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PARLIAMENT. 110USE'OF LORDS, JULY 6. MISCELLANEOUS. The Loub "CHANCELLOR resumed his discussion at considerable length on the merits of the im portmnt Appeal on the Queensberry Case. His Lottl.liip chiefly dwelt upon the law as applici'ible thereto. The farther discussion was •then pot rt7ifed tali Thitrsilitvw: , ~, • i.15;i9W 1 ;141: e's GT"; tone of the Irish lirpreseacattse7l ) -ei is, 14)ok the and . hiS . 7:7:r bns - •' •.* • • • •: '• !I;ltt...4i)yal,Asscnt ‘vaslieclared.bli•Coinsnissioh !( - )14, 14e :Tobacco-AN - s tPe ; l±i t il? PPU.;Dtii iel; the Re !t•iver tlt l l. cojnpmplit;r irepeAlf:t:t 11;11 1 the 1 niarith C 4, a,• ri t a bie. Fitnntiai iftpo, 4 Wintisof lin t ! pro , enCent,_,and .t i cd 4 Bills, of a pray,ift i e 10c41, 1 • - • . - ' CC!Cr111t1)1:1. , • The Cfiyiirnissioners were, 111 e toitn 131 ,•::(..7-,;_. 7 ,1 foc,tge • VriCh l aTi6se and ill:, Larl • of,l sruar. --I'heir . • - •1,61?r adj9orned tor 's()rne little Outing re; L •LORII-ED WA RD `' -- , . -of the-. iibusct,•ti be - Ear of;.,l4VE.ltl'.O()L, 4110‘0(1 ,t.be —tteiv(POV(liitg'ot 111!)1 for alinitriittg; :the ,Attain4lcr4 4hd Do= ,tote _late flight..., law), Lott' Edward , 'l)w 11.ct1 cif C t .At;E !OoK tute opnortunity to e);-, It s • , •'•;. •• (f It (11 1 )),„ 1( measure , a ( ) te,„ was so iHociso;ucly brought to that it vc . 44l' rhe Lire arl Ms father, 1)^ . 1 i i, life' to hive proOosed . a 11)(n4stire tendert - Cy for the adoption . or-Parliartnentr--:. . BM-Wen-then read the thiid time, and pci.sted. roon. -RELIEF BILL. 99 „the tpt.estiti.n for toing.•into a Committee on tht;'Sclits Poor Relief Bill, Earl .aL.O.PEYDALE rose and stated seve, r-,l'ajeciions to the measure in its. present shape. Uudes the circumsoineesi he thotight it preferable the 'eonsidetation of ,the, measure , bhould go Over to the next SeOup - ,. and in that view he moved that the Mill be .couttnitted on- that lay three . months. • • Viscount MELVILLE, expressed his concurrence in a great measure wi;h what fell frml, the Noble Eael;- The Motion was agreed to, and the Bill, in consequence, Ipst, for the.Sessian. • • i3LICANS' . LICENSING BILL. Tke Earl of LAUDBRDALE thiti caOrt-d-t-he atten-:. timiof thei.r.Lordships to tlie Publicans'Licenses 1311!, which lay befo).e them for the second read ing. The subjec't -to referred, lie si,med to - regatil 7 i'sequally_c?ctens'ive-and com , - plicAted, - and one in which it WAS difficult to de cide.hosvfar•they .should 'ln-these - views of the eaie, hedeeineil •better tO:poitporie'the gill till the next Session; 'Vit Woutd Inovel that the Bill be read .the 2d iime.this die three titeiiths. . Lord eXprdised • his satisfaction at hearing his-Noble Friend's opinion that •the mea sure:was of soffi.cient. importance' at 'JO oenitttrai their Lordships' attention in the next Session. After a revV ., wo•rds'itom the Earl ortrossLY<, l . The LORPC4ANCELLOji briefry ; s4tted that the 13111 contained many provisions which he thought strong objection. Tile Bill. was: then; mde•red to be. read the se colicl time an that day three months. PROCEEDINGS Iti DIVpRcE. The ;MRD cI4ANC : fiLLO3 presented 'a_ petition from au individual, he said, residing in the East Indie,s, setting forth • the: peculiar liardshin to which ; from ona'voidable circutns.tances, be. was bobjected, and praying.re'rief. The_case was one, the l'l,oble 'and. vicfy - Learned Lord observed, of adniteronscondnct on; the part of a wife, •in re spect .to which the petitioner brought his action in the. proper Court, where considerable damages were adjudged : to him for :be injury he had sus tained', a divorce a mensa et thorn, but