The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-16 00:00:00

rbtrb .4bitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. EXCHEQUER.-(TIIIS DAY.) (Sittings in London.) The Court was occupied a considerable portion of the day in hearin undefended causes. The few defended causes which were g disposed of did not present any feature of public importance. From the list it appears that there are 43 remanets, 27 of which arc for special juries; new causes, 112, of which number 32 are special jury causes—total, 165 causes, of which special juries are appointed for 59. COMMON PLEA S.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall,a Common J before the L ur ORD CHIEF JUSTICE and y.) BARKER v. GRIFFITH—THE BRISTOL, MANCHESTER, AND LIVERPOOL DIRECT TRUNK RAILWAY. This was an action brought by Mr. C. Barker, the adver tising agent, to recover from the defendant, a merchant in Liverpool, as a provisional director and member of the committee of management of the Bristol, Blanchester, and Liverpool Direct Trunk Railway, to recover for work and labour done in advertising the prospectus of the company. The scheme in question was one of the many companies pro jected in the autumn of 1845. Mr. Whateley and Mr. James were for the plaintiff; Mr. Byles for the defendant. Mr. WHATELEY having briefly stated the case, proceeded to call his witnesses. The principal witness was Mr. Garbett, solicitor, of Wel lington, one of the proprietors of the company. His evidence was to the effect that the defendant, through his brother, had given his consent to be a provisional director, and that subsequently he was appointed a member of the committee of management. He also deposed that on the 27th of October the defendant was present with him at the offices, Bond court, Walbrook, and assisted in looking over the applica tions for shares. This, however, was not a regular meeting of the committee. On the sth of November a regular meeting of the committee was held, at which twelve attended. The defendant was one of them. Among other resolutions, one was agreed to instructing the secretary to advertise the prospectus, &c. The whole twelve wrote their names in the book as being present as provisional directors. Thomas Lawton, a clerk to the defendant's brother, in Wol verhampton, deposed to a conversation in that town between the defendant and Mr. Garbett. It differed somewhat from Mr. Garbett's statement, inasmuch as it stated that the de fendant dissented to being placed on the committee on the subject being named to him. Evidence was next taken as to the order being given by the secretary to. Mr. Barker, and the advertisements being inserted in pursuance thereof. This being the case, and Mr. Sergeant Byles having replied, His LORDSHIP summed up at some length, to the effect that if they were satisfied with Mr. Garbetes evidence, and declared the defendant to have been present at the meeting of the sth Novernfitr, their verdict must be for the plaintiff. The jury immeataitely returned a verdict for tho full amount, 301. 3s. 6d. SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUC TIO N. —(THIS DAY.) The sale of Railway Shares to-day, by Messrs. Lamond and Co., proceeded without much alteration; prices were steady, and a good proportion of the shares were sold. The following are a few of the principal sales : East Indian .£o 8 6 Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia 0 5 0 Great Western of Bengal 0 5 6 Calcutta and St. George's Point 0 4 0 Boston. Stamford, and Birmingham 1 13 6 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 6 6 Eastern Counties Eastern Counties, York Extension......... 4 11 6 Shropshire Union and Canal 1 6 6 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3 15 0 Newmarket and Chesterford Cornwall North Staffordshire Manchester and Southampton 1 11 0 North British, Extension 1 6 0 Great Northern (London and York Beg.) 3 16 0 Buckinghamshire . Taw Vale Extension and Dock COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam .. .... C.F. 12 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 1 Rotterdam .... • • 2 U. 12 4 Antwerp .. 25 80 [Limburg]] .... • • 31.8. 13 10% 1 Paris, 3 days' sight .. .• 25 45 LNGE.- (THIS DAY. Gibraltar.. ........ • • .. Leghorn 3O 20 Genoa •• .. 25 85 Milan .. •• .• Venice.. .. Naples .. • • .... • • 40% Palermo, per 0z........ 121 Ditto, 3 months...... 25 75 Marseilles •• . .• • • • 25 E 5 Bourdeaux . 25 85 Frankfort on Maine .... 121 Pctersburgh, 3 Us . • Berlin . • ... Li5b0n.::............. 53 Oporto .. .. .. .. .. • 54% Rio Janeiro Bahia ........ Buenos Ayres .. ••• . • • • Vienna, effee. flo ••• • • • 10 3 Trieste, ditto.... ••• • .. 10 3 Math id ...... Cadiz •.. : ........ 36% Bilbao.. • • • • .. • • Barcelona fiertlle .. • ..• • • • • ..... . New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia PZICIS or BULLION, ?Zit OZ. Foreign Gold ift bars.. X 3 17 9 New Dollars .... • • 0 4 103 , , Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars .• .• •• •• 0 0 0 THE IRISH PARTY AND THE PRESS. The Irish party have determined to exclude the represen tatives of the Press from their meetings, and have directed their secretary to furnish to one particular reporter an out line of their proceedings, who, on application, will give to the other repocters an account of what transpires. Such is the substance of a statement made to• day by Mr. Godley, the secretary, to a gentleman who attended from this office. The public, knowing tL•e manner in which the reports of the proceedings of the Irish party are concocted, will rate those reports at their proper value, while we know from Scripture who are those who " like the darkness rather than the light." The Gazelle of this evening contains a proclamation, by the Queen, for the election of a Peer of Scotland, in the room of John Lord IZollo, deceased. PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. 110 USE OF COMMONS —(TIIIS DAY.) (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner &mu) There wore no unopposed cases in Mr. Smith's hst to-day, OPPOSED CASK. BLANDFORD AND BURTON. The Learned Examiner was occupied the whole of the day with this opposed case. A few allegations wore sustained, and the case was further adjourned till to-morrow. (Room 23.) In the following unopposed cases, the customary formal proofs were completed : Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway (No. 2. Branches). Dublin and Drogheda Railway (Branch from Navan to Kells). Dublin and Belfast Junction and Navan Branch Railway Act, 1845. Sundt rland Improvement, Markets and Bridge. Taw Vale Railway and Dock (Deviations and Bideford and S )uth Melton Branches). Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Harbour and Bridge Trusts. Wolverhampton General Cemetery. Cornwall Railway Act, Amendment and Deviation. Macduff Harbour Improvement. Northampton and Banbury Railway (from the London and North-Western Railway, near the Blisworth Station to Ban bury, &c.) Bingley Gas Company. Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extensions at Cheater and Holyhead, &c.) Edinburgh Waterworks (Additional Reservoirs and Works for further and improved Supply of Water and Public Tru•t). East of Fife Railway (Deviation of Main Line and Im provement of the Junction with the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, near Markinch, 'in the parish of Markinch and county of Fife). Paisley and Renfrew Railway (for sale to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company; to im prove the line, and also to construct new quays on the Clyde at Renfrew Ferry, &c.) Edinburgh Markets and Customs. St. Helen's Canal and Railway Amendment Bill (War rington and Blackbrook Branchea, Lease of Rainford Branch of London and North-Western Railway). Great Northern Railway; Extension to Leeds and Wake field; Deviation of Methley Branch of Wakefield, Ponte fract and Goole Railway. Great Northern Railway; Purchase of Ambergate, Not tingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway, East Lincolnshire Railway, Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railway (Stamford and Wisbeach Line). Great Northern Railway (Branches to Sleaford). Great Northern Railway (Branch to Horncastle and to Bravford Mere, Lincoln). Aylsham and North Walsham Railway. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund 3 Railway, No. 5 (Extension to East Dereham, and to Ayl,ham in Norfolk). Oldham Alliance Railway (Lines from Oldham to Ashton, Rochdale, Manchester and Royton line, from Ashton to Guide Bridge, and Branch to Oak Colliery, near Hollinwood, with power to unite with Manchester and Leeds Railway Company). There were no opposed case in Mr. May's list. STANDING ORDERS—(THIS DAY.' The following Bills received the sanction of the Com , mittee and are reported as allowed to proceed:— Caledonian and Motherwell Branch Caledonian and Clydesdale Junction 'Newmarket and Chesterfield Railway. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS E VENING.) BUCKINGHAM PALACE,FFB. 13, 1847. This day had an audience of her Majesty, Senor Toro, to deliver his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Republic of Venezuela: To which be was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by the lion. Colonel Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., Master of the Ceremonies. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 12. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Colonel Thomas Le Breton, of the Royal Jersey Militia. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 12. The Queen upon this day pleased to confer the honou r o f Kni g ht hood Govern rn Henry Edward Fox Young, Esq., Lieu t avant - r Cape of Good no o fthe eastern districts of the colony of th e FB e. itpi The Queen hag be e n 'GN-OFFICE, FEB. 12. li , leased to approve of M. Dagobert Fourcade, as Consul at i P o rt Louis, in the Mau r iti us , f or hi s Majestv the King of The Queen has oho been ren p e l l e i. ased to approve of Mr. John T. Pickett, as Consul at Turks' Island for the United States Of America. DUCHY OF LANCASTE R, ,Charles Henry Pelham, At a Council this day, the Right Pen. 13. Philip Earl Earl of commonly called the Earl of Lincoln Hardwicke, the Right Hon. Frederick Earllsarelli) James so Robert Berkeley _Lord Portman, the Right Hon. George Graham, Bart., and George Edward Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse, were, by her S i l l :ki E t s ` l ,,” command, sworn of the:Cquncil of the Duchy of Lan -e3 ' 'B caster. DO wm.:'.ca,$T,REET, FER. 16. The Queen bas been pleased.to appoint Henry Lushington, Esq., to be Chief Secretary to the.Governinent of the Island Of Malta. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk. Eastern Regiment of Suffolk klilitia—William Henry Horsley Dahl., (and mot Henry Worsby Dakins, as lEserted WHITEHALL, FEB. 10. Jenkin IT. Llewelyn, surgeon, Strand, Feb. 25, at eleven, and March 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Noyes, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Charles I'roctor, wine merchant. Witham, Essex, Feb. 25, at half past eleven, and March 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinfhall-street ; Blood and Douglas, Witham ; Valiance and N allance, Essex-street, Strand. Joseph Allison, bookseller, Penrith, Cumberland, Feb. 22, at two, and. March 23, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Atkinson and Harrison, Penrith ; Preston and. Browne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Thomas N. Brown, leather dealer, East Stonehouse, Devon shire, March 3 and 23, at eleven, at the Exeter Dist r i c t Court.iHernaman, official assimee, Exeter; Beer and Rundl e , Devonport ; Penkivil, Finsbury-circus, London; Stogdon, Exeter. