The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-11 00:00:00

POOR-LAWS FOR IRELAND.

TO MY CONSTITUENTS.
feeling
in
gene. , 'Finding that your wishes and opinions, as well as the .
ZI. throughout Ireland (added to which are those sentimtehnetsplooly.sae:
have always entertained on the subject), were opposed to . I a
jilt in its present sliape, with a view, if possible, of
.defeating the me a_
'4O, I gave noti',:e of my intention, on the third reading,
it be _ of moving that
last
eread that day six months. The discussion. came on accordingly
~,,,,„,
pight,
it in favour of that Bill. But
ania the result was a large majority
g hy Members, who know little
or „„-t°,,ra. po,..ed that majority
tio„. ",%ig of our country, and mla..in'ey,Elnhs indiffe'rent to our situa-
vot,, there was a large majority of Irish, believe,hiefly county Members,
4)1.'1: in favour of the amendment, and which would have been
tan:di,'rablY increased, but for the absence ?f
sowtnheersofinthlereland ;
Irish
1k1e,,,,:te I cannot but regret the part which
but
t!,t, took on the occasion, I am sure. conscientiously,
but
not borne out or fortified by any petition or
the
ex-
Was s',,_ tin the part of their constituents in favour of Bill. It
•NogizZienirlg tohear the pompousness with which this Bill was
Part,r by some members of the Administration, on its farewell de-
Past , e NM our House, as if it was to be the termination of all our
Peril °it; and the commencement of a new era of hap.pinhess. and pros.
a,e3ifat our country. Could not the Government, in t.ietirow,oiysdpormo.,
fess t:,ell'al:,ecl. any other means for the attainment of the object lass
? me in view, namely, that of the amelioration of the state of 1re-
....i0 ight not they have found out, among t e mouldy records of 111 4;_nigr.4treetv Rune half-fledged document, takenup at the moment
almost in
its iniaric't of liberal feelings towards us, but abandoned,
t)f o- glanY, on. reflection that it might interfere with the interests
hMores ~ d' If an impartial witness should hereafter visit ouar
unt; ' foreigner for instance, and contemplate the anomalyof
viz., ,Y covered, on the one hand, with those badges of poverty,
boqi,
cibe workhouses, inmated by a large portion of her
eail.: lte.-
a: ecie PeoPle, and, on the other, those numerous fine un lbie
i ' s,,tracts, such fit objects for their employment, might not
to:::"' tat P°
is this the boasted legislation of England
%ex. rds that PortMo of mir and would he not be furthr war
vv.ork*arranted ill saying that the hand that works well for England,reef,
tr ie
.hadlY for Ireland ? No, we shall be visited by this wretched 3.h _
Must they if the Rouse of Lords dent come to our rescue, whicthils
last they „ill
till, _ I do, and show, by the total rejection or alteration of
I,_ ..nat they are determined in this instance to do justice to Ireland.
ti7twwer, should this Bill become the law of the land, I should. hope
t
itl'ltate_e,eshall lend as little as possible our cooperation in carrying
letter • t, and that it may remain, like many of its pi edecessors, a deadit
tpin' iai:ttehs archives of Dublin Castle. And this I feel conscious of,
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2:4,,ttt:
when
that period, which perhaps is slowly progressing at this m
ien we shall feel the necessity of taking upon ourselves theme.
ge:ment of our own affairs.
I remain your ever obliged and faithful humble servant,
N.
WM. JOHN BRABAZO

totictin, Ist May, 1838.

s ‘-'ITENT:GARDE____............_.--....,--N,
Mitchell,
THEATRE.—Mr•
rtighlelmand, takes his benefit at this Theatre to-morrow (Saturday)
his tAs this 1 . ' As gent eman is well known and deservedly respected for
4°Ubt th attentions to all the visitors at Covent-Garden, we have no
racist sariat the patronage of the public on this occasion. will answer is
4re Of th"the eXPOOtatiolls. The entertainments which he announces..
4111,0 e attractive character, full of variety, and comprising
st the entirem.m strength of the establishment.
lett cuA ILS 0 N RAILWAYS.—The report of the Se-
pr,e2lstnihtee of the House of Commons appointed to consider the
Se-
and
c",.' , ate of railway communication, so far as it affects the regularityblshed
toßetu'2l. enience of the transmission of letters, has just beeiii,piei i
?tons
aegre‘vith the minutes of evidence taken before them.
theyh resolu:
consider
t11a,,,,
_e_dmte by the Committee are, in substance, that teau64,Jcuo panics have it in their power practically toprevent the due bpou
tkei n of. the correspondence of the country, as as to impose
it ia
ex% piblic whatever terms they think fit for its conve ance • that
tore rel u'ent that the Legislature shoted forthwith take ysteps totem
Dailies MatitY and speed at a reasonable remuneration to the it i,, i that in the present imperfect state of railway communica.tiou
dot
t.l!edient to attempt to affix any specific rate of remuueratioln ,
duwllesat it behoves the Legislature, at the earliest ossible period, to
blest
Means
~11', 0 fixed and general principles on this point; that as the be
tor,rneuni Meeting the present difficulties of the case, the Committee
re-
railway
4 that a 33111 be forthwith submitted to Parliament to compel ?ton, h C°,llpanies duly to perform all such services as may be required or speerfi by the Postmaster-General, whether by means
am Iraq trains, the amount of remuneration being settled byarbitrators
sh„,kilY, that it appears to the Committee expedient that a power
railwa... e iveri to the Post.office to run their own engines upon any
, without the payment of toll.
Intelli
ver
Lloyd's of a
Mee was received yesterday at
onfit act performed by Captain Curzon, of the Savage .
brig of war,
le)aarrtgoolf„ hiins:lafatna,nider, who, by ettraordinary personal exertion on tn..
his crew, succeeded in saving a valuable ship and
the ree and abandoned near to that port. Captain Curzon was ii
hi, meaner for several hours, assisting in and directing the operations of
dtprey,h ba
fn ee_t:ue
praise.
is thus . or
vessel, the Lady of the Isles, was insured for 9,0001., and
Pstantatret
Cfrom becoming a total loss. The underwriters are
to reward these exertions with something more sub_
it Was thThe exploit is one of so remarkable a nature that
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ult. e theme of conversation all over the room. It occurred on the
AN Nis,
' 'l.llr-TA X.----It was stated in the report of the
ownow Council
to .ill tl proceedings on Tuesday on this subject, that. :if,
.teas agreed
I„._
tin ap,,,t,,,,crb 5 per cent. between them ,p.their trouble,
that
derstand the acual resolution come to by the Town Counci was,
they should havers per cent. each.—Edinburgh Advertiser.