The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-29 00:00:00

RATE-PAYING CLAUSES.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from Nor.
tvich praying tor the repeal of the rate•pa} ing clauses of
the Reform Bill.

EDUCATION.

The HON. MEMBER also presented petitions from
parishes near Manchester against the Government plan
of education.

LIGHTHOUSES.

Sir A. LEITH HAY presented a petition from Peter•
head against the present Lighthouses Bill.
AGRICULTURAL TENANTS.

Mr. DEEDES presented petitions from Margate, and
other parts of Kent and the Isle of Sheppey, in favour of
the Agricultural Tenant Right Bill.
LAMBETH-BRIDGE.

Dr. NICHOLL stated that, in the discussion which
recently took place on the subject of the proposed Lam-
beth-bridge, he said that Sir Samuel Brown, one of the
parties interested in that undertaking, was a member
of a mercantile house engaged in the manufacture
of chain cables, and that his object in the promotion
of the undertaking was no doubt to dispose
of some of his chain cables. He had since received a
letter from that gentleman, denying that he was actuated
by any such motive. He felt it his duty to make this
statement to the House, although at the same time he
must express that he did not consider it a very grave
charge to make against the member of a mercantile
house.
Sir DE. LACY EVANS said that at the time the
statement was made he thought it most uncalled-for.
FOREIGN WINES.
Dr. BOWRING gave notice, that on this day fort-
night, he would call the attention of the House to the
desirableness of reducing the duties on foreign wines.
PROPERTY-TAX FOR IRELAND.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD gave notice that, on
ttie motion for going into Committee on the Railways,
Piers, and Harbours (Ireland) Bill, he would move a re-
solution, that it is expeiient to impose a tax on the pro-
perty of Ireland to construct public works in that
country.
SCOTCH REGISTRATION BILL.

Mr. DENNISTOUN presented a petition from Glas,
gow against the Scotch Registration Bill.
IRISH DISTRESS.

Lord SANDON presented a petition from Liverpool,
which stated that by the official returns the number
of Irish paupers who bad immigrated was 150,000.
only 40,000 of whom had emigrated, while the rest were
wandering about the town; the petitioners prayed that
the House would take their case into consideration.
ENCOURAGEMENT OF EMIGRATION.
Lord LINCOLN gave notice that he should move for
an humble address to her Majesty, praying her to take
into her gracious consideration some means by which
emigration and colonisation might be effectually pro-
moted.
Mr. BROWN wished to ask the Right Hon. Secretary
for Ireland a question with reference to certain sub-
scriptions, said to have been made in the United States,
for the relief of famine in Ireland. It had been stated
that a committee of gentlemen in the United States, had
obtained from the Secretary-at-War of the country, the
use of two ships of war, which they employed in
conveying food, raised by voluntary subscriptions,
to the relief of their starving brethren in
this side of the Atlantic. If such a course had been
taken by any gentlemen in the .United States, it fres
most desirable that the country should know it.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said that he was glad to be
enabled to answer the question of which his Hon.
Friend had given him notice. He thought that the
best way in which he could give that information
would be by reading an extract from a letter which he
had received. The letter was from Mr. Ewing, who
lately represented the United States in this country, and
who, when he left, carried with him the esteem and re-
gard of everybody who knew him. The letter was
dated the 26th of March, and stated that the vessel which
conveyed it was a vessel of war, which had been lent for
the purpose by the Secretary at War, and it conveyed
food for the relief of Ireland to the value of 100,000
dollars. These supplied were collected, one half in
Boston, and the other half in the interior towns It
was commanded by Mr. Forbes, a gentleman of high
consideration on the United States, who bad had volun-
teered his services gratuitously, in order to enconomise the
food as much as possible in its destribution. The officers
were also persons of consideration, who had volunteered
their services gratuitously. That ships arrived at Cork
and would, as it was stated, soon be followed by another
with a similar cargo.—(Hear, hear.)
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
Dr. BOWRING said, that on various occasions he had
sought to call the attention of the House to the im-
portant subject which was involved in the resolutions
which he was-about to propose with regard to the proper
cpropriation of the public funds. He iypld, in order
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