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PMPERIAL PAR LIAMEA T. HOUSE OF LORDS, Wtnntsoaw, MAT 19. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Moroi was this day given by Commission t• the Excise Licenses Bill, the India Goods Bill, the Alkali Dimes R.lt, the Commlidated Fund Produce Bill, the Qosr ter Sessions Division Bill, the Caruatic COMMiniaMen Bills the °bogus/ Assay flMce Rill, the Claims sm croon Bill, the Felonies un Canals Bill, the Scokh Jury Court Bill. the Chelsea Church Bill, the Nimrod' Select Vestries Bill, Wilford's Divorce. Clitheruiv's Divorce, Thomas's Divorce s soil Trrlawncy's Divorce Bills, the Aberdeeu Court-buuse Bill, and a grail niombtr of Road Bills, and othedi of a pri vate atul lural nature. The total number of sills, public sad private, that received lbw Royal Assent amounted to SIITit-MINS! The Coniniisbi tttt erg were, the LORD CIiANCLLLOII, Inc Earl of SHAt TI !BURY, anut . L4pq MeLviu.s. APPLA L. In the case of O'Grady r. the Attorney-General of ire land, were fluidly heard for the A pistlling. Further proceedings were psistponed Sill skis , den. ' werk. lin Ihr motion of the Earl of Latii:mtnaav, the Evidence and Appendix attached to the Report of the Committee of the Wm., of Corn were ordered to be printed. Earl BROWNLOW presented a Petition frosts the City of Doman against the renewaLof the Insolvent Debtura' Laid on the table. The RtVentlf Payments 818 was read the Hind time and passed. MFSS. , GE FROM THE COMMONS Slr R. V an~han,and others from the Hume of Omission., Amts.:Jo up two private Bilk, which were severally seed a Hest lithe. CM WIRY SWEERF.RS. The Report of the Chimney Sweepers Reptlalion Rill was Mooch, up and agreed to, and the third rrad,uC Asti/ loos 31oriday —The Lords are ordered to be sommoiird. - - CURRINCY 01: THE COUNTRY. The Earl of LavutilmAl.s: expressed an desire that some of his Majesty's Ministers would take an opportunity, previous to the debate on Fri day on the affairs of the Batik.to give Jli explanation of a passage in a paper delivered non the Commit. to of Sscresy, signed by Wm. Wellesley Pole, Master and Worker of Ilia Majesty's Mut. The possihly be surmised that he, having been a Member of the Bank Committee, should crime to the House for an explanation of this paper, beat it had not been delivered to the Coin ::: i t tee until the last dry of its sitting. He should not press the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Weit - Isitil) for use explailatton, because that Noble Lord Wan not a Member of the Committee, but he hoped ilia he would be so kind as to apprise. his colleagues acr the present request. The pass.ige to which he minded was thi.— " A• tittle Is an silver coil of the realm recognised is a _Ntaiidarol, there tilers:low cannot be any effect produced upon the relative prices of Kohl suet silver bullion in the market by the present mode of coining and issuing our surer t root of fart, the relative proportion% of the Iwo metals ul the 'wicket fur the tune years whirls have elapsed since the Comas, Act paned, hate kept to very nearly the old 111ut pruprimus." The paper then Went on to Si), that in 1817 the price of silver was in the proportion of 15-Y7 to gold, and gave a twice of 5.. 1(1. an ounce; in 1818, in the proportion of 15-0 0 5. giving ss. 1141.; sod m 1819, in the proportion or 1-1.5 6 / 4 , giving 84. 2VI. The first paragraph was false, because them was .• silver standard mcoginsed, to the amount of 40s. Mr. Mushett's evidence was op. posed to all of it. ie diet nut deny that he un derstood the meaning of the passage ; but lie had ',hewn it to half a deitea persons, and they under stood it differently. He was desirous it should be explaiired, that the debate should not be frittered away byluguing 011 (Ilia matter. This was not the only point en which that paper would require ex planation. It stated that copper *as cowed and issued at an expense of abour72 per cent. Of this he tied not beret Iltadre ; fur he had always , under stood that the value of copper in coin diffeted hum its value in the market only by the cost of coinage. 