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FAMINE IN IRELAND.

Mr. BROTHERTON then moved an Address to her
Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to direct
that there be laid before this House a copy of the letter
from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to her
Britannic Majesty's Minister at Washington, acknow-
ledging the &nation in food and money of the Legis-
lature and citizens of the United States of America for
the relief of the famine in Ireland. Great credit, he
thought, was due to America for the generous manner
in which she had come forward voluntarily to assist in
relieving the recent distress and sufferings of Ireland.
No sooner did accounts reach them of the prevalerce of
the distress than meetings were held in every part of' the
country to commiserate the sufferings of the Irish
people, and most munificent sums were voluntarily sub-
scribed for their relief. Now he conceived that they
could do no less than give expression to those grateful
feelings which were felt both in this country ard in Ire-
land towards America, for the liberal manner in which
she had come forward to assist i❑ alleviating the suffer-
ings of tne Irish people.
Mr. BROWNE seconded the motion, and in doing
so he could not do otherwise than express his adinira•
tion fbr ►he sympathies the Americans had evinced
towards Ireland. and the zeal and liberality with which
they had responded to the call made upon them to lend
their aid in mitigating the distress of Ireland.
Lord PALMERSTON had great pleasure in support-
ing the motion of his lion. Friend, fcr not only were

the supplies from America large and liberal in amount,
but the manner in which they were forwarded was most
generous. Such acts as these he could not help thinking
were highly calculated to cement the friendship which
subsisted between the two nations, and he trusted it
would be a long time indeed before the prevailing good
feeling would be interrupted.
Lord MORPETH must also bear his testimony to
the liberality and generosity which America had dis-
played towards Ireland during her time of tribulation,
and he was not sorry that before the close of the session
effect was given to the gratitude of this nation within
the walls of that House.—(Hear, hear.)
The motion was then agreed to.
CASE OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MUNN.
Mr. S TUART WORTLEY moved for copies of all
memorials or petitions presented by the late Lieutenant-
Colonel Munn, formerly of the 14th and afterwards of
the 27th Regiment of Native Infantry in India, or by
Mrs. Harriet Munn, his widow, to the Board of Direct-
ors of the East India Company, or the President of the
Board of Control, complaining of deprival of his just
promotion in the Indian army, and the loss of the pay
attached to his rightlul rank, and the answers thereto, as
well as of any order or orders issued by the Comma❑der
in Chief or the Governor-General of India, in the
month of May, 1824, for the division of the said 14th
Regiment, and the regulation of the promotion to take
place in such division.

Sir J. C. 110BITOUSE said whatever injury had
been inflicted upon Lieutenant-Colonel Munn arose from
a general arrangement in the service; but still he had no
objection to agree to the return.
The motion was then agreed to.
BRANDING DESERTERS.

Mr. HUME moved for a return of the number of sol-
diers of her Majesty's land forces, cavalry and infantry,
that have been marked as deserters, stating the number
in each regiment, in each of the three last years. Also,
a copy of any general orders by the Commander of the
Forces respecting branding, and now in force. Similar
return for the marine forces (if briy). Similar return for
the navy (if any). He thought it was a disgrace to the
country that men should be marked like beasts, and the
sooner the practice was put an end to the better.
Mr. FOX MAULE had no objection to the return.
The branding complained of conld only be done with the
sanction of a court martial. The branding was but sel-
dom resorted to, and when it was, it inflicted no physical
pain upon the deserter, for the process was simply tat-
toeing him on the arm with the letter D.
The motion was then agreed to.
THE RAJA OF SATTARA.
Mr. HUME moved for copies of all correspondence
during 1838 and 1839, between the Government of
Bombay and Captain Cogan, relative to the afkirs of
the Raja of Sattara, together with copies of any com-
munications, minutes, or opinions of the Government of
Bombay, relating thereto. Of a letter from Captain
Cogan to Sir John Hobhouse, dated January, 1840,
with copies of the papers accompanying the said letter;
also, copy of the reply to the said letter. Of a letter
from Captain Cogan to William Cabell, Esq., Secretary
to the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India,
dated the 4th day of February, 1640, together with
the reply thereto. Of a letter from Lord Palmer
ston to Captain Cogan, dated the 28th day of
September 1808. Of a letter from Captain Cogan to
Lord Palmerston, dated , together with an accom-
panying copy of a communication from the Imaun of
Muscat, empowering Captain Cogan to act as the politi-
cal agent of his Highness in England. Of Lord Pal.
merston's reply thereto. Of a letter from Captain Cogan
to John Baeahouse, Esq., Under Speretary of State in
the Foreign Department, c;ated the 15th day of Jaimary,
1840. And, of a letter from Lord Palmerston to Coptain
Cogan, dated the 28th day of March, 1840.
Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE had no objection whatever to
give his Hon. Friend the papers, but ho must, at the
same time add, that he was quite unconscious of any
injury ever having been done to Captain Cogan.
After, a few words from Mr. WAIILEY and Lord Pat,
NERSTON,
The motion was agreed to.
SURVEY OF INDIA.