a difficulty existed with respect to the ulterior legislative pro ceeding," avineulo tnatr '!: inionii;' On of the very gi - eAt difficulty, or almost impracticability, of bringing the _witnesses, on account principally Of the-immense distance, to the gar of that tlouse, in order to enable their Lordships to giVe the pe titionCr that relief. the case required.. The case was one ,whiek he -thought deserving the consi deration of the 'louse, with regard to the special relief Which they might exaend to the petitioner ; and lie intended to bring the matter to-morrow &foie : their Lordships in some shape;with a view to some Jesuit Odic kind. BILLS RELATING TO TRADE'. Tile Earl, of LAnnettnAca, in reference to his notice on a.fornter evening, said lie had to submit, for the adoption of their Lordships, an ad.lition,il Standing Order, in relation to the above subject. It would go to ordain, that in future no Bilhvbich went to t Endre particular marks to beset on ar ticles of trade or manufacture, or to the regulation of Apprentices, or forestalling the term of any Patent &c. sliould be read the second time, until a Select Committee shou.ld previously into the expediency of the regulations proposed. The Earl of• LIVBRPOOL expressed his entire concurrence in the regulation proposed. (t bore some analogy (but prOposed in a more convenient shape) to a proceeding long ridopted by the other House whicl► dhl not proceed to any measure re specting the.regulatioa of trade, unless it was first generally considered in a Cominittee of :he whole -louse.' The mode contemplated by the propos ed Order was certainly a more lidvant.igeons one, namcly,the - delegation of such . a poWer to a Spe cial Con:lmittee, directed tip tw-ihe an inquiry, anti report on the subject or particular case ; such as an extturination into the truth of the . allegations. Therefore no Bill would be ca;retn•re;l-itt wilb9ut some previous inrestigation, anti their knowing the grotrnd .upon which the measure rev ed. The proposed Standing'Order had 1)13 entile concur rence. - • • - '''lie Earl of LAUDERDALE (1t£1(l reii4l the pro posed Oilles r tv Welt was to the effect above At ited, awl which was foal:with adopted as /i•SSautling Order bsr o n 11 1 - "‹,iltot:ro . tvit the NoLle the sccond of the Silk Manufacture, was, in m4O. cvtntually. to subject it to the prescription of the new St:and • ing Order, postponed tri t hat - day duce nifltitli4. The !numerous Bills upon the table *tit: then forwanted - in Ilibii:" reS - pecti4 stages,' In the courtd,of thcse,i in".the Conniiittee ori the It ih Justices Of the IleaCe Bill, Ihe ; tarLOLlAL,Lou.apart- remarked upon the diction of one of the provisions, which went to enable Justices_ of ths,.ktitee..La..`f-ste,s-4oFt-epf the County in which they actnally,were." l -(.-1 - . laugh.)—This was sulisetpiently - anuended. ' • -- BARNSTAPLE ELECTION BILL.The further considept ion, ot, this wens ureheing resumed, Counsel w.!,0 Evidence were called in, and pursuant to tha t recent-.'order of their Lord ships, the witu!ses, Rolzert.Neale;Sam. Harris, ;and Robert Ethiar:l;, logei'ber with - Mr. Charles Lee, Afrorpey,;;;;ot . ..litatnstaple - , were:lift-1 1 lb the , 111a ,,i :p tOrper evilepces of g the three first bein ;read for Mr. Ottrney.(ront h is 1 ores, and. Mr. 7 Lee ibiing•elaine( , as totl ( e'ti6re he had in thetran 'fiiellons,i, Huey wi!re7C(MfrOnted wit Ii each other, wffeh 'lift' a4flAt'ep - eated coutradictions„as to their )a n g nage and conduct With respect to the Alec ion were bAnzlied" about, and frequent efforts at 1 efl . ,inliltation made. .-: • • .. .. t 1\11; 'Given, a respeciahle publican. in London, irlen-ho'ardcM the witnesses during the Investir a -006 lieftrC the 'goose of Commons, was'aiSo ex - - Amined.