The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-17 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.

Mr. HUME wished to ask the Right Hon. Member
for Newark (Mr. Gladstone) whether there would be
any objection on the part of the Government to the
printing of the evidence already taken before the Rail-
way Committee, in order that the House might see
whether the resolutions upon the subject had been con-
firmed in their applicability by the testimony taken.
Mr. GLADSTONE said, the period could not be
distant when he truste I the labours of the Committee
would be over, and then all the information upon the
subject would be at once brought before the House and
the country.
ISLE OF MAN.
Dr. BOWRING moved for returns of the amount
collected in the Isle of Man by the authority of the
Act 54 Geo. 3, c. 143, s. 1, fur harbour dues in each
year, from the year 1833 to 1643, under the several
heads stated by the schedule of that Act ; of the ex-
penditure of the amounts so received, under the various
heads to which appropriated, and of the balance in hand
of the said funds on the Ist day of January, 1344 ; of
the commissioners now qualified, and who execute the
said Act; and of the amount of fines levied under its aue
thority. The Hon. Member said he understood those
returns would not be opposed. He wished to take the
opportunity of asking when it was the intention of the
Government to bring forward a measure for regulating
the import duties of the Isle of Man?
Mr. GLADSTONE replied that a measure to this
effect was then under the consideration of Government, but
there were some points of detail yet to be decided on.
He had, however, every hope that the Government
would be enabled to introduce their measure during the
course of the present session.
KINGSTOWN HARBOUR.

Mr. MORE O'FERRALL moved the following
returns relating to Kingstown Harbour :—Copies of
Memorials from the Inhabitants of Kingstown
to the Treasury, relating to encroachments on the Har-
bour of Kingstown, by the Dublin and Kingstown Rail-
way Company, with Minutes therun, presented since
date of last retutns in 1843 ; of Treasury Minutes and
'Correspondence with Board of Works relative to Kings-
town Harbour and the Atmospheric Railway since date
of last return; of Reports of the Board of Works acting as
Commissioners of Kingstown Harbour; of Memorials and
Correspondence of the Railway Company and their Socre-
with the Board of Works, the Treasury, or Commission-
ers of Kingstown Harbour, on same, or to the construction
of the Atmospheric Railway, since date of last Returns ;
of instructions to Mr. Walker, civil engineer, or Abstract
of Documents relating to the Atmospheric Railway and
Kingstown Harbour ; copy of. the Report and evidence
taken by Mr. Walker, and the minutes or orders thereon;
with copies of memorials or correspondence, up to the
10th day of April, 1844, from date of last returns.—
Agreed to.
BANGOR FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Mr. W. 0. STANLEY moved that the petition of Mr.
Owen Owen Rcberts, on the subject of the free grammar
school at Bangor, be printed with the Votes.—Agreed to.
The Hor.T. GENTLEMAN then gave notice thathe should
on Tuesday next call the attention of the House to the
subject.
WORKHOUSES IN IRELAND.
Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH wished to ask the
Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State fir the
Home Department when the report on the building of
workhouses in Ireland would be laid on the table ?
Sir JAMES GRAHAM had only received the report
yesterday, and he would take care that it should be laid
upon the table without delay.
FRENCH FISHERY CONVENTION.
Captain PECHELL, having understood that the
Commissioners of Customs had issued rules for the
guidance of the fishermen, in carrying into effect the
convention with France on the subject of the fisheries,
wished to ascertain from the President of the Board of
Trade whether those rules were merely copies of the
Act of last session, or whether they were the rules
agreed on by the Privy Council,. and which ought pre-
viously to have been laid upon the table of the House ?
Mr. GLADSTONE said that the instructions issued
were merely of a temporary nature, for the guidance of
the revenue officers, and not the bye-laws to be deter-
mined on by the Privy Council.
BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND.
Mr. ELPHINSTONE wished to know when the re-
port of the evidence taken as to the state of the borough
of Sunderland would be laid before the House ?
Sir J. GRAHAM said that his Hon. Friend the
Member for Cambridge had already
.presented the re-
port, and lie (Sir J. Graham) thought it had been printed.
COURT OF REQUESTS PRISON', BrlzmiNGHA.n.
W. O. STANLE 1." wished to know from the
:Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, if he would lay before the House copies of
the-c=re3paden;:a.)vnicklk2d taken place respecting the

state of the prison of the Court of Requests in the bo-
rough of Birmingham ?
Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Hon. Gentleman
having been kind enough to give him notice of the ques-
tion he. was prepared to give him a reply. He had re -
ceived from the Mayor and Recorder of Birmingham a
report respecting the statement of the prison of the
Court of Requests in that borough, from which it ap-
peared that the prison was in a state which was deroga-
tory to the authorities, and that it was unfit for the re-
ception of debtors. lie had, in consequence, directed
an inspector of prisons to proceed to Birmingham.
That inspector had male his report, which entirely con•
firmed the complaints that had been made, and he (Sir
J. Graham) then considered it his duty to inquire who
were the parties who were responsible for the state of
the prison. He was referred to the Commissioners of.
the Court of Requests of Birmingham, and he imme-
diately sent them the complaints he had received, re-
quiring► them forthwith to remedy the evils complained
-of, with an intimation that if they neg!ectod to do so, he
should put the law in force with regard to the prism.
Within the last four days he had received a representa
tion from the Commissioners, stating that they had
complied with his request, and informing him that the
prison had been visited by the Mayor and Recorder,
who had expressed themselves satisfied with it. He had,
however, sent down the same inspector who had before
reported on it, to ascertain if he concurred with the
Ma}•or and Recorder, and in the course of to-day or to-
morrow ho should receive his report, when he should
he able to give the Hon. Gentleman every information.
Mr. STANLEY expressed himself satisfied with the
explanation, and beliesed he should take the most judi-
cious course by leaving the matter in the hands of the
Government.