The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-28 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, August 27.
The Loin) CHANCELLOn took his seat - on the Wool-
sack to-day at half-past Three o'clock.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII presented a retitie,ri
from certain attorneys praying that attorney's might ue
appointed jildge;, under the Small Debts Bill. d
Tile LORI) CHANCELLOR, while he had adrnittr
the qualification of attorneys, thought it would not be
right to allow attorneys to be judges in the courts.
Messengers brought up several Bills from
Mouses. the other

PAWNBROKERS' BILL.
The Earl of CLARENDON presented several peti"
tiuns in fiwour of this Bill. •
DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL.
On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, this
Bill was read a third time, subject to amendments pro-
posed by Lord Monteagle, and agreed to.
RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS' BILL.
The Earl of CLARENDON moved the third reading
of this Bill. He said this Bill had originated out of tlle,
recommendation of three railway Committees, two ot,
the House of Commons and one of their Lordships
House. It did not pretend to be a final and complete mea-
sure., The period of 1
the session when it had been taken r
prevented the Government from giving it the tuature ,/t
titration it deserved. He was anxious that it should )7
be taken up, and a final substantial measure laid down'
the principles of which should be explicit, and held sacred
against encroachment ever after. He was anxious t" 5
the mind of Parliament should be known, that lt
not their intention to do by delegates a duty whieco
properly belonged to themselves. There was no Ar be
oosition to this measure in the other House, Bo"
hoped that it would meet with a similar reception from
_ _ _

their Lordships.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH regretted that till!
measure should have been brought under their LordshiPrsl
consideration in the absence of his Noble Friend,
Dalhousie, who, as all must admit, was the best
quainted with these matters, inasmuch as he was 193%0
President of the Board of Trade, and the great portio.
of his time was exclusively given to railway' mut° at
—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") He himself had g' la,
objections to public boards, from a board of Poor-isri
Commissioners—(Hear, hear, and laughter)—to a 1110
for the administration of the affairs of the empire. bG
believed that a more perfect measure than this !tufo'
have been devised. The commissioners to be aPPuin,:v
should be gentlemen whose time should be excloi"*,..
given to the carrying out of this measure ; but it ha'er
peared by the Bill that they must be members of ut.bis
Government boards. On these grounds, therefore, ",0
measure had not his assent. It did not provide that it, a
commissioners should be individually responsible, s'i
was therefore highly objectionable.
The Earl of CLARENDON—Yon don't meg°
to
divide against it?
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH—Oh, no; but 111.
gret that it has been brought forward.
The Bill was the read a third time and passed.
PAWNBROKERS' BILL.

This Bill was also read a third time and passed.

STANDING ORDERS. - , ,otoe
On the motion of the Earl of SFIAFTESBUI4' e.
alterations were made in the standing orders of the 0150 g
Lord MON TEAGLE sincerely hoped that the stano,oo
orders of both Houses would undergo a complete e rlief
the next session, and thus thousands of pounds,whioh the
caused to be unnecessarily expended,would be saved to
people of this country. t
Messengers from the House of Commons broligh
up
several Bills, which were read a first time.
DISTRESS IN IRELAND. T 01'
The Earl of RODEN trusted that before their ,3°oo
ships adjourned he might be allowed to address theatoti.
a subject which was of the greatest importance ta of
sands in Great Britain. The Noble Lord at the hinted'
her Majesty's Government had, a few days ago' the
duced in the other House a measure for
sol
purpose of relieving the people of Ireland from the For
effects of the late failure in the potato croPb goy
that measure the Governmentwere entitled to Inue a Of
titude. The present Lord Lieutenant of Irelari 500
also a gentleman of the most humane dispositiol3;gt to
there could be no doubt that he would do his atretbe ea"
relieve the distresses of the Irish people duringiboselft
suing winter. He (Lord Roden) had, through
within the last few days, travelled vista,
the greater part of the province 0' was er°,s
and he was grieved to say that therepre 01%;
one field of potatoes (which, their Lordships,vl;hich
was the staple food of the people of Irelandk: was 9";
not tainted and blighted, and that blig' alesl;„'
companied with a blight in the oat croc" „ pOttn
He said their Lordships would be aware that t'ititioll e"
formed the greater part of the food of the pop the cola'
that country, and, therefore, if that root failed, ti,t,o
bf
mity must be deep. But, after the means ten 08
tinot, lye
the Government already, he had hoped
quantities of food on the west shores ttec
island, he meant the fisheries. 'nigh! get
cess into the interior by inland communication,
railroads, which would greatly
supplies of food. Ho was sure this would be the eff a!for
railways, and he recommended the lending of monqd
cheapen the nec_eg
that purpose. His Lordship referred to the
DZ
line, and the branch from Galway to Athlone, 1,0
was rejected during the present session, as likely to
his Lordship's object. hie
Lord COURTOWN then addressed their Lor-'
but in a tone of voice quite inaudible in the gallertied
Lord MON ['EAGLE said he felt extremely I:7`;'liets
to his Noble Friends. Their Lordships would eci:erli
that all the statements which he had fei
t a f
made were fully borne out. There had 'eet o
very ill effect produced by the P3O ge
high wages in the Government works. tbeif
would wish to draw attention to a paper °Li fore!
Lordships' table with respect to the constabale110001;
they would see that they had remitted 180,0001.,..0,00!
button, by the way of bonus, to the people a
and if they examined that they would seexvea,j
they deprived the peaceable counties of that I,OP
diture which was sent, he would almost sag, os
of bonus to the disturbed districts. ado
The Duke of GR &FTON offered a few obseria
which were inaudible in the ll ga ery. , t sllee
The Earl of CLARENDON said he could "„/. tfl,"
ogee -of CP.
the debate to conclude without offering 5
He could not but express a desire that the 600:
Noble Lord opposite should be adopted. Thee „o6rat
read by that Noble Lord (Roden) had been c-untri'
by all the intelligence received from the sister co
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, August -
27.
Ofej
The SPEAKER took the Chair at flalf-P—
-..,
o'clock. aa.lo_,; for
THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIA.— you° of
Mr. FORSTER moved for a message to lailchlig
a copy of the report on the Progress of the
0 tie'
the Houses of Parliament. vif
The motion was agreed to, end a message
cordingly sent to the Lords.
DEBTOR AND CREDITOR; ~x 0 0
Mr. WARBURTON obtained leave to bring

