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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY .qVENINGI_
_FEBRUARY 20, 1847.

to its alleviation, or that refused in any way to act so as to
give the relief out of the property of England wherever it
could be shown that it might be alleviated. But what was
the fact? Why. the Hon. Member for Kilkenny (Mr. J.
O'Connell) and the Hon. Member who had just sat down had
asserted the same thing. They said that the distress in Ire-
lan,t was chargeable on the English people, and that it had
resulted solely as the consequences of the atrocities of the Go-
vernment of England against that country. Now the Hon.
mmber said this.—( There was an intimation of dissent front
Mr. Grattan.)—He (Mr. Roebuck) knew that the Hon.
Members did not remember what he said, but he distinctly
charged him with the expression, for he had distinctly stated
that the sufferings of the Irish people were caused by the
mismanagement of this country.—( Hear, and counter cheers.)
Mr. GRATTAN explained that the Hon. Gentleman had
mistaken him.—( Hear hear.)
Mr. ROEBUCK—I distinctly charge him with it.—
(" Hear," from the opposite benches.)
Mr. GRATTA N—l totally deny it.

Mr. ROEBUCK—I accept the retractat ion.
Colonel RAWDON rose to order. The Hon. Member for
Bath had agreed to accept the retractation, but had refused to
accept the denial. This was clearly a breach of order.
Mr. ROEBUCK—WeII, the matter was not worth many
words, for he thought that the conduct of the people of Eng-
land was above the attacks of the Hon. Member, but he felt it
was due to his fellow-countrymen, he again said, aye, and he
would say, it was due to his fellosv.countrymen in Ireland to
say that they would not be moved from their benevolent purpo,es
by such attacks as these, but, on the contrary, they would
urged on to higher efforts of usefulness to Ireland by the repe-
tition of these charges, and that was his inducement to give an
express denial to the attacks. He would now follow out the
argument of the Hon. Member for Marylebone. That Hon.
Member had said that Hon. Gentlemen came down to that
House—and he (Mr. Roebuck) saw such now to be present—
who had taken Inge rem, and yet had refused in any way to
relieve the distresses of their country, or had even paid their
rates on the property which they held. He had shown that
instead of contributing anything, they had, on the contrary,
done nothing. Now he would take the case of Skibbereen—
that was a fair case—and it should be remembered that there
was a poor-law in Ireland. The people in that parish were in
the utmost state of destitution, and vet, although the rate
levied for the relief of the poor was only fiveperice in the pound,
the owners of property refused to contribute their quota, and the
rate could not be collected. Then he did say that the Irish
gentlemen ought to contribute their share when the people of
this country were so heavily taxed for the support of their poor;
and he was prompted the more to this course, when he recol-
lected the distress which was at this moment being suffered by
the peasantry of this country. He held in his hand a paper
which was issued for calling a public meeting in the town which
he represented, for taking some measures for relieving the poor
in the county of Somerset. Those people were suffering from
the utmost deficiency of food, and at the present moment a
great portion of the poor in that county were absolutely subsist-
ing on horse-beans, with only a scanty quantity of the same,
while other persons were absolutely picking up the rotten turnips,
with the hope of getting a little sustenance out of them. This
he threw into the teeth of the Members opposite, and would
retort the charge of the Hon. Member for Meath, when, in
the face of the fact that 600,000 persons were wholly
supported by this country, he asserted that the people
of England were acting in a close and niggardly spirit.
600,000 persons had been relieved. The inevitable conse-
quence, he would answer, was, that the statements of the Hon.
Gentlemen could not be sustained. He would now come to
the acts of the Government. He was quite willing to give that
Government the fullest meed of his approval, if that was of
any value to them. They had taken upon themselves a re-
sponsibility which hardly any Ministry before had assumed.
They had spent money to an extent which had never been
equalled by any other Government for such a purpose. The
very Bill which he held in his hand, and which was then before
the House, was not a Bill which he could condemn ; on the
contrary,'it was a good meaning measure. Nove,.after all that,
he did think it was very unjust for the Hon. Member for Kil-
kenny to make the charges he had done, and the com-
ment he had made, that they had created the miseries
of Ireland, and they did not do all in their
power to alleviate that misery. He believed that them was an
amount of misery in Ireland that could scarcely be exagge-
rated. That was all acknowledged ; but he did say that they
(the Irish landlords) ought to come forward and assist the
people of England in relieving that distress. As a representa-
tive of an English constituency, he did say they should be cau-
tious in what they did. There was a combination in Mayo
against tilling the land. They ought to be cautious that they
did nothing to create such a state of circumstances, or make it
spread. If they took the people of Ireland away from tilling
the soil, they would be making them dependent upon the people
of this country. They who asked the gentlemen of Ireland to
prevent their countrymen from being dependent upon this country
were their best advisers and the best friends of Ireland. They
( the people of Ireland) wanted some great man to conduct them.
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gence to support it. The people Of Ireland possessed no such
character as they required. They were led by those who had
nothing but a name and a power of vituperation to support
them. Though there was the contortion of the sybil, the in-
spiration was gone.
Mr. F. SHAW said he thought that the statements
laid before the House of the sufferings of Ireland we
exaggerated, but he certainly did think they were inappro-
priatet on the present occasion. He thought, however,
thater, that
the whole House would agree with him inall
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opposite
certainly did depart from his usual caution and temper,
and the Hon. Member for Bath was unjust in fixing upon one
particular case, and passing over a greater number. He thought
also that it was unseasonable in that House to mention the
names of Lord Lucan, Sir Wm. Beecher, and others. He
had, however, to offer another case. Lady Carberry's
was one of the properties that had been neglected.
Now, the Carberry estate was in the hands of the Dowager
Lady Carberry, and the greater portion of her fortune was
spent in relieving that distress ; therefore the charge was most
unjust. The Hon. Member opposite had said that the people
of England had been called ungenerous. Now, he (Mr.
Shaw) had never heard the accusation of want of generosity
on the part of the people of England. The Hon. Member
opposite, and a few of the friends with whom he was asso-
ciated, had certainly been attacked. They (the people of
Ireland) did not deny the generosity of the people of England,
but they did say that it was not generous to boast of it on the
present occasion. It was said that 600,000 persons had been
relieved at the cost of England, but the gentlemen of Ireland
were liable for the money advanced. He thought, therefore,
that it was both unseasonable arid unjust to say so much on the
matter. It was most painful to the feelings of the Irish to
hear the charges that were made against them. And atter all,
what did the speech of the Hon. Member opposite amount
to, but that the landlords of Ireland were guilty of a neglect
of duty? It was most painful for Irish gentlemen to have
such remarks said at a time like the present.—( Hear,
hear.) The Honourable Gentleman opposite had said
" Do your duty first, then we will do ours." But the
poverty in Ireland was ten times greater than in England. Her
means were more than ten times less than in this country.
When he was in Ireland a short time ago, he found the land-
lords doing all in their power, assisted by their families, in
relieving the dissress ; and in their kitchens there was a greater
amount of relief administered than would be believed if it had
not been witnessed. He thought, therefore, it was most un-
generous to accuse the landlords of Ireland of a neglect of
their duty, and to reproach them with their poverty, at a mo-
ment like the present. The misery that existed was beyond
their resources, and ought they then to be accused of the
calamity that had visited their country ? After what
the landlords of Ireland had done, he repeated, that it
was most unjust to make these accusations. 'The Bill before
the House, as far as it went, was good, and calculated to work
beneficially for the country, and he believed the Government
had done as much as they lawfully could. All he hoped was,
that the discussion would be carried on without any further
acrimony. He felt bound to deny what had been said of the
Irish landlords, as a body, of not having done their duty.
Lotd JOHN RUSSELL said—Sir, I wish to say a few
words before the House go into Committee on this Bill. I
must say, as 1 agree entirely in the spirit of what the 1-lon.
Gentleman who has just sat down has said, that I wish we
may go into the consideration of this matter with more temper
and a more friendly tone towards those from whom we differ.
I am very far from boasting of any generosity on the part of
England towards the people of Ireland ; but then we may
claim to be exempted from the charge of insensibility to her
sufferings.—( Hear, hear.) 'There are a few matters on which
I wish to make some observations. It is impossible
to look forward to what may happen next year in Ireland
—to whirls an Hon. Gentleman has alluded—but I believe
the sufferings of the people of that country may be very much
alleviated. I am very sorry to hear that there is not only a
neglect of cultivation of the soil on the part of smaller tenants
and holders, but there is not a disposition to cultivate the soil.
I have heard to-day from three Roman Catholic priests, that
in their part of the country they found the smaller tenants
saying that not only did they not cultivate their land,
but they would not do so, because they considered
that they would derive no advantage from doing so.—
( Hear, hear.) This arises from the very unfortunate state of
society. We find the landlords and tenants indulging in mu-
tual recrimination. The landlords speak of the conduct of
tteennaannttaseaweeheoame
the landlordtheyaccus of a neglecteofconcealingofhis heir means,aty. ,
and the
Sir, in this period of great calamity, when so much suffering
exists among the people of Ireland, nless the landlords repose
the greatest confidence in their tenants—unless they go more
among their tenants, and stimulate them to increased exertion,
and unless, on the other hand, the tenants are brought to
their landlords, and are disposed to
profit
the encouragement given to them, I
confide
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very
uncertain.—
of the
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the various reli-
gious denominations will assist to avert the recurrence
present emergency. I do net believe that any
the Imperial Parliament, or that might be passecl
laws passed in
Parliament sitting in Dublin, will be attended with anyven in
a
bene-
ficial effect unless this spirit of co-operation exists to carry out
these laws, and to infuse a spirit of improvement among-
people. There is another matter to which I wish briefly the
to
allude. An opinion is beginning to gain ground among the
people of this country, that although they were disposed to
make every sacrifice for the relief of the distress which at pre-
sent prevails in Ireland, yet there is an opinion spreading
among them, and I should say in Ireland also,
that the distress and the actual state of destitution
which existed even in ordinary years ought to give those who
were the victims of it a claim for relief on the property of
Ireland.—(Cheers.) I believe that it is the prevalent opinion,
that whatever may be done this year to relieve the distress, that
warrant
have not heard, myself,
in future years, whenever the poor-houses are full, and in
certainb cases, even where they are not full, that there should
or that it will meet with any
lear, adequate provision for the relief of the poor.—( Cheers. )
me in believing that they
this measure, but with regard
from Irish gentlemen, anything to
are opposed to this rnevure,
rteostihsteanpereinefirpolme
ittsheelmf,
may, perhaps, be some difference of opinion as to the details of
there will be no resistance.—(
tance there may be iasttance.—( Hear, hear.) Whatever reluc-
destitute placed upon presenttb to have the whole relief of the
I believe There
ordinary times, the em, I believe that, with regard to
landlords wish to avoid impressiontebl is unfounded that the Irish
be-
lieve they have no wish to avoid it—(
hear.) I
ready to give to a measure of thatilt—( Hear, hear)—but will be
—( I fear, hear.) The Right kind their careful assistance.
relief of the destitution should be Hon.
Gentleman says that the
that it ought not to be placed upon all classes, and
land.—
\ e a r , hear.) must made a charge on the
(-
say, that if the pro.
ar
position of the Government be
to a certain extent, Le the case. cAardied into effect, this will,
there will be a sacrifice
from all parts of the empire. I have
objec-
tion to this, nor do I believe that any has been made to it. 1
not heard a single '
do not believe that it will be objected to,
to say that an impression very generally but I think it right
perty of Ireland, though a poor country, prevails that the pro-
of Irish distress.—( Cheers.) should bear the charge
Mr. S. O'BRIEN was in hopes they would be
dis-
cuss these measures without the introduction able to
of any topics
calculated to excite any acrimonious
feelings. The landlords
of Ireland had made sacrifices, and he hoped the Hon. Member
for Marylebene would be ready to support him when he ( Meer.
S. O'Brien) was about to call upon another class of landlords.
to perform their duty. He purposed that a Commit-
tee
should be appointed to visit Ireland, and to see
the poor-houses and hospitals of that country, that
the true state of it might be ascertained. He had no
objection to form one of that Committee. The consequence
of this inquiry would be a eonviction that the proposed measures
of Government ?mild be utterly inadequate to meet the ewer.

