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the Phte Glass Caw pectiect7 nal a +Peewit! t RiV, and 0rd.:rt....1 to be House theta N N:se VP . Therelking bnl ►es si l van the Tuutereeth •sn.l NottuKb.srn Et tition., flu Gallery wit. out ,st steel un tell tuittutes passive u'eluetc, riv, Stamen 0. CH E L A HOSPI 1.. Apicrr presetat 41 accounts of the moahle expe,Nli •,n tt Ch, Isra Hospital, which weir o,tiered to be trail the tittle. the the motion of General GAICOINt, the LiVerpdal 11iLket 8111 wa. Lead the third trine nod ',asstd. EIV WRITS. On theiOotion of Mr. I.l(tvlttiviarov. new *rot; WC?! Kr derv.] fur tit:. Borough of Yarmouth, of the room of %le. IU Meant not Mr. lobo T•sylor, who have uxce their eke tuts r cepINI the Chiltern Rumfords. HOLYHEAD DOCKS. General Greco%Nr presented a Petition from certain l'etrieltiniii and Traders in Liverpnitl, pr.i)inK that they tear hr allotted, no the payment (if a moderate tontine slaty. to make 'lse of the Rolsttrati Durk,. The private nature, leave tu prrsrnt it should first be u t a liubhr, a. in the rase of the Hiitish 31irelint and Agri totem.. Hoard Petitions, leave es. sl , n requ.red. The Hon. Genres) withdrew the Petition, fur the purpose at complying/flits the ape optics.. POOR LAWS. Itir W. Gomm' present:4 a l'eu II ion from several Woollen Manufacturers w CloneePiershiri, ou the subject of the • Poor lisos.—Lsi.l on the tabk. Mr Comm, t o Bruited 11 • Peliiion front Holverionn, iu 'Cumberland, on the subject of the Your Laws.—Laid ou the tAblr. REVNION OF THE CRIMINAL LAW. B.r W. Geist presented * Petition from Yarmouth, pray. tug for a atm ))))) of the Criminal Law.—Referred to the Poisons' Committee 81r. WALL presellivol a Petition from Guildford, praying for • Ferisuiti of the Criminal Lie —Referred to the C The Marquis or TAVISTOCK presented a Petition from IW...dorm, p.a)ing for a reel: of the Criminal Law. Mr. Caters presented a Petition to the Name effect from Petitioss were refereed to the Prison* . Committee. 11119fI trilSiX)IV TAX. Sir IT. PrFWAOLT presented a Prtstuou from Sirahlwr, mw e ing fur a repeal of the Woudois Tea iu Irelaud.—Latd VII the table. IRISH TANNERS. Sir H PAIIINFLL presented a Petition from the Tanner, of the 9necil'a Cnnuty against the Excise linty upon Tanned Leather.—Laid uti the table. GALWAY PETITION. Mr Pert. moved that the consider-m.oo of thr Gahrey Pr. Ittons hr tlrfrs rrd Irvin the 19th of Mas eh to the 4th of Nay, on aecunnt of the great inconvenience to which the partie,, whose attendance was required, would be exposed by conning over to attend the Committee at the time fixed, is their .4...izes would take place on the 27th of March. Mr. Ilivav asked why a nearer day than the dth of May cou•il not be fitted? The earliest day was always required So COI` I a Of this kird Mr. PISS. n plied that the Faster holidays intermitted, •nd theocrae the further delay was necessary. Mr. WA txprcased himself satisfied with this enpl.i. nation. COAL OPTICS. Mr. l'ow lore• Liret.vroN presented three Petitions Inns '.l .lia.ictitrirs in Statiorilshire, *Rains the erinutivltion the Unties on Coal—Una on the tAble. Colonel We nettnree presentrel a Pelitaps from Marl• iNnooelt *camel the equalirnion of the Coal Duties on 11 Low.. I'm P(.I.TONE prevented a Petition to the same tffret fro= Truly 1.....ge.-11.•td on the table. Loin CLIVIS pro-semen a Petition from I.ndlow against the the Coal Duties—Lod on *be table. Mr. Eu✓.sros presented a Petition frum Cleeatertigainst a j ai on the Coal Duties. lEW Ft/UN D 1.4 ND import:re. CM the mminii oP lie. Tex.:van,' au Account on the (fa. pm is. anol Exports to Newfoundland within the hat par win. ordered. TAMWORTH ELECTION COMMITTEE. Mr. Ley appeared at the bar, snit presented the reduced li►t of Members to to try the furrits of the 'l'atr►wor%h Elec tion Petition. The Clerk called over the follownie, ',viscous crinposing the Committee, and the Mew ber• were accordingly 'wormed the t a ble : Itgallhowitusrell Si► E.O'Brien Richard Nlagettnits Duo. J. Sowers Cotiot Johw Mitt Lord Itt toy Hutton' 8010 it Shaw Jottu Duckworth TINGHAM PETITION Turd Graves Robert Wyndham Edward Iku uy R. Ellisou R. I'% ire Hut.. TN.,. Brand IVai. . . Mr. I y apttrur..l aI Ilse bier with Iry roll.,.ving lilt of the ft-Littera ...wore for tlw Committer MI the Nottlugli.ou I'e. mom. 'll.e Me mire's, no their nrnlcs were mu' ovet, le& vp.r..l le. iller table wool wrre swore.. 