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London, England, 1833-02-20 00:00:00

in the Lord Lieutenant—au extent which even the King
bad never been possessed of.
Lord WYNFORD said, that the prerogative com-
plained of by the Noble Lord only extended to offences
enumerated in the margin.
The LORD CHANCELLOR corroborated the state-
ment of the Noble Lord (Wynford).
The clause was then agreed to.
The 18th clause was then read and agreed to.
Lord WESTMEATH inquired, whether it would be re-
quisite to issue new authority under the Act to the diffe-
rent magistrp
!ces and peace officers?
His L'Aship was answered in the negative, as we un-
derstot,'„.
77tie 19th and 20th clauses were then agreed to.
On the 21st clause being read,
Lord ELLENBOROUGH begged to ask the Noble
Earl if it was intended that any person guilty of uttering
seditious speeches, within the proclaimed districts, should
be tried by the Common Law Judges and a Jury, or by
courtmartial?

Eirl GREY said that as the Lord Lieutenant had the
power of putting down all seditious meetings within those
districts, there would he no opportunity of making sedi-
tious speeches.

Lnrd ELLENBOROUGH said that such proceedings
might be legal, though the speeches delivered at them
might be seditious.
Earl GREY thought that sufficient provision was
made by the Bill for any such occurrence.
The clause was then agreed to.

The 221 clause, which provides " That every person
who shall injure either the perso❑ or the property, real or
personal, of any person who has appeared or shall appear
as a Juror, witnes', prosecutor, or otherwise, for the pur-
pose of any prosecution, or any civil action or proceeding,
for or by reison of anything done thereupon by such per-
son, or who shall, by menaces or otherwise, howsoever,
deter or intimidate any person front appearing or acting in
any such prosecution or civil action or proceeding as a
juror, witness, prosecutor, or otherwise, for the purposes of
such prosecution, action, or proceeding, or from discharg.
ing his or her duty in that behalf, shall, upon conviction,
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be sen-
tenc,-d to he transported for any term not less than seven
nor more than fourteen years," was then read, upon which
Earl GREY said, that as offences against the person
might in some instances be of so serious a nature as to
bring them within Lord Ellenborough's Act, he did not
know but this clause, if left as it t 1 en stood, might be con-
strued as taking away the capital nature of the offence.
He would therefore propose, to do away with all ambi-
guity, that the following wards be inserted :—" Provided
always, that every offence now deemed felony shall still
be deemed felony; and every one found guilty of any such
offence shalt be deemed guilty of felony and punished with
death, anything herein contained to the contrary thereof
in anywise notwithstanding."
The clause, as amended, was then agreed to.
On the 23J clause, which provides, that no act done in
any of the proclaimed districts, iu pursuance of any power
or authority conferred by the Act, should be questioned in
any court, civil cr criminal, in the kingdom ; and that
the only courts to which officers, noncommissioned
officers, or soldiers should he responsible should be court.
martial appointed by the Act, or courtsmartial holden
under any statute in force for holding general or regi-
mental courtsmartial ; and that such eourtsmartial should
have lull and exclusive cognizance of all such matters as
should he objected against such officers, &c.
Earl GREY moved a. an amendment, " That all
officers, non-cotntnissioned officers, soldiers, magistrates, or
police officers. against whom any cha,ge was made, might,
with consent and under the authority of the Attorney-
General, be prosecuted in the Courts of Common Law."
After some remarks by the Duke of WELLINGTON,
Lord ELLENBOROUGII, and Lord LONGFORD, the amend-
ment was agreed to.
The 24th, 2ath, and 26th clauses were then agreed to.
The 27th clause was then read. upon which
The Duke of WELLINGTON suggested that, instead
of limiting the provisions of the Bill to the particular
districts which now were in a state of disturbance, it
might be better to extend them at once to the whole of
Ire!and.

Earl GREY was understood to deny the propriety of
extending it to such districts as were tranquil.
The Marquis of CAMDEN concurred in the suggestion
made by the Noble Duke.
The Eirl of WICKLOW said the principle of the Bill
was, that it should extend to those parts only in which it
was considered necessary, and not that it should apply
generally to the whole of Irehnd. If the Bill were made
general it would have the effect, the moment it passed, of
suspending the H :bras Corpus Act throughout the whole
of Ireland, so that those districts which were tranquil
would be brought under the operation of martial law, as
well as the disturbed districts. He thought such was not
the proposition intended when the Bill was introduced.
He considered it better to leave it as it now was, especially
as the Lord Lieutenant had it in his power, from the
powers given him by the Act itself—should the state of
insurrection become more alarming, or should he think
such a proceeding necessary—to extend its provisions over
the whole of that kingdom. The great remedy was, there-
fore, provided by the Bill itself.
. . .

The LORD CHANCELLOR contended it was not ne-
cessary, and would he unjust to extend the provisions of
the Bill to such districts as were tranquil.
After a few words from Lord CAMDEN, the clause was
agreed to without alteration.
Clauses 28 to 34 were then agreed to without amend-
ment.

Lord GREY proposed that to clause 35 words be added,
to save the prerogative of his Majesty in ordering courts-
martial.—Agreed to.
Lord GREY then proposed that the Act be limited to
the Ist day of August, 1834.—Agreed to.
Lord WYNFORD moved that a clause be inserted, to
the effect " That neither the revocation nor expiration of
this Act shall prevent the trial of any person previously
charged with any offence under this Act."
After a few words from Lord GREY, the purport of
which we did not hear, the motion was agreed to.
The preamble of the Bill was then agreed to ; after
which the House resumed, the report was brought up, and
the third reading was appointed for Thursday.

I'he Duke of-CUMBERLAND asked when the Bil!, as
amended, would be printed ?

Lord GREY—To-morrow.
The House adjourned at nine o'clock till Thursday.

IRELAND.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sißs-The project of " Polandising" Ireland, by the
Government, as announced by Earl Grey on Friday even-
ing last, has excited in this town feelings of horror and
indignation as strong as did the news of the sacking of
Poland by the Russian army. Good Godi is it come to
this ? Depend on it, the people of Newcastle will give
substantial support to the gallant band in the Commons,
who will, I doubt not, fight the measure inch by inch, and
have recourse to all the forms in their power to delay, and
finally to extinguish, measures surely calculated to sever
Ireland from England.

The Council of the Northern Political Union will meet
to-morrow evening, for the purpose of calling a public
meeting to consider of the best means of preventing these
atrocious measures from passing the Commons. The
Council-summons for meeting was issued by 9 o'clork
this morning. Other Unions have been in abeyance for
some time back; not so the Northern Political Union,
which can muster its 100,000 men any day it chooses,
whose voices will he proclaimed in the Commons in sup-
port of the friends of Ireland.
I am, Sir, your most obedient,
R. T., a Member of the Council.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Feb. 18, 1833.