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pegged in the last year, found it advisable to add.
half as much again -to the sum to make it,
'
in fact, a million tied a half, instead of a
million, and in that state it passed through
Parliament. With regard to tne other measures he had
little mere to .Cl.) than to repeat what his Right Hon.
Friend had stated at the commencement of the evening.
Th© truth was, that tl,e great power of the measure in
eff sting good depended on its being a compulsory mea-
sure, but after that measure had been introduced in that
House they heard trona vatitn, quarters that to take
away their pr:perties trona the pr pristors would be con-
sidered as a violent measure in this, but m re especially
in the other House of Parliament ; that in that shape
the measure was not likely to be successful in passing.
They then considered whether the measure without this
compulsory clause could not be made capable of
effectiag great g.od. and the Secretary for Ireland un-
dertook the introduction of it in an amended form.
The Bill passed the House with great difficulty.
Ile was now making a statement to the House, the ob-
ject of which was to show that his Right Honourable
all
Friend had stated that they could not accomplish
that they desired in this pre.ent session of Partian3
in
the
e:lt.
They had agreed that 2,000 000/. should be spent
drainage and improvement of Ireland. One-ealf of this
was to he applied to the soil, and that. he thought was a
sufficient an swer to the renritk,i of the Hon. Gentle
man (Mr. Roebuck). The Hon. Gentleman said that
they should now consider the portion of the new ex
peases. The amount which had been appropriated to
this purpose at the commencement of the session was
2,000.000/. The amount now appropriated to the same
purpose is 2,120,000/. The Hon. Gentleman said thet
this was a breach of good faith, but in the contraction
of this loan every desire had been manifested in
tha contraction of the loan to uphold the prin-
ciples which they professed ; then why did
the Hon- Gentleman complain of them? But the Hon-
Gentleman said in the course of this debate that they
would pledge themselves to the burden, and that the
measure would be partial in its effects. Now it appeared
to him (Lord J. Russell) that it was not a measure that
would in any way affect the proceedings of future years.
_(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman the Member
for Cambridge, in the very fair and candid speech
which he had made at the opening of the debate, had
stated that the sum to be used in April was 350,000 L,

statement of the Bank Accounts there„.was thweyodnfhestit
evidence that this precaution had been taken, a
be
no accusation of imptuderce. in the rnanagemueoi
lion. Baronet
couldwell founded. He agreed with tilts Right
give his vote against the Gover_nment.
those proposed, pt rwopas:d,stttn(diaibtg:-rai-uOntothmatagkreousnudch thal'itv.haent,gualds
Ho said that, no one
•c
could blame the
amdbetrakt,o,nr, ritaraw7sorgthuiitici
of Lo“
Arddi?joErOo.R„ GE BENTINCE. rose, amid loud, cries
be had 11,aike.ihotg Litre.
cGooenrstleemwahoiethhe
consistent with that which he had taken three
months ago when he had introduced a witsure
similar to the one now under discussion. He had not
exaggerated the difference wl!ich existed now in the
money market, to that which formerly existed. It was
certain that a 51. note was turned over thirteen times
in the year, and it was clear that a sovereign must be
turned over a greater number of times. He would sup-
port the proposition of the Government, though he
thought that the Government had taken the
fag end of the greater scheme, and also thought with
the Hon. Member for Cambridge that the Government
would be obliged to go on with the priticiVe, and sup-
port ail the ether railways in Ireland. —(Hear. hear)
He thought OITA they had got the sharp end of the
wedge in—(11, hear)—and they would soon get the
whole of it. The Government had said tti,t, ti.,
money which would be advanced in support of the
railways would 11? repaid, while the money which
would be otherwise spent would never be rrpani_
now that was the very argument which he hid uses
three months ago.—(Hear, hear.) The Bank ce
England h..d been much blamed as having 'men the
occasion of this monetary crisis they had been told that
corporations had no souls. Now it such were the case,
Cabinets might be said to have no hearts, for
there was strange ingratitude on the part of the
Government, in turning against the Bank of
England. who had done them good service.
