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The aligte:t , n-ty peed -136d five carri ages an d four. I n the f i rst open ' , Att l ee an d four were the gaten and Prince Albert, the Prince iif Wales, the P r i nces R oya l . and the Prince of Leiningen. OA e Equerries i n Waiting were Lieut.-Colonel the H..n. B. Phipps, and Capt a i n th e Honourable A. H. de Gordon ; and the Groom in Waiting, Sir Fre- Their St;tvin followed in a carriage and four. It o al Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, and also the Viscountess pr e ' lln ing, Dowag er L a d y Lytt e lt on , Hon. Miss Dawson, 7` n a• kiss Stanley, and the Marquis of Ormonde followed lit three open landaus and four. Her Majesty and her L o yal Contort were conducted to their carriage by the Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and Vis count Clifilen, Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert. The e ; l inst party left the Palace at ten minutes before three fi n ' e k• Proceeding to the Paddington terminus of the furreit Western Railway, and left town by a special train th e Slough station. A party of the 12. h Lance's le ,mere the escort from the Palace to the terminus. th " Imp aoa MONDAY.— Her M-jesty and Prince Albert, e Princ e of Weles, Pr;iate Alfred, the Prince-s Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, an the 4- j i42e of Leieite 4 i n attended by the Viscountess Can " D owagerLatly Lt. ttelton, Hon. Miss Dawson. Hon. 8 Stan ley, the .earquis 01 Ormunde, Sir Frederic etovin, Lieut-naet-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, e 2tain ice Hon. A. H. Gordon and Doctor Meyer a r k (l the Castle at eignt minutes before four ne this afternoon from the Slough station of the t eat Western Railway, escorted by a party of the Ist regiment of Li`e Guards under the command of Lieu tenant Lowther. hold Rot. M • e ih„, —ajesty an tne rrince were received on "t'ng from their d siongort carriage by the Master of the House . his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine kt 11 us sia, their R oya l Hi g h nesses t h e H ere dit ar y Grand :_.slee d Gr an d D uc h ess o f S axe W e i mar , an d hi s e a Y al highness the Prince of Lucca, arrived at the on a visit to her Majesty, at twenty minutes past 1 2 1 o'clock this afternoon. The Grand Duke Constantine r_,7a.s_ attended by Vice-Admiral Lutke (Aide-de Camp `diner e i e o , the Emperor of Russia), Le Conseiller li e La.! Haurowiz, and Baron de Freedericksz. The att e reuit arY Grand Duke and Grand Duchess were 8e Med by the Countess of Assenburg, Count de tw e e : l 32nd Baron Zigesar. The Prince of Lucca was ai,7., by the Marquis Provenzali. oerene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar B ee e ta Panied the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand %l e ss; his Exc e ll e ncy Baron de Brunnow, the Russian aei", te r , accomp an ied the Grand Duke Constantine dtift,k;eunt Ad r i en d e Revel, the Sardinian Charge F ai r", accompanied the Prince of Lucca. 4 he illustrious party travelled from town by a special f rom in in the Great Western Railway, and were conveyed i n i a S l ( ;ogh in the Queen's carriages. he r " I. 40 3%1 Highness the Duchess of Kent, arrived at b., residence, Frogmore House, to-day, from town. Her "'"Yal h ta re g ness was attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, e ..nesa de Speth, and Sir George Couper. tis Ca st ' Yal Highness Prince George arrived at the 1 ,,e this afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. eon Q r .! ) Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline Leve af .'/ower the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke and Duchess If e llQtlf ° l l,the Marquis of Abfrcorn, the Marquis and Itrehioness of Normanby, the Earl Fortescue, the Earl crer, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and tern George Lennox arrived in the course of the of 1, 1: 13 :434 ,0n a visit to the Queen. Gen r e Queen gave a grand banquet in the evening in St. ta enteci g e 's Hall. The dinner table wis splendidly orna pri, with gold plate, a very fine epergne, called " The Phi:: a Wales," forming the central ornament of the sr ai i n ,_ . Numerous candelabra of silver gilt, filled with ee c Cgate, were placed down the middle. At the west reidc ilf the hall was a buffet of gold plate, having in the Patti e troPhy captured at the storming of Seri . ngae ?k, the large head and paws of a royal tiger, liebant, covered with plates of pure gold. This figure (34rrojrly either pported the throne of the Sultan of Mysore. 8 1 "" e r aide were displayed a State standard of Tippoo u t an h coh m .,Ll e head of the staff of each standard being The of a large amethyst, encircled with diamonds. Duchess- nt aPany included her Royal Highness the Duke of of Kent, his Imperial Highness the Grand th e ifi o nstantine of Russia, their Royal Highnesses Sa xe w ered ltarY Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of bu s e mar, his Royal Highness the Prince of Lima, Hess Sal n- B 3 th Highness Prince George, his Serene High- Prince e Prince of Leiningen, his Serene highness Bar er -Award of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency the l ati nn de Brunnow, the Duchess of Sutherland and Dur .irn line Leveson Gower, Count de Revel, the L ad e of Norfolk, the Duke ad Duchess of Bedford, ~ar:Augnsta Bruce, Baroness De Speth, the 14 r ela of Abercorn the Marquis and Mai chioness of ac — oh arib Y' the Ear). Fortescue, the Earl Spencer, Leae a " nt and Viscountess Palmerston, Lt?rd George laaap Vi ce - Admiral Luike, Le Conseiller d'Etat bu r -° ,.\ v ia Enron de Freedericksy, Countess of Asseu aeant de Beust Baron Zigesar, Marquis Pro -114, and Sir George' Couper. th e c Majesty's rivate Band attended after dinner in Perform e d and under p the direction of Mr. Anderson, Oe follo w i ng p i eces vert Fj ' " Le Cheval de Bronze,"—Auber. first Act, .1 II flauto magico,"—Mozart. ],goon, Silvana,"—Weber. 7 1 : 3ee leuspeigl Waltzes—Labitzky. Q ueen nng , e Dowager took an airing yesterday after in a pony phaeton. Tae ji,.reditare Grand Duke and Duchess of Saxe Weimar left Marlborough House yesterday afternoon on I visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Cambridge pr presided at the dinner of the City of London General Pension Society, at the London Tavern, yesterday. Sir Colin Campbell had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. • A deputation consisting of Lord Brooke, Mr. Shirley, M.P. for South Warwickshire, fir Charles Douglas, M.P. for Warwick, Mr. Bracebridge, Lord Lauri, and Mr. Lee, had an interview with Sir George Grey yes terday at the Home-office. Lord Howard de Walden and the Earl of Suffolk had interviews with E4rl Grey yesterday at the Colonial °Mee. Colonel Dundas had au interview with Sir George Grey at the Home-office yesterday. t Mr. S. Robinson and Mr. Balk had an interview with he Right Hon. E. Strutt yesterday, at the office of the or amissioners of Railways. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Coloni il fce from t h e G overnor -G e neral of Canada and also r°l3l the Governor of the other North American Pro vinces. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—MONDAY. , The betting commenced late, left was ex item ely limited, and mth very little i nflue nce on the Prices, THE ASCOT STARES. 6 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum—take 7 to 1 8 to 1 agst Mr. Herborts Odessa filly —t. aft. off. 8 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Vampyre—taken and afterwards offered 9to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Clermont—t. and aft. off. 10 to 1 ag.t, L Exeter's Hydrangea—taken 1 2 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Plaudit—taken 12 to 1 agst Lord Sandwich's Plantagenet—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale THE EMPEROR'S VASE. 6 to 5 agst .Ir. Gully's Mendicant—taken 6 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Sir Tatton Sykes—t. 7 to 1 agst Lord Lonsdale's J"richo—t. and aft. off. 8 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolf-dog—taken and afterwards offered 8 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poynton—taken Several bets were laid at evens en Mendicant, and 5 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes. ST. LEGER. 7 to 2 agst Mr. Medley's Cossack—taken to 1001. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Swallow—taken 25 to 1 ag.t Mr. Stephenson's Black Dwarf—of. to L 40 to I agst Mr. Merry's Limestone—taken THE DERBY AND OAKS SETTLING.-We understand that a proposition is about to be submitted to the claim ants on Lord Charles Fitzroy, and that there is every prospect of the ultimate settlement of his account. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, MAY 29.—Our market today was better supplied with corn than heretofore. There were above 100 sacks of native wheat and 60 of rye, both fell in price. At noon the price of wheat was 31f. 10c. to 33 1. ]oc., and 22f. to 25E for rye. There is every ap pearance that the price will continue to fall, and this is the more evident from there not having been any foreign loan in the market. Our populace still continues their senseless exasperation against the bakers. The market at Louvain today was equally marked by a fall in the prices. The report of the governor of the Provinc e of Antwerp relative to the agricultural pros- Pects of the country, is highly satisfactory. BRUSSELS, MAY 28.—0 n the night of the 20th, a collision took place on the Northern Austrian Railway, between the two trains which met near the village of Pousrain. Three men of the company were killed, and another severely injured; none of the passengers received any injury. The loss occa.ioned by the collision is estimated at 30,000 to 40,000 florins. BERLIN, MAY 27.