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PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, LORD GREAT CHAM-
BERLAIN'S-OFFICE, MAYrd in the Palace of
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1847.
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of
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lain's-office every Wednesday, between the hours of ten and
four o'clock, for the subsequent or any other Saturday. Each
ticket will admit the bearer and one other person. All appli-
cations for tickets must be made personally, or through a re-
sponsible agent, as it will be impossible to stud tickets or an-
swer written applications. Persons receiving tickets will be
required to leave their names and addresses, written on a card,
at the office. Tickets will be admitted on Saturdays only,
between the hours of ten and five o'clock. The number of
tickets being necessarily limited, those persons who have
been unable to obtain them will have a stamp placed on
their cards, at the office, and preference will be given to such
stamped cards, if presented at the office before eleven o'clock
on the following Wednesday.
(Signed) WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY, G.C.

WHITEHALL, MAY 1.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, nominating, presenting, and ap-
pointing the Honourable and Reverend Robert John Eden,
M.A., to the bishoprick of the Isle of Man and Sodor, 'roid
by the death of Doctor Walter Augustus Shirley, late Bishop
of that see.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 3.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Martin Tupper
Hood, now British Vice-Consul at Monte Video, Esq., to be
her Majesty's Consul at Buenos Ayres.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint George Grey
Sullivan, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Amoy, to be her
Majesty's Consul at Ningpo.
- OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 3.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Frederick
Wodehouse to be Captain, vice A. H. Frazer. retired on full-
pay; First Lieutenant Charles Lawrence D'Aguilar, to be
Second Captain, vice Wodehouse ; Second Lieutenant Louis
Martineau, to be First Lieutenant, vice D'Aguilar, April 22.
Corps of Royal Engineers—First Lieutenant George Bent
to be Second Captain, vice Downes, deceased; Second Lieu-
tenant Charles Herbert Sedley to be First Lieutenant, vice
Bent, April 16 ; First Lieutenant Edmund Yeomans Walcott
Henderson to be Second Captain vice Reynolds, retired on
half pay; Second Lieutenant William Francis Lambert to be
First Lieutenant, vice Henderson, April 2
ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Ambrose Lawson, M.D., to be
Surgeon, April 19.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk.
Prince Albert's Own Corps of Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry—
Francis Marryat, Esq., to be Captain, vice Proctor, resigned ;
Cornet George Wood to be Lieutenant, vice Boyd, promoted;
William Wood, Gent., to be Cornet, vice George Wood, pro-
moted, April 19.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of
the county of York,
Ist Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Yeomanry
Cavalry—William Brooke Naylor, Esq., to be Captain, vice
Taylor, deceased, April 24.
BANKRUPTS.

Ann Collyer, cowkeeper, Stoke Hammond, Buckingham-
shire, to surrender May 11, at half-past eleven, and June 15,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official
assignee, Birchin-lane ; Meyrick, Fumival's Inn (for James
and Smythies, Aylesbury).
George Horne and Alexander Macleod Burghes, book-
sellers, Cheapside, May 12, at half-past eleven, and June 15,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee ; Billing, King-street, Cheapside.
Thomas Stirling, sen., and William Stirling, slaters, Strat-
ford, May 8, at half-past one, and June 2, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alderman-
bury; Scott and Co., St. Mildred's-court, City.
Robert Cogan, glass merchant, Leicester-square, May 16,
at half-past twelve, and June 12, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Ba-
singhall-street ; Richardson, Moorgate-street.
George Southwell, baker, Whitstable, Kent, May 10, at
half-past one, and June 14, at half-past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street;
Richardson and Cu., Bedford-row.

William Rolph, innkeeper, Billericay, Essex, May 10, at
one, and June 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers; M'Leod
and Co., London-street, Fsnchurch street. _ _

James Cooper, cattle salesman, Billericay, Essex, May 14,
at half-past two, and June 11, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Norton
and Son, New-street, Bishopsgate.
John Alfred Trimmer, victualler, Brentford, May 14, at
two, and June 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry;
Lawrence and Reed, Gutter-lane, Cheapside.
John Pulleine, jun., brewer, Selby, May 18, and June 3,
at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee,
Leeds; Wiglesworth and Co., Gray's Inn; I'Veddall and
Parker, Selby ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
Francis Rippingale, auctioneer, Thrumpton, Nottingham-
shire, May 14, and June 11, at ten, at the Leeds District
Court. I, reeman, official assignee, Leeds; Johnson and Co.,
Temple, London; Bowley, Nottingham; Binney, Sheffield.
John Munks, licensed victualler, Sheffield, May 14, and
June 11, at ten, at the Sheffield District Court. Freeman,
official assignee, Leeds ; Tattershall, Great James-street,
London; Broadbent, Sheffield.
Richard Burkinshaw, sharebroker, Sheffield, May 14, and
June 11, at-ten, at the Sheffield District Court. Freeman,
official assignee, Leeds ; Butterfield and Co., Gray's Inn,
London ; Potter, Rotherham, Yorkshire.
