The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-15 00:00:00

WATERLOO OFFICERS.

Colonel CHATTERTON wished to know if the
Secretary at War had any objection to the names of
these officers who had received Waterloo medals, and
who had retired from the service, being given in the
As my List in the same manner as were the names of
officers who bad served all through the Peninsular war?
Mr. F. MAULE said he would inquire what was the
practice ou the subject.
CAPTURE OF AN AMERICAN SMUGGLING

now, that at least he would make aomtidanli 'ration of his
intention to amend it.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had not lately
received a report from the board of guardians, and;
during the last few days he had been so ,00cupied that he
had not been able to look over the papers respecting the
union of Eilrush. He could, however, aay that the best
measures that could be adopted for the curs of disease
and the prevention of this frightful more tality should be
adopted.
Mr. MCNSELL begged to read a Jra w extracts from
the return;, in order to show that during; two weeks the
deaths in "Sitrash Workhouse had been on the average of
170 of the inmates.

Lord J. RUSSELL would certainly inquire into the
matter, btu his impression was that the die tary was greater
than that considered necessary by their r w 3dical attendants
for any person's support.
Lord MAHON trusted that the wh ale subject would
be inquired into.
Mr. P. SCROPE conceived that the Law had not been
duly enforced, and that there had bee ti no proper pro-
vision made by the guardians. He •wanted to know
from %Lee Noble Lord whether he int a nded to inquire
into t .matter; for, in his opinit ma it had a vast
deal better be referred to a Select Committee, but
should it not be, then he thought that tl to present matter
ought to be left to the consideration of the board of
guardians, or at least to the Poor-lhw (3 ommissioners.
Colonel DUNNE said that the facts; as stated were
quite expressive of the nature of the a dministration of
the poor-laws in Ireland. What he wanted to
learn was, whether there was anyr truth in the
statements of Sir Lucius O'Brie,a with respect
to the statements of the Hon. Member for Stroud, he
thought that the better plan for that Hon. Member to
pursue would be to contribute from his sown property the
necessary means for relieving the distress .-inKilrush Union.
In fact the whole system of the Poor-I law in Ireland was
altogether defective.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that the ca use of Kilrush was
peculiar, and stood on its own merits, but the Hon. and
GsilantMember who had last spoken had .opened up a large
subject, but it was not proper to eat main it now. If
he wished to bring it forward he was quite ready
to enter Into a full: discussion of the subject. With
respect to the question of reference lto the Poor-law
Commissioners, he believed that to be a .matter of doubt,
but the fullest inquiry should be made into the facts of
the case, and the necessary alteration we uld be adopted
for remedying the evils of the case.
Mr. W. GOOLD hoped this important t matter would
not be shelved ire its preliminary stage.
Sir L. O'BRIEN said the great difficulty in this ques-
tion was want of money. The famine had been nar-
rowed into the limits of a few distresso I minions, and
though he readily allowed that the b: ouse had been
liberal in the extreme in the assistance. it bad afforded
Ireland of late, yet he thought it was th e duty of Go-
vernment to do something for these stil 1 suffering dis-
tricts. It would only be an act of burn anity to render
them some assistance.

Mr. MOORE said the poor—which meant the whole
population—of some districts were dying at the rate of
one hundred per cent., at least so it had been stated,
that was that according to the rate of mortality now
going on, the whole of the population wssl liable to be
swept away in less than a year, and yet all the hope
that the Noble Lord held out to the m was that
he would cause an inquiry to be' made into
the facts, but that he saw no means by
which the Ministry could be met. Such answer was
unworthy of the Minister, and all he could say was that
if the House allowed it to pass by a great ;responsibility
would rest upon them.

Lord J. RUSSELL had heard no such statement as
that referred to by the lion. Member and therefore be
could have made no reply to it.

SCHOOL BOOKS.

Lord MAHON had another subject ccqknected with
Ireland to call the Noble Lord's attention no. It was to
the practice of issuing school books in Irdand at the
public expense, which interfered most unjiti.tly with pri-
vate competition. Was it the intention of Government
to do away with it?

Lord JOHN RUSSELL sail the subject was one
which could only be dealt with by the Ed•acation Com-
mittee of the Privy Council.

Sir R. H. INGLIS thought that Hon. Gentlemen op-
posite who were free-traders and opposed to all mono-
polies, ought to take up this question.
Mr. HUME was glad to find that the Right Hon. Ba-
ronet was coming over to the ranks of free Ueda—.
(Laughter.) He seemed, however, to forget that there
existed in this country a still greater mono•
poly than the one at present complained
of the monopoly of printing Bibles. He also wished,
before he sat down, to call the attention of the
Noble Lord to the length of time that had elapsed
since the first commencement of the movement
to open Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's
Cathedral to the public free of expense, and the final
accomplishment of these two objects; and also to thank
the Noble Lord for his efforts in the attainment of these
objects.

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the Government pro-
posed to take the second reading of the Income-tax
Bill the first thing on Monday, the 28th of April.
He intended to give notice that the second reading
of the Jew Bill should be taken beforo
any other business on the following Thursday.
He also intended to give notice that the navy estimates
should be brought on on that day, after the Jew
Bill had been disposed of. On Friday, the
Income-tax Bill would be proceeded with, and the
Ecclesiastical Titles Bill would he fixed for Monday.
ADDRESSES TO HER MAJESTY.
raMr. DUNCOMBE wished to know whether the Noble
Lord (Lord J. Russell) intended to renew his motion
respecting addressers to her Majesty by the House?
It would be recollected that in consequence of an
absurd and hasty vote which the House came to last
year, the whole country was thrown into confusion, the
practice of delivering letters on a Sunday having been
summarily stopped.
MLord J. RUSSELL replied that the subject was still
under his consideration.

After a few words from Mr. SPOONER,
ADJOURNMENT OF THE EIOUSF.
The Motion for the adjournment of the House until
Monday, the 28th of April was agreed to.
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.
Mr. HUME gave notice that early after Easter he
wosld renew his motion for universal suffrage.
CEYLON.
Mr. BAILLIE gave notice that he should bring for-
ward his Ceylon motion on the Bth of May.
TRANSPORTATION.
Sir WM. MOLESWORTH gave notice that early
after Easter he should move an address to the Crown,
praying for the abolition of transportation to Van Die-
man's Land.

BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION AT ELECTIONS.
Mr. E. ELLICE, Junior, gave notice that, early
after Easter, he should move for leave to bring in
a Bill for the appointment of a Royal Commission
to inquire into the manner in which the elective franchise
hat been exercised in St. Alban's. t

Mr. COBDEN gave notice that he should :also move
that the Bill be extended extended to the Falkirk
Burghs.

HOME MADE SPIRITS.

Lord NAAS gave notice that early after Easter he
should renew his motion on the :subject of home made
spirits in bond.

EDUCATION.
Mr. W. J. FOX gave notice that on Thursday the Bth
of May he should renew his motion on the subject of
education.

CANADIAN CANALS.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to know if the report
of the American papers was true, that the Canadian
Government had closed their canals to the American
shipping.
Mr. HAWES had no official information on the
subject.

ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION.
On the motion for resuming the adjourned debate on
the amendment to the motion for the discharge of Henry
Edwards,

Sir G. CLERK suggested that both the motion and
the amendment should be withdrawn, and the debate
renewed on the petition of Mr. Edwards.
Mr. AGLIONBY had no objection to the
course, and the motion and amendment were withdrawn
accordingly.
Mr. AGLIONBY then rose to call attention to the
petition, and was