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Tits s.ly mesa be kaew 'As Itsviag two Petitions is the mare Abet was, that they 1.101 haw hers both eat op sad doted by fadesidaal. art less we the own peed*, wialswit say istereeineanies- Stew tali) she barium was dose. The Petit Ines was laid ea the table. Mr. Coma Lewiston orreateed • Pedalos trees the Teas of Wattled avails. the Coal Metier—Laid •• the table. • the the teethes, 'MMus. eitsuam, Me UMW Cies Light itsll, war read the shied this., and paw& Lard LaesessAte psi iar, •fridey out, the sesesd emboli of the Cutlery NIL ItSPOIMIL Mr. Alderama WOOD filet to preneat eighteen Portions from individeala is the weighbearboad tot Rochdale, in the county or Lancaster, royal foe : a rad:cal Itrfoesi is Parliament. The wrathy Al . Armen, afire carrying the Petitions up to the rehle, withdrew them, owing to some informality "Muted out by the Clerk. COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES. Sir JiMlll SHAW presented a Petition from err. • twin British tinders, puling for compensation fur . the Were sustained during the attack by Lord that bier on Dearnark. in 1807. • -The CsitscaLuis of the Examining would not °vase the reception of the Petition. though the *abject might gum rise to inquiry on • future • occasion. Lord Larrent.t.es said. he recollected having been owne applied to by the Petitioner.* en the sub. ,act of their claims, but it was so ion ego that he Aid not recollect particulars, though he thought the nature of their awe deserved inquiry, The Petition was laid on the table. MT INDIA SHIPPING. Mr. Canning • postponed •ntil to.t•onoet hie motion for the conaplination and amendment of the Acts relative to East India Shipping. COPYRIGHT. Mn J. &ITT' presented s Petities from the Felton* of Trinity College, Cambridge, airiest the Copyright Bill. lately istrodseed in that House. The Petitioners stated their belief, is •trltieli he concurred, that the . grieninees complaised of soder the raisin% low were greatly esagorreterl. The Petition was referred to the Copyright Com -aline,. • I' • MARRIAGE ACT. Dr. Pm 1.1.1M0R1 rose to make his promised mn. lion fur leave to bring iu a Bill to amend the Art 4 Gee. 1. commonly called the Marriage Act.— The object he had in view was. first, to amend the mode at pesseat treed in marriages by license; and. Ily in these by bannr. By the Ilth section of the Act. all marriages were imperatively declared null nod void. where the pa►ty or parties married tinder age. without the consent of parents or guardians. The words were su broad mod unequivocal. dud the `Courts cuold take cognisance of nothing but the ' *ere violation e the law. no matter at what di.- 'time of time. after the inhabitation, the applies t ton shoellil be made, and though the parties 'Mold 'hove been fur years tieing es man and wife after either of them bad enabled their twenty-first year. 'Now his object would be to amend this part of the Act, and prevent theocential of the husband coin ing forward for yours after be had married. and tak ing advantage of Nome wrong, and his intention 'was therefore to propose, Mot the usavviage should • he heW solid *Mess the compliment entered Court 'durint the utietwity of the patty, et within a year sifter the party's coming of ar. He was also pressed to engraft upon hie Bill a modification to alter the itfeonvesiimee and evils now atteudant• upon marripges by Imam As the law stood, though the parties were required to swear that they weer residents in the parish where the banns are 4oroclainird, yet they wore not called spoo to prow . any particular dwelling. This left an opening fur various frauds in large and populous parishes, uttich au actual precision on this point would pre vent—aud to this mode of marriage it was also his . intention to apply the principle of limiting the time of complaining as under the licenses. There . were the two leading points of the Bill which he oreant to iutroduce—at would embrace no limber . alteration in the 1aw„...-Losee w a s thew given to bring iu the Bill. COURT! IN WALES. Mr. Joules ruse to make ht. promised Sofia fur leave to bring iu a Bill to aseud the practices of the Courts of Great Sessions in Wales, and to utter and regulste their plan of duiug business.