They had now the extraordinary novelty of the C han-
cellor of the Exchequer asking the Bank of England to
advance him money to meet the exigencies of the Go-
vernment, and they had, at the same time, the Bank in
such a position, that had it not, in the course of forty-
five hours, received a loan of two millions, in all probe
bility the dividends would have gone unpaid.—(Tre-
mendous confusion, and cries of Divide, divide,"
amidst which the Noble Lord sat down.) . .

and had supposed that the whole of the money was to
be applied to the formation of railways. If then, he
argued, this money was to be applied in April, they
would have the same sort of application in the months of
April and June; but when such parties made their appli-
cation they would find that there was nothing left. The
fund which Parliament had placed at the disposal of the
Govelnment was 620,000/, but they had not received any
larger fund, and it was stated, that there might be an
application to the Loan Commissioners. Of the Loan
Commissioners he could not speak, but this much he
must say, that the Loan Commissioners would have no
objection to advance the means if they had had the
money of Government in their hands, and if parties ap-
plied to teem in the month of August, they mighti very
well say that they had funds in theoie
.hat.nt s,e hi
H would
the; could not consent to apply to this bj
say that this was the case of Ireland.
.com-
monthTeheivecsenwtaosfno
case. It might be said, that in
..
grant-
ing this sum that England would be under the obligation
o advancs some turther sum. It was a case of pecu-
t
liar nature, and one of singular magnitude, and one which
otteh,, from it.; eeeessity, to be immediately met. The
people in I: eland complained, that while they wanted foot!,
there were funds sufficient at their disposal to provide
fold for all, and which. if prsperly applied. would make
the transition easier by making subsistence more easy
to be obtained. But he (Lord J. Russell) thought this
was not to be eff c ed by a single remedy, for he believed
that there was no grand panacea ler the ills of Ireland.
When applesation hail been made for the improri-tnent of
the pens and harbours, the relief had been granted with
a view to the peoeie gettiter subsistence from the
fieheties from whish so much wholesome and nutritous
food was to be obtained. From that cause there would
be a great advantage. When the farmers petitioned tor
means to drain their lands, the assistance had been
granted in order to increase the produce of the soil ;
and from that there would be a great advantage. DEFINITION OF A "WRETCH."—One "who scrib
And now, who n a benefit was evident from bias for hire."---" Specimen of a New Dictionary by the
the assistance to be rendered to railroads in Ireland, he Marquis of Westmeath." See House of Lords' debate, April
was ready to rendsr assistance far that purpose also. 22.—Peneh.
He thought that he 'lad stated a sufficient reason for his The Blenheim transport, Lieutenant Edward Ward,
opposition to the measure of the Noble Lerd the Mena• agent, arrived this morning from Dublin with victualling
bee for Lynn; but he might now repeat, that he thought stores for the navy.
that a grant of 16.000,0001. would be too great a drain THE DEATH OF AN OFFICER THROUH MAL-
on the re-ources of the country. Hr had always been TRICATMENT.—Since our remarks appeared (already quoted)
ready to make a grant for public works, and he had ac- on the death of a young officer iii Piershall Barracks, we
cordingly given is his adhesion to the plan of his Noble have not learned how far the inquiry has proceeded. An Irish
Friend the Member for West Yorkshire (Lord Morpeth) contemporary, however, informs us that the young gentle-
man in question was the second victim to the "fagging"
in 1839, in favour of public works in Ireland,
system practised in the regiment. A correspondent, appa-
among the most important of which he reckor el
rently a private soldier, says :—" Sir—l beg you will
railroads. The same vote had been recommend ...it by Sir examine Surgeons Stevenson and Lyons, the quarter-
J. Burgoyne and his late lamented friend Mr. Drummond, master, barrack-master, riding-master, veterinary sur-
Their arguments were very ably stated in their reports,
ogtrieocne, and the servants in connexion with the
to which the Right lion. Baronet had more than- once'
referred. Their arguments were, that by the means of damagers.
