The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-02 00:00:00

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Smrrit.) Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway (Extension of Barrack's Branch from Whitburn to the Benhar Coal Field and Shott's Iran Works, and Deviation of Main Line at or near Clifton Hall). Y or k Improvement (Lendal Bridg e and approaches.) Standing orders complied with. • ,cm 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.) L e eds, : ey, and Headingley Turnpike Roads.—Com plied with. York and Newcastle Railway (M a in Line Improvement, Bishop Auckland, and other Branches, and abandonment of part of the Bishop Auck land Branch). —Complied with, ex cept in one instance. Tunbridge Wells (East Grinstead and Bri g hton Ju nction Railway).—Complied with. Inverness Harbour and Navigation Improvement.—Com plied with. Inverness Municipal and Police, Water, Gas, Market, Sh am bl es , Bridges, Road s, Petty Customs and Bleaching Greens.—Complied with. Adjourned till to -morrow. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, March 1. (Sittings before the LORD CHIEF BA/LOS and Special Juries). The Court was occupied (luring nearly the whole of the day in hearing a case arming out of a wood paving company, the particulars of which did not however furnish any feature of public importance. At the conclusion of the case the Court adjourned until Easter term. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET._ Three boy;nantedßigg;, Macgregor, and Mott, were brought before Mr. Bingham, charged w►th having stolen some plate, value 11., from the shop of Mr. Fitchen, silver smith, Oxford-street. Samuel Hart said, he was in the employ of Messrs. Duff and Hodgson, music sellers, Oxford-street. On Wednesday last he saw the three prisoners standing at Mr. Fitchen's window; Macgregor was cutting the window with some in strument, Biggs was standing behind so as to screen him, and Mott was waiting by Macgregor's side with a basket ready, apparently to receive the plunder. Macgregor hav ing succeeded in cutting through the window, immediately took out of a case a knife, a fork, and spoon, that were ex posed for sale, and put them in Mott's basket. Witness im mediately went forward and secured Mott, the other pri soners ran off. Mr. Fitchen proved that the property had been seen in his shop window just before the robbery was committed. Police-constable Cousins, D 33, said he took Biggs and Macgregor into custody, and he knew that both were bad characters. He had seen Mott, who was an errand boy to a doctor, in Macgregor's society, and had warned him against keeping such bad company. He believed Mott had been drawn into the offence by the other two boys. Mr. BINGHAM said he should make a difference in the case of Mott, by allowing his friends to bail him. All three boys were then committed. Last week an application was made on behalf of Mr. Bohn, a bookseller, for a warrant against a gentleman, named Francis Buchanan Hoare, for having, as alleged, improperly disposed of between 5001. and 1,000/. worth of valuable books, the property of Mr. C. Carisbrook, the Bishop of Llandaff, and others. On hearing the evidence in support of the application, Mr. Bingham consented to issue the war rant, and this warrant 'was immediately placed in the hands of a police-constable, who was to execute it in Ireland, where, it was alleged, Mr. Hoare was then residing. Yester day Mr. Hoare, who it appeared was not in Ireland, accom pained by his professional adviser, came into court to meet the charge; but on an intimation being conveyed to Mr. Bingham that the complainants were unprepared to go into the case, owing to the absence on circuit of counsel who had been instructed to appear in support of the charge, Mr. BINGHAM said, as the unforeseen surrender of the de fendant, and the absence of the counsel, placed the com plainant in an embarrassing position with respect to the evidence, it was but reasonable to give the complainant the benefit of a short adjournment. Mr. Hoare's professional adviser was very anxious that no delay should take place. His client was prepared with a full answer to the charge. He should wish to see the depositions on which the warrant had been granted. Mr. BINGHAM sent for the warrant-book, and gave the re quired information. Mr. Hoare's professional adviser conceived there had been nothing on the part if his client to call for the proceedings that bad taken place. Mr. BINGMAM said he bad no opinion to pronounce in the matter. All he should say was, that Mr. Bohn was placed in a peculiar position before the Court of Bankruptcy. A large part of his stock had disappeared. It had been re moved by the direction of the defendant, and this was the charge the defendant would be required to answer on Wed nesday next. Bait was accepted, and the parties retired. THAMES. Mr. John Crundon, the master of a ship called the Gazelle, lying off Horselydown, appeared before Mr. Yardley to answer a charge of assaulting a poor woman named Clara Watts, under very peculiar circumstances. It appeared from the evidence of the complainant, a widow who was very meanly clad, that she lived in Grove-road, Mile-end. On Wednesday last she was in company with a female friend much younger than herself, when they met the defendant, who was very drunk. A dirty-looking man wall with him, trying to rob him. Witness a.:cl her friend inter fered, and, after some trouble, succeeded in getting rid of the defendant's very questionable companion, and, fearing that the defendant would get into trouble again, offered to see him home. He made them understand he was master of a ship in the river, and he thanked them and asked them to accom pany him on board, which they consented to dn. On reach ing the Gazelle he invited them into his cabin, and treated them with brandy-and-water. He soon afterwards quitted the ship with the other woman, for the purpose of buying some fish, leaving a bottle of brandy on the cabin table. On his return with the complainant's friend he seemed to be much enraged, and ordered her to leave the ship immediately. She declined doing so without her friend, who, however, seemed inclined to remain on board. The defendant immediately commenced beating the complainant. Ile tore her cap off and beat her, and was proceeding to Maher violence, when the Cus tom-house officer stationdd on hoard stood between the parties. The defendant said he would not be baulked, and he struck the woman again. He tore the hair from her head and drag ged her along the deck. The mate of another vessel came on board and rescued her, and she called for the police and was taken ashore. She was very much hurt by the violence of the defendant, and she declared she offered no provocation for the violence committed upon her. The defendant, who had obtained a postponement of the ease from Saturday, on a representation that he would bring a Custom-house officer to prove that he was net the aggres sor, made a very lame defence to the charge, and said the woman made more free in his cabin than he wished, and drank his brandy. He ordered her to leave the vessel, and she refused to go, on which he attempted to eject her, and she struggled and scratched him. He then called his mate, who did not help him much, and said he saw a scuttle going on upon deck, and the captain wished one of the women to leave the vessel. Mr. YAanLzy—And the other to remain on board ? The mate believed that was so. The other woman did stop. The oomplainant said, her friend had remained on board the Gazelle with the captain ever since Wednesday. The defendant admitted he had kept the woman in his cabin since Wednesday, and she was there still. He then endeavoured to exculpate himself, but in a very clumsy manner. Mr. YARDLEY said, the conduct of the defendant was highly reprehensible, and that he would not entrust him with the command of a vessel if he had one. He had taken two women, strangers to him, on board the Gazelle ; and one of them had been since detained for purposes which no one who heard the case could doubt for one moment. It ap peared that the defendant had acted with violence to the woman Watts, and had attempted to eject her from his ship in a violent, rough, and . unbecoming way. He fined the de fendant 40s. and costs, which was immediately paid. CL'ERKENWELL. George Smith, who was described on the police-sheet as a printer, residing at 4, Clare-court, Clare-market, was placed at the bar before Mr. Greenwood, charged, at the instance of the Excise, with having unlawfully in his possession a quan tity of illicit spirits, without a permit, contrary to the sta tute of 6 George IV., chap. 80, which subjected him to a penalty of 1001., or six months' imprisonment. A solicitor from the Excise-office attended for the prose cution. _ _ It appeared that some Excise officers were searching a house in Ballock-alley, Whitecross street, St. Luke's, where "jigger" spirits were sold. A knock came at the door, whkh being opened, the prisoner was found with a basket containing three bladders, in which were five gallons of illicit spirits. The prisoner had no permit, and he was taken to the station-house. On inquiries at 4, Clare -court, which address the prisoner gave, he was found not to be living there, but at 9, George-street, Camberwell, where the officers discovered a private still at work, which they seized. A turnpike ticket was found in the prisoner's possession, from which it was evident that he must, just before his ap prehension, have driven through the Green M an gate, ne a r Camberwell. Mr. Gexx3rwoon remarked, that the practice of selling Such pernicious stuff as " jigger " spirits, which were worse than poison, had become very prevalent in St. Luke's. Ile read the Act of Parliament to the prisoner, which said, the penalty was 1001, but it might be mitigated to one-fourth, and in default to six or three months' imprisonment. In this instance he would not mitigate, and he convicted the prisoner in the penalty of 100/. or six months' imprisonment, leaving him, if he thought proper, to apply to the Commis sioners of Excise. Charles Learner, Robert Gladstone, Edward Jones, John Murphy, and Jane Goulden, were charged with being con cerned in the following robbery : They entered the house of Mrs. Mills, the Red Lion and Punch Bowl, St. John's-street, Clerkenwell, on Monday morn ing, and went into the tap-roont. They called for some porter, and during the temporary absence of Miss Mills from the bar, they contrived between them to plunder the till of ss. 3d. Todd, 221, Martin, 122, and 46 G, were called in, and they took the prisoners into custody. The prisoners denied the charge, but they were fully committed for trial. Learner and Gladstone were admitted to bail. LAMBETH. Ifuria King, a well-dressed and rather good-looking young woman, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of having been found working an illicit still. From the statement of this Excise officer, it appeared that, from information which they