—These being gone through, . . i -Ihe Earl , -of t tmoratrvoN gave notice of his in-. 1 • teat ion- ntoving.an Address to-morrow to the 'i!tlni.',e flcgent, praying Isis ROyal'HighnesS . that 'tie,,Attorney•General be directed to prosecute the T r witnesses Neale, Edward , , and Harris, for the 'lake ah 1 contradictory testimony given . by them `respecting the late Bat nstaple Election. . A Mr. Dale Jones, who had been an agent 'for one .ot •t he candidates, Sir Henry Thompson„ . anil a Al L ,Pani. were subsequently exaininti.‘d;" the . former at considerable length. The Earl-of CARN'ARYO;kCoberverf,'lt May be .neceSlaary to bring forward Some finJlterevitlettee. 0-morrow ; he should titerefore postpone his io tendeil motion for the segond reading of the Bill until the following day: , .. ". Adjourned at Nine o'Clock. ti11.T0.,-morroW: ' .. .. . HOUSE OF: COMMONS: ROYAL ASSENT VO BILLS, &c. The Black Rod (Sir 'l'. 4 . )rawniTT) entered the House with the usual formalities, and 511 - Mooed the. attendance. of the Alemberm to the House of Lord!, to witness the Royal Assent, by CtininiiisiOn, to several Bills.. !rlie"SPFIAKeit accompanied by the Members •pros'eht, repaired thither ; atid , on the return of the Right'll On. Gentleman, he stated, that the •11Ouse and he were present when the Royal As,. sent, by Commission, %Vas" giVen to the Sinking l und -Loan Bill, to the Act . for opnointing Com missioners to inquire intn the nature of tale Funds 'and Management of. the:. Schools on Charitable Foinrdations, and several 'other Act. 6.•• - •Mr.7.Achesoll, from the7Bank of England, pre sented certain Papers, pursuant' to orders of 'the 7 i-Jo . pst;.—Qtdcreti to lie on the, table, and to be printed.., . • Sir 11, PARNI3LL brought up the Report of the Ifolytlead Road Conunittee.—Ordered to be laid on The . Bill for, providing Cash Payments (Ire . land) was read a tLird timc.and passed., Mr. \V. Sri ITli preitented a Petition from the 'Protestant pissenters'of Brun; h, praying for the Amendmemt of the Mart iageAct.—Ordered to lie . • on the table. EXCISE PENALTIES. ' Mr. WILLIA.m Smtern held in his hand . a Peti tion,from Jeremiah Abel, a small farmer in the Comity of NOrfOlk, now a prisoner in the Gaol of NorWich, for penalties in a case of smuggling tO the amount of 10001, but which had been of ferer{ to be compromised for 3001'. The Hon, ' 11r tither said, that be knew nothing of the cha racter or - conduct of Jeremiah - Abel, fortherlhan what was*se't forth, in - the petition now about to be presented to the House. But this important fact, lie could .state, that the truth of the allega tions against the petitioner had been denied, and that an alibi !lad been, proved 4y sevepteen affida, vits ; affirming that the petitioner, when charged with the violation of the law, was at that time ,thirty miles distant frottk.the scene of action. He thought .that these :affidavits ought to outweigh the testimony of an individual informer: , The. petitioner' further stated, that he had given.in- . structions to the Counsel, not to agree to a compromise on any account whatever ; but that the Counsel, in direct opposition to his instruc tions, consented to the compromise for the sturdier penalty,' This was a plan of delusion, as tle was informed, sanctioned by the Solicitor of the Board ; for when this unhappy victim gave his conseut, on the undostanding that all further Orosecution , wal to cease on agreeing to the coin promise, the Solicitor then proceeded for the re duced penalty and the expeuces of the prosecu tion, But this fact was better known to the Gen tlemen on the