Star.
London, England, 1823-04-26 00:00:00

APPEALS.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL, on the Order of the
Day being read, observed, that he did not rise on
this occasion to trouble their Lordships at any length,
because the Returns now upon the table were intrin-
sically quite sufficient to induce their Lordships to
adopt some arrangement more consonant to the ju-
dicature of the House, .and the justice of the coun-
try. If, as he had at present no doubt, their Lord-
ships would ultimately take some such course with
respect to the hearing of Appeals in future, his only
course was evidently to move for the appointment of
a Committee, to whose examination the papers on
their Lordships' table should be referred. Though
his mind happened to be made up with respect to
the remedy most proper for the evil now complained
of--namely, the accumulation of cases—yet he

' Ihpold deprecate any statement to that effect gtthe
:'NW= pace i be wished the Committees hi tie
set, set, not to be-pledged to any particular plan, 1.
its uniiitentd and unbiassed to the. consideration:.
the sUblect.--to re w it, 11rIrealkyi with open Inindti
'With respect to remedies, ft mostbe recollected that,'
in the year IBIS, a Committee had been appointhd
to consider of the state .of thrLAPPatis t and that ia
consequence it iiiiifiteiMined-that the Housteheold
sit during three whole mornings in every week, for
the express purpose af hearing the causes at 13ar.—
It was then hoped that this arrangement would, in-
ks operation, wipe tiff all arrears in Appeals ; but,
unfortunately, the number of Appeals had, instead of:
diminishing, been increased.. Since the year 1$19:.
there had occurred no less than SO7 Appeal Causes ;
of which 292 were Scotch, only 21 English, fewer
Irish, and four Welsh. Comparatively few affirma-
tions had followed the Scotch Appeals. He had al-
ready, he conceived, said enough. to satisfy their
Lordships that some investigation was necessary.; and
not only so, but their Lordships would be ignorant of
those complaints of the delays in the adminiltration
of justice, which might be trussed co the proceedings
at their own Bar. Fer, indeed, how could justice
be otherwise than delayed in the important Court
where his Noble and Learned Friend (the Lord Chan-
cellor) presided, while his valuable time continued so
engrossed by' the law proceedings of the House?-..
This was, therefore, a matter well worthy of their
Lordships' consideration, both as likely to facilitate
their own proceedings, and the business of the Law
Courts below, and expediting the administration of
justice to the country at large. .t.
The Earl of ROSEBERY congratulated the Noble
Earl upon the-course he had proposed, and assured
him of his cordial co-operation in it, if; of whit4l he
entertained 'no manner of doubt, it should be adopted
by the House.
Lord CAWDOR took this opportunity to remind
their Lordships of what had passed last Session, with
respeCt to the Jirdicature of Wales. He wished to.
knoW if that portion of the kingdom was likely tube
included hi the motion of the Noble Earl?

The Earl of LIVERPOOL had no difficulty in
saying, that one .object of the Committee he was
about to prop6se to Their Lordships would be, to go
loco an extended inquiet as to the administration of
justicC in genetal, as,it Tipplied to the Courts in this
country. But the inquiry must begin at some point-7.
attach to some topic more specific than another, and,
therefore, his first motion voauld be • respecting the
administration of justice in that House. There wet
many accounts otr which the matter should start there
first ; as, for instance, the likelihood of its affording
the means of remedies elsewhere.—The Noble Earl
then moved that the following Lords should com-
pose the Appeal Committee of Inquiry, viz.
The Lord Chancellor Marquis of Bute
Lord Redesddle Lord Kenyon
Earl of Liverpool Lord Colchester
Viscount Melville Mr-ouis of Lausdows
Earl of Cathcart
Duke of Montrose
Pad of Aberdeen
Earl of Itasebery I
The Motion was agreed to, and a hope was el-
pressed that the Lord President of the Council would
attend the Cumrnittee,"Adjourned.

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Lord Cawdor
Lord Bexley
Earl of Glasgow.

