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"; 41- de. 1 *. .. L ~. Ati4,. - SI 4: . { Arr4 oCIFf • ' fs;', 1 1"•• is -Jr '`- '^~` 1 1, -10 fitsv.!l.4 Ohl \ . ja NACU o b i orDICATZ Q 1 , 7 c. 0 2b 178. `TO. 13,758. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1831. PRICE 71l PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY, ST. GEORGE'S FIELDS, SURREY. President, His Grace the DUKE of LEEDS, K.O. Treuuter, SAMUEL BUSANQUET, Eq. On THURSDAY MORNING, MAY b, 1831, a Performance of SACRED MUSIC, for the benefit of this Institution,will take place in the SOCIETY'S CHAPEL, under the direction of Sir GEORGE SMART, Organist to His Majesty's Chapels Royal, and Mr. GEORGE CLELAND, Organist of the Society's Chapel—Pnix cast VOCAL Pziroluttas, Miss STEPHENS, Madame STOCK HAUSEN, and Mrs. W. ENYVETT, Mr. BRAHAM, Mr. W. KNYVETT, Mr. HORNCASTLE, Mr. E. TAYLOR, and Mr. PHILLIPS. Organ Solo—Mr. CLELAND. Trumpet—Mr. HAR. PER. Double Drums—Mr. CHIPP. The CHORUS will be se lected from the Performers in the Concerts of Ancient Music, Ac. assisted by the Young Gentlemen of His Majesty's Chapels Royal and it. Paul's Cathedral. Sir GEORGE . : SMART will preside at the Organ. _ _ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. plan of reform, but had they heard one word of it from thos gentlemen before the present bill was introduced ? (Hear) All, how ever, were now agreed that the people were not duly represented in that house. ( Hear.) The hon. member for Preston had raid, on a former occasion, that the people were going mad for the ministers' plan of re form ; he now said there were 200,000 people in the country who said they were not satisfied with this reform. He believed, with the excep tion of those 200,000, there were no persons of that opinion in the king dom. He was confident the whole population of the kingdom approved of the principle of the present plan of reform. (Hear.) Sir A. PEEL said it was of great importance that the Louse should understand whether new representatives were to be given to Scotland and Ireland, and the members of England diminished. He hoped the mem bers for England would not, from false liberality, allow such a measure to pass without the fullest discussion : (Hear, hear.) He wished the noble lord to state whether the population of the boroughs was to be taken by the parishes, and whether government meant to take the sense of the house on the question whether the full number of English mem bers was to be preserved. Would the house be called to decide that question by a division ? ittALTHORP said k was intended to take the population of pa ird where they were neipally town and not county. The alteration this would make in sc hedules A. and B. would be small ; but it was intended to give members to an additional number of towns, and to keep the balance even by giving members to an additions! num ber of counties. There would still be a curtailment of the present num ber of members of the house, and in that way it would be submintd to the house; but it the house should decide that the full number of mem bers should be kept up, the government would conform to the wish of the house.—( Hear, hear.) Sir R. PEEL:said that would be a new bill. New towns were to get representatives and additional representatives were to be given to more counties. This was so much a new bill that it certainly required that the house should not be called on to decide it without further considers tion.—(Hear, hear.) Lord ALTHORP said there was no intention to take the house by surprise. On Monday the alterations should be fully stated, and if further time was required for consideration it would readily be agreed to.—(Hear, hear.) Gen. GASCOYNE hoped time would be given for consideration, and he should certainly make his motion against changing the relative pro portions of members for England, Soothind, and Ireland. Tickets, Seven Shillings each, to be had at the Institution in St. Georges's Fields ; and at the Principal Music Shops.—Further Par ticulars will be duly announced. HOUSE OF LORDS, Aran. 13. Lord WYNFORD again occupied the place of the Loin CHAN' ciLLoit, who is expected in town to-morrow, (this day). The Earl of HARDWICKE presented a petition from the county of Cambridge, in favour of Parliamentary Reform. Lord ROLLS presented a petition from Exeter against Reform. The noble lord said be entirely concurred in the prayer of the petition; in his lordship's opinion, more benefit would be conferred on the com munity, by • repeal of malt duty, and assessed taxes. Lord SHELMEREIDALE presented a petition from a parish in Manchester against the Reform Bill ; also a petition from the Proles. tent Dissenters of St. Paul's Chapel, Wigan, against slavery. Lord FAVERSHAM presented various petitions for - Reform io Parliament, from Staffordshire. Wigan, and other places. Lord KING