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houses, but it seemed to Win to be quite absurd to go to an
eipeno of this kind; if, fm• instance, the blasting and re-
moval of the rock, which xequired the light, might be
effected at half the expense.
. .

Mr. CARDWELL said this was a question which pecu-
liarly belonged to the shipping interest of Ireland, and as
I the amendment was proposed by a gentleman who so ably
I represented one of the largest seaports in Ireland he could
not possibly make any objection to it. At the same time
it was for the house to deal with the amendment as it
thought proper.
After a few words from Mr. R. AI. Fox and Mr. Hefts,
the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. KIRK moved the following amendment : Clause 5,
line 12, page 4, after " and the produce thereof," insert,
" shall, in the first instance, be applied for the purpose of
finishing any works already commenced by those bodies re-
spectively, or for the purpose of forming any harbour of re-
fuge on the eastern coast of Ireland, sad the residue of such
monies, after such application thereof."
Mr. It. M. Fox and Mr. V. SCULLY urged that there
were funds applicable to the improvement of the harbours
on the eastern coast of Ireland, which were not so applied,
but went to the benefit of the " British lion." (" Hear,
hear," and laughter.)
Mr. CARDWELL raid that the arrangement was for the
benefit of the poorer parts of the kingdom. There was a
balance of 100,000/. in Ireland, but there was a debt of
171,0001. for the harbour of Kingstown, and there was a
contract for works entered into of 0,0001. (A laugh.)
After a few words from Mr. VANCE,
Col. DUNNE said that as Kingstown was a national
harbour the expense ought not to be charged to Ireland.
The amendment was negatived.
Mr. INGHAM moved the following addition to the 29th
clause :—" Excepting as to ships employed in a coasting
voyage from ono part of the United Kingdom to another, or
in a voyage between the United Kingdom end the islands
of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark or Man, or from one
of the said islands to another of them, or from ono part of
either of them to another of the same, or employed in fish-
ing on the coasts of the United Kingdom or of any of the
said islands, in which cases and every of them the whole of
the crew shall he British seamen."
Captain SCOBELL supported the motion, and said that
the whole naval marine would only afford 81,600, while this
coasting trade would add 21,000 men to our naval resources,
and it ought to be protected.
Mr. CARDWELL said the opinion of the house was so
decided on opening the coasting trade that it was not neccs-
eary to debate the question further.
The house divided—
For the motion
Against it
The bill was then read a third time.
JAMAICA.
In postponing the committee on supply to this day, when
it will be the first order at six o'clock, Lord J. ltuasuLL
stated that, for general convenience, he would not make
his ratement in reference to Jamaica until Thursday next.
THE LATE smiNos.
Mr. BROTIIERTON, at this point, interposed, and sug-
gested that they had already (it was half-past 1) sat 13
hours, and as they were to meet at noon every day this
week, he thought they could not go on longer that night.
(Cheers.) If they did he would certainly move an ad-
journment. (Cheers.)
PILOTAGE BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill.
Some conversation took place as to whether the chairman,
immediately after he had taken the chair, should not report
progress, Mr. Ilorsfall proposing that course, and Mr.
Cardwell suggesting that they should at least take the
' unopposed clauses. Finally it was agreed, not, however,
without cries of" Brotherton," that the committee should
proceed.
Mr. lloitsc•tt having made a general statement,
Mr. H. LIDDELL (Liverpool), insisted that they should
report progress. (Cries of " Oh, oh.")
' The committee divided.
For reporting progress
Against
Clause 10 was then put.
' Col. BLAIR (in a very excited state) moved that the
chairman should report progress. (Laughter.)
The CHAIRMAN intimated that he could not make that
gnotion.