Thomas Robinson, builder, Liverpool, May 11, and June
11, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official
assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite, Old Jewry-chambers,
London ; Pemberton, Liverpool.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
A. Macleod and F. Macqueen, merchants, Leadenhall-
street—a div. of 9d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the
office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
J. Cuthbert and M. Clarke, jun., wine merchants, Col-
chester-street, Savage-gardens, City—a div. of 1/2d. in the
pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-
court, BasingLall-street.
W. F. Cowper, B. F. Cowper, and P. E. Cowper, linen-
drapers„ Darlington—first div. of 7s. in the pound, on any
Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
J. Wilkinson, wharfinger, Stockton-upon-Tees—first div.
of 2s. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr.
Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
G. Goodwin, merchant, Hull—final div. of 2%d. in the
pound, on any day till after May 10, at the office of Mr.
Young. Leeds.
W.ll. Fitzhugh, merchant, Liverpool—a div. of 7s. 61/2d.
in the pound, on Wednesday, May 12, or any subsequent
Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
DIVIDENDS
_ _ •

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Rasinghall-street.
J. Duckham and R. Lankester, warehousemen, Bread-
street, Cheapside, May 27, at two—C. Best, printer, St.
James's-walk, Clerkeuwell, May 27, at halt-past eleven—J.
Coker, builder, Narford, Norfolk, May 26, at half-past one—
J. C. Ross, merchant, Savage-gardens, City, May 26, at
eleven—M. Dove, grocer, Maidstone, May '27, at half-past
twelve—J. Cartlitch, victualler, Whitecross-street, May 26,
at one—J. Bates, grocer, Three Colt-street, Limehouse,
May 26, at half-past twelve—J. Bird, timber-merchant,
Club-row, Bethnal-green, May 26, at twelve—G. Brown,
timber merchant, St. Mary, Southampton, May 26, at eleven.
In the Country.
H. C. Howells, jun., stock broker, Bristol, May 28, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court—B. H. _Hunter, mer-
chant, Liverpool, May 28, at twelve, at the Liverpool District
Court—J. W. Harvey, Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, June 2,
at eleven, at the Exeter District G)urt—J. G. Evison,
May 25, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to

the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.

A. Innskipp, leather manufacturer, Long-lane, Ber-
mondsey, May 26—J. Ullathorne, builder, Spencer-place,
Brixton-road, May 26—W. F. Cowper, B. F. Cowper, and P.
E. Cowper, linendrapers, Darlington, Durham, May 26—R.
Dix, saddler, Wells, Somersetshire, May 28-J. Hepworth,
wine merchant, Huddersfield, May 25—Rev. A. Keir, timber
merchant, North Cave, Yorkshire, May 26—A. J. Cursham,
scrivener, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, June 11—H. Lovatt
and W. H. L. Corran, merchants, Liverpool, May 25—11.
Dutchman, merchant, Liverpool, May 25—J. Ingham, wool-
stapler, Liverpool, May 25—P. Burns, jun., bookseller,
Liverpool, May 25—J. Jebb, grocer, Baschurch, Shropshire,
June 9—W. Clemson, victualler, Shifnall, Shropshire, hfay 25
—H. Hunter, confectioner, St. Dunstan's-hill, City, hfay 25
—J. Lewis, butcher, Dawley -green, Shropshire, May 25—J.
Burbidge and J. Burbidge jun., cabinet-makers, Tysoe-street,
Clerkenwell, May 25—T. Jeynes, butcher, Longdon, Wor-
cestershire, May 25—J. Newby, haberdasher, Leicester,
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Prime and J. Ross, grocers, EastcheaP—M. Coghlan and
H. J. Carr, woollen cloth merchants, Leeds—A. Fowler and
It. F. Swift, tin plate workers, St. John- street—C. King and
J. Emson, warehousemen, Bread-street, City—T. P. Gwillim
and R. Lumley, ironmongers, Builth, Breconshire—T. M.
Whittaker and W. A. Trill, linendrapers, Blackheath—J. P.
Oxley, S. W. Sexton, and F. Wilde, dyers, Openshaw, Lan-
cashire (so far as regards J. P. Oxley)—J. C. Vaughan and
T. M. Chapman, fruit merchants, Botolph-lane, City—R.
Troubridge and J. S.' Faulkner, brassfounders, Fore-street,
Cripplegate—R. Roy, J. Blunt, jun., and D. G. Johnstone,
solicitors, Lothbury (so far as regards D. G. Johnstone)—E.
Grace and T. Jepson, general merchants' Leeds—R. Beau-
mont and T. P. Williamson—J. Clay and E. Cooke, leather
cutters, Norwich—H. S. Smith and T. Perfect, share brokers,
Leeds—J;George and J. Lambert, silk mercers, Regent-
street—T. Whalley and R. Shepherd, grocers, Farington,
Lancashire—J. Stuart, D. Stuart, and J. Stuart, merchants,
Manchester—N. Chappell, J. y. Ring, G. Thomas, E.
