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one case, where a man with twelve children, being
remonstrated with for sttstaining a snit, involving
him in great expense, to the injury of his chi:dr n,
replied, that when he began the litigation he was a
singl►. man and had no children—(Near, hear, and a
hash). He was glad to find that his Honourable
Friend had obtained the great legal assistance in
drawing the Bill which he had stat4d, and had no
doubt its adoption by tie House would tend to re-
medy a very serious evil.
Mr. LOCKFIA ft.T fully agreed in the sentiments
of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, and should
support the a: nion.
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill.
A ItH MTh.

Mr. LOC KHA RT rnse to move for leave to hring,
in a Bill for the regulation of Costs upon Arrests for
Small Debts. He %coal.' state to the House one or
two insianc..s of excessive costs on arrests for small
drbti, which would conv:nce the H•tuse of the neces-
sity cf the m2asure proposed. He then read the
various items of a hill of costs, amoutving to d2l. Bs.
on a debt for rent of 13s. —Vicar, hear). The
goods sold under the distress for set. 1.55. ott4, and
thus the landlord lost his claim, and the nn 1r renailt
was thrown out of his house to seek a sheltcr c'sr-
where. Under arch circumstances as these, which
were of daily occurrence, he thought there could be
no objection to fixing a schedule of costs upon bawl
debts, !searing a proportion to their amount, to which
the pear and all the parties interested reter to
ps,,tect themselves from illipOSilintl and oppression.
He conettjed by moving for leave to bring in a 13ill.!
to regulate the expensi:s in distresses tor small debts.
The motion was agreed to, and a Committee at,:
poiated to bring 111 a Bill.
:own.: Irk' IRELAND.

Sir JOHN NEWPORT rose to submit his Motion
for an Address on the condition of Ireland. He tati
sorry to perceive, from the thinness of the House,
that the interests of that country were not regarded
v4th that attention which they merited. He was not
about to ask for any immediate measure of relief for
the lamentable situation of that part of the United
En ire. All he propoied to himself was that a
pledge should now be given on the part of the Mem-
b?rr of that House and of Governmeut, to turn their
attention to the subject during the prorogation of Paz.
liament —( Hear, hear.) He concluded y moving—
" MIA sat bumble Address be presented to the Prince
Regent, requ:ating that an investigation may he made
into the state and contrition of Ireland, during the
prorogation Parliament, so as to enable the House.
at the opening of neat Session to adopt such measures
may best primot: and secure the essential intetesni
of both countries, and consolidate the strength and
power of the United Empire."
S.r G. II ILL opposed the Motion. He contendedl
that Ireland liad been a et:ma:int object of legislativel
and executive care, and there vat. no good purpose to
be answered by the Motion; he should consequently
move ic that the other orders of the slay be now read."
; Sir N. COLTHURST objezted to the Motion,
bee use it implied a want of confidence in the Go.
vt r meet, a or, ling in which he did not participate.
S 7 JOHN NEWPORT shortly replied, and the
House divided.—For the A.tormiment, tia; against
i 10; majority against the Address, 49.
Th.! Bin on the Irish Election Laws went through
aCo :imam% A division took place on the omission
of h clause allo *Co instl to Caedidates.—Noes,
27; Ayes, 9; Majoiity fur the clause, 18.
v.ttious oih:r Orders of the Day were dis-
po.ed of, and the House adjourned at Ten o'Clock.
HOUSE OF LORI'S.
The Clerks Fors Regal ion Ball was brought up front the
Commons by Sir AT4 es GI4.A and others, and road thee first
time, as were also a few Private
The Bills upon the table were torwuded in theft respective
stages.
had GREY presented ;'Petition from the Manatee and
other persons concerned In certain Saving Banks of the City or
Bristol, against particular clauses in the :laving Banks Bill now
before their Lordships. One of the clauses prayed against by
the Petitioners, appeared to be that waicia enacted the appro-
priation of the monies; and a sentiment seemed to be rather
generally entertained, that the subject in quigitiem was ligt one
for an advantageous legislative interfereuce.-1 he Petition W2ll
Laid upon the table.

SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS AC I%

The Order of the Dsy upon which their Lordships
were summoned, which respected the tbird reading
of the Suspension Continuance Bill, being read,
Viscount SIDMOUTH mo►ed, that the Bill be
now read the third time.

Earl SPENCER inquired what period was pro-
posed for the duration of the Bill?
Viscount stDmourm said, that the blank was
filled in the printed Bill, limiting its duration to six
weeks after the commencement Of the next Session of
Parliament.
The question was then put; on which—
The nuke of BEDFORD rose. He could not let
this last stage of the Bill pan without recording his
suing protest against it. He contended that no ne-'
celsity whatever existed for continuing a measure
which involved a dangerous violation of the Consti-
tution, and an infraction of the personal rights and
liberties of Englishmen. Whatever grounds there
might appear for the measure in the first instance;
certainly none existed for it in the present instance.
From the very :hewing and tenor of the Report itself
he was led to this conclusion, to parts of which the
Noble Duke referred in illustration of his position.—
Siich a continuance of the Suspension of the best
bulwark of the British Constitution, for the time, he
thought, in a manner suspended the very existence of
toe Constitotioe.: He deprecated the system adopted
by Ministers in the present situation of the country,
as tending rather to influence and aggravate, than to
remedy or relieve, the dartgerous evils which existed,
--a system which he could not call less tban One of
espinage, seemed to be too much inclined to. He
well nmerebered, while in the Government of Ire•
land, how much the Secretary's Office was arraigned
by.the communications of informers and spits ; and,
were their suggestions folloued, he verily believed
that Ireland must have been half deluged with blood.
He begged leave to call the attention of their Lord.
ships to a fact, perhaps not generally known—A
person who had written a sort of parody, or creed,
about twenty-five years ago at Nottingham, and who
bad Since been a member of the diaasraik fraternity
of Cook, Ureter, and Co. bad, or caused the same to
be lately printed at Norwich and sent up to town.—
This was mentioned to sbew what sort of persons these
-men sere; and, to bear out his astonishment that any
thing should be rested on the eviderwe of such nien,