'There was no seignoryfre ; but a distinction should always be takets 'sets evu seignoruge and hrassoge. The former implied that a remain portion of se. ursine was derived W the 6over ttttt rot from the errioage, the !nitre meant only the actual cost of *visaing. The raisers relative to the contract with Mr. Bolton. relative to the copper coin, which lie had moved for yesterday, would, be ballad, 1 / 2 tion be I aid on the The Earl of WESTMORLAND said Oust the Noble 'Earl had given a sulticteist reason why be should soot undertake to give him espleual ou passage in the paper allotted to. lie had not had the tumour of bring a !Wernher of the Secret 'Com mittee. 'llut lie should couinsuisicate the nature of the Noble Earl's application to has colleagues. who hr doubted lint would be enabled 'olive loll] a sa tisfactory explanation. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Wromrspar, Mar IP. At half-past three o'clock the House as surnmouret in Dor usual form In the Douse of Perri to hear the Ittiv;el AMA at giVrn by Connsiisaisno to ••• ot 1 riblie and private Dillse—(for wCkh see Lurds' ffeputl.j INDICTMENT AGAINST Silt M. LOPES. Mr. Lashing,;;;;, reisteell an Extract (rum she Indirlitriet It garnet Sir M Lupts fur F.Leliou Bribtry —Laid on the talek. URCH BRIEFS. 11r. Hall, Gnu. the A:laurel. awl Fire.Offire, prevenicil 11,1 ,....t of the *umber of Dm f 4 i.oned for 5ei..... ing ciriaria il;e• r. —The net torus wwir ordered to he printed ira.. s; FILE BARBOUR BILL. on lit met,ua nT fir ROBLIIT VAIIIGIIAN, the Dundee W u lsour Bill was readilre t!'ini time, mud titian!. C(IA L BCI3 ES. The Lott) ReGtlar-att of 'Scotland p, willed R Petition f, oat th. Freehohltit of Dotnbvetunshirt; azairhit any threa t son ... the Curl Duties.—Lnid en t h e IVie. UN LICRNSED vitAcTiTioNEtts TIIL LAW. slr. LYTTILLTosi presenle.l a Petit ttttt fruat tevertl bull. colors and AStUI awn of the City of Westmiuster mynas. per alfils witetouing in the(- prefeatiuu atihout lieetuna.—laid on the table. 31 F.NAI STRAIT RBI ()Gt. s i r J olts Nru ruin' presentwl a Petition front the City of ~, favour ul the 31enat Strait's Bildge.—Ordered to be priuted. IRIMINAL LAW. Mr. Dow 'trim FLL pt r*elalral a relit (runt Tewkesbury fa a rrt i,„,,, of t h e C elsil isol lAws.—Ordered to Ix referred iu the Conintii lee on Inc Crinlinal Laws. 01()it's RATES %I PPLI('ATION BILL. Mr. A hgerstran •VuOlit risol, lie twin .a Petit ttttt hit hand /nom a 11141 h lint of Pulsout prof. •sinx the J.Nish Itelig 1111 l eho e.,,oplsn,rtlof the etreet *lnch the Hill Is lure the floosie would have upon perwn,s of their persun•iu... The rw. ow wily ruotnhalrd to the support of Ilwir own pow, but weir also arty I,IMrtI supporter.. of lime poser of other it-lig:m.si. II) Ili , Ail stow 'rehire the Rouse, the &testi Ira to M of os demi; tel of le the children of /LI% is at their limner, who tould Ind, wording to their tenets, Ira educated in the work-house, would he taken away. He oh- jetted to the alteration sn far as it affected persons of the Jewish persuasion, and would, at the proper time, submit a clause to that effect. The Petitio• was laid on the table, end ordered to be priuted. Timms ASSESSMENTS. Mr. Alderman Woon rose, to timer that the order of last night, for an sit from the Tax.Orfice of tile real value of all property in the City of London, be oliechargerl. After what bed passed last Meld, the Hun. Baronet who made the motion most be sensible that nu such •ccinint was now tree y. The only effect it 'could have would be to im pose upon the public • large C11111'110! (sir printing. Sir JAMES GilArlAlf amid he cmild have nu objection to the motion being withdrawn.