HOUSE or CONIMONS.
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Sir C. DUNDAS presented a petition from tke owners and
occupiers of land in the county of Berke, praying that some le.
gislative measure might speedily be introduced, having Acr its
object the relief of agricultural distress.—Ortiered to be tinted.
General GASCOYNE presented a petition from the mer-
chants and other inhabitants of Liverpool, against the duty on
sea-borne coals. In presenting the petition, the Hon. Member
observed, that though the Petitioners had no personal interest in
• the removal of such a duty, yet they conceived thetas a measure
of justice, such a duty ought to be repealed.
A similar petition was presented from the ancient town of Rye.
Lord BRECKNOCK presented two petitions from parishes
in the county of Kent, praying for a remission of the duty on Hops.
Mr. MAItTI N (of Galway) presented a petition from the
Inhabitants of Galway, praying Air protecting duties on the im-
portation of Earilla. The petition came tram periods. interested
in the manufacture and tale of kelp. The Ilone Member re.
marked, that unless by. such duties they were protected, many
hundreds of industrious pedple world be utterly deptived of em-
ployment,
and that famine, which lately overspread se large al
Portion of the Island, must again via that. country with inr
creased severity. • -
Mr. CA MPBELL supported the prayer of the petition.—lt
was ordered to be laid on the table.
Lord NOR ftl AN BY said, that air he !rid beard from a Right
lion. Gentleman opposite,_ that some weeds which be bad pled
last night in the course of the debate were supposed to reflect
upon his personal character, be begged leave now to say, that
he meant to cast no imputation upon the Member for the City
of Edinburgh. What he did mean to say was, that the deputing,
by so inconsiderable a portion of the inhabitants of that city.,
any Member, however respectable his individual character, to
• serve in Parliament, was a mere mockery of representation.
Mr. W. HUN DAS was quite satisfied with the explanation
offered by the Noble Lord, He had seen in the reports of the
proceedings of last night, an observation which he and his friends
undoubtedly thought affected his personal character. He was
assured, however,.that no math imputation, was leteDdedp end- he
should think no more of le. (Mari) . • :• •
Lord CRA NBOURNE brought In a Bill for legalizing the
sale of Game. . .

Sir .1. SHELLEY said, that be should not at this stage op-1
pose the Bill, but on the second reading Is was prepared ,to give
to it all imaginable opposition. The Hill was then read a funs
time, and ordered to be road a emend time on h(godaY
Lord A I.THORP masted a petition signed, by 'nom
Son of the most respectable tradesmen of Westnalaster,la favour
of a Bill for the recovery of Small Debts. In presenting the
petition, the Noble Lord. observed that be isid a most perfect
conviction for the netessity of such a measure as the petitioners
solicited.

Mr. IMBHOUSE supported the prayer of the petition.
Mr. ll USKISSON presented a Petition from a number of
persons called weaven et cotton lotk, in Manchester. The
Petitioners suggested the necessity of consideriag their situation,'
whickhad latterly been greatly injured by the ismease of ma-
chinery. Two means were slued as improyeatems--a to
upon looms, and a Committee to regulate the warm between
employers and employed; to *either of which could he give his
sanction. The present Petition was respectable in Its language;
and while he sympathised whittle's, wboseillendfums haw
be regretted the remedy they prayed for could net bp
Lord STANLEY entirely concurred whit ***mid the
Right Hon. Gentleman who introduced the Peddes.
Mr. PHILLIPS said, from every inquiry wild) he bid
made in Manchester, the weavers were all and at
II such wages, as, compared with the price of would
enable them to live as well as ever they bad lived. He thought
this Petition was rather against anticipated dallier than any
actual suffering.
Mr. PEEL said, that when be made inquiries relative to the
employment of the poor, he was particalarty modeled tolind that
the people were immerser occupied. He was anxious to bear
t to the seal Si those feed andsnities who had taken a
whos
much rim asfillildlig she onetime of those passes by
e labour they wese.Tell.
Mr. MAXWELL the Oedipal relief to be afforded
the operative classes would bast eland by redoctsg.the tams
en the necessaries of I&
The petition was dna reed, and craned to be Oland,
Mr. C. H. HUTCHINSON ressoted a Pos. (ran the
Leather Manufacturers of Curb, complaining of the dams to