gency. The soup kitchens would be found inapplicable to
many parts of Ireland. He had always advocated a poor-law
for that country, and recent circumstances had more and more
confirmed the views he entertained on that subject. There
could be no doubt that for some years to come it would be
necessary to have recourse to stimulants to employ the surplus
labour of that country. The Bills for advances to landlords
would, he feared, employ but an inconsiderable portion of it,
and what, he would ask, was to be done with the remainder?
A good system of emigration would do much good, but no
efficient plan for that purpose had been proposed. The
system of railways proposed by Lord George Bentinsk
would, if laid down, have absorbed all this surplus
labour, and conferred the greatest good upon Ireland. He
implored the Government to lay down some scheme for the
employment of the people in useful works, in order that those
painful scenes which were of daily recurrence in that country
should be put an end to.
Mr. B. ESCOTT said that nothing was further from his
intention than to prevent the House from going into Commit-
tee on this Bill. He considered it would be much better if
these Bills had been considered in the light they were in-
tended—as temporary and not permanent measures.:There were
one or two circumstances, however, to which he wished briefly
to allude. The Hon. Member opposite said that the measures
proposed by the Government were inadequate to meet the die-
tress for which they were intended. Well, he (Mr. Escott)
agreed with the Hon. Gentleman, and he would go even
further, and say, that if the Noble Lord, or any one else, had
proposed them as anything else than temporary,
he would have given them his most decided opposition.
He was glad to hear what had fallen from the Noble Lord, for
no speech which had been made from the bench which he oc-
cupied (the Treasury) during that session, or many preceding
one:, held out such a beneficial prospect for Ireland. He had
promised a substantial poor-law for Ireland, a measure which
his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Bath, had been
taunted fur proposing. If he understood his Learned Friend,
all that he desired was, that equal justice should be done to
Ireland; and they should permit him to tell the Irish Members,
that from the Parliament of the United Kingdom they never
wilt get equal rights unless they will consent to bear equal
burdens also. —(Hear, hear.) There was much suffering in
this country, and were it not for the exertions of the land-
owners, they should have starvation in England
as well as in Ireland.—(Hear.) He wished to impress
this fact upon the Noble Lord at the head of the Government,
as by reason of some expressions which dropped from him the
other evening, he saw clearly that he much under-rated the
amount of English distress. He had not the opportunity of
seeing it to the extent which he (Mr. Escott) had. The
people of England were ground down, and they should not be
blamed when they recollected that all grants to Ireland were
had out of their hard earnings.
Viscount BERNARD said that Honourable Gentlemen
should not believe, for truth, all that appeared in blue books.
The rental in Ireland was by no means so high as had been
stated. The Honourable Member for Winchester had taunted
them with an opposition to a poor-law, but he was not
aware that there was any disinclination on the part of the
Irish gentlemen to an assimulation of the poor-law of Ireland
with that of England. On the contrary, he, with many others,
were in favour of such a measure. He would warn the
Government not suddenly to cease rendering assistance to the
destitute through the means of public works. He had received
letters which stated that in some instances this was the case,
and that great destitution was the consequence.
Mr. MONTAGUE GORE said that he was prepared to
give his testimony in corroboration of the statement of the
Member for Winchester, that greal distress existed in the west
of England, but although such was the case, they should not
be deterred from sending assistance to their distressed fellow-
subjects in Ireland. The conduct of the landlords in that
country bad been strongly animadverted upon, but,
as far as he could see, they had in almost every in-
stance acted with the utmost generosity.—( Hear, hear. )
Ireland in her present distresses required the sincere sympathy
of the people of this country, which he trusted would be be-
stewed upon her. Whatever view the Government took of a
poor. law, or of any other measures for the relief of that coun-
try, they would do no good unless they dealt with the small
farms in Ireland, which were a great source of the evils of
that country. They must grapple with this question if they
meant to provide an efficient remedy. He was of opinion
that, great as might be the present suffering of the people of
Ireland, it would eventually result in good, and be the means
of causing a happier day to dawn in that hitherto distracted

