The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-27 00:00:00

RELIEF OF THE Dzsmu rE IN THE
ME MO PO LIS.

Sir W. JAMES wished to ask the Seerota.ry fur the
Home Department, if it was the intention of her Ma-
jesty's Government to introduce any measures to relieve
the casual poor in the metropolis?
Sir G. GREY had not received any information en the
subject from proper quarter, and was nut at all in a
position to say what his views on the subject werc.
BOA.OUGII OF CAVAIRIDG E.

Sir DE LACY EVANS, on going into Committee. of
Supply, begged to call the attention of the House to
certain erroneous allegations in the petitions from the
borough of Catulnidge, complaining of the omission,
or non•rogi3trati n, of sever) duly qualiti, d, in the last
court of revision held in that borough. 110 held in his
hand a letter from the town .clerk, stating these facts,
and expressing a hope that a remedy might be found to
correct this state of things, and restoring these voters
to their franchise during the ensuing year. The charges
of neglect of duty against the Revising Birrister were
totally unfounded, for he had p.rforined his du:ii,s sub-
stantially and completely. A list of the claimants had
been submitted to him, which list he had given in a
perfect state to the town-chnk. lie had only further to
state that, of the sixty voters excluded, they were in
pretty nearly equal proportions c 4 the opposite parties—
Liberal and Conservative ; and in the event (Yr' an oLe-
tion, the results would be of nu great matter. Some
means should be adopted fur rectiiying the Act of Par-
liament, and the parties were very anxious that an
inquiry should take place.
FEVER IN lIZELAND.

Mr. J. O'CONNELL said that in rising then he had
no intention of interfering with the business of the [louse
upon the paper for that night, but he felt it absolutely ne•
cessary to call the attention of the Gov, rnment,forat short
time, to the condition of Ireland. He was well aware
that they would have, during the next fortnight, many
opportunities of discussing the condition of that country,
on the measures which the Government had upon the
paper for the relief of Ireland, but he wished to direct
the serious attention of the Government to the necessity
of additional measures. He did not refer to the accounts
of incroasing aistress, appeared in a morning
paper of that da , for, since the beginning of Cie present
session, the frisk Members had the misfortune to have
everything they said, with reference to their country,
treated as an extravagance and exaggeration. The
disease of typhus fever had already appeared, and if the
Government restricted the diet of the people to the
single article of soup, they would cause them to ex-
perience the disease of dysentery, according to the
opinion of the most eminent medical men. He hoped
Government would take an opportunity of cuasidering
the propriety of bringing forward soma measure which
should hold out a prospect of Ireland being, at no dis-
taut period, supplied with solid food. Serino Hon.
Gentlemen would scorn to lay it down as the
rule to be adopted in the present einergeticy,
that the population of the country should be diminished.
but he saw no reason why that rule should be adoptcd,
seeing Ireland, when well cultivated, was capable of
producing more than sufficient food for it, people The
natural resources of the country were refused to the
people, and exported en large quantities to this country.
He would express his hope that the dictates of rea‘ion.
justice, and hu:nanity, would be I...tended to by the Go-
vernment, and that the people of Ireland would not be
told by them that they must perish; that sufficient re-
sources were to be found in the country, and to those
the starving millions of the people must look, or that,
because the. supply of food had deertaLed, the populatloo
u should decree also, by emigration. It was a horrible
doctrine for any person to propound. It was owing to
the misconduct cf Government that Ireland was in
its present distressing condition, nod it was
but fair that the Government should bear
the consequences of its fatal misconduct.—(Hear.)
The effect would be to break down the rate-payers to
the condition of the paupers. They believed that the
prosperity of the country had risen in spite-of the poor-
laws; but he had stated more than a month a7o in that
House that they were quite ready to give up their oppo-
sition, and allow the Government to make their experi-
ments; though he believed that the attampt to curry out
these laws in Ireland would be only a reckless waste of
effort and of means, particularly at a time when the
funds of the country were so strained, and must be so re-
strained to relieve the frightful distress. Still, lie
asserted, that a great majority of the Irish Members
were quite ready to hear auy burden which
they might chuo,e to impose upon them. But he
thought, all these attempts would be useless, and
he would rather point to an observation of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer the other night when he
was alluding to the Irish receipts. in the Exchequer,, a
remark which hart
1
served. not received the notice
.which de •
That
r,,neearuka,lionitcd to the possibility of in-
creasing
and lie (Mr. J. O'Connell) be-
lieved that if they
instedcould,ohly increase the expenditure
in Ireland, of
to this country th•Patlr in the Pr°l")rti"n one-
third:evi would double the amount,
instead of tectiviea
Ze12,,000,000/. they would
get 17,000,0004 from the
irA'hey would du same
thing to effect good towatals
landlords return home. Thy sio'''ut,`l,by making the
do so by the exprc.-sion of public opinialee compelled to
create something like expenditure of eanital
Ul
' „t,
and compeatly relieve the people Of this co u:;1:
frog]
a portion of ;he burden that pressed upon them present.
He trusted that the Irish riousures mighthroutoi
forward as hastilyas pos ible, that the Ireih Nienabers
mig h t return as 59011 55
posslble.to do what they might
to relieve the distress which eyisi.cd around them.
Mr. LA BOUCHERE said that he was not aware that the
Hon. Member for Kilkenny had iit n contcontemplationcuseplat.itrn e
u te
o to
contemplation bring
this subject at present before the lluuse, anldi
often upon the subjee, that the House wou uhniorriabri-
e
jag at large upon it. fle trusted that when the o
Member spoke of the horrible doctrine of delaying the me,asu.res
for Ireland, that he did not refer either to. her Majesty s Go-
vernment, or the English and Scotch public. Ile had never