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sejoyed by the subjects of tl.e Republic. ytt it was calculated to produce a consider.ble delfte or caution and prudence iu his ad- Ince to Captain RciJ, as he recollected that previous ro Cape Henry, a secret esprdi7ion had sailed from that pert hiainht some part of Petion'a territory, with about Ave hundred troops bn bnardl.. . . ..... " As this report, if true, would completely obstruct the plan detumined upon by Captain Reid, your Petitiocer resolved to return witt.out delay to . C..pe Ilenty, in order to ascertain how far it 'Wag four.ded nn fug, and promised Captain Reid to ac quaint litre with the result of his inquiries. Upoo Isis arrival at Cale Henry, your Petitioner learned that the statement which had-been circulated at Port Plata was entirely false; he found the veisels which bad carried the troops on the secret expedition had returned, and conveyed the information relative to that event in a letter to Carlini Pend , couched in the following terms: 6 Ki ng Henrys euprditian aiqiust Yke South skir of the Island has been completely tinsuccitss!ul Ida yeast). have returned here, after having been frequently chfiXsi py those 0 Pedal, and the troops, upon lauding at leremie, Immedlatyly went over to the opposite carry. 'Fore may' 'tow thereinto go round to Port au Prince without any danger whatever. I understand the price of logwoo.l there h 17 ilollrri.• •' 111 e letter of your Petitioner contained a number of other remark. 'upon general business, and was forwarded to Captain eid at Port Plata by a small sloop, which your Petitsinier had engaged fur the express purpose. About ten days ofter the sloop venous), hiving hero unable to beat so far to wi.-dward as Port Plata, in eetrequenee of she prevalence of strong easterly gales. The lAsagt r di-clined &Stunning the voyage a second time, and returned the letter in question to your Petitioner. " An express, sent overland by Captain Reid, arrived at Cape Henry a few days attire, w'th letters for your Petitioner, expres sive of the greatest anxiety for his safety, produced byhis silence, and their ignorance of his arrival ; and earnestly requesting the inform. km which he had promised, previous to Isis departure from Port Plata, to transmit. Your Petitioner immediately re Paired to the o ffice of his. Baron de !Minty, the Government Ins terpre-er, with the letters which had bees torwarded by the elm" and retu rned. 'Your Petitioner requested the Baron to digit then, • in due course,as It was his intention to forward then' by express la overnd. o letters are allowed to pass the lime betweett Spatielt and independent part of the island without this formality. Baron Dupuy said, that, according to. orders he bad lately or ceived front his Majesty, lie could net affix his signature to any letter sent to his office, without first reading it, lid requested the letters miLlit he left. •' About aft hour after this, the Under Interpreter waited on your Pentiimer, and requested him to xceompasiy him to the Governor's house, where he accordingly went. There he was conducted to an inn r room in which were the Governor and the Damn Dopey. 'the latter, addressing your Petitioner, said, lie hal called hint before the Governor in order to oblige hiin to give up his authority for the information conveyed in his letter to Captain Reid, vx; • 'I hat King Henrys expedition against the south side of the island had been completely uttsuco medal, ke. Your Petitioner J.:plied, that 111. autbolity Was 'lse curtest report of the town, anti that the failure or the repeats t stn hail been a topic of common conversation both among forrgners and the inhabitant , .. Your Petitioner said, that his yeas. n for mentioning it to capiaitsi Reedits:au, to efface the into proviso of a Mlle relent which li.aber circulated at Port Plata, aid which greatly into fere d with • hisfeture conimi rand trans salons; and that he would not be ahli to fossil the object of his 'fo'filc willies' receiving the idotaleSidenalitided to, fur the cone veyauce or whisli Captain Reid bulimia an express. Baron Dismay asserted, that the pas-age under consideration was politi cal aed not commercial, which aosereon your Petitioner rides "roil to rebut, by 'hewing the application of it to the traiseac. lions already mentioned. Baron Dupuy iniiii.ted oral having your fell loser's authority for the report, and of er some further expiration aridrepreeentation ea the part of your Pedisutier, who declared be was unable to give up any particular authority, he was entiducted to prisms byre of the Goverucier Officers, • ' our Petitioner, omen enterisig the jail, was conlined so a vaulted cell appropri ated to the state oimisak, strongly bolted mid locked, and lighted only by an aperture in the door. 