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Ho.use having resnint( •; the sport Wa3 nrderedle Lr received to-morrov . Sir W. SCOTT brought in a Bill for the better regulation of Ef:clesiasti.al Courts in that part of tie United Kingdom called England, and l'Or the more easy recovery of {Nu:eh ltates and Tithes.— `!es. — he Bill was read a first time, and'ordered to be printed. tXethought it rathr hatl, that for . suet an ottence, thotin he was the first cousin, that he -should be confined to a dungeon for the space of two years. At the time of the insurrection in Ire land, the letter stated Mr.-Mason to •harettpt reputable boarding school at Sea Poiut, The writetkof it said heicould not find.cut that any in tercourse had taken place at that time between Mr. Mason and Emmett ; but though no proof of the fact was in existence, he thought an• course might be suspected to have taken place.— It set foz: - .h, that Mr. Mason had certainly taken no part in the murders committed in Thomas street: They were committed' at about nine in the evening, at which time Mr. Mason was with a large party, at the distance of. seven milts from town, and three trout Sea Point: Even this cir cumstance, however, could not wholly exempt him from suspicion, as the company with Whom he was to.dine had been surprised at his not at* riving before eight o'clock, and from the eircum- stance Of his having came from town, and not from Sea Point, and these suspicions were strengthened by his having slept- the next. night not at -Sea Point; but new• the place where the murders had been comthitted.. An extract from a copy of an anonymous letter, o f the original of which nothing• Was known, bad been brought fOr ward against him. It accused Mr. MaSon of being concerned in certain transactions with three Stars, . four stars„ &c.; and stated him to have been at Wales, Coblentz, Embden, arid Cheltenham, and afterwards to have come to Londonand taken'up his residence - first at Kentish Town and afterwards at Westminster, where he was connected with several disaffected persons, particularlyowith four stars, five stars, seven stars, &e. The contents of this letter - were. whollyfalSe, as Mr. M ason had never been in Wales, at Cheltenham, or on the Continent.. It was urged against Mr. Mason,. that be bad endeavoured to enable others to escape from confinement.- It this were true should .have thought they would have been glad to let hin; out of prison, that they mitht_ get rid of so very troublesome a person. . This- they had not been anxious to do, as, in fact, Mr. Mason had made hhnself very obnoxious by exposing.the monstrous abuses which existed in the Irish gaols, and there were thoSe who.tbr this were disposed to keep blin hi confinement. After some further observations on the hardship of the,Case, and on the absurdity of the charges preferred,agaißst Mr. Mason in the -evidence to which he had adverted,. the Right' Honourable Gentleman , concluded by moving, that the Paper transmitted by.the r , Duke-of Rich mond should be referred to a Select Committee, and that Mr. St- John Mason shOuld be he - ard be fore the said Committee. Lord CASTLEREAGtJ thought that he was joti fied in complaining cif the extent of Matter which his -Right Hon. Friend had embraced in his speech; and to -which his notice did not refer. He was therefore unprepared to give a full, answer. The House coulii perceive that proceedings were adopted seven and eight years since with.regard to the state of the prisons In Ireland which were not applicabledhectly to the case of Mr. Mason. His Right Hon. Friend had the credit of insti- tuting an inquiry into the state of the prisons, and the abuses carried on within the . walls ; and - the consequence was, that by the vigilance of Government, hose abuses had been corrected. He did not expect that an evil long