Thomas, and J. S. Thomas, vinegar makers, Bristol—W.
Watson and J. Hamilton drapers, Preston, Lancashire—W.
Dale and W. Dale, jun., bootmakers, London-wall—G. Bur-
bidge and G. M. E. Snow, auctioners, Moorgate-street, City
—W. B. Bragg and D. Pilkington, ship smiths, Liverpool—
J. Finney and R. Polglase, engineers, Blackwall—G. Gilkee,
G. Worsdell, ant C. Pridham, ir.onfounders, Warrington,
Lancashire—J. Beardsell, J. Beardsell, C. Beardsell, and I.
Beardsell, fancy woollen manufacturers, Aldmondbury, Lan-
cashire—J. Turner and E. Wade, surgeon dentists, York.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Robert Henry, tailor, Edinburgh, may 12 and June 2, at
twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Junner, Edinburgh.
Elizabeth M'Kinlay, grocer, Glasgow, May 10 and June 7,
at twelve, at the Black Bull Hotel, Crlaigov•

William Cameron, merchant, Munlochy, Ross-shire, May 11
and June 1, at one, at the National Hotel, Dingwall.
John Watt, coal master, Kilsyth, Stirlingahire, May 7 and
27, at one, at Eagle's Temperance Hotel, Glasgow.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, May 4.
The House met at Five o'clock.
Messengers from the Commons brought up several
Bills, and praying their Lordships' concurrence.
FACTORY BILL.
On the motion of Lord FEVERSHAM, this Bill was
read a first time ; and he gave notice that on the 14th inst.
he would move that the Bill be read a second time.
Lord BROUGHAM hoped the Noble Lord would
permanently fix the Bill for that day, and not give way
to any solicitation that might be made for a further
postponement of it beyond that date.
The Earl of CLANCARTY gave notice that he would
move an amendment en the Poor Relief Bill,
COUNTY LUNATICS ASYLUM BILL.
Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of this
Bill.
Lord VIVIAN had great objection to several clauses
of the Bill, but he would not oppose the second reading.
Lord REDESDALE said the Bill was a very im-
portant one, and shpuld not be hurried on with too
great precipitancy.
0 C T-DOOR RELIEF.
The Archbishop of DUBLIN presented a petition
from Dublin in favour of affording out-door relief, but
opposed to a permanent measure.
FACTORY BILL.
Lord FEVERSHAM postponed the second reading
of the Bill until the 17th instant.
ASSEMBLING OF SQUADRONS.
Earl of HARDWICK inquired if it was the intention
of the Government to assemble the ,squadrons in the
course of the summer?
The Earl of AUCKLAND confidently trusted that
the Government would, in the course of the summer, be
enabled to assemble a squadron in the Channel under
the command of Sir William Parker and another in the
Mediterranean.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH was glad to hear
that the Government entertained the intention of assem-
bling two squadrons in the course of the summer; but
he considered that the carrying out of this inten-
tion materially depended upon the ships at pre-
sent at Lisbon. Thus the navy of this country,
instead of being practised in the arts of war and in the
best mode of defending their own country, would have
their time uselessly wasted in the service of a foreign
country, because he feared much that the practice which
they would be enabled to obtain by the assembling of
the squadron would be lost by the absence of those ships
at Lisbon. No doubt the Noble Earl (Earl
of Auckland) now sincerely regretted having
been induced by the Foreign Office to send
ships to Portugal. Had any good been done by sending
the ships there ? On the contrary, they had every
reason to believe that the presence of the squadron at
Lisbon bad postponed the settlement of Portuguese
affairs by leading the Government of that country to
believe that they could still longer postpone that settle-
ment with safety to themselves. He deprecated the
interference of the English Government in this way,
and considered that no good would result from it.
He did think this question was a subject of grave im-
portance. Nearly two-thirds of the disposable fleet of
England was at Lisbon. He felt deeply in regard to
the English navy. It was not sufficient to afford them
security.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE did not feel it
proper to interrupt the Noble Earl, but there could
hardly have been a speech made more out of place than
that which they had just listened to.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH here said he had a
motion to put, and gave it to the Clerk.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, if the motion
was of the same character as the speech, it was most
out of place and very irregular, as notice ought to
have been given of his intention to move it.
He would not enter upon the speech of the Noble Earl;
the discussion now would be delicate and ill- timed. But
British interests were just those that formed the object
of the interference the Noble Earl referred to, and when
the time came to explain fully the reasons that had placed
a fleet where it was, it would be seen that British interests
had dictated silence on this occasion. But he claimed
for himself as much interest in the British navy as had
been exhibited by the Noble Earl, and he was happy to
think the effect of the disposition of the forces had been
to inspire their own merchants with security and
foreigners with respect for this nation.
Lord BROUGHAM agreed that the subject was far
too grave for discussion without notice.
The subject then dropped.