'lite Gaoler visited your Petitioner the next mornitig,Sunday, January • 210,11116, about eleven o'clock, after receiving hie Instreetious kens the Baran Dopey. He was accompanied by seam guards cyrying falsers and marrments of torture. He informed year Ponitlenter, that his orders were to put him its irons, and that it Would be maw to tesistos his attendants Would enforce coin- The leg and fret kens, generally seed I. that =maim were then applied,and afterwards riveted sox fitty pound wide the assistance of a sledge hammer. having thus rendered year Petitioner incapable of reale mice, they proceeded to lull 4 the teethe: punishment of tonere by thumb. screws 4 hest US itimmetite they lied en ynor•Pritiuner, 'and screwed them toga Cher with the greatest Indere, until the pressure on the jmuts gretrested the vice frum farther °paradise. 1 hey then kit your editinner, BMW wasvisitetta few minutes after by the Gover ns,' who, in the craw of le b prescribed duty, came to see that the Gaoler had performed his task. Your Petitiouer, writhing Moder the meat settee pain, addressed the Governor in terms tot entresity for thevernahnd te the screws. but finding him deaf to hos apelkatlon, be appealed to his feelings and humanity for •at Last a setaxatien of them s Even at this time, though au shortly niter their application, your Petitioner's thumbs were profile. ensly swoileu. The Governor heard your Petitioner's eutrewtes and remonstrances With intlifferenee,-and quitted him Without asking any reply. , " About seism o'clock in the evening, your Petitioner was vio eked by the DeputyJaller and some guards, who stripped tom of _Otitis dirties, whir the exception of his shirt. 'flier left at his side a pitcher of water and half a cake of •••• MS situation pier Pedrosa rt=freim II o'elndf' en Sunday morning, until une o'clock likersdaysoun. It would a mitt metope to describe the,exesseif 'agony which your l'etifiutter endured daring that hitetval. Ile only nourishment he took was a draught of water in tki tamping and ceding , when visited by the grates in their usual roundiles Ate examination of the different cells. As he was incapable. of sorting, he etas ohlitad to solicit one of them to apply the pitcher to hie lips. '1 he cm. sada bread re:maimed untouched the whole time. The exquisite pate yuer Petitioner endured, the length of time Ise had suffered, ownired wl.b the intake heat of the climate and the closeness of hie cell, at length produced a conskierabk degree of which threatened a ternmatloa of his existence. His debilitated towe was noticed by the jailer, who made a report accordingly to the Governor. He was afterwards visited by the Prison Doctor,- who gave his opinion that yOur Petitkner could not suffer longer without end:wrong his hie In Consequence of this, the kg. irons and thumb screws were removed stout one "do ck'! burn day urn. Your Petitioner was detained in prison fur sine flays habges;imel was at length relrasedlo consequence u: the !request .a 414 'Fir ted ernonstratiers made by his eottotrynteil to • "Henry, through the medium of his inierpieter. i• Your Petitiouer begs leave to represent to your Honourable Hume. ILO. nu C"nteintitCv.Pr..,ll4-1r.,/iltieellin./.l•POnbPor 1:. • lora Vet y moored condition, and apparently in a nismilletstate for some male after the infliction of this cruel punislifiirit ; and Le believes, that K Nature bad- not blosed him witteiii uftu moll, strong sea robist constitution, he could Set have sur vived t h e teeters be endured •• Yost Petitieser Nimbly declares that he naafi this repro. saltation to Sur Ploneumble Home, net so much from feelings' et-revenge fee the ildliry that he has individually susuinei, as -lrotade seise et the bilignity which has been offered to him as s British solstice Yet, however bumble and insigoilleant be may consider ban:elf in his private capacity, he has imbibed a cuss Idabel from education and observation, that the en lighteeed spirit which pervades *armed laws of his country, proclaims is theurhok word, that • an iolury dune to the Muutest subject I s an insult te the whale swain' • ••• Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays, that your Honour: Ole ileum will take hate ecieslderation the circumstance. deo. toed its this Minable Petitient, and that your Honourable Haim will take these einetsures, which ia rein seilsdom stall aettihi necessary to retirees the kjery mbar sassamd, and ro seawall flout! Power which has eammibitesi this,eivitsage, the • which is due to a British 'abject.' . • • ; " Aad your Petitioner, as. is iiikt wisd;' s g an ever • "" pray • " London, Feb. 114, 4627. . images gravisetilf."" Mr. SliAltPE then presetited another Pen • s ' from Mr: Samuel Mariam, a British merchant,_ se ;ideal at Cape Hens, at the dine Of the outrage dr..' scribed is die Lawler petition. H e gem 6 i rne d the statement Of Mr: Davison, er.d alleged that he had' been deputed by the British eserehants resident at, liaxti to apply to the &Wish Government. and having !Korea 120 atuuttion hom the Colonial D partsisaa. be thought it his duty to apply to Parliament: etilkins were