country.
Mr. FITZGERALD could not remain silent after what
had been said by the Honourable Member for Mary -
lebone (Sir Benjamin Hall), but would not detain the
House long. He rose to protest against the attack on
the Irish Members which that Honourable Member had made.
With regard to the measures of the Government, be confessed
he did not think them as adequate for the crisis as they should
have been. Considering the vast amount of distress that pre-
vailed, and the harrowing accounts of the privation and suffering
which had been placed before the House, that the Government
would have been prepared with some comprehensive system of
public works. He considered that the carrying out of rail-
ways would have been a very desirable course of this kind ;
and if the Government were not prepared to carry out so ex-
tensive a scheme as the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn,
they might at least have carried out those lines for which Acts
of Parliament had been already obtained.
Lord C. HAMILTON had wished to delay the progress of
the measure, and rose simply to ask the Noble Lord if he could
postpone the Committee on the Irish Poor-law Bill for a short
time, in order that it might nut be taken whilst Irish Mem-
bers were absent at their respective assizes?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL regretted that he could not accede
to the Noble Lord's proposition. if he were to postpone it
from the day on which it was fixed, he should be met by similar
objections on the part of other Irish Members, on account of
their desire to be in Ireland at the assizes, which would imme-
diately follow those to which the Noble Lord had referred. He
was anxious to have the Bill passed through that House as soon
as possible, in order that it might be sent up to the House of
Lords without any unnecessary loss of time.
Lord C. HAMILTON regretted that the Noble Lord could
not act upon his suggestien. However, he begged, as an Irish
Member, to express his gratitude to the Government, and to
the English Members, for the spirit in which they had passed
the measures for the relief of distress in Ireland.—( Hear, hear.)
Many of the speeches, the tone of which had been complained
of, contained much good setise, and he hoped they would strip
what was good from what was worthless, and adopt it.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said the great object of their le-
gislation was to prevent thousands from perishing of hunger,
and therefore, he thought, no obstructions should be thrown
in the way of this measure, and that Hon. Members, under
the circumstances, should reserve their speeches for some
I other occasion. Hei had read in the 'Pimps of that day a letter
from a gentleman, describing the condition of the people on
the coast of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He feared that this
letter was bat a specimen of others which they would continue
to receive from day to day. He hoped the Irish Members
would sink their differences, and honestly, fairly,
and impartially support whatever the Government
might propose for the benefit of Ireland.--(Hear, hear.)
If the same sort of visitation were again to befal Ireland, he
was quite satisfied that the only remedy would be to form a
network of railways throughout Ireland, by which they would
be enabled to convey food to all parts of the country. But
after all, he thought that the best plan would be to suffer the
Government to proceed with the other business, and to lay
aside all recrimination, and at once go into Committee on the
Bill.

Lord DUNCAN said that nothing would have given him
greater pleasure than to proceed with the Bill, and he trusted
the House would on all sides take the advice which had just
been offered, and suffer the Ministry to proceed with the mea-
sure. With regard to the allegations that had been assumed as
having been made by him, all he could say was, that he had
drawn his information from the blue book which he held in
his hand.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD would protest against any
such disposition as was ascribed to the Irish peasantry. The
whole of the evil, in fact, was traceable to the mischief arising
from the law of landlord and tenant. He trusted, therefore,
that the House would now, without further delay, go into Com-
mittee on the Bill.
The House then went into Committee, amid cheers from all
sides.
On the first clause being proposed,
Mr. GOULBURN said that he wished to draw the at-
tention of the House to this clause, and this he did,
he assured the Noble Lord opposite, not because he
objected to the principle of the Bill, but because there
was one objection which he could not but offer to
it. The measure of the last session of Parliament had pro-
vided for unlimited drafts on the Consolidated Fund. If,
from the necessity of the case, the Government were to draw
from the Consolidated Fund, it would be quite necessary for them
to obtain such indemnity as this Bill provided. In the Bill of
last session certain sums were allowed to be drawn from the
Consolidated Fund for the completion of certain public works,
but it had been necessary to divert a part of the funds for other
purposes. The present Act provided for the indemnity of the
Government, but it omitted to provide an indemnity for the
officers who acted under their orders. It was always the custom in
any cases of the violation of the law to provide an indemnity,
not only for the Government, but also for the officers who
acted under their directions. A case of this kind occurred
some years ago, when, in consequence of a scarcity of food in
the West Indies, the Government in the colonies, as well as
the Government at home, in direct violation of the law, had
ordered the admission of food without payment of the duties.
Again, in 1826, there had been a scarcity of oats, and the
Government had directed the admission of oats, also in that
case, without the payment of duty, in direct violation of the
law, and they had fully experienced the advantages of the course.
In both these instances there had been acts of indemnity for the

ac;;;;s well as for the Government, and those instances were
of much less consequence than the circumstances of the present
important occasion. It would appear that the Act of last year had
given an unlimited authority to the Government to draw on the
Consolidated Fund for any amount that they might think
necessary, but in all these cases words were inserted to
give to the officers the indemnity which they were entitled
to, and especally for those officers ander whose orders
the money had been issued from the Treasury, and who ought
to have the same indemnity as had been obtained by the Go-
vernment. Now, by the measures which had been parsed during
the last session of Parliament, the power to draw money was
given in order to devote it to public works, and the money was
to be issued out of the Consolidated Fund. But there appeared
to be considerable ambiguity about the clause. By the first
words of the clause it was decreed that it appeared that
the sums drawn were to be limited, but the concluding words
of the clause seemed to imply that the amount to be drawn
from the Consolidated Fund should be unlimited. But there
be
was another principle to
thia considered, and that was the
power given to draw money in unlimited manner, for it
should be recollected that it was but right that because ex-
traordinary circumstances occasioned extraordinary deviations
should, on
from the usual rule, theyevery ordinary occasion,
it
give this power to a Ministry, and was with a view to
point this out to the House that he had made these observa-
tions. He did say, therefore, that such a clauseas this should
not be hastily passed, but that some limitation should be
placed on the draught of public money from the Treasury.
agreed Mr. LABOUCHERE said that he quite
Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, not with the
n in
the necessity to attend to the suggestion contained
the first part of his observations, but also that the question
n
which he had raised was of the utmost importance. 'There
was no indisposition whatever on the part of the Government
to prevent the insertion of such a clause as that which had been
proposed, and in Tact it had already received the consideration
of the Government, and a clause was already prepared which
might either be inserted in the present Bill, or brought
forward in some future measure, and in which they might not
only meet the present case, but render the law fit to meet any
exigency that might arise.
A clause had indeed been pre-
pared, and it might be introduced now or after as a future
clause of the Bill. With regard to the second proposition of
the Right Hon. Gentleman, he quite agreed that it was not
because a particular exigency had occurred that unlimited
power d
should be given to any Ministry to draw money from the
Treasury. In this case the Bill asked for an indemnity of the
deviation of the money that ought to have been applied to the
public works, the amount of which, he believed, according to
the terms of the Bill of last session, were to be unlimited. He
was glad, therefore, that the Right Hon. Gentleman had.. drawn
the attention of the House to the subject, and he could assure
him and the House, that whenever the necessity
required it, tine Government would be ready to in-
troduce a measure to meet the circumstances of the case.
The Bill was divided ieto two parts, the first clause rendered
valid those presentments which had been made under the Act,
and the fifth clause in the same way rendered valid all the
presentments made under Mr. Labouchers's Act. He had no
objection to the principle of the Dill, but it appeared to bim

