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London, England, 1828-05-17 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
uoNDAY, MAY 19.—ORDERS OF THE DAY.
1. Land Tax Commissioners Names Bill—Committee:
2. Liverpool Road Bill Second reading.
3. Settlement by Uiring Bill—Committee.
4. Labourers Wages Bill—Second reading.
5. Alehouses Licensing Bill—Second reading.
ti. Galway Magistrates Bill—Second reading.
T. New South Wales Bill—Committee.
S. Sale of Game Bill—Second reading.
9. Customary Tenures Bill—Committee.
10. East Retford Disfranchiseunt Bill—Committee.
11. Cities and Towns Improvement (Ireland) Bill—Com.
mittee.
12. Witnesses in Equity (Ireland) Bill—Committee.
N. Rights of Executors Bill—Committee.
14. Bankrupt Laws Amendment Bill—Third reading.
15. Cities and Boroughs Polls Bill—Committee.
16. Supply—Committee.
17. Larceny Laws (Ireland) Bill—Committee.
IS. Malicious Injuries (Ireland) Bill—Committee.
19. Larceny Acts Repeal (Ireland) Bill—Second reading.
20. Criminal Justice (Ireland) bill—Second reading.
21. Offences against the Person Bill—Further eon,idera-

tion of Report.
22. Corn Importation Bill—Committee.
23. Law of Evidence sill I bird reading,
24. Stamps Allowances Bill—Adjourned Debate upon
Report.
25. Ways and Means—Committee.
26. Charitable Lands Bill—Second reading.
27. Freeholders Registration Bill—ecinmittee.
28. Pensions Act Amendment Rill—Second reading.
29. Cinque Ports Bill—Second reading.

NOTICF.S OF MOTIONS.

Mr. Charles Pallmer—llill to amend Foreign Enlist-

ment Act [59 Geo. 3, c. 69], which rekttes to the
fating out or equipping ♦et.sela for warlike purposes.
R. Mr. Lumley—ln case the East Retford Disfranchiseinent
Bill is not proceeded with, to move that a New Writ
be issued for the Election of two 'Members for that
Borough.
S. Sir James Graham—Bill to amend the Getter 11 Turnpike
Acta, by additional Clauses.
4. Lord Viscount Palmerston—Army Estimates. (Its Com-
mittee of Supply.)
5. Sir Robert Wilson—To put Question regarding rela-
tions with Foreign Powers.
t; Sir George Clerk—Navy Estimates, (In Committee of
Supply.)
7. Mr. Portman—ln Committee on the Corn Importa-
tion Bill, to move to leave " London" out of the list
of places where the average prices of British Corn are
to be taken.
ES. Mr. Wodehouse—ln Committee on Corn Importation
Bill, to add Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Had-
dington, Dumfries, anti Dundee,—Dublin, Cork, Wa-
terford, Limerick, Belfast, Sligo, and Galway, to the
enumerated places whereby the average price of Grain,
except Wheat, is calculated.
9. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—To vote Surplus
Monies in the Exchequer. (In Committee of Ways
and Means.)

NOTICES GIVEN ON THURSDAY.
Tuesday, May 20.
_

1. Mr. Ponlett Thomson—Bill to amend the Usury Laws.
2. Mr. Hume—Return of Pensions ou the Civil Lists of
England, Scotland, and Ireland :—Also, of Pension:
granted under Offices Pensions Act 57 Geo. S. cap.6s.
Wednesday, May 21.

Mr Spring Rice—Bill to amend the Laws respmtibg
Banks and Bankers in Ireland.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 16.

Lord FEVERSHAM gave notice that he would, on
Monday next, move the third reading of the Stockton and
Darlington Railway Bill.
Mr. Mason presented the monthly accounts of the sala-
lie: and pensiona granted by the East India Company.

Sir F. D. ACLAND and others from the Commons
brought up the Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes
(Ireland) Bill, and several private Bills.
Mr. F. WILSON and others brought up the Bill for re-
gulating the Linen and Hempen Manufacture in Ireland.
Sir R. INGLIS and others brought up the Justiciary
OfFwes in Scotland Regulation Bill.
Mr. Johnson presented the Eighteenth Report of the
Commissioners of Public Accounts in Ireland.
The Marquis of CAMDEN presented a petition from
the county a Kent, and from
.several pariAit, in Kent,
praying for further protection to agriculture.
Lord SUFFIELD presented a petition from the Roman
Catholics of Lancaster, praying for emancipmien.
The LORD CHANCELLOR asked by bow many per-
sons the petition had been signed
Lord SITFIELD had not counted the signAtures, but
h• knew that it was numerously signed.

Several other petitions were also presented.
CATHOLfe CLAIMS.—MESSAGE FROM THE

COMMONS.

Sir FAANCIS 13uanErr, accompanied by nearly 100
Members of the House of Commons, appeared at the
bar with the following Message:—

Aly Lurds—l ant desired by the Commons to state that
they desire a conference with your Lordships on the sub-
ject,uf the laws affecting his Majesty's Roman Catholic sub-
ji,cla in. Great Britain and Ireland, with a view to such
final and iznciliatory adjustment, as may be conducive to
the peace and stwetfg,th of the United Kingdom, to the sta-
bility of the Protestant Establishment, and to the general
satisfaction and concord of all classes uf his Majesty's subjects.