—The order *as accorsltngly discharged. LOTT ER I . F.S. Wtt.lviro*CF presented a Petition from 13ury St. Eilmuuds, against the system of roister( money by State Lot teries. The Hon. Member observed, that this Petition urged, in • eery short, very pithy, snit very impressive man ore, the nhjrctiwrs c ainst those Lotter ICI. The Priiiil/11 *as laid on the table, and ordered to he printed. CASE OP GENERAL Boy D. Mr. WlLetenronts Lieu gave Notice, that on this day furturght he would bring forward a motion respecting the late proceedings in the ease of General Boyd. Irs the in terim he had reason to Ii Irma that papers elucidatory of the facts would be laid before the Honer. ROYAL BURGHS. The Hon. Member presented • Petition from the Royal Burgh of Aristretber, against the Royal burgh Account Bill. FACH EQV ER FINES. Me D. W HARVEY gave notlce of a motion for tomor row, m the eut t iert of the amount of Exchequer lima m ei seed and cumprumi•ed within the hod year. M EATH HOSPITAL. On the moti )))) of Mr /toilette SHAW. the Meath Huspiial 13111 waa reed the third time mid passed. EXCISE INFORMERS. Lord llExits' HOWARD rose to present a Peti tion from else iiillitbitants of the town of Arundel, against the system observed by the Board of Ex cise respecting the prosecutions they instituted on the oaths of informers. The Noble Lord stated, the Petitioners warmly complained of the manner iii which those prosecutions were instituted and con ducted ; they stated, that so glaring had the con thict of informer* been, that the Board of Excise was itself obliged to twit round upon those inform who were punished, some of them by hanging, transporting, and confiniug. He trusted the House would see the necessity of attending to the prayer of the Petition, And reforming a system so pregnant with abuse.---/ Hear.) Mr. W A VEER BURRELL strongly recommended the Petition to the attention of the House. The greatest grievances were apparent in the county of Sussex, horn the system pursued by the Excise Board. Four of these informers were convicted last year the crime of perjury. He was as anxious as any man to prevent smuggling, but he • might that in the mode of punishing the offence sonic attention ought to be paid to the morals of the people. The Him. Member then quoted the case of Mr. (feisty, a Gentleman residing within four miles of Worthing ; be was charged on the oaths of some ruffians of having smuggled some spirits into his premises at a time when he offered the Clem est evidence of his being absent from home at the tune the crime was alleged to have been c ((((( united. Yet the evidence of those ruffians Was taken, though eventually Mr. Hetity vucceeded in convictiog than of gross and wilful perjury. The CHANCELLOR of the ExcitEouga said, that whatever grounds of complaint had arisen in Mr. !fealty's case had been removed, so far us the Iliend of Excise could remove them, on the dis covery of the imposition which had been practised upon them. But he could not see how this Peti t uuld be acted upon by the House. It was true that the Petitin.. contained a general coin platitit, but it stated no fact in its support, no name. no dates, nothing, in fact, in the way of specific complaint that was tangible, or could be mode the matter of inquiry by the Board. Mr. BEN mur r said, that so far from there being mo in this Petition to justify inquiry, he thuught there was every thing, for the Petition re ferred to a transaction which had occurred in a Court of Justice. where the perjury mid profligacy of the Excise informers was openly exposed and pt a . un lied The question was, whether those acts complained of had been done or not? Information had been given by two persons of smuggling to the Customs ; um inquiry. their information was found to be false, and the persons, instead of being dis charged, were taketi into the employ of the Board of I.:xcise. Infurination had been laid against Mr. Oliver, a very respectable gentleman of the county of Sussex, that lie was engaged in smuggling on a particular day in a certain vessel. Ou inquiry, it sikirared that the vessel was in duck at the time. Tfie informers then Changed their ground, and minted another day ; when, mum fresh inquiry, it appeared that on this Second day so name((, the vessel was lying under seizure at the Custom- House. The miscreants who had so perjured themselves, instead of being eunished, were re leased by the Excise. In Mr. Herity's case, the Board preferred the evidence of similar wretches to the unque.itionable testuncipy adduced in coil. to it lay the Cruitletsitin himself. One of the !iilnimers against Mr. Ilenty au. at