received, they proceeded to t i le house, 9, George-street. Old Kent-road, and having knocked at the door, it was opened by a woman, not th prisoner. They in „ q'tiired for a person' named Bartlett, the notorious uji known there. They and were told that no such person was stairs, and there found (the officers) then proceeded down n t d a 20-gallon copper still at work, with ten tubs, and, i n f in ac, a complete apparatus for distillation. The prisoner, saidreplythat t_o ,o the questions then put to her by the officers, to whom the place belonge d t o been requested by the man attend to a tub into which the that w it did not run over. She a sp ls i o ri s t a w id as sh ii e ow di i d ng n , o a t n e d Ye :, n e kn l o name of the man who had made Each a request .4 her . The officers informed the the distillery b e _ magistrates they had no doubt whatever laws,eended on Saturday longed to Bartlett, who hadthebeEenxclivtVl for another offence against left the prisoner to carry it on for him. % t h a e n d that he had they had no doubt that the distillery had beeny further said, carried a considerable extent, as, amongst other things found in on tohe place, were a number o f lar g e bladders, which seem ed toh„., t been frequently use d. The prisoner, in defence, said that she had been merely on a visit to the hous e, and had no idea of what was go i ng on until requested by the man to keep an eye to the tub and lee it did not run over. Mr. Eudorr remarked, that there could be no doubt that the fact was otherwise, and that she was working the still. For this offence he should impose the lowest penalty, namely , 301 ., or three months' imprisonment. WESTICNSTEI?. runnas Williams, a dirty-looking fellow, about thirty 'ears of age, was finally examined, charged with defrauding several tradesmen. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1847 For some months past a number of tradesmen at Chelsea and Pimlico have been plundered by a person answering the prisoner's description, occasionally assisted by . a woman having the appearance of a servant girl. The system had recourse to was this :—The prisoner or his accomplice, who had escaped detection, ordered some trifling article, gene rally amounting to about 45., to be sent with change for a sovereign, to some person residing in the neighbourhood, when the prisoner met the errand-boy at the door of the house, and, taking the goods and change from him, gave hint either a spurious sovereign or two halves. Two cases having been clearly proved against the prisoner, he was fully committed for trial. LONDON CORPORATION REFORM Yesterday, the committee of the whole Court assembled in the . Council Chamber, Deputy Peacock in the chair. There were present the officers of the Corporation, the Town Clerk, the City Comptroller, and the City Solicitor. The proceed ings were of paramount importance. Mr. AsxtinsT particularly called the attention of those who were determined that the rights of the citizens should not be lost to the matter which he had to bring before the assembly. In the course which had hitherto been pursued, it was manifest to all that those rights had not been pie tected.—(Hear, hear.) In the confusion and hurry of the last committee, they had failed in agreeing to a resolution involving the essential principle for which they contended. That resolution spoke of the necessity of reform, and em bodied the opinion of the sub-committee, that the reform could not be accomplished without an application to Parlia ment.—(Hear, hear). There would, he believed, be an unanimous acquiescence in the suggestion, that if anything were to be done in the way of reform, the time had arrived for an attempt to effect that object, now that the Lord Mayor openly declared and proved that he would not put any question in the Court of Common Council of which he did not approve.—(Hear, hear.) In the mayoralty of Alder man Winchester, by the pertinacity of one man, the Court were placed in a similar dilemma. They had in vain en deavoufed to induce that individual to act in accordance with the strongly expressed feeling of the Court, and a reso lution was passed, postponing the question till after the 9th of the following November, when, as was usual with so fluctuating a body, it passed away. Were the members of the Court of Common Council disposed to accept a similar result ?—(Cries of " No, no.") Or would they adopt mea sures calculated to meat the wants and exigencies of the me troplis? Let them look to what had occurred with respect to the long-contested subject of the freedoms. The Court of Common Council had given instructions to the Chamberlain not to prosecute any retail trader until a certain question should be disposed of. That question had been decided in a certain way under the guidance of the Recorder himself, the officer of the Corporation, and it was quite evident that a reconstruction of the Corporation must follow, so that the constituency might embrace the most respectable portion of the community of the City, instead of being influenced by publicans and fellowship-porters, in whose hands lay so monstrous an authority.—(Hear, hear.) If the Corporation continued any longer in such a condition, their unpopularity must necessarily -increase. With a slight assistance from Parliament that Corporation had within itself the capacity of accomplishing reforms of the most satisfactory kind, and it was his intention, if the committee agreed to the resolu tion, to follow it up with an instruction to the Chamberlain not to pay any sum upon the order of the Court of Alder men, which that body were not legally entitled to draw, and with other motions calculated to show the citizens of London that the intentions of their representatives were not vague, nor capable of misconstruction.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Ashurst then moved " That the committee agree with the sub-committee in their operations as reported to the com mittee on the 25th of February last, that the Corporation requires reform, which can only be done by the aid of Par liament, and fur that purpose it be referred to the sub committee to propose such a Bill for such reforms and alterations as they shall see fit, the time when proposed to be submitted to this committee for consideration." Mr. ANDERTON seconded the motion with much pleasure, and declared that, so far from finding fault with the Lord Mayor for the course pursued by him, the Court of Common Council ought to be obliged to his Lordship for the unex pected deviation, because if his Lordship had not held out in opposition to the feeling of the Court, they mutt have gone on in their old jog-trot style, and Parliament would compel them to do what they were now likely voluntarily to accom plish.—(Hear, hear.) He for one was convinced of the ne cessity of reform, and he trusted that now that reform was inevitable, it would abound with advantages to the public. In his investigation of the subject he found that there were four grand points to which it was necessary to require the attention of the committee. The first was improvement in the elective franchise.—(Hear, hear.) The City Corporation franchise was, he could not help saying, drivelling down most miserably, and it could no longer be permitted to be abjectly. under such control, so that publicans, and brokers, and porters, could return to both Courts whomsoever they pleased.—(Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") But if the case against the wholesale dealer had proved successful, did the committee suppose for a moment that the Government would allow the continuance of a demand which it was admitted upon all hands could produce no advantage ?—(" Hear, hear," and " Yes, yes.") What advantage resulted ? He derived no advantage from it. A MIMBER.—Yes; you are a member of this Court, Mr. ANDERTON wished to see his next neighbour entitled to a similar privilege.—(Hear, bear.) He wished to see the - franchise so largely extended that the members of the two Courts would represent all of the inhabitants. The next thing he should wish to see accomplished was, the periodical election of Aldermen. It was, he thought, possible to elect Aldermen for a certain period without injuring their inde pendence as magistrates. There was a time when he enter tained a different opinion, but experience had altered the im pression, and he was convinced that if Aldermen acted ho nestly and independently they would be supported by the public. If they acted otherwise, why they deserved to be kicked out.—{ Laughter, and cries of " llear.") The next point regarded the control of the City funds, and he confessed t hat, with respect to that power, he could not see why six-and twenty gentlemen should be allowed to exercise an irrespon sible authority over the property of their fellow-citizens. He did not wish to interfere with their expenditure as magis trates, further than to prevent such lavish dealing with the City cash as they had exhibited in the alterations at the Old Bailey and the Compter, and other places under their jurisdiction, in which money had been laid nut without profit to anybody.—(A laugh, and cries of " Hear.") The last point to whicb he should draw the attention of the Court was the necessity which exited for the equalization of the wards. It was monstrous to suppose that four or six-and twenty persons should have the power of electing a magis trate and common councilmen for the whole city of London. —( Hear, hear.) For reform of these matters there was im mediate necessity, and it was the opinion of the Recorder and the other law officers of the City, that without the aid of Par liament the Corporation could not carry such reform into effect. He, therefore, with all his heart seconded the motion which showed the good sense of the committee, and he be lieved that they would not be mistaken in placing reliance upon the aid of Parliament, and the fervent good wishes of their fellow-citizens.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. EAOLETON, after a few words, moved as an amend ment, " That before the committee seek the aid of Parlia ment the contemplated reforms be presented for the consi deration of the members, that they may judge whether or not it be necessary to go to Parliament." Mr. HuNTi.Ey seconded the amendment, as he considered that without the opinion of the law officers the committee were all at sea. Mr. R. TAYLOR and Mr. ASHUAST said the opinions of the law officers had been all in print long ago, and were every one to the effect that nothing could be done without the aid of Parliament. Mr. W. Jonas questioned the propriety of going to Par larment, pending the difference of opinion between the two Courts. He had no misgivings as to Parliament, provided the two branches of the Corporation went up as an united body; but he thought the chance of success would be greatly decreased if they appeared to be influenced by op posing views. Upon the anomalous power exercised by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen over the funds of the City, it was necessary that Parliament should be appealed to, for it was quite obvious that by Parliament alone was that dangerous authority to be checked.