since removed would be again brought to public notice. The Noble Lord then sbe%f.ced, with respect to the par ticular coMplairits of Mr. Mason, that he ,had made many - unfounded ones'. Justice Downes, one of "the Comthissioners of Inquiry, reported that the statements of Mr. Mason were made in • great irritation of mind, through misconception or mistake. The Noble LOrd did not think that this was the particular case in which yarliaMent ought to make a distinction, by consenting to in quiry. Theletter upon Which Mr. Mason was detained, and the grounds of that defantion, as, furnished in the letter, could Rot, in good faith v . )" the individual furnishing •the information upon -which he was arrested, be laid beforo the public. The distance of time sinte. the transact Orr oc , curred, precluded information' of the nature of the pi oceedings, for Mr. Townshend, in his states, that eight years had , eliipsed, in which 'there had been Seven Chief Secretaries; three. Under Secretaile.;;; and . thre . e Attornies General : conSequently . the I;ghti necessary to - elucidate. the Case could, not be obtained. The whole of Mr. Mason's -4..onduc't while under confinement was very blamable--the attempt to. procure the escape of a pers6n on a charge of high treason, by brib ing the gaolers, were circumstances greatly against him, and , suflicient to 'authorise the steps pursued by the Government of 'lreland. His Right Hon. Friend „might say what ;the ofrence of bribery was but a'vedial one. It might be so ; but thatwciald not be an answer in the ey of the law. There was not only the attempt made with respect to , Mr. klmmet, but also a second time in the case of Generalltussell. If mfr. Mason considered him -self aggrieved, he. had the opportunity of going 'to Ireland before Commissioners of Inquiry ;. but he did not chose so to do. For these reasons he slUitild oppose the. motion. Sir F: BURDETT' supported' the motityn; on the ground that Mr. Mason had been two 'years con fined upon frivolous charges Under anonymous in formation.' ,The Hon. Baronet referred . the evidence taken before the Commissioners of In quiry, into the state of the prisons in Ireland, and detailed some evidence• against Dr. Trevor, the . Physician, against whom C om plai n t b a d b een . made by Mr. :Mason. He thought the subject :was -- of so serious a nature, that •it could be bet ter examined into by a -Committee of the whole House. Roßtkgoic coincided in the opinions of his Npble Friend, that it was not a case for inquiry, .and that the Irish Government had acquitted themselves of the charges attempted to be fasten ed on them. •Jf Mr. Mason had come to complain of the solitary confinement, that proceeded' from his own conduct; for it was. in evidence that the reason he was s - Much alone in prison was, on account of the dislike his. fellow Prisoners- - 110 to him. Air. W. SMITH, from personal knowledge, could state that Mr. Mason bad for several yeqrs been employed in endea'foiiring to. obtain a bearing of his case, but without effect. All he wanted was to be and he' was prepared to shew that the charges against him Werd unfOxindedi dn d consequently that he had been rinjustly‘treated. The Hono u rabl e Gentleman did not 'deny but that his :,iubsequent conduct with respect to the attempts to bribe the "Gaoler was indefensible, and justified Government in detaining him.: There was n blame imputable to rty Lorti Hardwicke.. Mr. DArnt.Tits'r conceived that the question be fore the House was not. as to the innocence or guilt of Mr. Mason,' but what was the presninu tion of guilt a t-th e ti me o f his committal ? 