough Branch). Cromford Canal. • Manchester and Leeds Railway Extensions. Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway. Birmingham Cemetery. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction, and North Wales Mineral Railway Amalgamation. London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct Railway. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. This Bill was read a third time and passed. DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY. This Bill was also road a third time and passed. SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. This Bill was read a third time and passed. NORTH DEVON RAILWY. An IfoN. MEMBER presented a petition against this line, and praying to be heard by counsel against the Bill. WANT OF ACCOMMODATION ON THE LON- DON AND BIRMINGHAM. RAILWAY. Mr. V. SMITH presented a petition from a number of Noble Lords, complaining of the gross want of accommodation afforded to the public for the conveyance of coals and goods on the London and Birmingham Railway, and praying to he heard by counsel against all the extension lines proposed by that Company. The lion. Member gave notice that on a future day he should move that this petition be referred to every group which contained any project or scheme promoted Or supported by the London and Birmingham Company. The SPEAKER interrupted the Hon. Member by saying that the petition must lie ol the table. NIi,WCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. Colonel SIBTITORP presented a petition from a Mr. Russell against this railway. BATH WATER-WORKS BILL. On the ;;;tionoif.;(ll)l7NCili, t,i;13111 was read a second tinw. DOCK AN]) RAILWAY. This Bill was ordered to be read a second time on Monday. SOUTHWARK IM'PROVEMENT BILL. This Bill was read a second time. DUNDEE . AND ARBROATH RAILWAY ' EX- TENSION. This Bill was read a second time. STAFFORD AND PETERBOROUGH UNION RAILWAY. Captain PECHELL moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr: MUNDY opposed the motion. The line was proposed to go from Stafford to Peterborough, but it did not go within fifty miles of Peterborougd, or within twelve miles of Stafford. It was a line that had been got "up entirely for speculation at the time when the railway mania was at its height.—(Hear, hear.), There was no necessity whatever for the line, and it was wholly unsupported even by those most likely to be be nefited by it. He vvould, therefore, move that it be read that day six months. Mr. aIS73ORNE expressed kis concurrence in the sentiments ' , which had fallen from the Hon. Member who had last addressed the House; in his opinion this railway would never be made, and if the House were divided he shonld not vote in favour of the Bill. Capt. PR °HELL observed that he considered that this was not exactly the time for a discussion on the merits of the Bill, but he asked how was it possible those merits could be fairly tested except in a Com mittee of the House ? Mr. PACKE thought it would only be wasting the time of the House, and sanctioning the expenditure of a considerable sum of money to no good purpose, if the House were to pass the Bill. Mr. 11. BERKELEY requested his Hon. Feiend to withdraw the amendment, ai it had not been usual during the pre.;ent session to propose such an amendment. Mr. MUNDY—I certainly shall not withdraw my amendment. _ _ . The House then divided, when there appeared-- For the original motion 6O Against it 4O M2jority for the motion -20 LONDON. AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. Mr. S. O'BnIEN and Mr. MAsTEnmax presented peti tions in favour of this Bill. DUNDEE AND ARBROATH RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. W. ELLIS this Bill was read a second time. GUILDFORD AND CHICHESTER EXTENSION RAILWAY. Mr. GISBORNE pressnted a petition from the land owners on the line against this project of the South. Western Railway Company. EXTENSION OF THE CARLISLE RAILWAY. Mr. W ARD presented a petition against this line. NORTH KENT RAILWAY. Colonel LOWTIIER presented a petition from the clergy, gentry, and magistrates of Canterbury, in favour (as we understood) of this railway. MALTA. • Mr. HITNIE gave notice that OR Thursday, March 19, he should call the attention of the House to the late in terference by the Governor of Altata with the religious ceremonies of the inhabitants of that island, and that he would move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that copies of the orders thereon be laid on the tab!e. On the same day he should move for some returns respecting the post- office in India. STATE OF IRELAND. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on the 26th March he should more that the House do resolve i'self into Committee of the whole House, for the purpose of considering an address to her Majesty on the subject of the state of Ireland. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. It was then resolved that the House at its rising should adjourn until Monday next. On the motion that the orders of the day should be read, Captain PECHELL observed, that there was a Bill before the House for the payment and enrolment of the Chel-ea pensioners. Now ho would wish that the Bill were postponed until a return of the Chelsea pensioners was made, and the number and names of the paces where they were paid. Mr. CARDWELL objected to such a course as most unreasonable. An floN. MENDER wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government at what period the sugar question would be brought under the attention of the House ?