The Statesman.
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jowl anti he poi it to the Ben. Member himself t,
toy, whether it would not be highly ineapedient to
we a transaction which had been terminated, and
which the parties themselves felt no dispositioo to re.
eisp.--( /bar. hear !)
Mr. BENNETT withdrew that part of his motion
that inverted to the correspondence of the Secretary.
The motion, as it then stood, was agreed to.
Mr. BENNFTT presented a Petition from Sir C.
11, Monett, respecting his right of common in Hain.
cult Forest, and praying to be heard by Coonsel in
sort* of the same.--Ordered to lie on the table and
to be printed.
00 the motion of Mr. BENNETT, Copies of all
Correspondencebet ween the 'fog.o(see wad the Cern.
wii.siotters of the Assessment of the Lead Taz in
'Westmorland, or the Clerks and Assessors, for the
last two months, were ordered to be laid on the table.
COMM ISSMNERS OF ENQUIRY.
Sir 3. NEWPORT made a variety of observations
en certain neglects which be imputed to the Commis.
sinners of Enquiry into the abuses of English
Courts of Law. In one 'lumina., these Gentlemen
(two of them being Masters in Chancery) had over•
looked an' Art of Parliament which precluded certain
officers from taking more than is. fee, who now exact
11. Ile complained of the great espence of the
Commission, and the very great time it bad
been formed, without doing any good. Ile read
the Report of the Finance Committee, com•
plaining of the delays and inutility of the Com•
mission alluded to. The Officers, to whom he had
just referred, as exacting ii., and indeed in some
cases 11.7••. were clorks in the office of Masters in
Chancery.—(flenr, hear !)—The expences of the
English Commission was 21,0001., the produce of
their labours only
.one Report ! The Right Hoo.
Baronet moved a Resolution, which went to ',coot•
mend expedition to the Commissioners in their en•
quiry, as grounded on the Report of the Finance
Committee, and pledging the House to agree to that
Report, and the recommendation contained therein ;1
stating the incompatibility of persons having other
duties to perform, such as Masters in Chancery, bold.
ing the office of Commissioners of Enquiry.
Mr. BATHURST could not see that Officers of
the description of Masters in Chancery were incom.
patent to sit us Commissioners. On the contrary,
they were, from legal acquirement, as competent, if
not more so, than other Gentlemen. At all events
be thought the House was not called upon to in•
terfere in giving any opinion on the subject. He ge-
nerally defended the conduct of the Commissioners.'
and stated that they had been engaged in enquiry
much longer than other of the Con.missioners, either
in Ireland or Scotland. He adverted to the days
which each Commission had taken, which, in point of
number, was exceeded by the English Commission ;
and concluded with moving " the previous quritiott."
Mr. COURTENAY denied that any of the fees
adverted to by the Right lion. Baronet were unjustly
exacted.
Mr. WEBBER defended the Irish Commission
from *hat he termed air unjust comparison, made by
the Mover of the pretinu. question ; and stated, that
they had not only devoted days, but oven nights, to
a strict investigation of the abuses in. the Courts of

j.nw.
The SO LICITOR.G ENERAL panegyvized the conduct
of the Koriloi C..o.mlosinners, and the Arrotessir-
GF.NEIt AL folltiviKi on the write side.
Alter same further observations from Sir C. SAX-
TON, &c. Sir J. NEwpou'r replied. The previous
(petition wa• then virile&
Mr. PAIIN brotoht in a Bill to enable per.
song in I.elati•i„ dissenting from the Futablished
Chord', to provide RI-idences for their respective
Mint•terg Ity voluntary Subscriptions.—Read a first
time, ~,o1 ordered ito he read a second time to-mor-
row, and to he pritittfd.
Mr. Alderman ATKINS withdrew the Mock
Aurl;,,o Bill., and moved for leave to bring in another,
somewhat differently framed ; but on the suggestion
of the SPEAKER. that the lateness of the Session would
prehtbly not allow such a Bill to go through its vari-
ous stages, he did not persevere in his motion.—Ad-
inurntql.

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-THE STA7'ESMAN.

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, • THURSDAY. HAY 28, 1818.

The Bulletin of the QUEEN'S health, issued this
foreuoon, says, " filer IVIAJesx It continues better."

The dismission, in the House of Peers yesterday
Isere mere than mistily interesting. Some of the
Lords and Bishops hive great objections to Mr.
BROUGHAMS measure of enquiring into the conduct
of Trustees of Institutions for the Education of the
Poor. We experience no surprise at this. Bet it
Is gratifying to observe that there are also Bishops
and Lords who admit its justice and propriety. The
Bill, in its progress to the Committee, was strongly
opposed in the first instance by Lord REDESDALE and
the LOUD CHANCELLOR, though the latter did not
object to its going into a Committee. The Bishops
of CHICHESTER, CHESTER, and PETERBOROUGH, voted
against the Bill; bet the Archbishop of CANTERBURY,
and the Bishops of LONDON and LANDAU for it; as
did Lords LIVERPOOL and KENYON. The motion
of Lord Itosscvs for forwarding the Bill, was
carried by a majority of only two. This most
important and salutary measure is daily ezcit•
ing more and more the feelings and hopes of
all parts of the country, and if the Legislature
and the efforts of honest men, and the friends of