The Sun.
London, England, 1819-06-11 00:00:00

GAOL DELIVERY.

Mr. WESTERN, in rising to call the attention of
the House to a a-lotion, of which he bad already
Nivel' notice, said, that it was not his intention
to trespass longer on the indulgence of the Uonse
than he could possibly avoid. The object he had
in view was, that an Address be presented to the
Prince Regent', praying that he would be pleased
to direct a more frequent Gaol Delivery. it wits
one of the soundest maxims of our system.of ju-
risprudence, !bat every man was presumed to be
innocent, till his guilt was proved before a Jury
of his countrymen ; and he (Mr. Western) was
therefore of ()pillion, that no avoidable time
• sboold be lost in bringing persons accused
to trial. lie knew it was a delicate matter to
propose any alteration in the existing system of
criminal law, yet the proposition he had to sub-
mit appeared,to hint to .be called for by the ur-
gent circumstances of the case. The lionourihlw
Member then entered into a minute detail of the
several star in es. enjoining a frequent gaol deli rery,
rind quoted the opinion of Lord Coke on the sub-
ject. lie coutended, that the present crowded
state of the gaols throughout the country ten-
detecl the proposed measure necessary; and ob-
served, that he had searched among the records
in the Crown Office for various precedents with
reference to th'e question. Ile then'stated
rOus cases of long imprisonment before trial ;
anti dtvelt particolady on the hardships to
-which persons acquitted had been subject.—
Ti e next subject he adverted to, was the

insnMcieney gtit.?lt for rite i'ecept;oo
of the crowds of prisoners who v.tere placed to'
gether, without any regard :o elassifiLatiou nr
goo:1 order. The Honourable Member con'
chided with moving, that an Address (which 11g
read) should be presented to Isis Royal Highness
the Prince Regent, ti,e purport of which was'
that imprisonment, had considerably increased in
Engine' and Wales since s Return lead been
made op the subject, which his Royal PlighneSl
was graciously pleased to order to Bate laid be"
fore Itinr ; am' praying, that he would be gra•
cionsly pleased to older a more frequent gaol tfr7
livery, agreeably to the law of the land, and
particularly to the S;ntute of the 4th of Elwara
111. chap. 2. enjoining a delivery of the gaol¢
three times a-year, and oftener, if necessary'
and that the liati,.ll %vonhl defray any additional
expence to be incurred by the proposed measure,.
The ATTORNZY-GENERAL Could trot admit tbK
the Stature, regulating the Quarter-Sessions, 0,•
all applied, to the Assizes ; it would be impossible
for the object of the Honourable Member to bit
obtained unless the number of Judges were iris
creased ; for lie wits well assured that it would 14'
impossible that a greater number of goal deliverer.
could he held without the greatest sacrifice to di,
interests of suitors in the different Courts.
The evil of which the Honourable Gentienran heti
complained, hacl been remedied in a great degreo
by t' ,e Commission granted to AtigiStrateS to hots'
Sessions of the. Peace tour times in the year; 3
would be possible that great convenience may be
offoided, if the Magistratei would fix a day 0
adjournment, and by regulating the recognizatwegs
they would have the advantage of sitting eight
times in the_ year instead of four. Conduced theft.
the measure proposed could nut be carried kW/
4 fleet without the most serious ineouvenisinces,b4
should move the previous question.

Mr. BENNET said, the evil coinplained of cane'
loudly for revision and inquiry. He thou4ht
inch attached 10 his Majesty's Ministers
it, not having proposed some specific plan. 'l9"
stances had occurred in one of the northern coo"
ties of persons having been confined eleven months
previous to their trial, and then they had been ge'
quitted. This was frequently a ;treater punish
mem than %void,' have been inflicted hrd they been
found guilty. lie hoped, it something was not
done by his Majesty's Ministers, his Hon. Friend
would move fur the appointment of a Committed
it, the next Session.

