The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-11 00:00:00

CROWN PROSECUTIONS IN IRELAND.

Colonel PERCIVAL had been pressed to put a question
to the Noble Lord (the Secretary for Ireland) viz., whether it
was the intention of the Government to prosecute a man named
Slevin, against whom a bill had been found for a conspiracy to
murder W. Hussey and W. Bond. W. Hussey had been mur-
dered, and three men had been hung for the murder. He was
desired by Mrs. Hussey to ask this question, because if the Go-
vernment would not carry on the prosecution, the parties
would do it themselves.
Lord MORPETH—If the Hon. and Gallant Member had
given him notice, he would have been prepared with an answer.
As it was, he really could give no answer, but he would make
inquiries on the subject.
INTERFERENCE WITH ELECTIONS.

Mr. HUME wished to know whether a petition had not
been sent to the Government from certain electors of Perth-
shire, complaining of the interference of some persons con-
nected with the Coast. guard, who had voted at the last Perth-
shire election.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL had received no such petition as
that referred to.
Mr. HUME—It was a question of very serious importance,
as it was a contravention of the laws of election ; be would,
therefore, move for any papers connected with the subject, if
there was no objection.—Agreed to.
IRISH EDUCATION.
Lord MORPETH, in answer to a question from Mr. A.
Johnstone, said that the Returns moved for on this subject
and ordered, would be furnished without further delay.
TITHES—(IRELAND.) •
Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN begged to ask the Noble Lord, the
Secretary for Ireland, when the Irish Tithe Bill would be in
the hands of the Members of that House?.
Lord MORPETH expected that it would have been on the
table of the House that night, but it would certainly be to-.
morrow in the hands of Hon. Members.
Sir H. HARDINGE complained that the Bill had ap.
peared in the columns of a morning paper of that day,—
( Hear, and a laugh.)—to which it had been sent the former
night.
Lord MORPETH only knew that he had sent for his own
copy that morning, and had not received it till tte afternoon.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD begged to ask tb-e Noble Lord the
Secretary for Ireland a question relative to the distress in the
\Veit of Ireland. He wished to kr.
ow if any steps had been
taken by the Irish Government f-or the relief of that distress. •
Lord MORPETH assure,, the House and the Hon. Mem-
ber, that the Governmer't was doing all in its power for the
relief of the distressed poor of Ireland. Of course the Go-
vernment would e prepared to state what they had done, and
then they we'uld lay every information they had received be-
fore the :louse.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD expressed himself satisfied.
THAMES TUNNEL.
The Order of the Day for the House going into a Commit-
tee of Supply having been read,
Mr. 'WALTER rose to bring forward the motion of which
/re bad given notice relative to a grant of money to the Thames
Tunnel Company for the completion of that undertaking.
He had at first intended to move for a Select Committee upon
the subject, but he thought the present a more judicious
course. He should refer to the statement of the sums expended
by this Company. There was first a loan from the Treasury
minute,o 70,
ofooo July
18
. , thein year27,
grantinglB2B afurther
and there
sumthe no
faTreas Treasury
170,0001.,
and by the Act of Parliament the expenditure was then limi-
ted to a further sum of 200,000/.
Mr. BARING thought the present was not the proper time
to bring forward this question. It ought to be brought for-
ward when the estimates were before the House.
Mr. WALTER felt himself called upon to proceed. The
Honourable Member, after referring to the Treasury Minutes
and the memorials of the Company, from which it appeared
that the Treasury bad repeatedly refused to advance the Com-
pany any money to proceed with their undertaking.,
said that he would just advert to the manner in which
those refusals had been defeated by what he could not help
calling the improper interference_ of Parliament. In February
a petition was presented from the Thames Turmel.Comparay,
for leave to bring in a Bill to raise money for the purpose, of
the undertaking. That petition was presented by the Mon,
Member for Lambeth, who upon being informed by thtqBc pee,
oa kn. eo rf
that the petition could not be received without the., an