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London, England, 1846-04-25 00:00:00

TM 2, SUN, LON 1) ON, SATUR DA Y EVEN'i_NG A_!'.ll 25, 1846.

Lord GEORGE BEN TINCK was not :.,, ttile
H
the Hon. Mensber for Stock,: ouse when House, that this would not be the case—that an exception
mede his observations ; but would he made in such cases. Little, incleed, were they in
atherecertainee ".7.; am impression amongst Hon. Members near that House acquainted with the power of the minions of the
flint ,nit flee flight lion. Baronet cheered tt particular expres- law—of the subordinates, the police in that country. Such
mien. His Hon. Friend ate, therefore, justified ni the remarks results, indeed, would not take place, if the justice of the Mem-
he had made, but the Right Hon. Baronet having stated that leers of that House was properly carried out.—( Hear, hear.)
they were labouring under an erroneous impression, this dis- And those who knew the police of that country were not
claimer must le, taken as perfectly satisfactory.—( Hear, hear.) ignorant of the means to which they would resort. forotfhegrati-
Mr. H. HINDE said, he certainly thought the Right Hon. fication of their revengeful spirit. The little.polipe Ireland
Baronet cheered the definition, and he Arse simultaneously were ever ready to follow
.up any man
onm thatO his noufneterly
dt
lien
briefa te s oaf
authority
r lawtty
with his Hon. Friend the Atember for Shrewsbury to protest who would attemepltk
against what he considered very improper conduct.— (Oh, oh.) inets ; and it was w-1 ntonedmigtnhiviafintetahhoeysxeptrhseuesbsioiirt
Sir JAAI ES GRAHAM
they were ainvegsted ; and they looked for the
from his Noble Friend the Member for Lynn, it was very inex- with
markedw respect i
shouldtyra
nt
tyrants
whoe r e a
wered y e
promoteda l l
of the unfortunate people—(Hear, hear)—in
pedient and unnecessary to prolong the discussion upon this
pettyinan
subject. But as lie ( Sir J. Graham) had sat next to his Bigtitet
tfaoettathheeoyffetxheeiretheadtsthtaot ethvoesrey
Hon. Friend at the head of the Government, he,perhap
own passions. He would appeal to the Irish Members of that
person most capable of giving an opinion upon thissmwoaanst,tietra. for acts which very often tended but to the gratification of their
He must, say that it was somewhat hard to callcittoheace
very able House, if such was not the character of the Irish police, and if
particular cheer of any man. He had warmly cheere
h.
• d agreed every word of what he had stated in reference to them was not
speech of the lion. Member for Stockport, and he
Gentlemana true?—( Hear, hear.) He believed that the word of the Irish
in many of the sentiments which the H
the declaration that policemen were to have the practical carrying out of this vile
had expressed. He certainly did cheer, and hone.was not sure Members %yds worth something upon that head, and yet these
that his Right Hon. Friend did cheernfotthat
House with respect to measure. This then would be the situation of the unfortunate
whatever might be the opinion o
the passing of the measure for the freer importation of corn peasantry of Ireland under the present Bill. lie would
into this country, whatever was the opinion of the represen- speak to many other of the dangerous results of
tatives of the people,
elves had settled the this measure, but he would also speak to the danger
lonequestion ago. Hethheadpeeeorptlal themselves
urradfromthedefi
sent
- whicho•ould athecerEuengtolisthhisGocoveurnntmryefnrtomtowthaerdesffiercethonfdt.heTphreey-
nition of the Hon. Member for Stockport, that the
of the towns constituted the people of this country. He dis-might think themselves safe, but he would warn them that they
fered from that definition when he heard it, and he was quite were on the bi ink of a dangerous precipice. It was a giddy
sure that his Right Hon. Friend abstained from cheering then. height, and they looked down upon danger, and it may be
The lion. Member for Shrewsbury was labouring under a ruin, though in the distance ; but that danger to the connexion
great mistake if he supposed that the Right Hon. Baronet at of both countries was not the lass certain.—( Hear, hear. )
the head of the Government had used any term which was in They might not think so, but he felt bound in his conscience
the least degree inconsistent with the rules of that House in to warn them, and he now did so, that this subject was a
positively denying the accuracy of the Hon. Member's impres- most dangerous one to this country.—(Hear, hear.) As a
sion. He had used no term imputing falsehood. He had proof that he was not overrating the matter, he found that the
stated distinctly and firmly that he totally denied to Surely probability of a war was occupying the attention and judgment
that was riot inconsistent with the rules of the House when of the military men of this country. Ile found that the mill-
an erroneous statement had been made. tary engineers, in their anxiety on this question, were
Mr. MILES begge.l to corroborate what had fallen from looking at the geographical position of Ireland, and
the Right Hon Gentleman, He (Mr. Miles) was looking at made, accordingly, observations upon her coast anti harbours
the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government at the in the event of a foreign war. Would they allow
time this matter occurred, and he noticed that the Right Hon. Ireland to remain in this state—would they allow her to be at
Baronet did not cheer. the mercy of such a Bill as the present, while they were hurl-
Mr. J. S. WORTLEY also corroborated the statement. Mg defiance at their foreign enemies? Well, they might do
Mr. BROTHERT ON slid his impression was that the so; but they were mistaken if they wrapped themselves in the
Right Hon. Gentleman did not cheer. He thought the mantle of security, for they were anything bat safe, under
lion. Member for Shrewsbury had grossly perverted the such a state of things in that country.—( Hear, hear.) To
whole matter. prove to the House that this danger was not unlikely, he felt
Mr. COR BALLY said he was looking at the Right Hon. bound to real an extract from a journal of very high authority
Baronet at the time, and he could state that the Right —he meant the United Service Gazette. (The Hen. Member
Hon. Baronet did not cheer. read at some length to the effect that, in case of a war between
Sir R. PEEL—I totally dissent from the principle. I England and any other country, many of the harbours on the
do not recognise any right in any class of the people—any coast of Ireland were accessible to the ships of the enemy, and
sort of right to dictate to the country. Why then should I recommending that the attention of the Government
cheer? should be directed to the defence of those places.) The
Mr. ,cOBDEN—The language which was used by the Honourable Member continued—When France attempted
Hon. Member for Shrewsbury is now adopted by the Right a partial invasion of Ireland, General elassena was told that
Hon. Gentleman. I never said that the towns could dictate he could never think of conquering England by such an act of
to the country. In speaking of the people, Ispke of the warfare; but the General replied, that he did not think of
majority of the people ; and I apprehend that the majority conquering England by such a step, but he was certain that
of the people of these Islands live in towns. I by no means a successful stand in Ireland would have ruined Englande and
wish to say that they should dictate to the country, but in that his intention was not to conquer but to ruin her. England,
all constitutional countries, I apprehend, that the majority however, says, we are able to fight the world, and put down
governs. Ireland too. She might be able to do so, but it was not a very
Mr. DISRAELI said he had never anticipated any dis- Christian-like boast.—( Hear, hear.) She had been so vie-
cussion upon the subject. Of course he had been mistaken, torious in battle, that she might not only fancy herself still the
The Hon. Member for Stockport had made a speech, and in favourite of fortune, but she might in reality be so. He trusted
the course of that speech he (Mr. Disraeli) had been given she would long continue so—(Cheers)—but if she were able to
to understand that the Right Hon. Baronet had cheered a fight the world anti put down Ireland, what scenes of blood
certain sentiment. He had been told by an Hon. Member would not be shed—what ruin to her manufacturers—
that the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury what ruin to her mercantile interests, would not follow
had cheered that sentiment in the most decided manner. He en the heels of such a victory. ( Hear, hear.)
(Mr.• Disraeli) said, " Are you sure of it ?" and he replied With what feelings would this country contemplate so fearful
" I have not the slightest doubt of it." Now, so assured, he a result.—( Hear, hear.) The Irish Members in that House
(Mr. Disraeli) had a perfect tight in debate to refer to such felt that they were bound to oppose this Bill, that they were '
a matter. Had such a cheer been given by him (Mr. Dis. charged by the other side of the House with causing unne-
raeli ) it would certainly have been immediately laid hold of cetsary and unwarrantable delay in the passing of such a mea-
by the Hon. Baronet. He was therefore surprised at the man- sure. Instead, however, of this opposition being unnecessary
nor in which the lion. Baronet denied his (Mr. Disraeli's) and unwarranted, it was an opposition asked for by the oh-
assertion ; and he was under the impression that the Right noxious powers contained in it ; and they would be acting con-
Hon. Baronet intended to he offensive in the matter. , Under trary to the trust reposed in them, and contrary to the die-
