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PM -- r ~ . . ''" - ...--=-- -- :.4m Nrlllß di ER i 1 til ] .......... 1623. -,,' SIGNOR REINA. rro TOMB of NAPOLEON is added to the ji. Crillection of Pictures, now enbibiting at 56, Pa fetthie slaw fee inquiry ; fin bethought. if anew thisse. vested rights could be made out, he should have thiV, satisfaction of seeing his Noble Friend acting in eau« *art with him. Now it so happened that an applica-' was made to an eminent lawyer (Traded), I.llofe Opinion was clearly to the effect, that the Clerks of the Peace in Ireland had a freehold estate, by virtue, of the lst of Geo. IV. in their respective offices, ors the tenure of good behaviour for life. .Let them, there fore, be heard either by Counsel or in a Committee, in support of their alleged claims rise bedew elsbice ' as to the means; all he wanted was, only that their Lordships should endeavour to do jostice to persons to whom -the present Bill would otherwise be one of heavy pains and penalties. There were many Clerks of the Peace in his unfortunate country who would be unable to pay for a deputy if the Bill passed, and, therefore, be presqined, would hardly think proper so to disqualify their office at the present time. In saying this, he begged then- Lordships to understand that he did not disapprove of the principle , ofthe Bill ; he approved of it, so far as it went to the certailing, rof the exorbitant powers of the Grand Juries in Ire land ; and his feeling and presentiment were de cidedly in favour of any measure which emanated from an Honourable Friend (Sir John Newport) in the other House, who had brought in so many Bills to benefit their common country. Ia reference to the conduct of the House of Commons in neglecting— he perhaps ought not, parliamentarily, to add re: fusing—to communicate the information they had ob tained; he certainly would not dispute the right of' that House to contend for the originating of money clauses, as relating to the Public, but, in the pre sent case, the matter was between, not the Com mons and their constituents, but between one party and another ; and he certainly thought it rather hard, that because he had the privilege of sitting among their Lordships, he must never be allowed to give any opinion relating to .money clauses.— But the House of Commons was always right in their money matters ; and they must continue to be right, because they would not be questioned by any one. Thus he had perused the Reports of the Committee of the other House upon this subject, as an indivi dual, but he was not entitled to refer their Lordship; to them: When, however, he compared the provi • sions of the present Bill with those of last year, re specting money, he certainly did aspire to know how I it happened, that while the salaries of the Clerks of the Crown in Ireland were in most instances doubled, the emoluments of the Clerks of.the Peace remained in Motu quo—why, in short, had their salaries not been doubled too? This appeared the more extraor dinary as the Clerks of the Peace had originally a much • higher salary than the Clerks of the Crown;' and, therefore, as the salary of the latter was doubled or nearly so, he would propose the like doubling in the office of Clerk of the Peace. He said , this. be cause his belief was that the Clerks of the Crown, upon the proposed scale of remuneration, were not about to receive too much ; but, unfortunately, the unheeded Clerks of the Peace happened to have no Representative of their grievances to the other House, 1-. ad no manner of doubt their salaries would have been doubled _too. This was the measure to be wished for, and he desired for no delay ; he wanted no waiting till next Session, as there was a Northern Clerk of the Peace for Ireland (Mr. Gibbs), at pre- sent in town, capable of giving,. if called on, Much information to their Lordships. He did not wish, never had he wished, to throw the present Bill up,or in any way to get rid of it; but he had wished, and still wished, for some fair and equivalent remunera-. Lion to a hard working and most useful set of officers, to whom in its present state the country was indebted so much. If their Lordships looked to the state of .the Irish Sheriffs, it would be found that by the 3rd ,and 4th of George 111. those officers lost all vested interest in the gaol fees; and it would presently not be worth any one's while to execute the office of Sh.:- riff in several counties of Ireland if the present Bill passed into a law. Vexations weie also to be taken, and repeatedly taken, both for the officer and, by him, for his deputy. Now the oath formerly sworn, not, it was true, according to Act of Parliament, but pur-, suant to established usage, would have satisfied his ,conscience, though it could not satisfy some Hon. Gentlemen in the other House, whose dislike to the Clerks of the Peace in Ireland it was difficult to ac coant for. When their Lordships but looked at the situation of Clerk of the Peace—required to attend 'not only two Assizes, but also four Quarter Sessions, to keep registries of freeholders and arms, and an open office in the county town for reference—was there any sort of comparison to be drawn between the duties of the Clerks of the Peace in Ireland and