BANK OF ENGLAND.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE asked whether any applica-
tions had been made to the Bank of England by the
Government for advances from the former beyond the
usual amount required upon deficiency bills for the
current public service during the latter half of the yea
1846, and down to the present period ; and if so, whether
there would be any objection to producing the corres-
pondence, or written communication connected there-
with ?
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, in the first
place, he had to state that, far from complaining of the
question having been put, he thought that at the present
moment it was a natural and fit question to put. With
respect to the question itself, he could say distinctly that
beyond the mere formal and constant correspondence on
the subjects usually discussed between the Bank and the
Government, and which formed part of the usual ma.
chinery of Government, there had been no corresponr
dance whatever on the subject of the Noble Lord's ques-
don ; but it was true that the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer had had, from time to time during the last
quarter, personal communications with the Bank on this
subject, but none of them taking the shape of written
correspondence, and in the course of these communica-
tions the Bank has been constantly apprised of the de-
mands—not much exceeding the demands of common
years—that the Government would have to make upon
them. Of the excess of securities in the Bank, of which
so much had been said, he might observe, that the
excess had been much more an excess of private
securities than an excess of Government securities.
On the 9th of January the private securities in the Bank
were 14,400,0001., and they had risen on the 14th of
April to 18,627,0001.; and at the moment when the ad-
vances of the Bank to the Government had been the
highest, on the Bth of April, namely, the amount of pri-
vate securities was 18,136,000/., being many millions in-
crease beyond what it was at the commencement of the
year. It there was anything to lament at this moment
with regard to the monetary affairs of the eountry, it
was the pressure to which the Noble Lord had referred;
but, considering the variety of causes which had occurred
calculated to give rise to that pressure—considering the
extraordinary state of the country, the great demand for
the importation of food, instead of being surprised that
any such pressure should have come upon the Bank, his
only surprise was that it had not been felt much sooner.
Had precautions been taken at an earlier period the
pressure would have been less severe: he trusted, how-
ever, that it would soon be overcome, and he could con-
fidently state that it was the anxious desire of the Go-
vernment and the Treasury not to add to the difficulties
of the country by any interference with the management
of the Bank, but to leave that body a sole control over
its own affairs.
Lord BROUGHAM was of opinion, that considering
the very extraordinary circumstances that had occurred,
it was nor in the power either of the Bank or the Go-
vernment to have prevented the crisis that had hap-
pened, which might fairly be traced to the failure of the
potato crop, to the vast importation of foreign corn, and
to the continual drain on the money-market for supply-
ing capital to the carrying on of railways, which
amounted in less than six weeks to a sum of 3,000,000/.;
these were circumstances which must necessarily lead to
a deranged state of the exchanges.
Here the subject dropped.
SANATORY BILL.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition
from the mayor and burgesses of Cork, praying that the
provisions of the present Sanatory Bill for England be
extended to Ireland.
EDUCATION.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition
in favour of the Government scheme of education from
Nottinghamshire.
RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition
from the Poor-law guardians of Limerick, praying that
the House would not sanction any laws which would im-
pose additional burdens upon the tenants.
POOR-LAW.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition
from Stepney in favour of an effective Poor-law.
LANDED PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, on moving the order
of the day for their Lordships going into Committee on
this Bill, observed, that their Lordships having permitted
the Bill to be read a second time without any explana-
tion of its provisions,- he felt that it was but respectful
to their Lordships, although he did not anticipate any
objection to the measure, to state briefly its general pur-
pose and object. The Bill was founded, he need not
tell their Lordships, upon the circumstances which were
peculiar to the present state of Ireland; and after the
various discussions which had taken place in Parliament
upon the subject of the condition of the people and the
agricultural industry of that country, he believed there
were but few of their Lordships who had not arrived at
the opinion and conviction that vast improvements were
required to be made in the agricultural management of
that country; and that, upon an improved system of
cultivation, by an increased application of capital and
skill, the future state of prosperity and even safety of
Ireland must mainly depend. It was in proportion to
their Lordships applying a stimulus to this improved
system, and to these undertakings, by the investment of
capital in the cultivation of the land, that they could an-
ticipate effecting any remedy for
.the present state of
things, or derive any collateral benefit from those other
measures which their Lordships were now engaged in
carrying forward•—measures which it was admitted on
all hands would require the cordial support of their
Lordships, in order to their being rendered effectual to
the promotion of the general interests of Ireland. After
all the reflection which he had been able to give to this
subject, putting aside every prejudice which he did not
deny entertaining in favour of that part of the United
Kingdom, he was deeply convinced that it was by the
agency of the landed proprietors only that the stimulus
could be applied for introducing an extended system of
agricultural improvement in Ireland. If that improve-
ment was not to be carried into effect by the proprietors
of the land, he knew not by what means that improve-
meat could be given to the condition of the population
f
of the country which was requisite for thedspirp
providing for their subsistence. Their Lot'. psecseould
agricultural
hardly think that in the present statets coulde be destitution in Ireland any improve
intro-
duced by the tenants of the land m•
eand as little did he
suppose tbat their Lordships thought it would be com-
petento ifthe Crown itself to undertake, even autho-

rised by Parliament, a system of improvement to he '
carried into effect by the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, whatever confidence their Lordships might feel •
in the Administration, or however much they might
wish to see discharged the duties of applying machinery
to drainage, and to the making of improvements of
every kind for one great object, and under one authority.