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THE danger overhanging the. schools in Ireland
cannot be passed over without full o-vplanation. The
Archbishop of DeBLIN tells his ere rgy, in public
meeting, that he has received what I:,e cannot but
consider as a letter of dismissal from the Govern-
ment; and the clergy have drawn up a strong re-
monstrance to Government ; and here the matter
stands. At present we can form no idea where the
fault lies: but we are entitled to say as an United
Nation, we and the Irish, that we will not have the
best blessing that ever visited Ireland put to hazard
for anybody's fault. We must have an explanation,
full and clear; and then vigorous and united action.
As we said, we know not where the fault lies ; but
we may say that for twenty years there has been
no doubt about the merits of Dr. WIIATLLY
in regard to these schools. Ho bent his whole
mind to their formation ; he has watched over them,
worked at the Board, visited the schools, and, no
doubt, borne much in the discharge of a duty which
lay near his heart. Whatever may have been thought
of his eccentricities, his orthodoxy, his manners,
under the close and critical inspection to which any
Archbishop of Dubin is subject, there has been no
doubt in any quarter about his merits in regard to
Irish education ; and, no friend of Ireland can hear
of his receiving anything like dismissal from the
Board, after twenty years' generous service, without
feeling entitled to demand the reason why. This is
no common case in which some collision of tempers,
such as our human frailty renders us liable to, can be
supposed chargeable with the mischief. Not only
does the extreme importance of the occasion discredit
such a supposition ;—but there has been such a mag-
nanimous keeping of temper all round for twenty
years, such generous mutual patience, such principled
perseverance, that it is not credible that now, at the
most critical period of the great institution, the
work of twenty past years, and of centuries to come,
should have been sacrificed to a fit of ill-humour. Be-
sides, Mr. BLACKBURNE and Baron GREENE have also
resigned; and the improbability is extreme that all
the three gentlemen should have fallen into dudgeon
at once. Nor can the Government well be imagined
to have been wilfully guilty of any folly of the
kind, after what Lord ABERDEEN and other Members

Mr. E. BALL then moved that Mr. Bouverie do leave
the chair.
Mr. CARDWELL said he must, he suppose, postpone
the further consideration of the bill.
The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and the
house resumed.
CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. MAGUIRE would not divide upon this bill at so
late an hour (a quarter to two o'clock); bat ho must pro-
test against its passing. There was no necessity for such •
measure. Ile thought that the Secretary for Ireland ought
to withdraw the proclamations from those counties which
were admitted to be in a state of quietness.
Sir J. YOUNG said that this bill was requisite, on
account of the secret societies which existed in Ireland.
After a few words from Mr. V. SCULLY,
Mr. BOWYER, although he would not divide the house,
protested strongly against this measure, as founded on mis-
apprehension and want of information.
Mr. O'BRIEN complained that this bill would prevent
capitalists from investing money in Ireland.
The bill was then read a third time and passed.
BURIALS (BEYOND THE METROPOLIS) BILL.
This bill was read a third time, and further clauses added
to it. The bill then passed.
LUNACY REGULATION BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL.
This bill passed through oolumittne, th. Lords' eissimd-
neut., being agreed to.
TILE SHERIFFS (SCOTLAND) BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
HACKNEY CARRIAGE DUTIES BILL.
This bill was re committed.

of the Administration have so lately said of their
sense of the importance of the Irish school system.
While waiting for explanation, we cannot but look
back upon what has been done—so well done—by
successive Governments and the late Members of the
Board, and mourn over the mere dread that such
blessings should be lost through anybody's fault.
There was abundance of patience with the Pro-
testant clergy who for many years intercepted the
blessing for their flocks. All over Ireland there
were clergy who did not spare their abuse of the sys-
tem which, in Catholic Ireland, educated so vast a
majority of Catholics. They made the majority
greater, as far as they could, by keeping Protestant
children away from the schools. Some of them
learned a lesson in cursing and denouncing, from the
lowest of the priests, of whom they had such awful
things to tell. This was borne with by the Board
and the Government, and the natural reward of
patience ensued. The opposition died away in murmurs
and tho 0h,141 ren dropped into the ottuuh, by degrees.
We even observe that some of the opposing clergy
have fairly and honourably borne recent testimony
to the advantages of the system. Is there now to
be less patience, and a less happy result in the oppo-

