The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-20 00:00:00

SCOTS lUDIC'ATURE.

Load GRENvitAc observed, that-the Repot ofthe
Commissioners on this suhjed had, as he learned,
been laid bz.fore the other House, but had not b. en
produced to their Lordships ; which, in so impOrt-
, ant a matter, rent:hod some
The Earl of tivettPom, tin! only one copy
had,been transmitted, and •that copy had been' laid
before the other Ilduse iir the hist instance exclu-
. sively, merely by inadvertence ; but the Report was
printing,' and would shortly be laid beforc their
l• Lordships.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE noticed the great in-
conveniences resulting from the present system cif
appeals from- Scotland to that, House, and the num-.
her .of years thzit Twist betaken up before, in many
cases, decisions 'could be had. His Lordship con-
cluded by moving for certain Accounts of Appeals,
ftoto 1800 to 1 810, making Ui the accounts annu-
ally to ,the Ist of lfebroary.—Agreed to.
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The Earl of 1.-Au-r/EanALe expressed a desire to
k::ow 'whether the'ren.e‘val of the East-India Com-
'patty's Charter was intended to be brought forward:
this Session, as• in that cage he .thonght
portant documents would
.ho necessaryo,. tor
,wipo
lac ,should teel this dui), 'to

The second-reading of The Privately Stealing Bill,
and the Canal RObbery were, on
,the motion
fit Sir. S Resitt.Lv, postponed to Monday, March 1 t).
The CHANcEitott of the Exc,nEctuca_ presented
a"copyr of Lord Chatham's Narrative .ot the E:ipe-;!
dition to the Scheldt.--OMeied toA)e• printed,
a the motion bt Mr. W. Ponta a Oorfespntidenee
was orderea to be ',laid. before, the. HSose, respe-n-
-ing the state of the Irish Prisons, which Corr
sp"oncienee Mr. Pole nnmedialely.presented.
- Mr. WELLESLEY PoLE_said, he rose iti-pur,utnee'
•of the . notice, he had given, to move for leave to
-bring in a 13111 to.repeal the lawS now in forcorelat-
log to the prtsons in Ireland, and to re-enact such
of them as hid been found' useful, with Amend-
ments. It would be necessary for Ilia) to state
shortly to the-House the greuntis'upon Which
brought forward. this motion, "and the steps which
had been talto by the Guyer 0 ment of ;I C. ed upon
this subject, 'cousequenei. Of. the Report of the,
Coramissionert, appointed to examine i..to th6„state
of. the prisons., It appeared from ti•at Report, that
the laws relative to the,pris6ns- were ek,ietnely de-
ficient,. and that the pet-sells were in -ti Wretched.
state; 'hare was nose: pies of 'elisery that was
not:experienced in then]; in fad, it was quite shot k;
itig to humanity that they should temainin that si
tuation. Among other causes which rendere
desirable to asmend these laWs;,there was one which
called for parfcular at and that was the great
of ttairsportmg teloris who letd heel) sett-
tenced to trans,iortat.cri • The iitisgatrs'untler that
sentence we-efdl removed theN to re-
main in Newgite until vessel;;; %verb ready to carry
them to Boiahy Bay ; 'hut from the-, diflieulty
of procuring.-vessels to carry them place of
destination, tLey ftequentiV 'remained eroded iu
prison:l6r 11.1NQ, four,,ti e, and setnetimes six years,
without any allowance for ri e time of their conline-
merit. These consideratiof s renderecl'.it necessary
for the Irish GOvernment ',(Q take up this tith:niess,.,
,and they. had taken every step in theiv power to re 7
thedy.these. evils; and ie.consequence of their exer-
tions, and those of _the Judges ant] Sheriffs, the
pt i-
sons were now in a" better state Than 'could' be ex-
pe6led, and in effecting this objett,they were Mate-
rially assisted
,by the 'Citizens of But
in examining the laws relative, to prisons,. which '
Were fourteen in nuniber, they were found not
only to be deficient, but so confused that it w.ls .('.if=
.ficult.tn tell what W.,s or ' was not the law ; it was
therefore deemed -advisable to repeal them, and to
enaa one general law upon the subject: For this
purpose they had been submitted ro the Law
cers of the Crown and the 'Jt.daes'and‘• the 'Lord
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Chief Justice had devOted almost tie %%hole of the
-vacation in considering those laws;'en,l iu prepathig
a Bill embracing the whole subject. It would not

.11,1 r. DuNDAsgave notice, .that he would to-rrior-
row more for' the appointment of a Committee - on.
India affairs. . . ' ~ .. - ....
Lord I'ALMETtST3NE presented several Returns of
the number of Desertions from the I.teqiiar Army. ,
—Ordered to be printd.-
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Mr. FOSTLIt piesented an Account of the number
of perlions.,‘%;ho. had received sentence, of .tratispoi la-
tion in Ireland, &c.—Ordered. to be printed.
Mr. SitAw LE1,21.-us presented a Petition from
'the Innkeepers and Victuallers of Reading, praying
additional allowances. for 'quartering soldiers.—t
dered to lie on the table.,

Mr, SHAW LiFEvttE presented- a similar Peri.i4 n
from the Inhke.epers and Victuallers of Chippenkini.
On the motion for,its.being ua the table..
-
WHIrtREAD : availed himself of the opportu--
nity. to remark on the irregular -mode 'in whick-re-
-cruits were conveyed froin one parCof the kingdom
to another. He mentioned
.several instances. in
which large par,tie of, recruits, pattioiihrly- Irish,
consisting of two or -three .li.ondred men in each,
were ioarc's d from bile 'endi-of the to-the
other ut;der the.sup,_riprendance of 'a Ntrlcotntriis-
sioned Officer alone, wbilel he Officer to whOw can!:
they were eptruStcd .10114:lived clic* in
stage-coach' Or _post-chaise:-=-2'he c:if,i...qttenee., a;
might naturally be_expeEfe:,i, wa: a great fteal of
regularity Of chnclt‘..-t, and'a I,ql-it deal 01 ~eriou;
annoyance to the inhabitants of .I‘t:it towns through
which they passed: •
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,- Lord P.ii.w:it.iroNE observed, that several itre--
onlarities Of the nmilre alluded by the Hottourab!e
were at present the subjeo ofingtriiy.
The Petition was then, orcicred to be laid on the
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The Ekeheriuer Bills Bill, after a slPart conversa-
lion, in. which - Mr. Parnell, the Chancellor of tlte
Eitchi-gFer, Lr4d •Polkstone, Mr:, Wharton, Mr.
Baring', 'Mr. Rose, and Mr. Tierney, participated,
Was read third time and passed.
Mr. WHinIREAD gave notice, that he would to-
morrow move for Copies of the Correspondemat
which had passed between Lord-Wellington and thee
Spanish Government..
The Indemnity Bill was read a third limn* and
pasied.
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Mr. Lusk'NoToN brought tap the. Report of the
Cotriniltiee of‘Supply. The.ResolutiOn for granting
a'rensiOn to Lord Wellington was -greed L., and a
Bin, ordered. accordingly.