opposite side (the Treasury Bench.) Atter this compromise, which the petitioner wa - s never called upon_to pay, and after the lapse of more than a twelvemonth„ the petition . er, was seiz ed or arrested, and sent to Norwich jal, where he had remained in close confinement .tor the lart . t s ixt ee n months. The HOP. illemhev was em powered to prove these facts, if the HOuse at the Bar. - The petitioner had been charged in the . year 1816, together with several others, with the act of smuggling, and he hart contradicti , d the allegations by an alibi of no less than 17 vv it nesses. The lion. MeMber moved for leave to present the petition, . • The . CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHFCItnig had no objection to the receipt of the petition and to its lying on the table. But the Right Hon..Gentle tm!nentertaineid very powertulupprehensions, that `unless the- Soalior of the Board had very stroog reasons tigaitit the 4egations of the petitimier, they %%wild have afitirded relief loog : eie now. \\ ILLIAM S.MtTIi atirrnied, that it was Well ftnown that more than a twelvemonth had elapsfed Oct v!;een the compromiie and the personal setzme of'tlia. petitioner. So enOrminis a de . grre ul Pri ,vate•injojtioe Ittihad Scarcely ever heard if L_ -- A -- .~ .s. _ ....._. respeetahie petW, stating that he (the deptiz vent} hdd conversed accidentally with the in= former that very night, at the very time when the .7, of smuggling was smorii-t - ?-be committing, and that the infortnerhiinself, who swore that he saw the transaction, Was at le - trst 80 miles distant. Front all these considerations; there was not a single ground 151". the`ctiiirge: It had ori,trrnated 'in revenge, private malice, or was the oifspriog7of _ . g "Fx - rfeTl s The:petitigri: was received, read, ordered to lie on the table:, 'and to be printed. presented a petit tiin - the : Protestant .Dissenters. of Peiiryn, praying 'for an Amendment of the Marriage-Act.—Read, and tordered tolie7 - 611 the tFihle.: The lion. Member presented petit ion to the isan►e, effect Irina the Protestant Disenters of the 'Town of .Kendal.—Read,,and ordered to lie on. O'HANLON. BantiGnam wished to slate his reftsons fo r not !taring presented r4.peti.tion thii Session from bis Hop. and Learned Friend "(Mr. (11-I,ini9n).-± Lie 'noticed . that been untortunately.tpre vented from his attendance for two or three weeks on account of indisposition, and.that when he returned to his l'arliamentaf",; d rifts,, be4optid such rt• Varle: v of immedi.ite and unavoidablib' . gogern - cntS'a3 to leave entire!'` preeitOed r r Oln turning his attention to the casof Iris tionottruhie Mid Learned Friend till the Session was too tar advanced to hope for the desire . d:ejlect. it, however, now to intimate, that he intended at . an early period next Session of - Pitiliament tntre sent a new petition, which" lie flattered`lionseit would .p!Odnee some.safistaciory effect. Sit' 6EO lIG,a luILI. endeavonred•to vindicatelhe conduct- of-the • p-resent Lord Chain:Allot', of . , ) ire . .. 14nd, who Was, in :olne'dei;r4.. , e, inildic.:ared in the case now alluded to. His Lodship did t,.1,0t deoy the 'facts. ' linquGnam had no idea that the Noble Lori! would (leny the'facts. Alter some additional observations from the two Honontable Gentlemen,. the epover4ation dropped.., ALEXANDER LAMBE. Upon the motion of ',llr. C. WYNN, Alexander: Lanihe as b ought to the' air, and, attar a repri mand front the Speaker, was discharged, upon pay ment of his fees. COURT OF, REQUESTS, SOUTHWARK., Mr. Speck' (or Peck), from the Conti •of- Re Bdro t Ugh of Southwark, delivered in an Account of the - gross Antotmt of the Monies, for Fees; &e:l;aid ii that Court for the last t \vent'i; years.