The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-03-30 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mt. MAXWEI.I. pros/mfr.' a petition from • person
named Johnson. stating that h• had discovered a nets
an chat,. saperior to al! others. The petition prayed
for reinuneratiou, and could not in coneegoe•ce Ls re-
ceive!.

VAMtIINT LAWS.
Mr. CURT WY Xlt moved the second reading of th•
Bill hr awendinz the Vagrant Laws. In supporting
Ws the hones would sot lie pledging itself eventually
Is aZst ths rue • hot that the casting laws required
ant meet. It had been said by eot,e, and even by
Audio", that the Dill he had the honour to introduce was
levers upon the poor. The fact was, that it maims«,
tareldog which could sot he found in the old laws. H.
poopiod that the Bill should he renal a locoed tire, awl
ties diettitrated through the country, in Grier that the
*Odor of Magistrates upon its merits 'night be ageor
*aired.

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try was repairs sad aeries&
Mr. HURST approved of the plas of seediet tai
ewe*, Weeder that its intention s
he rally seffersteall. He thought the eisti mg laws were
ettiel aad tyransktal std wholly usistellielhie, and they
ought to be resalered mere mild and cumin-hive.
Sir M. W. Rilitalir mid, that the law, relative to ra-
gtime ought es be s'etplifie#, said brought audit 6 awe
coatis* shape.
Mr. LYTTLETON thosgbt the Bill wholly objete
doable.
Mr. P. MOORS expressed higher that Panda week
be protected is thong'. 4• • •
- Mr. Alderman WOOD thiteght the amend regu-
lations of the Bill week% Is eiselive, sad were mast
The BM was thee nod a Weed time, and referred to
a Select Committee. - I
Sir It. WILSON moved la_ rehires of rocks of is-
struetiona given to Officers Iffileeise Gar seising reseal,
wheat, and other similar pnyerations, sad of prows.
then etisimeaced spinet perm.. selling the sante.-4
Ordered.
lie. ABERCROMBY wished to ask the Right Hon.
Seer, tare for Reties-1, whether any infatuates bad Woe
furnished to him relative I. thecae of the Chief Boas,
and whether he was likely to have an opportunity of
leg relieved from the empleasant shoeless in ylltielleinlel
meet remain while this procratinatiod camisole: •
Mr. GOULBURN said. that he had teadeesquiry owl
the subject. ..d that at se very distant period a Heart
was expected fees the Commissioners. He felt, in com-
mas with the Hon. tiendeman, the unplassat cease-
qeence of delay.
Mr. A BERCROMBY saw that there was delay some-
where, although, as he expected, it did sot rest with the
Right Hen. Gentleman. If they did set receive infer-
mitten epos the subject soon after the Recess, he should
move fur Papers to furnish it.
Mr. GOULBURN presented certain Papers from the
Public lastitution in Ireland.
Mr. H. DRUMMOND presented a Petition frees the
Dean sad Faculty of Advocates in the city of Edinheres„
statiag, that an Act of Geo. 11. passed is the year I/48,
provided that Sheriffs Depute of heritable jorimihelose
should not be sesident within such juriedictiese, and
pray: ag that the provisions of that Act might set .be al-
tered.
Sir H. MONTGOMERY admitted that greet goad bed
malted to Scotland from the Jurisdiction Act, hit it
did net follow that an institstion very well fitting the
Wets of Scotland seventy years age, might sot now be
shagged with advaotage to the altered etreematasees et
the times. tie was clearly of opinion that the Shales
of Glasgow sod Edinburgh emelt to be resident Ma-
sistrates.
•Mr. PEEL said, that the unqualified respect which he
eietertaimed for the body from whom this Petition era-
alai, demanded that be should state the reasons why he
differed from it. prayer. He allowed that, u a general
her, the Act, coneasoaly called the Heritable Jurisdie-
lies Act, was @scaliest Is its prieciples sad practice; bet
the circumstances of the inmates Mertes@ of the mass-
llietsriag population of Glagow, demanded some Aar-
thee enactments with regard to the county of Lamark.—
Glasgow wis the sewed city In that part of Ike United
Kingdom, mod it was abettletely oecomery that a Magi*
trate should constantly preside over its judicial adminir-
tredon. The best means of accomplishing this would be
to increase the salary of the Chief Magistrate, and re-
quire his permeates mildest,. Upon this opinion Go-
vernment bad come to the determination of adding SOUL
a year to the salary of the Sheriff. sad of requiring his
constant residesce. This pies wee eopported by the
sifts of shit Cossobisiomers, as well as that of the
Mr. ABERCROMBY said, that he eeicerred is the
prayer of the petitioners.
An Honeerable Mama, whose name we could not
learn, thought the intended measure of the Right Hoe.
Secretary ef State would be prudently* of the meet bene-
ficial results.
Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON objected to the
measure.
Mr. Put. and Lord ARCIIIIIALD HAMILTOX mutually
exclaimed.
The LORD ADVOCATE expressed his opinion that
the faculty of Advocates were misled in the opinion they
had formed open the intruded measure of 0 tent:
Ile believed that they expected a measure for making
the whole of the Sheriffs of the Counties of Scotland re-
side within their jurisdietioe. Nothing was ever fat-
ther from the intention of Government.
Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON addressed himself
fisrese the table to Mr. Peel, amidst general cries of
esfneetion!"
Mr. PEEL sail, he should be happy to give the
Nth'.. Lord any isformation upon a proper awash's,
limst thought it contrary to the rules and cones.
Amon et the House to keep up this ration.—
(Hear. hear.)
After a few observations teem Mr. Kee tsar and
Mr. H. Deumsoee, tbe Petition was ordered to he
printed.