The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-02-18 00:00:00

ilea of increasing our penal code: He remem-
fried that forty years ago, Sir William Meredith
made a proposition to that House, that it should en-
ter more solemnly into deliberation, before passing
of any Acts that declared capital punishment., i
The cause of this motion was what he (Sir William)]
bad once heard in a committee-room where the merits
of a common Bill of Incloeute were being discussed ;
.sal as there were certain poor people who had a
right of common, and might be troublesome, a clause
was introduced which enacted hanging as the penalty
of such interference. lie concluded by observing,
that if a Committee had bee . granted, they might
htre traced the origin of those evils, and found out•
other remedies perhaps ; bat as the preseet lidt did'
seem calculated to reach those evils, and at itsretryl
iri• 'elide was objectionable, he should certainly rote
against its being read a second time.
Mr. FRANIELA.ND supported the secondieso:,
iiig of the Bill, when the House divided apes Om
question. The numbers were— • ,
Ares 94--Noes 17. • 4 `4a
When we re-entered the gadder,- Sir SAM/JEL
ROMILLY was speaking to the question,. that the.'
Bill should go into a Committee to-morrow (thiorday)
and moving, as an Amendment, that it .should be
committed on Wednesday instead. He deprecated '
the shortness of ihe time that was allowed for:Mmd-
hers to consider the several provisions of the MI, sr
for proposing clauses that might modify its tendeptcy.'
Bt, knew not what escuse the Right Honourable
crPtary could offer to the House or the Public, for
thus Iturtying flit "measure forward, without hail*
gives any previous notice of his intentions. He
could uot, also, inbuilt to that Saisrepresentation of
himself and his friends, as if they did not see the ex-
tent of the evil, or were averse from any remedy
being applied. They did see the extent of the evil,
and they had no doubt there should be a remedy ap-
plied: but the question was, whether this was the
proper remedy. He thought the Bill essentially de-
fichmt, as it suffered too much to depend upon the hu-
manity of the Prosecutor to-some instances, and too
much on the interpretation of the Judge is others.
After some mutual explanatioas between Mr. Ba-
thurst, Sir Samuel Romilly, and Mr. Imnklowl, the
BOUM divided on the Amendment, whet, the num.
hers were—
For the Original Qaealbsit BO
For the Anaralment 15
laajority fee going into the Committee to-morrow —65
The Nettiortharts Watch and Ward Bill was then
xead a second time, end, after a few words, was or-
dered to be committed to-morrow.
The-East India-Loan Bill was read a third time
and passed.
The Irish Poredatian Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed to-morrow.
Adjourned.

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