that there were certain words in the first clause which em-
powered the Commissioners to expend as much money as they
pleased in any public works. The words were, "to com-
plete and exeeute," and thus no limit was placed to the money
to be expended. He thought that some check ought to be
established over the Commissioners, in order to secure, as
much as possible, economy on their part. There were instances
where the public money had been grossly misemployed, and in
one case, according to the returns made, it was found that the
labourers were earning very high wages, and the child taken
from the mother's back and laid down upon a heap of stones
were put down as earning a shilling a day. He therefore pro
posed that the cost of the public work should in no case exceed
the amount of money given in the presentment.
Mr. LABOUCHERE did not quite understand the Hon.
Member. If he meant to say that if the money presented for
did not cover the expense of the work, there should be no
purer to raise more. Such a course was likely to be produc-
tive of inconvenience, but if he meant to secure the careful
expenditure of the money the words were unnecessary.
Mr. FRENCH then withdrew his amendment to the clause.
Mr. GOULBURN objected to the Commissioners having
an unlimited power over the funds of the country. A specified
sum should be demanded.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he agreed with the
Right Hon. Gentleman that it was of advantage to have a par-
ticular sum named, but it was not always possible. The Right
Hon. Gentleman at the beginning of last session, when in
office, proposed a Bill granting 50,000/. to the Irish for public
works, and at the end of that session it was found necessary to
propose a grant of 450,000/. in consequence of the failure of
the potato crop. It would be better to ask an indefinite sum
and applying it to the emergencies of the country, than asking
a definite sum, and exceeding it five or six times over. He ad-
mitted the importance of having a specific sum named, but in
this ease it was not possible.
Mr. GOULBURN said the cases were very different. When
the grant of 50,000/. was proposed, and it was afterwards found
necessary to increase it, the increased demand did not fall on
the Consolidated Fund. The 50,00 U., and no more, was
drawn from that source, while the whole demand was to be
drawn from the Consolidated Fund at present.
After a few words from Lord JOHN MANNERS,
Clauses 1,2, and 3, were agreed to.
Clause 4 was then agreed to.
On clause 5,
Mr. F FRENCH proposed an amendment, that the power
of appointing the assessment should not be given to the Board
of Works. He thought this power would be better exercised
by the magistrates and cess-payers.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL defended the clause.
Mr. SHAW complimented the Attorney-General on the
judgment he displayed in drawing up the measure, and though
there might be circumstances which would warrant the mode
of procedure proposed by the Hon. Member who moved the
amendment, he thought the clause under all the circumstances
should be allowed to stand.

Clauses 5 and 6 were then agreed to.
The remaining clauses of the Bill were agreed to.
The House then resumed, and the Bill was ordered to be
reported on Monday.
POOR RELIEF BOARD.

Lln.radnsjw.erßtrj
sa
sqtuatiosnaifaromthean
Ireland, would be brought under the consideration of the
olithOeNr.tAwioEMßßiEllßs, relating to
House on Monday fof tnight. With regard to the Bill for the
" appointment of a Board for the supervision of the administra-
tion of the laws for the relief of the poor in Ireland," he would
simply, at this late hour, ask for leave to introduce it, and make
his statement respecting its provisions on proposing the second
reading.

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to be heard. He would suggest, that as many Members had
left to-night, under the impression that the question would not
come on, that the second reading be put off till next Wednes-
day—(lronical cheers)—he meant to some other future night,
when the matter could be fully gone into. He knew it was
difficult to get a night, at present, for the state of the Govern-
ment business; still, he thought, something should be dune to
allow the House to come to a fair decision, which it had not as
yet.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. FERRAND said the Hon. Gentleman had stated that
he had called the manufacturers the most detestable persons
on the face of the earth. He begged to state that no such ex-
pression ever fell from his lips, and that if he had made such a
statement, he should have been ashamed of it. For years he
had been attacked in this off-hand manner. Now no one had
a higher respect for the manufacturers than himself. Many of
them—and he appealed to the Hon. Member for Oldham—were
his most intimate friends. There were many manufacturers
in his immediate neighbourhood who were a blessing to that
part of the country.
Mr. B. ESCOTT explained, that on Wednesday he had
no intention to oppose unfairly the will of the Howe, in per-
sisting in his motion for the adjournment of the debate on the
Factories Bill. He begged to give notice, that on the motion
that the Speaker do leave the chair, he should move that they
should go into Committee on the Bill that day six months.
The Bill was then read a second time.
POOR-LAW SUSPENSION BILL.
Lord J. RUSSELL obtained leave to bring in this Bill,
and it was read a first time.
Capt. PECHELL wished to know whether the Noble Lord
proposed to make any alterations in the constitution of the
Poor-Law Commission ?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had stated that he
could not take the consideration of the poor-law at the
present moment. The Honourable and Gallant Officer
must be aware that the House had beers engaged, and neces-
sarily engaged, in the consideration of the measures necessary
for the relief of Ireland—not only in the consideration of those
measures which had been brought forward by Government,
but also by those which had been proposed by the Noble Lord
opposite. He (Lord John Russell) had already stated that the
sums necessary for the relief of Ireland should first be voted,
and then he might take the other matters into consideration.
In the first place, with respect to the measure which he had
introduced for the alteration of the poor laws in England, he
had to say that that law would not be founded on any report of
the Andover Commission. The Hon. and Gallant officer
seemed to think that this law was affected by
that Commission, and therefore he wished it to go
out distinctly that such was not the case, and that
he thought it was but right that it should be under-
stood that the Poor-law Commissioners had not lost the con-
fidence of the Government. The Hon. Member for Andover,
Mr. Etwall, might bring forward his motion, and it would be
for the House to affirm or deny it, but he must emphatically
repeat that he saw no reason for saying that the Commissioners
had lost the confidence either of the Government or the House,
but it was necessary that the law should be modelled on other
principles.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN trusted that the medical charities in
England would not be placed under the administration of the

PoO4r-law Commissioners.
Mr. ET WALL said that as it was the intention of the
Noble Lord to postpone the improvement of the po3r•law, he
wished to ask when it was his intention to bring the amend-
ment of the poor-law forward so far as it effected England.
Lord J. RUSSELL had already stated that he could not
postpone the measures for the relief of Ireland on any consi-
deration, but as soon as they could be disposed of, he would
move the second reading of the Bill which ho had just
brought in.
RAILWAYS (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. TUFNELL drew the attention of the House to the
misstatement of the Members who voted the other night
against Lord G. Bentinek's Bill, and stated that the number
for the Government was 332, and not 322. He moved that
the return should be altered.
Lord MARCUS HILL apologised, and threw himself on
the indulgence of the House. -
It was ordered that the Clerk of the House be directed to
alter the return.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
The House adjourned at One o'clock to Four o'clock on
Monday.

