Star.
London, England, 1823-07-03 00:00:00

CHIEF BARON O'GRADY.

Mr. S. RICE moved the Order of the Diy for the
Committee on the conduct of the Chief Baron of the
Exchequer of Ireland.
Mr. HUTCHINSON opposed the motion. He.
could not think that any man ought to be condemned
unheard, as would be the case of .the Chief Baron if
the motion of the Hon. Member was carried. The
Chief Baron was too dignified and too virtuous to be
intentionally guilty of any of the peculation& %chic")
were attributed to him as a Judge. He therefor*
thought that the House could not with justice-pro;.
teed further.
Mr. Secretary CANNING said, that notwithstand-
ing the ditEculties of the case, he wished that some-
thing should be done. He did not desire to censure
the Chief Baron in any manner, but he thought the
most definite and the least inculpatory 'mode of pro- j
ceeding ought, at least, to be then adopted. He would
not pretend to be able to understand them fully; but
he knew that there was a charge hanging over the
head of the Chief Baron, and he wished that charge
should assume something of a definite form. He
would, therefore, support the motion for going into
the Committee, in order that the Chief Baron might
be able to know what he was to be accused of.. •
Mr. S. RICE defended his conduct relative to the
motion.—The resolutions which he had to propose
had been prepared by persons who were not supposed,
to be influencud by any improper motive. • .
Mr. WETHERELL thought it would be the.
greatest injustice on- she Learned-Judge to put upon
the Journals of the House• a censure on his conduct
on so incomplete a case as this. • • • -'` '
• Mr. W. WYNN could only consent to go into the
Committee, on thd supposition that such facts ivoulct
be proved against the Chief Baron as-ought to termi.:
nate inimpeachrnent. -
Mc. LIANKES wished to know whither the Reso-
lutions were those of fact or of infettnte'?"`'- • • • '"'"
Mr. S. RICE. said', one.isieri Resolutions of

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facts, and only. one of inferenCe; which it ieehied tfo
be the wish of the %limit shoed 'riott•epresiel : I
' Mr. BANKES begged the Manse icin'sider that
this individual' held .a'high judicial situation; -Whith
the King could not'deplive I)invisf, even while. this
heavy cloud of.charge, or of suspicion, was hanging
over him.. He would ask whether that was a fit
situation fur a high.,Judgein Ireland tostabd,:in a
country in irliichs the law and itqiinsinistranirssbOnld
never be allowed io lie tot ought .lotocontemo?
House
warned the against any Farther prOceeding in
the present Session. ••• •• •• • •
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL clCnied that there
had been any unticceisarrdelaY in bringing forward
these charges, at least not such as•to warrant the pro-
ceeding in them immediately, and AM putting them
off till another Session. He quoted:the. Report of the
Commissioners of Inquiry into the Courts OF Jussiee
in Ireland, to shew that for one: hundred years. the
Judges in that country bad invariably used the light
of increasing heir civic fees. Would cheep-ellen o-
iecute the Chief.Baron.for. what was, -at the•wotst,
but an error in judgment? •On.this-grotindliesthere!
fore should vote against going. intothe:Ctimutittle-
Mr. APERCROMBY hatil
now to consider was, *would they proceed, ii.woulti;
they stand still. Now, he agreed with-the-Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs; namely, that to 'stand
still now would be a hardship and injustice to. til*
Lord Chief Baron; and under chid opinion he should
vote against the motion for opposing ;ha Speaker leav-
ing the Chair. • . •
Mr. HUME had changed his opinion on the sub-
ject of theiharietigainst: the ..Chief 13ainn, and was
desirous of going into a Committee that he might de-
clare that opinion fully.
Mr. GOULBURN was in &Wiur ef going into a Committee.
The Gallery was cleared for a division ; for going into a Com-
mittee 50--against.il 19. The House then went in the Committee,
and some of the Resolutions were passed.

Mr. HUME suggested the propriety-of the House adjourn-
ing the debate. as there appeared no likelihood of •their com-
ing to a decision, and as it appeared to him they had not got
quite so far as when they. commenced—(A laugh).
After a few words from. Mr. Secretary Pty., the House re:
sume'd, and the Chairman of the Committee reported progress,
and Obtained leave to sit again to=morrow.

The Unlawful Oaths Bill was real a third time and passed.
The other Orden. of the Day were then read, and the House
atijOurned at Two o'Clock.

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On Tuesday night some propositions were
the Committee of Journeymen Weavers -fioni,-thei
Lords Committee, respecting the Bill now penditisk
in Parliament, with a request that.anAnswer might
be given instanter. The -weavers instantly issued A,
notice for their fellow-workmen to assemble at the
Three Colts, Bethnal-eeen;and hrsix o'clOck yester.;
day morning upwards of 10,000 met, for the p-urii6se
of taking -the propositions into . consideration. Afr:.
BINSON being called to the Chair read. the fol:owitrg
.
' proposals, at lent from thfriLords' Committee
1. Information of offences or actions for. penalties tO he
brought within three months. -
S. The restraint on the employment Of capital to be done away
beyond the extent of the resent Act.-
• All the figured-011 fumy branches of the trade to be exempt
from theoperation of the Acts.
4: The Acts to reniain in force for plain work made Within ;the
district of the Molloy seven years.

5. The renal Eflost, as to torg.apprentices,is tobesepealed;
but not in so far as extebids to apprentices Ittweavinz.
On the first Resolutionrbeing poi it was apptoVed
unanimously.

second„ the following Amendment 4was.
moved anctcarried: ' .
• 44' TWeldasteirs -may extend their capital "to any part of the
country, provided it. is not within seventy miles of LondOn, or
the present limits, viz. Middlesex, Westminster, and the
Toltec Hanikts.*
• To the third, the amendment was—" The Journeymen are
willing to meet the Masters, and make such alterations in prices,
according to the order of Sessions,u mayseedjust and necessary."
The fourth was rejected, the fifth was approved
unanimously...
The CifAIRMAN then. addressed the Meeting, and
informed ttreni the Committee were to return their
answer to the pi-40414)n5. of the Lords by twelve
o'cloakYesteraay.—The Meeting unanimously agreed
to accompany the Committee.
Yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock, Pala-ce-yard
and the avenues to the House of Lords were crowded
with weavers, all decently` attired, and conduCting
themselves with the greatest propriety. The Com-
mittee of the House assembled in the old House of
Lords about' half an hour afterwards, and Couniel
immediately laid before them the amended-proposi,
tions, as adopted by the journeymen yesterday morn 7
ing. Several. of the master weavers Were also pre-
sent.. It • was stated by Counsel, that' the proposals.
to the journeymen .bad been made by direation of
their Lordships, after. receiving the sanction of the
masters. who were anxious to conciliate. Their Lord-
ship's having _conferred for some time, decided that
they. could not entertain the Resolutions as amended
by. the journeymen, and desired that the case might
proceed.. When this information was communicated
to the 'assembled multitude on the outside of the
House, *the disaPpointment was apparently severe,
but not.thealightest syniptom 9f disorder was ntaai-
felted even to ant instance.

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