The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-21 00:00:00

POOR-LAW UNIONS (IRELAND.)

Mr. S. CRAWFORD inquired whether it was the in-
tention of the Government to make any statement with
respect to the financial condition of the poor-law unions
of Ireland, and also whether they intended to adopt
any means to relieve the distress likely to arise from the
now ascertained failure of the potato crop?
Lord J. RUSSELL said his Learned Friend the
Chancellor of the Exchequer would advert to the sub-
ject in the Committee of Ways and Means.
VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.
;Mr. HUME iliquired if the Government intended to
persevere with the grant to this company, after the vote
to which the House came on Friday.
Lord J. RUSSELL had not had an opportunity of
consulting the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the
matter. It would not, he thought, be well to postpone
any arrangement with respect to the affairs of the
island for two years.

SUPPLY.
The House then went into a Committee of Suppl
The following votes were agreed to. y.
300/. for the Royal Irish Charity.
3001. for the Royal Hibernian Charity.
3,4141. for the Belfast Academical Institution.
3,000/. for the Royal Dublin Society.
42,0001. for the New Building attached to the British
Museum.
On 8,7661. being proposed for the purchase of anti-
quities for the same institution.
Mr. HUME objected to any further grant for the
purchase of antiquities whilst those at present in the
Museum had not been classified.
Lord J. RUSSELL said the sum was necessary for
the purchase of antiquities which could not, perhaps. Le
obtained at a future time.
The vote was agreed to, as also were the following:-
- 1,500/. for the National Gallery for the year.
4,798/. for completing the Geological Survey.
5,26// for maintaining magnetic observations through-
out the world.
2,0001. for Nelson's Monument.
3,4104 for civil establishments in Bahama Islands.
4,049/. for Bermuda.
With respect to the last two votes,
Mr. HUME said the money of this country would
not be Arained to the extent it now was if the
colonists were allowed to manage their own affairs. The
present system was kept up for the sake of patronage ;
all these officers were sent out from this country instead
of being 'left to the choice of the colonists, who would,
In Insley cases, rather pension them off than have their
services at all.—(hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL said many of the colonies could
not produce persons qualified to take some of the offices
Which persons were sent out from this country to fill.
Mr. FORSTER agreed with Mr. Hume, and com-
plained that one defective system had been pursued with
respect to the colonies for half a century.
• Mr. HAWES said that the applications made since
Earl Grey held office were confirmed by the colonies.
He denied that• patronage on a large scale existed in
connexion with the colonies. The Colonial-office were
Wholly undeserving of the unnecessary charge made
"Pinta them. He deprecated Hon. Members making
indefinite instead of definite charges.
Mr. MACGREGOR said, since 1832, great care had
been exercijed in the appointment of officers to the
North American and West Indian colonies, with all of
Which he was well acquainted. He could not say this
Mss the case before the year he had named.
The following votes were also agreed to :-
400/. for the Sable Islands.
13,680/. for the Civil Establishments on the Western
Coast of Africa.
11,5001. for the Civil Establishments St. Helena.
7,5381. for Western Australia.
2,7251., for the establishments at Port Essington.
5,0401., for the establishments in the Faulkland Islands.
. On a vote of 20,000/. for New Zealand being proposed,
Mr. GLADSTONE drew attention to the treaty of
Waitangi, which he contended was not an act of the
Executive of the colony, and inquired if the terms of the
contract—namely, that the chiefs should hold all the
land of which they were in possession, and that it should
not be taken from them except by legitimate purchase—
had been observed.
Mr. HAWES stated in reply that the interpretation
which the lion. Gentleman had put upon the the treaty
*ea correct. No land was taken from the aborigines
eieePt by pdrchase. The treaty had not, therefore,
been violated. In saying this, of course he exempted
Crown lands, and a certain portion of the middle island,
Which was intended to be made over to the company for the
purpose
Pose of colonization and enterprise in that quarter.
e admitted that some difficulty existed in dening the
exact limits of the different lands. A gentleman had
been, appointed to negotiate with the natives
tueY set up a claim.
3111'. HUME hoped this would be the last vote for the
Colony. as it had been granted a constitution, under
Which it could Levy taxes and defray its expenses out of
them,
.Mr.LIIAWES hoped that the consummation advo-
cated by the lion. Gentleman was not far distant.
Mr. GLADSTONE trusted the colonies would,
wherever practicable, have Representative Assemblies
allowed them, and that representation and self-support
would go hand to hand together.
Sir P. BUXTON inquired the expense of the naval
find military establishments of the colony for the year.
,Mr. HAWES could not reply to the question without
Making some inquiry.
'The Vote was then agreed to.
(LEFT SITTING.)