ham, who had been fp the habit or supplying.his tenants voiav
beer from a public brewery bulls estates,W here *et, and the
r,,,,, It at &o rate of four gallons for 2s. hitherto; and stet-
&at should tie Chancellor of the EXchequer's proposed new
Regulative Bill pass into a law, it would be impossible,
tbe natureof its regulations, that be could supply them as
lboboa hitheyto dune.
Yir. CARTVIRIGHT bore testimony to the -Iturnatity and
Maim experienced by the poor and middle order of prisons at
`the hands of this amiable and worthy landlord, in the county oil
Nottingham.
Lord ALTRORP thee presented a petition from the butchers
of Northampton, praying for the repeal ache whole of the Lea-
ther Duties. Both petitions were read and laid lot the table.
On the motion of Sir J. NEWPORT, the (Land Jury Pse.
sentment Bill went through a Committee:' The Report was or-
dered to be received, and the Bill pruned and read a third time
on Wednesday next. .
The lidastert and Apprentices Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed on Monday neat.
Mr. BYNG presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
Branford, and another from the Inhabitants of Clerkentecll,
against the Duty upon Coals.—Ordered to be printed.

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WEIGHTS ♦ND MEASURES WLL.

• Sir G. CLERK moved that the Order of the Day for the
third reading of this Bilk shank! then be read.
The Order of the Day was accordingly read.
Mr. HUME opposed the made the adoption of no
measure compubory, It left everything td. the choke of the
Public, and, as It waned to him, it was adding a perfectly nuga-
tory Statute to the Statute Bode.
Sir G. CLERK defended the Bill.—lts nterit was, in his opi-
nion, much increased by its leaving the adoption of its provigions
to the Public.. AU compulsory measures upon this subject had
utterly failed, and the Public were, by this Bill, given an op-
portunity of fairly examining its merits, and if they thought it
•uaeful, their own convenience would,induce them to adopt it.
The Bill was read a third time. .

Sir 0. CLERK proposed a clans', which had for its object
the preservation of the rights of the Jity in gauging. The Bill
did not seem to him to affect that privilege • but as there was
nothing objectionable in the clause, and ai ;he had been urged
to add it by the worthy Alderman'opposite, he should move to
bring it sp.
After. a few words from Mr. Alderman Woo.. Mr. Hrtse.
Mr. D. Gluiest, Mr. Et.us (of Dublin), and Sir J. Nawsoar,
the clause was added, and the Bill passed.
Upon moVtag that the Bill should be emitted " An Aet; Ace.
Mr. HUME objected to the tide as calculated to mislead the
PUblic ; and he should propose therefore to leave out the words
for" establishing the uniformity of weights and measures" for
the words " ascertaining the difference between the several
•weights and measures." The Honourable Member afterwards
withdrew the Amendment, and the Bill, with its original tide,
was passed.

UNION DUTIES.

Sir HENRY PARREII. presenteda Petition from the In-
liabitants itsiding in Drogheda, praying for the repeal of the
Union Doti s.

After a few words, from Mr. Comm and Mr. WALLACE,
Mr. C. H. HUTCHINSON. contended that protecting du-
ties should. be tipplied to the Woollen Manufactures of Ireland.
Thee mployment of the Irish poor ought to be the principal ob-
ject of the Government at this critical moment. A new system
of governing that oppressed people should be adopted, or the
condition elf Ireland•. would grow worse every year, until at
length her situation would be almost beyond cure.
Mr. PHILLMS said the bilks* well as the English Cotton
Manufacturers prayed for a repeal ofthe Union Duties, and when
both-countries were satisfied that such duties were injurious,
what diffiCulty could there be ithheir immediate repeal?
• Mr. ELLIS said he would be the hat man to advocate the
separate interests of Ireland, but be thought some greater en-
couragement should he given to her cheaper woollen manufac-
turos.--The Petition was seed, and ordered to be printed.