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought
up a clause to p the suing for penalties by common
informers.
The clause was added to the bill.
Mr. LOWE brought up a clause which be said was at
the desire, he believed, of the cab owners themselves, and
was also for the benefit of the public. It provided that
where a cab was hired for time, after the first hour the cab-
man should only charge 6d. for a quarter of an hour,
instead of 25., as at present.
The clause was agreed to.
Mr. F. SCULLY moved the addition of a clause to
prevent the owners of hackney carriages from withdrawing
them saddenly. It provided that if the owner should with-
draw his carnage two days consecutively, ho should lose his
license and be fined 205., unless good cause was shown
before a magistrate. This would prevent the disgraceful
scenes which had occurred lately.
Mr. LOWE said his hon. friend the Under Secretary of
State had carefully considered the clause, and thought it
well calculated to meet the object.
Lord D. STUART said his objection was that power was
given to one magistrate. His objection would be removed
if there was power of appeal. lie should bring in a clause
giving an appeal on the third reading, which he hoped
"'would be fixed at a reasonable hour, as they had had enough
of hasty legislation already.
Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER objected to the clause,
which he considered most oppressive.
Mr. I. BUTT said the hon. gentleman gave notice to
bring In the clause at the third reading. He apprehended
he could not move it now.
The clause was then withdrawn.
Mr. FREWEN objected to the centre round which the
circumference of four miles was to be taken being fixed at
Charing-cross. It was said out of doors to be a West End
clause, and one fixed by members of parliament for their
own purpose.. If a person took a cab at Charier-cross he
might go to Wandsworth-common, where he would stand no
chance of getting a back fare, while if he took a cab at the
Bank to Hackney, a distance of two miles and a quarter, he
would have to pay a back fare. What he proposed was, to
take the outside of the bourdaries of the metropolitan
borough., which were defined by the Reform , Act, and
were given ill numerous maps.
Sir W. CLAY said the hon. gentleman had only antici-
pated remarks he should have made himself. He should
recommend him, however, to take a circle, of which St.
Paul's should be the centre.
Mr. LOWE said the Under Secretary of State had de-
sired him to suggest Temple-bar. (Her, hear.) The me-
tropolis was usually described as an elipoe of which the foci
were the Bank and Charing-cross.
Sir W. CLAY—Take them both. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. LOWE—That would be too complicated. He ob-
jected to the proposition of Mr. Frewen because it would
omit the whole of Chelsea and it would also include country
districts.
Mr. BUTT supported Mr. Frewen's plan, and suggested
that Chelsea might be inserted oa the third reading.
Sir J. SHELLEY trusted that at all events the boun-
dary would be accurately defined. (Hear.)
Mr. V. SCULLY objected to the clause on back fares.
The just and obvious plan would be to pay the cabman.
when discharged beyond the circle, his fare to the nearest
place within the circumference. (Hear.)
After some discussion, the house divided—
For the amendment
Against it
The amendment was therefore lost.
Mr. LOWE moved that the words "Charing-crow" be
struck out, with a view to insert " Temple-bar.'

