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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

am for the tie iiiii ul.l hwgnl ul the Jwre, Our lite Stine
%% itt., hi fbr ruom of Pa Nlethueos, Log. who had s.ace
eircuon a, trytml the ulfire ut Stea ay.& ot. the Chiltrrn
Hundred,— Ordered.

MONDAY. JULY 5-
Fisrasrces.-Sir H. PARNELL moved the further adjourn-
ment of the debate on his Finance Resolutions till Wednesday
next.
The Citaxeet.t.on of the EXCHEQUER availed hinoelf of
this opportunity to suite, that, as the quarter ended this day, he
had been able to ascertain, though nut quite so precisely as he
wished. the returns of the Revenue made to the Exchequer under
the heads of Customs and Excise. He had the satisfaction to
state, that there hail been an increase upon the present quarter,
compared with the corresponning quarter tat the preceding year,
of 440,0004 This fact was the more gratifying, because the re-
turns kw the eorrreponding quarter of the preceding year, dies
elf:walla receipt to a very unusual amount . that receipt had ex-
ceeded the Cortespontfing quarter of the year preceding by
L 10440604 ; ro that die returns kir the quarter thus day closed
exceeded even that extraordinary receipt by 440,1 Mad. lie might
add. that, eh:rough he was net acquainted with the exact state of
the returns to the other departments. he luul no reason to b.:-
I ieve that there had been any matiaial diminution.
GILA3II.OU4D BRlBLitii.-11n the motion of Lord J. Reis.
AELt.. the House went into a Connuitteu on the earampuund
Bribery ledietments.
Mr. AIEDLIcOTT was next milled, and examined regarding
the money transaction,: to promote the return of two Nleinisaa.
Mr. Childs was then exam met, and to the sense effect,. touch-
ing the remuneration for the votes. IVitness produced an Ac-
count of the sums expended ihr vutr, &c. This sort of Currup
:ion was extremely prevalent in the Borough.
The House resumed, and the minutes ot evidence were ordered,
presented, and directed to he printed.
lord J. RUMMEL observed, that as most of the evidence had
lotiA been befure the House, he should move his resolutions :
lib. first was, that such a system of corruption existed in Gram-
pound as to call far the serious interference of the House ; nod
secondly, that early in the next Session the House would take tare
ease into its serious consideration. (Hear.) 'the Noble lord
observed that 140 evils had arisen since the Revolution, corrup-
tion in the Itorougiis ; and. sesdnelly, the eltakllee of large towns
where there were no It.:presentatives. Ile waa not only for
throwitq; open some of the Boroughs, and where casts of noto-
rious corruption occurred, to trainee the right of returning
Members to large towns. The reasons whian induced him to
think of proposing this course he would merle all next Sca.sio.i.
—ltesolutioia agreed to 111011. con.
A Nteesiage irons the Lords announced that their Lewd.
ships hod agreed to the Friendly huctetie: Bill, with Amend.
ments. Mr which they desired the conetnrence oldie House.
Mr. WYNN called the :setenuon of the Manse to the CMG of
A. Lamb, a witness examined before that house, he having
destroyed a paper material to the elucidation of the Grampottud
Election case. Mr. lamb destroyed the paper iti question suer
he had been that ex mined, and pending the progress of the
enquiry; and such conduct, tile lion. MeniWr thought, could
not escape the notice and censure of the House. (Hear.) Ile
isitwed that in so doing be nail beep guilty of a Lreaeh of privi-
lege. and a contempt of its powers.
Nlotion agreed to, and Mr. A. Lamb afterwards onlered to be
brought to the Bar to worthw to be reprimanded.
The House then went into a bodiiiii.tee on the Camelford Elee.
titan.—Briberies--examined Mr. Hallett. &c, and Leona to
morrow. . _ _

The remaining Orders broir.g been disposed of, the House
Ldjourned.

TIESDA V, .11111/ 6.