—( Hear, hear.) As for the elec tion of the Aldermen, he should have no objection to make that septennial, but not more limited; but taking all the circumstances into consideration, he thought the sentiments of the constituency ought to be taken on the principal mat ters under discussion. Mr. BURN did not approve of that part of the resolution which recommended that it be referred to the sub-commitee to prepare the Bill for reforming the Corporation. Deputy STEVENS said, it was the conduct of the Lord Mayor that induced them to think of going to Parliament at all. They had supposed that they possessed the power to bring forward a Bill for their own reform. The Lord Mayor said they had no such power, and refused to put the ques tion. What alternative, then, had they but to go to Par liament to ascertain the extent of their privileges? He trusted that deputations from the two Courts would meet together elk' cordially agree in their application to Parlia ment.—(Cheers.) The law officers of the Corporation must join in producing a beneficial plan, and a termination must be made to the disgraceful scenes which had been so fre quently repeated.—(llear, hear.) Mr. WIRF, in answer to those gentlemen who did not wish it to be referred to the sub-committee to prepare a Bill, said it would be ridiculous to meet a deputation from the City Aldermen without having something tangible—some thing more than a mere abstract principle to produce at the interview.—(Hear, hear.) It was his wish that all the Al dermen should be added to the sub-committee.—(Hear.) He deprecated the idea of any farther delay. The public were getting tired of the long-established practice of post ponement for which the Corporation were celebrated, and an effort must be made at once to show that that branch of it was sincere in its wish for an essential improvement. Alderman SIDNEY admitted that the time had arrived when it was necessary to make some reforms, and that the members of the court to which he belonged were as willing to go to Parliament to effect the great object as were the members of the committee. He quoted the authority of an old historian in proof of the fact that the Corporation of London was the glory of the kingdom from the date of the earliest infancy of the City itself. He wished to see that glory undiminished, and he thought that with the aid of Par liament such changes would be introduced as would enlarge and improve the constituency and extend the benefits of so great an institution to the whole community. Mr. Lawiirsce: spoke in favour of the original motion, and said that if the Court of Aldermen were of opinion that there was occasion for a Bill in Parliament, that was certainly cal culated to show that there was no occasion for anything at all of the kind.—(Laughter.) Mr. Eagleton's amendment was then negatived, as was an amendment by Mr. Low—" That the report be referred back to the sub-committee until the answer, of the law officers was obtained to the various questions gone , into by the said sub-committee to be submitted to them. ' The original resolution, proposed by Mr. Ashurst, was then agreed to by a large majority. Mr. ASIR:HST then moved resolutions to the effect that notice be given to the sub-committee, and that it be recom mended to the Court of Common Council to give notice to the Chamberlain of the 22d standing order, and that he do not pay any sum of money by order of the Lord Mayor, or )urt of Aldermen, or committee of Aldermen, to which they were not entitled by some Act, without the .order of the Court of Common Council. That the Town-Clerk be instructed to apply to the Ceurt of Aldermen for a copy of the case and opinion lately prepared by their direction; and that it is the right of the Court of Common Council, in Common Council assembled, to regulate and control the business and proceedings of that Court and the order and course of its proceedings, and to regulate its paper of business. These resolutions were carried; and the last was agreed to unanimously amongst them. Mr. A.SIIUHST then rose and said, the sub-committee, during his unavoidable absence, had agreed to certain questions, which they recommended should be submitted to the several officers of the Corporation. In the propriety of putting some the first questions he entirel concurred. With respect to o d u ed ld th be at ad t t others he did tontel concur. ' He should therefore move that of th tion upon the important matter Mr. BURN adopted. Mr. needed informa rwtter in controversy between the adviae of t tera of the Corporation were two Courts, and that p th ro e p p o r se P :u r co r r t as he t q o uestiona aa Mr. Aahlestehmoiuglhdt, not think proper to adopt.—(Hear.) Dlr. ANDERTON was of opinion that the committee having already prepared a resolution denying that the Lord Mayor possessed such a right as that for which he contended, it would appear highly inconsistent in them to ask the opinions of their officers upon the very questions on which they had already expressed their own judgment. Mr. KING said he cared not what might be said by others of any course of proceeding that might be adopted, if it was a right course. The committee could never be justly charged with inconsistency if, notwithstanding the belief they might themselves entertain upon any given subject, they endeavoured to obtain from their own officers a state ment of their opinion.—(Hear.) He should vote in favour of the whole of the questions. Alderman SIDNEY said the course here proposed was a highly judicious measure, and be should cheerfully support the proposal for submitting all the questions to the delibe rate consideration of all the legal staff of the Corporation. He hoped the result of their opinions might lead to a better state of feeling than for some time past had appeared to exist.—(Hear.) Some of the members opposed, and others approved of putting the whole of the questions. The CHAIRMAN said, that as the questions had been pre pared by the City Solicitor, it would be perhaps expedient to call upon that officer for an explanation of reasons why he thought these questions ought to be put. Mr. PRIOR said it was unfair to the City Solicitor to say he had prepared these questions. They had been prepared by a sub-committee, under the advice and with the assist. ance of the City Solicitor it was true, but they were really the questions of the sub-committee ; and it would be placing that gentleman in an unpleasant situation, considering the differences which existed amongst themselves, to call upon him to assign his reasons for preparing them in their present form.—( hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said the City Solicitor had no objection to afford the Committee any explanation they might require, if it were their pleasure to call upon him.—(Hear.) A resolution was then passed to that effect, and . The CITY SOLICITOR rose and said he should be ashamed of himself if, from false delicacy or from pusillanimous fear of giving offence, he would shrink from the discharge of his place and obvious duty as the practical law adviser of the Corporation—the duty of expressing his opinion with as much frankness and clearness as possible, upon any and every question, any branch of the Corporation might think proper to put to him.—(Hear, hear.) After very nearly 80 years' connexion with the Corporation, his mind had been pretty well made up as to the various matters of controversy which for some time past had, unhappily, agitated the two Courts, and threatened to shake the Corporation to its very foundation.— (Hear, hear.) He had neither courted nor shunned the ex pression of his opinion upon those questions, and having been called upon by the sub-committee, be had fearlessly stated his opinion on every one. The only condition he had reli giously observed from the beginning of those lamented differ ences was, to hold no private conferences with any individual members of the Corporation upon the subjects of dispute. Before any committee, large or small, as long as some gentle man from the Towu-clerk's Office was present to take a regu lar minute of what passed, he had been always ready to place his opinions and his pen and voleant quantum at their disposal.—( Hear.) From the commencement of the contro versy he had thought it would be expedient for the Common Council to request from their officers a written opinion, plainly and unequivocally pointing out to the members of the Corpo ration what, in their judgment, were the respective rights and duties of the various branches of the municipal body in respect to themselves and to each other.—(Hear, hear.) The questions now recommended by the sub-committee were prepared for the express purpose of obtaining plain and distinct answers in writing upon all the subjects in contro versy. They had been hastily penned, and were not so per fect as they might have been rendered, had more time for consideration been allowed. They, however, raised the whole ve.rato questio in a manner so especially plain, that, coupled with the anxiety which every corporate officer must feel to afford all the information in his power, the committee would have before them the concentrated essence of all the law, the learning, and general intelligence, not only of those law officers strictly so called, but of those able gentlemen in the various departments of the Corporation, whether judicial or administrative, whose legal education and intimate acquaint ance with its customs, charters, and usages, best qualified them to form a sound judgment upon all the matters pro pounded for their consideration.—(Hear, hear.) For his own part, his opinions upon these matters were well known. They had sustained no change by his elevation to office. It was true, that in the highly respectable office he filled, he had deemed it to be his duty to consider every subject submitted to his official opinion more thoughtfully, and to express him. self more cautiously than it had been his custom when act ing as an independent member of the Court of Common Council, without the weight of those responsibilities which attached to his official position.—(Hear, hear.) He, however, on this and all other inquiries was in search of truth ; and if, as was generally understood, he had the misfortune to differ in opinion from his superior officers, he earnestly desired to have the benefit of their opinions suc cinctly and definitely stated, in order that his own might be corrected or confirmed. At present they had only viva voce opinions from his superior officers—opinions vaguely and am biguously expressed. In his humble judgment the interests and the very existence of a great corporation should not be perilled by the fierce contentions which had prevailed in the Court of Common Council, without the members having before them a single sentence in writing from any one of their responsible officers, advising what were, and what were not, their privileges and rights. If the Common Council had not, as was contended, the right to have such questions brought before them for consideration as they might deem beneficial to the community without the consent of one gen tleman, however exalted his rank, or however honourable and intelligent he might be, it was quite clear that their functions as a deliberative assembly were at an end, and they really had not so much power as was exercised at a parish vestry.