—A considerable sensation is excited here by a circumstance which has happened to M Vo,. X, a deputy of the Diet. He was invited to the offiee of the President of Police, where he was shown a copy of a letter which he is said to have written home to Prussia Immeth • ately after the speech from the throne. M. Von •• was asked w h e th er h e recognised thi s l etter as having been written by him, but he refused to give any answer' This a ff a i r h as exc it e d much sen sa ti on i n t h e Assembly, and rhaps called forth the declaration of the Min ister Von Botl ' elsch wing, that the Government soic. a l u . ' l 3' prot este d to the Estates an d to t h e people, gainst thi s calumny that the secrecy of the Post-office was vi olated, and letters of the deputies opened. A serious accident took place on the night of the 20th instant, on the railroad between Brunn and Lunder burg, by the collision of two trains going in opposite direc tions. Although the shock was very violent no passenger was h ur t, b ut three stokers were killed, and one of the drivers had his arm broken so seriously that it Wag neces sary to amputate it. CAUTION TO T RADEsIItr.N.—On Senn lay a woman, who . is about 32 years old, inithEing height, sallow co' IPxion, dressed in a cotton gown, blue spotted apron, and Tark, bonnet, succeetted in obtLib2in, from Mr. Tracy, draper. .N% andsworth, five shawls (silk and woollen) under the fate pretence that she had been sent by a customer; the e woman had also obtained goods from several War tradesmen under similar circumstances. TILE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY ELECTION MOVEMENTS. LIVERPOOL. Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas both retire, and Liverpool has as yet no candidate for its representation. Norm' Cu Esni RE.—The Conservatives have offered to divi , le the reprPsentvion of this division of the county, and to return Mr. Egerton and the Righ , Hon. E. J Stanley without opposition. _ _ . SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—The address of Lord Brackley, although not so radical as many of the Liberal party might have wished, is still so satisfactory that he will have the support of a vast majority of the free-traders, and any opposition to him by the embers of the League is out of the ques tion. To oppose the junction of the aristocratic with the democratic party in South Lancashire, is felt to be little short of madness. HULL.—This town is without candidates; Sir W. James and Sir J. Hunmer both retire, and no successors are yet named. SCARBOROUGH. - Sir Frederick Trench retires from the representation of this borough, and has published his address announcing the retirement. Lard Mulgrave will be returned in his place. _ _ SOUTHAIPTON.-Mr. NVilcox and ➢lr. Cockburn Q.C., stand for this place, and with every prospect of success. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME.—Mr. W. Jackson wil no doubt be returned for this borough. Lord Ed. ward Howard also stands on the Liberal interest. NV INDSOR.—Lord John Hay will come forward fur this borough. A better candidate could not have been announced. SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE REPRESENTATION OF BIRMINGHAM.— Some of the extreme Liberal party, who were instrumental in getting up a requisition to Sir Robert Peel to become a candidate for the representation of the borough of Birmingham, wrote to the Honourable Baronet, requesting to be informed if he would accept it if satisfactorily signed. An answer has been received from the Right Honourable Baronet, in which, as we an ticipated, he firmly declines the intended honour, re quests that further canvassing should not be attempted, and that the requisition should not be proceeded with. We may mention that at the high bailiff's annual enter tainment, Air. Muntz reiterated his intention of again becoming a candidate, but disclaimed any coalition with Mr. William Scholefield, who the Liberals wished to as sociate with him in the representation. Mr. Spooner also declared his intention again to offer himself. BRIGHTON.—This borough will in all probability be contested at the forthcoming election, the Brighton Liberal Association having, at a meeting held on Friday evening, resolved to bring forward W. Cunningham, Esq., of Kemp Town, as the second Liberal candidate: Mr. Cunningham has consented to stand, provided a requisition be presented to him signed by a sufficient number of electors to justify him in doing so. A requi sition is now in course of signature. The contest will be between him and Lord Alfred Hervey, Capt. Pechell's re-election being by all parties considered certain. EAST SussEx.—Mr. J. V. Shelley, of Maresfield Park, a Liberal and free trader, is to contest this division of Sussex at the forthcoming election, with Mr. Fuller and Mr. Frewen, the present Conservative Members. KENDAL.—Mr. Gregson has issued an address in con tradiction of the report that he intended to retire from the representation of Kendal at the approaching disso lution. NORTH CHESHIRE.—Mr. Tatton Egerton has, it is understood, consented to stand again fur the northern division of the county of Chester. WEsT NORFOLK.—Mr. Bagge comes forward on the Tory interest, to contest the representation with Mr. Coke and Mr. Hammond. AYLESBURY.—Mr. C. J. Hamilton has written from Florence to say that he does not intend to offer himself again at the next election. HERTFORDSHIRE.—Mr. Brand has consented to be come a candidate in the Liberal interest. It is reported that Mr. Abel Smith and the Hon G. D. Ryder will re tire from Parliament, and Sir H. Meux is :to come for ward on the Conservative interest. The Conservatives will be content to secure his election in conjunction with Mr. Hasley, one of the sitting Members, and it is be lieved that no Liberal candidate will appear in the 'field except Mr. Brand. The election is therefore likely to be a mere matter of form.—Bucks Gazette. STOCKPORT.—Up to last night (Friday), no regular address had been issued by Mt. Alderman Kershaw, who, it is generally known, is absent in Wales. He is, how ever, expected in town to-day (Saturday). Mr. Ker shaw's canvass is said to be going on very satisfactorily, and his committee seem very confident of his ultimate success. Meantime, the friends of Mr. Heald have been very active and energetic; they have commenced a com plete canvass of the borough, and are using all possible legitimate means to secure his return. Another candi date has been announced, Mr. W. D. Davenport, son of the late Str Salu,bury Davenport, of Braman Hall, who has issued an address; but it is regarded as not at all probable that he will g) to the poll. There have been rumours of a fourth candidate in the person of Mr. Wm. Gibb, of Manchester, but we believe they are destitute of foundation.—Manchester Guardian. PENRYN AND FALMOUTII.—The bustle of war has commenced in the borough. Mr. Gwyn has published an address, stating his intention shortly to visit the electors, to solicit their suffrages: and Mr. Mowatt, a gentleman connected with railway matters and Cornish c hmo o e f ua p ‘dt e vhd r e d.re nsrsees affairs, ddeahtyi ie h eae a arrived,h e ar that r , electors at arust.trnsEdut the ee commenced his canvass. i t s, a n n intendsbiy . roo alo advertisement,Assem bl y-room, also the Honourable Mr. Carnegie, and the present re presentative, Captain Plumridge.—Cornwall Royal Gazette. BOLTON.—An address to the electors has !nen issued by the Reform Association, stating the reasons why that body cannot support Mr. P. Ainsworth as one of their candidates at the approaching general election. The address concludes by stating that the association " are now engaged in making certain inquir es regar di ng a suitable candidate in conjunction with Dr. Bowring, the result of which will, in due time, be submitted to a public meeting of the electors, for their approval."—Manchester Guardian. LEEDS.—The Liberal electors of Leeds are still in correspondence with Joseph Sturge, Esq., who has taken time to deliberate on the proposal made to him. The hope is entertained, that in about a week Mr. Sturge may visit the town, for the purpose of addressing the in h abitants.—Leeds Mercury. KNARESDOIROUGH.-00 Tuesday last the electors were addressed by the llon. W. S. Lascelles, and J. P. West head, Esq., of Manchester. Both the candidates were well received, and their addresses on the whole appeared to be satisfactory to the constituency. Mr. Westhead said he was averse to rapid transitions and hasty legislation, but was convinced that the course pointed out to future legislators was onward. Mr. Busfield Ferrand, after being the first to publish an address to the electors, de clines meeting them personally at present, as he is con vinced that it will be some months before un election can take ptice.—Manchester Guardian. SOUTH SIIIELDB.—It has been currently reported in South Shields, this week, that George Stephenson, Esq., the eminent engineer, and an intimate friend of G. Hudson, Esq., LAY., (who, as one of the proprietors of the extensive glass works in that town, has some local influence,) will offer himself to the constituents in op position to Mr. Wawn. He will, of course, come forward in the railway interest; and, we understand, his politics are Conservative.—Newcastle Guardian. SALE OF POlSONS.