— The fiou. Gentleman lusted, that it was his nitra tion to propose, that parties not actually within the jurisdiction of Courts of Session in Wales, should ne untenable to subpreaas under certain circuits stiincee. He meant also to obviate time practice of moving fur writs of certiorari in Westmiu►ter Hall, which were graated as a wetter of course, to remove causes from Wales. This sort .1 proceed, mg lie uu•sut to propose should not be allowed, specisl affidlvit, and notice to the op -he mit alteration be otelint to pro• puss we. taut Ces of recovery should k levieli as was the practice in Eogl ad, four dimes justeitti of twice • yees ; and also to visimilate dolt► easeiant of espouse with that paid in the Comet of Cosarana Mess in this country. Thht, of smarm, etionki be on the 'alteration of the present patents. —These were sten iutended alienations so to the otanents for which actions should be brotight 'lnd cattalo arrangements fur the mishits of Sesked Judges. _The him. Gestleniso here snarled to the Report or a former Committee so this subject. and oneerved, that the Cesnosithke bad alluded to cer tain smatters of wide% the peas& in Wales had lassie nn complaint, sod which be thqacht it was tlwret re swipedinll tw enilletaio. The Hon. Mconher coacledettly iativiag Toe leave to bring in his , Mr. Weab otrsetbed, that the Committee had thought proper. in the ',port atladed to, to cow. lbw their reesswiwesdosion to the psis* ass which . . They bad all trteed.sad test chilli those oo which there bad hero some dill:Neste of opinion. Leave was then gives to bring its the Bill. AZNOSAL OW THOMAS vtaanox FROM MIS thrHOL Or. W'tww rose to move— s That so isetebte &lbws Sol pressaeril se his Royal Mlgbassatbe Peirre• Regret, porta, too be weeld reasove Thermo Itworreso fro* the MO of • Sess. of Team, IN time ..salt of Lama& sets bad bees peamA (sift of S. sat to subvert the freedom Mod todeprodeost of Hketlart, sad bad lima drelared by that Souse guilty of a high bread of i*privilirgea.• The Hon.end Learned Gentleman said, that the Rouse could not, without the greatest danger to the freedom of election, omit to take such steps so would shew their ahhoeseace of the act of which Thomas Ferguson had been proved guilty. Tie evidence before the Committee' had been now, he trusted, read by every Metnher of that House. On Ferguson's owls statement; it appeared, that without aoy authority from any other pence, he had presumed to take soon himself the took of elides wearing to corrupt Mr. Dykes, an elector. and to ' promise him a plaice for givlArbls trots 1b favese of • particular Casididode. Tne attempt carried sortie force or iufinesoce from the pergola who Made it holding an office solder Lord Douglas, fur whole. interest the vote was lobe obtained. It became the Hoes to follow up their proceeding* by an Ad dress for the removal of the offender from that office which give him some inSuence in attempting the commis/ion of his offloce.—filisk, A..,.) — He would quote precedents to shew that the (purse he recommended bad been the *awns prnetice of the House. In the case of the Bishop of Worces ter, lu 1703. for intyrfering et an election. the "Heusi addressed the Crown for the Biihrot's re moval from the office of Lord Almoner.. lot the some year. Edward Martin, Mayor of Winchelsea, foe using threats at an election. was by address taken into custody, and also removed from the office of Surverr of Customs. In 1705, Willies Burstead woos in the same manner removed front his office of Receiver-Geoieral fur the comet)! of Statfu In 1741-51, one of the Sheriffs of Devon was oved from the office of Receiver-Ge neral a that county. la 1717. Wm. Phelan ' on Inspector of Costae., was also discharged fur* similar °Luce. lo feet, there were a great unto her of precedents for this course of proceediug. The Howe had also its eke w th e difilerest Acts .r Puritanical which excluded eerbims oaken its his Majesty's service from partieipatiog in the holiness of an election. B 7 the Sth of William and Mary. all officers of Excise were prohibited from interfering, in. any matinee, with an election. The penalties locum(' by aim infractios of this Act were numerous sod harry ; the of eeder lost the situation, was declared tot ecer incapable of serving his Majesty, and also Awed 1001. By the 9th of Anne, this Act was ezten4ed to all officers of the Past-office. stamps, arc.: by'doalogy, then. it endowed the department hold by Fer• gluon, which being the Window Tax division, the Act could not of course have named, that Tau not being in existence when the Art was (=met), He (Mr. Wynn) was aware that there were s ome Gentlemen who thought that enough of punietioseot had already been