4 judging of that, it was impossible to lay 'out of the case the attempts to bribe the jailor, to effect the escape of Emmett and Russell. From the wholeof his conduct in these respects there was ample ground for suspicion. He tthould therefore oppose the motion. Mr: Tionm and Mr. EltrzcilL*ort maintained the necessity of inquiry. After a short reply froin Ir. SHEitlDhic, the house divided. For the. Mation. Against 11 Mje ifs .4.40 FLETCIMit. Sir F. BURnETT moved to refer the Petition, -from Mr. Fletcher, the Brewer, complaining of oppiession on the part of thtOilicei's of the Re venue, to the consiieration of n- Committee. - - • The CHANCELLOR of tht EXCHEQUER and-Mr. WHA RTO N referred to the papers on the table,. ,to prove that the p litioner iiud been guilty,orn com plicated breach of the The motion was negative i bout a divi'sion. IhLI, FOR THE PRESERVATION OF T E PEACE. Lord C A-T LE :_f a liGH, in moving the Ordd of the Day for the douse to resolve itself into a Com mittee on this Bill, observed, that it was his inter.... thm to propose, that the - House should go into the Committee pro foitza, for the ptirpOse of re ceiving an Amendment xvhich he wished to be in -corporate(' into the Bill, and that the should then be printed, and re:committed to-morrow. Mr. TIERNEY, as the Noble Lard was about to propose- some- alteration in the Bill,- thought it wotild be better to delay the 'recommitment until Thursday.' . • Lord CASTLEREAGH replied, that the alteration which he wished,to propose was but a trifling tech nical one. • Mr. SIIERMIN regretted to 'hear it. 'llp•sug gested - the expediency of dividing the Bill into two, in order that those parts of it which ►•ere un objectionable should. pas 3 w h as . nineh unanimity as possible. • Mr. Antr,CROMBIi supported the propriety of dividing- the Bill, on the same ground. Lord CASt,LERtAdH and Mr. BATIII7RST refused to concur in this propo,sition, contending that it would only multiply the laws and embarrass the Magistrates ; and that Government,ought not to be called upon, by putting any part of the Bill into.a separate provision,' to admit by inference that it ,was liable to serious objection. The House then resolved itself' into the COM tnittCe. Lord CASTLEVEAGri seated; that the present tinalificatiOn of Magistrates was 1001. a year in landed,. or 3001. - a -year in . funded property. It was desirable, however, that in the disturbed dis tricts a .greater numbe - r of Magistrates should. be created than could be done consistently With this regulation. He should therefore propose a,clause to empovrx his Majesty to put ~into the Commis sion of the Peace indiyiThials whose qualifications were less than those which the law at present :prescribed ; observing, that this power Was only to be co-existent with the Bill, aud co -extensive with the disturbed "districts. Mr. 'FIE . RNEY characterised this proceeding. of the Noble Lord as the most extraord;riary of all the ektraordinary things ht! bad ever known ,biln tai do. Having get the House into the COM mittee, on the pretence of introducing some little technical alteration in the Bill, the Noble Lord proposel a clause, the effect of which would be completely to change the whole character of the 'measure. The proposition was neither less - nor more than to e na bl e C overimnen t to superdethe ' respectable and established magistracy by the substitution of their ova :gents. In common, decency,te trusted, that after making so great a change in the the Noble Lord would not press the re-commitMent before Thursday. Lord CASTLEREAGH replied, that, he saw no . 