the time in I f lorsentotiger.lasie oil a charge of murder, and saiothar for theft. The perjury of others was at leu m th proved iii a Court of Law, but they would have escaped 'on small bail were it not that charges of felony were brought against them—they were of course delaincil, and afterwards transported. The Judge repeatedly admonished the %%illness, Todd, at Mr. Ilentj's trial, in consequence of the evidently perjured minister in which he was giving los testimony. The ruffian swore lie had at the 'time taken a note of the particulars of the ',Urged transactuois—and on pencil being put into his hand for the purpose of proving, lie did out know how to write, ,it was clearly 'hewn that the miscreant was incapable of tracing a single letter iis the alphabet. it was upon such testimony as this that the Solici tor of the Excise acted —upon testimony to which no Police Magistrate in the country would for o n e ait listen. It was for the Board of ,fxcise, it would appear, to set the example of acting upon the evidence of perjurers, vagrunts, Mid every sort of miscreant. 'Ellis was the first time that a Minis. ter of Hit Crown had retained to object to a Poi. two being received, the main facts of ohith lie knew to be Hoe. Li one of the cases, where the Board were obliged to repay the Minty they bud done the party prosecuted, and pay all the coats, the multi> , had to pay 14 or 1,300 t. because, forsooth, the So • licitor of the Excise thought propel to lend Ilk ear to the falshoods ►,f these informers. Since the time of the Court of Stair Cluouber such a jurisdiction NS this had never existed. IVotild Ilse Home believe, that in Mr. Ilentt•'s ease. the form of the charge was so vague, that it Was in►possible to know what day, between the months of January and April, it was alleged to have hem romrr►ittrd. It was a posunve tact, that the terror of these prose cutions in the instigation of such perjured informers was so great, that thirteen men, who were now known to he innocent of the crime of whirls they stood charged, pleaded guilty, rather than be brought to a distance from their homes, andsthen tried where they knew they had no chance of escape. He trusted the time would speedily arrive when the whole system of those Excise prosecutions, and the practise of the Courts respecting them, would be inquired iuto b with a review to their effectual alteratims. The ORS xcELLott of the EXCHEQUER explained, that his objection to the Petition was not because he would oppose any inquiry, but because he could nut see how any inquiry could be satisfactorily made unless specific Cilbr II Were stated. Mr. I.usmlxoTors &feuded the conduct of the Board of Excise, who hail in (Mr. flersty's case paid the «hole costs Ow gentleulaii had been put to, when they funnel t hey hail been imposed upon. Ile really thought that a Petition complaining spe c.fically of no oppression, which Wil4 spell to ex• islanution or inquiry on the facts of the case, ought not to four. the ground of any proceeding before Par liament. lie assured his Flom Friend (Mr. W. Burrell), that if any specific case of grievance could be satisfactorily pointed out, it should be in stantly remedied, or if any specific remedy were deviped, which without scrsenina the guilty would shield the innocent, it would be immediately at. tended to by the Bourd of Excise. Mr. D. W. I-lA*3 , LT suggested the propriety of withdrawing the Petition, in the event of there being no abjection to lay before Parliament copies of the whole of the proceedings in the Case of Mr. Heuty. There would he then documents before the House which would he explanatory of the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER repeated, that his only objection to the Petition was, that when it called for inquiry, it set forth no specific facts upon which that iiiiptiry could he grounded. Lord HENRY HOWARD replied, that the Peti tioners had contented themselves with brositly stat ing the existence of a grievance which it was thought no man could be found to dispute. if particular facts were necessary to support inquiry, many could be found to bear nut the abhorrence