inflicted on that offeider— (Hear, hew, from the Treanor, Bettehes,i—ie this opinion lie did not concur. fur be the•ght the man who had acted as Ferguson had dome, was unfit to hold any situation under the Crown. It was not more than two or three years ago that, for a fraud on the Stock Exchange, a Member .of that House had superadded to the berry puisish went indicted by Court of Law, and by that HOuse, a deprivation of all the prates siuond honours he previously enjoyed, because it wd• deemed iru prup that a man so publicly stigotatix , d should hold any commission under the Crown. Whether the case alluded to, nod which happened seves years-ago (we presume that of Lord Caotleeeagh and Mr. Perceval), had escaped with impunity or not, was not now the question, for then the Ruse raise to no derision • now they hod, and their Jour. nets furnished a rec ord of Fergosou's guilt, mud it lio4 also , stood es the evidence' that be held a sensation under the Ciegre.- 6 .11/ear.p.-Seeiv so office. if not the reward of service, must at least be filled by a man ant guilty of crime. The Hoot. end Learned Gentleman, after moving that the Re- Widget of the House, in di* case, should be en tered as read, concluded by moving the Address to the Prince Regent for the removal of Thomas Fer. peon from the office or a Surveyor of Taxes its the county of Lanark. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT immediately Mlle and moved, that the Prtilion presented iii I/98 by Mr. Orey (How Earl Grej), from the Society of the Frieolls of the People, he now read. Mr. WYNN did out rise to oppose the lion. Ba ronet's motion, but merely to state, that the Reso lutions of the House acknowledging the reception of Petitions were mere declaratory of the simple fact that they were so received, and by no means as recorotiog any participation in the sentiments con. tained in such Fetitions.—(Heer.)-sWhat object then could be accomplolied by the Remlutiou be ing read 1--(Hear./ Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said, that a. the Hon. and Learued Gentleman had declared he did toot mean to oppose the motion, it was unnecessary her bun to enter into any argument in support of it, except to say, that ohm the Hamlet**, end an other record he meant to move fur. itenvisod. the House would see the inconsistency of del present course of proceeding. The l'etition presented io 1793 from the Primed* ‘N%k. :\ .1-4) ,• of the People was then resil.—rthie Molested do- cement has been so often re-publisholi and is so generally known. that we need only repeat, that it described in 's minute and detailed moaner, the constitution of the Noose of Commas as originally intended, and contrasted it with its modern state— it enumerated the toeless of the proprietors of boroughs., and the minims plans which had no representation whstseever, mid painted out the li mited number of electors anjiMhpited to the adult popolatiew of the empires' •r - . The Hon. Saran thee tellimid OW the Reeele ' Coss of the Home be read on the Arpin of the Committee s_ppeinted to try the merits elf the 'Elec. ti" foe the wash of Great Grimsby. , This Resolotion. which Wm ass follows, sum ot endisigly rood by the Clerk : * It appease to as, the Me Poe. William Welledity . Pete has barn payof bribery to delete 'Denim for a Maher Vs) gene IN the pressen Partial/am tor the Illswerigh It Griot OrMsby."—e Lead hxyliter entail oppnetninefee.) Sir 'salmis Bonnier—" My only object in Swing these records reed, ill 10 sheet the ire* of the present p ro ce e di ng t o wa r d s Thoma s ergu son. wil you have allowed the weighty an d mess capital enders in ercupo."—(Hear, fuer.) Mr. iiroiesea Buuus rose. not so much to Mr peel this nintien; as to abject to the mode of in- , quiry which hail beets been adopted in the Car metre, though he hod no doubt that that made was coefonunble to preredest. It appetin.d from the evitteitee that the delinquent was brought be fore the Committee, sod Immediately converted into a witness egrusiet himself, to the length of au ewers which filled up 1$ folio peke.. It did not appear that the delinquent was cationed, as he would have been la our Courts of Justice, alpinist giving answers illicit would criminate himself. He had been brought before the House, and treat ed with the onsuat erverity. He was, in the first pie* Cotionehhod to the custody of the &violet at Anife--oo trilling pnnishrnent • when the expense attendant Upon it was considered. • and he had afterwards hewn sent to the most nproniinions prison in the kingdom.