-'--:Ordered to lie on the table, and—ttr, I/O printed. THE PENAL CODE. Sir JAMBS MACKAN . T9SI . i orought tip the Report of the Committee appointed for the revision „f tlf -Criminal Laws', which . was ordired to lie on rite' tahle.-- , -On moving that it be p - rinied, Sir JAMES ,111ACKINT0S11 . that he ,woold take that oeportunityof briefly, explAioing• th e reasons, which had prevented the introduet s ion_ i ot arty Measure during the pt estot Sesliou (or . tliej revisal of - the rounded. upon the recommeodation of the Committee. in the ear!7 part ot the . Session. the 'CoMmittee had enter • t taired t-he hope that their la . bonrs woold !hive , tel . minated iii'sufficienrtime to 'allow the adop. thin of.some measure, which, after Maturte sion. might ...effect an essential improvement iii 'the 'Spirit and provisions of the Criminal Curie-:- trot .the hives+ igntion . had -necessarily' been - pro tracted, tp so late a period in the. Session, :that it would b e highly inexpedient to make ,a proposi tion to the House of so. import a nt. and .grave character, at R time whe.p i colildnot s rectivethe b e udlit iii' 14Zoieral examination, ' nor those lights which could he thrown upon it by intelligent hi tdividtrals, who, lied previow,ly 'given their att,en ( i on a nd talents to' a comprelinsivcinvestigoalOn, of the subject—besides,, if suen a measure had been brought forward when it eould not...reeeixe., t h e deliber,,i ; te'atteotion ot the Hnose, o)jections nriglirberaised to it on grounds • foreigo to- the • merits o f the question; and: no erroneous impres sion affe,eting its Prineiple.might theeeby prejudice the public mind. Under such circumstances, it' -had been thought•MOre usefullland becoming to, defer the ,introduction of any gpetifie motion - on the subjectzuntil early next'SesSion. flaying now sta t e d that the unexpected. prolongati , o Ihe labours ,of.the Committee bed prevented any : e.x-. ercise of the legislative power with regard to this great question during the. present Session, he would next briefly recapitulate, for the satisfac tion. of the House, the principal topics of inqiiiry e the variety and importance of which had neces sarily protracted the sittings of the Committee. The fact was, that the Committee had been occupied during three months of the closest ap plication in Collecting the evidence of the va rious classes , of persons, •who, from their edu cation, habits, and.experience, were most com petent to give the subject ttie most satisfactoey. elucidation ; but their evidence was -particularly . taken with regard to the principle of capit rill.' oishment, to discover, by experience, whether the ultimate severity of the law - encouraged Crimes by practical impunity, or ►epress . ed thcin by nary, terrors. . A. measure of .this kind was as novel in its character, as its consequences most. be important, It %vent to ascertain, by direct evidence and the detail of facts , whether the ge 11r14tirg.titiieiltS against severity,resresl upon such . facts, niul wore to he corroborated by-expe.rience,• or whether the general reason's wet e tr.i be judged of, iodepeodrot of such practical „details. Much informatiou bad been collected, and'sucti as proved the anxiotis..indostry'with which the Comioittce had investigated the subject aria the lioninens state:moos of: the Repoft Most . .confirm his asser tion. Yet still he was inclined nethiok that uhnt Report. was nor as complete as he 'to - set. it next Sess:on, by the re-appointment.of the Com lineed, experience had juslitied• what hail .been seated in the House in reply post.] for devolving:upon one 'Committee the so t:Ann and importfine doties'Of est;g:if the state of prisons', the t ratisport ation systeM, t,nd, the criminal lave. In fact, these duties had .been, entrusted to two Committees ; and . yce, with the "'lost assiduous .