presented about 100 petitions front various Congrega tions of Dissenters, praying for the abolition of slavery. The Bilk on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordshir Adjourned. I' HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. LYTTLETON moved for a new writ for Sussex, in the room of W. Buttazu., Esq. and Mr. CA LCRAFT presented a petition from Wareham, praying that their franchise might be granted so far as to return one member. The Marquis of CHANDOS presented a petition from Chipping Wycombe, Bucks, praying it might not be excluded from sending re. presentatives. Met) one from the Rev. Sir H. lees, against the Re. form Bill. Mr. COOPER presented a petition from the County of Sligo against the Reform Bill. He concurred in the petition, and said it was a mistaken representation to state that the Protestants of the north of Ireland approved of the Bill. Many petitions, he expected, would soon arrive to prove the contrary. He also presented one from Kilwar den, County Sligo, complaining of the severe distress there. Mr.PRITTIE presented a similar petition from the Grand Jury, &c. of Tipperary. Lord BRABAZON presented two petitions from parishes in Dublin, for the repeal of the Act of Union. Mr. WESTERN presented a petition from the County of Essex, in favour of the Reform Bill. The sense of the county was decidedly in favour of the Bill. The friends of moderate reform were its most insi dious enemies. He was for the Bill—the whole Bill—and nothing but the Bill. He was sorry to have heard the Noble Lord (Russell) give some intimation about alteration of the Bill ; but he trusted nothing would be permitted that would change the character of the Bill. Mr- TYRRELL admitted the respectability and unanimity of the meeting. As to the Reform Bill, it had been reformed. Whether he should oppose the reformed bill, he could not say, for he did not know what that would be. H. COLLIER, Superintendent. METROPOLITAN CONVEYANCING, CHANCERY, PAR LIAMENTARY, AND COMMON LAW OFFICE, 41, STAMFORD-STREET, LONDON. ANY Merchants, Tradesmen, and others, having sus tained very considerable loss in allowing the contraction of Debts on Credit, to recover which, by the usual process of law, they are exposed to great risk and expense, to the well-known prejudice of mer cantile and other transanctions—THOMAS TOOKE, Solicitor, of 41, Stamford.street, begs to announce that be has been requested by many of his Clients and Friends to limit one part of his practice to the recovery of Small Debts exclusively. In adopting the suggestion, Mr. TOOKE begs to add, that he pur poses reviving the practice of County Courts by Writ of JUSTICES, under which Debts to any amount may be recovered, and other causes of action tried thereby : and It is worthy of remark, that the Writ of Justicies may be directed to the Sheriff of any English County or City. With reference to the expense attending the summary and effective proceeding by Writ of Junkies, it is worthy of remark, also, that under no ordinary circumstance can the same exceed EIOIIT POUNDS, and the plaintiff can rely upon a final decision of his suit within the space of a few weeks at that comparatively trifling risk and expense. In order therefore to bring into general usage, and to establish so useful a branch of practice, Mr. TOOKE solicits the pa tronage of the public, that the tendency may be that of affording to the honest, but unfortunate Defendant, the means of arranging with his Creditors, and to the latter a guarantee against the great risk and ex ense attending the Institution of Suits in the Superior Courts, the effect of which, has in too many instances proved ruinous to both parties. Conveyances, &c. expeditiously prepared at the following unpreee dente:Hy low expense., which include all charges for attendances, &c. Lease and Counterpart £3 13 6 Assignment of a Lease with £1 stamp .. 2 12 8 Mortgage of a Lease, with 1.1 duty Conveyance of Freehold Property, exclusive of duty 4 14 6 Mr. WELLESLEY said the question of Reform had made ex traordinary, rapid, and vigorous progress. He had not influenced the calling of the meeting. He most entirely concurred in all the provi sions of the great measure. Mr. STAN LEY regretted that the Noble Paymaster of the Forces (Lord J. Russell) was not present, but it was not the Intention of the government, in the slightest degree, to deviate from the rule they bad laid down, particularly for the disfranchisement of certain boroughs, and the partial disfranchisement of other boroughs. If boroughs should be included in the representation, it would be because they retained Chancery, Parliamentary, Common Law, and other Business, transacted as usual. MONEY. Mr. TOOKE also informs the Public, that upon Property, whether real or personal (if at all eligible), he will advance, or cause to be ad. vanccd, sums varying from One Hundred Pounds to any amount. All Letters are requested to be forwarded free. A PLEASING APPEARANCE. THE most delightful, pleasant, and effectual remedy for the removal of all Eruptions In the Face, for clearing the Skin, and for improving the most delicate Complexion, is MRS. VINCENT'S CELEBRATED OOWLAND'S LOTION, It is used, adopted, and recommended, by most Ladles of Fashion in the United Kingdom, it is powerfully efficacious in rendering the Skin delightfully cool and refreshing, thoroughly exterminating Eruptions, Tan Freckels, Pimples, Redness, and all Cutaneous Imperfections, it gives to the Face a Roseate Bloom, and imparts a matchless and pleasing appearance to the Complexion. 