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Viscount Sandon—To call the attention of the House

to the state of the prisons under the jurisdiction of the
city of London.

Mr. Ewhrt—To move the following:-1. That it is
expedient that the present system of m•4king the colony
of Van Diemt-n's Land a general ri-ceptacle for convicts
should cease. 2. That it is expedient that transporta
Lion be no longer maintained as a punishment, but 13,-
contin; ed only as a supplement to the previous punish-
ment of imprisonment.
Lord John Russell—Address, State of Ireland.
Sir Hesketh Fleetwood—Bill for extending the quail.-

fication of voters for Members of Parliament represent-
ing English and Wehh counties, to the occupier of a
house of the clear annual value of 101., the same as in
boroughs.

Viscount .ouncan—Committee of the whole Home,
with a view to the repeal of the window-tax.
Mr. John O'Brien—Motion on the subject of the port
and harbour of Limerick.

Mr. Pluniptre—Bill to repeal 8 and 9 Vic., c. 26, for
endowing the R-)man Catholic College of Maynooth.
Viscount Ebrington—Address to her Majesty, for the
re-appointment of the Real Property Commission.
Mr. Charles Buller—Select Committee, to inquire
into the state of the present repositories of public re-
cords, and the expediency of erecting a general reposi-
tory.

Mr. W. S. O'Brien—Select Committee, to inquire
into the organisation and administration of the con-
staoulary force of Ireland, and of the Dublin police.
Mr. W. S. O'Brien—That an hu able address be pre-
sented to her Majesty, to represent to her Majesty,
that, in considering the causes which have produced
misgovernment and consequent discontent in Ireland,
this House has not failed to oeserve that there is not at
present amongst the confidential advisers of her Majesty
any Minister of State who, by residence or immediate
personal connexion with that country. is acquainted
with its existing condition; that the local Government
has been confided to persons who have been perfect
strangers to Ireland, until appointed to exercise the
highest and most responsible functions in that
kingdom ; that Irishmen appear to have been
of late years systematically excluded not only from
participation in the general Government of the Empire,
but even from control over the several departments
of local administration in their native land ; and
that, under these circumstances, it is not surprising that
there should be found on the part of those who conduct
the affairs of Ireland, ignorance of Irish wants, disregard
of Irish interests, want of sympathy with Irish feelings;
and reciprocally on the part of the people of Ireland, a
total absence of confidence in those who exercise autho-
rity in the name of her Majesty.
Mr. O'Connell—Copy of the Report of the Governor
of New South Wales made to Lord Stanley, late Colonial
Secretary, at the request of his Lordship, in consequence
of the prohibition of the said Governor, debarring the
Reverend Mr. Young, a R. Catholic clergyman,
holding faculties from the Most Reverend Dr. Polding,
Archbishop of Sydney, from imparting religious in-
struction to two convict natives confined on Cockatoo

Island, on the ground that such convicts ought to be in-
structed in the religion of her Majesty the Queen, which
as the Governor stated, is the religion of the empire;
also, for a copy of Lord Stanley's letter to the Gover-
nor of South Wales requiring said report; and a copy of
his Lordship's letter to the Governor approving of his
conduct in reference to said prohibition.
Mr. John O'Connell—Copies of any reports made to
the Irish Government by the resident magistrate or po-
lice-constable of the district relative to the eviction by
Sir Francis Hopkins, Bart., of 18 families, consisting of
98 persons; and 19 families, consisting of 120 persons,
from the lands of Rochfort and Ranamadogh, in the
county of Westmeath. lAinutz- sof the proceedings of
the board of guardians of the Mullingar Union, when the
following resolution was carried in a board consisting of
ten guardians, eight of whom were grand jurors of the
county of Westmeath (moved b. Sir Francis Hopkins,
Bart., and seconded by Wm. Fetherston, Esq., J.P.,
bc.) :—" Resolved—That, for the future, buttermilk be
substituted for new milk in the Ist and 2d classes, and
that no more soap be allowed than five ounces each
dozen of clothes." Also, minutes of proceedings of th•
same board, when the foregoing resolution was remon-
strated against by the medical attendant of the union, as
likely to affect most injuriously the health of the paupers.
Mr. John O'Connell—To call the attention of the
House to those portions of the report of the Commis •
sinners of Tidal Harbours in the United Kingdom which
relate to the harbours of Ireland.
' Mr. Christie—Select Committee to inquire into the
condition of the Universities and Colleges of Oxford and
Cambridge, and how far and in what way they may be
improved as seminaries of learning and education, and
made equally accessible to the members of all religious
persuasions.
Dr. Bowring—To call the attention of the House to
the following passage in the report of the Tidal Har- '
hour Commissioners, and to inq ire into the cause
of the delay in transmitting the accounts of the
harbours in the Isle of Man, they having been
twice called for by the House of Commons :—" The
Isle of Man occupies an important position in the
Irish Channel, directly in the track of commu
nication between Liverpool, Glasgow, and Belfast, and
of the coal trade from Whitehaven and Maryport, to the
whole of the east coast of Ireland. It has been aptly
termed the ' Beacon of the Irish Sea,' and as such,
everything that care and skill can suggest as to lights,
beacons, improvement of its harbours, would be well be-
stowed, and tend to prevent that recurrence of the nume-
rous wrecks that have taken place around its shores ;
yet such is far from being now the case ; on the con-
trary (with the exception of the coast lights maintained
by the board in Scotland) marked neglect prevails
throughout ; and here the evils of irresponsible :elf-
elected authority are but too manifest, the Commis.
sioners meeting only once a year to go through the form
of auditing their own accounts, keeping no regular
minutes of their proceedings, and practically leaving
the whole power and authority in the hands of a single
person."