Mr. W. Sauer prscrted Petitions from the Protestant
senios of Grunt and Little Hough:um to Cumber! .tid, and Loin
Chester..preying are alteration in the marriage act.
Exciek lxiimaltartosts.—Ntr. W. Swill( also laid upon
the table a petiuon from Jeremiah Abell. a prisoner in \arse icli
gaol. The hon. member stated. that this w.u. one of the many
cases where the smipowil offender Lad been induced to consent to
a componnise, when in inet tom:wards no such otriipt ionise had
ben completed by the Crown. The defendant, a small fernier,
was prose-cowl by t:.e Ewe..e for penalties to the amount of
1,0001. ; and notwithstanding Ile aas able to pave must distir.ctly
an a.'l;.i. by II witrmises ' 40. inst the single testimony of the
informer, Lei counsel on the trial bad consented to a anitpreanise
fur Z.H01.. contrary to the er.ines... injunctions of the determent.
Afterwards the matter had slept for more tied a year; the poor
man ass Mtn taken into ettenaly, :tad had been now eunfineti tar
months in Norwich gaol. The huh. member made sorrel.
observations upon the t. verity of tie eaee, rind upon the clear-
ness of the moots of the atibi. It could be establiwied, tt at the
imurnier at .% actually iu Norwich at the very Owe he had sworn
that he was watching the defeat:ant and Aix others engaged in
the smuggling tranmetion in ques.tion. Tao at ti 10.41 010150d:414
bad not yet been prosecuted. The pre) er that some steps
might be taken by the 'louse fur the relief of the petitioner.
lie Citaxennnok tit the LaeliEtan Lit did tint object iodic
petition being laid upon the table, but he felt a IftlUllg persuasion
that. unless the Rand of Excise had had reason to beiieve that
the facts in the petition were false, they would have ordered the
discharge of the petitioner. lie Warmed mat um statement..
a ere extraordinary.
Mr. W. &limit added. that the case heti been before the
Treasury for a year. and all possible mean, of intormation had
been alluded. Ti.J counsel originally employed by Inc peti-
tioner did not conduct his defence, but put his brief Into the
handset' another bimister. The lion. monism was very much
surprised tl at so echoes a matter had been aliowtel by the Tres-
tury to sleep o Leng. The hon. manlier rem: the anidavit of a
a.toess, woo :.sew We informer in Norwicii trice, aril in the mesa
spice he could nut have travelled 30 miles, toe oastmax tone the
city at which the thutsactien took place: tne isoute story ..emueel
to be an absolute fabrication.

It was ordered that thrpetition should be printed.
On the 'notion of 31r IV le. Mr. Altwum.cr I.ambe was
brought to the 1;..r, rtinand-d, and discharged, on the payaittit
of his tee..

CRIMINAL LAW!.—Sir. J. Nfacwrsiosit presented a report
of the Committee appointed to enquire into the statx elute Cruui
nal Laws. In moving that it be primed. the Linn. Member
adverted to the contents of the report and the rlelibetarit a with
hash the Committee had processed. were anxious nut to
prweed with levity ; and seeing that they could not italic any
report. tie opinion. ut• which could hut be duly considered tut.•
Session, they conlihed thetisseLe. the cullecung of
The retort was to hum being as cosier lete and Lull as the Coot-
hinter desired. and 14Ii pt rfect ma the Itau--ti would Wry/liter ena-
ble them to make it i but it was ceitmlete as la as regarded the
immediate uh;ucts presehted to the twitiev em me Conitautee.--As
to the contents of the rei u►t. its first pait eetisis.ett sit e-aissetions
and executions, returns tl et were nior.: iouipiete ti en any hither-
to obtained t asuotigst tlant was a tetion trom Mira to tali tear
London and Ilwtt e. c, , and it was expected that ne.ny similar
reairns ate being l.rti ed. The City ut Loihion Lai rutwwtet►
itself with great lila:nutty in the provkling of teidehee.—lie was
so:1y to bay mat au rewrn iruni Lelatu.s had been made; on
ra.lce ILO bet tilt n Ly Cie tears Lure sit the rulnert
ere ti.e CIATIII3int2 I tr..t he travail that uw•se evils would
tie reuiroicd. A. to the suite of crone, lie tilt situ:Malmo in being
able to ointirm the statement of the Nook Lord that crimes et
rider:cc nutwity Laid greatly diniMisiseti—they had hunt.
ni.ht'l sat kmarkably that Use tact could lavdly be crwited. it 14
acre not ruppurted by dins returns. They had dtmwi. Sed in a
gr. iltaT )401/1..1L MA than fIMIII two to one, as compared bet* tau
the t ;Lt.: the Lt. ;.; ;

JULY U.

