Star. — London, England, 1823-05-22 00:00:00

7:44 N:l k ' . ~. ~ . ~. t i. ~,_ ~.~.. who were not concerned in the Wit-Trade, against tie Silk Manufacilire NI, The Bon. Member ob, served, that he hoped more attention would be paid to _the wishes of the petitioners. There would be sufficient time to pass the Bill after an inquiry, and an inquiry would be the best mode of doing justice. 'Mr. PHILLIP* and Mr. &tact again made some , remarks on the Standing Order of the House.. Mr. WALLACE thought that the Standing Oiler did not apply to the present case, arid that the delay sought would involve the loss of the Bill for the pre sent Session. It Wai . eildent that if aCoMmittee was gone into, the subject *mild be diewnnai to a great length, and it would be imposiible to pass the Bill. Nothing new could result from an inquiry, for in quiry had repeatedly been made.. In the Session be fore last a Committee of ,tyre Other pease had 'sat, , and received evidence; and-the result of their ingUiry had been commun i cated to the House. He did not therefore wish to acquiesce in a delay. which Would certainly dareaczht 40). Mr. MAXWELL wished the subject to stand over. He should be glad if a minirnininf wages was to be. established, subject tcithe consideration of gagistrates. Mr. HUSICISSON doubted Whether th' Standing Order was intended to apply; to such Bails is the pre sent • and certainly many BilTsof a similar kind, as the Warehousing Bill, for instance, had not been re fined to a Committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Made some observations on the origin of the Standing Order. Sir .1. MACKINTOSH said, that the words of the Standing Order were so clear, that there could be no difference of opinion as to their evident meaning. He was sorry that that was the case, because he was favourahle to the Bill, and quite adverse froin any delay. They were bound to interpret words accord-. log to their common meaning ; and if, therefore, the words did not convey the meaning which they bad been intended to convey, let the Order be dissolved, but. let it be abided .by whilst it existed. As to a rabriniuin of wages, to which an Hon. Gentleman had all&cled, he hoped that Hon. Member would apply. tfis 'Principle to rents . and prices, in order to shew how . airsurd it *Would aPpeir. said, that the 'Order of the House Was ilt;srly applicable to this case. At the same if a Co:iflict - ft sat up stairs, there would be no: ne) . emisity for . goirtg at any great length into evidence. 1%11112154f, he hoped that the Standing Order would hie repealed ' • 'for notwithstanding all his respect for. Ore Learned Memberfrom whom it originated, he did net:Consider it to be a measure of absolute wisdom. Mr. fiLISVSSOINT Wished to put an end to a 'con veishacin rithiiVeould lead to no result. If the con serirdioti of the Standing Order was that for which Gentlemen contended, all that he could say was,tlint: that construction bad not been before understood hnd never enforced, and that scarcely any Bill could pro ceed in that case, without first going to a Select Cosh- Mittee. He suggeited, therefore, that the case should stand over, and m-ritorrase he would again diaw the attention of the Hbuse to iti and then ? If the same 6 - pinion prevailed resPeekhig the construction to be. 'Alt 'Upon the Order, he Would move, that a Com.. znittee be appointed to report concerning the said Order, and,whethei it was fit it ShiSUld be repealed. Mr. BUXTON Asked, whither in this case . the. Illy i trt Honouiable.Gentleinin teonia press the iecind reading that night ? Mr. - HUS AMSSON aniWered'that he shoirld. 11(e Pkition was 'brought u l 4, read, and ordered to lie on the table. M. HUSICISBOII gave notice, that' e would to- W call die - attehnOn of the - House to ale 'Stand- Oicre!._ Sir DUMAS! CLAIM IN NORTH AM A. Sir .1. MACKINTOSH, seeing the Right Hon. denifenian,lheSieretary for Foreign Affairs, in his' edirei,.vhshed to ask him a question closely connected. with.iiii hOilouViiif ihe'Crown• and the safety of Eng li:h 'navigation. Some Gentlemen would recollect tliati i nthe course Ofilit SessiOn be hadina a goes an to the Nahle tord, the Right Hon. Gentleman's • . ....... Preilecessor,.r i mpecurig the monstrous and estravi gant.pretensions of Russia to the possession, both by sea acid land, 'of f :the North-weit coast ofAmerici ; elide-acing territories now occupied by the subjecis of the King, and other territory occupied by subjects of the United States of ;America, and including the whele coast from the North coast of America to the NOrth-eairef Asia. The answer which he had received - from the