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

THE

Mene'ees.ter, Si.effield d L'rcoleshire Railwa.e (Branch
tit Chap,-; roes! Tete-. e'end t'eel Branch).
Manche s rer, s f el. and Lank, flush ire Railway ( sh-
ton Petrel:rise).
Manchester, Sheffie,d, and Lincolnshire Railway (Branch
to Bugs%vert.,).
Alanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Shef-
field Canal Purchase)..
' Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railways, and
Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway. and CheAer-
. fi -la and Gninsborough Canal Amalgamation.
Mid:and Great Western Railway of Ireland (Newcastle,
Anniskinnan, and Baltrasna, Deviations).
Newbury Cementry.
Norfolk Railway (Diss Branch).
Norfolk Railwa:, (Bury St. Edmund's Branch).
Rochdale Canal (Sale to Manchester and Leeds Rail
way Company.
Scottish Midland Junction Railway (Amendment and
Branch t,)Laureneekirlt).
e,heffield Canal Aid. Aineodinent.
Sunderland Markets, Bridge, Ferries, and General Im-
provement.
Warrington Gas Light end Coke Company.-
Wilst, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Amendment
(No. 1.)
Windsor Railway.
Yeovil, Bridport, and Exeter Railway, with Branches.
LONDON, OX FOIW, AND Oil ELTF,N HAM R AIL-
WAY AND BRANCHES.
On the motion that yeses 13111 he read a second time,
Col, nel SIBT .011 P said, that it .a as almost impos-
sible to hear what was going on in that t' °use—
(Laughter)—hecause, what with the noise of Members
passing up and down tie- [louse, and the low tonein which
the names were read by the cleik at the table, it
was almost impossible to hear the names of the
several Bills. lie knew that it was exceedingly difficult
to take the sense of the lieuse—(Laughter) —or even to
look for anything like a favourable result as regarded
any opposition to the Bill, but he was determined
to pursue the indeperalent course he_ had always.
adopted, by assenting to none of them.—(Loud
laughter.) He knew that he would be unsuccessful in
opposing the second reading, but he felt bound to do so,
as he had taken very great pains in looking over all the
papers relative to this, and the opposition line (the
Cheltenham and Oxford) which was then before the
examining Committee. He was no friend to railways,
and would rather meet a respectable highwayman than
a railway surveyor at any time.—(Laugher.)
The Bill, despite the lion. and Gallant Member's
opposition, was read a second time.
SUPPLY OF SEED (IRELAND.)
Sir J. DUKE presented a p,tition from Clare and its
neighbourhood (as we understood), from a number of
tenant-farmers occupying from 20 to 60 acres each,
praying the Government to render them some assistance
in obtaining the se, doiecessary for sowing their land, and
thereby obtaining crops in the ensuing year, and pre-
venting a recurrence of the sad visitation which had
afflicted the country in the present sear.
TEN HOURS' BILL.
Mr. PLUNIPTRE presented a petition in favour of
the Ten Hours' Bill.
IRISH DISTESS.
Mr. D. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the
corporation of Dublin, praying the Government to adopt
some speedy measures to meet the prevailing distress in
Ireland.
FOOD FOR IRELAND.
Mr. MACARTHY presented a petition from the
poor relief committees of Cork, setting forth that there
were 4,757 persons at present in the workhouses con-
nected with that city, and 174 persons in the fever hos-
pital; and that, notwithstanding that the soup
depots distributed. daily 7,000 quarts of soup,
the amount of distress was still most alarmingly
on the increase; that the prices of provisions
were already double the usual price, and they prayed
the Government to adopt some measures to obtain a
supply of food, to keep down the present rising prices
of provisions, and thereby mitigate the existing distress.
LIGHT-HOUSES.
Mr. BELL presented a petition praying for the aboli-
tion of the light-house dues.
THE COLONIES.
Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition, praying that
the measures promised last session with respect to the
introduction of sugar, might not be of a temporary, but
of a permanent nature.
IRELAND.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from Carrie-
mickeross, setting forth that the want of proper security
of tenure and li galised compensation for the improve-
ment of the soil were the causes of all the agrarian dis-
turbances that had taken place, and praying for reme-
dial measures.

TEN HOURS' BILL.
Sir R. H. INGLIS presentul a petition from the
elerumen oilludderk.field in favour of the Ten Hours'

NOTICES OF MOTION.
Mr. F. FRENCH gave notice that, in Committee on
_he Poor Redef Bill, he should move amendments to the
first and second clauses.
Mr. O'CONNELL also gave notice of his intention
to move amendments in Committee.
➢lr. ROEBUCK gave notice that, to-morrow, he
should move for a Committee of the whole House for the
purpose of extending the Poor-law Act to Ireland.
Dr. BOWRING gave notice that, to morrow, he
should make an inquiry respecting the committal of two
children in the county of Essex, who were said to have
been sent to prison and heavily fined for taking a small
quantity of turnips from a field.
Sir B. HALL gave notice of his intention to move
for certain returns connected with the poor-rates of
Ireland. _ _

Mr. GRATTAN gave notice that, to morrow, he would
move for returns of the rich absentees from Ireland,
specifying names, numbers, county, and property, as tar
as they could be made up. A return of the poor had
been ordered, and he thought it ought to be accompanied
with a return of the rich.
FOREIGN WINES.
Alderman THONIPSON moved for a return of the
number of gallons of foreign wine imported into this
country.