—(Hear, hear.) It was of the deepest importance to the members to be informed upon the best authority, whether that was really the legal status of the commoners in the great municipal representative body of the first city in the world. If the concurrent opinions of his colleagues should be to that effect, he could not expect that his judgment would countervail their high authority, and the Committee would then have before them something tangible and au thentic to enable them to decide whether an appeal to the Legislature was or was not indispensable to the future welfare of our corporate institutions. It had been his good fortune to receive from those who ranked high in the profession a testimony of their opinion of his judgment a a corporation lawyer, and lie did not intend upon slight grounds to sur render the reputation which, after many years' study, he had acquired. But, as City Solicitor, he should regard the answers of his superior officers with the greatest deference and respect. If he could honestly change his own opinions after reading theirs, lie trusted he should have the manliness to say so. If, on the other hand, the facts and arguments they might bring forward failed to produce conviction on his mind, he trusted he should be excused if he adhered to his own opinion.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ASIIURST said, after hearing the City Solicitor's argu ments lie had taken upon himself to move the adoption of all the questions.—(Cheers.) Mr. ANDERTON said he should support them for the same reason. _ The ques tions were then unanimously 'adopted, and the following officers were requested to give their opinions upon the questions :—The Recorder, the Common-Sergeant, the Town Clerk, the Comptroller, the Remembrancer, the Soli citor, the Pleaders Messrs. Ryland, Bendel], Laurie, and Lock. The following are the questions : " Ist. Is the legislative and administrative municipal go vernment of the city of London vested in the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council assembled ? "2d. Are the presence of a Lord Mayor, the presence of any and what minimum number of Aldermen, and the pre sence of any and what number of Commoners essential to constitute a legal Court ? And is the Court dissolved by the departure of the Lord Mayor, or of the Aldermen, or of the Commoners, so as to reduce those bodies respectively below the minimum number? " 3d. To enable the Court of Common Council to discuss and decide upon any and what corporate questions, is it essential that they should be inserted in a paper of business and a printed summons for the meeting of the Court? " 4th. has the Lord Mayor a right to exclude from the summons or paper of business any of such questions which the members may think it necessary to discuss? " sth. If, in point of fact, they were excluded from the summons and paper of business, have the members of the Court a right to have them discussed? " 6th. Has the Lord Mayor the right to refuse to put to the vote any such questions which may be duly moved and se conded, when they are ripe for decision ? " 7th. Has the Lord Mayor, or have the Aldermen, as a body, or as individuals, the right of veto to stay the pass ing of any, and if any, what description of measures, in the Court of Common Council ; or, the Court being duly formed, do the votes of the Lord Mayor and the Aldermen present, consort only numerically with the voices of the commoners? " Bth. Considering the state of the public business, and the differences which prevail between the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, and the Common Council, in regard to the recent proceedings in the Court of Common Council, what measures with reference to the welfare of the City do you re commend that Court to take ?" . _ After the reading of the questions, it was moved by Mr. HARTLE; and unanimously resolved— " That the several officers before named be requested within fourteen days to deliver their opinions in answer to such questions, and to accompany the same with a reference to the several documents, either in the archives of the Cor poration or elsewhere, upon which such opinions were founded, and that they be also requested to afford such ex planations as they may think expedient, to assist the mem bers of the committee in exercising their own judgment upon the several matters referred to them for their con sideration, or to enable them, 'if they shall think proper, to seek advice from the most eminent men in the profession." The committee, when all these questions were unanimously adopted, separated. THE RUSSIAN FLEET.—" We find in a private letter," says the Constitutionnel, "the following details which are worthy of notice :—There reigns at Sebastopol at the preaent moment an extraordinary activi_ty. Several steam frigates, now in the building-yards of Nikolajew, are about to be launched in the beginning of Spring, and a strong di vision of the Russian fleet has received orders to be ready for sea about the same period. They are working ni g ht an d day in the arsenal, and a large quantity of balls and shells are being cast in the foundries. These facts merit the more attention, as Sebastopol is the principal naval establishment of Russia on the Black Sea." _ A RABID SOW.—A sow belonging to R. Hastwell, of Moorlands, near Kirby Stephen, which had been bit some time ago by a mad dog, went raging mad on Monday last, and died in agonies a short time afterwards. Fortunately it did no injury. Mr. Hartwell had been cautioned to kin it, but not relishing the advice, administered medicine to it.— Westmorland Gazette. ROBBING OF PLATE AT THE WHITE HART HOTEL, Wistßson.-0a Sunday evening, between 10 and 11 o'clock, two persons, very respectably attired, entered the coffee room at the White Hart Hotel, Windsor, and ordered supper. They were supplied with cold meat and the usual et ceteras, of which each partook moat heartily. While they were at supper they called for their bill, which they paid with a sovereign, receiving the difference. The waiter, after re moving the joint of meat, entered the room with the cheese tray, when he was somewhat surprised to find that the two gentlemen had taken their departure ; but from the silver spoons and forks being perfectly safe en the supper table no suspicions, at the moment, were excited. It should be ob served that the principal portion of the silver plate required for the use of the coffee-room during the day is placed in the drawer of a sideboard, and left, perhaps somewhat incau tiously, unlocked; and upon the waiter going . to the drawer to remove the plate to the iron safe for the night, he disco vered that the whole had been abstracted, consisting of 12 table spoons, 5 forks, 4 dessert spoons and 3 dessert forks, weighing between 40 and 50 ounces. On Monday last Major Smith, who had previously exhibited symptoms of low spirits, threw himself out of his bed-room window, at Reading, and dislocated his neck. Mrs. Smith, who was in the drawing-room, saw something on the lawn, and on examination found it was the body of her hus band. It was supposed that nearly an hour had elapsed since the fatal fall. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial Office, for the Governors of the West India Colonies, and also for the Governors of New South Wales and New Zealand. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 1. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat OR the Wool sack shortly after Five o'clock. IMPROVEMENT OF TOWNS. Lord CLARENDON laid on tho table the report of the Commissioners for the improvement of towns. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Lord BROUGHAM brought in a Bill to amend the law with respect to insolvent debtors, which was read a first time. PUNJAUB. Earl RIPON wished to ask the Noble Marquis the President of the Council, if he bad any objection to lay on the table copies of the correspondence which had recently taken place relative to certain transactions in the Punjaub? He should not presslor the production of the papers if his Noble Friend informed him that he could not conveniently produce them. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had made inquiry this day, and found that there would be no manner of objection to the production of these papers. And, in ad dition to the papers asked for, it was also decided that the secret papers and the papers which were preliminary to this inquiry should be added to those for which the Noble Earl inquired; so that there would be a complete history of the whole of these transactions in the Punjaub laid before the House PORT OF DONAGHADEE. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY rose to ask a question as to whether any report had been made, or any steps taken for the improvement of Donaghadee. There hail been as many as thirteen reports made on this subject, and all except four had been in favour of the port, for it was allowed that it was by far the best for a transit between it and Portpatrick. Upwards of 300,000/. had been spent in the improvement of this port, and the only question was as to whether 13,000/. more should be spent to render the communica tion complete. Wind and tide both combined to render the passage the best, for at this point there was the shortest distance between land and land. As respected the north of Ireland, Donaghadee is evidently the best port, for as there is now a railway to Carlisle, they had only to carry it forward to Dumfries, tied the communication would be made more expeditiously between Portpatrick and Belfast than it could be by way of Holyhead and Dub lin. He only asked 30,0001 , which,according to the report of Sir John Rennie, a most able engineer, would put the harbour into the most complete state of effi ciency. He could not see why the Government could refuse such a grant, as Port Patrick formed the nearest, best, and safest point of communication with the Scotish coast. Their Lordships had lavished sums of money in forming ports for communication with France and the other por tions of the Continent, but Ireland never caine in for any portion of that expenditure. Earl AUCKLAND agreed in much that had fallen from the Noble Marquis, that the harbour of Port patrick was in an unsatisfactory state, and that the packets employed were of an inconvenient construction. At the same time it was impossible that the packets could be better in the present state of the harbour; and the question was, was it expedient that a large sum of money should be expended on it. Still, bad as was the harbour, subject to storms as was the coast, and poor as were the vessels, ho must observe that for many years the service had been performed at the station in the most regular manner. No serious charge had ever been made as to the mode in 10ieh the business was conducted. He would state in a few words how the case stood, and as he had expresse lit in a letter recently addresed to him on the subject. It was, whether they would abandon the station, or expend 50,000!. on it. Sotne'time ago surveyors were employed to examine into the best harbour on the west of Scot land for mail communication into the north of Ireland, and their report had been supplied two or three days ago. The report would be submitted to him in a ft w days; and when it was, he would give his best attention and consideration to the arguments of the Noble Marquis. lie (Lord Falkland) at present, how ever, would beg to :ay, that the report was not favourable to the maintenance of Portpatrick as a packet station ; and that, though the Admiralty might give counsel as to the course to be taken, the question of expenditure remained with the Board of Public Works. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY expressed himself satisfied with the explanation. Lord STANLEY gave notice, on behalf of the Duke of Richmond, that his Noble Friend would to-morrow (this day) move for the appointment of a Select Com mittee to inquire into the operation of the Poor Removal Act of last session. POST-OFFICE, GLASGOW. The Duke of MONTROSE wished to call the atten tion of the House to the present arrangements of the Glasgow Post-office. They were such, that though the mail had been accelerated by the opening of the Lan caster and Carlisle Railway, so that the arrival took place at eight o'clock in the evening, the letters so received were not delivered till next morning, by which time a second mail had arrived from London. 16 hours were thus lost to the merchants of Glasgow, the letters of the two mails being delivered at the same time. Surely the importance of Glasgow was such, that if a few extra clerks or deliverers would meet the difficulty, and enable the letters to be delivered the same evening, the arrangement ought to be made. The great ground of complaint was, that though the mail arrived at Glasgow in the evening, great delay took place in the delivery of the letters. lie trusted, there fore, that the Noble Marquis would consider it his duty, irrespective of expense, to afford the facilities desired by so large a town as Glasgow. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE admitted that the facts stated by the Noble Duke were true. It was true the mail arrived at an inconvenient hour ; but, unfor tunately, means had not yet been found to accelerate the mail between Carlisle and Glasgow. The atten tion of the Post-office had been called to the matter, and they had instituted an inquiry into the matter with the view of causing the delivery of letters to be made the same night. The expense was not con sidered an objection ; in fact, the expense would be nothingcornpared with the advantages which would be con ferred upon so important a town as Glasgow, if the plan proposed by the Noble Duke could be carried out. The keeping open of the office all night for the reception of newspapers woul d be considered; and he could assure the Noble Duke that all grievances deserving remedy would be removed. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH wished to know if the Noble Marquis would lay on the table returns of the income and expe nses of the Post office, including the receipts and expenditure of all post-offices beyond the seas. He was:priest anxious to obtain the latter portion of this information, as the expense of the communication by ship was extremely large. Whilst he was con nected with the Admiralty so large a sum as 400,0001. had to be voted in the naval estimates for the conveyance of those mails. T and should be happy to consult the Noble Earl as to the way in which it could be most con veniently made out. It was right t o s t ate t h at t h ere would be considerable difficulty in the way of such a return. LABOURING POOR (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the second reading of this Bill- As the object of the Bill had been already fully discussed in that House, he would merely state that it was simply to indemnify those persons who had been compelled to depart from the law passed last session for affording employment to the labouring poor of Ireland. If it was necessary to introduce any amendments into the Bill, an opportunity would be afforded when the Bill was in Comtnittee. That was all that it was neces sary to say on the subject. Lord By had no obj ec ti on w h atever to the indemnity; but on c onstitutional grounds he wished to make one observation. When any one came for an Act of indemnity, the parties who sought it should make out a reason sufficient for the break ing of the law. And to this he had not the slightest objection, for he believed, in the present case, there was ample reason for the breach of th e l aw. But there was another reason why he should make some objections to the Act, and that was to be found in the delay . that had occurred in the obtaining the Act of in demnity. Now, in this case, there had been; such delay, and he thought that there had been culpability in waiting so long for this Act. Yet that might be no ground of complaint, but he found, under a certain clause of the Act, that all the parties had acted under the au thority of the Government, and the Noble Lord stated the substance of a correspondence from a party in Ire land, in which a curious misnomer had been put upon the acts of the Government officials in his part of the country. It appeared that the party who had written the letters received by the Noble Lord had paid a considerable sum for the formation of one particular road, whereas the funds were afterwards applied to another. Bat he did not mean to say that these letters were a sufficient ground for postponing this Act of indemnity.—(Laughter.) Lord MONTEAGLE was quite agreed also in the belief that in no case were the Government officials more entitled to the Act of indemnity sought than that which was to be obtained under this Bill. Yet though commending their conduct, and believing that they could act in no other way than they had done under the circumstances there was one thing which in his opinion called for immediate attention, and that was the com pulsion taken under the Bill for forcing the employ ment of the poor on the farms in Ireland. Ile thought that this would be better done under the Drainage Act of last session, and leave the agree ments to be voluntary between the landlord and the tenant. Any interference more than that which was absolutely necessary would be u nwise, and if they did interfere the people in Ireland would be left to their only resource in Mr. Labouchere's letter, The more the works were carried on with mutual con sent the better they would be performed. He had no objection that the Bill should give the Government power to rectify all technical mis takes ; but he considered that it ought to be done upon the principle of strict justice and not of making any person pay more than he had contracted to do. Those were the only points to which to draw the Eaten tion of the Hems e Lord BROUGHAM desired to inform the Noble Lord that he had no objection to the Act of Indemnity, he had only observed that he considered that it went further than Mr. Labouchere's letter warranted. The words of the Bill were too comprehensive. " Any person who may have committed any act," the most illegal and the most oppressive act, would be justified by such words ; or, again, " any proceeding for rendering such present ment effective." His only objection was to the framing of the clause, and it was to that alone he desired to direct the attention of the House. He knew it was most diffi cult to frame an indemnity clause, but they could in Committee remedy the defects he had pointed out. Lord WESTMEATH considered the suggestion of the Noble Lord as most useful. He knew several landed proprietors, and he himself was among the number, who had undertaken the whole of the electoral expenses of their district, in order to escape the baronial assessments. Lord ELLENBOROUGII said he had no objection to the bill, hut he did not consider that the Government were entitled to the highest praise, which should only be accorded to those who had foreseen and prevented a difficulty. But, with respect to the future, he enter• tained a very deep anxiety, and it would be most satis factory to him to know if her Majesty's Government would be able to offer him some explanation upon the subject. He understood that it was their intention to close the relief committees as soon as possible, relying on the Destitute Persons Bill, and upon private and public works, for the relief of the people. There were no less than 564,000 persons in Ireland who em ployed no labourers, but who cultivated their own land themselves. Their whole substance depended upon the potato, and when that failed they had no money to purchase food; nor, unless they were taken from the cultivation of their own land, would they have anything to give in exchange for it. Ho would wish, therefore, the Noble Marquis opposite to state what arrangements would be made relating to the supply of seed for the en suing harvest. Earl FITZ WILLIAM said the question no doubt was one of great importance. The transition state from the employment of the people under the Labour rate Act to the measures proposed to be submitted by the Government was one of great consideration. Still he thought, under the circumstances, the difficulty would not be so great as was apprehended. With regard to the supply of reed, it was undoubtedly important that it should be forthcoming; still he considered it would be dangerous for the Government to interfere and supply the seed that might be required. It would be much better to leave the matter in the hands of private individuals. —(Hear, hear.) But a more important question they had to consider, was whether after all, the measures of the Government would be adequate to meet the crisis This was a question of far more importance than the one which the Noble Earl had referred to, and he begged their Lordships, he begged the other House of Parliament, he begged the people of England generally seriously to consider whether the measures would be adequate, and whether the economy which seemed to pervade the other House of Parliament, and prevailed out of doors, would not prove, instead of economy, prospective extravagance, and lay the foundation of great expenditure in the future. He wished this country would come to their senses upon this great question, as he was sure they were not in their senses upon the question. They did not understand the real nature of the evil, and how deeply it might afflict them. He thought that England was taking a❑ improper view of this question, and knew not the exact nature of the im pending evil. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE considered that it would have been utterly impossible and useless to have called the Parliament together in the course of the autumn to devise remedies for the calamity. And under these circumstances her Majesty's Government thought that it would be better to defer seeking for this indem nity, which would he more conveniently obtained at the usual meeting of Parliament ; and when they did meet then not a day was lost in seeking for that indemnity. Most grateful was he to Parliament and to the country to find that when they were called together there was such an expression of good will as that which had been manifested on both sides of both Houses, and he was particularly glad to find that there was such an expression of good feeling, and that when this Bill was introduced that it was not likely to meet with much opposition. With respect to the ob servations which had fallen from the Noble Lord (Lord Monteag,le), who had been exceedingly anx ious that the provisions of the Drainage Act of last session should be carried out, but then he should recol lect that there were two sides to be considered, that it might not be in the power of the tenant to obtain the advantages to which he was entitled. Then two Noble Earls (Earl Fitzwilliam and the Earl of Ellenburough) who had followed the Noble Lord had complained that sufficient forethought had not been shown in providing for the distresses of Ireland; but it should be recollected that no man had ever thought of, or anticipated, the extent of this distress, and of the result of the calamity which had befallen Ireland. The importance of forwarding seed could not be over rated,: but the Government felt it would be utterly impossible for them to undertake the sowing of the whole country.—(Hear.) Even the proposition of the Government to allow a certain sum for purchasing seed for particular localities, had, instead of affording facili ties of sowing the whole country with seed, the effect of increasing the price of seed and preventing those facilities which the Government considered the grant of 50,0001. would have opened up. He had always considered that the plan of making advances to the landlords would be most salutary, as they would be thereby enabled to improve their estates, and conse quently to employ great numbers of their people. It was not for him to say what advantages they might confer upon themselves by such aid from the Government, but it struck him forcibly that the greatest advantages might be made to accrue to all parties. He hoped that the spring would bring a demand for labour in Ireland, and that to that extent the distress of the people would be removed. He did not say that this and other means were fully ade quate to meet the emergency, but they could not fail to contribute much to the alleviation of the distress. He could not bear too high testimony to the way in which the Parliament and the country came forward to relieve the exigencies of Ireland ; but it should be borne in mind that it was not a question of money, but of food; of the salvation of a whole people. The Bill was then read a second time. PRISON DISCIPLINE.—TRANSPORTATION. Earl GREY laid two Bills on the table, the second reading of which he stated he should propose on Friday next. The first had reference to the existing system of transportation, and to amend the laws respecting the custody of prisoners, and the second proposed to alter the management of Alilibank and Parkhurst prisons. Their Lordships then adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS, March 1. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time:— Aylsham and North Walsham Railway. Caledonian Railway (Branches from the Clydesdale Junc tion Railway to the Douglas and Lesmahagow Mineral Fields, and to Strathavon). Caledonian Railway (Extension of Motherwell Branch of Clydesdale Junction Railway to Auchinheath Mineral Field, with Branches to the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, Canderside, and Hamilton). Caledonian Railway (Purchase or Lease of Wishaw and Coltness Railway). Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway (Deviations between Duntocher Limo Works and Bowling, &c.) Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail way (Extension from Laveuham to Bury St. Ed mund's). Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail way (gxter)sion to Melford, Lavenham, and Clara). Colchester; Stfiui Valley, Sudbury, and llalstead Rail . - N way.(§putavigation Purchase). Duffryn Llyrtvi, and Porth Cawl and Lynvi Valley Raihvata,Kmalgamation, Eastern and Hadleigh Junction Railway (Sale to thAllOrn Union Railway Company). East toOketi - Central Railway. GuildfGra . 'Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham Railway. Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction Railway. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (Extension to East Dereham and to Aylsham). Ipswich apil Bury St. Edmund's Railway (Branch from Ipswich to Woodbridge). Leominster Canal Navigation Sale. London and South-Western Railway. Newry and Enniskillen Railway. New Zealand Company. Royston and llitchin Railway (Extension from Royston to Cambridge, &c.) Royston and Hitchin Railway (Sale or Lease.) Strathtay and Brendalbane Extension Railway. Taw Vale Railway and Dock (Deviations and Bideford and South Molton Branches). Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness Railway (Branches to Benhar Coal-works and Edinburgh and Glasgow Turnpike Road). The second reading of the Arnbergate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (Alteration of Line and Branches to Nottingham) was postponed until the 15th inst.; and the Shrewsbury and Chester for a week. REPORTS. The following reports were brought up and agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be committed:— Birmingham District Fire Insurance Company. Protestant Dissenters and General Life and Fire In surance Company. Llynvi Iron Company. Mr. FOSTER presented a petiton complaining of the light dues. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the execu tors of Mr. M. B. Trisbane, a gentleman who died in India, complaining that after they had paid legacy duty to the Crown, the Courts had decided that it could not be demanded. The Honourable Member gave notice that to-morrow he would move that the petition be printed with the votes, with the view of founding a motion upon it. Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from Coventry com plaining of the law of settlement. POOR-LAW FOR IRELAND. Mr. P. SC ROPE presented nine or ten petitions from different parishes in the county of Cork, all praying that the House would be pleased to pass a complete poor law for Ireland similar to the English law, and which would give a right to the able-bodied to out door relief ; they also prayed the House not to place any confidence in the objections to such a measure of those who styled themselves the Irish party, who by no means represented the wishes and the feelings of the great body of the Irish people. The petitions had been signed by the rate-payers in the different parishes —one from Skibbereeta had obtained the signa tares of one thousand inhabitants, and the Catholic clergyman had assured him that had it been allowed to remain another day, it would have received at least twenty thousand signatures. PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. lIUME said it might be recollected that in the last session the House had agreed to a report on certain private Bills with a view to economy, and the establish ment of a system of u niformity in the mode of conduct ing th e business of the House. The Committee recom mended that no private Bill should be allowed to proceed until the sense of the House was taken upon its merits. He would, therefore, move that the House do agree to the first report of the Committee. Lord G. SOMERSET would wish to bo informed at what period the private Bills would come before the House ? Mr. STRUTT said that on Thursday next he would place such Bills as related to railway legislation on the table of the House. He could only speak for those four Bills which had already passed: the first stage in the House. After some further discussion, At the suggestion of Mr. CARDWELL, the further consideration of the motion was postponed till Thursday next. THE NEW ZEALAND BILL. Sir R. 11. INGLIS complained of this Bill being placed in the list of private Bills. It was one of such importance that it should have been placed in a more prominent position for the consideration of the House. lie thought it was not a Bill which ought to pass as a private Bill. It gave large powers to the New Zealand authorities—powers which might be necessary for the local legislature, but a Bill containing such provisions was not such a Bill as ought to pass through as a matter of form and of course. Ile hoped the Government would give it their attention before it came on for a second reading. Lord J. RUSSELL said the Bid belonged to another department, but the Government would certainly give it their attention. Mr. HUME said that was a proper opportunity to call the attention of the Government to the principle adopted by the House last session, It was then deter mined that no private Bill should be read a first time until it had been introduced und,r some public depart ment, as that would afford some security that the public interests would not be abused. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND). Mr. SHAW gave notice that, in Committee upon the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, he would move a number of amendments. RATING TENEMENTS BILL. Colonel T. WOOL) gave n6tice that he would post pone the second reading of the Rating Tenements Bill from Wednesday next to Wednesday fortnight. DAY OF NATIONAL FAST AND IIUMILIA- TION. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that her Majesty had born graciously pleased to direct the Lords of the Council to appoint a day of national fast and humilia tion for the country. BUILDINGS ACT. Mr. FOSTER wished to know whether the House might expect the Government to lay upon the table any measure for the amendment of the Buildings' Act, passed some time since ? Lord MORPETH said that the subject had been under the consideration of the House, and he hoped shortly . to be able to lay it upon the table of the House. WAGES OF LABOURERS IN SLIGO. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN wished to know whether the Government had made any inquiries into the truth of the statement which had been published in some of the newspapers, as to the labourers in Sligo recoiling only eightpence per day wages from the Board of Works ? Mr. LABOUCHERE said that he had communicated with the Board of Works, and he had received infor mation that the wages of the labourers in the part re ferred to by the Hon. Member was only at the rate of Bd. per day. The reasons which had induced the Board of Works to adopt this course,aroae from its being thought desirable to encourage a system of task work. The sys tem of task work was open to any labourer who wished to adopt it, and it was only when task work was not performed that the wages of eightpenee per day were given to the labourers.