The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-04-26 00:00:00

THE STAT ESMAN, off. After some words from Mr. HUSKISSON, the peti , tion was ordered to lie upon the table. Mr. HUTCHINSON presented a petition from the Farmers of Cork, for a Repeal of the Leather Tax.—Laid on the table. Mr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Canterbury, for a Repeal of the Duty on Coals.—Laid on the table. Lord ALTHORPE presented a petition from J. Lang ham, a gentleman residing in a villsge in Northampton shire, against certain provisions of the Beer Bill. The petitioner stated that some time since he was permitted to erect a brew-house to manufacture beer for the inha bitants of the village where he resided, under certain re strictions. Ile complained that the provisions of the Bill would be injurious, and prayed that they might not be extended to brew-houses already in existence, where beer was sold at ten-pence per gallon. Mr. CA RTWRIUHT added his testimony to the liber- 1 ality of the views and conduct of the petitioner--Laid on the table. Lord ALTHORPE presented a petition from the Butchers of the town of Northampton, fora Reduction of the Leather Tax.—Laid on the table. The Grand Jury Presentment Bill was re-committed, and the Report ordered to be brought up on Wednesday' test. The Master and Apprentices ilill was read a se cond time, sad ordered to be committed on Monday se'noight. GAME LAWS. Mr. BENNET presented a petition from a person named Richard Heller, in which the petitioner complain ed of the conduct of the Duke of Buckingham and two Magistrates of the County of Southampton, the Rev. Ro. bert Wright, and the Rev. Edmund Puulter, 'adore whom he was summoned, on to information for some offence ander the Game Laws, and praying that those laws might be altered. Slr THOMAS BARING said that he bad the honour of acting with the two Reverend Magistrates mentioned in the petition, and he did not hesitate to say that he believed Diem to be incapable of acting improperly. Lord TEMPLE justified the course which had Wen adopted towards the petitioners. Mr. E. SUMNER would put it to the House whethozi such petitions as this ought to be brought up.—(o,il Oh! from the Opposition Benches.) Yes, he would re- peat, they ought not to be brought up. The Hots, ought to discountenance complaints which the ordinary tribunals of the country were competent to remedy. • Mr. ELLICE said he was astonished that any Member should undertake to recommend to the Howe to reject the petitions of the people. The Honourable Member . ought to be aware that though the petitioner complains of injustice, yet be also prays for an alteration of the Game Law,. Mr. H. SUMNER said that the gravamen of the pad- , tints was of a different nature. Mr. WYNN said that he agreed with the Hon: Mem ber that the House should discoentenance petitions com-1 plaining of grievances , f o r which the law p rovided redress. if be petitioner, if he bad any cause of complaint against the Magistrates might appeal from their decision to the Quarter Sessions. Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS raid he believed that there was no appeal to the Quarter Sessions from any coowic. l tion before the Magistrates under the Game Laws. ' I Mr. HUME condemned the conduct of the Duke of Buckingham in acting as judge in his own ease. He considered this as another instance that showed the im propriety of Clergymen in acting in the commission of the peace. In some counties' the Lord Lieutenants de clined to anpoint CI as Justices, much to their honour ; and it would e for the benefit of the country if the Lord Lieutenants in general acted in the min , way. Mr. WYNN produced the Act of Parliament by which an appeal from the decisions of the Magistrates under the (lame Laws was provided. Mr. S. WORTLEY bore testimony to the zeal and ac tivity of Clergymen is the Commission of the Pine. Colonel WODEHOUSE expressed himself to she same effect. The petition was then laid on the table. MIL ITARY PENITENTIARY. Mr. O. BENNET moved for the Copy of a Letter dated March 1, ISt% from Dr. Hutchinson to the Committee of the Penitentiary; and also for a Repos t of the Coro ner's Inquest held on Mary Brenton', on the 10th of Ja nuary. 1823. After a desultory conversation, in which Mr. Holford, Sir J. Yorke,Mr. T. W. Courtenay, Mr. Peel, Mr. Berman Wood, and Mr. Monk , to o part, the motion was agreed to. COMMUTATION OF TITHES. Mr. GOU LBU RN presented a petition from the Cler gy of the Diocese of ArJfert and A ghtdee, in favour of the Bill for the Commutation of Tithes in Ireland. Sir J. NEWPORT expressed his satisfaction, that the Parochial Clergy were ready to sanction the measure, independent of the Episcopal Orders. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. COAL DUTIES. Lord A. HAMILTON moved for returns of the Duties received by the Treasury for the last ten years on all Coal c arried coastwaYs. -- Or dere al. After stew'words from Lord A. HAMILTON and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, respecting two Bills which the Lord Advocate of Scotland had pending, the Hosea went into a Committee on the further consi deration of the Report on THE BEKAA:OW:IES' BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 'desired to. correct a clerical error In one of the clauses, and make the price 475. instead 'of 1 0 81. He also wished:tW tri t clause in page 4, with. oakeiaer ad preventing being drunk hi gardens and oat -buildings. - Col. WOOD thonght itadvivable that theprieeshould ' be advanced from 275. to 30s. and the quentity diminished to 49 itrivla. It was his intention to move an amend ment to that effect. Mr. MONO( said that when he considered the- poor ip1419. 4 gr cent. more for their Beer than the rich they I swept to have it of • quality that would neither disa gree with their stomachs nor their heads. The Bill now 4efore tine House was cruel towards the public brewer without being of any advantage to the country. In his lopinion, there ought to be only one duty of 6s. Bd. per barrel on the three kinds alien. 'Mr. Alderman C. SMITH, Mr. NEWMAN, and Mr. Bs- MITT (of Wilts) severally commenced on some of the clausn of the Bill. Some conversation took place, in which the Chancel: Inc of the Exchequer, Sir.). Newport, Sir E. Knatchbull, Mr. S. Palmer, Col. Wood, Mr. Wm. Smith, Mr. Alder: , man Wood, Mr. Stanek, Sir J. Sebright, Mr. Wodebouei. and Mr. Newman participated. On an amendment proposed by Colonel WOOD in the second clause, that four barrels of beer be made from one quarter of malt, the House divided — Ayes, 115 i—Noes. 16 i —Majority for the original neetion-99. The Howse then resumed. and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday next. Mr. DOULBURN moved the committal of the Irish Militiaßednetion Bill. -51 r. SKEFFINOTON moved, as an amendment, that it be committed that day six months, which after a short discussion was negatived without a division. The Bill was 'then -committed, and the Report ordered to be received. on Monday. The Union Duties' Bill `rent through a Committee. In answer to a question by Mr. S. R10E,.. Mr. F. LEWIS stated that it was in contemplation to continue to extend the protecting. duti es to Ir ish" blan keting." in the event of that article being found, by a trial at law, to come under the description of "drapery," which had been exempted in the Act of two years ago. The Report was theta ordered to be brought up on 1l Monday. SHERIFF THORPE. Colonel BARRY presented a list of witnesees whom Ike moved to'have ordered to the bar to attend the 81 I proaching investigation , into the conduct of the Sheriff of Dublin. He said that some of these were in so low a condition of life, that unless some provision was made for them by the House, they would be totally unable to comply with its order. Mr. GOV LBURN said such an application was totally unprecedented. Every man was bound to attend the or der of the House, whatever inconvenience it put hint to. He was not prepared to say, however, that some allow ances would not to be made to persons situated as these witnesses were. Sir J. NEWPORT said that whatever inclination the House might have to ply their expenses when the inquiry was over, it was beyond all precedent to pay them before- hand. Mr. DALY asked how was it possible for a man to tra vel with a coach-and-four without money ? The attendance of several witnesses by name was then ordered. The other Orders of tbeDay were tben disposed of. Adjourned at Ow Otroelr, 111101011lTY - --- ON LORD ELLESSOROUGH'S MOTION, APRIL 24, FOR AN •DDRRSS OF CENSERS UPON MINISTERS fOR THEIR CON DUCT OP ?MR LATR NROOTIATIONS. Present •—Dukes of Sussex, Somerset, Graftth, Devon shire, Portland, Leinster, andlArgyle.—Marquesses of Laos down, and Bute.—Earls of Derby, Essex, Jers Tenter vile. Cowper, Fitzwilliam, Fortescoe, flosford G rey, and Daroley.—Barons Deere, King, Holland, Foley, SuMeld, Auckland. Erskine, Credelbane, Lyndoch, and Ellenbo rough.