HOUSE OF KEYS.
Pr. BOWRING wished to ask the Secretary of State
for tie Hnnie Department it any correspondence had
taken place with Government with reference to the sub-
ject of reform in the House of Keys, in the Isle of Man,
and wheth, r memorials Iral
,been present, d on the
subject, and if so, whether such would be produced ?
Sir GEORGE GREY—Such correspondence had been
received, and there was no objection" to its production.
HAYDOCK LODGE ASYLUM.
Mr. Off` EN STANLEY wished to know from the
Right Hon. Gentleman the Home Secretary, if Govern-
ment intended to take any steps with reference to the
disclosures made at this establishment,
Sir GEORGE GREY said that a report had
been received from the Commissioners of Lunacy,
and it was intended that that report, with
the evidence on which it was founded, should
be laid before the House, till which time he did not think
it expedi, nt to say what steps should be taken in refe-
rence to it.
Mr. STANLEY wished again to ask if it was pro-
posed to make any amendment with regard to the 8
and 9 Viet., chap 26, in reference to county asylums. A
very great difficulty had arisen with regard to borrowing
money from the. Consolidated Fund.
Sir GEORGE GREY %us not prepared to say that
there was any Bill then ready to be brought in on
the subject.

WELLINGTON STATUE.
Captain POLHILL wis.ted to know from the Noble
Lord opp tsite, whether it was intended to allow the
Wellington statue to remain in its present position?
Lerd MORPETH said that Government had inti-
mate.l to the sub-committee their wish that the statue
should be removed from the place where it now was.
LABOURING POOR (IREAND) BILL.
On the order of the day fur the second reading of this
Bill being aped,
Mr. WILLIAMS le se to propose the amendment, of
which he had given notice—"'That the second reading
(and all oth,r stages in this House) of the Poor Relief
(Ireland) Bill. shall have precedence of the said Labour-
ing Poor (Leland) Bid." The course which the Go-
vernment had adopted was rendered most neces 4iry.
It was called for by the whole Population of Ireland,
and the Government had responded to that call. The
Hon. Member for Limerick hid said that the Government
ought to be impeached for their conducts He hoped that
expression escapc.i fr,,m the Honourable Member
in the heat of dk bate, and was not his deliberate opinion.
He, however, considered that the Poor-law Amendment
Act ought to take precedence over all other measures.
In his opinion it would be the only means by which a
recurrence of thane cetamities which had occurred
could be averted. All remedial measures with-
out an additional poor-law wuold be useless.
As England had suffered so much from her misgovern-
ment of Ireland, be thought it was time for her to take
some decided step. Hed an efficient poor-law—had the
t been introduced last year, instead
prose:),
of the Labour rate Act, the country would have been saved
an almost usele-s expenditure of four millions of money.
The people at this titne of the year should be engaged in
the fields preparing the land for the next harvest, in-
stead of which they were all running after this half idle
kind of labour on the public works; there was no st curity
that the same distress should not recur again next year.
To avert this the true course was to introduce an efficient
p,or-law. The Bill now proposed was entitled " The
Destitute persons' (Ireland) Bill," and, on looking it
over, he found that the first dame provided for the ap-
pointment of a vast number of officers; and, further,
wasand
spendl iinit.aiwthuat onthmelyofthoey,,topblaseeerind.theThe
ihe Government was empowered to di) what they pleased,
year,sure
presentm ea
before which time it was calculated that seven millions
thought t
of money would be required. Now he t by
that
this time the eyes of her Majesty's Government ought
to have been opened. and that a measure of per.
manent relief • would
have been introduced, in-
stead of such a temporary scheme as the present.
No other measure would suffice to meet the existing
remedyca-
lamity and provide a permanentbut
an efficient
poor-law. That the resources of Ireland were quite
sufficient to support all its population was well known.
It had been admitted the other evening
Lord at the head of the Government, that
Ireland could, if duly cultivated, support seventeen
millions of a population. It was, therefore, too load
that the people of that country should be continually
dependent on the funds raised by the distressed and
overtaxed working population of this kingdom.—(Hear.)
He ha;: also received in the course of this year a very
extraordinary proof of the capabilities of Ireland. He
moved for a return of certain imports to this country
last year, and he found that a quantity of corn,
cattle, sheep, and swine, amotinting to 7,000,0001.
sterling
,• had been imported. Ile also received
from 'lreland, in the course of last year, en ac-
count of the quantity of butter, cheese, and other
articles imported, as well as the quantity supplied