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of February 16 ) SUGAR. —To-day the quantity of West India Muscovado Su gar on show being small, merchants were generally enabled to obtain former rates ; but there was little desire manifested to operate in any kind for either the scale or pan. The pri vate purchases were small, and did not exceed 250 hhds and tierces. For all other sorts of Sugar reduced rates were submitted to. REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods further declined in value, 63s 6d to 64s having been taken for low brown lumps, 64s 6d to 65s for brown grocery, and 65s 6d to 66s for standard lumps, but upon these terms many parcels were disposed of. Bonded Crushed Sugar is in good request, and prices are firm. MAURITIUS.-1111$ afternoon there was not much desire evinced to operate in Mauritius Sugar: at a public sale of 7,838 bags a decline in prices of 6d to Is took place, still the whole sold. EAST hamA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal Sugar offered at public sale was large, and amounted to 5,274 bags and SO chests ; there was not much desire evinced to operate, and a part only sold at a fall on the rates of Friday of 6d to Is. Of Madras the supply is on the increase, and the quantity offered at public sale amounted to 5,415 bags ; the chief part sold, but at a fall on former rates of is per cwt. FOREIGN.—This afternoon at public sale 73 cases 1 box and 10 barrels of Bahia Sugar were taken in and withdrawn. Privately there was little passing in any kind, although there were sellers upon rather lower terms. Tae.—Prices do not improve for Black, although the de mand has been good for all qualities, but holders generally manifest more firmness. Of Green, large parcels of the low and middling sorts have been disposed of, in consequence of holders being free sellers, and submitting to rather lower rates. Cocoa.—This afternoon West India met with much atten ion, and 114 bags of Trinidad at public sale sold at 58s for good dark red, and at 50s to 54s for grey, which is dearer. COFFEE.—This afternoon Mocha Coffee was only in limited request, and 220 bales at auction were taken in at 63s for middling quality. The quantity of Ceylon offered at auction amounted to 2,138 bags ; the demand was less active, and a small part only sold at Is to 2s decline. Of costa Rica 2,670 bags were offered, and sold rather under the former rates. Biog.—This afternoon Feat India Rice was in excellent re quest privately, and prices are still on the advance, white Bengal selling at 23s to 255, yellow 22s to 235, and Madras 22s to 22s 6d. SPICES.—Of Pimento the stock is still on the decrease; there are several home and export purchases, and 4id to 5d per lb is the value of low to fine quality. For Cinnamon of objectionable quality the market has a dull appearance, and prices are on the decline. In Bassia Buds sales to a fair ex tent have been made at 6'38 to 66s per cwt. Nutmegs have been in excellent request by the home trade, and prices have risen 2d to 3d for good and tine, and Id per lb for the lower sorts. For Mace the demand has been active, and prices advanced 2d. For Cassia Lignea the market is quiet. For Black Pepper previous rates are insisted upon for all descriptions. Purchases to a fair extent have been made in white, at 4d to 6d, and 7d to 8d for superior quality. Cloves are little wanted. E.'l'llllTS.—Altogether there are sellers of Jamaica Rum of all descriptions upon lower rates, still the trade have operated cautiously, and there is a larger quantity on offer. Leeward Island is little wanted, and holders are more inclined to sell proof at 4s. East India has been sparingly dealt in, and there are sellers of proof Calcutta at 3s 9d to 3s 10d. Deme rara, however, has been in good request, and brought stiff rates. In Brandy large purchases have been made by the home trade; a fair quantity has been taken for exportation, and farther advanced prices have been obtained for new sorts, whilst the older qualities fully sustained the former value. INDIGO.—To -day during the progress of the sate 130 chests were withdrawn, and 841 chests have passed the sale. The biddings were brisk, and the rates previously established were well supported for Bengal, as well as for Madras and Kurpah. Ons.—For Cod Oil prices remain firm, and a good demand has prevailed by private treaty, chiefly for home consump tion. Southern has been in excellent request, and a slight improvement in prices took place. Seal has met with less attention, and the business transacted by private treaty has been upon rather lower terms. Sperm has not been so much in request by private treaty, and prices are lowering. There have been further arrivals of Palm, and the trade operating with caution, a further decline in the value has taken place. Of Stearne 356 casks were offered at auction, and taken in at 39s to 425. Olive Oil has teen in extensive request, and further advanced rates have been obtained. For Rape Seed Oil priaes are fully as high, and the demand has been active. For Linseed Oil prices have declined 6 , .1 there being a large quantity in the market. For Cocoa Nut Oil late rates are sustained. but the demand has been limited. Lard Oil dull of sale at 44/. to 46/. TALLow.—Although the stock of Russian here is much less than it was last season at this time. and the consumption going on largely; still holders are ready sellers and sub mitted to a reduction on former rates of 6d to 9d per cwt.; nevertheless the demand on the spot has been limited. Home made is plentiful, and a decline in prices again oc curreil. In American and New South Wales few purchases have been made privately, although there are sellers rather under former rates. MPERIAL PA RLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships assembled shortly after Fire o'clock. CROWN LANDS, ROSCOMMON. The Marquis of WESTMEATH brought forward his motion with respect to returns relating to Crown lands at Killglass, Roscommon, which he postponed last night until this evening, in order that the Government might have an opportunity of ascertaining whether the returns could be fur nished or not. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he had made the in quiries which he prom,sed to make last night, and found that there would be nu objection to furnish the returns, with the exception of those which had reference to pending suits. INFLUX OF IRISH POOR INTO LIVERPOOL. Earl FITZ WILLIAM wished to bring before the notice of their Lordships some information which he had received that day, respecting the great influx of Irish paupers into Liverpool. He had received that day a Manchester paper, in which there was a long and very able account of the way in which they came to Liverpool, and what was done for them when they arrived there. It appeared that into the town of Liverpool there were be tween 23,000 and 24,000 immigrants. This great in flux induced people who were interested in the ion to institute an inquiry, and one of the first effects that followed was a considerable diminution in the number of the persons who were relieved. In addition to that, the Assistant Poor-law Commissioner had been directing his attention to the influx of Irish paupers into Liverpool. He found that the arrivals were, of men 4,419, of women 1,755. and of children 1,150 within a given period. The relief afforded was to men 2,000, women 2,811, children 1,150, and there was an increase of 8,814 relieved, though the number of immigrants was decreased. It was quite clear, from that circumstance, that the number of persons relived was not occasioned solely by the number of immigrants. There was a large number relieved on a Monday in February. It was 22,348—and how many were relieved on the Tuesday following ?—why 4,906. That was entirely in consequence of the active measures that had been taken to ascertain who were entitled to be relieved. Other circumstances were connected with this question. They had heard of the great immigration into Liverpool. They had heard also of 4,000 ejectments in Mayo. The inference that would be drawn from this was, that the influx of emigrants, and the ejectments in Mayo, had some thing to do with one another. ghat had been an erroneous con clusion, drawn by persons who ought not to have arrived at those positive conclusions, without having instituted a more rigid in quiry. He thought the decrease that hadfollowed in the number of persons relieved upon the enquiry that had been made showed clearly that it was not owing to the cause here assigned. The Earl of LUCAN rose to offer a few observations, in consequence of certain charges that had been made. He could tell the Noble Lord opposite, that in - Tyrawley, one of the wealthiest baronies in Ireland, the tenants actually kept posses. sion, and would not permit the landlords to enter their dwellings. He intended last night to have replied to the attacks that had been made upon him, but was prevented from doing so. He knew it to be the prae.;ise of that House, and it used to be the practice formerly in the House of Commons, that the person who was to be the subject of an attack should have previous intimation of it or should have an opportunity of defending himself, but no such courtesy had been extended to him, but, on the contrary, the greatest dis courtesy— a discourtesy which, perhaps, was more con genial to the taste and habits of a certain Noble Lord, who had thought it right to make .the attack upon him. It had been stated that an indictment would be preferred against him, in consequence of the course he had thought proper to adopt, but that would not deter him now from defending his conduct. He had been charged with three distinct charges—lint, that he was a defaulter in not paying his poor-rates ; secondly, that he shut up the workhouse ; and hirdly, that he re:used to strike a rate. With respect to th, first charge all he had to say was, that he not been absent a single day from the sittings of the board, for a very long period ; and he never recollected being charged with a single instance of non-payment of rates. There were one hundred distress warrants for rates in the town of Castlebar, issued at his instance, and the instructions to the rate collector h a d b eer . i n i t i a l e d b y him. When he undertsood t _ e th at certain pap ers were to b e l a id on t h e table of the House h hastened down to the Home-office, and protested against Sir George Grey laying his lotter before the House, but the Right Hon. Baronet would not accede to his reque s t. H e would n ow read the e had letter for thei r L or d s hi ps . ( Th e N o bl e Earl th en read the letter i written to the Board of W u rk s .) His Lord s hi p , i n readin g this letter, l a id espec i a l stress on those names . whi c h , with h is own, h a d b een coupled with the in the Gazette of the 9th instant), Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 29. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. 10th Vic.-13th Feb., 1847. This Court will, on Thursday, the 25th day of February instant, at twelve o'clock, A.m., hold a sitting, and will give judgment in cases which have been argued. BY THE COURT. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Stockdale Benning, of Luton, in the county of Bedford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, FEB. 12. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Gard Edmonds, of Plymouth, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Robert Layt, spirit merchant, Hingham, Norfolk, to sur render Feb. 26, at eleven, and April 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Trehern and Co., Barge-yard-chambers. Jules Rochat, jeweller, St. Martin's-lane, Feb. 26, at twelve, and March 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Edward and Peake, New Palace-yard. Henry Hunter, confectioner. Old-street, Middlesex, March 4, at one, and March 30, at twel v e, a t th e C our t o f Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Fourdrinier, Scott's-yard, Bush-lane, Cannon-street. Jonathan Smith, innkeeper, Gloucester, March 2 and 30, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Jones and Co., Crosby-square ; Smallridge, Gloucester. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1847 charge, and of which he had said in that letter, " I do not believe one farthing to be due f rom th em ." He begged their Lordships' attention to this, and wished to know how any gentleman could have given a more positive denial to the imputed facts than that which he had just read; but yet the public prints, in alluding to, it had repre sented it as rather an escape than a positive and honest contradiction of the charge. His Lordship then con cluded the remaining part of the letter, He then added that he was not satisfied with having written that letter, but he had desired the rate-collectors to furnish him with the names of all the tenements of which he was the lessor, and the statement whether he was liable or not for rates on any of them. He found that the total amount of rate on property in his hand was but 60L, and there was about 451. on property leased by other tenants, but that was not in his owe hand, and he was not liable for it. There was some 101. or 141. more which he confessed he could not ac count for. There was property of his which at present was in beneficial occupation by another, the rate on which amounted to some 101. or 141., and he was quite certain that not a half, not a third, of that amount remained unpaid. He was sure their Lordships would recollect his situation as a landlord, that he was himself a large occupier of land and of farms to a great extent, but on all that property which remained in his own occupation there had not been any rates due for months and months past. He begged distinctly to be understood, that he took this opportunity of positively stating, that there was not a farthing due on the property in his own occupation, as he himself well knew, h av i ng persona l ly inspected the rate-books of the board of guardians. The next charge which had been made against him, was the shutting of the Castlebar union workhouse. He said the circumsiances were these ; he went over to Ireland about the close of last session and attended a Board of Guardians. He was present at a meeting of his tenants, where he was requested to come over to her Majesty's Minister and to represent the state of the country. On the Bth September he had returned to Ireland, and at tended a board of guardians, when he was told that all the contracts for the house were expired ; that no tenders had been mrde ; and that there was no chance of any tenders being made as there was not a farthing with which to pay. A conversation ensued, representing the difficulties of the position in which they were, when something was said about shutting up the house, and he said in reply that he would ease them of their difficulties, and keep the house for them. That occurred on the 20th of September. As to what had been said about applicants for relief having been turned away, or having received inadequate relief; he was certain that no such occurrence had taken place, neither had any one been turned away, nor had any one been sent away with in adequate relief, and that was said by those who had been present at every meeting of the board of guardians since 1840. Now the real facts of the case were, that although the House was capable of accommodating 600 persons, until this famine the outside number that had ever been received was 170. And this was not the case at Castlebar only, but at all the other houses the same rule had prevailed. He remembered that by the return which had been made of the several houses in Ireland, in which (he houses in Dublin were conjoined, the actual number received was not more than from seventy to a hundred. On the 28th September the guardians at Castlebar had made contracts which were to go until the 24th October. This went on till that day when it was found that the amount that remained unpaid was up wards of 1,2001 The rates, it was true, ought to have been collected, and if they were not so, it was the fault of the col lector and nobody else ; and had it not been that that he ( Lord Lucan) kad kept the poor, could not have been sustained. There was a debt due to the treasurer, and it was evident that if 5001. or even 300/. was collected, it was necessary to pay that amount te the treasurer. They had no opportunity whatever of stopping the money in transitu. This matter went on till the 24th of October, and the only chance they had was to get in the money from 'the rates, to prevent the people from throwing their children on the parish. On that day there was a resolution come to, that unless the Government would step in and grant relief, or the Commissioners would put them in the way of obtaining the means, it would be utterly impos sible to grant admission to any more poor ; and had it not been for him the house during the last four weeks would not have been kept at all. full ; whereby it has happened that very many of such desti tute poor persons have died of starvation, as the verdicts of nu merous coroners' inquests heldlwithin the said union attest? If no effective legal responsibi ity or obligation to relieve the destitute rests at present on Irish boards of guardians, to ark whether her Majesty's Government do snot intend to introducce some effectual obligation of this nature into the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, whereby security shall be taken, against such de nial of relief to the destitute poor of Ireland of ail classes in future? Sir GEORGE GREY said that the best answer he could give to the Hon. Gentleman would be to read the provisions of the Act under which they were appointed. ( The Hon. Baronet then read the sections of the Act, the substance of which was, that when once the Commissioners had declared a workhouse fit for the reception of the destitute poor, the board of guardians were at their discretion to admit such as they deemed proper subjects to the approbation of the Commissioners. Their was a legal point raised as to the compulsory power vested in the Commissioners, over the guardians, and he had only to observe that the Commissioners bad exercised all their power over the Castlebar guardians, for the purpose of compelling them to afford relief. Their efforts, however, were unavailing, and they were then about to dissolve them as a board by the powers vested in them under the Act. Mr. F. FRENCH desired to know whether his Hon. Friend was aware that in the month of September last it was found impossible to collect the rates, and the chairman, the Earl of Lucan, took upon himself the whole expenses of the house? Was the Right Hon. Gentleman aware that the hoard of guar dians framed a resolution, which they announced to the Poor law Commissioners, stating that ri was impossible to collect the rate, and calling on them to sanction the borrowing of money They had stated in that resolution that they were ready to admit the entire number the house was capable of containing if they had the means. The Commissioners were a fortnight before they replied to the application, and they then gave a general answer. Sir G. GREY said that the report from the Commissioners should be laid on the table, but at the same time he was bound to state that, jading by that report, he had no reason to doubt that the rates of the Castlebar union might have been much better collected if .the guardians had done their duty. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. ETWALL moved to bring under the consideration of the House the evidence given before the Andover Union Com mittee of last session, together with the report of that Com mittee. Mr. BRIGHT moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the progress of the cultivation of cotton in India. Lord JOHN MANNERS moved for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the laws relating to the disposition of property for pious and charitable purposes. Mr. GRATTAN moved for returns of the absentees from Ireland ; the annual value of the property of all absentees assessed to the poor-rate ; and the amount of all annuities payable to any person not resident in Ireland. Sir C. NAPIER moved for the production of a copy of the report of officers appointed to make a trial of Capt. Warner's long range, addressed to the Master-General of the Ordnance. COMMITTEE ON THE NAVIGATION LAWS. On the motion of Mr. RICARDO to nominate the gentle men to be appointed on the Select Committee on the naviga tion laws, Mr. WAWN objected to the name of Mr. Bright, and moved that it should be omitted. In looking over the list he found the names of the representatives of the seaports almost entirely left oat. He hoped, in order to give satisfac tien to all interests, that the name of the Hon. Member for Manchester would be left out, and some other substituted. Mr. FER RAND rose to protest against the constitution of the Committee, as he found out of the list eleven Members had voted in favour of free trade. He asked would the country be satisfied with such a Committee to inquire into the operation of the navigation laws. It was well known, there fore, that the Committee would report against the con tinuance of those laws as no longer necessary. On these grounds he would decidedly support the motion of the Hon. Member (Mc Wawn), and would divide the House with him, even if he stood alone. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought the Committee was a fair one. It was thought right that the Vice-President of the Board of Trade should be on the Cornmitce. and if he understood the Hon. Member right, he did not object to that. With regard to the name of the Hon. Mt tuber for Durham being left out because he was a candidate for Man chester, he (Lard John Russell) never heard of such a thing before. Mr. FINCH was rot satisfied with the Committee. It was well known that one of the principal petitions which had led to the appointment of this Committee was from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. These petitioners were in favour of free trade, and therefore the lion. Member for Durham would act to secure their support. In fact they were agreed that the navigation-laws should be repealed— (Hear, hear.) Seeing the importance of every interest being fully satisfied in the selection of the Committee, he hoped as groat an approximation to impartiality as possible would be made. Mr. LIDDELL was sorry to hear from many of the Hon. Members around him that there was no chance of the country being satisfied with this Committee. Application had been made to him in the first instance to serve upon the first Committee that had been appointed, but that ap plication he had respectfully declined ; but having seen the good temper and feeling with which the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer had suggested the recon struction of it, and the fairness with which the mover had acceeded to that suggestion, he (Mr. Liddell), en his being again requested to allow his name to be placed on that Committee, he at once consented. He did not doubt that the country would be satisfied with the constitution of the Com mittee, and, as far as he was concerned, he could assure the House that he only wished for a fair and impartial inquiry. Mr. BROWNRIGG said, that he was one of the Hon. Members who was, on the first instance, asked to form one of this Committee, and as he had not tak .n part in the division, he might, perhaps, for there reasons, be allowed to address one or two observations to the House. He had, for more than a quarter of a century been engaged in commercial pursuits, and he was, therefore, in possession of some information that might be considered useful in the consideration of this question. He did not throw this out as a warning to the Members of the Committee, whom the Noble Lord lad described as being divided into two classes, one of them being persons who would vote for the maintenance of the navigation laws; what ever evidence they might hear, and the other persons who would vote against them, whatever evidence they might hear. Sir HARRY VANE trusted the Honourable Member who had made the motion would not persevere in dividing the House. Mr. WALLACE said he would persist in doing so, even if he went out alone. Mr. BERESFORD explained that in the list he made out the name of the Honourable Member for Boston appenred, but it was withdrawn at the request of the Hon. Member for the city of London, who was anxious, as he had previous been chairman of a similar Committee, to be placed on the present one. He represented to the Hon. Member that his health was not such as to admit of his going through the fatigue of a committee man, but the Hon. Member differed with him on that point.—(Hear and Laughter)—and of course he had no alternative but to put his name on the list. Mr. BROIV RIGG did not wish it to be understood that he complained of not being put on the Committee. Mr. V. SMITH objected to the practice of placing on Committees an equal number of Members for or against the the particular question referred to them. The reason why the Committees of that House did not arrive at any satisfactory conclusion arose out of the improper mode of nominating these Committees of Hon. Members, who went into the Committee ABiaLr.ionrAgdis AdmiralGl . D e l r r : RGE nr Id A i N b ua with opinions biassed either to one side or the other. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, no division, how. ever, took place, the amendment having been withdrawn. 141 r. M'Carthy, Mr. Thomas The following names were then nominated on the Select M. Bright, Sir G. Clerk, Committee:—Mr. Ricardo, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Mitchell, (IRELAND) BILL. Alderman Thompson, rll.Liri.aidiVid,iiell,iers, Sir Howard Douglas, enelL ilAArlKYSpresented petitions from a relief com mittee of the county of Wexford ; also from the counties cf Down and Armagh, in favour of the proposed measure for fa cilitating the construction of railways in I re l and. MODE OF PUNISHMENT ADOPT ED BY THE BOARD OF WORKS IN IRELAND. M W n ot ss k y. s ste inRR lEN said he w ou ld b eg to draw attention °m to a °I punishment en f orced by the Board of Ireland. When an outrage toak place in a district, the whole population resident in it were thrown out of employment. He did not know whether it was the origival iatentton of the House to admit such a principle, but this he would say, that it was a most cruel and barbarous punishment. In consequence of an ar d boys were thrown out of employment. outrage committed by eight armed men upo.o an overseer of public works in the neighbourhood of inflicted upon the overseer, whose name slight scratch on his ear, occasioned by a the county he had the honour to represent, two hundred s b waT l na o h: w e rBEe f B r i men,mw om as tse wome n,inja buttu injury end of a gun.—( A laugh.) The incident occurred on the 22d day of last January, and was verified to him by the letter of a most respected Catholic arch-deacon. They were aware that by an order issued in October by the Board of Works the overseers were authorized to dismiss the men on any public work on which violence should have been offered to any officer engaged. This was a most arbitrary power to place in the hands of the overseers. 288 persons em ployed upon the Kilmaimham-road were dismissed upon the instant, and a list was furnished to the relief committ ee w i t h the view of excluding them from any other public work s . Thi s dismissal affected nearly 900 person, and a torture was in flicted upon them, with a view of extracting evidence to im plicate the authors of the attack upon the overseer. 850 of those tortured did not know the offenders, and had perhaps never seen them. Of this 288 dismissed, some were boys, and some destitute widows, who had no other resourse but to sit by the road aide, and break stenes under the sky of January. In the parish of Ballingarry, the slave torture was inflicted on aged men, women, and children, to discover that which it was impossible one out of fifty could have known. One of these persons was a blind piper. The victims expressed no malice, but requested that they might be allowed to go to the workhouse. It was desirable, as it was said, to inspire in these wretches a sentiment of respect for the law for the time to come; so starving fathers were, by their dismissal, obliged to see their children wanting food without being able to assist them. He had heard of one instance in which 500 families had been reduced to a b so l ute f am i ne f rom the suspension of public works. Hi s o bj ect i n r i s i ng was to know from the Right Hon. G ent l eman, the Secretary for I re l an d, w h e th e r the Go vernment sanctioned th e procee di ngs to which he had referred ? Mr. LABOUCH E RE sa i d it wou ld h ave b een but right for the lion. Member to have. given notice of his intention of bringing the subject forward, and then he would have been prepared to meet th e statement . B u t with regard to the general policy of the Gover nmen t, it was undoubtedly true l necessary, for the p ro t ec ti on o f th e ir servants, and as a duty required of th em i n or d er to protect t h e lives and persons of that the Lo r d Li eu t enant o f I re l an d h a d found it was absolute y their officers, to lay it down as a rule that whenever the lab ourers , i n any i nstance , i n j ur ed their officers, and wher e th ere was goo d reason to believe that the offendi ng part i es were, k nown to any o f the other labourers, to suspend the wor k s till s uch time as information was given resp ec ti ng th e o ff en d ers .—(Hear, hear.) Ile licon fessed b e h a d b een aston i shed at h ear i ng th e; Hon. Member ap prove of the se n ti men t s con t a i ne d i n the letter which he bad read. lie would not yield to the Hon. Member in real sym pathy for the Irish people, but at the same, time he must say it was the duty of the Goveinment to see that in pro viding for the employment of the people of that country, that th e i r servants were pro tected.—( Hear, he ar .) The Lo r d L ieutenant b el i eving that t h at was t h e on l y e ff ectual means of protecting the officers of the public work, was to lay down that rule, and to act upon it, and the result had fully proved the w i s d om o f t h at cours e.—( Hear.) M any of thes e outrages had taken place, and the perpetrators of them had escaped unpunished; but he was happy to say, that on a recent occasion, when an attack on a public officer bad taken place, the labourers on the works did not only not sympathise with and assist the perpetrators of the outrage, but actually rose to defend the officer, and they pursued those persons and took them into custody. lie was prepared to justify the conduct of the Government in this matter, and he did not therefore be lieve that the House of Commons, to whom the lion. Member bad appealed, would decide that the Government of Ireland had not done its duty in affording that protection to the officers of those public works to which they were entitled, by giving the labourers on these works the deepest interest in preventing outrages. He could not answer the particular question asked him by the H 0110114140 WATER —WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price, Annum. Share. .£ s. d. East London..• •••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 202 ad Grand Junction ••• • • • 3/. 108. 41 13 4 90 Kent ................ 21. 108. 100 0 0 Vauxhall 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 West Middlesex . . . 51.105. pr en:. 63 12 9 130 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BEACH,Teb. 15. FISHER V. ASIFWELL. Only two special jurors answered to their names. The Clerk of the Court inquired if a tales were prayed ? Mr. litrowl.r:s, who led for the plaintiff, said he did not wish to pray a tales. He apprehended that, as the eause had been arranged, there was no need of completing the ju ' Lord DENMAN —lf you want a verdict, you can't have it without a jury. Mr. KNowLEs hinted at the desirability of saving expense. Lord DENMAN—That is all very well in its proper place ; but there is another consideration. Parties have been sum moned to attend here, and bare come day by day, probably at great inconvenience. I don't like to deprive them of the little advantage that they are entitled to. A tales was then prayed, and the number of twelve having ben completed by common jurors, Mr. KNOWLES said that this was an action brought by the plaintiff against one of the directors of the Staffordshire Potteries and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Junction Railway to recover a sum of money paid upon shares. Since the commencement of the action the matter in dispute had been arranged. The plaintiff was now satisfied by explana tions given that there was no cause of action against the defendant, and it was agreed that a verdict should be taken for the latter, the plaintiff making a public acknowledgment in Court that there was no imputation. A nominal verdict was taken for the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 15. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Justic. COLTMAN). CRIII. CON.