On the motion of Mr. HUME, full and detailed re-
ports were ordered of the extent and natureth fthe
the
grand
ope-
rations and of the expenditure connected
trigonometrical survey of India, and of the grand trian-
gulation thereof, for the measurements of the arcs of the
meridian, from the year the first base was measured to
the latest date. Also, reports of the surveys, whether
general, revenue, or military, which have hitherto been
carried (.n, completed, or are in progress, specifying
the divisions or portions of India ; also, the auto-
ber and what sheets of the grand Atlas have been
completed, and engraved, with the cost thereof to the
Government, and the selling price per sheet to the pub-
lic, and what progress the remaining portions of the
Atlas are in ; of the nature of the information collected
in connexion with the grand survey, and with the de-
tailed surveys of India, and a list of all the memoirs, and
their contents, sent in ; and, statements to illustrate the
nature of the different great divisions and th,e smaller
districts or departments thereof, into which India. within
the line of the Indus is divided, for political, civil, re-
venue, judicial, and military purposes, exhibiting the
areas, population, and nature of productions thereof ;
and showing the relation and the authority under which
they stand to the East India Company, whether im-
mediately subordinate to and under the direct rule, or
are tributary, protected, subsidiary, or independent.
UNIFORM PENNY RECEIPT STAMP.
Mr. BROTHERTON called the attention of the
House to the petition of W. M. Christy, and ()the rs (pre-
sented 14th May), relative to an uniform perm y receipt
stamp. He thought if a penny receipt strtmp was
adopted, it would induce business habits among the
people, and be productive to the Exchequer. He moved
that a Select Committee be appointed to investigate the
subject.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
however desirable the reduction in the tee: might be, he
was afraid the state of the revenue wou'.d not permit it
at present ; and he hoped the lion. G entlein in would
withdraw his motion.
The motion was then, by leave, witTatirawn.
COMPARATIVE RECEIPTS 'OF REVENUE.
Lord G. BENTINCK moved :or returns, showing
the comparative receipts of revenue in the ye are ending
the stheday of January 1842 and ;847, from tnose items
on which reductions of duty have and have not in the
interim taken place, and distinguishing any increase of
revenue from the last alteraticen of the sugar duties. He
then proceeded to say the; hi
motion, which he bee. a should not dwell upon this
eeerl could be unopposed, but
there were certain ste.temet, is made, in what be might
term a State papre:—(LauF ;hter)—e hich had been re-
cently issued by Sit Role it Peel, in the shape of an
address to the electors or Tamworth, that made it ne-
cessary for him to occupy -for a short time the attention
of the House. The Nob ee Lord then entered into a
series of calculations, to t t'how how erroneous a as the
statement of the Right 'L.7.onourable Baronet, and that
instead of the recent alterations in the tariff being
productive of no less to the revenue, or the
the commerce of the cc entry, the revenue had lost no
less a sum than four mill ions on those articles, the duties
on which had been red need, and there had been no in-
crease in their consumption; while, strantre to say, the
duties on those artie tea which he had not intere red
with had been product ire of a large increase to the re-
venue. Now if the Rig tt Hon. Baronet had dealt with
the remaining p9rtion of ,qae revenue as he did with the

