The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-24 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Aug. 22. —Wind N.N.W., moderate breeze, and fine.
DEAL, Aug. 21.—Wind N. to N.W. —Amt. Geo ge, Lockwood,
Quebec ; British Queen, Page, Batavia; Ellen, St. John's, New
Brunswick; Friend, Brown, Quebec. Arrd. from the river, Superior,
Bell, Jamaica ; Mason, Apshur, Boston ; Planter, Chester, Quebec.
Sid. all the outward-bound. 'the Stakesby, which put back after
being in contact with the Luzon (not the Susan, as reparte,l), s;,rung
her bowsprit, lost jibboom, ant is dainaiNd about the head and cut
wat.er. The Luzon lost bowsprit, and sustained very considerable
damage.

ENLARGEMENT OF SMITHFIELD MARKET.--()n
Fr -
day the material of twenty houses between Smithfield and
Charterbouse•street were sold by auction, to enlarge the
sheep market, the portion asAgned to which in Smithfieht
has been quite in•adr:quate. '1 he site which will thus be
cleared will afford accommodation for nearly one thol“and
extra sheep, and it is well known that from that number to
fifteen hundred had every market day to be accommodated
in different inn-yards and other places until the first- in the
market were sold.

STOCKPORT MANUFACTURERS' A SSOCIATION. —A
meeting of the Manufacturers' Association wa held at the
Warren Bulkeley Arms Inn, on Monday last It is generall%
believed that the object of the meeting must have bad soin'e
reference to a contemplated working of short time, and this
conviction is strengthened by a knowledge i f the fact that
one firm in Stockport, extensively engaged in the cotton
manufacture, has already reduced its wravers to short time.
This fact coming in connexion with the present temporary
depression of trade, and the example to the same etr.:ct set
by the manufacturers of Blackburn, may have had the effect
of determining the manufacturers of Stockport to the adoption
of a similar course. Wa trust, for the sake of both manufac-
turers and operatives, that the event may prove that the
general supposition is unfounded.—Manchester

PENSIONS ON THE CIVIL LIST.
return to en ord,Jt- of the nonce ef L_:de,
d.aed for a return of all po,sions granted
Anee January ), 1838, -with the resnec ive amount of any
permanent place under Government Lid by the party at the
date of the grant :
DATE. N ME. A7sIOUNT.
1838.
Marc:, 14
April 7 Wm. CV"ailace, died April 28, 1843 • 300
June 20 Sarah Mears
... 40
December 17
klhiaa Gibbous
Gibbons
.•I
saint:el Gibbons ...
JoLn Gibbons ...
Catherine Gibbons
1839. -
January 17
March 25
(Vied Dec. 27, 1815) ... ... 200
April 23
June 18 Mary Banitn 40
November 20
February, 1843) ... 1,000
December 31
.Aldridge ... 25
1840.
April 23 Mary Lander ... ... 75
James Browne, LL.D. ... ... 100
July 23 Rev. Henry Barez 100
Guiseppe Guazzaroni ... 50
John Bernard Sale ..: ... 100
Thomas Steward ... ... 100
Francoise Grandineare ... 100
Lucy Anderson ... 100
Sarah Matilda Bourdin ... 20
September 9 Henry Williams
~. ... 20
...... Thomas Walker
... 20
.. Edward Morgan ...
1841.
March 17

... ... 100

June 7
100
... Anua Maria Kennedy ... J
Thomas Webster, died Dec. 26, 1844 50
...... Rev. Thomas Kidd, M.A. . 100
June 17 Benjamin Thorpe ... ... 40
July 23
August 3
August 30 Dame Catherine Jeremie ... 200
John Anster, LL.D. ... ... 150

- ..... Rev. Henry Francis Cary (died
August 14, 1844) ... 200
Apgust 31... Eliza Ann James ... „.. 100
Margaret Clapperton ... 60
1842.
September 21 Louisa Baroness Lehzen ... 400
November 17 Elizabeth Devereux Kennedy, addi-
tional pension (see June 7, 1841) 100
Anna Maria Kennedy ... 100
William Wordsworth ... 300
November 25 John Curtis ... ... 100
......
1843.
September 14
Anna Eliza Maria Drummond ... 200
Robert Brown 200
November 16
1844.
April 27 .. Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Knt.,
M.A., Astronomer Royal for

1845.
January 28 .... Patrick Fraser Tytler ... 200
Jane Hood ... ... 100
Susan 'Robertson ... 1.0
Mary Robertson ... 50
Eleanor Robertson 50
January 31
Frances Ague, Stoddart 75
March 5
June 81 Clara Maria Susanna Lowe .. ... 50
July
pension) ... 500
September 30
4, 1846) 200
October 14
James David Forbes, Profes,or of
Natural Philosophy in the Uni-
versity of Edinburgh (salary from
the public, 301. per annum) ... 2CO
1846.
April 22
June 30
Mary Archer Shee ... 200
Eliza Jane Archer Shea ...
Christian M‘Caskill 50
Jessie ll':.'askill ••• ..• •• ••• 50
Rev. Samuel Bloomfield, D.D. ... 200
Berrard Barton ... 100
Catherine Taylor ... 50
..... John Ramey M`Cnlloch, Comp-
troller
of the Stationery Office,
salary 9001. per annum ... ... 200
July 4
July 6
John Lloyd ... ... 25

Total amount ... £10,780
J. PARKER.
Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, Arlo-. 18, 1446.

