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41)444 (pit s i. r- rat'll Act had also worked well in general. He was 'Winced that the Irish landlords would show, if any w al es,, e434r.°e s v las proposed, that they were not the selfish body they as a s s C pr esented to be. He was as much opposed t, repeal was, bo dy could be—but whatever the Iri!1 landlords were, A n , i d , At House which had made that.—(Hear, hear. Ire land would now be in b. very different position, had it eee 7 l l. for a continued course of bad legislation. th at ! AL WINSTON BARRON observed, that despite all d,, os d been said, the landlords and poor-law guardians had ti: e .ti lair duty further than might have been expected, under th e ."' stxmstances. The workhouses had been overloaded to had" Ter of the in mates , every man , w o man an d c hild who ll plied far admission had been admitted, and it was dis rou it for men who knew nothing of the country to bring f 01 ...et , 1 the mendac;:Ous charges which had been brought :tr! I in that House against the Irish landlords law e boards of guardians, who had given contrary tsi ba * out = door relief, and had trusted to that House Li cpcse et st n e r i l l if h y im th i e f m ; or their conduct after, what would the 'rte told them that the resolution which had g 7 di a brained to them as a resolution of the board of sess e in' w as a report from the John Bull newspaper, an ob t. ottdon .ewspaper, which had no reporter present at the N on T hey r claimed as a right, so long as they remained a ther e :he British empire, the privilege of coming the E r •l a t . , t. se joint representatives of s. portion of hello in so people, and ask the House to assist ho ts , ► this extraordinary, emergency. He told the aoi t ,it w their duty to respd to the call and Irel an d as s fit were in Yorkshire or Scotland. The y 4 T 3 ' 4, Exc isequer ought to come to the relief of the distress ; g riti l tiqv that it was admitted that Ireland was a portion of the amp ire, let him not hear of taunts of English capital sad E nglish liberality. Did nut Ireland pay taxes? Did it sot s t; Ps.Y Exc' kte and Custona's duties more than any other king- W t ef the s ame wealth red e xt en t i n the empire ? But if ay- were not to apply to the British Parliament, w ho w homc ould they apply ? But if application be ser ased w oo l d no t Ireland h a ve a right to say, " let us try and , ow i nt Ne for o urselves." Let him hear no more then of these is!Os up on 1 reland. The Irish landlords had done their duty most e xemplary manner, but there might be exceptions, Two names b ad been mentioned. One was that of the Earl of eel; and it was said that nobleman had not paid the pooc hes,' Now, ,this rumour arose from the baneful middleman „LIM, for, in point of fact, at the present mo -717t Lord Lucan was maintaining two workhouses efti: s ° wrt ex pense. He trusted that he should hear no more Ea taurit s and insinuations. They were barring the door to I7table4flish chstrity, acid the result would be that the great and eb t d with it len e°!?Ple this country would hesitate to come for- LI: resit was pr general liberality, if they were told that the +winced by the neglect of the landlords.—(Hear, beiestireetionsG, At mischief had been caused out of doors by these r nom and he trusted after that night the House would •ore est them. * 0 " JOAN RUSSELL said they were now proposing tu _si into Committee, for the purpose of considering voiotres ftir relieving the distress of tho Irish people, In a manner w hich, in the opinion of the Government, was natter calcu Cat end to effect that object than the plans now in °peration. __(H tear, hear.) Now, he did hope the House would ;est entirely I, srget c i rcums tances, and waste time upon sub , stn which es mid be hereafter more opportunely d iscussed.— I kLoad cheers. ) If, in the opinion of the Committee, the Bill 'e tas the best c :alcalated to promote the immediate object they bad in view, these surely it would be a great adyantage to stable Perlis mer it to pass it without waiting to discuss points which, must again, be re-opened.—(Hear, hear, and cheers. ) Ile should b. t glad not to say one more word upon the stibjec . : of Irish landlordism, but his Hon. Friend, .rho had just sat down, not satisfied with defending Irish land tends, thought fi , : to attack gentlemen who were, and certainly cut to he, dear t. him, namely, his constituents.—( Hear , an d slighter.) The Hon. Gentleman was pleased to state that it Vas owing to tl se monied interests, or some trisking system connected with t hem, that gave rise to certain taunting insin nations connecte I with the Irish landlords ; now he could not Pretend to say whether it was or not, but this he could b ed his Honou,rable Friend, that about a month ago. some dozen or so of gentlemen who were principally con flicted with th e • mon i e d i nterest o f t h e c it y o f London, who !id no property i is Ireland, and perhaps did not wish to have , F.Y- (A laugh )- -nor in any way connected with Ireland, met or the purpose o f raisirs g a su b scr iption in aid of the Irish teople, They srebscr.ibed a very large sum indeed — some of : ern to the eaten t of a 1,0001. each, but they were net satis fied with doing th ys , but, though occupied as they were from m orning, until fou r o ' c l oc k i n th e a ft e rnoon, they met shortly !"erthat hour for the purpose of receiving subscriptions, rOnducti ng a co trespondence, an d di str ib ut i ng th e funds, in a canner which they considered to be most useful to the Irish traisleh. 7(C. je,ers.) With regard to the duties of the Prsblic, upon which the Hon. Gentleman ha d laid so 1/ 0 111 ,, tt e? stress, he begged to call to the recollection of the • "dentlem.an, that whether the sum had been rightly s l4 ;tited or not, or whether that Act which authorised its m 4 , 4% talon was wise or not, or whether it had been properly Vninistered or not, there was this fact before them, that :ithin the last month not less than a million of money had rue out of the )imperial Exchequer for the purpose of alles is Irish diistress.—(Cheers.) In the course of the P L L _ . "ent session of Parliament much discussion had " c lt place on the subject of Ireland, and during the v . " C a ''s of that discussion he had not heard any one den y t the money had been extravagantly or improperly Zated, considering the great calamity wich visited the siste r kingdoni.—(Cheers.) That calamity, h it was true, Reis unprecedented, and when it should be shown that for the Pose of mitigating the distress nnprecedently large sums of ' , Loney had been voted by the British Parliament, no one 'Auld possibly have reason to complain *1 a want of sympathy on the part of the people of England, or the Government.— (Cheers.) He admitted that no large amount of blame could he thrown on • the Irish landlords, considering the difficulty they had bad to contend with, but still leaving that matter out the question, lie thought the best example they could Follow was to go immediately into Committee, and leave that matter for discussion when the other q uestions came before the llouse.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. STEWAR.T raid, that notwithstanding what had fallen nomthe Noble Lord, it would be disgracefu l to Ireland if Fish Members were to sit still and hear Irish landlords at tacked in the manner they have been. They have done all I ,l l eY could to relieve the distresses of the people, and he hoped England would tre tat the taunts thrown out with the contempt they deserved. Mr. SHARM AN CRAWFORD was sorry to detain the house, but there were some observations which had been made in the course of the debate which rendered it necessary he Iheuld trouble diet House for a few moments. It had been sli d that Ireland could not afford to pay the rates ; be denied it, and while he called upon England to assist Ire land in her presets t emergencies, the last shilling he p ossessed should be responsible for the loans this country might advance. Hear, hear.) The distress of Ireland had been occasioned ",7 a defecti ve lasadllord and tenantcy law, and he hoped to see the ° 5 7 when the rates would be divided between the landlord and the tenant, and a jotrisdiction given to the Court of Exchequer 10 the shape of a power to appoint, and receive, and to enforce Payment from the. former. Lord BERNARD wished to pay a just and merited compli ant_ent to the cond u ct of Si r W. Beecher, whose conduct had r i ll so grossly inspugned by Hon. Members. He ha d had the "most serious difficulties to contend with, and had acted through !ct with the utmost good judgment, and with the greatest abi inks. The distreso of Ireland was not confined to the rural districts ; suffering and distress of the most serious nature e zisted in the county of Cork, the second city of Ireland. Mr. RICE thought that the people of England would re quire and justly so, a proper security for the re-payment of the soma advanced to Ireland. He did not wish to see any aspersions thrown upon the. Irish landlords. What he wished to see thrown upon them. was the duty of supporting the Poverty of the country. The greatest credit was due to the Government for proposing such a measure as the present cal culated as it was to afkord relief to the people of Ireland. Mr. JOHN 0* liR I iEN was quite surprised to hear such Charges as had been made against Captain Wynne or any other officer of the body. He was present at the meeting re ferred to, and he war sure that nothing had passed there to justify such a charge; and he wished it was in his power to speak of the conduct; of the other officers in the same terms as that of. Captain Wyi sne. The House then a rent into Committee on the Bill. After a few words from Mr. STAFFORD O'Baren, and the e ltAwear.eon of th .e EXCHEQUER, the purport of which was i naudible in the gall cry:* Colon e l CONNO LLY said that in his opinion it would be this to be quite it apracticable to carry out his prov ision of Luis clause under th. e control of boards of guardians, especially when the great exte at of some of the electoral districts was considered. Mr. F. FRENCH' thought the most advisable course woul d be to allow the Govei rnmont to take their own course, and agree It once to this clause e. Mr. ROSS feared. that some confusion would hereafter rise between the different anions of the country and the electoral districts, the effect of 'which would be found to be to throw unjustly the whole pau per population of the electoral districts into one union. Mr. WILLIAMS t bought that better security would be :afforded for the repays neat of the advances if the whole extent of the unions were tic, be held liable, and he hoped that the Government would s .dbere to the principle contained in the clause before the co' mmittee. It was but fair to the people of England that the be st security should be taken for the repay loont of the advances i about to be made. He made no objection to assist Ireland. 