Star.
London, England, 1817-07-04 00:00:00

EASI' INDIA HOW E.

A special General Court of Proprietors. of East
India Stock, w•is yesterday held at the Carnpary'a
House in Leadenhall stmet, for the purpose of taker.,:
into consideration the Report of the Commi•r.•e of
Bye Laws, which was laid before the last Geoctil
Court by Mr. Howourn.
The Minutes of the preceding Court hav:ng ber
read, a long and desultory discussion took place c q
.the various alterations proposed in the Bye Laws by
the Commitree. Tip!), were ultimately agreed ro,
certain verbal am.ridments baying beet: previously
adopted, and a Court WAS appointed to be Seld "rs
Wednesday next, for the purpose of corErm:ag.the
alterations.

Mr. D. Kntxdunn requested to know, whether it
was in the power of the Court of Directors, and if
s.), whether it was their intention to reduce the inte-
rest nn their India Bonds ?

The CHAIRMAN answered, that it certainly was in
the discretion of the Executive Body, and they would,
when a proper oppnrtunity occurred, provikle for the
reduction of the interest.

The Court then, at half-past six, atijournel

PARLIAMEATARr PROCEEDLVGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 3.

Lord Coteurcrsa (ate late Speaker of the Horne of Cont.
mons), was Introduced with the accustomed formalities, swan),
and took his sear.
His Lordship's supporters were the Barons DirmavOis and
itrortJALE.

The hills upon the table generally were forware.ed in their
re.pretive stares,
The Earl of Li:vit.:RlCK gave notice of his in: ration to move
the second res.lin: of tio• Cnal..uta Cohn Rill to-murrow.
On the motion of the Earl of I.IVERPOttI., so Address was
voted to the Prime Regent, for the production of au A^c4..ht
of the Silver Monies ex..ht.,geti, conseque►►t to Ate n-w Coi-
nage, the comparative values of the same, with the cape:►:es ut
the calttli,,e, the.
CONVICTED CON .',PI t ATCIRS.

Lord MONTFORT rose, for the porplse of re.
questing some information from the No'Jle Secretary
of State, on a topic which he conceived to be of cot,.
siderable public feeling and importance. He alluded
to the CAW of those very guilty persons who were
convicted on a charge of conspiring to persuade or
seduce certain .poor innocent Irishmen to the com-
mission of that which was in law a capital 01*es:cp.--
His Lordship briefly described the leading circem-
stances of the CAS!! of those persons, one of wooin had
been a police offi:er, and who procured Owe:, Itish
labourers to assist im :he c, looting of some base me-
tal pieces with the Flipposed view of making them
pass for Toey afterwards informed and
prosecuted those unhappy persons, in order to receive
the reward for their conviction ; and they were con-
vices!, and finally received sentence of death. illy,.
ever, their own atrocious machinations were not tong
After discovered ; they were themselves brought to
justice, and received sentence of death. He need not
observe to their Lordships, that a crime of a more
atrocious dye could scarcely be possible. But as no-
thing was known to have since taken place with re-
spect to the punishment of these criminals, he had to
request information from the Noble Secretary of
State. whether a pardon had been gr.tilted to those
men ? Whether such proceeded upon any doubts
entettained as to the sitflicieocy of the evidence
against them, or from any favourable circumstances
which might be conceived in their case ? or whether
the delay or remission of their punishments proceeded
horn any doubts entet rained by the Learned Judges
as to the legality of theis conviction ; Ire was incline.l
to suppose, and lie hoped that the Law Officers cl
the Ctown would be directed to take measures to
prevent the recurrence of such atrocioter offences in

tuture. There was another reason ft.r wirch he
thought an explanation should be p,iven upon the
subject, which was, that an the p,ll.ltc were only ve.
iptainted with the fun of their conviction, very en 1.
hem', conclusions may be formed as to the catres of
the non-execution of the s:ntence. llr had no dotiht
of the Noble ViSCOURt'S readiness to afford every pr.)-
per information on the subject.
Ve.ccittit sinmourfi entertained no dottL: that

the trtestions put by the Noble Lord proceeded tdrorn
mutters the MOSt hnnourable to himself. He felt

lolly aware of the magnitude of the crime alluded to.
lint %nine degree of misconception certainly prevailed
ai to the real !Acne of the case. The Fersons in cles.
thin had tutdusibtedly received sentence of death—
their cases v.i.re brought in the usual way before t',e
Prince Regent in Coincil. Tne grounds 'Ton sc'ic',l
the decision of the Council, in the first instance, pro-
ceeded, he ct.uld not pui,ibly state; but gencraliy,
upon grounds connected with the last tspiaosition ci
the Noble Lord's, the deter:ninstion ut the CouriA
etas, that the execution of their sentences should be
respited. It it turned mit that these men, from any
thing defective in the law, should escape the die
punishment of their (lime, he agreed with the Noble
Lord that :melt th•lect ought to be presided against
by wine legislative proceeding. At present the seta•
twice a;tainst these persons if not remitted ;.it re_
amined in abeyance; the respite did tot proe.e,it
Irom the livcsetar, cd State, but from the aictmf tLe
, Council.