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tinctly and fully the intention of Government—whether they in- 
bse ae to maintain and s upport the = ae Ror civil rights of 
alteration of the protecting and differential duties, without 
material increase of the public burdens, and at the same time gd 
with his Soouoterine and with the ablic, ie had no i ate rnative | promote ha Setahey- of trade, and to afford reli 4 
giving him that assurance, in the most teciaed a manner in which | but to treat th br aa , and move that the | trious clas and that this House considers med aan ee 
it could bly be made ; but he did not see his way sufficiently | printer of oned t the bar of the | the best cies ated to provide for the maintenance 
into the —_— os wae aed sates: hold out er , ea of gaan The hon. member, howev stated hand the ral welfare of the country.”’ 
—The of ABERDEEN en- made this motion = in compliance with the necessary | , Lord DuncANnNon asked if the proceeds of any of 
deavoured to show by a reference to the of P: ent that | form, and his purpose o: tion having been answered, he | placed by Act of Parliament at the disposal of the kes ane 
= more le a church of Scotland the establis! urch of that | accordingly withdrew it. ‘commissioners hi been appropriat the increase of 
by their authorised Confession of Faith, that In answer to a question by Mr. Cartwright, Lord J. RussELt er ?—Lord J. Russevt replied that no steps 
it: wns not t merely the right, but the duty, of the civil magistrate | said that on Friday he would 1A prepared al state the amount of | taken up to the present time, as the c issioners were 
to interpose his authori! von 4 cy Pons Fe gece of peace and union | the duty which he —— ra — on co previously to adopt some general principle of Syrnipre ny 7 
im the church ; and as! se he a been naar the The House then into committee on wt bill for the Aboli- Lord M said he had observed tha’ th les of 
promise to support the ee i eer when it had already been | tion of Puanemeet.. by Death. othe committee was hanianarpgy ordered by the commissioners in our Aus! sia lonies there 
attacked by the General Assembly, though aeciared Ae the pany addressed by Sir R. Inexis, Mr. Ketxy, and Lord J. RussEiL, on | was none 0} ered for sale in Van Diemen’s Land. He wished to 
of Session, and solemnly confirmed by the House of Lords o: the clause removing the Saiaconpnt of death ton the Cnente of | know whether it was nded, or was it istake >—Mr. V 
ap firing dockyards, ships, and naval stores. Lord DuNGANNON was | SMITH said when the lands were advertised t ‘as not con. 
The Marquis of Normanpy said that he was not now about to | adverse to this exemption. Mr. Hume contended that capital | sidered to be & ready for sale to make it worth emplo: : 
reserve the chair of biblical criticism for scam Candlish, but abs- | punishment does not deter from such offences. Mr. O’ConNELL | an agent in this coun It was more than pi le unat wies,§ 
tained from making the appointment, because he thought the | took same view, and insisted on the fallibility of all would appear for sale in the next advertisem cr 
present moment not a favourable one for ae ose.— Viscount | tri , and the irrevocability o! al punishment was The House resolyed itself into committee c he further con. 
MELVILLE nee the a ener to ee scoe immediate step | shocked, he said, at th ‘iction of death in a recent case, when | sideration of the report on the County pea Bill.—A discus 
to vindicate the law, as that would be more satisfactory than their | the conde’ 9 xr an apparently sincere sense of his | sion of — length arose on an amendment moy oy 
P 0 do the! Earl of ram made a few observa- | 5! , died sole’ sisting in the declaration of innocence. | Mr. WAKLEY, with a view to protect the vested interests of exist. 
tions, and the motion was then agreed to. Mr.Serj. TanFourp observed, thatsuch declarations, if eredto | ing papi edhe R. PEE ct, gprezte oo = es czy ane is by 
ENGALL Dp) ove the resolutions of h evidence and ward off hment, would soon be- | Mr. Wakley might be secured the ra 
whi ad given, notice, declaratory of the fact that Mr. | come common m the mouths of malefactors.—Mr. Ewartargued | an ap to the Privy png Thi fethcire, win pt herd 4 
Stanley, lately Secretary to the Poor-law Commissioners Ire- | that crime was rather increased than tei arg by capital punish- | and the clause under discussion ( 3d) negal . 
