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bat contended that the opinion of Mr. Clark, the At.:cmey-Gene-
ral of the Island, was perfectly satisfactory.
Me. BROUGHAM repeated, that it depended wholly on the
case laid before him.
The petit vet was then ordered to be piloted.
Mr. 1111000 HAM suggested, that in the triune of the sum.
rner his Majesty's 31iniaters should inquire into these circumstances
by a commission, u in I ;as.
• Mr. BRIUIIT presented a petition from the directors of the
.I.3tar of the city of Bristol, complaining of the expense which was
incurred in passing the poor Irish home.—Ordered to be peinterl.
Mr. MONCK presented a petition from Thomas Chriatte, an in-
habitant of the Isle of Man, complaining of haying illegally aut.-
fora imprisonment in consequence of having objected to the com-
peter.cy of the Criminal Court since the exclusion of the Keys.
lite Court had overruled this plea on which the petitioner had re-
lied, and he was called upon to go to trial when he was wholly un•
Prepared. If the objection was good, all the causes tried since the
esclusion of the Keys would be errant non jediee. All these tiff.-
cultic' arose from she mistake of appointing the Lord of the Manor
Governor of the Island.—Ordered to be planted.
31r. lIUME brought up a report respec:ing private business,
which was ordered to be printed.
)Ir. d, WILLIAMS presented a petition from Liv 1,
praying for an bigotry into the trial of the late Mr. Smith. d
to he printed.
or. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from a religious sect,
styling themselves Separatists, against oath takinj:.—Ordered to
be printed.

CIDER TAX.
Sir T. ACLAND presented a petition from certain parts of
Devonshire for the repeal of the Cider Tax.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if the
int••eats of the revenue would permit the repeal of this tax. he
s mid brirg the subject forward next Session.—Ordered to be
printed.

ORANGE PROCESSIONS.
Sir F. BURDETT presented a petition from 31r. George Entice,
ef Atdreaa, is the county of Armagh, complaining of the great evil
vt Change procersions. The petitioner had applied to the Lord
Lieutenant, from whose Secretary he had recrived an answer, thin
the Irish GOTITOTOODI had DO WWl' to stop the precessions. As
ore of these annual outrages en the feelings of the Irish`nation was
aoprowching. and would be celebrated. unless prevented on the 12tb
ul July, he wished to draw the attention of his Majesty's Govern-
inert to the subject. These processior.s sometimes began at mid.
rotrht. and were attended by evety circumstance that could ex.
,errtte the feelings of the Catholics. Offensive tures were played,
I .1 as the Orangemen carried arms, if the Catholics were roused by
the insults en interfere with the precession, loss of fife frequently
ensued. The Honotrsble Baroret almost regretted that the Tn.
r....rection Act did not extend to the North of Irelactl. because, if a
tlitrerent measure of justice were not there dealt out to these (halve.
tree, they would be transported, es the Catholics were in the South,
al:en found out of their houses after sunst4-otdered to lie on the

