The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-21 00:00:00

BILL.

The Marquis of LA/CISDOWNE, in moving that
ithat the report on the Diplomatic Relations with
"Rome Bill should be brought up, proposed some
verbal alterations, which were agreed to.
The report was brought up, and the Bill, as
amended, was ordered to be printed.
IRISH POOR-LAW.

Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition from
t he guardians of the poor of some union in Ireland,
p raying that the inmates of the workhouses might be
employed in useful industry. With regard to the
cost of maintaining the poor, he knew that many of
tlleese poor persons were maintained at a cost of
sevenpence a week, one penny per day. He thought
th is could not go on ; is wes killing the people by
stow degrees. He wished the Government to con-
slider whether, by undertaking public works on a
la; rge scale, or by devising some large scheme of emi-
grt %time, the evils under which the people now
seu ffred could not be remedied. He was
sate shed, unless some means of employment
Wet ce devised for the people of Ireland. It would
continue for years to come a drag upon the resources
of the empire at large. He thought that 100,000
me n might be usefully employed at ls. a day upou
put blic works in Ireland, and that some well-devised
lici:erne of emigration would tend greatly to relieve
tucht ,
)recountry. The present poor rate amounted to
than 2,000,000 E. per annum, although
I'l many the unfortunate paupers, living out
of the house, received but one pennp per day.
It -was unfair that those gentlemen who exerted them-
es& zes to providehe employment for the poor on their
eat /tea should assessedr at the same rate as those
vtl io took no pains to provide employment for their
poor. Great misunderstandingpoofthteruealpsrteavtaeiloe
of the
in
ruralthis
country on the Subject
districts of Ireland. The oomrdmunity of rural
Lf eland consisted of the lanl and his la-
bc urers, and in consequence of the
of the law the landlord who did nothing
state
del ived a benefit from the labours of landlordthe
wb o did his duty. He objected to the appointment
of paid boards of guardians. It was Perfectly
am omalous that local funds should be assessed and
adi ninistered by Government employes. There was
an immense military force maintained in Ireland at
pro sent, and he was perfectly astonished to hear it
sta ,ted that the military force was to be inceased. He
we is opposed to all increase of the income-tax, and
ins tead of increasing the taxation of the country he
eat led upon the Ministry to diminish the
litary Establishments. Pie thought that per-
hEips Mr. Cobden pushed his opinions a little
to) far, but he agreed with him that if we increased
of 'r armaments to any great extent, it would only be
a : signal to other powers to increase their armaments.
ant I that would draw on a necessity for a corre-
T'tiding increase on our parts. Ile rejoiced to find
t the Member for the West Riding had given
terance to the s-ntiments he had done. The
oble Earl concluded by presenting the petition.
lt! 11arquis of LANSI)OWNE expressed it as
s
opinion that on the whole the poor-law in Ire-
-1 and had' worked__sure well, although in some dis-
t riots the pressure of the poor-rate had been
s vere. He was happy,
c, 3llf!ction of the poor-rates
period
duringeupwards
wt therdo s
sa last}o that f
home, toeontoht
month
g oret, on regularly, in that
amount of poor-rates
ht id been collected. The
year was
ata sessed in Ireland during
1,0 618,000/.1 being only at the rate of 2s.
pc mad on the ]Whole rated property of 23. sd. in the
Ireland.
(LEFT /PEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
SECOND READINGS.
The following Bills were read a second time, and
ordered to be committed :—Agriculturist Cattle
Insurance Company—Birkenhead Dock Company—
Crossford Bridge and Manchester Road—Dublin and
Mullingar Turnpike Road—Herculaneum Dock—
Huddersfield Improvement—Liverpool Docks (Erec-
tion of Warehouses and Construction of New Works)
—Patent Galvanized Iron Company (Incorporation
of Company, with Powers to hold Lands, to
raise Money by Loan, and to purchase Letters
Patent)—Patent Galvanized Iron Company trading
under the firm of " Malins and Rawlinsons"—
Richmond and Reeth Road—Southampton Gas Light
and Coke Company Tadcaster and Halton Dial
Turnpike Road (Diversion, &c., of the Road in the
parish of Tadcaster)—Walsall Improvement and
Cemetery—West of England and South Wales Land
Draining Company Incorporation.
RIVER DUN NAVIGATION BILL.
The secoud reading of this Bill was postponed until
Wednesday next.
THORNE MOOR DRAINAGE AND IMPROVE