—(dear, hear.) Sir ROBERT PEEL said it was impossible for him to name a day when he would bring forward that question. So far as commercial measures were con cerned, it certainly should have procedence. He would be most anxious that it should be brought under the no tice of the House at the earliest period. He proposed that the reduced duties should not come into operation until the s:h of July next. THE BETTER PROTECTION OF LIFE (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. O'CONNELL wished to inquire from the Right Hon. Baronet whether it was the intention of the Go vernment to follow a certain precedent which had been established in 1773. In that year the Coercion Bill was introduced into the House of Lords, and was brought down to the House of Commons, and he was authorised, ho believed, by the majority of the Irish Members of the House to ask whether the precedent then esta blished would be followed out in this case. The precedent was this ; as soon as the Bill was brought down to the House of Commons, Lorel North, then at the head of her Majesty's Government, moved that the Bill be printed, and appointed a day, after the printing of the Bill, for its first read ing ; and as the present is a very important case, he was very anxious to know whether that prece dent would be followed in this instance. lie wished to know when the Coercion Bill now before the House of Lords would be printed, and have a day fixed for its first reading. It was very desirable that 'the House should be put into possession of copies of that Bill before any discussion took place upon it. Sir R. PEEL said that there was a very material dif ference between the Bill to which the lion. and Learned Member had referred, as having passed in the time of Lord North, and that which was now before the House of Lords. The first-mentioned Bill was a coercion Bill, but that which was now before their Lordships was a Bill for the better protection of life in Ireland. At the same time he must admit that the - precedent to which the Hon. and Learned Member referred was established in the year 1773. (Flear, hear.) Lord North moved when the Bill was brought to the House that it should be printed, and the first reading of it post poned. Ire (Sir Robert Peel) was desirous that the pre sent Bill should be proceeded with without delay, but still as the precedent had been established, he had no objec tions against moving that the Bill, when it reached that House, should be printed, and that a future day be ap pointed for taking it into consideration. CUBA SUGAR. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that, as a question had already been asked about the sugar duties, he should wish to ask the Government another question. It bad been stated by L Abinger that the Earl of Aberdeen was about to make some proposition to the Government of Spain, with regard to matters relating to England and Spain. But the Noble Earl at the same time stated that it was not intended, either directly or indirectly, to prevent the slave trade. Now, he (Lord J. Russell) wished to know whether it was proposed to admit the productions of Cuba?. Sir R. PEEL —Her Majesty's Government do not contemplate 'the introduction of sugar from Cuba into the ports of this country. FAMINE IN IRELAND. Mr. GEORGE P. SCROPE wished to know whether it was the intention of Government to undertake iating the present e see im t m e e a n l s a e mity res i p n ons l i r b e i l l a it n y d ofat an early early day. It was absolutely necessary that the wants of that country should be supplied without delay. But it seemed to him that the responsibility of relieving the people of Ireland during the present season of dis tress should be undertakers by the local authorities. the boards of guardians, and the landlords of that country. He thought that the responsibility had been unwisely thrown upon the Government ; and, indeed, he conceived the course to be pursued ought to be the same as that followed in England. Now, in England—(Murmurs and interruption)—he thought he might say a few words on this subject, for he believed that a great responsibility had been thrown upon the Government which they ought not to bear; and' he believed that some provision ought to be made to meet the coming scarcity in Ire land. There was no dou bt bu t that distress was immi nent on a great portion of the popul a tio n o f Ire to give relief out of doors ; such, ltahne p d. e N w o e N r V, in Eng.aud, the boards of guardians had however, was not the case in Ireland. There the boards of guardians could only afford relief to the poor by re ceiving them in the workhouses. Here the case was dif ferent. Relief might be administered either in doors or out of deors. Then the evil was increased by the fact that the workhouses were only capable of receiving one per cent. of the pauper population of the country. He was not anxious to make a speech upon the matter, but some provision ought to be made forethe emergency that might arise, and he was desirous that the responsibility should be thrown upon the right shoulders, for it was the bu.iness of the local authorities to make provisions fur the maintenance of their poor. The ques tion he had to ask the Government was, wheth:r their measures for meeting the impending scarcity in Ireland contained any guarantee, that every individual in immedi ate danger of perishin g from want should be enabled to obtain relief from some local authority, al in England ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the attention of the Go vernment had been directed to the subject. About a fortnight ago, in answer to a question from the Honouralla Member for Rochdale (Mr. Sharman Crawford) he stated then, and he said so now, that it was not the intention of the Government to propose any other measures for the relief of the poor of Ireland, beyond those introduced by the Government. Perhaps, however, he might claim the indulgence of the House, before the orders of the day were disposed of, to depart from the accustomed rule, and make some observations with respect to the poor of Ireland. The SPEAKER said the motion before the House was that the dropped orders of yesterday Le now read. Sir J. GRAHAM then resumed his seat. ELECTION OF ANOTHER MEMBER TO REPRE SENT THE CITY OF CORK. Mr. O'CONNELL postponed his motion on this sub ject until Thursday next. ANNOYANCE JURY IN WESTMINSTER. Sir DE LACY EVANS moved for the return showing the amount and particulars, as set forth in the present ments of the amerciaments levied by each annoyance jury in the city of Westminster during 1841, 1312, 1843, and 1844, milting the names of parties fined, also the trade of the party tined, specifying deficiency of weights, screes, or measures, and the amount of fine ; which was agreed to. RAJAH OF SATTARA. Mr. HUMI moved for copies of all correspondence between the Government of Birobay and the Resident at Sattara, relating to the dismissal from cffice of Yea haunt Row Foujdar, late Dewaw of Appa Sahib, the preeent Rajah of Sattara, and to the recall of