The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-17 00:00:00

MINISTERIAL POLICY.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I stated that I would to.:
day give notice to the House the general course et
policy which it is the intention of her Majesty's Govern'
ment to pursue with respect to those Bills before
the House, and I will do so in moving the consideration
of the order of the day. On Monday I will state to the
House the policy which it is the intention of the 00"
vernment to pursue with respect to the sugar
duties. I will then unfold the plan we Coll'
sider ought to be adopted, after which I propose t
adjourn the further consideration of the question ulltu
to-morrow week (Friday). It is now late in the session
to lose time, and I will make as little delay as possible ;
at the same time I propose a short Bill for the contiee"
ante of the sugar duties for one month, or until Parlia-
ment shall otherwise approve.—(Hear.) With regard to
the Poor-law Removal Bill, I have: already stated MI
general views respecting it to the House, and what is
further proposed to be done will be stated by the Sore'
tary for . the Home Department. The next Bill before
the House is the Drainage Bill. Some Members
of the Government will undertake the Care of that
with the hope of carrying it through. The next ar°
the Bills brought in by the late Chief Secretary for
Ireland—one of the most important of these
the Ejectment Bill, it is our intention to adopt wig
some slight alterations, preserving especially that ciao*
which prevents the seizure of growing crops. Wa
also propose to proceed with the Lease 10'i 1
but with respect to the Tenants' Compensation
Bill, we find the machinery so exceedingly complicateci
that we will postpone it for further consideration. Tber:
are some other Bills affecting Ireland, regarding -whit
the Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. Labouchere) wig-
able to answer whatever questions will be put to
There are some Bills which are now in the House
Lords ; one of them is called the Small Debts Bill'
which is a Bill similar to the one which has been
troduced by the former Government, and which 11°:
been repeatedly before Parliament. The preset
Government entirely approve of the general rport
that Bill, and although it is a Bill of great leegi.o
containing many provisions, they do hope that they °I/ t
be enabled to obtain the sanction of Parlialeena
to it during the present session, as it is is
measure of very great importance. There 6
another Bill, which likewise is at present in the o°°_,
of Lords, which the Government do not propose to 0,%
into their own hands unless necessary, but which 1 trthiis,9
will obtain the assent of Parliament—it is called
Religious Opinions Bill. That Bill was introduced blt,
member of the late Government, in the name of o
Government, and, therefore, is a Government Dill' Ae
trust that the author of that Bill will continue to Wr,
charge of it; but if he should not do that, some 10.40;
ber of the present Government will then propose i„
ootano: e
bw,
waste
:Is t.
e o flljvagnir
With
has
introducedt importance,
respect
-Bill in its present shape. There are many other ft,
which
ment posed
toh
inl wlrilellannocit give any
td171,:0(7,:
whicheother
measures
PivVl7.l*.'
notice. I will only say that, looking at the iroPr°' I
as a sue.) '
the greatest importance, we shall endeavc,to
introduce a preparatory measure ; and if it of cessary to ask the aid of Parliament for !too,
measure of that kind, we shall d this 1 et'
At all events we shall endeavour to take ps ve" ne of
this time and the next session for the isutte.roductio-41
some measure on the subject. These are the gens'ig
statements I have to make, and I beg to move that
orders of the day be now read.

POOR REMOVAL BILL 11.