'reason for the suggested delay. The clause might be discussed not only in the Committee to-morrow, but on the Report, and on the third reacling of the Bill. rr. D. GIDDY, though he approved of the original Bill, thought this new proposition highly inexpedient. Mr. BanllAlll recomniended, that the Bill.should not be. re-committed until 'Thursday. This new clause was one whi c h d em a n d e d r serious con sideration. W:BooTLEwas against delay, 'and' trusted he should bear this new proposition,. which ap pearedito him to be objectionable, and for which he confessed be was not at all prepared, well dis cussed on both -sides. BAIfINGTONr thought the clause objection able, as going beyond the-necessity of the ease. = At any rate he 'recomniended that some qualifica tion, if it were half the present should be indis pens'aible. After a conversation - of some length, Lord CAS TLEREACM consented - to withdraw the motion. Mr. VANStTTART obtained leave to bring in A. Bill to enable COmthissionerS to inquire into the Extent of the Crown Property in the West India -Colonies and Atherica, aad to manage-the same: Lord PALMERSToti obtained leave to bring in a Bill to extend the klalf-pay and Allowances of Officers wounded in the service. Adjoiirned at TtVo o'Cloc% this niorning. •. PRICE OF STOG 2.17 214 k • Nary 5. per Ct. 4 per Cent. :7=2:7 1 • • 1 3 per Cent. Rea. 55 56 '5l 3 per Lent. Can. 55 iPA , x:dir• hank L. ;Inn. 14 14-16ths Indiez Stock,. 164 i c.ti IESTERDAY, 'Oki Bonds, 03.145. Ext.:liege t.r Bills; 344. per day, • 2s. 4s. 3s. dis. Ditto, 31d. Fr day, 4s: Is. pr. Oinniunt, 1 t 4 I pr. leop ) triiil 3 per Cont. Cyns. fof Opening, 57i . , Filsir. the. 'L .-NWON ‘l2 - 137 tr 21%; , JJy H. z,* DIVIDENDS.-L-At..Gtiildhall, London. „. Aug. 21. H. Oghu.rt,- Crown-street, Finsbury - =street, Finsburyuare, maker. - ht ten: • . . . • 4,1 y 14. G. Prit.'harti, St: Pall's ChurCh-yard, china-e O P at eleven. July i 2.. N. G. Ingram, jun. Thre a di e edle-stret, merchant; zt eleven. . Aug. 1. J. WiHats, Gracechurch-striet, bardwaretrian, at 12 'Aug. 1. l;V. Jackson, Bryanstone-st re et, Portman-square, sty truer, at twelve. Ang. 1. J. P. Woolley, Walham-green, lireWer tWelve: july 48. G. Cox, Snow's-fields, carpenter,' at eleven. Aug. 13. G. Thompson, Duke-street, Westminster, met' , chiant, at eleven. • Aug. 6. T. MolTat and J. Brown, Goswell-street, bltie-ma' nufacturers, at eleven. Aug. 1. 11. Drake and E. God -lard, Newgate, , street, wine a nd brandy-merchants, at twelve. Aug. 1, J. Badger, Old Jewry, merchant, at twelve. July 25. H. Arnold, Cateaton-street, wareirousethan ; at ten-. Nov. 3. W. Milbaru, Old city Chlruhers, Bishops ga te-street? -merchant, at ten. -- Aug. 1. it. ?ti' l Jarlie ~, Little Queen -street, coach-ropier' at Aug. 1. - J. Hilton, James -street, Covent-garden, oilman, $` . eleven. • Aug.' 1. J. T. rairleos, Staples inn, money-scrivener, at 14., Aug. 1. i. Herbert, Middle-row, Holborn, bootseller, at tell. Aug. 1. J. Dodson, Cranbrook, Kent, brewer, at ten. July 18. W. Ewer, Little Love-ian e, Berinoudse, merchant; at ten. • Aug. 1. T. Gordon, T. Stt-arlilian, S: Howland, Toivci g street, merchants, at eleven. Aug. N. Butcher, Windmill-street,- Finsbury-squarei butcher, at ten: • • CERTIFICATES—Arra .1. Johnson, late of Congletati; Che;h}vY, cotton . spinner. W. Purnell, now or late of •'riitnl, cortx-f;tetor. Tie . :l, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, woolien,drarer. It. ftatellif, of umoutn-s ship p n.ildeF;" C. I)eele, of Newgate-st.rel.*, tailor. . I ,,T l isnstor - q-uf.Car.herine,street, Strand, uphols'terer. ' - J. .W,lliaThSon, late of l'onliridge-place, Nelv4ond, bnil4er.; AL , nners, of the 80r0 , 1411 of krk, hanerdasher. W sen. end W. Pollan?, u n.. of Tkiitul, mere - want* V. me' calf the 'll , near Durham, miller. .1. : , ;,of t • r . Nlo - >re, of, Wort i ter. Leatlbetter, of Ince, Law: • From the LOIWO c Z Jab/ 14. • BAIsICRUPTCY ENLARGED. James Thompson, ilertithrd, from August 3 5 to 25. I. • . - BANKRUPTS. ` - .tbilip H4ley, PlymOuthDock, Devon, cabinet-maker, to flit • render, August 4, 11, 25, - at eleven, at the Auction Marti • Plymouth Dock. Attorney, Mr. It. Bone, Plymouth Pock' Thaivas I.l.inson, Orange-street, St. Martin's in the Fiel4s,- carpenter, 'July 18, 28, and August 25, at ten, at:Gni'&l4 