The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-30 00:00:00

IRISH COMP LISSION,

Mr. WILLIAMS had not h eard precisely the answer
of the Noble Lord, and he wot ild, therefore, beg to ask
the Right Hon. Baronet at th head of her Majesty's
Government whether it was int, trided to proceed with the
Commission with respect to t proscribed districts ?
The CHANCELLOR of th e• -.EXCHEQUER thought
that the Hon. Ge ntleman wou ltd understand that it was
impossible to proceed with t be commission, because,
according to the rules of the It 'use, the commission were
unable to act, as several of th e members who had for-
merly been engaged on that co omission were not now
members of that body.
AM Mr. WILLIS would the tt wish to ask whether it
was intended at present to prod eed with the Commission.
The CHANCELLOR of th e. EXCHEQUER could
not say at the present moment.
REALM OF TOWNS. _ _ _

Lcrd EBRINGTON wished t o ask the Right Hon.
Baronet at the head of the Home :Department a (FR"'
tion respecting the business for to- morrow, and that was,
whether the Government had cons ut to any decision re-
specting the great number of We ter-works Bills now
before the House. As this matter 1 lore upon the Health
of Towns' Commission, now under the management of
Government, he wished to know wi tut course would be
taken in the House upon these measi ores, as it was very
desirable that the Government shou Id recommend the
House to adopt some such measures sts would forward
these Bills a stage or two.
Sir J. GRAHAM had not at pres era come to any
decision as to the course which he it mended to pursue
with regard to the Bills to which the Noble Lord had
; but the course which he woo ld recommend to
the House was, that these Bills should be brought forward
as fast as possible. But the Noble Lord would ui d rstand
that the orders of motion should take precedence
of the notices of the day, and it was i❑ accordance with
the strict rules of the house to abid by this course.
Ile could not, therefore, without the sanction of the
House, make such a motion. The s tr ict rules of the
House were, that on Mondays and Irr idays the orders
of the day should hare precedenca of in( .tions. Without
the sanction, then, of the House, he cam Id not move for
postponement of the motion ; but he was now quite
ready to move that the House should giv e the precedence
to the notice of motion over the order a F the day.

Sir W. SOMERVILLE said he rose ! for the purpose
of moving that the words "be postponed," be omitted
from the motion of the Right Hon. J 3aronet, and that
the orders of the day be proect :ded with. It
would not be necessary for him to trouble the
[louse at any length on the pre sent occasion,
but he wished to call the !attention of the House
to the great inconvenience that would arise from the
postponement of a measure which has octa pied the atten-
tion of the House for so long a time, of which the
attention of the people of this empire ami _;ht be said to
be centred ; and scarcely less inconv, sni ence would be
felt from the fact of the Government . ‘st inging forward
at this early stage of the session an e, 'citing and ex-
asperating debate on a measure • whit. h, after all,
it was the intention of Governmei it to have read
a first time, and then postponed u a til some future
day. It was necessary for him to ( ,nlarge on the
inconvenience which would arise fro; u the post-
ponement of the debate with respect to i the corn-laws,
and no ersons were more aware of that fact than her
Majesty's Government, and the Right Ho U. Baronet at
their head, who had himself presented pel Ations depre-
cating in the strongest language the delay which had
taken place on this measure. He hi Al also re-
ceived despatches from the most in. fluential
commercial bodies throughout the length' and
breadth of the land, which in eq' Ally earnest
language entreated the House to interpo
se its aviatority
to prevent any unnecessary delay on thi s measure. It
was not in England alone that this dela j• was felt, He
had received communications from IreleA d, from porties