those attached to the Clerks of the Crown? He felt great reluctance in taking up so much of theil• Lordships time, but when they were passing a very great -pi os portion of laws respecting his unfortunate country. he must conjure them seriously to reflect before they passed the present Bill ; for it was possible not only for laws to fall into sheer contempt, but also to im plicate the framers of them. Anything he could do he certainly would, to prevent the Bill from pas,iug in its present state, though he had no objection to the clause providing for the Clerks of the Crown; but he must object to the House going now into a Com mittee, and he trusted their Lordships would sever pass a Bill so contrary to that sent up to them last Session from the House of Commons. Bat the mea sure was at their disposal, and he hoped that sortie Noble laird would 'suggest the ptoperest course., Upon the suggestion of the Earl 9f LIVERPOOL, the alternative was given of postponing the going into a Committee till either to-morrow or Monday. The Earl of LIMERICK, on the question sow being put, declared in favour of the Bill. The argil-1, moot of his Noble Friend was shortly this—thut their , Lordships ought not to proceed to passing such a Bill in the present state ofllle.mod ; but it vas in consideration of the actual cow Olden. of thee country , that he himself was dispose* proem= the ISM. He. 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I gi 'i • - ?Z104 1 . 42 1C: 71 . . . o r:. -•••---- 4 11, • 11 -1 4'l -di 1ed....driai.g.i.....i.6.;....u.i......--- , . • •; p ..! 1.!•P'... ' - 41,..e . - -...1911.. . . A i - . ... .. .., ~ , ill SpV . -PENC =the system of Grand Juty► Presentments in f ea sts one prdific cause of 'the evils whiCh brio tweed that unhappy country ; and the -preient Bill ;would prevetwthat jobbing, so' long the detriment and disgrace of Ireland. He was informed that pre isentnients had been made by a certain Clerk of the 'Peace, in one of the Southern Counties, to the amount of 8001. for duty done, within six months; under the Insurreetion Act. He should regret the least delay iajoassiag a Bill of inch importance, for even a single -year. ft seemed that the Clerks of the Crown had been roared for in the other House, and, therefore, the Clerks of the:Peace 'wanted to roar for themselves in this House. The Earl of DONOUGHIVIORE rose to Correa his Noble Friend. ft ippeared that the'Clerlys of the Crown had roared loudly for themselves ; but thetn preteeding Melts . Of the Peace wished to rotr only through him.., Lord LORTON supported the Amendment. Lqrd GOSFORD said, that the' principle of the Bill was so good that he could not object to it. lie was willing, however, to believi, that under its pro visions the salaries of the Clerks of the Peace were not equitably arranged. The Marquis of LANSDOWN adMitted ' that the salaries ache Clerks of the Peace were too much, but those of the Clerks of the Crown were perhaps too con-, siderable ; he, therefore, would have no objection to an inquiry into that subject. In the meantime be thought he was bound to sanction 'the present Bill, against the principle of which no object ion was urged. Lord DONOUGHMORE thought that the Bill was a bad Bill. He. was willing to admit that some such measure was necessary ; and as far as thit admission went he sanctioned the principle of the present Bill ; but he could not sanction a Bill such as it now ap peared, since it was obviously unjust in its provisions. Lord LIVERPOOL said, his opinion upon this measure must 'of course be regulated by those who were better acquainted with the state of the csointry to which it applied than himself. He could not, how ever, abstain from thinking, thit the principle of this Bill ought not to be surrendered—it was calculated to take from Grand Juries the privilege of exercising a power, capable, in his opinion, of great abuse—the privilege of providing for Clerks of the Crown. But as the Clerks of the Crown were supposed to have a vested interest in their situations, he thought they had a right to be beard by Counsel; and lie therefore suggested to the Noble Marquis the propriety cf port poning the Committee.. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that the very assertion made by the Clerks of the Crown, that they had a *Cited interest in their situations ; entitled t them to be heard upon that point by Counsel. • He ' had, however, a tolerably strong opinion upon the subject, at least as regarded the tenure by which the Clerks of the Peace held their situations. Lord REDESDALE was quite sure that the Clerks of the Peace would receive an ample compensation under the present Bill. But he agreed with the Noble and Learned Lord. that their simple assertion that they possessed . a vested right in their offices, entitled them to be.heard, ' The Marquis of LANSDOWN said, that he cer tainly still thought that these Gentlernen had not the slightest pretence for asserting that they had a vested right in their situations ; but he consented willingly that the Further consideration of the Committee should be deferred till Monday next, for the purpose of hearing CoOnael. . At the same time he begged it to be undergooa'that he yielded his opinion merely to the feeling of the Noble