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London, England, 1817-05-22 00:00:00

:DROITS.

Sir JAMES MACINTOSIi postponed his motion to the sth
of June.

A Message from the Lords requested the attendance of Sir
J. B. RIDDELL on the Lord' Committee on the Poor laws.—
Agreed to.

CHRIST CHURCH PARISH.

Mr. SUMNER rnOved the third reading of the Christ
Church Burial Ground Bill fur to-ruorrow.

Sir C. MONCK said, to•rnorrow would be inconvenient for
several Gentlemen.

Mr. SUMNER observed, that if this were a public mea-
sure, be should not object to delay; hut this was a private
measure.

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Mr. C. WYNN said, that it was against the general spirit
of accommodation in the House to object to a short .delay on
a Private Bill. Gentlemen might have brought in this Bill
that night, hut be thought it unhandsome in the absence of its
promoters.
The SPEAKER remarked, that the usual 'practice of the
House, in Private Bilk, was to take a day that suited the con.
venience of all parties.
Mr. SUMNLIt thought, that some Gentlemen were not
parties interested in the Bill. The whole opposition to it
had heen pertinacious.—The third reading was then tired for
Friday.

DURATION OF PARLIAMENT.

Mr. Meow!Ari gave notice of a motion for

the sth of June, for the repeal of the Septennial
Act. Alter some private Conversation, he fixed
the 10th of June as the day for his motion.
Colonel VEItt,:KER said, he held in his hand a

Petition from the Jostices and Magistrates of
Limerick, complaining of the Petition presented
on the 24th of April, by Sir John Newport,
which charged them with throwing obstructions
in the way of frechOlderi, by refnsing to hold
courts for regivering them. lie had two affida-
vits stating thorn charges to be quite unfounded.
Evety facility 3he would affirm, given for re-
gistering freeitolders. Nay, more courts were
held for that purpose at Linteri'k than in Any other
parts of Ireland. He moved that the Petition be
brought up.

JOHII NEWPORT thought the only mode t/
be adopted was to refer the Petition, togetLer
with the Petition he had presented on the 24th gat
April, to a Committee, who should extonine into
the facts, and report. Let the records of the
Court be fairly examined, and the ac►ual occur-
rences be &vita fide expoied_ Elc, too, had affida
vits Which stated, that the Magistrates had refused
to register certain freeholders, unless they pledged
themselves to vote for the Right Hon. Gentle-
man.—(Col. Vereker.)-11e therefore moved, as
an amendment, that both Petitions be referred to
a Committee.

Colonel VEReKen had no hesitation to second
the amendinent. The only object of those from
whom the Right Hon. Baronet had presented a
Petition, was to obtain a revolution in the Magi-
stracy.—(A laugh.)—Thare was a system mpg',
nixed and ncted upon for getting rid of the Magi-
stracy of Limerick. Lie read, as proof of ths', an
address in a Limeriek Paper, signed John Tuthill,
inviting the people to assemble on the day of deet-
log the Magistrates, and to assn t their rigLts by
votiog against the present Mayor anti Magistrates;

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anti bolding forth, 23 the enkiterinence, that'
they could, Vatic. frequent Meetings to peti-1
tion tor IA tOtill atta that then money would oat
be wa,i . Th .14 'A A% the al.irm bell of levant-,
tion,—(M langhter.)—T ,e Honourable 11•Aro-
TIP( might lough on the other side ~f. his mouth,:
but he rotiht tell the House that triais in conse-,
(pence-of this took phice in the Courts of Chan-
cery and King's Bench ; that Tutt,ill eva charged
with tamp. ring with, the Sheriff-Substitute lit or-
the to pack the Jury, Wad that el challenge i.ea
itt
consegnenee sustained. 'repotted, that there
was 110 obstruction to registering in Limerick
ii d that there, was not -any other town In
his
dominions ‘vnere Coats for Yrgisteileig
neve so nequently iicht. Those who :complained
had on property- there. - One of theta was an
'llan, and three were Englishmen.
Lord Altt.ToN Laid, the Right Hon, Gentleinan
seemed to teel much alarm of Revolution ; but
that it :ipueared to him, that a reetiltition in the
'representation was the only revolution 'spine-
` bottled. The only objection he could perceive
to Tiithill's Adthe,s was the use of some very bad
meraphots.—(l teemed them; were
one Italim and three Englishmen among the
compltinting .Did die Right, Han.
Gentleman eoni4sier it is good reason to. tel
registering because they were Englishmen,/
Sir JnttN Newrifirr knew nuthiug of the pro-
ceedings at abe election, .or of any one person
there: be knew nothing of Tnthill, and felt no
'interest in the business, but to see justice done,
ami,every one put in the full possession of his
jest rights.
The two Pet ition3 were then referied to a Corn,-
mittee, and a Committee was named stodoprdered

to repert.
Mr M. SUTTON postponedthe Clergy Residence
Bill till to-morrow.