land, ilty of contempt of the authority of the House, | ment.—Lo a DORGAN KOH COP agin apes Suet supported, the | understanding that it might be re-introduced in an ny 
and orde he attend at the bar on the 14th inst. Ona | clause ; which, upon a divi form, in another stage of the bill.--An amen t, proposed by 
representation bythe quis of Normanby, that in Mr. Stanley’s On the clause for abolishing fee capital ais y of rape, Sir C. Home, to give the right of voting for coroners to rate-payers, 
state of nerv ‘citement it might have serious consequences | Doueias maenanes Fo: the extreme punishment, wherever ‘oO a prolonged conversation. — v uppo: 
if were compelle be per. present, Lord Elienborough | an offence e poe be aie by two or more per- mendment. At present, he said, th gave the s 
suggested that the second resolution be altered so as to state the } sons. ‘his si is as opposed by the ArroRNEy-GENERAL, | only to freeholders ; yet, in point of fact, the coroner was el 
res t adopted in Mr. Stanley’s | who, under the many difficulties of the case, considered it most | b iversal suffrage, for every one voted who represen’ 
case. This was acceded to, and the resolution amended accord- | reasonable to abolish the capital ent in all instances of | h ivision, the amen 
ingly and passed.—The Earl of GneNcALL then moved for a copy rape.— Sir R. Ineiis could not cons 0 give up the existing la’ ved by a majority of 63 st 48.—An amendment moved 
S: Mr. Stanley’s resignation, and of the minute of the board without better experience than yet existed of any effectual second- x , to retain the present constituency of freeholders, 
accepting it. ) “ DuNGANNON also held it safest to pre- ¢ ivision by 75 st 27.— T. Ecxrron 
Escape y LB —Several petitions were presented. One was ae a | serve the existing law, leaving it to the judge’s discretion to mi- | moved the omission of the ; bat, ona division, the clause 
body of Socialists, complaining that their opinions w tigate the sentence in es.—Mr. 0’ NELL thought | was ordered to be retained, by a majority of 73 Pu 
aaa: and was presented by the Ear! yes pooper who ex- were—to make the punis it one, | The question whether a coroner should h the power to inflict 
apames his ignorance of the reason why it and to exclude conspiracies for the purpose of extorti Im imprisonment o; tumacious witness exci some discus- 
his cari sonment, indeed, if long continued. auld amount. to death ; but | sion.—Mr. Jervis jected to su @ power. 
The Diahings of Towns Bill having been read a third new their | before that coul ppen, there was time for the det r- | maintained that the power already existed.—This enied 
a Lie at to phere the amendments, of which no- | jury take,—Lord DARLINGTON wis leav scretion r. JERVIS, who hat itness committed by a coroner 
e has 5 mela —A proposal by the Earl of phate to | with the judge.— Mr. Hopnouse advocated the principle of second- | might bring an acti ‘or false imprisonment.—At the sugges- 
substitnte os we 2 « Committee Oe Commissioners of Sopply se P ents, as diminishing the temptation rder the | tion of the Soticrror-GeNeRAL, the clause was postponed, to 
for “‘ Sheriffs or Sheriffs Substitute,” whe! cotland was victim, for the sake of destroying her testimony.— SON | all e to inquire int present state of the law. 
, cppoad by Viscount Metviiue, and negativ! wit - | argued fo: punishment than th, grounding himself | cla giving Ss power to appoint deputies 
adi 1 of Riron moved t upon some instances in which juries had acquitted men really and | by a majority of 61 against 58.—A motion made by Mr.C. Ham1 
ed in the schedule, among the other places to clearly guilty, from unwillingness that the: Id be visited ed t e clause allowing an in te of mileage 
from the hata of bey a a pd As A gore that /asaths Bene with capital punishment.—Lord J. Russext on t e ground 6d., led to a prolonged discussion and to several 
en ee hot Sag irere ies opposed Sir C Jas’s amendment.— R. Peet divisions, was eventually acceded to. There was another 
ee: opinion that it would not be expedient to abolish capital punish- o ision on ‘the pris yay whether the clause should be retained, 
amg pn a division, by 6 f rape.—Mr. C. Butter was for mitigation of the ich was irmative. 