tv.o t,irthe whic!t it—tal‘-,-,(1 the r7-1:,,1es wbi tl,O
duty was reduced, th., re,uit ave been t'%ut up-
wards of twenty millions would have been lost to the
revenue. He thought it right to draw attention to this
document, lest it might go forth to the country that
these sentiments were correct, an:l that erroneous ideas
might thereby be propagated Lt th..; ensuing election on
the subject of free-trade.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not
object to the returns. He c'nfessed he was not pr‘ pared
to hear such a long dissertation or. the subject at this
period of the session. lie trusted, however, that there
would be an increase in the revenue of those articles, the
duties on which had been reduced, and much less on
those the duties on which had been altogether repealed.
—(Laughter.) And secondly, he thought that the bad
harvests of late years had contributed very greatly to
prevent the revenuefrom being so productive as it other-
wise would have been.
Mr. HUME objected to the inferences drawn by the
Noble Lord from the late reduction of the tariff, and
considered that he had failed altogether in the censure
which he had directed against the doctrines of free trade.
Mr. BANKES was of opinion that the Noble Lord
had fully made out his case, and the fact to which he
had drawn attention respecting the increase in these ar-
ticles, the duties on which had not been touched, fully
confirmed the accuracy of what he had advanced.
Mr. GeWLBUI.-IN would not make any observation
on the Noble Lord's statement, but when the returns
moved for were on the table it would be at once seen
whether his calculations and the inferences he drew from
diem were correct.

After a few remarks from Mr. WILLIAMS,
The motion was agreed to.
BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER, &c. BILL.

The report on this Bill was brought up and received.
Mr. P. BORTHWICK thought it would be a very
great improvement on the Bill if the latter part of the
2d clause was omitted, and that the new bishop should
be permanently excluded from Parliament. He hoped
the Noble Lord would take that point into consideration,
otherwise he would feel it to be his duty to call the at-
tention of the House to the subrect on the third reading.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that he had given the subject
a good deal of consideration, and he was of opinion that
the course proposed in the Bill was the most eligible one
that could be adopted. At all events, he could not assent
to the exclusion referred to by the Honourable Gentle-
man.

Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN agreed with Oa Noble
Lord, and considered that the course proposed to be
adopted in the Bill was the best under the circum-
stances.

Sir J. GRAHAM had deliberately, carefully, and
anxiously considered the Bill, and though he was de-
termined to give no further opposition to its progress,
he was desirous to take that opportunity of saying, that
on the third reading of the Bill he would state his ma-

sons for voting against it.
Mr. HENLEY protested against the Bill, and took
that opportunity of doing so as he would not be in the
House to-morrow (Wednesday), when it would be read a
third time.

Mr. WAKLEY considered that the rotatory principle
in the Bill was the only redeeming point which it
had, for it loosened the fixity which was generally
supposed to belong to the privileges of the existing
bishops. One of those privileges was a seat in the
House of Lords; but, by this Bill, the privilege in this
respect of one of the oldest bishoprics in the kingdom
must he laid in abeyance. This to him was most satis
factory, and he would not be sorry to see the whole
episcopal body removed from Parliament altogether; nor
did he think that the interests of religion nor of the
country would su,tain any loss by such a proceeding.
If the Noble Lord had any surplus Church funds at his
disposal, lie thought they w‘alld be much better expended
in parochial clergy than by creating new bishops.
The Bill was then ordered to be read a third time to-
morrow.

ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION 'AMEND-

KENT BILL.

This Bill was read a third time and passed.
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL.

On the order of the day for the third reading of this
Bill,

Mr. STUART objected to tl:e Bill, because he did not
see what good object was to be gained by the abolition
of the Court of Review, at:d the transfer of its powers
to the Court of Chancery. The Court of Chancery had
already more than enough of business to occupy it, and
as the expense of the litigation, either to the public or
the legal profession was not to be diminished by this Bill,
and as no one had the least fault to find with the Judge
who presided over the',Court of Review at present, he
did not think that any commensurate advantage was to
be gaited by its abolition, Besides, as there was a
Committee of the House at present sitting upon the
subject of the fees in law courts, he thought it would
be better to postpone the measure till that Committee
made its report. The Bill, in fact, could not be
considered a permanent measure, and like the court
which it proposed to abolish must have only a transient
existence. He therefore considered it was extremely
injudicious to countenance this tampering with the law
courts, and he felt it his duty to oppose the Bill, and he
would therefore move that the Bill be read a third time
that day three months.
Mr. BODKIN w ould vote for the third reading of the
Bill, and was surprised at many of the remarks just
made by the [lon. Gentleman who had sat down.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL concurred in that
surprise, and said that there was nothing in the objec-
tions made entitled to any weight. The Bill,
he contended, had been duly considered, and
had been the result of two measures that
had been introduced into the House of
Lords, and of the recommendation of a Committee of
their Lordships' House. The Court of Review had fallen
into disuetude, for the business of the Court was now
performed by the Vice-Chancellor in his own Court,
and he thought its abolition could not be of much con-
sequence. He hoped, therefore, the House would sanc-
tion the Bill.

