The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-07 00:00:00

'and. It might

that there was no suffering or want in
of the session
have been hoped that on this the first night
-; to the eon-
the hen. gentleman would confine his remark,
tents of her Majesty's Speech, and not wander :into ex-
traneous topics. He believed, however, that I:he great
majority of the people of Ireland, who well knew ttl'n real
state of the case, would not be inclined to attach too mach.
credit to the description of the hon. member as to the state
of things in the South. He was amazed at the view whiels
the hon. member had taken of the condition of the poor et'
Ireland. He believed the hon. member had spoken in all
sincerity ; but he hoped the honourable member's mind
was not closed against conviction. He (Sir It. Peel)
did not, however, Limn to deny that within the last
few months there had been great distress in Ireland.
It was true the potato ort.lP had failed, but there was
a superabundance of breadsiffs, and there were funds
t.:
sufficient for purchasing. Is lo doubt that fuel WAS
scarce ; but he could not avoid paying his best testi-
mony to the conduct of the landlords in the West of
Ireland, who had acted in the true spirit of Christian
charity. (Hear, hear.) In almost ei'ery case the Govern-
ment had received counter statements to the effect that the
representations of anticipated famine were not well founded.
(Hear, hear.) He admitted that in the cities of Limerick
and Cork the workhouses were full ; but these were the
only places in which such was the case. No doubt that.
state of things was truly lamentable, but while in England,
at the end of December, there were so many as 899,X0 re-
ceiving out-door relief, in Ireland at that period there vete
only 59,000 receiving relief. Taking the amount of the
population, one per cent. of the people were receiving relief'
in Ireland, while in England and Wales it amounted to 41,
per cent. (Hear, hear.) He thought the hon. gentleman
who had addressed them had overstated the case, and he
was of opinion that those persons who had circulated ex-
treme opinions had signally failed in producing the effect.
they intended. He knew of his own knowledge that nothing
was more distasteful to the people of Ireland than the erro-
neous statements of destitution which had been sent forth.
The people of Ireland were not now what they formerly'
were. (Hear, hear.) The peasantry of Ireland were now as;
capable of social improvement as any peasantry in the,
world. (Hear, hear.) They were now beginning to place
confidence in their landlords. The latter were doiog every-
thing to merit that confidence, and Lord Downshire, Lord
Fitzwilliam, Lord Palmerston, and others he could name,
had done more for the regeneration of Ireland by the im-
provements upon their estates than had ever been effected
before. ' (Hear, hear.) The relations between the landlord
and tenant were never in a more satisfactory state than at
present. In 1817 and other years were periods of great suf-
fering in Ireland, but that was not the case at present, al-
though it had been predicted that thousands would die of
starvation in Ireland as had been the case in 1846, but there
had been no such calamity to mourn over, notwithstanding
these predictions. The people of Ireland had learned a les-
son of self-reliance which they would not soon forget, and
which would be of the greatest advantage to the people of
Ireland hereafter. (Cheers.)
Mr. V. SCULLY said if there had been over- statements
on one side there had been wrong statements on the other.
The last harvest had been as bad a harvest as he ever re-
collected in Ireland, and fuel had been a total failure, in
consequence of the extremely wet season.
The motion for an Address in reply to the Speech from
the Throne was then agreed to, and a committee appointed
to draw it up.
The house then adjourned, at a quarter before eight
o'clock.

COUNTRY MARK.EIS.

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MANCHESTER—FEB. 6.
At our market to-day there was a good attendance, but
business in both wheat and flour was dull. The former
was at a decline of ls and the latter at 6d per sack and brl.
American wheat in limited request at ld to 2d per 100 lb
cheaper. Oats neglected, and oatmeal 6d per load below
last week's prices. Beans and Indian corn a quiet sale.

BIRMINGHAM—FEB, G.
At this day's market English wheat was in short supply,
and prices were not quotably lower; but foreign was is
cheaper. Barley Gd to is cheaper. Oats only taken in re-
tail. Beans and peas as of late.