ut.icred to lie iii the idble. INTsfECTIIRS-01ZWZIAL 07 TAIIM Lord STANLEY wished to know why IMP, In spectors-General of Taxes wets kept up, on the re. commendation of the Board of Taxes, notwithstand ing this was a class of officers akogether without any duties, io discharge? The CHANCELLOR of to EXCHEQUER said, he had not the smallest objection to produce that part of the Report of the three Commissioners on which the Treasury had acted. • Pin TIONL &C. Lord COCHRANE said, he held in his hand a Petitiim from the incorporated Trades of the Borough of Rutherglen, praying for Parliamentary Reform. Seeing the Learned Lord Advocate of Scotland in his place, he wished to ask him, whether the infor 'station which he had formerly stated was correct or not, namely, that the Schoolmaster and another in. dividoal at Glasgow, who were taken up and con fined two nights and two days in a dirty place, with a damp unwholesome fluor, had been discharged. there brine no foundation for any charge against them? The LORD ADVOCATE said, he could have no difficulty whatever in stating, that the persons taken• up at Glasgow had not been taken up for having convened mother for the purpose of conside fing as to the mode in which parochial relief might be obtained. They had been taken up on a charge of treasonably conspiring against the Government. It would be improper in him to state to the House what discoveries had been made against any at the indivi duals arrested—it would be improper towards ttic in dividuals themselves. as it might create an impression Against them in the public mind, and it would be im-. groper with reference to the public business of the dountry.. With respect to a question put to him the other night, whether the oath read by him to the '.Honse was one of the papers which was round on the persons so arrested ? he could not give an answer to it without prejudging the cause of these individuals, and doing that which was contrary to the principles of British justice ; fur if the parer had actually been found in this manlier, and it lie were to say so, it might create an impression against the individuals ar tested. The Magistrates were in possession of evi dence which proved that the object of parochial re. lid was one which never had been agitated in any of the Meetings. Lord COCHRANE said, that the Noble and Learned Lord had returned no answer to his question. "The LORD ADVOCATE stated, that he had received no information whatever, whethel all or any of the persons take!' up, on the charge of a treason. itble conspiracy, were liberated or not. But he knew the Magistr aces would not detain one moment any per son against vs born there was no foundation of a charge. But he had received no informatiOn onahe subject. Mr. BROUGHAM could not help thinking that the Learned Lord had not understood the question put to him by the Noble Lord. Tlx Noble and •Learned Lord had very properly deprecated all pre-. judging the question of the individuals taken up, and stated that an answer to the question, whether the oath was one of the papers found on these indivi• duals would be prejudging their case. But in the gestation of the Noble Lord there was nothing about any papers or oath, but whether it was true, or not, that the persons arrested bad been in tact discharged, and were no longer in custody ? The LORD ADVOCATE stated, that he had received no information whatever to enable him to' answer the quest on of the Noble Lord. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT read some extracts from a letter from Glasgow. It stated. that a spy of Government had uttered seditious words in in assemblage with a view of decoying others into mak ing use of improper expressiOns, but that the attempt bad failed ; and on the spy being conducted before a Magistrate, the latter refuse) to commit him as being a loyal man. To be a loyal man was the slay ' of escaping prosecutions under the existing laws, sod it was the loyalty of Linibrick, the police officer, which excused his conduct to a poor boy whom he seized for pulling down handbills which the Police had caused to be posted on the walls of the Metro olis. The buy had indeed been told, that be might have redress by suing in feriae tutufteris, but he did iiot seem to be a whit nearer, having- to snake a stand against• loyalty, which seemed to cover as many sins as thistits.