Earl Opposite and the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack; and that he could not allow it to be imagined for 4 moment that his mind had changed upon this point.. The further consideration of the Committee was deferred until Monday, and the Petitioners referred to a Conimittee, to be heard by Counsel as to their own interest. CATHOLIC AND DISSENTERS MARRIAGE BILL. Lord LANSDOWN, in moving that this Bill should be read a second time, observed, that it was then scarcely necessary for him to dwell upon the impe rious necessity of some legislative enactment calcu lated to quiet the conscientious feelings of a large portion of the community upon so momentous a sub ject as that of marriage. There was no human con tract more serious, none more solemn, or more power fully appealing to the sympathies of man. At the moment then, when this 'sacred stipulation was per forming, when he was pledging fidelity and firmness to the future partner of perhaps his toils, perhaps his ' privations, but certainly his entire and undivided at tachment, it was dreadful to fancy that, his willing promises should and an insurmountable interference lin the very form of the marriage solemnity. As suming toleration to be the general principle upon Which we legislated, this was not the exact moment .'we should select to take an exception to that universal principle. The . parties then were, as it wus admitted, • 'entering into anew and holy state, and at the very . ,moment is hen .they were entering into that state, to requi.e of them anything like equivOcation, VMS IllaSt 'criminal; 'He bad noftia .argoe• . that 'House that any i'aconsenience - ivou',4 arise to the State, or any danger to the Church from the removal of such pro visions as opposed The conscientious consummation of Marriage. He only desiredsnch a consummation; and further, to havetllat consummation' registeied. Upon these grounds, not professing that the present Bill couiebe . expected to be perfecs i and willing to hear every possible objection against ir, he moved that' thißill should then be read a second time. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he was ' very reladant to oppose this Bill; bait was bronsht forward at too lite a period of the Session. He was a friend to enlightened toleration; butt he could not consent to g a Bill which did . not. bring forward the pretensions; or, adoptitig a word which he was mach more disposed to use, the just tights of the Pisseaters. This was a Bill sviiich . would enable marriages to be celebrated in estgry strect leety village in i - :.n . 1 .1 4. , PO tt..%; I? r•. . r-. t: t • - FRIDAY, :JVINE FOR PRESERVING THE TEETH AND GUMS 1 1 HE VEGETABLE TOOTH-POWDER has so " a • brie been in general use that it is unnecessary to offer any 'the recommendation of it. Composed Cl Vegetables, Witham the adenature of any mineral or pernicious ingredient whatever, it is Om hum the usual objection against the um of other Den tiftit43. Its detersive power is just sufficient to annihilate Buse destructive particles which adhere to the Gums and the interstices of the Teeth, healing injuries in the former, and promoting a new elaunel,whese it has been injured or corroded, ea the latter. It likewise imparts a firmness h e althy redness to the Gown. waif used regularly, will preserve the Teeth in a sound mate to old age. Sold in boxes, at 2s. Sd. by Butlers, Chemists, 4. Chearide. St. Pa u l's, 220, Regent -street, (near the Argyle Rooms), L• 01". ; Waterloo-place, tdisburgh ; Saekville-strmt, DublU ; and by the prit.cipal Perfumers and 111edieiati Venders throughout the United Kingdom. caretul to ask for Surttal Vegetable Tooth Powder. P I'ARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OP LORDS, JUNE le Their Lordships met at about four o'clock, when private bud neesw J. forwarded, s a ir fte . r ic llsi x e lp h r the a y l i l i c t i ljou b ii r ed s, t f i r i era l neatly the five. coni. Sir mons, brought up the Irish Elections Bill ot and some local w ite h p k o h ert w pfr e uo r t e e a t fte ohef twards read a fiat time. SeSOlec3tlECoßSmmElterpronesetnhetedalreepertheiriolrdwstaossil and Measures, which, however, was not moved to be read, but it was ordered to be printed for the information of the Hasse. Lord DACRE said, that he held in his hand a Petition which referred to the general object of an important Bill under the consideration of their Lordships. The Petitioners were no others than the Churchwardens, Overseers, and Guardians of the P.sor, in the Parish of St. Lake, in the County of Middlesex; land their prayer was simply that their Roman Catholic fellow ..subjects might be allowed to celebrate marriages as prescribed by the Romish Church, such marriages to be thenceforth held to be valid in law. It appeared, that though the Petitioners were sot Catholics, there was a large proportion of that body in the Parish of St. Luke, whose children could not benefit by the• Poor-rates in cases of distress and desikution, but to whom. nevertheless, it was desirable to extend the advantages of paro chial aid.