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SUPERANNUATION FUND IN THE POST-OFFICE.
Mr. Alderman WOOD prevented a petition frith a late letter
carrier, named Atkinson, complaining, that in consequence of being
dismissed on pretence of intoxication, he was denied the benefit of
the .S,•uperannnation Fund in the Post Office, to which he had eon-
teruted nearly 300/.
Mr. 11U311: observed, that the case was one of very great
hardebip. The individual had contributed /MI. to the superan-
re Won f unit, and had been employed 20 years, yet, fur an hour's
Loh. he had been clismissed.-Lud on the table.
IRISH INSURRECTION ACT.
Mr. GOULBURN moved the order of the day for the third
reading of the Irish Insurrection Act.
Mr.llOltliOUSE rose with reluctance to trouble the Ilouse in
this state of the Bill, but it was such subject of importance that
be ceta rot allow it to pass the third reacting witiamt making a
tew remarks. When he found the measure recommended by 3lem.
hers who had given the subject every consideration, he could not
but feel that it was a subject to be attended to and inquired into
her Parliament. It was not asking too much of the Right Hon.-
fer.thimen to say that they ought not to conic down to the House
of Parliament to know how Ireland should be governed ; to him It
vies rot astonishing if any Member who, like himself, knew hut
little of Ireland, should ask why this was done. The Committee
orate. in their report on this subject. that the labour they had to per.
form was too great for the short period that had elapsed since their
appointment. It was trite that the time had been short, but the;
evils they had to remedy were well known and of long duration.
He thought it ridiculous that the Committee should propose the
genic:nation of the Instate:lion Act as a sort of stop-gap. If
toe House were to judge from what is notorious in the state
of Ireland, and not from the information laid before them by the
Shetorittee, they would never come to such a conclusion. He
mold never agree with those of his Honourable Friends who had
recommended the Insurrection Act to be continued. Some persons
wee: anxious for the meaeurewhich had beer very properly enomi-
noted unoonsiitutior.al" by the Horne Secretary, and were anx-
ious for it in order to procure a Committee, but he would rather say,
let Tithed have neither the one, nor the oth.r-neither Committee.
nor Insurrection Act. If the statements which had been made re-
spectir* Ireland were true, the Irish were the most ferocious people
tin the face of the earth ; hut he appealed to all who knew anything,
of the country. to testify that such was not the case. It was evident
that the sympathies of die Irish were with the people, and not with
justice. because of this most uneonatitutioti law. He did trot
doubt that if there were a soldier to control every citizen in the
country, there would then be tranquillity; but, he would ask,
valid it I'e called in such a case-government ? He hail read a ra-
per, which he would not rame, but It had peen patronisnl by cler-
getntm, and hod recommended the extirpation of all the Irish in
tr.e South. Proofs were abundant that though coercion had, in
reany cum, removed the power, it had never removed the will, to
oppose aothority. From the audientic accounts, it was clear tilst
the • comber ot rertons arrested under the Insurrection Act
was set great, sod the convictions were so few, that an ave-
rage of twenty-three insoceot peaces were punished, for one
who was guilty. Now he arould ask, was that a law to be tole-
rated ? He knew the case of a men who was convicted for being
eat at night, and it was proved that he was only playing cards.
Tue Magistrates deemed it WS isable to state his case to the Lord
Lieutenant, for the purpose of procuring a pardon ; but the person
who was entrusted with it delayed its delivery, and the unfortunate
eard.player was imprisoned for two months. This was one case,
and doubtleas hundreds equally strong could be quoted. He knew
tl.at there was something radically wrong in the Act ; in some
places it was not acted upon, in others it was deemed proper to act
contrary to it; and 3lr. Sergeant befroy thought it knotty to make
ure prosecutor prove Mat the prosecuted was pill of some crime.
fie (31r. Hobnousel thought that, at all events, the operation of
ilea Act should le, suspended for six months, and it could be re.
wetted to if it were found necessary. Much had been said against
the Cathodic Association, but, in his opinion, there were greater
groan& of complaint 'gannet another, to which several Menihers
of the House lieWinted. and Members who had charged the Cattle-
* lira with insurrection-he meant the Orange Avocation. The
proceedings of the former were public, and took plate by day ; but
thy...! of the latter were secret, and their meetings were held by
night. The Hon;Gentleman concluded by moving, that the Bill
Le read a third time that day sic months.
• Mr. GALCBArr hoped t-ot the Insurrection Act would be
Wooed cut-from the state:ohm* as soon as the state of Ireland
would permit it. Rut the ground on which he supported it two-
year. ago, was the ground an which he supported know-necessity.
Desna perteetly convinced that if the Act had not passed, bad as
the vete of Wand is, it would have bees much worse. He•
theuerht the law, objectinetable as it was, was still the best that
mold have been enacted for the state of socie in that country. It
had always been with reluctance that he hied voted for the law ;
!rut feeling towardi dale who resided in Ireland, he thought it int-
posiiii•le to kayo them without some such protection, and he did
nos know eery so elEcacieus. It was bile opinion that so long as the
alibi:let was divided on subjects of vital imsortance to Ireland, so
. long would the Insurrection Act, and Acts of a similar nature, be
necessary.
tlolonel TRF.NCH supported the Bill.
fie-send HART said, that the best and least expensive way of
preserving the 1-savior Ireland, would be to surround several of the
roost populous of the towns and villages with walls, and towers to
• iv placed no them at certain distance..
• !sir F. It LAKE called upon the administration of the country to
onite for the wellare of Ireland. Ile hoped to see the day when the
Cotholie question would be envied through both Houses of Parlia-
ment by a teimoptiant majority t and is Majesty, who had no
scruples of erstsciesee on the !Aim, would then have the satisfac.
coin of emveiliating so great a portion of his subjects. Ile hoped
that the Right Honounoble the Secretary for the Home Deparunett
would yet Eire his sanction to the measure.
:strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided,
Wher the nombeee appeared,
• For the third muting, 6.3 ; against it, II I Majority, 3C.
Ilse Bill we, then read a third time and passed.
On our readmission so the gallery we foaled Mr. DEN3IAN on
It. legs, moving for leave to britg up a clause to have the Jury
leronens intrndueeil under the Insurrection Act—Negatives!.
*!e. S. RICE rum.,-mid a cilium to enable prisoners to postpone
their trig Negativ. d.
Mr. DEN3I.IN propoaed a clause to repeal that part of the Act
thai related to the trairsportation of penmen who were absent front
• ooio hetween the hours -el tine and ten o'clock at night.-
..Negatived.
~ MANr..t.r,N moved few leave to bring up a clause to repeal
that dame to the Act by whit*, if a person arrested should obtain
a verdict, and damages foe a tau arrest, if the Judge ofimild
-nue that there was a probable cause of arrest, the damages
should beet-dated to Gil-Negatived.
The Rill was then passed.
'SIPA NNeIIaLING OF .717111E5.
Mr. PEEL Somiatit in a Ball to amend the law relative to the
!mpaioner.eg of Jurins. Ilia object was, that the present mode of
iniparmelling Special Jules should be put on a fo e 'g, against
which there should he re complaint, by putting di, names of the
Special Jivers into a bow, abstracting 411, and then reducing the
number to Lh.
Ms. SINANLETT begged to give his thanks to the Right llon.
r 1
lonileman Got the ion-Auction of the present Bill. The lion.
.7.leniber cuinlised the conduct of Mr. Lussiington, the Master of '
-r,e frown-voice. Whilr on his lees he trusted he shactit not be
-Acid:red irregular in asking a question of the Right lion. the
resident of tho Booed of Crimea, relative to a sobjcrt on which,
a member ef the bar, Ito fAt some anxiety. Ile had heard that
the Hee:inter of Bombay had suspended lento practice, the via
months. of the ore at that precedency, in consequence of
/heir having presented a morial to the Court, which he tonal.
.'reed as disonmearful, Mongh immoliarely they had learnone that it
t.
Irsd given offence they sh twirl every disposition to make atmen
'le understood that a memorial had been sent home from those
Bardirmen, and he wished to know what was intended to be done?
Mr. WYNNE said, that the ease, as stsird by the I ionourable
Gentleman opporite. was perfectly true. Th.: memorial that had