132 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



CHAP. VIII. 



Mr. Brand's Motion/or Parliamentary Reform negatived. — Mr. Grat- 

 tan's Motio7ifora Committee on the Catholic Petitions. — Debated. — 

 Negatived.— A Motion to the sameEffect in the House of Lords, by the 

 Earl of Donoughniore, negatived. — Measures adopted by the Legisla- 

 ture for Conciliating the Attachment nf the Irish Nation. — Motion by 

 Sir Samuel Romilly for bringing under the Consideration of the House 

 of Commons some Paris of the Criminal Law of this Country— 

 Agreed to, and leave given to bring in a Dill for that Purpose. — Ob- 

 jections to the Bill — Debates. — The Bill rejected — Motion by Sir 

 Samuel Romilly for carrying into Execution the Acts already passed 

 for the Erection (f Penitentiary Houses, for conjining and employing 

 Convicts. — The Principle of this System approved, but some time re- 

 quired for complete Information on the Su/ject. — Debates on the ne- 

 cessity of Delay.— Sir Samuel Romilly^ s Motion ivithdratvn for the 



present Vexatious Arrests Bill. — hisolvent Debtors' Bill.— Scotch 



Judicature Bill. — State of the Slave Trade.— Address to His Majesty 

 for his using his influehce with Foreign Powers, and the Execution of 

 the Laxvs in this Country for the effectual Abolition of that Commerce. 

 — Relief of the Poor Clergy in Scotland, and in England. — Motion 

 by ike Marquis of Lansdown, relative to the Campaign in Spain. — 

 And by Earl Grey on the State of the Nation. 



HOUSE of Commons, May in copyholders, and assimilating 



21. Mr. Brand rose to sub- the mode of voting in Scotland 



niit to the consideration of the to the practice in this country. 



Housethemotion, of which hehad He proposed to disfranchise the 



given notice, respecting parlia- boroughs, in which the members 



mentary reform. Having repre- were returned on the nomination 



sented the evils resulting from the of individuals : and as the num- 



o 



present state of representation, bers in the Plouse of Commons 



rotten boroughs under the power would be diminished in that pro- 



ofindividual proprietors, very opu- portion, to transfer the right of 



lent and populous places sliding returning such members to popu- 



no representatives to parliament lous towns, and to apply any sur- 



whatever, &c. &c. he came to pro- plus to populous counties. He 



pose a remedy, which, heobserved, recommended that the duration of 



was pointed out by the constitu- parliament should be made trien- 



tion ; of which remedy, or plan of nial, with a concurrent arrange- 



reform, the principal features were ment for collecting the votes by 



the following. He did not mean districts and parishes. He did not 



to touch the right of voting for think that all persons holding of- 



countymembers,exceptby letting fices should be excluded from that 



