The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-29 00:00:00

REMOVAL AND SETTLEMENT OF THE
POOR BILL.

The Earl of WICKLOW, in moving for returns of
the minutes in the different unions throughout England
and Wales, entreated their lordships, in the event of the
Law of Settlement and Removal Bill passing the House
of Commons, and being introduced into this house, not
to assent to it, if they valued their own consistency and
sense of honour, unless it contained a clause to include
in its operation Scotch and Irish paupers.

The return was agreed to. -
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN IRELAND.
The Earl of CLANCARTY moved tor a return of the
indictment and conviction, &c., in the case of two men
named John and Hugh Murphy, who were tried at the
Armagh Assizes for the murder of James Wilson.
It appeared that in consequence of some compromise
on the part of the crown prosecutors, one of the men
was acquitted, and the other, on pleading guilty of
manslaughter, was sentenced only to 6 months' impri-
sonment. The noble earl entered into a statement of
the circumstances connected with the murder and the
trial, and described the latter as a miscarriage of justice.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said there would be no
objection to the return, with the exception of the judges'
notes, which it had never been the practice to produce.
He believed this was the first time such a request had
been made, and for the very good reason that a judge
might not take any note of a trial. He believed that
Lord Lyndhurst hardly ever took a note of a case, and
a note might be so short that it would not be of use to
any one. In the present case there was no such note.
The day after the noble earl gave notice of his motion,
he (the Lord Chancellor) put himself in communication
with the Chief Secretary for Ireland, and who imme-
diately obtained all the information he could upon
the subject ; but it was only that day, and shortly
before he came down to the house, that he had come
into possession of any of the facts. There could be
no doubt that the judge looked at the depositions
before he took the course which he had taken, and came
to the conclusion that a charge of murder could not
be sustained ; so that the same result was arrived at as
would have reached through the process of a long in-
quiry, though it would have been better if the case had
been tried out. With respect to the sentence, that de-
pended entirely upon all the circumstances of the case,
which might aggravate or mitigate its character. It
seemed a lenient one, but it was difficult for any person
to deal with that question except those who heard the
evidence or read the depositions. The case would not
be. one of murder under the circumstances unless the
blow was such as must have been calculated to cause
death.

Lord MONTEAGLE bore testimony to the judicial
character of Mr. Serjeant Howley, the judge who had
tried the case, than whom there was no judicial officer
who had in a greater degree won the respect of persons
of all classes and creeds, or who was less likely to act
from factious, sectarian, or party feelings.
The Earl of EGLINTON also bore testimony to the
professional abilities and high character of Mr. Serjeant
Howley.
After a few remarks from the Earl of EGLINTON, and
the Earl of DONOUGIIMORE, the motion was withdrawn.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock,

PRIVATE BILLS.

The Hull Cemetery Bill was read a third time and
passed.
The Stourbridge and Bridgenorth Road Bill was read
a second time and ordered to be committed.

PETITIONS.
The Lard Mayor of Dublin appeared at the bar, an(
delivered in a petition from the Corporation of Dublin,
in favour of an improved postal and steam communica
tion between England and Ireland.
kfr. FAGAN presented a petition from Cork against

the Ministers' Money Bill, and a similar petition from
Limerick. Also a petition from the Roman Catholics
of Cork against the nomination of the nunneries emu-

ttee,

Mr. L. HEYWORTH presented a petition from the
medical botanists of Derby against the Medical Regis-
tration Bill.

Alderman KERSHAW presented a petition from
Stockport against the Poor Removal Bill.
Mr. LUCAS presented a petition from the town of
Kells, in the county of Meath, against the nomination
of the nunneries committee.

Mr. MAGAN presented a similar petition from the
corporation of Drogheda.
Mr. CRAUFURD presented petitions from various
medical bodies, against the Medical Registration Bill.
Sir W. SMYTH presented a petition from the firm of
Sturgeon and Sons, of Grays, Essex, on the subject of
the recent hay fraud on the Artillery, and moved that
the petition be read by the clerk at the table. The clerk
proceeded to read the petition accordingly, but it ap-
pealing that the phraseology of the petition was against
the rules of the house, it was withdrawn.
Mr. BRIGHT presented petitions from Chatham, and
eleven other places, in favour of the Affirmation 8111.