—(Hear, hear, hear. i It is .tee pre)toted to take from this individual. n a farther Megan* .. of peurshment. the trilling tact which he holds. He by no mesas wished to be understood as thinking that this person should ' be aliment to fro itritltOnt adequate punishnient, but he cittainly regretted that the practice of the House. in the Mode of eicaraining a witness before a Committee, was so different from the coarse per used in Cones of Law. .if it had been (which he. hoped en not die ewe) the original intention of the Hasse to ;sortie this course towards, Ferguson, it would have been bet candid in the first instance to have wanted him es to he answers. This surely might have been done, hi the Committee could have gorse elseerherefor evidence pine the indivi dual.=( Hear./ Mr. Bseonacreould not exactly agree with some °terminus's that had (alien from his Right Hon. Friend who had last spoken. The delinquency of. Ferguson did not arise from Ins answers. but from the letter he had previously written. The exadii wition was conducted in the sisal form. not with soy view to aggravate the guilt of the intio,eidital. bat to oscettatst whittle others were e.inneeted wigs him in the emendition of the offence,:-(iric on i —He felt fully aware that a severe pudisliment had bent already inflicted, but he did B.Bii know how he could disagree to the motion after the precedents cited in favour of the present course.—(beer.j Mr. Daxts Bao*Ve, in a low tone of voice, thought the motion,cestColeetTB Mr. Joule nts of .npiaiost that if the motion were carried, it we'.,141 infirl *greater punishment than the case resluired. Ole thought that Ferguson had already warred enough. without losing the sole pro. vision "tyleieh remained to him sifter his imprison- met.tt. It also took away the constitutional right of tee subject to Isis trial by jury, for that mode of proceeding was open in following up the punish. matt of the individual. As the matter stood, the House bed, by an set of authority. extorted from the individual the 'eidetic* on which they grounded their punishment ; •ud, in'fsct, the present coarse went to inflict a two-fold punishment for one sod the same offence...4f/eer.) • Mr. hlrrinan was of opinion that the penia6 meat already inflicted was entiolt for the offence —( Hen j—and he thought the loner would gain , little credit in theeyes of the public by thus prem. ! , ing on an humble individual, when it was noto• rious that they allowed the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Castlereagh) to escape for an offence mot very disiSinoilar.— (Neer. heer.) Mr. LICTTELTax said, he hoped he would gain credence when he affirmed. that he would be the last man in the codaattnity to countenance the commission of crime. 00 this subject he must my. that he was at a loss to see on what sound practical principle this motion rested. Did the Hon. and Learned Mover imagine that, by carrying this question. he would either reform the deliti genii or prevent a future violation of the freedom of election ?—(lleor t from Mr. ifjam.)—Nnt I.e thought diffevantly..aml felt convinced that a mem equal and certain punishment fur all offenders would have a mach better effect. Occasional in. stances of rigoor towards huuthle individuals would rather turn the people spinet the House, by the extreme disproportion and inequality of the pusishe nisat—it would rather disgust them. than fix their tniiiils with the salutary force of an example. He was convinced that it would neither prevent a repo. Wien of the offence, nor strengthen or exalt the character of the House with the people at large. If the prevent motion were to be followed by any , general measure, there might be au argumest for it; bet if the molter were intended to rest after the House had visited its whole wrath upon Fergu son. then he thought the present course highly int. politic. —(Hers.) 1 Lord FOLMITON2 ►eplied to the argentin= of his Hon. Friends near him. He could uot agree with thea that it followed, because great offenders escaped, entailer ones should be allowed to plead this escape to secure their own impunity....fibir.) —4lle fully agreed that the larger offender ought to have beep pnuished, but he could uot come to the concla.ion, that the souther one ought now be permitted to escape. It was also contraded, that the present offetider had been already set!e►ely pu nished. Now this argument should have bees forged a little earlier is this business. The clues• Lieu uow was .imply, whether the guilty man should not be dealt trith iirtbeitune =saner, as by - e ‘ 'V the fleetly 1' the misty et DaraPt i %which elated that the is had been in the ltebit ef weities is the silk far twelve hours a frestslwhiris they bed never idt aoy inennwr. anit the, if the hewn of lahwar were Avid*. t swipe and teinhtfts *WA be proportioir 1164 1 he Piitilissis Wire vehmteil t s ai d eentsittes. The iambs Deets and tbe due Ueda join viaodlegght sent! * Woes erctritesie. The Watt Isola Ttade Wdl, the Smolt cuter. 