The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-08 00:00:00

ALLEGED PROSPERITY OF IRELAND.

On the bringing up of the report of the address in reply
to the Royal Speech,
Mr. SCULLY moved the following :—" To omit the
paragraph relating to Ireland, and to insert, That the
house regret that the general condition of Ireland cannot
be regarded as prosperous or satisfactory, and that multi-
tudes of the inhabitants continue to emigrate to foreign
countries through the want of remunerative employment
at home,' " instead thereof. The hon. member said that
he did not intend to go over the same ground he had
travelled yesterday, but he did repeat at some
length the substance of his observations. He could not
see the prosperity that was spoken of in the Royal Address
in regard to Ireland, but, on the contrary, that there was a
downward tendency in its material condition. He could
speak positively .with regard to agriculture, and he
thought the alleged manufacturing prosperity was very
doubtful, at all events he was too obtuse to per-
ceive any such improvement. There was an an-
nual drain on the population of Ireland of 100,000
men, and it must be remembered that that number of in-
habitants represented a commercial value of £30,000,000.
He attributed the paragraph in the Royal Speech relating
to Ireland to Sir Robert Peel; and he repeated the com-
plaint he had previously made as to Ireland not being go-
verned by Irishmen, contending that so long as that was

the case the country would never be in a prosperous
state. He suggested as a practical measure the
purchase of the railways in Ireland by the Government.
He argued that flagrant injustice was inflicted on Ireland,
and alluded in support of that statement to the practice of
sending Irish paupers who had spent half their lives in
this country back to their birth-place. Irish emigrants left
their native country with a feeling of hostility towards
England, and were ready to take arms against it, a state
of sentiment which it was impolitic and even dangerous to
cherish. In the course of his observations, he asserted
amid much laughter, that it appeared most of his sup-
porters of last night had vanished, which rendered it
doubtful whether he should press his motion to a division
Mr. O'REILLY seconded the motion.
Sir R. PEEL said he wished merely to supplement the
observations he had made last night, as he understood the
hon. member did not propose to press his motion to a
division. The general feeling of the house was that the
paragraph alluded to should have been introduced into the
Royal Speech. (Hear, hear.) He firmly believed that
since last year there had been an improvement in Ireland,
and that it was never in a more prosperous condition with
respect to the potato crop. The hon. member for Cork
himself admitted that the grazing in Ireland was also in a
prosperous state, and they were all aware of the import-
ance of the grazing interest to that county. In proof
of the improved state of Ireland, he would refer to Irish
railways, on which £24,000,000 had been expended chiefly
by Irish capitalists, which he contended clearly proved the
development of prosperity in Ireland. He quite agreed
with the hon. member for Cork, in regard to the dangers
of the Shannon and its tributaries, and measures would be
devised to prevent a recurrence of such disasters. Within
the last eight years no less than £16,000,000 had been
expended in the erection of buildings in Dublin, and
during the last four years in Belfast no less than
£400,000 for the same object. (Hear, hear.) He had re-
ceived communications frOm Galway which showed that
measures were adopted to meet the distress prevailing
there, which it was to be hoped would be only temporary.
(Hear, hear.)
Major GAVIN alluded to the increase in the growth of
flax in Limerick as a hopeful sign of the coming prosperity
of the country.
Dr. BRADY supported the amendment.
The house then divided, and the numbers were—
For the amendment

Against
Majority —ss
INDIA.

Sir J. ELPHINSTONE drew the attention of the house
to the late disasters resulting from the cyclone on the river
Hooghley, in India, and to the inconvenience of making up
the finance statements for India late in the session.
The reply to the address was then agreed to.
THE STEAM VESSEL STANLEY.

Mr. R. lIODGSON moved for copy of evidence and re-
port relative to the loss of the Stanley steam vessel at the
mouth of the Tyne, in pursuance of an inquiry directed by
the Board of Trade.—Agreed to.
MORTGAGE DEBENTURES.

Lord NAAS obtained leave to bring in a bill to enable
certain companies to issue mortgage debentures founded
on securities upon or affecting land, and to make provision
for the registration of such mortgage debentures and

securities.
The bill was read a first time.
The house then adjourned at ten minutes to two o'clock.

MARKETS—This Day.

MARK-LANE,

The arrivals of English•
wheat fresh up to our market
to-day were very moderate, and the quality of the produce
was inferior. Good and fine dry samples, consequently,
were in fair average request, and prices ruled firm ; but for
damp qualities the trade was dull, at barely late rates.
There was a moderate supply of foreign wheat on the
stands. Good and prime old qualities moved off steadily,
at full currencies ; but Russian produce sold heavily, and
where sales were pressed rather less money was accepted.
Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request at late
rates.
The supply of good and fine malting barley on sale was
somewhat restricted, yet the trade was slow at late rates.
Inferior barley sold heavily at previous quotations.
Malt was in limited request at late prices.
The supply of oats on sale was moderate. Generally
speaking the trade was dull, and inferior produce changed
hands at rather lower prices.
Beans and peas were in slow request, yet prices ruled

stationary.
The flour trade was steady at late quotations.
.ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 480 1,740 790 50 330
Irish — 840
Foreign -
COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN for the
Week ending Feb. 4, 1865 :—Wheat, qrs., 83,620 ; average
38s 4d—barley, 70,493 ; 29s 2d—oats, 9,356 ; 19s 6d
Corresponding week in 1864 :—Wheat, 74,757 ; 40s Bd—
barley, 74,935 ; 32s ld—oats, 14,173 ; 18s 11d.