4 London. Attorney, Mr. Patton, Hatton-Garden. aalett,- Caerphilly, Glanaorganshilre, shapkeepir, • August 5,6, • and 25, at eleven, at the Cro wn , Mertntr - Tydvil. .Attornies, Messrs. Jenkins, James, and :Abbott' , New-Inn, London, or Mr. Meyrick, Merthyr-Tydvil. Hart,Phillips, Green-street, Manchcster,July 18, at ten, 22, 4 nine, and August 25, at ten, at Guildhall, London. AttOr ' ;ley, Mr. E. Isaacs, Bu'ry-street, St Mary-Axe. Daniel Alder,' late of the East-India Chambers, Lear/villa street, July 18, 29, and August 25, at ten, at Guildli.. lll, London. Attorney, Mr. Clutton, St. Thomas's-stree t i Southwark. • Joseph Robinson, 'Huddersfield, Yorkshire, merchant,. Au: gust 11 and 12, at the Saddle Inn, Huddersfierd and 2.5, • tenet the Swan Inn, Huddersfield. Attornics, Mr. Zol'' Battyv, Huddersfield, or Mr. Battye, Chancery-la"' London. - Thomas Wilson, Nelvcaltle-upon•Tyn e groOer,- July 21, gr_ August 6, and 25, at eleven, at the G:orge,Neweastle-erP" Tyne. Attornies, Messrs. Atkinson, Wades, and Mat liaralls Chancery-lane; London, or Mr.' J. Ba..nbridge, Netvcastte upon-Tyne. Jacob Chattetton, Eccles, Lancashire, flour-merchant, JO-Y 27, 9,S and_ August 25, at tea, at th e Bush, Deal.,scatc4 Mandeester. Attornies, Messrs. Foulkes and Crowell, Manchester, or Messrs:Long-dill and Beekitt, Gray':.-10 , . London. . Sa.inuel Hunter, Macclesfield, Chester, ironfounder, 1 1 3 1 Y :I at five; 30,.at eleven, and August 25, at three, at the Any' , Macclesfield. °.l Macclesfield. Attornies, M r . N or b ury, • M acclesf i e ld, Messrs. Slim-Win and Hall, Great 'James-street, Bedford' row, Landon:, . John Bayley, New Romney, Kent, corn-merchant;July 30, 434 and August 25, at eleVen, at Guildhall, Canterbury. 4 * " tornies, 'Mr. Robert Avery Webb., Folkstone, or Me.sits- Egan and Waterman, Essex- , street, Strand, London. John ,O'Brien and Thomas John Lyileh; (and - not Tbera: , Lynch, as advertised by mistake in last Saturday's G a zettei Bloomsbury-square, Irish lin en merchants, July 21, 25, August 22,at eleven, 'at Guildhall, London. Attorati, r. G. Morton, Gray's-ion -square.' John Hancock, Haymarket, S. Martin's-in-the-Fields, sl191" keeper, July 21.2,, and August 9.6, at eleven, at .Guilahaly . London.. Attorney, Mr. George Ellis, Abingdon-3t L et ' Westminster. ' Samuel Johnson t Nottingliam,hoSier, August 6,7, and es, f elevetWat the Pu'rieh-Owl, Nottingham. Att orn i es , lkfes,s. , Kinderley, Long, and Austen, Gray'Auti, or Mr. 11. Pebli . Nottingham. - buildball.' - ANlst 29_ T. 'Preston, Aldermanbury, Warehouseman, at lc' August 22. R. James, New London-street, merchant, at 1 1 . August 15. J. D. Hose, jun. Walbrook, merchane,•at - tWei te. AuouSt B. J. Perkins, Queen-street, stationer, at ten. -August 4.. J. Boraman, Brighton-place, flour-factor, at .1 1 - r , Attgast 4. J. Brown and J. Brown Kingston-upon4lull, chants; at ten. Aug - AA 4. J. Peat, ari,d W. Smith, Piccadilly, sadiers,st .Augnst 4. -W. Eames', Littlefoorfields, at to July 18. W. 'Hall, Silver-street, July 25. R. , 1 - Lidiesley, N - AtiriOain-trte:t t alerL:ihl3, at 11 • Ang. 4. G. P. Carruthers;_Strand, lottery-oilice-keeper, r. 1 511. „ Au4tast 4. W.: - ..ndeitoa and R. Lightoll e es, thoticv,..cctw' spinnei.s, at . • August d. R. 1 - I,mtden, St. Margaret's, Southwark, drapt.r, at eleven. -. • August 4. R. Claridge, Upper George-street, Manchol,47 square;upholSterei.,_- at ten. CERTIFICI‘TES.- I AtT as t.7l* 4. W. D. Ormond, Bristol, wine-merchant. J..l3reakspear, Oxford-street, silversmith. S, Ora.m, Carthusian-street, Aldersgate-street, cooper.. T. Wood, Macclesfield, draper. W. Brooks, Lant-street, Skonthwark, carpenter. P. Hunt, Nottingham, grocer. It. Wool Lane-End, Staffordshire, potter. G. Crossley, Manchester, silver;mita. D. Terney, sou. aad D. Terney, Jun. Commercial-17=1, roe s' makers. W. Guudry, Wellingtbn, Soinersetshire, tanner. - BIRTHS. ' fiber t On the 9th inst. at Elth am , th e Lady of tic Hoe. - L \ . , Gardner, of a Daughter. - . 