The Sun.
London, England, 1824-02-20 00:00:00

PARLIA3IE NT.

ROUSE OF LORDS FRB. 19.
LORD GIFFORD'S COMtMISSION.
,At ten o'clock this morning, Lord GIFFORD appeared
Ile use, in robes similar to those worn by the Lord Chancellor.
Thein the
~_ re were also present the Bishop of LIMERICK, Lords.
-asp TESBURY, GRANTHAM, LANSDOWN, &C.
,3 he Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved that the Commission be
-414, aPpointing Lord Grwronn Deputy. Speaker of that
°use to hear appeals.
l'keharies Rose, Esq. the new reading clerk at the table, (ne-
ir,"e'w of the late George Rose,) accordingly read his Majesty's
ttlission signed yesterday by the King at Carlton Palace.
llihe C9rilniission set forth, that his late Majesty, on the
°t Harsh, in the 59th year of his reign, app:int-
sti c;.
tte fir
~„, C• Abbott, Chief Justice of the Court of King's
atid--41,. , to act in the House of. Lords, as Lord Chancellor
the; "'II Keeper, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. It
late-V,Levoed that appointment. It also mentioned, that the
th -m,.`lief Baron Richards was at the same time invested with
ea:. ,“`e aPpointment. The Commission, after such revo-
bs;t°, Land recital, proceeded to command and appoint Ro-
At 1,-"11 Gifford to act in the House of Peers, in all respects
p4,4l'd an and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, for the
th-I'°le of hearing appeals, &c., in the absence of the Lord
steelier
. Th Ea ;
1,, te the
r°ll. e t' " SHAFTESBURY then introduced Lord Gif-
°olsack, and afterwards moved that the mace be
Tine the woolsack before his Lordship.—Motion agreed o, be
llie "--•..y!enntujealithet.
ttalliCiler.((aptain
The Bishop Seymour) accordingly laid
Foil d s''°P of Li Arta x baying read prayers, Lord GIF-
1, D esireu the appeals be' tailed on.
~_ . he first
appeal was that of the Duke of Roxburghe v. J.
'Cinton, Writer to the Signet. Mr. Wetherell, the Solicitor-
fonotral, opened the case on the part of the appellant, and he was
Aftevelon the the same side, at great length, by Mr. Jeffrey.
lle4 the
aPirelds their Lordships adjoured ; and the house
wooltr_,rn_e ~th:LOIID CHANCELLORIOOk his place on the
147.,Ft at 5 o clock.
14 80'4 XING uresented petitions from Minehead and Watchet,
wed ersetshi
e, praying for relief from the duty on Coals
coastwise.
ttul I GAME LAWS.
it j:ect of theII.OSVENOR said that he held a petition on the sa-
did Game Laws, which be should not present, because
ll'Avevilat appear to him worded in aproper manner. He trusted,r
oncesub w had bme of so much
_pu e would attract j
theect fullhich attention of eco
their Lordships. im
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third of the individuals who filled the gaols of the country were
confined for offences under the Game Laws. It was his inten-
tion to have proposed some alteration of the system, had not
the matter been taken up in the other House by an individual
(Mr. Stuart Wortley) most calculated by his influence, his
large property, his knowledge, and his connection with the
Government of the country, to do it justice. He trusted,
therefore, that the subject would come before their Lord-
ships in a proper form, and from what he had seen of the
proposed measure, he conceived that it was-most likely to get
rid of that intolerable nuisance. There were persons who
thought that to authorise the sale of game would tend to its di-
minution ; he was convinced, on the contrary, that it would
increase. Others contended that it would destroy field sports,
and decrease the inducement for landed proprietors to reside in
the country. But supposing, what would not be the case,
that field sports should be injured, there were many more im-
portant avocations and duties to induce Gentlemen to fix their
residence in the country. One objection would be, that it
would lower the value of game, and proportionably the aristo-
cratic pride of game proprietors. But those who had so far
lowered their aristocratic pride as to sell their own game, could
feel no great delicacy on the subject. The Noble Earl con-
cluded by recommending their Lordships to bestow a degree of
attention proportionate to the magnitude of the question when it
should come before them.

The Lombard-street House Bill was read a second time.--
Adjourned.-

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
NEW DOCK.

Mr. GRENFELL presented a petition from several Ship.
owners in the City of London, praying leave to bring in a Bill
for Building a New Dock in .St. Cathanne's.—Referred to a
Committee.