—Saturday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Grange, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn fields, on Robert Holland, aged 19 months, the child of a cat proprietor, residing in Browtiy's - yard,Word-lane, Strand. Last Wednesday deceased's parents purcha se d " b ug poison'• at Mr. Reeves's, Fetter-lane. Having used a portion of it in destroying bugs, the mother, who was not aware of its deadly quality, put what remained in a cup under the bed, where decease found it, and drank some of it. Itei poisonous effects soon showed themselves, and, although all that me dical skill suggested was done for the child by the medical gentlemen of King's College Hospital, he died in great agony in live hours. Mr. Reeves stated that the " bug poison' was a deadly mixture, composed of arsenic, sugar, and quassia. The cup in which he gave the poi,oa was not labelled, but bottles, containing sixpennyworth, were labelled " poison." The Coroner said that it was lamentable to witness the reek less manner in which poisons were sold, without any intima tion to the public of their deadly character. If poisons had affixed to them labels inscribed "poison," a great pro tection to life would be afforded. The jury expressed a similar opinion, and returned a verdict of "Accidental poi soning." THE LONDON LIBRARY.—On Saturday the sixth annual meeting of the subscribers and donors of the above institution was held in the rooms of the Statistical Society, St. James's-square, Lord Lyttelton in the chair. The report of the committee congratulated the subscribers on the acces sion of members to the institution during the year just closed, 112 new names having been added to the list, being an in crease of seven in number, and of income of upwards of 20 01. beyond those of the previous year. The aggregate number of members on the Ist of the present month was 720 annual and 115 life. The funds of the year have been rather heavily drawn upon by the expenses of removal to the present premises in St. James's square; but the whole, including an advance of 3001. made be the society's bankers, have been paid off. Very considerable and important addi tions have been made to the library-, which at present num bers more than 30,000 volumes. 'The circulation of books during the year was 33,643, an increase of about 6,000 over the previous. The receipts were 2,911/. 19s. 10d., and the expenditure 2,7901. 19s. 9J., leaving a balance in hand of 1211. Os. ld. The report was adopted, and thanks voted to the noble chairman. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE DEAN OF MANCHESTER. —We regret to record the unexpected demise of the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester, which took place suddenly on the afte-noon of Friday last, at his mansion in Hereford -street, Park lane, in his sixty-ninth year. The lion. and Rev. Gentleman had been ailing for the last two years, and latterly h a d b een atten d e d on seve ral occasions by Drs. Holland and Chambers. On Friday morning he ap pealedf better than usual, and went out; but about a quarter o cha a i n hour after his return home he suddenly fell back in his member e a r nd , expired almost immediately. The deceased was a first pbromfelthiade present Earl. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK.—The beau tiful gardens,of Carnarvon, and uncle of the fur the present season, in these ously and fashionably place on Saturday, and was very numer ously editary Grand Duk attended. His Royal 11i4liness the with a visit during 1 Duke of Saxe Weimar honoured the gar dens: le afternoon. POTATOES. Mr. George Hobson, of Bally Kagan, near Lou 4 tiail, info; to blos3om. 'They armosus that he has potatoes gathered a - ere planted in the open American Whites and Reds, and from their present anpearan atr,in February last ; and, fit fur use in about three ce, he calculates they will be tee weeks.—Armagh Guardian. took concert' b house IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, May 31. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. Messengers from the Commons brought up certain public and private Bills. SCOTCH PEERAGE. Earl ROSEBERY moved that the returns which he reecotly moved for with respect to the Scotch Peerage should be printed and laid before the House,—Agreed to. DIOCESE OF KILDARE. The Archbishop of DUBLIN presented Eighteen petitions from clergymen of various parts of Ireland, praying for the re-establishment of the bishopric of Kildare. His LORDSHIP also gave notice that it was his inten tion to bring in a Bill on the subject of the royal prero gative with respect to the establishment of separate dioceses in Ireland. PORTUGAL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he hoped to be able to lay upon the table of the House a copy of the pr,tocol recently signed in Lf)ndon by the Plenipo tentiaries of England, France, and Spain, on the subject of the arrangement with the kingdom of Portugal. FACTORIES BILL. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition signed by 5,000 of the traders and merchants of Nottingham against the Factories Bill. OXFORD AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY, Lird LYNDHURSTmoved the appointment of a Select Committee to consider the case of this company. Lord REDESDALE felt it necessary to call the at tention of their Lordships to this Committee, and the subject to be submitted for its consideration. There was no intention of working the line, but there was no means of defeating an Act of Parliament. In March last the chairman of this Committee possessed 220 shares, but he had since sold 170 of those shares. Mr. Russell, the chairman of the Great Western Railway Company, held 220 shares, of which he had sold 199 shares, and now only held 21 shares, having en joyed the premium upon the shares which he bad parted with. Then there was Mr. Stephenson, who held 2.025 shares, of which be had parted with 1,848 shares, retaining only 177. It was repre sented that the directors held 3,545 shares, but they now held only 957. On all these grounds, then, he thought that the order for this Committee was dangerous, and ought to be rescinded ; and he trusted that their Lordships would not, therefore, vote according to their instructions, but according to the conviction of their own consciences. Lord LYNDHURST said that the object of this com pany was to make a line direct between Oxford and Bir mingham, in order to obtain Oompeting line to that town; and this he had stated to be the object when he presented this notice to the House more than six weeks ago. But what had the Great Western Company done ? They had used every effort to bring the line into play, but the North-Western Company had bought 8,000 out of 50,000 shares, with a view to obtain a command over the proceedings of the company. He begged their Lordships to consider the powers of the Birmingham, now called the North-Western Company—powers given it not only far the good of the shareholders, but for that of the public also ; and he begged that they would look at the abuse which had been made of these powers. Such was the conviction on his own mind that he would persevere in his motion. Lord BEAUMONT thought there had been a great misconception of the case before their Lordships. The case was not one bearing on the relative claims of two contending companies, between whom their Lor iships were milled to judge. That was a misconception. The motion so grounded, was wrong, and without precedent. If a case of a public grievance had been made out, that would have been a legitimate subject of public inquiry. But the miscon ception had arisen from the mis-statements of the Noble and Learned Lord. He thought the principle of selection for the Committee was that which applied to a Committee sitting on an op posed Bill. But the case was one of public grievance, and the Committee ought to have been appointed in the usual way, the Noble and Learned Lord himself being a member and a Chairman of the:Committee. Lord WHARNCLIFFE thought the case was one fit for, and requiring a sitting inq - airy, how those mono polising abuses had arisen. Lord STANLEY said it was assumed by some of their Lordships that there had been a public grievance; bat he denied that there had been any thwarting of the intention of Parliarneut, or public grievance. The Wolverhampton and Dudley Company had power to sill, and sell they did. But how did they come to Parliament? Was it as bond fide shareholders? They first contracted to sell to the Great Western; they afterwards sold to the North-Western at a premium ; and they wished, with this money in their pocket, to exercise their influence. These parties came asking Parliament to inquire into the facts. What, then, was the Committee to do ? They would inquire into the facts, and report upon facts already well known. What were the Committee to do, or what did their Lordships mean to do ? There was no fraud. The shares of the railway in question . were in the market, and were brought up as those of another would have been. Looking at the whole he fat it necessary to call upon his Noble and Learned Friend to reconsider his motion. If he pressed it to a division he would certainly vote against it. Lord ASHBURTON did not mean to occupy their Lordships' time, but the question was one demanding the expression of opinion. This was not like any ordinary railway Bill, for it affected the great manufacturing interests of the north, and it was evident that when the business of that district could not be carried on by one line of railway, that they were entitled to two. If, then, a mistake had been made, was it to be said that when the subject came before their Lordships that this mistake was not to be considered in order that the error might be remedied ? But how did this atr,.ct the groat companies? They gave power to raise capital for effecting certain public purposes, and yet all those purposes were defeated by the proceedings of a rival com pany. A certain Noble Lord had stated that out of the 