The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-02 00:00:00

HAINATILT FOREST.

Mr. CAIRD gave notice that, on this day month, he
should call the attenti u of the house to the expendi-
ture that had been incurred by the Woods and Forests,
in reference to Ilainault Forest.
THE ISLAND OF JERSEY.

Mr. HADFIELD asked the Secretary of State for
the Home Department whether it was the intention of
her Majesty's Government to carry out the recommen-
dations of the comm6stoners, appointed in 1846, for the
reform of the criminal laws of the island of Jersey,
and to abolish the H )yal Court in that Want,
which the said commissioners, in said year, declared
not to be deserving of public confidence : Whether
it was their intention to issue a commission of in-
quiry into the civil laws of Jersey and the mode of ad-
ministering them, in accordance with the declared inten-
tion and promise of Government in the year 1345, by
the then Home Secretary ; or whether it was their in-
tention to take any measures forassimilating the laws of
Jersey to the laws of England ?
Mr. WALPOLE sa'd the attention of the Secretary
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of State had been, and al ways would called to many
great and grievous defects in the law of Jersey, and steps
would be taken for their improvement. An order in
council had failed to enforce the recommendation of the
commissioners, and the only way in which it could bs
done would be by, an act of Parliament, which, in all
probability, would be to bring the house into collision
with the states of Jersey, which was not desirable.
STAMPS ON CHEQUES.
Mr. NICOLL asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
if his attention had been directed to the commercial in•
convenience likely to be caused by hankers refusing to
honour cheques when drawers had omitted to write their
initials on edhesive stamps, but which were otherwise
cancelled, sufficiently to accord with the intention of the
act, and if it was contemplated to enable persons who had
given valuable consideration for such checks to attach,
or to cancel, adhesive stamps in lieu of the drawers ;
also, if it wouli be proimp;ly sought to amend the law
relating to crossed checks, so as to make the crossing to
a banker an essential part of the check.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
the practice of the Bank of England was to
refuse payment of a check without the stamp
was cancelled. With regard to the latter part
of the question her Maj ssty's Government bad no
intention to propose any alteration in the law. Where
a stamp was virtually canceled, so that it could not be
used again, the Bank of England always paid the
cheque. The matter of cross cheques would, in all pro-
bability, settle itself.

THE CORMACKS.
Mr. BRADY asked whether there was any truth in a
statement which had appeared in the Irish journals, to
the effect that a person named Burke, the principal evi-
dence in the case of the Coruoacks, lately executed at
Thurles for the murder of Mr, Ellis, had since confessed,
while in the hands of the authorities, that his evidence
upon their trial had been falie, and given under coer-
cion ; whether any investigations had taken place into
the circumstances, and what had since been done with
Burke ?

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND be-
lieved no such confession had been made by Burke. In-
vestizations had been made into the statement, but it
bad been found to be unfounded. He declined to state
where Burke now wag. He had no doubt Burke was
protectel by the polite till be left Ireland.