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it general revision of the valuation of poor-law unions
Ireland ; and if so, how soon the revision will be
er?Mtrienced.- 2. Whether it be still the intention of the
sjo)vrnment to appoint an Assistant Poor-law Commis
,1117enrer for the superintendence of such revision. 3. Whe-
,eni
tiittatetehestill the determination of the Govern-
ealuation of property, for the purpose of
,7441tY assessments in Ireland (called the Griffith s
isencement of a
Siltation) shall be continued, notwithstanding the coin-
Purpose nr general revision of valuation, for the
the. (.1 poor-rates ; or, whether it be proposed by
ea.,7°vernment to introduce any measure for the conso-
•ekon of the several valuations, so that county rates,
I)°°r-rates, and other local taxes, may be levied on one
• utak).- • _
, Jet scaie of valuation ?Sr •
ihenit,,J; GRAHAM said, with regard
to the appoint-
tio _
ma elect Committee to inquire into the opera-
ade. poor-laws in Ireland, he adhered to the pro-
siosety by the Government at the close of last ses-
ke !nat if a desire was erinced on the p.art of Irish
teLMers to have such a Committee of inquiry, the Go-
t -4uut could not oppose it.—(Hear, hear.) 'With
;148Peet to the first question of the Honourable
wiettlber, he thought he was under a misapprehension
Witg b,!,t,rd to the valuation; where a valuation
alis,;-"414y made, there was a power given to the Com-
,4,4"t'oers to raise the valuation. As to the second
respecting the appointment of an Assistant
It 1, sinner for the superintendence of such revision,
Withnames. for
to appoint one for that purpose.te
Itithtregard to the third question, we
.understoodd h
%sr lion. Gentleman to say that it was intendedthat
Sir
s 1 Gentleman be a revaluation.
tos:rb IsIORREYS then gave notice that he would
inees.,-'9l.r:At Select Committee on the Poor-laws in Ireland,
tiderat~o Government took .the subject into their con-
lifrTE
OF PAUPER LUNATICS IN WALES.
tic% O. STANLEY said he wished to put a ques-
the ac°, great importance to the Right Hon. Baronet
sp:ku,, retary of State for the Home. Department, re-
ofee l-g the state of pauper lunatics in Wales.
tri were 157:41 were i pauper
any lunatics in Wa
orles,
licensed hous
and ontwenty
214ne.
Ptese;twere 31 pauper lunatics in the county which here-eosAs e 4. not one of whom was in a: proper place of
bltnellt ; and, in many instances, they were treated
bQ to C'stiMproper manner. The question he wished
"' was, whether the attention of Government had
lierlthr!aued to the treatment of pauper lunatics, or
4ver„i`r any compulsory steps could be taken to make
chi 17 counties e
join together to support pauper lunatics,
tileY were enabled to do under the Act of the
si;o, lei
Jorge iv ?
with "lES GRAHAM said that he quite agreed
Itaseall tlon. Memher, that it would be desirable if the
which he combined together under the Act to
Ile referred, for the purpose of erecting lunatic
No object could be more important; but, as
Pario74t advised, he was unwilling to render it com-
as 1%7'4 uPon them, and he was not prepared to say that
kr°u.
tr„ld iutrbilnee' any measure on the subject..
would 'T• O. STANLEY then gave notice that he.
hider ',°ll a. future day, bring the subject under the con
,pation a the House.
„ LATE OUTRAGE AT BRIGHTON.