and this too notwithstanding the growth of a great City on the
Southwark side of the Thames. 'film was no instance of a
City containing more than a million ut inhabitants, which afford-
ed m notch security against murder ; the chances 114,14111iS being
exposed to murder e 5 o,ot c litiel ell 11 tile, I.ud tlll6lOO
a ills very partial in:, ini.ements ml the lib it y of the subject.
sf he institutions of police were hardly known tall our times.
The a hole never was gratifying; and it Accord that the
people, is leiteser might have been their dishe-ses. Lail not
lost any of their national humanity.—(llear, /bar !)
The next of of the Committee aim to e 5411111 W the tette
of the Laws e hich were mow acted upon mei whick
weir usetr..,-; In teccertwis whlrh in fail, etaff.4l In hr Sited
Upon. They pi °posed, next Session to bring iii a Lill to
repeal those het.; but 40111e111 they rimmed to leas,'
here the terror w nand be likely to he usefel. Ilezarding
these lath r arts, they had examined a variety of witnesses,
but hail :Obtained from examining the Judges from consii.er-
atmil uoil delicacy for their situations, as it would be unfit
and entice ..... ing to call 011 them to blame aria on which they
wield be • eqiiireil to give judgments. They bud examined
seviyal Cooilvel, mid bad the testimony of some of the
retired bolo.. They likewise-examined several hlneistrates.
sir A. Macdonald ..tan attended, mid :Ise evidence *oat ass
deenied of gi eat consequence. Mr. Colquuoun. aho hod ecru
11 Magus' rate for ta years:, addle ed valuable testmea,) 1 1.1111
they all burr tea So the ii tuctainreiil persons lo ;nese..
cute a here capital punislournts were likely ill result. Ihe
nest important boil) of evidence was derived front the trading
o Liss of London and W eSILU 111f1 er and Cary displayed Mbar.
mai ton and humanity booed is h.. 1 he load expected to
is lin all he t for ;hot inn oortatot portions of
soca, ty. Their intelligeose and liumenity equalled, if it did
slot exceed ahat could hr found 111 acrs oil her class of meaty
is the *mid. ( /bur, he“. ! ) They Were for iniiignted
popish/mesas, silthomth they were einisequehtly removed to
forgeries, shoplefteig, site. ; and they did so on the puma
I net they pre...cute w jib mote sestaiiity. Ai it mow was,
the fear iii sesese punishment made them dread to prosecute.
Mr. Carr, the I :ite: im !solicitor, also save important evi& nee;
and pus t mutat ly resulted the good edict, follow ing the chaise*
of Ise laW segat ding the forging id stanip•. Fraudulent
char.tctem and tradesmen desired fester penalties, because
they iningined that they would he enforced but rarely, if at
:in—( /ie./el) They next examined Mr. J. Itariner, who,
1112 the It tweedy yea's, had been rimer rued in upwarile
of %O(JtW Crown Cave,; and his evidence at once reflected
header on hiaawlf, mid was u Ivaetageoes to the e ecidat
of truth. The witness stals.d, that prOserlll.llS Itellow4
coining forwards. that person. feed unicers slot to be sum.
mimed in June. ; mud that old thievesdraved to be punishe4
011 the severest penalths, because they calculated tin the
knowu ima.nuity of Jetier.—(./hee !) This was evidence
which was not the result of them', it was the lesson of ea-
peririser. On the OultieCl of foe,ery, in paelieular, they had
examined many bankers, 51r. J. SSmith, Mr. Barrett. &c
and had collected on such subject imp...lint evidence eel
opinions. They Mid stated that many private forgeries vitae
nut punished on accimut of the hey: rut) of the penalty ; unit
they added, 111..1 they should consider their propel.), inure
secure, if the puisoliment were irioested. Mr. (odd 'di had
suid that he i ould mention many bandied in-ratites wl.ere
forgeries had escAped.punishineut on setoifill of the ie•writy
of the law. Ile so ould not fatigue the House aith snore de-
lailS from the Wpm Beside. the Bill Iry had previously
menti .... -11, she Ceininittee rot se nded the briogiiig 111 a
11111 to comailidate the Acts impoeing phial pitaishinents
The Acts regarding forgeries requited peculiar emotion.
Change was it requisite siccomeaniniesst of that measure tar
resumie Cash Payments, to which lie deemed she House
and tmor' y wedged; and it was dean ed to sr•lott to
Mat useful estal4slinseut, the Bank, the character which
it had lost, rather by the baslimes of the limes thin lions
tile aril atsbrsof jadl ehloalf , To aetnel fore ,iesthey
were fur extroilliog the Name ininisliment as was ass as ile4
fur cousiterfritisig Ilse coin; but fur nursing or peoessitig
rouged notes, they were tut itmtes.ing the punish's eats,
esst,aring teesesporiation,Ur imprisonment and hard 1., beer,
el
the sli•cartioss of the Judges. This ails Agreeing with
the omit:fun of the pn bun!, an 'minims taut hastily formed,
our likely to subside a ill. the passing. To that opinion,
when so denial:lB,ly formed, it was policy to atleoJ.
SMALL Pit X.—Mt. W. elf exp.. .seit Hsu regret aid'
which lie had learned that vareittatie.n aas gseally
card iii the las ge county of Nut fulls ; that isioculatiusi fur
the wall-pox was extensively ailupleil.aintill cosh/limner
the Signal. pox was 'aging most extrissiveiy, and that tho
lilost antruting etleets had Lewin to make then Appear-
ance. lie triable.' that the vuujeci would not Ine lust villa
of
by Governineet ; such nit :eau es as could be
adepts d would be resfuierd to pots rut the extension of
that es 51 list moiali-pux.
ti.i F. iILnDLTT, according In moire, brought forward
the ramie(' of Mr. klallinswee Life-preset vet ;
atiei m iew Mee u emit's'. 110111 Mr. 11. Smith autl Jtu G.
Cockburn, eves orgativt 81 without a dis satin.
An:J.6llms/.