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veral to whom compensat

A poor woman

were found by t

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up their holdings, police, all of them
dead, having died of starvation, relief having been applied
for by them after they had spent the sum they had re-
ceived, and refused by those on whose land they had for

I so many years resided

The bill passed through
Relief Supervision (Irelan
The Poor Removal (En

committee, as did also the Poor
I) Bill.

land and Scotland) Bill led to

I some discussion, but it was eventu

ly read a second tn.

been said, he wis,
of private securities much more than of securities belong- ....=.....
ing to the Government. IRELAND.
The Landed Property (Ireland) Bill went through Father Matthew is likely to be appointed Roman
Catholic Bishop of Cork.
The Repeal proceedings, except as indicating the pro-
HOUSE OF COMA.IONS.—TUi SDAY. tracted existence of the association, are wholly unworthy
Mr. M. GIBsoN stated, in answer to a question from of notice. The rent last week was announced at
Mr. Newdegate, that a bill to enable joint-stock compa- £27 7s. Id., but the attendance was miserable beyond all
nies to wind up their affairs, as between partners, was al- precedent."
ready in a state of preparation ; and it was the intention The Rev. Francis _
of the Government to bring in such a bill. The heads Kinvara, county Galway, ni.
of the measure had been submitted to the Ld. Chancellor. Freeman's Journal, in which he as
On the motion of Mr. WATsoN, a select committee was unfortunate state of that locality ''

ihed to observe that it

d been an excess

COMIMI

eirthur, Roman Catholic priest of
ldressed a letter to the
vibes the peculiarly

of a resi

appointed to inquire into and rep,— - dent Protestant clergyman.' -
taxation of suitors in the courts of law and equity, try the By the death of Mr. Martin, late M.P. for the county
collection of fees and the amount thereof, and the mode of of Galway, his daughter is the richest heiress in Ireland.
collection ; and the appropriation of fees in the courts of He had just concluded a loan which would pay all his in-
law and equity, and in all inferior courts, and in the courts cumbrances, and leave him in possession of £lO,OOO a
of special and general sessions in England and Wales.

t to the House on th

year.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, a young barrister, who took a leading
HOUSE OF COMMONS=WEnNEsDAY. part in the discussions of the Repeal Association, and op-
The house went into committee on the Drainage of posed the Young Ireland party, has just been appointed
Lands Bill. The bill was subsequently reported, and or- by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Solicitor-
dered to b 3 received on Friday. General at the Cape of Good Hope. The Nation calls
After some discussion the Registration of Voters Bill this " the reward of treason."
was read a second time and ordered to be committed. Lord Cloncurry has written to Mr. W. S. O'Brien,
Sir H. HALFORD then moved the second reading of the strongly recommending the Young Irelanders and the
Hosiery Manufacture Bill, on which a debate arose, Repeal---s 0,......-.:14.:"... 1-Inll fn alai,. listnac and I
which was ultimately adjourned to the following day. friends
Mr. WAKLEY then moved the order of the day for the ciation
second reading of the Medical Registration and Medical re
Law Amendment Bill ; but after some cons

)in it."

tween Sir G. Grey, Mr. Hume, Sir J. Graham, and Mr.
Wakley, the second reading of the bill was postponed till

His Lordship promises himself to join the asso-
when O'Brien and the talented confederates

Tuesdiy

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY.
The house went into committee on the Irish Poor-law

don convey very unfavourable intelligence respecting the
health of Mr. O'Connell. He remains at Avignon in

Bill, when
Lord MoNTEAoLz moved an amendment, limiting the
to rstit.arinv relief till

operation or certain clauses reini,ins
the Ist of August, 1848, and to the end of the then next
session.—lt will be readily perceived that the intention of

the amendment was to give a temporary instean or a per-
manent character to those parts of the bill to which it ap-
plied, and it was opposed by the Marquis of Lansdowne,
Archbishop of Dublin, Earls Grey and Devon, and Lord
Shrewsbury ; and supported by the Earls of Roden and
ritzwilliam, Marquis of Westmeath, and Lords Stanley,
Brougham, and Abinger.

A division was afterwards made, and the Government
-was placed in a minority, the numbers being for the
amendment 63, against it 50 ; majority 13.

On the 4th Claiise being read, which gave t
merit of relieving officers to boards of guardians
Lord STANLEY moved an amendment that the appoint-
ments should be vested in the Poor law Commissioners,
on the ground that a much more efficient class of officers
would be secured thereby.
The amendment, however, was lost, but o-ly by a small
majority, 53 having voted for it, and 59 against it.

he appoint-

such isu CALLA tan mu I a Lc, ava
dysentery, that his medical attendants have recommended
an abandonment of the idea of proceeding on his journey

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY.
Sir WILLIAM VERNER brought under the notice of the
house the extensive importation and sale of fire-arms go-
ing on in Ireland. Such importation and sale were calcu-
lated to excite much alarm.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the state of Ireland was
most anxiously considered by the Government, and the
prevalence of the sale of arms had not been overlooked ;
but they had not deemed it necessary to resort to any ex-
traordinary measures to secure the public peace, such as
an Arms Bill or Coercion Bill. The outrages now com-
mitted were rather the result of an insufficiency of food
than any dissatisfaction arising out of agrarian differences
—the fact being that agrarian outrages had diminished in-
stead of increased within the last year. There was no po-
litical excitement at present, and the existing laws were
sufficient to preserve the peace of Ireland.
Mr. SHAW thought the state of Ireland most unsatis-
factory, and that the Government had acted indiscreetly
in giving up those powers which former Governments
had possessed.
A motion of a formal nature was agreed to.
Mr. BRIGHT moved for a select committee to inquire
into the progress of the cultivation of cotton in India.
Sir J. HOEHOUSE made no opposition to the appoint-
ment of the committee.
Lord G. BENTINCK quoted the opinion of Mr. Huskis-
eon, that if we gave due protection to the cotton culture
of our East Indian empire we should have net only suffi-
cient for our own manufactures, but for the consumption
of the whole world. The noble lord also impressed upon
the house the important fact that every bale of cotton
brought from India would come in British vessels. He
suggested that the committee, if appointed, should consi-
der the question of railway communication in India, and
inquire whether, by restoring the duty on American cot-
ton, and by reducing the land tax-in India, we might not
obtain cotton from a country that would take from us our
manufactured articles in payment instead of the gold, aye,
the new sovereigns demanded by America.
At this period of the discussion the house was counted
out

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HOUSE OF LORDS.—Fnmay.
The committee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill was
resumed.
Lord CLaxciarry asked if, as a consequence of the
success of the amendment of Lord Monteagle on the pre-
wious evening, the medical relief to the able-bodied out-
door poor was to be temporary or permanent ?
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he could not pre-
sume to answer the question. The noble lord must ask
bis noble friend who had moved the amendment.
Lord MONTEAGLE said that the portion of the bill re-
lating to medical relief ought to be permanent.
Earl GREY, in an animated tone, expressed his surprise
that a noble lord so acute as his noble friend should have
moved an amendment which it now appeared had thrown
the whole bill into such confusion that he could not him-
self understand it. The public feeling, however, in fa-
vour of the hill was too strong, and would ultimately
compel its adoption, however dexterous might be the ma-
noeuvres by which some noble lords might endeavour to
effect its defeat.
On the 11th clause, which provides that in all cases
where the rates should exceed 2s. 6d. in the pound per