—The Petition was then read, and ordered to lie on the table. Lord COCHRANE presented a Petition from Greenock, in favour of Parliamentary Reform, and one of the same description from Cathcart, in Ren freasiiire. Lord COCHRANE wished to know whether he might present at once a number of Petitions whieb he held in his band ? The SPEAKER said, that the indulgence which it was the practice of. the House to grant withiegard to the presentation of many Petitio n* a t a was very indefinite. If the Member who presented ahem could take on him to state that they were all precisely, in the same terms, it had been sometimes the cestom to receive seven or eight at 'nee; but if there were any variations in them, it was the safer and the better course to preiefit ascii one by one. Lord COCHRANE said he would plusent them separately. He accordingly presented a Petition hem Tarbolton, and one from Brady, in the Isle of Wight, both in favour of Parliamentary Reform. Lord COCHRANE then presented a Petition from Groby, which, he observed, was nearly in the forin of others which bad been rejected by the House, but the words which had been deemed .meet objec tionable had been left out. The Petition was read. It stated, among other things, that. the Hume. did not in any way canstitu tionally sepresent the country, and prayed for Mil :versa) Suffrage and Annual Parliaments. Lord CASTLEREAGH said he did not know hat words had been left out of the Petition ; but he magined there could not be any more objectionable likit - thbse which remained, •iz, the sentence which, !aid that the House did not eonstitt*tionally tepre nettle People. - Sir F. BURDETT said, it would be more lads factory if on t h e rejection tit a petition it were under stood what were the words really objected to. In the present instance, the Petitioners, asserted that the Hattie did not **present the tintntry, which was the grievance they' comp Lined uf, and without asserting which it aims in vain ler thab to approach the House. The ground *on :111Phiati lb* Houle rejected petitions in general• was, that it the petikfonen, initead of stating their grimness plainly) weal out of disk' Web *id, inserted words which rnight be offensive to thosie who I heard' them. Such an objection could not be taken to the petition Wm% them, for the words of it Were as•inoffensive as 'night be, but merely stating the ; grievance they had In complain of, and praying that that grievance might be remedied by a constitutional representation of the people. Lord BINNING said, he did not pretend .accu- , rattly to recollect the words of the petitions formerly rejected, but as far as his memory went, the ground on which they were rejected WAS, the assertion that the House did not represent in any constitutional manner the people of England. Mr. BROUGHAM said, that the Petitions which• had been rejected contained the words what this contained, but also others. The former Petitions stated, not only that. the House did not represent the people in any constitutional, bnt in any rational dr legal way. All the Petitions stated, that the House did not represent in any " constitutional" manner the people. He had thought at the time, that these words—" in a constitutional manner"—were to be considered as a qoalification of the assertion, that the House did not repre s ent the people. If that assertion had been made absolutely, it might have been con strued into a denial of the power of the Home to act as a branch of the Legislature. But, qualified as it . was, in this and former Petitions, by the words, " in a constitutional manner," it was °thy an argumenta tive way of stating a proposition in which all Refor mers agreed.—[Why not state it so? from Lord Binning]. He agreed that it would have been better it the Petitions had been thus worded ; and if learned persons had the framing of those Petitions, instead of the plain and simple men whose prayers they ex pressed, they would no doubt have been so worded. l'he:ngh the Petition before the House was drawn up in a more careless and more exceptionable manner, yet, when it was considered that there • appeared no wilful htention to insult the House, but th?t the Pe titioners had taken a short way of expressing the opi nions of all Reformers, it was not inconsistent with the rules of the House to receive it. He once more entreated the House to consider, whether it was not better to open the door, than to shut it against Peti tions; whether it was not better to receive untechni cal, and even faulty petitions, than to debar sire people from exercising their right of approaching the House ? Lord BINNING said, the statement of the Ho [mumble and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Brougham) was correct; but the word constitutional was before peculiarly objected to. .Mr. B. BATHURST agreed that it was proper at all times to open a aid! door to petitioners, and especially to those who prayed for a Reform in that House ; he agreed also that the House should not seek too nicely for insults. It was in their recollec tion that the House had suffered itself to be charged with corrupfon over and over again, Which shewed no particular scrupulousness on that score. But the present petition did not contain merely an insult, but disputed the competency of the' House itself ; for - what rational distinction could be drawn between aonstitinional and legal ? Some of the other petitions had ghee on to found inferences upon their assertion. They stated that taxation without representation was slavery. It was not, therefore, any sense of irritabi lity which dictated the rejection of petitions.; but the impossibility of admitting an assertion. which im plied that the House bad no right to exercise its functions, and especially the function of taxation. Lord COCHRANE observed. that sin the former petition other words had been objected to, besides those now alluded to—especially a sentence speaking of the " long-protracted andidisgusting debates" of . the House. Mr. J. W. WARD said; that if it were once re ceived and acknowledged that the House did not, in any constitutional manner, represent . 