The Express.
London, England, 1847-06-05 00:00:00

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lin see. At all mean the midi set amino of being
NOIIOIII of MOTION.--Feesneese—Kr.h Moms, la theory* gimes by esiesies, besesse, on die AM gm* Ili, it was
lithe 114164.""e"le• Ree".• mottos "4" "4164.7144 assessed is the &Warns Goat* thet alleradon of the
Tuohy to owe areganim a Mat It Mdap lone el
..dimemantigouegeon g& pummel. ea the mein imperted elk mold tape pleas before
=Me rao ameeties norm win Bey Mu pewee, hear the let Jr, ISO ; dim museing the intireem that
lar ill aka Me snleleneentef say peakeier Omen Vertega, st that time parties= Ink Nie =I dated when
• ta.b,MkewisanMdira4ka hionamalaania Can w• laala the last Awed= wee it was that the
re""dk4l Ihimllldatilla "heir die arraommenthen eilowlainend maks* Mr two yearsonly.
es
tag 'em et semi Pao. same fapepate se me bess ha- in wear te a ion Mr. Pastrami, the right
• =,ecuritel te penis isa ran las R. ernaer—ter
wad" 'woo meg this 01.0 warm die mule et the ham hereon dm es looking et the duty, he found
has. the Maim was methane like a counterblow to anything
THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL. which had Una dams In reference to the bonded system.
Mr. T. BUNCOMBE moved that Mr. Wortley and BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
llr. Cardwell be added to the committee on Thames Con- Lord J. RUSSEL Eon,answer to • question, stated tut,
on Monday, his righ friend the Lord Advocate would
111.7117.1ei'ARD, without any personal disrespect to the hoe. make a statement explanatory of the two Scotch Bills before
pitmen named, must refuse his assent to the moths. the house, after which the second reading of the Railway
Sir R. INGLIS supporta the motion, thinking it desire-Bill would be proposed, and
lb to infuse new b into the committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer
Mr. T. BUNCOMBE denounced the whole bill as • mon- to Mr. Stafford O'Brien, stated, that the government did not
rem job. think it would be possitde to proceed with the Agricultural
Mr. WILLIAMS and Sir Di LAC! Eustis supported the Statistics Bill this swoon.
on THE STATE OF THE POTATO CROP.
Mr. HUME was a opinion that the subject should be en- Mr. HOUSMAN asked whether government had heti-
Seely reconsidered. toted inquiries as to the prospects of the potato crop, ea
The gallery was cleared for a division, ;but none took whether they had received any information of the
place, the motion being agreed to. ma a the disawe from which the crop of last yea=
BELFAST IMPROVEMENT. feted so severely ?
Mr. ROSS moved that the Belfast Improvement Bull The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sail GO
should not be proceeded with, until arta returns relative accoonts had been received from venous pans oldie mentry
to the Beirut Corporstica had lieu laid on the table. that symptom had appeared which had anashmed sere
Mr. F. FRENCH opposed the modes as *abiding a apprehensions for the growing crop ; but no intemeds* had
dangerous precedent. A motion* pews Alma of meal as yet COWS to hand which would justify a poetry minim.
might at any time be made an align ler sopping a Min Last year, it would be remembered, the ahem MI
and important neweare. The hoc. member expressed his not make its appearance generally in this country anta Maly.
strong approval of the menses before the hence. With regard to the crop in Ireland it was possible that tea
After a few wens dem Lied A. Careworn, few days further information might arrive, but at preen*
Mr. ORliddli to the am. umber for Belfast there was nothing to enable them to pronounce an coif"
that the COniiSSSI bed Amp et the bill would be either way.
best able to Male whitlow the Mimes mew moved for were Mr. B. OSBORNE reminded the right hon. gesiderin
seessury. He theurre neemmeniall the ben. mender that there was an early crop of potatoes as well as the
Yh
to bring the matter beton the oommittes. one. The accounts he had received from Ireland limbo
Mr. ROSS acceded to the segraos, and withdrew as is of the decided appearance of the disease in the early mop,
motion. and his correspondents wished the government to prommes
FALSE IMPRISONMENT. moms opinion, which should induce the farmers to reins
Mr. ?ERRAND said be bed en a Immerevatioatatd. from planting such large quantities of potatoes as they wise
the right Ism. berme& the Smeary ter MI Home now laying down.
ment quern rammedes a girl who had been eo dr Mr. LABOUCHERE admitted that the simounte re-
'
three were ia • hen et awnetion, and pat es Me awl craved from the agricultural society in Ireland warrantea.