The Duke of WELLINGTON at the city.of Oxford | law affecting t! e. It was one, he said, whereof the proof "The Salmo on ens (Scotland) Bills, Nos. 1 and 2, were read 
should be exempted from the Spence of the measure, as its us ; and public opinion was much divided as to the ond time, and refe —_ hers committee. The remaining 
provisions earried into effect by the civic authorities pediency of the punishment now annexed to it-—Capt PoOLAILL oa were then ro 
under a local act as well as by the commissioners to be inted | recommended it to Sir C. Douglas to withdraw the t, Seas tno the _ SELL, the u 
under the bill —Lord Lynpaursr claimed a similar exemption in | and divide upon the clause ; to which Sir C. Douglas agreed endments +o ‘the South eo i to. 
behalf of Cambridge; and although Lord NorMmanpy at first re- i 
ment. to persevere with the Poor-law Act Amendment Bill,—Lord 
as had alread a Geren ae introduced to — such towns > 
the operation of the bill. One or The clause abolishing capital punishme e offences of | J. RussEL’ in the affirmative, and fixed the 17th inst. 
i aarenle ie, and the bill was potas and wounding with intent to murder was opposed by | for srmeeniies lawn: the ait Mr. WA a erefore gave notice 
theme nen third time passed d J. Russenn.—Mr. Ke.iy answered, that so long as death | that on that day hewould submit a motion to the House, of which 
endments ‘were made in the Boroughs Improvement Geaerstlaisass os the punishment tual ler, there was no | the object would be to stop the fart rther progress of the measure. 
Bill, which i at punishment for the mere attempt ; for he In answer to questions from . Peg. and Mr. Humes, Lord 
¥ tt Duncannon laid on the table certain ordinances by | w tent to murder intended to succeed, and | 5 Russexi state hich the Government had 
the Governor and Council of Lower Canada. showed, therefore, that. the fear of capital punishment was inef- ived from C! poke only of a preliminary gement, 
Thursday.— Lord Wu AaNCLIFPE presented some petitions pray- | fectual to det him from the at pt. To retain the capital pu- | which had, however, not been accepted by the Emperor, which 
pos pth revision of the law relating to®marriage. His Lordship r the attempt was to c all rem: © | was disapproved of at home, which moreover had not even 
a bill on the subject, but whether he should | commencement and the completion of the offt . Of late, in 10 | heen vy conélud: Captain Elliot and the 
introda on circumstances. At all events he would convicted of this crime, y one, on an average, bi Plenipoten Fresh instructions in consequence 
call attention to the state of the law on Thursday ne ed. This uncertainty was itself a great encourage- | cont out, and it might be necessary ae hostilities should be re- 
The Lozp CHANCELLOR Logit in reply to some questions put | mi and jurors were now become less and I will- | 65, The report was quite true th: tain had 
by Lord Eien somone that new rules were preparing, under a | ing to convict for the capi crime, g to find | been superseded by Sir Henry Pottinger. 
bill passed last session, Penitrt proceedings of the Court of prisoner guilty of the minor offence, the wounding with intent Mr. Hume asked if any accounts had been received of the 
hy . 