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.

On Saturday the following notice was placarded in
the vestibule of the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le
Grande:—

On Monday evening will be dispatched the next mails
for the Meuiterraucan, Egypt, India, and China, viii
Marseilles.

A mail bag: for Madeira, Lisbon, Spain, and Gibraltar,
will be made up on Thursday next, the 27th instant,
and on the 7th, 17th, and 27th of every succeeding
month.

For Sydney, New. South Wales, a mail will be made
up and dispatched the last day of this and every suc-
ceeding month.
For Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Mediter-
ranean, Egypt, India, and China, on the moroing of the
4th of the ensuing month.
For Mexico. Honduras, and Havannah, on the 21 of
next and each succeeding month only.
For Bermuda, San Juan de Nicaragua, New Granada,
Chili, and Peru, on the 17th of every month only.
For Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, on the 3d and
20th of every month.
The Peninsular steam-packet will not call at Corunna,
either on the outward or homeward voyage during the
winter months of November, December, January, and
February next, commencinz from the 7th of November.

FRANCE,-IVIINES AND STEAM

POWER.

The Journul des Debats, in recent numbers, has pub-
lished two remarkable articles on the mineral resources
and steam power of France, probably from the pen of
M. Michel Chevalier, some of the chief details of which
are here extracted. The statistics are founded on the
year 184 4. France, it is said, in the order ofimport-
ance in coal. mining wealth takes the third rank ; that
is, comes after England and Belgium. In iron she oc-
cupies the second place. The absolute and relative con-
sumption of iron and coal in those states in which it is
officially known is thus stated :
Coal. Iron.
England 23,500,000 1,900,000
France 5,400.000 480,000
Beleium 3,200,000 120,000
Ze lverein
These figures give the consumption per head,
England, at 870 kilog. 4O kilog. 75
13,,Igitun BOO „ 3O „
France 154 „ l3 „ 71
Zollverein lO7 „ ...10 „ 71
In 1844 France reckoned 425 mines of coal, covering
about 450,000 hectares ; 252 were in work, and 173 re-
mained still in inactivity. The working of the 252 mines,
the greater part of which were distributed among twelve
principal basins, employed in 1844, 29,554 workmen,
and produced 3.055,000 metrical tons of coal, 580,000 of
anthracite, and 141,000 of lignite ; total of cAnbutible
material,3,7B3,ooo tons, or in kilograrnmes,3,7B3,ooo,ooo.
This was about the seventh of the production of Eng-
land, and a little less than the total Belgian extraction.
For, it must be noted, that, in addition to the quantity
consumed at home, as before stated, Belgium exported
in that year 1,300,000 tons. Since 1839 the number of
the mines worked in France had increased only as 6 to 8,
but the extraction advanced from 28 to 30 per cent. Pro-
duction, however, was still so much in arrear of consump-
tion as to require from Belgium and England 1,756,000
tons more. Iris as yesterday only, so to say, that steam has
been employed as a moving power, and yet it already
jurniehes the globe with a force estimated at more than
10.000,000 of horses, or 60,000,000 of men. Th• actual
effective of steam engines in France is thus stated:—
For purposes of industry the number is 3,645, serving
4,214 establishments and manufactories, and represent-
ing 45,781 steam horse-tower, or, at three draught
purses per steam-horse, 137.340 draught horses. Since
1839 this mechanical material had increased in the pro-
portion of 45 to .50 per cent. The steam-engines em-
ployed in navigation form a total of 382, applied to 238
vessels, with a collective force of 12,789 steam-horses.
Ile increase under this special head, in six years, has
only been from 25 to 30 per cent. The number
of passengers transported in 1844 by steam-
vessels was 3,287.000, and of merchandise
1,082,000 tons. The number of the first
compared with 1843 was about stationary, and
for the latter in decrease. The competitionof railways
would account for the fact. The locomotive machines
gave, in 1844, a total of 292, serving 16 lines of rail-
way. Of this number 168 were of French workman-
ship, and 124 of foreign origin. This was an increase
of 46 machines upon 184. 3, and of 88 upon 1842. In
total, France possessed, in 1844, 4,319 steam engines of
all sorts, of tie collective steam horse force of 62,950,
or of 188,847 draught horses ; or, at the rate of about,
six men
ito one draught horse, of 1,321,920 men. Such
is the industrial army which steam now furnishes to
France, and, whatever may be written against machinery,
we do not find that. the emplo) went of this mechanical
power has yet left the people bereft of work. Since the
last four or five years, ae numb( r of steam machines
eue in Fea,nve,
rnynts rapidly and vet, it is necessary to
sly, it represents scare, ly the twelfth of the mechanical
pow,. r employed in England.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.—
At a special meeting of the committee of the above society,
held at the Aire, 90, Fatring&in-street, on Friday, the 21st
inst., Mr. T. R. Eft in the chair, the following sums were
awarded:—To Francis Badenham, 223 11, a gratuity of one
guinea, for his activity and perseverance in apprehending
John Collins, for committing an assault and outage in the
house of Mrs. Taylor, Coachmakers' Arms, Bryanston-street,
Portman-square. At a previous meeting, the following
sums were also E',:bert Westfield, 329 K;
Alexander Mitchell, 400 K; and William 'ash, K—
half a guinea each, for coming to the aid and assistance of
Mr. Finney, Queen's high street, Poplar, in a case of
assault and outrage conunitted upon him. To Sergeant
Emery, 8 C, one guinea, for apprehending Jane Smith and
Miry Thompson, for robbing M. Jenkins, t.)atherine Wheel,
Little St. Jame -.'s-street, St. J,mes's, of a pewter pot. To
Margaret lies', a marii;estore-?ruler, one guinea, f>r causing
the apprehension of Mary Bartlett Mr robbing Mr. Noble,
Mount-row, Latru.eth, of a giass; and to James ,iturrell,
vant t,, Mr. Rouse, of White Conduit Tavern, P.!ntonville, a
gratuity of half a guinea, for detecting a woman in robbing
hig employer of a pewter pot.