these circumstances he (Mr. Disraeli) of course immediately sat tates and convictions of their own conscience. The Noble
down. He was perfectly satisfied now that the Right Hon. Gen- Lord ( Morpeth) who stated that, notwithstanding he would
tlemat, did riot cheer, and therefore he (Mr. Disraeli) had la- oppose this measure in its future stages, he felt bound to
boured under an erroneous impression.—( Cheers. ) support its first reading. He (Mr. O'Connell) was really at
Sir 11. PEEL—I take it for granted that there is an end to a loss to account for this—he really could not find the logic
this personal matter. Of course if a Member in my situation of it.—( Laughter.) With respect to the Noble Lord who
cheer any sentiment, any gentleman is at liberty to comment introduced this Bill, he found it stated in the papers,
upon it. But the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury took this purporting to hare reported the speech of that
definition as mine. Noble Lord, sentiments which he could not agree with. This
Mr. DISRAELI—In consequence of the cheer. Bill was introduced by Lord St. Germans, who was sponsor to ,
Sir R. PEEL—In consequence of the cheer, and upon that it. Now he- would oppose this Bill, if for no other reason
I immediately rose than because it had been stated by the late Secretary of
Mr. M. O'CON and said I totally deny it.
NELL then withdrew his motion for the State for Ireland.—(Loud laughter.) He recollected when
adjournment ef the House. this Noble Lord came to Ireland in his official capacity, he was
THE ADJOURNED DEBATE. talked of as a moderate man ; but the Irish people had un-
At ten minutes to ten o'clock the order of the day for re- fortunate reasons to know the contrary. He was a man smooth
suming the adjourned debate was read. in speech, but one of fatal contradiction in action. He told
Mr. J. O'CONNELL said he was sorry, after the scene of the Irish people that Sir Robert Peel's policy towards Ireland
recrimination which they had witnessed, to re-open the war. should be wise and moderate, that he would endeavour to pro-
In addressing himself to the subject before the House he would mote the interests of Ireland by developing her re-
first of all turn his attention to the speech of the Honourable sources, and by combining wisdom with moderation
Member for Stroud (Mr. P. Scrope). In the course in every measure affecting that country, and by trying to do
of that speech the Honourable Member had used justice to all. And yet, here was this " moderate" man now
what he (Mr. O'Connell) could only designate as introducing a Bill which was calculated to trample on the few
unchristian doctrines. The Honourable Member said that remaining liberties of the Irish people. This moderate man
the only way of relieving Ireland was by establishing went to Ireland ; and what was his first act ? Let him (Mr.
a poor-law like the English one ; and the Hon. Member went J. O'Connell) point to the election of Dr. Olin, at which the
on to say that the present system of charity in Ireland was ex. Noble Lord the Member for Yorkshire was a candidate. In
travagant and useless. Ireland was not in a state to admit of a that case the grossest injustice had been practised. The sheriff
poor-law. What would they do with the labourer if they had appointed a creature of his as overseer of a most important
made his condition equally good as that of the independent booth, and in which that creature gave every opposition to the
labourer, whose struggle was such a life and death one that it Liberal voters. Appeals were made to the moderation and
required a large amount of moral energy to engage the candour and the justice of this moderate man; and yet
or persevere in it. There was one thing he defied them what did he do ? He gave no answer whatever ; he went
to do, and that was, to make the condition of the labourer away, left Dublin, and left the whole affair in the hands of Mr.
under any system affording relief, worse than that of the inde. Breasten, and that was the first slip of this moderate man.—
pendent labourer.—( Hear, hear.) He would wish to say, with (H ear, hear.) The next act of this moderate man was to ap-
respect to the observation of the Noble Lord the Member for point to judicial situations on the Beach men who had made
Lynn (Lord G. Bentinck), that the Members who advocated a themselves remarkable even in this House by their vehement
repeal of the Union, repudiated the idea of a dismemberment of opposition to any measure of liberal tendency for Ireland. His
the empire. The Irish Members had been done great injustice next step was that of the dismissal of the liberal magistrates.
to by the supposition that they advocated a repeal of the corn- The Hon. Member then called attention to the circumstances
law in the hopes of benefiting by a side wind the object which connected with the proclamation that had been issued for the
they had in contemplation. But he assured the House that they prevention of the meeting that was intended to have been
would not stain their cause by being guilty of impeding the held at Clontarf. He would contend for it that•
cheapening of the bread to the famished people—( Cheers) _ that proceeding was one, if not of cold-blooded cruelty, at
and with reference to the charge which had been made least one of cold-blooded heedlessness. And the excuse for
against them of delaying the progress of the measure ; but the suddenly issuing that proclamation was, that there had not
charge did not rest with there—it rested with those who could been time to correct it. He would say that anything more
dispense with the Coercion Bill. They could not give a mocking than this excuse he had never heard. Let the House
facility for a Bill which was fraught with unmitigated evil to look to the conduct of Lord St. Germans, who was a party to
the country. English Members, and the writers fur the Eng- the apeointment of O'Driscoll to the magistracy of the county
list' press, talked to them of public opinion ; tut they gave of Galway, the man who had been dismissed, and was unwor-
proof of a foregone conclusion—namely, that tey had no re- thy to be again appointed. The Lord St. Germans was a
ward for public opinion in Ireland. That opinion never en- party to the appointment of Lord Lucan to the Lord-Lieute-
tered into their consideration. But the time was come, if the nancy of Mayo. Lord Lucan was the man who rescinded the
two countries were to go on together, there should be due order for allowing the Sisters of Charity to visit the prisons
regard paid to that public opinion. —( Cries of " Hear, and heopitals. These ladies had denied themselves every
hear.") The people of England were not enlight- comfort and luxury of life, and consented to live in po-
ened as to the rest condition of the Irish people. verty, to benefit their fellow-creatures. They faced
He would address hirnielf now to the subject at present under for that purpose disease and death in their most
the consideration of the House, and he would do so with a terrible forms, and exposed themselves without fear
deep sense of his inability to deal with it, and, what he felt to contagion. That order—he said so in no sectarian
more acutely, with a disheartening sense of the effect of any spirit—that order would have been respected in every man's
entreaties or addrest he would make there. This was no ques. heart, and Lord Lucan refused in the most contemptuous men-
tion of mere coercion for a particular emergency. Whether nor what would not have been refused in the most Anti-
they might think it or not—whether they might will it or not Catholic part of this country. The Protestants themselves
—in spite of thentselree, the whole question of international were so convinced of the utility of these foundations that they
relations—the whole question of the mutual position of the had instituted some of them themselves, and yet Lord Lucan
two countries must come under review. Why did he say so? was rewarded by the Lord-Lieutenancy of Mayo. Throughout
There they were in the seventh century of the connexion of the three or four years that they had the misfortune of having
the two countries, and whatever might be the impression in this Lord Lucan as secretary, lie sacrificed all his feelings to parti-
country on the subject, it could not be denied that it was re- zanship. Ile yielded all his feelings to party purposes, and
garded in Ireland with iron hatred. During that lengthened supported the Government in all their harsh measures, arid
period he could not light upon a time—he could not lay his yet that man came forward—as it has been reported in the
hands upon'a single spot, where the relations of the two coun- newspapers—and spoke feelingly of the crime of Ireland, and
tries presented any other aspect but that of the direst and how he felt grieved at the measures of repression which the
most, continued oppression. There they were in the 46th year of Government felt compelled to apply. What were his last words?
the Union—a Union accomplished by treachery and fraud—a That the Government regretted to interfere with the rights of
union accomplished when the country was in a state of cone- property to such an extent, but they had no remedy. Of
plete prostration ; and year after year they were going on in a course they could not do so, as long as the law remained on the
geometrical progression, the whole country falling into the statute-book, but they could remove the law and introduce
mostlndescribable and increasing misery, approaching occa- measures to make the landlords respect the rights of property
sionally to famine and pestilence. Their minds were so occu- in the tenant, as much as the House respected the rights of
pied, and properly nertapicd he would adroit, with English mat- property in the ,Landlord. There were Hon. Gentlemen
