The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-07 00:00:00

PACKET COMPANY.

Mr. SCOTT moved for copies of any proposals re-
ceived by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in
the course of the year 1848, in reply to the advertise-
ments issued by them, inviting tenders for the establish-
ment of a communication by steam navigation with the
Australian colonies ; and of any charter of incorporation
or letters patent granted to any person or persons for the
purpose of forming a company, to be called " The India
and Australian Mail Steam-packet Company," together
with any certificates or indorsements of the Board of
Trade, showing the fulfilment of the conditions of the
said charter in respect to any deed of association to be
entered into by such company. The Hon. Member was
proceeding to make a statement to the House of
the grounds on which he asked for the papers referred
to, when
Mr. HUME rose to order, and would beg to ask,
whether the Hon. Member should be permitted to make
a statement which was beyond the terms of his motion.

The SPEAKER submitted to the Hon. Member that
he should postpone his motion, in order to allow the ad-
journed debate to proceed, seeing that many other Hon.
ilembers who had motions on the paper had already
given wad•.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there was no objection
on the part of the Government to the Hon. Member's
motion, if he would confine himselt to it, and refrain
from going into any statement.
Mr. SCOTT would rather go on with his statement.
—(Laughter, and cries of" Order," in the midst of which
the lion. Member resumed his seat.)
The motion was then agreed to.
STEAM NAVY.

Mr. ANDERSON postponed his motion until Friday
next for nominating the Select Committee oo a steam
navy.
TURNPIKE ROADS IN MIDDLESEX.

On the motion of Lord DUDLEY STUART, an ad
dress was agreed to tor a return of the aggregate length
of turnpike roads in the county of Middlesex, and the
aggregate amount of debt and unpaid interest on all the
trusts in that county.
TEMPLENOE PETTY SESSIONS.

Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL pstpon, d until to-morrow
the motion for which he had given notice, for a
return of the number of sum:may:es issued during the
last seven years at Templenoe or Cloverfield Petty
Sessions, in the county of Kerry, stating the
matter in which each was issued, and at
whose suit. The copies of the correspondence
relative to the breaking up of the police station
at Coss Castle: and, of the correspondence relative to the
informations sworn by the bailors of Lord Rodney's
yacht; with a statement of the reasons why these in-
formations, sworn on the 25th day of July, 1848, were
not returned to the Crown-office until the 30th day of
January, 1849.
DUBLIN MUSICAL FUND.

Mr. REYNOLDS begged to ask the Right Hon.
Baronet at the head of the Home Department whether
bore would be any objection to grant ihe returns for
which he had given notice, as the Right Hon. Baronet
the Secretary of Ireland was not in his place?
_ .

Sir G. ti-REY inquired whether the Hon. Member
had made any communication to the Right Hon.
Baronet respecting his motion.
. Air. REYNOLDS said that he had asked the
Right Honourable Baronet whether there would
be any objection to make the returns, and he under-
stood the Right Hon. Baronet to say that there would
be no technical objection on the part of the Government.
Sir G. GREY said certainly there would be no tech-
nical objection, but as this society was a private society,
it was evident the Government had no power whatever
to compel the returns.
The motion was then withdrawn.
IRISH POOR.

Lord DUDLEY STUART moved for returns of the
number of Irish poor who, between the 31st day of De-
cember, 1847, and the 31st day of December, 1848, have
received relief out of poor-rates in the several parishes
comprised within the city of London, the borough of Mary•
lebone, the city of Westminster, the borough of Lambeth,
the borough of Southwark, the borough of the Tower
Hamlets, and the borough of Finsbury, respectively,
and of ihe money value of the relief so afforded; and,
of the number of the Irish poor relieved during the
same period out of the poor-rates in the parishe's com-
prised in the borough of Liverpool, city of Glasgow,
city of Bristol, borough of Cardiff, borough of Newport
(Monmouthshire), borough of Merthyr Tydvil, borough
of Manchester, borough of Salford, borough of Preston,
borough of Bury (Lancashire), borough of Leeds,
borough of Paisley, and the city of Edinburgh, re-
spectively, and of the money value of relief so afforded.
Mr. MONSELL wished to know, before the House
proceeded further, what was the reason that the papers
ordered last Friday had not been issued?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL was aware that the papers
had been ordered, and he c meeived that the only cause
of the delsy could be something which had proved un-
avoidable. The papers, however, would be laid on the
table at the earliest possible mom Pot.