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CHRONICLE. [N° 95. 
that the case should be allowed to rest in the hands of Govern- 
boric He Gers ee agin wt bederess less is to those 
wi ished to see the law respected. A ure 
nothing remained but 
Government had executed 
oO so, he Mie ay 
i Aegina we con 
tended only to encourage thos violated it. If they were 
really cme = ang up to t thelr Lo Pesci tay should give 
directions to agen — = law- a of the Crown in Scotland 
to relieve anon wi re oppri yy wrong-doers from the 
costs and risk of Benae =a Meapeeaae 
The Lorp CHANcELLOoR then shortly mo oved the second reading 
the Charitable il, and was followed by Lord Lynp- 
to the further pi 
gs 
» 
day three months.— Lord B he bill, an 
the Lozp beam cag having replied, t! ene went to a 
division, w hich the second readin; negatived by a 
majority of 
is of NoRMANBY et the third read- 
HaDDINGTON 
case to whic = he alluded, that’the n 
— am er Majesty 
connected wi and 
there was no do rents the v jary put 
tans question to boa judge whether, if they fous them guilty, 
the men’s lives w The result was an ~~ 
The jury were coeme'ua Meade, aaeamae: but this was the gene: ral feeling 
great object of Gee lordships was to 
case, wher 
ittal 
conviction place. He would put it to their lordshi 
, when the convi s had in proportion to 
the acquittals to so large it as the T exhibited, it 
uid not be ee ee law,soas to ensure 
conviction: im every warranted it. Bae 
make the distinction by his noble 
The and ~ any. “aa ra of courts of law had shown that 
juries, upon w' en es er for carrying the ave Ino 
— would not convict where the capital punis' 
> Bail of Wincnersea intimated that it was his intention to 
an amendment, by striking out on two last lines of 
propose 
clause 3, and if the amendment was rejected, he should propose 
out he aap ersten rien 2 bead bs Aa 
from taking 
the measure the cal nits and had also 
down to the House, because he found that the House of Chnaricae 
had sent up a bill to abolish the ore y bi Of death in cases of 
But he must say ight that when the House of Co S 
had ctis ‘iple the offence in general, and 
when their also Sanctioned a principle as to 
the offen > it a mo ‘ous an y that 
capital ments should kept alive with regard to the 
ange ode of the offence. It was clear that the offence 
mitted by many persons ht 
of cenetty y and 
regari 
experience 
ce these crimes were 
of brutal and vio! 
cases of this sort where 
their jordships’ feelings, and the pons ap rf the public, would 
revolt at the nonciproaoael of the punishment th. te 
should 0: selected in phe to 
pe ‘ 4 
lieved the principles 
¥ opinion was, that the pis: 
manfully did their hs and that” it was as often the fault of the 
ating contemplated with horror th 
7 oo against the 
lordships, he perorrgic 
passed, 
arf the Earl of pet mea 
Ces ek ee Formos Sctiing is the House 
: he shawl 
hata 
e, hes As to his hay eopirionot 
the judges, pereaog spoke on that point he ee “oa 
that he consulted the} judge who tried it, on ee 
cae to him, and that their opinions he found tobe such as he 
Lo stated.— eee Earl of Westmeatu knew not what the noble 
d lei b c 
would amount to 50 per cent. on the taxation of the country. 
The report was received. 
arned _ pposite meant by the tion of public opinion. Sir R. Peet explained the obj at i Trial 
Hel had seen ed ices publications, urging the abolition of the | Bill, which specified the grounds of disqualification in members 
punishment of death, but who would that these conveyed | proposed to serve co: itte I sed to give the com. 
correctly the aor opinion ?—The Earl of WicxLow said it wi mittee the power of excusi y me r who could plead public 
true this bill had been carried this session by the House of Com- ounds as a rei for not vin, But the principal amend. 
mons; but it had been rejected session after session in former ment had reference to the selection of chairman, its object being 
years. 7 how, he was it now carried? In thevery last | to provide always a sufficient number competent ns, 
days of the session, when the House was hurrying to terminate without compelling any member to serve twice in that capacity, 
business, hen it could not give due consideration to any | —Mr. C. Butter thought that the amendment proposed by the 
subject of importance, much less to s t magnitude | ri on. Baronet would do away with ali the a tages now 
asthis. If they passed this law, they would lower themselves in | arising from the committee of chairmen, while it would be diff. 
public opinion; for, as the organ n of the public voice, they would It to find men in a ne ion of Parliam willing to under. 