ters, for it was natural that it should be so, that they could in that House who had been such as to call for
not see the state of Ireland as it really was. Ireland was not a consideration of the measures they had proposed. With
now in the condition she was in some time since. She was regard to the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the House
then weak, powerless, and disregarded, she was now fast Department, he (Mr. J. O'Connell) referred to him, because
growing into importance and power. The people were banded he had not remedied his former acts, but he had declared his
togetherthe spirit of one man, and determined to redress themselves for Ireland, and to promise that some measures of good for
their grievances, if they were not redressed. They were tried Ireland should be adopted. His sentiments seemed to come
in the fire of affliction, and they were so schooled by systematic mere from his heart this year, but he was contravening Isis own
oppression, that he should mock that House if he did not say declarations in bringing forward the present Bill. His former
that they were utterly' disinclined and detached from this coun. conduct towards the people of Ireland remained bitterly im-
that the connexion hotuhled.- continue, but it would net, he
try- He believedit to be for the
wordsresse d
of
fn
conciliation,thei r
st
e aal
ls
otnh ehyi
mwenroetttooaelecaevpet
the people of Ireland were advantage of both countries P
attachment was as strong:as their feared, continue, unlesss their policy was changed. Firmly as them with mere words, but to show by his acts that he felt a
was to preserve the connexion attached tit the repeal—and that sincere repentance, and conceived a new line of policy better
.r. attachment to life—their desire adapted to the wants of the country. With regard to the
This connexion was the bestto between the two countries. Right Hon. Gentleman the First Lord of the Treasury, he had
advancing their mutual mode
he sincerely believed, of not given them these assurances; he had not held out the same
England's strength would interestsnever be but he must also say that language. It might be the difference of temperament, that he
contented. Menacing secure if Ireland was dis- wan not willing to express those feelings, but kept them
as Russian despotism
.must be, and within his own
.breast. Still the omission was tyrannical as as must be the conduct Prussian monarch, a portant,. because. it related to the offence ,charged against
barrier would be created by this union which the powers of the him. If the Right Hon. Gentleman would recall to ibis
world would not be able to overoome. At what period, he memory his conduct towards Ireland, he would find that it
would ask, was this Bill brought in? It was brought forward began by an unjust and tyrannical persecution of the press.
at a time when the country was resounding with the intelli- He would remember that during his Secretaryship in Ireland,
genre of successes in war—at a moment, also, when the Orange system obtained an drganitation of the most flouri,h-
they were going to confer benefits on England—such ing and permanent description, and that had been attributed ti
was the time when Ireland was threatened with coercion, him. He(Mr. J. O'Connell) did not charge the Right Hon.
By this course of proceeding they were awakening the recol. Baronet with it, because he (the Bight Hon, Gentleman)
lectiens that a period of success for England was one of op. was anxious as he was willing to believe he stood well with the
pression for Ireland, and that no concession of Irish rights people of Ireland—but it was mainly to his foStering that the
might be expected unless England was beset with difficulty system obtained the ascendency in Ireland ;' so much so, that
and danger. These were dangerous considerations to awaken, every young gentleman of property, and who was of the Pro-
Their object should rather be to blot out the memory of the testant persuasion, as soon as he came of age was sworn in as an
past, and to avoid all reminiscences of the bygone history of Orangeman. The Right Hon. Gentleman had on several ocea-
the tet) countries ; but instead of that they dill what they !ions shown sympathy towards wrong principles, and had,
Ire- sl
euapgeureoedb
withir n da nthe,
`that
se of
ho loyalty.w party as the
blamed them for doing in the Conciliation Hall, and refreshed in the HoUse, represented these excesses of his
ere was one thing which was
of being I•-
ere coTnhstantly and strongly opposed
certain, name y, throughout his life in Ireland, he had been
land had undergone since she had the misfortune
the recollection of the oppressions and afflictions which
more
connected with England. Never were people
a to the rights of the people of Ireland, andwith all their
easily conciliated than the Irish people were ; a
measures. He had opposed unflinchingly, forw went ta
riea f
ears,
word even, or a promise, or the sound of
the great talent he has known t
oyears,
d. tell them
promise. would have conciliated them ; but he would . with . . o possess, and always IS.
played, the mbdification of the restricitions tan Catholic liberty
that neither a word, nor a promise, nor the sound of:a promise,
in Ireland, nor did he relent until the progress of the
would conciliate them now. They have had too long expert- fie
forced him to do so ; and when the bringing in:of the
ence of the conduct of this country to place any dependence in
measuremeasure forted hilt to give tip his fokiner opinion, he expressed
mere professions; for what word was ever kept, what promise
his . .
fully against the freedom of his fellow-subjects.
opinion
was not broken, and what hopes held out were ever anything
What ..
he unwillingly, and the measure of relief he
he gave gave
see
else hut empty delusions ? It was an ungrateful moment,
conceded had not effaced the effect, in the minds of the peopie
therefore, to attempt to inflict fresh tyranny upon Ireland. He
Ireland, of theopposition he had made to theft. while there.
was much struck with an article he had recently read in the of
then, whether in Or out of office, was not
His conduct since
Oise/ ver newspaper (which was said to be a Government
Hear, hear.) No one
paper) connectee with the successes which had lately. attended calculated to improve the impression.—(
their arms in India ; and he would take the liberty of reading was more ready than he was to urge the Whigs forttard
the passage for the purpose of connecting better the remarks against the people of Ireland in 1813 ~ . He recollected the
he had to make upon it.—( The Hon. Member here read the cheers which he gave that party then, and the old ,
and isolated
passage, which stated that a large number of the Irish soldiers facts he raked up and presented with all the dramatic effect
who were at present in India, under Sir Hugh Gough, had and illustration of which he was capable, to serve his purpose;
subscribed a large amount of money for the relief of their warping and misleadin' the judgment of his hearers to effect
suffering countrymen at Lome, and had handed it that end: The two Tight Hon. Baronets opposite had also
to Sir Hugh Gough for remittance to Ireland. done ) their best to violate the electoral rights of the people of
They went to the field of battle after • •
doing as this paper stated. Ireland, assisted by Lord Stanley, in:support of which attempt
Supposing, then, they were informed of what every other vice, to was preparing they attributed perjury and bribery, and for their unfortunate country ----supposing the le of Ireland recollected all these deeds, and
y were told that a them. The peop .
Coercion Bill was preparing for
the further relief of their knew that, ever since they came into power,
starving countrymen, what would have been
(Hear,
hear.) Would they have t their feelings then? their object had been to give ascendancy to
and
the enemy ? No, they would- have
turned their backs nom the party that is inimical to the tightsthey
s gone on—they
thed their blood—they would have we.nid have privileges of the great body of Irishmen. That while
and daring enemy.—( Cheers.) hwrung victory from a bold had, Janus like, one face of liberality to the people ef England,
would then turn their backs upon a fineYldw
of
hot the men who they presented another of injustice, and tyranny, and cruelty
stared them in the face. When the remnant- battle'
where death to the people of Ireland. These were the men who were
ever, came back, they would hear of what wasi doing for their Dates. Was it any wonder, then, that the representatives of
(Hear, hear.) They would be tea this—
attthes of England.— Ireland opposed the measure? For himself, if there were
that their fathers, who had left their " would be told no other objections to the measure than that, it would be
to seek the priest for their don wretched homes rdministered by such parties, even admitting that it was ne-
hale the conselation of religon eiet-r, g thrnothere, to cessary, Ile. would strenuously oppose its passing into a law.
cie ing ited •-w ( fleat.—.ti,,, „,,,,0,1 b, wii :."111 T.t their fie new came to the measure itself, He would ask, had the
deavounng to seek this conwilation, they well; """
''''''ir'e
i-n. Gosteratent fairly tried tin?. powers alrearly ;n their haqs?
porta, under the humane powers of an Eti
liasieilzeU and trans- hail those powers been fan iy tried ? If ;he. gad Leen, and
Coercion Bill, and not unjustly so termed.—/'
,awo termed a failed, however much he might be overwhelmed at the sense
What goat he their feelings then ? He
wept . ', dear, hear.) of the hideous crimes committed by his countrymen, he would
ADO told ill that feel that he could not resist the granting of new powers.