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The fond mother, sympa thizing with her tender offspring in its writhing agonies, will be lost in astonishment at the value of this discovery. It is introduced at the lowest price by the Proprietor, from the pure intention of rendering a universal benefit to this class of sufferers, who ever claim our warm est sympathy. The following Letter will prove it is! The Mother's Best Companion for the Nursery.' No. 1, Queen's Row, Palmer's Village, Westminster, Nov. 7, 1830, Stn—ln hopes that all parents will try the same remedy, 1 have thought it my duty to inform you that your Golden Balm has wrought the greatest wonder in my Child, aged 7 months, in taking one bottle only. I cannot describe the agony she erdured from her gums before its use. Night after night she depeved me of rest by constant crying, and nothing seemed to give her a ruenient'e ease, and 1 was often afraid she would expire in convulsion fits. Her gums were very hard, and much swelled and inflamed. She had wasted away to a mere shadow. But, Sir, only judge of my astonishment ! A few drops rubbed on her gums gave her inunediute ease. I applied it two or three times a day always with the same effect ; her bos,ls, which were very costive, be came regulated ; and I thank God the chili. is fast recovering its flesh, and strength. She has since rut two teeth with considerable ease. In writing this I perform a duty I owe to you and the public. Your humble servant. Witness, Sarah Harford. MARV CA RTE R. The above article, and the " Balsamic Elixir," as stated below, are prepared by the Proprietor, Henry CongrevP, so, College -street, Chelsea, with the greatest care. from the original recipes, his late father having been a medical man of very respectable, extensive, and sue essiul practice, during a period of more than a quarter of a century. Ile public may confidently rely on their intrinsic value, which, in private practice, and since their public introduction, have been de veloped in an astonishing degree. Sold in bottles, at 13id. each, by most of the respectable wholesale dad retail Medicine Venders in London and the United Kingdom. From whom may be bad, CONG REV E'S BALSAMIC ELIXIR, so justly celebrated for the cure of Coughs, limping Cough, Shortness of Breath, Astbmas, and all Disorders of the Chest and Lung., for which it is an infallible remedy ; price Is. I ed. 26.9 d. and 4s. 6d. the bottle. N.H.None are genuine unless signed by the proprietor, in bit own " Hears , Cohoaavir," across the Government Stamps. secs within the line. If the number of the house, were to be ri ass franchise would be returned to large and populous towns. (Cheers.,) Sir E. SLTUDEN said, that these changes altered every principle of the bill; it was, in every sense, a new bill. There had been petitions for the whole bill, and nothing but the bill; and what wee the bill now proposed ? what had come of the unanimous opinion of the people ! what had the hon. member for Preston told them, that except those who had franchises given to them, all the people were against it. What was the bill which they were to go into a committee upon ? not the bill they had before discussed. As to the boroughs to be disfranchised, he had riwnya been of opinion that it never was in. tended to touch those boroughs: they were retained, e' a Bank" to be dealt out to pacify particular discontent. Mr. CAMPBELL denied that the principle of the Bill was altered The principle was to destroy nominations to seats—rotten boroughs.