'nuts Gi imstuu E.lcuuat Sir J Chclly S.itelnir 1.. Fall. r klaitlAnd Artintr Huss Htuattliwuetb G. Trotty , ito Julio P. a , .e Luke % bola Sir beirrrircr Pant Hon. Herr oleo R. Pakrolrata Moo. C. C C. Jeakinsca Lord Vo.rousit Foil:Aube DAruri. G.lhrrt Sir Joint Oslorlur. U. Flaw Res Luttrell BARNSTAPLE. ELECTMN. Lord CIA'VE appeared at the bar, %Olt the Ile port 64 the Select Comm;ttee apponittil to ivy the Intent of the Petition of Sir U. 'FI r e. sptctiog the Beriish.nle Election. He -tarns it wars the opispon of the. Committee. that Site llanaswh Maisel, Lopes tsah not duly elected, surd Mr. F. M. o.ont &miry wag duly elected, and that the election of Sir 11 Lopes Was+ void. The Committee further 'planted, that mother of the two Pentinas pre. *tilted were frivolotot or vetatieus. Lord Clive then 3d , lrrs.ril the Nient:er US follows '— •• sill Nl%O 41lievird by the Stleet Committee to report to the ',louse, that Sir AL AL Lopes, through his agents, was guilt) of bribery end heat ing iltir;h4 the list Eleetinti for the Borough of Carom:title, and is therefore iiicapaclueed from sit ting its the present Parlintriebt. lam :dim desired to stir., that, in the course Of the proeeediogi )40.1r 4:to:nature, such !I getietel system oh bribery and cotrtilkiioll Wai 41116(104A in the proceedings of thSsi bnintixh, sto to trader it impomildr fir the Committee to ckise their 110 without sitbwit ttng the same to th a 144bUtt ) 111 Ult!er that the. Wore at 141 take such procroillogs as in its wiident it rut; lit think lit to adopt upon the iihirloture 44 0:4 tirciimitairces to which row Committee ailvc.rt."— /(Pie, b e er.) filtort was then brought tip rem!. It meit.ly echoed the statcinerit given ; r Lord Clive. It was received itr,rtottltrei to be 011 Lure§ CLIME— " I sin also directe d to move, that the insists to of the vihetiti, taktn before the Coln illitter lw Iststme the I botay."--Agyed tn. Ti.e Node 'Aid 'two brought up the miffilles irt th- evidence of the Baritstaple Committet. They were hut! on the 'table, end ordered to be puttied. 7. • Lord-Cf.twit—" I beg leave now to move. Sir, that the Speaker sin nut issue 1114 warrant fur the elections tIT • Hawaii to serve its Parliament fur the Borough of Barnstaple nail thia day ventsight. It is obvious that I snake this Motion the tom * pose of enablig e ave a of considering n theM nemborsatin-a o to f h elide's Jure rtunits the Committee, and adotaimg such measurer as they shall think lit, before a new writ be issued." — (hear, hear.) This motion was mireed to. PRIVATI BILLS. The SPRARIER remisided the House, that as Mon day would be the last day for receiving pric.te Bolls, he hoped the Howe would enable hunt to take the Chair on Wednesday and Friday neat at half past three o'clock. DEFAULTERS ON Ttir. FORMER BALLOTR. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ea eittevEtt, the names of defaulters on the former ballots were called over, and they were ordered to attend on Tuesday next. The SPEAKER suggested, that it would be ne cessary for the Hon. Members whose names had heels called over to attend before the ballot on Tuesday, for if they did not ensue in wall the doors were opals after the ballot, they would lw liable to the censure of the Hume. • If they did tint attend before the ballot, the order of the House, which was uhvicr.ly to compel attendance, would be per fectly nugatory. (i/ear. ) Mr. %Vvs?‘ said, that the attendance must he evidently before the ballot took place. If after wards, it availed nothing. He recollected Sir Win. Yonge, who had been locked out, answering through the door, hot that sort of attendance was disallowed, and he was taken into custody.—([ fear.) CATHOLIC QUESTION. Mr. GRATTA N gave notice, that on the 22d April lie would a motion to the House respect ing the disqualifications which his Majesty's Ro man Catholic subjects endured, as the laws now stood. CHANCERY. SUITORS. Mr. M. A. that on Wed. needay, the 17th instant, he would submit a motion to the House respecting all sums invested in the hands of the Accomptant General of the Bank, on account of suitors in Chancery. PRISON DISCIPUNE. Mr. STUART WORTLEY presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of Whitby, in Yorkshire, pray ing dud, at alteration be made in the state and dis cipline of prisons. This Petition was referred to the Prisons' Corn miller. _ _ Mr. Bus Orli' rove to prevent a Petition from certain Prisoners at Perth, preying for an alteration in the present system of prison discipline. The Hon. Meintier riluerved, that since the