sanction what the Lop corn bs SoA country would never confirm. ke, or capable of performing, the very onerous duties imposed 
Lord BroveHAm ob that the amendment of the noble | on a pe ent chairman of the whole session.—Lord Howicx 
rd introduced a ome h inal law_of this country, | thought hat the only plan which d remove the difficulties 
and, indeed, a novelty in iple. The bulk and body | of the question would be to employ paid assessors. —Sir R. Prez 
of the offence was’the violence offered ; and the repetition of the | proposed a proviso to me: t th jection of the onerous duties 
assault by others, however revolting to our feelings, could not be complained that t an’s panel who 
looked onas changing its characte: id not see any reason | had served on on e committees in the same Session, 
y, if thi: Ow sed, they should not, after some expe- should upon application. obtain a discharge from future services, 
i t 
sab ie going = es committee on the Register of 
Voters oi Mr. W fees TER moved that it be eotmbed: when it = 
pears that ge A bei Aembers were present, and the House 
quently sie 
vend jay. ial ery Monreru brought in the Railways in Ireland 
The Election Petitions Trial Bill was read a third time an 
of Dev 
ure, but he 
evar a se Dest of at Pal sltvgether — 
himself say that the 
is of 
ding a peynees Fg 
riginated it 
y Bill and the Appropriat ation Bill were severally 
read a a time. 
Mr. ved that an inquiry be ediately made 
by Parliament i into the « canted of the great distress of the manu- 
with a t ans ti 
y must alter the punishment, _ it was no 
yurpose. ake facturing distri view to take me: 0 alleviate it.— 
—The Di of Wex.incron said that by an ad- 
o get rid of,all objections. He thought the 
debate had better be adjourn rned.—The of Winenecsea said | that country. In England, he said, all the public burdens 
he would consent to the adjournment ; but at the same time he | thro on the lower an: iddle classes, who, in the single 
wished t to give notice that to-morrow he would move the omission } arti , paid more to the aristocracy than the ari 
e. 
of the ee betenht) amended.— The debate was then adjourned 
hi 
itself i ote 
He revetinc oe that hse aia would 
have a haven effect sma hie the country .— ad egos GHAM 
had se jections to oat to the be nt sf first clause, he 
a mtrary t r wn in the 
might r 
cy. aie 
without a view 
the first cored and pPeediose J that the bi 
three sant Se HF some 
through co ee, all the 
pange: 
He objected to 
mmitted this ty 
e further ssc the bill oe 
clauses, except the fo ert weine: oe 
—The Metropolis Impro’ yyement Expenses Bill, and the 
county ‘Bridges Bill, were read a third time and passed. 
is of NornMANBY Said it was with great re; 
Bird state ta pacman of “th 
Parliament, it been found nec: ry to abando 
House, the fle ve pecker gies their Lordships under the titles of the ple. 
ture was, 
gricul poi 
Drainage of Towns Bill, and es Building Act Im a vement Bill. | of the country, and it was owing to a wealthy lan anes tocracy 
<a adjourned debate on Panishment o f Death Bill was | that a manufacturers of England w ore prosperous 
ecg py oft ecco moved an amendment | those of other countries. 
that cases of rape be still s a Nags gg to capital punishment; which r. tu UCHERE reminded the House of the opposition o offered 
vee as nezatived by by a mapo to the existing Corn-laws by Sir F. Burdett when sitting for 
The Marquis of Horan stated, that he intended to take | Westminster, and of the warm sup) given by him to the com- 
the earliest opportunity of extending the provisions of the bill to | mercial measures of Mr. Huskisson. He declined entering upon 
Scotland and Ireland. a general discussio: portant a question as the Corn-laws, 
In committee on the Criminal Justice Bill, the Earl of Witton | but would state, in rep some reproaches addressed to Go- 
moved that the town of Manchester be e excluded from the opera- | yernment by Sir F. Burdett, that it had not been the intention 
e bill. On a division the n ere equal— aes of Ministers to confine themselves to the proposed modification 
each side; and the noble Earl Subsequently pr roposed the vat of the Corn-laws, and of duti sugar and timber. He 
ment ina “different form—that nothing contained eee bil should had intended to introduce many important changes into the 
be deemed to extend to Manchester. This motion ved. | Customs Bill for the year; and had Government been allowed to 
by 32to31. The bill then passed through ae = ee. ¢ out their views, there never would have been a year in 
The Bribery at Elections Bill was read a thir and passed. | which such gr d important relief would have been given to 
HOUSE OF COMMON the community at large. Hehadsome doubt, oe - en on 
Saturday.—Six private Bills having been pS the Eccle- | Pediency of sucha resolution as was now proposed. - 
siastical Commissioners’ Bill passed through committee, and the | ©@TY with it, at the present m nd under existing ea ald 
bringing up of the report was fixed for Monday. stances, the weight which it would at another time, and he Mr. 
On the motion of Lord J. Rosser. the Bribery al lectio: therefore advise his beer friend not to press it toa barnes ot ; 
Bill was ri a third time and passed, after a clause, proposed by oa eras = t with a view to show the € 
the Solicitor-General had been agreed to, to the effect that can- | t© Which the rous opinions were gaining Some, 
didates, as well as other persons, should be liable heir ong the ietotrh ng classes He was entering into de anor 
mduct inquired into by - sree this subject, when the House was counted out, on the mo! 