which the Pe tioners had nettle present practice. Mr. I.I.7MINGTON explained. Mr. CURWEN said, there was a great deal of oppression in the execution of the Excise Laws. Ile did not complain of the employment of infor mers, bi-catise it wan perhaps necessary; hut when their accusations were discovered to be groundless, and individuals put to great trouble and expense, lie thought they should be given up. Mr. WALLAce. complaimed of the reflections 160%11 Oil the character or the Solicitor of Exciike on a hornier night by the Member who had spoken last. Hr said that thousands of compromises had been made, whereas, on the production of a paper ordered; it turned out they were but fourteen. Mr. CURIVEN had no hesitation in saying that the paper referred to had completely satisfied him. lie bad been misinformed, and had he seen it pre viously, he would not have said what h e did. The Petition was then withdrawn. REVENUE PAYMENTS. A Message from the Lords aonoissiced that their Lordships had agreed to the Revenue Paytueuts CA 3IELFOR D. Lord Itltt-Torr arid , he held in his howl a Pc. tiduu from Charles Pitt, Esq. who had prevented a Petition to the House, complaining of an undue return fur the Borough of Caine!ford. The Peti tioner stated that he had arranged with the clerks for the production of the sureties to enter into re cognizance. yesterday, but they had ►ubsequently discovered that that was a day beyond what was al lowed by the Act of Parliament, and when he came down yesterday with his sureties, that was 'fated to him. Such were the allegations of the Petitioner whether they were true or fake, he did not know, but it undoubtedly appeared to him, that if he could satisfactorily make out that the not enter- Pig Into recognizancev within the time required by the law dill nut arise from any wilful neglect of his own, that the House was bound to grant him relief, peiliaps by extending the time fur so doing. He bad only to add, that the Petitioner offered to prove the facts he had set forth at the b it of the House. The I'rtition was then brought up and read. The SPE•IIER said, it might be convenient to irate, ill reference to the Petition, that yesterday he had informed the House the Petitioner had nut entered into recoguizances, in consequence of which the order for taking the Petition into con sideration was discharged. He had also subse quently said he had received a letter from the Pe. mower, describing his ii.ability to enter into recog. nizances within the proper time, from the mistake of the clerk in fixing it for yesterday, a t;uy too late; since that he had thought it his duty to call for all the information which could be collected on the subject. He had learned that the dry had been fixed on in the usual manner, and approved of by the Petitioner himself; but that when the latter came yesterday, Mr. Ley found it was a day too late, end tuude a communication to that effect to the Pe titioner. He, however, put a different construction on the words of the Act; and contended he was not. Under these circunistancea, Mr. Ley proposed to enter into the examinaf of the sureties, mod to grant the certificate, if they should be approved of; *aid afterwards the Petitioner might make any ap plication to the House touching the transaction he thought proper. The Petitioner declined that course—said that he was resolved at all events to petition the House ou the conduct of the clerks— left the room, and then wrote the letter he had be fore referred to. IVith respect to the comae pro per to be taken by the House, perhaps it would not be inconvenient to re ttt it id Members, that in a case nearly ►imilar, the course had been to appoint a Select Committee to take the Facts of the Petition into consideration, with a view to determine whether the case adinitted of any, mid what remedy. Ile bud only further to observe, that though the Peti. tion did deal in part with the recegniiiiettelt, it - alio went la►gely into the merits of the election. Lord MILTON then moved that the said Petition be referred to u Select Committee, to take into con sideration so much of the some ss relates in the non-examination