'gloom 13111, t Great Ned Ptindbile Bali, were ebsglibriest tile. tian% sad pelhini. 11111 Mil r .1 ."\ 3 \ k - 3 11 Ic•\‘‘. : ~. letesits it appealed ottOra WOW Ter . I—(Hear,/—and isbetflee, al v hift wiled, he should arstaffirfroat an ender the Crows; w it' . had poioe.l. he was unworthy to . 4 _ tu tting this this address, the House would affirm khe uncon stitutional propositioa , that persons Kadin; siteatioas in the revenue itie iise the in fluence these situations gave them in their neighbourhood at elect**. If tie was stripped of this influence, he would then Merely ,pot. sees that which he might have either as a writer'. at Glasgow, or a writer's clerk, for this was his busi ng,* ; and it was evident that he did not depend fur subsistence on his tax-office, though he, of course, derived his influenee from the latter. His offence was • rations one, he bed gone to Mr. Dykes, and promised him a place for his vote ; he afterward* went to Sir Alexander Cochrane's agent to elate whet he had done, mud a letter in furtherance of the bribe had been actually sent to • Right Hon. Gentleman in office ' who in answer wrote dowu to know what situation Mr. Dykes would accept. It was clear then that the public situation of the de litigant gave him an influence which it was evident he ought no longer to hold. Fur these reasons he should vote for the motion ; if the House did not lionetion it, they would effirin the propositiou which he had already stated.—/Hear.) Lord Minium was aware that, on such a Cafe as this. he could have no weight with the (louse iu proposition to the lion. and Learned Mover, _but he felt so strongly on the subject, that he would claim the attention of the House Ishii, he stated his ma sons against thin motion. So impressed was he that the prevent course was untlecesiniry, that he had, in the Committee, successfully opposed the Chair owl's having en instruction to recommend it to the House. It therefore came before them not only without this recommendation, but stamp ed with the negative of the Committee. The same feeling that induced • him to think this severity ought to be evoieed when before the Committee, Rill operated on his mind when the subject came for discussion . in that House. He would refer to the precedents which had been to ably enforced, and would contend that not oue of them applied ,to the case before the (louse. In these cases there Ins only one where the offender had suffered both iMprienoment end • loss of his situation.—(Hear.) (Mr. Wynn, " Two.")—What was the first? hors that of the Bishop of Worcester , who hod lost his situation, as Lord Almoner, for unduly interfering es a Peer in the election of a Commoner ; for this act he was nut imprisoned, but deprived of an office worth shoot IOoL a year. Was there any analogy between this case and that of Ferguson ? The next precedtent was that of Martin, Mayor of Wincliel sell, who, as Returning Officer, had been guilty of threats to influence the return of a particular name. For so high a crime he was merely given into the custody of the Serjeant at Arms, and then deprived 'I of his civil situation. There was no analogy here either between the crime or the culprit. The next ease was that of Mr. Bursteed, in 1705, for bribery. This individual held the important office of Re ceiver-General for the county of Stafford ; it was an important station, giving the individual great in fluence, and yet the punishment was "Merely the deprivation of his office. There was also the pre cedent of Bedell'. cue, who was Inspector of Cus toms near Berwick, and had actually given a bribe to a voter for the borough of Hayden, in Yorkshire, and fixed a part of his public eatery for the pay. went of the stipulated sum, and yet he was not taken into custody, hut merely deprived*, his office. There was also the ease of Middleton, the High Shetiff or the county of Denbigh. wise , us returoing officer, retaftsed his relative, Sir J. Middleton, not only in direct contradiction of his announcement of numbers from the billable at the close of the poll, but after a corrupt alteration in the poll-books. His punishment was mertly the deprivation of his office. From there precedents, it was clear that there was no analogy between cases of such high aggravation and that of the humble individual whose case was before them, and who had already suffered so severe a punishment. The Noble Lord opposite said that Ferguson had used his influence as a surveyor of laZes : there was not one tittle of evidence to justify this insinuation.