—HAWKES V. MOORE. ion verdict Mr. went srt e toit a ci s pie e er , c,p, w soisa h ; nem: dAN sdt iami not nma c ge o de n s c u :u pi o e a d ln. d w h t h e n e j o u u r r y ra Third tur nle?,d a d i - IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 15. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from Mount Mellick, in the Queen's county, praying for union settlements. IRISH DESTITUTE RELIEF BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, in rising to move the second reading of this Bill, he did not intend to detai n the House, but merely to state the general principles of the Bill; and he would first state that the Bill was li m i te d in its character, and temporary in its duration, and it was a Bill which, he considered, was only justified by the present state of Ireland. The B;11 empo were d t h e Lord-Lieutenant to appoint a relief commission, sitting in Dublin, who were empowered to relieve deslitution''. The Noble Lord then read the main provisions of the Bill. I Rio had the pleasure of stating that the Bill was solely (LEFT SPEAKING° .ng Poor Removal Act. DESTITUTE PERSONS (IRELAND). Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition from Tullamore ob • Aecting to the proposed system of out-door relief in the pro visions of the Bill for the Relief of Destitute Persons in Ireland, recently brought before the attention of the House. EMPLOYMENT OF HER MAJESTY'S NAVY. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented two petitions from Glas gow, praying the Government to employ her Majesty's navy ter the purpose of importing provisions into the country. ELECTORAL DIVISIONS (IRELAND). Sir T. ESMONDE presented a petition from Enniscorthy, praying the House to adopt some measure compelling the pay ment of poor-rates from the unions, instead of the electo ral divisions. DEVELOPMENT OF FREE-TRADE PRINCIPLES. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the inhabitants of Bolton praying the House to adopt some measures calculated to develop the principles of free trade to their utmost extent. WASTE LANDS IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. V. STUART presented a petition in favour of the Waste Lands Improvement Btil. RAILWAYS (IRELAND) BILL. Sir B. H ALL presented a petition in favour of the measure introduced by the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, for faci litating the construction of railways in Ireland. TEN HOURS' BILL. Mr. WA K LEY presented a petition from Lancaster, signed by Dr. Fletcher, in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. Also a petition, signed by ninety workmen in the employ of Messrs. Barnes and Son, of Rochdale, in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. LIGHT DUES. Mr. FOSTER presented a petition from the shipowners of King's Lynn, praying for the abolition of the light dues. RAILWAYS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. J. O'CONNELL presented a petition (on behalf of the Hon. and L9arned Member for Cork), signed by several noblemen, Members of Parliament, landowners, and gentry of Ireland, in favour of the Bill for facilitating the making of rail ways in that country. REDUCTION OF THE DUTY ON TEA. The Hose. MEMBER also presented a petition from the in habitants of Kilkenny, praying for a reduction of the duty on tea. MINISTERS' MONEY. The How. MEMBER also presented petitions, signed by upwards of 17,000 persons, praying for the abolition of the impost of ministers' money. REPEAL OF THE UNION. The HON. AIEMB R also presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Wa'erford, praying for a repeal of the union. ISLES OF ARRAN. The How. Mimics R also presented a petition, signed by the Rev. Patrick Harvey, of Qalway, stating that the Isles of Arran had recently been formed into a distiect barony, but that no baronial sessions had been held fur that barony, and praying the House to cause baronial sessions to be held for that barony. SUPPLY OF FOOD FOR IRELAND. The same HON. MEM BER also presented a petition from Dublin, signed by 11 peers, 3 high-sheriffs, 28 deputy-lieuten ants, 40 magistrates, and a number of other gentlemen, praying the House to adopt some measures.calculated to ensure a speedy supply of provisions for the people of Ireland. Mr. COLLETT presented a petition from Athlone, also praying the House to adopt some measures to feed the people of Ireland. TEN HOURS' BILL. Hours' B : 11. Mr. TUFNELL presented a petition in f avour o f t h e Ten LIGHT DUES. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the shipowners of Montrose, calling attention to the report of the Committee which sat on the Light Dues the session before last, and pray ing for the abolition of the Light Dues. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Mr. EVELYN DENISON gave notice that he would move for a Select Committee to examine into the working and con stitution of the Ecclesiastical Commission on Thursday, the 25th instant. Mr. HUME g ave noticeSl tha N t DE he . would call the attention of the Howe to the present state of Sinde on this day fortnight. IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN PROVISIONS. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD gave notice that in Com mittee on the Navy Estimates be should move that an bumble address be presented to the Queen, praying that all the ships of-war that were at present unemployed in the naval service of the country should be placed at the disposal of the merchants for the importation of provisions, the produce of foreign countries, into the United Kingdom. GREECE. • Lord JOHN MANNERS gave notice that, on Thursday, the 25th instant, he would call the attention of the House to the state of Greece. COMPENSATION FROM RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that in Committee on the Railway Bill he would move the insertion of a clause com pelling railway companies to give compensation for personal injuries that may be sustained on railways, as also compen sation to the widows and orphans of those who may have lost their lives by such accidents. HOUSE OF KEYS. Dr. BOWRING moved for copies of memorials presented to the Government, with correspondence, or extracts of cor respondence, on the subject of the reform of the House of Keys (in continuation cf the return of the last session)._ Agreed to. IRISH MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. Captain LAYA RD gave notice that, on Thursday next, he would ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Ire land when it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to bring forward the Irish Municipal Corporation Act. SUNDAY TRAINS. Lord LINCOLN presented a petition from Falkirk, stating that the stopping of the trains on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on the Sabbath was a great grievance to the poor, and praying that the House would not pass any 131,1 in connexion with that company without it contained a pro vision to prevent the cessation of trains nn that day. POOR REMOVAL BILL. Mr. HENLEY presented a petition complaining of the operation of this Bill. POOR LAWS (IRELAND). Mr. POULETT SCROPE wished to put a question to the Secretary of State with reference to the existing state of the law relative to the legal obligations of poor-law guardians. He did not mean to bring any charge against the guardians of the Castlebar union, though he did consider that it was very desirable that the House should inquire into their conduct in order to ascertain whether they or the Poor-law Commis sioners were in fault. It was necessary to state to the House that the Castlebar board of guardians had closed the doors of their workhouse against the destitute poor; he would, there fore, put the following questions:—Whether there is at present, and, if so, what legal obligation or responsibility upon boards of guardians in I re l an d, t o re li eve t h e d est i tute poor i n their unions? If there be, whether any proceedings, by indictment or other wise, are about to be instituted by direction of her Majesty's Government against the board of guardians of the Castlebar Union, for having for several months past denied relief to num bers of poor, as to whose absolute destitution no doubt could exist, closing the workhouse against them, although not half HOUSE OF COMMONS, I The Srwan took the Chair at Four o'clock. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (ISLE OF AX HOLAIE EXTENSION). On the motion of Mr. B. DENISON this Bill was read a second time. Sv. IVES (HUNTINGDON) IMPROVEMENT. giOn the motion of Mr. GREENE, this Bill was read a second time. DUTY ON COPPER ORE. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from Birmingham corn. plaining of the present high rate of duty on copper ore, arid praying for its repeal. RAILWAYS (IRELAND) BILL. Colonel CONNOLLY presented a petition from the magis trates of Kerry in favour of the measure for promoting rail ways in Ireland. POOR REMOVAL. Mr. BURROWES presented a petition from some place :the name of which we could not catch) praying the House o amend the existing Poor Removal Act TEN HOURS' BILL. Mr. BROWN p:esented a petition, numerously signed by the ahabitants of Liverpool, in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. --- 1 Member, as he had not given notice of it, but he had felt it his duty to explain the general principle on which the Government of Ireland had acted. Mr. HUME said that if there was any one subject that should be noticed in this House, this was the most important, 1 because of all the evils in Ireland, this, if not rem e di e d 1 by the Government would lead t o o th er and perhaps gre-ter evils. They read of murders perpetrrted openly and in the day ; of pesaons entering dwel!ing-hotrses, and, after committing the most brutal outrages, es caping unpunished He thought, therefore, that se far from incurring blame for the course they course they had pursued, that they should rather regard it as one means of restoring o.zder. He regretted that any Hon. Member should say in his place that he was glad that the cul prits had escaped; and he thought, that if this impression of it went abroad, it would do much mischief. Mr. S. O'BRIEN explained that the gentleman who wrote the letter did not so much rejoice that the culprits had escaped, as that they had not been subjected to a process of torture to lore., them to do that which they would not otherwise do from a sewn of duty.—(Oh, oh.") Lord CLEMENTS congratulated the House upon the firmness the Government had displayed in the present instance. It would be utterly impossible to carry on these works without resorting to the measures authorised by the order of the Lord-Lieutenant. He did not believe that any public office would have been worth a day's purchase had it not been for that order. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN said some time previous to the is.euing of the order in question, he made a communication to the Government from his part of the country, recommending them to issue it. He was therefore prepared to share its re sponsibility with the Government. Until property was ren dered secure in Ireland, they could not hope that capitalists would invest their money in it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he must trespass for a few moments upon the attention of the House, while he made an explanation in reference to a statement he made the other night. On Friday night last he stated, upon the authority of a gentleman well versed in such matters, that only from twenty to thirty men per mile were employed in the construction of a railway, and therefore that only 25 per cent. of the actual cost was expended in labour. Last night the Honourable Member for Shrewsbury said that he had mistaken the meaning of his informant, and he (the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury had had a communication with him), who stated he meant there were only 23 labourers per mile permanently employed upon a railway. (LEFT SPEAKING ) LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CON PANIES' STOCK. From etc jflicial List, ÜBLISUED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 JOINT-STOCIE BILNICS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Fri Annum. Share. -- - tustralasia -..•• • • • • 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 ilritsli North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - .lommercial of London 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 I - :?olonial.. .....• .• •• • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 61. p er cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincialof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 44 Ditto, New... ... • -8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New......• • . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia •• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of London.- -5/. per cent. ,50 0 0 10 0 0 - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Pric Annum. 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' - Macclesilt Id. 100 - - ...._ Basingstoke..:loo - - Neath •..... 100 171. - 11rknk&Abrgi150, 5/. - Nottingham. 150 121. - Cromford•••• 1001 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 75 Dudley lOO 41. - Regent's ...• 33 1/. ss. 20 Derby .• • • ,100 6/. - - Rochdale •••• 85 41. - EllsmrekChsll33, 4/. 55 Shropshir e •• 125 8/. - Eyewash . • .1001 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71.105. - F I Forth & Clyd 1001 4/. - Do.l.kFd St 12 6/. - tlrandJunetnloo, 71. -- Stfrrd &wore 140 28 p I. c. - t.rand Union 100, IL 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. - Glamorgnsh . 172 1 13%1. - g Sto ur b r id ge .. 145 201. 315 iiistr&Brkly, ,O 0 - - Strtfrdon Av 79 11. 10s. - Grantham • • 150; 12/. - Severn and fl l uddersneld. 57 - - Wye Itail. 26 1/. Bs. - Remit & Atli 39 7s. td. ; 5 1 4 Trnt& Mr-1 Lancaster. ••• 47 I/. 10s. - 11 c r y 50 301. - , IA sh. j ' Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 522 1 4 •Thanis&Med 19 - I - Leicester ... • 1401 10/, 10. t IVorcstr & , i 78 2/. Leicstr &Nth 83. 4/, 52 Birniing. j 43 Loughborogh, l 42, 70/. - `Wilts & Mks/ 67 11. - LIST Or SCOTTISE, ide7d o IVIAP:ouNntX4S' PRICES Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. ------- ---------- ----- Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of S co tl an d 61. per cent. 100 0 British Linen Comp any 8/. per cent. . 100 0 0 2156% Commercial Bank ... • 20 National Bank . • ..... • 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 166 per cent. 10 0 0 13/.15s Union Bank of Scotland 17341. pr sent. 50 0 0 9134 Western Bank .....• • • 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 83% North of Scotland B an k 61. per cent. 50 0 7 % Clydesdale Bank.... • • 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 12 Eastern Bank .....• • • 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 12%, Caledonian Bank .. • • 7341. pr cent. 210 0 41. 9s Ed in b.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 j6l. 18s City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1274 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 24e. Od Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Inset. Co. of Seetlnd.. 51. per cent. 110 0 0 All paid. 9.4 North British Insur... 5341. pr cent. /200 0 0 10 0 0 27% Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22% Edinburgh Life Incur. 6/. p er cent. 1100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edin. &Glasg. Railway 1/.los. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 75 Ditto, IA Shares... • 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 19 Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 21 Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 69% Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 16% tllsgw & Garnkirk Rail. M. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39% Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 Standard Lite Aslspirnee.l Si. per cent. 50 0012 10 0 9 DOC/CS. Dividend : Amount Name of Company. p er I i of I Paid. , Price. Annum. , Share. 1 X s. d. £ s. d. 1 Commercial .... ! East and West India ! 61. pr cent. Stock. i 135% EaSt Country Commercial ... East and Mat India., Eaqt Country Imann ••• . ft.liatitarino ........ Southampton • • .. X s. d. 31. per cent. i Stock. 6t. pr cent. ' Stock. U. per ch. ilOl 0 0 5/. pr cent. ) Stock. 5 per cent. ! Stock. U. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 • introduced at the present moment for the purpose of meeting what was supposed to be a temporary exigency, not for the purpose of creating a precedent, but intro duced upon its own grounds, and ho had a confident belief that it would be found most benefl'eial. It un doubtedly would have given him mere satisfhetidn to have introduced to the consideration of their Lordships a measure which had for its object to stimulate etep!ey meat in Ireland. It was his duty to press upon to it Lordships the necessity of passing the measure with the least possible delay. The Noble Marquis concluded by moving the second reading of the Bill. Lord BROUGHAM wished to offer a few observa tions on the first of the series of measures which the Government intended to bring forward with respect to Ireland, now that it was practically before them. Ile felt deeply for the lamentable distress, accounts of which arrived by every post, not only from the sish r kingdom, but from• Scotland and the north of England. But there was ern) fact, on which the eye reposed with out the heist disecinifhrt—namely,, the good feeling which generally pre% ailed on the subject of distr. ss throughout the country, and the absence of all indul gence in splenetic feeheg, of all violent invective, by of either Meese of Parliament. He hardly knew what part of the Bill to commence with ; but in the outset, he could not help repeating the opedon which he shad ow ed f ort h at t h e b. ginning of the sessien (and he said it in no offensive spirit), that they ought to have assembled earlier in the year.—(Hear, hear.) That was not the time at which they ought to have been called upon to discuss the measure. He was most decidedly of opinion that their Lordships ought to have been called together in the month of November. It might be said, however, that it was better not to bring the Irish Members and landlords over to this conntry, but to leave them in Ireland. If it was for the good of Ireland that the Irish. landlords should remain in Ireland in the month of November, it was equally urgent for them to be there now.—(Hear, hear.) It was doubtful even whether the landlords would do the more good by remaining in Ireland or coming over to this country, especially when it was considered that upon the estate of one nobleman 4,000 ejectments had been issued, and that, too, in the middle of one of the most severe winters, and in a season of unparalleled scarcity.. He held it as his most decided opinion that it was no part of the duty of any Government to feed the people of any country, or to provide food, or wages, or labour for the people; but it was the duty of a Government to secure the rights of property, never to interfere upon any pre text with either the one right or the other, to remove every obstacle, to relieve the people from every impedi ment to their progress, either of law or of violence, the iniquity of man or of the courts, by improving the laws, or amending the laws, by improving the Legislature, but ice not to interpos e anyt hi ng i n t h e way of every man dealing with his property and employing his la - boor as he thought fit 'and might feel inclined. The Go vernment had no vocation or obligation imposed upon it by the relative situations of ruler and subject to provide either food or labour for the people. This principle - should be deeply imprinted upon the thieds of every Government—it was a principle which should never be de parted from except upon cases of the most urgent no its cessity. The proof of this emergency rested upon those who claimed this exception. Another proof which he required in his proposition was, that they could so apply the funds entrusted to their - . care as to grant the relief in question. It was also a part of the proposition, and a necessary essential condition, "that the State had no vocation to give any relief whatever ; all the funds which they voted away was solely and entirely the property of others. ice There were certain positions in which it was more difficult to stand still even when persons knee that if they moved it was at their highest peril. It was more difficult sometimes to do nothing even ' l4 when they were convinced that it was their 0 4 duty to do nothing. The next position wee, that the Government must take especial care in the present emergency that what they did did not tend to make things worse, and thereby do harm instead of good. It xd might not, perhaps, be considered as too bold of him to say that it was hardly possible to devise any remedy hut would create more harm than the relief it gave or pro xd fessed to have given. It was not according to nature `4 that it should be so, or in accordance with the rules and structure of society. All the measures adopted by Government had gone upon an entirely different prin ciple. The Government sent over money to Ireland, called upon the people to come to work, they found the work for them, paid them for the work, and who • could doubt but that was the cause of great mischief; IL Their Lordships had had a lesson already of the ill effects of such a course of proceeding in the evil results which xd had hallowed the Labour-rate Act passed lest session. $ The Government were now attempting to remedy that ,° ll mistake; but it was too late, the effect s wou ld st i ll re main ; they had got into a slough, and worse than that, their feet were caught so that they could not get back again, for having spoiled all the roads throughout the country, it was but fair that the Government - should accede to the request of the people of Ireland at least to put the roads in the same state as they - found them.