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On the motion of Earl CLARENDON, the•Suga: Duties
Bill was read a third time and passed. The Court of
Common ?leas Bill, the Milit a Pay Bill, the Forms As-
sessed Taxes Bill, and the Poor Removal Bill, were also
read a third time and passed.
Their lordships then adjourned.

1-101.75 E OF COMMONS.—.IIoNnAY.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL announced that the Government
bad abandoned their intention of renewing the Irish Arms
Bill.

Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to know whether anything
had been done towards the erection of a monument to Sir
Robert Sale, and if not, what was-the cause of this delay.

Lord Mottrara said' that the matte: was under consi-
deration.
Sir DE LACY EVANS wiehed also. to ask the First Lord
of the Treasury what provision had been, or is intended
to be made for the widow and family of the late General
Sir R. Sale ?

Lord Jonar RUSSELL could not say that any provision
for the family of Sir Robert Sale had been agreed to at
present, but he could say that it was the intention of her
Majesty's government to,reeommend to her Majesty to
grant a pension of £1,500 a-vear.; but still it should be
recollected that a measure of this .kind could not be ar-
ranged without a reference to the source from whence the
means were to be derived. Several friends of the gallant HOUSE OF COMMON-S.—WEDNESDAY.
officer. General Nott, who had also fallen in consequence On the order of the day being read for the second read-
of his services in that part of the world, had put forward ing of the Insolvent'Debtore Act Amendment Bill,
the claims of bis family ; and very justly. But still, in Lord G. BENTINCK admitted, with feeling of deep hu-
the present session of Parliament, it was impossible to take
miliation, that in the course of the observations which he
the matters into immediate consideration. The gallant
had made the preceding evening, he had been guilty of in-
officer might, however, be assured that the !ratter, as it
sinuating, most erroneously, that there bad been a barter
was entitled to it, would receive the best consideration of
of patronage between Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Ripon.
government.
He had made the insinuation on the authority of a gentle-
Sir DE LACY EVANS was perfectly satisfied.
man who occupied a high position in hie profession; but
Lord J. RUSSELL understood this moment, from a
he had since discovered that there was not the slightest
friend near him, that £5OO a-year had already been,granted
foundation for it in fact. He, therefore, now came for-
to Lady Sale. ward to offer an apology in the most full and ample man-
Sir DE LACY EVANS trusted that, as that allowance
ner to both those noble individuals for having been made
had been made for a totally different service, and one which
the innocent means of advancing so discreditable a charge
had no reference whatever to the loss of her lamented
against them.
husband, that his Lordship would discard that circuw- The order of the day was then read, and tie bid itself
stance altogether from his mind, in considering the pen-
was read a second time.
Finn to which she was now entitled.
On the motion that the Constabulary. areland) Bill be
Mr. WARBURTON, seeing the President of the Board of ,
read a second time,
Control in his place, wished to read a statement in the
Mr. T. DONCOMBE called upon Mr. Labouchere to ex-
Stamford Mercury. It was a letter said to be received
plain the objects of this bill, which appeared to him un-
from private John Lunn, by his father, in Lincolnshire,
constitutional and severe.
and professed to give an account of the battles in India. Mr. LABOUCH ERE stated that the main object of this
After describing the engagement on the 20th December,
bill was to redeem the pledge given by the late govern-
he gives an account of the proceedings of the army on the
On anent during the discussions on the Corn Bill, to place on
subsequent days. In doing so, this passage occurs—'' - the following morning early we commenced slaying and the consolidation fund a moiety of the payment of the
shooting the prisoners, which kept us the whole of the day. constabulary force in Ireland, which at present was paid
On the 22d we commenced our march." New this was a by the Irish counties. It had also another object, namely,
statement so utterly disgraceful to the British arms, that, to enlarge the powers of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
if true, the delinquents ought to be punished with the ut- by enabling him to employ the constabulary force at hisdiscretion, and to add, if he so thought fit, 200 men to
most severity, and, if false, the report ought to be met by the present reserve force. It also provided, that when a
