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Colonel Sibthorp—The reduction of duty on fire in

surances.

Viscount Sandon—To Ball the attention of the House
to the state of the prisons under the jurisdiction of the

city Of London.
Mr. Ewart—To move the following:-1. That it is
expedient that the present system of making the colony
of Van Diemen's Land a general receptacle for convicts
should cease. 2. That it is expedient that transporta-
tion be no longer maintained as a punishment, but be
continued only as a supplement to the previous punish-
ment of imprisonment.
Lord John Russell—Address, State of Ireland.
Sir Hesketh Fleetwood—Bill for extending the quali-
fication of voters for Members of Parliament represent-
ing English and Welsh counties, to the occupier of a
house of the clear annual value of 101., the same as in
boroughs.
Viscount Duncan—Committee of the whole House,
with a view to the repeal of the window-tax.
Mr. John O'Brien—Motion on the subject of the port
and harbour of Limerick.
Mr. Plumptre—Bill to repeal 8 and 9 Vic., c. 26, for
endowing the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth.
Viscount Ebrington—Address to her Majesty, fur the
re-appointment of the Real Property Commission.
Mr. Charles Buller—Select Committee, to inquire
into the state of the present repositories of public re-
cords, and the expediency of erecting a general reposi-
tory.
Mr. W. S. O'Brien—Select Committee, to inquire
into the organisation and administration of the con-
stabulary force i Ireland, and of the Dublin police.
Mr. W. S. O'Brien—That an hu.nble address be pre-
sented to her Majesty, to represent to her Majesty.
that, in considering the causes which have produced
misgevernment and consequent discontent in Ireland,
this House has not tailed to oiiserve that there is not at
present amongst the confidential advisers of her Majesty
any Minister of State who, by residence or immediate
personal colitis xion with that country, is acquainted
with its existing condition; that the local Government
has been confided to persons who have been pertect
strangers to Ireland, until appointed to exercise the
highest and most responsible functions in that
kingdom ; that Irishmen appear to have been
of late years systematically excluded not only from
participation in the general Government of the Empire,
but even frot n control over the several departments
of local administration in their native land ; and
that, under tl tese circumstances, it is not surprising that
there should lee found on the part of those who conduct
the affairs of Ireland, ignorance of Irish wants, disregard
of Irish inteitests, want of sympathy with Irish feelings;
and reciprocially on the part of the people of Ireland, a
total absence of confidence in those who exercise autho-
rity in the =me of her Majesty.
Mr. O'Cov.nell—Copy of the Report of the Governor
of New Sou'th Wales made to Lord Stanley, late Colonial
Secretary, a t the request of his Lordship, in consequence
of the prohibition of the said Governor, debarring the
Reverend Mr. Young, a Roman Catholic clergyman,
holding faculties from the Most Reverend Dr. Polding,
Archbishop of Sydney, from imparting religious in-
struction to two convict natives confined on Cockatoo
Island, on the ground that such convicts ought to be in-
structed in the religion of her Majesty the Queen, which
as the Governor stated, is the religion of the empire;
aho, for a copy of Lord Stanley's letter to the Gover-
nor of South Wales requiring said report; and a copy of
his Lordship's letter to the Governer approving of his
conduct in reference to said prohibition.
Mr. John O'Connell—Copies of any reports made to
the Irish Government by the resident magistrate or po-
lice-constable of the district relative to the eviction by
Sir Francis Hopkins, Bart., of 18 families, consisting of
98 persons; and 19 families, consisting of 120 persons,
from the lands of Rochfort and Ranamadogh, in the
county of Westmeath. Minutrx of the proceedings of
the board of guardians of the Mullingar Union, when the
following resolution was carried in a board consisting of
ten guardians, eight of whom were grand jurors of the
county of Westmeath (moved by Sir Francis Hopkins,
Bart., and seconded by Wm. Fetherston, Esq., J.P.,
&c.) ;—" Resolved—That, for the future, buttermilk be
substituted for new milk in the Ist and 2d classes, and