GAMS LAWS.
Mr. G. BENNET presented a Petition from Rich-
ard Miller, a respectable farmer, whose lands bor-
dered upon those of the Duke of Buckingham at
Stowe. It stated that the Petitioner had been con-
victed at the instance of his Grace in a heavy penalty
wider tbe.Game Laws. He (Mr. Bennet) knew no-
thing of the facts of the case, but they were thus
stated :—The Petitioner had killed no game, he had
merely joined in the sport of coursing ; but he had,
at the instance of the Duke, been summoned before
a Union, at which the Duke was Chairman, with two
Clergymen on the Bench; and two servants of the
Duke,-one of whom or his deputy, the farmer had
challenged for a trespass a few days before, were wit-
nesses. The Petition prayekt for a repeal of the Game
Lass s,. and that the Clergy should not be allowed to
sit upon the Bend} as Justices.
Sir I'. BARING defended the Members of the Quo-
rum generally, and the Clerical Members in particular.
The Marquis of CHANDOS described the Peti-
tioner as an .unqualified person, who had been allowed
to join in the sports of coursing along with those who
were qualified, and bad been proceeded against only
because he had gone with other unqualified persons.
On the motion that the Petition be brought up,
Mr. H. SUMNER hoped that petitions of this na-
ture would not be received, as the conviction had
consistently eoough taken place under the existing
laws (Oh Oht from the Opporitiox Benches)—the
party ought to apply first at the Quarter Sessions
before he appealed for a remedy for an ordinary al-
legectirierance to the House.
dlr. grievance to the House.
Mr. ELLICE observed, that the petition, besides
stating'a private grievance, prayed for the repeal of
the Game Laws.
Mr. WYNN said, that penalties were determinable
or might be appealed against at the Quarter Sessions.
Mr. WILLIAMS (of Lincoln) said he had never
beard of an appeal such as that now suggested. It
might be the,l4* of Wales—it was not that of Eng-
land. He certainly knew of an appeal in the nature
of a certiorari being allowed, but certainly not of an
appeal to the Quarter Sessions.
Mr. HUM E thought, the Noble Person complained
of by the Petitioner had, in this instance, acted very
improperly. He wished that no Clergymen should
ever be permitted to act as Magistrates.
Mr. WYNN cited an Act of Geo. 11. in reply to
the law as stated by the Honourable and Learned
Member for Lincoln, which gave persons in similar
circumstances a positive right of appeal to the Quar-
ter Sessions from the Magistrates' conviction..
Mr. WORTLEY observed, that few would be
found, who knew the very great advantages to be de-
rived from the Clergy being admitted to the Magis-
tracy, were it only from the circumstance of their
constant residence in their districts, that would for a
moment assent to the sweeping disqualification which
they bad beard from the Hon. Member for Montrose.
Mr. WODEHOUSE said, that in very large coun-
Cies; like York iud,Lincoln, it would be very nearly
impossible to provide a competent Magistracy with.
oat admitting many out of the ranks of the Clergy.
The Petition was read and laid on the table. •
sratTINTIART.
Mr. G. BENNET, after some observations on the
extraordinary diminution that bad been made in the
quantity of food apportioned to the prisoners in the ,

