The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-02-11 00:00:00

Is -- agreed to employ a solicitor at the expense of fifteen pounds to lodge an appeal against the Magistrate's conviction at the Sessions. In order to pay off this fifteen ponnds, the petitioner stated that be had mortgaged his labour for twelve moutits.—(Hear , bear.) The appeal to the Ses sions was successful, and the conviction by Sir Daniel Wil liams quashed.—(Hears hear.) But the woman remained bier full time in prison, for she had neither friends nor fif teen pounds to defray the expense of an appeal to the Ses sions. She was not competent to purchase law—for law we bad in abundance. but who was able to purchase it? He was not aware that the petitioner did apply to petition rnment bad , been s ent nor was to he pr th epared to say, that if the present em they would not grant re dress ; but this house had still a right to interfere for the correction of such an abuse of power as was here com plained of. The object of the petition was to lessen the aggregate of the injuries inflicted on this individual; but several circumstances arose out of the case in respect to those Justices, to show how they exercised their authority. He had been furnished with a comparative statement of the commitments by the city of London Magistrates and by those hired Police Magistrates; and it appeared that the City Magistrates committed none that were not after wards convicted of the offences charged to them; so "careful were those Magistrates not to bring to the conta minating society of a prison any persons that were not very likely to be guilty. The number of p ersona com mitted to Middlesex during the last year was 1.652 ; of which number, when brought to triat, after suffering the contagion of bad example, and of all the • other evils of a prison, there were — Acquitted no less than - - Bills were " not fisund" against Not prosecuted 478 125 26 Thus there were in one year - - 699 innocent persons committed by those Magistrates for dlesex to that sink of iniquity, the Old Bailey.—(Hear, Lear.) Was not this a subject worth the attention of the Secretary of State, more particularly while we were spend ing so much money privately and publicly in order to improve the morals of the people? He bad made that statement to the house as an example of the dire situation we were in by want of proper attention in our Police Ma gistrates. The very reverse of that statement was pre- sented in the conduct of the city of London Magistrates. There, out of the number committed fur the last year, there were— Convicted on trial Acquitted - - - Bills "not found" against 420 7 9 39 So that ont of - - - 538 prisoners, I IS, or about one-fifth, were disaarged, while nearly one-half of the Middlesex prisoners were acquitted. This statement would bring before the house the ques tion how far hired Justices were performing the business of Magistrates. With that view, it was his intention, in a very few days, to move for official Returns of the number of persons committed by the Police Magistrates. The house should have before them the acts of Mr. Over, of Mr. Swa bey, Sir Daniel Williams, and every one cf them. He pro fessed not to know what wagon.' were taken by the Se cretary of State, in cases similar to the present — w hether they were calle d: on to account or explain these acts. The object of the petition was compensation, and the house was to see first, what recompense was to be made to this man for the injury done him, by the conduct of Sir Daniel Williams, an lin the second place what recompense ought to be male for the stain thus unjustly thrown on his cha racter. His labour for the year was stated in the petition to have been mortgaged to repay those friends by whose aid he was saved from the tread-mill. He did not know any thing of the petitioner : but lie was informed that the circumstances stated in the petition were correct, and that tie petition was drawn ep by a person accustomed to such things. The woman who was committed and sentenced at the same time, and to the swam punishment, worked, he was informed, her way out of prison by labouring at the tread4uill. The Act itself gave to Magistrates a discre• lion which ought not to be continued to them. It would expire In September nest ; and if it was to be renewed, be would oppose some pans of it, particularly that clause which entitled the police to five shillings per head, of those that were brought np by them and afterwards sen tenced. The petition was brought up. Mr. DAWSON said that with respect to the Vagrant Act itself, the house would have another opportunity of considering that, and he would not connect it with - this pe tition. The case before the house was far from having any hardship in it. The petitioner was in the street—per haps going home late at night, he fell in with a woman of the town—the watchman of the station came up, and finding them acting indecently, took them to the watch house. where they remained for the night. The next day they were brought before the Magistrate, and the watch man deposed positively and unequivocally to the acts in the street. 