Noble Lord had been, that a Protest had been presented by the British Government against a principle which violated the rights of all nations, but' Illicit was particularly injurious to the first Maritime Pnwer'in 'the world. Since that 'time those unfounded pretenCes Of the Russian Government had not rested' in theory, but Russian ships of war had been sent to warn off all ships of other nations. He wished to ask, therefore, first, whether the British Government had receive) any information of this circumstance; and, siecOndly,•whether any answer had been received from tale Protest presented to the Russian Government, and whether any negociations were now pending ? Mr. CANNING answered, that no infOrMation'had been received ; that the Protest which the Hon. BA rosiet adverted to had been stibiequently renewed, and that negociations were not, pending, in conse quence of instructions sent to the English 'Anibassa dor at the Court of St. Petershtirgh. ADMIRALTY OFFICES. Mr. BROUGHAM begged to know if the two buildings now erecting in New-street, Spring-gardens, were intended for ihj accommodation of any persons holding situations ia the Admiralty? He had heard, they were ; and he had heard indeed that it was in-. tended. to.bnild a third hoitie'for the fartie:puiPose. i Sir G,. COCKBinal eiplained th m t the two houses! were building, but that a say' . orDrsdo a fear 'Would l in consequence,accrile to the,. 'b lic,frais the ridut tion which would then . ge au din the allowance of the officeis Tor whose,itre the houses Were Intended. . ~ ingot ebassitistAs. • RICE Mr. presenteti *a 'titition :froth. Li me rick„ , complaining nt the high:Ort dairies im posed Irish commerce. The,,ilon Mem b er '‘ient into s ctorni,cnt t is,lo ihe'w that 'a great Ilkelviidity existed t,•ett Vingipki and . iilsh . commerce, aril expletscd hupi that 4se subliit would be takenip•liy his jeti 6 kiigusters. .:. ' , • • SFr. WAILACE ;41, 'wit &sagged :ii% Hon. Gentleman as to the . polity of placing the of Ireland on the same tooting as that of England, and that the subject was now under consideration. I A , Co s ibtUAL DI)TM. ; - Sit. F. LUCE wished to put A 4'6OQ Illative to the targe on British ships tridifil to the colonies., He had, in a statement of last yeir, shewn that ships of three hundred tons burden, trading to some of the.Coloniehpaid 10s.; • on. The charge was not for public purposes, !it hi id - Vantage of offuers i t f t holding differpt xituatiop ' He had taken the trouble of inquirintimo the charges paid by Dutch and French ships 'trading to Dutch and French Colonies, and he found th'it it never exceeded is. per tan, find that that was levied for police regulations. He wished to know whether Government had it in Ccraiternpl*L tion to reduce • the charges imposed upon our own ships in trading to our own Colonies? Mr. HUSKISSON said, that nothing was more de; sirable than to reduce, as far is it was practicable, thg charges upon commerce, but there were some difficulties in the way ; for he believed that many of the charges complained of had been imposed by the authority of the local Legislature. With regard to Ireland, he believed that a clause had been introduced into the Consolidation Duties Bill, to put the trade upon - the same footing as that of England. After a few words (torn Sir J. Nawrciar, the Peti tion was brought up. The -Petition was then read, laid on the table, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Trade. DUTY ON CANDLES. . . . Mr. SYKES rose, pursuant to notice, to call the' attention of the House to the duty on tallow candles.. So much had been recently said upon this subject, that it would be unpardonable in him to trespass long on their attention. During the last Session he'failed in his exertions upon this subject ; nor did he regret it, because the question now stood on much more fa vourable grounds. In his Majesty's Speech it was announced that a reduction of takes would take place ; the Ministers admitted the necessity to do 'so ; and upon that adiniision he grounded his present • motion. The deluSiOn of raising the 'prices of agli-. culture as a benefit to the firmer had now passed. away, and all seemed agreed that a reduction of taxes. was the best remedy fOr distress. The question then Was, did such astrificient reduction take place as was. necessary? Rethought not; and more, that taking Off the taxes on hunters and carriages, 'did not ope-• rate where reduction ought; - and could not enable: the farmer to bring his produce cheaper to mat ket. The country was not relieved in the mdde or the de ree rendered 'necessary, although he thanked