'I be Government would, however, be held responsible by the pet "le of England for the measures they had now introduced. Mr. M, ()TERM AL rose to order. The question before the House was, the al sportionrnent of the charges between the 'anion and the severs.ls electoral districts. After a few words I from Mr. WILLIAMS in reply, Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN thought that the whole di rection should be left altogether in She Board of Guardians, and that the system of rs, tag should.be left. as it is at present. He Would therefore MO , its that the.clause should be expunged. Mr. MORE O'F' BatßALlsoPect• the Hon. Member would not press his amender sent to a sliviliofs; ,The present mode of rating was utterly in efficient, and if nevi powers were not given it would be impossit .le to relieve thedietress which so exten sively prevailed. I to should therefore support the clause. Sir DEN HAM 1 . lORREYS supPOrted the clause. SirJAMES GR AIIAIII would have arisen at an earlier stage of the discussii on, but for a deep conviction he enter tained that no time s hould be lost by introducing any topic whi c h might lead t o any; discussion, and that the measure should proceed with se little delay as possible. The principle (tarried out in the pr . ( sent measure was one of very great irn- Pertance • and he wo tail observe, in conformation of what had been saidby the Rissl it Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down that a. great change had been made in the Irish poor-law in 184.3. He had the honour then to in troduce a measure rod sich met with the support of the Irish Members, and passed the House, in which it was provided, "that no person who should not have occupied a tenement in an electoral division for the period of twelve months, or the greater portion of tl sat time, or should have slept for that Period, or the greate r part of it, in an electoral division, should receive relief from th e electoral division. And on the contrary that all who did nut . occupy tenements for that space of time, should be relieved :by the union. That was someth in g like a l of settlement, sr , d in the latter case, the cost was d efra y ed by the union, and n of by the electoral division. It was then of the last imports ace however to keep those measures which !ere intended for a temporary purpose separate from those that were intend s d to b e permanen t. R eserv i n g, therefore, for further discussi on, whether relief to the able-bodied should be at the experts a of the union, or the electoral division, he should say that it was most desirable to confine themselves at primmest to the t temporary measure. It was not whether the disaretionary power should be vested in the Poor-law Com missioners, or it ► the Poor-law Guardians. This was not the object of t/ but whether a relief committee sit ting is Dublin, ; appointed by the Lord Lieutenant, and corres- Pending with tl me poor-law guardians, should be vested with these powers. He feared that by the present system of elec toral divisions. it would be found that even in ordinary times the burden of the poor-rates fell with intolerable pressure op e ns the poor terse ti ts, and if so, what must th e y not expect at res sent ? Very 1 nany of these districts were nearly overwhelmed, • and he hear with all the assistance which might be rendered to the m , t h ey -would find it difficult to sustain th emse l ves under . 1 pressure. What wro tire present state of Ireland? There 'Were at that no ment 560.000 persons employed upon the pub works, which were supported by advances from Govoro -I,!eut, that were to be repaid by rates levied from the electoral care fully tricts. It was o f th e l ast i m portance that they should 'tier this matter. These persons were the tillers of the soil tsr Irelmt Now, it was well known that seed time THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVE 1 YN O, FEBRUARY O, 1847 was fast approaching, and though it was a little later than in 1 this country, it generally was not deferred beyond March or April, and they were now far advanced in the month of February, And those 520,00 J who were now employed in the public works must resume their usual occupations, prepare the ground, procure the seed, and sow the seed—all within the next ten weeks. It behoved them, therefore, to take care lest the present state of Ireland would be only a preludeto a worse hereafter. He sincerely hoped that the measures proposed by Government would be successful in meeting the emergency, and that the 580,000 men who were now diverted from their usual occupations would resume them again. A great effort was now being made ; the cost of it would be great a nd the burden would be heavy, if not intolerable. He was disposed to adopt the view of the Honourable Member for Kerry, and to support the clause as it now stood, as he did not believe that the amendment of the Hon. Member for Northampton shire would be expedient under the circumstances in which Ire land was placed. If the rates, according to the former Hon. Gentleman, were likely to be so difficult of collection in unions, he considered that the difficulty would be considerably aug mented if they were levied from electoral divisions. He would, therefore, support the clause. Mr. SHAW hoped that hip Hon. Friend would withdraw his amendment. He considered that he (Mr. O'Brien) would not be testing the principle fairly by pressing it to a division. The proposed measure was a temporary one, and though he would not object to the principle as applied to this measure, he would support the union relief when the Poor-law came under discussion. The Hon Gentleman defended the landlords from the charges made against them. Mr. L ABOUC HERE wished to say one word. There could he no doubt but many districts would be found to be under a great pressure if they were compared with the destitu tion which they were called upon to relieve. And if that was the case with unions it was still more so within electoral divi sions. He hoped the discussion would continue no longer, for it was essential that there should be as little delay as possible in coming to a decision on this measure. The House would not be at all precluded, by any vote to which they might come on that occasion, from taking other statements with regard to the more grave and permanent measures which would shortly come on for discussion. It was vitally important that no delay should take place in passing the measure into a law. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN said, if his Hon. Friend went to a division, that he should support his proposition. Mr. D. BROWNE opposed the amendment because it would throw a great additional burden upon small towns, and because the rates ought to be spread over large, instead of small, districts, in order more fairly to apportion them. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN said the electoral districts were frequently inconveniently large. He believed that the reduction of them would make the rates more easy of collection, and induce the proprietors of the soil to take more care of the poor in their districts. As, however, Irish Members did not generally object to the clause, ho did not feel justified in press ing the amendment to a division. Mr. B. OSBORNE expressed his opinion that the whole Bill would turn out a failure, and that the Government, when this took place, would come down to the House with the old story, and attribute it to a want of co-eperation. After some farther discussion the amendment was negatived without a division, and the clause was adopted, as also was clause 13. On clause 14 being proposed, Mr. HAMILTON said, he fm one was willing to have Ire land taxed as much as she could conveniently bear, for the support of her own poor. Lord CLEMENTS said that it was useless to ask the Irish landlords to pay back the money about to be granted, unless the House gave them the means.—(Laughter.) Let him not be misunderstood—he did not ask for money—(Hear)—but when they came to consider that two millions of acres in Ireland were held in joint tenantcy, they would find that it was an impossibility to repay the money, unless the Government, or that House gave them the control of their own property. The system of abuse and half defence, to which the Irish landlords had been expose& excited his con tempt equally—for he did say that there was not a class of men to be found any where, as a body, more willing to perform their duties than the Irish landlords.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK said that having arrived at that stage of the debate, he thought it the duty of the Minister to deal with the House of Commons as it ought to be dealt with. The Minister had laid the Bill upon the table of the House, it had been read twice, and was then in committee. They had been disposing of the measures by which they were to apportion the relief to be granted, and as they were now about to approach that most important of all subjects—money—he thought some explicit explanation of what they were about to do was due to the House. They were told that they were about to do something, but what that something was they did not know. Now this was not a state of things which should, or ought to exist. By the 17th clause, certain grants of money had been made. He wanted to know if it was in the recollection of any Member of the House—he did not care how old he might be—even he would ask his Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose, if it came within his experience that a Chancellor of the Exchequer should come down to the House to demand money without explaining how he meant to procure it ?—( Hear, hear.) if the Right Hon. Gentleman were to say, then, that he was about to raise it by an increase of the income tax, would there not be a flame hem one end of the kingdom to another ? Mr. SHAW—No. Mr. ROEBUCK—It would not with Irish Members, be cause they did not pay that tax,.—( Hear, hear.) But what was the Chancellor going to do? He considered that it was really an act of injustice to the people of England, who were to pay this money, if they were kept in ignorance of the means by which it was to be obtained, or how much was to be granted. What he wanted to known then was, what was the sum to be given ; he did not wish to tie the Right Hon. Gentleman to any particular sum ? He would repeat the question—he wanted to know the sum of the expense which would be required to meet the present emer gency? It was a fair question, and he would expect an explicit answer.—( Hear, hear.) One of the great obligations of the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer was to give an explicit statement of the expenditure, and to deal fairly with the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that upon no occasion whatever had he declined to give the required answer. He only begged to say that he never put the question before to him, nor had he acted in any manner to warrant the mode in which the question had been put. He had not the slightest difficulty in stating what had been the sum of money advanced by the Exchequer from February to September last. —(Hear, hear.) It had been two millions. The presentment sessions had presented for 6,000,0001., that was the sum which the landlords of Ireland had taken upon themselves to pay. The amount to be granted by the present Bill was 300,0001., and not more, to be paid out of the consolidated fund. Any future sums the Government might require would be voted in Committee.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK disclaimed any intention of being offen sive to the Right Hon. Gentleman. He had only asked a simple question, and he must have an answer. He asked him the probable expenditure under the present Bill, and he was answered with reference to another Bill which they would have to discuss, and which had nothing to do with the present question. The Right Hon. Gentleman said that he intended to limit the expenditure to 300,000/. He would call the at tention of the Right Hon. Gentleman to the 14th clause, which empowered the Commissioners to cause to be issued, from time to time, any sum or sums of money they might think fit. No sum was named. He wanted to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman if he had made any calculation of the probable expenditure of this country in maintaining the people of Ireland, as long as the Bill was in operation. The Right Hon. Gentleman had not given that answer, he had merely given a technical reply. The House would have to vote in the dark for large sums to be granted to Ireland ; and after that they would have gentlemen in Conciliation Hall talking of the advantage of separation. However, from the speech of the Honourable Member for Cork, it appeared that they would make a despotism of the Government of this country, if they could take as much money as they thought fit. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was asking money to relieve the Irish, and it was clear either that he had not made any calculation as to its amount, or if he had made it—he thought that too large an amount to tell at the present moment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that a few days since a Bill had passed that House limiting for the present the advance from the Consolidated Fund to 300,000/. The House at present was pledged to nothing more than that sum. With regard to any further liabilities he had already said that that day fortnight it would be his duty to snake a statement to the House. Mr. S. O'BRIEN said that no explanation had been given as to the mode in which the 580,000 people at present at work on the roads were to be taken off them and otherwise more ad vantageously employed. Mr. F. FRENCH fully agreed with the Hon. Member for Bath in the important question which he had put to the Hon. Gentleman. All Members of that House must feel the im pertance of the query made, bat it was impossible for any Gentleman in the House to deem the answer given as a satis factory one. In forming any estimate of the probable expen diture, it must be considered that many auxiliary measures were to be brought into operation, and it would be necessary first to determine the amount of the population to be employed, and that amount must necessarily be regulated by the effect of the other measures to be embodied, so, therefore, it was im possible, or nearly so, to give to the Hon. Member definite or satisfactory information on a question so materially affecting the Exchequer of England. After some further conversation, Mr. E. DENISON said that he wished to ask a question of some importance to the Government. With reference to the Poor-law Bill as proposed for Ireland, it seemed to be an un derstanding with the Irish Members that this Bill was to be resisted to the utmost. He had also heard statements, both in and out of the House, as to the intentions of the Government with reference to this Bill, and he should, therefore, respect fully ask the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Home Department to give the House an assurance of the intentions of the' Govetnment as to the course to be pursued by them with regard to this measure. Sir GEORGE GREY said that his Hon. Friend asked an extraordinary question. It certainly was the intention of Go vernment to proceed with this Bill, and that was the first time he had heard even a surmise as to its not being proceeded with. Mr. SHAW complained of the aspersions cast upon the landlords of Ireland. They were as anxious to do all they could for the relief of the distress around Elora ; in many cases they had gone further than in common prudence they ought. He desired to know what course the Hon. Member for Bath wished the Government to pursue. Were they to leave the Irish people to starve, for that was what his remarks tended to ? was a great and awful calamity—a national calamity—which had overtaken them. and it ought to be met by the national resources. If tile Irish landlords were as bad e t es h ue e mu t i h r e o c y f o m w n d o e r n t: e e e y t .) ld in n t o h t e te c l o l u w rs h e at ta su k m en( r :., e a— p n r d( e ih e e n e e t e r w T e r h e e t c h h e a n I e r i e s l h l r people e t oEs Exchequer h mb e yr w .th a se n h t H e a d wo . 2 He would want a large Honourable e see e no Lparticularob ject Gen tleman, except simply to impede the measure—(Hear, hear) — by every means he possibly could do. Were the Irish people to die in the mean tim e —f or while they were then talking they were starving, and must continue to do so, unless the means for their i. relief o va u er K said t e dil ype hl ed t Ar. Rthe Hon. Member had asked him one question, and three others were asked by inuendos. He asked, did he want the Irish to starve? He (Mr. Roe_ buck) wanted to know if that was a fair way to ask the ques tion.—(Hear, hear.) Was th a t an h onest way to ask the Member question ;a acted d h e a supposed e ?thatrithates ofw oa t the oh.") way k„ the Onen Did Hon.he e s e i l e e d - wish the Irish people to starve ?—(Hear , Hear, hear.) " e and a third cried that said, " Hear, hear," another said , that it was the proper way to put the question. He would tell them what he did w a nt the Governme nt to do. He wanted he Government of England to p rovi de an efficient means of tpro viding the people of Ireland the means of preventing them from starving, but, to so doing to pledge all the property of Ire laud—(Hear, hear) —for the repayment of the debt. When the Hon. Gentleman talked to men of common prudence, of the gentlemen of Ireland presenting more than in common prudence they ought, he had always been told, in the course of that debate, that such instances were rare. He was anxious that the people of Ireland should not only have &provision now, but hereafter. They ought to provide for the poor, but while they did so, they should take care that not one farthing went into the pockets of the landlords. He had a right to look to the poor of both countries , and he was prepared to give to tlio poor of Ireland full and generous subsistence, but he would ice none whatever to the Irish landlords. An HON AIEMBEea—No one wants you. Mr. ROEBUCK—Then, what was all this commotion about? The Hon. Member said - the distress was a national calamity ; another said something else, and that they should tax the whole British empire to meet it. But what he (Mr. Roebuck) said was, that no exertion of theirs would efficiently meet the evil, except a stringent poor-law, and he knew that that was most distasteful of all things to the Irish landlords.— ( Hear, hear.) He had now, he trusted, given a full and ex plicit answer to the Hon. and Learned Member for the Uni versity of Dublin. In conclusion, this was what he wanted— he wanted to pledge the property of Ireland for the support of the Irish poor. Mr. BELLEW looked upon the calamity which had over taken Ireland, and the measures to relieve it, as distinct from measures for the permanent improvement of the country. They were distinct matters, and should not be mixed up together. He maintained the calamity was one that should be met by national exertions, as it could not be met by the exer tions of the Irish landlords or the people of Ireland. What. ever the Irish landlords might deserve, it would be most unjust to place all the burden upon them, as had been suggested by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath. He candidly told that Hon. Member that a great portion of the money advanced would never be paid back by the landlords, nor could they be expected under the circumstances to do so. Mr. HUME said the real question they had to consider, was, the amount of money they should require under these Bills. Ile thought the Cnancellor of the Exchequer had answered the question fairly, though he (Mr. Hume) consi dered some fuller information should have been given as to the ulterior measures of the Government. His only tear was, that after these measures wei e carried into effect, the people of Ire land would be as badly off as ever.—( Cries of o, no.") He maintained such was his opinion, as a great deal of the money already expended had been spent in a most injurious manner. He considered some measure should be agreed to by which facilities could be afforded for the transference of property in Ireland. Were that done, he was sure capital would flow into Irelund, and the people be employed in the ordinary man ner. He thought the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath deserved praise instead of blame for the way he had brought the question before the notice of the House. No satisfaction, he was persuaded, would be given to the people of England until a large and comprehensive measure was introduced to meet the present state of Ireland. Lord JOHN MANNERS was of opinion that were the plan of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath carried into effect, the condition of the people of Ireland would not be much better. That Hon. and Learned Gentleman, it seemed, had but one plan, which was to mortgage the whole of the property of Ireland for the support of the poor, a measure which, if carried out at once, would be very far from meeting the dif fi culties of the case. He protested against the senti ments of the Hon. and Learned Member as being considered the honest sentiments of the people of England. Mr. ROEBUCK called the attention of the Noble Lord to the fact that similar sentiments to those he had expressed had been enunciated by Hon. Members on his side of the House. Dr. BOWRING said the real question was not the present state of Ireland, but its future welfare. It was the ultimate improvement of that country that the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath looked to, in the objection he had taken to the present measures before the House. They were going on voting one sum of money after another, putting off the evil day, but they presented no comprehensive scheme for the per manent welfare and elevation of the sister country. It would not do to be voting large sums of money away without such grants resulting in an improvement in the general condition of the people. They should look more closely into the state of Ireland, and see whether the money was likely to be pro perly applied or not. Above all, they should give the poor of Ireland a right of relief from the property of that country. Sir CHARLES NAPIER considered that the absentee landlords, who held immense properties in Ireland, were not doing their duty. He thought that in the extraordinary cir cumstances of Ireland, at the present moment, Noble Lords, and Hon. Gentlemen, who held enormous estates in that country, should sacrifice their own pleasures and comforts its London to reside there, ao as to administer to the poor people, who were starving. It was not necessary for him to say that the agent could not supply their place. Let them take the case of a country town in England and the principal resident gentlemen are absentees. The artisans in that town were quite neglected, and the business of the place went to decay. Let them suppose that the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the other rich proprietors were going to Ireland—would any one tell him that that was not a proper way to alleviate tee mise ries which at present existed there? He did say that they were called upon to relieve Ireland. He said it was not pos.; sible for them as men, as Christians, to live in comfort and see and hear of men, and women, and children starving in the ditches of Ireland. They had been told by an Hon. Member between two millions were dying throughout Ireland, and he thought that some speedy means should be taken to prevent this calamity. Lord CLEMENTS would take the liberty of correcting a little misapprehension on the part of the Hon. and Gallant Member who had last spoken. He (Lord Clements) did not doubt that the Irish landlords were most anxious to do their duty towards their tenantry, but what he complained of was, that the Government made an effort, by the passing of vigorous measures, to draw out the resources of the country. I hold in my hsnd a return, showing that not less than 219,219 persons are charged rates, which are paid by the lessor. Now, this was a state of things monstrous in itself, and it was ren dered yet worse by the fact, that these lessors were paid no rents. Mr. BERNAL said that the Hon. and Gallant Member's observations were likely to throw upon a highly respectable and most praise-worthy (111;s—the absentee landlords of Ire land—a degree of public odium which was altogether unde served.— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He contended that these gentlemen did their duty to their tenantry, and he could in stance the case of one nobleman, whose rents in Ireland were stated to be 30,0001., but he did not receive his rents, and he spent all his money on his estates in that country.