The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-14 00:00:00

YETI LIONS.

Mr. WILLIAMS prysenied a petition from a place in
Wales pi ing the House to take steps to prevent cler-
gymen from being appointed to Welch bishoprics who
were not conversant with the Welch language.

FAGAN presented a petition from Cork praying
the Rothe to take steps to investigate the sufferings of
the Irish people.
Mr. THOR NELY presented a petition in favour of
internarional arbitration.

Mr. FORSTER presented a petition to the same effect.
Mr. C. BRUCE presented a. petition from the General
Assembly of the Church of Scotland, praying that no
alteration may be made in the present marriage law of
Scotland.

Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from Taunton
preying for the establishment of a county-rate board.
Mr. BATESON presented a petition praying for
an alteration of the Irish poi. law.
Mr. B. OSBORNE presented a petition from the Pro-
testant Dissenters of Brentford praying the House to
abolish war.

tition from Brighton
o
Captain PECHELL presented a p
in favour of the Bill for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals.
Mr. W. BROWN presented a petition from a place
in L&ncashire, praying for the establishment of financial
county boards.
Sir J. PAKINGTON gave notice that he would to-
morrow present a petition from the House of Ast,embly
at Jamaica, and also a petition front the West Indian
body in this country.
RETURN.
Mr. BREMRIDGE moved for an address for return
of the number of additional Commissioners of the Court
of Bankruptcy appointed for the country districts, under
the Act 5 and 6 Vict. 122; of the names of such Com-
missioners, and the dates of their respective appoint-
ments, and the district to which each Commissioner has
been appointed ; the number of sittings in each week in
every district court for tf e last five years, and the num-
ber of hours occupied at each sitting; and the amount of
salary paid to each Commissioner.—Agreed to.
PROGRESS OF PUBLIC BUSINESS.

Mr. DISRAELI took that opportunity, as he had
stated to the Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) the other
night, of making some inquiry respecting the probable
progress of a number of measures during the remainder
cf the session; and perhaps the House would permit bins
to refer to a document which had been put before Par
liament as one of the principal reasons which had
induced him to make those inquiries. It appeared by a
Parliamentary return of the business of last session,
that in the month of June there were 19 Goeetntnent
Bills introduced, of which 13 passed; that in the month
of July there were 33 public Bills introduced, of
which 26 passed; and that so late as in the
month of August 42 public measures were in-
introduced, of which 35 passed—(Hear, hear)—so that
in the months of June, July, and Angus', 94 public Bills
were introduced, and 74 were passed, the greater

