The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-14 00:00:00

COURT OF CHANCERY RETURNS.

Mr. AGLIONBY moved for returns of the respective
ages of the Clerk of Enrolments. and of the four
Clerks of Records and Writs of the high Court of
Chancery in England, and also of the total amount
received by each of them, such Clerk of Enrolments and
Clerks of Records and Writs. since the passing of the
Act sth and 6th Vic. c. 103, both for salary and
compensation under that Act ; and also of the
total amount of compensation received by any
of the before-mentioned officers under any other
Act or Acts of Parliament, as late an Examiner, or late
Clerk to an Examiner of the said Court, or otherwise in
any other character, and paid out of any funds of the
suitors of the said Court ; and, also, of the total amount
received by any of the said officers as poundage, or in
respect of the income or any other tax imposed upon
payments made out of any ( f such funds, distinguishing
the sums received by each such person on each of such
accounts, and giving his name; and of the names and
respective ages of the late Six Clerks who are still
living and entitled to compensation under the aforesaid
Act of the iith and 6th Vic. c. 103, with the amount of
the compensation to each of them. Also for returns of
the number of attendable warrants granted by each of
the Taxing Masters and late Taxing Masters of the
Court of Chancery for the taxation of costs, each day,
within the fifth year of his appointment ; distinguishing
au the warr ts to justify attendances, and the number of
bills of costs, and the amount and rate of the per
centage oa the taxation thereof paid thereon during
that year, and the sums received by him for warrants
granted, and for copies of bills of costs, and for reports
or certificates, or otherwise, during that period ; and,
of the total amount of the sums received by each of the
Taxing Masters and late Taxing Masters of the Court of
Chancery (paid out of the Suitors' Fee Fund), both for
salary and compensation, since the passing of the Act
sth and 6th Vic. c. 103, distinguishing the sums paid to
each person, and the names of the persons.

Motion agreed to.
POOR-LAW UNIONS (IRELAND).
Colonel DUNNE wished to know from the Righ

Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment, whether the Government would furnish a list
of the twenty-two unions in which her Majesty's Go-
vernment considered assistance in aid of pour-rates
necessary, and the reasons that had induced it to come
to that conclusion ; also, at what amount of destitution
relative to the amount of the rateable value of a district
did the Government consider that district unable to sup-
port the destitution existing in it, and consequently en-
titled to assistance?
Sir G. GREY said that out of the 130 unions of
Ireland the Government, from inquiries which they had
caused to be made, were of opinion that 22 only of
them would require any additional relief above that
provided by the Act passed last year. He did not,
however, think it would be of any public advantage to

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state to the House the names of those unions; they
were, however, most of them situated in the west of
Ireland. With respect to the sectmd question he was
not in a position to answer that with anything like
accuracy.
ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE.

Mr. CHISHOLM ANSTY wished to ask the Chief

Secretary for Ireland whether the Lord Chancellor of
Ireland possessed any and what ecclesiastical patronage
by virtue of that office.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that he believed there
was not a single case of ecclesiastical patronage vested
in the Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
POOR-RATES (IRELAND).

Major BLACKALL wished to know what had bee❑
the total amount of poor-rates collected in Ireland dur-
ing the month of November, 1847 ? And, whether it
was the intention of Government to devise means of
providing useful employment for the able-bodied poor
in those districts where the rates could not be collected
to a sufficient amount to relieve the whole destitution.
Sir G. GREY said that no official return had yet
been made of the amount of poor-rates collected in
Ireland. With respect to the latter portion of the ques•
tion, he had to state that the subject was at present
under the consideration of her Majesty's Government.
THE CASE OF BURON v. DENMAN.

Mr. URQUHART wished to know from the At-
torney-General whether the Government would defend
the actions in the cases of I3uron v. Denman, &c.; and if
so, what money has been expended, and from what
source this money is drawn; and whether there will be
any objection to lay on the table the correspondence re-
lative to these actions, or the circumstances out of which
they have arisen, between the Admiralty, the Foreign-
office, and the law advisers and officers of the Crown.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that the Go-
vernment had directed him to defend the actions, and as
it was not usual to state to the House the amount ex-
pended in the defence of any action by the Government,
or the sources from which it was drawn, he trusted that
he should be excused if he declined, during the
period that the actions were pending, to give an
answer to that portion of the question. With respect to
the latter portion of the question, having reference to the
correspondence, it was hardly to be supposed that the
Government would consent to make public those docu-
ments upon which no doubt the defence mainly rested.
ENFRANCHISEMENT OF COI'YHOLDS.
Mr. AGLIONBY wished to know whether it was
likely that any Bill upon this subject would be brought
forward by the Government previous to the recess.
Sir G. GREY stated, in reply, that the Government
had not yet received the report from the Com-
missioners, and he did not think it probable that
any measure would be introduced on the subject at so
early a period as that mentioned by the Hon. Member.
RAILWAYS' BILL.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCJIEQUER made
request to those Hon. Members, who had motions upon
the paper, to allow the third reading of the Railways'
Bill to take precedence, as it was most important that
that Bill should bo sent up to the Lords as speedily as
possible.
The order of the day for the third reading of the
Bill was then read.

Mr. W YLD rose to move that the following clause be
added to the Bill : —" And be it enacted, that if any rail-
way company, person, or persons, shall seek to avail
themselves of the powers or provisions of this Act, at
any meeting or meetings called under this Act, it shall
be lawful for the shareholders to determine upon the
dissolution of such company, according to the powers and
provisions of an Act, intituled, ' An Act to facilitate the
dissolution of certain Railway Companies,' 9th Vic.,
clause 15."
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER trusted
that the Hon. Member would not press his motion. The
subject had received the most serious attention of her
Majesty's Government.
Mr. WYLD said that after the appeal made to him
by the Right lion. Baronet he would not press his
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bankruptcy and ruin would be the result.