The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-24 00:00:00

NOTICES OF MOTION.
RAILWAYS.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
gave notice that, on Tuesday next, he would move
for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the time for
the purchase of land by railway companies.
THE RECENT COMMERCIAL DEPRESSION.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
gave notice that, on Tuesday next, he would move for
a Select Committee to inquire into the causes of the
recent commercial distress, and as to how far it had
been effected by the laws relating to the currency.
CRIME IN IRELAND.

Sir G. GREY gave notice that on Monday next
he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for the
prevention of crime and outrages in Ireland.

THE UNION.

Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR. gave notice that
on Tuesday, the 7th of December, he would move
for a Select Committee to inquire into and report
upon the measures by which the Legislative Union
of England and Ireland had been brought about and
upon the probable consequences of the continuance
of or a repeal of the union (as we understood).

FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Mr. C. ANSTEY gave notice that on an
early day he should move for the return of a num-
ber of papers connected with the administration
of foreign affairs in this country from the year 1829
down to the present time included, to illustrate cer-
tain charges of high crimes and misdemeanours which
it was his, intention to bring against the Noble Lord the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.—(Laughter.)
DECIMAL COINAGE.

Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on Friday next
he should inquire of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the
Master of: the Mint (Mr. Sheil) what steps had been
taken with respect to his proposition to establish a
decimal coinage?—(Laughter.)
ISLE OF MAN.

The HoN. MEMBER also gave notice that on the
same day he should ask the Right Hon. Gentleman
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
whether it was his intention to move the appointment
of a commission to inquire into the civil and criminal
Judicature of the Isle of Man.
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House of Peers this day, and that her Majestyed the
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(The Right Hon. Gentleman then read the Speech.)
Mr. HEYWOOD (who wore the uniform of a
Deputy-Lieutenant) then rose to move that an
humble address be passed to her Majesty for
the gracious speech which they had heard
that day, and in doing so he said he had
to request that indulgence which the House
usually afforded to young Members who for the
first time rose to address it.—(Hear, hear.) He
felt that this indulgence would be the more
needed by him, because he was not en-
abled to congratulate the House upon the
prosperity of the country. He regretted deeply to
state that the commercial affairs of the nation had
been for some time past in an alarming state of de-
pression. The cause of this depression was, pro•
bably, undue speculation in railways that
speculation which so peculiarly characterised this
iron age in England. The capital authorised to be
raised by Parliament for the construction of lines
amounted to no less a sum than 299,000,000/. ;
161,000,000/. had been already paid upon shares,
leaving 138,000,0001. more outstanding. This enor-
mous capital was of itself enough to cause a crisis
and to lower the income of the country, but
when to this was added the deficient harvest
of last year, and the failure of the potato
crop, and that these disasters led to a great dimi-
nution in the demand from foreign countries
for our manufactures, and that great poverty
existed throughout the country, the House could
not fail to see that all these things must
have materially acted upon the manufacturing
interests. In Manchester, where the cotton trade
was settled, the weekly demand had decreased from
30,000 or 31,000 tens weekly, in 1845, to not
more than 20,000 at the present time.
Besides this, there had been over-speculation in
Calcutta by the large East India houses—over-spe-
culation in corn, and the result had been very great