Mr. BATH U RST observed, that the Hon. Metn'
ber who spoke last had wandered Ruin the (la"
tion, as the case of the tour northern counties ""19
a peculiar one, not bearing on the general pill)"
ciple of jurisprudence.
Sir L. I. NATCHRULL could not agree in tbg
opinion of the Aunt ney-Getieral as to increasing
the number of Sessions ; he would recommena
the Hun. Mover to withdr,w hiJ motion for the
present, upon an understanding that the Mitriste."
should institute an inquiry into the Acts lei/
the subject previous to the nem Session.
Mr. BuxToti hoped his Hon. Friend would per:
Severe, for he Was convinced that -great practical
good.rnu,t be the result.
Mr. WESTERN briefly replied, after which the
motion was negatived without a division.
Mr. LANBTON presented a Petiion from SO'
derland against' the Foreign EnlistinenC
Read, and ordered to be piloted.
Lord CASTLELEAGH presented a petition frm
the Protestauts of the County of Down against
any further co»ces,Aun to the Catholics.--iteLni
and ordered to lie on the table.

CALCRAFT presented a petition from Dover
against the Fo;tip Enlisttnent Bill ; a t,i.qiil3r
petaion was likewise presented from Gravesend.'"
Read and ordered to he, printed.
Mr. %V. SMITH presented a, petition from tlte
Unitarians of Norwich against the Matt iage Act'
which was reed and ordered to lie on the tobfr.
The lion. Member gave notice, that. on Wednev
day next he should make a roolion on the subjec

COLONIAL ESTABLISHMENTS:
Mr. Hume, pursuant to notice, rose to mo'e
for certain papers relating to our Colonial tiVstenl•
It was his opinion (ha! the Establishments of to;
0 Colonies Bt-Torded much room for reduction ';
retrenclim,..nt. Since 1795, when we oblainen.
possession of Ceylon, it %ea.: a remarkable tdcf;
that no account of ihe revenue or expen&nre
that Colony hod been nceired. Larne ,:ortyc it"( 1.
been annually voted in gross atnong the Arm!'
Estimates, without any account or information
relative to. the particulars of the purposes ("C
which those sums were applitd. He thought i(
was the duty of the House to know exactly tbd,
amount of the expellee of each Colony, and g('
examine in what way the amount of such elv''
peaces could be reduced. The 11°111. would OV
case him for mentioning that he Lain himself per°
sonally been resident in the various Colonies OP
which lie meant now to call the a!tention of
House, and that on the points which he meat
!row to touch he had received'. information Oil
the spot, and which induced him to think tbof
further inquiry was necessary. No mitts 1600'
With more alarm than himself the expense.
of our Military Eitablishments, and there'
fore it Was incumbent on him to state in whog
particulars' he thought unnecessary and wanton
extravagance prevail. d. The whole amount ("'
money granted on the estim,,tes for do' hing the
troops in the Colonies %vas 998.0001.—the tool
amount. of the troops being 30,(100 and some 'On:
'beds.' 01 this whole nninher of troops, 0)0'
10.000, sir nearly our-third, were stationed
Ceylon. In all the oilier braitcht!s of expellee,
he stated the atnottnt of souls voted to be eqtnill)f
exorbitant. When it was considered that tbcre
was not how a single hostile stag flying on be
seas to the Last of the Cape of Govt! Hope. if'
ft,mt be allowed that %re had immense naval faci,
li!ies nt cwaveyiug troops' to,assist arty of Otls
Colonies in that quartet in case Or a sudden att3c4f
and in case the force was thou:4hr inadequate 01
repel the danger. This con-ideration w 34
enough to meet the responsibility which
by thought to attitch to any attempt to
nisi) the military forme in the Colonies. In (het
Stall Department in plutictilar, there WA,: grOr
r,orn for reduction. This lie voted not only
his own knowledge, but also on the airborilf
of pet-stills of the highe»t authority on !tic°
subj-ct. The Finance Report of 1517 1)11'1 s'

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