Aigh`to PECHELL begged to put a question to the
Gentleman opposite the Secretary at War,
Nit -,;`,„`IIK the outrage which had taken place some
tilt ft gee at'Brighton, and with regard to- which he
14 04. anestion on a previous occasion,. when • the Rißightes eatleuirm acknowledged that an outrage lied
eL°tatuitted by the troops, but that it was provok
f,,17(1 aenee of an attack upon a soldier by some of
tow"„itultants. A trial was then pending, and was
eca••;vte,,.the result of it being that the soldiers were
tis'ail-ia`eu• Lord Chichester, who -was chairman at the
.1,11 passing sentence upon them, said that
nee "act -been --guilty of a very serious. of-
-411 and - that he would punish theni to
oar
,"c'EN that the peaceable inhabitants .of the town
JIM t° b protected • from the soldiers, who
pleed there for the preservation of the
44(leii The inhabitants of Brighton • felt that.a stigma
Rightl(l east upon them by the Right Honourable
-akuiltot • Officer. He, now wished to ask the
"onourable Gentleman whether he 'had
empressade
t,stleh an inquiry as would remove
..this
,'tarts from the people of the town, that' the inha-
,'aeth4„'",Night the outrage upon themselves, and
.4te th- "" officers' of the regiment intended to remune-
; S'r the Parties whose property had been. destroyed?
3,44Prel aiLl-lARDINGE said that it was an erroneous
east`(24l to suppose that in any .statement of his
.de any stigma upon the inhabitants of Brighton.
,lltliertAt, led to believe at the- time . that the
).* t received an insult, but from' the result of
;1;6'1:1 'c't appeared that-they had received no previous
in4l thator any kind. He had stated
.before his opi-
,g 41- tae
regiment had misconducted itself in break-
!Qs see Peace; it was a serious offence, and he hoped
L 44 -"lee they had received would teach them in
,
e .bserve the laws of the land. They had
htlen Imprisoned during a period of ten months,
gara„tl labour, for the assault. What .he stated with
i,„%te "It Pensation was, that the soldiers of the
44d not the officers, were reedy to subscribe
,°rectlle:il.4l4..h:-.Zlsbaeteeefoi
issued
et hede igjyu gewcheici Inimhaeaddebre.en clone. An
Commander-in-Chief pre-
4ceoin4lxi!LY soldier from entering the town unless
edition
kr,
c'tl by a non-commissioned officer.
-;OkNiI,I)J-,EY saTAHlthat Thr;ving seen, by a second
r f s that the Frond Government had
°l;ierd °I What' had been done in Tahiti by Admi-
lit,l're°tuee,„; and that it was
.their. intention to adhere to
I,lgat tie, "-'rate treaty, he wished to know from the
ti....rest„,,;-\11: Gentleman opposite (the First Lord of the
"'II on te whether he had received any official informa-
1, Sirß. a subject ?
'FEL said that he had not received anyinthe
5p,,./ -°4 on the subject beyond what had appeareda. inn
teeeil°ll,4 edition of the Times, and which
idl'udbtbttle
express. He had no reason to o
eatieity of the information- which appeared.
fl'or, that , journal, for .it give• the quotation
Iv the onireur,
which was the official it', the French Government, to the effect that
organ
tewas the intention ef the French Government to adhere
the treaty'New of 1842. He said he deprecated hasty
tideirtons on the subject, and he had a strons and con-
linPresSion that the French King and the French
retOtnent had acted On the impulse of their own
llaa-44-:---(Hear; hear) •• and he was rejoiced that they
Wth acted in a manner which was so satisfactory
kesiteecilinga of maersons in this country who were
-4(c.a e, in the welfare of our missionaries... He be-
Nae„, toe statement in the Moniteur was perfectly
4414 r;''' and that the act of Admiral Thouars
11,1%111 bc?„t„,bc'en ratified by his Government ; and he
"At to add; in justice to the French Government,
tttla the was the voluntary act of the French King
4,4,Y tLreacil Government, and that it was not necess
anY gonununication should be wade on the
till DI this GOVernment.
ter motion of. Mr. DUNCOMBE,
Illtred jut% was ordered of cases of.ineanity which oc-
,_ Pentonville prison.
air, 47,4A11NG TRANSACTIONS BILL.
°th `4IISON • hed to know whether it would
Li de wished
1)14' 115.11 -,a-Le that •the Gaming Transactions Indena-
-1.,1-I.atedl, iliwukieh stood for a second reading, should. be
101 l order that the House might judge of its pro
1Y 4 b
itLeflar it sanetioned the second reading ? He
bri/,`'° express a hoe that the Government would
'k.B4,l4ollle.t.hethird reading of the Horse-racing Bill
acl?B,:eraeeEtzt_it. said 'that the Hon.. Member for Man-
all keit t-u to have a most curious notion of what
keit
saness of the Government, and what were not.
