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appointed, there could be no necessity whatever 'for so
doing. Pre aggicit with several Hon. Members that re-
spectable attortieia: In some counties were anxious to MI•
dertake the office Of Deputy, and free the High Sheriff
from all charge. In the county be was connected with
(Lancashire), it was well known that, on a gent'eman
being appointed to the hanoniable and ancient office of
Sheriff, there were always numbers of most resfrepe ectahii le
m
solicitors eager to become tbe Sheriff's DOutyr
from all expense whatever, and in ordinary times the gain
to the Under Sheriff was generally about 1,0001. He
entirely agreed with the Hon. Member for Oldham, that if
the expense was to be paid by the counties,•instead of it.
casting 6 or 700/., the charge in time upon the counties
would he as many thousands.
Mr. STRICKLAND said that, though he niig,ht not
exactly approve of the Bill itself, as it was now framed,
he thought that the Hon. Member who had introduced
the Bill deserved great credit for having brought before the
House a subject of much abuse.
Mr. F. PALMER said he had not brought in the Bill
upon his own responsibility, but at the recomtnendation
of a Commit Pee previously appointed to examine into the
subject. Many of the abuses now relating to the nomi-
nation of Sheriffs would be avoided, and on the whole he
thought it would be a benefit to country gentlemen.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed on Wednesday next.
LIGHTING AND WATCHING.
Mr. HUAIE withdrew the Bill of which he had given
notice on this subject, and got leave to bring in another.
SEWERS BILL.

Mr. HODGES brought up the report on this Bill.
The report was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be
read a third time on Thursday.
Mr. SLANEY obtained leave to bring in a Bill to fa-
cilitate the transfers of small portions of entailed property
in the neighbourhood of towns.
REV. ROBERT TAYLOR.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Ashton-under-
Lyne, praying the release of the Rev. Robert Taylor, im-
prisoned for the expression of his religious opinions. The
Hon. Member observed, that the securities required from
Mr. Taylor after the expiration of the term of his im-
prisonment were so large that it would be impossible for
him to procure them ; consequently he must he confined
for life ; and it was worthy of remark that this was the
only country in the world where a man could be so treated.
He moved that the petition be laid upon the table.
Sir R. VYVYAN objected to the presentation of so im-
portant a petition in so thin a House, and moved that it
be counted.

Mr. HUNIE offered to withdraw the petition, but
Sir R. V YVYAN persisted in his motion.
The SPEAKER accordingly counted the House, and
as only 36 111,mbers were present, an adjournment took
place at a quarter past nine.

[From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons,
Nartis, 7° die Mali, 1833.]
Coleraine Borough Election,—Parties being returned to
the bar, the reduced list was deliver 'd in, and the sam
was called over as follows:—" Mr. Hardy, Mr. Irton,
Mr. Brotherton, Lord Viscount Sandon, Sir Stephen
Glynne, Mr. Parrott, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Pease, Mr.
Chaytor, Mr. Thicknesse, Mr. Macleod :
And the members of the Committee being, as usual,
come to the table to be sworn, and Mr. Joseph Pease, a
Quaker, being one of the said members, Mr. Speaker sub-
milted to the House whether Mr. Pease was capable of
serving on the said Election Committee without having
been sworn :—Act (22 Geo. 3, c. 46), and report (11th
February, 1833), from Select Committee on Quakers'
affirmation, read :—Whereupon the House being unani-
mously of opinion that Mr. Pease was capable of serving :
—The rest of the Committee were sworn ; and Mr. Pease
made his solemn affirmation as follows :

" I Joseph Pease, being one of the people called Quakers,
do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm, that I will well
and truly try the matter of the petition, complaining of
an undue election and return for the borough of Coleraine,
and a true judgment give according to the evidence."
Irish Vagrants,—Select Committee appointed " to take
into consideration the l iws relative to the passing of poor
persons born in Ireland to their own country, with a view
to the alteration and amendment of the said laws, and to
report their opinion thereupon to the House :"
BeriXt, John Ewart, W. Palmer, H.
Burg, George Fremantle, Sir T. Patten. W.
Calvert, Nicholson Greene, 'l'. G. Sandon, Lord
Cartwright, W. H. Lamb, Hon. G. Skipwith Sir G.
Chandos, Marquis of Littleton, E. J. Slaney, 11. A.
Denison, J. E. Lushington, Dr. Somerset, Lord G.
Dundas, J. W. D. Methuen, P. Walter, J.
Egerton, T. Moreton, A. Wood, Alderman
.Estcourt, T. G. B Wood, Colonel 'l'.

Land Revenues,—Select Committee appointed, " to
inquire into the management of the woods, forests, and
land revenues of the Crown, and to report how far the
tne,isures recommended by the commissioners appointed
under the Act 26 Geo. 3, c. HT, have i.een carri,d into
effect, and what other measures such committee would re-
commend for further improving and rendering more pro-
ductive the hereditary estates of the Crown:"—
Baring, H. B. Hay, A. L. Petre, Hon. E.
Buller, C. Herries, J. C. Ponsonby, Hon. W.
Clements, Lord Hume, Joseph Ross, H.
Clive, E. B. Hyett, W. H. Slaney, IL A.
Duncannon, Visc. Lambert, H. Stewart, Sir H. S.
Gisbome, T. I.owther, viscount Talbot, J. H.
Gordon, R. Madocks, .1. Villiers, Lord
Goulburn, H. Murray, J. A Ward, H. G.
Harcourt, G. G. Ord, W. Warre, J. A.
Harvey, D. W. Wood, Alderman
Stamp Duties Acts,—Resolutions reported :
J. " That the duty of stamps now payable in,Great Bri-
tain and Ireland respectively upon every receipt or dis-
charge given for or upon the payment of any sum of money
not amounting to 51., shall cease and determine."
2. " '1 hat the duties of stamps now payable on any
advertisement, shall cease and determine; and that, in
lieu thercof, there thall be charged on every advertisement
contained in any gazette or other new-paper, or contained
in or published with any other periodical paper, or in or
with any pamphlets literary work,
" If printed and published in Great Britain, a
duty of ...
" if printed and published in Ireland, a duty of is. Od.