The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EV:ENING, MARCH 12, 1147.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
ROUSE OF LORDS, March 11.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack shortly after Five o'clock.
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY ACT.
Lord BROUGHAM said that he had received the
advice and assistance of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency
Conmissioners both in town and country, and the sug-
gestions he had received from them were so valuable,
that he had been induced to make great alterations and
additions to the Bill which now stood for the second
reading. He wished, therefore, to withdraw that Bill
and bring in another in its place, which he now moved
to be read a first time.
The Bill was then read a first time.
Several private Bills were brought up from the House
of Commons, and read a first time.
INFLUX OF IRISH INTO HULL.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the
corporation of Hull, to which he begged to call the
attention of his friends opposite, lamenting the calamity
which had befallen Ireland, and stating that they felt it
to be a great hardship that they had to support the Irish
poor, a great number of whom flocked into the
town, in addition to their own. They also prayed
the Legislature to pass an effective poor law, and
that it would take measures to carry it out,
as was done in England. They further stated
that they felt no confidence in the administration of the
law if confided to the Irish alone. His Lordship read a
letter which had been forwarded with the petition, show-
ing that the rates were now levied unequally. The
parish of which the letter spoke contained upwards of
6,000 acres, 1,100 of which were in Chancery, and could
not pay any contribution, but there were 2,600 acres
which were not represented at all, and the proprietors of
which were subscribers neither to the dispensary nor any
other charitable institution in the parish.
POOR LAW SETTLEMENT.
Lord ASHBURTON presented several petitions
against the law passed last yeat.
SILK MANUFACTURES.
The Earl of ELLENBROUGH said that in moving
for returns of the exports from this country last year he
had stated that the exports of cotton, woollen, and linen
manufactures had been smaller than before, but' that
the silk manufactures appeared to be stationary, or bad
rather advanced. In looking to those returns, however,
he found that while the value of the whole of the ex-
ports of silk was 2,345,000/., upwards of 1,461,000/. had
been imported into this country during the last three
years, so that the net value was only 879,0001. lie be-
lieved that this arose from the fact that a large quantity
of bandannas were introduced into this country
which here underwent a process of manufacture,
and then were exported as British manufacture.
He would now move the return of the exports of the goods
solely British, as distinguished from those which had
been previously imported, and then exported as British.
The Earl of CLARENDON believed that large quan-
tities of bandannas were introduced into this country,
which were afterwards dyed, and thus having undergone
a process here were deemed to become British manufac-
ture. He had no objection to the return.
The Earl of RADNOR suggested that the declared
value should be stated as distinguished from the official
value.

The return was then ordered.
PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND.
In reply to a question from the Duke of BUCK-
,
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that all the in-
formation at present in possession of Government had
been presented in the books laid on their Lordships' table,
and further inquiries at the present moment would be
likely to disturb the existing arrangements.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGLI wished- to7ask the
Noble Marquis if he had any objection to liiy.titi'the
table of the Rouse a continuation of the correspondence
of the Board of Works since the last publication of the
correspondence ?
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, there would
be no objection to publish from time to time all the'cor
respondence. He wished, also, to take that. opportunity-.
of observing, with regard to Capt. Wynne, that thenaniea
of the labourers struck off the listsof the destitute persons
employed on the public works in Clare could not be re-
turned, as their names were not recorded in the books of
the relief committee. He also wished to observe that
Captain Wynne was not now employed in Clare, but in
Galway.
Lord BROUGHAM moved for a return of the exami-
nation and commitment of four boys who were corn.
mitted to prison by a Middlesex magistrate for taking
the cap off another boy, -and throwing it into a field.—
Agreed to.
Lord MONTEAGLE moved for a return of the num-
ber of persons who were transported during the last ten
years in Ireland.—Agreed to.
CUSTODY OF OFFENDERS BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
PRISON DISCIPLINE BILL.
This Bill was also read a third time and passed.
The following Bills were read a first time :
The Consolidated Fund (Eight Millions) Bill.
The Markets and Fairs Clauses Bill.
The Commissioners Clauses Bill.
The Gas Works Clauses Bill.
The Waterworks Clauses Bill ; efter which their
Lordships adjourned.

HOUSE 'OF COMMONS, March 11.
The SPEatmu took the Chair at Four o'clock.
LYNVI IRON COMPANY.
The Lynvi Iron Company's Bill was read a third time
and passed.