his Majesty's Ministers for What . they had dritie, and for adhering to that neutrality which would prevent 'a war. Btit then the petip_le'sbatild liable ilk' beriefits of a state of peace; and Sire be asked. had the Go vernment gone. farsenough in the reductiOn of taxes, consistently with thesifety of the-country ? For his own pirt he *is RtWited to say, this he could net , fairly Meek Vs constituents, if. had hia init . iiiied - iiieft' exertion to reduce the taxes. Thiteipiin tageiv tali- , dies was to be sure not leztatisive,; only 57,5,0001.: ross ; 30,9001. were pa c id intotlt Exchequer. In. l ac ottani.' it Wis'lt.M tile. . .or it , -;t*intieth,Part of ngland, and tile iunk taitiirikkack . was 92.11-?,BOOL J Ireland, he observed, there was no Candle dlity, 'and lie Irped'the Iriihrienliertien would not therefore hate agai nst the iiitqielit l y cif 'placing ifthisi 'fin Vie same tooting with themselves. Hetook It to be it Principle of taxation, that that tax was the worit in, which the latest sum was expended in the collec ti6o.., The wlide 'revenue Here was itnecked at W. Ids, IL. per cent. .Unsl that on tallow Candles at Ineaty per cent. net, and sixteen per cent. gross.—.., ch a.Afference called for atientien ' 'indeed ft called tor alteration. Tea was 'ealleited - at3per cent. malt it? per rent. licenses at 7 c per refit. printed goods at i-eth. British spirits at 14th, and tobacco at neirly . , the same rate. The cost of collecting the tivppon j tilloW Candles, - above all o thers , was the most ex pensive, and exceeded . iheirticles lie hid inentionedl by nearly 50, and in some cases 100 per cent. But' the cost of the collection was not his . only objection; this tax pressed on the poor, Whllei!he rich Man could light his house with spermaCiti canines, 4. or gas. la fact, if the poor man were to have aiii lightjseyoiid is stick in .his fire, be must have tallow cassales.:.... There were twa Wir(ii cif slide candles, snoilds Wnd dips, Which stead to 'each other as to prico as lain to nine ; the candbesisised,* the poorer being the arrest Of the two, This Candle Tax was also a tax. oat taboo ses.tiery One' new Mist be carried.' at by Cindlelight.in : iipiter - ; !it:Press — ea ePOn *As 1100Tious. poor in a very great degree , iflie could 011ie any reliance on the'commuriwatiotts which he had re-, Owed. The mode Vesicles of cc:drifting this tax was the most vexations of any: in the Wit4le 'finite of the Excise, and none threw greater diEtcaltiii 'On the ma nufacturers. lithe duty *ere taken off, he. believed; every one would itnantffiktbrro his oWn esidles, se 'OM; was the process.. ... leiteithl **eery lie belleftrd' how many were the penalties tikheTtliind.kilie ACis. relating to this tax acting difficUlties not only in, the way of the mancifacteriet, but thereby increasing. the difficulties cifthe 04010 1 The HO. Member then adverted to.aletter "NO he liisid, reciiied frOin. a large manufacturer inthe Borough, in which it was stated, that that iodividual and his pin had since JUly last taken no leis, thin bl, Midis,: Thit.'firct alone would, hethenght, milifce iiiiiirl,luil. IViiinher; "to support the repeal 'of:this duty. He:thought he Ilia established fonr:phintsj—d. That thecollecticin of the Tax was ipbst e.x 00 .5.....- it. T ha, it i preiied on the p00t...,--S..TIS4t. it. was 3.1,ha tiPodla t liOnr ;iAtid 4. MOst vexatious to the naanoßicturer. And. alio, he Could ant see any. answer to his motion s but that it was a iieslg. 44 iiii,. .1-10‘tiligt he 'aikeKif lic4isid. any snb-j statute - 6i thislix -5 r InColiiila oiiikatiliqr . lo *as not As Chancelldr wilthe'EsChequer, and not bound' to iiid one. That Wile .ifeie revied, he Would 'My, there .Urns A . storphotie !cif 'silbj . fli!---f•t . re eXtirtfrlre,in the i t ;generilciillecunn of the . ~ icif4ye,* a s iiii in die' Increase of salaries here aid lat he colonies.„: tut tlii*ghslie ibb Id j net . 6 tid,a intfistfote, hethoutlit an bppreisiie •iiid - 1 . Vid fat 'shafild :be ' dente aiisty is soon is .• ..• • •; one .•ra A. i lie 0 ~. v ol. posit e.. lift/ : p . were o l a to lc offices. :boa- ostnous Penal* sraa,pkrJ. furgc. AS - ' Tether', - . the subject, and not too long trespassed on the atten tion of the House. He would take it as a boon, small ,abut quantum tistlekla it humid do a a fit_ put it, whet* its repeals/rebid not give igtistiction? e would Say one wor9 as to the Sinkins , Fund- of five inillons ; but it should be remembered that when that specific amount of fund was agreed to, it was also expressly ,aid that the dis- GUMMI 141 i TVI Of is as not to be thereby tow.: eluded. He rushed to see the public iocome larger than the public expenditure t but looking for year past to the operation of the Sinking Fund, he never thought it of the leak utility . The Ifon.