IMPERIAL PA T f".; T.
7,.17; I .2.
Lord SIIAFTESB:I:t7 took his seat no the Wcoi.ack at
a Quarter-east Two o'clock.
Several Bills were vanced a stage.
LORD LYNOiIiMST'S EXPLANA"i
Lord LYND HUReia rose and .aid, Yet=i is incue,bent upon -
me to call peer Lo dshies' at vu ion to a sestter personal to
rays. if. Ac inany Noble Lo-de may not he aware of the
cireurestaeee‘, I will hris fly call your attention to
the case. In consequence or tie reercsentations reads
by a Noble Lord last night in the ocher House, I tecl it my
duty to make some exp,anations. When the late Government
went out of office I thought that, from the particular p, sition
in which I stood when it was known that I was
.rio
longer a candidate for official appointment, I might
endeavour to ffec• a reconciliation of the parties wi,hout is .
being supposed that I had any personal ntfect in view. In
consequence of this, I, communicated with several of my
friends in the other House of Parliament. I told
them what I was desirous of accomplishing. I
thought it a matter of great importance that
the various differences sho id be fo, gotten now
that the great measures which had caused these
differences had been passed, and that the parties should ;gain
be reconciled to each other. I did not make the proposition
wish a view to any measure or to any set of nr,ea-
sores ; my object was only that the Conservative
party should again be formed, and that when
formed they might take such steps with reference to any
measures as might be considered necessary ; and I made known
to every person whose co-operation I was anxious for the
course I meant to pursue. I called upon my Right Hon.
Friend who was at the head of the lee Ministry, and stated
to him what I intended to do. I called upon l.im not to obtain
any opinion from him. I did not wait upon him to obtain his
concurrence. My sole object im calling upon him was
for the purpose of stating the course I was pursuing
and intended to pursue. I stated upon that occasion
the course I meant to pursue, and also what I stated to every
other person whom I consulted upon the subject, namely
—that what I was doing had no reference whatever to any
particular measure, or to any particular set of measures.
—(Hear, hear.) I was only desirous of putting an end to
the existing differences, and of again uniting the party.
I made the same communication to the late Right Hon. Secre-
tary of State (Sir J. Graham), almost in the same words, and
with precisely the same qualification. While this was going on,
and after I had seen several friends upon the subject, a gentle-
man with whom I was much acquainted, but intercourse
with whom had been suspended, in consequence of recent
political differences, called upon me on the subject. I communi-
cated to him the course I meant to pursue, and he did not ob-
ject to it. I found it, however, impossible to communicate
with individuals who had entertained feelings hostile to myself
and to the late Gove:nmect, to any sufficient ex-
tent to accomplish the objet I had in view.
Lord Stanley was absent from London at a considerable dis-
tance. and it occurred to me as the best course to pursues
under the circumstances, to open a communication with the
Noble Lord, who, had been selected as the leader of the protee-
tionest party in the other House of Parliament, Lord G. Ben-
tinck. I accordingly sent a simple message requesting to know
whether he would see me, for the purpose of considering
whether the differences between the different parties could not
be amicably settled. I sent that message by the gentleman
to whom reference has been made. It was a mere
message, nothing was said in it about the Sugar
nor did it once enter into my contemplation
no allusion of any description was made. It was a mere mes-
sage. The short, simple answer to which, that I received,
was that he was disposed to decline the proposition, because be
wished any communication of that nature to be made rather to
Lord Stanley, who sat in this House, than to
him. Nothing further passed upon the subject.
The gentleman who bore the mee•ssige was not
known to me ; I had not seen him before. I know nothing:4
what passed on the occasion ; and with reference to the cir-
cumstances the only thing which passed that I am cognizant of
was the return of the messege to which I have alluded. Isl°W"
my Lords, it is said that the object of seeking this union we, for
the purpose of opposing the Sugar Bill. I can vahr-
your Lordships that, so far as I am concerned, nothing n'st
said upon the subject, nor was it in the most distant manner
even alluded to. I have only seen the gentleman aelr,
carried that message once since the occasion referred
to. I sent the message, I received the answers
and I dismissed the subject. at once from my
e
mind. I, twice, in two or threee quarters, but
I found so much bitterness of feel.ng, so much perona
hostility, that I abandoned the task, and took no further
steps in the matter. I made no concealmtest of the course
I wanted to pursue. I stated it to the Noble Lord I
1)04
site, whem I have now in my eye (Lord Cl -.Tendon). pull
him, that I found there was so much hostility among the parties
that it was impossible to accomplish it, and I therefore aban-
doned it.—(" Hear, hear," from Lord Clarendon.) The story
built upon this was, that I wanted to raise a fa!'
tious opposition to the Sugar Bill. My Lords, I took no
part in the discussion, I did not vote upon the occasion ; the
course I adopted had no reference whatever to the "matter.
It