MU, wither the ellibeen .Bence. He wished to know the apprehension that the potato crop of this year was as
whinier dr right Ma gentleman was yet in a condition to sound. That society was now holding its inethige
newer lie misers ? Dublin, and was receiving accounts from all pens ist the
Sir 0/"F Mined is amenneoce of reprosentation onatry with the view to ascertain positively whether the
Mee la bin Magalailsi shin ma, he had grind Mal SIS• disease did extensively exist—and if so, what was the prod.
megielesho sop* athe mad of coommitmat ; aid bad eat remedy which should be applied, and such body wee
eineresked from the few slurs tithe morn that the i.e. Ar mere adulated to investigate moron of this desceip-
Miner was komeek as it bad bola made ander a amt advise the cultivators of theeenntorishriteenne
= ast et The fault oldie seasiunent was to than the government. (Hem)
ad had nothing to do with the merits of Sir . BURRELL remarked that in Meals, Prase*, an&
the ear The art boa been committed ander the 17 Geo. Italy, herioot beans formed the chief eerie of food, and,
whereas ths eoeusitment should have taken plate under acting on the advice of the Gardener's Chrome is, he had
the 6 and 7 Vic, c. 24. planted some, believing that if they mil be ism* lio
IRISH ASSIZES. perfection in this country, they wand be Open genies as
Ms. S. O'BRIEN asked whether government had received a substitute for the potato.
ogieniformstion as to the rumoured intention of the Irish Mr. ROCHE said that his experience as to the pemen
to postpone the mires in consequence of the pre- stets of the potato crop in Ireland differed totally from the
valence of disuse throughout the country? information which had been received by the bon. arphar
Mr. LABOUCHERE had reason to believe that the for Wycombe. Two days ego, when he left Ireland, liege
Irish judges had recommended a postpoament of the was no symptom of the reappearance of the disease to sap
sans, but bad no positive information on the subject. He extent. He had seen many specimens of the early pals
had written to Ireland, and expected in a few days to be perfectly sound, and be had himself under cultivation 11111
able to give a more definite answer. saes of potatoes which were perfectly free from the aghast
AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL appearance of diresse. (Hear.) Re stated these teelebe-
Mr. HWME wished to know positively whether the papers cause he was anxious that there should be no unasessemp
relative to current transactions in Portugal might be ex- panic in the public mind on the subject. He should saddest
petted on Monday ? his experience was confined to the county of Cork oil dr
Lord J. RUSSELL.—The papers would be laid on the south of Ireland, where, at present, the crops were windy
table on Meaday evening. He proposed to fie supply for healthy ,• and, if the present beautiful weather continued, he
the following Friday, when his hon. friend might bring had no leer for the result Should the disease reappear,
forward kis motion, probably the best course for the farmers to pursue would be
Mr. 1117M.11 intimated his intention of bringing forward to put in • crop of late turnips.
hie motion en Monday. The gumbo was one wUch would Mr. HORSMAN did not wish the government to inshore
not bur delay. (
_Hear, Mar.) the farmers as to what tonne they should pursue, bat
Sir DE L. EVANS hoped that his hen friend would wait merely to inquire as to the facts. Last year, as early as the
per the month of March, government had directed inquiries to be
Mr. MORN& said it was currently rumoured that a made.
can WI already taken place between the British fleet in CUSTOMS BILLS OF ENTRY.
