The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-09 00:00:00

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from_the mayor, railway in

magistrates, and

tants of Liverpool

number of highly respectable 'nimbi-
miplaining of the influx of Irish pan-
The petition stated that in four-
lan 11,104 paupers came over from.

had passed as tar bad as eleven year* ugu, .....
of railway had as yet been completed, with 164 miles in
process of construction. During the same period about
2600 miles of railway had been completed in England and

pers. into tha

ieeti days no fewer t

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Ireland; (being at the rate' of 800 a day,) exclusive of Scotland, while new acts had been obtained tor me con-
Thursday last, when upwards of 1,100 were brought over struction of 4600 miles. lie entered into a number of
in two steamers. The petitioners stated they had reason calculations showing the number of men which the cour-
t° believe that thousands of persons were at the present pletion of the contemplated railways would employ ; the
moment begging their way to the various seaports of Ire- rate of interest at which money might be profitably ad-
land with the intention of seeking their food in this vanced by the Government, and the immense benefits
country, and, if possible, in Liverpool. They therefore which the system he advocated would hold out to the pub-
prayed their lordships to interfere for their relief, and ex- lic over the one now' being acted on by the Government.
pressed a hope that Parliament would not separate with- As to the sedition of which they heard so much in Ire-
cut passing a law by which the people of Ireland as well land, let them only fill the bellies of the Irish people with
as the people, of England should be compelled to support good beef and mutton, with wheaten bread ar.d good
their own poor. Upon the subject of a poor-law for Ire- strong beer, and their pockets with .English gold, with
land he would not express any opinion until the proper which to purchase necessaries for himself and family, and
animent arrived for discussing it. Meanwhile the griev- he, the Saxon, would answer with his head for the loyalty

ance-t1 the peopl
atter ; f

of the Irish people.
Mr. HUDSON seconded the motion.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL agreed with the noble lord that
the establishment of railways in Ireland would be of im-
mense benefit to the country: In a case of extreme des-
titution like the present, however, it would not be wise

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