But he denied that they had exhausted the powers at their
disposal. They had the power of special commissions ; had
that been tried and failed? It was said that it had
been tried in the case of Brian Seery, and failed.
This was not so, for they executed their man. They secured
their victim, though there was a deep feeling of doubt and
mystery regarding that, affair in the minds of the people of Ire-
land. The Special Commission had succeeded. There were
only five counties in Ireland in which the horrible crime of
assassination prevailed, though that was not to the extent that
had been represented, and they might try a Special Commis.
sion in each of these.--( Hear, hear.) This would be a cheaper,
fuller, and better means of meeting the evil than by the Bill
before the House. Until they had fully tried them, they were
not in a position, fairly and equitably, to ask for such extraor-
dinary powers. They could also increase the police ; and they
had other powers which they could call into operation.
Therefore, until they tried these, and others like these, under
the existing law, he could not consent to their asking for such
a Bill as that before the House. Their case was not complete
until all these had been tried and failed. At present their
case was--

York and Carlisle,
'Yorkshire and Glasgow Union,
Blackburn, Clithcroo, and :North-Western Junction,
Clit hero° Junction,
Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction.
The Select Committee to meet on Tuesday, May 5, at one.
The Committee of Selection have appointed the Select Committees
on Groups 22, 23, 26, 31, 52, 54, and 55, to meet in the week com-
ment ng Monday, May 11.

•
.•
ELEVENTH REPORT FROM THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY BILLS
CLASSIFICATION,
The Select Committee appointed for the Classification of Railway
Bills according to the Resolutions adopted by the house, and who
are empowered to report from time to tine; have further con-
sidered the several matters referred to them, and agreed 0 report
as fiAlows :
Your Committee recommend that the East and West India Docks
and Birmingham Junction Railway be placed in Group No. 56.