is also insinuated that I was desirous of forming
Bentinck was
with the party of which Lord George Ben
into
the leader, in order that I might come
that
office with them. My Lords,, everybody knows that at
time
ng
time I was no longer a candidate for office ; everybody I°`
hence of
office has been acquainted with the fact that, in consequ._
ants
a late severe illness, office has been a roost irkscunelieie, and
that I have been anxious to retire from publiet and in
pass the remainder of my life in retiresTaet:ver would
the bosom of my family, and nothing v"-- t occasion
an union
have dragged me forth upon the Pre9e%een made
except the virulent attack which
bas
other House.
upon me by a Noble Lord in the
tleman who acted as messenger on the occasion q
we__
Now I thought it right to communicate with. thue'isgtieon;
and that gentleman has authorised me to state what rif.
the real facts of the case. I have taken the s!atetnEn
of this gentleman down in writing, from his own dic-
tation, and it is as follows 1. stated to Lord George
Bentinck that I had come with a message from Lord Lyndhurst,
the object of which was to express a desire on the part of Lora
Lyndhurst that the Conservative party, amongst which
an unfortunate split had taken place, should be
re-united ; and with the view of taking steps to accont•
plish that object, Lord Lyndhurst would be WY_
to come into personal communication upon the subject
with Lord George Bentinck, either at his own house, or at
altbo
house of Lord George Bentinek." The reply that was
was, " That Lord George Bentinck was acting under
Lobe
Stanley, who, like Lord Lyndhurst, was a Member of it
Upper House of Parliament, and he though,tould
better that all communication on the subject "ban
pass between Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Stanley, With "ban
pass
he himself was in full and cordial co-operation.' The ge"sea
man who acted as the messenger said this was all that Pol
upon the occasion, and for myself I can undertake to "
that it is a correct representation of what passed 39 far said
was concerned.—( Hear, hear.) Now, with re,gd.
to the assumption that I was desirous ef
ing office under, or with Lord George Ben'l";ati
their Lordships would see from the document he had just r
Pn stn that there was not the slightest foundation for such en foe
tation. Indeed, from what had occurred within the lastflger
months, must have satisfied them that he was no
anxious to hold or accept office, but, on the ern'
_he was most desirous of retiring into private
at es.
He had thought it due to their Lordships to make ticon.
planation—due also to himself. There was nothing On. es-
sistent in the statement he had made—nothing inconsiste ;re
discreditable in the course he had pursued. One word ref the
0
he had received a communica ion from the Chief Barelliai to
Exchequer this morning, and he was authoris'd by "over
state that the office of Chief Justice of Bombay other
was pressed upon his brother either by himself or inlaid a
person, and that until after the appointment be never
la
say
word to his brother upon the subject that what be Aim in
then was only that he thought his brother had infer.
accepting the office. Their Lordships were awda°r:ethnaitstions
ences had been attempted to be drawn from the conatnue
bi to On'
he had made to Lord George Bentinek, discredit hitch were
self ; and it was to repel those unjust inferences w The err Lord-
attempted to be made, that he had felt it due t° reason
ships and to himself to make that statement*
that one of his
he sent the gentleman alluded to was, because he was
private secretaries, to whom be had intimated unea, no one
unacquainted with Lord George Bentinck, and tided
him
vv.--
who was acquainted with that Nobleman, recommended
LasoradpeGtseonnrgalefßrieeintdinonfkh_is rviine,arw. hhoeawr.a)s also acquainted
The Duke of GRAFTON thought when charges and stn,:t „b
menus were made against members of that House, vin'
called forth counter-statements, it was the duty of the‘,„,
Lordships either to express their feelings of satisfaction cr diva'
tisfaction at such counter-statements. For himself, he begged
to state that he was perfectly satisfied with the Noble e-
Learned Lord.—( Cheers.)
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was sure the Neble an
Learned Lord did not make his statement with any such i 0 bad
tion, and for himself he differed with the Noble Duke who to
just sat down, for he considered discussions on these stateasen
ant r ought not to take place.—hear.) rout
Lord LYNDHURST said he did not make the staLe
with the view of calling forth any discussion upon it.
The matter then dropped.
The New Zealand Loan Act went through
was ordered to be reported on Monday.
The Steam Navigation Act was reported. (Relied)
The Commons Inclosure Bill, the Public Works job
Road 9 rsl
Bill, the Spirit Licenses Bill, the Turnpike , eve
the Public Works Commission (Ireland) Bill, an
u
other Bills, were read a third time and pampa. nioceSso
Several Bills were brought up from the House of Ce., tittle;
were read a first time, and ordered to be read a secnlT, 011,
among which were the Consolidated Fund'. (8,000,00 for
and the Constabulary Force (Ireland) Bill, and the F°o"
ployment (Ireland) Bill. Committee, and
he last'
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, with respect to tA read'
Bill, stated that he should on Monday move the see°°- to ita
ng of that Bill, and call the attention of their Lordship
general provisions.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

