The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-10 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 9.
INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS.
Mr. MACKINNON wished to ask the Noble Lord
the Member for Bath (Lord Ashley), as a member of the
Health of Towns Commission, whether the report was
correct, that, in the metropolis and other large towns
the cholera, in poor disrricts,
has generally attacked
those persons whose habitations were in the vicinity of
graveyards?

Lord
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ASHLEY said the communications which had
been receivd from the diffvrent pares of the country did
hot state whether or not the deaths from cholera
had taken place in the vicinity of graveyards.
There etnild be no doubt, however, that interments
in towns did exercise a very dangerous influence upon
the health of the inhabitants.—(Hear, hear.) Dr.
S. Smith, in a litter to the Board of Health, with refer-
ence to the cases of cholera which had occurred at Bris
tol, stated that the disease had broken out in a low,
dau,p, and overcrowded neighbourhood, in which there
were burial grounds where the most violent outrages
were committed.

SUPPLY.
In r€ply to Mr. HENLEY,

Lord ir RUSSELL siated !bat he inter ded to tie
,he Claratottue of Supply cm Thursday m xi.
RAIL WAYS—DIS I NE- E 1) UNIONS (IRE-
LAND) BILL.

The Home then resolved heel[ into Committee upon
.his 8.11.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then
moved the or.,es• of the nay for going into Conlui,tee on
this Bill, end on the Sp: aker leaving the chair, Fro-
-oi-oiled to state to the House the view, and nit, nil, a of
her Majesty's Government on the aubjtet. He had re-
ceirod •ey,rul applications fora loan to eomplese she