—Proxies—Duke of Bedford,Marquess of Downshire. —Earls of Albemarle, Waldegrave, Darlington, Cherie moot, Spencer, Grosvenor, Rosalyn, blinto. Bethorough, l and Viseouht 011fden.—Barons; Dundee, Ysrborough, Caw dor, Crewe, and fielhaven. MINORITY ON LORD JOHN RUSSILL'S • MOTION FOR REFORM IN ranitamtss.Axatt. 26. • lion. J. Abereronthy, J. 11 Allen, Vis. Althorpe, Hon. G. Amon, Sir 0. Anson; Sir T. Baring, A. Baring, Vis. Bev. nard, S. M. Barrett, W. W. Becher, Hon. G. Bennet, J. Benett, Lord Bentinct. B. limiyon, R. Bernal, J. Birch, Slut?. Blake, Sir J. Houghey, 11. Brougham, D. Browne, Sir F. Burdet!, J. Butterworth, G. Byng, John Calcraft, J. Calcraft, jun. Hon. F. Caithorpe, N. Calvert, Hon. G. P. Campbell, R. J. Carew, J. Carter, Han. IL Caulfield, Lpra G. Cavendish, ff. Cavendish, W. Chamberlayne, loner, Vie. Clifton, Sir Coen, T. W. Coke, N. ft. Col borne, T. Creevey, 8. Crompton,' J. C. Curwen, S. Cm dock, Colonel Davies. Sir W. Ds Crest:deny. W. J. Deni son, W. Dickinson, Vis. Memnon, C. Drunks, T. Den man, Vise. Ehrington, E. Ellice, Hon. G. A. Ellis, W. Evans, A. Farquharson, R. Farrand, I.ord J. Fitzroy, filr R: Fergessin, Vic Folkestone; Hon. R. Fitsgibboo, Lord Glenorehy, J. P. Grant, Jas. Grattan, J. Crossett, Sir B. W. Guise, W. Haldimand. Lord • A. Hamilton, Sir G. H e atheote, Sir R. Heron, Lind' A. MIL J. C. Hobhouse, W. P. Hooyweed, E. Hereby, J. G. Heatbeote, J. Hume, R. Hurst, lion. 11. Hutchinson, Lord H. M. Howard. W. James, G. P. JOESOISO, T. F: Kennedy, R. Knight, Hon. g. Lamb, J. 41. Lambten, J. H, Langstott, ft. Latouelte; F. Lawley,,Sir W. Lemon, T. xi. Leonard, Biel. Lethbridge, R. ;Amster, Sir E. P. Lloyd, W. Leader, B. Lester, J. Moberly; W. L. Moberly, Air J. Macintosh, Hon. S. Ma hon, 8. blarjoribaoks, J. Marryat, John Martin, M. Mil bank, Vie. Milton, J, B. Monet, P. Moore, J. Maxwell, R. W. Newman, Sir .1. Newport, Vise. Normanby, Lord Negent,lion. R. Neville, J. Ord, W. O'Callaghan, Lord F. Osborne, C.. Palmer, C. F. Palmer, T. Pares, Sir If. Par nell, H. Peirse, lion. C. A Pelham, J. C. Pelham, sen. 0. Phillips. G. 111 Phillips, R. Power, lion. W. Powlett, R. Price, lion. F. A. Prittie, W. S. Ponta, Francis Pym, E. B. Portman, J. O, Remsdeg, W. Rickford. A. Roberts. Roberts, Sir o.ltoblosen, Sir W. Rowley, C. Itembold. Lord G. W. Russell, R. G. Russell, Wm. Russell, J. Scar lett, J. Scott, J. Smith, Hon. R. Smith, Lord Stanley, lion, E. Stanley, W. (Tyrone) Stewart, Lord J. Stuart, D. Sykes, U. Smith, R. W. Talbot, C. Tennyson, Right Hon. G. Tierney, Marq. Titebfield, Lord C. Townsend , C. R. T y nts, J. A. Warre, E. Webb, John Wharton, S. C. Whitbread, W. It Whitbread, Col White, W. W. Whitmore, W. Wil berforce, John Williams, Sir R. Williams, W. Williams, Sir T. Winnincton, M. Wood, M. Wyrill, Tolled. D. Ricardo, Lord J. Russell. Mr. T. R. Kemp would have been in the minority on Lord John Russell's motion, but was shut out. Paired off.--Lloyd, J. M., with Littleton, E.; Maticham, Adm. with Balfour J.; T a vistock, Marquee , with Beres ford, ' ' Lord ;' White , Luke, with O'Neil, lion. J. Mr. W. K. Douglas and Mr. Cumming left the Holm. and did not vote on Sir F. Burdett's motion on Tuesday last. • ELEGANIP GLASSES, FURNITURI, &C.—The Nobility and Gentry are invited to inspect the Ware-rooms of COOPIR and Sox, 93, Bishopsgate-Within, where it exhibited an as sortment of neat and second-hand Plate Glasses, admirably suited to every description of Drawing or Dining-Rooms.— The prices are just reduced r cent. on Pte measuring 100 inches by 71, and upwar d Pe ; and on those la of s smaller di mensions the alteration will be found equally important.- - rho extensive preference given to this Establishment Is thankfully acknowledged by the Proprietors, who, in their endeavour to evince their gratitude, by manufacturing arti cles in a superior manner, at prices suitable to the Sines. hope to merit a continuance of public support. In thefts. niture department, is comprised every new and elegant inl ets of Upholstery, Cabinet, sod Chair Work, regulated upon such a scale of economy, as to demand and ensure the pa tronage of rank and feshionb IL-7---- rA" --- . r---- 4 1 '. blln \ ; .1 11 / 4 . 1r .D4 DUI. Ala. ' ; nos. 0' 0. .• olbcd .•: .... .... . 0, , , . ' . 4ll..i.Waterford.• •• • 0 0.. t. me o 0 0....6 & Jersey .... 0 11... France 0 .... ;t....Listris I ..o....Flondors .—... —o:..3.lottenburg 0 0.. < A • ..0 . '‘ DAV AT ONE O'CLOCK. • * PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Reek Stook .....4184 914 3 per Ct.Recl..... 7 I p.Ct.Cous 77 31 Si per Cost - 6 per Cents. 