The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-19 00:00:00

THE RIOTS AT KINSALE.

The Earl of RIPON said he had received a letter
from Lord Massareene on the subject, expressing
very great surprise at the statement of the
noble marquis (Clanricarde), and denying that the riot
was of so serious a nature as had been reported. His lordship
had, however, ordered a strict inquiry to be made into the
whole of the circumstances.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said he had obtained
his information from the public papers, and had only asked
if the statement of the accounts were correct. He had no
other means of obtaining the information.
THIRD READINGS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
—Herne Bay and Faversham Railway (Margate Exten-
sion) ; Mountsorrel Railway ; Somerset Central Railway ;
Wear Navigation and Sunderland Dock, Wirrel Water and
Vale of Llangollen Railway.
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL BILL.
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This bill was read a third time and passed.
ATTORNEY AND SOLICITORS' BILL.

This bill passed through committee, after a few verbal
amendments had been agreed to.
NEW BARRACKS AT GALWAY.
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The Marquis of CLANRICATtbiaaed whether any
steps had been taken for the erection of new barracks at
Galway, beyond the large expenses incurred by the pur-
chase of land and the construction of a bridge.
The Earl of RIPON said he was unable to hold out any
hope that new barracks would be erected imme-
diately on the land referred to by the noble marquis.
The subject was one surrounded with difficulty.
He admitted the desirability of improving the
barracks at Galway, and he could only say the subject
would receive the best consideration of the War Department.
It had been found necessary before the land was purchased
to hire a spot at the rate of £6O per annum for the purpose
of exercising the troops.
SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHS.

Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY presented a petition
from bankers, merchants, and others of the City of London
in favour of the establishment of direct lines of submarine
telegraphs between Great Britain and her Ma-
jesty's possessions abroad. The noble lord urged the
necessity of improving the existing arrangements
of telegraphic communication at present, the lines
passed through many foreign countries, so that
in the event of an outbreak in any of those
States communication would be all at once interrupted.
England was even now looked upon with jealousy by
foreign States, and the dependence on Continental Go-
vernments was altogether avoidable by establishing
direct and independent submarine telegraphs. The cable
might be takon from England to Gibraltar, without touch-
ing France, then to Malta and Alexandria. If the Go-
vernment were to issue tenders for the laying of a cable from
England to Gibraltar, the commencement of an independent
line to India, the greatest good, both politically and com-
mercially speaking, would be effected.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THis DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Lords' Amendments to the London and South-
Western Railway Bill were agreed to, and the bill was
ordered for third reading.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Hunslet and Leeds Road. changed from Leeds and Hunslet
Road ; Lawton, Burslem, and Newcastle-wader-Lyme
Roads ; Midland Railway and Burton-upon-Trent Bridge.
The following bills were considered and ordered for
third reading :—Glmicester and Cheltenham Tramway
Abandonment; Kensington Station and North and South
London Junction Railway ; Londonderry and Lough
Swilly Railway; Malltraeth and Corsddauggan Marsh;
Stockton and Darlington Railway.
BRITISH AND CANADIAN TELEGRAPH
COMPANY.

The adjourned debate on this bill, as amended, was re-
sumed by
Lord DUNCAN.—He said that since yesterday he had
an interview with the agent who was preparing the bill,
and he was happy to say that he had consented to striking out
the clauses which were d eemed objectionable. He alluded , par-
ticularly to the clause which conferred on the Treasury the
power, after the bill was proved, of giving prospective gua-
rantees to any amount. Under these circumstances he had
no objection to the bill passing.
' '

Mier some conversation the bill, as amended, was con-
sidered and ordered for third reading.

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT.