"()USE OF gip,
(Ey s, August 22'
The SPEAKER tnok the Chair at Twelve o'clock.
LEGAL QUAYS (LONDON). the
The Lords' amendments to this Bill were adopted e°
motion of Mr. BROTH ERTON.
BRITISH INTERESTS IN MEXICO.
for the
Lord G. BENTINCK gave notice that, on the moll" apse
first order of the day, he shou'd call the attention of th;:
to this subject, in consequence of the war now exists S
tween Mexico and the United States.
DISFRANCHISEMENT OF VO r Ens- pr 001:
Mr. VAKLEY presented a petition from the I°w`d of b'"
lets, complaining that the petitiouer had been deprive ,
..,0;9••
vote. in consequence of not having paid an increase
rate, '
rate, although be was placed sin the register.
PRIVATE BILLS BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed. ON) 1311'1'
•
CONSOLIDATED FUNDS ( APPROPRIATI
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE 131 Lt""
This Bill was also read a third time and passed'
CONSTABULARY (IRELAND)
On the motion for the third reading of thi4 , to et3ll
Mr. HUME said that he thought it was a bad thiPgaiice
ene set of laws for Ireland with respect to the ores
the It be
another for England. He (lid not wish to illoPet-e paid t
of the Bill, but he would just noint
the,out that if thelid
go into
police from the Consolidated Fund,
profit Ice, Govirre'l
the pockets of the landed gentry. He would warn trl.e. another
ment that next session they would have to bring m
lii l to mem' it. f the
Sir R. lERGUSON complained of tne
Bill, but would be quite ready to hear his share of t"
fot Ce.
if he, with the other landowners, had the contrporiino;
Mr. B. ESCOTT would also raise his voice 1, see whY t
of the principle of this Mil, or he could I.o'7:eeallp:oseT:
le
bee: °P;:111?:;
eaa
landed g. tory of Itelaiiii should be relieved from t°
the constabu ary force—a force which was rendered
with
by the conduct of these gentry themselves. II
cu
atiproleition for five years to the cry of those wthagy_"_."a
the Treasury benches !or equal law between t Dei
land. But was this equal law? Certainly no 3 derelisutene,i
ther