— and corruption—and that was retained. Mr. O'CONNELL said, this was a true description of the Bill, and its principle remained unchanged. It would remove the base Borougbmongering faction to the traffic in seats, to compromises for the expenses of elections by sales of future seats—by arrangements to get Peerages. (Cheers). Arrangements that might even go the awful length of securing judicial appointments. (Loud cheers.) — That base traffic would be destroyed for ever by this Bill. As to what the Member for Preston had said, he could not view those Re formers as the genuine Reformers of England; because they did not get votes they selfishly turned round upon the bilL Lord VALLETORT said, the principle of the Bill would be ma terially changed by giving more Members to towns—it would destroy the agricultural interests in that House. Mr. NORTH wished to know whether the Irish Bill was to be al tered ? Mr. STANLEY repeated, that the principle of the Bill would be retained. Mr. HUNT said, the hon. Gentleman for Weymouth quoted him as good authority, though, about a week ago his authority was good for nothing with that hon. gentleman. What he had stated was, that in travelling through Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Lancashire, he met large .bodies ,of people, who one and all, when he put the ques tion, whether the bill brought forward by ministers would benefit them, and whether they were satisfied, always said they were not; and' that if they were not allowed to return members themselves they would rather they should be returned by the landhowners than by the shopkeepers, who were the most likely to be corrupted of any class of the people. He would always state facts, regardless how they act, whether to the right or left. "He would rather be a dog and bay the moon," than not speak his sentiments in that house. He was sorry to see the hon. member for Waterford, who was brought into parliament to support universal suffrage and vote by ballot, now feel. log pain at hearing these great measures advocated. For his part, not only if he had a government prosecution banging over him, but if he was going to the scaffold, he would advocate the cause of the whole people. (Hear, hear.) He was sorry to find the hon. member for IVuterford departing from this principle. (Great cheering from the Opposition.) General GASCOYNE said, he understood from the noble lord yes terday, that the relative numbers of the Members for England, Iceland and Scotland, should not be changed. Till it was known shut was to be done with the disfranchised members, he would never agree to the disfranchisement. In Liverpool, at this moment, there was very great doubt amongst the lower orders of the people whether this measure would be for their advantage. (Great laughter.) Lord ALTHOItP said lie was not in the }loose when his Noble Friend made the statement to which the Gallant General alluded : but he WAS confident his Noble Friend did not state that It was the Mien lion of Government to keep up the present number of the House. It was found that some of the population returns were inaccurate, and that, according to the principle laid down, some few boroughs now in the schedule would not be disfranchised, and, of course, those boroughs would still return, and so far increw.e the proposed number of mem bers ; and if the House should insist on having a greater number of members, Government would propose a greater number of populous places for representation. Lord STORMONT wished to know whether the new members were to be given to towns, or to counties, or to both ; and whether in Eng land, or Scotland, or all three ? Lord A LTHORP said. the addition if the house compelled an ad dition to be made, should be made by,giving representatives to populous places, principally large towns, and probably wholly in England. 111 r. Alderman WOOD said, the friecds of the late ministers were, in the City today, in a state of great exultation at what they called the confusion of Ministers on the reform question. Their exultation to-day, if possible, exceeded their long faces on the second reading of the bill ; and certainly he never before saw such long faces as on that night (laughter). Every thing that could give the late ministers a chance of tooling back wits caught at, however absurd. He thought the alterations to be made in the bill were all improvements, and not at all a change in the principles of the bill. ( Hear.) Mr. FERGUSON cdd, there was no principle of the bill broken in on by not insisting on diminishing the number of members of that house. He hoped a greater number of members would be given to Scotland and Ireland, but that was entirely for the committee to conider. When the proposition of 4., members was fixed for Scotland, her proportion to the revenue was one-fortieth—now it is between orie.sixth and une.seventh. The whole state of Scotland was changed, and her representation de manded change also. MI the hon. gentlemen on the other side were non-reformers, and they contm..ally cheered the hon. member for Pm ton, who was for universal suffrage, though they would not go so far themselves as the present bill. They all now heard of a moderate TRAFFICKING IN SEATS. Sir S. SUDDEN said he could not have supposed that the hon. member for Waterford should have made indirect charges against him on newspaper statements, the truth of which he had denied, Instead of bringing forward any charge he had to make manfully. The