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House at the Honourable Member's mistake.) He wished to I
correct himself, he intended to have said, his unqualified oppo-
sition. The Honourable Member concluded by saying, he
would give his determined opposition to the measure.
Lord- DUNCAN then moved the adjournment of the de-
bate to Thursday, Which was agreed to.
COUNTY WORKS PR
ESENTMENT (IRELAND)
ILL.
The House then went into Committee on the County Works
Presentment Bill, when
Sir J. GRAHAM rose and said that he had considerd the
suggestion of the Hon. Member for Dundalk to give a power
of making new roads, but he considered it would not be expe-
dient to introduce such a power, as it would be foreign to the
nature of the Bill.
Mr. REDINGTON considered that if this power was not
conferred the Bill would become a nullity. He might if he
pleased say something with regard to the advance of loans in
Ireland. He had been a Member of the HOMO when a return
was obtained by Mr. Ellis, late Member for the
County of Newry, for the purpose of showing that
Ireland had ever been punctual in her repayments.
He thought that that return satisfactorily proved that any
advances which had been made to Ireland had been repaid,
and with interest. He contended that the works which the
present Bill contemplated, such as the building and repairing
of bridges, were rot those which would benefit the poor. They
were for the benefit of the mechanic and the artisan much more
than for • the persons whose necessities called upon the House
to make such extraordinary presentiments as the present Bill
proposed. He wished, however, that a provision were intro-
duced to carry into effect new roads, which would give employ-
ment to those whose main dependance was their manual labour.
He wished that those roads which were certified at the late
assizes should be undertaken. Now, they would not, in the
ordinary course of things, be commenced before July, but if a
presentment were a.lowed to be made for them when those-
extraordinary presentments were being made, it would open
a great field for the employment of the poor, and assist very
much to alleviate the distress among the labouring population.
In conclusion, the Hon. Member moved as au amendment
that after the words " and no other" should be inserted the
words " for the making of any new read, the presentment
for which shall have been duly certified as by law at present
required."
After some further discussion the motion for the amendment
was put and agreed to.
The clauses were then proceeded with.
DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL.
The House then resumed, and after some discussion, the
third reading of the Drainage (Ireland) Bill was postponed
until to-day.
The House then adjourned at hrlf-tast Two o'clock.

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Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale.