The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-25 00:00:00

DEPOTS FOR EMIGRANTS.

Mr. lIINNAIRD asked the Under Secretary of State for
the Colonies, whether ho had any objection to direct the
Emigration. Commissioners to report upon the expediency
of establishing depots in the porta of London, Liverpool,
and elsewhere, tor the reception of emigrants waiting for
embarkation.

J.)lr. C. FORTESCUE said if the hon. member would
apply to the Colonial-office by letter he would receive the
information he required.
CAPTURE OF A BRITISH VESSEL BY THE
-UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.

Mr. GREGORY asked the Under Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs if the attention of the Government had
been called to the reported capture, in Mexican waters, of
the British vessel Labuan, laden with cotton, by a cruiser
of the United States ?

Mr. LAYARD said the attention of her Majesty's At-
torney-General had been called to this subject, and he had
instructed Lord Lyons to take the matter up, and that noble-
man had communicated with Mr. Seward, and steps were
taken for the protection of British interests.
POOR, RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL.

On the order for going into committee upon the Poor
Relief (Ireland) Bill a discussion arose upon various in-
cidental points.

Mr. GREGORY, premising that it was important
not to bring the central authority administering the
poor law into collision with public opinion in Ire-
land, observed that the present mode of dismissing Roman
Catholic chaplains at the workhouses was a great cause of
dissatisfaction and offence, and "suggested that where a
Roman Catholic chaplain was to be remonstrated with or
dismissed, a communication should in the first instance bo
held with the spiritual authority by whom he had been ap-
pointed. This concession, though slight and simple, would,
ho believed, remove a great causo of disagreement.
Mr. OSBORNE complained of the constitution of the
Poor Law Commission. The great proportion of tho per-
sons requiring poor law relief iu Ireland were Roman
Catholics, whereas the rsenibers of the Board were all
Protestants.

Sir R. PEEL, in replying to objections, said he had
never found any of that great dissatisfaction 'which Mr.
Gregory supposed to exist on the score of the removal of
Roman Catholic chaplains without the authority of their
bishop. If the Commissioners acted (as they did) towards
Roman Catholic chaplains in the same manner as towards
Protestant chaplains, he did not understand the force of
Mr. Gregory's objection, and could not accede to his pro-
posal. With regard to the constitution of the Poor Law
Board, it was true that there was no Roman Catholic com-
missioner upon it, but the members of the board were
selected for their qualifications and fitness, without refe-
rence to their creed, and he thought it would be most inju-
dicious tc import sectarian differences into the administra-
tion of the law. He was sure that the commissioners,
whether Rnmqn Catholic or Prot _.stant, would exercise
their functions with the rttt irapqrt

Thin preliminary diFcussion continued for Aem© time,
chiefly Nvith reference to these two matters. Upon its ter.
mination the house went into canmitteo up
on the bill, and
to with
InanY amendments.
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This bill was reL:asa
COLLEGE OP PIIYSICIANS (IRELAND) BILL.
agreed to, after much de-
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The lonlq. went into corronittoo on this bill.
Ir. 130 UVERIE said there were certain private rights
in relation to shores, with which t 1,14 bill would interfere, I