hon. gent. indirectly charged him with having procured his seat in Parliament by improper means. He denied the charge, and with having sought it as ' the means of obtaining judicial station. It was well known that he was not desirous of obtaining judicial station, or he might have done it —for it had been offered him. He was desirous of winning his way by his own exertions ; but it was not right that he should be attacked in that house after he had denied the truth of the statements. There was an attack on him in the *I fetes newspaper that day, four-fifths of which were utterly false. (Hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL said a person had called on him with docu ments which he wished him to read, but wished his name to be con. waled ; he refused to look at the documents, as he never would act on anonymous information. The person then allowed his name, which is 1 Norton, to be used ; and showed him letters, which he stated to be in the hand-writing of the hon. member for Weymouth, and which he (31r. O'Connell) had no reason to doubt were written by him, and these letters clearly moved the fact of that hon. member's trafFeking for his seat in that House, and the expeoces of his election to be paid out of the produce of other seats. He saw the same thing in print, and not contradicted. He found the hon. gentleman one of the most strenuous advocates of the vile system in which he was himself a dealer, and he used his published letters as public documents in proof of the vileness and baseness of the practices he stipported; and he would continue to do so. Would the Hon. Gentleman second his motion for the appoint. went of a Special Committee to inquire into his conduct? He then gave him notice that he would more for such a Committee. Sir E. SL'GDEN said, if such language as the Hon. Gentleman had used was to be tolerated in that house, it was indeed time that a Reform should take place, but not such a Reform as that Hon ourable Gentleman propo sed. He did not believe the Hon ourable Gentleman when he aaid he had seen the letters he mentioned. It was scandalously false to Ray that he had not paid the expenses of his own election. He assured the house, on his honour, he had paid them all. He never kept copies of his letters—they were ge nerally written in court. The learned gentleman said he had not denied the letters. He was confident he had not written some of those he was charged with having written ; but he denied the truth of the whole statement. The honourable gentleman attacked him because he was doing his duty in opposing the bill, and when the ministers opposed his bill for vote by ballot or universal suffrage, he would attack them as he attacked him. Mr. HUME thought the language of the member for Weymouth was an infringement of the orders of the house, when he told the member for Waterford that he did not believe he had seen any letters of his to the purport he had stated. He wished the Speaker to say whether such language was parliamentary. The SPEAKER said, that having been appealed to he must give his opinion that when a member of the house was accused on letters not produced, it was not unparllamentary for him to say they did not exist, or that he did not believe they had been seen. He must say that if there was disorder in the house he thought it most existed in the speech of the hon. member for Waterford. (Hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he thought it due to the honour of the house, that the charges made against the bon. member fur Wey mouth should be inquired into ; and he hoped the hon. member for Waterford would bring forward his motion for a Committee, when be hoped the learned member for Weymouth would be able to vindicate himself. Sir EDWARD SUDDEN said, the House w uld observe, that if the learned member for Waterford moved for such a committee, it was not from any regard for the purity of that house, but for the purpose of a personal attack upon him. He hoped the noble lord opposite (Lord John Russell) would go further in the inquiry, and not make it • personal matter. How, for instance, did his learned successor pro cure his seat in that house ; was it by an appeal to the people, or by the payment of a sum ef money ? How did the member for Bleching ly, when he vacated his seat, en his acceptance of office, obtain his re turn to that house ? He hoped the noble lord would not lend himself to a partial proceeding, but would make it a general measure. Lord JOHN RUSSELL.—As a Member of Parliament I am anxious to prevent the sale of seats in this house; and when the learned gentleman tells me I should make it a general measure, my answer is I am making it a general measure, and for that purpose brought in the bill now before the House. (Great cheering.) The learned gentleman has mentioned the borough of Blechingly; but if he will look at Sche• dulc A. in that bill, he will find Blechingly to be disfranchised.