The obvious solution, therefore, of the difficulty in which
their Lordships were placed was that of giving, under the
circumstances of great disadvantage which they at the
present time experienced, aid and assistance to the
►anded proprietors, by which they might have additional
motives for exerting themselves in the improvement of
their own estates. Their Lordships were well aware,
for it had been repeatedly urged in the course of the dis-
cussions on this subject, that the proprietors of Ireland
were not in a condition, with respect to the possession of
capital, to command the means by which they could at
once, and at one stroke, in one year, commence a system
of improvement. If they were to attempt to do so, it
would deprive them of their income, and in case of being
in debt would deprive them of the means of paying the
interest upon that debt ; in short, it would impose upon
them duties which none but capitalists could undertake
to discharge even in this country. If such would be the
state of things even in England generally, their Lord-
ships a ell knew that it was the case very• peculiarly
with respect to Ireland. Their Lordships knew that a
very large portion of the property in Ireland was very
deeply mortgaged, so that it was impossible for persons
deriving nothing but a life income, subject to charges,
from property which they only nominally possessed, to
devote a sufficient sum of money necessary to introduce
a change in the whole system of cultivation of the
country ; to substitute new modes for old ; new
machinery for that which has been hitherto in
use, and so to act upon the industry of the la-
bourers of the country as to effect a total revolution in
their habits and social condition. But their Lordships
must be convinced that nothing short of this would
really improve Ireland, or would give satisfaction or se-
curity there; nothing short of this would prevent Ire-
land for the future from being what it had unhappily
been in the past, a weight and an incubus upon the re-
sources of this country. It would be taking a very
narrow view of this subject, if their Lordships were to
consider that by passing this Bill they were giving as-
sistance to the Irish proprietors alone. It was not their
interest only that they were considering, but the inte-
rest of the whole country; for the whole population
would benefit by the application of the money proposed
to be advanced, and the repayment of which was secured
by the provisions of this Bill. It was in the largest
sense for the interest of England itself that their Lord-
ships were legislating, and it was with this view that he
now proposed to their Lordships the measure which had
been prepared to remedy the evil that so universally pre-
vailed in Ireland. The Noble Marquis proceeded to state
the nature of the provisions of the Bill, the chief purpose of
which was to carry into more complete effect the Bill of
last session, which authorised the advance of the sum of
1,000,0001. By that Act the advances were made to
certain descriptions of estates, whereas this Bill ex-
tended the benefit of the measure to all kinds of landed
estates, care being taken to secure the principal and in-
terest, the 1,000,0004 being increased to 1,500,0004 It
was proposed that for loans so advanced an interest of
air per cent. should be charged on the property; and it
was hoped that not only the interest, but the principal
would, within a few years, be repaid. As this measure
was intended to be universal, and to apply generally
throughout the country, it became desirable that it should
be made applicable to the circumstances of a vast variety
of individuals; the provisions of the Bill had been there-
fore so framed that they fitted themselves to the case of
almost every description of property in Ireland, and it
would be in the power of every proprietor to avail him-
self of them. The greatest anxiety was felt in Ireland
for the passing of this Bill; as a proof of it, abundant
applications had been already made for assistance under
its provisions. In many parts of Ireland, upon the speed
in which that assistance was afforded would depend the
utility of the measure. The Noble Marquis read a letter
from a clergyman, who stated that he was almost worked
off his legs in the discharge of his official duties as
chairman of a board of guardians, and that his
only hope of effectual aid to the inhabitants
of his parish was in the landlords obtaining as-
sistance under this Bill. At present not 51. a week
was paid in wages amongst a population of 4,000. The
object of the Government being that these loans should
be spread over as wide a surface as possible, it not being
expedient tosonfine the advances to any one spot, a clause
was introduced which provided that no person should
be allowed to borrow more than 20,0001. The Noble
Marquis concluded by moving that the order of the day
be now read.

The Duke of WELLINGTON—My Lords, during
this session of Parliament I have contributed my sup-
port to various measures which have been proposed by
her Majesty's Government with a view to apply a re-
medy to the misfortune which has occurred a ithin the
last year in Ireland ; but I must say, that of all the
measures which have been proposed by her Majesty's
Government that one which the Noble Marquis has
just adverted to, and the provisions of which he has
now stated to your Lordships, is the one which I be-
lieve, in conjunction with the Bill the second reading
of which was proposed by my Noble and Learned
Friend (the Lord Chancellor) a few nights ago,
will secure the object her Majesty's Government are
seeking to attain—a Bill which appears to me more
calculated than any other measure permanently
to lead to the improvement of Ireland, and to relieving
it from the effects of that great misfortune by which it
has recently been visited.—(Elear, hear.) My Lords, I
am not at all desirous of throwing any impediment in
the way of this Bill, and I am perfectly certain that
there are many of your Lordships much more capable
than I am of stating the benefits which this measure is
calculated to produce. But I am anxious to propose a
clause in the Committee on the Bill, which I think
would contribute to its good working, and remove a
practice in the social system of Ireland which, in my
opinion, has tended greatly to aggravate the misfortunes
of that country, if it has not been the principal occasion
of them. The practice I refer to is that of making land
the circulating capital of the country, and pledging the
land for the purpose of paying the wages of the labourer.