111 e allegation of money being the tempta tion to the watchman's charge was qnfounded, as no re. ward was given, and it was therefore to be hoped that the imputation of being actuated by the reward was fully con tradicted. The appeal was certainly sent to the Sessions afterwards, and the conviction by the Magistrate quashed, not on account of any error of the Magistrate, but from an informality in the proceedings. There was, therefore, no ground for contendiag that the petitioner was inno c ent. The woman wes found to be a common woman of the town, and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. There was nothing wrong or exceptionable in the ease; the man was found making an indecent exposure of his per son; there Was nothing extraordinary in the punishment to which be was sentenced. Mr. LITTLETON said be rose to defend his Honour able Friend, the Member for Stafford (Mr. Chetwynde), for the share be had in the law which was the subject of the Hon. Gentleman's (Mr. Hume's) attack. He would challenge any Hon. Member, who knew any thing of the last and present law, to say if the punishment was net greatly mitigated by his Hon. Friend's exertions , fr o m hi s apprehension of too much severity being used in cases of vagrancy. Mr. Secretary PEEL said that tike Hon. Gentleman, in presenting the petition, did not confine himself to the case of the petitioner. He was surprised that the Hon. Mem ber would, without having given notice, advert to those extraneous circumstances. The Hon. Member bad certain. ly given him (Mr. Peel) notice, but such notice as tended rather to mislead than prepare him--.lte bad, indeed, put the petition into his hand, but be did not give him to un derstand that be was going to comment on other Magis trates besides the individdal named in the petition. Nei ther this petitioner, nor the woman confined on the ante charge had sent any petitiotis to his (Mr. Peel's) o ffi ce, as many other persons did, for whom be consequently inter fered, whose cases he investigated, and whose sentences he got mitigated. Of the tiefttioner's case, therefore, be bad no previous knowledge. - The charge against the petitioner rested upon the evidence or a watchman, but was not the Magistrate therefore to proceed upon it ? Was it to be assumed that watchmen mast necessarily speak ttetroth, or that the petitioner was correct in charging them with po verty, cupidity and ignorance ? It was a charge made upon oath, and be (Mr. P.) could not see how the Magistrate could do otherwise than award the sum of money to the informer to which be was by law entitled, though it was another question whether the Magistrate ought not to have exercised a discrotioa as to giving . the reward. The Hon. Member bad made frequent allusion to the Home Depart ment. He could assure him that this subject had received &due share of attention from that quarter. And here it might not be amiss to say, that the present Vagrant Act gale a reward of be. to the persons apprebendiagoffenders, . oits • THE STATESMAN whereas the former Act gave 10s.—(Heir.) In that re spect, therefore, it was less objectionable than its prede cessor. At one time it seemed to he an understanding with the inferior persons at the police-offices that they could claim this reward as a matter of right. It had been his care to undo this impression as much as possible. Hie first busineis, after the passing of the Act, was to addre ss himself to the principal Magistrates, and impress upon them the propriety of exercising a discretion as to giving the rewards; and that as the money was to he paid by the parish, they would not certify in any case unless they were persuaded that the psrty prosecuting had the ends of public justice more in view than any private gains.— Of the Vagrant Act itself, be did not stand up to be the advocate, at the same'time that he felt the greatest respect for the pure motives which induced his Hon. Friend, the Member for Staffordshire, to bring it forward. But it could not be denied that if this man wss really guilty of the offence imputed to him, it was one of a serious character, and called for a se rious punishment. It was incredible to what an extent this conduct had been pursued, and how much exposed females were to insults, particularly in the Parks. The Act, however, made no distinction between involuntary and accidental occurrences of this sort, s.tld in that respect it was defective. The nature of the offence ought to be more definitely described, and more discretion should be given the Magistrate. as to the length of imprisonment to which he sentenced the party, for at present he was obliged in every esse to commit for a month. So fares related to these points, he conceded to the Hon. Member that amendments might be made in the present law. But in the observations which he used respecting stipendiary Magistrates, he could not agree with him. The office of a paid Magistrate was either beneficial or mischievous from the selection that was made of the person to fill it. Now he took some credit to himself and his predecessor for the care with which they had paid to this subject. Formerly persons were indiscriminately chosen to be Magistrates, but Lord Sidmouth had laid down a rule, and he (Mr. P.) had continued to act upon it, of not ap pointing any gentleman to the situation who was not of at least three years standing at the Bar. It was not made