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Hen andOURT
H. Gordon.
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snti
Prince Albert took their usual early walk
yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
eligdheanebsys Pthreinrc equAelrbreyrtinrlovdaeiotiuntg,oncahpotrasienbatchke
The Royal Family took their accustomed walks and rides
yesterday in the royal gardens.
Her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma-
jesty yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Mary, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince
Frederick of Hesse, and attended by Baroness Hammer-
stein and Baron Knesebeck, visited the Zoological Gardens
yesterday.
A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock esterday
afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministersy present
were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the M
of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount
Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John
Hobliouse, Viscount liforpeth, the Earl of Cla
r
end
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n
,
the
Marquis of Clanriearde, the Right Hon. May,
the Right Hon. H. Labouchere.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was prevented from at-
The
the Council by indisposition. The Council sat one
hour.
Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Count Schimmel-
penninck, the Netherlands Minister, also transacted business
yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs.
Sir Wm. Heathcote had an interview with the Right lion.
E. Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of
Railways, in Great George street.
Dispatches were sent off' last evening from the Colonial
Office for the Governors of !long Kong and Ceylon, and also
for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands.

THE
.C_O_ 7N_ AUGHT RANGERS.—
prOVerbially full of interest, and where
-1, tures of the Connaught
:sq., an esteemed officer in
hvi:messaaOnrirefor a hero, reader may anticipate
the
and adventurous •
we of his and their adven-
tures what then may
be expected from the doing of whole regiment of Irishmen ?
something
therei
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The question is answered I,n. il remarkable work, just pub-
lished under the title of Ad n
Rangers,who fought throughout
that celebrated corps,
dashing _the Peninsular
war, and. with his daring g brothers in arms, passed
through so many perils, and mett. with so many singular in-
ally daring
ra
tures a perfect library of romanc!l. Nevertheless, the autho •
is • eachable,
rity unimp - and while the reader is t .
h t wld be m en to ran'tatarnr
with scene after scene t a will arvellous enough were
the actors not Irishmen, he possess one of the best and
fullest records of our victories in Spain that has yet issued
from the press.
cidents, as" byto rleVnildleiarnithGe
THE NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF ci
" oUSAN
HopLEy. interest
—Considerable has been i
exc tecl by the
announcement of a new novel, called " Lilly Dawson," b
the author of " Susan Hop ley," (Mrs. Crowe). we ought 3
not to be surprised at this circumstance when it is recollected
that the author has had the honour of being compared to
Defoe, to Mrs. Centlivre, to Richardson, and, lastly, to
Dickens, and half-a .dozen other celebrated writers Tli
truth, however, we think, will be found to be, that' I‘ e
Crowe writes like nobody but herself. Ihe author's object
frs.
ch
in " Lilly Dawson " is, we understand, to develops thea-
racter of her heroine wholly by her affections, and in doing
so she has sought to avoid, as much as possible, both the
false sentiments of the Minerva press, and the red
paint and
blue fire of the criminal school.
How seldom do we feel, perceive, or think of the
small beginnings of disease which surround and operate upon
us in our enjoyments and intercourse with the
world.
" The young disease, which must subdue at length,
Grows with car growth, and strength •
ens with our strenth."
An improper regimen acting upon a particular kind of con-
stitution, late hours, both of retiring to rest and rising in
the morning, lay the foundation of intestinal
diseases. To all such we would recommend
as well as skin
xi
system, and, secondly, as a powerful c first a change of
assistant for the re-
covery of health, that efficacious Family l
Medicine, Frump-
ton's Fill of Health, which has procured the approbation of
l pef6oll3 ill every station in Society,

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

From the Votes and Proceediaos of the House of Commons.)
FRIDAY, FEB. 19.

The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time :
York and Newcastle and Newcastle and Berwick Amalga-
mation—" to authorise the consolidation into ens undertak-
ing of the York and Newcastle and the Newcastle and Ber-
wick Railways."
York and North Midland (Harrogate Branch, Borough-
bridge, and Knaresbcrough Extension)—" for enabling the
York and North Midland Railway Company to make a
Railway from their Church Fenton and Harrogate Branch to
Knaresborough and Boroughbrid.ge."
York and North Midland (knottingley Branch)—" for
enabling the York and North Midland Railway Company to

wake tatailway from their Line at Burton Salmon to
ngley, with a Branch therefrom, and for other purposes."
York and Newcastle l l'elaw Tyne Dock, &c., Branches)—
" for enabling the York and Newcastle Railway Company to
make certain Branch Railways in the counties of Durham
and York, and for other purposes.
York and North Midland (East Riding Canals Purchase)—
" to authorise the purchase by the York and North Midland
Railway Company of the interests of the Shareholders in the
Market Weighton Canal; and the purchase of the Canal
communicating therewith, called Sir Edward Vavasour's
Canal; of the Pocklington Canal; and of the Leven Canal;
all in the East Riding of the county of York."
London and South •Western—" to amend the Acts relating
to the London and South Western Railway, and to enable
the London and South-Western Railway Company to in-
crease their capital, and to complete various arrangements
with other Companies and undertakings, and for other
purposes."
:Northampton and Banbury Railway—" for making a Rail-
way from the Northampton and Peterborough Branch of the
London and North-Western Railway to the town of Ban-
bury, to be called The Northampton and Banbury Railway,'
and for other purposes."
The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com-
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection :
Dundee and Newtyle.
Dundee and Perth (Alteration and Extension and Inch-
ture, Polgavie, and Inchmichael Branches).
Cheltenham and Oxford.

Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Leith Extension).
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Union Canal and Caledo-
nian Railway Junction).
Eastern Counties (Spalding to Newark).
Braintree and Halstead.

Eastern Counties (Wisbech to Spalding).
Eastern Counties (Peterborough to Folkingham).
Midland (Erewash Valley, &c.).
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction
(Alteration of Main Line and Hawes Branch).
London and South-Western (Andover to the Bishopstoke
and Salisbury Branch, &c.).
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Peterborough and
Thorney Line).
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle- upon- Tyne Junction
and Northern Counties Union Amalgamation.
South Staffordshire (Cannock, Wyrley, and Norton Branches,
&c.)

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 17, 1847
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing the
Right Hon. Lord Langdale, the Right llon. Lord Beaumont,
Joseph Humphry, Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel, Henry
Bellenden Tier, Esq., Barrister-at-Law Walter Coulson,
Esq., Barrister-at-Law, George Frere, 'Esq., and Francis
Broderip, Esq., her Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring
whether the burdens on land can be diminished by the esta-
blishment of an effective system for the registration of deeds
and the simplification of the forms of conveyance.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 18.
The Queen kas been pleased, to present the Rev. Henry
Rogers, 8.A., to the rectory of Melverley, in the county of
Salop and diocese of St. Asaph, void by the death of Doctor
William Carey, late Bishop of that see.
WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 19.
Bth Light Dragoons—Major Frederick George Shewell to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice MiCall, who retires;
Captain Rodolph de Salis to be Major, by purchase, vice
Shewell; Lieutenant Henry Francis Cust to be Captain, by
purchase, vice de Salis Lieutenant George Chetwode, from
the 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cust,
Feb. 19.

