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prayed therefore that the 'House would take the 10? int
into consideration, with a view of granting redieia. f. •,, '
DISTRESS IN IRELAND. J ' -
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented po_etitinaa
from Cork, and other places in Ireland, and aeierej
towns in England, praying that the Government *Ohl
take immediate and efficient measures to provide food
for the suffering people of Ireland.
CHINESE REVENUE. - t
Dr. BOWRING gave notice that upon an early tlitY
he would move for a return of the revenues collected in
China, and also the different modes of regulating its COli
lection at Hong-Kong and other places in China. .;
GROWTH OF COTTON IN INDIA. /
Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that he would, on Thursdny,
next, move for a Select Committee to inquire into the`:
growth of cotton in India, and the encouragement giie'a,
to it by the British Government. ;:.)
NATIONAL GALLERY.
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Mr. HUME stated that, on Thursday next, it w
intention to move an humble address to the Crown!
to lay upon the table of the House copies of any of :
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minutes addressed to the trustees of the National Cia' ,
lery during the last two years, and also copies of 014
directions given to them respecting the management sat'
arrangement of the pictures in the gallery.
USE OF MOLASSES IN DISTILLERIES;,: ,
Mr. HUME also gave notice that upon the same
he would move for copies of any reports showing the.
reason why molasses should not be introduced into !.:
country and used in distilleries upon the same footing a!
sugar. ~,•1 ..•
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ANNEXATION OF CRACOW. • 4-=,
Mr. HUME stated that be would postpone the 02,.":-
Lion, of which he had given notice upon this subjects tc,.!,
future day, in consequence of the papers promised
the Government not having been laid upon the table 9
the House. - , .
POOR-LAW.
Mr. FERRAND gave notice that, on Thuradirlilit;
he would move for the appointment of a Select V'at
mittee to inquire, into the mode adopted by the Poier:la?l
Commissioners ,and their AssistantsCommissidneti 11,
drawing up reports, and their treatment of boards
guardians, and what control the Right Hon. Sir Jam- ..
Graham, Bart., exercised over the Poor-law Commis"-
sioners and their Assistant-Commissioners, duel'
office
the time he held the of her Majesty's plinth 0
Secretary of State for the Home Department s .„„
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whether under the enforcement of the new poor;law .:
wages had not been reduced ; whether crime had Ia: k
increased, and whether a system of terror instead of 013
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system of kindness, had not been adopted towards. ~,,...i'
poor, and whether the favourable anticipations of '...i
pressed in Parliament by the promoters of the new ' •
law had not entirely failed; and whether the PFl"'''', nui ec.
upon which the new poor-law was founded vas '• '"!
direct violation of the constitution of England. „el'
CHARGES AGAINST THE LATE I-Iv".r"
SECRETARY. .•
The Host. MEMBER also gave notice, that on Th__froll; .-:
day next, he would, in his place in Parliament, Jades"l".
certain charges against the Right Hon. Sir ds. .•
Graham, Bart., Member of that House, lately hol
the office of her Majesty's principal Secretary of sr-i,
for the Home Department, affecting his character -
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Minister of the Crown, and also as a Member a 4,
House of Commons.
,CORPORAL PUNISHMENTS IN HONG-KONG' ' '
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Dr. BOWRING said, during last session, when. ,g7if,
interest was excited on the' subject of the inflietiont -,;4.
corporal punishment, he called the attention a iti .:,
Under-Secretary for the Colonies .(Mr. Hawes) to
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infliction of a similar punishment in the colony Of 0°,.. '
Kong. and referred to a particular case, in which gi, i
four persons were so dealt with. e (Mr. Bawl: ~.
stated on that occasion that in his opinion the paws:424lv
ment was unauthorised and illegal, and expressed ''s
intention of taking an early opportunity to inquire Ag
.40,010 w: A sufficient time had eliipsedL-to enable
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1.040. So. .14. .wished to
_inqnire nether, any, stP!- 4P'
hid;bizen;ieceivettp-Abe commutheitilldi inh,if .
..,,,,,10piar,.6.7:,...t0 the infliction ',.• .' or oral n° --4 '7V.'.
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ments,Llklthe. itoliit‘Cigu'its -14. Hong- . .:: :',,iiidlvbe' 10' ,','
any, sfejtt,,
,I)ad been taken to nreeellt--;:' • ins - •-',,
r • . ' , • - 'eg, ~0
Cerpoiatilftitislimerit; whether ' ' ''sit 'ds o.:vt
l• or euging,,cff the' tails of- the • ,i_l.. , ~'''' - iicii4
- ',l3eb.tii,Aii.ble-kti pay Pecuniary finesi.' '...Cikrienf Lifters e, ~,
lt,..Ye:ifieSsailOs explain this;:',..neiVePtitiavi t".:....*'
:4:Winiliis4,4tatfhat,-.inal i '" ,' or
talent- of flogging, the authorities bad cut off the taller
et
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thenatirehr,-(Laughter.) He also wished to aslsrigh
an ordinance, circulated in the Chinese iiiiiipaper ,4
10, of 1844), had been brought to the notice of. Po
Majesty's Government, and obtained their enneti°,r;
such ordinance appearing to authorise whatever .b
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barous and brutal punishments might be in.tese
under the Chinese code, or according to C.rbe" it
usages. The ordinance was to this effect:— An" oaf '
enacted, that in lieu of the whole or any part of ....,
penalty provided by the law, statute, or ordinance, J win "'
ae
soever, it shall be lawful for the court of justice 'Zoo*.
whom the matter shall be adjudicated upon, to sense of
any offender, being a native of China, or a natl„'ior,
Hong-Kong of Chinese origin, to undergo such Pi'his
ment in conformity with
_the usages of Chins, °bible,
hitherto been usually inflicted on natives of
committing offences in this colony." t t°
Mr. HAWES said, in reply to the questions pet t
Mr. HAWES said, in reply to the queStioflSnhiOU
him by his Hon. Friend, he had first to call the:ts'ession.
of the House to what
_passed in that House 15s;ase of a
His Hon. Friend drew his attention to the - ill'
d been •
Chinese on whom corporal punishment hall the ci!::'
licted, and he told him, in reply, that a anireu
cumstances connected with that case would be'in's 01
into. His Noble Friend at the head of the Coleho.
