The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-16 00:00:00

POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) ACTS.

Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Sir Denham
Norreys be one of the 'Members of the Select Committee on the
Poor Relief (Ireland) Acts :"—Amendment proposed, to
leave out from the words " That the" to the end of the Ques-
tion, in orcl-r to add the words " the Order for the appoint-
ment of the Select Committee, to inquire into the operation of
the Laws for the relief of the destitute Poor of Ireland, be read,
in order to its being discharged," instead thereof; —Question
put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of
the Question ;" The House divided :
MINORITY—AYES, 10.
Archdall. Captain Hayes, Sir E. Verner, W.
Butler, P. S. Morris David TELLERS.
Esmonde, Sir T. Murphy, F. S. Norreye, Sir D. J.
Ferguson, Sir R. A. Redington, T. N. O'Ferrallat, More
French, F.

MAMRITY—NOES, a.
.rchbold, Robert Gordon, Captain Peel, Jonathan
Goulburn, Henry Plumptre, J. P.
arron, Sir 11.
0, aham, Sir Janie. Pringle, Alexander
Bellew, R. M.
Oreenall, Peter Russell, Lord Join
Bolder°, Henry G.
Boyd, John Greene, T. Scott, Roller
Brothetton, J. Grim.ditch, Thomas Shaw, Frederick
Bucktey, Edmund Hamilton, J,•..., H. Ltibthorp, Colonel
Colvile, C. R. Heathcote, bir W. Smith, T. B. c,
Compton. I+. c. ..lettiiyn, Earl Sutton, Hon. H. P.i.
Connolly,
,Colonel Jones, Theobald Thesiger, F.
crime", William . Kliatchbull, Sir E. Vesey, Thomas
Douglas, Sir C. Lincoln Earl of Wawn, John T.
Eliot, Lord ; Lockhart, William TRUISM.
Gaskell, J. M. Mackenzie, W. F, Frentantle>ir T.
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Lord Ashley's proposition was sustained in a division on
thelBth of March by 179 to 170, giving a majority of'9 in a
House comprising, tellers included, 353, Members. On the
22d of theosame month that decision was confirmed by 186 to
183, a Majority of 3, when 373 Members. -eked. The 'clause
haVing a similar object, negatived. on Monday last by 297 to
159, was decided by an assemblage of 460 Members.
In the divisions of March 18, or on that of March 22, Lord
Ashley was supported by the following 88 Members, whose
aid was withheld on Monday last, May 13 :--
Acland, Thomas Dyke :. Hollond, Robert
Aare, Viscount Hope, AleXander
Aldam, William . Ilorsman, Edward.'
Antrobus, Edmund , Upward, Hon. C. W. G.
Archdall; Captain. Mei:vyu JoMyn, Viscount
Barclay, David Johnstone, Sir John '
Baskerville, Thomas B. M. Knight, Henry Gaily
Beresford, Major Knight, Frederick Winn
Berkeley, Hon. Captain * Law, Hon. Charles Ewan
Blake, Martin J. : * Legh, George Cornwall . •
Buller, Charles Leveson, Lord
Butler, Hon. Colonel Lindsay, Hugh Hamilton
Carew, Hon. R. Shapland Lowther, John Henry
Cavendish, Hon. C. C. iklacnamara, Major
Cavendish, Hon. G. H. Mallon, Vikount
Chetwode, Sir John
_. Mainwaring, Townshend
Colville, Charles Robert Martin; John .
Copeland, Mr. Alderman Marton, George
Cresswell, Baker Maxwell, Hon. J. Pierce
Currie, Raikes Mordaunt, Sir John
Curteis, Herbert Barrett Mentz, George Frederick
Dalrymple, Captain Neville, Ralph
Davies, David A. Saunders Newport, Viscount
Douglas, James D. S. * Newry, Viscount
Duke, Sir James
...O'Connell, Daniel
Duncombe, Hon. 0. Packe, Charles William
Dundas, Admiral Pakington, John S.
Du Pre, C. George Palmer, George
Eaton, Richard Jefferson Palmer, Robert
Egerton, Sir Philip Pennant, Hon. Colonel
Ellice, Edward Polhill, Frederick
Emlyn, Viscount Praed, William T.
FelloweS, Edward Rendlesham, Lord
French, Fitzstephen Ross, David Robert
Gladstone, Captain Round, Charles Grey
Gore; Montagu Ryder, Hon. Granville D.
Gore, William R. Ormsby Smith, Abel
Goring, Charles Smollett, Alexander
Gregory, William Henry Stanton, William Henry
Grimston, Viscount Stewart, John
Grogan, Edward Sturt, Henry Charles
Hall, Sir Benjamin Taylor, James Arthur
Hayes, Sir Edmund Trotter, John
-Hervey, Lord Alfred . Vivian, John Henry
Of the above list, the following 15 Members recorded their
votes directly in oppposition to the proposition which they
had previously supported :
Aldam, William .
Barclay, David
Chetwode, Sir John
Currie, Raikes
Gore, Montagu -
Grimston, Viscount
Hope, Alexander
Knight, Henry Gaily
Lord Ashley was supported
32 Members, who did not vote
vious divisions :
Archbold, Robert !Jervis, John
Barnard, Edward George Johnson, General
Benett, John ' Lambton, Hedworth
Bernal, Captain Langton, William Gore
Blake, Mark Layard, Captain
Blandford, Marquis of Maher, Nicholas
Brisco, Musgrave . O'Connell, Maurice
Browne, Robert Dillon Philipps, Sir R. B. P.
Chelsea, Viscount Pryse, Pryse
Christie, William Dougal Redington, Thomas N.
Corbally, Matthew Elias • Seale, Sir John Henry
Dundas, David Shell, Right Hon. R. Lalor
Esmonde, Sir Thomas ,Smith, Benjamin
Heneage, Edward !Somers, John Patrick
Howard, Sir Ralph (Tumor, Christopher
Hurst, Robert Henry ,Watson; William Henry
The Ministry were supported on the last division by 107
Members who had not registered their votes on either of the
previous occasions.

