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AMELIORATION OF THE CRIMINAL CODE.

The 11urqui• of 1.11115100WP1 moved tier r•ennii resoling of
She Capital Felonies of Poisi-lonetst Bill. Ile
stated ih-st it wa► his intsulsusi, if their Lordships agreed to
Ibis Bill bring swail a i.ersord time, hi native nim the second
reading of the Prnately Stealing in %hops Hill, raid five Clis-
pita, Felonies Repeal Hill. The purpose of thew Bills was.
Str the mitigations of punishment, to ;;Ise security sigainat
Slle seventy of the p►uel law., which, in Ms opinion, would
give greater security to property, as, where else pngi.hrureet
WAS only tramportation, prosecutor.. would I.e f Ito
rouse forwent. tie was nut aware that airy etijs-r1 ion was
intruded to be made to the Htlls, but of 'twee was it wools'
fir Holub better ii Man made In enlinni We than so the pre-
sent
'flue Lunt, CIIANCIEI.II.OII snit; it was not his intent. to
oppose the vet tool reading of she Bills, but lie had several
strung objetlintts In the erasure wheel, he world state here.
after: Ile was son sure whether there vos- A printed Itepuril
of t►e evitleect taken before.
.the ('.ottrsrillei• it' the other
Ileum. of Potljamewt sin which they BiUc frecc groutitlce, het

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Ay adopt
this •poitufel and most iii t subject. T.
Lotaliessps.aiwold recollect, Aglit when this sate.
,loos eat the last occasion liet'-ssore before them,
Custorel ou the part of MI Majesty had stated,
that r delay. r considerable delay, if he recollects
ed right, fur the splice of eight or ten weeks,
would be required by her Alajtsty to procure
her witnesses ; and this errs accompasaird by a re-
quest, than until those witiitsses were ready the pro.
cerdings el Id not commence. Since that lime,
and iu consequence of the Report of their Lord.
slops' Committee, it was his duty to lay a Bill.
founded upon the recommendation of that Corti-
milker. on the toble. On the last day when this
subject wits bailie them, Counsel, on the part of her
114jesty, made ass application of r very differeot
Lied to their Lordships; it was, in fact, that they
should proceed with the trial forthwith ; that it
should be commenced without the asnallest pos.
settle delay. Ile tumid met say that this vari-
ance between the two applications involved a
charge of ioco.boarocy upon the Counsel, fur the
different circumstances or the care then. wad oil
the previous time, might louse accounted for the
different nature of tile application. lie was per-
fectly ready to admit that she call made on the
part of the Queen fur their Lordship. to proceed
its her case without delay, ought to Ire aiiswered
by their Lordships, as far as it could be done con-
sistently with substantial justice ; in their mode of
dealing wish that call, they should chew their only
desire to be the atta 00000 teed of the strictest justice.
With reference to that appllcation and to the pro-
gress of the Ignore proceeditiget, lie thought it
right to say, that their Lordships were bound to
put entirely out of their consideration all mo-
tives of mere convenience of a persuoal
They were seady, he was convinced, however ',Mo-
roi was the procerthiag to their feelings, to perform
the public duty which their station imposed upon
them.—(lleur, heur.j—Ho threw _out to their
Lordships, when they had this subject last under
their consideration, how Cie they could, with
a proper Wipe of duty, enter upon this int-
portont investigation without the attendance of
the Judges—lie did not, of Connie, Wenn Of
all the. Judges, best of a full proportion of them.
What hod since occurred confirmed him io his opi-
nion, that they could out perform their duty with
satislacioni to theen.elves mid to the country, if
they commenced thus proceeding without the attend-
mice of the Judger. He fcund, uu reference to the
records of their judicial proceeding,, that on occa-
sions like this et had been meal to cumuli the
convenience of the public budgies. with reference
to•thetr mites:deuce ou Cumin. There was be um.
nod of the year, indeed, whets the duties of the
Judie. would tout iuterpoee in some manner, so a.
to throw • difficulty on their amanita sitrudruce
before their Lordships ; but on the present or.
Easton it was evident that *any iuterruption of the
Judges, on the eve of going their Circuits, would
be attended with very general inconvenience to the
public interests. Cuonstently, therefore, with the
atteudance of a portion of the Judges, sod with
the principle of substantial justice. of which he
knew their Lordships would never lase sight, 'they
were bound in obedience to the Quetu's desire,
to lose as little delay as possible, era commencoug
their proceeditto ; he would therefore take the ear-
! lie-1 day when it would be possible oldie/tit it nal-
serial injury to the generul intense, of the country,
to procure the attendance of coy adequate number
of the Judges. The earliest day then at winds he
would propose the farther preacersliogs would be on
the 17th August next. By that owe he thought
they could ensure at least the attendance of
four of the judges. He should therefore now
move the rustptmement of the second reed-
ie; of this Bill until Thursday, the 17111 of
August. Three were other mottoes, which, alter
this was put in the usual Inantier, lie should sub-
mit as connected with their future preiceedihg.
—our which rendered the promos! attendance of
their Lordships throughout the torocereliogs ',ope-
rative. He was aware ed the incoovetitence to which.
this course would expose them its one point of view,
bust they must at once see the absolute neces-
sity of a compfusuee with the order of the House.
The fullest attendance *as desirable throughout
'the whole course of proctediug, not Duly to enable
their Lordships to form their own judgments, but
also to Otte filth derision, whether it shall prove
favouralfle and houtsurable, tar usilavourable mid
the reverie, that weight and •dthority with the pub-
lic at large wltichit was most desirable should at.
trod the re,ult of their orocetolitsgs. ' He knew
their Lordships would readily make this personal
siterifice for tfleattainineut of substantial justice ;
they *boa look at the parroiount issiportroce of
the case whit!' required itolkuel be guided by the,
. calm ruff souttil drciltion of their miutb, after a hilt
and patient rovesiotation. lie errs sore that whin
Ids Majesty's IGoverioneust, and indeed the Judges.
were ready to sacrifice all their personal conseuiroce
at the only twiired of the yt:ar 101111 they could ash-
ally recpsaie a Tittle report, that every persuit who
breed 11,111 wimp .acknoiskitge his rratintrait to
mike the rem tedifice.—s(Hetle, hear.) lipthejt
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Lord Fluttatiu recanted cud said, that if the
date of the order were correct, he should not hesi-
tate to soy that the order was imperative upon
their Lordshios to give not only the list of wit-
Ilet4eP. hot also the deposition. The proceediogs
to. which the order just read referred. were those
brought fnrwaril in the year 16-23 against Lord
Treasurer Middlesex. It tiro-, in this mutter : A
Committee Walt sitting. pruaet•nitng ati inquiry re•
•orcitog touottoot will sores; the A rt.:10114110i) of
Canterbury was Chairman of that Committer, rod
durutg thru ingair; tome re fleci otos were east maim
Lord Treasurer Middlesex, which led. on the
ill of April on the year alluded to, to r body
of charges agtitoit the. Lord Treasurer. If the
entry on their Orders were correct in point
of time, there could be no doubt it was destin-
ed to secure to the permits accused' the depositions
made use of in the Secret Committee agsinit it.,..
A c.mference their took place between boils Houses
of l'aillatitent. and article,. .11israpearlinielit against
the Treasurer grew out of that cutsferetice. lie
knew that Lord Treasurer 'Middlesex was at litst
refuted a copy of the depositions' given before the
Secret Committee, but that on his petition, sink!'
was doted on the
.4111 of May. such drpiisitiod.
were granted, tl J ;;It whether on that Pent .....
or in obedience to vim presjous Standing (lifter
(if the titisC, of its entry be correct), Ise could net
'nay. The deinmatinun Were. their ordered: with two
days. after their publication; the delivery of them
teas also, ordered, so of to give the accused time
to prepant far his defence. On reference to the
history of Hasse Itiosactions. it would be faunal that
the depositiotorctupsamed the whole 11,17 of evidence
against thmseetwed. Now t•Fmtiokr. as kbe.Nuble
Ear! oppeuits !Met time, wititt Noe due to
itch justices he 17suld uoi hut, think an ado.pimis of 41
.isisorderitoutd voila ecideet te the attaminent