96li New Fours 9lO Long Ace. l9 i 13-16 leap:3 per Ct India Stock Ditto Bonds —s. 38s. 40spm Ex.13111.2d. ( -5 lbs los pm. 10001. —Mt —I 1 Its 185 pm. small —lbs 17s pm. LotteryTtekets ..... 271.195. I Con.forAeet.. • 7711 e Chit Watesman. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1823. PARLIAMENTARY 'COMMENTARY. Tea DUKE or BUCKINGHAM AND FARMER MILLAR. There was a debate in the Lords, the night before last, which was of great interest, and which we shall have to notice on Monday. Last night also, there was " a little aecount settled" by Lord HOLLAND with Lord LIVERPOOL ; and as pretty an account it was as we hate seen.for a long time. That also we shall notice on lids. day. It is worth " a Jew's eye." It " settles" the worth,. of the assertions of our Ministers.—But, these makt!rs must, for the , present, make way for a subj, et wlach greatly exceeds them in interest. . LI6ERTI? lii a word,of no very definite meaning. Ire, too often, make use of it without redectiog much on ' what we say. That liberty, however, is but a poor thing, which does not secure - to a man the quiet enjoy ment of his property. Whether Farmer MILLAR, or any other English farmer, be in that enjoyment, unless he be what is called a gialified man, the reader is now about to be enabled to guess. In the House of Commons, last night, the Honourable Mr. BRNNR? presented a Petition from Mr. RICHARD DELLAR, a farmer of Ilamlishire. The Petition speaks so plainly, that it would be waste of time to describe the contents, the shortest way is to insert the Petition, which is here done, as follows : To the HOSIOU AAAAA the COMMONS of the UNlTsis KINGDOM Of GSM BRITAIN and IRELAND, in Parliament as- sembled. The Petition of Richard Defier, Farmer, of the parish oi Easton, in the County of Hants, complaining of the con duct of three Justices of the Peace, the Duke of Bucking ham, the Re d Robert Wright, and the Reverend Ed mund Pouiter. Most humbly showeth, That the farm occupied by your Petitioner in the parish aforesaid, is bounded in some parts by lands of the Duke of Buckingham; and that the Game preserved by the Du ke, does your Petitioner an injury yearly to the amount of from thirty to sixty polled'. That, on the 19th of February, and on the Bth of March last, your Petitioner was out on his farm, with a party of his friends (to whom the greyhounds belonged) coursing Imre', having full liberty from his own landlord to sport on " the farm ; that informations were laid against him by a I game-keeper of the Duke of Buckingham ; that, as to the first day, your Petitioner proved the owner of the dogs to be qualified, and that, therefore, no penalty lay against him ; that, as to the second day, your Petitioner was summoned to appear before a Justice of the Peace, and, to the great surprise of your Petitioner, this Justice of the Peace was the Duke of Buckingham himself, who summoned your Pe titioner to appear before him, at his house at Avington le the said County. That thus, John Roberts, a game-keeper and a servant of the Duke, stood as informer, and George White, another game-keeper and servant to the Duke, stood as witness, and I the Duke himself, the employer of that informer and of that witness, sat es Judge. That your Petitioner thus appeared before this singular tribunal on the first day of this present month of April ; that the day before, a compromise was offered to your Petition er, in the Duke's name, by his steward; that this compro mise was not accepted, because the Duke would not agree to pay for the damage that might be done to your Petitioner by his game. That, whoa your Petitioner went to answer the summout4 he took a friend with him to be witness of what might pass ; that the Duke would not permit this friend to enter the room until the said friend had declared, that he was neither barris ter nor attorney ; that the Duke had with him an attorney, named Woodhull. ; that your Petitioner wished his friend to write down an account of what passed ; but, that the Duke forbade him to do it. That, your Petitioner could have brought witnesses to prove that be ought not to pay the penalty for which he was prosecuted ; that he demanded to have such witnesses exa mined ; but that the Duke refused to suffer him to call such Witnesses, unless he would state beforehand what questions he meant to put to such witnesses ; that your Petitioner re fused to do this ; and, that, therefore, the said witnesses were not called. That, upon your Petitioner's entering the room where the Duke was