Star.
London, England, 1830-04-27 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS—NoxDAv.

The Rome wtsettibltd this day, pursuant to adjournment.
The SPEAKER took the Chair ►ltortly before boor o'clock.
CALLAGHAN, 31r. G. BARNES, 31r. Bore, and oases-num.
'sera, took the oaths as d their acre.
The Srmatesa tray summoned to the House of birds to hoc thy
Royal Assent given by C4mmi•aion to fa vtrul public and pri-
vate Bills.

Two pt wLre pretented against the return of 31r. Callagh a.l
for Cork.—Laid on the table.

M the motion of the Marquis of CHANDOS, a new writ wa►
ordered to issue to return a Member to babe in Parliament, foe tt..:
Borough of St. Mawr% in the room of Sir S. B. Morland, decease.
In compliance with a mess►ge from the Lords, a copy of the evi.
dance taken before the Committee on thelatist Itettold Election,
ordered to he Lid Wore the House.ufLords.

Mr. ARCH. CAMPBELLT/1;i Sir M. S. STEwA HT prc-
seated several petitiorgs against the t.liogote Royalty Bill.—Laid oa
the table.

Mr. Al UNDY presented a petition from the bankers, merelunts,
and other inhabitants of Derby, against espital punislinie: tier for.
fiery ; also & petition from the licensed victuallers of a town in
Derbyshire,egainst throwing open the trade in beer.
Mr. BROUGHAM, after expressing Lis regret that certain n.
turns respecting causes heard in the Court ot Chancery kgd tot
been laid before the House, moved fn a return of tie number ot
causes heard before that Court from 1791 to lag.
Sir GEORGE MURRAY presented &petition fromPeeth,agairst
the monopoly of the East India Company ; ilso a pet tl n of the
merchants and traders at the Cape of Grand Mops to the sans; effect.
Mr. CRI PPS presented a petition fro.n Cirencester against ea.
pital punishment fur forgery.
Slr. KING gave notice, as was understood. that he woad sub-
mit a motion to the hese, to.monow (this day) respecting the p 0.
posed increase of the vamp duty on Irish n. "'papers.
Mr. O'BRIEN moved for a return of the nimble of persons t! at
had emigrated from Cheat Britain to any of the =looks, distinguish.
big the colonks to which they had emigrated, and specifying dir
number of maks, fema'es, chilelten, and adults.
Mr. HART DAV IS presented a petition from A :bridge. Fame:-
se:shim, against the punishment of death for. forgery. Also a pett.
dun tom the Chamber of Co 11111 l eice of Bristol,. praying the bow e
not to sanction a bill which had been introdneed into that house,
for the purpose of raising the sem ft r which insolvents could le
arrested from 21W. to 1001.
Mr. O'CONNELL said a few wares agairst the p:ayer of the
petition.
Mr. HART DAVIS presented a petition from the tobacco mew
chants of Mired, against a measure which they understood was It
agitation, to admit the growth of tobacco in this country, on pi.).
ing a ditty of' Is. &I. t'.e pound.
Mr. H. GRATTAN believed the lathiest/a were totally mis-
taken in the view which they had taken of the proposed MtiltiUve.
The cap nue of raising tobacco in this a untry was much it r
than the petitioners seemed to be aware of. He, therefore, ttus a
that the law would be restored to the state it was in 17.9, aid that
gentlemen, who were devising measures to encourage emittrutiou
from Ireto), would not oppose a roessfre which would be iffee u 1
giving additional employraent to a great woke of the iehabl-
tants of that comitry.
Mr. LITTLETON preiserted a petition from site inhabitants of
Stoke.upon.Trent, for opening the trade to Chisel elan a petit c
from Leek, StafFurdshire, against capital punk/ min for tow try
31r. KENNr.DY presented two petitions frees.* burgh of )s,
in favour of free trade with Jodie.

roomier. . .
Mr. N. C.% I.VERT presented a in Ction from 111.yston, prftril g
for the abolition of capital punishmem for forgery.
Mr. BKOUGU,I NI was glad .to find that a Menge of ceding on
that subject was beginning to prevail Aliong certain classes what ad
all shim. been opposed to any alteration in•the law. ha Mine tinx
certain ;loves, and particularly those who were- finny interested in
that brarth to which the present law was applicable--he mean.
paper asoney--were aliens to Wily Inhipi/011- of the plaids! .
stoat. (Haar, 114/37, hear.) He had • now the satisfaction of
stating to the house that he had received ,esen.iniraiions •I ad
petitions from various bankers in il.tecieni pans of the country.
which showed that poetry generally this elms bad reformed
their opin'on on the capital punishment, sad were willing to
admit the error under which they had laboased. (Heat, hear.)
lie.had a number of
thee
to present—mum particularly m ea
which he trails! call the attention of the house, as it was from
part of the cauutry where the trade in paper was the chief trade
cirrkd on ; and he found, fro:n these hankers at d Merchants; thin
they carte BUI/01111 to come forward and entreat the legislature ..,
pause before they enacted anew the panisluntsietdosth fnkagery.
because they viewed this mode of punishment *overly as ad at-
curity, but directly the contrary. They regard. if :mho-sty a
miens for preventiog prosecution and paoQueseat4. sal as le
ing to the escape of pylons oho bad been guilty al a strinuedilhase.
catch being the case, a:AI as many petitions against this meager
might be expected Mem many pasta of the matany, lii' lupe* tn•
right honourable gentleman would postpone this MI a MeV. i ,
order to give the public an oppartunity of. stating their torintnen..
to the .house • The second reading, he sadientood. Weil 010 tare rive
that eissing i as/, as a short dela maid paglasig a) inetrevenienen
he trusted the iteesad media& w be pettputed.
Mr. PEELsaid be did ast any lava di•cuimitet at tie '
tamed reading of she hill mom le ati any Member womb)
'have 011 opportanity,,in Me stamp
~ or awiriaglar 3 reelection a
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