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• Lord Hot.r.aact remarked, that the !fable turd
Au !eat spoke had struitgody mistook rep urgutu'ent
which fell from hem our foi tner oreavets. Ilia oh..
jrctoon is the Committee net Ceharney that ►he
Merit Peers
.who cOmpoved It .•ere taut the h-+t
cidcuitted to pronounce an tilii:snite dr.Criioti upiat
a.case ousettich, in lace, the, !R• their Ittikitt
decided already. That txtro=imitlici4l ninnion hr
bad rerteitaly alluded ta, *id tba ease tom, very dir-
.ferent with their Lurd•it'ps, who had now .n pro-
nollliCe %MINI OW Wh.ltr cow, send oho timer,' of
being prejudiced b, th►. deposithile, were Wryly, by
fulling the teems a comparing W'lititke-ivt•
dletive of the wittatatira, to have' twUrr meant of
saskiug up their alliattlA upon all the lucti v •the
caw. . •

Lord Eichorn& al-to concorred in chi ychyriety
of riving the Queen a riot of the etilaesied in Pup-
mot of thy choir. tle cuic-wrre.o.go the Ine-
oes.oty of thete Loed.hipe evnintlerinis tho "'load
motto' chitin Ohieit.eubstosetthi jimmy .liod **Wiwi
-Sheen, sod dot l•tiocommirl orcrodcoo•of ea. theta• peva
owl taitelsistelote *bleb it 1111 W. irnoreedo The fall

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