50,000 shares 38,000 had been bought up by a rival company. To this it was replied that those shares had been bought, not by the company, but by individuals connected with that company ; but when he (Lord Ashburton) saw that the individuals who had purchased these shares were persons who were chiefly interested in the property of the rival company, he could not help believing that the opposition arose out of the conduct of the company itself, and ha thought that this was an element well worthy of the consideration of their Lordships. Lord BROUGHAM said that the statement on this subject had been made with the clearness which charac terised all the speeches of his Noble Friend, but yet, notwithstanding all that, it should be tecullected that he had only stated three or four of the bare tacts, and though they were important facts, yet such as only gave a very meagre view of the ease. Their Lordships should further recollect that this decision was not arrived at on the moment, but declared after an adjournment, in order to afford due considera tion to the subject, and no doubt whatever had been expressed upon the result at which they had arrived. He cautioned them against changing their decision so lemnly come to, on any but the strongest grounds. Un less they did so they would destroy all importance at tached to the authority of the House. He would sup• port the motion for the Committee. Lord WICKLOW saw no good reason for the ap pointment of the Committee, and would oppose it. The Gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared for the Committee— Content 29 Not content Majority in Favour of the motion — FACTORY BILL. The house then went into Committee on the Facto ries' Regulation Bill. T T h it Earl li p o a f s s S e u d A t F h T r E o s u h g tJ h uit in Committee,t e C and was ordered to be read a thi r d ti m to morrow. ARMY SERVICE BILL. e On the order of the day for the third reading of the Army S , rvice Bill being read, The Marquis of LONDONDERRY protested against the measure as a mo,,t ruinous one, and he prophesied that in a few years the Government would be most anxious to retrace their steps. It was a most rash and in considerate experiment. The B:11 was then read a third time and passed. The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions from the parishes of Marylebone and Lambeth, praying for an equalisation of the poors' rates. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. 4110 y 31. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed Bridge House Estates Debt. Cleveland-square, St. James's, Westminster, Improve ment. Commercial Gas-light and Coke Company. Dunfermline Waterworks. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley. Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 1). Imperial Continental Gas Association. Kingsnorton, Northfield, &c., Rates. Paivley and Renfrew Railway (Sale and Improvement). Payne's Patents Assignment: Plymouth and Tavistoek Road (No. 2). Warrington Gas-light and Coke. Wexford Free Bridge. Westminster Improvements. York Lovovenment (Lendal Bridge and Approaches). REPORTS. The following reports were brought up and agre-d to: Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Railway (Amendment and Deviation). Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklauds Junction Railway (Cowla'rs Branch). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No 5.) Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Branch to the (.aledoniau Railway and Diversion of Canal). G: eat Northern Railway (Extension to Leeds and Wake field, Deviation of Methley Branch of Wakefield, Pon tefract, and Goole Railway). Great Northern Railway (Purchase of Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Rail way, &c.) Great Northern Railway (Branch to King's Lynn). Great Northern Railway (Deviations between London and Grantham). London (City) Small Debts. Lynn and Ely Railway (Lynn and Wornaegay Naviga tion). Newbury Cemetery. North British Railway (No. 2). Royston and Hitchin Railway (Sale o- L ase). THAMES CONSERVANCY. On the bringing up of the report on the Thames Con servancy Bill, Colonel T. WOOD moved that the proceedings f the MORN ENG, JUNE i , 1847. Committee on the Bill should be laid before the House. Agreed to. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The reports of the following Bills were further con sidered and agreed to:— Anita rgate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (Alteration of Line and Branch. a to Notingtiam). Glasgow, Riisley, Kilmarnock. and Ayr Railway (No. 2). Glasgow, Paisley, Kihaaruock, end Ayr Railway, and Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir Railway (No. 3). Lndon and South-Western Railway (Andover to the Bishopstoke and Salisbury Branch, &c.) Mac Duff Harbour. Metropolitan Sewage Manure. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway (Exten sion to Taff Vale Railway). Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway Devia tion!. Sandwich Haven. Swansea and Amman Junction Railway. Waterford and Limerick Railway. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY RAILWAY. On the bringing up of the report of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Rade Bill, reporting that the preamble hud not be. n proved, Mr. SPOONER moved that the Bill he recommitted, which was agreed to after a few observations from Sr J. Graham. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY. Mr. BROWN moved, on the turther consideration of the report from the Committee on the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway Bill, that the Bill be read the third time on Wednesday next —Motion agreed to. LONDON-BRIDGE RAILWAY TERMINI. Mr. GREENE moved, that, in the case of the London-bridge Railway Termini (General Enlarge ment), petition for additional provision, the Examiner should have leave to sit and proceed to-morrow. Motion agreed to. COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. Mr. KEMBLE moved that the Examiners of petitions for private Bills have leave to sit on the examination of the petition of the Commissioners of Sewers for the limits extending from East Moulsey, in Surrey, to the Ravensborne, in Kent, for leave to bring in a Bill " to facilitate the effectual drainage of certain districts within the Commission of Sewers for the limits extending from East Moulsey, in Surrey, to the Ravensborne, in Kent," without giving seven clear days' notice of the day ap pointed for such examination.—Agreed to. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. Viscount INGESTRE moved, on the further conside ration of the report from the Committee on the North Staffordshire Railway (Alteration and Branches) Bill, that the Bill be read a third time on Wednesday next.— Motion agreed to. HEALTH OF TOWNS. Lord EBRINGTON presented a petition, numerously signed by members of the medical profession, praying that the provisions of the Health of Towns Bill should be extended to the city of London. MEDICAL REGISTRATION. Mr. WAKLEY presented a large number of petitions, praying the House to pass the Medical Registration Bill in the present session. POLICE ACT. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition numerously signed by beer-sellers against certain clauses in the Po lice Act. MARRIAGE AND REGISTRATION BILLS. Mr. BRUCE presented various petitions against the Marriage and Registration Bills from different parishes in Scotland. MEDICAL BILL. Mr. ORMSBY GORE presented petitions against the Medical Bill from Brecknock and other places, and pray ing that they be referred to a Committee up stairs. MARRIAGE AND REGISTRATION BILLS. Mr. FORBES presented petitions from Presbyterians in Fife against the Marriage and Registration Bills. Mr. H. DRUMMOND presented similar petitions from other places in Scotland. Mr. LOCKHART presented similar petitions. SMI'T'HFIELD MARKET. Mr. SPOONER presented 13 petitions in favour of the removal of Smithfield market. EDUCATION. Mr. BANKES presented petitions from :various Dis senting bodies in Dorsetshire, praying for a participation in educational grants. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from Durham in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. EDUCATION. Sir R. PEEL presented petitions from the Roman Catholics of Birmingham, praying that they should par ticipate in the Government scheme of education. REGISTRATION AND MARRIAGE ACTS. Mr. SMOLLETT presented petitions from Dumbar tonshire and other places against the Registration and Marriage Bills. Mr. FORBES presented similar petitions from Stir. Mr. D. M'NEILL presented several petitions against the Marriages Act. EDUCATION. Captain PECHELL presented petitions from the Roman Catholic clergy men and inhabitants of Brighton, praying to be admitted participators in the Government educational scheme. MEDICAL REGISTRATION BILL. Mr. HUME presented several petitions in favour of this Bill. Sir G. GREY presented a similar petition from Devonprt. Noble Lord the Prime Minister intended to proceed with, and what to abandon ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that, in answer to his Hon. Friend, he begged to remind him, that he stettd on Friday last what course he intendvd to pursue with regard to certain measures, and that he further pledged himself on that day to state what would be his course with respect to the Bills upon the table of the House ; and, first, with regard to the Scotch Bill regu lating the law of registering births, it should be taken into consideration on Monday next, as the first businees. His Hon. Friend who had brought them forward would then state his reasons for so doing, and why the objec tions which had been urged against them were invalid ; also, in what shape he would wish