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Fisher, in favour of the Rill relative to Crlpy right, flow
pending before the House.—Laid miihe table.
'IRISH EXCISE LAWS.
General MILT presented • Petition from the inhabitants
of the Parish of Clonmanny, is the Conuty of Donegal,
panting the consideratiou of the House to tire oppressed
state in which they have so long continued, in consequence
of the severity of the late Excise law. enacted fur Ireland,
and took that opportunity of again, as he hail several times
before done' of entreating the attention of the British Mem-
here of the House to the state of Ireland ; urging, that as
the strongest argument in his mind which had ever been
made use of for bringing about what is termed the Union
between that conntry and this, was, that the Irish would
flied themselves as well represented by an independent Rritish
Member.. by say of their own, who are now kept away by
adverse winds sad a variety of occurrences, which might
probably act to a much greater extent io causing the absence
of British :limbers had the Parliantent to cross the Irish
Channel, iu order to meet in Dublin ; and also again
brought to the cousideration of the House what he deemed
most seriously to affect its privileges; namely, that of any
Board, person, or office, having the power of withholding
informatiou from the House so repeatedly ordered, us several
papers had limn, which were required from Ireland—first.
on the 1511, of May haw, then again repeated ois the 40th of
June following, to be Art Arid' produced. and that had been
several times since taken notice of without any effect ht
bringing them to light. He then appealed to the Speaker, as
the guardian of the privileges of the House, to take such
step. es seemed to him Necessary, as from his profession suit
former habits of life lie was out sufficiently qualified to say
what ought to be done.

Mr. Mutat pointed nut, in strong terms, the necessity
of attending to the stale that part of the North of Ireland
was now in with respect to the law complained of, which
gave to F.xeme officers such powers.
The SPaagrit, is answer le she question that had been
put to him, observed, that any order made last Session must
he renewed, shire it wet disposed of by the termination of
the Session. The Hon. Menthe?* proper course would
he to move for the documents he required. •If a return were
nut made to that motion, he might call titr the papers forth-
with—and if Iliat were nustsceersful, he might bring the in-
dividstal who neglected his duty to the Bar of the House.
Mr. PM. brought to the notice of the House that no
question was then actually before it on the subject, het that
there shortly would he, whets he 'imposed to move for
papers relating to it.—The Petition was then laid on the
table.
Mr. NlAnslt put MT, to the Rath instant, his motion rela-
tive to the Creditor* of the Nabob.

POOR'S LAWS.
Mr BROUGHAM rose to present a Petition from the In-
habitants of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch. against the Hills now
in pawns; 11 tilt the House for the modification of the
Pellet laws, and the remiliatiosi of Park,' Vestries. He con-
fessed that he was one of those who felt much disappointed,
that the Milli in quest' were the only result of the elabo-
rate ingniry of the Committee appointed to investigate the
Poor's Laws. The Petitioners in the present instance objected
to many parts of the new plan. They were averse to baying
a permanent Chairman of a Vestry—they dislikes! Select
Vestries altogether--nor were they friendly to the principle
by which individuals were to be allowed to vote in proper-
hot, to their assessiments This last alteration he conceived
to he a most dangerous one. If it were adopted, he knew
the pioprietors of one brew-lionse, in a certain parish, who
would have a decided majority, on all disputed eases, over
the rest of the parishioners. These were some of the grounds
on which the Petitioners foiinded their oppositiou, but there
were several others, Monist equally cogent.
The Petition was then read and laid ou the table.
Mr. P. Moronic presented the Second Report of the Com-
mittee appointed to lupine into the case of the Ribbon'-
weavers.--Laid on 11w table.
Mr. ARBUTHNOT presented an *croont of the Arrears of
the Property Taw—Referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means.
Mr. ARBUTHNOT also presented au Account of the In-
comes of the Diikea of Kent, Clarence, and Ciuubridge.—
Ordered to be printed.