The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-10 00:00:00

THE ORDNANCE MAPS.

On the motiot:F,Tg.4;gii,oWaTinitt.; of supply.
Sir M. PETO moved that it is expedient to discontinue
the Ordnance survey on the 25-inch scale till the survey on
the 1-inch scale has been completed.
Mr. S. HERBERT said the government intended to dis-
continue for this year both the 1-inch and the 25-inch
survey ; and before next session the government would
consider what course was best to be pursued.
The house then went into committee of supply.
A vote of 100,440/. for parks and pleasure gardens barber
been read by the chairman
Sir .1. SHELLEY said he wax under the impression that
the vote would be postponed. (Hear, hear.)
Lord J. MANNERS expressed the same lelief.
The vote was then withdrawn.
THE GALWAY MAIL CONTRACT. . _

Mr. , in moving a resolution on the subject of
the tialway Packet Contract, entered at much length into
the details of the case and the position of the government
in relation to it. He thought there was na other course,
under the circumstances, than to fulfil their obligations
under the contract. The committee which inquired into
the subject did not recommend that the contract should
be rescinded, and he thought it could not he
sot made on the ground of general policy, or on
account of the words introduced into the contract,
that the money should be paid out of a vote by parliament.
The only plausible ground for vetting it aside was the
agreement which had been entered into between Mr. Lever
sod Mr. O'Malley Irwin. It war incumbent upon the
house, he observed, to sets its face against such practices ;
but the contract was not obtained corruptly, and its Mei.
dents distinguished it from the Dover case. Although a
bad bargain for the public, a bargain was a bargain, and
nothing could be wore than, under plausible pretexts, to
furnish au example which might hereafter be quoted as •
precedent for repudiating inconvenient obligations. He
concluded by moving a vote of 60,0001. in pursuance of the
contract.

Mr. BOCTVERLE moved to negative the vote, and in the
course of • long examination of the facts of the case
strongly condemned the proceedings of the late government
in the tnumaction, and especially the conduct of Lord
Derby. He did not scruple to may that the only explana-
tion of the transaction was that it was an election job on a
gigantic scale, and tainted with fraud and ourruptiou.
- Mr. WHITESIDE replied to Mr. Bouverie, who, be
said, was entirely in error iu supposing the transaction hail
any connexion with elections. The subject of a packet com-
munication between Galway and America bad been agitated
in Ireland for years. Ho enlarged upon the benefit. which
the contract would confer upon Ireland, and scouted the
idea of fraud or corruption.
Mr. CRAW FORD should vote for the resolution, on the
ground that, if parliament thought tit to exercise its
option of putting an end to the contract, it should have beau
exercised before June last.
Sir F. BARING objected that the course taken by the
late government had shut out competition, and that Canada
had not been fairly treated iu the matter any niece than the
public.
Mr. DISRAELI wished the case to be considered, not
upon any technical point, but upon its merits. His opinion
was that the were., taken by the late goverutuent was
judicious and politic, highly heueficial to both countries,
especially to Ireland. He vindicated the conduct of Lord
Derby in the tnuumiction. Thu terms of the contract, he
said, were reasonable and moderate, and Mr. Houverie was
not justified in imputing corrupt motives. The late govern-
ment were influenced in this tnueoution, after mature COD-
siderstion, by a conviction that the routes they took waa
eminently advantageous to Ireland, and the opposition had
arisen too much from local jealousy.
Mr. ROEBUCK said the right hon. gentleman the mem-
ber for Kilmarnock (Mr. liouverie) had accused somebody,
he was not certain whom, of corruption. He said that this
contract was mainly carried on or executed by him (Mello.-
buck), so that if there were corruption he must have sums-
thing to do with it. Then the person on the tether side ye-
presentiug the government was Lord Derby. (" Hear,"
and* laugh.) Now what motive had be (Mr. Roelock.)?
He recollected stating some time last year that his motive was
a general motive, as he fancied that a great object was to be
obtained and a great benefit for Ireland. He remembered
the right hoc. baronet the member for Portsmouth looked
upon bun with perfect astouishmeut that anybody could act
teem such a motive, and he seemed to fancy that he (Mr.
FR7Bbliciukilah.ad) IsintrenPcieniuhaaadl object. ("Nu,
object Da: thfruiamcoarn-
. tract or in that of Lord Derby, where was the corruptiou
(Hear, hear.) But then it was said, " Oh, there'a Mr.
Lever, he bin some personal object." Well, there
was nothing in cases of this sort like getting
some individual to be the scapegoat. So Mr. Lever was that
iritopeg_
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• corrupt motive by expending • large sum of money iu the
purchase of ships and then selling them to the company'
Did be get money for them' Not a bit of it ; but he got
slues from the company, end if the °emptily failed his
money was lost. (Hear, hear.) He wanted to know bow a
loan could better express his belief in the feasibility of an
adventure than by investing his matey in it! (Hear, hear.)
Hut might there not be persona competing for this business
in Liverpool? (Hear, bear.) Them might be competing
companice,and the advantages to be gained by Galway by this
traffic with AIIIIN4Oa might divert the trade which now went
through Li MCI therein lay the secret of tide oppo-
sition. (Hear.) He (Mr. Roebuck) found, soon after he
had taken an interest is the lialway line,that be bad throat
his hand into a hornet's net. Imputations of the foulest