by no means favourable to the policy of the subject,
deprecating the delay that had taken place, and hoping
that the House would come to some decision on the mea-
sure, as trade and commerce were at a stand still from
the delay, and stating that unless a speedy decision was
come to on the measure things would get worse, and the
commercial interest of the country would be in a very
distressed state. It was unnecessary for him to enlarge
on the mischief which would be caused by the post-
ponement of this measure. He might be told that
in making this motion he was pursuing a course
not usually adopted, and that he should not object to
the first reading of the Till when sent down to
the Lords. There were cases when they were not to
listen to these rules. He believed it was competent for
any Member at any time to object to a first reading of
the Bill. The Bill contained enactments of great seve-
rity, and it suspended the Constitution of this country.
in Ireland, and if those who disapproved of the mea-
sure were not to have the opportunity of
dissenting from it, it would be useless to send
the Bill for the consideration of the House.
Why were they then called upon to discuss the measure,
or were the Government really serious in their intention
on the matter ?—(Hear, hear.) Let him call the atten-
tion of the House to the mode and manner in which the
Bill was to be brought forward. He should ask his
fellow-country men on the opposite side of the House if they
seriously thought that transporting a man from his family
for being out of his house after a certain hour, would
arr.: st the arm of the noonday assassin, or did they
think that such would avail ? (" Hear, hear," from the
ministerial benches.) Now, as to the bill itself ;it was
on the 22d day of January that her most gracious
Majesty, in her speech from the throne, called the at-
tention of the House to the state of Ireland and the
unfortunate prevalence of assassination tkat existed
therein. Now he wished to ask if it was not
the first duty of Government to enact necessary
calculated to ensure safety and protection for life ?
(" Hear, hear," from the Ministerial benches.) Now,
supposing de Government to be sincere in their inten-
tions, and that they thought the present Bill would be
effectual, ought they to have allowed a single day
to pass, after the Bill had passed the Lords,
without introducing it ?—(Hear, hear.) But what was
the course proposed ? Was the measure brought on in
the first week or fortnight ? Not at all. Was
it brought in in three weeks after ? No ; and
a month nearly was allowed to pass before the Life
Protection Bill (according to the notions of Ministers)
was introduced to their Lordships. And when the Bill
had been introduced ;into the Lords, had there been
any particular speed or dispatch evinced in getting it
through ? By no means.—(Hear, hear.)

COMMONS' SUMMARY.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
Mr. Mums M'DoNNELL *took the oaths and his seat for
Mayo.
Several Railway Bills were read a second time, and ordered
to be committed.

The Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Deviations
and Branches) ; the Brighton and Chichester Railway (Steyn-
ing Branch); and the South-Eastern Railway (from Tun-
bridge Wells to Hastings and Rye), were read a time and
passed.
Sir R. PEEL gave notice of his intention on Thursday next
to move the thanks of the House to Sir H. SMITH and the
Commander-in-Chief for the late glorious victory in India.
Sir J. GRAHAM then moved that the orders of the day be
now read, for the purpose of postponing them in order to
enable him to move the first reading of the Irish Life and
Property Protection Bill.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE moved, as an amendment, that the
word " now " be left out. He objected to the first reading
of the Bill as a measure containing enactments of the
greatest severity, and suspending, in fact, the con-
stitution of the country. It was idle to suppose
that a measure that made it transportation to
be out after dark in Ireland would stay the arm of the mur-
derer. The measure had been adverted to in her MAJESTY'S
Speech from the Throne, it had progressed but slowly in the
Lords, and now, on the 30th of March, they were called
upon to read the Bill a first time. The
Irish Members felt called upon to oppose the
proposal of the Right Honourable Baronet. He was sure it
was the best for all parties that the first reading of the Bill
should be postponed. It was best for the Government, bi-
cause in the mean time they might lay their other
Irish Bills before the House, which he had no
doubt would prove that it was the intention
of the Government not only to punish the
evildoers, but to reward and encourage their industrious fel-
low sub;ects in Ireland. He moved that the motion of the
Right Hon. Baronet should be negatived.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN seconded the amendment, which he
trusted would acceded to by her Majesty's Government, be-
cause he could assure them they were now about to enter
into a controversy that would last ter months, and
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

LAW hi TE,LLIGEN CE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, March 28.
IN RE DYCE SOMBRE.

This was a petition to confirm the Master's report,
approving of the manner in which certain portions of the
property of Mr. Dyce Sombre should be appropriated..
The Master had reported that certain fees and small
debts should be paid, and that the linen, plate, carriage,
and harness should be used by Mrs. Dyce Sombre, and
also a certain part of the books, but that another portion
of books should be placed in the possession of Mr. Dyce
Sombre. Various other trifling arrangements were also
suggested.
His LORDSHIP confirmed the report without prejudice
to any question as to the ri,hts of the property.