‘Phe Appropriation Bill a hrough committee, and was or- | 4% hon. Member on the opposition’ ak side. 
dered to be reported on Mon Wednesday.— After some priv: sine: been gone - ‘fount 
Sir G. Crerk having pereang the second reading of the Election | Sir J. Granam moved the third reading of the St. John’s Hi 
Petitions Trial Bill, Mr. Me Suita io go-rigent his hares an “it (Winchester) Esta’ r. DEx opposed t motion, smi ed, 
would not meet all the xigencies of t ashort discussion ensued, at the close o! ich the House di vane 
election petitions could eae? sulistedome tried cunt in favour of the motion, by The bill was 
jurisdiction was removed altogether from the Hou yon read a third time and passed. Coun- 
some observations ~ Sir G Cress, Lord iwak: Mr. C. Mr. Wak ey presented a petition from the Presiden d ge- 
Butrer, and Lord Exror, the Bill was read a second time, and } ¢il of the British Association against the present medical arram be 
ordered for pec ae 
The M 
etropolis Improvement Bill third ti ended. The hon. Member also presented another Laorort 
passed mnplaining that the popular prejudice against va accination 
On the motion that the report on the Highway Rates Bill be been much increased by its oes placed under the manage 
received, Capt. Pecueti said he had great ee to the bill, | of the Poor-law Commission third = 
and felt persuaded = the House was not aware of the great The’Ecclesiastical Commissioners rs Bill was read a 
power it gave to the county m: trat He ‘shia. therefore, | and passed, and the Administration of oo Sil having et ‘of 
move that the bill be es sae up that ‘day three a ad a second time, M "WAELE zy, in pursuance of a mo! Loge 
G N that the bill, instead of injuring the public, was ich he had given notice, requested Tafopmatie of ve ch his 
= ed,im a very great degree, —— betty canes being | CestRe as to the result of certain experiments, 4 ¥ wr of & 
by parishes, inasmuch as by its its ion the roads were | Lordship had been present, to prove the destructive peas in The 
prateated being in such a condition as that an indictment would | newly-discovered engine, which, as it had been stat ughout 
ie. It was, he thought, of material importance that the bill should | Times, would alter materially the system of warfare throngeys 
continued.—Sir G. Gr. t the r be now | the world, and cone vast military advantages upon W mn pud- 
brought up and the sense of Ho en on the third read- | state should possess it. From the account which naa peen 
ing.—After a few words from Mr. Fielding and Sir C. Burrell, tenet of the experiment, he said it would pci td _ vrestructive 
Lord Exs:or trusted that if the hon. and gallant Member would mpletely successful : the boat against which the a ee, anid 
not reserve his opposition to the third reading, he would at least 1” Spertion ol ‘the invention had been directed was at oa m3 were 
consent to the adjournment of the debate to Monday.—Capt. Pr- — panna of any po ~~ with which scientific mask the 
cHetn said he wished to consult the feelings of the House, and shattered. to fi s, and he wished Lect 
he would therefore withdraw his motion, on great a the noble | Lard whether ‘tie acco’ s published in The he time at 
debate should be adjourned to Monday.—SirG. Gary th wed | entitled to belief?—Lord Ixestas replied, that from the 7 
the a ent of oon detate till wouley che il poner on vm which his attention had been first directed to th — the secret 
Aretw order the motion be ae of the | been more and more convinced that the possessio! m O1 the cou 
ber of perce = aa ees ed = the ¢ years 1836, |. of this invention was of the atm ost possible ee to this opi 
1837, and 1938. try. Several distinguished offi hy his seperimets 
Monday.—The Caancetton of th HEQUER moved the | nion; and Sir G. Murray, who witnessed dee last into the 
order of the day for bringing up the: oaicng of the > tats eis had since recommended: Government to injuire f es ia 
Bill, upon which Mr. the oppo: f confirming | matter. In that recommendation he perfectly nediatel pre- 
the statement which he ante a former evening respecting the | justice to the inventor, the reps should be er i the ut- 
undue protection afforded by the lezislatnre to the agricultural | ceeded with. ‘This gentleman sovfenates pense eet in thepre- 
interest, which the hon ber compared to that which existed | most pecuniary difficulties; Fhe bad expended 9 ted the tempune 
tothegreat ion in that coun’ e | Secution of his commana he bad Soaediees and he eonsideret 
hon. Mem! itulated several taxes which had been remitted — gies eee ei © purchase his the country, that the 
to the agriculturists, while at the same time, he eo oa the average sas end Bo 2 od investigated-— 
ee ee ae Bom 6 tah et teat . higher Sof his alse ery hadnot at one of the exper 
that which prevailed on the Continent.—Mr. G. PALmErn ob- sir F. Buasers, wis RAs ste ee ety | inven 
‘Servedin repiy, that the land-tax, the tithe, and the poor-rate t y to the 
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