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of Ireland, not the 1
,More nor less than relieving the gentry es,,ople of Ireland, at the expense of the
in his i
people of this cou.ntr.y.
4% SHEIL said that, when Sir Robert Peel broughtn,rcss.:i
great measure for the repeal of the corn-lags, he had
„,e e : I
stated that Ireland was entitled to sonic compensetio..
Mr. IL ESCOTT denied the fa A.
de'aelirt.hsi ` e
sHEIL wes, on the force of this aeiertion, inclined .
naenaory, but he hada strong coev:ct:on that such was i
thtPurpert of Sir R. Peel's argument.
osr. T. DVNCOMBE had objected to this Biil in its
tP!evions steps, on account of its unconstitutional character, as
Ling, in fact, command of a standing army to the Lord
gesiNenant. He did hope, however, that there would be no
cessity for the use of these extraordinary powers, but that
eeer Aralesty's Ministers would now take an
thatth new
, urse. He believed that they would do so, and a
t.hey should
seat n
no 0 more of coercion Bills, and the exasperation arising
111 °lam, and ho saw an earnest of that new line. of conduct
pew reetoration of those gentlemen to the commission of the
mace „pis ,
Chan ~0 had been deprived of that office by the late Lord
1,,.._ ceder. He trusted also that in Ireland, were this mea-
d,7° was duly appreciated, that the landed gentry would be in-
arid 80 to act as to render those on their estates an honour
clan advantage, instead of, as they too often were at present,
a mischief and a- disgrace. .
what LABOUCHERE said that this Bill was brought in on
tt the resent Government considered a pledge on.the part
of
_their predecessors ; but they did themselves conceive it to
boshgOopf
h„ , and wise, and necessary measure.. So far from its.
-5
an unconstitutional measure, it was precisely consti-
tational
whL, , for it gave the Lord Lieutenant the power to do that
e'4 Was the paramount duty of ev y Government—the
etoteet•
is.,_ gin of the lives and properties of her Ma'esty's 5ub-
',..74 in Ireland, through the aid of the peace forcej of this 1
watitry.
hels4elcsiseAeKti LrEYI thought,,etl thsoatfatliirely,lrish Members had be-
and so nobly on the
herre-
VII of generously, :or°nu-slaY; corn-laws, Ireland was entitled, througathen_ _
Lerabers and it was hut right that every advantage
heid
~.7 given' that could be given to the Irish gentry; yet
eels,
roes laY that the people of this country
.would rather see
so.;" Vent in Ireland for any other object than that for
VI this grant was to be made.
I 11-• BROTHERTON quite agreed with the. Hon. Member
Op piss,
the
Quautiry concerning the conduct of the Irish Members
foil
s:_,e rn-law debate, but he thought that the benefit would a
sZt:.tlPori themselves, for they had by the removal of the re-
reosifts on trade only givenf greater opportunity for their own
th-e e to consume more food, for it was the Irish labourers in
4: Manufacturing districts who, together with
.the manufactur-
V 0 alas's, , were-" the great consumers of Irish provisions,
Zn J. PP. BIO°RTHWICK was also glad to hail a pacific policy
ieme, pars of her Majesty's Ministers, not on the groundh
se,,,gea by the Hon. Member for Finsbury who approved t eir
te""lset for the restoration of those gentlemen who had at-
ta.-bded certain Catholic demonstrations, but because th•ey hsaoel
e'Qtored those who had been deprived for attending meeting r
.t
eel-46,1e_ le opposite character. This policy would, he co i
'a, be as successful as it was pacific.
ÜBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) No. 4 BILL.
Thinsll was read a third time and passed.
l'ltt„, POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS.
s. AW ARLEY presented a etition from a gentleman
reag(Cruetbeee.n chairman. of the quarterp sessions, and the oldest
Peor.seer rstu Berkshire, praying. the House to dismiss the
lid met • 'lnn issioners, and to impeach them for their con-
PUBLICwith r
esPect to the Andover Union.
„.
WORKS (IRELAND) BILL.
These Bills LEASES (IRELAND) BILL.
were read a third time and passed.
The other orders of the day were then postponed.
Me I, GENERAL POST-OFFICE
tlibell,..se. t'sz; tbDeIThICOMBE wished to call the attention of the
asenerc
popetition of Thomas Mitchell, late sub-sorter in
-seined b :office, complaining that heirsedrissamttiosnsaslawnads.
eooct..-
rupees Y proving in evidence certain
oet s u eu behalf of his superior officer!. He had pointed
beibiuse great many previous abusesthis large este-
l'ere Pt, and had been told tha.t inall his complaints
respeetitheffectual, and that nothing could, be done
instituted,
before ug them. An inquiry was,
Person the solicitor to the Post-office, who certainly