—(Hear, hear.) Now, it must be remembered that the average'claily wages in the county of Sligo was only 6d. a day. It was deemed important not to divert more than was ab sidutely necessary of the labour required for the culti vation of the soil, and for agricultural purposes. SaJnder those circumstances the officers of the Board ()Works had thought it better to employ only one Mali out of every family, instead of raising the prices of agricultural labour to more than Bd. a day; and although at the present price of provisions it was difficult to support a family, yet, in order to extend the relief as much as pos'S'ible, was deemed advisable to adopt the rule of employing only one male from each family. With regard to another point, namely, the proportion that the expenses of the staff bore to the total expenditure, he was happy to say that the anticipations of the Hon. Member were altogether unfounded. He found that the number of labourers emp:oyed was from 19,000 to 20,000, that there was one overseer for every forty labourers, and a check clerk for every 280. He found, also, that the total expenditure for a month was 27,8771., and that from this amount a sum of 2,1101. fur day clerks, cheek clerks, &c., was to be deducted. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN wished to know if the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland thought that 84. a day would support a family? Mr. P. SCROPE wished to know what provision had been made for infirm paupers who were not able to b. employed upon the roads? The only measure that was destined for their relief was one which would not come into operation before the next autumn. He had a letter in his hand from a gentleman in Carlow, in which it was stated that this class had been refused admission into the workhouse, and the guardians refused to relieve them till they had built temporary sheds for their accommodation. The other rncde to which he referred was by relief committees, and they were interdicted from giving relief by the limited means at their command, the Government only supplying assistance in proportion to voluntary sub scription.—(Cries of " Order, order.") The question he wished to ask was, what certainty of relief the Hon. Gentleman could hold out, under those circumstances, to the old, the infirm, women, and children? Mr. LABOUCHERE, in reply to the Hon. Gentle mar, did not believe that the class referred to were likely to suffer from starvation. The present system of public works would be continued until the plan proposed to be substituted came into operation, and ho did not apprehend that the inconvenience re ferred to by the lion. Gentleman would ever arise. Mr. HUME wished to know it' the Govt rnrnent had fixed a day when the present expenditure on the public works would cease? Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that it had not; but the system intended to be substituted would come into operation with as little delay as possible. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC) RELIEF BILL. Sir ROGER I H. INGLIS wished to know whether a motion for the Committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill would be proposed before Easter ? Mr. B. ESCOTT said he had seen his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Kinsale before coming to the House, and could state that the Committee woulo not be proceeded with before Easter. He now begged to fix the first Wednesday after Easter for proceeding with the Bill. In answer to a question by ISIr. 0. STANLEY, Mr. ESCOTT said that his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Kinsale was prepared to give every in formation and satisfaction to the House upoa the clauses regarding processions. THE MEASURES FOR IRELAND. Sir J. D. NORREYS said that, before passing the measures for the relief of the suffering Irish, he thought it would be better to appeal to the Irish landlords. Mea sures might be adopted to promote tillage. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he was not at all satis fied that there was any prospect of the lion. Gentleman's views being carried out at present with respect to tillage CUSTOMS bUTIES BILL: In answer to a question from Lord G. BENTINCK, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he anticipated he should be able to bring on the Customs' Duties Bill on Friday. GRANT FOR EDUCATION. Mr. lIINDLEY asked the Noble Lord at the heal of the Government if he was prepared to state the amount he intended to propose for the educational grant in the miscellaneous estimates, and whether he,intended to bring specially before the notice of the House the Minutes of the Council of Education, laid on the table the sth day of February, or leave them to be incidentally discussed on the vote for education being proposed in the Committee of Supply. Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that the vote would be the same as that taken last year, but with re4ard to the application of the sum he could only say that they did not intend to propose any new resolution upon the subject. Mr. EWART inquired what the sum was to be? Lord J.RUSSELL replied 100,0001. for Great Britain. In reply to a question from Mr. SHAIV, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he intended to appoint the Committee of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill imme diately after the Committee of Ways and Means. THE DISTRESS IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND. Mr. BAILEY hoped he would have the indulgence of the House fora few moments to sonic statements which had been made in that House in consequence of a question put by the Honourable Member for Fife, relating to the distress on the west coast of Scotland. On that occasion reference had been made to a report by the Sheriff-Substitute of Fort Wiliam, into which certain charges had been introduced against proprietors in that district, that they had been neglect ing their tenants. Among the others was one against Mr. M'Donald, of Glengarrie, where it was stated that that proprietor had 15') bolls of meal for the relief' of the poor, but the store-house had been locked up since Christmas, and not a pound could begot out for loveAl:po or money. lie had received a letter latel y from. M'Do nald, in which he stated, in November i h mr e had sent from his private resources 201. in lnothict;ys'idleOsOrie and bolls of meal, and 100 bolls of Indian corn, biscuits. That was sent for the purpose of being dis pensed; his factor had i ns tructions to that effect, and a letter from that factor last week stated that he had comp li et i, and he was desired to continue to do so. Mr. M‘Donald:was a man of the highest honour, and he (Mr. Bailey) stated this upon his credit.- He regretted to state that the Blue Book which had been published co ntained charges, and had been published previous to time being given for answers from the proprietors. It had been reported concerning Mrs. Stewart Bllieezie by Sir E. Coffin, not only that she had neglected her tenants generally, but that twu persons had died of starvation on her estates. Now, she had made inquiry, arid the result was, that two persons bail died of natural causes, the one being an old woman between eighty and ninety years of age, and her daughter, who died of con sumption, being, while they lived, within two or three miles of a meal store, opened by Mr,. M'Kenzie, and out of which she had ordered that relief should be given to the destitute. He had taken the opportunity of doing what he believed to be but justice to these proprietors. Mr. E. ELLICE gave the fullest credit to the Go vernment for the course they had adopted, and he should not be doing justice to the Government if he did not take the curtest opportunity of saying that the Government had done all that was in the power of any Government to do to ward off the effects of this terrible calamity.—(Hear, hear). He thought that, however laudable the intentions of the Government were, the merit of rendering these intentions perfectly effective was mainly due to those gallant officers who had the charge of carrying out the measures of the Government. Sir GEORGE GREY did not think that the charge made by the Hon. Member was quite borne out by the facts as stated in the blue books. Mr. COLLETT was unwilling to take up the time of the House, but he thought it his duty to mention cer tain facts which bad come to his own knowledge respect- ing the employment of the poor in Ireland. He thought it fair to state, that since the debate on the Bill of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, he (Mr. Collett) had made inquiries, and he could state, that in the island of Anglesea, where the potato crop had failed to as great an extent as in Ireland, the formation of a railway had induced a state of prosperity unexampled in that island. The Holyhead Railway Company ba d employed from 3,400 to 4,000 labourers, out of which number 2,500 were Welshmen. 700 Irishmen, and about 300 Englishmen. They had only ex pended about 100,000/. The same fact was seen in some of the Irish railways. If they looked at the railway frcm Maryborough through Thurles to Mallow, they would find that a state of prosperity resulted from the expenditure of cnpital by :that line, within ten miles on each side of the railway. On the Dundalk and on the Carlow Railways the same thing was to be seen. On the latter linen there was not one Englishman employed, excerft pere aps, an overseer. The Right Hon. Gentleman tsie Secretary for Ireland told them a few nights ago that ale prosperity of Ireland next year depended on the Is bourers being employed during the next six weeks in agricultural operations. He did not state, however, that draining would commence on a large scale in the months of April or May. Now, he (Mr' Collett) could state that the baronies of Irelan' were ready to expend half a million on railways, and to em pley all the able-bodied labourers in the country. Th e only mode in which Government proposed to employ them was drainage, but he hart no great confidence in that. If, therefore, only thirty thousand persons were to be employed from May to September, he thought it would be the means of eon' ferring incalculable advantages on the country He considered that her Majesty's Government had not taken the proper steps in reference to this question. They ought not to have trusted to mere anonymou s authority on this question ; and he, for one, would hate been ready to afford them all the information which he possessed. WAYS AND MEANS. The order of the day haying been moved, Sir DE LACY EVANS postponed until Friday or Monday the two motions of which he had given notice ; the first having reference to the pay and 'promotion of certain general officers, and the second for copies of any representations that had been made of the inconvenien t consequences resulting from an inequality in respect to ration stoppages from troops serving in the colonies. Sir H. DOUGLAS also postponed until Monday his motion relating to the case of medical officers not in' eluded in the warrant of July, 1846, for an improved re• tirement to a limited number of medical officers. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. P. SCROPE, on the motion that the House do go into Committee upon this measure, said he would trespass upon the attention of the House with a few observation s. The rent of Ireland last year amounted to 15,000.0 001 1 and yet upon the average the poor-rates only amounted to lid. in the pound. Under these circumstances, 11° thought some information ought to be given to the coup' try upon the subject. In the union of Castle Bar the case was still stronger. There the per centage did no t amount to more than fourpence-halfpenny in the pound , and the guardians having collected that amount, Au t the doors upon the starving poor and refused to collect any more. Mr. LABOUCIIERE would not accept the invitation of the Hon. Member to enter now upon a discussion o f the poor-law, because the House would have ample °pre" tunity on a future occasion to enter fully into that sub) He must, confess he never entertained the opinion tbs whatever poor-law should have been introduced into Ireland could have ever met the emergencies of the Pis; sent period, and it was altogether a miscalculationt hs they could have framed a poor•law which could entireli relieve the distress of that country in its present ( Arena' stances. WAYS AND MEANS. LOAN OF EIGHT MILLIONS. Of The House then resolved itself into a Committee Ways and Means. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then r# and said, in deference of my friends behind me, and in ace(/' dance with my own feelings, I rise to make a statement in In ference to the subject of finance which I brought before th e House the other evening. And here I must express how °e n ; sibly I felt the kindness which the whole of the House did and that evening. —( Hear, hear.) Sir, on that occasion I stalsite that in order to meet the existing exigencies, I must make a extraordinary demand on the Treasury of this kingdom , o n e that I must have recourse to a loan of 8,000,100/. It gayer, great pleasure that th e H ouse h a d con fi rme d th a t pr oceed with their sanc ti on . I h ave now to announce t h at an arrangent,erit has been ente re d i n t o w h ere b y I s h a ll b e a bl e to o btain 04 loan, and I will move the House to pass set: tain resolutions confirmatory of that arrangetne n r It has not been th e p rac ti ce o f t h e H ouse t h at t h e Chancelle of the Exchequer mentioned his intention of contracting a lose: It would be recollected that when the last loan was contracts! for, an Act of Parliament had been passed authorising t h e loan: generally. I thought it best, however, to mention it to . t: ti House, and I have since felt that the course which vi adopted was the best—it was certainly the most respectful t 0 this Howe. After considering it, lam sensible that the cou rse„ I have taken has been the most advantageous that could h 0,!: been adopted. I had made every necessary inquiry about possibility of raising the money, and everybody me that I should have no difficulty in obtaining the %,,, u f,",i n g have found this to be the case, by deter d stock. to grant interest at three per cent., consolidataeinn, and universallY tcla i This course we have adopted on the present l id % Ile the accordingly I announced to those gentlemen, who honour of waiting upon me, that I would give stock, and that parties bidding f or th e l oan were to b i d much money for each 1001. stock. T wo o ff ers h av e been ma ne which were identical, and th e resu l t o f prev i ous arr engernen ti between the parties. The offer made was of 891. 10s. for each 100/. stock. According to the best considerati ons w hi c h 1 have been able to give the subject, and a l so as th e result t , consolideado dat communications with various parties, and considering the present state of the money market, I thought the offer was an adva"' tageous one, and I came to the resolution of accepting it With respect to the rate of inter es t a t w hich the 1 1 - has been contracted, it will be ne cessar y th a t I should Ins some observations upon the statements which I made upon .o former occasion. What I had in view when I made tha t an nouncement to the House was that I expected to raise the a_ ti at a rate of interest of between three and four per cen t ' thought that probably I might be able to raise it at three.an4 a-half per cent. It was necessary to debit myself with Ile% amount as chargeable upon the revenue of the country, it wa r necessary that I should in part know what amount of inte re would fall upon the country as chargeable upon the revenue; That sum, I am happy to say, does not quite equal three-and 'of half per cent. Upon the occasion of the last loan, the rate interest was not so high as the present. rate 0 "/ interest. The West Indian loan was one • 20,000,000/., the loan which I have now contracted is one of a considerably less amount. The price of Consols vr.s i _ then considerably higher than at p resen t ; it i s no t therefore I; be supposed that, with a smaller amount of loan to be raise °' ar.d with the price of Consols considerably less, that the Pr e ; sent loan could be contracted upon the same advantagel, terms as the former one. The interest that will be pall w t . upon the present loan is as near as may be 31. 7s. 6d. per ef. P c b A calculatien has been made in the Treasury offices, tvn, l „ brings the rate of interest to 3/. 7.. per cent., and if you " . 4, duct the amount of the dividend from January to March , will make it 3!. 7s, 6.1. per cent. The annual amount of ill:, terest upon the loan will be 268,156/. Bs., to which, if you a u „ the amount of the Bank charges of manageme n t of the 1 01 7 it will make the total amount chargeable upon the le% 270,800/. Bs., or a charge upon the whole of something I '2: than 31. 7s. 6.1. per cent. I have therefore contracted Oh loan 2s. 6d. per cent. less than the 3i per cent. which I 'l i r; nose I should have had to pay for the loan. I have allowed 0 , discount, and I have also adopted the practice usually et/violet' in loans in France of giving stock, if required, for every insl s : ment as they are paid, except the first. This will cause n`' extra charge upon the country, and will, at the same rifle afford to Government an increased facility for raising the lua rr. The Right Hon. Member concluded by moving resolution° confirmatory of the loan:— " 1. That towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty the sum of 8,000,0001. be raised be annuities. c oOl. " 2. That every contributo r to th e sa id sum o f 8,000,v he shall, for every sum of 891. 10 3 . con t r ib ute d an d pa id, entitled to the principal sum of 100/. in annities, after the ea' of 3/. per cent., to commence from the sth day of Jantiaff: 1847, and to be added to, and m a d e one j o i nt stoc k w i t h, the existing Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities, and be per able and transferable at the Bank of England at the same tiln e and in the same manner, and subject to the same redemptie° as the said annuities. " That the several annuities shall be charged on and P id t out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Gres Britain and Ireland. " That every contributor shall, on the sth day of Mar eb ; 1817, make a deposit of 12/. per cent., in mach sum as he e she shall choose to subscribe towards raising the said 50 0 ° f 8,000,000/., with the chief cashier or cashiers of the Goveree R.• • and Company of the Bank of England, as a security for Mak ing the future payment on or before the days or terms hereip' . after mentioned ; that is to say— O , " Payment of 12 per cent. on or before the 9th day , April next. " Payment of 12 ditto ditto ditto 7th of May. " Payment of 12 ditto ditto ditto 11th of June. " Payment of 12 ditto ditto ditto 9th of July. " Payment of 12 ditto ditto ditto 6th of August' " Payment of 12 ditto ditto ditto 3d of Sept. " Payment of 16 ditto ditto ditto 15th of Oct. 100 tt That all the monies so to be received by the said Wh i t ' or cashiers of the said Governor and Company of the 1 3 °/ of England, s h a ll b e pa id i nto the account of the rece i p t o f her Majesty' s E xc h equer ; at t h e Bank of England, in aid ; the monies belon g i ng t o t h e C onso lid ate d F un d , an d sh: t . be applied from time to time for any of the purposes . which money m i g ht b e a d vance d or grante d f rom t he CA2, I ; sulidated F un d o f G rea t B r i ta i n , un d er t h e A ct o f the and 10th Victoria, cap. 107, or for such services u may d voted by this House, or as may be authorised to be Pa t e thereout by any Act passed, or that may be passed in r present session of Parliament." Mr. HUME wished to know whether the interest on the whale loan would commence in January or with each portie paid ? that The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sail Th e he could only repeat what he had already stated. the whole interest would commence from January, hut ny whole would not be necessarily paid until July. If a b ., contributor paid up the whole of his instalments on or, T it fore the 2d of July, be would have a half-year's dividen d til July and a half in January, but if he did not pay u n t il after July, he would not have any dividend at all units January, when lie would receive the year's dividend. l w ;fr tin the case of any stock given in exchange for money pa, in April, May, and June, the half-yearly dividend walla paid in July. —( Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME had only to express his regret that the Ri g ° Hen. Gentleman had resorted to this mode of obtaining, the iO' loan. They were now to pay 8,938,5471. stock for it, aorylic, terest for that. amount to the 31st January, though they not received it. He must say that they had made a bad Da' or 3 gain, and he had no doubt that the loan would now bring rs 4 per cent. stock in the market. By accepting such low t.e, l f ot a great loss would be sustained by the ecuntry. He would 0, have left it open to the chances of combination, but have putiiii. in the power of every one to compete for it in the market. to was informed that these were now at a premium of from, e" s 1 per cent. It was the p r in c ipl e , however, that he objec t to, and he regretted that su c h a course h a d been adopted . Chettc_ allellee ' Mr. WILLIAMS e xp ressed his sorrow that the of the Exchequer had proceeded in the beaten track of Chancellors of the Exchequer for the last forty years. .n* et 7, proceeding in this w a y, an a dditi o nal sum of 175 millions nn been added to the debt of this country. 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