Viscount Ebrington—Copies of all minutes of the
board of Poor-la-w Commissioners, and communications,
correspondence, and instructions with relation to the
administration of the relief of the poor in the Rye Union
for the years 1840, 1841, and 1842 ; and, Return of
number of in-door and out door paupers (distinguish-
ing the able-bodied) from 1837 to 1846, quarterly ; and
quarterly expenditure on the in-door and out-door relief
during the same time.
Viscount Ebrington—ln addition to papers about the
Rye Union, to move for papers respecting any permis-
sion granted by the Poor -law Commissioners to the
guardians of Honiton Union, to let out able-bodied
labourers for hire to .work in Mr. Parker's fields.
Mr. Wyse—Motion for abolition of Ministers' Money
(Ireland).
Mr. Milner Gibson—On the order of the day for the
Committee on Sugar Duties, to move as an amendment,
that no arrangement of the sugar duties will be perma-
nent or satisfactory which does not impose the same
duty on foreign as on colonial sugar.
Sir Charles Napier—To oppose going into the navy
estimates until the returns he has moved for are laid on
the table of the House, and printed.
Mr. Williams—On reading the order of the day for
going into Committee on the navy estimates, to call the
attention of the House to the practice of flogging sailors,
and to the manner in which courts' martial arc consti-
tuted in the British navy.
Captain Layard—On reading the order of the day for
army estimates, to move that an humble Address be pre-
sented to her Maj,sty, praying that she will be graci-
ously pleased to direct inquiry to be made, how far the
reduction of the period of service in the army from the
present unlimited term would tend to procure a better
class of recruits, diminish desertion, and thus add to the
efficiency of the service.
Mr. Evelyn Denison—ln Committee on Poor Removal
Bill, to move an amendment to the effect of establishing
an union settlement.

In the Gazette of Friday night we find that her Maj9st3-
bas been pleased to create Major-General Sir Harry Smith a
Baronet. in addition to the military honour previously con-
ferred upon him.
OMNIBUS COLLISION.— On Friday afternoon, as one
of the Poplar omnibuses was turning sharply a corner near
Whitechapel Church, it came in violent cor.tact with one of
the Bank omnibuses, which was proceeding in an opposite
direction, and the wheels of the vehicles became locked. The
collision had the effect of jerking from the outside of the
omnibus several persons into the road, none of whom, how-
ever, fortunately sustained injury beyond a few bruises.

IRELAND.
EVICTION OF TENANTRY.-SCENE AT !

GURTMORE.

We witnessed en Friday morning one of the most
melancholy spett soles That ever tell t i the lot of feeling
humanity to behold, namely, the casting out of nine
wretched families from their miserable hovels on the
bleak road side at Gurtmore. It was a wet and stormy
morning, when a detachment of her Majesty's 72d
laghlanders, under Captain Pollard, who were marched
ten miles on this unsoldier-like duty, drew up on the
public road. within a few hundred yards of the cabin of
Mara, the first of these poor tenants on whom was exe-
cuted the law of ejectment. A strong body of police
were posted opposite the house, and more about the door
to krep the passage clear for the landlord, the sub-
sheriffa, and the bailiffs. It was disgusting to observe
with what recklessness the bailiffs dragged out
every little article of furniture which belonged
to the wretched inmates of each hovel they
visited, and in some instances threw out the miserable
remnant of rotted potatoes which they had for sub-
sistence. We have been informed that the sheriff, on
more occasions than one, reproved those fellows for
misconduct in the discharge of their office, and checked
their violent impropriety. But the military and police
comported themselves on this occasion with the bearing
of men who knew and felt they were performing a hated
duty, but the sol:liery openly expressed their repug-
nance to this mode of campaigning. " I have been in
the army," said a veteran, "for twenty seven years;
this is the second time I have been called out on this
duty, and I hope it will be the last, for I would rather
face an enemy than witness what I have seen to-day I"
Pat Clancy was the second man who was dispossessed,
and who showed our reporter a receipt for half a year's
rent up to November. The commanding-officer of the
72d met him at the rear of his house, and expressed
deep sympathy for him as well as for his fellow-sufferers.
Another officer said to Clancy's son, " Well, my boy.
where will you sleep to-night?" " I don't know, Sir,"
said the boy. The brave, humane man, put his hand
into his purse. and gave him silver to procure a lodging.
—Tipperary Vindicator.
COUNTY OF TIPPERARY.—The Nenagh Guardian, an
Orange journal. gives the following notice of the conduct
of the Roman Catholic clergy at this calamitous period :
—" In our own neighbourhood, the gentry of the union
of five parishes met at the residence of the parish priest,
the Rev. Father Nolan, and liberally and generously in
a few minutes collected near 2001. for the occasion. We
are happy to state that there is every prospect of timely
aid for the suffering poor, by the promptitude with
which gentlemen connected with these benevolent meet-
ings have come forward to meet the emergency. We
have had reason often before this to eulogise the conduct
of the Rev. Mr. Nolan, formerly of Dunkerrin, but now
residing near Nenagh, and P.P. of the union of parishes
we have referred to. ' We trust the noble example set by
these gentlemen will be followed up by others in the dif-
ferent localities, and with much sincerity do we hope
that Protestant and Roman Catholic, lay and clerical,
will unite their best efforts in endeavouring to relieve
the wants and necessities of their fellow man. There
are many non-resident landlords, who draw large re-
venues from these districts, who should contribute to such
a fund as that now in the course of being raised for the
destitute and unemployed. They should recollect that
from those to whom much is given much is required.
They should not be niggardly, nor throw the entire
burden of relief, so much required, upon those who daily
witness it, and who have so liberally come forward on
this visitation of Providence—want and famine in the
land."