The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-13 00:00:00

DROPPED ORDERS.

The dropped orders of the day for yesterday were re..
appointed.
PROTECTION OF LIFE (IRELAND) BILL

On the mo,ion that the or,ier o: th,• di for Ihi!t BM be read,
THE LA I E IN NORFOLK.

An HoN. 11ILMBEit IShed t•. ask the Right Honourable
Baronet the Secretary fir the flow Department whether he
could say if any report had been received at tht
ticrne-offiee with respect to the ree, nt cases of poison-
ing in the c.iun%y of Norto!k. and also, whether
it miaht not be proper that the Rogi•trar-General should
i.sue in.,:rwtinns to the registrars of the districts not to issue
any cerlifi,ate of burial in eases of sudden death where no in-
yu t hail been held ? _ _

Sir J. GRAHAM said that the circum,tance to which the
Hen. Gentleman referred had been the subject :If investi•
gatien bef ire the coroner, and he believed that investigatton
hail chased, hut he had not yet received the result of it.
reference to the registrars of death. it was their duty
to obtain the certificate of the householder of the place in which
de.ith occurred, containing a statement of the cause of
eea. h. Positive instructions bail been issued to the registrar,:
n. he cautious in the performance of the miry, but still it was
,t the duty of those persons to refuse to enter atiy death. He
thought, on the contrary, that the refusal of the registrar
to enter any death on his entertaining any suspicion would be
vex tious and reprehensible. He must take that opportunit3
of stating to the House what he thott4ht a very serious
cause of complaint, arising from the intrequeney of inquests
held in this country. It appeared that no less than
twenty persons had died as there was rea•on to believe from the
effects of poison administered by one individual, awl yet no in-
quest had been held in any case. The law with regard
to holding an inquest was, that any party having rea-
son to suspect that the - death oceurrid under unfair
circumstances, was entitled to call upon the Coroner
to hold an inquest. It was the duty 01 every constable in every
parish, if he had reason to heli,ve that the death occurred
under suspicious circum,tance,, to call upon the coroner to per-
form his functions. In the last few years, however, so much,
jealousy had arisen at the quarter sessions in re-
ference to the charges of coroners, the payment of those
charges had been so much grumbled at. that inquests had not
been held in many cases in which by the law of the country_ they
ought to have been. Toe magistrates of the county of Devon
have come to the resolution not to allow costs of any inquest in
which the verdict 01 the jury should be "Died by
the visitation of God " This case was now under the
consideration of the Court of Quern's Bench, and during that
period many representations had been made to the Home Office
with regard to cases in which inquests ought to have been held.
As soon as the m igistra.es came to Ibis resolution, one of the
coroners of the county of Devon brought the case under the
consideration of the Court he bad referred to. Such a resolu• ion
was hostile to the performance of the duty of the coroner, and
inquests had not been held where they should have been held.
This was a most serious grievance ; and though he could not
adopt the suggestion of the Hon. Member with reference to the
registrar, he agreed that some alteration in the law was neces-
sary to remedy this, evil,
IRISH COERCION BILL.

On the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate
on this 8,11 being read,
Mr. O'CONLN Et.L expressed his regret that he was unable
to attend last night to hear the speech of the Noble Lord (the
Earl of Lincoln). He should have had great pleasure in lis-
tening to that speech, characterised as it was by atone and temper
which was entitled to his warmest approval. Had he been pre.
sent he should have fe.t it his duty to say a few words upon the
subject. He would now, however, take the liberty of saying
that his Bill was merely prospe c t i v e , and
xaw7nsaadtsse
dnht
heo
eti
therefore
oeaturl
hceraufeotlerapetoaefrdtt
ht
of
meet the evils which at present existed in that country. Now,
the great object was. to produce tranquillity in Ireland.
..._( Hear, hear.) lie wished to call the attention of the Noble
great Lord tporothspeetrei
prosperity and
igthutt
nit? u i Unlisttye rw, whichhicii e,
Ireland. Tnis 80l did nat long for that
sub-
mitted to the. Noble Lard .hat the law as it at pre-
sent stood requ'red considerable improvement on that heart,
POOR L MS.

Mr. CHRISTIE said he wished to ask the Right Honour-
able Baron, t the Secretary or State for the Home Depart-
ment a tjuestion relative to two poor women who were ex-
pelled from the Bakeweil and Ledbury unions, with
their two illegitimate children, under circumstances of 'ae
ienxttrhaeorduinnLy, aatinddd s ienfdirtetunrew..ere , h,euypph:aido4bweeitnh ceoubfiitihiend
the rh
ile they remained there • but on their expulsion the child, en
were .stripped of their clothing. It would be remembered
that the Hight Honourable Baronet., in answer to part
of his quott ion. read an extract fro.n a letter
ad,lressed by the Poor-law Comrei-sioners to the masters of
union workhouses, in which they were .recommended
t, at on einergenci-s like those he had stated to supply
wo nen with c!otleirig for their infants.—( Hear. )
Ile would ask the Right H tn. 13 Irotiet the Secretary of ti;,::te
two queeims The first was, whether he was aware of the,
existence of a letter from the Peor-law Commissioners pre-
vious to the Bth of April, directing that no clothing should be
given to infants on leavieg the workhouse? The second
was, whether he was aware that, when he stated
that the Poor-law Commisstoners had taken a legal opinion
upon the subject of the construction of the clause in the Poor-
law Act, relating to this subject. they had not received any
owiisuniiirdonjsa.fyrocitmhßat.aNntlihylve %e;hlal advi.er upon the subject, except from
for, and would be laid
their Assistant-Coronesti.mers ?
tuht:iottia
teha se etahbaled
ofh et ihiesutib,,lnusi
days. With reference to the second question. he would say
to lay such opinion
Generals ;red Clarkson, but he declined
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correspondencehtheetifihorausdts
ebqeue.,iennsutm_ia_orafv_seheawde_
MESSACJE FROM T
submitted thHeEAtLtoortßieDy ands.

Messengers from the Lords brought do.su Viscount Har•
dingt. aid Lord G .ugh's Annuity 13111 with amendments, and.
several other Bitl4.
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