done
eaminhe also the barrack-master's books for the
o apartments,
ei
er s and the
name
underwclothesere 7ttorr.ne
~otftr from
railroads they would give the means of bringing the Is:lik, °for rhicil:wereput
3.nam
agricultural produce of Ireland to England—that there the colonel. (You should have m
would thus be a better market for that produce, and the the dread of the "lash.") You can then judge if his death
agricultural wealth of Ireland would thus be increased. was rot accelerated by the maltreatment he received.—
He thought it was stated that 1,200,000 tons of agricul- Truth." We may mention that the young officer to whose
tural produce were annually brought from Ireland to death we alluded was Mr. Featherston, of the 3d Dragoon
Chards. \I, e are a- rry to say that we have no power to
England; and the Commissions stated particularly that,
with'regard to a railroad between Dublin and Cork, which force on an inquiry; but we trust we have said enough to
would pass through a country of average fertility, that gcihmite
itclisee. authorities in their painful duty.—Edinburgh
such an undertaking would be of the utmost THE DUKE AND THE QUACKS.—Observing the
value to the country in improving the port name of his Grace the Duke of Wellington advertised
a
onetiloet
of Cork. He had never been of opinion that other day as the patron and swallower of the pills
the employment of labour upon railways in Ireland the pestiferous tribe of London medical quacks, we used the
would be of any use in mitigating the distress liberty of asking the illustrious Duke whether his Grace gave
which prevailed in that country. On the other hand. authority for the publication, and the following characteristic
however, he thought the promotion of railways in Ire- reply vas received in course of post :---" Strathfieldsaye,
April 10, 1847.—F. M. this Duke of Wellington presents his
lend would have a very beneficial effect in providing a
comts to Mr. ill‘ab. He has received his letter.
rem* ly against the fame:misery of the country, by in- Ther Duke\ knows nothing of the person alluded to, or his
creasieg the agricultural wealth of Relied, and then by •
calling into opsratiop the labour of thousands, if not of f'oisdividual of his class has authority to use the
icrii,aol m'iss:t.itoutio the
iDuke of Wellington in any manner."— Glasgow
•rn, Ili ms, who might otherwise sink under such a dis-
tress as that whi .h was now so prevalent in Ireland. He T F ENDna THE WORLD —THE NEW PLANET.—
said. there:bre, that, considering the p-culiar state of We givei!' the toOpllFliawaiertig,
whichfr tl
Ireland considering the difficulties that they true that this •'coulde ' .nwo tr
onceo Sbuen :-- " If it be
clearlyti skeen
had to deal with ani, considering, at the by ordinary telescopes, can now be seen almost by
same time, that the sum they then proposed eye, it certainly is rapidly approaching the earth,mannda naked
was t. quel in amount to the sum he mentioned en the therefore, a comet, not a planet. It is s tid to travel towards
23th oi January last, he thought they were justified in the earth at the rate of a million and a half miles in twenty-
asking for the vote new before the Committee —(Hear, tour hours. We believe that this announcement, now going
the rounds of the papers. is not verified by actual observe-
hear.) The Right Ilen. liarenet said it was no ergo- tivi,ohno.
might t seemsha
et o bed ane i
it
idle
more
eoiritremcieil Fat
adding—'
nog: some wag,hiiiti.3
merit because they had 260,000/. in the Excheeti. r at
their deposal they ought to advance a moiety of that le.phers expressvapmparehensmiol
sum. He agreed with the Right Hor. Genth man. our earth, and being a very large body, maygin con c
lananctihrlatte
speaking generally, but Ireland, during the pr. -eat year, our globe, and thus fulfil the predictions of theeliilerees.'
fo -.mei an exception to the rule. It could nut be dealt We make this suggestion fur the benefit of editors."
with by the ordinsre ries of finance ; but the great SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A few days ago, as
ditficelly they had to deal with jusiifi,d them departing one of the gentlemen commoners of Winchester College was
from these rules It app'ared t., hita upon those disciessiog a barrel of oysters with a friend, he was sur-
tei me .- s, that the vote L. / y a.ked for was justifiable. Tse Prised on finding in his mouth something harder than the
more so, as since tee failuee et' the potato crop bed general nature of the oyster. It turned out to be a very
been ascertaitied, he had tell steeply the repetiebility large pearl, valued by thatshr jeweller at 200 guitleae.
