The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-02 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY, MARCH 1.
T o Lord Chancellor took his seat at twelve minutes past
ave.

PUBLIC &MINERS.
'EL.—Report or the cox

I for the im-

powereeni-taf iOWILL
MYST READlNGS.—lnsolrency Courts rs ; Custody of Offende ;
Pentownlle, end Parkhurst Pri.ons
SECOND READlNG.—lnbooring Poor (Ireland) Bill.
NOTICES OP MOTION.— limy:sr.," (Immiso).—The Earl Palo
immix. to-morrow (thin day), to prevent it petition respecting rail-
ways in Ireland, from the county of Wicklow.
Pooa RJOIOVAL Acr.—Lord ScAsier, no behalf of the Duke of
Iticnionin, to-morrow (this day), to more for a committee to inquire
info to. operation of the Poor Removal Act.

THE PUNJAL:B
The Earl of RIPON asked it there would be any objection
to lay on the table the despatches received from the Indian
government relative to the transactions in the Punjaub ?
The Marquis at LANSDOWNE said, there would be no
abjection. The correspondence, up to the latest hour,
should be laid on the table, and the house would find in it
fall details of all the transactions in the Punjaub.
THE PORT PATRICK PACKET STATION.
Tie Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to know what
was intended to he done relative to the packet eemrnunica.
tion between Port Patrick and Donaglutdee. 300,0001. had
been spent upon the two harbouts, and only 30,0001 more
was required to render the communication complete. There
had been seventeen reports made on the subject, seven of
which were in favor of the line, and he believed no one now
douLted that it was the best possible line of communication
between Ireland and Scotland.
The Earl of AUCKLAND feared the answer he had to
ve to the noble marquis's inquiry would not be considered
. That subject had been brought under his no-
comaaelleatad to the
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Msat--they should itrajol77o. etatson7,ltta;;;Ta that
50,0001. should be voted towards its improvement. He was
then informed that surveyors had been appointed under the
Port-office to make inquiry as to the eligibility of certain
Scotch ports, with a view to postal communization. Only •
day or two since these surveyors had made their report, and
he understood that they had advised that Port Patrick was
not a favourable point for the purposes of Post-office cor-
respondence with fret incl. Their report was now before the
Treasury, and it would be probably submitted to him, in
which event, he could assure the noble marquis that it should
have his best consideration, together with any suggestions
that the noble marquis might himself make upon the subject.
POST-OFFICE AT GLASGOW.
The Duke of MONTROSE wished to call attention to
the stole of the Post-office at Glasgow. The mail had been,
as it was called, " accelerated :" that is to say, it now arrived
in Glasgow at 8 p.m. instead of 12 p.m.; but this was of no
benefit to the inhabitants, as the letters were not delivered
till the next morning, by which time another mail, which
left London 13 hours later, had arrived. As the post from
Glasgow left at 2 a.m., there was barely time for the trans-
action of the business, and the answering of the merchants'
letter, and as the mail arrived in London in the afternoon,
and as day mail letters were rarely delivered in the metro-
polis until after the merchants had left their counting houses,
the greatest inconvenience and the most provoking and un-
necessary delays were frequently occasioned. He wished to
ask whether some measures could not be taken to remedy this
grievance ?
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE believed the state-
ments of the noble duke to be consistent with the facts. The
mail was stated to arrive and depart from Glasgow at home
which were practically inconvenient. There were difficul-
ties, he believed, with regard to its acceleration, but steps
had been taken to inquire whether some better arrange-
ment could not be made, and whether the letters which ar-
rived at night could not be delivered immediately upon their
arrival.

LABOURING POOR (IRELAND) BILL.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the second
reading of this bill.
Lord BROUGHAM thought that the indemnities given
under tbo second clause of the bill were too comprehen-
sive.