— As the Learned Gentleman recommends a general measure to prevent the sale of seats, I confidently expect his support, even though late, to the bill before the house. (Great cheers.) OATH/ 1M EXCMS ♦III) CUSTOMS. Lord NUGENT, In moving for leave to bring in a bill to abo lish oaths in the collection of the excise and custom duties, said, it wa■ admitted by the competent authorities that such oaths were wholly useless as to protection of duty, and were • profanation of the Deity. They were found to diminish the natutal regard for truth. Within the last twelve months there were taken in ens. toms 101,696 oaths, and the excise 194,612. (Hear, hear.)And in many cases oaths sere administered to the parties accused or suspected, and by this means they lied lost all influence and were eon sidered as a mere matter of form, and gave no protection to the rc. venue. (Hear, hear.) The Boards of Customs and Excise wit littgly concurred in the abolition of all such oaths, and the bill he meant to introduce was drawn up on the authority of the Solicitors of those Boards. The general opinion in the country was, that persons were hired so swear to facts of which they were wholly ignorant, or known to be untrue. He believed the practice of hiring persons to swear to what they knew to be false was not common ; but that persons sweari-g to what they could not know to be true was very comition. The proposal of the Bowl of Customs was to abolish oaths and substitute declarations with penalties of 1001 annexed (bear). The person. longest acquainted with these boatels told him, they never knew • prosecution for perjury for the violation of those oaths, and they considered them no security; of course the security to the revenue would be increased by the penally. The noble lord concluded by moving for leave to brit:lain a bill to abolish the taking of oaths in the collection of the customs and excise duties. Mr. O'CONNELL congratulated the country on this commence ment of the abolition of thatsystem of abomination and perjury which had engrafted itself on all the institutions of the country. He hoped the inquiry would go farther, and that all unnecessary oaths would be abolished in the Universities, and that the youth of the country would not be familiarized with the profanation of the name of the Deity. Leave given to bring in the BBL , STATE OF SUMAS!). Mr. O'BRIEN rose to perform what he considered a painful duty to bring forward, the measure of which he bad given notice, regarding the state of Ireland. He had some diffidence in entering on the subject, as he having alibis family connections and relatives in that country, it might perhaps be Insinuated that be was impressed with interestedmotives. The disturbances that existed in Irelard were well Its own ; he reed not eru nitrate in particular the County of Clare. because the sante outrages would shortly extend themselves to every other county in that kit g dom. The bonoutable member said, that ht brought with him several provincial papers, which gave accounts of the present state of affairs its Ireland • and he was softy to say, that bad as these accoutas wire, by private letters which he had received, it was certain that these accounts were nowise exaggerated. The honourable member then reed an ex tract from a Limerick paper, we believe, which has already gone the round of the papers, detailing the daring attacks upon the dwelling. houses of the gentry in open day. and th fact of families being com pelled to leave their country house s , and to seek shelter in the towns. He had brought a number of private letters with him that he had received on the subject. but be would only read one of thin'. T'e honourable member read the letter, wbieh stated, that the organ se ' Uon of insurrection was complete in the country, and the writer gave it as his opinion, that now nothing but an increase of con - stabulary and military would put down the disturbance, for we .. cion was the only means that would be found effectual. Bodies of men, amounting to 3,000 or 4.1100, were in the habit of attacking houses in the middle of the day. To deny that the country was not now in a state of open rebellion, was contrary to fact; and where it would end baled fancy to imagin e The Insurrection Aet being put in force he feared would not now be sufficient, for when the guilty persons were perfectly ktoun, there was no one who would dare to come forward and give evidence the ag y zi ne nst w t ee hern ha . vg A b l een agis t ites perpeti migh atar t mast s oessin eriers, tbehigh bu wa rgke y those t whom , and all other delinquencies, at midday. but they bad not the poster to arrest' them. Depredations the most daring took place within a quarter of a mile of military stations. One - Instance bad occurred wiitin a