14th Light Dragoons.—Samuel Kerr Ibbetson, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Buller, who retires, Feb. 19.
17th Light Dragoons.—Lieutenant William Morris, from
16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice John Stephen-
son, who retires upon half-pay of 16th Light Dragoons ;
Lieutenant John Elphinstone Fleeming to be Adjutant, vice
Stephenson, who resigns the Adjutantcy onlygeb. 19.
29th Foot—Ensign William Septimus Simmons to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Henderson, deceased,
Nov. 25, 1846; Ensign 'Charles Hugh Levinge to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Simmons, whose promotion, by
purchase, has been cancelled; George Henry Nevill, Gent.
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Levinge, promoted,
Feb. 19.

56th Foot—Captain John James Bull, from 57th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Warre, appointed to 57th Foot, Feb. 19.
57th Foot—Captain Henry J. Warre, from 56th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Bull, appointed to the 56th Foot, Feb. 19.
61st Foot —Lieut. Johu Josiah Hort to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Brickdale, whose promotion has been can-
celled, Dec. 29. . . _

62d Foot —Ensign George James Ambrose to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Harrison, deceased, Nov. 5.
67th Foot—Colour-sergeant James Anderson to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Breedon, promoted, Feb. 19.
74th Foot—Lieutenant James Whit-shed De Butts to be
Captain, by purchase, vice de Saumarez, who retires ; En-
sign John Jago to be Lieutenant, by purchase,vice De Butte;
Charles Thomas Lindow, Gent., to.be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Jago, Feb. 19,
88th Foot—Ensign Thomas Gore to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Lucas, who retires ; Jackson Wray, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gore, Feb. 19.
91st Foot—Ensign John Trotter Bethune to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Paton, who retires; Henry Veitch, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bethune, Feb. 19.
94th Foot—Lieutenant George Noble Bredin from 98th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G. D. D. Cleveland, who exchanges,
Dec. 1.

98th Foot.—Lieutenant George Dowden Dickson Cleve-
land, from 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bredin, who
exchanges, Dec. 1, 1846.
2d West India Regiment.—Molesworth Sackville Eaton,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Shower, de-
ceased, Feb. 19.
Y BREVET.—Captain William Robinson, of the Royal En-.
gineers, to be Major in the Army, Feb. 19.
Erratum in the Gazette of the 29th December, 1846.

For Ensign Richard Gunn Brackenbury to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice "Brickdale," promoted, read, vice "fort,"
promoted.
MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant Granville Levison Proby, of
43d Foot, has been superseded, having absented himself
without leave, Feb. 19. The Christian names of Ensign
Berry, of 9th Foot, are Edward " Ring," not " Ringe," as
previously stated. The Christian names of Ensign Bertram,
of 41st Foot, are Charles "Pelgu6," and not Charles
" Palgu6," as previously stated.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.
Courtland Skinner Shaw, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Feb. 9.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of
Yorkshire, and the City and County of York.
William Bu.sfiefd Ferrand, Esq., to be deputy-Lieutenant,
Jan. 5, 1847.

Commission by her Majesty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy
for the City of London.
Regiment of Royal London Militia—George Platt, Esq., to
be Captain, Feb. 9, 1847.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—Dudley Heneage, Esq., to
be Captain, Feb. 13, 1846 ; Gervaise Tottenham Waldo
Sibthorp, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 13, 1847 ; John Pearson
Robinson, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 7, 1846 ; William Bal-
dick Shephard, Gent., to be Ensign, March 4, 1846; William
Jahn Graburn, Gent., to be Ensign, March 26, 1846.
Royal South Lincoln Militia—George Baker Tathwell,
Esq., to be Captain, May 15, 1846 John Baruth :Lousada,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 7, 1846 ; Edmund Haworth
Peel, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Henry Hopkinson Tennant,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 4, 1846; William Simpson
Clark, Gent., to be Ensign, May 15, 1846.
Commissions hy the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire.
Warwickshire Regiment of Militia—William Fulke Lucy,
Esq., to be Captain; Marmion Edward Ferrers, Esq., to be
Captain ; Henry Arnold, Esq., to be Captain ; Feb. 2.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 16.
Corps of Royal Marines—Edward Joseph Ridgway Con-
nolly, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; Edward Ralph
Horsey, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 12.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Abraham Greenwood
Eastwood, of Eastwood, near Todmorden, in the county of
York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High
Court of Chancery.
_ WHITEHALL, FEB. 18.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Nathaniel Cowdry, of
Bath, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Ex-
traordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.

John Buchanan and Francis Ede, merchants, Calcutta, to
surrender March 3, at two, and April 9, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Dingwall,
Tokenhouse-yard, City.
Jerome Fitzgerald, cheesemonger, Sheerness, March 3, at
one, and March 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Belcher, official assignee; Sparham, Chancery-lane.
John Storer Flagman, tailor, Ludgate- street, City, March 3,
at half-past one, and March 30, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Law, Chancery-lane.
Guiseppe Quarto Sandrinelli, merchant, Bishop's-place,
Brompton, Feb. 26, at two, and March , at half-past one,
at the art of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assigner;
Buchanan, Basinghall-street.
William Neep, carpenter, Colchester, Feb. 26, at half-past
twelve, and March 29, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquaud, official assignee, Old Jewry-cham-
bers ; Milne, Temple.
Richard Hamlin, tailor, Blenheim-street, Oxford-street,
March 1, at two, and April 1, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street;
Dickson, Old Jewry-chambers.

Abraham Daniels, merchant, Alexander-square, Brompton,
March 2, at one, and March 30, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry; Mansfield, John-street, Bedford-row.
James Mackay, tailor, Liverpool, March 2 and April 9, at
twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official
assignee, Liverpool ; Holme and Co., New Inn, London ;
Yeates, jun., Liverpool.
John Jones, tea dealer, Birkenhead, Cheshire, March 2 and
May 4, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Gregory and Co., Bedfoid-row,
London ; Green, Liverpool.
John William Hance, architectural :ornament and figure
manufacturer, Liverpool, March 5 and 26, at twelve, at the
Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liver-
pool ; Cornthwaite and Co., Old Jewry-chambers, London :
Pemberton, Liverpool.
David Davies, coal master, Lydney, Gloucestershire,
March 5, at one, and April 9, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis-
trict Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Treherne and
White, Barge-yard-chambers, Bucklersbury, London ; Sabine,
Bristol.

Jane Anley, milliner, Exeter, March 4 and 25, at one, at
the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee,
Exeter; Floud, Exeter; Pearson, Essex street, Strand,
London.
Edwin Cook, tailor, Dursley, Gloucestershire, March 11 and
April 8, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol; Bishop, Dursley.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED. .

J. and J. Boyd, hop merchants, Wellington-chambers,
Southwark—first div. of ls. ld. in the pound, on any Wed-
nesdav, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City.
A. A. Mackey and N. J. W. Holt, merchants, Bishopsgate-
street—first div. of 4s. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday,
at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City.
E. Cawdell, toy dealer, Hull—second div. of 2s. Bd. in the
pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore
Basinghall-street.
J. Russel, jun., builder, Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire—
first div. of 4s. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the
office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street.
R. Crompton, M. Price, and T. Crompton, Shrigley,
Cheshire—first div. of Bs. 10d. in the pound, on any Tuesday,
at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.

S. Hague, cotton spinner, Manchester—a first div. of
3s. 5;(2d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr.
Pott, Manchester.
J. Phillips, cotton spinner, Manchester—first div. of 4s. Bd.
in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott,
Manchester.
W. E. Oldham, commission agent, Manchester—second
div. of Is. ',42d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office
of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
S. Hawley, grocer, Ashton-under-Lyne—first div. of
ss. 9d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr.
Hobson, Manchester.