them to stand, and after that it was his intention not to proceed with them further this session of Parliament. The next Bill was that of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and with regard to that Bill he considered that it was absolutely necessary that some amendment should take place in that Commission. Bur, at the came time, he f and that the precise mode in which that amens meat was to be made would be a matter of some consideration, as there was great objection made to the plan proposed. They should, therefore, see, in another session, what other mode of amendment could be carried into effect. He moved the order of the Re gistry of Births Scotland Bili for the purpose of pos poning it. Sir R. H. IN'GLIS wished to ask the Secretary of the Home Department what were the intentions of the Go vernment with regard to the Bill which was to regulate the stocking trade. Sir G. GREY said that he intended to move the se cond reading of that Bill this evening. Mr. E. DENISON said that he had beard with some regret the avowal of the Noble Lord that the Bill for the reformation of the Ecclesiastical Commission was with drawn for the present session. Lord J. RUSSELL said that if the Hon. Gentleman would bring forward his motion, without impugning the conduct of the Commissioners, he should not oppose it. Mr. J. COLLETT wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to create a new bishop or bishoprics this session ; and whether they were to have seats in the House of Lords? Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Government intended to introduce a Bill into the other House of Parliamen for the purpose of uniting the Bishoprics of Bangor and St. Asaph, and also for providing a new Bishop for Manchester. It was not intended to add to the seats in the House. Mr. C. BERKELEY said ha had received a commu nication from the First Lord Commissioner of Woods and Forests informing him that he was as yet unable to give him an answer to his question respecting the Wel lington statue.—(Laughter.) He should like to know when the Noble Lord would be able to answer his ques tion. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he understood the Noble Lord would be able to answer the question on Thursday. ARMED INTERVENTION OF ENGLAND IN THE AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE said he had to object to the armed intervention of this country in the affairs of Portu gal, ashe thought such intervention would be dangerous to liberty, and favourable to despotism, and he hoped his Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose would not be induced, by honied words, to discontinue the prose cution of his views on this matter. Mr. HUME said he had already stated his intention of bringing on the question on Friday next. He should feel himself bound to avail himself of every opportunity •f bringing the tiestion forward. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, he could assure his Hon. Friend and the House, that there was no wish on the part of her Majesty's Government to avoid this discussion, be cause the more the question was 'known the better the Government would stand ; but he did not think that the House should enter upon the question until certain docu ments, for which the Chancellor of the Exchequer would move, were laid before them. Mr. HUME said, documents or no documents, he would move for a Committee on Friday. Mr. B. OSBORNE said he would refuse all motions to go into a Committee of Supply till the question was brought forward. Mr. P. BORTHWICK said the Noble Lord's answer would produce a greater effect on Portugal than any force he could send out. He hoped, however, the Noble Lord would hasten the printing of the papers as much as possible. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK asked if the Noble Lord would have any objection to lay the papers on the table of the House in detached portions, for if they were so voluminous as had been stated, it would be impos sible for Hon. Members to read them in sufficient time. He thought, therefore, it would be a great convenience if his suggestion were attended to. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said they would be brought forward as expeditiously as possible. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that in moving the order of the day for the consideration of the Lords' amendments on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill he wished to draw the attention of the Speaker to the course adopted by his predecessor, Lord Dumfermline, when he was in the chair in 1838. He would therefore ask thin Speaker to state what his opinion was of those amend ments, and how they aff, cted the privileges of the House. The SPEAKER said he had no hesitation in savine that the amendments made by the House of Lords to the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bul and the Landed Pro. perty (Ireland) Bill were an infringement of the privi leg sof this Howse. In 1838, when similar amendments were passed by the Lords to those they had introduced into the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, the House agreed t, wAve its privileges, and it was for the House to decide whether they would adhere to that practice in the present instance. With regard, however, to the Landed Propert • (Ireland) Bill, there was no precedent for the guidance of the House, and the case was the more difficult to deal with, because the amendments re lated to funds to be drawn eut of the Consolidated Fund, while in the other case the amendments related only to local rates.—(Hear, hear.) It was, nevertheless, for the House to decide in both cases what course should be taken. _ _ The order of the day for the consideration of the Lords' amendments to the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill was then read. Lord J. RUSSELL, in moving the consideration of the amendments, said the House would perceive that the opinion given from the Chair was entirely in conformity with the one given in 1838.—(Hear). The question was whether it was expedient that they should waive their privileges. Those cases to which reference had been made were of local taxation, in which the object in view was not taxation for any object of the State, but had merely in view local objects. With retard to the last of these, one of the chief amendments made by the Lords was the division of the taxation into what was termed electoral divisions, and that was an amend ment which had been agreed to by the House of Commons. It did materially alter the burden of taxation ; but con sidering that the object of this amendment was the same as that to which he referred, he was not disposed to think that they ought to press the point of privilege. But it was quite another question when they came to consider it apart from privilege, and they should take in to considera don in what state the House of Lords had returned to them the Bill which they had sent up. That Bill was of a very important nature—it extended relief to all the old and infirm, whether in or out of the workhouse, and to the able-bodied poor outside, if the workhouse was full. With regard to those two great principles, he found that the House of Lords had left them untouched. There was the amendment proposed for the purpose of limiting the operation of this Bill to three years. Such a clause would have been most injurious, and he was glad to see that no such provision ap peared in the Bill. He was glad to say that all the main features of the Bill remained unchanged on its return to that House. It was true that the Lords had insisted that the out-door relief should be given by electoral division ; but there was, however, another clause, which seemed to counteract the omission of the clause which relieved the electoral di visions from the payment of these rates. The provision introduced by the Lords very much counteracted the evil which would arise from the omis sion made by the Lords ; and, considering that as a change which would not be injurious to the Bill, and that the Lords had agreed to all the main points of the measure ; and, considering also the necessity of the measure receiving the sanction of both Houses this session, he was disposed to re commend them to agree to the amendments. He did not object to the alteration which enacted that the landlords of the highest rating should sit upon the boards of guardians ; but he thought that it was very unfair that the non-resident proprietor should have a nominee and a proxy. He would therefore move that these amendments be now read. The amendments up to clause 11 were agreed to. On clause II being read, Sir D. NORREYS objected to the amendment. For some time previous to the introduction of the pre sent poor-law, circumstances were in operation in Ire land which caused the eviction of the poor tenantry from the rural districts, and caused them to settle in the towns. As soon as the law of settlement was intro duced it had the immediate effect of settling as a permanent burden upon the towns the poorer classes of the te nantry, who for some time previous had taken up their residence there. He thought it a very great hardship upon the towns that they were to be sacrificed to the sins and failings of the agricultural proprietors. He therefore moved they disagree with the Lords' Amend ment to which he had referred. Mr. CALLAGHAN seconded the motion. Mr. S. O'BRIEN hoped that the House would expe dite the work of charity to be performed by this Bill, and that it would sanction the comparatively trifling alteration which bad been made by the other (louse. He did not concur in the Right Hon. Baronet's observa tions, for he thought that the alteration introduced was one of a wise and beneficial