excellent work of Mr. Gurney and Mrs. Fry, respecting the prisons in the North of England and Scotland, no man ought to be ignorant of the state of pri sons ill that part of the empire. In one part of that work it auuld he seen that two parsons, who were under confinen►rut for small offences, were put into ilia none room with a man of notorious had character, who was charged with loonier. The Petition was referred to the Prisons' Com mittee. SCOTCH BURGHS. _ _ Mr. MActicorsZi reWe to present a Petition from the incorporated body of Haminermen in the city ot Edinburgh, prayilig for a remain of the system of Royal Burghs in Scotland. The Petitioners were, lie will, a loyal, creditable, and intelligent set of people, and they prayed a repeal of the borough system iii Scotland as at present exercis. ed. Ile did not mean now to state Ins sentiments upou the subject to which this Petition referred, as a better opportunity would slimily arrive, on the motion of his Noble Friend (Lord A. Hamilton), who was indeed prevented from submitting it earlier to the House, in consequence of a domestic eventa motion which would involve the whole state of the grievauccs of which these Petitioners 'complained, and which was well calculated to throw • full light on so important a subject. lie would take this opportunity of attracting the attention of the House to thee upproaching motion of his Noble Friend, than which none more momentous or iin ',num'', us affecting the rights and liberties of the people, has been discussed here since the time of the Revolution.—(lieter.) The Pttittun was brought up, and ordered to be printed. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT, Mr. J. MIWIII plestostv.l:ll'lliti illl thAtin certain Persons in Kuiptuu ncaimat a rrvir.il of the Insolvent 1h bture Act, Lord CrIVE preseideil a Petition (ruin Ludlow, in the fuaisty agaiii.t the revival of the bistalveist Debtor.' Act tie na inestut furni.—Laid on the table. Sir .1 MI'S GRA itAn presented a Padilla, Sigßed by 1,500 of the principal Shopkeepers and Traders in the Parish of Mary-It-bone, prii3ing that the insolveiit Debtors' Act way nut be renewed —or that if it was the inteidioti of the Legislature to prolong a measure of this kind. that care should be take,' to prole(( the honest creditor front the frauds of the dishonest debtor. The Ilououtable Baronet said, that there was not oLe of three Petitioners who had n o t Lieu defrauded by the effect of this Act. ''his Petition was laid tin the table. Mr. fltrov.:6llAni rose to present * Petition signed by el very large huniiier of merchants and trailers iu VVesturiiist,r, sgasis4 tier mitt's, of the Insol. relit Debtors' Act. 11' concurred to a certain earcist in the tosindation of the c plaint made by the Petitioners egainvt the operation of this Act ; he thought the system ought to be revised ; hr thouAlit the machinery of the Art might be much Unproved, such that more effectual means might be taken to cuss k fraudulent debtors. The principle of tlw Bill was good, and hr trusted it would be tootle as complete as possible before any new Act were agreed to. The Sot.tcprou:Ctiscatt. stated, that the oh. jeer of his Right lion. mid Learned Friend (the Attorney-General) wan not to re4.wid the principle of the Bill ; hr never hod any such intention. His object was to preserve the principle of the Bill, in the application of whateves new arrangements may be Accused necessary by that Committee to which he meant to submit the subject. The details could then he discussed, and the objections COMM. tiered cinch wire made to the operation of the turnstile. It was never the intention of 1r; Hight Holt. and Leaned Friend to move tor a renewal of the Aet, without a Preparatory investigation into the effect iif the existing-measure. Mr. Alderman Wattatuan rose merely to ex- Press a hope, that, in the formation of the Com mittee alluded to, a due proportion of mercantile ieirl practical men would he named. This was ac tually necessary, for it could not be expected that the general class of him. Members of that House could sympathize with the sullerers through the operas' of this Act, owing to their nut having access to that sort of information which practical men could command upon this subject. This Petition was lent on the table. Mr. BROUGHAM said, he hail to present en- other Petition, which was in favour of the exist ing law. It was from the Prisoners confined in the Castle of Lancaster. The Petition was couch. ell in moderate and temperate language. The Pe titioner' did riot deity the existence of abuses in the operation of the Act, though they prayed that its principle would not hr abandoned. They prayed that this principle would not be lost sight RI in any alteration which the Legislature might think tit to adapt in their revision of the law as it now 5t00d...