exruom DISNEI tin ES.
Mr. BLAKE MA& t motion, pursuant to uotiee,
fora ComMittce of the whole House, to coWsitter
of some amendment in the Irish Act of 1793,
which might admit Homan Cnaholics into Lay
Corpovatimis.. The lion. Member said his 'bird
was merely to give effect to the hitentions of the
lri:4l Legislature, which had been trustrate,i from
theambigtfous manner in which the Act of 1793
Was Wol
Lord CnSTIAREAGiI stwge!ired (list it would he
better, if the Finn. Aiewher were to bring forward
some speOfie proposition, in the shape of, a:Bill,
ratlicr titan to 111.0/0 fOr ii pre‘.ions Committee. .
The SPR.►Ki!tt 011,vr , that it WB3 competent
for. the lion. Member to move for a' Committee,
if he Lail it distnict object' to propound in the
Committee. It not, it would he useless to go

ioto am% ,
Mr. Lif.AKE said, he was not then prepared to
stthrnit any specific proposition, and should there-
fore beg leave to withrkor the motion, which was
agreed to accordingly.
IRISH INSURRECTION ACT.
• Mr.'Paat.‘rose to mum for itlive to b:ing in a
MI to continue OR: Act for the beta! pief,erva.
flan of Me peace in Ireland 3. or,' at it wds coin

rrouly etalleti, • the tisturectiim Act. That but
empowered the.. Lord Lieutenant, upon a Memo-
, tial from the Magistrates of the county, to:pro.
claim a district in ii state of disturbance.
tify the cootittuance.of that Aut, it was 110 t tlepeS-
iary, to prove that Ittliturl, itr.getferal, W 35 ill a'
slat(' of disturbance, but thet,iin certain districts,
the life nod property ut the subject wete insecure.
He admitied that a Strong ease must lid made out
to justify Government in calling for a continnante
of this power, •nnti itti Was confident. no objection
could be niatle.on the ground of puver
het-) abused.` . Ntl instance haft occurred last
year of the Statute having beep enforced,
and it bad only once been carried into eXeco••
Britt Since November,,lBls. ApplicatiOns bad,
indeed, been made Ely Magistrates., but they had
been refused by Government, who were of opi.
pion that the nectssity for such a measure must be
over-ruling, anti that applications trom Alttgito;
trateS must he looked to with a jealous. eye.
One case had occurred' in the County of Louth,
in. consequence of which certain districts hail
been proclaitned in a irate of disturbance, and,
had been subjected to an establishment of po;;
Ott the 30th of -October the outrage
bad been committed, the details of whieh had
been already ' before the .HOuse, and upon that
occasion out •of thirty-tone Magistrate,, thirty
'had coneorred in Making the' application ; and
be had been credibly informed, that the one,
who w,as absent from indisposition, had been
of the same opinion with his colleagues., A
County Meeting hid been subsequently called by
the Sheriff, ,at which the Resolutions of the Ma-
gistrates had been adopted. Government, how-
ever, waited for suttee time looger', and it wat'
not tilt Febrithry that the Proclamation had been
issued. to consequence of that the ordinary
course of- ilistict had -stitch, es the inhabitants
were consinced that they would be protected in:
the night, The law was not, as had been erro-
neously supposed, to suspend the trial by jury,
but went to constitute a new offence, anti to in-
flict, as the ponishment of it, transportation for
seven years. It was in force only itrthe counties; of
Louth, Tipperary, and Limerick, nod the people,
who had borne the privations to which they hail
been expo:icd, with the giTatest fortitude, were
•toily convinced of the benefits that had -resulted
front it. When the Bill had,on former oceaskins,
-t, ;
ocen'orottg,it bolo the Honse”, the period of its
operation had been in the.firStinstance, toeoevan,
nio it, the other for three years. trite one had
been in a time of much internal conitnotion, nod
thiß„ther was in the midst of a foreign foe. On the
present occasion he should plopose tie
coniintraoce of the Act oily to one year.
colidirdM by moving for
lcave to liriir4 to a cootiotte thC said A6t,
I,3ve waS ,t;ti!uLf.:d.
'lhe( HANCiA.t.O“ .ii" Pittilt p6it 00%10
. till :0-utorrokv lii9 motion for leave to bring mu a
to ryt,,taie Extents in
INri);PIATIONS As.;,+lN.S'f' 'MESSRS.' VAIiK:INSON;
F'td AND DEACON:'
M t a roQu, to,oilliCe, veil
for rmpie3 et( till roltiliunieqlow; het.l4,een-the.Se.
treß,ry of .),/,4t,!.. for time- liotne:Departnelai .or
either of the LT ,der Secretaries, nod 141 - Pole, in
the corm's. of S'itford, on the subject of infortna.
ileteher_ and