The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-04 00:00:00

IMPORTATION OF CORN.

Dr. BOWRING rose to call the attention of the Noble
Lord, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the report,
that a quantity of corn bound for this country had been
detained at Ancona by an order of the Pope.
CRACOW.

Mr. lIUME gave notice of his intention to bring
under the consideration of the House, on an early day,
the recent proceedings relating to the suppression of the
republic of Cracow.
THE WINDOW-TAX. _ _

Lord DUNCAN gave notice that he would, on an
early day, bring forward a motion for the repeal of the
window-tax.

AMENDMENT OF THE REFORM ACT.

Mr. T. S. DUNCOM.BE postponed his motion for
leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the rate-paying clauses
of the Reform Act till that day fortnight.

RAILWAY
AMENDMENT OF RAILWAY ACTS.

Mr. STRUTT gave notice that, on Tuesday next, he
would move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the
existing laws relating to railways.
TAX ON ABSENTEES.

Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN postponed till that day fort-
night his motion relating to an absentee tax for Ireland.
IRISH DISTRESS.

Mr. DANIEL O'CALLAGHAN presented a petition
from the Corporation of Cork, praying the House to
adopt some speedy measures in order to stop the spread
of disease in Ireland, consequent upon the distress of
that country.
ENFRANCHISEMENT OF COPYHOLDS.

Mr. aT. AGLIONBY wished to ask :13e Noble Lord at the
head of the Government whether he would allow him,
so soon as the present press of Irish business was over,
to ask him what course the Government meant to
pursue with respect to the enfranchisement of copyholds,
and whether it was the intention of the Government to
carry into effect the recommendation of the Select Com-
mittee, that under :certain regulations the enfranchise-
ment of copyholds should be rendered compulsory?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he would be quite
ready to answer any question of the Hon. Member upon
the subject next week.
Mr. AGLIONBY said he would take the opportunity
next week of putting
IRISH COLLEGES the subject.
.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN stated that, upon an early
day, he would ask the Noble Lord at the head of the
Government what course they had taken, or intended to
take, upon the subject of Irish colleges? He believed,
that at present, the preliminary works had had not even
commenced.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL .said the subject had occu-
pied considerable attention on the part of the Govern-
ment. His Hon. Friend the Secretary for Ireland had
devoted considerable time to the consideration of the
subject. He (Lord J. Russell) hoped that the difficulties
which had stood in the way of the progress of the col-
leges, would be shortly removed. He could not
at present state the arrangements which had been
made, as they were not yet completed. When
however, they were finally resolved upon, he would be
ready to answer any questions of the Hon. Member.
CHARITABLE TRUSTS.
Mr. HUME said that, to-morrow, ho would ask the
Noble Lord at the head of the Government, what course
the Government intended to pursue with respect to a
Bill for the regulation of charities ?
N HOURS' BILL.

Mr. BERNAL presented a petition in favour of the
Ten Hours' Bill.
POOR REMOVAL BILL.
ques-
tion rfromth tto
BANKESe wished
ae replynera l
:—Whether to thehe
th followinger he i, a
aq uaensy-
objection to produce the opinion which he gave to the
Poor-law Commissioners on the subject of the Poor
Removal Bill of last session ?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL felt indebted to his
Hon. Friend for having given him notice of the question
which he intended to put. In so far as he was per-
sonally concerned he should have no objection, if he
had the option to produce it. It was not in his posses-
sion, and he could not furnish him with the purport of
it from recollection. He believed, however, it was not
the practice in that House, or elsewhere, to call for the
production of the opinions of Counsel.—(Hear, hear,
from Sir James Graham.) He had no controul over
the opinion after it was given.—(Hear,
hear.)
Mr. BANKES then gave notice that, to-morrow, he
should move for the production of the opinion of the
poor-law commissioner in whose possession it was.
RAILWAYS IN IRELAND.
Lord GEORGE BENTINCE:, in rising to move for
leave to bring in a Bill to stimulate the prompt and pro-
fitable employment of the people by the encouragement
of railways in Ireland, said, that although he had often
experienced the undeserved and kind encouragement of I
this House on former occasions, still he had never
felt that he so much needed it as on the present occa-
sion, when, for the first time, he was going to introduce
a measure in which the interests of his country were
deeply concerned. It was not that he felt any want of
confidence in the intrinsic matter of the measure which
he was going to introduce to the House, for in that he
had the fullest confidence—but it was because he feared
that the feebleness of the advocate should mar
a measure, the success of which must mainly
depend on its practical machinery a mea-
sure which had been considered with careful
and anxious solicitude by men far superior in intellect
to himself,--a measure which had been prepared by men
the value of whose time would have been counted by
minutes. When he said that his Hon. Friend the Lord
Mayor of York, and Mr. Rubt. Stephenson, and Mr.
Laing had devoted their time entirely to the
preparation of this measure, he thought the House
would think with him that there had been the soundest
and most powerful understandings applied to the consi-
deration
of this question, affecting railways in Ireland ;
but while he said that his Honourable Friends
were entitled to all the praise and all the merits that
might be found in the measure, lie would add that. if on
tc e ?ciutrary, there was that tu its pr.ncipieb Which as '
hostile to the constitution of this country—if there I
was anything in its details which was injurious to tho