The Sun.
London, England, 1814-11-19 00:00:00

SEAMEN'S IgLL.

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Mr. CROKER brought up frcirn the Commons the Bill ",to
enc.o:urage and reward Petty Officers, Sea Men, and Marines,
for long and faithful services." Read a first time, and ordered
to be lead a second time on Monday ; to Which day the House
adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
HACKNEY-COACH ACT.

Mr. LUSHINGTON presnted a Petition from the Hack-
vey-.Coach Masters, praying for leave to bring in a Bill to
repeal the Act of last Session. He afteihwards moved for leave
to bring in a Bill toamend the said Act, and stated the circum-
stances under which the Act originated. Frequent applica
tions'had been made by the Proprietors of Hackney-Coaehes
to the. Commissioners for a regulation of the Law, owing to
the manner in which they were defrauded of their fares;
but it was now found, that the Measures that had been
adopted were extremely inefficient. It was necessary, there-
fore, that the whole of the clauses which related to the tickets
should be repealed, and other regulations substituted hi
their room. Leave given.
..Mr. LtSHINGTON then obtained leave to bring in a Bill
for raising .12,500,000/. by Exchequer Bills. Read a first time,
and ordered to be_ read a second time to-morrow.

The same Gentleman also brought in the Malt Duty Bill,
and the Bill for Duties on East Ilfdia Goods ; -both read a
first time, and-ordered to be read a second time to-rnorirow.

Nlr. W: FI'MGERALD-brought hi a Rill for repealing the
Iristt.c3lass Duties ; also. for repealing the Duties on Timber
ithported into Ireland, and imposing new Duties in their
stea& Read a first. time, and ordered to he read a second
time to-morrow.

'Mr. PETER MOORE prCsented a Petition from Rear-
Admiral Sir Richard Graves, stating, -that be was entitled, in
right of his wife, tonne-sixth of the Bahama IsLIN, in coll.,:
sequence of services performed by her ancestors to Icing
Charles li. ; and having been dispossed, he prayed the House
to order steh Papers to be laid before them as might he ne-.
c4ssary to investigate his claims, and to afford him relief.—
Ordered to lie-on the table.

On the motion of Mr. LUSHINGTON, the House resolved
itkif into a Committee on the Act of the 4(Ah (co. 111. re-
lative to Foreign Shipping. Leave given to, continue the-said
Act..--Ako'into a Committee on the Neutral Shipping Act.
Leave given to renew the same:7-Also into a Committee on
th-e'Cotton WOol Act. Leave given to continue so much of
the said Activs related to wool, barilla, and Jesuits' bark.—
,A4o on the Promissory Note Act. Leave given to continue
thr same.

Mr. LUSHINGTON also brought in a Bill to apprtioni the
residuary uersomal estate of Anna Maria Reynolds to the use
of the ~inking Fund. Read a first time, and ordered to be
read a, second time to-morrow. _

Mr. BENSON moved, that the Irish Glass Duty Bill be
printed. Orderd.

PRESERVATION OF THE PEACE IN IRELAND.

Mr. PEEL E rose to call the attention of the
House to two Acts, which had been paised dur-
ing the last Session, with reference to the inter-
nal state of-' Ireland e one of these was of a tem-
porary, the other of a permanent nature. In one
of them the Lord Lieutenant was arithbrisecl, upon
the application of the Magistracy, to proclaim
certain Districts, specified 'by them, and. to ap-
point a superintending Magistrate, with a certain
number 'cif assisting Constables, for the better
preservation of the peace therein. Upon this Act
a-question arose--whether, in the event of two
adioining- baronies being proclaimed, though in
different counties, it did not become necessary to
appoint two distinct Magisterial Establishments,
whose duties were to be paid separately by each ?
Now, his (Mr. Peele's) present object was, the
introduction of a Clause, making it legal to ap-
pOint one Magistrate, &c. for the superintendence
of tceo haronieS so phteed-e the expellee of whose
establishment was to he remunerated by both dis-L
ti'i&-s-; -according to the Grand Jory Assessments ;
also' to regalate the nature of the oath•to be taken,
by the Magistiates, the Assistant Barrister, &c.—
Mr.Py,Eee declared he could not allow that opportu-
nity to pass without expressing his satisfaction, to
know, beyond all contradiction, that the opera-
tion of the Bills of last Session was attended with
tlie'best Ad most salutary consequenees.. One
of'the Bills, the' Insairreetion Act, which had
passed in a far more modified form than that in
which it originally existed, it was never deemed
necessary to- enforce. The other, the Bill for
the better Preservation of the Peace, and. which
merely appointed, according to the ordinary
numher of constables, &c.
was only called into action in one County (Tip,
per.tiry); and then at the request of a meeting
coMposed Of one hundred and fifty of the resident
gentry, of which Lord Liandaff was Chairman—
Barony of Middlethird was exposed to its
oneraeione So far in this district was the measure
salutary, ,that he need only state, although it was
not proclaimed
,until the 4th of September, yetethe
Barony was almost immediately reduced to a state
of comparative tranquillity, and that by the inter-
vention of uo extraordinary rigour, but by a more
vigorous application of the ordinary law. The
Magistrates were ordered in these cases to transmit
. weekly report of the state of their districts, and
the last one confirmed the tranquillity of that which
had been so lately proclaimed. It was not only
withio the'cireumference of those which had been
ni:.tnally Under the hand of the law that a salutary
operation was observable, but also in the neigh-
bOuring districts. In these the int-Thence of the
pleasure was most strongly felt by the efforts of
all classes of the people towards the detection of
irregulatities,' for the purpose of avoiding that
expense which they would necessarily incur if the
Pl'oelamation was extended to themselves. I-lefe
the Right 1-lon. Gentleman read a letter from the •
Chief Magistrate of Middlethird, stating an out-
rage which had been committed by three men in
the house of one Daniel Foleyetnul the iinreediate,
di:seovery,ut the parties concerned therein, through
thoexertions of the neighbourhood. The Magis-
trate concluded his letter by expressing his opinion, •
that this benelicial effeet.aroae :Olit-tif•the Legisla-
ti;e enatihents of last Session. _Here solitary
spectitele•presented itself in Ireland—a combina--
tiun in favour of the laws, and not, as was too
p.reviilent,"'against them. Ti'tic, indeed, the voice
of faction Was raised itga lost the Bills in question—
they were Pronounced to be the mere vehicles of
Govern Men t tot local patronage, and introduced.-
fisr favoarite persons. The assertion was-
caltunnions. In proof of which he need only re'--
fee to' Mr. Wilcocks, the' Chief Magistrate of
it rirllethiid--=cvas his nomination the effect of
patronage ?—the Head' Consi-able-st'as - selected .
from the Chief Police Office in ;Dublin, and the
minor ones from the lists of discharged military

serjeants, .at the recommendation of tle Cam-
mander-io-Chief, who hail been, applied- to for
that
,pnrnosc. The Right Hon. Gentleman cryn-
eluded, by presenting to subject adjoining
baronies but to one'magb;tgrial:establishment. It
was read a first time ; ordered to be printed; and
read a second time on Monday.