the most public and unequivocal contradiction. district was proclaimed, and an additional constabulary
Sir JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE quite agreed with the hon. was sent into it, one moiety of the additional expense
member that this assertion ought to have every explaua- should be charged on that distract. He trusted that so
tion, and he was happy to say that there was not a single
end. The
a measure would meet with general support.
word of truth in the statement from beginning to The bill was read a second time.
Immediately after the engagement the whole of the British
Sir DE LACY EVANS then brought under the notice of
surgeons had devoted all their energies to the relief of the the house the claims of the old officers of the army to
wounded Sikhs as well as to their British comrades, very
some measure analogous to that which was now on the
much to the surprise of the former, by whom such con- point of being granted to the old officers of the navy, and
duct was altogether unexpected.
also the claims of the surviving veterans of Trafalgar and
Mr. WA RLEY expressed his regret that a noble lord the Peninsula to a medal commemorative of their presetne
(Redesdale,) in another place, should have thought proper in those conflicts. In advocating the first class of these
to condemn the verdict of the Hounslow jury. The hon. claims, he showed that officers in the army, like officers
member then defended the verdict, and, at some length, in the navy, served to an age far beyond that at which
repeated his strong objection to corporeal punishment in good and efficient service could be expected from them ;
the army and navy. but that the retired allowances granted to the former were
The house having gone into committee on the Public much less than those granted to the latter service. This
Works (Ireland) Bill, was the more unjust, because military officers were
Lord J. RUSSELL rose and addressed the house at con- obliged to purchase their different commissions, and
siderable length on the present state of Ireland. After some naval officers were not. Having condemned the system
preliminary remarks, the noble lord alluded to the failure of purchase as one equally oppressive to the army and
of the potato crop, and pointed out the distress to which dishonourable to the government, he next adverted to the
it must universally lead in a country like Ireland, where claims of the veterans of Trafalgar and the Peninsula to
the potato formed so great a portion of food. On the 9th medals commemorative of their services. The officers
of September orders were given for purchasing Indian corn of the Peninsular army felt much aggrieved that the one
to the amount of £lOO,OOO, for the use of the population. battle of Sobraon had produced a medal, while six years'
The next step taken was to obtain employment for labour arduous fighting in the Peninsula had produced nothing
in commencinz public works, and other measures to give but the evacuation of it by the enemy. He concluded by 1
relief to distress occasioned by the failure of the potato moving that the house would, on Wednesday next, re-
crop. The measure of the late government, in providing solve itself into a committee of the whole house to con-
Indian corn, appeared to have been attended with the sider of a humble address to her Majesty, praying that
most beneficial effects ;it had removed prejudices which the claims of old officers in the army to rewards may be
formerly existed against this nutritious food, and applied taken into consideration.
sufficient subsistence to those who were compelled to ask Lord J. RUSSELL thought that the house had hitherto
It. He was happy to say, that all persons in Ireland, who acted wisely in leaving it to the Crown and to the advi-
bad the power, were willing to contribute, t0w...4e eieu--
uf ---ctser -,arcrww-cr v- abreria.u..,---,-,--www-w---rnlnvral -Imo-
lief of Oka existing distress. (Rear.) Slave December nall,tary services. He- charged Sir- De Lacy Evans with
last, up to the harvest in August, the necessities of the having very much underrated the advantages enjoyed by
poor in Ireland had been provided for, and the country officers in the army, and especially by those in command
bad been tranquil. The arrangements, however, which it of regiments, and insisted that those advantages were not
had been obliged to make were necessarily attended with at all shared by officers in the navy. Referring to the
many inconveniences ; and if the Treasury were obliged present system of purchase, which the Duke of Welling-
regularly to make advances, it would impede, if not upset, ton recommended as productive of very great advantages
the ordinary courses of trade. At present there was em-
ploymentin Ireland, with good wages, and the harvest was both to the army and the state, he observed that it ought
