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perfectly agreed in the possibility of placing tenants on the
Commission. He thought such persons ought to be placed cat
the Commission, inasmuch as they, were part of the great
mass into whose condition the Commission had to inquire. He
thought it would meet the views of all parties, if persons who
were neither landlords nor tenants were placed on the Com-

mission.
Mr. ROSS could corroborate what had fallen from his Hon.
Frend. He knew that tenants capable of serving on the Com-
mission could easily be found in Ireland.
Lord ELIOT wished to know if the Hon. Gentleman meant
that thcse parties should be paid for their services, or whether
he meant that they would serve gratuitously ?
Mr. ROSS had no doubt that many could be found ready to
-serve gratuitously.
RIOTS AT ROSKEEN.
Mr. FOX MAULE said he wished to ask the Lord Advo•
cate, whether any steps had been taken for inquiring into the
treatment of certain persons taken up for having created a •riot
at Roskeen, and whether any prosecutions had been instituted
against any of them. The question which he was about
to ask arose out of disputes connected with the Church
of Scotland. A riot had taken place, and certain per-
sons were apprehended. The authorities were provided
not only with the ordinary civil force and officers of the Ex-
cise service, but also with a body of artillery. Six men were
apprehended on the 2d of October, and on the 3d, at two
o'clock in the merning, they were locked up in a place of con-
finement. There was a guard-houie, which had been built for
a barrack, the windows of which were secured by iron bars.
In this barrack there was an inner room and and an outer one.
Nothing could have been easier, nor could be more secure,
than placing these men in the inner room, and filling the outer
room with armed men ; but, instead of this, they locked the
men up in a bank sate—(Laughter) —a room, the dimensions
of which were as follow :—nine feet eleven inches and a half
long, three feet nine inches broad, and six feet eleven inches
high. This rJom had been built particularly for the ex-
clusion of all air or ventilation, and as a protection
swainst fire. In this room they were locked up seven
hours. One individual was taken so ill that he vomited
blood—( A laugh )—the cries of the other prisoners forced
the attention of his guards upon them, and one prisoner was re-
moved. The other five remained there until nine o'clock in
the morning, and the Lord Lieutenant of the county, a hu-
mane man, who had acted wish the greatest prudence and eon"
sideration throughout, ordered their liberation. He had been
further informed that one of those prisoners had been discharged
by the magistrates, there having been no proof whatever against
him, and the other five were admitted to bail, and had net
been yet tried. Whether these men were guilty or innocent
it mattered not. If what he stated were true they were mot
improperly and cruelly treated. He wished to ask the Lord
Advocate whether the facts bore any resemblance to h
what be
had stated, and if so, whether he had taken any steps to punis
the individuals who had committed so great a crime
under the cloak of administering justice. The horrors of that
place were not surpassed by the black hole of Calcutta. Ile
wished to know from the Lord Advocate, if it was the inten-
tion of the authorities to bring those men who had been an
cruelly treated to trial, where they might have an opportunity
of vindicating their innocence or satisfying justice.
The LORD ADVOCATE said, that he had ascertained
that the five individuals mentioned were confined in 113
apartment of small size, but not for the whole time
specified by the Honourable Gentleman. They were,
placed in this apartment because the authorities feared
there would be an attempt at rescue, as prisoners bade
lately been rescued from that place. The prisoners were
locked up at three or four o'clock in the morning, And elnes
Pef
fined till nine o'clock, but the doors were frequently o
during that time, and they were often asked by "'-
guards if they wished for anything. His attention
had lately been directed to the matter by a paragraph inAl
'newspaper. The prisoners were brought before the She
and the Lord Lieutenant the following day, but to these gee
tlemcn they had not made the slightest complaint. He (45-
Lord Advocate) had directed inquiries to be made into tbe
matter, but he was not yet prepared to say what particullar..
course he might pursue regarding these parties, by whose
rections the prisoners were confined; in fact, he bad He
been able to learn on whom the blame properly rested.
regretted that a milder course had net been adopted. 11,1"7,,
prisoners in other parts of Scotland who had been engaged ere
the riots, were dealt with in a very lenient manner—they wf
not subjected to much trouble or expense, and they were tried,.;
at the local courts, where the degree of punishment that COw'
be inflicted was limited.

SUPPLY. h i 4
On the question for going into Committee of Supplf -e

put,
Mr. I3LEWITT said he hoped before the Speaker left the
Chair, the House would allow him to correct an unfair stele:.
ment which had appeared in one of the newspapers with rt-
pect to the question which he had asked last night on the 86.:
ject of the Civil List.—(Laughter.) It had been stated 0
one of the Morning Journals that he had made a very it W 1!!
allusion to the Queen in connection with the Civil Lie' st
(Laughter.) Now he could truly declare that a more
't lei,
and faithful subject of her Majesty than himself did not ete
—(Laughter from the Ministerial benches.) The House le
is'
perfectly aware that such a rumour as he had alluded to Ices f,
circulation ; and if he had been the humble instrument of Ito
ting an end to the report, and of restoring her Marsty
popularity—( Roars of laughter)—which she had itherto,„el;
joyed, he should feel perfectly satisfied with the result.--(r";,
hear.) He could only say that he had not the slightest Web,
Lion of bringing her Majesty into disrepute, but he tholr,
that when false reports of this kind were circulated out of do mit
an opportunity of correcting them should be afforded in t
House.—(Hear, hear. )
The House then went into Committee of Supply. Their;
solutions were agreed to. The House resumed, and the
port was ordered to be brought up to-morrow.
The House then adjourned at Half-past Ten. W

MIDDLESEX and SURREY GRAND
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
We beg to call the attention of our readers to the
above railway—an advertisement of which apPea."
in our columns of to-day —not only on account of Al
general merits as a junction railway, which cannot
fail to interest the commercial and manufacturing
interest of the kingdom, but also in a military point
of view. It appears to us that the facilities which
the proposed line will afford to the transit of troops
and military stores to that portion of the coast of
Kent in particular which has so recently attracted
the attention of the Government, will necessarily re'
commend it to the serious consideration of our pro'
fessional readers ; and we ourselves are convinced
that if the intended line should obtain the sanction
of the Legislature, the defence of the coast
,e of
Kent will be easily secured, without incurring Ws
expenses of batteries and lines which was at ,OI:„
time contemplated. His Grace the Duke of we
ton, in his evidence before the Committee of the 00. if
of Commons in the last session, referring to the neeessia,
of establishing a harbour of refuge between VOr
mouth and the Downs, readily admitted that litinvot
warfare, in the strict sense of the word, Nves..;,k,
sufficient to protect the coast from an invading "'"ifie
and that the system of maritime warfare (by .00
power of steam) was such as to render the situa.tti is
of a fleet in the Downs totally insecure. N°µ''!thy
clear that, by the junction line proposed betvveoeso
Birmingham, Great Western, South Western,
very
Dover lines, a supply of troops from almost ,eebots
part of the kingdom—from the most remote uojont
and garrisons—may be commanded—say VI, or
and Winchester, and Maidstone—within tw ..t of
fourteen hours ; and within that time) the. (-)4-otelf
Kent may be bristling with bayonets ! We 5,1:
trust that the line, in this national point of Yle-a_. for
already attracted the notice of Government-o'ool
our own parts, we wish the bold undertakielfion is,
success. The atmospheric principle of locomot
_f
we observe, recommended to the consideration
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