Department had sought an explanation from theLtitt •
rities of the island, which was to the following e"- an
was •
The Chinese in question had been guilty of felony, •-"
was arreeted. A rescue was attempted by a 'erg"'
number of Chinese, which was attended with cosi:-
derable violence. They were, however, all arrested' '
and carried to the police-office, where the questi°l•
was heard, and others were convicted and fined five dol-
lars, or to receive twenty strokes of a "rattan." 01,
must confess, however, that this punishment was itenTo
panied with the loss of their tails.—(Hear, hear, °lir;
laugh.) The seas were there infested by gangs of Is
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less persons, and it was found very difficult to devise sts.;f„
punishment at all commensurate with their offence'. 0
(Hear, hear.) It was in the power of the inagiet_.,ll ,•
to inflict the punishment that was inflicted in this M;
With respect to the ordinance, be had to state thevro,
was sanctioned in 1844 after. a good deal of coneid;hit ,
tion, but ha was at the same time bound to admit :0.
it was impossible to assimilate the punishnientsc;44
flitted under a Chinese code with those indioo
under an English one, as they were extremely bar further.
He had" promisedHn. Friend to procure he.
information on this point, and when he received it,
should lay it before the House.
THE CHANNEL SQUADRON. Tiler
Sir C. NAPIER gave notice of his intention to--tbe
row to ask the Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary te., of:
Admiralty (Mr. Ward), whether it was the interiti7oBl
the Government to employ any part of the Ch...,$ tot
squadron try import corn into this country on secow•
merchants ?

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Mr. BARCL AYSHIPPI presented a petitionINTEREST from a name!
of owners of ships in Sunderland, representing the r
perty of 1,200 tons of shipping at Sunderland.
ORDERS OF THE DAY. of
Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the postpone
nt
the orders of the day till the notices of motion were
posed of.—The motion was adopted.
THE SOLDIERY IN INDIA.
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Dr. BOWRING rose to make an inquiry resP-
the conduct of the British army in India, of or.-v,
notice had been given at the latter end of last 265,sithe..
and which had been repeated on the first day etw„,r, '
present, to hid lion. Friend the Secretary at
...der',
It referred to the reports of the hanging und
ing by the British army in India, and originat"
consequence of a letter written by a soldier of the;
Regiment, which was inserted in a local paper of e(11,
siderable circulation, the Stamford Mercury. This pstpg, 0
meat was reprinted by a well known body—the the
Society. There was no doubt of the authenticity of ;h0
letter, and that it had been written by a soldier In "
80th Regiment. It bore the post mark, and there svAtT
therefore, also no doubt but that it was put in in Inui
and was countersigned by the major. This member °a
the British army goes into the most minute details, en,
gives a full account of the atrocities of the British aro3/ci
in which he says he himself took part.. No answer ha
yet been given to the question, and in now call
upon his lion. Friend (Mr. Fox Manic) for 11;
explanation, he thought it but right to 0::
that the Society of Friends had made every ."-t:
qniry into the circumstances reported in this states:tele
The Hon. FOX MAULE wished to exonerate
gentlemen to whom allusion had been made fro° ts,s
blame. There was no doubt they had acted on Ifle;
from a private named Runn. An inquiry ',lll
made on the subject, an investigation had been se'' 3
foot, and he held a report in his hand from wil,ig,
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appeared that Runn denied having written that left tri;
and a statement to that effect had been forward
Lord Gough.
M. HENLEY wished to ask the Chancellor of tb:
respect Exchequer whether the regulation with to sue
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was to apply to all persons brewing.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER per
posed to take off restrictions from all persons who
engaged in brewing.
EXEMPTION FROM COMMITTEES. a§
The usual motions were then put, that the mem,..„—ce
of the Government should be exempted from attenaw'
on th e Committees of the House.
Sir CHARLES NAPIER said he wished to be e 4;
empted from the duty of Committees, he being °'
sixty years of age.—(Laughter.)
THE STATE OF IRELAND.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Sir, I feel that I Defer /Isla
so much need of the indulgence of the Mouse as I bA"
on the present occasion, but I feel, at the same tin?
that I never had so little need to ask that 'indite
gence. I feel sure that this House, from
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temper which it has already displayed ;
the sense which it has manifested of the calamity that
has occurred, and I fear calamities still impending; fr°sll
the sense of the danger that there would be from intetibr:
posing any party feeling in the discussion of this s
ject; from the kindly disposition with which I baps be:
already received by the House,—l feel sure, twi::
that on this occasion I need not ask for any such in" e.
gence, but that it will be voluntarily bestowed uPOI3 ,112
—(Cheers.) Sir, in considering the state of Ic'eland'er
will first proceed with laying down what is the %rot
in which I wish to discuss the subject. In the to.
place, I propose to state generally the co oni
tion of those parts of the United Ningd ke
in which this calamity has occurred ; secondly, to .the
a general statement of what has occurred during '.
es.
recess of Parliament ; what has been done in cons
e
quence of Acts of Parliament ; how 'fir those ineasur