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London, England, 1852-03-26 00:00:00

gone, and why? Because, following out the principle of
tree trade, the late Board of Admiralty sent their contract,
not to Cork, but to Galatz, in Wallachia. He only hoped
the Noble Duke at the head of the Admiralty would have the
kindness to deal with Cork. —(A laugh.) People had been
endeavouring to effect an impossibility, to make the poor
support the poor. Almost all classes had been reduced to
nearly the same level. It was said property ought to support
poverty ; but property had been destroyed, and poverty was
left. A manufacturer, very largely connected with the
woollen trade in Ireland, had described in conversation the
ruinous depression which existed, remarking that wherever
his travellers went there were shops closed. The question
was as much an English as it was an Irish question. Before
free trade existed Ireland exported 10,000,0001. worth of
produce to England, taking back between 10,000,0001. and
11,000,0001. From the statement issued by a Chamber of
Commerce which was in the practice of publishing informa-
tion on such subjects, it appeared that there had been a falling
off in exports from England to Ireland amounting nearly to
4,000,0001. Everything used in Ireland, from a steam-en-
gine to the commonest nail, came from England. When peo-
ple ran down that country, and said the state of matters was
the fault of the landlords, of the farmers, of the Celts, they
ought to recollect that they had themselves destroyed the
English market by their new policy, and were themselves
losers. It was impossible to go on in this kind of way The
more Ireland was distressed the more did Parliament seem
determined to tax her. The system resembled that of the
celebrated Dr. Sangrado ; the more reduced the Irish were
the ,:ore did bleeding seem to be thought good for them.
When he reflected on the misery that prevailed, the emigra-
tion which was draining the country of able-bodied persons,
and other subjects connected with Ireland, he could not re-
frain from declaring that he was quite disgusted with the
state to which matters had been brought.
The motion was then agreed to.
THE BISHOP OF COLOMBO. .

Lord TORIiINGTON said, with reference to the notice
he had given of his intention to inquire whether papers had
been received from Ceylon, and would be produced, relating
to differences between the Bishop of Colombo and hia
clergy, he had put himself in communication with the Noble
Lord opposite, and he concurred in the views stated by the
Noble Lord, namely, that under the present circumstances of
the case it was not desirable that those papers should be laid
on the table. It was undesirable also, under those circum-
stances, that he (Lord Torrington) should enter into the
subject ; and therefore he should simply state that, believing
the Noble Lord would be prepared to give the Mouse the in-
formation required as speedily as possible, he should with-
draw the notice he had given, and abstain from putting the
two questions to which it referred, reserving to himself the
right of subsequently calling attention to the differences that
existed in Ceylon between the bishop and his clergy.
The Earl of DONOUGHMORE had to express his thanks
to the Noble Lord for not having asked for those papers, and
also having abstained from asking whether steps had been
taken by her Majesty's Government on the subject of certain
unfortunate occurrences which had happened in the island of
Cordon ..... .0. e. ;IN ill,mvenient to
give publicity at this moment. The Noble Lord might be
assured that her Majesty's Government would, with the
utmost attention and zeal, proceed to apply those remedies
which they thought most desirable.
Their Lordships then adjourned.