The Sun. — 1837-11-29 (London, England)

HOUSE OF LORD S.—Nor. 28.  The House sat at half-past. Four o'Clock. Mr. Tierney presented papers from the Tax-office, and the House adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat again on the Woolsack at five o'clock. _  hey were reproached with having supported were injurious to the Established Church, he had violated what was a bind ... ....... ____ ing moral obligation which he had imposed upon himself. That he could not admit.—( Hear, hear.) Although he . . .  Lord DUNC ANON laid on the Table a Report of the Chancery Commissioners. Also an Order of the Council appointed for framing laws and regulations relating to the accounts of the treasurers for the cities of Ireland. The Duke of RIC HM 0 ND moved for a return from the treasurer of the county of Middlesex of the sums of money paid to the matron of the New Prison of Clerkenwell, in lieu of a partner. The grounds on which he moved for this return was, that the House had always shown the liveliest interest in all affairs relating to this country. He was extremely sorry there were nct the means before the House yet of making uniform regulations of prison discipline throughout England. He was aware that the subject was under consideration, but because nothing had been done yet in that respect, that was no reason why the law as it at present existed should not be obeyed. When the subject of this prison was under consideration some time since, there was nothing so anxiously required as that its officers should reside within its walls; instead of that being the case they did not reside within the walls, although prisoners were taken to it at all hours in the day, and frequently in the night too ; and even the matron did not reside within its walls. Besides this dereliction of duty, he had heard, though he could scarcely believe it, that sums of money were paid to the matron in lieu of having a partner ; and to give an opportunity of ascei taining the truth of that statement he moved for the present Return. Lord EL LE NB 0 ROUGH moved for certain Constabulary Returns relating to Ireland. Earl MUL GRA VE had no objection to the Returns. The Noble Earl laid on the table a Return of the number of Memorials which had been presented to the Lord Lieutenant in 1837, up to Oct. 1837, and the decisions of the Government upon them. In laying this return upon the table, his Lordship might say, in reference to Mr. Howley's charge, that not one individual to whom he had extended the prerogative of mercy had again been brought before him.—( Hear, hear.) He believed that would be found to be the result generally. The only specific charges of this description were two ; one had been disposed at the Donegal Assizes, where the party was found not guilty. and in the other case, the accusation had been retracted. Earl WINCHIL SEA moved that a humble address be presented to her Majesty. praying that she would order a Return to be made of all the murders and homicides committed in Ireland from the month of January, 1327, to the month of December, 1837. Also the number of the trials for murders and homicides during the same period ; likewise a return of the verdicts of those trials ; and also similar returns during the same period relating to similar cases in England. He was induced to move for those returns in consequence of an observation which fell from the Noble Earl (the LordLieutenant of Ireland) last night, in which he drew a comparison between the state of crime committed in the two countries. He believed, when those returns were laid on the table, it would be found that a very considerable increase of crime had taken place in Ireland. The Earl of M ULG RAVE said that if the Noble E 41.1 was correct in what he stated positively, he wes wrong cornparatively.—:( Cheers. )