Star.
London, England, 1830-02-19 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY.

Mr. BROUGHAM took the oaths and his seat.
Mr. DANVERS, from the East India House, presented a resolu-
tion from the Court of Directors relative to allowances and saiarie,.
Mr. BYNG brought up a bill for Improving and Lighting tie
New Town of Mile-end, Stepney, and its neighbourhood.—Read a
first time.

This was the last day but one for the reception of private bills,
and more than an hour of the time of the house was occupied in
receiving them.
Mr. HOBHOUSE presented apedtion respecting the erection of
a new bridge across the Thames, from Lambeth Palace to the Horse
Ferry.
Mr. HART DAVIS moved far mama of the quantities of corn,
meal, and flour, imported into any port in this country from Ireland,
particularly during the last year.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from a person named Yates,
who bad been in confinement for five years for debt, complaining of
the Insolvent Debtors' Act.
-Mr. C. DUNDAS presented a petition from 1900 persona, re.
siding in a place in Berkshire, complaining of the distress of the

Mr:PALMER shortly supported the prayer of the petition.
Mr. Alderman WOOD moved for retun.s of the quantities of
molasses imported into this country from any foreign colony during
the last year.
Mr. DUODALE presented a petition from Westall, in War.
wickshire, complaining of distress.
Mr. JI:PHIION moved for returns of the expenditure of the
Dublin Foundling Hospital, the number of itt inmatcs, and various
other matters connected with that Institution.
Mr. BIRCH moved for returns of the quantity of corn imported
into this country from Ireland, from the 10th of October, 1827, to
the 101 h of the same month, 1829.
Mr. 'BERNAL gave notice of a motion, relative to the un.
settled claims between this country and France, under the conven-
tion of 1829.

• Sir R. KNATCH BULL presented a petition from Romney
laralt, complaining of general disarm—Ordered to be printed.
He then presented several similar petitions, all also praying for the
!eduction of the malt and beer duties: they were from Berrytwany,
West Wickham ; Sittingbourne, Sandhurst, Bosslngtutin, Bidding.
field, &c in Kent.- -Severally ordered to be printed.
Mr. WODEHOUSE abo presented a petition to the same effect
from the city of Norwich. ..
Lord ALTHORP and Mr. W. Smith supported the prayer of
the petition.
Dlr. O'CONNE LL presented a petition from St. Mark's, Dublin,
against the Sub-letting Act. The complaints, if well founded,
might be remedied in the bill before the •house to amend the Sul.-
letting Act. The act was prejudicial to the poor, but he denied that
the poor of Ireland were demoralised ; on the contrary, they were
the most moral poor in Europe.
Mr. O'CONNELL then prtiented a petition from St. Peter's.
Dublin, praying that in parishes where there was neither pretestarit
church nor protestant inhabitant, there might not be tithes or church.
rates continued.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. O'CONNELL moved for returns of the quantities of rum
and tobacco contracted for by the government of lreland.—Ordered.
Mr. GRANT gave notice that on an early day he would bring
before the house a motion relative to the present disabilities which
affected the Jews—(hear, hear.)
Sir J. WROTTESLEY presented a petition from Mates, Staf-
fordshire, against the practice of paying labourers' wages in goods.
The honourable gentleman supported the prayer of the petition, and
thought the practice in question originated in the depitciation et the
currency.
mr. BERRIES denied that this was the fact. I'he practice was
a very old one, and had no connection whatever with the currency of
the eountiy.
Mr. GORDON considered that it had. The practice of paying
in 4ftuck" was grown so into use now, that landtotds were glad to
r-ceive Suit rents in pork, beef, Ice.
Mr. LITTLETIPN denied that the question of the currency bad
ythlhe an et all to do with the paying of stars in goods.
Mg. kmwiT, Mr. Bertsow. and Sr R. IV! tsox, all spike
aga/net ayetem of_paying labourers their wages in goods.
ADMIXISIWATION Or TIM LAW.
• Dlr. PEEL rose to bring forward his motion respecting the pro-
sW improvement, In the adininfstration of the law. The right
hole gentleman desired that so much of ill majesty's speech as el.
ludo! to the above subject should he read.
The Clerk of the house having read be part alluded to,
Mr. Secretary PEEL their said that he deemed it the meet conve-
nient course to take this early oppo-tunity allaying before the house in
gent ral an outline of the measures that his majesty's government have
in contemplation upon the subject of an improved omen' of adminis-
tering the law. Thisquestien, although not perhaps the most interest-
lag for discussion, was highly so when it was considered that in it was
involved the petnument safety of the state. The house weaskl reed-
lest that upon the motion of an bonoutalsk and learned inentber
( Mr. Brougham) two oommissione were appointed; ewe en enquire
into the practice and
_proceedings of the court* of law, Ole ether to
il new l
ascertain the mate oftbe law of real property. The ham
a report upon one of those subjects, a report that ream:tell; WO.
I• t credit upon the eommiedourre Thie relived 10 teehni.
i• ad ntatterareleting to the 141%444/mien the law; a evert
woul4 be shortly published, which w . Aiwa.
He underrtood that in he that plan it a.
mm of Cannon Law ama Courtsary eat • piewter;
to admit the Indianian of welts. isms* him ado t .
to novel panne to seam te an arbitration in then of aerenern.
Foutthly, te simplify the boom and flaw of ithoihrpt• The
• contusion° upon teal par:ilia/ undo sae report, and be hoped
that they would soon atietther. la nuking abendens re.
;meeting the law, nothing patent andel be dem. The inifeet anth
i be viewed is the when, aai he meta therefore deelieneenthelitg
upon the at** thinitely, until the mite of the spew of lia
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