Ballajee Punt Nattio to the Rajah's service ; and fora copy of a letter from his Highne,s the deposed. Rajah of Sattara to the Right Hun. Sir 11. Hardinge, Governor-General of India, dated Benares, 12th December, 1844, together with all minutes and correspondence connected there with (ordered 4th July, 1845), which was agreed to. FEVER, HOSPITALS IN IRELAND. Sir J. GRAHAM rose and said—lt was my intention, on the part of the Government, had the House :at yesterday, to move for leave to brin in a Bill in order to make some previsions for g the treatment of persons infected with fever in Ireland. In the course of yesterday morning the Government received from the Lord Lieutenant, a report from the Comniesion appointed to inquire of Ireland. lie believed that the present Government owed their existence to the support of the pres s . Th e , press had placed them in power, and eoetinued to sup- 1 port them in power. The Irish Members would acknow ledge with gratitude the levying of a heavy tax on ab sentee landlords. The people were in a wrached state, and were in many places consuming the seed potatoes— so that any future crop would be entirely prevented. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD gave the Govern ment and the House every credit for their kind inten tions towards the people of Ireland. He was cf opinion however that the proposed measure would be only par tia'ly beneficial. He wished to see such as 3 stem of taxation in Ireland as would secure to the tenant-farmer protection for his capital and skill when expended on the improvement of his land. If they had that stake in the land of Ireland, the tenant would not be in the dis tressed condition in which he is now found. With regard . to the proposition coetaineel in the Bill, it did not appear to him that it would supply a remedy for one disease alluritd to, he meant the dangers which were to be apprehended from the in crease of dissentry, which the uze of the maize would be almost certain to create, and which was generally caused from the want of good food, and he was certain that the Indian corn would produce it in Ireland. If the people were accustomed to make it into bread, he was of opinion it would not have that effect. These were the only ob• servations he should make, that the measure could not give that employment necessary to guard against the evils which now afflicted the people of Ireland. They should have measures which would give a stimulus to the employment of capital for the improvement of land, and at the same time give security to the tenant. It gAve him great disappointment that no measure had as yet been proposed, founded on the report of the Land Com missioners in Ireland, and he, in conclusion, would earnestly impress on the Government the propriety and ne?essity of bringing forward a measure such as was re commended in that report. The Earl of MARCH said he should not address the House on the measure of the Right Hon. Baronet, but he thought it an incumbent duty to do so, as he dis agreed with her Majesty's Ministers on other subjects, while he cordially agreed with them on the present. The lion. Gentleman the Member for Limerick told them that he would not throw himself on the generosity of the English Government. He (the Earl of March) entirely repudiated the idea that the English Govern ment, or the English people, were at all generous in bringing forward the measure, as it was only their im perative duty to do so. But he did not like to hear certain remarks made about the want of feeling on the part of the English .people. Did the Hon. Gentleman forget that in the year 1822, when great dis tress prevailed in Ireland, that there was a sum voted of 252,0001 : to relieve that distress, and he would venture to tell him in the name of the people of England, that if her Majesty's Government came down to the House, and said that it was necessary that 100,000/. should be now voted to relieve such distress, there would be no hesitation in granting it.—(Cheers.) Mr. SHAW said that he thought the Right Hon. Baronet had cast some imputation on the character of Irish landlords. He deplored as much as any one pos sibly could, the injuries aris:ng from absenteeism, but it aas useless to talk about a remedy until there was first given security to life and property in Ireland. With respect to the observations made by an Hon. Mem ber, that it would be better to keep the oats in Ireland for the Irish people, he could not help saying that he fully agreed with him in keeping the food at home, which they were accustomed to use, but he could not help saying, fir he felt it, that there was great sympathy shown to the people of Ireland on the present occasion. However, he thought it most un fortunate and unfair that the question of Irish famine should be mixed up with the question of the corn-laws, for he thought it had done great injury. There had been very great exaggeration in the statements put for ward respecting the failure of the potato crop, and though he did not mean to impute to the Government that they made use of that failure for the purpose of carrying their measure relative to the repeal of the corn laws, yet he believed they had been led away by strong reports in the first instance, and took it as a part of' the ground for introducing the measure, and found it after wards difficult to abandon that ground. He did not mean to say that there was not scarcity, and even un usual scarcity, but at certain periods of the year there was always scarcity and distress in Ireland : but he was under the impression that that scarcity and distress was exaggerated.--(Hear, hear.) lie took particular pains to inquire, and he found that in the greater portion of Ireland there was an average crop, but there was a considerable scarcity this year notwithstanding, for he was aware that great suffering existed in Ire land ; yet he would persevere in saying that that suf fering was considerably exaggerated. With regard to the particular measure before the House, he would not make the least objection to it, although he believed con siderable apprehension erieted en the subject of increas ing the present poor-rate, but he would give his support to the measure. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the statement of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Kilkenny respecting the sympathy of that House was not such as he could agree with him in, for he (Lord J. Russell) was quite sure that if there was one measure more than another which would meet the wants of the Irish people, that measure the Government and the House would adept, if it was calculated to remove the distress which unhap pily prevailed in Ireland. He heard statements with re spect to the distress of the manufacturing dis tricts when 150,000/. was raised to remove it—that a great deal of mischief had been done by granting alms without a proper inquiry, and that many persons had become paupers owiug to the want of proper consideration and care being observed in dis tributing the money. The distribution of relief was re gulated by Mr. Christie, who was the gentleman chiefly consulted ; and he (Lord J. Russell) should be disposed to attach great importance to that gentleman's opinion, and should be glad to be informed what were his re ports as to the extent of the failure, as he thought it would be very satisfactory. It seemed to him that the measure of the Government was prudent aril beneficial, but still he thought they should have had the opinion of a person so competent of judging. He quite agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman the First Lord of the Treasury, that the Irish people should look more to great public werks—such as, the formation ofrailroads— for the relief of Irish distress, than to any temporary aid, for he was quite sure that great works of the kind would alone afford proper relief. He trusted that the board of - guardians were adoptirg in every parish, measures for the relief of distress—he meant the district committees, that they had a communication from on the subject. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the report of the Commis. sion was a report drawn up by the Committee of the Government Commission. Sir R. PEEL s lid that it would be seen in a few days what her Majesty's Government were disposed to do, and that they had not been led away by any strong re ports respecting the failure of the potato crop. Lord HAMILTON could not conceive that the Go vernment would be so base as to use the awful state of Ireland as an argument for a repeal of the corn-laws, and he hoped he might say that be represented a county where there were resident landlords, who he was bound to say, aced fairly towards their tenantry. He would have risen sooner, when he heard a sneer about the landlords of Ireland from the Honourable Member opposite (Mr. J. O'Con• nell), as if he represented the Irish landlords. Why did he not remain in that hall, where he was so fond of abusing landlords, as no one asked him to come here ? It would be better to make an honest application of that fund which had been extracted out of the miseries of the Irish people than to come there to make attacks upoii the Irish landlords. Mr. SHAW rose to explain that he did not say that the Government were induced to propose the repeal of the corn laws in consequence of the state of Ireland, but the papers which would be produced would make no impression on him. Sir R. PEEL said that the papers which would be laid on the table might have no impression on the Honourable Gentleman, but all he could say was, that h e h a d no doubt but they would make a great impression on the Horse ; and though the Hon. Gentleman had said that the Government were deceived respecting the state of Ireland, he had not the manliness to withdraw that statement.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BERNAL very much regretted the discussion which had taken place. They were all, be was sure, ' sympathising with the people respecting the distress which prevailed in Ireland, and he heard with much regret the remarks which had fallen from the lion. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Shaw), and he begged of him to suspend his judgment until Monday ; but he (Mr. Bernal) did not want to suspend his judgment until Monday, and he could not conceive why any Gentle man should be so malevolent and wicked as to endea vour to make a political question of such a measure. He would appeal to the sober feeling of his Hon. Friend opposite, and beg of him to throw aside all unworthy sentiments in speaking on a question like the present, for the Hon. Gentlemen who composed her Majesty's Government would not be so base and wicked as, for the sake of party purposes, to make use of a cause which did not exist. The Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department stated, from a report he had received, caused by a general inquiry into the state of the population in Ireland, that typhus fever was in.. creasing; and were they to stand still under such cir cumstances, and wait until employment supplied the people with money by the erection of public works and the formation of railways? Could they show him that any portion of the poorer classes of the Irish people had money in their pockets to enable them to pur chase the provisions which were indigenous to Ireland? If there were a dearth in any district in England, would it be sufficient to say to the starving inhabitants, wait until we have railroads, and then yon will have relief administered in the shape of wages. They must not now stick fast at economical doctrines—something must now be done—and that done quickly. Every one was aware that the public works, for which Bills had been granted, could not be proceeded with for months after the passing of the grant. They must, therefore, have recourse to extraordinary remedies where extraordinary diseases exist. They surely were not to let the people rot in pestilential hospitals. The Right Hon. Baronet said that the endeavours of the Government would be of little avail unles they were seconded by the persevering efforts of the ' landlords. Well, then, what had they heard ? That the efforts of the landlords could not be depended on If such were the case—and was there reason to doubt it ?—where could the unfortunate and starving pea santry of Ireland look to for relief ? For himself be would say, he would give his most earnest support to any measure which would h ave for its object the pre sent salvation of Ireland.