04 peopie it must also be allowed that it existed in conts.tdiction to the law. What might be inferred hum this was pretty plain, ;rad, it sl •ed, the inference was actually made by some ref the kt:tinners. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Brougham) had said that considerable allowance Was to be made for un learned men and simple persons: • Now, if they looked at the uniformity of those petitions, and the manner in which they were drawn up, they might judge whether or no they were really the productions of simple and unlearned men. , - . ..• _ _ Mr. CA LC RAF r thought the Petition eoeldessiy. be considered as an expression of the opinions &abet Petitioners as to the state of the Representation. That the House virtually represented the People, the Peti tioners acknowledged, by applying to the House for the change in the Representation which they desired. He thought the Petition, therefore, should be received as an expression, perhaps foolish, perhaps absurd, bet net dishonest, of the Petitioo:rs' opinions. Mr. W YNN observed, that the Petition before them called the debates of the House protracted and use less, though the word disgusting was omitted. Mr. LAMBTON read a part of the Petition which had been presented from Bristol, on the first et.iy of the Session, and received by the House. That Peti tion, which had been read at length, while less noire prevailed than usually attended the reading of such Petitions—stated, that the House represented no Constitutional or rational sense the People of Eng. land—that the Constitution was subverted, and th.-i taxation without Representation was slavery." It also stated, that the debates of the House were a mockery. and rely served to weary the public pa. tiencc. Another Petition from Wick, which had been received, said, “ if the House had been really the Representatives of the People, instead of being the tools of a grasping oligarchy of Borough-mon gers," he. As the House had received Petitions containing suet) words as these, it could hardly with any appearance of consistency 'reject a Petition sn much less offensive as that on the Table. Mr. V. FITZGERALD said, that the statement of the Honourable Member (Mr. Latabton)wzasune of the best arguments for the rejection of the 'piesent petition • as it 'hewed the eaten' to.which inslats in• the • House wunld be carried, if once admitted:An them. If there were precedents fur the admission of such petitions, there were also precedents for their reject►on, and the House would judge isliether it was nut wiser to assert its own dignity, than to stab = alit to reiterated Minim? The, .. • he P et ition was rejected. Lord COCHKNNE ( . presented smother Petition froth The Weh Riding tot Yikk;but wilhdreevitm—as it wis foitlid tb bb Venitir to thelrrresout one; -•- Lord titaLtELL'ES iireSented Ve,ition form from - the West Riding of tort, teitich was read and laid upon the Table. General FER.GUSOIst presented a petico.► from Strohmlgln, in Fife, praying for univerial s iffr.tee and annual Parliaments. Ordered to lie on the tab it. EXCIsE PROSLCUTIONS. Mr. TEED moved for an Account of thenumber of Excise rrdsecutions in the Justices of Peace Courts, the Courts of Exchequer, and other Courts in Eitp land and Scotland, during the four years ending Fe• bruary. 1817, distinguishing ti,e number in each county and each year—the estimated amount•of pemdl ties leviedofitd•the names of the persons by whom the .prireeeds•Were received, with other particulars. • The CHANCXLLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that Alteucount moved for could rot be made oat witholeirt enottnous expense and wage of urn-, and in part not at all. There was no public depa•t ment by means of which the prosecuti..ns beio l I lb . tices of Peace could ascertained I and as to the part which could by great labour be made uot, the expense which would be incurred by it would be im mense, if every individual prosecution was to be stated. He doehted too, whether it could be made up till the next Session. Mr. PONSONBY agreed that the expense and trouble necessary to make up such a Return would be great, and suggested whether it would not be ad:- visable to confine the motion to some year or half year. if the end in view could then be answered It probably would not then be objected to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, there was no wish in his Majesty's