Legh, George Cornwall
Martin, John
Maxwell, John J. Pierce
Newry, Viscount
Palmer, George
Ross, David Robert
Trotter, John

on Monday by the following
with him on either of the pre-

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION.
MANCIIESTEry MONDAY NIGHT.—The canvass for the free -
trade candidate goes on gloriously. The reports from all
parts of the southern division of the county speak in the most
glowing terms of success. In the manufacturing towns,
especially Manchester, Bolton, Oldham, Bury, Rochdale,
Ashton, and Warrington, and also in Liverpool, according
to the correspondence of the Committee, there are many per-
sons who at the last election supported the Conservatives,
who have expressed their determination to vote for free trade.
Mr. Brown, the free-trade candidate, addresses his Committee
to-morrow, at Liverpool, and in the evening a great meeting
is to be held in the Free-trade Hall, Manchester, at which
Mr. CObden will be present, and Mr. Robert Hyde Greig. On
Wednesday Mr. Brown commences his canvass personally, and
will visit Manchester, Bolton, Ashton, and Oldham on
Thursday ; and on Friday he is expected to be at Ormskirk
and the neighbouring towns.
Mr. Entwistle met his central committee at Newton-in- the-
Willows, at twelve. There was but a slender attendance,
and though it included several considerable landed proprie-
tors, there was a great lack of spirit, arising from not getting
a candidate of higher mark—a man of family and influence,
all which men, it is now undisguisedly admitted, have
shirked the contest from a fear of the expense, which is cal-
culated at from 20,0001. to 30,000/.
The Sheriff's proclamation was issued this morning, fixing
the nomination for Friday, the 24th instant, at the Horse
and Jockey, Newton-in-the-Willows, and the polling it is
presumed, will take place on Whit-Monday and Tuesday.
The following is from the Liverpool Times :
" The free-trade candidate for South Lancashire, Mr.
Brown, was born at Ballvmena, county of Antrim, and edu-
cated in Yorkshire, in which county he now possesses a large
landed estate. He left this country for the United States in
the year 1800, returned to England in 1808, and has resided
in the neighbourhood of Liverpool ever since. We mention
these circumstances, about which there is no more doubt than
there is about Mr. Brown's existence, because it has been
stated that he is a native of the United States; and, for the
purpose of contradicting another mis-statement, we add, that
Mr. Brown, though born in one of the most Presbyterian
districts in Ireland, has for many years been a member of
the Established Church, and one of the congregation, as well
as personal friend of that accomplished scholar and clergy.-
man, the Rev. Edward Hull. Of the benevolence of Mr.
Brown, and his disposition to use the wealth which
he has acquired by his judgment and enterprise
in the relief 'of his fellow-creatures, we need ad -
duce no further proof than the fact, that he is this
very day to assist in laying the foundation-stone of the
New Northern Dispensary in this town, to which he several
months ago contributed the munificent sum of 1,0001. As a
merchant, Mr. Brown has many years held the same rank
which the present Lord Ashburton held before his elevation
to the peerage—a rank fully equal to that which the founders
of the Peel and Arkwright families earned for themselves by
their pre-eminent success in another departmeht of industry
and enterprise. It is one of the proudest distinctions of this
country, that eminent success in improving the useful arts
and in extending the beneficial intercourse of commerce, has
ever been held a legitimate title to the favour of the Sove-
reign and the honours of the State ; and it is, therefore, on
good and solid grounds that a man who has eminently pro-
moted the commercial greatness of England solicits a share in
the honours which the people also confer, appealing to the
mercantile and trading classes as one of themselves, and to
the landowners as one of those whose activity and skill has
added so immensely to the value of their estates."
The same journal informs us that there was a meeting at
Liverpool on !Monday, which Mr. Cobden and Mr. George
Wilson addressed at some length, giving the most encourag-
ing assurances.