• Meld* Concluded by Meiji* Tor kart to bring in 4 Bill to repeal the dtgy.tes Tallow .Citna . )4, u . .:l_• The CHANEELLOR cf the EXCHECAUEtt rose. In whit he had to octal:est to the Mime, he did not. expect to be - SO aiiitisin g ki the Honourable Gentle man had been ; but he should, at least, follow hit' example, in stating as briefly as he could, the grounds upon Which he ripposed the motion. hire, he would say, that the Revenue 'could not afford to lose a tax which brought in te3SO,OOO, and this was not a tax whicharressed with repair leventy Upon any 'class of the people. SO diet if the Revenue Could afford stch a lose, there were Many other 'tales which re quired relief in an infinitely greater degree than this —(Hear, hear).—The HOnourehle Gentleman fiaa done the Government no more than justice in ac knowledging the exertions of the Government, .and its readiness to reduce taxation, as far as it could be persuaded of the practicability of doing so; but he could not take credit 'to. himself at the expense tbisse who had preceded li m. They had met the proposals for reducing taxation by the argument, that the 'trite Of the Revenue was such as not to render such reduction advisable. It had been bis , good fortune to find the Revenue in such a state as to ' enable him to come down to the House at a very early period of the Session, and to propose large reductions. The Hon. Gentleman said this tax was peculiarly op pressive Upon the people, and peculiarly vexatious in its collection. From these propositions he must ex- Otis his dissent. He did not mean to defend the tax upon its antiquity, but it had existed for a great length Of time, and its amount had been gradually increasing up to the last year; it was not, therefore, One of those taxes which pressed so grievously upon • the people as to present an insurmountable reason for Hon. repeal. As to the expense of collection, the Hon. Member bid made a mistake in estimating its siiiount at the whole difference between the money paid by the country and that received into the Ma , - sury. There was a large sum which went for expoita tions and drawbacks. Certainly it was desirable that every possible reduction in the expense of col lection should be made; and he could assure the MM. Gentleman, that there was no-point to which his at tention, and that of the Lords of the Treasury, was more aminosly, directed. By the arrangements : Meal saving would eventually be effected. If the Revenue could afford to lose the sum of 350,0001. at- this moment, he believed that, he . could shew Many other taxes which it would be. more desirable to reduce than the tax on tallow can dles: There was the article of tobacco, which, from the disproportionate amount of the duty to the price of the commodity, required attention. Then the tax On coals, tea, been and many other articles, were All isf them deserving a prior consideration to that heir , proposed to be repealed, whether treated upon fiscid principles, or as affecting the revenue. • The HOll. Gentleman forgot that in 1825, a tax to the same itinerant as this would expire; he meant the iemaie ing 2s. a bushel upon salt—(Hear, hear.) He. should also remember that there had been repeated disci* sions in that House upon the moral necessity of abo lishing The Lottery. It 'was his intention to propose the Lritteriei•this year for the last time. (Ffear,hear.) So the HOn.Gentleman would see that if this amount of revenue were to be deducted, they should be pre vented from carrying their intentions into effect. (Heir, 'hear.) Upon these grounds. be should vote against Ilse motion. e‘gfr.,WitikWEN said that the Right Honourable' Gentleman had entirely blinked the question, and e • raded Ol'Olistortratitin upOn the Manner in villa it. oPerated. Chally upon the labouring elaises, and as wages had Veen lowered to meet the low prices Of Provisions; and if they were nor now advanced,' Web ind i st he taken off as pressed more imnie diAtely 'upon those clasiei. He thought the *ix upon mould candles might be increased, and that upon the Candles used by the poor man taken off. The great objection ti) our system of taxation ivai, that it pressed Upon the labotious classes, While the great capitalist escaped untouched. Mr. MONCK supported the motion, and contended that his Hoot:linable Friend had made out a complete case, which had not been =Sleeted by the Right Himourible Gentleman. Mr. SYKES briefly replied, and the motion