On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESLURY, the mes-
sa;iqs were informed that their Lordships would send an
answer t..;) the Commons by messengers of their own.
,tiir FICANC IJLTRDErr and the others then retired.
The Duke of WELLINGTON then moved that the
Commons be informed that the conference would be held
at half-pat five o'clock, on Monday nett, in the Painted
Ch.::-Inber.
1-14,2 Ajktrquis of LANSDOWNE suggested that it
should be fart moved that their Lordships would agree to
the conferetwe, and that then their Lordships might ap-
point a particular time for holding it.
The Duke of WELLINGftIiN then moved, that a
Message be sent to the Commons, informing them that
their Lordships, pursuant to the desire of the Commons,
had agreed to hold a conference, and that the conference
was appointed to ho held in the Painted Chamber, at half-
past five o'clock on Monciiii next. .
,The liartinis of LANSDOV.I.NE begged leave to state,
that if the conference were to be held now, there were a
sufficient number of Members in the Ilouse for that pur-
pose; but he thought that if the conference were to be de-
ferred to Monday, it would be expedient to move that the
Hoar:;: be summoned. Ile therefore moved that the House
be summo;,:•:ed on Monday next.—Motion agreed to.
Lord MOI:III;;"..C4SHEL, in presenting a petition from
the Protestants of the 4±,,, of Cork, against further con-
cion to the Catholics, f 4,4 that the Catholics,
by luddi;g their simultaneous n4;;ting.s, intended
to throw the Protestants off their guard, and they
should not be all stirp4;4;tl if such another massacre took
plaoe as on the Sicilian vespers. Indeed the Protestants
might expect to find their throats cot :wane morning.
7,.'he Marcinis.of LONDONDERRY could na sit silent
and hear :ivcit language applied, nor did be believe that any
real danger we; ,f.-o be apprehended from granting to the
' Irish Catholics com-'es-s;o;j.,t which the great body of the
Irish representatives had apptwed ,i,j, their votes in another
ptialaatce. • The simultaneous meetinp.of tht 4.4'.sotiation had
44 -:,tainly done great mischief to the Catholics; 140 was
a .;:eason.why the cause itself should suffer? The
Catholic (inestioll must press upon their Lordships, and he
to"..conyinced that ;;,;:fnething ere long must be done
set the question finally-at -,•''''
Lord MOUNTCASEEL • '3•'' ' --' He merely meant
6,l,,,,6,tuiiiyutofe simultaneous naeAt.,.--,.gd might
to zay that he conceived e 9"
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afford tine
general massacre in freiund.
This N9ble' Lursi. :•*si procaeeirr, to support his views
upon the subject, tvlie4 iv, ~,,,,
firey, who protested az4l4si ;,,,e
Dcalledtiorder by Lord
7'...i",0b1e Lord's entering
• liscussion on the subject, on ithW -; ' - - on the. L...,-,t.,?!!tation of a
Aitio,
"EL thee precentud the pc•
tition, am several . wens effect, from the county
P'ille Earl, oilyL.ootll,l:LCAtiSw
of 'hfonagbau.

.Itrlt3Kisrder of the .-,T‘air
NIGHT POACH
.
Lard WHARITCLIFFE moved
for the re-committal a the Bill for preventing Night' .
Poaching.
The House meat into a CoMmittee to reezivethe
rte
moved, that • port.
The Marquis of SALISBURY in the chine
which substituted the punishment of three months' impri_
soument and hard work, fur that of seven years' transport_
ation, fir the first offence, the words three months be
altered to si-t months. If he should Au•ceed in this tan-
turn, he would move that the punishment for the second
offence should be increased .to twelve months.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE considered that the amendment
would do away With much of the good effects of the Biii;
his object was to moderate the p-unisiameut for the first
offence, which was generally committed through thought-
less levity, but to prevent a recurrence of it by a wore
severe punishment. If the person convicted did not tied
i security, Le was liable to be confined for six months loner,

which increased the tine of his imprisonment to nine

months. He should oppose the motion, and take the
sense of the House en it.

The question was then put on the amendment :that the
words six months be substituted for three months, or that
the words three months should remain part of the Mill.

Lord SHAFTESBURY comidered the contents bad it.

The Marquis of SALISBURY called for a division, awl
strangers were ordered to withdraw. On our return a
conversation took place between the Marquis' of Salisbury,
Lords Wharncliffe, Carnarvon, and Holland, when we
understood the Noble Marquis withdrew his amendment.
Lord CARNARVON moved for the insertion of a
clause to the effect, that if any person who was convicted
on the first or second offence, and not 1-/ving wife or child,
should wish to enter into his Majesv's army or navy, he
should be permitted to do so, au/ on being properly at •
tested before a Justice of Pea', that such Justice of
Peace should be entitled to "felease him from further
punishment.
The Duke of WELLINGTON confessed that he had
great objections to permitting any person convicted of
crime to enter into the army or navy. He did not say there
were not many in the service who might not have been
guilty of greater crimes than that of pwching'; but what
he objected to was, their being sent into the army or navy
as punishment for any offence. He thought such a system
could not tend to improve the morals of soldiers, and he
should therefore oppose the amendment.
Lord CARNARVON said that it was his intention to
confine such a proceeding to the first or second offence, and
merely poaching. He did not think it was in general
attended with much turpitude or moral guilt. He should,
however, withdraw his amendment fur the present, and
submit the clause to the consideration of the Noble Duke,
and if he should continue to oppose it, he (Lord C.)
should withdraw it altogether.
Several verbal amendments were then made. The re-
port was received, and the Bill as amended ordered to be
printed.
The House adjourned to half-past Three on Monday.