proportion of which passed in the month of August.
He believed it wan the feeling of the House,
and he was • sure it was the feeling ot the
Government, that, it was by no means desirable
that the general conduct of business in that House should
afford a premium to precipitate legislation. At that
moment, he ob,,erved that the Government had intro-
duced dating this session 64 Bills, 32 ut which had
passed, two of which had th en witndrawn, and 30 still
remained on the table ot the Reuse. As that was nearly
the middle of the month of June, and as
they could for some conception now of what probably
may be passed during the remainder of the session, he
tbonght it -was most Important to inquire of the Govern-
ment wi.eat were their intentions with respect to
the 30 Bills now on the table of the li use.
—(Liver, hear.) There were eleven on the table with
respect to Ireland, 01 which six only had been read a
aecoed time. There aaa the Pour Relief Bill, the. Qua-
-I.fication or Voters Bill, the Election and Pollie.g Paces
Bill, the Estates Leasing Bill, the Dublin Rates Collec-
tion 13111. the Dubdu Improvemeet Bill, the Irish County
Cess Bill, the Municipal Cot porations Bil, the Turnpike
Roads (Ireland) Bin, and the Punishment for Assault
Bill. Six ot these had passed a second reading Ile
would remind the House that 16 Government measures
respe sting Ireland had a e:1 pass. d during the session,
and after that he thought he might legitimately
.nquire whether it was the serious inteetion ot the
Neble Lord to proceed, fur example, with the Qualifica-
tion of Votes Bill and the Election and Polling Places
(Ireland) Bill, which was conni cod with the preceding
one. The Noble Lord, be w-s litre, would
agree with him that this inquiry was upon
a subject of the highest interest and impor-
tance—(Haar hear.) 'I he House would agree with
him, that it was of the utmost importance that those
Bills should not be proceeded with at the fag end of the
session; and he hoped the Noble Lord would consider it
cousisient with his duty to tell the House explicitly
whether he intended to proceed this session
with those two important measures with regard
to Ireland to which he had adverted. There
was another class of measures connected with
Scotland. He was not very familiar with the details of
those measures, but they appeared on the lace of them
and trim their titles to be measures of very great in-
ter -st.—(Hear, hear.) There were at that moment tax
m asures in almost the first stage with respect to
Seo lat d. He thought it was nut unreasonable to
inquire of the Government—and he thought Scotch
M. misers must take an irverest in the inquiry—(Hear,
hear)—which of those Bills it was intended to proceed
with. and when they would probably proceed with them?
But be-ides those two important classes of Irish and
Scotch Bills, there was a third more numerous an.l still
wore important ela-s of Bills remaining on the tA)le ,
which he might call miscellaneous hills. He found
in that the Clergy Relief Bill, the' Charitable Trusts
Bill, the Administration of Justice in Metropolitan Dis-
tricts Bill, the Ecclesiastical Ciimmissione Bill, the
Joint-Stock Cempanits Amendment Act fur 1848, the
General Quarter sessions Procedure Bill, the Stiek-in •
Trade Exemption Bill, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Rill, the Loan Societies Bid, the Marriages Abroad
Bill, Railways Amendment Act, the India Desertion
Bill, and lc St, but not least in importance,
making 11 Bills, ti a Australian Colonies Bill. Now,
he might very fairly inquire of the Noble' Lord which of
those 30 meat urea he intended to proceed with ? It
was certainly of great importance that the House should
understand whether or nu, tor instance, the
,Australian
Colonies Bill would be proceeded with, and when. He
should have great objection to a measure of that
importance being introduce d at the end of August or
even late in July.—(Hear, hear.) He should be sorry
to see an important Bill sent up to the other House of
Parliament on the Ist ot teptembe r, which happened
last 3 ear. There was another question tow hich he wished
to invite the attention of the Noble ',Tel—namely, whe-
ther the Noble Li rd had taken into consideraiion any
method by which that spirit of precipitate legislation,
to which tie (Mr. Disraeli) had re fined, might be re-
Larded in that House, and prevented for the future. He
wished lei know whether tie tied any objection to support a
regulation which should define the term tor the introduc-
tion of public Bills, similar to that established with refer-
ence to the introduction of private Bills. It would be ad-
visable to know at; the centmet cement of each session
the Lumber of Bills on all subjects which, on a fair
prescience of public affairs, Government, before Parlia-
ment met, or in au early period of the session, ehouid
feel that they might be called on to legislate.—(Hear.)
Mr. E. B. RUCHE said the I:ish Members had been
iirouosed at the early part of the session a Bill by the
Government for the amendment 01 the grand jury
saetn in Ireiansl. lie wished to know whether
it was to be be ought in this session or nut. He trusted
that nothing might interfere to prevent the House tak•
g steps, shooed it be necessary, to pass measures to
alleviate the apprehended sufferings of tne people of
eland.