to govern 
however, in his power a say when those 
Chancery. It was not, to do some grievo y harm.—Lord Duncann’ ir tlement of aff the Porte and the Pacha of Eevee 
rules would be ready to be laid before the Hou Ixetts opposed the clause, as did the RecorpER, who rd J. Russeut declined to answer the question.—In answer 
The Duke of Arcyii then proceeded to i detrvidite the Bill, of | value on the chance of repentance after the blow first inflicted. | 4, q questi Lord Mavon, whether ine ed m 
which he had given notice, on the subject of the Church of Scot- | He iy hy that the final result might be safely intrusted to the | had not taken place ng the convicts on ‘d the hulks at 
land. His Grace entered into a review of the history of the | existin: and ti aie etion be the existing judges.—After a | wootwich, Mr. Fox MAuts admitted the fact, but thought the 
Oe ee ee ee saned by es Cumen sata | clinee. a ee: pr etge had bee pg ope gp 
! eretoiore art aul - . cl si e huiks, ‘a! a sim: mo! i 
ties, though without a provision for the aboliti - rd J. Russext opposed the clause for abolishing capi ital pu- Paste military stationed at Woolwich. If any doubt should be 
age, about which ach agitation had for some time pas' nishment in cases of burglary accompanied by aioe with intent | ., the subject, the Hon. Gentleman felt ured 
P - noble Duk: he did not believe an’ to murder. Juries were not found unwilling, he said, to co: nvict | the coroner, though not legally obliged to do so, would supply 
desire existed for the abolition, and that the passing of the bill now | for this offence ; and he had heard nothing to persuade him | ¢,; the information of the House, extracts from his private notes 
brought in would not only gt isfactis the people of | that death was not a powerful motive in deterring from heinous | tayen during the different inquests. 
Scotland, but tend to put a stop to the anti- . | erimes.—Mr. KEtuy insisted that the country in = y to an ing by Mr. G Pauaer, wi respect " 
"The Earl of ABERDEEN thought the billa mere pt to le- mitigations, tt the tendency of public opi- ns and to the mode of ascertaining the value Pao 
galise the veto, and it er circumstances re ob- | nion mi; from the smallness of the majorities by w! el | ond i imports, Mr. Lanoucaers said, that with regard to the offi- 
jectionable the original language in which the Veto Act | some of the preceding clauses had rej —Mr RT | cial value, he believed that there had not been any dimerence for 
itself had been conceived.—The Earl of Happrncron expressed | supported the clause. It was dd ont NNON, WhO | the Jast fifteen years in the mode of aan it. ith regard 
his belief that the recent agitation ‘had originated exclusively | r his mis humanity. to class of reck- | to the declared value, it was alw ays las the bee na 
with the clergy, and was unworthy their station and clerical cha- | less and wicked offenders.—Mr. Hume desired 10 owes Lord ne - | of the ex rehant w: jection 
a bill. —Th ined. B A discussion of some length then took place on a motion by 
and forbore to give any opinion on the merits of thi customing men to scenes of blood we made them brutes, and | yr, Hum for the production of the fesse gro tho between the 
bill was then time. 
The read a first then we wondered that they were so. ~ Mr. P. HowarpD ae Governments of Great Britain and the United States, in reference 
Friday.—A discussion arose out of the presentation of some pe- | the relaxation, which was opposed by Sir R. Ivcxrs, and, on a di- | ¢6 the destruction of the Caroline. Lord J. Russexu objec’ 
bce by the Earl of Harewood against any alteration in the | vision, rejected. lay the correspondence e Hoi the pending 
sugar duties. Mr. Key, after these defeats, proposed to forbear from pro- | no. ‘ d the without @ 
Viscount Metrournz stated, in reply to a question put by ceeding with his bill, until aaa Government should om dealt divisi 
Lord uproripionga nes: that an intimation had been sent out to | with their own bills on the same subject. It was only the resist. 8% sik made a speech of some length, in which he 
China, that no treaty concluded in the spirit of the preliminary } an ernment, he said, which had prevented his success.— | attacked Government = account of ce! appoistment of We 