of the sureties, end to report the matter thereof, with their observations thereupon, to the [louse. The question having been put-. Mr. WYNN thought the Petitioner ought to have applied to the (louse yestrillay. and doubted ex tremely whether the Act of Parliament MI the I fonse auy 'rower to remine the con•illeration of the Petition after the order relating thereto had been discharged. Even if it. had, the Petitiooer should be called to the bar to verify the facts al leged, before any tither step were token in relation thereto. The SPEAKER said, if a Committee should be appointed, Ist, whether there was any grievance, and, if so, whether there was any renierly, and of what nature—he thought a Report front a Com mittee constituted for such a purpose would he highly valuable. Lord CASTLEREANU and Mr. WYNN made sonie remark', not audible to the gallery. The SPEAKER said, that if the Petitioner were now io attendance, perhaps the thing could be moat conveniently done by Ins verifying that part of the Petition relating to the not entering into recog nizances on oath. But it was of importance to the Commute! to have the *farewell's of the examiners also; and it difficulty would arise bunt gob% into the Committee with the verification of the facts from one side only. Aber some further observation' from Lord Cos tlereagh, Mr. Wpm, Lord nun Mr. V. Blake, Lord CASTLEREAGEI Moved that the debate on the Petition be riljourited till tomtorrow. Lord Mll.loN and Mr, S. BOURNE buying spoken on the amendment, The SPEAKER suggested the expediency of with draaing the original 'notion, and moviitg that the Petitioner attend at the bar to-morrow. Lord MILTON Ilecortinigly moved that the for mer tnotwo be withdrawn, and that the 'Petitioner do attend at the bar to-morrow. A conversation on this 'stoma then took place. between Mr. V. BLAKE, Sir J. Nlscitisrrosit, and Mr. 11'YNN. after which the amendment, that the debate be adjourned till to-morrow, was put and agreed to. MAD-HOUSES, On the motion or Mr. WI. N. the Mad-houses Regulation Bill was read the third tune and inisi.ed. BARON M'CLEI LAND. Mr. R. MARTIN postponed his charge ogninq Baron McClelland, for breach of official duty, till Tuesday next, on account of the ab*eince of the Right Hon. Secretary fur Ireland (Mr. C. Grant). CIIITCH RATES. Mr. L. FOSTEa rose to mute lur leave to bring in a Bill for the better collection of church rates iii Ireland. Ilis motion was intimately conn►cted with the residence of the clergy in that country, as a principal objet. of the Bill lie proposed was to introduce a more easy process for the recovery of debts due to them. The Hon. Gentleman, after some further explanation, made his motion us above described, which was agreed to, and leave given. REPORT. Mr. PEEL bald on the table the Resolutions he intended to submit to the House on Monday next, on the House going into the consideration of the Reports of the Secret Committee on the Resump tion of Cash Payments by the Bank of England. The Right Hon. Gentleman stated they embodied the opinions and recommendations of the last Re port, which, according to his sinerre conviction, proposed the best remedies for the evils and incon veniences experienced from the long suspension of cash payments. MAIL-COACH CONTRACTS (IRELAND). Mr. E. S. COOPER said, he would detain the House but a few minutes, while he stated the red sons he hail fur moving for leave to bring in a Bill for limiting the number of passengers conveyed by mail-coaches in behold, and for limiting the period of such contracts. His reasons were drawn from an authentic document which he held in Isis hand, namely, " A Return from the Post-office of their Contracts, pursuant to the order of the House." He should confine himself chiefly to the great western road. One principal thing hr had to complain of was, that, though in this country the mails were carried exclusively in light coaches, car rying four inside iiiid a reasonable number of out side passengers, in Ireland they were, in very many instances, conveyed ►u heavy coaches, (*trying six inside passengers, and, be might almost say, an indefinite number