The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-17 00:00:00

NEW MEMBER FOR CORK.

Dr. POWER was introduced by Mr. Maurice O'Con-
nell and Mr. Callaghan, and took the oaths and his
seat for the county of Cork, in the room of the late
Daniel O'Connell, Esq., deceased.
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS BILL.

Sir DE LACY EVANS, after some discussion as to
the incorrectness of the division that took place upon the
Parliamentary Electors Bill, withdrew the measure for
the present session.
THIRD READING.

The Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway (Deviation and
Amendment) Bill was read a third time, and passed.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.

The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
considered and agreed to :
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway
(Deviation of Main Line and Chester Branch, Scc.)
Buckingham and Brackley Junction Railway, and
Oxford and Bletchley Junction Railway Companies
Amalgamation and Extension of Lines.
Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station, and Branches
to Granton, and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Railway).
Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extension at Holyhead).
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Improvement of the
Ferry between Ferry Port on Craig and the north
shore of the river Tay).
Edinburgh and Northern, and Edinburgh, Leith, and
Granton Railways Amalgamation.
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Junction Railway (Alteration of Main Line and

Hawes Branch).
London (City) Improvements.
Northern Counties Union Railway Deviation.
Readinz, Guildford, and Reigate Railway.
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway (Penis
tone, &c., and Purchase of Sheffield, Rotherham,
Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Rail-
way. Dun Navigation, and Dearne and Dove Canal).
Wear Valley, Bishop Auckland and Weardale, Wear-
dale Extension, and Wear and Derwent Railways,
and
Shildon Tunnel Amalgamation.
York and North Midland Railway (Hull Station and
Branches).
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GOVERNMENT LET TRINIDAD.
Mr. HUME presented
of the petition from Trinidad com-
plainingcolony, and praying for asylsitoem of Government in that
oon.LsAel?,!: Assembly.
Mr. OSBORNE presented peiition from the Tip-
perary Union, stating that thearatsunder the new Irish
bloodshed.
poor-law could not be collected withoutPORTUGAL.
Mr. OSBORNE wished to ask the Noble Lord (J.
Russell) a question in the absence of tßheyNtele Lord
the Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
article in the treaty with Portugal it wa:ecd
pro-
vided that the decrees taking away the liberty of the
subject of the press should be revoked. Now, as the
Diario recently issued contained a decree continuing a
suspension of the liberty of the subject and of the press,
for; an indefinite period, he wished to know whetker
the Noble Lord was aware of this ; and whether he in-
tended to take any step to compel the Government of
Portugal to fulfil the treaty ?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who spoke very indistinctly,
was understood to say, that he was aware that the
liberty of the subject and of the press had been suspended
and that they had not ;been revoked. The revocation
of the decrees on the subject was assented to by the
Queen and her Government, but refused by the Junta ;
but he believed the continuation of the decree com-
plained of was merely temporary, and that it would be
immediately revoked.
Mr. B. OSBORNE also wished to know whether it
was true that the French
bad protested against and Spanish Ambassadors
Oporto ? the conduct of Colonel Wykle at
Lord J. RUSSELL said
tested. he believed they had pro
POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
Mr. HINDLEY wished to know whether, in ihe event
of this Bill coming down from the House of Peers with
the clause of the Hon. Member for Evesham (Mr. Borth-
wick) omitted, the Government would consent to its re-
insertion ?
Mr. FERRAND said no less than fifty Members who
bad left town had stated that if the Government offered
any opposition to the clause that they would come up to
town for the express purpose of supporting it. If the
GoTeraraent would Mate that they ymbx not oppose

the insertion of the clause much incovenience might be
saved.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he would be very unwilling
to create a precedent by stating what he would do on the
mere supposition that alterations had been made in the
Bill by the House of Lords. This, however, he would
prumise the Hon. Gentleman to do. As soon as the
Bill came down, he should move that it be taken into
consideration on Monday—(Hear)—and he would then
state what course the Government would pursue.
Mr. FERRAND wished to know if it was to be un-
derstood that the Bill would come from the House of
Lords this day?
Lord J. RUSSELL said he understood that the Bill
was placed in the hands of the messengers yesterday, and
that it would be brought down to-day.
Mr. FERRAND inquired if the Government would
give a pledge that they would not take the Bill till late
in the evening, in order that Hon. Members might come
up to town, in the event of the Government opposing
the clause.—(Cheers and laughter.)
CHELSEA EMBANKMENT—METROPOLITAN
IMROVEMENTS.

In reply to Sir R. H. INGLIS,
Lord MORPETH stated that the Treasury had autho-
rised the expenditure of 50,0001. for the purpose of con-
structing an embankment at Chelsea, but the works had
not yet been commenced, owing to the arrangements
which it was necessary to make with persons possess;ng
property on the banks of the river—the Marquis of
Westminster and others. His attention would be
earnestly directed to the subject during the recess.
Lord J. RUSSELL said, it was true his brother the
Duke of Bedford had offered to subscribe a considerable
sum towards the metropolitan improvements, on condi-
tion that a certain sum, fur the same purpose, should be
raised by a tax on coals coming into the river ; but the
Government believed, looking at the high amount of the
present coal duties, that they could not have effected
these improvements without subjecting coals to a charge
considerably beyond that now charged by law. It would
be necessary to introduce a Bill on the subject. But
both out of office, and now in office, he considered that
the levying of such a tax was a most objectionable source
of revenue.—(Hear, hear.) His Hon. Friend the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer had given the most careful at-
tention to the subject, and he was of the same opinion.