COAL M.
(Prices of Coal per Ton at

.ARKET.
t the close of the market
Walls End.

s. d.
Cowpen Hartley 15 6
Bate's West Hartley 14 9
Burnhope Gas 12 0
Walker Primrose 12 6
Tanfield Moor 12 9
Tanfield Moor Butes l2 9
North Pelton .. 12 6
Wylam ..15 0
West Wylam 13 6
Bower's West Hartley 14 6
Buddle's West Hartley 15 6
Lambert's West Hart-

s. d.
South Kelloe.. 16 3
Cassop .. 16 3
Hetton 04 l7 0
Tunstall
Whitworth ...14 6
Hunwick l4 6
Heugh Hall 15 .0
Kelloe
Gosforth 14 3
Eonth Hetton 17 0
Haswell l7 0
Trimdon Thornley 14 3
Keiper Grange.... l5 6
Eden 15 0
Acorn Close .. 15 0
Wharnclifle 14 3
Breddyll'a Hetton 15 9
Turswell. .. 1 l3 0
Sheriff Hill 13 6
Thorpe .. ..15 6
Harton 14 3
Hartlepool.. • • ..16 6
182; sold, 105.

ley l5 0
Davison'fs West HaPt-
ley 16 6
Howard's West Hart- '

ley —l5 6
Byass's Bebside West
Hartley ......15 3
Craighead Steam 14 0
Grey's-West Hartley, l4 9
Walls Kncl.
South Hartlepool 15 6
Ships at market,

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.—On. Friday morning
last, the 25th inst., during the terrific gale, a large brig was
descried drifting fast on to the rocks in Freshwater West
Bay, and about 9 o'clock, a.m., the ill-fated vessel struck on
a reef of rocks 200 yards from the shore, and in less than
three minutes she was in fragments, and the crew struggling
in the foaming waves, without apparently the least chance
of their being saved. At last poor fellow was seen in the
surf with two large demijohns, or bottles, for a life buoy,
drawing near the shore, when Mr. George Young, of Hub-
berton, who was on the spot, rushed down the steep preci-
pice alone, and plunged into the foaming waves, at the ime
minent peril of his life, and succeeded in saving the poor
fellow more dead than alive, and much cut and bruised,
placed him on a rock, and put his coat round his naked body
until other aid came, when Mr. Mark Roch, of Pennyholt,
took the poor fellow on his back, and with other assistance
carried him up the cliff, whence he was taken to Gupton,
where, it is needless to say, he was treated with great kind-
ness and sympathy. He proved to be the captain of the
ship. When all the others were supposed to be lost, and
at least half an hour had elapsed, Mr. R. Williams, of Gup-
ton, saw another poor fellow struggling on the rocks, and
pointed him out to Mr. Mark Roch, who, with his usual
daring, rushed to his rescue, and saved him from a watery
grave, although sadly bruised and cut about the legs, arms,
and bowels. He carried him with assistance up the cliffs,
and took him also to Gupton, where he was also cared for,
and is now quite recovered. One of the other bodies has
since been found, washed on the shore. The vessel turned
out to be the French brig La Force, from Swansea, with.
coal to Senegal, River Gambia, coast of Africa, with a crew
of nine men, two only of whom live to relate the melancholy
tale. We hope the conduct of Messrs. Young and Rock
will meet the reward they so justly merit in saving the lives
of their fellow creatures et the peril of their own, and we
believe this is not the first time we have had to mention Mr.
Young as being instrumental in saving lives from ship-
wreck.—Penibrokeshire Herald.
A POACHER DENIED THE PRIVILEGES OF THE
CHURCH.—Some few years ago, say the Ayr Express, an
individual in Galloway was apprehended and brought before
the Justice Court at Stranraer, on a charge of killing game.
He was sentenced to a period of imprisonment for the
offence, an underwent the sentence. Since his release he
applied to the minister of the parish in which he resides for
baptism to his child. The rev. gentleman peremptorily re-
fused to administer the ordnance for the very strange rea-
son that the landed proprietors of Galloway had suffered
great loss from time to time, through the applicant's
destroying their game.
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