The jeweller affirmed it was tne largest he had ever
which rested upon clovernment in cennexioe with this seen.
seesstien. Government had been attacked on various
grounds, and in vat ions us. eles, both in that Holies and ZoOLoGICAL SOCIETY,—The anniversary meeting
in Ireland, in connexion with tads subject. Some of vies held on Thursday, at the Society's Rooms, in Hanover-
the people ef this ceuntrer contended that it was greatsquare, when the chair the Earl of Derby, the
income of the
The „rtlvelsttle auditors byBras. announcedldwhilat the total
waste of public money, and a most unjustifiablea residtt..
past year as B,B4'edii ceeding tee ards ties country, to ask for millions for the
of sustaining Ireland during her pros •ot suffer. mained in hand a present balance of 2311:165. 4d.t Of the
• 3s. from admission to the gardens, and 326/. ev. 6d.,
ing ; while other* in Ireland loudly exclaim a osin.t the
prwrzmnesnlades.. The cost of animals wee
former, 3,08e1 Hs. was derived from annual subscriptions
rashness • ,f Gev,rnment in allowing all the t:ur ten to tall
report further
vtions
oaft2miuotredls,a.
upon the landed proprietors, since this coun ry ought not of 3411. Us., and
to be burdens i with the when. maintenance of the peo- decrease in the amount' of annual
pie of Ireland, nor ,u4ht the landed proprietors of Ire- which had also been progressiveu forsusobsmcri
the promenades been more euceeasful
t i be unduly press• d upon, but it was ie:vertheless thesome
Tars:Jr:wt.!' had
t progress had been made in the museum acnuotint
bound duty to eteleeveur, if they could, to guard
against the recurrence of a similar calamity'. Still, he hiohlleecittleon of
ie
preparations,ltii without any very material outlay.
The museum by no means regretted the determination of Goverment, fellows port of .
be 1,894, ainSnn worrui,tcsedultdhieng
contributionsl42. ;is
cause ha b .lisved, that in curia (I!l,'ACtf of that noninter- were presents from the Noble Presilent, Major Godfrey,
ference, in no part of the Cor.Wient were corn and S. Auldjo, Esq., General Briggs, &c. The total number of
provisiors to he round cheaper than they were at present spec-mens in the menagerie was 915, of which 341 were
in Ireland. It eid not follow because some of the mammalia, 5.57 birds, and 7 reptiles. The donations to
people of Ireland had died of starvation, or of this department were very numerous, comprising nearly 40
fey, r, that Engle .d had not done her best, and made
different species of monkeys, entl the chief lass was in the
great sacrifices to assist the landed proprietors in mid- death of the largest giraffe. The total manlier of visitors,
gating the present distress. He would say a few words
during the past year, was 91,049, of whom 29,142 were pri-
upon the question respecting the commercial state of vileged, whilst 7'0,903 obtained admission by payment. The
the country, and especially as affscted by the state of
total number of visitors to the pnemenatles was 5,996, making
a total number of 100,045 persoas who had attended the
the currency. His Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of gardens.
