The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-14 00:00:00

APRIL 14, 1858.

principle officer of police has had interviews
with Rudio. He wrote to the prefecture of
police. None of the police, to my knowledge, have
,een him sine' his conderonatimi. To the best of my
Ru do ►s still a pri4oner in France. He was ,viwn
I left. I have received no orders from the English
Government to bring him to London. I saw Orsini
write hie will. It was forwarded to the Procureur of
Folic!. It was written before the day of his execution.
On the lOch (three days before his death) he also wrote
a letter to the Emperor. Oa the Thursday before hie
death, only one letter was written. I have not seen the
letter since.

The Attorney-General—You have been asked if ordera
were given by the English Government for any of the
French to come to London. Did you receive any such
orders ?

Witness—l did not. The prefect of the police would
be the person to whom such orders would be sent. I
received my orders to attend from the prefect.
George Stephe❑ King, exsmined by Mr. Welsby—
I am a clerk to the South-Eastern Railway Gmnpany.
I am s!ationed in Regent-circus. On the 2d of January
the prisoner came to the office and brought a package
covered with canvass. It was addressed "M. Outre-
quin, 277, Rue St. Denis, Paris." Ho was asked
what it contained, and he said a pair of revolvers,
valued at 121. I asked him to sign the usual de-
claration, but he said "I think I had better not
do that, my name is known as a proscrit, and it might
cause the detention of tie parcel. I made an entry of
the parcel in a book. He said the money for the car-
riage was quite safe, as the person to whom the packet
was addressed was highly respectable. He then asked
ose what time the trains left on the following day fur
Paris, and I gave him the particulars, and I said,
" Monsieur Bernard, are you going to Paris ?"
Ho said, "No, I shall go there when the other m e
comes back." At the same time he pointed over his
shoulder. I said I hoped that would be a long time
Brat, and he then said, " Wait a little time and you'll
see." He then pointed to a tricolour flag which was fly- '
ing outside one of the houses in the Circus, and said,
" Votre bonne alle," your good ally. The oilcloth
covering produced by M. Estieu is the same as was o❑
the parcel. It bore the company's seal.
Cross examined by Mr. James. I knew the prisoner
very well. I frequently had conversations with the
prisoner on matters of business. I never talked
politics with him. I did not see the prisoner
before he brought the box to the office. When
he came to the office he placed the box on the
counter, and said it contained a pair of revolvers, valued
at 121. He gave his true name and address. I might
have said there bad been difficulty in the office in send-
ing a parcel of books to a refugee in Switzerland through
Paris. I will not swear I did not say so. The difficulty
arose owing to two books having been taken out of the
parcel. I don't recollect the name of the party who sent
the books. I cannot say that I told Dr. Bernard
that the difficulty was caused by the French
police. I understand by the term, " when the other
comes back," tbat the prisoner referred to the Empere r.
I don't know where the tricolour was when Dr. Bernard
alluded to it. It might have been in a Hampton Court
pleasure van, even though it was is January, for all I
know to the contrary.
The Court here adjourned for a short time.
(To be continued in our last edition.)

IMPERIAL PAR LIAMEN T.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day.

The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were considered and ordered to be
read a third time—Aberdare Water; Liverpool Ex-
change ; Merthyr Tydfil Water.

PETITIONS.

Petitions were presented from various places in Ire-
land in favour of the Tenant Right Bill, and fur legalis-
ing marriage with a deceased wife's sister.