• attention .and- unret'niniiig dievry, they feend it .impossible ,to a nd teedetl to detail the itilioui ' S of the . Cornmittee, 0- to specify' the documents which those labours b at ! ' procured, end which constituted a vast bud Y- 0! information. The first which he Mentioned, Wa s a return of convictior,s and executions in LOotioi l . and Ilidnlesex, front the year 1694 to the Y ea ! 1814; a-document tinparallelert for its 1010 ancl accuracy, as. it specified tire crimes and en" - lindie e d every particular Of information which ' ‘/115 connected with its subject, 1-le expressed hope that the City of London wolild eo n ' ..thine., to_ give its vitimable aid to the CommitteP - atid . fy: Meals of the records which Were in its , possession, con:apiece the document o f w hi c h he h ad [spoken, for-t . h..e tv : 1101e-.01: the 17-th century:- Another !document of -a - .thr.ita.t r kind wait one which co"' ;tamed . 81KAW)11.111( t urr u ln.t u f_ c o„viction , and executions for the, counties, InCluded to th e Horde Circuit; ond . ty ic it Ita_tl,Veen Attrnish,eti the .1):!plity Clerk 'of Assi' - jd. - hegati in th e year 1689, and its first period concluded is ti l t. year 1717 ; there was - then till'inrerval Which W" yet unsupplied, and then the'second - period creed with the year 1755 . ; anti terminated 0 01 .7 1813. Ile trusred,that ()dicers- of- Circnits ;coolly' be induced the example to furnish rettuins their several depot:it - news, tvitic.ll would complete.' the body oft,e.videoge. fur the.,. criminal jurisprtv dence of the kingdoin: There,Wli tao return fror. ; Ireiii d , TIOr th.ere any notice. taken by tb s . • cespecrive Oflicm of the reque, , t of the Connult.:- , -- 'tee, tliot-;1) - lie was inclined to think surd) rhation vr - as"-still'inOre -- USWess'ary tliati - th;-;1 - relattog,„. t 'p „..Eug-laod-,--aa-4t--w-a•r-farrhrr - rctrro - s't'tt - 'frdm -- ttr o O;Am-it lop‘sle , oge,ttpd•experi2nce.of the Confmit .. .. l . " ,The:ohjeet, of these returns mts two-taia..Z lilCe first tbconstitrite an est,irii4re of the ti4ioitatP morality at' diticeaqit'periods':-the'secnud;t6jorn!..:' , a,crierit)ll , linnit taws • have become useless 1 11 ,. , the criminal-code; and might be - oursequently' I'eaicil., With fr:spect to tubiMiYv, lie gre.atest satisfaction in bein;-,i'abte to State, ~ airthetitie documeuts, which' coincide& will) tlia •1t )inion of. a. Nab) e• Lord - efilteSsett-in.the. Session, that crimes of an at rutions clitteacter itnt only nOt increased, - .hnt had- utider4one a siderable diminution. prvve w'reicit position' ' he stated, from the returns of, t.lte flint i.O - the first itkirty yeass.kturnediately.succeofr . in 1689, the number ,ot convictions for mll - ( 1211 ,' • ,• wire 123, and the executions 87. In the sccoo4 pe,tiod, from 1755 to '1784, the convictions. ("( • the same crime n'ere 67;t lie keel)) ions 5 - 7 ; and ill the 3d pet-1011, from 1783 to 1814, the former %ref ° • 5,4, the I:l'tter 44.- "Ilie absoltrie prOlialion i ts - wilich the convictions - and ex - ectit ions for lilac : dreadful crime had dintini,hed since: the- firs t :.„poi•ioti he had specified was abauf two - to one. lil ac ,whien ;he great increase of- populationwas Intp the account, the growth of a great city s buili of the Thatnef; theerOw'ded state °Hive papolation•e --- - 1 the aggravateil distress off the _lower . ortirs; exposed them, tile crime of .tuurder myst have Iti'' tl:re,e,or _four to oue.