The Sun.
London, England, 1814-06-28 00:00:00

IMPRISOe, M ENT FOR DEBT.

Mr: BENNETT presented a -Petition from the
widow of a person named/Booth, who died while
imprisoned for debt in the King's Bench, which
was ordered to be received and read. It com-
plained of improper and cruel ti?eatment to the
deceased, who, being in a dying state whewar-
rested, was taken from the officer's house in a
coach, and not being able to obtain an apartment

on entering the prison, he was left to lie in the
open air. The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict
that he had died by the v4sitation of God, but
that his death had been accelerated by improper
treatment. The prayer of the Petition was, that
the practice of imprisonment for debt under Mesne
Process be abolished.
Several other Petitions to the same effect were
presented. They here ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. I'. Moone, on presenting two of the Peti-
tions in question, gave notice, that totuorriiiir
he should stibmir a• motion 16 the House for ef-
fectuating.the object to which they alluded. •
PIESERVATION OF PEACE IN .IRELAND.

Ou the ►notion of Mr. PELF that this Bill be
read a tiro time,

Mr. It. S. CAn.rw hoped he should be allowed
to trespast .on the attention of the Mouse for a
few moments, as be felt himself called upon to
-correct a statement of the Bight Honourable the
Secretary for Ireland, which, if allowed to plkss
micontradicted when conring from such an autho-
rity, would impress the public with an idea, that
the county he. hart the honour to represeut..v6s in
:such a st,,:e of disturbance to calli with otbers,
for the enpctment of this pew Bill. dirt not
mean to object to, the Bill ;
.on the contrary, he
approved of it, and only lankented the.circum-
sthilces which made it pec,c.ssnry t,or .Government
ILterfere. Botlic begged letve..tr..v:Stute, in the
most unequivocal terms, that there is no part of
the Empire
.more" tranquil "than the county of
Wexford ; and, #or the.truth of thiS.statement,he
appealed .to the 14,,olutions of the Grand Jury,'
cif which he Was • Foreman at the last: Spring
Assizes. • ,

Sir F. FLOOD, . though he. highly approved of
the Bill, could not -suffer the observations of his
Right Hon. Fr end Pecle), on afornier even-
ing, lto pass. without --contratliction. He was to-
tally incorrect when he said that ,he (z_i;ir F.) had.
no cause . to rejoice .at the-superior tranquillity of
_:NVexford, a tit. brand Juryhad represented it to
bcin,rather.an alarming .state. The statement of
• the,Grand Jury. was -exactly the reverse.; and.this
, Atatmen,t was-confirmed ,by-the resolutions of the
Magistracy and Gentry: In short, .there was no
county, either in.k.lnglandor Ireland, where fewer.
otiene,es -woo conunittcd than in-Wexford ;• as a-
proof of which, there had been only one execu-
tion there for the last-eleven, years, and that was
for murder. He therefore saw no reason why his
county should he stigmatiscd, because disturbances
bad prevailed in other districts.
Mr. PEELE thought it necessary, lest it might
be supposed, from the imposing attitude which
the lion. Baronet had taken, that there was
something like reason in-.the opposition which
be scented inclined to give to the-Bill which bad
just been introduced, to make a few 'observa4
tions. He begged leave to refer back to the ex-
planation which be had given on a-former night to
the remarks which the Hon. Baronet then -made,
and to which be had hoped *he.had given a full and
satisfactory answer. On that occasion he had
disclaimed most fully any intention of imputing
to the county of Wexford, in particular, a dispos.i•
tion to riot or diSorder, or charging the Magis-
trates of • that county with a dereliction .of' duty.
All he had said, and hl he meant still to say, was,
that at a meeting the Magistrates- of the
County of Wexford, on the 2lst of March, re-
solutions had been come to, in which 'certain out-
rages, committed a short time previous:l)7in Rarh-
duff and Knockmore, were latirented, -and a deter-
mination taken to use every effort • for the- preser-
Nation of the:peace of the county. The outrages
alluded to, were detailed 'in a; report which.-be
would-take the lil*rty of reading to.the
The Right Honourable Gentleman then read the
.Tteport to which he alluded, and which- stated,
that some persons, ,as yet 1-114{DOWD, had. gone to
a house of a man named Denoughue, at about
three o'clock in the morning;—and, rapping at his
door, demanded
.admittance for a poor creature
• whom they stated to be very, unwell, and who it
:was; desired might be permitted to lie down. Do-
noughtte, not choosing to be troubled with such a
guest, at. such an hour, refused to open his door ;
upon which these persons entreated that he would
_give them a lighted coal, for the purpose of light-
ing a pipe. • Donoughue then got up, and, on
.opening the door, he was shot through the heart !
This atrocious and treacherous proceeding it was
which hid- been properly characterised by thirteen
,of the Magistrates of the County in which it had
_occurred, • as outrageous—and to this• occurrence
it was he referred,:when lie ventured to state, on
a former .night, that the County of Wexford was
not in that peaceful and undisturbed state which
been pictured in such flattering terms by the
Hon. Baronet.

Sir F. FLOOD explained after which the Bill
was read a first tiwc, and ordered for a second
reading on Friday.
.Sir. S. ROMILLY presented a Petition from the
Prisoners for debt in Monmouth Uaol, which was
qrdctqd to lie on the table.