The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-25 00:00:00

THE CHARTIST CONVICTS.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE postponed his motion, that an hum-
ble address be presented to her Majesty that she will he gra-
ciously pleased to take into her Majesty's most gracious consi-
deration the petitions of the people presented during the pre-
sent session of Parliament, in favour of a restoration to their
native land of Frost, Williams, and Jones, till this day fortnight.
THE RECENT WAR IN INDIA.
Sir ROBERT PEEL gave notice that, on Monday next,
he should move that the thanks of the House be given to
the Governor-General of India, sad to the officers and men of
the British Indian army, who were employed in the recent
operations in India, and the left bank of the Sutlej; and in order
to make those operations more intelligible, and the policy of
the Indian Government more clear, it was his intention on a
previous day to lay upon the table of the Honse some dis-
patches recently received from the Governor-General of India
with regard to his policy.—( Cheers. )
THE WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY.
Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the report of the Select
Committee en standing orders, in which the Committee
stated that the announcement in the votes of the
House on Friday evening last, that the Committee
had decided that the standing orders in respect of the
petition of the promoters of the West Riding Union Railway
ought to be dispensed with, and the parties allowed to proceed
with their Bill, had originated in error, and the Committee now
beg to report that the standing orders in respect of the West
Riding Union Railway ought not to be dispensed with.
The report was agreed to.
Mr. ES (COURT rose and stated, that on Friday last, in the
report of the Standing Orders' Committee, there was a clerical
error, to which he begged to call the attention of the House,
In that report it had been stated that the Committee were of
opinion that the standing orders in this case ought to be dis-
pensed with, whereas the decision of the Committee was, that
the standing orders should not be dispensed with ; the Bill
should not be allowed to be proceeded with. By some error,
in which he as Chairman of the Committee mast bear some part,
through some indifference, he hoped not negligence on his part,
the report was sent away without his having examined it as
he should have done. This was the first error which had been
committei2 by those who were acting under the standing orders
of the Committee. Under these circumstances the subject
was brought under the consideration of the Committee this
day, and, as in all railway cases, it was of the utmost
importance that such errors should be corrected at the
earliest opportunity, he had ventured to give notice
last night that he would move that all the proceedings in the
case of the "West Riding Union Railway" should be annulled,
as they were founded upon error. As chairman of this
Committee he (Mr. Eateourt) had felt it his duty, at the
earliest opportunity, to bring under the consideration of the
Committee the effects of the case. The Committee applied
themselves to the investigation of the ease, and having satisfied
themselves this error arose from a clerical accident, considered
the best course they could adopt to rectify the erroneous pro-
ceedings of this House on Friday would be to report to-night
the ecourate report of the resolution to which the Cususaittee

, _enost
had come. They had, therefore, prepared a special "r„e,
containing the resolution of the Committee upon this
He did not consider that the promoters of this Bill hadi:%
thing to complain of, as they were publicly told oniere
the Committee had come to a decision that the
we., that the Bill should not be allowed to be proceeded sre,..
Upon that occasion, though he had not an accurate recolleettl
of the eircarnstancer, still he had not the slightest donbrtonsia
he had stated the decision to be that the standing orders
_mit
not been complied with. The Committee were farther aired
of considering what part of these sonsegeences could best"' °no
to them, ang they had also instructed their Chairman to e
°‘ That so much of the report of the Select Commit,tri, ss
Standing Orders, presented to this House on Friday
relates to the West Riding Union Railway petition ; as W
that the order of the House of the same day, that
brought in, in consequence of that report, be annulled. ease
Mr. WOOD considered that if ever there was go
the
in which a lenient construction should be put °Po° sr
orders of the House, the present was one; 1-wet
wards of 55 miles of railway, there was but ono q lee
of A mile of dissent ; and considering that theloboo
would confer vast benefits upon the West Riding of Clol
he would urge the case upon the favourable consideration
House. ws;
Mr. PI. DENISON considered that as the line
longer opposed, and as the two opposing companies seerechiet
gamated, he could see no serious objection to the whole l,d cso
Mr. GLIONBY said that he hoped the House w°o'oosse
seat to the proposition of the Hon. Member. If the • the
really meant that they should take into their consideraWero
same facts as before, it would be opening a very didiss
door for constant application to the House, and for relit one
the decisions of the Standing Orders' Committee. 'ego%
quite ready to take the whole rase into consideration, e° 6e,
the effect on the public with the mistake made by Ihe oh°
mittee, and the parties might reap some advantage from
Cours
Mr.e.