—(Bear, hear.) The CHA.NCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER ob served that although he did not wish:to detain the House, he would beg to be allowed to correct the impression that there had been on unnecessary delay on the part of the Government in giving operation to those Bills which had already received the sanction of the Government. ' into the distress arising from the failure of the potato crop in Ireland, announcing that in almost every country where the disease in the potato had made its appearance cases of fever had increased very much of late. Under these circumstances, the t overnment f. el it necessary to take some measures to alleviate the distress and danger arising therefrom, and I now ask for leave to bring in a Bill for that purpose. I ask for a Bill to grant to the Lord Lieutenant the power to esta blish a board of health, formed of a Commission, not exe ceeding five persons,with three Assistant-commissioners. It is proposed, also, that in establishing this board of health. power be given to the Lord Lieutenant to appoint in each union in Ireland a medical officer, who will at tend to the state of the inmates ; and from the representa tion of that medical officer, if he thought it necessary to make such representation, stating the appearance of fever in such unions, that the power be given to the boards of guardians to build temporary fever hospitals, and in failing to build such hospitals, at once to esta blish some place in the union for the reception of the infected. The sick people are to have the support of medical assistance and medical comforts at the expense of the uniun, and power shall also be given to the board of guardians to defray all the ex penses from the poor- rates. The Bill is limited in its operation to September, 1847. On the representation of the board of guardians that the fever has ceased, such report shall suspend the operation of the Bill. With the permission of the House I now move that leave be given to bring in a Bill for the alleviation of this distress in Ireland. Mr. WARLEY said, that in such eases as the present he thought prevention better than the cure. The Right Hon. Baronet stated that he intended to place fever hospitals iu certain towns, but he (Mr. Waklev) would rather that a supply of food were given to the people, and that that would be given immediately in no stinted measu! e ; and he would assure the House that if anyt!ing would counteract fever or pestilence in Ireland, it would be an immediate and wholesome supply of food. By the late pamphlet written by Dr. Carrigan, it appeared that no change of weather, that no difference of c'imate, would so much arrest the progress of fever as a liberal supply of food. He considered that the supply of food would be found much more efficient than any supply of me.licine. Mr. COLQUIIOUN said, that whenin th rar 1823 a very serious famine bad broken out in Ireland, an appli cation had been made to Parliament, but the chief want then was a supply of food. So it was in 1831, when a similar famine and fever p7evailea. ID thought that these evils might be fully m' t by a supply of food. Mr. OSBORNE thought the Government were ob liged to provide employment for the people, and if the Irish Railway Bills, which had been passed last session, hail been sufficiently supported, he thought that this dearth of means would not have existed. If Govern ment assisted the railway schemes which in consequence of limited funds had not yet laid a spade in the ground— by advancing a given sum, then employment might be found for the Irish people, thus saving them the neces city of asking for eleemosynary re'ief. Lord G. BENTINCK thought, that before asking relief for the Irish people, the whole of the papers relative to Ireland should have been laid upon the table. Mr. lIUME 3aid he was in hopes that the introduc tion of Indian corn into Ireland would have had the effect of introducing a desire amongst the pe3ple for a better description of food. But he would advise the Government to be chary how they voted, lest their mis • taken kindness might be abused by importers. Mr. O'CONNELL h:lged to recommend that the Government would lend as much money for the pur p)ses of railroads in Ireland, as had been advanced by way of deposit. He would not recommend them to lend more money than had been actually advanced, and they shouH lend that merely by way of lean. There was great difficulty in getting in the calls, and if they were made (as they must be unless some such course as he proposed be adopted) it would greatly increase the ex isting want. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the Government had established depots in the different parts of Ireland for the purpose of supplying good at first-cost price. The lion. Gentleman should be aware that in the present session, several Acts had been passed, advancing loans of money to the amount of 3 or 400,0001., for the purpose of encouraging public works in Ireland ; and there was nothing that the Government could do to remedy the existing distress that they did not do.--(Hear, hear.) Mr. WM. SMITH O'BRIEN said he was bound to tell the Right Hon. Gentleman that as far as his (Mr. O'Brien's) information extended, he should say that not a single guinea had been expendei.—(" Hear, hear," from Mr. O'Connell). He should also inform him that hun dreds, nay, thousands of his countrymen were famish ing.—(Hear, hear.) He had himself seen whole families sitting down to potatoes, such as Hon. Gentlemen, sit ting there, would not give to their dogs ; and under such circumstances it did become the duty of that House to consider well the subject. He should say that as far as he ( Mr. O'Brien) was concerned, he would not appeal to the charity of England. They had taken the revenues of Ireland, and then taunted his countrymen with being beasts.—(Cries of " No, no," and Hear hear.) But he would not dwell much longer on that subject.