—/Hen.)—His salary as a sur veyor was lila a year, it was his chief subsistence ; he was not • writer. imbed been said, but a clerk in the office of a Mr. Campbell, of Glasgow, who had • onialleslublishmewt is receive teats in that town. Now, midst these eiresuistauces, it was evident that if the motion wereearried, the unfortunate offender. after already enduring a heavy punishment, would be the victim of extreme penury. There was mat. ter worth adverting to in this case—it was, that it was clearly apparent throughout the whole inquiry, Ferguson had acted uuadvisedly, and without the knowledge or concurrence of Lord Douglas. (Hear. Ater.)—He concluded by moving the pre vions question as an amendment to the motion. Mr. BROMISM( merel rose to add his testi. mony to that of the Noble Lord—that Lord Douglas clearly was ignorant of Fergusou's eon- Anti from-what appeared before the Committee. He was glad to state this as his opinion, as he was one of those who in the first instance thought the friends of Lord Douglas should have ntber cbal. kneed than opposed inquiry. Mr. CANNING was one of those ohy thought sufficient punishment had been inflicted on the guilty indreiduel. It was said that the influence of his office enabled bin to commit it—of this there wee out the slightest proof--neither did he think the precedents quoted far the original motion were at all analogous. The House had already had an opportunity of inflicting punish. atilt ; it had to make an option, and had made it. To punish the individual in both ways would cause his ruin. Mr. Wit 11 denied the justice of the inferences drawn from the principles and practice of Courts of Law. An inquiry in Parliament bore no similarity to one iu a Court of Law. It bad been laid down, that, because Ferguson confessed his guilt to the Committee, he should not be subjected to addi tional punishment. But the Home did not act se in other cases. In awe of a libel no the House, for instance, the printer was somssesed to the bar. sad asked who was the author sad publisher ; but his coureoion of these facts did sot deliver himself \from the vengeance of the House. lithe House Wee of opinion that this mast was hut • tool in the hands of another more powerful party behind the curtain. it might not be deemed necessary to preceed the • . , leesgth he proposed. In bii 4 e.esr. the came of the Bishop of Worcester was noi s e more aggravated one than the present. An Hon. Friend had asked, if he intended to follow up the affair by any puha. mentary measure? He did net, because he thought that, die prowitions already established were per. * heft sedloient; if acted on. Iu the discussion of the 'doe of Lord Cestlereagh (which had been pear ed over:. as unworthy:of notiee), that Noble Lord had moved the :previous 'question but the House could not agree to it.—( Hear. f —Whether meats were septennial, or triennial, or annual, it osseous'', necessary that the House should sheer s determination to let their vengeance fall on co,. ruption io elections. The merit of our Constitua lion was, that it contained in itself the elements of Reform: With respect to what lied been throws oat, of the obligation under which the House lay to alike an option,. he !led *nod distinctly, when he moved for the committal of Ferguson, that if one punishmient, only was to be indicted, en Ad. dress for his removal froni his situation was the one preferable but that both one and the other would be in the spirit of former precedents—end that he therefore intended to propose both: Reliance had been placed by the oppmeeti of the motion on the circumismice, thit thi Committee did not. ip their Reoort. 