not to be abandoned lightly, as it would entail very great
likely to be good. But, be regretted to say, that from all
expense upon the country. The Commander-in-Chief
the accounts received from that country, the failure in the
was of opinion that a plan of retirement, like that of the
potato crop was likely to be much greater this year than navy, ought not to be adopted in the army, and main-
last year, and, in some cases, the crop would be altogether tained that it was better to follow, for the present, the
lost. The noble lord here read a number of letters, re- system which had existed so many years. With regard
ceived by the government, describing the nature and ex- to the question of giving medals to those who fought at
tent of the potato disease, some of which stated that they Trafalgar and in the Peninsula, lie reminded the house
believed that the principal part of the crop would be alto- that, as it was now 40 years since the battle of Trafalgar,
gether unfit for human food. It therefore became the and 32 years since the close of the Peninsular war, it was
duty of the government to consider what measures it was too late to consider what ought to have been done in fa-
necessary to take under the present emergency. It ap- your of the officers who had been employed in those ser-
peared to him the first object was to direct attention to vices. He concluded by declaring that he could not
public works; they should therefore introduce a bill, the
accede to the present motion.
object of which would be to give the Lord-Lieutenant, on Sir DE LACY EVANS, having obtained all that he
proper representations being made to him, the power of wanted by eliciting the opinion of the Government, then
directing the commencement of public works, which would consented to withdraw his motion.
be conducted under the direction of public officers. It was
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved for
proposed that advances should be made by the Treasury leave to bring in a bill for the construction of a new Rail-
for the construction of those works for a period of ten way Board. He proposed that that board should consist
years, paying an interest of 34 per cent. There was ano- of not less than five commissioners. The president would
ther measure to be proposed in case of very poor districts be paid, would be a member of one or other house of
—that was a grant of £50,000 under the sanction of an act Parliament, and would be connected with the Government,
of parliament, which sum raised for those districts was not and removable at each change of it. Two of the corn-
to be repaid. They also proposed that commissariat offs- missioners would be paid, and permanent and irremov-
cers should be placed in different districts in Ireland, and able ; the other two would be unpaid, and members of
regularly report on the distress which might exist. With the Government. He proposed to transfer to this board
regard to relief committees, he had taken care that they the whole of the powers now held by the railway depart-
should be impartially and fairly appointed. He should anent of the Board of Trade. To render this board more
propose to the committee, first to vote a sum sufficient to useful, he proposed to alter the standing orders so far as
pay the expenses which had already been incurred, and that the notices of bills now required to be given in No-
X 50,000, to which he before alluded, in the more distressed vember should be given in February. That alteration,
districts. Potatoes being such a necessary article of food however, would not form part of the present bill, and
in Ireland, he thought it justified the government in tak- would be left open for future consideration.
ing extraordinary steps to prevent famine, and to show the Mr. GREEN E suggested the expediency of referring
people of Ireland that the British parliament was at all matters connected with the highways to this board.
times anxious to meet and provide for their wants, when The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER approved the
it was possible to do so. (Hear.) He was in hopes that suggestion.
the construction of public works would give employment Leave was given to bring in the bill
and satisfaction. The noble lord sat down amidst much
cheering.
The first vote proposed was for an advance of £175,000
for public works, (Ireland), and also for an additional ad-
vance in Exchequer-bills to an amount of £50,000.
After a few words from Mr. HUMS,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, large pri-
vate orders had been sent to the United S'ates for a sup-
ply of Indian corn for Ireland, and therefore he hoped that
it would not be necessary for the government to interfere
with the regular course of trade in corn