I say, my Lords, that this is one of the causes and one of
the greatest aggra% ations of the existing evils of Ireland,
and the consequence is, that the Government has been
obliged to come forward to give relief by employing
large numbers of the labourers of the country upon
public works. Such a practice as this is most injurious,
for those men who require the services of the labourers
let them land, and, instead of paying them wages as la-
bourers, they oblige the individuals who take the land
to work out the rent. The consequence is that the la-
bourer, who is wholly dependent for his subsistence upon
the produce of his land, finds that his labour is mort-
gaged for the rent, and at the same time, being without
assistance, when his strength fails him he has no re-
source, and is compelled to resort to the Government
works. And what becomes of his employer, the farmer
or the small gentleman who employs him, under this
system of making land the circulating medium of the
country and the wages of labour ? When difficulties
occur, and his capital fails, and his labourers are in-
capable of work, he has no resource , he is not in the
habit of laying by capital—he has none—and he can
employ no labour. Thus distress, when it comes, affects
everybody, and the Government is compelled to employ
the labourers of the country, and to give them food.
Under these circumstances, my Lords, it appears to me
that you cannot apply an effectual remedy to the evils
of Ireland unless you enforce the necessity of paying
the wages of the labourer in the current coin of the
realm, and in the Committee on the Bill I shall propose
a clause requiring that all bargains for the wages of
labour shall be made in the current coin of the realm,
and that the payment of wages shall be enforced in the
same, and that the labourer shall have a claim for the
payment of his wages in the current coin of the realm,
notwithstanding any bargain with his employer to the
contrary. I will lay this clause upon your Lordships'
table, and I will Move it either in the Committee or on
the bringing up of the report.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE entirely agreed with
the Noble Duke in the principle of the amendment he
proposed, but he was not at all sanguine as to its prac-
ticability.
The Earl FITZ WILLIAM agreed with the Noble
Duke, that these measures were very valuable, as far as
they went for the improvement of Ireland. He heard
with satisfaction the views of the Noble Marquis on this
Bill, and he believed that if they were carried out, they
would materially mitigate the evils under which Ireland
was at present labouring.
The Earl of WICKLOW wished to call the attention
of the Government to what he considered an omission,
but ho hoped an accidental omission. He meant the
omission of the landlords, who undertook works under
Mr. Labouchere's letter. They were not taken into con-
sideration at all, and he entreated the Government to
comprise all the sums in this Bill which were exrn
tinder eflueldl
Mr. Labouchere's letter. The Bill had
efcientisconcurrence, and he considered it a most
mea-
sure, but he thought the omission to which he adverted
should be supplied.
Lord MONTEAGLE was unwilling to sayd .ottre
oneo
great public importance, and one of great public duty.
The money was advanced under the strontheirgest
security—
to
that of land itself, and he begged to callthatwith security.
He thought that every effort should be made to render
the present income an efficient one, and therefore a pro-
vision should be introduced against the truck system,
but that the parties employed under it, should receive
their wages in money. Before sitting down, he had an
amendment to suggest in one of the clauses. In the
fourth clause of the original Bill, he found that provision
was made for the erection of mills in particular districts,
which were in the want of them. There was also nore-
striction as to the amount of the capital to be invested in
those mills, or their size. In that shape he was not sur-
prised that the Bill was objected to, but still he con-
sidered that some provision of the kind should be
retained. The amount, however, ought to be restricted
in amount, and ho would move a clause in Committee to
that effect. He would also recommend, that in addition
to these mills, small stores should be, erected in particular
localities, and the provision in the original Bill re-
specting the erection of farm buildings, should also be
restored.
The Duke of RICHMOND concurred with his Noble
Friend as to the necessity of introdutting such provisions
in the Bill as would provide for mills, and the erection of
suitable farm buildings.
Lord BEAUMONT considered a groat improvement
would have to be made in the system 0, f. tillage, before
the landlords of Ireland could take ad vantage of the
provisions of the Bill. The great evil 'n Ireland was
the small farms into which the soil was divided, and the
tenacious hold which the peasantry had u pon the land.
There ought to be something done to alter • this state of
things and to enlarge the farms. As it et 'garded the
amendment of his Noble Friend (Lord Mo‘ateagle), he
was astonished that it had not been retained in the Bill,
as he considered it essential to the due efEtpiency of the

Their Lordships then went into Committee.
