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four days elapsed ; anti on the evening of the
fourth day the horses raid carts arrived, and tha
fishermen again put to sea. It was plain that
if raways had existed 4,000/. worth of herrings
might have been fished on each day, and con-
veyed throughout Ireland and to Dublin. Thus, for
want of railways many thousands of pounds were
lost, and the evil was the more felt became
for want of these railways no curing was carried on
in consequence of the very high price of salt.
It had been objeeted to the plan of his Noble Friend,
that there would be such difficulty in carrying it out, that
they would never raise the 16,000,000 L, and that the
plan would therefore be refused. But he did not think
that this country was in such a condition that the sum
could not be raised. He would not obtrude any opinion
of his upon the House, because it would be of no avail, but
he did understand from a friend of his who was well ac-
quainted with the finances of the country, that it
was preposterous to suppose that four millions of
money could not be raised in this country during
the year 1647, for the relief of the destitute
poor in Ireland. Another objection was, that the people
of England would object to the imposition of a tax
for the relief of the people of Ireland. The Noble
Marquis then read a series of extracts from the account
of a friend, which stated that on last Monday morning there
were no less than 44 corpses lying dead in one house,
and that over one hundred bodies had been deposited
in the small burial grounds of Skibbereen and the
neighbouring places, and that in those places no less
than 401 bodies had been found apparently dead from
starvation, and that not less than 1,600 victims
to this terrible calamity had fallen within these
few months.—(Hear, hear.) Would the people of
England refuse assistance in such a case as this, or
hesitate at any measure calculated for the effectual
relief of the poor in Ireland. He was quite sure that at
the present moment no such measure would be refused
for the people of Ireland, and the only difference be-
tween the plans of the Noble Lord opposite and his
Noble Friend was, that the latter would enable
the Government to use the resources of the
Government, while the former would not. The
Right Hon. Gentleman had said that some time
must elapse before the railways could be formed, and
that during that time no return for the money would be
coming in. He did not see the Right lion: Gentleman in
his place then, but he was quite sure that he would
be very glad to hear that no such circum-
stance did occur, for there was a clause in the
Bill which provided that the interest of the money
should be paid by the Irish railways. This was not all
—he would go further—ho could prove that not only
would Hot a single farthing come from the pockets of
the English people, but it would put money
into the Treasury. He would take a passage from
the Spectator of last week, and he supposed
that gentleman could not suspect it to be a paper likely
to be unduly influenced by his Noble Friend or his
party. It said that it was not only the magnificent pro-
mises which could be seen in the proposition of
the Noble Lord, or in the elaborately lucid
sp ech of the proposer. It was the specific
nature of the object at which he aimed, and the
explicit account of the way in which the plan was ex-
pected to work. In all these respects the plan stood in
formidable opposition and contrast to the plan of the
Ministry. It was like the substance placed op-
posite to the shadow. They had there laid
down all the Noble Lord's data—they might be dis-
puted, they might be falsified, but, then, they were
challenging scrutiny. These Chancellors of the Ex-
chequer had got up one after the other, and not one of
them had attempted to deny any important fact or state-
ment of the Neble Lord's.—(Hear, hear.) His Noble
Friend had said in his speech that there would be
600,0001 or 700,000/. put into the Treasury from the
increase of the Customs and Excise under the
operation of the Bill, and could they say that
that was no advantage to the people of England.
(LEFT SPEAKING)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met at the usual hour.
POOR REMOVAL ACT.

Lord POWI'MAN presented a petition from the inha-
bitants of Blandford, in the county of Dorset, in vestry
assembled, praying their Lordships to amend the law
passed last session relating to the removal of the poor.
Lord MONTEAGLE moved for a reprint of the re-
port of the Poor-law Commissioners of 1834 relative to
out-door relief ; also for a reprint of the report of the
Irish Poor-law Commissioners on the same subject.
Ordered.

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operatlims of the Bank of England, and these very
persons might take steps to neutralise these operations.
country, and let them suppose a motion made for re-
turns either of the amount of Exchequer-hills or
of stock, they must see that the effect of that
would be to communicate to persons without inquiry.
The great press of railway business was now over, next
year there would be no railways brought before the
House, and now that the steed was stolen, the Govern-
ment were very carefully manufacturing a lock and key,
in order to prevent any others from being stolen.
Lord ASHBURTON then consented to postpone his
motion until Thursday next. It was nut his intention to
create the slightest alarm in the country ; his object
was only to obtain information upon an important
subject. _ _ _

The real gist of the question was, how far the Bank of
England had been compelled to reduce its general issues
in consequence of its present drain upon the circulation,
thereby preventing its being able to take up the Exche-
quer bills as formerly? He did not think that the Bank
of England would have any objection to grant the re-
turns he had moved for.
DISTILLATION FROM SUGAR BILL.
Messengers from the Commons brought up the dis-
tillation from Sugar Bill.
INFLUX OF IRISH PAUPERS INTO LIVERPOOL.
Earl FITZWILLIAM moved for a return of the
number of Irish paupers that had lately arrived in
Liverpool. On the 7th of February, 2,585 had arrived
in one day, and the total number from the 13th of Jan.
to the 11th of Feb, 27,012. It appeared that in one
day, the 26th of Jan., 25,529 had received relief ; on
the 27th, 23,313 ; on the 28th, 24,000 ; and on the
29th, 24,000. During the last ten days the number had
considerably decreased—there had been only 6,000,
7,900, or 8,000 each day.
Lord BROUGHAM—The average influx lately
had been 900 a day.
-Tiae Marquis of WESTMEATH thought it would be
desirable to know how many of these were emigrants.
Earl FITZWILLIAM thought it would be impos-
sible to ascertain that.