site case—of difficulty with the Ultramontane party
It has been from the beginning, by all clear-sighted
men, that the difficulty must arise, sooner or later;
and probably when a MURRAY should be succeeded
by a dignitary of a different temper, and different
views of national good. The time has come. Is the
patience which availed so well before—is the faith
which has already removed mountains—to fail now ?
Cannot they who worked in concert with moderate
Catholics in the face of a violent Protestant clergy
work on with moderate Catholics still, in the face of
a violent Catholic clergy? If the scheme were new,
we might doubt the possibility ; but the conductors
of the Irish National Schools have themselves taught
us to expect everything from them. It is in
the strength of their own counsel that we speak.
It is their own example which exhibits to us what
may be done. It is to their own praise that we ask
from them what they can never more declare to be
woreasonable.
When they first threw open their doors 107,000
children came in. That was in 1833. That was
when Ireland was overcrowded, hungering, and
exasperated; when the great tithe conflict was going
on; and when it came out in Parliament, in an inci-
dental sort of way, that the subdivision of land was
so excessive that in one parish in Carlow there were
222 tithe defaulters whose liability was for a farthing
each. The highest aggregate tithe charge due from
individuals was 2d. each, and this they were as un-
able to pay as if it had been 2/. A very large pro-
portion of the defaulters owed sums so much less than
a farthing that they were grouped together, in order
to make out a bill against them ; and yet they could
not pay. What the condition of rural Ireland was
at that time this is enough to show. And, as for
social Ireland, the murders of clergy, proctors, and
police during that very year are so far from being
forgotten that there is no need to say more about
them. The children seemed doomed to mere sa-
vagery. Nobody taught them to till the ground, or
to do anything to mend their condition ; and, but for
the National Schools, there seemed no refuge—
unless it were in the fatal promises of 01:0N-
NELL, who must have been more superhuman
than his humblest followers believed him
if he could have done any substantial good. There
were nearly 800 schools opened, and 107,000
chil-
dren came in. From that date till the famine sea-
son—till 1847—the number, both of schools and of
scholars, went on steadily increasing. Through that
Agreed to.
The bill was then ordered to be read a third time. season, the number of schools went on increasing,
The Dublin Carriage Bill, as %mended, was considered, but not of scholars. Tens of thousands of Irish chil-
and ordered to be read a third time. dren were dead, or orphaned. dispersed, and lost,
The Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) Bill and
the Ecclesiastical Leasing Act Amendment Bill were read during that awful struggle ; yet, at the lowest and
a second time. dreariest time, there were above 402,000 in the
The resolutions on the South Sea Annuities Dissentients
were reported and agreed so. schools. After the famine and fever, came the emi-
MISSIONARY BISHOPS BILL. gration, which has carried off hundreds of thousands
Mr. EINNAIHD moved that this bill be read a second more. These arc now in the schools of the United
time this day three months, ea the ground that it bad been
hurried through the House of Lords late in the session. States, or slfwork in field or home in Canada and
Mr. SPOONER and Lord Sevmouts also protested against Australia,. Yet, while the population of Ireland has
proceeding further. •
Mr. R. PHILLIMORE explained that the object of the diminished so as seriously to alarm all who are not
bill was not to introduce bishops into Christian countries, aware of the improving quality of the millions who
but only to allow them to be Sent into heathen countries. c
r main, the attendance upon the schools has yearly
However, he would not press the bill.
Tie bill was therefore ordered to be reed a third time this increased till the last tables exhibit the numbers as
day three months. 54e. 400 children on the rolls of 4,701 schools. There
The Duties on Horses Let for Hire Bill was read a third -
time and passed. sires hundreds of national teachers annually trained
The Betting 11,,u.es Bill was commiited pro forum for for a blessing to the next generation—trained, catho-
the purpose of introducing amendments. lice, church of England and dissenters together, with
The Customs Acts Consolidation Bill, and the plantar ce
' an agreement to differ, yet with a practical domestic
on Lives Bill were read a second time.
The house adjourned at five minutes past three. harmony which might yield a lesson to their

i•
benefactors. ~"here are about 130 workhouse schools
oinrpchoanze,,gaiotnhewrietf t.the Board, and there we find tha
importance to Ireland.
Igether after the famine. There
are about 30 model a gricultural schools; about 40
ordinary agricultural schools ; and an increasing
number in connexion wife.'
workhouses. These inst
And
donasil artheisoifs tghneinvgenrVast—tbe`
schoolsall
filling
from
year to year—while Ireland is emptying. Them
will be such an advance in the character,
genre, and total welfare of Ireland, .`f these schools
are sustained, as was certainly neve," seen in any
people in the course of one generation, zuci is nev(r
likely to be seen again; for we may hope ihot no
nation, so susceptible of rescue, will ever again Lave
to be raised out of such depths of wretchedness. If
there really id—and we fear it is undenillile—langer
of disturbance or destruction of this beneficent
agency, we only wish that every man or w rtman who
has a heart would go into the Dub!in schools,. and see
what the children are—see their decent awarance,
their earnest faces, their intelligent bearing—see
how real and substantial their knowledge is--how
effectual their moral discipline, how thorough the
understanding between them and their instructors*
And in the agricultural schools may be seen this
seed-bed of a noble harvest of prosperity for :Ireland.
In the active boys there at work, zealous and happy,
may be recognised a future peasantry of a higher
order than O'CONNELL could tell of in the extrerzest
ptroxysms of his patriotism. These are the future
men who will, if they be but permitted, make their
country the garden which kind Nature does not forbid
that it should be.