was' then negatived without a division. Law. girJA.lo4mAtmiTosH rose, pursuantto no tice, 'to Makt.bis motion for the reformatidn sir the CriMinal Cede. It had been Said, • in a iilsturslott in another place, On a Motion Of 'the late ;Sir Samuel Roinilly, that if a foreigner were to judge of the Eng lish from their Penal Code, lie would say they were a nation of fierce barbarians. Such a person might Well say that our lawi were infamous in theory, and impotent in practice. What would such a person be able -to 'say sf bit were told that the securiry of the subject witigiterdeci bey Raba: Corpus, arid we had 446•4istavere4 principle of Representative Go verninent?. He must be strongly impressed 'by such: contradictions. lathe year 1819,abe House had, on 'ills Motion , , appOinted a. Ceinimittee to inquire into ' 'the Criminal Law. -In 1820, some iiillshad [raised in coniequence of the reconimendation of that Com mittee. his expectations had. indeed been disap pointed; but the littledone then -Was all that. had 't?eett itreeted rineethisilfgriOf. EdWardl o l. Tenkapittal enactments had beenreastreed • frorit tliettatriteliook. In ISM, his ametitlinerits on the law of forgery had bents defeated by a apt-des of Parliamentary tactic, not usual in cases where no party feeling had been called forth. In the last year the 'House came to a resolution to inquire into thenatute of the Criminal Code. 'He was happy to !Ind,. that incite new Mar tiage Bllls- no less then five Of theitelo he lead • mespro. posed to do ass:ay bad been removed' by those by rhp,,,ot one time, they had beeu most vehementlY opposed. •Itiiad been recognised, that.the :nude to l increase the e ffi cacy o f t h e pena l co d e was to dimi n ish !the severity of its enactments. He had a series of de-, terminations of tour yeais in that House in favour of • C. 7. . the reformation he meant to propose, lie was calkl 1 on to propose to the House Resolutionsforinded (snits own determinations. No principle could he fillVe et. roneops than that the mischief of the action should be the sale measure of the punishment Every attemp t to force the maximum of punishment beyond th e Tsyrrasztity 'of =Unkind, must invariably prove i t) ._ availing. It was on that account that religious pe t , secution sot only _failed to produce the rough; 1* effect, but one directly opposite. The bl oo d a l tht Martyr had been always the seed of the Chuick.. 4 , The man who should imbibe his moral feeling s fi.os the inimical Code of England, would learn t° regard the cutting down of a tree, or the forging of a B an k note, .in the same light as the murder if a 'Parent,* ' the betrayal of one's country. The heart s. of a ll go 4 , Men.wete alienated from *such creel laws, for their was no proportion between. the punishment and the Crime. Sir*lhr. Hale, elhe wed the highest hunt* authority, had said, that England was the conntry,• of all others, in which the law was executed Willi* reference to the discretion of the Judges; but side/ that time our felcnies had been increased from 4: to two hundred ;* and in that ratio the discrettisa4 - the Judges had been increased, without any Ito* tO the opinion of the Juries. Of all the e.rpital Ma.. &lies which he wished to do away with, there were be 'two older than the Revolution. This multiplicstiee. of capital punishments did not arise from the harbariti of Parliament, but from its culpable negligence, ii being careless of lraman life, at a time when (nothith standing their detractors) he believed the peoples( England were increasing in virtue and rianality. la - appealed to the whole experience since the Revela tion to shew, that the extension ofthe power of patios • 'in the'Crown, had increased the :cumbers of crime. The venerable lawgiver cf the Hebrews had inEicted the punishment of death for the stealer of man. Thus, he denounced the utmost vengeance of the law aright those who dealt in the infamous Slave Trade. It mi . Well known, that in France there wereonly six capi.. tal offences,' while we had 800; and the disproporfida Of capital convictions sheaved the folly of the one code, and the proportionate wisdom of the other. Is France, capital offences had decreased, though their penal laws were so few, while ours were increasing.. His intention was to move Resolutions in specific calm, which, if the House adopted them, would serve as the foundation of Bills. These Resolutions would take away the ponishmera of death from many cases, especially such as the Judges believed that punish • ment would not follow after sentence. He wished Modifications in, cases of forgery ; and in felonies created by