—(Laughter.) Ile to .eked upon the present measure with some degree of suspicion; he thought that its effects would be felt even after the famine had passed over; but they had diverted the labour of - the country, and thereby caused great mischief. The present 8.11 was certainly a little more disguised than the former one. In a letter written by Sir G. Grey to the Lore! Lieutenant, lie stated that relief should oely be given in food, to be purchased out of the funds placed at the disposal of the committees from the three sources —assessment for the relief of the par r, charitable subscriptions and donations, and Government help. Then the letter went on to say that there would be a gratuitous distribution of food on a large scale, but the corn or flour meal was never to be sold at less than cost price. An ordinary reader would learn such a re solution with horror —he (Lord Brougham) did not mean a political economist, that much maligned indivi dual—he meant such a reader as could count ten upon his fingers. The food, then, was not to he cold ar fens than cost price ; but the very next sentence went on to say that the food was to he given fiar—nothing The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—To those who are starving. Lord BROUGHAM continued to say, that whether the buyer was starving or not, the extreme conditions on which the Government were to let him have food were cast price, or nothing.—( Laughter.) Supposing a person had fourpence, but the cost price of the corn was a shilling, the Government however, would absolutely refuse to take the fourpence, and world rather give away the flour and meal for nothing. He asked them why they would not take what the poor people could give ; there were many degrees between want and wealth ; why, he asked them, would they not take the man's groat ? He did not wish to be understood as slighting, by anything he said, the difficulty of dealing with the subject— ( Hear, hear, from Lord Lansdowne)—or, to throw discredit even on the letter which he had been commenting upon, for there could not be a more &ear and sensible letter than it was; indeed it was too clear.—(Laughter.) But the letter proceeded, " It is of great importance,' in that he (Lord Brougham) quite agreed, " that this object ought ever to be kept in view, namely, the prieervatio n o f t h e relat i ons between the labourer and the landowner." But he (Lord Brougham) contended that the measure before their Lord -hips had just a tendency to prevent that. The letter adds that the ielief must be applied in a way which should not tend to encourage idlen ess . The. encouragement of idleness would just be the effect pro duced, for between the two parties in the market, the labourer and ihe agriculturalist, a third party interfered, and offer, il the labourer, in case he could not purchase at a certain price, a full supply of his wants for nothing ; the effect which that would have upon the labour market could not he a matter of doubt with any one, at least no one, he thought, could suppose that it would prove a "stimulus to labour," as the letter of the Right Hon. Secretary had it. Such a mea-• sure could prove no stimulus to labour in a ronntry where the people were certainly not characterised by the industry of the Eng lishman or the pride of the Scotchman—the pride which would net suffer him to beg, if the severest struggles could maintain his self-dependence ; nay, the Scotchman—and praise and ho nour be to him for it—would rather starve and lie down and die quietly on his own hill-side, rather than be obliged to ask alms of another and betake himself to begging for his support. That was actually the caul at the present moment in that country; he revered the people there for that trait, which did them honour, their feeling no doubt being that o f t h e I talian poet, when he said of his own case that he had been under the netts. sity of standing and receiving alms, but that was an act that made him tremble at every fibre of his frame with shame and indignation. Yet the Government appeared to think that the present measure would prove a stimulus to labour. The letter to which he had already so often alluded proceeded with its in structions to the Government agents, who were directed never to give food, flour, meal, or soup for nothing, to any individual, without in each case—he (Lord Brougham) begged their Lordships attention to this—each case —and every single case would necessarily be different from another—yet the distribu tion of food for nothing was not to be made without in each case being convinced that the person could not find labour in order to obtain wages with which to pay for the food. Why, the case supposed was that of a person starving, about whom this circuitous inouiry was to be made and satisfied before re lief could be administered. In fact it was an instruction that could not be carried into effect ; it was utterly impossible to carry it out. But not the least painful part of the whole cme Was to have to make the remarks which he felt it his duty to make on behalf of the intores's of the country at large, on be half of Englishmen, and of all who could support themselves, whether whether English or Irish. The measure would not the present year in all the evil consequences which would e cer tainly' follow upon its operation in drainin g ,n labour from the the crops should pursuits of agriculture, but "" disease s in o" the potato should be improve next year, and that the cured, still the effect would be seriously felt on the labour market. Ihe Noble Lord then proceeded to eulogise one little dist r i c t i n Ireland where the poor had contribute) in money to th e amours of 1761., and where they could not give money others contri buted labour in relief of the distressed and neces s it ous ; i t was he said, worthy to be exhibited as an h onour altogether a case, able, a noble exemplar. But he was sorry to add, that i nthe same district where the poor people had acted in so noble a manner, and contributed 1761., besides labour, the rich land lords had contributed 40/. The Noble Lord then referred to the case of the Misses Gaskell, who had gone to Ireland to live upon their estates, for the purpose of superintending the distribution of their charity, and in order that their charity —which he deprecated being misunderstood to speak against— in order that their charity might be free from abuse. Ile could refer to other noble cases, and among the others that of Lady Carberry, who had actually reduced herself to the mere necessaries of life that she might minister to the necessi ties of the neighbourhood. But that was a noble and a useful example, and such had been exhibited by the Misses Gaskell; they had been able to effect great good on behalf of the really necessitous. These ladies reported that at least one third of the Government money was received by those who had really no claim on the benevolent. That showed the good which would result from these benevolent ladies super• intending the distribution of their own charity, and it, evinced the evil arising from the efforts of the Government, well meant, perhaps, but ill-directed. Yet these were evils which would spread and take deeper root, and throw a more dismal shadoc over the whole of the land. He hoped, at the same time, the, his observations would not be misunderstood by the persons across St. George's Channel, who were accustomed to think that the union had much to do with the evils which were at present existing in that country—persons who were accustomed to look back to their golden age as the period when a body existed not a bow-shot from the College, or College-green--a body si, pure, the most upright and honourable since the days, of the Spartans, the mostdistinguished for Lacedremonian purity while it existed. Bat it would be found that even in these days there were evils prevailing. The Noble Lord then referred to a letter from Lord Chancellor Jocelyn to Leed Chancellor Hardwick. It stated that in Ireland they were then in a very melancholy condition, on account of the previous two hard winters ; .for the people, accustomed to mild and temperate seasons, had not laid up provisions in sufficient quantity. Disease and fever then prevailed, and crime increased so much that they were oblieed to :end three judges on the assizes to Munster and Leinster. One of the judges had died of the gaol fever, and the Attorney-General, whohad volunteered, for a benevolent purpose, to g o on the same circuit, had died alto. The same letter stated that the judges were offended daily with the most miserable spectacles of expiring wretches, and the most noisome effluvia. The Noble Lord continued to say that much had been referred to the power of law, but he doubted whether it could ever recreate any near approach to an Irish Parliament. The position in which the people of England were at present placed was, that though strait ene d th emse l ves, t h ey were called tines for an adv ance o f money w hi c h i t was said wou ld b e repai d. He would not question that the people of Ireland might really nish to repay, but what he had doubt of was, whether they would ever be able. But he had another reason for speaking as he had done ; he saw that notwithstanding all the clamoured necessity the Irish gentlemen still contrived to live in luxury with livsried servants and their French wines ; and one thing he would put to them was, how was it they did not pay be many taxes a$ the English people? They were at least free from those which pressed heavily on this country. There wail the income-tax, which was very heavy in its operations, though not quite so heavy as it once was ; there were the cess-taxes, snd, he believed, the land-taxes, which they were not subject to, (Lord Lansdowne—They pay quit rents.) Well, at least they were free from the payment of the income and cess- taxes, amount ing to four millions and a half, which this csuntry had to NIP The land in Ireland did not maintain its own poor, as it did in England. Neverth e l ess h e a d m i tte d that something must be done to prevent the painful state of distress in the west of Ire' land, for they had heard that 27,000 had come over to Liver pool in one month. It was quite a mistake to say that persons who came over at the rate of nine hundred a day were an' grants, intendi ng t o ma k e t h e i r way to other parts O f the world. They were professional beggars, who came there to obtain food, and to stay until they were removed. He was told that persons in Ireland who occupied an inferior position in life kept servants and carriages, which a similar class in this country Would not dream of doing ; they were partie s w h o we re fit to pay a higher tax th an they did. There were very few inert' gages in France ; but in Ireland, reckoning the value of the rent of the land et 14,000,0001. a year, 5,000,000/. Of 6,000,0001. went to the mortgagee annually. This was great exascerbation of the evil under which they laboured, for the mortgagee did not care for the famine or failure of the potato crop. —( He a r, h ear .) H e was sorry to have felt i t hn duty to utter these unpalatable truths ; but he was not in the position of an individual who was bestowing his own charity"' he Was a law-giver and a law-maker; he was not giving ewel his own money, but the money of the public, one of winne trustees he was. The money was . for the relief of the eel" ployer as well as the employed, and would in his opinion he injurious in the end to both. Lord LUCAN wished to ask the Noble and Learned Lo t from wh om h e d er i ve d hi s i nformation that as many as 4,00 ejectment s h a d b een ma d e i n a short time in one part e Ireland ? Lord BROUGHAM said the statement was made by th e Chancellor of the Exchequer in the course of his address to the House of Commons on Friday last, and