CHARLES WOOD said that he felt hiseself/ titol
onerfredi
satisfied with the decision that had been given by the
Orders' Committee. col°
Lord 'Mt /RP ETEI said that he conceived that the Pe
of that Bill were quite able to make out a strong.ce_ierjo
with that they had nothing to do. He thought that In 'op),
meet the justice of the case (the mistake having beer, 00
that the Bill should be referred to the Committee lot'
the mistake originated.
tb;
The motisn was then pat and carried.
Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition in fieourebie
total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. The el
slid not say from what place..
EAST INDIA POSTAGE.
Mr. HUME moved for copies of the orders and rebetettl
respecting the carriage of letters and newspapers within Lie totem
sal presidencies of the East India Company, stating t'"d cos!,
rates of pottage for letters and newspapers in the tell" of,'
munication of the country, and the charge for lettersi.so
newspapers brought by sea from England and oiher
and for transmission to the several places in India, a
nd
tarn of the aggregate amount of postage received I' t or,
India Company, at each of their Presidencies, and the 0811
incurred for the service of the post at each Presidency'oer
whether the letters and dispatches of the public del°
are sent free of expense in India.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. h r3ll'
Mr. HUME moved thet an address be presented to, 'del
jesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased lcicsie,
that copies of all applications from the colonists of theenteil;
Goal Hope, made to the Colonial-office, for a Rere".ooiete
Government, be laid before this House, together wall'. ;jet
the answers thereto; that copies of all applications et 'orb'
import, from other British Colonies, be also laid be
House. —Ordered. Wl°
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Sir R. H. INGLIS moved that a Standing ter,d
of Sixteen Members be appointed to assist Mr. •71`reforio
the direction of the library, and to whom shall ,b,e,„est:',
all matters relating thereto :—Sir Robert Harrysilt' reef',
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord J. Russell, Ste j,
Mr. Baring, Mr. Williams Wynn, Mr. Rutherfcridll
Shaw, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Mahon, &lotto
Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Acland, Sir William Somerville,
Dundas and Mr. Monckton Milnes. 0e
et etil
Mr. 'HUME hoped that the Right Hon. Bar°, rot' t
have no objection to give a power to the Commute tbl;r
on octavo paper, all such documents as they ahi°l- to °ie
proper to print. He thought that it would be we'm o°'
such an experiment ; he had no doubt that t
would meet with the concurrence of Hon. Members', the cito.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD objected to the printing °,l, iooldet
meats in octavo, in consequence of the expense. f's 00044
shameful if the public money were expended in sue?,,prel'ioi
Dr. BOWRING felt that the appointment of tlieto°',,4
Committee would give great satisfaction to the ,h, lfrty
the country. Similar steps had been taken in o' ,-nreselje
Chamber of Deputies and the Belgian House if ''‘',o4llte't
tives. He did think that the libraries of the Hoo,roefirel
much enriched with valuable productions on cor°l° rater.'
tistics, politics, &c., if a mutual arrangement wen the
ibe ..,
into between this and other Governments Orb costVe
change of a copy of every work published in
An arrangement of that sort was proposed by the It;
vernment with that of this country some years eIVOOIIII
an arrangement were entered into, it would be thee/so/et)
wise treaty which they had ever made.—(Heart "rt. °'
had no doubt that the Right Hon. Baronet (Slreor.
would have no objection to entertain each a propa"
Sir R. INGLIS.— o•
Certainly not. otici
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU'idersli°ll
thought the matter had better be left to the cc°,Leit'lo°'
the House rather than come to any precipitate 't
was then decided that five should form a quorum. rte
PRIVATE BILLS. tt°
On the motion of Mr. STRUTT, Mr. finrs°l°
tused from attendance on all private Bills. , olfteer
CROWN PROSECUTIONS IN
On the motion of Mr. PIGOT, it was order
minutes in the offices of the Treasury, the Ifcr°eise°,eol
offices of the Irish Government, and in the posset°oo?