—(Laugh ter.) He was not at liberty to mention that gentleman's name, but he was sufficiently known by his truly generous and noble character. Sir CHARLES NAPIER explained. He had said, and he would repeat his expressions, that it would he better for the absentee landlords, for the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and other great proprietors, if they in the present alarming state of Ireland were themselves to visit their estates, and see the necessities of the starving poor at tended to, instead of trusting them to the tender mercies of their agents. Alter a few words from Mr. ROSS, The clause was agreed to. Clause 16 was then agreed to. On clause 17 being proposed, it was agreed that it he postponed till the subsequent clauses, referring to the same topic, should be proposed. Clause 18 was then agreed to. On clause 19 being proposed, Mr. SHAW would wish that the clause should not be so stringent as it now stood. Sir G. GREY did not exactly understand to what terms the the Hon. Gentleman referred. Mr. SHAW said it was the latter part of the clause, which referred to the necessity for preventing any tradesman who might have a beneficial interest in the operation of the Act, from being engaged in the provision of food. After a few wards from Colonel Rawdon, Mr. M. J. O'Con nell, and Mr. H. Grattan, Mr. SHAW left the matter to the consideration of the Government ; and the clause was agreed to. Clauses 20 to 23 were passed. The House then returned to the 17th clause. Mr. HUME inquired whether there was any provision for the repayment of the money ? Sir R. FERGUSON wished to know whether there was any means provided for the difficulty Of providing the money. Sir G. GREY said that the only difficulty was in paying the interest, not in borrowing the money from the Treasury. Mr. HUME wished to know why there should be any alteration in the terms of clause. Sir G. GREY thought that the better plan would be to take the consideration on the bringing up of the report. Mr. EVELYN DENISON said that the granting of un limited grants from the Treasury ought always to be avoided, and in the terms of which he had given notice, he thought that some limitation ought to be placed on these grants. The House had nothing like a full statement laid before it of the production of Ireland. If he understood rightly a great portion of the country was occupied for g razing purposes, and it appeared from the re p ort of Captain Barclay, which was made on the 16th of October last year, that butter, of which a great quantity was exported from Ireland, was formerly sold at 60s. or 70s. a cwt., was now sell ing at 985. If this were the case, many parts of Ireland were well able to support themselves, and they would be only de luding themselves and deceiving their constituents if they passed the Bill in its present state. He wished to say only a few words, 'nd would conclude by moving the adoption of the terms of which he had given notice, and he should, there fore, move the adoption of those terms, and called • lion the House to support it. The Hon. Gentleman then moved— " That in no case shall the sum so advanced by the Comm,s sioners of her Majesty's Treasury exceed the sum raised by rate or voluntary contribution within the union or electoral division. Mr. LABOUCHERE trusted that his Hon. Friend would consider the painful position in which the Government would be placed if his proposition were adopted. He quite agreed in the truth that it was always inadvisable that grants from the Consolidated Fund, should be made without seine limitation ; but he should recollect that this was a Bill for the relief of the destitute poor, and it should be recollected also what a painful situation they would be placed in, if they could not relieve the destitute poor. This was only a temporary measure, and he was very unwilling to fetter the power of the Government in granting this relief. It would save the Irish Government from any such responsibility if this Bill was left as it is, but it would, under the circumstances, be most inadvisable to fetter the Government by any such restriction. There were many parts of Ireland which, under any circumstances, would be unable to support themselves ; and these were the people wl:o were in a state of starvation. The whole benefit of the Act would be lost, and he should, therefore, oppose the motion. --..-. Mr. - GRAINGER certainly thought that no such monies should be granted, unless at least some portion of the poor-rate were raised for the relief of the poor. Ile wished to know whether it was the intention of Government at all to restrict ' these advances, unless some such condition as that were imposed. Sir GEORGE GREY—Certainly not. It would in every way be inadvisable. Mr. E. DENISON was unwilling, in the face of such a general opposition, to have any desire to fetter the Go vernment to proceed with his motion ; but he thought it but right, nevertheless, to remind the House that the Member for Limerick (Mr. S. O'Brien) had stated that no one could be sure that the same distress would not occur next year, and that' some restriction therefore was evidently necessary, He would, however, withdraw this motion. Mr. GRAINGER then gave notice, that on the b r i ng i ng up of the report he should move for the adoption of a clause restricting the advance of any sums from the Consolidated Fund, until at least one half of the amount for the relief of the poor t re n r a f e e o. h a d been raised fro m the p oor-rate. th e he et g e red th t Committee was The eia ifling clans's were then agreed to. The and or dered to be received to-morrow. r Houseeinaini wining resumed ;p BRE WING FROM SUGAR BILL of the CHANCE LLOR of the EXCHE QUER, the order of the da y for going into Committee on this On the motion Bill was read. experiments which had been made, under the superintendence of the Excise , showed that Mr. MILES regrette d that the measure was introduced as a permanent measure . The the use of sugar in brewer ies would act price of barley at be the agricultural interest. Ta kin g tween 325. and 405. per quarter, an sum of 245. for the duty an d the expen se d a dding to that Irice the of malting, that the perniciousl s y toward the price of sugar malt was 565., the equivalent in the price at would be 345. l Id. ; when at 645 . equivalent would give 565., and 645. for the price of malt . . Now, when The ffect of such with the price of malt, would be 395. 9d. e which sugar should be, in order to be the Govern cultural interests of the country. He pressed on for a measure would, therefore, prove injurious to the great agri ment the propriety of making this a temporary me asure, He he feared that its operation must prove most inj uri ous. in its probable effect both on the colonies and the agricu lt ural regretted that more inquiry had not been made wit re gard to would be subjected to that analysis and investigation, which in terest ; and he trusted that in the other House it would show its practical working. He would, however, offer no op position to the progress of the Bill. Mr. .1 A.NIE`.4 saw no reason why the Legislature sholll'i attempt to prohibit the colonial proprietor from selling his pro ' duce in any manner most beneficial to him. He believed that, I with regard to beer, a very little barley mixed with some i sugar would make a better, a more healthy, and a more palatable article than that manufactured from barley alone. He hoped her Majesty's Government would not yield to the interested clamour of the Scotch and Irish distillers, is their outcry in the reduction of the differential duties. The colonies had now to compete with the slate countries, and he I therefore thought that the differential duties should no longer be kept up, but such was the outcry, and such was the info- 1 enee of the Irish and Scotch distillers, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer still proposed to con tinue a duty of 6d. per gallon against the colonial propr'ietor. The measures, however, taken as a whole, were a great, boon to the public, and he begged to tender his thanks to her. Ma jesty's Government for having brought them forward. Mr. FINCH objected to the principle of the Bill, but. would not oppose it in its present form. He apprehended, b Uwever, that it would not confer any great advantage upon the public. For imance, he had been informed that sugar had increased Id. a pound that day; so that if it increased in price as the price of the beer fell, no great advantage would 'oe conferred upon the public. The want of protection to native produce had produced, and was producing the :re sults which had been anticipated, and the colonial interests, should therefore join the agricultural interests to en • deavour to obt-in that protection which they had lost. He thought tgey ought to get ri.t of the principle of free traele, so far as fore•gn sugar was concerned. What the agrieultui •al in terest had to fear was the low price of sugar which woul d take place in accordance with the measures of last year, a , ad the competition which would be thereby induced between it and barley. It was the duty also of the Irish member sto join them to regain that pr , rteetion which they had lost in con sequence of their dereliction. Mr. M. MILNES wished to know whether the Govern ment would consider it consistent with their duty to recom•• mend a reduction of the penalties imposed on those using liquorice juice—(Laughter.) It was used very much in private breweries, and in many ►nstauces, he was sorry to say, illicitly. Such a reduction would be of the utmost advantage to the liquorice growers in Yorkshire and E-sex. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it Inadvisable to hold out a premium for the introduction of a noxious drug into beer—( Hear, hear, )—one especially which was prohibited as an unfit ingredient in its preparation. Mr. M. MILNES—May I consider then that there are no financial difficulties ?—(Roars of laughter.) The subject then dropped. The House then went into committee, and after a short discussion, clauses 1,2, 3,4, .5, 6, 7,8, and 9, were then read and severally agreed to. After a few words from Mr. MOFFAT, the Bill passed through Committee. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and the House resumed. The Bill, with the amendments, was then ordered to be reported to-morrow (this day). DISTILLING FROM SUGAR BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. The several clauses of the Bill were then agreed to. CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. _ _ 'The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that, with the sanction of the House, he should propose the second reading of this Bill to night, and take the discussion in Com mittee. Lord G. BENTINCK gave notice that on the order of the day being proposed for going into Committee on the Bill, he should move that it be referred to a Select Committee up stairs.—The Bill was then read a second time. . . The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half past Twelve o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. The business transacted on the Spring Handicaps was, with few exceptions, in small sums, and at prices according so nearly !with those last quoted that we may dispense with any comment. On the Derby and Oaks it was heavier, and with reference to the former, we may state that Epirote de clined to 13 to . 1 (1,400 to 100 laid once), resigning the second place in the betting to Planet, who advanced a point on the previous quotation ; Glentilt and Red Hart also im proved, but we are not aware that. any business was done on the Goodwood horsos except as a " lot," in which shape they were backed for a hundred at sto 1. The most remarkable feature in the betting on this event was the elevation of Conyngham—one of the Danebury lot—to 20 to 1, anything above which would have been taken ; of the outsiders, Wa note, Horn of Chase, Limestone, and Signet (the Galvanic Ring) were most in request. Latest prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 800 to 20 agst Mr. G. Watt, jun.'s St. Leger—taken. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HANDICAP. Hydrangea is declared not to start. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 16 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne 25 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Meeanee—taken. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Jaque's Sir Martin—taken METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 15 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren—taken 17 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Pink Bonnet—taken 17 to 1 agst Mr. Whitworth's Lady Sarah—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Stanley s Meeanee—taken TWO THOUSAND GULNEAS STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet 5 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken 7 to 1 aest Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—taken 70 to 40 agst Glentilt and Planet—taken 1000 to 100 eget Liberator and Bedlam—taken CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant. 22 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's The Lamb—t., and aft. off. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Flitch 1000 to 25 agst Mr. Minor's Duke of Richmond—taken 2 or 3 times 1000 to 25agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken 45 to 1 agst Mr. T. Dawson's Crim Con 10e0 to 20 agst Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid—taken 1000 to 20 agat Mr. W. Scott's Sir Patton Sykes—taken and afterwards ()tiered 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Bourton 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mangle's G.)klen Bee 1000 to 20 eget Mr. B. Green's The Conjurer—taken 1000 to 20 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Moonlight—t., and aft. off. 500 to 10 agst Mr. Ilesselton's Fitzallen—t., and aft. off. 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Greville's Jonathan Wild—taken 800 to 10 agst Mr. Smith's Master Downes—taken 1000 to I() agst Mr. F. R. Price ns The Premier (3 yrs)—t 2000 to 10 agst Mr. Haworth's Robin Burns—taken No others mentioned. DERBY. 500 to 100 agst Kent's Lot—taken 15 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—take 13 to 1 1813 ttoo 1 a a g g s s t t B Al o os ye ty ess a ' ,a E G p i i e r n o t t i er t_ ta ta k k e o l 2 4 o to 1 to 1 20 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham 33 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—take 35 to 1 35 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb c—taken and afterwards offered 40 to 1 eget Mr. Irwin's Horn of Chase—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Wanota—taken to 125/. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Litnedale 45 to 1 agst Mr. S. Conway's Christopher — tak en 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Stephenson's Black Dwarf—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Merry's Limestone—t. and aft. of. 1000 to 15 agst Lord Strathmore's Signet—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Will o' the Wisp—taken and afterwards offered 2300 to 100 agst Liberator and Bedlam—taken givingoOev 2 v even betsioves. forenEp c i h ro o t i e os. and Planet, the backers of the latter OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's The Farmer's Daughter —t. 8 to 1 agat Mr. Payne's Clementine 20 to 1 agst Captain Harcourt's Ellerpale—t. to 2001. 20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Nerissa 1000 to 60 agat Sir J. Hawley's Miami 1000 to 500 on Clementine agst Nerissa 2000 to 1000 on Farmer's Daughter agst Nerissa. The following two yrs old have received na mes :—Mr. ' " Mostyn's f by Touchstone, out of Olive " Tamarind, h filly by Touchstone, out of Chapeau d'Espagne " Mant illd his filly by Bay Middleton, out of Miss Milner ' " Nun Ap pleton," Sister to Preserve "L acca dive," and his filly b 7 Venison, out of Eyebrows " Glance." Sir J. B. Mill Jingle filly is named " Black Doe," and his Tenebrosa filly " Red Doe," both are by Venison. el ß oo L g O in O g D to ST l O r. C W K. all The entire rac S in A g L' s E tud Ol b for sale yesterday, by Messrs. Tattersall and Son w , posed of at the following prices : Brood mares. Zelinda, covered by Loadstone Celandine, covered by Coronation ........................... Game Fowl, covered by Coronation ...... ........... 10-0 10 Maldonia, covered by Loadstone ............ ••• ....... 94 Belissinia, covered by Venison 78 Dauntless, covered by Venison... Science, covered by Venison .................. .• .• as ao p d ut d u is p . Yearlings, with their engage:: .. ..... . 13 B f by Venison, out of Belissime .......................... Ch fby The Skater, out of Zelinda .................. ••• . ;g Cli fby Gladiator, out of Celandine ..... ••• .......58 Ch fby Defence, out of Game Fowl .........••• ........... 13 B c by The Skater, out of Dauntless ..................... Horses in training, with their en 12 Bf, 2 yrs, by The Skater, out or Dauntless ............ '" 38 Chrevenil, 2 yrs, by Venison ........................ ••• .... 19 Seaport, 6 yrs, by Liverpool .............. . ................ 19 B f, 3 yrs, by Sir Hercules, out of Maldonia ........ Ch c, 2 yrs, by Mazeppa, out of Celandine .................... zli)s; Borrani, 5 yrs .... ........................................ 4 3 00 6 Crown Prince, by Coronation, 4 yrs ....... „ ...................... Quicksand, 3 yrs Ch c, by Slane, out of Cinderella, 4 yrs ....................... 12 Ch cby Bubastes, out of Zelinda, 4 yrs ............ "' Marius, by Mazeppa, d by Whalebone . ... gs. Paganini, gs ; The - 1 -'''gg e gagernents. ................... 33 Guineas. 3 ------_ 88. --The Tribunal 01 TUB EPOQUE N E VVsPAP Correctional Police has been occupied several days in hear and against Admiral de ing a complaint, preferred by certain shareholders of the civilly responsible. The Epoque newspaper, against M. Solar, late g6rant of that based on the allegation journal, on a charge of swindling, wre phiinants to advance their meynard, M. Richond des Rosamel, General Tholose, 51 the M. Denys (all Members of the Chamber of Deputies), cbhl.aCrgoornaugaauilot,stanthdellgie.rGetnritolwetas, as that he had induced the and in that capacity had in reality it had not so many; money 2omo on stohbescprriebteernsc,ewlat the journal possessed upwards as also that he had sold vast quantities of the daily num bers as waste paper without aceounting for the proceeds, and generally that he had acted unfairly towards the share holders in the discharge of the duties of his office. Admiral Rosamel and the other gentlemen had acted as the con desell de surveillance of the Epoque, signed a document, which was inserted in the newspaper, declaring that the circulation of the journal exceeded 20,000 copies daily. The complainants alleged that the gentlemen in question knew that assertion to be false at the time they made it, and that as it VMS in consequence of it thry had fromo from h is duping parted with their money, they the shareholders) considered l s o e ser far fr them morally responsible for the loss they alleged they had sustained through the acts of the gerant. A number o witnesses ware called to support the case of the plaintiffs, but himself,but after hearing hoefawriintogoithsteactooduntshelatofthAel.pSapoolarr,haanda had twenty thousand subscribers, that its failure as a mer that in every case the conduct of M. Solar had been in' candle speculation was the fault of the shareholders them selves in not paying up their deposits within due tieperfectlys hareholders, honourable, h o waansda that,considerable in faet, con nexion with the journal, the tribunal delivered a by which it fully acquitted that gentleman, and declared declared useless that, in consequence of that ac q uittal, it was to exa mine the question raised with res p ect to the other gentlemen. —Galignani. DETENTION OP FORGED NOTES OF THI3 B ANK OF late of IRELAND.—On Thursday , Tho mas Jones Atk i ns, Grafton-street, and formerly of Wi cklow - street, Thomas James, of 3lecklenburgh enry Fitzsimon, of Whitehorse - yard, printer, before Messrs. if itchcock and stre t, engraver; and street, engraver; H Tyndall,were brought Police-office, in custody of Brennan, and at College-street name of the detective police , charged with being other officers forgery of notes of the Bank of Irel and. The notes forged concerned in the were dlted May 11, 1844, and 6th of December, witriebs named Daniel NlCerrniek, of 1 Toomuvara, who had 1845. A been eoaLr,od g in eirccirculating;circulating;t!ici for rpd notes in various , ,I p 1 .. , - oet'. c,,ntry, was examined at . notch . ' m ode of operations. An officer of the B length as to the Bank of Ireland was also examined. The prisoners were committed for trial at ' the cow:ll:Aim—Dublin paper; LORD G. BENTINCK'S RAILWAY BILL. [Subjoined is the Bill laid by Lord George Bentinck on the table of the House of Commons on Thursday night.] A BILL TO STIMULATE THE PROMPT AND PRO. Fri'ABLE EMPLOYMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF RAILWAYS IN IRE LAND. Whereas the speedy construction of railwsys in Ireland would be of great public advantage, and would especially tend to improve the condition and to develop the resources of that part of the United Kingdom ; and several Acts of Parliament have passed, and other Acts are likely hereafter to pass for the construction of such railways: And whereas it is apprehended that the companies authorised by such Acts may be unable to carry their several undertakings into immediate execution by their own resources : And whereas in the present state of Ireland it is expedient to afford in creased employment for labour in works of public utility ; Be it enacted, therefore, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of tlt , Lords Spiritual an:l Temporal and Commons in this present Parlia ment assembled, and by the an: hority of the same : AUTHORISING ISSUE OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED FUND, OR EXCHEQUER-BILLS, FOR Tut; PURPOSES OF THE ACT, NOT EXCEEDING 16,000,0001. 1. That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the Treasury to issue and advance, or cause to be issued and advanced, for the loans to be made under the provisions of this Act, and for the other purposes of tHis Act, out of the growing produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, such sum or sums of money as may be required for such loans and purposes, not exceeding in the whole the sum of 16,000,000/. ; or, in case the said Commissioners of the Treasury shall so think fit, it shall be lawful for them to direct the Comptroller- General of her Majesty's :Exchequer, at Westmins:er, to make out and issue Exchequer-bills to such amount, not exceeding the sum of 16,000,0001., as they shall think fit to direct for the purpose aforesaid, and to cause the same to be sold and the produce carried to the railway advances and repayment account in the Bank of Ireland, hereinafter men tioned; provided that the whole amount of the sums to be advanced out of' the Consolidated Fund, and by such Ex chequer-bills shall not together exceed the said sum of 16,000,000/. PROVISIONS AS TO THE ISSUE, PERIOD, AND RATE OF INTEREST OF EXCIIEQUER-BILLS. 2. And be it enacted, that snch Exchequer-bills as may be directed to be made out and issued under this Act shall be in the same form and order, and according to the same or like rules and directions, except where herein otherwise provided for, as in an Act passed in the 46th year of the reign of his Majesty King George 111., intituled " An Act for re gulating the issuing and paying of Exchequer-Bills ;" and and an Act passed in the session of Parliament holden in the 4th and sth years of the reign of his Majesty King Wil liam IV., intituled " An Act to regulate the office of the receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster ;" and an Act, passed in the session of Parliament holden in the sth and 6th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for further regulating the preparation and issue of Exchequer-bills," are prescribed. 3. And be it enacted, that all the clauses, provisoes, powers, authorities, regulations, privileges, advantages, penalties, for feitures, and disabilities, contained in the said Acts of the 48th year of King George 111., the 4th and sth years of King William IV., and the sth and 6th years of her present Majesty, shall be applied and extended to the Excl:equer bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if the sold several clauses and provisoes had been particularly repeated and re enacted in this Act. 4. And be it enacted, that the Exchequer-bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act shall bear an interest not ex ceeding the rate of threepence halfpenny per centum per diem upon or in respect of the whole of the money contained therein. 5. And be it enacted, that all Exchequer-bills which shall be made out and issued in pursuance of this Act, shall be dated on the day of the issue thereof, and made payable at such periods as shall be fixed by the Commissioners of the Treasury. 6. And be it enacted, that all the Exchequer-bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, or so many of them as shall from time to time remain undischarged and uncan celled after the respective days on which they shall become due and payable, shall after that time pass and be current to all receivers and collectors in Great Britain of the customs, excise, or any revenue, supply, aid, or tax whatsoever, due or payable to her Majesty, her heirs or successors, and also at the Bank of England, to the account of her Majesty's Exchequer, from the said receivers or collectors, or from any person, body politic or corporate whatsoever, making any payment there to her Majesty, her heirs or successors, upon any account whatever. MONEY REQUIRED TO BE CARRIED TO ACCOUNT IN THE BANE OF IRELAND. 