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Public.—1$a.$ Public Houses.


 * 3$a.$ and passed:—Sugar Duties.


 * Private.—1$a.$ Sudbury Improvements; London and Greenwich Railway.


 * 2$a.$ Thames Haven Dock and Railway Company; York Cathedral; Carlow Roads; Birmingham Free Grammar School Estate; Lord Southampton's Estate.


 * Reported.—Britwell Salome Inclosure; Kilmington Inclosure; Ferrybridge and Broughbridge Road.


 * 3$a.$ and passed:—Church Stretton and Langden Road; Guarantee Society; Market Harborough and Brampton Road; Bólton and West Houghton Road; Hinckley Roads; Leicester and Ashby-de-la-Zouch Road; Holywell Roads; Metropolitan Wood Paving Company; Paterson's Estate.

. From Wainfled, against the Income-tax.

THE QUEEN'S LETTER — DISTRESS (IRELAND).]

Lord Cloncurry begged to ask of the noble Duke opposite, whether any part of the money collected under the Queen's Letter, would be distributed amongst the people of Ireland? The Duke of Wellington was unable to answer the question, no notice having been given by the noble Lord of his intention to make the inquiry. He would give the noble Lord the information which he required at the next sitting of the House.

Lord Fitzgerald thought that the noble Lord, before he repeated his question, should consider its tendency. The inquiry which he made was in effect, whether subscriptions made in England and Wales, to relieve the distresses of the people of this country, should be expended amongst the poor of Ireland. Such a proposition ought to be well considered before it was suggested to the House.

Lord Cloncurry said, that subscriptions had been made in Ireland, which had been found to be totally inadequate to supply the wants of the people. Those wants were of the most melancholy description, and were chiefly owing to the income of gentlemen being spent out of the country.

The Earl of Radnor said, that before the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Property Tax Bill was proposed, he would beg to put one or two questions on matters of detail, to which he thought answers would be desirable. He found that in VOL. LXIV