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London, England, 1844-03-02 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1844.

Lord MONTEAGLE asked the Earl of DEVON when
the public would be put in possession of the results
of the Landlord and Tenant Commission in Ireland ?
The Noble Earl said he had been prevented from
returning to Ireland as he had intended, by a subpcena
from the Court of Queen's Bench, but in the mean-
time the Commission was carrying on the inquiry.
He was afraid he should not be able to resume his
duties in the Commission till the trial on which he
had been subpoenaed was concluded.
Lord BROUGHAM moved for copies of the corre-
spondence which had taken place between the English
missionaries in the South Sea Islands and the Go-
ment, relative to the affairs of Otaheite. 1

The Earl of ABERDEEN had no objection to pro.
duce the papers, and at the same time assured Lord
BRouGnAm that he need be under no apprehension
as to the manner in which the missionaries would be
treated by the French authorities. [To thought it
right to state also that the resolution come to by the
French Government, disowning the act of Admiral
DUPETIT THOUARS, was purely spontaneous, and that
not one word of remonstrance had, either by the British
Ambassador, or by official communication, been made
to France on the subject. The war parties in both
countries were ma2ng much noise about this affair,
but fortunately they were little regarded.
Lord BROUGHAM expressed his satisfaction at the
answer given by Lord ABERDEEN, and the returns
were ordered.

The Marquis of NORMANI3Y gave notice that on
Monday next he would present a petition complaining
of the conduct of the Board of Charitable Bequests
in Ireland.

Lord BROUGHAM. also gave notice that on the same
day he would call the attention of the House to the
progress of the new Houses of Parliament.
In the Commons, the Salisbury Branch Railway
Bill, the York and Scarborough Railtvay Bill, and
the Severn Navigation Bill, were read a second time
and ordered to be committed.

Mr. GLADSTONE brought up the Report of the
Select Committee on Railways.
Mr. T. DUNCOMDE, in an excellent speech, moved for
a return of the money paid to reporters employed to take
notes at the meetings for a repeal of the union. He
described the three principal witnesses—Mr. Huoiuss,
Mr. Ross, and Mr. JACKSON, and implied that they
had been suborned by the Government as spies. He,
however, made an exception as to the part which
these reporters took in the affair, and exculpated Mr.
HUGHES and Mr. JACKSON, and threw the whole
blame on the Government.

Sir JAMES GRAHAM made a very lame defence.
He took the whole responsibility on himself. He
employed all the parties, and also admitted that a
communication had been made by the Government,
that is by himself, to the Herald and Standard for a
loan of their reporters ; but the main points of Mr.
DUNCOMBE'S speech he could not answer, and
though he had no objection to furnish a return of all
the money paid, the motion strangely' was lost on a
division, there being for it 73, and against it 144.
The discussion did not place the mode in which the
Irish trials had been conducted in a more favourable
light, nor raise the character of the Home Secretary.
Mr. Ross, or as Mr. DUNCOMBE called him the
" Carlisle patriot," had stated that he-was employed
by a person high in office, but he was prevented by

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