the Exchequer did not say, as was stated by a former
We find the following in the Gazette du Midi of
speaker, that the danger was past, and that there was the 16th :—" Don Enrico, on his arrival at Rome, demanded
no longer any danger existisg. But from circumstances an audience of the Pope, who, in reply, desired that he
which he then stated to the House, he said that be was should be presented by the Spanish Ambassador ; but, as
rr at every
induced to take a more cheerful view of the subject; this functionary made pretension
those circumstances were, that there had been audience, the Prince declared thattibcoeinulgd notpresent
no depreciation of the currency through excess ; witness to any conscientious intercourse thatatisTigithotftaankye
lace between him and the Sovereign Pontiff. Consequently
on the contrary, that the exchanges on the P
C froisent wete in cur favour; that there had been he :lnnotruced hisintention of addressing his Holiness directly
no such a•nouot of over-speculation in trade as to lead to the first time he met him in public."
strh an accumulation ot s y cks as not to allow of the FAMINE RELIEF Fun) —Thursday the British
real•zatiun of goo] protiee and that the manuecturers
Faminetanind
expenditure.
and Scotland made their report of the
essoFiaii:ii at the South-Sea House for the Relief of the
present obliged to suspend
receipt.
b iptiooe is 386.9701. 16s. I Id., of
i:A the country were not at p
amaap:tnaittusate,eschtowing that up to the present time
aheir operation: for want of orders. Dose were in his
on,,i,oottr7soin;:;fmoriatlnte(deditaotnordsSeeel i13a1.n,85,d01:7;31e.1 expendedaTii(.l.lt)gal.
the total
63,73_
_. _ _
rable to the commercial which
lion. Friend's view all f even
4i1;31 tsl(tetp;urienhoas9nl,e):hifsaepsnrito:eevii
state of the country. He (Lord .1. Russell) would not
deny the existence .-f great difficulties arising from the
fact that a considerable drain of gold had taken place, expenditure for Ireland and Scotland, 285,7701. 13e Gil
at the disposal of
in-
and the uncertainty of the amount wLich might,} et be cludine clerks' fees, &c,. leaving a balance '' "
the le-resent occasion to denounce ee ... recenred. Several Honorable Gentlemen had taken the association of 101.2001. 38. sd.
making any payments in S [tie
principle of GLASGOW oPRING CIRCUIT.— At the sitting of
tine court on .Saturdae, John Henry, coefectiener in GI
. - - at the bar, on the charge of lessen., and
atannQs._(,..ri,,s
of
~
No specie under these circum- as-
bed certainly hearth is nu. He (Lord J. Russell) t'C's.v. wi.
placedd elterine bark ectes issued by the' . Glasgow
Vil'o)f speeches in
in m+l it all of which vague that House, rte l'zig '
lid king 0 ,
ra A
Vous were made to Bootee ' -11'`. •
, Stock .„, -ing impene , and effacing or retie-wine
remedy of that neture. by means et some chemical elibetance, the word e Five, ',
no.") Fehr - his part he nature.,( d cries of " Ne,the note am,
alternative if a departard couldiy not see any other bair each - the two corners tear to the top of ,
frauulfttlently iueerieg in piece of the words so of t
from the present system of the curreernec to be made
, the figures " 201." and of uttering the same forged note's'
With regard to that qusstien he would only beafree as genuine. The panel pled not guilty to all the charges.
present measure on the currency wad
founded
tne Atter a trial which occupied nearly nine hours, the jury,
auteldest principle, one it was his firm belief that, on the without leaving the box, returned *a verdict finding the
sequence of its eperation it had in times peat, and would prisoner guilty ef titterieg the forged notes. knewi 'g them ;
in future • save them from much pressure. He [lid I t'i be .0, 511• ,4ailtv in all the cases charged in the ineier-
e not ; meet. s • , ' - '
bulieve that any measure which could be aeep,ti by
0„,,,,:,
... entents.ot ,reesisattation for twenty bears cunt pro-
['tat H .use would be so safe a, the Act
of 1844,
and \
~ U
.on M,ii,i.y.— '-^f (fi:-,sman.