J. Hindmarsh, woollendraper, Liverpool—first div. of 6s.
in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenove,
Liverpool.
S. Reading, button manufacturer, Birmingham—first div.
of 4s. 10d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of
Mr. Christie, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
C. Pullman, hosier, Strand, March 12, at two—M. Good-
ale, builder, Rutland-terrace, Hornsey New-road, Holloway,
March 12, at half-past one—A. Henderson, tailor, Old Bur-
lington-street, March 22, at twelve—A. Colvin, W. A.
Basett, D. Colvin, T. Anderson, and D. Ainslie, merchants,
Calcutta, March 12, at oue—C. Carpenter, grocer, Basing-
stoke, arch 12, at eleven—A. S. Tucker and G. M. Bid-
well, grocers, Melcombe Regis, Dorsetshire, March 12, at
eleven—J. E. Green, house agent, Whitecross-street, Crip-
plegate, March 12, at eleven.
In the Country.
T. Taylor, bookseller, Liverpool, March 12, at eleven, at
the Liverpool District Court—W. Whitley, merchant, Liver-
pool. March 12, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—
R. Elliot, agricultural implement maker, Liverpool,
March 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—G.
Byford, grocer, Liverpool, March 16, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court—J. B. Orem, brewer, Birmingham,
March 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—
W. Bellamy, horse dealer, Haselen Warwickshire, March 17,
at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Smith,
grocer, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 25, at twelve, at the
Birmingham District Court—T. Suger, corn merchant, Hull,
March 24, at ten, at the Town-hall, Hull—W. W. Salford,
builder, Stockport, Feb. 22, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court—S. Archer, woollen manufacturer, Rochdale
March 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
C. Carpenter, grocer, Basingstoke, March 12—W. H.
Osborn, Jun., silversmith, St. James-street, Piccadilly,
March 12—W. L. Collins, brewer, Wood-street, Westmi-
ster, March 12—W. Locks, timber merchant,Leonard-street,
Curtain-road, Shoreditch, March 12—J. Smith, brewer, Ed-
monton, March 12—I. Sharland, jun., tailor, Bath, March 12
—T. I. Hellawell, dyer, Halifax, March 13—J. Gemmel, jun.,
ship broker, Liverpool, March 12—M. Maclean, cloth factor,
Basinghall-street, March 12—W. S. Dorsett, iron dealer,
West Bromwich, Staffordshire, March 12—J. Woodhams,
plumber, High-street, Portland-town March 12—C. Lowe,
dealer, Liverpool, March Hopewell and A. Thacker,
outfitters, Locleasill-ltreet, Jells, toddler,

Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, March I2—P. F. Page
builder, King's-road, Gray's Inn-road, March 12—J. G.
Uff ord, brewer, Holloway, March 12—A. J. Francis and A.
Percival, slate merchants, Liverpool, March 12.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

W. H. Bates and 11. B. Fox, hardware merchants, Liver-
pool-0. C. Lane, B. B. Giles, W. Knowles, and R. Hazard,
ironfounders, Bristol (so far as regards W. Knowles)—R.
Ainsworth and J. Warburton, cab proprietors, Bury, Lan-
cashire—R. Clabburn, J. Clabburn, and E. Sparks, general
dealers, Norwich—J. S. Taylor and J. Houghton, linen-
drapers, Junction-terrace, Edgeware-road— W. Bingley, W.
Owen, W. Dyson, and W. R. Bayliffe, jun., ironmongers,
Rotherham, Yorkshire—W. Hitchins, S. Hitchins, and W.
H. Heginbottora, drapers, Coventry—J. Dixon, jun., M.
Whiting, jun, H. Whiting, and T. Havers, jun., tanners,
Manning-street, Bermondsey (so far as regards T. Havers)—
E. Cooke and J. Green, carpet manufacturers, Kidder-
minster—T. Brown, J. Callon, W. Bromilow, and J. Jones,
coal dealers, Parr, Lancashire—H. T. and C. C. Smith,
drapers, Liverpool—J. Hunter and W. Falconer, lucifer-
match manufacturers, Wellington-place, Pollard's-row,
Bethnal-green—J. W. Garthside and G. Altham, surgeons,
Chorley, Lancashire—N. G. Cockman and F. J. 'Scott, zinc
manufacturers, West-street, Wal worth -road, Newington—W.
E. Humphreys and T. Ballard, surgeons—A. Aubert, J. H.
Thompson, and S. Edwards, ship brokers, Trinity-square,
Tower-hill (so far as regards S. Edwards)—J. F. Mason and
J. H. Knocker, drapers, Dover.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Bryce Glassford, commission merchant, Glasgow,
Feb. 24 and March 17, at one, at the chambers of Drew and
M'Clure, Esqrs.. Glasgow.
James Crawford, spirit dealer, Glasgow, Feb. 24 and
March 16, at two, at the Crow Hotel, Glasgow.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending February 16,
1847, is 365. per cwt.

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
On Wednesday Dr. Bachhoffner commenced his annual
course of lectures on astronomy, giving in his introduction a
most eloquent and comprehensive description of the matured
views of our modern astronomers. The clear and compre-
hensive style of the learned Professor, aided as he is by the
gigantic apparatus of the institution, renders the course a
most valuable and instructive one, not only to the rising
generation, but to those of more mature growth.
In the chemical department Dr. John Ryan has commenced
a course of lectures on general chemistry, ever watching
amid his brilliant experiments for some opportunity of
showing how beautifully his favourite science explains the
wonders of the creation and demonstrates the wisdom and
goodness of the First Great Cause. We are astonished to
find that the interest attached to the explosive cotton
remains undiminished, and the Doctor is compelled by the
pressure of applications to give a lecture on this engrossing
subject three times a week. In speaking of the rapid action
of the cotton during an explosion, the Professor showed a
most remarkable experiment. He took a few grains of the
cotton and screwed it up in a soft piece of paper ; after
making a few holes in the paper with a common pin, he
placed the paper in the barrel of a pistol, the cotton towards
the breach ; he then fired it off, and although the cotton ex-
ploded with force enough to expel a bullet, yet the paper
remained untorn and uninjured. At first sight the result
seemed the effect of some sleight of hand, but the Doctor
referred it to the rapidity of action, the newly-formed gases
escaping through the pin-holes, without tearing the paper in.
the least.

We cannot overlook the musical department of this estab.
lishment. Dr. Wallis is most happy in the selection of his
music and most effective in his expression of the great
masters. In the arrangement of the airs for the present
series of dissolving views (mostly original compositions by
this gentleman) he deserves great praise, as it gives a most
pleasing accompaniment to the pictorial illustrations.

IRELAND.
THE GOVERMENT RELIEF MEASURES.
DUBLIN, FEB. 18.—The Reproductive Employment Com-
mittee assembled yesterday at their rooms in College-green,
to consider the Goverment measures for relief under the Bill
now before Parliament. Mr. Bolton Massey presided. Very
strong objections were made to the construction of the new
commission, on the ground that five out of seven were Eng-
lish officials, already occupied with their own official busi-
ness, and all of them unsuited for such a duty. A memorial
to the Lord-Lieutenant was adopted, praying that unpaid
members, selected from the Irish resident gentry, should be
added to the commission.