Lord J. RUSSELL was obliged to the Hon. Gentle-
man for putting the questions he had. He quite agreed
with him that they should not take important measures
at a late priod of the session; but he did not think the
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Roche) heed be under any appre-
henston that the session would be unduly diminished in
its length.—“ Laughter.) Only last week 480 Members
voted in one division, and it was but reasonable
to suppose, judging from this, that at le sat 500 Memberi
were in town. Therefore it could not at present be said
that there was such a paucity ut attendance on the part
ot Ron. Members as to leed to the conclusion that the
House could not property proceed with the business
. before it. Fur this reason, and for others, he
should postpone any reply with regard to some
of the measures about which the Honourable Gentle-
man had inquired; but before the Ist of July he should
be prepared to state what curse the Government in-
tended to pursue. Ile should first enumerate the im-
portant measures which the Government felt it their
duty to proceed with. It would be naturally expected
that the Irish Poor-law should be the first. They
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with it as its importance would allow. With respect to
the observations of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Roche)
with respect to apprehended famine, he had to state
that though there was doubtless a partial failure ot the
potato crop, they did not justify very serious apprehen-
sloes with rest:act to it.—(Efear.) The Government felt
it necessary to proceed with the Municip:l Bill for the
relaxation of rates. In regard to the Scotch measures,
he had to observe, that the Marriage and Registration
Bills had already passed through the other House, and
were ready for consideration in that House, and he
trusted these Bills would be proceeded with this session
as he did not think they could accuse Scotland of occu
pyisig any great portion of their legislation.—(He=ar.)
ihe same remark would at ply to the Bankruptcy Bill
which though not a Government measure was neverthe-
less ot an important character.—(Hear, near.) As it
would consolidate many existing laws he was sanguine
enough to h. pe that it would not occupy so much time
as the H. use might conceive. He proposed to read the
13W a second time on Monday, and that it should
thin be entrusted to a Committee of Gentlemen
acquainted with commerce, and the working of the
bankruptcy laws, who tie trusted would come to a satis-
factory result with respect to it. It would be necessary
in .Supply to ask fur the whole of the grunt to
the Irish Colleges. He proposed to oo so when
the estimates carne on. Tne Ordnance Estimates.
the Honourable Gentleman was aware was not yet
taken, they would ,ccupy sometime. With respect to
the Bills which he did not intend to pr teed with, he
might sty that they did not intend ter proceed with the
Irish Franchise Q aalification Bill and Polling Pieces Bill-
With regard to rite other Bill to which the Hon. Gen-
tleman had alludec', although they were numerous. many
ut them were Bilis relating to former acts already passed,
and with ri spect to which no doubt there would be very
little dtscussiou. The great importance of some of the
other measures by no means formed a good reason for
posip.ning them, iu the event ot their going beyond the
month of July. It' it were the opinion ot the House
that these Bills were sound in principle, and required
but trifl.ng alteration, it would ut course be for the
public benefit that they should not be de-
lay ed in subsequent stages by the absence of
Ilootiuratole Members. With regard to the suggestion
which the Honourable Gentleman had made, that
public measures should not be Introduced after a certain
day, in the same manner as plivate Bills, be cer-
tainly could nut assent to that proposal. He felt
as strongly as any one that the public business suffered
by the dispatch of measures in August, when there was
but a smell attendance in both Houses of Parliament,
while he e.cimi.ted that no less inconvenience would
arise from Members bring kept away from their
different local duties, but if they were to adopt
such a rule its inconvenience would be very soon felt.
There were instances where Bills had been brought in on
an emergency such as those which related to the peace
of the nation. For instance, with regard to the peace
of Ireland, he trusted it would not be necessary in the
course of she present session to ictroduce a measure
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Ireland, that it was not his intention to wo
ceed with it this session; but the Noble Lord miade-
a reservation as to measures of a coercive nature.--
(Oh, ob I) Would the Noble Lora be good enough to
state what he intended to do in reference to the im-
portant question of the relation between landlord and
tenant in Ireland?—(Hear, hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL was afraid there would not be
time to consider the. question his session.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Mr. HUME, in reference to the former subject,
Member for Buckingham
observed that the Honourable
relative to the state of the
had given notice of a motion re
would lose nu
nation. He hoped the Hon. Gentleman
• on the table of the Hume,
time in laying his resolution
financial position of
and that it would embrace the
and a laugh.) He begged to
the country.—(Hear, hear,
e Noble &ere-
rep-at his question to
ith references to the
nary for Foreign Affairs,
Was the Noble Lord
French expedition to Rome.
immunicstions whit h
prepared now to produce all the et
on the subject?
had passed betw Englaud and France
Lord PALMERSTON would lay on the table to-
morrow the communications which had passed between
the Pope's representative at Paris and her 'Majesty's
Gov. but with
Gov. rnment and the reply of GhTerlllnen
regard to the communications which bad passed be•
tween her Majesty's Government and the Govern- ,
Govern-
ment of France, he though; the House and the (
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