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!ise cetup ere ti et 17. Oen a line,
.) et to ethance the public
money ter such a eurpese eras rucetepetible eel lb°
vices they h id, ere-± the Goverr mem did /sot theretrre
:lei kri . tiee-kes justite din so. TOcy clad, how,
Yti tt ceeeideraileit, riler a seecite
ese tueee eut laveur el' e greet true k lines rum
e• e omit, rut ri eete , 1:e eoel, tivc,rdioglY
ti ar ruHIC fit. i.e
ue «0 nun!: hue te tl e an. It %%est IreL.ed. Tak,tl
ieto consuiereTien the stem ot extreme distress novi
xeeieg in the west of Ireland, tee eelievese that D°
,eteeure creed be taken calculeted to do more good that)
that of tinting means to t f, n a line of comrnunicatie°
«rote Delein to Galwas of " U. ar. hear.") The
districts through which such a line sveuln pass were not
only some of the most fertile in Ireland, but a conspoY
existed wi.o oh aired an Act of Parliament
to construct the line the whole way. It was el
p:eeeett, open from Dahlia to Mellinger, a dis!aece
of 50 miles. and :dr. Welker, an engineer sent to inspect
it by the Government, repein den it in the most favour'
tic manner. The se cend portion cat the line was to alt.
•end tree) Mellinger to Athlone, a distance of 28 mile',
ate] an art engem, tit had been come to with gentlemen
etileite; ssitves in Roscommon and other parts through
which the line was to lass, so that he expected the
hole lire would be open in two e ears from Dublin t°
Galway. The line teem Dublin to Mullingar Lad bee°,
constructed by the company on their own resources, and
the amount t.f their debt wag 20,000/. They wished t°
compl« to the line from Mullingar to Athlone, at a cost of
300 e oitl., and from Athletee to Galway for 5000014
but he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had reason to
believe the expense would he reduced much below that
sum, including the bridges over the Shannon. The money
about to be advanced was to be repaid in three par,
wants, such payments to commence at the expiration
ten years, and the principal advanced to bear interest 0,
the rate of 3f per cent. For this the whole line woulo,
be given from Dublin to Galway. He had no doubt
whatever but that it would turn out to be a most pros'
porous and paying line; but, in addition to the securing
already named, the proprietors of those baronies and
districts through which the line was to pass undertonii
to pay the difference between the amount of interest
and the net profit on the line. It was also Pt°,.,
posed by the Bill now in Committee that t
‘Auditor should be eppointed, to investigate the accounts
of the company, with a view to the payment of the We:
rest, and any differences occurring between the interest
.tied the net profits would be placed in the baronies
already referred to. The contemporaneous line betweeli
Mullingar and Athlone will be carried on at the same
time as that between Mullingar and Galway; 5'00,000"
was to be given in instalments, but before the calls wet.
were made for such instalments the company must sanb,
the Loan Commissioners that the works between litey
;
lone and Galway were being proceeded with, avb'e';
towards the Mullingar and Athlone line, three-fill'ij
must be paid by the company; so that, in fact, dip),
be obliged to expend sixty thousand pounds out of the'
own resources. If these engagements were not
plied with the whole line falls into the hands of the tr",
vernment, who may di pose of it, as they think fit, $
any other. There was no doubt whatever but tbat 11
work of that nature must benefit the country in a feric
great degree, especially the labouring classes, as maY 0
seen by a letter of Sir John one of the 1:0°,3
eminent engineers in Ireland, who describes the guvrit
• ffect of a former loan given to the Great South•Weete
ltailwey Company from Dublin to Cork. He 50634
in that communication that in distiicts through ellich
passed in Tipperary, Limerick, and Cork, the advantag4
'
r,
t the labouring classes were indescribable; that I'
contractors employed, exclusive of mesons, carpeete,
stonceutters, &c., 15,0004 labourers every day, at wag:,
-0 9s. a wee k; so Liitl6 the number of individuals renelii`o
ng support by their own ieoustry exceeded 80,000, w.
could otherwiseperish by famine, or he thrown stn ,
parishes for relief. The Right Hon. Gentleman °o
reed a series of resolutions passed at a public meeting
tialway, in support of the measure; and having esees
adverted to the great advantage an open eeremueicatlv
ith the west of Ireland—both on account of its fertillt,,;
its most valuable fisheries, tend as a short line of months
nieation across the Atlantic—concluded by moving
,to
redoptiote of a resolution wanting a loan of 500,000
the Dublin and Galway Railway Cempany.
Mr. FRENCH said the, measure had his most cor .00
approbation, but he felt it his duty to call the attent!oo
of the. Houle to the necessity of securing the compillo
of truck flees of railway throughout Ireland. 0
benefits which hal b, en derived from railways well oi
Brent that they had struck other countries, who had 1301
'sited for the offer of private capital, but had exectlid
'tie cessary works themselves. Prussia had expend
upwards of 7,000,000/. in the construction of state lio"e
In Austria nearly 6 000,000/. had been expended 'II
s manner.—(ll« an hear.) And in almost l'of
continental nations, the outlay upon the construction
railways bad been vety great. The Government of It.
p
t'ountry had more than once rind, r consideration_riiii,
proiety of making an outlay for the execution of r
ways, but the difficulty was that if they once engt4o
itm constructing Irish railways, it would involve the„¢
in almost indefinite expense. They despaired of be;
.ble to construct anything that would be remunerstteo
Ile, however, saw no reasen why railways should we
be constructed in Ireland as in England. Even as n ,
liet work an expenditure on railways would not be 1;1
wise, for at least 50 per cent. of the money adysn'ori
would go in rtmuneratieg unskilled labour. Not O
than 2,000,0001. would be required to carry out a Coat
plete system of trunk lines in Ireland.—(Hear.) jo
