The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-29 00:00:00

lIORSIIAM.

Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from the
sitting Member for Horsham, complaining of the inac-
curacy of a certautte of the examiner of recognizances,
and praying that the petition against his return for that
borough might be held as null and void.
SEIZURE OF ARMS IN DUBLIN.
Mr. O'CONNOR presented a petition from a person
in Dublin, complaining that his arms were seized on
the 25th instant, and that if the arms of well-affected
persons were seized, leaving them no means of defence
in the present excited state of the country, it would lead
to a confiscation of property.
TUE KAFIR WAR.
Mr. OSBORNE gave notice that on Thursday next
he should move that an humble address be presented
to her Majesty, praying that she may be pleased to
confer medals upon the officers who distinguished them-
selves in the Kafir war.
THE POOR-LAW BILL.
Mr. C. BULLER said he was extremely desirous of
removing any doubt that might exist in the mind of the
House with respect to some of the Bills which he
had brought forward, but which he had found it would
be impossible to proceed with during the present session.
—(Bear, hear.) Having heard from some Members
that
,they entertained several objections to the Poor-
law Superannuation Bill, which be was bound to state
were also entertained to a great extent in the country,
ho should not trouble the House with the Bill
in the present session.—(Hear, hear.) In another
session be hoped to bring it forward in an improved
form, in which it would receive the assent of the House.
He therefore begged to move that the order for the
second reading be discharged. With respect to the
Poor-law Union Charges Bill, he had not been discou-
raged by any discussion that had taken place upon it; nay,
on the contrary, he considered if the amendment of the
Hon. Gentleman the Member for Oxfordshire had been
submitted to the House, that the principle of the Bill
would have been affirmed by a large majority—(Hear,
hear)—but there was one power which he could not
guard against—the power of time—yet he could not
abandon the main principle of the Bill, as it was absolutely
necessary to pass this session a Bill to continue the Act
of Mr. Budkin.—(Bear, hear.) He was also anxious to
press the clause relating to vagrancy, and he
must say that unless the House passed these
clauses it would be quite hopeless for him to put
down the system of vagrancy which had so extensively
sprung up of late. He proposed, therefore, that the
in
to
Committee should read the Bill a second time, and go
Committee pro forma, to strike out the other clauses. The
Bill would then come before the House in its new shape.
Mr. SPOONER remarked, that if the Right Hon.
Gentleman bad received communications from all parts
of the country in favour of the Union Charges Bill, he
had also received communications against it, and he had
two petitions to present, praying the House to throw out
the Bill.
Mr. HENLEY had no difficulty in consenting to the
vagrancy clause, if, in the .meantime, the Right Hon.
Gentleman would throw the expense on the establish-
ment charges.
After a short discussion the order was discharged.
IRELAND.

In reply to a question from Sir L. O'BRIEN,
Lord J. RUSSELL admitted that it was very de-
sirable that Iri,h Members should return to their country
as soon as possible, and stated that, should the debate
be finished to-night, there would be no objection to take
Mr. Sharman Crawford's motion, with respect to reme-
dial measures for Inland, to-morrow at twelve o'clock.
CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS.

Colonel SIBTIIORP wished to know whether it was
the intention of the Noble Lord at the head of the Go-
vernment to proceed with the Corrupt Practices at
Elections Bill, and if so at,' what period he intended to
bring it on ?
Lord J. RUSSELL said ho proposed to proceed with,
that Bill on Monday next, but if anything arose to pre-
vent its coining • on on that day he should take it on
Tuesday, at twelve o'clock.
Colonel sumiour —Then I beg to give notice that
on Tuesday next, at twelve o'clock, if that Bill is
brought on, I shall move the adjournment of the
House, and persist in the motion, whatever factious
proceedings msy be taken by the Government.
MEDICAL CHARITIES IN IRELAND.
In reply to a question from Mr. FITZSTEPHEN
FRENCH,
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said he was very much
afraid, and he made the avowel with great regret, that
he should not be able in the present session to introduce

