Glasgow Courier. — 1847-02-04 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

IRISH P•UPERB IN LIVERPOOL. UGLIAM then presented a r rates, and a number of highly tetel, complaining of the influx The petition stated that in 14 I came over from Ireland (being ire of Thursday last, when upwards in two steamers. The petitioners eve that thousands of persons wen ng their Way to the various seaports et' seeking their food in this country, t They therefore prayed their Lordships , and expressed a hope that Parliament would not at !wising a law by which the people of Ireland as well England should be compelled to support their own he subject of a poor-law for Ireland he would not ex. ion until the proper moment arrived for discussing it. ) grievance to the people of Liverpool was ofan exis character, for, although under a recent act these sent back, yet the expense of their maintenance be done, and the expense of their timnsmission, ly upon the rate-payers. Bit was aware the public ed that the land of Ireland ought to be taxed for the Irish poor, but that Would be only taxing the landrer, because the Mortgagee would call in his mortL proposition Was a species of cheap humanity that of a saying of Lord Elibank's that there were two ffi most people were exceedingly generous—other y and theip own advice. (A laugh.) These persons ung t_te right of the poor to he fed, but he denied ,h.e Poor man to be fed, unless by his own labour. ,ent were not bound to feed the poor, or even to find :Hear, hear.) The only duty of the Government in is to remove all obstacles in the way of the people For themselves. Some persons were calling out for works in Irela, and .otkets demanded a loan of making MS' railways: :He would not stop to hr these.letter bad Arst-Itsis&Alsarea in the Irish wished to seise tli priceibTthem. But he warned it all the millions they might give would not stop the se who were crying for food. He trusted that what* Lordettips mighttake respecting the maintenance poor would be in the right direction, and that they ffer themselves either to be driven or coaxed and any other by compliments to their humanity. He complaints would soon be heard from Glasgow, istol, and other ports, unless some measure could be ,eeking the immigrnonn of Irish paupers. as of WESTffir as a representative peer of tted that t/' Liverpool had a grievance. its though' .race It to the landed proprietd, but aot lie at their door, but at the law irected against the management as, they could not escape. There reatest atfficuity in putting the law in force for the lealits at will. There was much delay at first occalength of the notice required, and even after verdict it was not always easy to eject the defendants, where my persons interested in opposing the execution of even where that was effected there was the utmost tting a new tenant, so fear* were the people of being hat it was not unusual for a landlord to put a person m his own account, thus rendering him liable to vioSaps to be murdered. He could mention a case which difficulty of putting the I tvr in force. He had, himh delay and unnecessary expense, recovered vffidicts eersons who were on his land. Some of those were odged in prison. They applied under the Insolvent ey were nmly called on to give up possession of the cy got men to come forward and swear they were sion of it, and the Court believed those witnesses. :nee was, that the men were discharged, and they took possession of the land again. He contended I just that the landlords should be called on to bear den of the consequences of a state of things which erless to prevent. He said this with every feeling s an Irishman for the efforts which the English were igate the existing distress in Ireland; but for his own say give him his estate, and he would not ask the or money. He felt it to be his duty on all occlusions, he present, to rise and enter his protest against the d imputations that were constantly cast upon the s. UGHAM disclaimed having cast any imputation on of Ireland. ships then adjourned.  the  were  .6 stated , had were at the present  Ireland  with  , and, if possible, -a to interfere  be n Id be  ATH, .a town of c they could said it did a which were d' and from which  SE OF