a matter of interest; and he could say for himself, that he never made an engagement beforehand respecting the appointment of a Ma gistrate, but always made choice of the person who seemed best calculated for the office. The Hon. Member had also al luded to particular acts of Magisterial conduct done by Mr. Dyer and Mr. Swabey. If he had displayed the same cour tesy in apprizing him (Mr. P.) beforehand, that lie meant to bring forward charges against these gentlemen, which he had of the motion, sonic answer might be given to them. But with out affording an opportunity of making a defence, it was a little unfair to make these charges. It was imputed to Mr. Dyer that he suffered one person charged with au offence to go at large upon small bail, whereas he refused to take any bail whatever from another. But the Hon. Member had not in quired what the nature of the charges were, and whether they were felony or misdemeanour. He should not forget that in one case the Magistrate had no discretion, and that however much these offences might differ in a moral point of view, their legal import was very different. He had also alluded to the difference in the number of committals and convictions, in order to prove an abuse against the Magistrates. This was not unimportant, but it should be stated whether some of the com mittals were not after summary convictions under penal Acts of Parliament. These were sovie of the leading topics of the Hon. Member's speech, to which he (Mr. P.) could give a more full answer, but as he had given notice of a distinct motion on the subject at no very distant day, it would be a pity to spoil the Hon. Gentleman's speech, and he should therefore reserve himself till he had heard that statement. He alluded to the subject generally, to show the Honourable Member that he bad no indisposition to meet him upon it, and he assured him and the house that he had no interest iu keeping back any do cument. The petition was then read. Mr. HUME, in moving that it be laid upon the table, said his object was to bring this matter before the house, and if the Right lion. Gentleman had saved him the trouble of making a speech, he would have taken it a favour. In re,.ly to the Right lion. Gentleman's taunts upon the petitioner, for as suming that the watchman had sworn falsely, he could only say that the Right Hon. Gentlemen sod the Magistrate had taken up the affair on the watchman's showing, although, if it were more inquired into, it would be seen, that It was impossible lie could have spoken truth. As to the number of indi*idea s committed by the Magistrates, it would be found that they were all committed for trial, and not upon summary process. Rut at all events, it appeared from the Right lion. Gentleman's own admission, that this maa was hardly treated. It was ad mitted that upon those who were accidentally guilty of an offence against the Act, this law was very hard, and from the frequented state of the streets, any man might have been taken in the same situation.—(Laughing.) But it was most Import ant to obtain an admission of the severity of the law from Its Majesty't Ministers. The Right Honourable Gentle. man had admitted that the petitioner's offence was accidental, and that therefore the law in that respect ought to be mid pled. Mr. Secretary PEEL protested against his hosing supposed to admit that the petitioner's offence was accidental.--( laugh.) On the contrary, he meant to say, that assuming him to be as guilty as he was charged, he was a fit object for punishment. He )y no means considered the offence accident tal t• bat he stated this less with a view of making the case stronger against the petitioner, than of excusing his own answer. The petition was then laid upon the table. Mr. lIUME moved that it be printed. This motion was opposed, and the gallery was cleared fora division, but no division took place. COMBINATION LAWS. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from the Artisans Labourers, and others working for hire, residing et Barn.;ley. in the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying a Repeal of the Combination Laws. The lion. Member stated that he was not opposed to some modification of these laws, although he la mented the error into which the petitioners and others had fallen respecting them, that, after the repeal of these laws, they would be more independent of their masters. The petition was laid upon the table, and ordered :o be printed. STATE OF IRELAND.. Lord ALTHDRP, pursuant to notice, rose to move for cer tain Returns relative to the State of Ireland. Some apnlog y was perhaps due from him in undertaking a subject of this de• seriptiou ; bat he considered that the prosperity of that coun try was as much matter of interest to an Englishman in that house as to a Member for the sister country. As it was his Intention to make a motion upon the subject of Ireland later In the Session, it would be well for him in the mean time to prepare himself and the House, by moving for papers which would throw light upon the matter. These were of that nature which he apprehended would not call forth any oppo sition. They related to the state of the Revenue of Ire land, the Clitursh, and the residence of the Clergy, and alrri the mode is which