of outside passeligers—tiay more. It appeared, that upon the Galway road the con tract was actually for a coach to carry four inside aml one outside passenger, fur which, of course, the highest rate of mileage was paid, and it was almost immediately after permitted to be changed into a heavy coach, carrying six inside awl four out side passenger., making, with the coachman and guard, twelve persons. It was quite impossible that this cumbrous coach could travel at mail coach rate, and the consequence was, that at a time when this country was making every exertion in its liberality to expedite the correspondence with Ireland, when the mail got to the other side the water it met these heavy coaches, which neces sarily travelled at this slow pace. Now it was easy to perceive thi great injury the correspon dence suffered by this injurious mode of proceed ing, for as the mail-coaches leave Dublin at the same hour in the evening, if they travelled at Eng lish mad-coach rate, the letters would have leach ed their destination in the country, iii instances, before the return coach had started, thus answers could be returned the same day. Kitt when he looked to the conveyanee of the Sligo snail, it was still More extraordinary ; the contract their was for a coach with four horses, beginning V. 9 miles from Dublin; and what did they inert with first P Why a diligence drawn by a pair of horses, and the consequence of this inadequate conveyance has been seriously injurious to the merchants of Sligo; for froni the inadequacy of this vehicle to contain the mail, it has nrceusilly been placed on the top, from whence it has been stropped in the night, and large remittances totally lost. When complaint of this has been made to the Post-office, it is true, they have been extremely civil ; they hare expressed their regret, artific e , however, that they could give no redrew, not lienig answerable for losses either hr their coaches 1r guards. Thus merchants sending their eorrespoiw dente by what they suppoSe a Lire ciisivelacee; namely. • coat it aril four Lune., find that h % th e coin.ivance of the Poisi:oilfice in a brr4l.ll of tract, he loses his property and gees rio it appears also, that there Can be mi ciiiiipe i ins for these contracts in many instal cro ; 144 perkii,: when only three years of a seven years"Cliotract A expired, the Post-eflice renew frith a riontr;;•ii l s for fourteen veers, thus e:oalilishitig a monopoly. But this is not all I hate to Irmo., of. I see contracts are extended to 14 and Y 1 )Pro., for coaches travelling to the great ciAtioneretal cer of Cork. at the rate of four and five miles on Is this to be borne a—of what 0%.• spit that ae have gone to such on enormous expense in making ay e trail-coach 'Odd., bets Ihesr abilPei ate nerntitted lie did not know whither the Poetoiffice had the power of making these contracts. hot if 1111 5 lied, be was sure II was time to limit their powers. 1% would be impossible for the commeicial correepon. deuce to submit to this slow rate of conveyance, hir '2l years. Contracts insist be got rid of, eiti.er by being bought in . or in some erbrr way, mid elm. ever expense the country was put to us this revert, was owing to the hail management of the bi 4, Post-offit e. For these reasons lie had rip auto,/ ISt the propriety of arresting their Career by bib lan posed Bill. He therefore moved for 1. Ate w liritig 111 a Bill for limiting the :mintier alt p.eseii;tetir conveyed by moil-coaches in Ireland, soil the Ile. in of contiacts for such coaches. Th.! oluoui, t15%1,, brru gkrempartl by MY. Rote. Emu'. *Atli put :ma agrerd to. end leave given. coIIiVETANCI NG. Mr. LYTTELfuI Soil, hr d►d out anticipate soy valid objection to the motion be was about to ',mo unt, for effecting an amrodn►ent in tile hew telattlK to Conveyancers. The 44th of the Ki. g, e. etsunierated certain persous whose it authoatwit to practise conveyaticiiig. Among those ►;►tidied were all who had been admitted into ally 61 the bus of Court ; in Cougsrytelier of that de ►cription, ;tenants who merely got their oasts en. tared in anv of these Societies, were heel lo he