_, poy to this ee. would be ratified. The noble vis- | Lord J. Russex justified th rse he had tak os 4g — ne Vizard as solicitor to the e Department, and concluded 0 ry 
unt afte: stated, the island of Hong-Kong had been | his intention to proceed with the Government bills.—Sir R. worn’ x resolution, paedctes it to be the opinion of the House 
taken possession of by ‘one British forces, pene a orders had | cuts said that this bill had been discussed with a total z Bg ‘of that the appointment of Mr. W. Vizard as sol to the Home 
been sent out, if Chasan had bee nm evacuated, that it should be | party feeling —The CHAIRMAN then left the chair.—The Com- | ogce was unn d that no te Aer acer had been 
re-ocecu 
Several desultory co 
mittee Criminal Justi pod See arene of which the 
m the presentation of | i t of th cumstances of 
petitions ee mith go Cee meee tne in which Earl Fitz- 
some of the newly — the M ipal Act, others of ns il: oe 
William, Lord Ashb' the Duke of Wellington, and other Tuesday.—There ib tat ret o’clock, caused a deal a legal bi s to upon of 
noble Lords took p: and an adjournment cit Wednesday, of course, took plac e Office. For some time the pps caicaria gi avail pee 
Lord Exisnsoroccu asked on what day Ministers would imesday.—A variety of oie were z fae sep rvices of the Sector to the Treasury, but tha‘ A ges ad 
sriginate a measure for the modification of t the Corn Laws. which was one by Dr. Lushington, fro kers, planters, | complained of the duties that ners thus devolved upon him, om 
‘The Marquess of Lawspowne did not think himself bound to | and other inhabitants of rantigus, praying that slaye-grown at length it was thought, that as every other public Tak 
give any answer to such a question ; but he would say that = might not be ermitted a be leppeuten into Great Britain had the services of a solicitor, it would be advisable oes ae 
resotution had not been adoptgd till after repeated consultation: Mr. MunTz gave m the 13th inst. he would move | lar advantage should be nome Ls the Home Office a a 
nor had it been adopted at a very recent Laas an address to the pdlessng phos otha her —, — be gra- | department likewise pred in frequent need of egal . 
HOUSE OF ca pears deen er paced be ed to sa ado porrng nent, bad cob in fatare devolve 
et - 
ie A a wna for "the sanaek-of Fes — CLERK, in the nce of Lord Saxpon, stated that the pi 2 Mr. Vizard. If that gentleman still co ued to hold the 
im the room of the late Sir Rufane Donkin.—Col. yacsoons * se eankrupts, the circumstance 
aired whether it were true, as y rej that Mr. | following would be the prea o which the noble —s Jennie situation of Secretary hott ae ee iat Hor contem- 
> A “ 
n, Secretary of the Treasury, had resigned? Also, whether | Move O8 Diners Se ano seve! bess ae adhe esen er st a Pci merely e circums pp ers of bani raptcys 
and sacrifice: thi 
abolition of the slave trade and of slavery, with the earnest hope 
that by our exertions and example we mi, might be able to lead toa 
mitigation and final extinction of this evil in other countries, this 
house is not prepared, especially wi' with the present prospect of 
the supply of sugar from t the British possessions, jc - pt Briand 
measure posed by her M ajesty” 's Government for 
ign sugar.”” 
ord J. Russete said that, inthe event of the House not going 
into committee on the sugar duties, and the resolution ratio had 
been just read ae ing pet from the chair, he would move an 
west mabe og ot anges St . ier ee 
situation till the end of the session.—Col- IBTHOR 
ct garde the = < “en Govern e ATTORNEY-GENERAL spoke in high terms of te hey st 
and with r itwas not the i ion of Guam. ? mr-Geecnne Spoke & vem ‘ 
i ad not been made out for @ appointmt 
poser at Ses ert time, that the more convenient way woult 
have been, to x lhe gore to the appointment when pocnntnn 
the salary was eli pada of Te mincelaneou is 
—Col. SisTHoRP, pesebrntont och 
present. 
Mr. Hews postponed his motion on the subject of pariiamen- 
time when he intended to bring | amendment to the effect “That it is the opinion of this House ‘nat was 
2 have ample notic pag peciagar csc for a fect, | that it is Dracticable to supply the e present inadequacy of the re- tary. printing: ithe Catecn of Hates (Dubin) BS roe es 
Mr. Hannay complained that some remarkshehad made | venue, and to meet the expenses ©! of the country, by a judicious Proceedings 