sitting as Justice of the Peace, lie was, before an y proceedings had taken place , to l d b y the said Duke, that. if lie uttered one impertinent word, there was a cousta ble in the Zoom to take him Oa" jail or to the stocks." That, thus, threatened in this manner at the outset, de "rived of the evidence that lie could have called if he had Wen freesia to do, be was, by this said Duke, sitting as Jus dee of the Peace to decide on an information laid by his OM servant, lied that, ten, after this justice's steward had offer 'id a compromise to your Petitioner ; thus, under these cir eemstances was your Petitioner convicted in the penalty of lee pounds, , for being In pursuit of hares on his own farm, I en which these hares feed, and where they do him damage yearly to the amount of from thirty to sixty pounds ; and tike, too, while your Petitioner has to pay a part of those Ceeherrates mad those Poor-rates which are occasioned by tiona and puaishments for the preservation of That o your bumble Petitioner has heard much talk abbot the liberty owl property of Englishmen ; but that, to his plain understanding, a state of slavery so complete as that Im which be has the misfortune to live, cannot be found is nay other country in the world; for, though the ingenuity and caprices of tyranny are infinite, he believes, that in the stMost wantonness of its insolence, it never before com pelled a man to pay rates for the preservation of animals Abet ate up his crops ; to do this because those animals af forded sport ; and to submit to punishment for attempting to partake la that sport. That, while your Petitioner was thus treated by a Doke "slice of the Peace, two Parson Justices treated him in the following manner: That, on the tenth of this instant month of April, a ser vant of the Duke of Buckingham, having three Dogs with him, entered the land of your Petitioner ; that your Peti tioner 'lemanded his name, which be refused to give, and refused to give any account of himself whatever; that your Petitioner told him, that, unless he told his name, lie would I take hint- before a Ihiagi4trate ; that he still refused; that your Petitioner then took hint b y force, and condueed him to the house of the Reverend Robert Wright, a Justice of the Peace, at Itchen Abbas, about two miles from the spot Where the trespasser was seized ; that the said Reverend Robert Wright refused to hear the complaint of your Pew tionet, toying, that he wou l d not hear, it ti ll the next da y , and then at Winchester, where his clerk was ; 'hat ) our Pe titioner went the next day to Winchester, and that then the Reverend Robert Wright still refused to hear your Petitioa er, and told him he must come to the Bench at Winchester the next day ; that your Petitioner went to the Beech, where the Revered Edmund Poulter pre sided, and where were present the said Rev. itobt. Wright sod Mr. William Neville ; that your Petitioner now found that he was to be treated as a criminal instead of as an in ijurel party ; that the servant of the Duke was permitted by \ Mr. HUME twain objected to it as It mate to attain its proposed object of uniformity. He Own moved an amendment in the title, which on consideration be with drew.—The Bill then passed. Sir H. PARNELL presented a petition from the town of Drogheda, praying for a repeal of the Union Duties.: . After a few words from Mr. Colmar, Mr. WALLACC, Mr. C. HUTCHINSON. and Mr. O. PIIILLII% the petition was ordered to lie upon the, table and be printed. Mr. BYNO presented a petition from the inhabitants of Old Brendan], praying a repeal of the Coal Duties. Mr. BYNG presented a similar, petition from the inhal bitants of Clerkenwell.—Botb laid upon the table. Mr. HUSKISSON presented a petition from the oper ative Cotton Weavers of Manchester, complaining of dis trees, which they attributed to the recast great increa se in machinery. Right Hon. Member stated that be Lad felt it his duty, at the request of the petitioners, to present this petition to th e Hous e ; but be wished to say lie did not concur in the views of the petitioners. They prayed an imposition of a as on " Power Looms," and that the House woold take some measures to prevent the wages of journeymen being affected by the increased ma chinery. He (Mr. H.) was obliged to say be dissented entirely from the petitioners, though he sympathised with them in their distress. Lord STANLEY thought any interference by this House in the relations between master and journeyman could be attended with no good