Point" qualified to inquire into the matter, although his ap-
4buserae" did not give general satisfaction. , any of the
The 8 had been remedied, and in fie coulee of the inquirieskd
ter 4Dasti‘lell was called be;ore Mr. Peacock. eon as
nen
stisoir°•ection if he should speak the truth, andd certain
rtnio
statements
that he should be protected he m
Islay with .with reference to the mat-racticeas madeeof Mr.
ane h'inesof those statements were furnished to. Mr. Kelly,
tsarksedurt S afterwards it was whispered that Mitchell. was a
*as it, .I'Llan• On ano' her inquiry being instituted Mitchell,
Zete;ale called, and on a fresh assurance that he
.should be
r• Ic. t he gave information that 70,000 of the circulars of
derrieser )! had been sent through the Post-office f ree, thereby
vtithe,,,N the revenue. He had become a marked. man b.e h ,
Itho "Yeonaplaint havino be enmade against him.
giving
his
evidence, 4 riot in good health 'was so fatigued after giving
.n that he was compelled to go home, and on reach' g
Ssests'ne he was so ill that he was compelled to end to the
hgt ; state that he should be unable to attend to his duties.hnte
receie ,altstrictly within the rules of the establishment, h
Ith, ethLia dismissal very shortly after, the letter stating that
1,404471'41 was in consequence of his having absented
,s4eekt:°l° duty without leave. Another grou.ncdhad since
Zilieries° uP, and it was stated the man was dismiss, tisin
wcoenre-
roots - iof insolent conduct. These subterfuge
nthoritZ the weakness of the. case of the Post-office
.vlted s ' and since this dismissal Mitchell had
.re-
17ttilltleg lat beiptointment as a general letter
.carrier,
mitigation of his punishment
Itited,v4,34; had neglewcatsd hisin duty he was quite unfit tohtbet "be-
leitos;l'.l--( Hear, hear)—and ) and if he had net, heought
to to be
l'alllt s'e" le his originalrposition,—and not be degraded.
ealledifea letter-earrir Othe sub-sorters had since been
tavideucert" Ur. Peaceoc.k, and they had declined to give any
-' kr- against 'Mr, Kelly from fear of being treated
lfloe, Isis Mitchell was. He had with him. a petition.e
ir:atilt is, es"),Ployed in the establishment, complaining of tn
s'elleit..reeeatsWienlerhell
_had received, _ and expressing a fear of the
he ,Ifer called 11'0'1.7themselves.. The case was one which cer-
Mejetterore ,10 the severest investigation of the House, and
meat Y, ,0,. • ved that an bumble address be. presented to her
oils tae the-IPR her to appoint an inquiry into the manage-
ezi2-4, of ,ps sseneral Post-office, the particulars of the dis-
c ~.,. "qoas Mit II and also with regard to a certain
ectltirluesletliation in (tlll7l Office, and whether it ought to be
Ille pon°r not.
'ee man 'l, ‘/THEROE seconded the motion. He did not think
Ibsen" 'lad been properly treated. A dismissal for one day's
P„"`e, seeing that he had been ten years in the service of he
tiit'4;lee, wits_ most harsh and unjust. Whatever was the
the : of the charge, whether
. true or false, he did not think
treaost-offiee authorities had conducted the inquiry in ,
ke"titttble manner. He would conclude by seconding the
x on.
the"nit'' PARKER, on behalf o f the Noble Lord at the head of
the'°'t'olfice department, said he had to explain and defend
toorpt which was complained of. W hen the present Noble
lledtho presided over that establishment came into office he
the, ."reirn the discussions that had taken place in this House,
their °era, unsatisfactory feeling existed among those engaged
mass- In fact the whole establishment was fouedto. be in af
the .husatisfactory condition. Jr. regard to the getting up o
steT'ost-offiee Directory." while some thought they were bene.
I, al others considered t hemsel Yes aggrieved, and in consequence
to e°Qt Uncomfortable feeling existed. He was, however, happy
ie , Y that arrangements were in progress which would tend
the Peat degree to allay the spirit that existed. Respecting
dem Particular Ca se in question, no doubt a grea
Arleen " ill feeling existed between him and the Post-
betted
aUhorities. Several papers htd been earey_ sevd on the subject and others were yet to berg
ase epe%bLefore they could' have the whole facts of thec
on
lesoti,l"o. It was said that this man was dismissed
orellls° Aof his giving evidence before the Commission
-'ttelilte,-
Nita
t° 44,171 ireidinti? threezireieiatege.ment of the Post-
a that fifty other
eee
(Tel. Were
1, i examined,. wehile this appeared to be the only
t4rueUtekel!3/4,
quo It could ot, therefore, be for giving the evi-
sw 4 of theKm that the party wa;dismissed. The whole
° allegation depended on the authority of
I'llo4 Persons „f the name of Rae and Russell,