the Tars and the ships of the Junta. That being the ate* Mr. EWART complained of the high pries ein
is
he filth to be his duty to press the motion. Men's lives the mercantile body for bills of entry, end maid alma
were not toremain in jeopardy out of regard to a mere point whether the government had taken any Nem lend on as
((Hear tear.) to the monopoly by which the prices were entted
Mr. BORTHWICK regretted that government had not The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied
in then tuneeettoos followed the example set by Mr. Can- that a patent had been granted for twenty-one years in ea
ning, who, when, in 1826, be was about to mad an expedi- spect of the document referred to, but by a recent arrange-
d.= to Peressal, appear he the first instance at the bar of menu, the pries had been reduced from 61. to 31. 10e.
that bons with an address from the crown, requiring its RELIEF OF IRISH DISTRESS.
consent to the opsrations rest to take place. Lord G. BENTINCK asked if the right honourable
Vlesinat PAULERSTON said he fally agreed in the ob- the Chancellor a the Exchequer could give any pr-
eemies' that the Mess eh era be fully Wanted of the tire information as to the expenditure on amount of
groans ea rash Ms ansumat bed acted. Bat the isn- the staff employed in the datribution of relief in
maker Moneyed hp maw be.. members to sem to • die- Ireland. The other evening the right honourable gen-
mina bets re peps wove kid en the tibia, peeved that tleman stated the number of ram distributed at
dry whin to arider the question without being tally in- 2,200,000 a day, and the coot 2d. or 20. a ration ; but
rimed. It nes for the ynpsee el peaks the ban is per whether the cost were 2d. or ltd. would make nearly the
nein of In inibrreatiou, fat the severnmest mien Ise a difference between 6,600,000/. and 8,000,0001. in the year ;
her age delay. He coon mere the bees that retry pea- he wished also to know whether the government were pre.
die melba should be wade he impair' the , which pared with say positive information on this head ?
be lisped mold be reedy es Many , bat at all The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not
*MIS la the WWII earn day. He would not be led into give other than a general answer to the latter question. The
pessiseleffe Abodes, hat would Moly my this, that the number of rations distributed, sad, of course, the expense,
mom whoa medusa wend prove thirket of the British was in the tonne of gradual reduction, the demand in each
to be, met to establish eloper government In week being isthan in the preceding one. The cost of the
urle=i but to seems to the P people all the ration varied in the various localities from Id. to 24d., which
privilegeserhir the esaaltution and its charter of Don was the maximum, and in estimating the probable amount
Peas am senerred ea them. (Hear, hear). of the expense, the other night, he had taken the highest
Len J. KLNNILIS mid that the object of those who mum. With regard to the staff, as it varied every wee he
primal reward she eprien wee to obtain a discussion, could only my that he should be happy to give a return of
wide had Led Is sine poesded and. (Hear, hear). the expense in any weak named.
The mai efeeilisigne wide lad been alluded to, proved Some further conversation took place in which the sea
the enmity ore observations were repeated.
Led H. VANTrille '
mpiell that the bet another for LOAN DISCOUNT BILL.
Manna should Ix his melon for Tisesiew sent. Lord J. RUSSELL bait, moved the third reading of
midi Mr. RUNE suede to the emmethr it allowed this bill,a conversation, o ated by Mr. °laborer', and L
to mike Me awn= es that day as a ersiinin sidisn. which the Chant:ill* of e Exchequer, Sir R. Pad, Mr.
Leal J. RUSSELL said that if he hes. Merl Mudd take Mann, Mr. Hudson, Mr. F. Baring, and Mr. Spooner
Uneasy, he (Lord J. Russell) would pnamme the seders ofjoined took place as to the propriety of discussing the eoli-
ths day dr that date, in order to give his -is sties geseedenee, of the cy now, or at a future period, when
(Hoer, hear.) Allusion had beset mole to seEldess mid to Lord G. BE INCK stated it to be his intention to
have taken place between the Beide aim is Me Tegneosi bring forward a substantive as for the limitation or
the mauls of the Junta. Re woe wit Wray repeal of the Bank Charter Act of 1844, and
positive information on the subject; but his ruin, Mega Lon J. RUSSELL hoped, in that case, that the debate
reading the public papers, was, that the collides is wends. upon the subject would be deferred until then.
had taken par between the ships d the Queen a Peategal Mr. J. COLLETT asked the noble member for Lynn
and the vessels of the Junta, sea net belleems the latter on when he intended to bring forward the measure he al.
the British men-of-war. laded to?