0f s . In Bedford-place,. th e L a dy " o f II !n Ifallam, E s q . still-barn child.. _-. NI:1.11111ED. ' • On Wednesday last, a mt. Dublin, Charles Hayes, of Fl u "I te :,;" street, Bruiick-square, to Ellen,. secon d da.aghtE i. the late Ed w in Saunders, Esq. o f Mountjoy-:aquare, D 4 u voi and Portland-place, Bath. . - DaiD On the 4th' inst. at Brockhurst . Cottage, near 00,1 g:4 John Dredge, Esq. near 40 ye a rs in the Navy. The same day, thin ald Malcolm. Esq. ee' On Monday the Rh" inst. Mr. R. Martin, of the C A ' fr house, Epsom, aged 41. On Friday last, at the house of her mothe'r,.. at Dudley , i fl , the prime of lifei Maria. Wright Crocket, wife of the 11 ' ; Robert Crocket, of Fordhall, Shropshire. - wal- On--Satui•day the 13th inst. Mrs.' Moy Thomas, of , . brook, aged 62. , On Sunday Morning last, at his house at Dulwich; l l ' aliii° Griffith , 'Esq. in- his 6•2 d year. s e ° . tt, ' The. same day, at rarest-hill, ne:ir Peckham, Virat.! Esq. of East Blair, in the Connty of Fife. ring' On Monday, after - a 'short illness', in N'.:•....-street, sp r y gardens, in the 20th year of his ago, Mr. William Hgy., Manning, eldest. son of William Manning, Esq. :' l • l3 * vernor of tlie Bank.. : .. The. same day, Yin. Kettlewell, of Clapham common. at. Yesterday morai,q, at his house id Little Portland-Vl' Jo!ia iu his 69tli yhx: The, same#ay, at Nemington:Litts, Mr. dames44=4sl aged 68. . • • • CAP TAIN KING. Lord, FOLKSTONE -)se to m4ke his promised motion relative to Captain King, , and enter cdinto a detailed re-statement "of all the pro ceedings of that transaction, which, as we have already laid them before the ptiblie l we think it npnecessary to 'repeat. His Lordship concluded moving*, " Ttrat the _Papers presented to the Howe on the 21th Of April 'and the Ist of M4y, relative to that case, should be re -I,:rred to a Committee.'' The SPEAKER observed., that the Committee to . wham those Papers would be referred must o f course come to some resolution upon them, and the whole of the- Noble' Lord'S speech being'an appeal to the liberality of the "Houfe, the object of the motion appeared to be to obtain remunera tion. There was -a standing order against mo tions of that description, unless . when accompa nied with the consent of the Crown. I,f, how ever, the Noble Lord would so word it as to steer clear of the claim of remuneration, no objection could be made against it. Lord FOLKE S TONE then moved that the Papers should - -be referred to a Committee, for the pur pose of examining into the conduct of those who tad signed the "warrant for 'the distribution of Trize money taken at Buenos Ayres. Sir W. SCOTT opposed the claims of Captain King at some length, and defended the conduct of the Board of Admiralty: He declared -that be should meet the question with . a direct ne- .tative. Mr. C. HUTCHINSON supported the,motion. ( aptain BERESPORD opposed it. IJONI:CASTLEREAGH reisted it, upon the broad principle that nothing could be made . out against those wha were entrusted with the distribution of the money, -and dwelt forcibly on the impro priety of the Mouse . of Commons assuming to it self -►•jurisdictioyl of this so►'t. Aft - y - some further discussion, in which. Mr.. :Bastard and Mr. Dent, Sir NV: Beresford (in-ex planation), and Lord Folkestone (in reply) par - ticipated, the motion was negatived without a division. - Mr. BENN ETT, seeing an-Honourable and Learn " ed Gentleman (Mr. Manners Sutton) in.his place, wished to ask if any general order had been is - ailed, founded on• the Opinion expressed in that 7 House; that it was illegal for an officer to cause "-a man, after'receiving as-many lashes as he could • bear - at 'one time, to be led out an a future day to receive the remainder of the punishment to which he had been -sentenced ? He also wished ter-know if the Honourable and Learned Gentleman had ad - vised theissuiag of such order ? Mr. M. SUTTON did mot- •know that any ouch Order had been issued; and, -up to this time, he had not felt it lo be his duty to advise the issuing of such- an order.