And is it possible that all this is put to hazard by
quarrels—religious, political, or other—among clergy
and statesmen ? If the mischief be not stopped—if
the system be not preserved in its integrity—there
arc some things that the offenders must du which
should gall their sculs more than penance in sack-
cloth and ashes. They have put up a statue to
THOMAS DitummuND in the Dublin Exchange : they
must veil that noble countenance which looked so
earnestly on the beginning of an enterprise which no
man would have openly dared to destroy before
his living face. They must account, not only to
Ireland, not only to the empire, but to the world, for
their failure in a trust as solemn as could be confided
to human care. We think, too, that they must be
remanded to the study of a Book which they declare
to be of great account with them, and which appoints
to us our office with regard to " little ones." It is a
relief te turn away from such bodings and to hope
that all will yet be well. But, in order to hope con-
fidently and to any purpose, we must have an assur-
ance from the proper quarter, clear and immediate,
`that
all shall be well.

A VERY wholesome law has recently been passed

for more effectually punishing men who assault wo-
men ; and under it the magistracy of London arc very
properly sending such ruffians to the House of Cor-
..

rection for six months. For this law the fair Stx has
to thank the gallantry of the present Parliament; and

when our police-offices cease to exhibit the shucking

spectacle of women with their faces bruised, their eyes
blackened, their ribs broken, their bodies all black and

blue, and their health and happiness destroyed by
their husbands or their paramours, society %vitt very

much have to thank the just severity and true
humanity of an assembly from whom such legislation
was at one time little to be expected.

Thankful for what Parliament has done in this
respect, is there, we venture to ask, no other species
of cruelty to women to which the Legislature

might as usefully extend its care ? The records of
the Insolvent Debtors' Court during the last few days,
in the case of IttcriAlin Du Ns, who is still, we sce
it stated, " a barrister-at-law," reply affirmatively to

our inquiry. There is exposed a continuous and
systematic, and, we must add, a grossly venal perse-

ration endured for nearly twelve years, in almost
every possible form and shape that perverse and
wicked ingenuity could devise, and matchless and un-

natural impudence could assume, by a lady of whom

all that the world knows is that wealth almost

boundless is expended on objects of the highest
and very frequently most sacred, interest. And
yet in such a state is our criminal law, that it really
affords to this lady no protection against the remorse-
less attacks on her purse and the perpetual dread
and discomfort she has been subjected to by an un-
paralleled tormentor. Occasionally, indeed, the
fellow DUNN has been incarcerated, but only
once on a penal charge; and if Miss BURDETT
COUTTS has been free at times to pursue
the daily routine of her life unmolested
by the man's personal intrusion and inter-
ruption, she owes it, not to the criminal law of the
country, but to her persecutor's inability to pay the
costs of actions with which she and her friends hay
been tormented and harassed.