IviN,Rd he had last alluded to was not brought
%;" Y„the Government, or any person connected
li,o,bahl •to thought it was but reasonable that the
4jl'e It iltasactions Indemnity Bill should be printed
.4r.ulvas read nsecond time.—(Hear.)
Thad u, °IIISON wished to know what Hon. Mem-
-ee
40„," this Conduct of the Bill ?
Lje.torth question no answer was returned, and after
Ntedtr discussion it was agreed that the Bill should
oefore it was read a second time.
to 1M
kto
_bIG, FACTORIES BILL.
Qtet 0 wished to know from the. Right Hon.
. 1111 PPosite, the Secretary for the Home Depart-
At he intended. to proceed with the Factories
cal 1.e.:14 ent, he believed, it was fixed for .Friday.
id y j4B GRAHAM said, that it was intended
tah-a-e,proeeed with the Committee of Supply.;
4111ept that pr
he would state when he Would bring
- .er ard.
ii7t..1301t.„ NEW POOR-LAW.
4e a'
A lIWICK wished to put a question •to the
th„,lllaletat°l State - :for .the Home Department.
tAL (4'4,1 that in another place, of which
41teapItie h',!eard, an important conversation had
Wits-,rs enr Ltween a Right Rev. Prelate,'and one of the
tiJlA,`‘? t' 'ler 'Majesty's Government, from which it
t04;41
l'esatned that the Government would, in the
41%aure areendment of the Poor-law Bill, adopt
(IN b s for the religious instruction of the poor in
1, °bat:gains of' the Church of England
wished/%l•ll4ktroe"w to lcnow from the Right Honour-
etteet ,'nether it was the intention of the Go-
tt4lr iltroduce any such provision ?
t( do4l-1411 had no hesitation in answering
the N what Put -to him by the Hon. Member, or in
Derer f the decision of the Government was upon
erred to by him. Her Majesty's Ministers
No eetj3,
kat. Ilary 'Satisfied with the exercise of the clis-
ot bailers Pc'ver vested_ in the Poor-law. Com-
(Alapl • with
4lng • • respect to the ...appoiniment
„ill' 'Workhouses ; he was sure that
the
persons according to the
N„l4oests toe different lecalities in which these tip-
viTse 14.1,1 re to take place. He was not prepared to
!i11r;110,w,..?' alteration in the law As at present ad-
Je et 44t1 "sPerfeti • • "
11 • clts 3 -satisfied with the. state of the law,
t,kq
L115310E1 that might take place on.the sub-
„"tpso iii`aute Preparedao show to the satisfaction of
eer beenlle discretion placed in these responsi-
exercised in a most proper manaer.
RNA -bYELLING. -
-eth. -on In pursuance -of notice, asked the
tette was } net., the First Lord of the Treasury,
lia intention t bring in a Bill fel- the
t‘ It• I.4l,tPrevention of duelling.?
..not_ -•-•41.L sap
44, :ate7egii,l:titi,keeeilthis
it ailed 16 that her Majesty's. Government
if t 4 Y tlewf put. theyimportantwere not • prepared ,
subject, into their
to to bring
foie!key ,
„. actment in reference to aliening.
't-teet ,L'aelting still existed, it was not owing
`°alettkit 'e letter of the law, and her Majesty's
be • greet' d
by se) .promot4 ouhted whether any good object
ti, the ..4kt the
same
altering the law.—(Hear,
e,_tak• o,_. exercise 'Sallie time, they had shown
of d,,7,??,eets, time,
and authority, ,
11,,,,'euth;e4eultig; s„ ▪
oisposition to discourage the prac-
,4'l lEtto as it could he discouraged by the
lc.t at 1 Existed o„ .eLl?elleved that the feeling which
gree b subject had been excited in
N,a'Pleeei• Y the „f .
4 the co ortunate result of a duel which
4° (lout- ▪ o hist year. He thought•the re
t thef practice of duelling was on