thought that for the present 110 miles of railway viOline
be sufficient to construct in the more distressed unt°"o(
• Even the great and important movement in the (tit,:
London, Lefore it was carried out, would require 966109
once. But were these railways once completed, the .
of land Would be increased, and the saving in the ftl'or
of agricultural productions, from the cheapness of °eel,
riage, would, it was estimated, be at least 6,000,040
or 7,000,000/. Nothing could be more important I%*
giving a market to the now almost exhausted fisbe.t'eo,
Instead of the 16,000,000 quarters of corn now tOssed
they could increase it to six and twenty millions ;
from the increased produce there would be an I.le
mentation in the revenue of the country, it waeease
mated, of at least 6,000,0001. The Corporation (SI" ft(
don, who hod come forward the other day, would ce,.o
incalculable advantages upon the West of Ireland. 'l,,,,Prri
Corporation was a body eminently. qualified to cne
out the work, and he cordially wished them still
The Goveritment should follow that example, and br
,
to bear their powers tor the practical regeneration 0
Ireland. This was one way of doing it, and he tb013900
it his duty to call the attention of her Majesty's Gnie
merit to the subject.
Mr. GOULBURN said he was not about to foljecli
the details into which the Hon. Gentleman had entela
but to call upon the House seriously to consider wh("irji
10 the present state ot the finances of the countli)
could afford so large an outlay from the Conseliderof
Fund as would be necessary to complete this sy stal.;
railwey communication. !There was ee }Liget:l3,lA f'ol,l
woule apply in favour of this application, that vi°tor
not appty with t qua! foice to fu ure epplicationso4
t: money to carry out weeks of clo Noun,. If they njei
~the part of lreleed, they would inevitably by .ette of
upon to aid auether, arid if they declined they wietw!ee
()nee be charged with l ttltlelieY• H, put out of /4eo
for the present the question of relief works.
proposition was to advance motel tor this obj, et at 410
more than the netiket rate ,ii intereet. Wheno,e'
Hoeourable Gentleman was n-pinking of the advientlly
that would fl ,w Prim adopeng the course be 11°o
mended, he realty thought he was listening to 0'
auctioneer, wishing to sell property under the b°,,i
sner.—(A laugh.) When lie spoke of the iucreoo
consumption of fish, he should like to kern what nty
the in -reused consumption of fish in consequence of A it
opening of the lines till "‘eedy completed. He tenrsel;
was very small. He was Inma,* that they should h'l,
the advances trom the Censolioated Fund within 0 C
tame point. If they did riot, they would at some f°l1o 0
rd
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period place the titeences of this country in such a sloe
that they would involve largely increased burdens is
toe people, which they might nut be willing or 808 le
hear. The manner in which these moneys were to tp
advanced as a lean, net a grant, was calculated elle
it ad to sanguine anticipations, which might
not be he
filled. He had no idea of what the proposals of "elf
Government would be, but having heard them be
ton:self bound to state his views briefly to the u°
mittee. •
Mr. HUME admitted, as a general principle, 1,,t,
grants or loans from the public funds should be vezel
newly watched, but he thought in this case the
.prort
of the Government was one which was perfectly Jtisjf
able.—(Hear.) The receipts on the line were alre',
upwards of 1,000/. per week, and if the line was of
tended to Galwey, there were many great and certo,
advantages which would ensue. As far as the c;
pally had yet gone, the traffic and receipts had 'tiboilf
E come up to their estimates. It was now proposed
,r,
the Government should advance, from the Eeehetatto
500,000/. at 3i per cent., an amount of interest
which the Government ought to be satisfied. The qemie
pany was to raise 300,000/, more, which eould coor
the railway, and he thought that if ever the country!o
to be regenerated, this was one of the modes in whinn
was to be most certainly effected. It would not °S
supply profitable) labour, but open up the district o
tris•,e. Besides this, the present was a good time to Ore,
the line, seeing that iron was cheaper than bet°
Taking everything into account, he thought this 10,..if
case in which the Government might most proptio
assist a company with the public credit; that the pub
d
would be highly benefited in every point of view 99,
therefore he gave his cordial support to the proposal
the Government.
Mr. 0. GORE said the Right Hon. Gentleman .0
Goulburn) was totally mistaken as to the locality ri
the railway was to run. So far from its being a %le
peting line, there was scarcely a railway in the Wh'the
province of Connaught. The railway of which
.'ne,
Right Hon. Gentleman spoke was not a competing IL,
He might say this line ran through the centre of
land, from sea to sea, and so ter from running tbrotibo
Mr. Martin's estates, it would pass ti rough the rid
and most populous parts of the country. For bi°l,jo
part, he begged must cordially to thank her Mej°s"ol
Government for this proposal. That was the kind
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egielation they wanter fer Ireland. He did not Oro
in their other measures ; the poor-law especially 101'01

ta opinion, a most oimoxi, us messurt

and ealnnis'

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ru:li not only the landlorus but the .eutintry of m;,
Jun& He spoke es au Irish lam:lord, dough r,e,Ptio
ntit.,„: an English ceuttly; tout tell t • min that 1110
Gov. it mt tit would 0, h p.-r,. v. r.- in 11.. policy of ,
he hoped this was a beginning, they would lay the fo r
dation of greater prosperity in Inland than it bad 9'
be!ore witoe6sed.—(Llear, hear.)
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Mr. ROEBUCK t-sitt_,_t authority of big " 110oc
Fiend the Member for Montrose was at all times aB' ot
uthotity with him, anu •11.1eTure he tell sorry
pion that cession 11, leit ez,l4.d upon to ttl.nd uP gyp
•••it.r rum him. But he must stand up JOT hitFifsi
country. Thy Grenaernan who had just IMO