Society is clearly outraged by the impunity with
which DUNN has thusbeen surrounded, and in its own
vindication ought to provide a remedy. Miss COUTTS
has just as good a claim to be protected against the
ruffianism of DuNN as other women against
the brutality of their husbands and admirers.
It is quite possible that unless the law quickly pro-
vide for such an offence, on I)uNs's liberation from
the prison where he is now confined for debt, the re-
mainder of Miss CoUrrs's life may be plagued as the
past twelve years have been. And in that case, she,
at all events, will scarcely have enjoyed from the
State that protection which we are told is the corre-
lative of allegiance and taxation.
It will, wo know, be said that lit-NN is
a lunatic, a monomaniac; that no one but
a madman would so conduct himself. But if
the law does not of its own mo'ion, having full
cognisance of his conduct, interfere and guard Miss
COUTTS against the escapades of so determined a
tormentor, there is really very little consolation to
Miss CotuTs in society shrugging its shoulders and
coolly remarking—" the man is mad." The police
are bound to protect us against mad dogs, why
not against mad men, when they are dan-
gerous? Miss COUTTS has the same claim on
society to live free from the interruptions, the
persecutions, and the alarms of dangerous lunatics,
that every one of us 'Aas to be protected against bur-
glary, larceny, and e.vsault. And if the man DI-Nx
be a lunatic, the wore shame to our police system
that it has not shr-,t him up years ago.

To us there se :ms no little method, and a very
palpable purpose, about any monomania that DUNN
may at last have worked and fretted himself
into. \ ani'.y may at first have applied a smile
playing on the passing countenance of his uncon-
scious victim to admiration of himself. That may by
Possible, though not very probable. But when o.tis
suggest ion was acted on, he must have been at once
undeceived. So long ago as 1535 his mind wai, disa-
bused of that notion, if it were ever seriously enter-
tained, and leisure was then afforded him in a York-
shire House of Correction to convince him
of his error. But from that time•, when
the roma•,tce of hie delusion must have ter-
minated, to this hour, manifese,y, plainly,
clearly, his sole and single design ).itra been to obtain
money from Miss Cot rrs,—and ',hat lady's offence, a
very proper resolution not to yubmit to any extol.-
&Al. Now, mad or not ma'j, sane or insane, against
these attempts of 1) t. NN, (he criminal or police law
of the land ought to have protected Miss
COI:ITS. But it has not ; she has been
teamed, tormented,, persecuted, maligned, and

Gable to be swindled from I'll) to 1833,
and, for all she knows, may continue to be
erased, tormented, persecuted, maligned, sod ha-
reseed for the remainder of his life. Her happiness
may be lessened, her health may be injured, he:
energies may give way, her spirits may break under
the intlietion—nay, her life may be shortened. But
the criminal law affanls her no security. If Miss
Corms was not sustained by high principle, in such
A state of things. and with such prospects, perhaps
the best course she could pursue would he to buy I
peace and quietness from her relentless Irish Frank- I
enstein. Then she would purchase what the law
will nut provide fur her.
In such casts as this, the burthen of motion, prose
elation, punishment, and repression ought not to be
thrown on the injured party, but on the police. Miss
Coe rrs, in her natural desire for protection and Iran-1
quillity, ought t•r be put neither to expense nor
trouble. The police, knowing her sit ustion, ought to
guard her against constant and continual repetition
of her persecution. Instead of that, the ►ittle pro-
tection she has received is, we repeat, very much"
coning to the poverty of DCNS, who, failing to pay
the costs of civil actions he has commenced and lost, is
on civil process cast into a civil prison ; whence, how-
ever, he is able to continue his offensive proceedings
with almost perfect impunity, if with some dimi-
nished force. And now that he applies to the Insol-
vent Debtors Court fur his discharge, the law
permits him to libel and slander Miss COUTTS on his
schedule, and obliges her to appear in the invidious
and disagreeable character of an oppasing creditor, '1
in order that, by his continued incarceration on civil
process, she may have further protection against his
criminal persecution. Nay, worse still—and here,
perhaps, the court was answerable—Miss COUITS
is compelled to appear, and subject herself to
a three or four hours' cross - examination
by as coarse and indelicate a " barrister-at-law" as
ever a Court of Justice had to deal with. The whole
case from 183 s down to 1833 is discreditable in the
highest degree to the state of the criminal law, which
practically has laid Miss Courts at the mercy of
Drs.s. Any restraint imposed on him has been
owing to her sense of self-respect and to her courage ;
and if to-morrow DUNS be liberated, to-morrow Miss
Co terts's torments may recommence.

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