On the order of the day for proceeding with this °I
being read, dibV
Mr. E. DENISON, who was for some time inellA fjot
from the noise which prevailed after the Noble Lor"001
down, was understood to say that the Poor Itetn i 0
Bill would cause great injury and great inconvenien olt
many parts of the country. He begged leave t,t,-osie
the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the `-',, os
Department whether irremovability or settlemee,b, pot
contemplated by the Bill. He was sure it weal" fer
meet with the approbation of the Hon. Mew:herd,
Finsbury to grant irremovability without se,ttlepd 10
The word irremovability was a word not to be, fog pot
any dictionary, and it related to a condition of lilBooo
to be found in any law-book. Before that
-word co
have penetrated the understandings of half tine C 0
munity it might have to be swept totally away•fpid
(Mr. E. Denison) thought it right to tenth e Noble Pilir
at the head of the Government that there wrai one reellosl
able deficiency and one great defect in his r4dministrsPost
there was one great thing wanting, and that was 8'; Iliii,
of adequate representation of the landed interest 11 „es
country. He said the great towns were amPLY more
powerfully represented. The law was represented' Pit,io
than it deserved—(Laughter)—but he looked iit Elio
fur any powerful parties to represent the intereslA Po 0:
land. In the Government were the representative;
London, Manchester, Halifax, Nottingham, Sli %oleo
Devonport, and Edinburgh ; and when he ?jive,
Edinburgh, he would not do justice to his own !teet citl
if he did not mention the Hon. Member for tit. solepti
(Mr. Macaulay), not less celebrated for Lis great t D$ t°
than for his upright and noble conduct—an ornery ev re
an Administration. But he looked in vain for ta;,(lo'fioef
presentatives of the land. There was Lord Lan s° there
an owner of land in England, and also in Ireland ; what
was Lord Grey and Lord Morpeth—(Hear, hea 1),0 i)
Lord Morpeth had his character as a represent! t!cijek
land in the manufacturing interests of the West lltrep/
and in the membership of the League.—(Lau gu, 01
He said, Lord Grey, in pressing on the abolition 1
0001
onlytwenty
regarded
( asH e aar , an d laughter
sanguine
pro il e ; fis i
corn-laws, had, said that land rents would rise f' 0"
fiheftece on u tl
de
(Laughter.) When that had occurred he might
il into credit; but he (Mr. Denison) did not think, th.V
the present moment especially, he represented ;Lee
their interests or their views. As for the, f"ties
ber for Halifax (Mr. C. Wood), he was no represent ro)
of the land by his own address, and he (Mr. Del Ater'
found him applauded in the newspapers as the rep ,:Slap
tative of the manufacturing interests of the West I .31' de'
and the repealer of the tax on wool. If this WI is 6.. the'
fect in any Administration, it was so particular] .y 10„atl
present moment, when the landed intet:est :00!
received a rude shock from the hands of th ite
from whom it had least reason to ex, deet 00
The landowners required to be conciliated toy iards. io
measure which had lately passed. If at, an' y timothy
was a defect in a Ministry that it did n:ot rer ,resentv
landed interest of the country, it Ivy
~ partio
larly so at this time. No person
saY o 0
he ;AO
he was one who wished for r.nything ii],„, exclu'i.i,
privileges, for on a former oP-casion, when exclusive p
vileges were sought to be afforded to the land, be
thrown thrown his weight into the opposite scale., anc) bad ""the
denounced as faithless among the faithfp:i. At pa
present moment the landed interr f bad 01
quarter to wtich to look for • • Jaw ~„0
receiving a "Jae attentl-tieg
their interests
, While questions se,riously affee'or;it
them -
were about to be brought—forward questions 111- of
which they would feel deeply ; there was the L-01,,,'10 Settlement Bill, the Highway Rates Bill, tl-,0 Turrifoloel
Trusts, and other Bills affecting the e tie—stion ofi'tst
taxation. He begged leave to tell his 'N-oble Frienuwes:
if his Administration was to last, it •
enist be by „; V sures that it would last, and tlj,
A the defect: :,-614:
Ministry to which ho had al,'- ,I
e-.e1...!, he was sorry, i';"„e I'
was one of such a nal-- re RA te
prevent him gici—is9
. or;
that degree of
r..;onfiXet&e IV. hich he would °Ole'
have been 17^ •
. IV, to afford. , eill:PA
Colo- Vt A
r 10%1OuD thought that the lion. Member be.
lam` - t ..Itae
Lord addeesiva. the House should have allowed the
.001
Lord to state the course, which he intended to Pl'stri,
before he bad attempted to find fault with his Min',
He thought that his Him. Friend was somewhat the
taken in the view he had taken of the division 0f
eat'
Poor-law Removal Pa. The question of settl*,bt
was one which was not proposed by the I;
Hon. Baronet at the head of the late •Administre
when he first announi!ed the measure. It was aIV
merely to prevent the removal of peepers. poor
clause affecting the settlement of the., 100(
was introduced ariterwards by the Honourable toe
for Maldon (Mr. E. Denison) himself. rtir,
Mr. T. DUNCQMBE said that he took the it'be
ra
few evenings ago to put a question to the Noble Dotollg
to the principles 'upon which the Government was 0e
conducted. Thar,:question had excited irritation I, the
„
Noble Lord's inTird, but it was a question wbie her,
country would_ require to have answered. Le.,t 01,0%
same side
look at the state of the House at present, -00 the
knew where to sit.—(Laughter.) Sitt',ng 'lOll
with the Noble Lord were those s'/Pf t.O7L
hitherto been his bitterest enemies. Tb e reason °a Mr,
was, as he understood, that they had ben infore tb
none but the extremes would be dissatisfied. liotet °oi
required explanation. Every Prime Minister in., to cl
into office had stated the principles on which !lel)