-1,111; LoNtlt, oi , or • •
cue—A court wae heldon Thugs- I
nothing thi4.,torc• e. uld be- further from his thoughts ' lay, aL wl:io.l''l,.'- ''
t„ pe9p 40 any alteration with respet to ee . ,Alary and otter ;rn,-Ii- :rt ;tie Police Cenimiree upen tee
thanhad led to meg.. , u'li'i'-elete wye - 'ureente of Mr. D. W. Hervey, the Com- I
Ha wree c neinced [het it a
~.,,
~ 1 erNrott. The
necessary, and •, ‘ . 5a1„,,,, ~, , report recommended that Mr.'
sur .4 Qt. preeautdon which Isere
the adoption - ay, a. „nowa,c to 1,000/. a year, that he
bad let:, in the power et the Bank .pa nutted to re,,ide eof fir. a rear ter fi house, and I '
of such measures of stringency or relaxation as j change. Tice repeet,''_!,3e,hete within six miles of the Ex- I
might appear to it to ; eieney
the circumstances of the country of the fereenartetemivri
value
highest terms of the e-ffi-- i
warrant. He believed, therefore, that taking the various Mr. Alderroa n Wood moved 'tibuaet Mr. Harvey's services.
bearings of this important question into consideration,
movedagreed
aeteenernen be
a bullion currency was the best and safest currencyl by MH. L. Taylor, era, eja,_Y ean amendment,
sa sry, &c., negatived. • cried, and the increase of
which could be adopted, and no measure which he heard . 1-LLEGE,„ roI;,,ONING AT Ten lefeeeee. ree
proposed, as a substitute for it, would be so effective in
veetigation relating to the deaths of r .----''' "c in-
ns. Mary ~.•
Meeting the requirements of the trading and commercial •
.lire. Elizabet I,'• li ...verett, the wives of two f-'
Manerarearson and
~..,. operations of this country.—(Hear, hear, and cries of ; h,m, who were murdered by means of arsenic atoll'
tiAs
teeea.
" Divide.") duced into their food, on the 28th
tilt., was resumed yea_
Mr. HUME thought that the Noble Lord and the terday morning:, bethre Mr. Pilgrim, the Norfolk coroner.
Bight Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) were both wrong in A great mass of evidence was adduced, and the cause of
, and he was unwilling that death in both of
proved to have been poison. ejise_
blaming the Bank directors
- ire 'tat adjourned, little progress having
the House should separate before he entered his protest ; mately the inqu , _ .
the mystery which surround" this
against that error. The Right Hon. Gentleman said I been made in dispelling e
the Bank did not take proper precaution, but from the ' singular affair.
ee a , .. . - -
_

The gallery was then cleared for a division, when there
appeared—
For the resolution 2OB
Against it

Majority -133 •
The resolution was then agreed to.
Mr. ROEBUCK said that there still remained a vote
ofat 4toh,iooa
earlyot t
periodbrthfisohfertieuse:oluf Ireland, t
ntthl ea
t
man would not press the vote. andhe he hoped opGe,el
The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER said
that this sum was included in the vote of lzst year or
50,0001., and it was only the application of it to another
purpose that was required by the vote of that evening.
Mr. HUME asked if the vote was granted for lest
year, why it had not been expender: in that year ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
he bad already fully explained this in the course of the
evening. The vete o. 50,0004 wasl for public improve-
ments, and only 10,0001. had been spent in the improve-
ment of the Upper Shannon. The remaining 40,0001.
was unexpended, and the House was asked to sanction
the vote of this evening.
The vote was then agreed to.
JUVENILE OFFENDERS BILL.

The then went into ccmmittee on the Juve„ile
Offenders Bill, and the report was ordered to be brought
up on Tuesday.
NAVAL PRISONS BILL.

Mr. WARD moved the third reading of this Bill.
Mr. HUME said that the return of naval punishments
Mild soon be laid on the table.
The several riders of the Bill were then read and
td.pted, and the Bill wag read a third time and passed.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
be House adjourned at. Two o'clock.