The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-07 00:00:00

lIEALTH OF TOWNS.

The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition
from a place in Lancashire, praying for the enactment
of sanatory regulations in Llarge towns. The Noble
Lord, i❑ supporting the prayer, took occasion to remark
that it would be a great saving of the public time if
Bills upon this subject, and others of a municipal charac-
ter, and Railway Bills, were first introduced into that
House, instead of being sent up in a mass at the end of
the session.

The Duke of BUCCLEUGII presented a similar
petiticn from Bristol.
INTEMPERANCE.

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Forfar,
praying for legislative interference to check intem-
perance.
The Marquis of ANGLESEY presented a similar
petition.
DISABILITIES OF THE JEWS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR brought in a Bill to
relieve her Majesty's subjects of the Jewish persuasion
from certain disabilities affecting them in respect to the
holding of municipal offices.—(Cheers.)
The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read
a second time on Monday.
CONSTABULARY IN IRELAND.
The Marquis of NORMANBY said, that having
postponed his motion on the subject of promotion in
the constabulary in Ireland until this day, it was with
great unwillingness he had declined to postpone it again.
But he did not think that the ;presence of either of the
two Lords, on account of whose absence the postpone-
ment had been requested, was necessary to the discuss-
ion. Neither of them had any official or departmental
connexion with the subject, and one of them, the late
Secretary for Ireland, was not at present a member of
the Government. It was not certain that either of
those Lords had a wish to take part in the Debate
what might arise, and if he postponed it for them, he
might not have an opportunity of bringing it on until
after Easter. A recommendation made to the Inspector-
General of Constabulary, upon an understanding
between all parties in Parliament, had been lost
sight of in recent promotions. But if he
could have an assurance from the Government that such
would not be the case again—and there was no one
whose assurance he would more readily take than that
of the Noble Duke opposite.

The Duke of WELLINGTON—You won't have it
then.—(A laugh.)
The Marquis of NORMANBY said it might be very
well for the Noble Duke to state at the commencement
of the debate the course which he meant to !ake, but
these interruptions should net prevent him (the Mar-
quis of Normanby) from stating the reasoas of his motion.
But when he recollected wbo were the parties to that
engagement—when he recollected that the other House
of Parliament was with that House equally concerned
in preserving the sacredness of that engagement—
and when he recollected how necessary the
services from the constabulary forces in Ireland were to
every part of the country, and still more whon he looked
at the important position which the Inspector-General held
he was astonished when be heard of the slight which had
been put on that distinguished officer. He (the Marquis
of Normanby) was aware that it had not of late been
the usual course for their Lordships' House to meddle
with Irish affairs in general ; but when he recollected
thst the constabulary force of that country was in its cha-
racter so unique, that it wns the armed populace under
such regular orders that it amounted almost to a stand-
ing army—that it was dispors, d throughout the country
in small divisions—that it had to execute difficult
duties—that not only was the ordinary education
of reading and writing required of its members, but that
also a capacity for making reports to the courts of
justices. He must say that he felt that the position of
,the insoector-general of such a force was of such im-
portance as to require the utmost consideration at the
hands of Parliament. lie (the Marquis of Normanby)
would beg to remind their Lordships that this force was
discaplined so that they could be dispersed, and yet act
effectively together in different parts of the country, and
still further, that the period to which he referred
was one of considereble agitation to Ireland.