— (Hear, hear.) He, for one, was prepared to say that he thought the people of Ireland were able to provide for this calamity out of the national resources of Ireland, and he believed if they compelled the proprietors of lend in Ireland to do their duty to the people—(Cheers)—that there would be neither disturbance nor starvation. — (Hear, hear.) He would, therefore, point out measures of that character, and he would tell them in the first in stance that they ought to introduce some measure to remove the evil of absenteeism. He would not object to the levying of an equitable property-tax. He wished to apologise for speaking in a tone which he felt sa tisfied would not be acceptable to the House, but, cir cumstanced is they were in Ireland, they could not re main passive spectators of the proceedings in the English Parliament. If the British Parliament were to legislate justly, they would compel the landlords of Ireland to do their duty, which would be quite sufficient to meet the present evil condition in Ireland. Mr. AGLIONBY feared very much that speeches of the description which they just listened to would have the effect of creating - inflammatory feelings in the minds of the Irish people. The House he was sure sym pathised with their distress, and they still more deeply sympathised with them under the sickness with which they were afflicted. He hoped that something more might be done than that which bad been sanctioned by her Majesty's Government. The Hon. Member for Finsbury had proposed a plan which he had shadowed forth in terms so vague and indefinite that no one under stood him, and he (Mr. Aglionby) thought that he did not seem to care whether the House understood him or not. The Hon. Member proposed apparently that eleemosynary aid should be extended to the famishing Irish. If that was the Hon. Member's view, he (Mr. Aglionby) was certainly opposed to it, and was strongly of opinion that such a grant would tend more than any thing else to demoralize the nature and destroy the better principles of the Irish people. The introduction of Indian corn and maize would to a certain extent be suf ficient to alleviate the distresses in Ireland, but that was not sufficient. Large sums of money had, he understood, been voted for the purpose of proceeding with public works in Ireland, but the money had not yet been ex pended for that purpose. With respect to the Bill before the House, no one he was sure could ob ject for a moment to its being broul,ht in. The relaxation, however, of the corn duties would be totally inadequate to furnsh relief, neither would the admis sion of maize at a very low duty make much differ ence in reducing the distress in Ireland. Sir ROBERT PEEL was very sorry to hear the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. O'Brien) speak in such vituperative terms of the measure which had been promoted by the Government to alleviate as speedily as possible misfor tunes of the sister country. Nothing could be more strongly marked than the eager wish of the House to adopt every measure which could by any possibility terrd to evince their sympathy for, and desire to relieve, the distress and disease which existed in Ireland—even those Hon. Gentlemen who bad thought proper to dissent from the course which had Leen taken by her Majesty's Government in affording relief to the Irish people. He (Sir Robert Peel) was of opinion that the evil was not of a temporary nature, and, therefore, the Legislature were justified in providing something more than a tem porary alleviation. Upon that point the whole of the House had bee* unanimous, and were, also, of opinion that the relief should be instanly afforded. They had given precedence to the measure which was proposed to mitigate the evils and distresses of Ireland before any other measure. The lion. Gentle man, about two months after the measure hed been brought in, tells the House that he scorns and repudiates the offered bounty of English generosity, and proposes as a substitute the levying of an income-tax. It would be impossible to levy an income-tax upon the Irish pro prietors. Try it for six months, and see what would be the result. No ; he (Sir R. Peel) would say at once that unless the rish proprietors can be induced to come forward and co operate with the Government, all that can be done will be almost entirely useless. He was perfectly certain that if her Majesty's Government were to propose the grant of large sums for the Irish people, they would be granted without hesitation by the House of Commons ; but he would advise them to take care that this generosity do not defeat itself. The moment that the proclamation goes forth that the Government will provide for the poor, the people will net be so ready to stir themselves in their own behalf, as they would probably under circumstances of a different nature. He had found the English clergy most anxious to exert themselves on behalf of the suffering poor in Ireland. Unless the relief was afforded with caution, greater evils, which it would be difficult to remedy, would ensue. Much had been said of the advantage which the execution of public works would be to the labouring classes. As to the railroads, it was a great question - whether it would be advantageous to bring at once large masses of the male popula tion into different districts, tia - ay from their wives and families, and those who were dependent on them. This was a matter which required great consideration before it could be satisfactorily entered upon. He apprehended that if the construction of certain works were deemed requisite and proper, there would be no difficulty in ob taining the necessary supply of funds. He must confess that he was somewhat surprised that an Irish Member, who had taken no part in the discussion on the proposed measure, should come forward and say at the eleventh hour that the Irish people scorned the offer of English generosity. If the Honourable Gentleman would en deavour to stir up the Irish landlords in his neighbour hood to co-operate with the Government in their desire to mitigate the evils of Ireland, he was sure the Honourable Gentleman would be employing his time to much better purpose than in giving utterance to the opionions which he had just expressed. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said, although the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. O'Brien) was absent from the discus sion on the present measure, yet he was doing his duty properly in another part of the country. He (Mr. J. O'Connell) was, however, present, and could bear testi mony to the enthusiasm which existed in every part of the house to provide a remedy for the distresses He could• only say that• the Bill for giving increase d authority to the Board of Works had only passed a fe w since, and three days ago authority had been give ° to the Board of %Vcrks in Clare and Meath, where dis tress was supposed most to exist, to put the Act in oiler talon, and if there was any delay it proceeded only from the necessary choice to be made of some substantial work. - Mr. POULETT SCIIOPE observed that if anything would justify an Irish or an English Member fo r . taking up the q ues ti on o f th e repeal of the Union- ' t was the fact of his seeing, year after year, that the Irish people were nut treated as the English by the Ise gislature of the country. What was the case of th e people of E ng l an d? T hey h ad a f i rst cla i m upon th e produce of the land. In England, as long as a man el ' kited, he co u ld no t he allowed to starve ; before the landed proprietor could take a penny of his rent , /be d poor man should be saved from starving. In Ire such was not th e case, and equal justice had not been done. Now, w ith regar d to the propositiOn of the 11 1 Member for Limerick, that the land of Ireland s how a be made responsible for the wants of the peoP le ' e a s a id that they sho u ld- not come to seek eleemosynare at from England, he cou ld b y no means assent t o it It't b - e he would recomm en d wou ld b e the a d apta ti o n 0 1 ' e t poor-law system to the proper organisation bey in-door and o u t-d oor re li e f ; f or surelY t to were not to wait until a man was ' Presrtr,t.ief, from fever b e f ore t h ey wou ld grant him e i n t . If Fever were the pr o d uce o f f am i ne , t h e i r first °Jere your should be to remove the cause. If relief tit to be afforded, it oug ht t o b e so before r , unhappy individual reached that state of st o ll te ration, when • famine was its necessary e tr . comitant. It was u-ged th a t th ere m i g ht be da n h l e - e t of imposters seeking th a t com p ass i on an d s upnlY vi , ito r they did not require. They would discover au imP t e- be .. by giving him a hard task of labour—but he we ld " ee seech them not to refuse food which was absolutelfheee cessary to maintain health. An abstntee-tete had that proposed. Now he considered that the best tti ' l ; len t could be applied would be one levied on the prine.P ate l the poor -rate, inasmuch as it would be one on ther t hst of Ireland. He was one of those that considere d f i rs t property had its rights as well as duties—and the heir duty of landed propri e t ors was , not t o permit t b to tenants to starve.—(He ar , h ear .) Il e did not w' t s t he impeach the landlo r d s o f I re l an d, b ut h e defit e ses house to deny that th e r e were many i n di v idual ins gals where landlords in Ireland did not do their duty. ist el were they to disti ngu i s h b e t ween t h em ? En i g to re they imposed the duty by l aw , b ecause the Leg3tAhere well knew that there would b e man y instances aSa men would not do their duty unless compelled to 'le In Ireland the poor rate did not yield more than fr o pence in the pound, whilst in England it yielded ia 00 c thrae to four shillings, so the Irish proprietors con w ere complain of being overcharged, if the proposed 0% carried out. As there w ou ld b e man other OPP er r ate ties of discussing the q ues ti on , h e would not furt her tain the House, but he could not avoid maid" , u pOA few observations, as h e h e ld ver y s t rong o pinions the subject. bette t Mr. BANKES s a id th a t it a pp eare d t o him that a • was now forc e d u p on th e attent i on o f t h e Hoetze, t g e r ' f tion, which must h ave occurre d t o t h e m ild °` t ", t ser gentleman, that when the Government were in P„ t ees tion of all thes e i m p or t ant f acts , i t was their vett t he duty to have called together the Parliament early luttee, month of November. If such a course had been tit. fore this difficulty could not have occurred, and long 1 p leat the prezent time the full effects of these benefiej e t a 0' sures would have been in operation; and, in ste , s s diminishing the fever, they might have had rcT t t s to hope of preventing it altogether. He was at a to this know what answer the Government could gife or e question? They acknowledged that th e y b pig in possession of th a t i n f orma ti on wh it ' itel° ; duced uneasiness • and disquiet in their I n c a it and surely the natural means to have alh t f t t he was to have called together the Parliament r elieve earliest possible period, an d th us th e means t ° t ee' the existing distress would by th is t „el be circulated through the country. He vi— teub'l having heard the speech of the Recorder for . r. that the comments on it had been must unfl att l b e words were " that having been last week in I re et the felt it a relief to his mind to state that thoe t g a, hot extreme accounts of distress had been exagg t er t n t e te 0 1 ;1 that he. did find the distres to be very great." the sentiments of his Right Hon. Friend, and to know, did he betray any want of feeling in s t et' " that he it felt a reli e f t o hi s m i n d t o be able tn sber truth?" With respect to the speech of the non* j e er; for Finsbury, it had a l so b een muc h' I n t „ e sti e sented. He by no means said that his , c t t 'T t ste iit t ; would be a permanent remedy—h e o n ly offereu ve ir, ' porary. He Said, you intend to g iv e them what food will do. • the pl a in Sir VALENTINE BLAKE concurred ° t ot. l i e f sure brought forward by th e Ri g ht Hon. 115 ' t he re' o t addition to the measures in conemplation for repr e is of' the destitution of Ireland, he t suggested the l f t ( ed of purchasing estates, and apportioning the a "w"ay" small lots among the people at a reasonable re 7 this were adopted, he considered that the g r .i t ert vantages would accrue, and the recurrence of d . l present so prevalent would be entirely prevents is ss e .° o o. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN rose to explain. th e Pde not make any strictures on the speech for t e fts" is Member for Tyrone. He wished merely th , n e lieg f ' t lf said would be distinctly und e rstood. His 't ee gr c tt e a common with those of his countrymen, wet le slti t e exasperated with the sums of money whic.e a e s e granted for the relief of the poor of helot", It ;he what was the whole amount of this r elief i ns , o f amounted to 100,000/. All the rest was lo e sta tri i i it sum which was annually drawn out of th e e 0° absentees amounted to four or five naillionsoitb 00 o s and the quantity of cattle, pigs, bacon, &e e e ee g te e t tel every year exported for the purpose of ens u" jf bs to make up this sum was incredible. 