" But half made up,
And that so lamely and unfashionably
That dugs bark at them as they pass by."
But it was to those wto had been aptly termed the under-
takers of Ireland that they owed the present Bill. They
hated the people of Ireland on account of the Maynooth grant
and the Corn Bill, and they now made tools of the two Right
Hon. Gentlemen opposite. They had, in consequence, the
Government, on the one hand, attempting a noble revolution,
and at once abandoning the errors they had formerly professed ;
and, on the other hand, sunk in the mud and mire of cruelty,
tyranny, and unchristianity in respect to Ireland.—(Hear.)
He had said that Government had net used their power for
the advantage of Ireland. They had not even in the cause
of that desolation—they had no., in the whole course of their
legislation, once touched on tie causes of crime in that
country.—(Hear, hear.) What were those causes? He
would tell them, not in his own words, but from the very re •
cords of that House. He would show them that the outrages
of the landlords had induced the outrages of the peasantry.
The extermination of the tenantry led to the assassination of
the landlords.--( Hear, hear.) The state of that country
was neither more nor less than that of a national
system of murder between these classes, and he found
in the appendix, that from the years 1927 to 1833 (five years
in all) there had been 14,100 ejectments, comprising a popu-
lation of 40,100 turned out of their houses. The Hon. Mem-
ber then proceeded to read at length quotations from the
charges Of Lord Chief Justice Pennefeather, from the evi-
dei.ce of Messrs. Howley and Lloyd, Sergeants-at-law, and
others, with the view of showing that the legislative Acts
which had reference to Ireland were drawn up to favour the
landlords, while they oppressed the tenants. He did not wish
to detain the House too long— (Cries of " Oh !" and ironical
cheering)—but he could not help thinking that it evidenced
the feelings of the Government towards Ireland, when not one
Irishman was considered worthy of holding a situation of trust
in that country. He would, with the permission of the
house, read some quotations from the evidence of a gentleman
intimately acquainted with the north and south of Ireland, a
gentleman who had acted as agent for large estates there, and
who was therefore competent to form an opinion upon the
matter. He meant Mr. Wiggins. The Hon. Member read
quotations from that gentleman's evidence to prove
his argument that Ireland was unjustly dealt with.
The example of the Marquis of Ormond was often pointed to,
and what was this example? Why the performance of his
duty. There was a volume of Irish history in that. The
general rule in Ireland was for the Irish landlords to disregard
their duties, although they so closely observed their rights.
He held in his hand a heart-sickening detail of exterminations
in Ireland. The first case he would refer to was that of Mr.
-Shea, of Blackmore Lodge, in the county of Kilkenny. ( The
Hon. Gentleman then read from a pamphlet, which detailed a
course of persecution which had been adopted by an Irish
landlord for the purpose of exterminating certain of the Roman
Catholic tenantry.) The proceedings of Government had
already engendered crime in Ireland, and this mea-
sure would drive the people .to worse crimes. He
held in his hand a copy of the Cork Examiner, from
which it appeared that from the Gerrard property 80 families,
including 457 individuals, had been ejected very recently;
from another property in that neighbourhood, 19 families, con-
sisting of 95 individuals; from Sir Francis Hopkins', 37 families,
including 218 individuals; from another property nine families,
including 53 individuals; from another property one widow
and her family, consisting of eight individuals ; from Lord
Waterford's property 270 individuals; and from another 170
individuals, making a total of parties evicted recently in the
neighbourhood of Cork, of 1,271 human beings, who were in
fact exterminated by their landlords from the land of their
birth.—( Hear, hear. ). Those were the first fruits of their
Coercion Bill—that was the prestige of it.—( Hear, hear.) The
Government had talked of the moral effect of this coercive
measure, but the effect of it was this, that the moment the

landlords of Ireland learned the intention of the Government to
introduce it, they commenced evicting their unfortunate tenants,
who were driven to desperation. This Coercion Bill had in fact
encouraged the vaost immoral acts.—( Hear, hear.) Let the
Government go on with their Bill; let them push it forward.
It was a measure for which they could patch up a majority from
all sorts of discordant elements. They could certainly pick up
something like a majority to coerce the Irish people and the
Irish Members, but the Government and those who supported
them must take the responsibility—the responsibility of the
death of the people would be upon their heads; but the said
grief, and misery, and desolation of the country would be with
the poor of the land.—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") He
would wish to make a few observations with respect to the
tro dd in-
efficiencyuce byothe
t the
e Government.
co er eivemeas e s
Hecould quote
that had
tboe e
them
authorities from their own reports, Commissioners, and Blue
Books, to show that such measures, instead of pacifying, have
driven the people to despair. The people of those portions of
the country where coercive laws had been in force had
been examined before Commissioners of the Government,
and they unanimously stated that the effect was to enrage
the people, and the consequence was, that the number of crimes
and outrages were far greater than before those laws came into
operation. And tte Right Hon. Mr. Blackburn, the, Master
of the Rolls in Ireland, had given evidence to the same effect.
He regretted that the night had so far advanced, because he
had abundance of evidence to adduce in support of the stand
which he had taken against the Bill, and there were several
Hon. Gentlemen behind him who had also mountains of evi-
dence to adduce against this most odious measure.--( Hear,
hear.) The Right Hun. Gentlemanthe Secretary-at-War had,
in support of this measure, brought forward as an argument
that the narrower the ground was, the greater was the neces-
sity.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) He conceived that that
was a fair deduction of the argument of that Right Honour-
able Gentleman. It certainly was an argument wor-
thy of the cause. He wished to ask what man would
be safe if this measure were passed?—( Hear, hear.)
Every rank would suffer, hut the lower ranks particularly, be-
caase the wealthier classes had now ample means of protecting
themselves against its clauses. The peasantry would be con-
fined to their cabins, their smoky and unwholesome huts, from
sunset to sunrise, and if they dared to leave them, they would
be liable to the horrors of transportation.—(Hear, hear.) The
powers of the stipendiary magistrates of Ireland were air( ady
sufficiently great, but this measure would enlarge them to a
most unreasonable extent.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member
then read a series of documents for the purpose of proving the
increase of crime in England as compared with that of Ireland.
During the last four years murders had increased fully
eight per cent; arsons had increased twenty-eight per cent.
There was just one circumstance to which he would allude be-
fore he hurried to a conclusion.—(Great laughter.) He could
not object to Honourable Gentlemen laughing, but he con-
sidered they had no reason to do so, as be had not the power
of rising to address the House at an earlier period of the even-
ing. What, however, he referred to was the state of the
tenure of land in Ireland. The present Lord Chancellor of
Ireland had introduced a plan that had been found to work
well. He introduced the system of giving leases of thirty-one
years in those tenanty cases that came before him ; and he (Mr.
O'Connell) thought that if a similar plan were adopted gene-
rally the best results would follow. He had now to thank the
House, and he did so sincerely, for the attention and silence
with which they had heard him in discharging what he con-
ceived to be a solemn and imperative duty.
Captain JONES said he could assert that not a single eject-
ment had taken place on that property.
Mr. H. GRATTAN said he had heard that 277 families had
been ejected from the property in question.
After a few words from Mr. S. O'BRIEN and Mr. M.
O'CoritiEnn,

Lord GEORGE BEN TINCK said he believed there was
not a more humane landlord in the country than the Marquis of
Waterford, and he hoped he would have an opportunity of re-
futing those charges.

OW the motion of Mr. MTARTHY, the debate was then
adjourned. _ _

'The ether orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjournd at Half-past One until Monday next.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
FRIDAY, APRIL 24.

The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills
ordered to be brought in by the undernamed Hon. Members :
Thames Haven Dock and Railway (No. 2)—Mr. Bramston, Mr. G.
Palmer, and Mr. R. Hodgson.
Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction—Colonel Anson and
Lord A. Paget.