TENANTS' COMPENSATION (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. MAGUIRE moved the second reading of this bill.
The question was one of the greatest magnitude and im-
portance, involving not only the welfare and prosperity
of the people of Ireland, but of the whole empire, because
the condition of the people of Ireland greatly affected
the manufacturing districts of England and through them
the transactions of the Stock Exchange and the Bank of
England. Ireland was an agricultural country, and when
anything occurred to distress the egricultural population
similar to the failure of the potato crop, bankruptcy
and run followed, the effects of Nhiell were greatly
felt in England. When that calamity occurred in 1847
the social fabric of Ireland was shaken. It was insecure
at the present moment, and if a similar et Tin to that
which desolated that country in 1847 were to sweep over
it again, it would be found there was neither strength
nor stability in that country to resist its fury. (Hear.)
It was therefore wise for the Legislature to consider how
to avoid, if possible, a repetition of that calamity, now
that they were in a state of quiet. Land was held in
Ireland not by lease, but by will ; and it had been
asserted that the evils complained of in Ireland were not
owing to the tenure of land in that country, but to over-
population and thesmallness of the farms. He considered
such views imaginary—he held that at no time was the
population of Ireland unequal to the resources of that
country. Supposing the population of Ireland were not
fully employed, it would have been mush better for that
country if the persons who advocated the quack nostrum
of draining the country of its population had provided
the real want—that of employment for developing the
resources of the country ; and he contended that if the
land had been properly cultivated there would not have
been enough labourer& in Ireland. The hon. member
quoted from various works in proof of his assertion ;
and in reference to the smallness of the holdings in Ire-
land, he said that in Ulster in 1841 there were
over 234,000 farms with an acreage of 3,460,000
arable land ; and in Munster 162,000 farms, and an
acreage of 3,874,000 arable land. In Ulster farms from
one to three acres were one-third of the entire country,
and from 5 to 15 acres 100,000, and in Munster 61,000,
which he thought showed the miteri,s of Ireland were
not to be attributed to the smallness of the farms, and
Mr. Bluckler had said that a farmer in Ireland could live
on three acres of land, and pay high rent for it, provided
he followed a certain system of agricultural treatment.
In 1541 the entire number of farms in Ireland was
685,000 ; but in 1851 there were only 570,000, showing
a decrease of 115,000 farms. Farms from ono to three
acre-, had been reduced from 310,000 is 1841, to 88,000
in 1851 ; from 5 to 15 acres, from 252,000 in 1841, to
f1,001,11,00105in t
0183501,
acres,show considered
farmslarge
in Ireland, had increased from 79,000 in 1841,
to 141,000 in 1851 ; and from 30 'acres
and upwards,
showing
ircehduc weretiln of 6
from 43,000 in 1841,
to 149,000 in 1851. 11. e
thought these figures showed that the complaint
of the smallness of farms in Ireland had been done
presumed no gentleman would, in the
away with, and be
face of those facts, assert that the csu,e of the misery
existing in Ireland was owing to surplus population and
small holdings. (Hear, hear.) The effect of the ex-
isting system in Ireland was to perpetuate persecution
and tyranny. Tenants were made dependent that land-
lords might demand their services on the day of election
and have complete control over them. Numberless acts
of wrong had been done under this system to tenants
from religious motives, or by those who prostituted reli-
gion for their own miserable objects. (Hear, hear.)
This was a state of things that ought not to exist. Tee
persons on whom the prosperity of the c Juntry rested
ought to have the fruits of their industry protected, as
well as from the tyranny and avarice of the landlords.
The hon. member quoted several cases of persecution
under the present system, which be said called for pro-
tection. If changes he proposed were made, Ireland
would bloom like a garden, for there would not be a
single square foot of land that would not be reclaimed,
if it were possible to do so by the magic of human in-
dustry. (Hear, hear.) He brought forward this ques-
tion as a private member, because her Majesty's
Government had abdicated their functions. They bad
played, toyed, and thattlecocked with the question till
a feeling had arisen in Ireland that would ultimately com-
pel her Majesty's Government to take it up and
carry it successfully through every stage. The
people of Ireland were sickened with the treachery
of the Government and the blind obstinacy of those who
could not see that their own prosperity was bound up
with that of the people.
The O'DONOGHOE seconded the motion. Ho said
that all classes in Ireland were agreed on legislation on
this subject, and it was but right that the feeling of the
people should be respected. He had never heard the
principle of the bill condemned in Ireland. It was ru-
moured they were to have, iu a few months, a dissolu-
tion, and if it took place before the passing of this bill,
he ventured to predict, from the feelings of the people of
Ireland, that every gentleman who offered himself to the
county constituencies, would declare himself in favour
of tenant right. In former times the owners of the soil
prided themselves on the number of persons on their
estates ; but now the country was tenant-
less and man was considered by many an inconve-
nient and unprofitable animal.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

M. Gautier de Rougement, who, as has been stated,
lately left Pau i 4 to proceed to St. Helena to act as keeper
of the tomb of Napoleon, sailed from Southampton a
few days ago, with his family, for his destination. The
French Government intends to construct a grand monu-
ment on the spot on which the first Emperor was in-
terred, and to repair completely the house in which he
resided.

THE PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.—Yesterday
morning was issued an account of the gross public income
and expenditute for the year ended the 31st day of
March, 1858, together with the balance in the Exchequer
at the commencement and at the termination of the
year, and the amount of funded or unfunded debt
created or redeemed in the said year. The gross publ c
income for the year was 67,181,5131. 3). 3d., and of the
expenditure 70,378,859/. Is. Bd. '['ho excess of expen-
diture, including bonds, &c., oa income in the year was
2,497,345/. 18s, sd. The balances of the public money
i❑ the exchequer on the 31st March, 1857, amounted
to 8,668,870/. 14,x. 7d. On the 31st March, 1858, the
balances were 6,657,8021. 4s. 2d.

The Hampshire pap3rs aunounce the death, at
Lymington, in Hants, of Mrs. Mara Story, aged 82, the
last surviving representative in England of that family
who assisted the celebrated William Penn in all bis
undertakings in the United Stat. s of America.
SIIICIDE.—We are inform.d that Lieut. DA3glag, cf
her Majtoty't• 82:1 Foot, committed suicide the other day.
HN wa. ordered to attend adp.tant's drill of an evening,
and having tried, but failed, to escape the disagreeable
task, he shot himself through the head with A revolver.
March, 2.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE ON, LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.)
The Lor.D CHANCELLOR tcok his Seat ou the woul
sack at [iv-, o'cioch.

Tne E-ol of SHA.FTESBURY presented petitions
in favour of the promotion of Christianity in India.
The Duke of MARLBOROUGH pre-rated a peti-
tion from Witney to a sirn.lar effect, and from Sitting-
bourne against the abolition of church-rates.
VAGRANT ACT, JANIAICA.
The Earl of CARNAL VON laid upon the table e
copy of the Vagrant Act passed by the Assembly f
Jamaica which had been moved for by Lord Brougham.
The bill contained some good provisions, but some ti the
clauses which affected emigrants were moat objection-
able.