Law Officers of the Crown, respecting the appni° d 1011,
Solicitors of the Crown for Crown presecutiensr!Pstl,Jl
respecting the appointment of Messrs. Seed, Fulkelr'
and all other minutes relating to Crown prosecution.teriobe
subsequent to the Treasury minute of Sd June,
upon the table.
RETIRED LIST OF THE NA
Admiral 6 re;
Admiral DUNDAS wished to ask the Right r°11,10°404
roan, the Secretary of the Admiralty, why it was ' ;id
had been given to those officers of the Navy who ,
to be put upon the retired list ? t 0
01,1°
Mr. CORRY said that he was not aware t".eo-
would be expected until the Government were in sn'tliti,
satisfy the many claims of those officers. Whe; s °I,
estimates were submitted to the House, the eirfl-e t,
claims would be included. debf.: .;
Sir C. NAPIER wished to know whether the a°, ••
with the Treasury or with the Admiralty in thi'ffeeerekoir.
was well known that it was not intended to re Os et;
the retired list which had been publis.hed•
vea woe'
that the letters of all those officers who had g'
names ought to be returned to them, that they .°
put into a bad position in making chefs o
to the new list, as they had already suffers
by the delay. o
Mr. CORRY was not aware that there had be on
—the matter would be settled as soon as the °A y
could be prepared.
ADJOURNED DEBATE.
On the order of the day being read, an. 1e
bscry
dll'
Mr. MORGAN J. O'CONNELL said the ° ro.
was about to make should be confined as closely se ths.,4o,°'
the subject of the debate. He would not, ttieorol
Members for Huntingdon and Kilmarnock, 19,0 tie/
Lord the Member for Newark, travel into extrilltitbet)o;
but he would confine himself to the strict merits ° 550"
before the House. He should not be col o0l';;,
say that his opinions had altered two
upon this question within the last ,lift blr~
He was at one time prepared to adopt a modersienid
not as a permanent measure, but as one which ser3°Lit /05,
to endure for a considerable number of years. jos! s
confess that his opinions upon this subject hid, tler,e 1°,,0
dergone a considerable change, particularlo tP /0
period of the last autumn and winter, bAr
of the potato crop in Ireland was d,
lead to the expectation of a sr,e':f fob 1
of all duty upon that necessary article
e°o tir'• Otto
meant corn of every description. It might seertse Alte
opinion as an individual would be of little ir°P•oo
this question, but he should say that his easel., th,
attracted to it by the threatened famine in Bela° the liror
of October last. In that month the disease ;" tb°oo3
first showed itself. He was speaking nor, eiteochlietel
ing of many Honourable Members from 00 aeofvo
felt assured they could not say that he
confide
es 00°
exaggeration, when he stated that it was came' b; est
in Ireland during that month that the ports t tbseti,co,ol
thrown open. It was also a most remarkable 'l
oad "Pee
of the most ultra protection papers said cne,,ot te„t ;/0
subject ; and it was not until the wise and prtle'd tot is ro,
the Right lion. Baronet had been annelleci set )°00;
was raised by those papers, and he in elrerise fi,or;
one of the most strange cries he °t-slit
Yes, a cry was raised to the effect that tee for 1000
party famine, and not a real one, but one get Vrop v
pose of restoring the Noble Lord the Member , did '1 deft;
his supporters to power ; and to such an extent ,isociert roe
even the high station, character, and mode° oho $l.OOOll
Duke of Leinster did not save him, and the'"e rot es
• Dub dt • e
him on the Mansion-house Committee, In de, anior•
charge of partizanship. Those charges were ma be eerie°