the Marriage Laws; in horse-stealing, sheep4tealing, cattle stealing, and in stealing frota shops and dwelling-houses. In these cases, one mats Out of 66 only was executed, and this was absurd* thought to operate as a warning • n the 65 ibis escaped. lie then enumerated the Acts . svhith be 4 Wished to have repealed, :elating to thteatenlag let ters, cutting down banks of rivers, Greenwich one. pensiOners,'horse-ste.4ing, sheep-stealing, and others He now approached an important topic, of whichthe consideration was equally important—it was the in... fliction of capital punishment for forgery. He thought that the authors of the cash payments had merited the thanks of the Legislature, if not for the measure 'itself, at' least for its havi ng remove d t h e necessity 4 such a waste of human life. The small Butkansieh had disappeared, and the dimktution of prosecedois for forgery 'had been so great that the proportion 4., last year, when contrasted with the preceding year n as one to two. The statement was as follows: 41 Charged.. Convicted. Parma In 1021. - - let - - - 76 . . . 10 In I . s - - eh . -- .- 36 -- - a This proportion he regarded as highly advantageous j whin con - lialted With the former years, and as laic paratory to tlieintrochiction of a better system of pu. nishment for that crime. For the crime of private gery he thought a r e gu l at i on o f a s i m il ar nature be useful; for it would remove the odium of c I.! the death of a,clerk, of a relation, or of a honfi agent, by whom' hat criine wis most frequently , mitted,while it would render the punishment dims* - Fee are by rendering it lessrepng na nt to human He would 'say nothing respecting Secondiry Meets, because the law of traissporation would feA be brought before . the Hoare. lie was obliged tok 'sent from Mr. Rostoe whose exemplary homes* could *lo'ne hair/ led hider to aninirldvert on the iltik . city of our setond - arypunishments„for by the sew* 'of them he (Sir dames Mackintosh) thought weespeld alone,get rid of the number of our capital . 4 , - clients. A i iglu 'peoal law was to produce the • effect with the least efrusion of blood. Ours was - . the contrary. He therefore wished to relieve - from the painftd necessity of passing sentenced *** when they kfrew that exectstion would not foilethile last.pnint was, the treatment Of the bodies of seld" and traitors. These were punishments sir that OP could not feel, and must therefore only have the et" Of yht4thing those Who felt an:affection du g * alit tachment towards the offenders. He would" however, touch the pimishineist in the tate= treason, but he avcrald wish to sake away the ! ment of goods and chattels in c ase s of ieiiilllo o . The principal &et df a s4ide Was hisisithasisel the affectionate care and stiptidtit to father [talk" family ; and what did the law of England 400 step th.'tO mate them more aitberalle by 40 01 1 the thllclretiif she small savings of the other, ohla if he. died posSeiied of lar g e lauded propertylibt! could not and did not touch that. In the 4 ). 1 . 11 . case of high treason; the persons encru sted. vAiA4 O rying the WhOte Sentence into effect see - hied awrise* of its odions nag ! Tor the operator sets stwite4 4ll ! first time that 'poke was eitectited.io ili c a -"0' 454 .. _ id lb° countrY; and there was no 'sound heard 'rein Per piilice until is - birrit *Of IsiZignotan arosefrogrO o when ehe first bloody head was held uptathes ' IHe found no mention in Braeton,Fortescue, . kiss, but only in Blackstone, of the inter se ar 2 tides, though all of them mentioned the of goods and 'chattels. In almost, all cones east . . by the rich, verdicts of in s anity. were ', while among the *poor alone verdicts of Ftlitvgi were given in'by the Jurymen. -He would man to say, whether suicide was—who . , moral turpitude might be— an . offeuce c : _„.„- V . ,by human - laws; the effect of which vote; 11 rigr 1 and withdraiv iheperson fi-omulth ~ ! This was a punishment odly sits thosesisho perform the sarhe kind offices to - the letnah .ll .. 411 :_ . .., dead which they delighted to bestow on the 1: 1 1 Let not this be th ought a subject unconnected _ - chitie 61, a ajtedttr tolls lfoyal Tathet, and too-, some t)ierEad a6l -offal beanie 40141leted ed tie- La Ilialillgt:t9i4tiet glkb lii i llfsh . ii.frsitr frl d - ised si nine children ;so that e aiscbargaufluc -4041 and tict•for lly' this cOkintri.--; • visylatisttlfa tin t,p ibst - 10 . 1iierg .k,...mAir 7 ,. 1 . • 611 .4 014Ve r mule candles. 'lie had so tar ned w...--~x cri op' Litt re he i ob' tic tb ye di io 1 .~ fi r iti Ix V lid ts 111 .t • .11 .0! -544 ~~ ~'~ p.