nature ; and therefore he should support the amendment as sent down to that House. Mr. CALLAGHAN said that those towns which had driven the population of the rural districts away from them, had driven them back to die of hunger and fever. Sir J. GRAHAM (who was with difficulty heard) said that the House did not seem to attach so much import ance to the Lords' a mendments as he was disposed to attach to them. He had concurred with the steps taken by the Government in many of the provisions of this Bill. The Noble Lord, in his speech of that evening, had departed in no great degree from what he had stated on a former occasion with respect to the operation of this measure. He was at the same time of opinion that the alterations which had been introduced in the other House were calculated seriously to impair the operations of the measure. He thought that, under the circumstances of the case, the House should not stand out upon wrt4 was merely a matter of form, but it did appear to him that in this instance there was a case of real and substantial griev ance on the part of the towns. The population of a great portion of the rural district l. c 1 gone into the towns, and a provision of the Bill had been framed t,t hinder the unmitigated burden of their maintenance being thrown upon the town alone. That provision had been omitted by the Lords, and therefore the most, serious inconvenience was likely to arise to those dis tricts with which this great influx of the rural popula- tion had taken place. The prolongation of the term of residence was, in his opinion, more illuser) than likely to be beneficial, and therefore the Lords amendment was likely to prejudice the operation of the Bill. There could - be no doubt that towns like Liverpool and Glasgow were great sufferers under the present system, for instead of the starving population of Ireland re ceiving relief in their own country, or being supplhd by the parish authorities with menrpy to emigrate to America, they were sent over to English sea ports, and owing to a defect in the existing law of removal, be came irremovable paupers. He would. therefore, re commend the Ilen. Member for Mallow not to press his amendment to a division. Sir GERGE GREY, who spoke in a very low tone of voice, was understood to concur in much that bort fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman why had just sat down. He should be unwilling to cons' nt to the amend ment of the Lures, if it were calculated to it-fliet ieju, flee upon this country ; but he, for one, i'l.l not wet eipate so distressing a result, althouLrh he did n..t czether agree with the whole of the clause. If, how , ver. it should be found to work badly, of cot.ne would be amended ; and it wouN be upon tlt r undergtanding that he s hcuid cons, nt to th omission of the clause. The importance of the Bill was io great, and the advantages it was likely to confer upon Ireland were so direct that it behevA the House to Fats it without further delay. Mr. LEFROY admitted that Ireland had to undergo a great change before it could be placed in a prosperous state, and he sincerely hoped this Bill would have the eff, ct of producing that change. No doubt there were .defects in the Bill, which experienc , - would demonstrate ; but when these defects were discerned there would he no difficulty in remedying them. He owned that had tLe Bill stood in its original form he should have been seep tical as to its success, and he must, therefore, thank the Government for having accepted the Lords' amendments. Sir R. H. INGLIS really - thought, after the large m 21.. jorit.y thst voted in favour of the clause on a former oc casion that the House would stultify itself if it allowed ,it to be committed. Besides, from what he gathered from the few words just addressed to the House by the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, it did not appear to him that th(. Right Hon. Gentleman altogether approved of the omit.- iion, but excused himseLf for adopting the amendment upon the ground that it might be altered if it was found to render the Bill inoperative. Now, it did not seem to him to be right to legislate in that manner, and he thought that before the omission were acceded to, the House ought to hare a conference with the Lords upon the subject. Lord C. HAMILTON could not consent to the amendment of the Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Mallow, and he trusted, therefore, that it would be with. drawn. If the cla u s e s h ou ld b e f oun d to operate w i t h Lordship another opportunity would be afforded them to amend it, and he thought they could not do otherwise than adopt the course recommended by her Majesty'. Government. Mr. BELLEW thought that the House would do wdi to accept the BPI as amended._ Lorl G. BENTINCK could not understand the argu ment, that this clause would tend to flood Engiand with Irish paupers. He could not see how relieving the paupers by electoral districts or by unions could tend to send the paupers into this country. He did not wish to go over the whole debate, but he certainly thought that the smaller the extent of district over which the rats were to be levied was, the greater care would there be in employing the population of that district. He really thought that if the House were to strain at these trifling amendments, after having swallowed the amendments introduced by the Lords in the year 1838, it would be strangely inconsistent. He should most certainly sup port the Bill as amended, Sir H. W. BARRON thought that the amendments introduced into the Bill would go far to remedy the evil of the Bill, when sent up to the Lords, of the extensive rating. He did not think that there was any Hon. Member unconnected with towns or boroughs of this country who could bring forward any argument in favour of union ratings. It was most unfair to the landlords that they should be called np m to pay a rate for the support of the poor over an extensive territory, in which they could not exercise the slightest control over the ex penditure. There was at present a general and wide spread alarm throughout the country at the pros pect of the high rates which they would be called upon to pay. Numbers of the small farmers were preparing to sell all their stock, and to emi grate from a land in such a state of misery and wretchedness, and holding out no prospect of im provement. In this state of things he was greatly pleased that the amendment had been introduced by the Lords. He had always been the supporter of a poor law for Ireland, and the House was greatly to blame that it had not passed a poor-law some years sine.... With respect to the paupers flooding this country, it was as natural that the poverty of Ireland should follow the property of that country as for the sun to shine at mid day. No law could prevent Irish paupers coming to this country so long as the union existed between the two countries. Ireland had been treated by Hon. Members, and the press of the country, in a most insolent manner. - Mr. CtIRTEIS confessed to being one of those Hon. Members, whose conduct had been insolent t.)w•irds Ireland, if to be insolent was to speak in terms of repro bation of the habits and the character of the Irish peti ole. With respect to the amendments of th. House o' Lords, he thought that there was a small clique or syc ion in the House of Lords, who would gladly silt:ill out of the poor law altogether, and would gladly leave !he poor to be supported by this country. He did not think that the House of Lords dared to refuse to pass the Bill if it were sent up with the amendments expunged. If the Hon. Member should divide upon his motion, he should most certainly vote with him. Mr. P. SCROPE thought that it woald be better to agree to the mendments, than risk the fate of the Bill by sending it back to the Lords, where it was probable that other amendments, of no more favourable a nature. would be introduced. He did not anticipate any such serious effects from the operation of the amended clause. In the counties of Cork and Mayo, evictions had been going on to a most alarming extent, several villages had been actually raised to the ground for the purpose of clearing the ground, and the unfortunate people were east on the world, to find their resting place, afflicted with famine, under the hedges, and in the ditches of their native country, where their ancestors had re sided for many years in ease and comfort. The electoral division system of rating was a premium to the Irish landlords to clear their estates, from whence the poor had been driven to the towns, and then they would be shipped to the English port,?.—(" Hear, hear,'' from Mr. Fitzatephen French.) Did the Hon. Member for Roscommon know the way in which mayors and corporations subscribed half a crown per head to trans port the Irish paupers to the IGnglish shores.—(Hear, hear.) This was a fact. SHEIL said that he was Member for the borougl, of Dungarvon, and he could nut help regretting that the amendment introduced in the Lords was acquiesced in by the Government.