consequences. M r.' G. PH I LLI PS opposed the petition, and stated that the condition of the lower classes of manufacturers bad been rather better since the introduction of this ma chinery. Mr. Secretary PEEL said he had written to several parts of the manufacturing counties, to inquire into the sweet' the lower working classes, and the aoswiers be re ceived were most of tsatifactory. The Report of the Cham ber of Commerce Man che ster in particular did them great credit. Mr. MAXWELL thought it would be impolitic to ley a tax upon machinery. The poor would be better served if some of the taxes on the necessaries of life were taken these Justices to swear an assault against your Petitioner, and your Petitioner was actually bound over aecordingly ; that your Petitioner remonstrated against this, and appealed to the Act of Parliament, passed in the first year of the pre sent King's reign, and being the 56th chapter of that year; that your Petitioner showed the said Justices, that. agree ably to the third section of that Act, he was fully authorized to seize the said servant and to take him before a Justice; that, notwithstanding this, the said Jestices compelled your Petitioner to enter into recognizances as aforesaid, on pain of being seat to gaol ; that your Petitioner demanded that his complaint against the Duke's servant should be first heard, seeing that he had been the first complainant, and had been compelled to go so many miles backwards and forwards, and to lose so much time on the business ; but that the said Justices persisted in refusing to hear the com plaint of your Petitioner, until after they had heard the servant of the Duke, and had compelled your Petitioner to give bail. That, when this had been done, the said Win. Neville quitted the Bench, leaving the said Rev. Edmund Polities., and the said Rev. Robert Wright on the Bench ; that your Petitioner then applied to these two Justices for redress against the said servant of the Duke; that they heard his complaint; but that they refused to decide at that time, and put off your Petitioner again until the next Saturday ; that your Petitioner, wearied with journeys on account of this buiness,and seeing no hope of obtaining redress, resolved to appear before these Justices no more, and to lay a state ment of his case before your Honourable House. Your Honourable House need not be reminded, that the Act, just mentioned, of the first year of the King, was pass ed expressly for theinsuring of •• a niore summary mode of repressing and obtaining satisfaction for damages done to land," dm. When, therefore. your Honourable House shall have duly considered the conduct of the said Rev. Robes' Wright and Edmund Poulter, the delays, the procrastina tions, the trouble and expense of your Petitioner, and espe cially the binding of your Petitioner over for the assault. though the very oath on which that hail was demanded, proved that your Petitioner had not bees guilty of as assault. but had acted in strict conformity to the law; when your Honourable House shall have duly considered these things. your Petitioner will not doubt of your disposition to cause justice to he done to him. Your Petitioner, pledging himself to prove the above al leged facts at the bar of your Honourable House, if you will be pleased to permit bias so to do, most humbly prays. 1. That you will be pleased to permit him to produce sects proofs at your bar. IL That you will so alter the Game Laws, as to enable all eeeepiers of land to kill any wild animals on the lead they occupy ; that you will take out of this code the punishment of death and transportation; and that, at any rate, you will cause the expense of th punishing them. S, orn poachers, eexol a ti n s d i Z kee y p t i h ng by th ose w ho bo w p iv ro ea se a e n u d te e 3. That you will be pleased to pass a law. to prevent Mi nisters of the Church of England from being Justices of the Peace ; and for preventing any Justices from acting as such under the Game Laws, where their own ser vants are the informers and witnesses. And your Petitioner will ever pray. R. DELIA,. Before we offer any remarks of our own upon this Peti tion, let us hear what was said about it in the House of Commons, taking, as our informants, the reports is the Morning Papers. These Papers present, in this case, es mass of inaccuracies, such as we never recollect to have seen before under the name of a speech of Mr. BawNrr. Two of them calls the Farmer Richard Miller, in phew of Richard Beller ; and a third calls him