The Express.
London, England, 1847-02-05 00:00:00

IRIBII iIiSENTEN LANDOWNERS.

Mr. SilfirOrifiriMpostprm---;r1to the 18th inst. his
motion for a tax on Irish absentee landowners.
IRISH COLLEGES. _

In reply to a question from Mr. SIIITR O'Beitax,
Lord J. RUSSELL said that the subject of supervision by
the clergy of ell denominations in the new huh colleges,
had received very great attention on the part of the govern-
ment, and they entertained hopes that the difficulties which
existed would be shortly removed; when a final determina-
tion had been come to he should be happy to answer any
question on the subject.
POOR, REMOVAL ACT.

Mr. BANES wished to know whether the Attorney-
General would object to produce to the bones the opinion
which he gave to the poor law commissioners on the subject
of the Poor Removal Act of last session ?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would have no objection
to do so as fir as he was personally concerned ; bat in het
he had not got the opinion, and it was most unusual to ask
a counsel who might have given an opinion whether he
would produce it, inasmuch as it went out of his hands, and
he had not any means afterwards of procuring it.
RAILWAYS IN IRELAND.
Lord 0. BENTINCK said if he had ever experienced the
undeserved kindness of the house, he felt he had never so
mach need of it et on the present occasion, when for the Sint
time he was going to introduce a measure in which the in-
terests of his country were deeply concerned, not because he
felt any want of confidence in the intrinsic value of the
measure itself, but because he feared lest a measure,
which, aa far u its value went, must depend on
its practical machinery, and which had the tare
and anxious solicitude of men of high and superior
intellect—men whose time might be measured by momenta,
and valued by flowing gold, should fail under his advocacy.
When he said that his right hon. friend the lord-mayor of
York (Mr. Hudson), Mr. Stephenson, and, though last not
lean, Mr. Laing—( hear, hear)—esenficed their time in pre-
paring this measure, be thought the house would feel with
him that sound and powerful understandings had been ap-
plied to the consideration of the subject. But whilst be gave
to these all the praise and merit of what was good is the
measure, for whatever in its principle was hostile to
the constitution of the country, or in its details
injurious to his own country—if it was ea bad
that it was not entitled even to a hearing on
the part of the house, and deserved to be altogether
condemned and rejected as contrary to practice, which he
was told it was the intention of her Mejesty's government
to attempt, he alone was responsible. It was his privilege,
as leader of • party, to claim for himself the right to beer
the exclusive responsibility of it.. He would enter into no
general discussion of the state of Ireland, it being sufficient
fur him to know that 600,000 able-bodied persons were
living at that moment on the funds of the state
(hear, hear); that these were commanded by a staff
of 11,587 persons, and employed upon works which
had been described as worse than uncles.. He felt
that • great calamity was overhanging Ireland, but
at the same time he did not look with despondency at the
present aspect of affairs. (Hear hear.) He did not think
that they who bad in former times risen from greater dim-
atltice--that they who at one period of the late war, were
Impending on an average 103.000,000 E • year for three Taro--
should be downhearted at having to provide for a deficiency
and Las of profvrty which might be estimatc d at 10,000,0001.
(Hear, hear.) He hoped that out of evil good would arise,