Lord MONTEAGLE proposed an amendment on the
4th clause, authorising the er, ction of farm buildings,
and in certain districts of corn mills, provided always
that not more than 1,000/. was applied for the erection of
any one mill.
Lord STANLEY agreed with the Noble Lord as to
the propriety of the amendment which had just been
made.
After a few words from Lord LUCAN,
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE conceded the im-
of the amendment of the Noble Lord, givini
powerp to erect mills, which he thought would prove p
great advantage to the country.
The clause, as altered, was then agreed to.
On the question that it stand part of the Bill,
Lord MONTEAGLE said he felt strongly .the
portance of the clause, and wished to take the opinion ot
their Lordships upon it. He was certain the Bill would
not work without such an addition. The Noble Lord on
ton
hearing that the Marquis of Laesdowne would give
subject his attention, said he would not press his amend-
ment then.
After a few words from the Duke of Richmond, and
the Earl of Lucan, Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Bedew
was
dale, and several other Noble Lords, the clause
(Treed to.
Clauses 1 to 5 were also agreed to, without say
amendments.
Upon clause 6 being read, the Earl of DEVCIN Pert;
posed some amendments affecting the powers propose
be given to the trustees appointed under the Act.
After a few words from Lord Stanley, the Marquis e.l
Clanriearde, and the Earl of Wicklow, the clause s'lt
originally stood was agreed to.
he Earl of SHAFTESBURY reported progress.
T
The House resumed, and immediately thereafter ad'
journed. •

HOUSE OF COMMONS. IWO 4,1
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clocw.
SECOND READINGS.
and
JuTnchteionDerßbayislhwiarye,
Bill Stafforwasdshire,read an
second time, 'Worcestershire.
ordered to be committed.
The reports
and agreed to
:Ln the following Bills were
A • •
)rshire and Galloway Railway (S Ihstown to
ull
wellington). dale
the oydes w
Caledonian Railway (Branches from
Junction Railway, the Douglas and LesaishagQ
Mineral Fields, and to Strathavon)
Caledonian Railway (Branches to Wil:sontoWot to rigid'
considered
house,. and to. Biggar and Broughton).
Caledonian Railway (Extension of Motherwellbi3ralichtb
of Clydesdale Junction Railway, to ..v;h-ainilealla
Mineral Field, with Branches to, the. " '5- W a
Coltness Railway, Canderside and Hamlton> itail
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and
way (Extension from Lavenh,am to Ball St"
mund's). nissg tr,
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and
',•;- -9
Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (r4°.,. 'ft, god
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Rauriso
flalstead v.
_ _Glasgow and Belfast Union (No. 1).

Manchester Markets.
Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society.
Wolverhampn Gas.
The consideration of the report on the South- south.
Railway (Mid-Kent and Direct Tunbridge), Easte ot
Eastern Railway (North Kent line), South; , j•Purs.,
Railway (Strood to Maidstone), was postponed t
day, after a short discussion. ts Bill
The Kingston-upon-Thames Small Tenemen
was ordered to be recommitted. leg.
CONSERVATION OF THE Trliarm-ide for
Mr. MASTERMAN brought in a Bill flir° tbe r egir
the conservation of the River Thames, and for
lation, management, and improvement thereof.
gia.
DUBLIN CORPORATION IMPROVEMEN
r Inp
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL moved the second
ij"eatr
of the Dublin Corporation Improvement Bill
by 25,000
Mr. GROGAN presented a petition, signed
persons, against the Bill, and signed 1/1
Mr. LABOUCHERE presented a petition, _.
30,000 persons, in its favour. ill II be
Mr. GROG-AN then rose to move that the
lievea
read a second time that day six months. Soft r,chlio
that the great mass of the inhabitants
e pro-
were against giving such powers as v'' .his Dill.
posed to be given to the Corporation bY by this
He objected to conveying the powers conferr!ea
dered that
Bill on any corporation whatever; and he consi
__faction.
if it became law, it would create great
smoking
the
He considered that the corporation in see the feel-
powers set forth in the Bill did not represent After
ings of the respectable portion of the ratepayers: ,_„, by
some further remarks the Hon. Gentleman coneleu"
proposing his motion.
Mr. GREGORY seconded the motion.
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL considered that it was the
impossible for the House to hear, this
and
rifst
whole ot the arguments in favour of the Bill and agaw
de
it ; but he thought that a sufficient ;case had been 11l
out for the House to go into Committee on the - 1 P
on
which he considered would confer much advantage
the City. No doubt, faults might be found with the
management of some of the words; but the division of the
six wards in the north aide of the town was not done
for the purpose stated by the Hon. Member. Lit
doubted muck whether the reconstitution of the whole of
tGheenwtlaermdasnwohualdd
did not think an estimate •
of tbe whole case could be
asadtvioseryattehde. pasrptieeaskwinhgose case the Hon.
of valuation he
formed without taking the population into consideration.
He appealed to the Conservative Gentlemen on the op-
posite side of the House, whether it would not be better
to give this liberal corporation some real business to do,
instead of having any inducement of unduly applying a
proportion of their time to other purposes.
