The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-08 00:00:00

EMIGRATION.

Mr. MONSELL gave notice of his intention, on this
day fortnight, to call the attention of the House to the
subject of emigration.
IRELAND.

On the motion of Mr. H. IIERI3ERT, returns were
ordered showing the number of persons committed, ac-
quitted, and convicted in Ireland, for cattle and sheep
realing in Ireland, during each of the years 1844,
1845, 1846, 1847, and 1848. Return, showing the
number committed as vagrants during the same years.
Account, showing the tail expenditure for gaols, brid--
wells, and houses of correction for the same years. The
total number of persons committed, acquitted, and con-
victed, for the same years. The number of deaths in the
prisons of Ireland during each of the same years.
The number of prisoners sentenced to transportation,
and those actually transported, for the same period.
The number of convicts under sentence of transportation,
on the Ist day of January, 1849, where confined, and
how the expenses of their maintenance is defrayed.
And, the number e f persons in custody in Ireland
charged or convicted of crimtnal e.ffences on the Ist day
of January, 1649, where confined, and the number of
criminal prisoners for whose reception and safe custody
the several gaols were built, and the number of persons
actually in custody on the Ist day of January, 1849.
METROPOLITAN POLICE.

On the motion of Lord DUDLEY STUART, the
following returns were ordered :—General accounts of
the city of London Police for each year from their first '
establishment to the 31st day of December, 1848 (to be
made up, as far as possible, in conformity with the an-
nual Metropolitan Police account). Return of Police
constables and others, officers of the Metropolitan Police
force, who have been charged with offences before
any of the police magistrates during each year from
1844 to 1848 inclusive, specifying the rank of
the officer, his age, the time he has been in the force, the
nature of his offence, whether convicted or not, the
punishment awarded, and whether he was retained in
the service; total number of -men who have b•en dis-
missed, fined, suspended, or degraded by the Police
Commissioners during the same period, and the number
who have resigned their appointments during the slam
period. Similar return of City of London police force (in
continuation of Parliamentary Paper 238, session 1844).
Return from each division of ;the metropolitan police,
of the number of robberies committed, the value of the
property stolen, and the value of the proderty recovered,
for each year, from 1844 to 1848, inclusive. And similar
return from the city of London police (in continuation of
Parliamentary Paper, No. 238, of Session 1844); return of
the number of pet sons taken into custody by the metro-
politan police, and the results, in each year from 1844 to
1848. inclusive; and similar return from the city of
London police (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper
No. 238, of Session 1844).
ADMIRALTY PRIZES.
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Captain PECHELL, pursuant to notice, wished to
know whether the Lords Commissioners of the Admi-
ralty intend to revise the scale for the distribution of
the proceeds of prizes, pursuant to the proclamation of
the 19th day of May, 1840
Captain BERKELEY said that the subject had been
under the consideration of the Lords of the Admiralty
for some time; that the result of their opinion would be
shortly published, and ho had no doubt that the publi-
cation of the papers on the subject would give the Hon.
Member the greatest satisfaction.—(l-lear.)
NAVIGATION LAWS.
Mr. PALMER presented a petition from a consider-
able number of shipowners at Plymouth, against the
repeal of the navigation-laws.
Mr. URQUHART said, having seen a statement in
the Clamor Publice that the negotiations between this
and the Spanish Government had been brought to a
termination, he wished to know from the Noble Lord
(Lord Palmerston) in what situation the neg,tiation,
were. There was also another question which had arisen
out of recent occurrences, and wbich he wished to put,
as to whether the Noble Lord was prepared to lay on the
table of the House any of the correspondence which had
been brought by Count Mirasol to this country relative
to the expulsion of Sir H. L. Bulwer as Ambassador from
Madrid ?
Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to the first question,
said the Government were not in possession of any com-
munications on the subject. As to the second question,
whether ho was prepared to lay on the table of the House
the communications brought by Count Mirasol, he had
to reply that he certainly was not.—(Laughter)