Kr. HUME axed his intim for Thismisthis the ander- Lord 0. BENTINCK declined to state when. (A laugh.)
standing that it was to be the first badness teen. TM CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that
BOROUGH OF SUDBURY. baths boa told on former occasions that he could not get
Mr. COLLETT anted the First Lord of the Treasuryespio* to advance money on loan, according to the pro-
whether it was the latestin of her Majesty's government, *ices of this bill, he wished to inform the house that he
*deg the pad pedimme, to 'apply the defleiency in had already raised 2,678,0001. in anticipation of it.
Me member el meat= Ora bases caused by the disfran- Mr. SPOONER observed that all practical men were of
chiseassat of the horsy& of labery. opinion that the conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Lord J. RUSSELL said it we ma the intention of govern- when he made the loin, had not been fair, or such as ought
meat, during the present parliament, to take any steps for to have token place ; but that he should have made known
that purpose. et the time the whole transaction to the contractors of the
THE WELLINGTON STATUE. country.
Mr. C. BREKELEY Yampa leue to ask the ark lord The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had only
the Chief Clemanidar of Weeds sad Forests, bet, whither the vane explanation to offer to the hon.riernan as on a
be hal sanest Mr Miry to withdraw the omen die Ind former °enema when he made the same .He had had
given to the el the Wellingtes Mao a the arch no object in concealing the transaction; an it was only in
at Hyde ; sessaily, whetherb had esmateni- consecrate of the change of circumstances, and not from
datedher M4eety'sa aseemketies to the tostbsenal um- anything which he could have foreseen at the time he made
mines ; sad ,be add aaukhis noble Mood how the loan, that he had thought it expedient to propose the
km A was that dr unloading should remit la patent measure. He could only add, that the result of what
he gmeeat perks, and whetter he was aware it dr aim ad taken place since this measure was proposed, had been
mdse wen snide& with hub aossasary lsr he removal ? of the grimiest relief to the money market; and he was happy
Mead 110/LIPITII beard Is den, in steer to the to state that the whole amount of exchequer bills he had had
them imiameled emeetkas et ids las. Mend—thet, that ge- to pay, up to the present day, was only 20,0001., while the
inemeatled aiMed her Midesty to ads: the removal of amount of bills sent in for exchange, had been no greater
the Ma; inisaly, that govenumest having idasided their than the average amount.
edam le ins sermon, tie canaillse had, is the first After a few words from Mr. NIWDEOATe,
=Oda SIMS the had not hem erkintly The hill was read a third time.
eirelind• IDA view nth, dalas—(a largli)—eishas PRISONS BILL (ADJOURNED DEBATE).
me that
thenhbeneme, • wiled reties len been morn& ; but Mr. SWART, in resuming the debate on this bill, ob-
lao mmusVa dam popin*the Wag was served that all the reports on the subject of transportation
bakes* lb' oar sad the areh. Inanawer clearly proved to him that the state of things existing in the
to the third ea to haw long the statue was to colonies was such as neither reason mould justify nor religion
remain, and ail la a. be legged to profess entire igno- sanction. In the general pnaciple of the measure before the
sass of the samat ef at the disposal of the commit house he conourred—only differing from the goverm-
ent Al he knew was that they had undertaken to remove rant where they differed from their own principle&
the dreg, end they had recently stated their willingness to He approved of the Pentonville system of separate Unma-
de. ullismsyse ern The sculptor had been directed soma, and he disapproved of that part of the plan which
tm<rr•piaaldaldrate for an elevation and pedestal; provided for the congregation of convicts in gangs &Ber-
lin • dee had setts pat been fixed on. As soon as the pe- wards, inasmuch as the one neutralised the other. He also
Med was mellent illemilerd would be ready to fix on deprecated the system pursued at Brest and Toulon, which
a re. He Mali Wien mate that, whenever the house had been spoken of, and, indeed, every system which pro.