little way of the house of the Hen. liksaftses father, en a house considered one if the best barricaded Maslow in the country. At midday the house was attacked v and fifteen steed of arms were taken away ; and in half an hour after, when the alarm was given, no one could be found who would doe to say eves in what dirtrion the depredate/a had made their room. ♦ hwtaight pee it had been petitioned for that the Insunewit n Act shouterbe plain festee but I; had not been granted ; if it had, it would have prevented all the disturbance that had since occurred, and have saved much bloodshed. He did not now ask for the operation of the Insurrection Act, but he asked for some law to prevent the ravages that were existing. He had been led to understand that the prevailing opinion in London was to siscrbe the cause of these commotions to the conduct of the landlords; but, from his own knowledge of the real state of affairs ' be thought that the landlords there were no worse than those of London or any where else. (Hear.) He did not stand up to screen those who might be guilty of opptesston, but he would ask the House to appoint a Committee of Inquiry, and to call evidence to enable them to judge for themselves. If it were asked what was the cause, he would say it was the poverty of the people. The poverty of the people had no parallel in any other civilized community, and the evil had been alarmingly increased by the effects of religious and political excitement, until they had been led to believe that there was no effective govern. went in the country. lie would ask the Government what they meant to do ? and if they would give him leave to have a committee to inquire into the state of the country. Emigration was one mode of relief that had been proposed, and another was colonization for the cultivation of waste lands; but neither of these would do much good. He was of opinion that the most efficient mewls would be found in a modified system of poor laws. Tile honourable member concluded by moving for the production of a paper—the copy of the memorial that had been presented front tl.e county of Elate, regarding the disturbances in Ireland. M r. STANLEY expressed his surprise that the hon. eentleman should have concluded with merely moving for that paper, To Its production there could be offered no reasonable objection. and he (Mr. Stanley) ac knowledged, that the representations of the disturbed coadition of the country were perfectly correct. The hon. gentleman had done the go vernment justice in his statement, in admitting that it had not been pre. cipitate in calling Into force the Insurrection Act, which was a measure that ought never to be resorted to but in cases of extreme neces. shy. The HOD. Secretary said that government had resorted to every mild measure • they had augmented the constabulary force, and had increased the number of the magistracy. He did not wish to say any thing disrespectful, but he could rot help expres sing his disapprobation of the conduct of those gentlemen who, instead of strengthening the bands of goverment, had aband stied their hom.*: it was setting a baneful example to those of smaller ;,ossessiens in the country. The precautionary measure of government, of in. creasing the number of the magistrates, nut having ar.awered the pt.r. pose, the Lord Lieutenant had taken a personal excursion ipso the country, and they were now waiting for Ins repot, for on it would depend much, whether or not the government ',timid consider it fleece. sary to come down to the house and a•k to have rt course to extreme met-. sures. It appears d to be a war of the lower against the high, r cut Its, and which the hon. gentleman had acknowl.di:ed was in a gr..sr it essure caused by political and religious excitement-, and yet he reflected on ministers, because they had not, on the first blush of discontent, re. sorted to the operation of the Insurrection Act; and now lie called for come more vigorous measure. The measure must be vigorous indeed, if the hon. gentleman was not to be contented with the insurrection Act. The Hon. Secretary proceeded to explain the !towels of the Act, which, be said, although it created no new offences, gave increased facility towards speedy conviction. He had hoped that else honourable gest. Haman, when he made his motion, would have suggested to parlia ment some remedy; but he (Mr Stanley) thought, that in nothing but extreme cases should the Insurrection Act be enforced, which he (Mr. Star.ley) did not hesitate to ackno-ledge was a most unconsii. tutional Act. The honourable gentleman had said, that he con. sidered that a modified system of poor laws would be hentficialetttelie (Mr. Stanley) did not know what he meant by a a modified system of poor laws; but from the statements that had been made it would ap pear, that poor-rates could only be applied effectively