Lord STANLEY thought that the number of those
who were emigrants must be exceedingly small. The
middle or end of March was the period of emigration.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said it would be de-
sirable to have as much information as possible on the
subject.

Earl GREY agreed with the Noble Lord that in ordi-
nary years, such was the period of emigration, but this
year was an exception. There had been 26 emigrants
this year to the United States.

A NOBLE LORD would also move fora return of the
number of emigrants into Newport, in Wales, and other
places.

Earl GREY thought, that though it might be pos-
sible to get the number that arrived in Liverpool, it
would be difficult to ascertain the number into other places,
The motion was then agreed to.
SUGAR DISTILLERIES BILL AND SUGAR

BREWERIES BILL. -----
Lord CLARENDON said that he proposed that these
Bills should receive a second reading upon Friday next,
and that no discussion should arise until the Bills
went into Committee.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

WORSHIP-STREET.
CHARGE OF PERJURY AGAINST A POLICEMAN.--
Clarks Andrews Amos, a police-constable, of the H
division, appeared before Mr. Broughton to answer a
charge preferred against him, at the instance of the
Commissioners of Police, for having grossly assaulted a
young female, and then locked her up on a fictitious
charge, in order to prevent a charge being preferred
against him for the Offence.

—lt appeared that on Thursday last a prostitute, named
Ellen Bolton, was charged by defendant before Mr.
Arnold, the magistrate, with disorderly cenduct, when
she stated the prisoner had taken indecent liberties with
her, and on her threatening to prefer a charge against
him for so doing, he had trumped up the charge to screen
himself: Mr. Arnold a ked her if she had a witness ?
She said a girl was with her at the time, and could
vouch for the truth of her statement. The defendant
denied the truth of her statement in every particular,
and the girl not being present, Mr. Arnold adjudicated
on the policeman's evidence, and ordered her to be im-
prisoned for seven days. After the case had been con-
cluded, and the girl locked up, the witness alluded to
came ieto court, and, although she had not seen the
prisoner after the defendant had locked her up, made
exactly the same statement. Mr. Arnold, on hearing
this, ordered the prisoner to be placed at the bar, which
being done, she was discharged. The report of the case
having been forwarded to the Commissioners of Police,
they directed the present proceedings.
The first witness called was the girl Bolton, who,
having deposed to the facts already stated. went on to
say that as soon as she asked the defendant the way
out of Brick• lane he made use of the most filthy expres-
sions to her, which she took no notice of, when he pro-
ceeded to act in the grossest and most indecent manner,
and, forcing her t p a court, threw her down, where,
had it not been for her resistance and the arrival of
the other girl, he would have effected his purpose. On
getting away she proceeded towards the station-house
for the purpose of making a charge against him, when
he followed and took her into custody, afterwards
telling her he would let her go if she would promise
not to lodge a charge against him; refusing this, she
was taken to the station and locked up. She did not see
her companion until after her conviction the next morn-
ing. She mentioned the way she had been treated to
the inspector who took the charge.
Jane Reeve, the girl alluded to, in every particular
corroborated her.

It being seven o'clock before the testimony had con•
eluded,

Mr. BROUGHTON adjourned the case, observing that if
the witnesses were speaking the truth, the prisoner
should not have been sent before him for a summary
conviction, but indicted for perjury.
Both girls were severely cross-examined by Mr. W.
Heritage for the defendant, but ho failed to shake their
evidence in any particular.
HAMMERSMITH.

EXCISE INFORMATIONS —Mr. Wm. IVesibrook, brick-
maker, at Earle's-court, Kensington, appeared before Mr.
Paynter to answer an information, at the instance of the
Excise, for selling beer without a license, whereby he had
incurred a penalty of 201.
Mr. Sleep, the solicitor, appeared for the defendant,
and pleaded not guilty.
The Excise proved that the defendant had never taken
out a license to enable him legally to sell beer, and called
a witness who had been in the defendant's employ, who
deposed to the defendant having, in the kitchen of his
house in the brickfield, a regular tap fitted up for the
sale of beer, and that on the day charged in the informa•
tion he was served by a boy, in the defendant's employ,
with a pint of beer, for which, and something else, six-
pence was stopped out of his wages by the defendant on
the following Saturday.
Mr. Sleap, for the defendant, contended there was
before the magistrate no proof of the sale of beer. There
was nothing in the Excise Acts to prevent a master, for
his own convenience, and the furtherance of his busi
ness, engaging men for so much wages and so much
beer. All that the Excise had proved was, that in a
brickfield a boy in the employ of the defendant had
given a man in the same employ a pint of beer, and that
on the Saturday a sixpence of his wages was stopped.
It was, however, a fact capable of proof, that in the
summer time the farmers in Middlesex and elsewhere
were in the habit of giving beer in part wages, in order
to prevent their leaving their work to get it.
Mr. PAINTER said he did not anticipate the line of
defence set up. There was, however, no proof that it
was so in that case. He must, therefore, convict and
fine the defendant in the lowest moiety of 51. and costs.
He thought it a case for the consideration of the Excise
Commissioners.