-This Petition was laid on the table. Mr. Batructiast said, he had a Petition to the same effect as the last, from persons confined in the King's Bench Prison. They, after praying the [loose to maintain the principle of the measure, while they amended its details, observed that seve ral erroneous calculations had been made respect- , ing the sums of money which were represented as lost by the operation of this Act. The Hon. Baronel i ppposite (Sir J. Graham) had said that all the I, o persona who had signed the Petition which lie presented, had been defrauded since the passing of this Act. This must be a mistake, for surely it was impossible that fourtreu ur 1;500 per sons in one pariah could have suffered during that period. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that such was the statement made to him by the deputation who waited upon him with the Petition. fhe general phrase among fraudulent debtors heretofore was, to pay in hills upon Lord Nliora or Lord Hedesdale in three months—they now heart in lulls of the same kind upon Seijeiao Kiiiiiengton. Ile condemned the measure in the moss uomiditied terms. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL it WUS neces. sary for him ;o make a few otot.riationis, in couse quence of what fallen ham the Min. Baronet. He understood the Hon. Baronet to state, that the Clerk of the loirolvent Debtors' Court was ap pointed to act as the general assignee of the credi tors—that no other assigme .vas appointed—and that no dividend was received. No man was ever more completely mistaken than the Flom Baronet was, when hr made this statement. The clerk was . nominated pr.:visioind assignee, unit received w hat ever proceeds were derived from the property of the debtors, when they came up to be d.scharged. But the moment the creditors elected from their own body an assigner, he delivered up to him all the property he had so received. From this very rule, as well as from others laid down in the In. s.dvent Debtors' Court, results the most beneficial had arisen. The sum produced, considering the number of debtors, had not perhaps been • very large one—hut it struck the Learned Gentleman who presided in that Court, that it would Ise an important point to secure the residue of the property of every debtor, whatever it • might amount to, for the benefit of his creditors—and, to effect this object, lie had appointed, under the Act of Parliament, the receiver whom the Honourable Baronet had mentioned. By this regulation, iu the course of last year, the sum of 15,0001. the aggregate of small sums, had been placed in the hands of assignees. It was, there fore, the greatest mistake on earth, to suppose that the general assignee had the slightest control over this property ; be had nothing whatever to do with it after the assignees were appointed. The principle was not new ; since, in caws of bank ruptcy, a Commissietwes assignee was always appointed. Mach blame, the Learned Gentleman observed, was jaunty attributable to the assignees ap pointed by the creditors themselves, if they did not receive as much from the estate of their debtors ss they ought to do. The fact was, they did not act with that spirit and perseverance which they ought to do. De should abstain from any general (Meer. 'rations, 119 a period would shortly arrive when the whole subject would come regularly under dis cussiou. _ _ - - Mr. BROUGHAM, in common with his Learned Friend, deprecated a premature discussion of this subject. When a Committee was about to be op pointed to consoler it—v.hen it was allowed on all hands that an alteration in the Act, still preserving the principle, was nec essary (a position which he readily admitted)—and when the minds of trades men, as well as of poor debtors, were in a ferment —the most wise end convenient course would be to delay eny discussion whatever on this measure, until it could he examined in a Committee, where the real facts of the case would be developed. The Honourable G. Lasts expressed his hosti lity to the measure as it now stood, since, its his opinion, it opened the door to the greatest possible Baud,. He agreed, however, in the propriety of abstaining from discussion, at thuresent moment. l le trusted, when the subject came before a Com mittee, that it would undergo the most serious con sideratton—atal that such safeguards would be de vised for the benefit of creditors, as would effec tually prevent them from becoming the victims of fraud in future.