a Bill for the bater regulatiin of medical charities in
Ireland. It wns, however, his intention to introduce a
tempernry f!,r the renewal of the Fever Act
of 1846 as a portion of it.
DUTIES LEVIED BY THE GERMAN CONFE-
DERATION ON COTTON AND WOOLLEN.
Lord G. BENTINCK said information had reached
this country that the German Confederation had in-
creased the duties upon cotton and woollen imported
into Germany. On the former article the duty had
been increased from :30 dollars to 75 dollars, and on
the latter articl° from 50 dollars to 75 dollars.
As those duties were in fact prohibitory.
duties, he wished to know whether the Government had
received any intimation of such a measure being passed
by the German Confederation, sitting at Frankfort ; and
whether it was their intention to remonstrate against
such a proceeding.
Mr. LABOUiJHERE said that the Foreign-office
had received no intimation on the. subject.
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS (SCOTLAND).
The LORD-ADVOCATE, in answer to a question
''ruin Mr. Bailey, said that he could not consent to post-
pone the second reading of the Registration of _Births
(Scotland) Bill to r session.
IRELAND.—THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
Mr. MACKINNON, seeii.g the Right lion. Gentle-
man the Secretary of State for the Rome Department in
his place, wished to put a question to him of great im-
portance. Ile was desirous of knowing whether it was
in the power of the Government, and, it it was, whether
!hey would exercise it, to take any step,: to prevent
the dßseinination by the electric telegraph of false news
into this country?
Sir G. GREY said that it was quite impossible to
prevent false news being circulated in this country.
With respect to the statements that had been put forth
ye-sterday, it had been proved that the whole were a
fabrication, and that the respectable news agents of Liver-
pool had been grossly imposed upon. The cabman,
however, who bad brought the parcels to them
had stated that he could identify the person who gave
them to him, and the matter was now undergoing the
strictest investigation.—(Bear, hear.) As he bad said
before, it was impossible to prevent false information
being disseminated, and as regarded the Electric
Telegraph Company, the Act which constituted that
company gave the Government power to take possession
of the materials of the company for a period. not less
than a week. Such a step had been only taken once,
and it was not advisable to resort to such measures
hastily, especially as the Government had to remunerate
the company.
FOREIGN CATTLE.

Mr. OSBORNE inquired whether it was the inten-
tion of the Government to introduce a Bill to prevent
the importation of foreign cattle.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said his attention had been
called to the matter by communications frum quarters to
this important subject, and the result ot the in-
quiries he had instituted had led him to the opinion
that there was no doubt that a fatal disease prevailed
amongst the sheep of the country, and he purposed to
introduce a Bill in the present session to give the Go-
vernment the power—which they did not at present
possess—of preventing the importation ot diseased
cattle into the country.—(Hear, hear.)
SAVINGS' BANKS (IRELAND.)
Mr. HERBERT wished, as the Hon. Baronet the
Chancellor of the Exchequer was absent, to ask a ques-
tion of the Government of considerable importance,
whether it was the intention of the Government to pro-
pose a bona fide inquiry into the savings' banks of Ire-
land this session, great delay having taken place on the
subject?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it was the intention of
his Right Hon. Friend to introduce a Bill on the subject.
As, however, the subject was one on which much excite-
ment might be caused by any step not well considered,
he had thought it better to move the appointment of a
Committee on Monday.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME BILL.
In reply to Mr. BUCK,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that the Government
intended to proceed with this Bill this session as it at
present stood, including the proviso (as we understood)
introduced by the House of Lords.

THE YEOMANRY OF THE NORTH OF
IRELAND.

Sir A. BROOKE inquired whether it was the inten-
tion of the Government to call out the yeomanry of the
north of Ireland. On his own estate alone he believed
he could raise five hundred loyal men, who would do
great service to their country.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he had written to the
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland on this subject, and he
might state that his observations generally ended by his
saying that the immediate calling out of the yeomanry,
or the postponing doing so, was a matter which
was better left to the discretion of his judg-
ment than of the Goverment et home. He could
only say, therefore, that there was the utmost
confidence on the part of the Lord-Lieutenant and the
Government with respect to the loyalty of the yeomanry
of the north of Ireland, and it was not, therefore, from
any doubt as to their loyalty that the Government had
not called them out.—(Hear, hear.)