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London, England, 1847-02-05 00:00:00

the munificent sum of 30,000/. They kept their
charities in
.their own hands, and for a society of their
extent this was truly munificent ; and he trusted that
this efficient aid would be continued until the distress
had passed by. What he meant to say was that the
Government could not prevent the famine; and he never
desired to assert that the distress suffered by the poor in
this country was at all equal to that which was to be
met with in Ireland.
REDUCTION OF THE DUTY ON RUM.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from
the landed proprietors, farmers, and other persons inte-
rested in the agriculture of the :county of Cermarthen,
against the proposed reduction of the duty on rem.
Also, a petition from a place in Scotland, the name of
which did not reach the gallery, to the same effect.
The Noble Duke hoped the Government would not press
any measure of a permanent nature until the parties
interested had been heard against the proposition. This
was but just to them, as they complained of being
taken by surprise by the measure introduced by the
Government. He felt certain that if the reduction in
the rum duty was made it would only cause greater
exertion to be made for the repeal of the malt-tax.
THE SUPPRESSION OF CRACOW.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table
certain papers, which he stated had been delayed in
order that they might be laid complete on the table of the
House. They were the last of the series relating to the
annexation of Cracow to the Austrian empire, and con-
tinued the correspondence with the Austrian Government
on that subject. He also, by the command of her Majesty,
laid on the table of the House the first annual report of
the Board of Supervision of the Poor-laws in Scotland.
The House then adjourned at Six o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 4.
The SPEALES took the Chair at Four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.

Mr. PRIME took the oaths and his seat for West
Sussex, in the place of Colonel Wyndham.
STANDING ORDERS.
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Mr. STRUTT proposed alterations in standing order
No. 13, so as to assimilate the proof of the standing
orders by affidavit, in Scotland, to that which is required
in the case of Ireland, under standing order No. 14.
Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT conceived that this would
be an alteration of great service in removing an incon-
venience that had been felt in the Committee of Private
Bills.
Mr. ESTCOURT explained that this alteration was
intended to be made last session, and it was only through
a mistake that it did not appear at that time.
RE TFORD UNION.

Mr. GODSON presented a petition from the guar-
dians of this union, praying that a correspondence
between themselves and the Poor-law Commissioners,
relative to the expense which had been incurred in
the provision of the Christmas dinner of the
paupers, which expense had been uniformly allowed
from the year 1835, when the union was formed, to the
year 1844, but in the present instance the auditor of
the district had disallowed the outlay.
TEN HOURS' BILL.
Lord JOHN MANNERS and Mr. WAKLRY presented
petitions from Huddersfield and other places in favour of
a Ten Hours' Bill.

HARBOUR CONSERVANCY.
Sir R. FERGUSON presented a petition from Lon-
donderry for the repeal of Ow Harbour Conservancy
Act.