Lords Sitting of 19 August 1831

Preamble
Bills. Arbitration and Interpleader; Read a second time.
Petitions presented. By Lord KING, from Tithe-payers of Harristown, Graig, Ullard, and Kingston Magna cum Nyland, for an alteration in the Irish Tithe system; from Over-lookers of Factories in Keighly, to limit the hours of employment for children in Factories; and from the unemployed Carpenters and Joiners of the Metropolis, in favour of a Reform in Parliament.

MAGISTRACY AND PEOPLE OF IRELAND.
Lord Kinghad a Petition to present from certain Householders of Waterford, but which was so strongly worded that he thought it his duty to call the attention of the House to certain paragraphs in it. The petitioners stated, that murder was the instrument by which the magistracy of Ireland sought to depress the people; they also called their Lordships attention to the "Massacre" at Newtownbarry. The petitioners, he was sure, meant no disrespect to the House; and he presented the petition in order to show the feeling of the people on the subject.
The Earl of Wicklowobjected to the receiving of this petition. From the manner
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in which it was worded, it was quite impossible their Lordships could allow it to be received, and if the noble Lord meant to press its reception, he should take the sense of the House upon it
Petition withdrawn.

PRESCRIPTION BILL.
Lord Tenterdenintroduced his Bill for the alteration of the periods of Prescription in certain cases. It was in substance the same with the Bill which he brought in last Session, and which was lost by the Dissolution. The Bill applied to outstanding terms, and also to the times at which it should be presumed that judgment was satisfied. But the most important portion of the Bill was that which applied to the time of prescription for moduses. Some objection might be made to the time limited for prescription in this last case, but there was no general rule unattended with objections in particular cases; and the only question was, whether on the whole the measure was a good one. On that principle, he thought that this Bill would be a good measure, and moved that it be read a first time:—Read a first time.