7. And be it enacted, that the Comptroller-General of her Majesty's Exchequer shall, upon the warrant of the Com missioners of the Treasury, -caused to be issue'', nut of the produce of the sale of the Exchequer-bills to be issued under this Act, or out of the growing produce of the Uonsolidated Fund, such sums for the purposes of this Act, as in such warrant shall be specified ; to be carried to an account which shall be opened with the. Commissioners of the Treasury in the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, under the style of "The Railway advances and re payment Account;" and the Commissioners of the Treasury may direct such monies to be advanced and paid out of such account they shall think fit for loans and other purposes by this Act authorised. EMPOWERING THE TREASURY TO RAISE BY LOANS NOT EXCEEDING 16,000,0001. 8. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Coin missioners of the Treasury, if and when they shall so think fit, to raise from time to time such sum or sums of money as shall be required for any advance to be made under the pro.. visions of this Act, or for the repayment of any such advance as shall have been made, as aforesaid, out of the Consolidated Fund, or of any such Exchequer-bills as shall have been issued as aforesaid, under the provisions of this Act, and to grant, as the consideration for such sum or sums of money, redeem able perpetual annuities, or annuities for terms of years (which said annuities, respectively, shall be transferable and payable at the Bank of England), upon such terms and con ditions, and under such regulations as to ;the time or times of paying the said sums of money agreed to be raisen, as may be determined upon by the said Commissioners of the Trea sury, not exceeding, in the whOle, the sum of 16,000,0001. Provided, nevertheless, that the rate of interest at which the said sums of money shall be from time to time raised shall be regulated and governed by the price of the respective re deemable perpetual annuities or annuities for terms of years, on the day preceding (or on the nearest preceding day, if it shall so happen that there shall be no price of such said annuities respectively on the day immediately preceding) the rbsbyialitlnh Provided b the Commissioners annuities, subscribed or annuities day of giving notice of raising such stun or slims of money, that the rate of interest to be allowed to the contribu tors for such sum or sums of money shall in no case exceed five shillings per centum per annum above the current rate of interest produced by the market price of a n y such re deemable perpetual annuities or annuities for terms of years existing at the time , and in which such co ntracts elan be made. F ROVISIONS AS TO MODE OF RAISING THE SUMS REQUIRED BY WANS OR BY COMMISSIONERS FOR REDUCTION OF NA TIONAL DEBT. 9 s years hereinafter mentioned of s action of the Nation a l ro a v n i y de d e u a c l i w t a s y u s m , and er beeu sums t sby further 3, redeemable enacted,p that per before a or contributed f f o e r r termsthe Redaction Debt), the said Commissioners of the Treasury are hereby required to give public notice of the intention to raise such suns, or such part thereof as shall not be subscribed or con tributed Governor of the Bank of En g lan d , of their desire to receive biddings for any such annuiti es , which said biddings and as a r fo a r i e s s it a ig id, au t c h h ro a u n g n h ui t t h ie e Governor s shallbe e o e r hd D ue e t p e u d t} i - 1 - 1 the like manner as has usua ll y b een pract i sed respect to the raising of mon e y b y way o f annuities fs t wo h oric e t such and t in he odf eservice of the public. Provided also that no con tract or agreement for raising any sum or sums of money parliament. 10. seileaatdmeAtio, e t nofefnssrfnidotioymtt.rbheirespecting annuities isitnAut uefcifurther :roet t slh h Nti e tm 0 b y by annuities as aforesaid shall be entered into, except rei s rce a hua m sh s e cyat iestddhe enacted, term tlhebafte redeemable3,w.. ehaarforthwithst,eywac annuities, ni redeemable us a hi d i t d sei eietsma, l before alabnbl des during the sitting of Parliament ; and when the same should have been entered into all proceedings, tenders, and the sums of money raised by annuities for terms ors x annuitiesi os existing ng yearsat for s t o the ec terms e e r a mt timee sd , 0 0 of years, shall 3r,aeias ri b ns e , go o fs f u t tch h he e slluii like description of some redeemable annuities, or annuities far or sums of money shall be deemed and taken to be redeem description then existing, in which such sum or sums shall I be agreed to be raised. 11. And be it further enacted, that all the several redeem able annuities and annuities for terms of years, which shall be created from time to time, by virtue of this Act, shall be deemed and taken to be and shall be added to and form part of the like redeemable annuities or annuities for terms of years, in which such sums of money shall be raised, and shall be subject to all the clauses, conditions, provisions, directions, regulations, and periods of payment, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes, except as altered and varied by virtue of this Act, as if the said clauses, conditions, provisions, directions, regulations, and periods of payment were severally repeatel and re-enacted in this Act. 12. And be it enacted, that the Commissioners for the Re duction of the National Debt may subscribe and contribute from time to time towards the raising any sum or sums of money to be raised under the provisions of this Act, any part of the monies which shall be at any time standing in their names in the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, under and by virtue of an Act passed in the 9th year of the reign of King George IV., and intituled " An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Savings Banks," and of another Act passed in the 10th year of the reign of King George IV., intituled, "An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws re lating to Friendly Societies," and also to sell and dispose of the Bank Annuities and Exchequer-bills or any part thereof which may be now standing, or mar hereafter stand in their names in the books of the said bank, in pursuance of the said respective Acts, and with the proceeds thereof, may subscribe and contribute such monies from time to time, or any part thereof, towards the raising the sums of money which may be required from time to time under the provisions of this Act. 13. And be it enacted, that all sums of money which shall be raised from time to time by sale of such annuities as aforesa d, under the provisions of this Act, shall be paid into the Bank of England, to the account of the Commissioners of the Treasury, under the title of the Irish Railway Loan Account, and the cashiers of the Benk of England are hereby required to receive all such sums of money, and to place the same from time to time to the said account ; and the Com missioners of the Treasury shall, from time to time, cause to be transferred from the said Irish Railway Loan Account to the Bank of Ireland, to the said Railway Advances and Re payment Account, such sums as shall be required for the purposes of this Act. 14. And be it enacted, that the cashier and cashiers of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, who shall have received, or shall receive, any part of any contribution towards any sum or sums of money to be raised by annuities as aforesaid, under the provisions of this Act, shall give a receipt or receipts in writing to every such contributor for all such sums, and that the said receipts so to be given shall be assignable at any time for and during such period as shall and may be determined upon by the said Commissioners of words, and under such regulations as shall be appr e ove a _ ways, the said Commissioners of the Treasury. Provided already that in case any such contributors, who have the Treasury, and the said receipts shall be in such fo d rm of a b n y d at the time an shiers any sum or sums of money,f the several loans, in part manner specified in the proposals o subscribed, or of any sum or sums so by the . m . respectivelystrators, successors, or as signs,their respective executors, administrators , the said cashier or cashiers sited with or shall hereafter pay to the said cashie d r shall not advance or pay roposals, then and in 0 , ery and in the manner stated tn , t the respective stint or sums so 'inli , ribed such case so much of dinthe.t•esp,e,c . part ti, 1,,,i . Y) !II.; ,-i,,, or tchae shall have been actually 1. as cashiers, shall be forfeited for thebenefit Icashier or . public, and all right or title to the said redeemable annuities to so subscribed, at the o t f im t : r. y s ear uni s s in respect thereof shall be es- tolrleanuresuiidueuesofforthteenxissumofo tinguished, anything in this Act contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. NTISHEr.gr AND CHARGES FOR MANAGEMENT TO BE PAID FROST CONSOLIDATED FUND, 15. And be it further enacted, that all the said annuities, interest, dividends, and charges for management, which shall become payable in respect of the said sum of 16,000,0001., or any part thereof, which shall have been raised as aforesaid by Exchequer-bills, or annuities, or otherwise under the pro visions of this Act, shall be charged and chargeable upon, and the same is hereby charged upon and made payable out of, the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 16. And be it further enacted, that so much money shall from time to time be set apart and issued at the reeeipt of the Exchequer in England, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the said cashier or cashiers of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, as shall be sufficient to satisfy and pay the respective annuities or the interest of the respective Exche quer-bills to be created in respect of the said sum of 16,000,0001., or any part thereof, together with all charges attending the same. RAILWAY COMPANIES IN IRELAND MAY APPLY FOR LOANS UNDER AUTHORITY OF GENERAL MEETINGS. 17. 'And be it enacted, that any company authorised, or which shall be hereafter authorised by Act of Parliament, to make a railway in Ireland, on an order of a general meeting of the company, may apply to the Commissioners of the Treasury for a loan under this Act, and any security which shall be given under the provisions of this Act by such com pany, or the directors thereof, for any money advanced or thereafter to be advanced, not exceeding in the whole the amount authorised to be borrowed by an order of a general meeting of the company, shall be valid and effectual, not withstanding any restrictive powers of borrowing contained in the Act or Acts relative to such company. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS TO REPORT ON WORKS AND CON- >•ITION OF COMPANIES APPLYING. 18. And be it enacted, that where any company authorised ;o make a railway in Ireland shall be desirous of obtaining a loan under this Act, it shall be lawful for the commissioners of railways, by themselves or by such inspector as they shall appoint for that purpose, to examine the works or proposed works of such railway company, and to inquire whether the speedy completion thereof would afford beneficial employ ment for labour, and would be of public advantage, and to inquire into the amount of the money which shall have been expended on such works, and if any part thereof shall have been expended out of money borrowed, then distinguishing the part thereof which shall have been expended out t f money borrowed from the part thereof which shall have been expended out of share capital, and to inquire what amount of capital will be required for the completion of the railway-, and whether the railway, if completed, will afford a reasonable prospect of sufficient security for the loan applied for by the company, or for any and what loan under the provisions of this Act, and to inquire into such other particulars in re lation to such works, and the condition thereof, and of the company authorised to make the same, as they, the said commissioners of railways may think fit, and after such ex amination and inquiries shall have been made, the commis sioners of railways shall report the result thereof, together with such observations and recommendations founded there on as they may think proper, to .the Commissioners of the Treasury. POWERS OF RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS EXTENDED TO PRO. CEEDINGS UNDER THIS ACT. 9. And be it enacted, that, for the purposes aforesaid, and for all other acts acid proceedings to be Clone and taken by them respectively under this Act, the said commissioners of railways and their inspectors shall have all the powers, rights, and authorities, nhich,by the Act of the last session of Parliament, intituled "An Act for constituting Commis- stoners of Railways," or by any Act of the present session, or any Act hereafter to be passed concerning the said Com missioners, are or shall be vested in such Commissioners and their inspectors for the purposes of the said Act of the last session of Parliament. EMPOWERING THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE TREASURY TO MAKE ADVANCES UPON THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS' • REPORTS. 