the laws relating to Roman Catholics bad' hew executed. His motion for a Return of the Revenue 'mild be for the gross and net produce of the Custom and Excise for the two years, ending isle of January 1824, dis tinguishing' the articles. Next he should move for the amount of the Grand Jury Presentments. To this he thought there would be no objection, as it was part of the charge to which Ireland was subjected, and that neceLsari ly entered into a discussion upon the state of the country. His next motion would be to ascertain the residence of the Clergy. It was impossible that any man could look at the state of Ireland. and not be satisfied, that if a resident Clergy were good for England, which was universally ad mitted, it must be doxbly good for Ireland. (Hear, hear.) If an instance were wanted, be might mention the case of a Reverend person who had, with great credit to the Irish Dorm:neat, been lately appointed to the See of Limerick and whose more, dnriug his residence in it, presented none of those outrages which unhappily marked the other parts of Ireland. He was not acquainted with Dr. Jebbe, but could not observe his late elevation, without expressing his satisfaction at it. He should next propose to move for a list of the Parishes in Ireland, with the names of the In cumbents, distinguishing those who were nun-residents.-4 Another Return he wanted was respecting the Clara property. No man would suspect him of wishing to o tarn the Chureb Establishment, either in Ireland or Env,-k land; but be thought it of the greatest importance, coo sidering the state of that country , to know what lad was the property of theeharcb. He also wished the hems to know bow many Homan Catholics had been appointed to those offices, to which, by the removal of disablilites, they had laterly become eligible ; for by the meteor's which Bill to reveal the existing laws regulating the Rive of In. Guvernment had taken to execute these laws, they would he truest. He staid he should not go over the argument, enabled to judge whether the Roman Catholics bad cause which bad been adduced on former occasions on this poin., to be satisfied. To this end he should mo ve for a list of They bid been fully gone into already ; and lie slionid Assistant Barristers, and the names of those who enjoyed therefere reserve himself to a future stage of the question patents of precedence. He should also move for a list of a bring g v i % n vo flee Rill. Rill.from Sir M. Cuou eLET, leave was for a diecmssion of its general principles. the Commissioners of Appeal, distinguishing the Roman After Catholic Clerks.. The Noble Lord conclud ed b y given to br for a return of the names of incumbents, distinguishing EXCHEQUER BILLS. non-residents. The CHANCELLOR of the. EXCHEQUER moved . r lti t o th e of Exchequer El , "1' Mr. GOULBURN said, he did not rise to opp ose the several returns reavei s sue motion, for his uniform opinion as expressed in that house Ordered. was, that the residence of the Clergy was one source of at- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Bare no . 'lee taming the permanent tranquillity of Ireland. He had th at h e s h ou ld to- m orrow submit the usual insition reselect pledged himself lest Session that eve r y t hin g should be ing Exchequer Bills.—Adjourned, to enforce their residence, and in furtherance of that design, it would he his duty in a few days to present a Bill to the house, which, be trusted, would be satisfactory on that head. Mr. HUME assured the Noble Lcrd that his object would not he answered unless he made some alteration in his !no tion, for if an incumbent hail resided for one month in his Cure he would be put down as a resident. He suggested that he should require the list to distinguish the residents into those who were three, six, nine, or twelve mon.lis resi dent. Lord ALTHORP was willing to adopt any alteration to that effect. Mr. CROKER thought there was an objection to this wording of the motion. It would he necessary to get such a return to appeal to every individual to a nswer for him self. The Bishops could not know whether the incumbents had satisfied the law or not. Mr. HUME said,- that one postman could carry all the letters to the individuals—they bad only to ask the simple question. Mr. V. FITZGERALD said he hoped the louse wrmld not affix that stigma upon the respectable Prelates of Ire land, which they must do, if they adopted the reasoning of the lion. Member for Aberdeen, who considered they were capable of making out inaccurate returns. He begged to make his acknowledgments to the Irish Government for the effort they had wade to promote and enforce the resi dence of the Clergy. Mr. Secretary PEEL thought it would not be fair to call for a return in the manner proposed. As it was only fur one year a man might have been absent from sickness or other causes, which it was but fair to allow him to state. As however it would be impossible to comprise this in a motion for a return, lie really thought the motion of the Noble Lord had better stand as it originally was. Mr. ROBERTSON said it was the duty of the English Members to support the Noble Lord in his views. The question would then come to lie discussed without those party heats aid passions which had hitherto attended