App. •
..ERENSION AND EXAMINATION OF ANOTRER
r/sT DELEGATE.—About nine o'clock last night Ser •
anont,t Thompson, No. 6 F division, succeeded in arresting
nier of these men, who was :conveyed to the Bow-street
tiTtlau-house ; he, however refused to give any name, saying
lea roust find it out; but upon searching him a quantity of
to ra and papers were found on his person, which proved hin3
(woe William Dowling, one of the most active of the dele-
onths, end who was to have taken part in the contemplated
ao..reak on the night of Wednesday last. The charge
r,-Lbst the prisoner is in the precise words of the one on which
k•-.M standg remanded. In consequence of Mr. Clarkson and
cl,aYwood, of the Treasury, being engaged at the Central
dint—dil Court, the examination was put off until late in the
ease,...evia.... to be adduced the same as in the previous
Th
brn TO THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.— e
--gres
jo 1 of railway enterprise has at length opened the Chan-
Vast;'ands t6,the sojourners in the metropolis. The South
leavalni, Company have advertised an excursion, which is to
nett '"a Witerloo-bridge station at four o'clock on Friday
for the Channel Islands, the pp.ssengers by which may
.4,Zortlatatany time during the following week. They will re-
that bt. Southampton a sufficient time to enable them to see
.eedutiful and they will proceed at th
int eir option to
onitho,
Jersey ortown, T Guernsey. These islands areinteresting not
'uot of their piciuresque beauty alone—although in
sai tesPeet there are few spots that surpass them—but also
lirioe°, portion of the original dominions of the Norman
tb plik.--..WL'ich England still retains. In cheapness of living
tete ofa'a Great Britain approaches them. This is certainly
liensi.4a Illost'delightful, and far and away the most inex-
Tau' aa,weursions ever advertised.
INDSOR AND SoUTR-WESTERN RAILWAY.
tiou to u,r,aneh line of railway from the Waterloo-bridge sta-
Anor,.(;; matehet twill be opened for passenger-traffic to-
theao t rIW understand that return tickets to and from
d
00-bridge station to Datchet will be only 3s. 4d.,
froniaB„°llolibuses from all parts of the town and steam-boats
(Dues ,„"a City to the Waterloo-bridge pier afford cheap faci-
l'Eceiy"s' the Waterloo-bridge station, Windsor will no doubt
aftsue 11 large addition of visitors and holiday seekers.
bettor". DEATH or A LIFE GUARDSMA.N.—On
rm jan inqnest was held by Mr. Bedford, at the Trevor
troLif w'Ll:revor-terrace, Knightsbridge, °lithe body of John
aLaged thirty-five, a corporal in the Ist Regiment of
lat ad he:rela• The deceased, who was a hale, hearty man,
41e had i;ealrirards of fifteen years in the regiment, and lately
About hal Promoted to' the situation of barrack corporal.
ceased!, -p!ist seven o'clock on Thursday morning, the de-
f.6°ll.l Zil.4,lBoovered lying on the landing leading from his
'Valera '-uarracks, lifeless. The assistant-surgeon of the
caused by he • Was called to him, stated that death was
from theb--e rupture of the principal blood vessel leading
Tu Verdict—" Natural death."
.PTRITt4 yr'' 41-CT FOR THE SALE OF 'BEER AND
'Sal e of Bee dew Act of ParliaMent for " Regulating the
'Latio force "Id other Liquors on the Lord's Day" came
LAatetit,. -.,°4 the 14th instat, when it
.received the Royal
,/ras aesterdi •
-i„ however, was the first Sunday when it
in hand'Ve- the toiled Kingdom, requiring all public
4!! er-aho„i
t, to be closed during divine service
_ or any public
.as they ar;cotessvt Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday,
except to au poi
r.eisiosed
o r, thanksgiving day, in the same manner
within the Metropolitan district,
clauses in the statur"hnaent to travellers. There are seven
that the proviajouit?' founded in the preamble, to the effect
:district, and in carne force within the Metropolitan Police
of fermented and diaitier places in England, against the sale
Day, have been found lad liquors in the morning of the Lord's
PAINFUL Occult -be attended with great benefits.
gret, that a lady ofititisTE. —We hear, with deep
nage, has within the 1.--g' herself from the residei;Ce few
rank, both by birth and mar-
days mysteriously absented
quenee, 58 it is supposed (If her noble husband, in sensed raents.. A. variety of of distressing domestic disagree-
ference to the feelings details have reached us, but, in de-
-mentioning them in
of all concerned, we refrain from
' drcumstances.—Post • the present state of the unfortunate
account has jußt
Com,—An
ittunentary paper of all gold 'the realm, coined at the Roy been given in a Par-
rum: tow:o2he93,7l6s3ti.Decizember last.
silver, and copper moneys of
al Mint from the Ist January,
Of gold coinage the value
alue was 13,573,94' 3d., whilst of silver coinage the
243,0511. 4s. f. 19a. 10d, and of copper coinage