qualified. Now lie thought that wipe completely contrary to the spirit of the Act, and that it only contemplated such individuals who hid obtained admission fur the purpose of carrying on a regular course of legal study. Ile thought, therefore, that the Act referred to required ameilduseut in thou revert, and with that tuew, moved the Order of the Day for the House resulting itself into a Com mittee on the Stamp Duty on Couvryaticels Act Geo. 111. c. 98.) The motion having been agreed to. I n the Committee— .Jr. LYTTELTON said, the fill lie promised to introduce would not have any refiii-pertive effect, and %could also leave to stewards the power or draw. tug leases. It was intended not only to street a fut. then security in the tenure of ploperty, but also as a protection to attorneys and solicitors regularly bred, and properly qualified, at a very gsert ex pense. Considering the Wirr clicuinstatice, it seemed obvious that it could not he the design of the law to permit any class of the profession to on. tans a qualification for practising on such ea•y terms as those against whom his Bill was directed, more especially when it was recollected, that these last exercised the duties Inure difficult rripop. Bible than the former. The lion. Gentleman then tnoved— " That it is the opinion of this Committee, that tl- Chairman he direct. d hi brine in a Hill to ricplAm amend the Act 44 (itu. 111. r. in so 13r as the tame ii. latex to the Qualifications of Culivelaucers." The motion having knell edrried, the Sreata:t resumed the Chair. Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Report, *hick woo agreed to, mod trove given to bring 111 the POOR RATES. Ott the motion of Mr. S. IhnitNE, the !Nine went into Committee on the Poor Rotes Cal ion Bill. Mr. HUMS wished to know whether any (binge was to be introduced to protect the children of Di , - 'enter+ and Jews being taken from their 1/111sriiR, and sent to receive inhttuctiotts in a religion dlffet ent from theirs ? Mr. S. HouttriE said he understood the worthy A!dertnan (Wood, we believe) meant to plow's. , such a clause; lie did not. The Bid %%as considered, and the Chair resume'. —Report on Friday. CLERKS OF THE PEACE. Sir J. NEWPoUT Lro•.giitup tii deport of tie Clerk of the Peace (Ireland) Bill, which as agreed to. The Hun. Baronet then moved, that it be taLr a into further consideration on Friday next: Mr. COURPEKAY rose fur the purpose• I f 1.. !milli% some amendment, but was ioloone.l by the SPEAKER that that was riot the invper period. Lord CAEHASIPTOK, in expressing his opinion on the Bill, referred to the case of an HMI. AI, a.- ber of that House, Whir, he observed, had, iirichq the existing law, dismissed from his 1.1 lUilllllll rf Clerk of the Peace, an individual of unitary ago, and perfectly capable of performing It;,i dory, This act he did, not on account of arty alleged nisi...- conduct, but merely on ti,e principle of sic role, sic jubto, star pro ration rollloriss. To pre►rrit the recurrence of such a circunumnice, it was though% lit to bring its a Bill, which was to operate ma a measure, 11l ten-orris, to prevent such a stretch cf power in future. The present Bill was Inotighi its couaequence•—but there was a defect iu the pir au►bie, where it was stated to be a Bill to " regu• late the office of Clerk of the Peace in Irehrod, with reference to the grant of said office hy the Castor notolorint." Now this was detect+►., be cause there was, at prewar, a suit depearlissu, Nr decide whether the appointment was iii the Ono-a or the Castor. That part which rekted to tile Cartos might he omitted, and the pieau►ble aou'•l then refer to the regulation of +he office genrial Mr. COUR/PERAK tif. , groited the propriety of ti.oi Noble Lora's pairtpormig his ob , ervstiosis to the day' to which tt wits intended to re-commit the All. Lord CAIMAUCTON raid, he wino to Fih cede to the iirtipiisittini—and, t‘lirsi the ii; finer mot cattle, he *instil introduce such liberation, 11,4 ( , ).i 'll iilakt this both a useful and till neither of wind' it skus at prettill, .1% h: PrUV.!. in saying tlllll, he did 'tat Int4i. to t.a• PI ■ IF I I !~ ~.