it. Mr. HUME obtained leave to withdraw his amendment, and the return was then ordered in the manner originally proposed. Other Returns were also ordered, of which the Noble Lord explained the nature in his speech. On the motion for a return of the number of acres of land belonging to the Church, distinguishing the glebe land, Mr. GOUbBURN observed that it would not be easy to ascertain the exact quantity of land in the hands of the Church; for that be understood to include the whole ec clesiastical establishment, and every individual belonging to it. The difficulty of doing this would appear greater, when he stated that such was the state of returns to the Government of Ireland, that one week a parish was report ed to contain 10,000 acres, and another week 20(100. Sir JOHN NEWPORT said it nas not the number of acres in the parish that was wanted. bid to know what (each Prelate possessed; and surely every man [night b e reasonably expected to know bow much land he le:, and for how witch received teat. Lord ALTHORP thought the return could not properly be altered. Mr. MABERLEY said, that having been present the other night when the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Goa:- burn) refused to grant returns, he could nut help on the present occasion observing, that if it was the intention of iliehouse to support him in such a course, they might as well at once adjourn for the rmminder of the Session. Mr. GOULBURN appealed to his Parliamentary life to thew whether he had been given to refuse returns. He thought suck a remark came with ill glace after lie had only the day before assented to a return of 30,000 accounts to the Right lion. Baronet opposite. Sir JOHN NEWPORT was surprised at nothing more than the confidence of the Right Hon. Gentleman in making such a statement. It was no such thing as 30,1.109 accounts. lie had merely moved for what every man ha I a right to know, viz. how he was taxed, and what the power of taxa tion over him. The motion was then agreed to. The next motion was for a list of the assistant Barristers appointed, distinguishing Roman Catholics. Mr. GOULISURN could not give his entire approba tion to this motion. The difficulty was to ascertain who was a Catholic and who was not. Mr. HUME denied that there was any difficulty in this 11AILS. A2l. DIM AIM. Ina. I .... °Alin 0 0 ...Holland o 0 ...Watorknd.....o 0. ...liaruhro I 0....0 & Jorsey....o 0.... Franca 0 0.... Liahon 0 0 ...Flawlora ....... 0 0. ... Gott. nbere 1 0....Ma1ta ...... ....0 PRICE OF STOCKS THu Rank Stack.. . ......23S DAY AT ONE OCLOCK. India Stock •-274 Ditto 1140d5... --..i9 91 tld Ex. 1301.11147 49 50 43 pm. I WI/. S per Ct. Red.......... PIM 3 p. Cr. Cons 911 9 if 3iper Cent ... ...... . .... 4 per vents. ... .. .. litti ill New Fnurs ION i 4 Long Ann. 24i tip. 3 per Ct _ 500/.... 51 4 4 4 .52 b 9 .•‘ Lottery. T irketg. , Con. for .lent 91 !;!. 911911 91 Efie atatettnan. WEDNESDAY EVE\LNG. FEllitl:AßY it, 1.2-1. STOCK EXCHANGE, 12 o'cbucK,--Consols opened this morning at 913, afterwards went down to 11 91 90i, and are at this present hour 91 for the account, with a heavy market. For mon►y, they are 901 to 91. Several reports are afloat, such as of differences in the Cabinet. and of the 4 per cents not being to be paid off till next year; but the general opinion is that the Bulls are and that this is the cause of the heaviness of the Market. FOREIGN FUNDS.—Spanish Bonds opened at NI to 23, at which price they remain. New Spanish, 174-01 d, 24/ to 25—Columbian, 70 to —Austrian, sk—Chili, 794—Russian, 90;11—Holt's sL.xican Minrs, 4to pretuium—Poysis, 3i—New Prat sian, 901 to ;1-01d, 9211—Neapolitan, 624 to ti—French Sail), 9—Mexican Scrip, 51 to By an express which has arrived this morning from Paris, we have received Galignani's Messenger of, onday, which contains nothing bat an account of the debates in the British Parliament, and the following articles of news: At noon to-morrow, HighiMass will be celebrated for the late King of Sardinia. This service is performed at the desire of the poor Savoyard, in Paris. We understand that the Royal Council of Public In. struction Lae confirmed the act of the Professors at the College of Louis le Grand, and decided that none of the expelled students shall be re-admitted either as boarders or day scholars. It is also said that in future no students expelled from a College of Paris shall be received into any other establishment of the capital. The French Funds for Monday, we understand, were WI. 30. Private letters state that the King of France is seriously j indisposed. Last night, the able, honest, and indefatigable Member for Montrose, brought under the con s i deration of the House of Commons, the scandalous abuse s o f power committed under the sanction of the New Vagrant Act. This was done by a Petition, complaining of an Act of harsh and wanton oppression, and one to which every Englishman is now, by this existing law, exposed, on the bare oath of a watchman. The reception this Petition is said to have met with from Mr. Dawson, on the part of Government, MS certainly marked with unexpected singularity. The Peti tioner, after accounting for his „being out at a late hour, complains that as he was going home peaceably, he %vas met by a female