The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-06 00:00:00

THE GALWAY CONTRACT.

On the switice fee going iato committee of supply,
Osbiesi FRENCH nee to Mediate the hamar sod gen-
tlemanlike feeling of the Dili repnesatatives frees than
white lad been made ageinst them with reference to the
meat derbies en the papier duties. One of those charges
bed hem male by the noble bird the Meeretary of State for
Feats Affairs, and it was te the effect that the represesta-
*RN of Ireland had combined together for the purpose of
addreg his noble friend at the head of the government to re
mire &demi tam" with a view, as it seemed to be impt
le hetlmiite the noble viseenet. His noble friend
mile is aminsig answer whim interrogated on the sub)**
but his reply was eevertheime far from satisfactory to
Irish mailemem His bold* friend stated that the Rev.
Re. Daly sever made a statement to him that he was
autherised to tensed to interview, but his noble triad
eseased to imply that he believed the rev. gentleman had
Use empowered by the Irish members to come to him an
their behalf.

Lord PALMERSTON-1 did not state any Wad owl way
or tar ether.

Colonel FRENCH—The noble lord spoke after he (the
gallant colonel) hod pledged his honour and the hoonur of
every other Irish gentleman that he had ravened with,
that the statement respecting Mr. Daly was totally desti-
tute of foundation ; and it was not very complimentary to
Irish geutlemen still to suggest that the rev. gentleman bad
bees desired My them to request an interview. His noble
hien& unless he had really believed the statement—which
he did not think his noble friend would venture to sac he
did—was rot justified in commissiosing the noble Ion) the
Foreign Secretary to make Owen ations implicating the Irish
ambers in the way ho had. The result of that swabbed been
Is make sateen gentlemen, who were opposed to the repeal od
the paper duties, leave the hones in dingust, otherwise their
veer would have been more than sufticieot to absorb the
majority for the claim. (Haar, hear.)
Intl PALMERSTON was sure everybody must do full
justice to the motives and feelings which hail induccil his
. and gallant friend to make the statement which had
pet fallen from him, but which, after the disclaimer of the
hoo. member for Waterford the other night, was scarcely
accessary. Everyone would accept, in the fullest anti most
anzoservol Manntr, that disclaimer, in which his hon. and
patient triad now joined. (Hear, hear.) With regard,
however, to what had passed between Mr. Daly and him.
self, he (the noble lord) abode entirely by what he had
elated oa a former occasion. The fact■ hail been simuly as
be bad stated them. He had then stated the iripresnicie
which had been produced in his mind by whet Mr. Daly
sad; becalise when Mr. Daly mid that the Irish members
mad take some action upon the matter, and that it was ire.
postal that they should know in the morning what the
dserwa of the government waa, in order that they might
know what that actioo should be, he had no reason to sup-
pose that he (Mr. Daly) was not authorised by some persons
to make that elate:neat. It war quite clear now,
however, that Mr. Daly, with that zed which
as he had exhibited on other occasions, had not
bad any authority to sank in their behalf. Whatever
misundereaseling bad arisen, thereto's, was entirely Mr.
Daly 's fault ; for, in his seal for a cause in which lie pato-
rally took a great interest, he bad given him (the noble
lord) to understual that he had authority for interfer
lug. when in point of fact he hail none. When he (the
noble bell was ape %king of his belief. he was referring to
the belief he entertained at the time Mr. Daly was in claw
emascanoo with him. So far as he had soy belief at all, it
had arisen fr-in bin inferring that Mr. Daly was autho-
rised— iu fact be had had no ;mead for his belief beyood
ia-
foresees drawn from what Mr. Daly slated. Ile could
assure his hot friend, however, that be did not now retain
that belief, on the contrary. he eatinly believed the die-
clansmen which hod been given. (Cheered
Lad NAAS thought the explamation of the noble lord
mei be eatisfaetory to all the peatlemen who had takes
pest ia this disettesoo, and whose anduct had apparently
boss impeached. He was sumrised, Itrareverolust the same
esplanat,•in hail sot been ma& ariensw, and that it bad not
marred to the noble lord to ash Mr. Daly the very nate.
sal question of whether he nine to him at the re-
quest of any number of has. mambas. (Hoar, hear.)
ff that hail been done, all the napleasaat remarks which
bed been made in this sad the ot.ksr house of parliament
sad by the public press would havitbsen entirely avid/lel.
Ile could sot help sauteeing his coyish* olio. that the
premien created by the affair had had a greet effect noon
the course which some hon. gentlemen would here taken
upon the division. (Hard He rejoiced that all topless.
lino were at an sad. He wished, however, to deny
statement which be fall in a paper of that day, namely, that
the Oalway contract had been entered into with a view to
the galena eksctioa thst was impending. Now the fact was
that the entreat was signed nn tie 22nd of February, and
the reseal election did sot take place till the end of Apo-il—
ia past of fart the cuotract was sinde before the memos
reform which led to the dieseintiou had been introduced
veto parliament at all. (Mara) It was impossible Sheer
fare that any living man could have imagined that it ems
seeable a potent elation would be taking place eo seen.
Apes, It was said that the chairman and vice,chairmem
the company were supporters of the late govevnmeat,
teeth being that the chairmen wee really the noble loud the
neseher foe Meryletena, and the via-chairman a noble teed
lobe sow neatly sat on the or& beechen, sod who
lOW ass Mlles Is the houeeho (Hear, hear.) .He
'Lent Naas) wished to give this prompt cootradictice to a
shy which had been often made, soil as often confuted,
and the repetitioe of which could only bring discredit on
these who persisted in brin-ing it forward. (('bests.)
wane) DI-NNE +Louie have voted against the repeal of
the paper duty if there had bees a hundred Galway cos.
MN* end therefore he was sot interested In the Tanaka