The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-29 00:00:00

THE PARLIAMENTARY WAR.

Mr D. GRIFFITH gave notice that on the standing
orders next session he would move that the fees of Parlia-
mentary counsel be regulated in accordance with the fees
of counsel in common law and equity.
THE NEVI CANON OF WESTMINSTER.

In answer to a question from Mr H. SEYMOUR,
Mr BARING said he believed the salary of Mr Con-
way, the new canon of Westminster, would be £l,OOO a-
year, but the whole question was under consideration, as
the canon would be ex-officio rector of St. Margaret's. .
THE CHURCH IN IRELAND.

Mr H. SEYMOUR gave notice that early next session
he will move for a Royal commission to inquire into the
resources of the Church in Ireland.
MEXICO.

In reply to Mr KINGLAXE,
Mr LAYARD said the French troops were in possession
of several places in Mexico. It was difficult to say whether
for a long time past any Government had been in possession
of the republic. It had always been the practice to recog-
nize the tie facto Government, and the Archduke Maxi-
milian was in the possession of the capital.
RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES BILL.
The Lords' amendments to the bill were considered,
and with one or two exceptions, agreed to.
RAILWAY COMPANIES' POWERS BILL.

The Lords' amendments-to this bill were considered and
agreed to.
PIER AND HARBOUR ORDERS CONFIRMATION
BILL.

The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered an,
agreed to.
PARTNERSHIP LAW AMENDMENT BILL.

The order for the committal of this bill was discharged
and the bill withdrawn.

CONVICTIONS (IRELAND).
Mr HENNESSY moved for a return of the number of
persons convicted in Dublin and the county of Dublin of
using or having in their possession any false or unjust
weights, measures, or balances for the year ending the 25th
day of March, 1864, showing.the nature and extent of such
inaccuracy, the business carried on by the offender, and
the date when the offence was committed, distinguishing
between offences committed in any shop, warehouse, or
other premises, and those committed in the public streets
er other open places ; also the amount of the penalty and
costs in each case imposed, and whether any such
weights, measures, or balances were seized and condemned,
and how the said, penalties, costs, and articles condemned
were dirposed of.—Agreed to,
EMIGRATION (AMERICA).

Lord E. HOWARD called attention to the subject of
emigration to the United States of America, in reference to
the prolongation of the war now raging in that country,
The gravity of the subject would be his justification for
bringing forward the subject at that late period of the ses-
sion. In consequence of his position as a member of the
distress relief committee at Glossop, one of the towns most
affected by the cotton distress, he found it became necessary
to have a census made of the population in that district,
and one of the elements of that census was the question of
emigration, He found that a large emigration had prevailed
from that district, and in the course of the inquiry he disco-
vered that it was also large from the cotton districts in gene-
ral. In k 2 towns taken promiscuously from the cotton dis-
tricts—he did not know that they were the largest towns—
and in the course of a few months, setting aside single men,
of married men not less than 1,460 had left this country for
the United States, of whom not less than 780 had deserted
their wives, leaving 2,160 persons chargeable upon the rates.
Besides that, he had the names of fourteen persons who had
emigrated from one locality in Manchester within three
months, and of these not less than twelve had deserted
their wives and families, and probably most of these were
young and newly-married men. These circumstances
showed that there must be EOM deep cause at work. It
would not meet the argument to say that these men had
emigrated intending afterwards to send for their wives and
families, because they knew that there had been instances
in which the manufacturers of America had sent for manu-
facturing hands from England, paying the expenses of the
voyage for themselves and their families, the agreement
being that this amount was to be deducted afterwards from
their wages. He had further to say that great caution was
exercised by those agents who took these people out of
the country, for they did not give written documents or
money until the emigrants were safe on board the vessels
which were to convey them to America. He would instance
another case, which showed how these emigrants were dis-
posed of when they reached the other side of the Atlantic.
He had a letter in his hand relating to the ease of a man
who was a private in the Manchester volunteer, This
letter was written by an officer of that corps, who stated
that a young man in his company had been decoyed to
New York. A companion of his had seen an advertisement
in a newspaper stating that young men were wanted in
Canada, and that they would have permanent employment
at the rate of 353 per week. An interview took place
between this young man and his agent, and the young
man agreed to go. The statement made was, that on ar-
riving in Canada employment would be obtained imme-
diately. On this understanding six men were induced to
go. On arriving at Liverpool conveyances were waiting to
take them to the ship. On getting on board the Virginia they
found that this vessel was bound for New York, but they
were told that on their arrival there they would be reshipped
for Canada, When they arrived at New York they were
provided with refreshments, and they were told that they
would be conveyed to Long Island. On their arrival there
two of the men enlisted at once; this young made his
escape, and succeeded in getting into the hold of one of the
Cunard steamers; and on his arrival at home declared
himself " a miserable victim of Yankee rascality." Nor was
that a solitary instance. There was a case now before the
Foreign-office in which a man named Macartney was landed
at New York with a letter for £lO. He was drugged, robbed,
and, while in a state of stupefaction, enlisted into the Federal
navy. Ha was not enlisted voluntarily. He believed that on
all the large passenger ships sailing from Liverpool agents
of the Federal Government wore on board with the view of
recruiting young men. He was told of such a case two
days ago in which an emigrant was treated by a person on
board an American passenger ship and invited to a house at
New York. He accepted the invitation, he was drugged
with whisky, and the next thing of which he became con-
scious was that he was a Federal soldier. He deserted, but
was captured, and placed in gaol. If they opened any news-
paper, and referred to the police-sheet, similar cases would
be found. He had seen the case of a man from Hull, who
had been taken to an island near New York, no doubt Long
Island, where he met with several other Eaglishmen, who
had been impressed into the Federal service, and it was
complained that those outrages were constantly committed.
There was the case of another man who was paid a
cheque for £4O, which sum he received from the Ame-
rican Government, and he was now in General Grant's
Federal army. He looked with great concern upon the
great emigration at present going on, and he advised the
large manufacturers to do their utmost to stop the flow of
skilled labour from their several districts. The noble
lord then referred to the circumstances that occurred
a short time ago in Ireland, and afterwards
read extracts from letters written by those who had
unfortunately been deluded into quitting England for
America, all of whom advised their follow workmen to look
with the greatest suspicion upon all inducements to visit
the United States at the present moment. It might be that
the wages given there would be larger than those iu Eng.
land, yet the price of the necessaries of life were so enor-
mous that the lesser sum earned in England went further
than that to be obtained in America. Mr Justice Fitzgerald
in a charge ho gave the other day, referred to the terrible
frequency with which such acts were committed. Within
the last few days the noble lord said some papers with re-
gard to this question had been presented to the other house,
and copies had also been distributed amongst honourable
members, and ho advised every hon. member who took an
interest in the question to read them, feeling assured that
he would get up from the.r perusal with a heart full of sot-