Mr. GREGORY said that he should have hoped,
after the evidence that had been laid on the table, and
the partiality that had been exhibited by the Corpora-
tion, the Right Hon. the Secretary for Ireland would
have hesitated before he gave this Bill his support.
With respect to this subject, he would take leave to al-
lude to an episode. On a Sunda morning, on the walls
The
of Dublin, was seen the following Orange bill. (
Hon. Member here produced the document in queetion,
which was headed " Popish Ascendency," and concluded
by a denunciation of the " Popish corporation.")ral-
this
That
created naturally a disgust in the mind of every libe
minded man. But what was the fact? Why,
proclamation was printed by the printer of Conciliation'
hall, and was stuck by the bill-sticker of Conciliation---
(11ear, and laughter)—and that was done for the haw
w
boozlement of the Secretary for Ireland. The Hon
Member here produced another placard, offering
fifty pounds reward for the name of the party who
had circulated the former placard.—(Renewed laughter.)
He trusted that tricks of this sort would meet with.
h
their proper reward from the Honourable Englis eland
Irish Gentlemen who occupied seats in that Hous.
If the Corporation could show that they had propirlY
appropriated the funds committed to their c tiryr
might show cause to the 11.,use, and ask for further
powers. But sp os
instead of diing of their funds for the
improvement of the condition of the city, they had acted
precisely the reverse.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said that, considering the im-
portance of a Bill which excited so much discussion in
the principal city of Ireland, he trusted the House
would allow him to address a few observations
upon the subject. The Honourable Member who bad
first spoken had expressed his dislike of ali
corporations in Ireland, and the Hon. Member for Dub-
lin in other words expressed the same opinion. But
however respectablecothlde to
not individuals
express
oicdunalsiv his weh owtehthyal eliddriesis:
taehadtt
fromopi them. opinion, he begHgeed leaveu
should be deprived of a right whichce was acceded
to the larger cities of England and Scotland. He did
not wish to pronounce any unqualified panygeric upon
the Corporation of Dublin, for he considered that
that body had evinced a too exclusive politics-
bearing, and he regretted deeply to see a body.
which should furnish an example to the rest ot
Ireland actuated by a narrow and sectarian spirit.
Some time ago the Hon. Members on the other side of
the House justly supported a Bill giving ranch
larger powers to the corporation of Belfast
and he now called on them, inasmuch as they
had agreed to that Bill to agree to the second reading
of the present. He at least could not refuse his sanction
to the second reading of a Bill supported as it had been b
numerous and highly respectable petitioners. He be-
lieved that the time was at hand when they would be
but
obliged to give, not only the same laws to Ireland,
also the benefit of England's excellent institutions. .
Mr. SHAW, who rose amidst loud cries of " Divide.
divide," objected to the second reading of the Bill. A
great proportion of the most respectable in
habitants of Dublin, without reference to religion or
religions, were opposed to the Bill. The Duke of
Leinster, the principal bankers, the merchants, the
Chamber of Commerce, consisting of Roman Catholics,
Presbyterians, and Quakers, were the principal oppo-
nents of the Bill. He was not, therefore, a party
oppositionist.
Mr. SHEIL said he would not detain the House more
than a few minutes. The Bill had been petitioned for
by 9,000 inhabitants of Dublin, representing property to
the amount of 220,0001. At present the local inte-
rests of Dublin were very badly attended to•
and a Bill like the present was absolutely required.
Now, the corporation of Dublin, so long as the law
stood as it was, should be held as the representatives of
the city of Dublin. They were hound by principle to
vest the corporation of Dublin with the same powers as
those of the corporations of this country. Glasgow
Chester, and several other places had all such, powers as,
the promoters of this Bill asked how then could they
with
any justice, withhold from Dublin, with a franchise o
101., the powers given to this country, with a franchise
of 5/. He remembered the last words of the Rig
13 of
Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth.
would extend to Ireland the seine civil, religious, and
municipal rights as England."—(llear.)
The Earl of LINCOLN (amid loud cries of "
ai"
" t!
vide") said he would not trouble the Souse
but for the observation of the Right H°//'
Gentleman wholast had just sat down, and the observations
of the Gentleman who had preceded him, in reference
to the late Prime Minister. He denied that by the pre-
sent Bill the law would be assimilated in Ireland to that
of this country.
After a few words of explanation from Mr. M. •
O'CONNELL,
Mr. DILLON BROWNE said the powers contain.c/
in this Bill were possessed by nearly every corporation it!
England, and there was no just reason why they soo'
_CI
not be applied to Ireland. The people of Ireland
.vver!
looking forward to the passing of this Bill with ':
good deal of interest, and if the House refused to adopt
it they would only afford another proof of
of ttrg
justice of the complaint made by the opponents _
union, namely that there was one law for England AU'
another for Ireland.
The House then divided, when there appeared--
For the second reading .................... . WS
120
Against it ................................. : ...
!0_
Majority against the second reeding ..4
.4._,