Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-13 00:00:00

Mr. Brady, Mr. Henessy, Mr. V. Scully, Colonel Dunn,
and other Irish members, complained loudly and warmly of
the insufficient way in which Ireland was represented on
the committee. The intention of the committee was, it
was contended, a party move for the purpose of censuring
the late government for -its . conduct in reference to the '
Galway contract. A large portion of the committee was
formed of official men, who were always hostile to Ireland,
but there were only two Irishmen on the list.. ,
A division was taken on the name of Mr. Baxter, whose
nomination was affirmed by 135 to 34.
Mr. Bright urged the government to postpone the com-
pletion of the committee, with a view to its reconstruction.
• Lord FermoY. took the same view.
On- the motion that Mr. Bazley form one of the committee,
Mr. Vance protested against the members of the _great
commercial cities ,of England (London and Manchester)
being on the committee, while the members fur the great
commertial towns of Ireland were omitted. ,
Mr. J. Butt urged that, if the report of the committee, as
at present constituted, was against the Galway contract, the
' Irish people would complain that they had not been fairly
treated, and he should move that the number of the. com-
mittee be increased, that two Irish members might be placed
upon the committee,
1 Mr. Mondell took a similar view, and moved the
ladjournment of the debate, for the purpose of adding one or
more Irishmen to the committee.
Lord Palmerston defended the construction of the com-;
mittee, which was altogether an impartial one, containing
as it did several members of the late administration which
had agreed to the Galway contract.
Mr. Disraeli thought that the Irish portion of the com-
mittee ought in fairness to be strengthened. The members
of the committee, at present nineteen, could be increased
without inconvenience.
The Chancellor of the Excliequ

said; that he was quite

prepared to assent tn—the proposal for altering the con-

struction of the committee, if made under certain .con-

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division ; and Mr. Ba:

which comp

The list of names areas follows :—Mr. Cobden ; Sir
Francis Baring ; Sir S. Northoote ; Lord John Manners;
Mr. Corry; Sir H. Willoughby; Mr. Scholfield ; Mr.
Dunlop ; Mr. Baxter ; Captain Leicester Vernon• ; Mr.
Gladstone ; Lord Naas ; Mr. Hubbard ; Mr. 'Hope ; Mr.
Wilson ; Mr. Laing; Mr. Henry Herbert ; Mr: Crawford ;
If I and Mr. Baxley.

Mr. Cardwell obtained ledve to bring in a bill to amend
the act relating to the survey of boundaries in Ireland.

The Admirality Court Bill passed through committee,

After some discussion as to the compensation to be given to

The adjourned debate on the second reading of the Roman
Catholic Relief Act Amendment Bill, was resumed by Mr..
Newdegate, who moved as an amendment, that the bill be
read a second time -that day three months. The Lord.
Chanceller was the keeper of the king's conscience, it was
his advice on which the Sovereign was bound to'
rely, and it was no small thing that the Chanceller
of Ireland should be of a different ieligion
from that of the Sovereign himself. He was
the official adviser of the Lord-Lieutenant in all
matters relating to church patronage, for these 'reasons
Roman Catholics. were by the act of 1849, and by the
express declaration of Sir R.' Peel precluded from holding
office of Chaneellorof Ireland. •

Sir Brook Bridges seconded the amendment

Mr. Cardwell on behalf of the governMent supported the
bill. The Protestant religion in Ireland was sufficiently
guarded by the existing
.laws,. and was in no way secured
by the exclusion of Roman Catholics from the Chancellor-
ship of Ireland, either in respect of church patronage or
discipline.
Mr. Whiteside said- that lie greatly regretted that
the present motion "lad been brought forward. He
never heard any observations from the bar of Ireland
on that subject, and protested against measures affecting a
fundamental settlement being brought forward by a private
member. He sheaved that, in all the bills for Catholic
emancipation, previously to that of Sir R. Peel, the Chan-
cellorship of Ireland was restricted. to Protestants, and that
restriction had been acquiesced in by the eminent Roman
Catholic members of that house., -

The Chancellor of the Exchequer supported the bill,
taunting Mr. Whiteside with having abandoned those
liberal principles which he had professed in power. The
objections to the bill were trivial and secondary, and might
be removed in committee.: The Chancellorship of Ireland
was .essentially ,a civil officc.of which the real duties were
altogether removed from religious functions. ; ,Tll.