RAILWAYS.
Select Committee on Group No. 27.
Mr. Marshall, Mr. Bright, and Mr. Hampden selected, and addel
to the Committee, vice Mr. Edward Ellice, Lord C. Hamilton, and
Mr. Rashlsigh, discharged.
Select Committee on Group No. 30.
Sir T. D. Acland and Mr. P. Carew selected, and added to the
Committee, vice Mr. Iteclington and General Munson,i discharged.
The Committee of Selection have nominated the following Select
Committees on Railway Groups :
A Committee consisting of—Colonel Fox, Viscount Clive, Captain
Meynell, Mr. T. P. Williams, and the lion. 11. M. Cholmondeley, to
whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 5 of Rail-
way Bills, viz. :
Caledonian and Dumbarton Junction,
Scottish Grand Junction,
Caledeniati Northern Direct,
Forth and Clyde Junction ,
Duablane, Donne, and Callandet. •
The Select Committee to meet On Monday, May 4, at twelve.
A Committee consisting of—Sir W. Clay, Earl Jermyn, 'Viscount
Ingestre, Mr. Ainsworth, and Mr. Curt els, to whom they have re-
ferred the Bills comprised in Group No. 13 of Hallway Bill., viz
Caledonian Railway Extension,
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle,
North British (Carlisle Extension),
Caledonian (Dumfries Branch),
Ayrshire and Galloway,
Glasgow and Belfast Union,
Scottish Southern,
North British (Gretna Branch),
Caledonian (Langholm Branch).
The Select Committee to meet on Mondtty, may 4, at half-past 12.
A Committee consisting of—Mr. B. Denison, Lord Hotham,
A. ftillitilton, Sir De Lacy Evans, and lion. G.
whom they referrel the Dille compriso Groriutpzwwillei.aMinlgr.
oftjo.
Railway Bills, viz.
Wilts, Somerset, and W;;;:r...?ath,
LondOn, Newbury, and Bath Dire.. 7"!
London and Sallsbtiry and Yeovil JuncllS (two Bills),
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester,
Exeter Great Western,
London and South-Western (Basingstoke and Salisbury),
Sortiersetshire Midland,
London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct.
The Select Committee to meet on Monday, Ai"
4, at ono.
A Committee consisting of—Mr. Bankes, Mr. Bra,,„„
Hay, Sir B. Bulkeley, and Sir T. Winnington, to whom they
A. L.
referred the Bills comprised in Growl) No. 35 of Railway Bhiseyv, have
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield (Nottingham and Grantham J
Grand Union, klaCtion),
East Coast,
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston,
Midland (Claycross to Newark),
Midland (Eyewash Valley Extension),
Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midland Junction,
Midland (Nottingham to Mansfield),
Midland, (Erewash Branches).
halt past 12.
The Select Committee to meet on Tuesday,
my r°°ke'
May 5, at
A Committee consisting Miles, mho
lieoleb
Mr. Barkly, Mr. Bellew, and Mr. Chapman, to
ferred the Bills comprised in Group No. 43 of Railway Bm.have re-
Leeds and Tlairsk (North-Eastern Extension),
East and West Yorkshire Junction,
Leeds and Thirsk (Nidderdale Dale),
York and North Midland (Whitby and Pickering Extension
Great North of England (Redale Branch), ),
Great North of England (Boroughbridge Branch),
Leeds and Thirsk (St. Helen's Deviation).
The Select Committee to meet on Tuesday, May 5, at one.
A ConmittCe consisting of—Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Maine,
\viscou ..i..L Reid, to Whoa tit v I
nt Villiers, r.
ought., and Colonel
referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 44 ofltailway lave
Lancashire and North Yorkshire,viz ;
Liverpool, Manchester, and .Newcastle-uPOU.Tyre junction.
NOTtilllMlolll4lld and Lgaca§llll4 thull9n)

YORK AND NoRTH MIDLAND
RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that a Spacial General Meeting of
the Proprietors of the York and North Midland Railway
Company, will be held in the Directors' Room, at the Railway
Station, in the city of York, on MONDAY, the 4th day of
May, 1846, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of sub-
mitting, for the approval of the Proprietors of the said Company,
the drafts of the following Bills, at present before Parliament, that is
to say,— .

" A Bill for enabling the York and North Midland Railway
Company to make a mere direct line of Railway between York
and Leeds."

" A Bill to authorise the widening and enlargement of part of the
line of the York and North Midland Railway, or the construction
and maintenance of a Railway adjoining thereto."
" A Bill for enabling the Hull and Selby Railway Company to
lease, and also to sell, their Railway to the York and North Midland
and Manchester and Leeds Railway Companies, or one of them, and
to authorise the raising of additional money by both or either of the
last-mentioned companies, for those and other purposes."
" A Bill for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Com-
pany to make certain Branch Railways in the East Riding of the
county of York, and for other purposes." (No. I.)
" A Bill for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Com-
pany to mac certain Branch Railways in the East Riding of the
county of York, and for other purposes." (No. 2.)
And " A Bill for enabling the York and North Midland Railway
Company to extend the line of the Whitby and Pickering Railway
to or near Castleton."

And at such meeting it is proposed to confirm the deeds and
agreements already entered into between this Company and the Hull
and Selby and the Manchester and Leeds Railway Companies, or
either of thew, or between the Directors of the same several Com-
panies, or any of them, relative to the purchase and leasing of the
said Hull and Selby Railway, and the works connected therewith.

Dated this 20th day of March, 1846.
GEORGE HUDSON,
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the said York
and North Midland Railway Company.

THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.)

CLOSING
PRICES.
Bank Stock .. 205
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 05'4 95 95
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 116 96!•8 96%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Aims. 97 'if; 9714
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10!4, 10143
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1849 .. 10 10
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10%
India Stock .. . • 260
India Bonds, LOCO/.
Ditto, under 1,0001. ..
Consols for Account
Exchequer 1101 s.
1,000/.
5001. ~
Ditto. Small

BRITISH FUNDS. ONE
O'CLOCK.

• • • • .. 96% % 961,4
13/4d. 134 d.
.... 27 24 pm. 24
24 27 pm. 27
.... 24 27 pm. 27
ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 82 81 81
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account 31% 31%
Portuguese Three per Cents .. 58h 58%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, Passive Bonds ..
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 591 A % 59%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 921 A 92%

PRICES OF BUSINESS
CLOSIN'G
E AT DO N
RAILWAY SIIARES. PAID. PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .. .. 125 124% 124%
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 1% M
Caledonian .. .. .. .. .. 10 .... GM .... • .
Ditto, half Shares .. .. .. 2% .... 1% IA . ... .. .
Chester and Holyhead .. .. .. 22% .... 21 ..
Cornwall and Central Devon .. 2% .... 1% ..... .
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% .... 1 .......
Direct Manchester (Itastrick's) .. 5 .... 3% . ...... •• • 3%
Direct Northern .. .. .. .. 2%.... 1%
' 'A

Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 •2 ..
Eastern Counties ~ 41. 165..... 23% %. • .
Ditto New .........Si. 165..... 7%•7,4 P• • ••• • •
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. %p•••• • • • •
Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. P•••• • • • •
Ditto, York Extension 10s. 1%% .. •• • ••
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... •• ••
Ditto Shares .. .. 10 .... 16% ... 16%
Ditto New 14 Shares.. .. .. 10 .... 14% 1434
Ely and Huntingdon .. ... • 3% •
Clone., Aberyst., & Cent. of Wales 1% ••• • -
Goole, Doncast., and Aisffield,&c. 425..... dis % (Us.
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 23%
Great Western .. • •• 85 •• • • 148
Ilun and Selby .. SO • • - .. 101
Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2
Lancaster and Carlisle _ .. 40
Leicester, Tainwortli, &c. ...... 425. -
Liverp., Mauch., & Nom. Junct. 2, ••••• • • • ••
London ant Birmingham . 100 ..•• ••••
Ditto Thirds .. .. 24 .... ...... •• ..
Ditto Quarters .. .• • • • • 2 •• • • 281 A 34, •••• • • • •
Ditto Fifths 2 .... 24%..........
London and Black wall .. 161. 13s. 4d. 8% ..........
London and Brighton .. 50 .... 64% %
Ditto ditto Fifths .. .. 20 .... 29% .... • • ....
London and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d. 22% 22% •• • •
London and South-Western.. 411. Gs. 10d. 78 77% 78% ..
Ditto, New . 12%.... 22% %IA• • • •
Ditto, New 10 18
London and York
Ditto, Half Shares • . . 1% ..... . • • • •
Lynn and Ely .. .. 10 .... 6% 7.•.....
Manchester and Leeds .. 82
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 38 .... 55
Ditto, Quarters . • -

21A
23%
7% p
% P
M P
1%

... 55y2•.

a number of similar letters from shareholders residing
in, the county ofi Galway, who held from 600 to -700
shares in the Company.
The CHAIRMAN stated that the meeting had been
called to enable the directors to explain to the
shareholders the position and present prospects of "the
Company; but, as they would have to hold another
meeting, in accordance with the resolutions of the House
of Commons, they did not wish the shareholders to
come to any resolutions now. On the contrary, they
wished the shareholders to go home and consider
the statements which would be now laid before
them, and decide at a future day whether
the undertaking should be proceeded with or not.
He did not know whether it was necessary for him to
take any notice of the var ous annonymous attacks which
had been made upon them. The directors had treated
them with perfect contempt, and had no idea of wasting
the funds of the Company in answering them.—(Hear,
hear.) The shareholders must form their opinions from
factq, and not from annonymous statements,
and he was sure if thi y did so they would
arrive at the conclusion, that the line would
prove a most valuable undertaking, both for
the shareholders and the country.—(Cheers.) He
would now, with the permission of the Meeting, read
the report which the directors had prepared.
t The Committee having thought it advisable, at the pre-
sent crisis, to make the shareholders fully acquainted with
the circumstances of the undertaking., beg leave respectfully
to submit the following report :
" The Bill authorising the construction of a railway from
the trunk of the Great Southern and Western, or Cashel
Railway, at Portarlington, to Galway, has been sanctioned
' by the Select Committee of the House of Loids, after a pro-
tracted and acrimonious contest maintained against it by the
Grand Canal, and Dublin and Mullingar Railway Companies,
in every stage of its progress. The competing line to Galway,
proposed by the last-named Company, has been re'ected b
the i.,aine tribunal, and the Bill for establishing Tonicity corny-
munieation between Dublin and Galway (yid Portarlington)
entire, as brought forward by your committee, now awaits a
third reading in the House of Lords, and it is to be expected
will be the law of the land in a very' few weeks.
" Your committee are aware that, under the existing cir-
cumstances of the money market, very great caution will be
required in their future steps, and, after the most mature con-
sideration,_ they have determined not to make any call upon
the shareholders, except one, upon registration (not to exceed
one pound per share) until the line shall have been opened
to as great an extent as the means at the disposal of the com-
mittee will permit. Local circumstances offer facilities for
the carrying out of this plan. Sixteen miles from the junc-
tion with the Cashel trunk at Portarlington, the line reaches
Tullamore, the assize town of the King's County, contain-
ing nearly 7,000 inhabitants, and situated upon the Grand
Canal at a point which is the pivot of the greatest part of the
passenger traffic now carried on by that establishment.
Seven miles beyond Tullamore is Clara, another important
-station, and six miles further, Moate, which is within nine
miles of Athlone. The railway can be conveniently pushed
on, gradually, to these four stations, and made to pay for its
progress as it shall be advanced.
" Your committee beg leave to lay npon the table a com-
munication from the engineer, by which it will be seen that
the cost of the construction oithat portion of the line between
Portarlington and Tullamore is estimated at 148,0001., and of
that between Tullamore and Athlone at 215,0001.
" The means available to the committee for the attain-
ment of so much progress in the works will be understood
upen an examination of the following account :
ABSTRACT of the ACCOUNTS of the IRISH GREAT
WESTERN RAILWAY (DUBLIN TO GALWAY).
Deposits of 21. 108. pe rsh are, on 21,600 shares... £54,000 0 0
Additional deposit of 1/. 10s. per share on
21,050 shares
Deposit of 4/, per share, on 5,339 new shares 21,356 0 0
Interest credited by various bankers on old
account ........

64 5 8

8
EXPENDITURE LAST SESSION £106,99 5
. Z 5.5 d.
Engineering Department 6,579 13 0
Legal and Parliamentary Expenses
Office, Advertising, Brokerage, Commission,/ 2,00 _
1 8 11
incidental Expenses, &c....

£25,284 2 6
" The balance remaining after the heavy expenses of last
session thus amounted to 81,7111.35. 2d., and of this sum
81,000/. has been deposited in the Irish Court of Chancery,
and invested in December last in the Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cent. Stock, at an average price of 95/. 12s. per cent.
The actual expense of the Parliamentary proceedings during
the present session it is as yet impossible to state ;
but even estimating it at something near the outlay of last
year, (say 21,0001), there will remain a balance to the
credit of the Company of 60,000/. To this may
be added 90,0004, the subscription of the Great
Southern and Western Company, which that body
are willing to advance, as may be required, and there
will then be the sum of 159,0061. available for the imme-
diate commencement of the works, without calling upon the
shareholders for a single farthing. This sum, it will be seen,
by the engineer's report, will be sufficient for the construc-
tion of sixteen miles of railway.
"To one important feature in our circumstances your com-
mittee are desirous of directing the particular attention of
the shareholders, viz. : the firm and cordial support afforded
to this undertaking by the Great Southern and Western
Company, and the close connexion existing between the two
establishments, by means of which unusual facility will be
given to the opening and working of the line. The Main
trunk of the Great Southern and Western is now com-
pleted as far Portarlington, and will be opened for traffic in
the present summer. The station at Portarlington, the staff
of servants, and the carrying stock, will be available at once
for the service of the Galway line, so that traffic can be
commenced upon it the moment any portion of it is com-
pleted, without the intervention of the delay commonly at-
tendant upon the manufacture of locomotives and carriages,
and the training of servants and officers. Owing to these
advantages, it is confinently expected that the line will be in
profitable operation, as far as Tullamore, within eight months
from the date of the passing of the Act.
" The rate of further progress with the works will of course,
in some degree, depend upon the state of the money market;
but your committee confidently hope that, by tpursuing a
course of caution similar to that with which they intend to
commence, they hill be able, without pressing unduly upon
the shareholders, to complete the line to Galway long within
the time prescribed by Parliament. By adopting the plan
now proposed, each step of progress will be made to pay for
itself; but, feeling as they do the great importance to the
interests of the Company of completing the communication
.between Dublin and Galway as speedily as possible, your
committee will let no opportunity escape of expediting the
accomplishment of that object.
" Of the necessity for, and advantages of, a line of railway
from Dublin to Galway, the experience of your committee
during the past year, and the local inquiries they have been
able to make, have much strengthened their conviction.
The report: of the Committee of the House of Commons
last session, and the evidence brought forward on
the part of this Company, have so strongly directed the at-
tention both of the Government and the public to the value of
Galway, as a commercial port, and as a packet station with
North America, that it would be superflous to dwell at length
upon a proposition which appears to be self-evident. The
statement of traffic, prepared with great care by Mr. Hum-
phrey Brown, is now laid upon the table. With regard to
Mr. Brown's calculations, the committee of the House of
Commons, last session, remarked that they were made upon
the principle of taking everything at the lowest possible
figure. They have been since cautiously and laboriously
revised, and now exhibit a prospect of advantages such as
can scarcely be equalled by any projected railway.
" In conclusion, your committee have great satisfaction in
stating that they have received the most cordial support
from the London and Birmingham Railway Company, two