so u that every person out of employment should be employed at public works, at the expense of the parish, which would only tend ultimately to impoverish the stock which was destined to yield the support. He would not op. pose the motion of the hon. member. Mr. kIACNAM ABA made a few remarks which were not audible. Mr. M.IUIIIOE O'CONNELL said, he felt considerable embar rassment in presenting himself for the first time to the Hunouraule House ; but the motion of Mr. O'Brien was to him (Mr. Al. O'Cun. nell) one of great importance, as he had the honour of representing the great body of the people agast whom the Hon. Member had teeny et &reward so grave a charge, the county of Clare. He did not deny the existence of the disturbances, but he said that the remedy lay on the very surface of society, and was easily applied. True it was that disorganization had taken place, and that outrages and disturbance. were prevalent, one great cause of which was, that in that pain:war district a great portion of the land was laid out In grazing, d when it was let out to a grazier, it was necessary, in course of cultiva tion, to turn portions of it into crop by rotation ; and as getting posses sion of land was the only prospect that the peasantry had of obtaining a living, they were always ready to take it. The absentee rent ntil in the county of Clare amounted to 200,0001. this was Itft in the hands of agents, who let the land out to extensive greziers, and the land to be turned to crop was put to auction, and knocked down to the highest bidder. This information had been furnished him (Mr. Maurice O'Connell) not only by his constituents, but from gentlemen of the strictest honour and integrity, who resided in the vicinity. The land would be knocked down at seven, eight, ten, or twelve guii.eits an acre of one or two years' crops, and when the land was ob. tained and sown, the poor lessees came over to England with their thews and sinews, such as they were, and toiled at what they could get employment in, and if they succeeded in raising the rent it was so far so well, but if not, the absentee's agent cared nothing about it, for be kept possession of the crop u security, and would not allow them to lift a single potatoe until the rent was paid. The people of England would not suffer such a state of things--they had already shown how little they would endure of privation. Ever since the alteration that took place prior to the election in 1828, the county of Clare had been the very reverse of what it had been before. Owing to the effects of the Act that then came into force, which affected the 40a. freeholder,, of his own knowledge sixteen families had been turned out by absentees' agents, and been hying by the road sides and sleeping in ditches. This was a strong statement, but he re. greeted to say that it was a true one. He would go a little far ther. The bon. member hit Hanle had said, that if the extreme inter ference of the magistrates had been used eight weeks ago, all the dis turbances would have been saved; but he (Mr. O'Connell) was certain that the magistrates of Clare were not fit to be entrusted with such ex. creme power. There were certainly amongst them men of the highest respectability, but there were °theta who had not that claim to respecta bility. (Hear hear.) One individual was at the bead of the Po lice Constabulary force, and at the same time held the Office of Magistrate ; and lie was in the habit of going out to apprehend individuals, and afterwards sitting on them in the capacity of judge, so that he acted in the double capacity of prosecutor and magis trate. It wee no uncointrin. occurrence that twenty-five persons had been taken up by this constable magistrate, or this magistrate con stable and had been kept for a fortnigh t , a nd then discharged, without an inf ormation against them having ever been sworn to. In a certain district of the county, it war no uncommon occurrence that the 'liege uates sat in judgment in their own houses, and were in the habit of consulting with their wives when they came to a difficulty as to how they Should devout of a pitsontr, and whatever the good lady said decided the fate of the pi isoner. On those par scalars he (.%!r. O'Con. nell) had certain intormatien trim a respec able clergyman who had given evidence before that hunourable house. He considered dn.( they were not as a body, men to be entrusted with the admiuissration art justice. Some years ago a gehtleinan mine to the comity of Clare. woo commenced to institute schools for religious inatt uctirio (a Mr. Stevehs), who cogrosi-etl gnat intluenc., and scot agents about to u.ducc the people to send their children to the school: ; but it was not th..r fathers' retiAit.n that was i.oight to th,ni, sii.o the pareirs refused u Tarty sere u.eu told that if they did not hey mu,. lure their •