placed • esidenee - r
the circumstances they were
e
wool 'A+
sn' 'l'uuld' be looked on with great caution. H
14"er- Ggge't that the motion be as. the Post-
taater, r
pels..rai was undertaking an sinvestigation into all the
was T 2 liViinEgttho the management of the Post-office.
i was necessary, as the Housei
tience"nnfd ,t 0 defendo ittaenssneisci who were called on to give_ etv -e
Ptlblie 3-e; the abuses that existed in any departdme.ntßoufsselho
l'inela , 'lee. He hoped the Noble Lord (Lo! J allow ',e the en .
Lerae ',qui,.
tatt
be into his most serious consideration, and
‘l.le d j°llllYßoUnlEaf re: bad full confidence in his Noble
if tit"' the Mar •
tio..ere was till!s of. Clanricarde, and he was quite sure that
lion
that N:Zelnjustice witid reeard to the individual in. ques-
''ve him redress. He, himself,
fie elltiala to Pronounce
would
e any opgilnion one way or the other, on
ise eo°l-,l'l"°f that individual. With regard' to the Commission,
ste el-.‘ered that it had too wide a range to effect any
wholeoo
tltiestiueld.ered h would be much better to leave t e
Ileeld hrl in the hands of the Government, whose attention
Ith ee-e,..eoast.antly directed to the working of the Post-once,
st ape 'vw to its more efficient management. He himself 'did
44 t°Se of the whole system of management there,
her t eoeld assure the Hon. Member for Montrose that the dress tetition of the Government would be given to the ree-
,is „,
ARV,' every ilTegularity and complaint which might be
14r 'brought against it.
lltref.* FRENCH instanced the case of Daniel Tonor, in
Iltieb of the necessity of keeping these subordinate officers
, et: P.„..roper control.
uete 7ARBURTON hoped that the claims of Mr. Row-
ttsiellel would be again considered, and his system fully
ltir oat.
treed WAKLEY designated. the treatment of Mitchell. as
kph. Y unjs, and hod hp w ould be provided for by being
41„ttted to as good asstation before next session.
tiekile %MIL defended the course adopted by Lord Clan.
dCa
e Pain LAYARD hoped Mitchell would be provided for.
es, id noordt thinClanrica k that there was any imputation on the con-
-4:4
rde.
Th 1% DUNCOMBE replied.
Motion was then by leave withdrawn.
Thils42°R EMPLOYMENT (IRELAND) BILL.
- '"1 was read a third time, and passed.
, The RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS' BILL.
I° be;rePort on this Bill was received, and the Bill was ordered
111 Had a third time on Monday next.
PAVSTRICTS LUNATICS ASYLUM BILL, THE
(AsNN.„P„IIO3C.ERS' BILL, AND THE WASTE LANDS
, The ' nALIA) BILL.
he reesruse
rt sills passed
d through Committee, and were ordered to
00 Monday next.
~ %rip
,i, BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
iie/(t a :`IIENCII gave notice that on the first day of the
'll'. gi'swe hevvouldmove, that it appeared from the
unfit
ttfoorf
,th,s resi7e, the architect that this palace a.vas M
weeteeerebce of the Sovereign' of this empire, notwithstandingery
iliteratie eaPense might be incurred thereon ient_ toke
grant
of
i to
41 fe tons
aud enlagements, and that. ins ed. I f
ilees isurti:elepense upon it, the House imme iatel the
stiestytfutli. for the erection of a suitable residence for her
rhe ti, wind.,
°are then adjourned at Four o'clock.,
Obilt A .....
tt '4141% COLLISION OFF THE SPURN LIGHT.-
1-atllrday a
as4eeldees notice was received at Lloyd's, announcing a
~ by is, off the Spurn Light, late on Wednesday night
Wit'l rie v!'“elt the brig Retrieve, of London, from Shields'd
lbe.ittlY Of tlist° by a
understand,
much larger vessel, and totally lost, an
48 he; the Crew drowned. The Retrieve, we
tt'lttatetv."3' laden in coals, under the care of Mr. Scott, the
utia:roitl44uktieGtierduots,:n seamen. On the night in question she was
Itvlshe B o
lee.(Ple Charlott she came in 'to violent collision with the
re4inizociland. %ll:faster W. Stevens, bound for St. John's,
shock is described to have been most
,w th4,„l',,the chariottelestriiingthebrig amidships. The crew
"tieee_ "'algae contrived-to save three of the crew of the Re-
s'tild t;wnert the vessel disentangled itself from the barque, qnt Men l)Posed to have immediately foundered, for she was
tat,ia,fteis Among those who were left behind, were the
tlk N,,11'.,8,..eWard, and four seamen, who are expected to have
,tileesd ils" s_the vessel. The Charlotte, it seems, had only
geed (11.4'111 Unit on the previous day. In consequence of the
Ivlse,ltage she sustained,' th 3.ptain put back to Hull,
oei,°: he landed the survivors of etheaßetrieve. There is, no
ill sne'S great blame attributable to one of the parties, but !t
114,Z;lsl be point out the actual aggressor. The vestel is
'''. 4 tit 1,44• tired 4 shiouv,