- The opinion alluded to -by the Eon:Gentleman, he conceived to be, that which he 01r. M. Sutton) had given, on discussing the provisions of the Mutiny Act ; when he had stated, that to lead a man. Out a second time to punish ment, after he- had received' as many lashes as he. could possibly bear at one time, was not justified tythe law as it now stood. Mr. BENNETT then stated it to be his intention to take an early opportunity of bringing this sub ject under the consideration of the House. MR. ST. &MIN MASON. Mr. SHERIDAN observed, it gave rise to an afflicting consideration to hear it said, that they should not'continue to inflict on a man more cor- poral punishinent than human nature could bear at one time. The &TAXER here interrupted the Right HOn. Gentleman, and reminded him, that there was no question before the House. Mr, SHERIDAN then proceeded to call the atten tion of 'the House to the case of Mr. St. John Mason, parsuant to the - notice be had giveti, Ailer stating the perseverance of 'Mr. Mason to arise from his feeling himself to have been unjust ly.injarcd in his fortune, andin his profession, but above all, in his' character, the - Right Hon. Gentleman - , to show that this was not a casd which others would not have taken up, read a copy of a letter from Mr. William Hoare Hume, M. P. to Mr. Mason, in which the Honourable Member gave it as his opinion; that he (Mr. Ma n) had been most cruelly treated; as he (Mr. . :1* wire) had told the Duke of Bedford, and Mr. G. l!ousonby. He (Mr. Sheridan) also read the. - - - cTy of a" letter froni Mn: Hoare to Mr. Grattan, in which he expressed himself to'bc sAtisfied.of Mr. lasbn's innocence, and believed him to have been 0 maned only because he was Emmett's first cousin. 11! (Mr. Sherifilan) had never known Mr. Mason, (tirectly or indirectly; but his' attention. had been directed .through him to the abuses in the Irish gaols,_ where persons had been murdered; starved, and scourged, and treated with the greatest bar barity that inhumanity and personal malignity (supposing the latter to have any'connectfon with hose atrOcities),.'cOuld'have induced any men to ekercise. Herhad seen a copy of a Coroner' In quest held on the body of a man of wttom he ould say; ang,he would provb it, that he had een, murdered in Kilmainharn gaol. Much to the 1 °nom' of Government,' he -had to state that they had paid proper attention' to the subject witen,he lad once brought it forward. - He described the A' ruched state - of the prisons in ~Treland as - set for* in the Report made . by the'Commission ap . pointed by Government to inquire into the alleged bUses, The Right Honourable Gentleman next yroduced a letfei: from the Duke of Richmond on the subject of the arrest and, detention of Mr.Ma ton, with a copy of a letter from J. S. Towns (nd, Esq.. which contained the whole of the evi dence 'against Mr., Mason: From this letter it a; eared to him, that he really did not wish to exaggerate; or to place the-subject in a ludicrous point of view,-that Mr. Mason - was detained, first,- . because he ~w as the cousin of Emmet,'• and second , because he bad one day come _too late for . din- LONDON: prillted by THOMAS WOOD, - of N 0.33, Maiden-hoe, Covent-garden; and PubV: . r;bed by WILLLVM AFMIGER SCRIPPS, Sou'llboo-A rc a, Grosvenor-s q u are , M tile - SUN OEFICk, Nu, 112, Strand, where :Idvertivainent4 Orclars for the Pape'', Letters fuli the . .Eliter, &C. '{puss pair(), must be addressed.