who enquired of him her coy to at certain street, and that phi!' be was giving her the direction, the watchman came up, and charged them both with indecent exposure. Time being to other . person present, =nap% the watchman and themselves, it was impossible to produce any evidence either to con firm or contradict the testimony of the former. In this case, much must depend on the degree of credit due to the declaration of the accuser and the accused ; and in this view of the matter we can only judge from probabilities, on which side the balance inclines. IVe were furnished with the particulars of this case at the time, from a quarter on which we can place the most perfect reliance, and we On venture to assert as a fart, that this unfortunate petition t had no less thaw Ain respectable housekeepers in con stant attendance, waiting the result of his appeal at oath a heavy expence, and with the inte ntion of speaking to his good character from infancy , if ro quired. This sorely. with candour and even justice , sh ould create some pre, sti mption in his favour. Now, on the o ther band, DO more on can be said of the watchman, than that he had bee t n so old sailor, and when out of bread, bad been appointe have d o that place. Hot Mr. Dawson , it app ears , will that though the conviction was quashed, case was not gone into, and the appeal was only successful from a tor re technicality. Why, the Irate:mo (and there eas no other witness) was examined both by the Court and Council upon oath, antl the layer afterwards addressed the Bench un the sobject, ' and therefore ail the merits sad demerits of Or the me rits of the case Isere fully known. Indeed, the very order.of the Court decides the point, for it runs In the folbwing Nom. . by upon hearing the said appeal, and whet bath been sieged the sold respective parties. their Vow asel end witnesses, In tin concerning tue premises—it is ordered (het the said CO viction be, and the same is her eb y quashed." --Mr. Dawson has been therefore comp letel y misinformed.-- The great purpose or altering and a xendin g a statute, which at present is disgraceful to the character of t he country, i s eon however in a fair wit) of beirg accomplished. This, only. is the great object la which Englishmen have thf Wares!. and to Mr. Humes exernons. In the elet e olty and justice, the Cavalry will be Welly indebted for successful result. respect. Lord ALTHORP said that the fact of who was a Ca'ho lie and who a Protestant was matter of notoriety. • Mr. MABERLY explained. CROKEII noticed the anomalous state of the law re specting Catholics. In the first instance, none itele al lowed to vote who did not swear they were Papists. Afie•- wards they were alio Ned to vote, on taking the otth of loyalty, and subsequently no one was allowed t o vo t e who was al:epic, leaving the means of inquiry, as to Papist or no Papist. entirely unprovided for. It was for this reason that he thought no Return could be made to the motion of the Noble Lord. Mr. Secretary PEEL dill not object to the motion on the ground that the required information could Lot be giv.-n, but because the house bad no right to call upon individuals to declare what was their religion. lie should not, how eye', press his apposition. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said that. in this case,there could be no objection to the question alluded to by the Right Hononruble Secretary; for nothing could be more ;ratifying or conducive to interest in the individual* in question, than to avow their being of the Protestant re- Mr. Secretary PEEL explained. The Motion was then agreed to ; as well as the other Motions alluded to by Lord Althorp—after a few words from Lord ALTHORP, ale. 00111.110001, and Mr. V. FITZ SIIEULD. SPANISH AFFAIRS. Lord NeGENT Kaye notice, that on Tuesday next he should more for Conies of the.Correspon.l.nce between Sir William A'Conrt and the Spanish tiovernment. A hies.nige from the Lords requested a Copy of the Re port of the Coniiniwe appointed by the house to inquire in to the Irish Poor Laws. The Request was agreed to. JURIES. Mr. Secretary PEEL gave notice, that on the 17th in-' stant, be should move for leave to bring In a bill to conso r lidera and amend she Laws respecting Juror ; and anothe for the same purpose respecting the Uovernment of Pri- Jones's. Mr. WESTERN spoke i few words, which we did not hear distinctly, respecting i proposal he had himself made respecting the alteration of the qualification for Jurors. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, his proposil for the Consoli dation of the laws would not at all interfere with that of the Hon. Gentleman. USURY 'LAWS. Mr. Sergeant ONLOW moved for leave to bring in a sath or a have met neot, was The Pen- late Lour, r, he was her up 7 as givinc d charged 1 R c;:ber hernselvP% v to COD - 1 In this due to the ,nd in this bilities, on idled with quarter on nd we ra n petition t ra io "/P. a ppeal at rig on oath his surely, some I, no more id been au ,pointed to 111 have it, e dit of the su ccessful (and there b by the he latter e subject. 3 of the if the Court No". 'Vert! hY ices, In int said coo. Mr. Informed.-- tute, *Well ntr the eYo .atdtad finoeesh and this i swil )1: ON M NI. I Rig W. ' ,y ~ ~. 1 t • ...r •