—(Hear.l)' :\iymbet; then referred to there,turo 411111411e:1(1s lynn the City of Laudon, by w hicii , "-;, i . !,.appeared,, that in that ,eity, cornprized beticteen the yeats 1754 anill7B4; number of exeention for murder been 7 1 .1''' while' die 'nunil)er iii the'-.4ohsenbefrr period, "Crolit. ‘ a '1784' to , 181.4 ; tvere• nut- 65, 'white the niiMber , for thrce.:yeati slibsequent . tO 1 1 E114 illibut,.nine.; -so . - -ttsat takin;.:tevtry circontstilni&vl,l calculation, the committal' -of atrocibriv crimes-hatf ,conaidertshly , 'decreased uiti the City "I ' ; ‘, .d Lonition. There .was, no. means-of -comparing thi 4 : o ,s "stiTie pre i se,tit Q C - whe t . I althott,;h containing more titan J;0004.6.00 - veill'" habitants, titeretivasbO place, where such ant - tic apt! mitinte..i.aforsnationettsretiereats l4. of human life in ihkr,t city was as 500 to one, tt(' that:a small prethrtitil i'oThe '-'stirecient fair instu;ance,aga,inst,mutder. - Aad it was to : Lie..rcr eollected"that the I . 4i:raints Nvcre not as rigoroo s as in ; other countries, ythere such e i;, ) , cs , w ere imich•mote - trequ:_sht ; hit, the sense of Ini:ohitY operated Ifl' plac'e of the sevcre-;airil, restrictions by which the polie,•e7t - Stab-lislitrieto • of foteign . c,outitries were.supported, whet e libertY was is;tct . :,ficetl t(, pei : sitnat secutity.- 7 (1-1car.) --. j F3+it' in the iostitutions..oflihttdand the name police . I:ad been only lately introduced. Self-lesp.ect. j 5 time best, the ino9t ineorrtiptihle guardian Of 1 ,5 ' • tiond morality." On the great Western Circuit, the nutitter of .eonvic:ioos-for murder for the. lust 5 0 years had been nearly the same ; and therefore , • might congratulate the 1-louse that, not witli standiog the distre'sses of the times hathltiven the Alestit;ute to make ! irtacks.lll)ol) property. yet. the national humanity was unsollied—the repugnance to cruelty==-the horror •of blood Which hacrever ifs:,;rhed the ciiavaeter of the English peoPitip • still gave them among the notions Of Ettrope ho -110111.31;1e di,tinction. The Finn. Mernber then proceetlyi to the examination of the: second ob ject which the Committee had in view in collect ing evidence. It was tlie, consideration of swell Statutes as uppearedto have fallen into disuse what hail been neglected to.. be .acted upon for a centtny in London, or for 50 year , it) the West ern Chotir, might he fairly considered obsolete. The lion. iNtember:t hen 'observed, that there' were two classes of chore laws, one !elating to Acts its thetnselve's indift'erent, and which might be silty• ply repeale,(l,.. ; the. uglier to INicts in them Selves crtminal, in which tranporration and' imprison* n?<:',Pfr Was proposed 1 SllOlll , l be substituted for eapitak punishment, much to -the discre tion of the Judge. With respect to witnesses c: ,, " eniined hetore the (.lothin;ttee; it was thought :proper to :,, , stain front e:,:ani.tting the Judges, as "they could not. be exp.ected to - ccilsore laws, the sentence of .which they ()light be called upon, the , nt,si :»r);nent ; .and piaise Was O f 111 l vkd , te %vile') it was given without. ',rile same reason', 'however, did nut slyly . tot .• th'e retired 5 3tid ,, es, 11714 it wns accortltnglf tbitught proper swue.riktit)gnisiitti pt.rsoti . • , rlZes 01 that rank should bc . applicti to by the Coto.' tun tee. They• Were Lord Ersi% toe, Sir Vlcirry Gibbs, 81r Graltr; • s'il;l Sit-'Alan Chambre; kilt • gent.teumu.it. was found inconvenient to ex amine as Iwo of -t-i Pent •Ivere otir Of . ..own. HOWCWer, Lord Er4l:iii'vAml Sjr. IV.. Grant, he under-toot'. ur - • - !:till•herr , l`t same. opitnotts respecting the tvi 11 )1 IN