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY

Lord COURTENAY brought up the report of the com-
mittee appointed to inquire into the state of the Andover
Union workhouse.

Captain PECHELL, Mr. WAKLEY, Mr. ETWALL, Mr.
J. WORTLEY, and Mr. CHRISTIE, all bore testimony to
the fairness, courtesy, and impari iality cf Lord Courtenay
as chairman of the committee. Mr. J. WORTLEY, how-
ever, cautioned the house against taking the necessarily
imperfect reports of the proceedings before the committee,
which appeared from day to day in the newspapers, as
verbatim reports of what really occurred.
Lord COURTENAY acknowledged in return the kind
manner in which he had been supported by every member
of the committee, in the duties which he had to discharge
as their chairman.

After the debate, during vchich the proposal of Lord J.
Russell was generally approved of,
The vote of £175,000 for public works in Ireland was
agreed to, and also a further vote for £50,000.

Mr. B. ESCOTT gave notice that he should ask the noble
lord, whether he intended to remove the restrictions which
now existed on the importation of food. It was unusual
to continue restrictive duties on the importation of corn
when a famine might be expected.
Lord J. RU39ELL and he wee quite ready to answer the
qqestion now. It was not the intention of government to
interfere with luws relating to the importation of grain.
He .considered the corn laws had been settled.
,T .e CHAIRMAN then reported progrece, and the house
resumed. _ .

The report was ordered to be printed.
Mr. BOR.THWICK hoped that the report would be
printed as speedily as possible, in order that it might be
in the hands of members before Mr. Ilume's motion on
the conduct of the Poor Law Commissioners came on for
discussion on Tuesday next. If the published reports of
the proceedings before the Andover Committee were any
thing like correct, it was impossible for the house to allow
the I'oor Law to be managed any longer by the hands to
which its management was entrusted at present.

On tae order of the day being read for going into a corn-
snittco.,cf supply, . .

Lord C. 1t cx rose, and brought forward theE;rinimo-
tion of which he had given notice—viz., to call the atten-
tion of her Majesty's ministers to the present state of the
carrying _trade between Great Britain and the Spanish co-
lonies. _ _ _

On the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moving the
third reading of the Customs' Duties Bill,
Mr. BORTHWICK presumed that this was another of the
blunders of the late government which the house was
called upon to remedy.
Mr. HUME, after a few remarks on the unfair spirit of
Mr. Borthwick's insinuation, proceeded to recommend to
the Government to reduce the articles in the tariff to 150.
He hoped that during the recess the Chancellor of the
Exchequer would inquire into the expenses of the Cus-
toms' establishment, with a view to their reduction. He
thought that a number both of the commissioners and of
the subordinate officers of Customs might, in consequence
of the reduction in the amount of business which they
had to transact, be safely reduced. lie likewise recom-
mended the Government to keep every Custom-house in
the county open from 9 o'clock in the morning until sun-
set•

Dird FALWERSTON promised inquiry ; and after a ra-
ther interesting debate the subject dropped.

The SupiLemental Navy Estimates underwent discus-
Sion ; sortie miscellaneous business was transacted, and
the house atljckbrned.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY

The Royal Assent was given by commission to several
bills, amongst which were the following :—.l he Sugar Du-
ties-$4l, Religious Opinions Relief Bill, Guage of Rail.
ways;B4ll, Deodands Abolition Bill, Highway Rates Con-
tinuance Bill, Lnan" Gocieties Bill. Turnpike Acts Con-
tinuanc.e Bill, Stock in Trade Bill, Copvhold Commission
Plye:.outh Great- Wmtern Dock Bill.
.0n theAnotion of Lard CAMPBELL, the Bill for Abo-
lishing the exclusive Rights of Guilds and Fraternities in
lieland was read a second titite.
-131),,4 the motion of Earl Gri.L,L', the Drairage of Lands

The bill waq then read a third time and passed, as was
also the New Zealand Government Bill.
Ou the motion that the Small Debts Bill be committed,
Lord G. BENTINoc dtclared that he could not allow it

d ordered to be corn

to go into committee without hearing some further state-
ment from the promoters of it. Ile knew that the present
Ministers had inherited trom their predecessors this mea-

,mitred on Frid

Earl of (

more patro

;e into he huids of the

Works Fin..
Naval Supi.

s was read a

rnment than any measure int
:o Parliament ; but still the house

Juced for

,time and passes

ion of the ex

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TL

tronage thus created went, and at the expense which it,
would entail upon the country. Tl.e second clause of the
bill gave the Government power,todividreachcounty in•

to have a separate judge ; each judge was to have a salary
of £1,200; and the Lord Chancellor was to have the no-
mination of all these judges. Each court was to haye