NEWS OF TIIE WEEK.
'The scene will be changed when the bill reaches the House of onateona. Every clause will be met by the Irish Members with Miring opposition. The eloquent and impressive speech of Mr: CONNELL., on :Monday night, may be taken as- a specimen of hat the Ministers have to expect from that.quarter. Its said that large body of 'English Members will: join the Irish Opposition in sisting the passage of this bill. They will do so, because they onsider it to be inadequate to its proposed end,—that it will pro uce only a temporary and sullen submission, while it will in- rease the sum of permanent and vindictive hostility to the verninent of this country. Large as the array in Ireland already s, more 'bayonets Will he requisite to enforce the bill, if it should
e passed initS present fOrtio. The English Members, therefore, ho are pledged to economy and retrenchment, and who are aware f the cost of a standing army', will remember this in their votes. The bill for changing the Venue in Ireland was read a second ime in the House of Lords lest night. By this enactment, the ccused May be removed for trial to Dublin, or to a neighbouring minty; and the removal may take -place either at the instance of e public prosecutor or of the accused.
STANLEY lias introduced a bill for amending the Grand ury laws of- Ireland. Mr. O'CoNzvELL and the Irish Members pproved of it as far it goes. He proposes to deprive the Grand uries of much of their jobbing patronage; to submit their ex- enditure of the public funds to public scrutiny ; to make the dis- ussion on all presentments public, though the Jury is to decide on era in private; and to make it imperative on the Sheriff' to sum- on at least one juror from each barony in the county. These are e principal amendments proposed ; and although they do not o as far as some may think necessary, it must yet be allowed that ey will effect much towards purifying the local judicatures. - Mr. cOBBETT has endeavoured to revive the old traditional pmc- ce of making the redress of grievances take precedence Of the oting of money for the annual Supply. On Monday, he entered to a long. detail respecting- the unequal pressure of the Stamp- uties upon the poor as pompared with the more wealthy classes this country. Lord ALTHORP admitted that Mr. CORBETT'S tements were correct ; but seemed,to think that he had made a aid defence of the present'. Stamp-duties, when he assured the Ouse that the same principle-of taxing the poor out of all propor- on more heavily than the rich pervaded our whole system of
xation I To do our Representatives justice, they have not been idle during the past week ;. as a reference to our report of their proceed- lags will prove. Besides the subjects above mentioned, many matters of minor interest have been discussed. Lord ALTHORP has at length induced the House to adopt his plan for transacting the public business; by which something may perhaps be gained, al- though we conceive it to be very inadequate to the exigencies of the case. On Thursday, Mr. D. W. HARVEY'S proposal to publish the lists of divisions was rejected by a majority of 48 only. The principle of responsibility to their constituents was, with one. or two exceptions, acknowledged by the members who spoke; but many shielded themselves from putting this principle into prac- tice, by objecting to some details in Mr. HARVEY'S plan, which they represented as impracticable,—although all such details were pro- posed to be referred to a Committee for revision, and were by no means properly under the consideration of the House.