'recommend the reiboval of the With. vidnal. However, it had *en proposed there, and 101 l by hut one vote. , Ike looked upon the measure be advised as a wholesome exaiiiple of jos- Wee...peculiarly called for on the eve of a. General. Election, to deter others holding similarW histling. from similar offences: The Penalty yet indicted was very light. In point of fret, lie had moved, that Ferguson ahould be committed to Naivete, for the purpose of relleiriug him from the very heavy expenses incideut to his custody by the dukes* at Arms. The House then divided on tbe Previous quer tion, when there appeared— Poe the *trims. citation Aping it Mektrity The motion MA, therefore lost. Lord latisTLialt•stai then rove and stated, that he had • Meesaice to communicate to the house from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. The Message—qua which see Muse of Lords/ —having been read from the Chair, On the motion of Lord CirrLsezian, an an. sliver, in the usual terms, was ordered to he convey. ed to his Royal Highness, by such Nletubers of the House as were of the Privy Council. Lord Cairmintsca then moved, that the Mes sage of his Royal flightless be referred to • Com mittee of the whole House to-morrow.—Agreed to. FORGERY. Papers were presented, .hewing the expense of prosecutions for forged notes by the Bank, and the :terminal amount of notes forged, within a censers period. Mr. Vast FITZGERALD brought up the Irish Grand Jucy Presentment Bill, and mowed that it be road a first time. Sir F. FLOOO then highly approved of the Bill— but he rose to notice one statement by his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. V. Fitzgerald) a few nights ago. namely, that in 99 cases out of 100. the aSilaints were not made, accounting for the money expended in consequence of presentments. If the f►ct were so, the Msgistratea of Ireland would be perjured. as they took an oath, on their appointment, for the faithful discharge of their duties. He must there fore conclude that his Right Hon. Friend hod been in error. The Bill was then read s llrst time. and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. and to be printed. COUNTY TREASURRRS IN IRELAND. Mr. VISIT Ftrzataawr moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and consolidate the Acts relating to the office of County Treasurer in Ire land.—Agreed to. Lord A. HAMILTON observed, that he had had already given notice of a tion, which he meant to bring forward to-morrow, for the production of the correspondence between his Majesty's Government and the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the fees of Courts of Jostler in Scotland. respect ing the appointment of certain Officers in the Com missary Courts. The view he at present took of the subject was, to impute blame to his Majesty's Ministers for giving away offices after hopes had been held out of the abolition of them, and prod lug an inquiry into the propriety of that procertitnc. Mr. CfitcHtsTsa presented a Petition from the Sovereign and lisbalsitauts of Belfast, prqtaig fur • repeal of the Window Tax, which was ordered to lie on the table. PARISH SI BILL A Petition was presented from I'urtres against the Parish Settlement Bill.--Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Lurd F0E41170111 observed, it was worth the con sideration of the Right Hon. Gentlemen (Mr. S. Bourne), who had brought forward the measure, to suspend it till next Session. Mr. S. Booziest replied, that as the measure was ono of great importance, it would depend on the opinions he heard expressed in different parts of the Hoene whether he would do so. Lord CASTLIMIUGM was anxious the Bill should go through this Session. The Next stage of the Bill was then postponed till Monday neat, and the Petition from Portant ordered to be printed. OFFENDERS CONVICTION REWARDS. The Report of the Offenders Coovictioa Rr• wards Bill wu postponed till Friday next. COUNT LAS CAWS. A conversation then ensiled between Mr. J. P. GIANT and Lord CILITLIAZAGIII, after which the former Member gave notice. that he would. row. move for the production of the paper► correspondence connected with the transporter's* Count Leo Can from this country to the - IRISH ASSESSED TAXEL On the motion of the CZANCELLO outlets. the Howe resolved itself into tee Sa the Irish Ausessed Taxes Bill. In the Committee the CiANCELLOIII CIRQUIR mid, it had bees supposed in Parliament was pledged to the repeal . dow Tax, io ceeempenee of the declaration by Mr. Cony, at the time he first six es Chancellor of the Exchequer in iter ernicn uK .ould. to.mor. ie Papers end Insportstioo of the continent. oa of the En. Ito a Commit. DI of the Et* in Ireland that of the Win. isration nods t proposed the the Irish Psr.