Richard Hellicr. The Morning Chronicle lays the scene at Store in Buck inghamshire, instead of Avington in Hampshire. One of the Papers makes the Farmer assault the Duke's ser vant, and another makes the Servant assault the Farmer, and there is such a mass of confusion as to the Justices and the cases and the conviction, that the whole matter. as far as these papers go, is completely disfigured; in short, it is not the story at all. The Petition speaks for itself; stod, doubtless, the speech of Mr. BONNET was DO more than a description of the contents of the. Petition; but we will not insert any report of the speech of Mr. BENNET ; because every report that we have sees mint be incorrect. We will insert, however, what the report says of the speeches of others. Sir THOMAS BARING bore witness to the high character of the two clerical gentlemen, of whom the petitioner com plaimed. The Marquess of CHANDOS said, that the conviction had been in all respects a J air one. The fact was, that the peti tioner was fond of coursing. No objection had ever bees , made to his coursing with those parties of qualified persons V who went out in his neighqourhood ; but when he was found coursing with his otrufricnds, persons not qualified, it became necessary to proceed against him. Mr. H. SUMNER said, that he thought the petition should not be allowed to be brought up.—(Oh ! oh ! from the Op position). He repeated his assertion, and his reason for ailing so was, that the law had provided sufficient means of redress for the grievance complained of through the jurisdic tion of the Courts. Mr. ELLICE said, Seethe could not agree with the hon ourable neemoer ; for the petition not only complained of a grievance personal to the petitioner, but prayed for au al teration in the laws under which be had suffered. It was couched, moreover, in language the most unexceptionable. and the House would have no fair pretence for rejecting it. Mr. C. WYNN said, that if the petition had been confined to a complaint against the conduct of the magistrates, for which there was a remedy given to the petitioner by appeal. under the statute, to the quarter sessions, undoubtedly the practice of the Heine would warrant opposition to its being brought up As it also prayed for an alteration of the laws, it was but right thatit should be received. Mr. J. WILISIAMS said, that the state of the game laws was most griiThus, and a gross violation of the laws of pro perty. Ile thought it essential that a complete revisal of tbose laws should take place. Mr.HUME said, that the Noble Duke, acting as Judge in his own cause, had done that which scarcely another man is the country would have done. Ile strongly objected to the appointment of clergymen to the magistracy. The duties of the bench, the squabbles of the neighbourhood, and the lia bility to be influenced by their rich neighbours, were alt incompatible with the sacred duties of their calling. He highly approved of those counties where the Lord Lieute nants had refused to appoint clergymen to the magistracy. After a few words from Mr. C. Wrote, Mr. S. Woartsr, Mr. E. WODEHOUSE, and the Marquess of CHANDOS, the pe tition was read, and laid upon the table. To proceed is order ; it is curious enough that when any Justice or Parson is complained of, there is always somebody to cry up their character. If the reader looks at the Petition, he will see, that Mr. DOLLAR says no. thing at all about the character of these two Parson Justices. if he had had to speak of their character, et if we hail to speak of their character, we should know very well what to say. As it was, be was only com plaining of their conduct towards him; and, unless Sir Thomas Baring could have said something to justify that conduct, or in denial of the allegations with re gard to that conduct, he might just as well have held his tongue; though we by no means wish to abridge the privilege of speech.—We, of course, cannot be aoswer able for the truth of the facts ; hat, we see that nobody attempted to deny the truth of the facts ; and we think, that if it could•have been denied, it is fair to believe that Sir Thomas Baring would have denied it ; seeing that he was so ready to bear testimony to the character of the parties ; seeing that he is a Justice of the Peace for the same district ; and seeing that he could scarcely have failed to hear of the transaction long before it was mete tioned in the Honse.—Vain, then, are all the r o uchingq for character in such a case. We may re tort' to the r I