THE GOVERNMENT PLAN OF
BANKING AND CURRENCY.
The following resolutions of the private country bankers
now in London have been sent to every member of their body
in England and Wales :
At a general meeting of private country bankers, held at
Herbert's Hotel, Palace-yard, May 8, 1844, William Rodwell,
ESq., in the chair.
Resolved—That, adhering in all respects to the reasons
which induced them to deprecate all legislative interference
with the present system of circulation, it is highly satisfac-
tory to private country bankers to find that in the proposed
alteration in the law relating to banking establishments,
these reasons have not been disregarded by her Majesty's
Government. _ _

That laying out of consideration any supposed exclusive
benefit to ourselves as bankers, we are of opinion, after mature
deliberation, that the measures announced by Sir Robert Peel
might be modified in such a manner as to be less injurious to
the interest of the public.
That in accordance with the invitation given by Sir Ro-
bert Peel at an interview with him, we deem it to be our
duty to submit most respectfully to her Majesty's Govern •
ment such suggestions as our experience and practical know-
ledge lead us to think will secure the greatest amount of ad-
vantage that can be made to consist with the principles on
which the proposed measures are founded.
That with this object a further interview with her Ma-
jesty's Government be requested, and that it is expedient
to limit the deputation for that purpose to the number of
seven.
That the following gentlemen be requested to form such
t
deputation :—J. P. Plumptre, Esq., Chairman ; William Rod-
well, Esq., Vice-Chairman ; the Hon. A. L. Melville, David
e 15th Esq.,
ins
Vesey, Esq., W. M. Tweedy, Esq Richard
Thomas Birkbeck, Esq.
The Committee meet on Wednesdaynext, h Spooner,
at two o'clock. •P
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THE COUNTESS DE ST. AULAXILE'S SOIREE: The
Countess de St. Aulaire had a soiree at the French Embassy,
on Monday night. It was a small and early party, agreeably
to the cards of invitation. The company was very select,
and included—TheDuke of Wellington, Duchess of Northum-
berland and Miss Percy, the Turkish Ambassador, Duchess
of Buccleuch, Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Augusta Somer-
set, his F—Xeo"o.lley Baron Nieumann, Marquis of Salisbury,
Marquis of Normanby, Marquis of Clanricarde, Marquis and
Marchioneas of Ailesbury, Marquis of Headfort and Ladies
Mary and Olivia Taylour, Earl and Countess of Haddington,
Viscountess Palmerston, Countess of Tankerville, Earl and
Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, Earl and
Countess Cowper,Viacountess Jocelyn, Lady Ashley, Dowager
Countess of Mansfield and Ladies Murray, Earl of Alansfield,
hs Excellency Count Pollon, Baroness Brunnow and Madlle.
ga de Lechner' the Swedish Minister and Countess
Alornstjerna, the Belgian Minister and. Madame Van (ic
Weyer, Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Lady Elizabeth
Fielding and Miss Fielding, Lady Shelley.
PAIRS ON LORI) ASHLEY'S AMENDMENT.—General
Morison, against, with R. Etwall, for ; StewartAaigaarionlbt,
awniksth'
against, with Lord Rendlesham, for; J. Hume,
nst, with
C. Buller,Admiraf
Admiral Dundas,or. for; the Hon. W. B. Baring, agai