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Dublin, though now a psor corporation, had yet the -dis-
posal, including the payment of the police, of 50,0001. a
year ; and this corporation, as he bad before stated, was
to dose, that, although for forty years Catholies were eli-
gible to it. no Catholic was yet elected.
Mr. ROCHE (as we were informed) next addressed
the House. He was not audible in the gallery.
Sir F. BURDETT, in explanation, stated that what
be had said was to the effect, that, seeing the good feelings
and intentions evinced by the Government in their mea-
sure.of Irish Church Reform, this should be a strong se-
curity to the Irish Members that any extraordinary powers
intrusted ,o the Ministry would not he abused.
Mr. BARRON expressed his ratification at the mea-
sures brought forward by his Majesty's Government.
An HON. MEMBER, as an instance of the abuses
which existed, could state that, in Truro, ten individu-
als usurped the rights of the inhabitants, and returned two
Members to misrepresent that borough.
Mr. PETRE congratulated the country upon the in-
quiry which was proposed by the Noble Lord, as it afforded
an earn. at of the further intentions of his Majesty's Go-
vernment to reform abuses and purify the establishments
of the country.
After a few words from Mr. CHRISTMAS and Mr.
BARRON, the ques•inn was put, and the motion carried.
Sir ROBERT INGLIS begged to ask the Noble Lord
whether it was intended that the Committee should have
the power of requiring the charters of corporate bodies to
be produced, as in that case he apprehended the Corn.
mittee would have a power which had. not hitherto been
conferred ?
Lord ALTHORP replied that it would be left
to the discretion of the Committee what infor-
rnati,n it would require, and it was not pro-
posed to give it any power beyond what bad been usual
tap to the present time. It could not, therefore, do any-
thing incompatible with the duties of Committees in
general.
Mr. O'CONNELL observed that it would he impossible
to make the inquiry without the charters.
Tile Committee was then appointed.
LAW REFORM.

The SOLICITOR GENERAL rose to move for leave
to bring in five Bills to remedy a few of the abuses which
existed in some branches of the law. The first Bill was
to abolish fin, s and recoveries, and to make a simple deed
sufficient for what had hitherto required so many incon-
venient and expensive forms. The next subject was the
Statute of Limitations, upon which he proposed that there
should be a general limitation of 20 years, and that, after
an adverse possession of that duration, all claims should
cea-e. The third subject was the law of entail ; and here
he proposed that a fattier should be entitled to inherit to
his son, and a brother to his brother. The next subject
was tie law of dower. He proposed, in analogy with the
law of personal property, that where a wife had a right of
dower out of real property. she should only derive it out of
that of which the husband died seised, and which he did
not dispose of by will. In this alteration he intended to
preserve vested rikh•s, and to make it only prospective.
The only other subject to which he had to call the atten-
tion of the House seas the law of conatery. He proposed
that the husband should have a claim upon his wife's
estate, whether she had children or not ; but that if she
had had children by a former marriage he should take only
half. He wished to say one word upon the measure of
which his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for
Southwark Lad given notice relative to a general registry
of deeds. He adhered to his opinion of the importance of
that measure, and it should have his most zealous sup-
port. He looked upon the manner in which the registry
under the Reform Act worked as an additional recommen-
dation in favour of a general registry of deeds.
Mr. O'CONNELL begged to ask the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman whether these Bills were to extend to Ireland ?
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said it would be very
satisfactory to him to make the law conformable in both
countries, but there was some difficulty in doing so, for
there was some difference between the law of limitations
in Ireland and that which prevailed in England.
Mr. O'CONNELL begged to suggest, tbat all the Bills
should be made to include Ireland, and when the House
came to consider that relating to the statute of limitations
Ireland might either be omitted, or the law be so arranged
as to be the same in both countries.