—(Haar, hear.) The representativ. system was most defective, and he observed that the towns always received more attention from the Legisla ture than the landed proprietors, because they were better represented. He conceived that the Government were right in their original intention, and he wished they had persevered in it, Mr. B. OSBORNE said as a constituent of the Hon. Gentleman he could bear out the statements which he had made with reference to the influx of paup. rs into the town of Dungarvon. But if the Hen. Gentleman felt so very strongly the defective state . of the repre sentative system, he, from his high posit i on, was bound to bring furward some definite proposition. The system of rating was most unjust and unfair. He was convinced that the Noble Lord would, in the next session of Par liament, have to come down and beg that the measure should be entirely revised. Mr. LABOUCHERE said, that from certain com munications which he had received, he considered that tbere were some points in which the system of rates might be revised—and when the proper time came, they should be considered. With reference to the appeal which had been made to him, respecting Lord Berehaven and the charge which Mr. Scope had made, he had only to say, that he had received a letter from Lord Bere haven, contradicting that statement. The Right Hon. Gentleman having read the letter said, he deeply regretted the alteration which the Lords had made, and he feared it would greatly prejudice the good working of the measure. But it was understood that the Lords had given way in a great many things, and he therefore was of opinion they ought not to peril the safety of the measure. Mr. POULETT SCROPE explained. His object in making the statements referred to, was merely to show the unwillingness of many landlords to bring the Relief Act into operation, and in doing so, he instanced the case of the workhouse of Bantry, to show the mis management which had taken place. He begged how ever to say, that the statement he made in reference to Lord Berehaven was completely confirmed by six gen tlemen of Bantry, including the Catlinlie clergymen of that place, and it was not upon newspaper authority he made it. Sir B. HALL called attention to a printed paper ordered by the other House of Parliament, where 600 ejeettnents were issued at Willa sessions. He would ere.l)v of d I! e t large s ask the Hon. Gentleman was this the romance which he said was indulged in with respect to the Irish landlords 9 lie looked with great jealously on the conduct of some Noble Lords in the other House with regard to this Bill. and he thought it right to say that the Noble Lord by whom the leadership was assumed had n -t taken a very disinterested part with regardNobl to it.—(llear, a p L p l o i r e d d t o (L: ifn -d . naoskouwtt-andaoctor reliefe hear.) He would Monteagle) if he himself would have the principle be inclined to o m m y p e t a ro r l ly ler for o f t h t a h t e offi t . c se h l e f q ? u — er ( , L a a n u d gh re t c duration?—(Laughter.) have that relief limited to a su Would he be inclined another Noble Lord alto year and a half's ton?—(Laughter.) There was the principle of out-door '0 (Lord Abinger) who stated thaL suspirion.—( near l the importance of t e that he oor relief would lead to great im morality,looked upon such assertions with great :eririsAhs landlordsl ongasthe a p t o t o h r e ad p d o e l d lin t ,,,r o stand they were fostered and looked after, but now that thi s state of things no longer existed, and that the 40s. freeholders were disfranchised, they were consigned to death in Liverpool.--(Hear, hear.) At the present moment the English towns were crowded with Irish paupers—all of whom should be at home, and supported by Irish landlords.—(Hear, hear.) The whole rates to the poor in Ireland &win; last year, was CATHOLIC EDUCATION. Sir W. MOLESWORTH presented a petition from the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Mahon in favour of a participation in the grant for educational purposes. CHURCH AT HONG-KONG. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that he should inquire as to whether the grant of 6001. for a church at Hong- Kong, which appeared among the miscellaneous esti mates, had been duly considered by her Majesty's Go vernment. IMPRISONMENT OF A GIRL NAMED DAWSON. Mr FERRAND gave notice that he should, to morrow, move that the petiti on of John Dawson, complaining of theillegal imprisonment of his daughter, be printed with the votes. EXCISE. On the motion of Dr. BOWRING the following re turns were ordered:—.Returns, in columns, of the gross amount of duty levied by the Excise, year by year, from the year ending the sth day of January, 1800, to that ending the sth day of 'January last, showing the rate of duty on each article, and the amounts received on each; of the net amounts paid into the Exchequer, exhibiting the coat of collection, yea r b y year, as a b ove ; o f the number of Excise seizures in each year, as above, show ing the number of condemnations, the number that were tried, and the number compromised, the value of the seizures and penalties, the amount paid into the Exche quer, and the annual cost of Excise prosecutions. PENSION WARRANT. Sir H. DOUGLAS inquired of the Hon. Gentleman the Secretary at War if he had any objection to lay on he table of th House the late Pension Warrant? Mr. F. MAULE had no objection. CONVENTION BETWEEN FRANCE, SPAIN, , AND PORTUGAL. Mr. B. OSB .titNe: wished to know from the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether the prott.col, whi c h appeared in t h e papers o f thi s morning, respecti ng a convention which had been entered into by thi s coun t ry w ith France, Spain, and ; Portugal for an arm e d -,itervention was authentic, and whether he was prepared to lay it on the table of the House ? _ _ _ Lord PALMERSTON replied that the Noble Lord the Member fur Lynn had intimated to him that he in tended to ask the same question, and also several others upon the same subject. As far as the perusal of the docu ment enabled him to judge, he was in a position to state that the protocol which had been published in the papers was a fair and proper translation of the one agreed to on Saturday week. He had no objection whatever to lay a copy of it on the table of the House. In answer to questions put by Lord G. BENTINCK, Lord PALMERSTON replied that all the papers re ferringthe table of the House to the pro posed in a intervention short time, would whenlaidh grounds which had led to the intervention would be set forth. There had been a British naval force in the Tagus, but no collision had yet taken place between them and the insurgents. As it would not be possible to go into Committee of Supply, if at all, till a late hour tonight, be hoped the lion. Mem ber r Montrose would pospone his motion. Mr. HUME said that he was unwilling to postpone his motion beyond Friday, when he expected the papers would be laid on the table of the House He would, then fore, postpone his motion till that day, if he ob tained an assurance from the Government that this should be the first order of the day then. Lord J. RUSSELL intimated that the remainder of the estimates would be taken on Friday. n troops an d t h e Portuguese G asked r n i m f e t n h t e r r e e s h p e a e d t n b g e e said there h a d b een no infor. Lord JOHN MANNERyS cai betw R r t e hs c oT e i ßo v e rNi d ti 'nation to that effect. Mr. HUME said, that under these circumstances he would take the discussion upon the subject that evening, and he hoped that one of the remaining items in the supplies would be postponed, that he might have an opportunity of bringing it forward. Lord J. RUSSELL said he was quite ready at any time to bring on the discussion, if the papers conre , cted with the subject were laid on the table. He could not, h o w e ver, permit himself to fix a day till th e p a pers were in the hands of the Members of the House. Mr. HUME would like to know from the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs what were the papers which could not be ready. He tho ug h t a few days were surely sufficient to have them in readiness. Lord PALMERSTON said that every possible expe dition would be used in getting them ready, but in trans ections such as these a great amount of correspondence necessarily passed, and it took some time to prepare it to be laid before the House. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK said,perhaps the Noble Lord would also consent to lay upon the table of the House the proclamation of the Queen to her subjects. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he should have no eb• jection to lay the proclamation before the House when the other papers should be produced; but he hoped the House would not come to any decision upon the subject until the matter was fuily before them. There were the offers made by other Powers which the House could no be aware of, and he therefore did not ( w )b a i n ee t t to ot g i ir int a ni e r y ttt p d ay G ee t s ,r r e i ro cl e i n w N . v , h U o ld as l i n ie . Lord JOHN MANNERS suggested the charter by ' d re f l t 3 ;r t hem. included in . he papers. which the Queen of Portugal heti her throne should be BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. hneitm.the Mr. DIVETT desired to know what business the • 435,0001., or about 7d to the pound. .I.voltr.lwtur stated that this annual vulne of the rental l ibeVlar4-• was twenty millions, and he would as k, i n t e*artrts,f__ Sir Rand:ilpti Routh with such roc Acta. • a state of things to exist ?-- (Rear, lish people wcre obliged to torego many rela*A4w4e,:in point of taxation, to which they were e.;,tftled,j which they would have obtained, but for the expeildk, ture requir e d t o meet t h e di stress i n Ireland. rind which ought to have been provided tOr by the landlords of . Ireland.—(H ear, hear.) lie thous-ht. the t.:(4.cittet, ot the inhabitants of the metropolis had been in‘st getter 'bus and worthy of ail praise.—(lronical cheers.) lie thought the effect of this clause would kw! to a great deal of ejfament, and t o a great d ea l of immigtation of Irish paupers into this country. He hoped, thurclor. , , that next year the Governnvlit wou'!ti introduce a mea sure to facilitate the rernov.