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ported AI Lord Pep, She former Speaker of ihtt fl use,
and by Mr. Foster, who afterwards ille l that arena.
ikon. They were extremely amen-table toe some time
—lost I.lob 1111111 defects being discover. il ON them. i hey
erri.ed to operate beneficially. It capital could he sent to
G•r the purpose of employing the great macs of
the pimple, now meremplaryril, he conceived the llonse
.•agb( to Ire divined to wive niteoliuse to soy protw•ilioe
th it appeared likely to produce sorb a re►ult. Capital was
there •wiling—and was the only throw wonting then•. Ilene
it ahoenileil, and of course they did sot waist joiut•sluck
cem $161911141
Mr. ro•Law said, there was a wide distimetwoo between
linglaml and Ireland. In 11w !Morn there was a great
olmodatice sf capital, and they Mlllllll4l 1111 the AMC 'as
hick the law could giant to it. He. chili-same, sivpseease4
411 alteration in the law, which would tint lead to site ern-
rtoymeot of the poor, lint would certainly destroy ohm-
meter. The Ilea. Geatlewaa mieht, however. ao s•p•srate
his oseasore ea to wive relief to Ireland, without affertiog the

commie,. and maanfactures of this coautry.
•Mr. Alderman %Vuou sail/ it wee his iuteotton to to -divide
the mevitsre.
Mr. D. GII.n•RT, is Mailman with (Wr.
Greu(ell), woalil not uprooe the measure, it it only went to
the amendment of the laws, now in existesice with respect
to Ireland—but such a fundamental alteration in the 10,
lie could net agree to. Ile perceived the title
of the measure too ragne fuel underfeed. A. it sow *food,
tfn liansini bring could cuoceive in what way the ',Our were
to he employe/1.
Mr. A Wryness Woos said, he had seed the title of the
other 81114.
Mr. Gar rr wLL seggested to his Hon.-Friend, an he hail
riven up she idea of legislating fur England •itugether, that
it wowd be better if he confined bin swigs entirely to
Ireland.
Mr. Alderman Woos declined foilowing 'the advice of
his glow. FriesJ. The House was extremely thin, and
be wislnd to have she smatter more maturely considered. He
had agreed so separate the mossare--aisd she House would
hineafter act wish the propositions as they thought
The milieu for a Committee of the whale Humor, to Con-
sstirr the subject on flluaday next, was then carried.

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DARTMOOR PRISON.

Mr. Altieromm Woun moved, That it be an instrnetinn to
the Cumenittre appointed to examine into the state of Nvw.
Knit., du. to inquire also into the state of Dartmoor Prison,
snail rtport whether it is et to receive convicts —Agreed tu.
ROYAL SCOTCH BURGHS.