had been most disastrous, for many men is" 0.110,10 °o°
in October were prepared to enter into persons of 'deebtere
or to take any other steps which the eeigence'',, teho et
might require—these melt, unfortunately, beg 0" ot
1,00 0 co )
existence of scarcity. There was one coil° ss del',
tion to the factious course, which he, red I,;,Co°"o°'
over, as the body to which he eel frole'tbs
posed of gentlemen who differed from hint ° the irerY'ree°
in politics as well as religion. He alluded t. con( tbe
suet
clergy of Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) On teeents °,l toer 1A
Protestant clergy gave unexaggerated state,wohi,..eileeisigo
that came under their notice in a fair 50°.,eie Pll,er
which reflected the highest credit Hoot
obateoedeisit
and Christian charity. —( Hear, hear. ) ooat, d theelliolt,
have been their hopes in November last, beer
the state of Ireland at present? TheY
,hsaef
night from official authority, statemen, i. for dre'bst '
character, corroborated by the Hon. Ittlemi'teed thsteteel tdl Recorder for Dublin, the other night, es'em ,bro#l titer
co;
was exaggerated ; but he (Mr. O'C'inne Joy efer rec
slush were the case, it was the boenden bo
,ree„),
Gentleman to prove it.—( Hear, hear.) but he 'P
bestd 5r
tented himself with making the assertion' eleiedrn°oo,o,,
the proof, as did his supporters—( Cr!'" °that h°s,celii,el°:
and he (Mr. O'Connell) should tell himo;
_rent 00, d
sertion, without proof, would out pas,s, B,,eqf rf,
( Hear, hear.) The greatest boldness
not ea,s 1' the"ibei"
with the most stentorian lungs, woula
ntrprvetite 000000
contradiction of the statement not [s° ,in re
(here' j
mained the sad corroboration of the lle ,
et t ~ecot
parts of Ireland. This distress has been
son ca
se
ole,.icne.e
derangement, there is, however, great nisease oed
not so. There is reason to fear that the et
e reached the t• f °(so
the potato crop last year may have the eesuiegerepoa bee
which is to be produced the erre, fort the rote°ear baste ri{
even if we could ensure ourselves th st
0, thi,
.t o.
should he as abundant as the hervesembler
agOlifoitle
deficient, we should still have to rem
net
,dee,
so lOngoodue.s hoe „e
wseacurtilewhabteeevner
stphaartedthis disease Infaro) thoirs Feld' elite;
tion it was through the could eflif t`' erticst
rather than any means which
ten reasons n that
es s
their fi'°` dise re 00
to prevent it. There were, t ler beert% ere
of Ireland should not depend for a
root, th,r4e °e.
The first was, that the Ptat°'eb:eiengthent uP' nce, ttl ge coo,
seen until the time came for mein,
,t 5
appearae_iety
was, that now the disease had me,adei'tlen it troy 2, se
s 1r
knowing how far it may go, °e
otatoes forna_rthe eerr'ai
sidered that the great reason whyP Ireland cr.' „o to
es ce. I‘.r,
a part of the food of the people , „ors Iteoeditsr_ cern,
bread and other corn. Fifty too„s',ltlYieriJd as of :al or !nor);
as much the food of the people
.t Iry
lab°°reenritY ‘,,° of.trYo
1.t)70 t-haatnYt er e'ries°oo:e urlincil°ll:;;
laaewe tolds
wi
will
hl yl lower the
th Members
end tor
ipopnos_
farmers. He did not know weittitn; be deiertion'obel3 tbfte
sibly lower their present condi thelei Proceessi°°,,e-teY• fees°
past had taught him to distrust
Yilbtebi.l3°l
wfraeselya mehadanegebytothtehealaeromnaims
had alluded to some of these
roducer of eti ye,. sego/
Right Hon. Gentleman the President
The grazing farmer, and the p
d over ana tO
Three raillioss and a ball eluding swine, were to bee,ritiforneroisa orrin• W
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