—The Petition was read, and laid upon the table of the House. The Marquis of LANSDOWN, in moving their Lordships to go into a Committee on the Joint Tenancy (Ireland) Bill, wished to do away an erroneous impression which seemed to have been made upon the public mind. It was supposed in Ire land-that the present Bill took away the existing rights of voters who hitherto bad exercised then, but it did no such thing. Some unimportant amendments were suggested by the Noble Marquis in the Conunluee, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS. The Marquis of LANSDOWN now moved the . Order cf the Day, for going into a Committee on the Grand Jury (Ireland) Presentments Bill. He deemed it unnecessary to make many observations ; but he was authorised to say, that in the present Bill,which in effect was before their Lordships during last year, and had been under the consideration of are other House da ring three months this year, the salaries of the offi cers of Government were fixed on a scale considered the fairest that could be devised ; and such, in reality, was the unanimous opinion of the Members for Ire land, whose advice was sedulously sought upon the subject. He called these remunerations no other than salaries; because, though the fees of the officers were unequal, they had arisen out of different Acts of Parliament, without at.all contemplating or com prehending the duties to be attached to them. Hence there had prevailed a most unequal and inefficient system of remuneration; some officers did their duty by contract ; in some instances the Grand Juries would not vote compensation, while in other cases the Clerk of the Peace obtained a remuneration ade quate to the income of the Lord Chief Justice of Ire land. To shew the fairness of the intended scale, he would observe, that out of forty Clerks of the Peace Is -Ireland, there were only ten among the number who complained of the arrangements which were pro posed in the present Bill ; and then was also a per son at present in London, from Cork, who was hint -self quite satisfied with the arrangements.of it. In the County of Galway, for instance, the Clerk of the Peace, who had only £2OO mere by the Bill, *as sa. -tisfied; and he hoped that their Lordships would pro ceed to place these remunerations upon some regular and'elieiforrn system. With respect to the principal Petition against the Bill, he had read it attentively ; and the result was, that he felt satisfied that the Peti tioners could not fairly - bear out their allegation, and had not even the shadow of a claim to vested in terests in the office they held ; for one of their strongest grounds, stating they were entitled to 6s. 8d: for each person triel and convicted, was derived so lately as under the 49th of George 111. which was therefore a modern fee, and the Grand Jury were empowered to present to its full amount. As to the difficulty in fiading fit persons to fill the office, if the Bill passed he believed that no difficulty was likely to occur; and, under those circumstances; he would propose that their Lordships should now resolve themselves into a Committee of the whole House upon the Bill. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE, in rising to re sist the motion of his Noble Friend, .apologised for not having been present at the former stages of the present Bill. He did not, however, now wish unne cessarily to delay the Bill, but he wished their Lord ships to be put in 'full possession of the information that offered to them respecting it. It could not have been forgoiten that a Message was sent, during last Session, to the House of Commons, that they would communicate the Reports made to hemselveson this subject; but the other House had never sent an an swer to this, and, therefore, it must be concluded that the information so asked for never would be had. It was difficult to deciJe as to the grounds of refusal, but he supposed it was upon the principle that their Lordships had no right to interfere in points con cerned with money. He would ask, then, what in formation their Lordships had received to direct tkeir ' judgment on the present Bill ? None whatever, but from his Noble Friend (Lansdown), and he spoke only from surmises, which were contradictory and unsatisfactory. So far, indeed, were the majority of the Clerks of the Peace in Ireland from being, as his Noble'Friend was induced to describe them, satis fied with are arrangements of the present Bill, he knew the feeling to be otherwise; for, among some others, the Clerk of his own County was anxious to have ap peared in person at their Lordships' Bar, if required, on the subject of the Bill ; and, in fact, some corres pondence had taken place between him (Lord Do nougholore) and that Officer in consequence ; when the latter was cautioned as to what construction might be put upon his absence from the scene of his duties at so critical a time. He conceived that his Noble Friend was not more fortunate •in viewing these claimed rights as arising from the49th of Geo. 111. for that Statute did not create the fees in - question, though it described and defined the manner of pre senting them. Nothing was mentioned but Acts of Parliament. Was there nothing in long usage—in, established and understood practic es, which p os-1 seised, in so many cases, the virtual effect of law? He wished, if it were only on the question of those vested rights, that his Noble Friend would allow him .~ ~ ' ,