influential members of that 'board having been landed as
directors in the Bill, whose advice and assistance cannot fail
to be of the most marked advantage to the interests of the
Company."
The CHAIRMAN then intimated that if shareholders
ished to ask any questions, they would be taken down
in writing and answered seriatunt.

.Mr. CLARKE said he was an exceedingly large holder,
indeed, he might say he was the largest holder in the
room ; and with the permission of the meeting he would
take the liberty of putting a question or two. In the
first place, he had to complain of want of cour-
tesy on the part of the officers of the Com-
pany, for he had written repeatedly for
some of the new shares, but up to the present moment
he had received no answer whatever. Now, he wanted
to know what had become of the new shares. He, for
one, thought, in the present state of Ireland, the line
could never prove remunerative, and he hoped the share
holders would consider the matter calmly and dispas-
sionately before coming to any decision upon iit.—(Hear.)
Mr. STAMFORD wished to ask a question, as to
whether the Dublin and Cashel Railway Company would
be disposed to lease the line, and guarantee to the share-
holders 4i per, cent. ?
A SMAREHOLDER wished to know whether the oppo-
sition to the line had been abandoned?

--ANSELL, one of the directors, proceeded to
answer the questions put to the directors with reference
to the disposal of the shares. Ile stated that a deposit of
2/. tos. per share had been paid on 21,600 old shares,
which amounted to 54,0001. ; the additional deposit of
1/. 10s. per share, on 21,050. 550 of the original shares
had not been accounted for—no deposits had been paid
upon them. With reference to the 5,332 new shares,
2,500 had been taken by the Dublin and Cashel Com-
pany. The remainder had been allotted to various parties
resident in the various counties through which the line
passed. Not a single share had been taken by the di-
rectors or their friends.—(Cheers.) As to the question
relating to the line not being actually a line from Dublin
to Galway, it was one of the most direct lines of railway
that could possibly be conslittcted between the two points.
Another oppasition came from a gentleman named
Pimm, who was a proprietor in the Grand Canal, and
co partner with Mr. Samuda in the atmospheric patent,
and who was opposing the line in the hope of getting it
thrown out, so as to enable him to bring forward an
atmospheric line next year. This gentleman was the
author of the anonymous pamphlet against the line, and
it was to be hoped his opposition would have as much
effect as his writing. An honourable proprietor had
asked whether the line could be constructed for the
estimate ?—and he could state, upon the authority of
the engineer, that it could be made within the estimate.
He believed he bad now gone through all the questions;
but if the meeting required any other information he
should be most happy to give it.
Mr. CAlut, one of the directors of the Dublin and
Cashel line, said he was stror;gly attached to this under-
taking, from a conviction that it would tend to develop
the great resources of Ireland, and prove highly remu-
nerative to the shareholders. With regard to the pro-
position of Mr. Standish, he could not, of
course, speak, as representing the Dublin and
Cashel Company ; but, for himself, he was
decidedly of opinion that this line ought, to be leased by
that company at a minimum per centage, with a fair and
di.v.ision of the profits. He would take nne
f
board of directors,
early epport,:_:tY submitting thesom eprsoaptiossfaacltotry
acobr.
i...1-raement would be come to
beforerrn otld thetanheyaieta gain.
Thanks were voted to the tw g
separated.

SPATIELDS' BURIAL-GROUND.-111 r. Bramwell, barris-
ter, who was appointed the arbitrator in this matter by the Court of
Qqeen's has concluded the reference, and will in a short time
make his report to the Court. The object of the referenee wa3 to
ascertain whether the ground Is a nuisance to the neighbourhood,
and in what manner it should in future be conducted. There have
been a good many examinations before the learned referee, but re-
porters were excluded, he having decided at the commencemen
that the proceangs should not be made public until he had made
his award.

I LAW hi TE LLIGEN CE, ....
ADMIRALTY 6'9 ri_RT,
April 24. 'A 7i7-
SALVA-TIIE ,;M ERIC"'
M
-In this ease, the American, of 6t,10 tons, with a valuable
cargo; ran on tho Ridge Saud on theist of January, while.
on the voyage from London to New York, the latter being
her homeward port. She had met previously with most tem-
pestuous weather. The salvors, who wereL,7_434--h°attnell,
were out to aid vesselsin distress, and at. dayligh!. e" the
ship with a signal flying for a pilot and assistance, .'_tl wile
soon boarded by the salvors,and got off with little daoage;
The value of etilt ship and_ cargo was admitted at 6,0m-m-
For the services rendered a tender of 100/. was made and Le-
fused.

Dr. Phillithore- and Dr. Harding appeared for the salvors,
and contended that the tender of 1001. was insufficient for
the services rendered.
Dr. Addams and Dr. Robertson, for the owners, submitted
that the tender, under the circumstances, was most ampio.
Dr. LUSHINGTON said this, an American vessel, with
valuable cargo, left London for New York on the 12th of
December last. The weather was most unfavourable and
tetnpestuous, and after beating about, she got, in the middle
of the night, upon the shoal, having been exposed to great
danger and difficulties for six or seven days. It was, in-
deed, a most providential mercy that she had dragged over
the shoal. The salvors went out in their lugger from Deal,
in the praiseworthy object of rendering assistance to vessels
in distress. She was descried at daylight and boarded, sig-
nals for a pilot and assistance having been raised. The Court,
after going over the facts of the case, held the tender of
100/. insufficient, and awarded 1601. to the salvors, with
Costs.