that it was net gainsaid by any one who heard it. Lord LUCAN said it was stated at the last sessions at" nar 6,000 processes were issued ; now he was correo in saying that 400 had mot been issued, and they wer e issued at the instance of middlemen for conacre, because so ejectment could be made on such a process. When the Noble Lord talked about wishing to discuss the question with gree t feeling, he could not help thinking that the speech which the Noble and Learned Lord had just delivered was more act monious than any speech he had ever heard. He did no t believe one word of the statement with respect to the eject' ments. Lord BROUG HAM said it was stated that out of 6, 0 cases 4,000 were processes, with this addition, that this accounted for the immense number which had emigrated to Liverpool. He naturally th oug ht t h ey were e j ectments a nd not mere processes; for What could induce persons to collie ever in such large numbers, except that they had been ejected from their holdings ? The 'Marquis of WESTMEATH explained that the po d cesses were simply for debt, and not for ejectment. Lord STANLEY did not wish to offer any factions orlPt sition to the passing of the measure, but was content to tsus ° it as a temporary measure—as one, however, which in his es 4: mation violated all the principles of political economy, and si°, the rules of common sense . I t was a Bill which, if it h e' been submitted to him except for the purpose of meeting temporary calamity, and one which they all thought wale lead to the preservation of large masses of the population et the point of perishing 'from famine, would have encountere d his determined opposition ; and he was 'satisfied that 00 fa r from receiving the unanimous sanction of that or the other, House of Parliament, it wou ld h ave been Nina exceedingly difficult to have found any Member in either House to take the responsibility of introducing ( Hear, hear.) He wished in the first instance to address himself to some of the provisions of the Bill, for the purpos e of showing their Lordships, mere especially after the speech which had been delivered by his Noble and Learned Friend, in which he thought he threw too severe a censure on the conduct of Irish landlords, the almost irresponsible power which it would place in the hands of the Government and of the lee"' committees till applied under the Act. He wished the ir Lordships and th e country to understand, and to have pl a ce d before the m th e way i n w hi ch Irish landlords had voluntar i l f consented to be tax e d f or t h e relief of the indigent in t heir own neighbourhoods, and how they had consented to have that relief dispensed. He did not think there was an instance in which so much power was sought to be placed in the bands ° any Government as was sought by this Bill. There was the power of lo ca l t axa ti on to an almost unlimited amount, an d of issuing money from the Treasury without the control of the Executive government of the country. It appeared that th e _ Lord-Lieut enan t was authorised to appoi n t a cer t a in number of person s t o ac t i n t h e capac i ty of relief commissioners, who had unlimited power o f a pp o i n ti ng as many of fi cers , an d with as large sala r i es as m i g h t b e requ i red by the ex i genc i es o f the case. First of a ll, t h e L or d-Li eutenant was to i ssu e orders, that in any e l ec t ora l di s t r i ct , or any d i v i s i on o f it, which he might think fit to constitut e , a comm i ttee s h ou ld be constituted as a relief committee, which, with the exception that the reg.. dent justices within that district, and the elected guardian'. must be guardians of it, was to be constituted by the sole Will and pleasure of the Lord-Lieutenant. The inspector was alto to be a member of it. This power of the Lord-Lieutenant might lead to th e exc l us i on o f the landed proprietors of the district. Mere committees had to frame lists containing the names ef those whom they considered fit recipients of relief, with unlimited Isomer to select thew in dividuals, and with unlimited power as to the number who were to be placed on the lists, and receive relief; and this committee, so constituted, was authorised to expend certain sums of money which they and th e L or d - Lieutenant might think fit for the relief of those individuals. It might be said that there was a check put upon any undue expenditure by the finance come mittee. It was a cheek, but the check was only upon the local authorities, and not upon the Government. It was true the Lord-Lieutenant had the power of altering or amending the expenditure of those committees ; but he might amend th e expenditure by in creas i ng i t — at l east there was nothing in the Act to prevent him from doing so. The expenditure was, therefore, at the option of the three or four persons who eon: stituted the committee, one of whom was the G ove rnment inspector, and who were appo i nted at the will and pleasure 0 e the Le:el-Lieutenant, to incur what expenses they though t ' proper—there was no restr i ct i on. It was just peesible that they might c or s i s t o f part i es who were n e t responsible for one farthing of the expenditure they incurred ; and let it be borne in mind—let it be in the recollection of their Lordships, that the measure had re; ceived the consent o f th e I r i s h M em b ers of Parliament, an d of Irish Peers in that House, so deep was their sense of the pre sent calamity, so anxio us was t h e i r d es i re to do all in their, power to meet an appalling emergency. H e did not say that their conduct was reckless ; but he said so simply to show the great lengths they were prepared to go rather than allow the people to die from famine. It showed that Irish proprietors were dir posed to entrust u n li m it e d power of taxing the Wh°4l property they possessed in the hands of those coin' mittees.—( Hear, hear.) He would say that they had c 0 0" sented to place their whole property in the hands of an irre' sponsible tribunal. The way in which, without distinction of party or political feeling, they had rendered the control of their whole property, or rather the taxation of their whole property, into the hands of the Government, and of the Lord' Lieutenant, not only for the relief of those or, their own pro' perty, but those in their immediate neighbourhood, showed that at that moment the Irish landowner did not deserve to have imputed to him that he was indifferent to the sufferings of the people, and that they were unwilling to take upon thei r own shoulders the burden of supporting the people.— ( Hears hear.) Then with regard to British people, this Bill gave' for the first time, most extraordinary p owers , b ecause po wer was granted to th e Executive to dispose of British money for the relief of distress in Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) It was true the Bill stated that the loans for this pur pose should be limited to 300,000/. ; but unless he misunderstood the Bill, it gave, over and above, powers, with regard to which no limit was placed, as it gave the Commis sioners of the Treasury power to make grants of whatever stun they might think proper in aid of the subscription raised in various parts of Ireland in aid of alleviating the prevailing dis tress. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—Sums voted for that pur pose —sums granted from time to time for that purpose bi Parliament. Lord STANLEY admitted that so far he was in error ; but of the definite sums they had no means of judging. The Bill, as he had said, was no doubt of a mos t exceptional character, and violated every principle of political economy. It might leave, as his Learned Friend had said, be hind it some evil, though it might do some immediate good. It would lead the people to an habitual dependence upon the people of this country for support when their country was afflicted by any similar calamity. Were their Lordships pre pared fo overlook them ? The other House had overlooked them before the prominent consideration that the people of Ireland should not be allowed to starve. There were no other considerations which could have justified the introduct i on of the Bill. The powers granted by it with regard to many public measures were almost unlimited, and with regard to the local taxation of Ireland absolutely unlimited. It was to the credit of the Irish proprietors of land, that not one word of complaint had been offered as to the extent in which the whole property was to be encumbered by taxation by irresponsible authorities. That was one of the provisions of this Bill, and which, perhaps, he should say, was more objectionable than any of the others. It was a greater power than was ever before vested in any irresponsible body—that not only they should n% the amount of taxation for particular districts, but that they should declare, accordi ng t o t h e i r will and plea sure, ' who were the persons who were t o b e ca ll ed upon to pay it. That pre vision, strong as it was, was, in his opinion, infinitely less objectionable and dangerous than the one which was to be given to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, who was not only to have the power of saying that A should pay for A's poor, and B for B's poor, or A and B together should pay for their poor , but the power of saying that A, B, and C, being together, should pay conjointly for the district which they occupied, an d for which C might not be responsible for the inhabitancy of a single poor person. The power was unlimited. He did not doubt that it would be wisely and properly exercised, but it was an enormous power to vest in any single person. He was not going, as he said before, objectionable as the Bill was, to sng ge,t ally alt era ti on ; h e wou ld rat h er t h at the responsi b i lity was left with her Majesty's Government, than that any attempt should be made to alter or ma terially amend the Bill. He would rather it should at once be passed. This was a great national emer gency, and these powers the Government deemed indispenee able. They asked for their confidence, and it ought to be given to them to the fullest and most unlimited extent; and, although he was consci ous th a t th ere were some provisions of this Bill which ought to be amended, yet, under these pe cu'iar circumstances, and the measure being a temporary one,, it would be better that the Bill should pass as proposed by the Government, than that their Lordships should attempt to amend that which in all its provisions was so exceptional , that it would be difficult to interfere with it. That for which , ie ruse principally was to express his earnest hope that en this proposition—considerin the readines s w hi c h the Irish Members and prop r i e t ors in' the, other House of Parliament had shown to inset the views of Government, in legisla tin g for an imm e di a t e reme d y for a temporary but most formidable emergency, the Government would be cautious how they af , " coached the subject of a more permanent relief.—(Hear , hear.) The evil which might be done by improvident legis- Wiwi for the nex t e i g h t mont h s m i g h t be inconsiderable, bu t the evil whi c h i t wou ld d o if t h e y i ntroduce d ~_ `:-~- req dim Wo Roo beh whi to s thai