The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-23 00:00:00

LORD•LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND.

Colonel DUNNE gave notice, on behalf of the Hon.
Member for Meath, that on Lord John Russell moving
for leave to briny in a 13111 to abolish the office of Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland, he should move the previous que3-
tion in an amendment, and that the House considered
Ireland, and particularly Dublin, to be sufficiently impo-
verished already.--(A laugh.)
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL.

Mr. MOWATT gave notice that, on the, bringing up
of the report on the Australian Colonies Bill, he should
move an amendment to the effect that the maximum
number of members to be nominated by the Govern-
ment should in no case exceed a fourth of the whole
number of such assembly.
WINDOW-TAX.

Mr. BLACKSTONE gave notic;ihat, on the motion
for going into Committee of Supply, he should move
that the House do resolve itself into a Committee of
the whole House, for the purpose of considering so
much of the 3d and 4th Viet., c. 17, as imposes an addi-
tional duty of ten per cent. on the window-tax,
with a view to its repeal.—(Hear, hear.)
KILRUSH UNION.
Mr. P. SCROPE wished to ask the Right Hon. the
Secretary for Ireland whether he was aware of the pre-
sent state of the Kilrush Union. During the
last week the out-door system of relief had been
suspended, which had deprived no less than
9,000 individuals of the means of subsistence,
for the sole purpose, as it would seem, of ascertaining
how matsy would live and how many would die without
relief, the workhouse being too full to admit of their
being taken in. He wished to ask the Right Hon.
Gentleman whether ho thought such a state of things
could be. justified.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE knew' nothing of the facts
officially, but he would make inquiries, and answer the
question to-morrow.
PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from a place in
Lancashire against the granting of beer-house licences;
also a petition from Glasgow against the punishment of
death; and several petitions from Monmouthshire,
Staleybrid ges and Colne, in favour of international ar-
bitration.
METROPOLITAN INTERMENTS BILL.

In reply to Lord D. STUART,
Sir G. GREY intimated that it was his intention to
move the second reading of that Bill to-night. Ho un..
derstood no opposition would be offered to it, but an
opportunity would be afforded to l'ilirmbers, previous to
going into Committee, to make any representations on
the subject of the measure.
VACANT DEANERY OF BRISTOL.

In reply to 11r: STHERBERT,
Lord J. RUSSELL said it was not his intention to
bring
which had become vacant by the death of Dr. Lamb,
in a measure to prevent the deanery of Bristol,
being conferred- upon a master of a college.
IRISH SPIRITS.
Colonel CHATTERTON asked the Chancellor of the
Exchequer if he had any intention to make an altera-
tion-
tion in those regulations of the Board of Inland Revenue
(Ireland) by which Irish-made spirits were charged
duty, not on the quantity delivered out of bond, but on
the quantity on finally put into store?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re-
plied that he had no such intention.
SAVINGS' BANKS AND STAMP DUTIES.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then
said he wished to give notice, in the first place, that on
this day week he would move for leave to introduce
that Bill which he had not been able to introduce be-
fore, although it was one of considerable interest—he
meant the Bill for the future regulation of savings' banks.
—(Hear, hear.) It was exceedingly desirable that no
discussion should take place upon the introduction of
that Bill. He hoped that the House would allow him to
make an explanatory statement in introducing the mea-
sure, as it was desirable that no misunderstanding should