that no more soap be allowed than five ounces each
dozen of clothes." Also, minutes of proceedings of the
same board, when the foregoing resolution was remon-
strated against by the medical attendant of the union, as
likely to affect most injuriously the health of the paupers.
Mr. John O'Connell—To call the attention of the
House to those portions of the report of the Commis•
sinners of Tidal Harbours in the United Kingdom which
relate to the harbours of Ireland.
Mr. Christie—Select Committee to inquire into the
condition of the Universities and Colleges of Oxford and
Cambridge, and how far and in what way they may be
improved as seminaries of learning and education, and
made equally accessible to the members of all religious
persuasions.
Dr. Bowring—To call the attention of the House to
the following passage in the report of the Tidal Har-
bour Commissioners, and to inq .ire into the cause
of the delay in transmitting the accounts of the
harbours in the Isle of Man, they having bey
twice called for by the House of Commons :—" The
Isle of Man occupies an important position in the
Irish Channel, directly in the track of commu •
nication between Liverpool, Glasgow, and Belfast, and
of the coal trade from Whitehaven and Maryport, to the
whole of the east coast of Ireland. It has been aptly
termed the ' Beacon of the Irish Sea,' and as such,
everything that care and skill can suggest as to lights,
beacons, improvement of its harbours, would be well be-
stowed, and tend to prevent that recurrence of the nume-
rous wrecks that have taken place around its shores ;
yet such is far from being now the case ; on the con-
trary (with the exception of the coast lights maintained
by the board in Scotland) marked neglect prevails
throughout ; and here the evils of irresponsible self-
elected authority are but too manifest, the Commis-
sioners meeting only once a year to go through the form
of auditing their own accounts, keeping no regular
minutes of their proceedings, and practically leaving
the whole power and authority in the hands of a single
person."
Viscount Ebrington—Copies of all minutes of the
board of Poor-law Commissioners. and communications,
correspondence, and instructions with relation to the
administration of the r« lief of the poor in the Rye Union
for the years 1840, 1841, and 1842 ; and, Return of
number of in-door and out door paupers (distinguish-
ing the able-bodied) from 1837 to 1846, quarterly ; and
quarterly expenditure on the in-door and out-door relief
during the same time.
Viscount Ebrington—ln addition to papers about the
Rye Union, to move for papers respecting any permis-
sion granted by the Poor law Commissioners to the
guardians of Honiton Union, to let out . able-bodied
labourers for hire to work in Mr. Parker's fields.
Mr. Wyse—Motion for abolition of Ministers' Money
(Ireland).
Mr. Milner Gibson—On the order of the day for the
Committee on Sugar Duties, to move as an amendment,
that no arrangement of the sugar duties will be perma-
nent or satisfactory which does not impose the same
duty on foreign as on colonial sugar.
Sir Charles Napier—To oppose going into the navy
estimates until the returns he has moved for are laid on
the table of the House, and printed.
Mr. Williams—On reading the order of the day for
going into Committee on the navy estimates; to call the
attention of the House to the practice of flogging sailors,
and to the manner in which courts' martial are consti-
tuted in the British navy.
Captain Layard—On reading the order of the day for
army estimates, to move that an humble Address be pre-
sented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graci-
ously pleased to direct inquiry to be made, how far the
reduction of the period of service in the army from the
present unlimited term would tend to procure a better
class of recruits; diminish desertion, and thus add to the
efficiency of the service.
Mr. Evelyn Denison—ln Committee on Poor Removal
Bill, to move an amendment to the effect of establishing
an union settlement.

A letter from St. retorsburf.gh states that Professor
Jacob, of the Imperial Academy, has just communicated to
that body the invention of an electrophonic telegraph, com-
posed of ttn keys, ten different accords, and ten conducting
wires, by which the letters of the alphabet and words can
be expressed by meaas of sounds. The Academy has pro-
nounced a favourable opinion of the invention