The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-04-14 00:00:00

COURTS OF LAW IN IRELAND.-LAW STAMPS.

The Marquis of LANSDOWIt thought it !weer
vary, in coris..quence of what had fallen from him on
a former slight respecting the Courts of Law in
leeland, to ',ate that be had since received a letter
from a respectable gentleman, Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas iu Ireland, which cmnom-
uscation, although it fully bore out hia statement
that great negligence had taken place in the mode of
keeping the Records, yet assured I that no reco-
veries had absolutely been lost. The Noble Mar-
golis then adverted to the extreme hardship arising
bum the amount of stamps upon law proceedings,
but by noise was it felt so severely as by those indi-
vidual* to whom the royal mercy had been extended.
It was not his intention to proceed further upon
this point than merely to move !hr certain returns,
winch, he was convinced, would not be refused, fur
he understood that there was a Bill now iwinhag iu
the other House of Parliament, for the purpose of
resew incurred by suing
limiting the • xpenses at
out a perilous uu.lrr the great heal. The expenses
indeed a..le s o error 00000 us. that mono* Winona lied
nut been able to avail themselves of the niercv ex.
tendril W them,
and, as was known to their Lord-
ships, by not having their paidon under the great
Wtl; disqualified !ruin giving their evidence Hi

Me. M. A. TAYLOR wive online be tehoold to-morrow Pre-
sent a Petition, sewn-sting levee to present s Petitiou 4.n the
pert of the Parishioners of M. Mary-I%llpar, praying per-
mission to erect nen Weter.Sorits in tlie-iitid parish.
Alosiral Peewee presented a Petition, signed by 8,000
Er.fte.worker• of the town of Nottingham and its vicinity,
romplaluingof want of work, and praying fur relief—Read,
and ugdered to lie vu the table.
COPYRIGHT.
The mint to of the evidetwe given before the Committee
upon the aVeright Acts were ordered to he printed.
A Petition was presented from cettaiii Inhabitants of the
town of Edinburgh against certain clanses in the Edin-
burgh Gar-light Bill—Read, and ordered to be referred to
the Committee on the Hill.

The second readiog of the Slave Trade Amendment Bill
was postponed until Monday week.
Mr. SMPftl presented ti Petition from the Town of DIA,
in favour of the Colton-Spinners Regulation Bill, which was
read, sad ordered to be laid ois the table.

Getwial Gaseottine rose pursuant to notice, to move.
fur leave to bring in a Bill to prevent frivolous and vexatious
netious of assault and battery in inferior Courts of Justice.
The evils which he hoped to obviate by this B:11, had their
uritin lit the inadequacy of the minor Courts of Justice to
regulate the costs of au action, which were often in very
frivolous causes excessive in amount. The object of the
nil! Wa6, thertf.sie, to grant these Court. the same discre-
tionary powers the superior Courts had in this respect, by
extending the provisions of the 23d and 24th of Charles 11.
The Bill hail barn framed tinder the advice of professional
friend'', and he hoped would prove adequate to the oltrects
proposed to be effected.
leave war then given to hring in the Bill.
The Bill was them brought in, read a and lime, and or-
dered to be read a secouil time un Thursday next.
Accounts were resealed of the ammo of Exchequer
hills tottatanding under an Act of last Session, fur raising
10 mill' by Fdielterrier hills—laid on she table.
The Laud Tax Assessments Bill was read a second time,
and mile. ed to be constiotted me Nlonilay next.
Mr. Bnotdariars presented a Petitioti, signed by 130 of
the inhabitants of Newbury. in Berkshire, stating, that there
existed several charitable ittotitritions ha that neighbour-
hood, of which tame were for the relief of indigent perilous,
others fur the eiluration and potting apprentice of youths
The animal income of these charities amounted to no less
than 1,500 C The Ptroionei a complained that these funds
were shairiefulty misapplied, the corpus-minus charged with
their management either takiog themselves, or granting to
their friends, leases at the most unwarrantably low rents, to
the ensittfost defeating of the intentions of those alto hail
founded these charities, which, accompanied by ether mal-
practices on the part of the trinities of these fund., must he
attended with the went possible consequences In the into-
rents of the lower orders Of society. The Petition prayed
that Ilse provision. of the Bill for the Education of the Poor
should be cascaded to all charities generally, instead of
being coutined to such as referred more especially to the
education of the poor. . .

- The Petition vise read, and laid on the table.
EDUCATION OF THE POUR.
Mr. BROUGHAM then mused the se.:ond read:tig
of the &location of the Poor Bill, to winch the last
Petition had ieferred. It had been suggested by
%WIC Gentlemeo in the Ellosi.e, that it wonl6l hr
well to include within the ()potation or the lull .6i t
m elisreble loninlatioos. To that sow4estion U Wit.
Hi* wish to cour.rm. Bat in tile fir,' %tmgr e6f the
proposed impruventent. he must expr.hit eon.
v.et that it would be best to contin.! the rose:t-
otem of those regulatioos to the charities at hist
named in the /1111, timitely, those for the purposes
of edueut2on. The Commission would dins he set
to weuk, their sphere of action being limited to 3
&MCI 'I 111 Mid alNn,t LibildOli, so as nut to be coin.
Irrlled to otiose about the country; but with an mi.
derstandoig that iu the next Sebbica the Cutuiliii.