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HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuesnAv

Colonel DUNNE moved for the appointment of a select
committee to inquire into the working and efficiency of
the Poor Law in Ireland.

The motion was opposed by the Government, and, after
a debate, was negatived by a majority of sixty-four ; the
numbers being- 165 to 101. _ _ _ _

After some discussion, on the motion of Mr. NEWDE-
GATE, a select committee was appointed to enquire
the law and custom of different parts of the United K
dom, as between out-going and in-coming tenants
also as between landlord and tenant in referent
exhausted improvements or deterioration of

to un-

premises occupies

[[or agricu

purposes

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-
Mr. P. SCROPE reiterated the charges, which
formerly retracted, against Mr. Walsh, a land
barony of Ennis, for having ejected between 5,
tenants froM hi; property. S

-WEDNESDA

;_aiething be eto th, 6ecretary o f Austrian Lon at P had
prevent occurrences of such a description,must whichdon could been assassinated. Atthe Palermo theegati provisionalesaro govern.
only be rivalled in such countries as Algeria. . merit had called a Sicilian parliament to prepare a project
Mr. MONSELL descanted on the utter insufficiency of of constitution, the one offered by Naples having been
the Poor Law in the county of Mayo. and passed some definitively refused.
censures on the inconsistency of Mr. Scrope in bringing Accounts from Messina state that fighting re-corn-
such censures forward, and in then voting, as he had done menced on the 22nd ult., and that tinthinO,

ing of t

Life oaring to toe pcopie. Iney were well provided with
all the necessary material of war. Their guns were heavy,
well directed, and well manned ; and although the Nea-
politans fired well, the overwhelming force of the people
rendered their exertions useless_ ~F

Sir G. GREY defended the conduct and vote of Mr.
S rope, and deprecated the renewal of last night's debate
on this or.c,a-ion.

A guerilla fire was then kept up for some time against were killed ; of the latter the loss was not so great At
Mr. P. Scrope by Mr. T. W. Egerton, Mr. S. O'Brien. eight o'clock Fort Reale fell by assault. At ten the Ar-
Mr. Stafford, and Mr. Wakley, and returned by Mr. F. serial was taken, and an hour after Terra Nova. All the
O'Connor and Sir W. Somerville. outworks of the other torts, except that of San Salvadore.
The Poor Removal Bill was then read a second time. were taken. Notice was given by the people to the cora...,
The order of the day was then read for resuming the manders of the different ships of war, that at half-past 3
debate on Mr. Anstey's monster motion. p.m. on that day the people would make their attack on
Previously to entering upon the manifold charges pre- the citadel ; but the result is unknown, as half an hour
ferred against him, Lord PALMERSTON informed the before the attack the Neapolitan steamer left the harbour.
House, in reply to a question which bad been put to him To judge, however, from former successes, the opinion
in private by Mr. Wakley, tLat he had no reason to be. was that the people would remain victors against the
lieve: that any personal violence had been offered to any troops.
British subjects resident in Paris during the late occur- Naples was quiet. Lord Minto was to leave irnme-
rencies in that capital. He then apologised to the House diately for Palermo, to negotiate matters with the com-
for detaining it with a discussion on transactions 20 years mittee of that city.
old at a time when events of overwhelming interest were
succeeding each other with unexampled rapidity. The INDIA AND EGYPT.
topics to which Mr. Anstey had called the attention of By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have advices
the House were 40 in number, had been the subject of from Bombay to the Ist of February. The intelligence
139 discussions in Parliament, and were contained in a is of no great moment, and there has been a sort of
correspondence filling 2,775 folio volumes of official interregnum in political affairs occasioned by the entrance
papera. It would not be consistent with his duty to lay into office of the new, and the retirement of the late
before the House the secret papers for which Mr. Anstey Governor-General.
moved ; but if the House should think it right to appoint Lord Hardinge left Calcutta on the 18th of January.
-ret committee to look into all those transactions, lie Subscriptions for a statue to be erected at CalcUtta in his
_jection whatever to such a committee. honour had reached the au r. of 2,0001. within a few days
He then proceeded to deny the truth of all the chaives from their COMMAnePrnpnt at 0

should have no ob

preferred against

lira, warning t:

matters

that if there was any want of arrangement in his defence,
it was the necessary consequence of the want of arrange- AM PICA.—By the packet-ship Cambridge, Captain
rnent in Mr. Anstey's attack. The noble lord then vindi- Peabody, we have advices from New York to the
cated himself from the covert insinuations, the direct 16th ultimo. --The royal mail steam-ship Hibernia, Capt.
taunts, and the grossly- calumnious accusations of Mr. Shannon, was seen going into New York en the evening
Anstev and Mr. Urquhart, in a masterly seech of great of the 16th.—The town of Orizaba had been taken pos-
eloquence and power, which occupied five hours and a half session of.
in delivery. His lordship was accompanied throughout SpA IN.—Madrid mails of the 26th have arrived, andbring
by the sympathies of the House. At the close of his
a report of a formidable and unexpected Carlist move-
speech,
went at Ignalada, the largest town of the Catalan princi-
Lord D. STUART moved the adjournment of the debate
pality, governed by 1600 men. It was successfully enter-
amidst loud cries of " No, no," and " Divide, divide," ed, on the night of the 21st, by 300 Matines, and at the
but before any decision could be come to, same times by two other parties of insurgents.
The SPEAK ER informed the House that it was 6 o'clock, AUSTRlA.—lntelligence received from Vienna, states
and vacated the chair : and thus this " monster motion" that owing to the menetary and political crisis which is
seems likely to terminate without any result, for the now pending in Austria, the imperial family have, from
debate was not even adjourned. 1 their private property, placed the sum of c- 1. ,dred

Jne nu-
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million florins at the disposal of the minister of finance. OF LORDS.—TRURSDAY. • The house of Este alone advanced thirty millions of this
Petitions were presented against any alteration in the
sum. Disturbances have taken place in Styria, and addi-
navigation laws; in favor of an alteration of the area of tional troops have been ordered there.
taxation under the poor-law in Ireland; against the cir- The Sydney papers received on Wednesday to the 30th.
of October, give little intelligence of prominent interest.
culatiou of the bull In Ccena Domini ; against any Increase
of the property tax; and for protection to the West An expectation seemed to be entertained that Sir Charles
India Colonies. Fitzroy might be induced to resign, on account of the in-
The New Zealand Bill passed through committee. . disposition of Lady Fitzroy, but nothing certain was
The consolidated fund bill was read a second time. known at the date of these advices. The latest shipping
'reports speak of several vessels being laid on with produce
... for London. From the interior the news is tolerably sa-
tisfactory At Moreton Bay the shearing season had
The price current among the masters was

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TnuasnAY.
Petitions were presented in favour of the abolition of
the Income Tax, in favour of the Hea of Towns Bill, .?mmenced

against any increase in th

against

per score wi

ry rations, and 4s

`or was

admission of Jews into Parliament. 'r
' ing. The fine weather," it is said, "wilt enable the
Mr. F. O'CONNOR gave notice that, on the 17th March, stockholders to get through the shearing with expedition,
he should ask leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws and there is no doubt should it continue favourable, that
relating to friendly societies. the whole of the year's clip will be secured two or three
Mr. S. ADAIR asked whether it was the intention of months earlier than last y ar.
Government to make any alteration in the law relating to TERMINATION OF THE KAFFIR WAR.—We announced
the relief of casual poor in parishes in the country. this gratifying fact in our express edition last week. We
Mr. C. BULLER said the question was under the con- learn that the whole of the Kaffir chiefs had assembled at
sideration of government, and he trusted that a bill King William's Town, where they were met by Sir H.
relating to it would be brought in during the present ses- Smith, who addressed the chiefs and upwards of 2000
Kaffirs unarmed, on the 24th Decembe, -4 hav;”-

_....,,., and having pro-
duced a staff and serjeant's halbert, he upbraided several
Mr. COCFIRANE then moved for copies of certain de-
of the chiefs for their faithless conduct in the observances
spatches which have passed between Sir Edward Lyons
of their engagements, and then offered them their election
and the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in
of peace or war. The staves were emblematical of war
in relation to the affairs of Greece, which was acceded to.
A mixed conversational discussion followed on a propo- and peace ; they might choose which they pleased. The
chiefs accepted the staff of peace, and Sir H. Smith de-
sition by Sir R. Inglis, for the appointment of a cam-