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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS.

‘VEDNESDAY,

Pa A y ;its were 'tea& by the Bishop of Btcr.rt (I)(Aer
s x a.), oKciating, Chaplain of - the House, as . I unit),
Bishop. .
Mr. Henna usi,accompanied by several Members, ltrought
up from the Cammons the Bank Itestricilop,C4atititi4tion.
Bill, which was tbrthwith read a first time.
Lord WALSTN c ItASI moved the second coadink: or the Set-
mcu's Habeas Carpus Bill, which was read'a second time ac--
cordingly; and committed for Monday. .
Lerd v. xrsaURRY (by conimand 'of His Majesty), pre.
sensed COpitfs of the. Convention betWerit their ,Britapilic and
Swedish Majesties, and iigned owthe zsth of- fatty, I-Ifog,•;by
His Majesty's Ministers, ikt;. Which wa.s ordered to, lie on the
'rabic.'

Snnle private business, Was then dispnsid of;-after whi4l).
t 11C a 1.4) ttiS:ll p S JEI JO Urn Sd• I I to- tti9 To %V.

HOUSE OF C 0111.49144
WEDIVIISDAY, DEC. 74
Mr. C. L. DIIND.As reported from the
tee 01100111;6d to try'and.deterrui the h 1 ring 0 f
the Petttiotii complaining' of an Undue Eiccti.,o Tor
Cie),tliG of that Sir jotiri piitty,
the Pettioner, was duly elened, and ought t
been;rtrotned, and.- that the PetiriOns weie not I;ri..
volowi and VeXeltiolls, and the Return was 01.1;EA
to lie amended accordingly.
The Indemnity_ Bill reported, and
4ordere,a,
to be read a third time ro.rnotrow.
The 14 use resolved itself i'ntp a Committee 'art
the- Irish Sitar l)rawbacklitll, and the Rei,oit we'
ordered in be received to-Marrow.

'Tic I.rtih Promissary Note Bill also went a,rot.;ti
a Cormnittee,
'rule-Irish Distillery Bill was read,:i second time,
and, ordcied to be commi ted to. tni->rhiw.
The Report of the Irish Habeas C-orpos Sospeti.
sion Bill was brought up, and the 13111 was ordered,,
to be read a third time to-morrow.
iRISU MARTIAL LAN:t 8114..

The Report of the ,'CorotOittee !Tonthe Trisiik
Martial Law Bill having been brought up,
Mr, IVILEE RFORcE, .aid
sit waa„,..hut his • in..
tention to occupy the attention of the tious.e for oey
length of time, as it was not his intention to epposti
the Bill, lie merely meant to proposean Ameotimenti.
which in his opinion would renderohe Bill more ore
objeelionable; I-Ic would no enter into die question
whether there was or was, not sufficient. evidence
laid before Parliament to justify them in passiog the
Bill; his, objqt, in. rising now was to eropose..an,
Amendment tothe modeUf constitutiog Courts,Mari
teal, viz. that no Officer should be allowed to.
upon those Courts who has not attained. the age of.:
az years. The ,s.s.-eeieel o'.4oftiort which Ititt
made when this ,Clause. was proposed, on- a forert•!e
oetinainn was, that in ordinary Courts Martial undet,.•
the, Mutiny bill, no;au.tlequalification was require&--
This ohje4tion .struck.him ,it first:or, being. entitled:
to more weight,thao teem toiler conaieloation
was inclined to_ give, it. Otre'of the grent,advatia
tages,of the Trial liyiltry, was, thatevery maoothoe.e.
sat uppn a Jury, knew that he was.trying his:Peers:
who tnivht afterwards.sit•io juti.;ment op,in lame—eh
In Courts. Martial something of the same..l:ind took, •
ir: ice : An Officer upon a Cotit that
he wes :tryiog. his brother Officer, or at least ono
that: was ,uniti.3.l, in the same profession with Wan)
• and between whom there was, a kind of.' espotda.
But• there would he oo kind of comntorta
feeling. between the persons who Would he tried
under this:Bill and the persons who would sit tiro .
CoOrts Martial. The Members of the -Court.vvoki
rather' feel' a prehulice against them -as Rebe4i
;;and Traitora to their King etd,Cohntry, fin` 131111
of this kind'. it. was necessary that the I-fonie shoold
use as touch caution as, possible, in order: to liltew
their regard for the Constitution,
,even ar the titim •
that necessity compelled them to adopt suela monis
Measuresereelf it was true, as had been asserted, the
the CoUtts Martial in Ireland had almost in everi
stance been composed-of- Members •wlio were above
theage cif twenty-one years, he could see no.ohjee,
tenet tte the insertion of.socha Clause as he oo*prelis
It might be ;said, that thii Clause, might
t tae productive of. inconveuiente, where there were
Itut few Officers ; but to obviate that inconvedietlCC
'lie bad no obje4tion that the Lord Lieutenant
should have. a.power to dispense •with this Clause its
particular cases, 'l'o such a:proviso he Would have
no nbjeetione because be thOught that; a great deal
of confidence ought to bee placed in. Ministers i 4
times like the present, and partiete!arly where 4
-Country-was in stn,h a situation'all Ireland, was,--1•
•Under these circumstances he should .proptise the
• Clause he had mentioned. If it should be tejeCtcdt
he Should not attribute that rejeCtion to any dispoa
sition to increase Arbitrary power, but that it was
rejeled far good reasons though they did nut occut
to Malt FIC 'conclutNd with moving a Clause-,'That
no Officer. should. be. a Member of any Court Mare
who was,oot of the :till of Twenty-one Yearg
or upwards.
Ga. WOOD thought, instead of giving thettisa
penning; power which the Hun. Gentlethan had pro.
.l rOSPd,, it, would be better that the number of, Mein;
. bets necessary to constitute a Court Martial, shout&
be reduced} from Seven to Five.
Mr; Secretary ..YURICIS said, that although ha
-was ready to tit) justice io th 4 niotivea which attuam,
ed the 2,f10n. Gentleman who brought forward thit
Clause, yethetould taut give his-astelt toit; Hit.
aipnittedthoititts was a tnim.ure which was collat.&
to the fullest consideration, hot his ob„jedion to the.
Clause was, that it was inconsistent with the prina.
P:
• C*llllPotr toe ..)41, and wOUkt produce • the most seri..
• mot ioconventeece. • This bill could
only be toleratAk
eci front the necessity of the ease, anti if that neces.e.
situ did not exist., the might not tri pass; Thaw, ,
neccatty of it had however, been-universally admit. ;
sod, us-11x4 billy We kit 4. Q;4 MemLica The
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