The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-21 00:00:00

LIGHT SOVEREIGNS.

Captain BERKELEY said, that seeing the Gallant
Admiral opposite in his place, he. wished to know
from him whether it was a fact that, after the issuing
of the proclamation relative to the gold coin, the
crew of the vessel Pique had been paid in light
sovereigns, thereby causing a loss to the men.
Sir G. COCKBURN said that having seen a state-
thent to that effect, inquiries respecting it were made
at the Admiralty-office, and it was ascertained that
there was not the slightest foundation for it ; and
not content with this, inquiries were made at the
railway station where those sovereigns were said to
be stopped, and so far from that being the case, the
delay which arose was occasioned by the difficulty in
getting the notes which the men received changed.
Captain BERKELEY could only say the informa-
he received on the subject was different from that
'obtained by the Hon. and Gallant Admiral.
ABSENCE FROM VESSELS.

The HON. MEMBER. wished also to know from
the Gallant Admiral whether there were any orders
issued by the present Commander-in-Chief in the
Mediterranean, preventing the officers at Malta from
going on shore in conseqUence of the state of dis-
cipline in which the crews were—the officers having
been complimented in the highest possible degree.
Sir G. COCKBURN said, that the order to which
`the lion. and Gallant Officer alluded, related to in-
discriminate absence from vessels, and he was not
aware that any complaints had been made on the sub-
ject from the Malta station.
POOR-LAWS.

An Hos. MEmtlEit gave notice that, in the event of
the motion for limiting the duration of the Poor-law
Coininission to one year being lost, he should move
that it be limited to three years.
Lord COUBTENAY obtained leave to bring in a
Bill to explain the Acts now in force relating to pawn-
broking
in Ireland.
Mr. FERRAN' rose to put a question to the
Right Min. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home
Department. On a former evening the Right Hon.
Baronet read an extract from the Report of Mr.
Mott, the Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, in which
four Magistrates of the county of York were accused
of squandering the money of their parishes for the
sake of popularity, and of being talked of as friends
of the poor, He (Mr. Ferrand) as one of the
guardians of the Keightley Union, whioh was
alluded to, assured the House that he knew
nothing of such conduct ; and he had written to
one of the Magistrates who were attacked, and he
received from him an assurance that there was no
foundation whatever for the accusation. Now, what
he wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet was. whe-
ther there would be any. objection to lay the Report
of Mr. Mott urn the table of the House ?
Sir J. GRAfIAM had no objection to the Report
being laid upon the table of the House, if the Hon.
Gentleman would move for the return ; but he sup:
posed that if the Hon. Gentleman, or his friends,
wished to consult the document, they would find no
difficulty in • obtaining a copy at the office of the
Commissioners.

Mr. FERRAND then moved for a return of the
Report of Mr. Mott, which was ordered.
IRISH TITHES.

Mr, SHAW said a considerable sum of money,
amounting, he believed, to about 25,0001., had been
collected and paid into the office of the Paymaster
of the Civil Service in Ireland, on account of sums
of money due to the Irish clergy from the Irish
landlords; but that no part of that amount so paid in
had been received by the Irish clergy. Ile believed
that an arrangement had been made, by which a part
of the amount was to be paid immediately, and the
rest at a future time; and he wished to ash, whether
this arrangement would he carried into effect ?
Lord ELIOT said he had already answered a ques-
tion on the subjeCt put by the Right Zion. and
Learned Member, and he could not do more than say
that such an arrangement having been made, it
would be carried into effect with the least possible
delay.