to amend the law of debtor and
le
CORN-LAWS.
Mr. B. ESCOTT gave notice that he would. Von O.
morrow for a return of the amount of duties. roftli:
wheat, barley, peas, and beans, since the pasfiinito IP
Corn-taw Act, which account was to be made il
date of the return. 1,0
'TS BILL,
OP* j

SMALL DER_ IklV°
On the motion of the ATTORNEy.O-
the Lords' amendments to this Bill were re

agreed to.,
PAWNBROKERS' BILL. ed tf?,
The Lords' amendments to this Bill were ag'; ote,
The House then adjourned, at half-past F°ll.
till half-past Two o'clock to-morrow.
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PARLIAMENTARY BUSI.N„'0,00)"
(From thP, Votes and Proceedings of the House of 13(11•4'
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26. wiVg
Alfi,sserigers from the Lords brought up the folic the'
to 'which their Lordships have agreed :
Public Works (Ireland—No. 4) Bill—Public
land—No. 5) Bill—Constabulary (Irelandujectlytil's'
(Ireland) Bill—New Zealand Government Bit' riati°ll,itb°,,,
&c. (Ireland) Bill--Consolidated Fund (APPr°ll3ill, .
—Amendments to Waste Lands (Australia)__stet?.l; C'Oto
amendment—Rateable Property (Ireland) Buis vatic,"
vigation Bill—Drainage of Lands Bill—Cust9r,l_ 00'
2) Bill—Poor Employment (Ireland) Bill, with
—Private Bills Bill, with an amendment.

LONDONDERRYKhiaLIfi:yEevs•IS'
The ordinary Nar l RyAI
meetingLt V 1
A AND
07. • f t 11- .--i
s h,l, ; 9 5I is
,it , „:0
0,0+4,
was held yesterday, at one o'clock, 5 Chure'. '-re't
Or'
Guildhall; J. J. Frith, Esq., in the chair'. The 11; y,
-ti Tyrrell,present ' e reAlr.SirJ.
Warren,lt Campbell,mrclay,, 3ealrird.
irrlvaber
Very few shareholders were present. Dee°
„..., ii3gA6tet
The advertisement convening the meeting D.° reW,,rr
read, the seal of the Comanwas affixed to al,ljg 9'
of proprietors; and the minutes of the precce:i f 1"
ings having been read and confirmed, 0 o 0;
Mr. HEMMING (the* Secretary) read the I'4°o to,ave
directors, which stated that they had had re tiee to ,Pril
pect that it would have been in their povrerjoaa'io,c
fixed the day for opening the line between I serlyeo P.erf
and Strabane, and that this event would have to
' Po of
within a week or ten days of the present tho_,,,e'ulet.i° oil
arrangement was made, not only for the eollratucool
the works, but for the commencement of the , c tile
the Ist of September ; and the contr fgi
with Rase have accomplished his wor:o9ocSog
due payment of the calls had placed the:role fl°,itll
funds at the disposal of the directors. •-` rote l'o3o
are still proceeding to an extent coratueno tbst ri
the means provided. The directors regrett;tsle p'' reicetrir
very considerable amount of arrears had, for -r eXPeooll
frustrated their exertions, and deceived th elle Fo no
tions. But for this, the important and profile tier be
of the line, from Derry to Strabane, weal *outer
been open to the public; and the Core Pore uotow el
fast approaching that high position among "tor 9 140°
cial enterprises of Ireland, whicti the direriccv hi call,
it was ultimately destined to attain. The leeie rears of °tilt;
shown, by not enforcing the payment of are resce
had been, thus far, attended with a herierto,y b,,,a
payments to a considerable amount had reu!_tircs found
made by shareholders, who, if more severednieb7ve f01;55
been adopted at an earlier period, woelprits• frit olio
great difficulty in meetinc, their engsgere-
for the shareholders who had paid their o3llsl.,tinl-elieioe
might with good reason have felt that further:n.los,l4
to the defaulters was an act of injustice to th Tiit,
vue
decide whether this leniency should now havoe:,.o behe,o,
whether that discretion, iabich there is reasene'rat io,:r,
had hitherto been conducive to the g be e." 0,
tue to lbac
rests of the country, should cont.n
upon
cised. The directors impressed
holders the urgency for their co-opert!,,
plete the line to 'Strabane, which,nt
year
finished finished before the end of the pri..se

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thew cOl,O
6tiOn till
unlitopt'
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