dad vote the missemp toe to aimplete the arch, accord- moted the congregation of criminals, a system which tended
tag to its winks% Matra, it we her biejesty's wish that any to cause the revival of those bad habits which separate im-
farther doseeniese Or that pops. should be illustrative of prisownent was intended to remove. The sound prin.
the aeldenmene side Dyke of Wellington, and such as to "pie was, to deport convicts one by one into
Etre :dow ettbiLkiestry of his meats and deserts. different portions of the colonies ; but, if he a-
. ingnizei whether a vote of the &mad the government plan, it was still intended
boxisib would be tale. rinds, aria for the pedestal wm to send them abroad en MOM. The noble lord the member
I dailiadsted and apemen% bare OM artist was directed to for Hertford objected to the government plan, because it would
preened with the amendeat nee, whether the statue was to put an end to *s salutary fear of transportation ; but he did
remain on the se* gad the new site was provided ? not believe there was ever anything but a vogue and inde-
Lord MORPIIITI =OM that in the event of the design finite notion of transportation in the minds of criminals,
and estimate being prepand before the termination of the which should never be permitted as regarded a punishment.
aeon, a vote would betaken before proceeding with the It was sad that the judges were is [army of transportation,
execution. As to the esseed question, it would not be but their forensic habits being microscopic in their nature
thought expedient to remove the statue until the pedestal rendered them unfit to take aa enlarged view of any
was ready to receive it. question of policy. The noble lord also objected to the
SALT MONOPOLY (INDIA.) separate system, but it was clear that wherever it had
Viecouat SANDON inquired whether intelligence had been tried it bad been found successful. France, Prussia,
been received of a notification published by the Deputy. and Great Britain, had sent commissioners to the United
Governor of Bengal, on the 31st of March, 1847, b which States to inquire into the separate system, and they had all
on sad after the Ist of April, 1847, the prices of salt in store, reported in its favour. Mr. Howe, a gentlemen of eminence
in Calcutta, manufactured under the government monopoly, in America, had formerly been in favour of the silent and
and the duty on imported salt, were to be reduoed, but congregate system, bat baring looked carefully into the
equally, and without notice to the importers; and if so, separate erten& he had changed his opinion and become its
what steps the government in this country are prepared to avocet*. The separate system permitted communion with
take in respect of such enactment ? other prisoners where it was calculated to do good,
Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE answered that it was true the but prevented it where contact was likely to do
Indian government had thought fit to reduce, not only the harm, so that the solitary and separate systems were
price, but also the duty, on British imported as well as on the not convertible terms. The plan of task-work was
native salt ; and he understood from a circular be had re- far preferable to time work, and had been iutroduced by
ceired from the London agent of the salt trade in Calcutta Capt. Maconochie in the colonies es well as in the prisons.
that a very considerable alarm bad been occasioned by the He supported this measure because he concurred in its gene-
announcement of that change. The hest thing he could do rat pnocio_es,and h.lieved it was one in the right direction.
was to lay on the table the papers accompanying the notifl- Mr. J. W. HOPE wished to advert to ri choree made by
cation he had received from the Indian government, and the hon. ban. the member fur Southwark, against his noble
which would fully explain the motive with which the altera- friend (Lord Stanley), who, in the strongest term., placed to
Lion had been made. He might, however, et the some time the account of his noble friend all those faults which, during
inform the noble lord and the hou-c that he saw nothing in his whole adruinistreion, it was his struggle to to merly. lie
the new regulation of which the British importer had any would refer to the papers before the house to show the
right to napkin. The rehires both In the price and the attention which his ark faked paid to this glare& In

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1847.