20. And be it enacted, that where it shall appear upon the report of the Commissioners of railways that the speedy completion of the works of any company which shall be desirous of obtaining a loan under this Act, would be of public advantage, and would afford beneficial employment for labour, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the Treasury to advance to such tompany, on the security here. inafter mentioned, and subject to the provisions and condi tions hereinafter contained, such SUM or sums of money, from time to time, as shall be equal to double the amount of the money which by the report of the Commissioners of rail ways shall at the time of such advance appear to have been properly expended by such company out of share capital, unless the amount of loan which shall be applied for by the company shall be less than such double amount of share capital properly expended, or unless the Commissioners of railways shall report that a sufficient security will only be afforded for a less amount than such double amount ; in which case it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Trea sury to advance such sum or sums of money as the company shall apply for, or as the Commissioners of railways shall re commend. IMPOW.ERING ADVANCES IN SEPARATE SUMS, AND FROM TIME TO TIME. 21. And be it enacted, that subject as aforesaid the ad vances which may be made by the iCommissioners of the Treasury, under the authority of this Act, may be made in separate instalments or sums, at such times and in such manner as the Commissioners of Railways may recommend as most expedient for assisting the progress of the works, and for insuring the due application of the moneys advanced, but so that where any sum shall have been advanced as aforesaid no subsequent advance shall be made until the Commissioners of the Treasury shall have been satisfied by certificate of the Commissioners of Railways that the sum previously advanced has been properly expended. WAGES OF LABOURERS AND WORKMEN TO BE PAID WEEKLY IN MONEY OR LICENSED BANKERS' NOTES PAYABLE ON DEMAND. 22. And be it enacted, that where any monies shall have been advanced to a company as aforesaid the entire amount of the wages earned by or payable to every workman and labourer in respect of any work or labour done in or about the construction of the works of such company, shall be actually raid to such workman and labourer in the current coin of the realm (or In notes of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or in the notes of any company, or persons carrying on the business of a banker and duly licensed to issue such notes and payable on demand), and riot otherwise, and such paytnent shall be made weekly, and every payment made to any such workman or labourer of or in respect of any such wages by delivering to him goods or otherwise than in such current coin or notes as aforesaid, shall be illegal, null and void, and in case the whole amount of the wages received by or payable to any such workman or labourer as aforesaid up to and inclusive of the Saturday in every week shall not be paid on such Saturday, or on the Monday following, the contractor or company who shall have employed such workman or labourer shall be liable to pay and shall pay to hini double the amount of the wages earned, or of so much thereof as shall not have been actually and lawfully paid within the time and in the manner aforesaid, and. such double amount may be recovered from the em. ployer in the manner by law appointed for the recovety e: servants' wages, CONTRACTORS LIABLE FOR NON-PAYMENT OF LABOURERS BY THEIR SUB-COTRACTORS. 23. And be it enacted, that where any moneys shall have been advanced to a company as aforesaid, such company shall take such security from, and make such stipulations with, the persons who shall contract for the execution of the works, or any part thereof, as the Commissioners of Railways shall think fit, for the due and regular payment of all work. men and labourers employed in or about such works; and every person who shall contract with any such company for the execution of such works, or any part thereof, shall be liable for the due payment to every workman and labourer of his wages as aforesaid, according to the provisions of this Act, notwithstanding that by reason of any sub-contract, or, otherwise, he may not be the actual employer of such workman and labourer; and every such workman and la bourer may at his option recover such wages (or where the same shall become due, the double amount thereof as afore said) from such original contractor, or his sub-contractor, or from - either of them. . DECENT DWELLINGS TO BE PROVIDED FOR WORKMEN, WREN N EC ESSART, 24. And be it further enacted, that where any moneys shall be advanced to a company as aforesaid, it shall be law ful for the Commissioners of Railways, where in their opinion the state of the neighbourhood shall render it necessary for the decent accommodation of workmen and labourers, to re quire that the contractors for the execution of the works of such company shall provide a sufficient number of suitable and decent cottages or dwellings for the workmen and la bourers employed in thb execution of the works ; and the erection in a proper manner of the number of cottages or dwellings so requited shall be certified by the engineer of such company to the Commissioners of Railways, and to their satisfaction, before the works to be executed by such con tractor shall be commenced ; and such company shall cause proper stipulations for this purpose to be inserted in their contracts accordingly. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS TO CAUSE WORKS TO BE INSPECTED FROM TIME TO TIME. 25. And be it enacted, that where moneys shall have been advanced to any company as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Railways to cause the works of such company, and the proceedings of such company in relation thereto, to be inspected and examined from time to time by such inspectors as they shall appoint for the purpose of ascer taining the due execution of such works, and the amount of money from time to time expendea thereon, and the amount and period of the advances which will from time to time be required, and the means of the company to proceed with the execution thereof, and the compliance on the part of the company and their contractors with the provisions of this Act, and such inspectors shall at the end of every calendar month, or at such ether periods or times as the said Com missioners shall direct, make reports as to the progress and condition of such works, and where occasion shall require, shall certify the amount of the money which shall have been expended thereon out of the advances made under the authority of this Act, or out of the share capital, or other wise, and such other particulars as they may think neces sary ; and all the books of account, and other books and mi nutes of the proceedings of such company shall be open to the inspection of the Commissioners of Railways and their inspectors, for the purposes of this Act. PAYMENT OF ADVANCES TO COMPANIES TO BI SECURED 5 r MORTGAGE ; TO BE REDEEMABLE COMPULSORILY IN NOT LESS THAN THIRTY TEARS FROM THE RAILWAY BEING IN OPERATION. 26. And be it enacted, that where any money shall be ad. . _ vanced to a company as aforesaid, the repayment thereof and of all monies which , may thereafter be advanced to the same company under,the authority of this Act, with such interest thereon respectively as hereinafter expressed, shall, in addition to any other security by this Act provided, be secured by an assignment by way of mortgage, to be made under the common seal of the company , to such person o o r_ persons as the Commissioners of the Weasury shall rder, f an o d of all the property and undertaking of such cornn c a o T pany and tolls and sums of money to accrue to such ig nt for the repay mentprovision shall be made by of the principal moniessucthherasseesnecured at the end of such period as shall be appointed byyth, Commissioners of the Treasury, not being less than 30 years from the time . when the railway shall be can fi s e u ci c h b the Commissioners of )s'ecurity shall be made ra ilways to be in opera t ion,. s ubject to such couchtionfor i ns uring the due application of the monies a dvanced and to be advanced as the Commis ot the Treasury s hall think fit. Provided alwa y s, st.hmnateirts'shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the Treasury from time to time, upon the recommendation of the Commis sioners of Railways, to postpone the period of repayment, and to substitute, in lieu thereof, such longer period or periods for the repayment of the said principal monies, or any part thereof, as they shall think fit, in which case the said secu rity, and all other securities under this Act, shall continue to be valid and effectual in every respect for the postponed period or periods appointed by the Commissioners. Provided also, that it shalt be lawful for the company, think fit, to repay the whole or a n y part ofths if they shall said principal monies at any time or times sooner than the time appointed by the said security, INTEREST Iv iv -›. INT: :!77;,,-T 27. Aud be it enacted, that the interest on the advances to be made under this Act shall commence 'from the date of such advances, and shall be payable half-yearly, on such days as the Commissioners of the Treasury shall direct, and •1 ' . -igmi jecnftorofthteheinstaeire asCt°;rith; equer Bills ............—.. _ ,at rate s o under this wed a o d n ra E a xch after such a rate as in the jut„ sioners would compensate the put, • seceritines,Ewxocuilled timd being payable on moneys both. , or otherwise, for the purpose of. makinh Act, or for the interest which at the cam. have Bills, or the current prices of the publio _ owed by the have been payable if such money had been hot, public for making such advances. ORDINARY REMEDIES OF DIORTGAGEES TO BE Lam. UNDER THE SECURITIES. 28. And be it enacted that the person or persons to wlO l3l uy such security as aforesaid shall be made shall and Ins) - give and exercise, under the direction of the Commissioners' of the Treasury, all such rights and remedies for enforcing the payment of the principal and interest due on such secu rities as the mortgagees of the company by whom such securities were given would have had under the Companies' Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in case such company -were subject to the last-mentioned Act, and the securities had been made under the provisions of such Act, and the mortgagees; under such mortgages had been empowered to enforce the payment of the arrears of principal and interest due on such mortgagee, by the appointment of a receiver, and such rights and remedies shall be in addition to the rights and remedies hereby expressly given. PROVISION FOR PROTECTION OF PRIOR MORTGAGEES. 29. And be it enacted, that the security to be given by any railway company for advances to be made to them under the authority of this Act shall be made subject and without prejudice to any mortgage or other security previously given by such company to any person who may have lent them money under the authority of the Act relating to such com pany, and the interest upon such last mentioned securities shall be paid in preference to the interest upon any security given under the authority of this Act. Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the parties holding any securities, to which such priority is given as aforesaid, to give notice to and require such company to pay off the monies due thereon, and such company shall, and they are hereby required, within after the receipt of such notice, to pay off such monies accordingly, and it shall be lawful for them to appropriate any part of the monies which may have been or may be advanced to them under the au thority of this Act for such purpose : Provided also, that theP Commissioners of the Traasury shall have all the same powers of paying off the monies due upon any security to which such priority is given as aforesaid as may be vested in the railway company to whom such advance shall be made. AFTER SECURITY MADE UNDER THE ACT, Poweas OF BOR ROWING NOT TO BE EXERCISED BY THE COMPANY WITH.. THE CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONERS. 30. And be it enacted, that after any security shall have been made under the provisions of this Act, and until the whole of the money thereby secured shall have been dis charged, no power of borrowing money, which by the Act incorporating such company, or otherwise shall be vested in such company, shall be exercised without the consent of the Commissioners of she Treasury ; and it hall be lawful for such company, with the consent of the Commissioners of the Treasury, to borrow, on mortgage or bond, in such manner as a company may borrow. ander the said Companies' Clauses Consolidatiun Act, 1845 (where authorised by the special Act to borrow money on mortgage or bond), such sums of money as may be necessary to pay off the monies owing on the security to be made under this Act, or with such consent as aforesaid to raise such sums of money by creating new shares of the company, according to the pro visions of the said Companies' Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, with respect to the conversion of borrowed money into capital. Em POW EKING THE COMMISSIONERS OVTREASURY, IN CASE OF INABILITY OF COMPANY TO COMPLETE WORKS, TO TAKE TO THEM ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC, AND TO COM POETS THE WORKS_, AND SELL THE UNDERTAKING ; AND UNTIL SALE, TO LEASE THE RAILWAY, OR LET THE TOLLS. _ 31. And be it enacted, that where, after an advance shall have been made to a company under the authority of this Act, the Commissioners of Railways shall certify to the Com missioners of the Treasury that the works of such company have been suspended, or•ceased to be effectually prosecuted • for a period of not less than six months, or where default shall have been made by the company for a period of not less than three months after demand shall have been made in writing, in payment of any interest due on such advance, or in repayment of the principal thereof, or of any part thereof, at the time and in manner by this Act and by the said assignment of mortgage required, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the Treasury, if th-y shall think fit, by notice, to be published in two successive weeks in the Dublin Gazette, to declare their intention to cause the under taking and works of the company to be vested in trustees OR behalf of her Majesty, as from such time as in such adver tisement shall be mentioned, and when such notice shall have been given, from and immediately after the time in such notice mentioned in this behalf all the railways of such company, and all the works made by or for the use of such company, and all lands, hereditaments, easements, rights, powers, and privileges whatsoever, and the benefit of all contracts, agreements, and proceedings, and all personal estate and effects, and all debts and monies which the said company may have been seised and possessed of, or entitled to, at law or in equity, immediately before the time men tioned in such notice as aforesaid, shall be vested in and belong to such person or persons as the Commissioners of the Treasury, by any deed by them executed, shall declare, in trust for her Majesty, without any further or other con veyance or assurance, subject only to the payment and per formance of all debts and contracts which may have been lawfully contracted by such company before such notice, and to such provisions as are hereinafter contained for the benefit of the shareholders of such company; and the person or persons in whom such undertaking and works shall be vested in trust for her Majesty, as aforesaid, shall have the same powers far the making and maintaining such railway and works, and all powers of taking land and other powers auxiliary or in any wise in relation to such undertaking, as were vested in such company. 32. And be it enacted, that where the railway and works of any company shall have become vested in trustees in trust for her Majesty as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Com missioners of the Treasury, if the completion cf such rail way and works shall.be recommended by the Commissioners of Railways, to cause the same to be completed, under the direction of the Commissioners of Railways, and to advance for that purpose such monies as may be ne cessary out of the monies which may be disposable under this Act, or out of other monies which may be placed at heir disposal by Parliament for this purpose ; and when such railway and works shall have been completed as afore said, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the Trea sury to sell and dispose of such railway and works, and the undertaking thereof, for such price and subject to such con ditions as the Commissioners of the Treasury may think ad viseable, to any company or persons, and by deed of assign ment to vest in the purchasers all such railways and works, and all property, real and personal, connected therewith, and all rights, powers, and privileges in anywise in relation thereto, which might have been exercised by the company authorised to make and maintain the same in case the same had not been vested in trust for her Majesty as aforesaid, and subject to such and the like restrictions and lia bilities in all respects as such last mentioned com pany would have been subject to in case they had con- Untied entitled to such railway, works, and undertaking; and the purchase-money for such railway, works, and under taking shall be applied in payment and satisfaction of all debts and liabilities, if any, which shall be payable thereout and in repayment to the said Commissioners of all advanced made by them in respect. thereof, together with all arrears of interest thereon, and if any surplus shall remain, it shall be paid and distributed pro rata among the shareholders of the last mentioned company. 33. And be it enacted, that until such railway and works shall have been disposed of as aforesaid, -it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the Treasury to lease the same in man. ner provided by the Railways Clauses' Consolidation Act, 1845, with respect to leasing the railway, and such lease shall have like effect, and shall vest in the lessee, his officers and servants, the same powers and privileges, and subject such lessees, his officers and servants, to the same res trictions and regulations as if the Act by which the company for making such railway was incorporated had au thorised the company to lease the same to any company or person in the manner by the said Railw a y s Clauses' Con solidation Act, 1845, provided, and such company had con tinued possessed of such railway and works, and had made such lease; or it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the Treasury to let or lease the tolls and rates payable on such railway or works, or to make and enter into any contract or agreement with any company or persons for working and using such railway and works for such rents or considerations, and with or without covenants for the maintenance and re pair of the railway and works, and subject to such other covenants and conditions as the Commissioners of the Trea sury, with the advice of the Commissioners of Railways may think fit and agree with the lessees thereof; and any dear annual rent or profit which shall accrue to the commissioners from the railway or works, under any such lease or contract, shall be applied in payment of interest upon all advances made by the commissioners in respect of such railway, works, orundertaking, and of all lawful debts or obligations, if any, affecting the some, and in accumulating such a sinking fund as shall be sufficient to provide for the repayment of. the principal moneys of such advances at the time or times and in the manner appointed in the security for the same, and the surplus, if any, shall be divided, pro rata among the share holders of the company authorised to make the railway and works. PROVIDING FOR REPAYMENT OF MONIES RECOVERED UNDER ANY SECURITIES. 34. And be it enacted, that all monies which shall be re paid under any security made under the provisions of this Act, and all monies which shall be paid by purchasers, lessees, and others upon any sale, or in respect of any lease, letting, or contract under the provisions of this Act, shall be Paid into the Bank of Ireland to the said " Railway Ad vances or Repayment Account," and such Monies, or so much thereof as shall not under the provisions hereinbefore contained be payable to the shareholders of the com pany, shall from time to time be carried to and form part of the Consolidated Funa of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. RECEIPTS OF TREASURY COMMISSIONERS TO AZ SUFFICIENT DISCHARGES. 35. And be it enacted, that in the event of any such sale or lease as aforesaid the receipt of the Commissioners of thts Treasury shall be a valid and effectual discharge f . ..A2..: , monies therein specified which shall be paid by vra. s v h o: n f p n ",;, chase money or rent, and the purchaser or m ea oilies, or be be bound to see to the application answerable for the misapplication ornsfnl:i and in the event of any ~surplustoe contained to the share under the provisions bereinbe p a su iV i t. agtitoon b tl e ier p e a o i f d ; the Commissioners of the holders of any paid to the directors of Treasury same be divided pro rata among the company, v! m he m d is ir d e o c n to e rs rs, shall be a valid by ihtnine company for the time being entitled the shareholders o may CaraiUSlOWtalLiCriftonYbe and effectual discharge who shall not p t t he of co t be bound to see to application of the sum or sums therein to the same, and the rec o e f i specified to be received, or any part thereof, and shall not be answerable for the misapplication or non-application thereof or of any part thereof. n ce rtificate,o s ectirity given or ot her under SECURITIES, &c., EXEMPT FROM STAMP init. .aAn,lininobecointveenyaacntecde: t l h eas at e, Ac 3 t 6 , instru ment made under this Act shall b stamp duty. e c h argeable with any INTERPRETATION CLAUSE. 37. And be it enacted, that for the purposes of this Act, the following words and expressions shall have the several meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be some thing in the context repugnant to such construction ; that is to say, the words " Commissioners of the Treasury " shall mean the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britrin and Ireland for the time being, or any three or more of them. or the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the time being; the word "person" shall mean and include any body corporate, aggregate, or sole, as well as an individual ; any word importing the singular number only shall extend to and include several persons or things as well as one person or thing; and any word importing the plural number shall extend to and include one person or thing. as well as several persons or things respectively; and any word importing the masculine gender only shall mean and include a female as well as a male. ACT ,t Vl' BE REPEALED OR ALTERED IN Tras SESSION. \ d, tl:at this Aet.may be repc aled . .. or uitered in tile piebcht s . &ton. The Archbishop of Canterbury . had an de* with Earl Grey, at the Col onial-Office. intervie Yeat i