-.1 of the Irish p-,or. Sir W. Barron, Mr. B. ttibtanc, rknd Mr. CallagEall explained. Mr. F. FRENCH aid jest matter taid,r right to complain tt:P stth tit be h,d tbe Irisit I W ! '.lll lif 14 ')1 . 13,70 Let, t he 111 - 112 , 1er :`,1r:111). r F• lion. 11;i ( ) (aria- bads 11. d iu t to repul,f , all the trio+~t~ t~i~`rli ! ;.:;01) , .t 'he m. ,(ci :•+ac !re 41.• (S.t. II ), .• • • - 117 ;Lo.!.c Vare ref , al of pfvelt to :.".,,tch a the vrae. wriarn fur the t,eca- Mr. S 1 UAR s thy :,.! 13,101) -httuld 1,a,) th 2 ~1 lii ? a!tp.tk, that p , IfOR beir speech, that stetre , l to ,II *ion, and a.- I :":ressed, no; t Speaker or the House, but to a public out of door:, was a grie,s abuse of the privileges of the House. IL , even named a Noble Lard, and taunted him upon r cciring a pension on the ground of holding a pubic office inder the Crewn. He named another Noble and Idyllic(' Lord who had once occupied a seat in that House. and said he was neither remarkable for 1.1, eloquence or his wiqium. Well, that Noble Lord, no doubt, would be quite a match in wisdom or in elcqw-nce for the Hon. Baronet., if he could have had the opportunity of defending himself. The Learned Gentleman then read a paper, on the ground of which he called the accusation made b) the Hon. Baronet against the Mayor of W, ;cord u. founded. Mr. WATSON said the question was. whether they were to enact a union rate or an electoral rate ; whether they would throw the whole burden on the towns and free the country. He spoke not to his e eqittients but for them ; because the town which he had the honour to represent was ovirwhelintd with destitution. He trusted that they would ri.iestate the original clause, for the present system was full, of tyranny. The question was then put, amid cries of Divide" and " You can't," wh en , Mr. MACARTHY rose and said he could not under stand why the House should secede from their opinion, and therefore he should press the question to a division. The House then divided, when there appeared-- For the motion BO Against it Majority for Government, and the Lords' amendments Mr. D. NORREYS contended that the cliswe would be altogether inoperative., heoause. by its preseu: struclion, it tradirrEd The CHANCELLOR. of ttic EXCItEQL LH &au?, that with a view to reconcile the discrepatici.s which existed between one part and another, he bad altered some of the tenses in the clause. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said another difficulty would arise from the difficulty of' knowing where the applicants for relief had been residing. Sir R. FERGUSON said that a third, and perhaps the greatest evil would arise from the derangement to the workhouse account, occasioned by the introduction of this clause. He thought that some lithe time should be given them for preparation. Sir GEORGE GREY said that ample opportunity would be given to arrange means to meet the change which would be rendered necessary. Clauses up to 17, were agreed to. Clause 17 was negatived. After a few words from Sir J. 1). Norreys, Sir G. Clerk, and Lord Hamilton, The ATTORNEY GENERAL objected to the powers, given under the present E ng li s h poor - law, of moving such cases into the Queen's Bench, by writ of certiorari ; and he would rather take from, than give to, Ireland the same power. The House then divided, when there appeared, For the amendment For the original motion 73 Majority ............ —54 The amendment s were th..-It at to. LANDED PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL. The CHANCELLOR el' the EXCHEQUER moved that the Lord's amendments Qn this Bill be read. Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH said that the Bill as it at present stood, wuuld be inapplicable to three fourths of Ireland. The amendments were then read. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the first amendment of the Loris be disagreed to. Lord G. BENTINCK hoped the House would not consent to the course proposed, but agree to the Lords' amendments, as they had ne to the Loch' amend ments to the English Poor law on a former -evasion. The CIIANCELI.OII of tit.' F.X';IIEQI.'EII said he could hot t i the siegg-% a ion of Ike NAle Lcrd. He recAtutuentied tie amendments to be du , agreed to becauso they affected the l ecuniary qualifications of the B:11, and were therefore an ii , trii.gernent of the privileges of that Ihiust , .—(llear. he , r.) As a question of urivilcge. he considered this as a matter or great imp irtanee ; and, notwithstanding what ; ad fallen troni the Noble Lord of posite, he trust. d the House would not depart fr. an the usage of all former Hou,es of Parliament in ea..es of this nature. Mr. ITEWDEGATE su:d the Right lion. Gentleman had based the privileges of the Alonso. up , n a very narrow foundation. The Lords were allowed to inter fere in matters cAniect,:d with local rates, and as he considered the funds to be fluted uuder this Bill were to be applied to local and no; ne ral purposes, he could not see why any questions of privilege should interlere to defeat the amendments of the Lords. Mr. GOULBURN must resist the ameucnen:s of the Lords upon the grounds stated by the Right Honourable Gentleman. The peculiar privilege of appropriating the public money was vested in the house of Com mons, and the House ought to be cantious that it was not infringed. Suppose they were to agree to these amendments, what might it n ot ulti mately lead to ? i;Phy, it might happen that when this House voted 5,0001. to the navy, and 4,0001. to the-army, the Lords might give this as an in stance for their reversing or altering that appropriation. —(Hear, hear.) He must, thefore, decline to be a party to allowing the House to agree to these amendments. After a few words from Lord John Manners, Sir G. Grey, the Chan ce ll or o f t h e E xchequer, Mr. Laroy, and Mr. M. J. O'Connell, the amendments of the Lords were rejected. Upon clause 29 being read, Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH objected to the amendment, on the ground of its interterence with the privileges of the House, it being a money clause.. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he would move that that clause should be agreed to by the House. The clause was then agreed to. Clause 29, as amended, was then read, The CHANCELLOR of thin EXCHEQUER moved that the amendment be disagreed to. The amendment was rej-cted accordingly. The following two clauses, as amended, were agreed to. Clause 55, with amendments, was also agreed to. Several other amendments were agreed to, and seve ral rejected. The Bill, as amended, was agreed to, and the report ordered to be brought up. The House resumed. DESTITUTE POOR (IRELAND BILL.) On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, the House went into Committee upon this Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that what he now proposed with reference to this Bill was, that a further advance should be made on the security of the rates. Since August last 4,700,000/. was ex pended, but he was happy to say the old system, under which this money was distributed, had been nearly entirely discontinued. The reduction which had been made, was greatly complained of, but it was attended with great success, for it was effected when it was de sirable that the cultivation of the soil should be attended to. Great indisposition was shown to this proceeding. They had every reason to believe that the resident pro prietarylimits, end e avoured furthe the either employ the people upon their estates and farms, to keep or feed them in idleness upon the produce of them. conviction home to their minds, that they _ s hould _ e darvholaudnitteesrueedcepeadyemd payments The system which had been pursued ei!.s to en c o urage with the to pre vent the levy upon the p oorer c l asses, 'firtYr i principle e;sal and d y s o ha f ex ception of some twenty- eigh t or t hi rty electoral over seers, emvionlyundti the new system had been introduced throfighout Ireland, and it was progressing with the happ iest result. The Right lion. Baronet then read statemen t s reports of Mr. Fox and others toshow from the h w ere abuses when the food wLs given ' kind, that andtere were that a considerable change for the better m ight ' might be anticipated from the new plans of relief. He believed the course adopted by the Government was the best that could have been resorted to under the circumstances, and he hoped the result would realise their expectations. The sum he now applied for was 600,0001., and if it would be necessary to have a larger suns before Parliament rose, he would come down and ask it. The Hon. Baronet concluded by proposing the resolution. Sir J. GRAHAM said there were two points to which he wished to call the attention of the Noble Ba ronet. Since August last it appeared that the sum of 4,700,0001. was expend e d i n re li e f, one moiety of which was to be repaid. Did he understand that the half of this was to be repaid in ten years ? He .i wished to know, also, as th e Relief Act was in operat i on n 1,900 electoral divisions, and that the public works were in operation in 68, and that 2,200,000 rations were daily distributed, what was the estimate of the cost of all this? Whether in every one of the 1,900 divisions the rate would be struck, and whether it would be met? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the estimate was 2i.. - 1. rer ration, and the total esti mated charges 2,651,000/. He had already stated that 4,700,000/. had been spent in the department of publics works, and would be payable in twenty instalments, the first by next summer assizes. He believed that the rate was already struck in every union, but they had no in formation as to whether it was being met. Sir JAMES GRAHAM asked whether Government bi CO 50 14 Pr e9 ' few U 1 ~~