0 to t o would allow these four or five mill i° t here, spent in Ireland, he would if r i t e! take back the grant of 100,000/. ~u ce3 ise !f ment had met in November last, and 1 0° 10 3, t or sures for the relief of the destitution in I° oo a e A when they had met they had t a k e n the ca se t erotel serious censideration, instead of hurrying te pee' coercion Bill, they would not be now under the c of discussing such a measure as the present. et 5 0 1 P ris is) Mr. MILES said, that if 100,000/. was . 1. ob to meet the wants of Ireland, he believed t w re foti 0; 0 4 House of Commons was ready to come f °l. aola 5 54 grant of ten times that amount. What h e s of, however, was, that while they were th e we re P 0" measures for their relief, immense number s , e set t e eti be r ing. The people wanted employment; t he it a dt t ee cue remedy, but many remedies; and, as the t Wasp - COS for Weymouth stated, every means that l os id be oso to adopt, every channel by which rellef,, t parP toe; municated, should•be made use of, for t:i' ict eett ert ioo averting the impending misery. Ile e % the , ell ever place entire reliance upon , en ded Iri s It tt of Government. A great deal 'l e t t lere e ld local boards. The assistance of Irish ge. n rc a to et clergymen and priests, would also be reoltn the err w oo' exertions of the Government, and to sta•Y_ b ie, b e te ses , , ing famine. As ad returns on the ta,, in PitLy,, like to know if thereturn he moved for ea:l4terltte; sion was among them? Ile had moved for re tart s ietb; t highest price of potatoes. If they had a t a n a‘t ri it kind for the last seven years, it would I f ' ' fre lse adjunct to these papers. The people 0, e i e ntit tt tbt, been said were starving in the midst u' at ' ho e t' st were exporting that which they should he tere t t ail e d own sustenance. Now, if they bad be e d ttiO te s report to which he alluded, it would the e on c rl barometer by ehich they could gaup e bet te r WO the peole of Ireland, as there could b . ~ th cr ice e , 0 :0 rion to judge of its extent than these n i ,T be to h e e p t !,., give. Another return which he would 1, e a to „ f irel a ' t otlre the capacity of the poor houses 0 Ito e t $ inmates, and the number of paupers w co re 13° _ s sent receiving relief in them. They t ' t o be O•CP A ,, to erect hospitals, and he thought it s r e _ se g, oi t a t they knew the numbers in the union D sti bjeC , to site" enable them to have clearer yiews on . t'f is eutt peg sent under discussion. He thought goo. o s these few remarks, and he hoped the tit te, e would give the returns 'which he requ i red. celY Lino "shave ri Sir J. GRAHAM, who was scar cely tt a understood to say that the first f rren e " °j o ° the Hon. Gentleman referred —in re ° sox h° s o t, boat of potatoes—was to be found 1 11 a penile 7 Y e to s e . e f t table. It did not extend over a nel2 them 04, was comprehensive enough to enabletie, ; 0 40 tht t el potatoes had attained a very great P' W ith t te' etb , tat in r e se 4 that if they were kept for another r the pet ore specs to those which were not affeemo_ be utterly - destroyed. As to the latter the pe t pe r! ie ence to the number of inmates, whin" est eer o e liet,o were calculated to contain, who were at prestnt actually ro °duce c l ef them, he had no objecion to r_ t r st i e n, _n ot trrie reference, however, to the present ee ri e r) a o . t a r The Hon. Gentlern .. e u st 11 e fe be quite useless. which the p .es too' to understand the object c _ sr , to. , it, 1 4$' and the nziving, 1:,000. view, or he would not think it Iwo s e t t ,,e, 3 et te . te r _0 turns which had no immediate coen o x'`, ee tbat cat er! e s Mr. FITZGERALD was happY,t ' suc h n r ho ; o f the present. He thought, however, them forwe rn 'hale e el tb e t jestv's Government were introd.vuecri,nfhat ithe r i c r ii cito se rs j e too great a delay in bringing last, an d t° to t e- ei e i t ought to have met in October n _ tessa ry tt st eec p e s t those measures which were eu prettV Is— A P 4 impending evils. T•et was the n .a oder it it,ite; that the crops in Ireland le distrGss. es an d dec i -t alleviate the ftet osg, f e• been as yet done to were sa t' 0 c oo be et nthoewpetohpelemiannthth:oaf country' rev I._s_nagialeacig, naut the distress 1; hich at present p re vi or h e in a Go than boy" a'- portion of it. There . . s ow , a m, ots e, o ple l ta a state of destitution in 11 w a s prop it s greatly afraid that thte?e,rleianuoseiess,bbour 90 he on' n tle' tet Gott e s would give it his cordial supported at s°l:ne of 110 0 ' I,OP - Mr. VILLIERS was surprit r r h , n e t ot o e s t e atte le ; was glad that the present measure of the Hon. Member for Somerset. so ` ns ` . e 59 l e "t man appeared to think not lin Brain,"vege.,_est aft e gee portation into this country of to that ILn. Member by w s e lse's pare e•els 8.4 c., from Ireland. Let hins , , i h t i e r the e pti i h Wc gr e'vsiti iir ° o lllll i ci ci othll , 4 rid of. Let them get tee e s titertaise d o r , otla be e, gate , apprehension which - lie n soc a Ito to ol', effects which their important) c o f co 11, removed. There was another y iu tu e. ' /3) J . , itreist,ft tone bet's to which he would briefly ° we ar I this e ;t ioee would restrict the menace s tbs ing out his benevolent intentions td eernamthis ob . Ire; to at Lan e'' no t le s e t tie there - cr epe tv e-e lle fl s e r country. He (Mr. Villiers) would just asic any man to land. Let him reflect that e et ,ple, " un to'. ht r 500,000 or 600,000 of the Irish , set , _ reoe manufacturesa of t tl t it r e . o t s €%l'3 ei P et e rid r disposed of these two theories,ease to th e s a t e li ej3 i, t at b e employment by the Somerset, he would no_ o te r c t , irneriett, e n cs o, t e t o o by the Hon. Mt mber la Member fur Strtad_sd cos t forStroud. The ....0n., 0 jrel t' • not weeder that the and demanded a reptgaelnotf the union.