Mili,sters to withhold information. lion a future day tie ft,.. pourable Member would put his motion in a Lase practicable shape, or confine it to any individaal ease respecting which he wished for information, he should not object to its—The motion was then withdrawn SHIP OWNERS. Mr. THOMPSON said he had a petition to pre. sent from certain Ship-owners, praying to be heard by Counsel before the Select Committee appointed to consider of the Contracts between the India Company and other Ship.owners. The SPEAKER said, that as the Committee was for the purpose of preparing a Bill, it was impossible for them to hear the clain.s of those who cnuceived they would be affected by the proposed measure, consistently with the forms of the House. When 64 Bill was biought in, any persons affected by it migl•; petition to be heard by Counsel, and to tae ~Ilov:to to produce evidence against it. rt:ra lANS. Sir FRANCIS BU It DE 1' 1. wished to know whe. ther those Gentlemen whose notices stood for that evening would waive their claims to priority ar favour of the adjourned debate on the Petitions which it might be convenient for the House to dispose of ? Mr. PONSONBY said, he would willingly waive the claim to ptiuurity with respect to his nooce. Mr. BROUGHAM urged the necessity of a Teed? decision on the question of the Petitions, whicti deer. tion might affect the right attempted to be elerclied by nearly a million of men. Colonel WOOD Raid, he would put off his notice, if such were the wish of the House— (Cris of .Go on.) The debate on the Petitions was Lb'► ta tuither ad ,joersted till to morrow. MOLT& • Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH said, that on an early day he should submit a Motion to the House respecting.Druits of the Admiralty and Dro►ts of the Crown, and all other monies received by the Crown, in consequence of its exercise of the sight to make war and to conclude treaties. . GAME LAWS. Colonel WOOD said, in moving for leave to bring in the bill of which he had given notice, he should confine his explanation to the objects of it. By the Act of 28 Geo. 11. it was illegal to sell game. He wished that Act to be repealed. It had peen wittily observed last Session, that. this Bill should be enti tled- an Act to facilitate poaching. It he thought that its operation would not be quite the reverse, he should never have proposed it. The prevalence of poaching was an evil of extreme magnitude—it was destructive.oyahe morals of the peasantry, and lea them to habits of general deptedatiou. Instead ui preventing poaching, the' present restriction ou the sale of :Game . tended to increase i'. By the Atli of Queen Anne,- certain persons were prevented Item setling•Game, vtx. Higlers, Chapineis, Inekeepos, and Victuallers; but the power was reserved to Laiels or Ladies of Manors to appoint Gamekeepers; if these Gamekeepers s )1d the Game without the consent of , their mo l es s, it was declined penal — plainly pointing oft, that with their consent the s.i.e fi game was permitted. The ACt of Y 8 Ii Geo. 11. recited the Act of Anne, and stated that doubts had existed as to the meaning of the word t ha/Imm It then enacted that it was penal for any pers , ati qualified or not, to sell Game. This waa a pretty sweeping explanation of the word Chapnien.— It was said, if the Act of Geo. 11. were ri pealed. there would be no power to prevent poaching, a' rt:t power to search dwellings for game would be takci away, but this would not be the case, as by an Acz. 4 and 5 Wm. and Mary, cap. 9.3, now little knrwri a power of search was given, and of convicting the perion in whose house game was found, unsex could give a satisfactory account of the manner in which he obtained it, or from whom he bough , it. The whole of the Act 28 Geo. 11. might thus be re• tpealed, withcut taking away any power necessary icr the prevention of poaching. All he wished at ?Tr icot was, fur leave to bring in the Bill, whish read a first time, might then be printed, alter whit' the House could go into the merits of the meaAire. He was convinced nothing could be worse than the present footing upon which the Game Laws stcol The Honourable Member then coi.cludeo, iriovingibil leave to bring in a Bill repealing certaiq Acts, and snaking other provisions ropecting th sale of gone: • Sit C. - BLIR REM, said, he differed e: tirely from the Honourable Member who had just sat do an, and he regretted 'that lie bad again brought forward measure which so entirely failed last Session. It t present system of the Game Laws were unseated •i might be fol.nd difficult to settle them .te.Aio• F it thought the better way would be to appoint A Con.- otittee,• consisting of a few sensible and leg el rn:q• In lequire'into the soej.:et, and theirs, perhaps, solueti: , :'•:: might be done. He, however, considereii the wets .‘ system as bighlfbeneficial, because it inelus.fd Gro tkmen of property to Lee oh tßeir estates i 414 4) Li: • Pr" bon ten , do ft