The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-04 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

The Court was occupied all, the 'morning in trying
Mint cases, but none of them presented any feature of
more than ordinary importance.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. •
(THIS DAY.)
The July General Sessions were opened this morning
at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green.
The grand jury having been sworn, they were briefly
addressed by the Assistant-Judge.
The Court was occupied the greater part of the morn-
ing with cases of petty larceny, of which several were
those of children under twelve, and in one case under
ten years of age, for picking pockets. These gave occasion
to the Assis%nt-Judge to repeat his animadversion upon
Sir John Pakington's Bill, passed in the last session of
Parliament, and called the Larceny Act, by which the
case of such children were withdrawn from the public
eye, by the power of summary conviction given to the
magistrate. The effect of that measure, which had been
in operation now only six months, had already proved to
be such as he had predicted, and had increased this class
of offenders at the rate of two hundred per annum;
whereas, if they had continued to be brought before the
public, in that court, the public would not rest until an
effectual remedy was found for so deplorable and dis-
graceful an evil.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair to-day shortly after
Twelve o'clock.
EARLY SITTING OF THE HOUSE.
On the motion that the Committees have leave to sit,
notwithstanding the sitting of the House,
Mr. FREWEN objected to the motion, and com-
plained of the inconvenience resulting to Members that
were on Committees, in consequence of the sitting of the
House at so early an hour.
Leave was then given to the Committees to sit.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.
The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
further considered, and agreed to:—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Station
Approach in Manchester).
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway Amend-
meat (Extension to Penistone and Alteration of Dod'
worth Branch).
Tadcaster and Halton Dial Turnpike Road (Diversion,
&c., of the Road in the parish of Tadcaster).
THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a thtfrd time and
passed:—
Dunbar Customs, Water, and Harbour Dees Amend'

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West of England and South Wales Land Draining Com"
pany Incorporation.
CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS.
The reports on the following Bills were considered
and agreed to:—
Birkenhead Dock Commissioners (Transfer of Powell
to New Commissioners, effecting 'Arrangements with
the Crown, and Amendment of Acts—No. 2).
Ilulme and Eccles Road.
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction
Railway Deviation and Branches.
Monkland and Kirkintillock, Ballochney, and Slamannal
Railways (Amalgamation or Sale or Lease, and
Amendment or Repeal of Acts).
Royston and Hitchin Railway (Extension to Cambridge
and Branches).
ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion that the House should resolve itself
into a Committee on the Encumbered Estates (Ireland)
Bill,

Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN moved pursuant to notice,
that it be an instruction to the Committee to extend
its operation to England and Scotland. His object i°
making this motion was to render the law in both
countries analogous, au object which he believed had
been lost sight of in this Bill. He understood that
his motion was to be opposed by her Majesty's Govern'
ment. He was surprised at this, because the
Bill as it at present stood was a one-sided !
measure. He trusted that, although this measure
had met with the concurrence of the House of Lords'
this House would not adopt it without grave cog'
sideration. He complained of the course pursued by bet
Majesty's Ministers in forcing on the Bill at the present
moment, when it was well known Irish Members were
absent in Ireland, in consequence of having to perform
in that country most important duties. This Bill would
alter completely the whole law with respect to property i°
Ireland; and it therefore behoved the House of Commons
to consider well its provisions before they acceded to
them. He believed that the provisions of this Bill, 1,
carried into effect, would inflict great evils upon Ireland'
and her Majesty's Ministry had been told that such
would be the result of the measure. He thought that
the measures that had been introduced with respect g°
Ireland by her Majesty's Governmenl were not at all
calculated to relieve the burthetas under which that
country laboured, or to secure peace or comfort there'
He codsidered the Labour Rate Act false in principle,'a'
and that every one of its provisions ought to be cancelle
He advised. Government to withdraw the Bin for the
present year, or so to modify it that it should be a boon
to the landlord instead of an oppression. He always tie'
derstood that it was brought forward to benefit the
landlord, and surely if that were so, Government ought
not to object to the improvements which the lauded pre'
prietors suggested should ~be introduced into it"
Ho denied that the English creditor was suffering frail
the present system; there might be individual cases 0f
injury done to his mortgagee by the landlord, but thee
instances could be provided for without having recourel
to a legislative enactment. By this Bill they propose°
to suspend the law of entail and primogeniture in Ire;
land, although it was upon that law that her Majesty
rested her title to wear the Crown of these realms. The
law of entail might be defective and inconvenient, but
was a law which had always been religiously observed'
and he did not think the House would be justified i°
suspending it in Ireland. Ile therefore called upon tbd
First Minister of the Crown to pause before he allow"
this Bill to pass; but of this the Noble Lord might be 05'
cured, that if he persisted in pressing it forward novv
should certainly move that its provisions be extend
to England as well as Ireland. The landlords of Ireland
were a calumniated and much abused body. They wer°
repeatedly being charged with not only neglect of dugi'
but of aggravating the sufferings of their own country
but when these charges came to be inquired into, thel
proved to be utterly without foundation. For his part'
he liked to lay the blame where blame was due, and be
had had no hesitation in Saying that the misery of Irelso
was to be traced to the legislation of that House. °
late years its legislation had had a tendency to ifici
duce landlords to get rid of their tenants, o°.„
it was unjust to lay the consequences of such a systew
at the door of the owner of the soil.