Lord MONTEAOLE suggested that voluntary agree-
ments, actually entered into, should be recognised ; and that
electoral divisions, which had spent their money in profit-
able works, should Lot be burdened with any portion of the
expenditure of other electoral divisions upon unproductive
works.
The Marquis of WESTMEATH coincided with the
noble lord as to the propriety of not burdening one electoral
division with the wasteful expenditure of another.
The Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH was apprehensive of ill
effects from the discontinuing employment upon relief
worke until other work was provided for the persons lately
so employed, or, at least, until they were supplied with seed
for sowing their own little holdings.
Earl FITZ WILLIAM said that as to supplying the
people of lrelaad with seed, that ought wholly to be left to
private energy; for government to undertake it, would be
most dungarees me:intent. What he himself apprehen-
ded was, that the mermen taken and announced by govern-
ment, would be entirely inadequate to the terrible emer-
geecy before them. He feared that the economy they
had exhibited would prove ill-judged economy, the source of
much future expense to government infect, the country was
not at all in its senses upon this subject : had the people
thoroughly undcr.tood the nature of the calamity which had
befallen Ireland, the government would have found itself
called upon to take much more extensive steps.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE concurred with his noble
friend (Lord Monteagle), that voluntary agreements where
they had assumed a shape which left no doubt respecting
them, ought to be considered final, and he had no objection to
the introduction of a clause to that effect ; as to the other
point suggested by his noble friend, he would consider it.
With respect to the deficiency of foresight attributed to the
government, he could only say, that if they were deficient in
foresight, they were so in common with most others, for no
man could calculate that the amount of the calamity and the
extent of the famine would be se great. The noble earl op-
petite stated that there was a great aggravation of the pre-
sent evil in prospective, and he (the Marquis of Lansdowne)
admitted that the difficulty of providing for the next harvest
could hardly be stated in too strong terms. The subject,
however, had the serious consideration of her Majesty's go-
vernment ; but the more they considered it the more deeply
were they persuaded that it was impossible for the govern-
ment to undertake to provide for the sowing of a whole
country. (Hear.) They found that the limited amount
which they allowed for the purchase of teed had the effect of
raising the price. This was • duty which must be
left to individual proprietors. If there was one duty more
incumbent than another on the proprietors of Ireland, it
wile that of providing seed in the present emergency ; and
he lad reason to know that many of them were for some
time actively but quietly engaged in obtaining supplies of
seed to such an extent as gave • better prospect with respect
to the next harvest. (Loud cheers) The bill for making ad-
vances to landlords was the most salutary and unobjection-
able measure to which parliament could have recourse in
the present time; and he knew that many landlords were
preparing to undertake large works by the aid afforded to
them through that measure. (Loud cheers.) He would
not be bold enough to saj that the measures of the govern-
ment would have the effect of checking the calamity, but
he believed they were such as would greatly alleviate
it. He did not think that parliament had been at
all niggardly in corning to the relief of Ireland, and .out of
parliament the people of this country had come forward in
large and liberal spirit, and in • way that was calculated to
answer' to a great extent, the object which they all had in
view. Brit their lordships knew well, however profuse they
might be in their advences, and whatever sacrifices of pecu-
niary interest they might make to preserve the lives of a
whole people, that this was not a as of money only, but a
case of food, and that a profuse apply of money, unless
cautiously applied,might only increase and promote &sudden
demand for food, and thereby aggravate the scarcity which
it was intended to relieve. (Hear, hear.)
PUNISHMENT OF CONVICTS.
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Earl °Rif said that, on movieg—tiseseco second reading of
the Custody of Offenders Bill, on Friday next, he would state
what measures the government had in contemplation, incon-
sequence of the discontinuance of transportation.
Their lordships adjourned at seven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, MARCH 1.
The 6ramtata took the lark at four o'clock.
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PETITION2.—By Mr. ORms W Mr. rthrwaroirr, several {na-
tions winos the Lthn and Wilk/twor BBL
Mtn READDIGIL—IndIIs Ilminosis Rollos), ; York !apron-
mint Bills.

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Caloolooku Rallonty (Bimini trot So 1:KoZlioa
to tits Donis' and Lomotogow Moog owl* itoolhoopea) ;
Coidosios Railway (Extorts d liolhorooll
Aram Poll=oobirtmodi lewd MI, Ilroosloo le Ito
WWI, sod 'Mow, Oottwoll* owl Ilimilloalitrote:
al= Solleay (Pophoso or Lam of 111dow Oars ) ;
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pel.

Mile, hoes Otreentry, misled the lewd settlement. Mr.W.B.O'Brian,
hum a place In the county of Clare, ix am bigotry into the cendoet
of OW. Mynee, from 'Wrath, for an merndM system of emigration.
Mr. Liddell, from • place ht the °minty or Durham, atrainst the law
of eettletnent. Mr. J. licatbcote, from °Waters of inenned tales
In Somerret, for an increase In the amount of their poundage. Mr.
P. Bempe, from veverirl plows in the county of Cork, fur an assimi-
lated poor-low fur England and Ireland, and against attention being
p 140, the representation. of those math( themselves the Irish
. •
ram RF.ADINGB.-Army Enlistment; Drainage Act (Amend-
ment;)
SECOND READINGS.-New Zealand Bill.-Consolidated Fund
(4,000,000 L)
COMMITTEE. -Paw Relief (Ireland) BBL
NOTICE OF MOTION. - POO/ Rmiks (I ordArro) Btu-- Mr.
Shaw In emmittee on dila bill to move amendments.