The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-20 00:00:00

SAVINGS BANKS.

On the motion of Mr. BRIGHT (in the absence and on
behalf of Mr. Haute) numerous returns were ordered on
the subject of savings banks, in continuation of parliamentary
papers of ith June and 4th July, 1844.
MEDALS TO THE ARMY IN INDIA.

Mr. BRIGHT moved for
copy of coempoadence between the Court of Diretton of the
East India Company and the Board of Control, respecting the
gnat*, of medals to the officers and men who (misfit at
Assay*, Lamataree. Bhurtpoor, and other pla-es in India, in
the early part of the present century, for which period medals
have been gives for services in the Peninsula and other
places.
Sir 1. C. HOBHOUSE did not object to the return, hut
doubted whether it would supply the information which the
honcxelldeman wonted.
THE RECENT OUTRAGES AT CASTLEWELLAN.

Mr. MOORE rose, in pursuance of motion, to call the
attention of the house to the outrages lately committed in
the neighbourhood of Castlewellan, in the north of Ireland.
The occurrences to which hie motion had reference de-
manded the serious consideration of the house and the
government, not only on account of the violence which had
be committed, and the blood that had been shed, but on
account of ether circumstances which had occasioned these
transactions. Ia was scarcely necessary to remind the house
that a very wise and proper enactment fer the suppression of
these abominable nuisances and fanatical follies which had pre-
viously taken place on the 12th July was passed in 1845. Her
Majesty's government had, however, in spite of the entreaties
of gentlemen who were well acquainted with the state of
Ireland, neglected to take the unman steps for renewing
that bill ; relying probably, while abstaining from bringing
forward a new measure, upon the good feeling, the sound
discretion.; and the right principles of the gentlemen of the
north of Ireland, supposing that mutual allictions must have
produusd mutual forbearance, and not thinking it possible
that at such &period there would be an attempt to stir up the
embers of forgotten quarrels, and to revive amongst a sensitive
and chivalrous people the barbarous fends of religious animo-
sity. (Hear.) But the government little knew the hearts,
souls, and brains of the Orangemen of the north ; they could
not imagine that three long years of distress sad misfortune
wculd bo crowned by the selection of the 12th of July as a
fitting day for an offering to that Moloch of religious ascen-
dancy which had ground down the energies of the people for
the last three centuries. (Hoar, hear.) Having gone over
the facts of the case with which the public are already
acquainted, the honourhble member observed that it
was essential that the, government should institute •
searching inquiry into the whole of this case, from
Sotto last, into the °endue% of all parties connected with it,
from lowest te highest—an inquiry which, if rightly con-
ducted, might throw light into the mystery of that social
cancer which bed been eating so long into the heart of Ire-
land ; if such, a light were developed, the blood shod on the
12th of Jul,' would not have been shed in vain. (Hear.)
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that if he did not go into
the deters of the statement of the hon. gentleman, it was
not Inman no did not feel as deeply as the hon. gentleman
this horrors of the scene to which he referred. (Hear.)
Be bad hoped the government would have been spared the
painful necessity of bringing forward any measures for pre-
venting processions in Ireland, and he could In the meantime,
whilst the inquiry was yet to be brought to an end, ingress
his deep and sincere regret at the occurrence.
Captain JONES did not yield to the hon. mernlyer for
Mayo in the deep sentiment of regret at the oe,:erreeee in
the county of Down. Tlsh hon. member bed been very
lavish in his epithets towards ON 01. the two puttee ; he
hid used such terms is jatkpadding, bigot, fool• but
he would take no further needce et the words. He had been
one of those who applied to the government, and requested
them to bring in • to put an end to all processions in
Ireland. He =Vat deny that Lord Roden had invited the
procession to ':,nter his park. He had seen a letter from his
lordship, :saying that allegation.