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above fifLen poukds. pii-CtracittliVast 1.;4.:.•Ag
trir tri,s?diction :pearer, the,.originitz-filtent;oll.
‘ Jt,,Nti4ther:oWectivn,..Ye proposed
_to remov.g was,
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pleadl9l;-s Cro4rt werzeft (pally
. tedious and 'e'xPensise -as dime of. t?1"e higher
; , Courts. He proposed shortly to r..l;4:;.reviate these
'134. and Wen:11)1e the Sheriff t_ ff pto'nt-isiudge in these
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-.'Uourts.a Barriz:..w--efive years"standing, instead
of .tole-persons generally holding that _situation,
who were totally unfit for its duties. - lie moved
r red' for leave to bring in a Bill for rendering pro-
"l°4, ceedings in County courts less expensiv'e, and
giving greater fa,cilify to the recovery of small
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seconded the motion of the
Nnble Lord.‘ He bore testimony, from his own
i.)iperietice,.Of, the great benefit likely to =be de-
lived front the means about to be. introduced by
the lqc.i)le Lord.. In Wales, especially, the ad-
vantage rouldbe felt of facilitating the recovery
of small debts, and he hoped it would he carried
into effect as soon as posEible. . , •
Mr.AVYNNE would Lave no objection to, give
Iris support to the measure proposed, provided it
did not interfere with the jurisdiction of other
Cl'oarts, nor with trial bylury..•
Lord ALTHORPE assured the llon. Gentleman,.
I'!t to avoid interfering with the .province
of other Courts, and especially with the use
of jUries in cases of debt, would be his particu-
-1;1r c:lre. Permission Was then given to bring in.'
the Bill.
Mr. CALTERT gave notice that he would op
:Monday next move for a repeal of so much of
-the Act of Charles the First which enacted that
-noshed should be erected betwixt London Bridge
and the Temple.
Mr. 11UME presented a Petition from an indi-
vidual of the name of Mackintosh, who had bean.
tried in the year 1817 for forgery, of which he
had been acquitted, but had been sent to Bedlam
-as an insane person, and from his mischievous
disposition more lit for -an inhabitant of that
. place than to be at large. The Petition stated the
individual to be now sane, aHd implored the,
interposition of -that House to procure his en-
largement.
Mr. WYNNE was surprised to see any Hon.
_Member offer to present a Petition of this nature.
It every inmate of Bedlam could find a Member
in that House to present hiS petition, he begged ,
the Hon. Member who pr(4nted this petition to
_consider what would. become of the time of the.
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Mr. IJUME said, that he had not read the whole
of the petition to the House in order to save its
time ; hut if he had done so the Hon. Gentleman
vi-ho objected to his conduct, would have seen
that he was perfectly justified in presenting-4.
th: did not however think it necessary that the
.case of the petitioner should be a good one in
order to justify a Member's presenting it to the
-House, or his exercising his right of petition.—.
I'he individual was now sane, whatever he might
have been when he was put in his present state
" of confinement, and he should certainly press the
reception of the petition.
Mr. WYNNE said a few words in explanation,
and the petition was laid 'on'the table-and order-
ed to be printed.
ilaouomANt stated,
,that in consequence of
an application which hastrbeen made to him on
the subject, he felt himself called upon to state,
;that owing to the commencement of the Northern
circuit, with Which he was connected, he should
not have it in his power to bring under the con-
ideration of the House the question of the Edu-
cation Bill so early as-he had intended.
Sir J. NEWPORT presented a Petition from the
Intabitants of Langhorne. This petition had been
got up in consequence of a Loyal Address from
the Presbytery of that place haVing been sent
up to the Crown, assuming to itself the expres-
sion of the sentiments of the people. The Peti-
tioners had done him the honour to request him
to present their Petition, with an expression of
their thanks, for the sentiments he maintained in
that House. The Petition was couched in very
inoffensive language, and was signed by '240
persons,• They expressed the deepest concern
'at •the late unjustifiable proceedings against her
Majesty, and expressed a hope that the Mini-
sters who originated them, as well as the Milan
Commission, would be brought to a strict-ac-

On the motion that the Petition be brought up;
' Sir ItosAt.n FEnousoN said, he was most
anxious to take this opportunity to say a few
words with respect to the Milan Commission.—
. Feeling highly indignant on the subject of that
'Comnission, he had last season brought forward
a• motion for an
_inquiry into it. He was then
told by the Noble Lord opposite, that that was
not the time for such a motion, but that the pro-
pel' time would be after the end of the proceed-..
ings then pending in the Lords. When the Noble
.Lord, however, was called upon, this Session, to
.I;ring forward some investigation into the con-
du-tof that Commission, he replied What.a
mockery it would be for us, on this iide;. to insti-
int- any such proceeding." This being. the case
with thc, No-ble Lord, he could assure him and
the Hou,c, that after the •experience he had of
the divisi.diS which had lately taken place in
that House, he (Sir IL Ferguson) should -not try
the experiment. These divisions had shewn us

Plainly that there were a number of intlividuals
in that House who blindly- followed the Noble
". Lord, whatever course he might choose to take,
and he believed if the Noble Lord were to move
a vote of thanks to the Milan Commissioners,
containing the most high-flown panegyrics upon
them, 'a large majority of tilt How. would sup-
port the 'motion. It was plain, under these cir-•
cumstances, that any motion lie (Sir R. FerguF.on)
shonld propose on the subject, would not meet
with 'success, dud that it would be folly in him
to attempt it.

Sir J. 141:16KINTO3ti rf.se to say, with reference
to the Petition before the 'ffouse, 'that he consi-
dered 'ilieslate Addresses froni.different efergy=
men anti' Presbyterians thioughout the kingdom,
ought not (6 be supposed to.represent the senti-
ments of one of the most isefol. and intelligent
silt of men, who entirely ansWerea the purpttses
of the institution, the great body of tht Clerzy_,
of the kingdom.. He begged aka to state, that
he eutirely approied of the cOndual of the Ca!-,