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isenNenriary at Millbank, and OR the evil effects of
straitened diet, in producing Premature mortality
among the prisoners, moved—" That there he Ihi
before the House copies ofletters, under date of Mardi
and Octdber, 1822, to the Board of General C..mtni,
' sioners, together with a Report oldie causes which
pnLtheexpromseindithtleis.
led to the death of Mary Brenton:"
House had entrusted the management (lithe Penigg,
quillirier:oretanfidryencPeE
tiary.—The Motion was_agreed to. •
IRISH ramie—min TITHRIL
MS. GOULBURN presented a Petition from thy
"'high Sheriff, Grand Jury, and principal Inhabitant)
of the county of Carlow, in Ireland, praying for the
encourtigemen, of the growth of Flax, to ardor provide the saieans of occupation for the Poor.,ot.
dered to lie printed.
Mt. GOULBURN also presented a Petition tnxii
tae Clergy of the United Diocese of Ardfert and ap.
hadone, in favour of the Is ish Tithe Compontion
Sir J. NEWPORT expressed his satisfaction 1,3
find that the Parochill Clergy, who must be meek
more competent than the Episcopacy to giveihir
opinion upon this most important subject,-Ithis
coming forward to do so.
The Petition was read, and ordered to be
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Batß BILL.
The CII ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER mood
that the Order of the Day for the further considerar
tion of the Report on the Beer Bill be then read. '.•
The Beer Bill being recommitted,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 144
he had some trifling Amendments to propose: .116
first was to correct a typographical error, by saes,
tuting 275. for 28s. as the price at which the beer „.
to be soli; the second was to introduce a few woy4
to prevent the beer from being drank in any one.
house, garden, .fccs belonging to the %endar; the
third was a clause to provide that any brewlinuse(the
vicinity of which, within 200 yards in a direct line, .'
would, by the Bill, prohibit the estahlidtment a
breWhouse for this beer) must have had a previous
license for the space of three mouths.
Colonel WOOD wished the price of this heel- to be
increased, and the quantity of water in it dinoini ked. •
When the proper time came, he would mos*-.414.
Amendment' that the price be increased to sos, and
the quantitydiminished to four barrels and a hitE
hlr. MONCK characterised the Bill as cruel to the
public brewer, and useless to the community. He
suggested that a moderate duty, such as 6s. b,. a •
barrel, or 11. a butt, should be imposed on all the
three kinds of beer, and that no restrictions of the kind r;
now proposed, should be laid on the public brewer.
After a few words from several Members, the tilt
clause was put and agreed to.
On the clause which provides that not less thawing
barrels) nor more than five and a half, shouldli
made from the quarter of malt,
Colonel WOOD moved an Amendment, for la
stricting the quantity to four barrels.
The Amendment was rejected on a division; ti*
numbers being—For the original clause,ls—Agissf
it, 16— Majority, 29.
The remaining clauses were then agreed to; AO
which the House resumed, and the Report was or,
dered to be brought up on Monday.

IRISH MILITIA REDUCTIOH ELL.

The Order of the Day was read for the Hamm
solving iiself into a Committee of the Whole Hoax,
on the Irish Militia Redaction Bill.

On the motion that the Speaker do leave the Chair,
Mr. SKEFFINGTON opposed the motion; and
moved ad an Amendment, .• That the HOWE don%
solve itself into a Committee on the Bill this day;
six months." .

GOULBURN supported the Bill.
Colonel BARRY opposed the Bill, as a breach of
Gab to the Irish Militia.
Lord PALMERSTON contended, that there hail
been no breach of faith towards the Irish Militia.
After a few words from Sir N. COLTHUMIT,
lAmendment was put, and negatived without a
Ision.--The House then resolved itself into a Caw
mime on the Bill, the several clauses were agreed
to, and the Report ordered to be received on Mosby.
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY.

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Colonel BARRY stated that he held in his band a in dish.
nerves that it would be necessary to summon-on the sperm&
mg investigation into the conduct of the Sherif of Llsollai but
some of them were so poor, that nukes pecuniary asektaste were
:forded them it woukd not be in their power to stead the Mao
lir. cOULBtJRN said he believed there was is desetpled
any advances being made in the Ant instance. The Bowe kali
the power to compel the attendance of persons, at whoever la.
convenience: be was not, therefore, prepared to any tint is lid
cam a contrary precedent could be established.
The witnesses were ordered to attend the Hawed Mislay,
the sth of May neat.
The panel of the Dublin Grand Jury was also ordered Or.
laid before the House on the same day.
The other Orders of the Day _were then depend of,
House adjourned at One &Clock..

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