Sir J. GRAHAM thought the explanation of the
Attorney-Genera' was most full and satisfactory, but it
was his opinion that no valid reason had been given for
transferring the powers of this Court back again to the
Court of Chancery, and he apprehended that the reason
for the transfer was a desire to continue the present
number of Vice-Chancellors, it being understood that
the number in future was to be limited to two.

After a few words from Mr. P. BORTHWICK, the
House divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment
Against it
Majority
Sir J. GRAHAM then moved the insertion of the
following clause : —And be it enacted, that no judge of
any County Court. who has been appointed, or who
shall hereafter be appointed to that office, under or by
virtuo of the herembefore recited Act, passed in the
tenth year of the reign of her Majesty, intizuled, " An
Act for the more easy recovery of Small Debts and De-
mands in England," shall, during his continuance in
such office, be capable of being elected or of sitting as
a Member of the House of Commons.
The clause was agreed to.

Sir C. PRICE saw no reason why the judges of the
county courts should not be eligible to have seats in
Parliament; but he would move that the metropolitan
..►embers should be excluded.

Sir J GRAHAM could not assent to the alteration
suggested.
After a few words from Mr. HENLEY and Mr. MOROAN
O'CONNELL,
The amendment was withdrawn.

Mr. BROWNE then moved a clause giving power to
judges of county courts to issue warrant to arrest a
debtor in certain cases, such debtor being within the
limits of the jurisdiction of the court, and to detain him
in custody for a limited time, or until an order obtained
to hold him to bail, when the custody to be transferred
to the sheriff or officer holding a capias issued thereon.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the clause.
Mr. BROWNE did not wish to divide the House, and
the clause was,by leave, withdrawn.
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS BILL.
The report on this Bill was received.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at Twelve o'clock.

THE GREAT BRITAIN.—DOWNPATRICH, JULY 14.
—Many persons, in vehicles of all descriptions, from
coach and four down to the humble jaunting car, were
at the bay long before the time of high water, to witness
the first effort to raise the ship with artificial appliances.
At about nine o'clock she began to move, and in less
than half an hour she had evidently attained the water-
line. The crashing of the descending boxes was very
loud, and the falling of one on the sea side, a little
before ten o'clock, was tremendous. After the tide
began to go back, or between eleven and twelve o'clock,
the spars of three other boxes refused the strain, and
snapped in two and three pieces, letting the boxes into
the water. At low water, we learned on board that the
ship rose fully two feet, and that, in consequence of the
breaking of the first spar alluded to, Captain Claxton
and Mr. Bremner did not think it prudent to let her
come higher, and about an hour and a half before high
water, the plugs were drawn, and the water let in. At
this time we were informed there was not more than
three feet of water in her. The ship went back about a
foot; therefore, she stands another foot higher than she
was before. There has been no trial to-day, but it was
fp'eoewt.
emrowrei .t h
the The
levers, damaged
said that to-morrow there would be. It was said on
screws, boxes
and
de
fifteenn o not goingb boxes
back,es b
board that she was not wanted higher than a couple of
place, being still in
supposed ample for all purposes. The
again as we left, and
southerly breeze sprung up 'n • if it
freshens, it was said no effort I cou d be made, it being
above all things necessary to keep her steady.—Aewty
Telegraph.

A general feeling of sympathy has been created
amongst all ranks of people for the difficulties in which
Mr. Caleraft, the lessee of the Theatre RO3 al, Dublin,
has been plunged, through his long exertions to support
the drama in the Irish metropolis. A committee of the
oifieers of the garrison, under the immediate patronage
of Sir Edward Blakeney, the Commander of the Forces,
and of his Royal Ilighneis Prince George of Cambridge,
has been formed, for the purpose of giving a performance
on Saturday, the 24th instant, for the benefit of Mr.
Calcraft. The committee consists of Major-General Sir
John 131.rgoyne, K.C.B , Colonel Man.ell, Lieutenant-
Colorn,i Greaves, Major White, Captain Ponsonby,
Captain nipper (7th Fusiliers), and Captain Leicester
Smith, who are exerting themselves zealously in the
praiseworthy work they have undertaken. We under-
stand that Mr. Charles Kean will go to Dublin specially
to play on the occasion.
TIIE EXHIBITION AT WESTMINSTER HALL.---On
Monday the pictures and works of art at Westminst,r
intended for :he decoration of the New Houses of
Parliament, were opened to public inspection gratis.
The collection was on Monday visited by upward* of
60,000 persons.