Mr. LOWE, in moving the third reading of this bill,
said that he objected as much as possible to compulsion with
reference to subjects like the present. It had, however, been
found necessary to vest the powers which the Board of
Health possessed in the Privy Council, and the object
'of the present bill was merely to make the posses-
sion of those powers perpetual, for at present it
was only temporary and was about to expire. The
manner in which these powers had been exercised had been
most beneficial to the community, and he referred to the
last visitation of cholera, when the steps that were requisite
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nate, and of inspecting those localities where disease was
suspected to exist. As a peace offering, he would withdraw
the clause by which persons failing to have their children
vaccinated might be sued at law ; but he could not consent
to the powers vested in a Privy Council being only tempo-
rary, as he considered it was reflecting on that body, and
he would therefore persevere in conferring on it permanent
powers.
Mr. AYRTON strongly objected to this bill, in conse-
quence of its proposing to confer permanent powers on the
Executive Besides it was not shown who was to pay for
the enormous expenditure that might be incurred if these
powers were to continue to be exercised without control and
for an unlimited period. (Hear, hear.) With regard to
vaccination, according to the provisions of the Poor Law
I Act, adequate provision was made for vaccination, and
therefore he thought it quite unnecessary to confer these
powers on the executive. He concluded by moving that
the bill be re-committed.
Mr. Williams and Sir G. B. Pechell opposed the bill.
Mr.. HENLEY said that a much larger principle was
involved in the bill than was supposed by the right hon.
gentleman who introduced it to the house. He objected
most strongly to the power of visitation, by which domestic
privacy would be invaded, and there should be a very clear
case made out before the house consented to confer such
unpopular powers. He thought that the powers might be
continued for three years, but not longer ; and he sug-
gested to the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Lowe) to accede
to a compromise of this description.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE denounced the bill as one of the
grossest jobs that had ever been attempted to be perpetrated
' on the house. He believed that it was only a Whig Go-
vernment that would propose such a measure, as it had not
been attempted by a Tory Government. Having referred
to the act of 1848, the hon. member contended that
it was most unjust to attempt to pass this bill under present
circumstances. The measure had not been fully discussed;
there was no time in the present session to discuss it, and
therefore the proper course would be to pass a bill con-
tinuing the powers to the Privy Council for another year,
and next year they could give the necessary discussion to
any proposition for rendering their powers perpetual.
(Hear, hear.)

Mr.' COWPER said that much of the opposition to the
present bill was founded on an erroneous impression which
existed, that the measure was the same in its provisions as
that introduced in the time of Mr. Chadwick. He agreed
that the bill should be made permanent, as it would be the
means of enabling the powers conferred on the Privy Coun-
cil being carried out more efficiently. If the house on a
future occasion considered that the bill did not act well they
could repeal it. With regard to the bill he maintained it was
calculated to render considerable service to the public ; and
he adverted to the provision by which parties were exa-
mined with reference to their qualifications to vaccinate.
One of the great objections to vaccination arose from its
being practised by unqualified persons, and this bill would
obviate that objection. It was proposed by the framers of
the bill to bring the recent discoveries bf science to bear on
a great epidemic, and it was a fact that 100,000 persons died
annually from causes to which medical science might have
been applied with success. Sanitary science had only recently
attained to its present height, and it was only lately that
the causes of many epidemic diseases which were ravaging
families had been discovered. He concluded by expressing
his conviction that the opposition to the bill was founded
on an ignorance of its scope, or what would be its natural
operation on the interests of the community.
Mr. SOTHERON ESTCOURT strongly opposed the
bill on the ground of its being permanent instead of tern-
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Mr. EDWIN JAMES opposed the bill, and alluded
to what had occurred some time since at Croydon
and Hitchen, where the Board of Health had
fouled a stream, which resulted in the outbreak of a
fearful epidemic in the former place. The effect of the bill
would be to vest the whole power on this most important
matter of the public health in the medical officers, for it
could not be expected that the Privy Council would them-
selves interfere in the case of an outbreak of an epidemic.
The result would be that local boards, finding that they
were deprived of all power by the system of centra-
lisation that was sought to be established by this
bill, would become apathetic, and the consequence might be
most disastrous in the event of the country being visited
by a formidable epidemic. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. BAss,opposed, and Mr. CONINGHAM supported, the
bill.
Mr. LOWE replied. He complained that he had not
received the support from hon. members on the opposite
side of the house which he had a reason to expect from
their conduct when a bill was brought in by Lord Derby's
Government.
Mr. SPOONER denied that his party was open to any
censure for not giving the right hon. gentleman support on
the present occasion, and strongly advised him to accede to
the proposition for making the bill temporary and not per-
manent.
The housetheththenirddirveiaddeind,gwhen the numbers were—
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Against it 95
Majority —6
The bill was then read a third time and passed.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL.
The adjourned debate on the second reading of this bill
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Mr. SPOONER and Mr. NE WDEGATE opposed the
bill,
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Mr. BAXTER supported the bill.
• Alderman SALOMONS said that he would vote for the
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bill, and he considered the oaths in question as a useless
ceremony ; and in making that statement he distinctly dis-
avowed any intention of injuring the State Establishment,
which he considered could not suffer in the slightest de-
gree from the proposed abolition.
After some conversation the house divided—
For the second reading l3O
Against it
Majority
The bill was then read a second time.
The house adjourned at half-past three o'clock till six
o'clock.

The house resumed at six o'clock, and was
[LEFT SITTING.]

LONDON GAZETTE-( THIS EVENING )

WHITEHALL, JULY 19._

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Donald
McCaig to the church and parish of Muckairn, in the pres-
bytery of Lorn, and shire of Argyll, vacant by the resigna-
tion of the Rev. John Sinclair.