The Lotto AtteoeNTE of SCOTLAND rose, to move for
leave to heroic in a Bill, of which he had given notice early
le the Session. It was admitted that there were defects in
the law of Scotland, with respect to the regular and proper
audit of the accusals of the !loyal Burghs, and with refer-
ence to • ind control of the espendit nee of their revenues.
He led 'deem! those defects, and to remedy them,
would move fur leave to bring in a Bill, " fur the better
regulating the made of accounting fOr the common goods
nail reveueseit of the Royal Boughs of Scotland. and for
rontroliog and preventing the undue expenditure thereof."
le dodo' this, he was partially reviving the obsolete law of
Nentlaud dor, by two statutes, now in abr. , Means
Taal beet, afforded for rolling the Magherafelt of the Royal
Burghs, to answer to the Comet of Exchequer for the at-
....racy of their aeconnts. But, from decialmss in the Scotch
irsoirts, it was finned, that such air antborily so longeremated.
The revival of these laws was nut, however, sufficient.
And, in addition to imposing an obligation on Magistrates
to scud their accounts to the Court of Exchequer, the Bill
he meant to bring in would provide. that the arrow's's should
he submitted to the view of the Burgesses, and of persons
appointed to audit them. The Burgesses at large would
thus have an opport lenity of considering the expenditure—.
nod if they, or • certain nandier of them, were dissatisfied
with the expenditure, they would hare the power of com-
plaining to the Court of Exchequer. But though this might
pie...oil the appropriations, by Magistrates, of the nes
to their own use, it woolol nut be sulticiewt to hinder them
from entering into speculations by which the revenues
might he dilapidated. Therefore, by the Bill, • power
w 001.% be given to the Court of Exchequer, on the coin-
pluiut of fire Burgesses, eligible to hold certain offices,
twit not then filling them, to control the acts of the
Magistrates, with respect to the expeoditure of the re-
venues or any works they sleight take inhaled. The Leaned
Lard concluded by airing for leave to bring in • Bill, in
tie terms we have already stated.
Lord A HAMILTON congratulated the Rase, and still
mitre particularly the country with which he was imme-
diately connected, that at length, after tolltaettom Petitions
hail keen present eel, after various grievance' had been
the Learitetl Lord admitted, what, before, be had uniformly
ecineil, that the Royal Bergh' bad very just rriniOn in COM-
O:me of serious injuries. Scotland had now, for about 30
stars. been requesting this boos of the Neese, and, during
the whole provers of that time it bail been denied that any
evil, streli as the Learned Lord's measure was intended to
irillreas, did not in reality exist. Last Session the learned
laird seemed to deny that there was any necessity what-
. Vet' fur the House inlet feting on this subject ; and lie could
11,4 now, after what had fallen from the Leawood Lord,
'ovoid expressing his joy, that Scotland bail at length a
prospect of retviving justice at his hands, and at the bands
et that House. Of the nature of the Bill itself he would
not presume to judge ; but the view the Learued l urd took
of the subject was so different from that which he nod
the Petit ~,,, era entertained, that he feared but partial
tele( would be derived Crum the measure. The Pelt-
tienvs tomplaincol, not merely that they had nit control
over the expenditure of the revenues of the Royal Burghs,
Let that they had no voice whatever in the election of those
very Alagistratra who disposed of their property. That
grievance, he supposed, the Learned Lord meson to have
Wholly untouched. He regretted that the Learned Lord bad
en hie; delayed his measure. He (Lord A. Hottnilion) on
the first day of the Se.sion stated his introtion of calling
the House to a consideration of the subject at large; boot
he gave up his intention, in consequence of 11w Learned
Lord stating that he had long had it in contemplatiun to
measure of this nature; yet, from that
time ao the presets., a period of upwards of two mouths,
they had heard nothing on the subject. He lamented
the Bill was iutiodated at SO late a period, when those
oleo took • more ext. naive view of the subject could
not possibly give it that attention which it demanded. 'I he
fill scented only to embrace a part of the evil. There were
u pedals which it did rot pretend to remedy—the
self-
.lectinn of Magistrates, in some cases, fur life—nail the
dissipation of the foods consequent on that self-else .
\ow, if the Bill went no further than to call Magni-
',atm to ocroiont, et would not meet the rout slid source
the evil. The Learned Luril spoke of Statutes that
were not operative. Why were they not operative ?
Becamic they were emu isclowed by the corruption which
riooked the Burghs its Scotland, and which now called
fur this inenvire. Corruption hail long been tonsti-
need---tiont, t,i,ou those abuses which the Learoorol
I ..c.l now umlaut partially to remedy bail -proceeded. lie
hopwvl the Lenettrd Lord would bare the Bill circulated
nrosisc Moor, who, like himself, were deeply interested its she
oica-ore. In esme;usion, do- Noble Lord inquired %hillier
the Bill had been siehmitiel to she Judges of Screlsool, as
t.c understood trout a Noble Lord Cagle ro aglil 11 wwuld he!
sal slim what v 11041161 learned Lod meant to give, to
. ,obr c lad it might he circulated

.1111' I.llett, AftVeilleATF. said, that no one war responsible
this etwasurt hut Masi If. Hr hail nut mil:nutted it to
Sridels Judges ; bet, after he had made a draft of. tt, he
114.1 t sonmilteil thu-c priaiona from whom• advice he was likely
to derive assistance, in order that it untizist tint faille before
the House in a trade shape. He 10:11.r said that be had
limeeuntetnplatrd • meastire of this kind. I%h,at he hail
hls.erved was, that he had it in coutrniplatiim. is, Ihr ~„„„.,
••' thr Seriatim, to int►udary such • lkll. With respiet to
his Jonbt, that certain laws ot Scotland wire 1101 Its
abevesire; hr rbionld osly rr•ssevt the fact.— Ileac, hew-.
• Prow Sir John lerpo►t and lord A. )11r could
•sense the Hike Baronet, who did not understand the
law of Scotland, for this manifestation of his opintun.—
Nst
0111 et was inewntruvertible, even front the eke of

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cut prcvall, sad ‘...uubllcso bsoutrtug ac lass oil that cuuttlry,