Leave was then given to bring in the Bill.
3lr. GODSON de!erred till Tuesday his motion re-
specting patents.
CORPORATION FEES.
Mr. JERVIS rose to. move for leave to bring in a Bill
to regulate the mode of admission to municipal corporations.
Lord ALTHORP did not intend to oppose the bring-
iog in of this Bill, but he believed that the subject matter
of it must corns before the Committee.
-31 r. JERVIS then withdrew his motion.
ELECTION PETITIONS.
- Mr. GOULBURN rose to call upon the House to exer-
cise its power to postpone the consideration of an election
petition beyond the day appointed for it. The petition
from the borough of Coleraine complained that certain
freem, n who were entitled to vote had been refused per-
mission to register their votes by the Registering BarriS-
ten., and their votes accordingly were not received. Tire
question fur the Committee to try would be, whether the
Registering Barrister had properly exercised his discretion
in not admitting those who claimed a right to vote.
After a few words from Mr. LITTLETON,Mr. OTONNEL,
and Lord Althorp, the original question and the amend-
ment were put, nil strangers were ordered to withdraw,
but no division took place.
Mr. GOULBURN then moved, that the order
for taking into consideration the Coleraine petition be
discharged, when,
Aft r a few words from the AnortNEY- GENERAL and
Mr. LEFROY. it was put and negatived without a division_
SINECURES AND PENSIONS

Mr HUNIE rose to call the attention of the House to
a subject which he deemed of the utmost importance. The
state of ti e country loudly demanded the most rigorous
economy on the part of the Government ; and the Pali!.
inent were hound to relieve the country from its present
burdens. On a former occasion he had complained of his
Majesty's speech, for omitting to notice, as he thought it
ought to have done, the sufferings and distress of the
people, and their demands for reduced taxation. He
was, however, willing to believe, that the Ministers were
gnnvinced of the necessity of reducing the amount of ex-
penditure. Another part of the complaint he h,d thee
urged was the recommendation of half measures towards
Ireland. He was happy to be able to say that the motion
of the Noble Lord two nights since had agreeably disap-
pointed him on the so,jeet of that complaint.—(Hear.)
Ti e measure which the Noble Lord then brought torwai d
was one of peace and couciliation—(Hear, hear)—and he
had no doubt it would he received in Ireland as such..,.-
(Hear.) The measure which the Noble Lord had this
night introduced was one of the next itegree of impor-
tance to Parliamentary Reform, and be trusted would be
found satisfactory to the people of all the great towns of
this country.—(Hear.) As he had before complained of
what he thought to be the inattention of Ministers to
these subjects, he now begged leave to return them his
thanks for what they had done.—(Hear, hear.) Next
in importance to these two great subjects, was that of
Telieving the people from taxation ; and, under the leeline
that it wos so, he thought he could not do better than

;:;:ing forward the rittewion of which he had given
n,0,.e. . He slbaild have been glad to postpone it till after
the ji,;idget bad been produced ; and he would have done
so, had not a circumstance which had just occurred forced
it on hits and on the House—he alluded to a statenient
which had appeared in the newspapers of the death of a
Gallant Officer, the Governor of Berwick. That cir-
cumstance, coupled with what had occurs d in the last
Pal liament with respect to the Governorship of London-
deny, to which the Honourable Member for Poole had
been appointed, had influenced him in at. once submitting
the presint motion to the House. , He had then entered
his protest against the principle of such appointments ;
and what he was now about to do, he should do in the
hope of preventing this appointment taking place, and of
preventing all others of the same kind. He believed that
since the last session some of these appointments had been
trade. On'e, for instance, was that of the Lieutenant of
the Tower. Now, such appointments must be prevented
if that reduction of expenditure which the country required
was to take place. \Vtat was the state of .the finances of
the country ? On the sth of July last there was a balance
of 1,240,000/. of expenditure beyond the receipts. That
fact, in the eighteenth year of peace, was one which would
make everybody—every man of sense—agree with him in
saying, did not show a good, state of finances. Actor ling
to the stateuront.whieb flintotle-Lorif made at the end of
the last. P
session. of,atlhitient;',:hintcipted that in the
year ett4ng onithe sth of April' ifexl;).ll4e,rl; would be a
surplus of 773,000/. He hoped that the. NO4e Lord's
anticipations would prove correct, but no onec,ould be
sure that they would. However, supposing that ,they
were then deducting that surplus from the deficiency of last
year, it would leave a deficiency on tile two years' accounts
of only 476,000/. ; so that the people might see that if
they wished to avoid an increase of loans, they must
have new taxes in order CO meet that deficiency. What,
theniol:.'ll.Cupie to do ? They must look en,every-
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