This day the following gentlemen, comprising the deputa-
tion from the committee. waited upon the Lord-Lieutenant
with the memorial :—Mr. St. George, High Sheriff of Gal-
way ; Mr. Cole Bowen, High Sheriff of Queen's County ; Sir
W. Cox, Sir T. Staples, Colonel Dunne • Messrs. Stanley,
Monk, Vernon, Bolton Massey, Pierse Dlahony, and Kem-
mis. After the memorial had been read,
His EXCELLENCY stated that the appointments of the
Commissioners had been made in England, and those selected
were heads of departments, considered to be the most com-
petent for the duties. His Excellency observed that he had
caused to be prepared a circular to the Irish country gentle-
men, containing queries to which he requested answers, by
way of advice and suggestion as to the reconstruction of the
relief committees, which was a matter of vital importance in
the administration of the new system of relief.
Mr. BOLTON MASSEY, as chairman of the committee, took
the opportunity of assuring his Excellency that their sole
desire was to support the Government on this occasion with
their zealous co-operation ; but lest they might afterwards
be taunted with an acquiescence in those appointments, they
deemed it necessary thus respectfully to protest against them.
The deputation soon after withdrew.
THE FAMINE.
The provincial journals and private communications that
have reached us to-clay contain the most heartrending ac•
counts of the ravages of famine and fever in King's County,
Tipperary, Cork, Kerry, Mayo, Sligo, Waterford, and other
counties. The unfortunate peasantry are dying of starva-
tion by hundreds. Some of the details are really horrible.
The most eager applications are made, in ',various quarters,
for coffins, to inter the victims of famine. Mr. Jocye, of
Clifden, county of Galway, in a letter to the Dublin Ecening
Post, desgyibes the death of a mother and child at that
place, whZ had been lying in fever. The straw on which
they lay caught lire, and both were burned to cinders. The
fever hospistals are crowded, and the deaths are increasing
to a fearful extent.
EVICTION OF TENANTRY.

It is really lamentable to think that the system of eviction
should be in operation at such a time, when famine is deci-
lusting the population.

V‘, eiake an; following from the Limerick Chronicle of yes-
terday:—" On Tuesday, William Smith, Esq., sub-sheriff,
with Captain Granville and detachments of the 55th and Bth
Hussars., from this garrison, and a strong party of police,
under head-constable O'Malley, proceeded to ]iallinacariga
to take possession of land from James Ilanly and six others,
for non-payment of rent. This property belonged to the Rev.
Charles Dawson, who was murdered on those lands in the year
1835. There were great crowds assembled, but no breach of
the peace was attempted."
There are further accounts of ejectment proceedings in
Mayo. It appears that some of those turned out have emi-
grai ed, and the land they held is lying waste. None of the
neighbouring farmers will take the land.
The Mayo Telegraph states that some of the landlords in
that county are proceeding to enforce the last November
rent, even " before a spade or plough has been put in re-
quisition by the husbandmen." That journal states that the
November rent has actually been paid in some instances,
whilst money is sought from the benevolent English people
" for the sustenance of those starving tenantry, now called
upon to pay the November rent."
OUT-DOOR RELIEF.

The Cork Examiner states that the Rev. Dr. Collins and
the Rev. Justin 11.1'Carthy have left that city for London, as
a deputation from the Roman Catholic clergy of Cloyne
and Ross, in order to watch the progress of the Irish Poor-
law Bill, and to secure the enactment of a system of out-
door relief, which might be " interfered with or cushioned
by the maaceuvres or intrigues of an Irish party or Irish
landlords."

GALWAY ELECTION.-RETURN OF THE SOLICI-
TOR-GENERAL.

The Solicitor-General, Mr. Monahan, is now Member for
the town of Galway. The following appears in the Dublin
Evening Post of this afternoon

" GALWAY, WEDNESDAY. —The following is the third day's
poll, as officially declared last evening :
Monahan... 2B
O'Flaherty 26

GROSS POLL.

Monahan
O'Flaherty 5Ol
Majority for the Solicitor-General —7
" The booths were all closed, and the successful candidate
will be declared to-morrow, the 17th, as soon as some dis-
puted votes shall be decided upon by the assessor.
"Possibly the majority of 7 may be lessened ; but Ihave no
doubt: the Solicitor-General will be ' the man for Galway,'
and abetter man, or a more useful representative, the good
old town could not have chosen.
" WEDNESDAY, HALF. PAST ONE.—The arguments on the
disputed votes are in progress, and will not be closed until
long after the departure of the mail."
HARVEST PROSPECTS.—The Limerick Chronicle of Wed-
nesday says—" The young wheat crops look remarkably well
in all parts of the county. The farmers are sowing potatoes
more generally."

FATAL ACCIDENT AT WESTMINSTER-BRIDGB.-^
An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Payne, at St.
Thomas's Hospital, on the body of Michael Hayes, aged 65,
a carpenter, of No.l, Mason-street, Cornwall-road, Lambeth.
On the 18th of December last deceased was at work assisting
in " shoreing up" one of the arches of Westminster-bridge,
when in handing up some wedges to a fellow-workman his
band slipped from the piece of timber which he was holding,
and he fell a depth of sixteen feet on to a scaffold beneath.
From the scaffold he fell into the water, but was speedily
got out. His left leg and nose were found to be broken, an
his shoulders dislocated. He went on well for
Mosmine 15.
but mortification of the leg caused his death on o Jan.
Verdict—" Accidental death."
information received
by the police of the following
ROBBERlES.—Yesterday
house of Mr Andrews, No. 45, Westernding
bVbielrliaes,l :—BlFmoommfietlhde-
spoons, seven tea spoons, and thaebrl e
articlesspoon,sof
eightplate d;eisrsoenir t
road, Paddington, six silserat
the house of Mr. Stovin,atc, 2,hNwo.ith a
Duchessc-street,; Pfroormtlanthde-
place, a hunting w
person of Mrs. Brown, of No. 29, Dorset-street, Dorset-
square,ol in a Paddington omnibus, a double .cased gold watch,
a black ribbon and two gold seals attached and from
the Cathedral Hotel, St. Paul's Churchyard, a gold watch, a
gold pin, with a cameo head, and a finger ring.
DEATH FROM ATTENDING A FUNERAL.--Yester-
day,
wall Mpor.plßara,koeiri
thieleldboadny iontquEeisitenatiathheoriKiy,nagg'es
dAfromr tsy, yMe rl
of Paradise-row, Poplar, whose death was accelerated by
attending a funeral. It appeared that the deceased had for
pastsh ebeen
was
tsufferingd to fr otmh e af u
hcold a
funeral of
hceorudgehe.easOena
someSundtime
last
Cousin, who was to be interred in the Catholic chap el of
Poplar. She was advised not to attend, but she persisted in
doing so. After her return she appeared very unwell, and
retired to rest. On the following morning she was found
dead in bed. Ske was much affected by the dampness of
the chapel and the coldness of the weather, which no doubt
accelerated her death. The jury returned an open verdict of
"Found dead."

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CONVERSION TO THE CHURCH OF ROME.—We
have to announce the conversion of another clergyman of the
Establishment to the Roman Catholic Church, in the person
of the Rev. Edward Caswell, M.A., of Brasenose College,
Oxford, who made his profession of faith at Rome, about
three weeks ago, according to letters received from that city.
Mr. Caswall's brother, a member of Cambridge University,
was received into the Roman Catholic Church a few months
back. The number of clergy who have joined the Church of
Rome during the last eighteen months, is now about seventy;
the converts from the middle and upper ranks of the city
considerably exceed that number.
We understand that the Queen has decided that
the Garter, vacant by the decease of the late Duke of Nor-
thumberland, shall be cogorred upon his Grace the Duke of
Bedford.