—{ Hear. hear.) The Petition was laid on the t. b le. VENHYN ELECTION Sir C. &mitt,. moved the Order of the Day, for resuming the adjourned debate on the motion— " That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire fur,- ther into the existents of certain corrupt mid illegal prac tices which appear to have prevailed in the }Borough of Pen ryo, previous to and during the Isle Electiosi, and to report their opioion, together with their observation+ thereupon, to the flame:" The dun. Baronet observed, that he did not mean to take up any considerable portion of the time of the Hooey. The minutes having been slamd us read. the House was in possession of the grated featucea of the case—and it was his intention. if lie succeeded in carrying two prefatory Resolutions, to move for leave ►.o bring in a Bill for the better regulation of this Borough. His first Resolution would be— " That it appears to this Home, that there was the most ofthrtions bribery sad corruption in the laid Election for blembera to sirec in Parliament for he Borough of Pewit"; and farther, that sack practices am not wee our casual fa eie said Rorough—lievinz hren hetire touttelit mailer the notice of this HousP, in 111. with 180, by a %weir! Ke pi/el from Ilse %i hit It tried tlx merits of the Peti tion of John Treveiiion, owl Gibers." recottilltr‘ohoism, would For-- a Tina it kth opinion or Ihl4 House, that the said bribery and corruption nquire the mutt sellout consideration of Parliament." Anil finally lie slionild move— That l.•arr bi glycol to hob., In a Bill to prevent bribery and corruption in the yarrows. of Members to arise in Par liameot to, ili.• Borough of Pimp, " Tlie Spt.thiElt—" It is the %kit or the lion. Botoipet lint to orillirirro the inn: ion for a Select 'Committee, after .Melt. it will lie open In the House to adopt whatever proceediii;.! tilt), pirate." The [notion fora Select (.7oniiiiitter was then withdrawn, and the Ilou. Blooliet hrolm.ed his Resolutions, which were agreed t.'. lie then moved tin leave to hring ut a Bill, of the nature he had Mr. W. WYNN moved, " That the Petition of John Trevaiium and others, pieseuted to that House in 1607, be re-panted."—Agreed to. CAME LAWS. Mr. BRAND, IN nailig, pursuant to his notice, to bring forward his mafiosi fur the minereidonent of the Caine Laws, observed, that the subject was one of the highest importance, inasmuch as it. was anti. mutely connected with the interest, the happiness. and the morel conduct of the lower orders of society. hi the year MG, a Report on this *ob ject was made by a very industrious and sensible Committee of that House, to the concluding. pas sage of which he requested particular attention. The Committee observed, that they would not, at a late period of the Session, introduce to the House any measure, .on a subject which had so great a variety of bearings; but they cherished sanguine expectations, that a Bill, founded 611 the prin. ciple recognised by the common law of the land, that principle being. :hat the property of game was in the individual possessing the land where it was dacovered, might be advantageously resorted to, by which the present system of the Game Laws might be improved, and, therefore, they came to the following resolution That all game should he considered the property of the per son on whose land such game should be found." He approved entirely of this principle—and he had long wished to- bring forward a measure founded on the view of which the Committee had professed their approbation. This was it subject which embraced so large a space of history, and possessed so high a degree of interest, that he should feel it very difficult to touch upon the various points which presented themselves to his mind, without detaining the House for too great a length of time.—(Hear, hear.)—He would, how ever, as briefly and as perspittrously as possible, point the attention of the House to a subject, which, in the.minds of thinking men, yielded scarcely to any that could be brought before them at a question of domestic 'whey, and of moral isiterert.—(Hear.) It was curious to follow the history of the Game Laws—to mark their origin, in 'feudal barbarism, and to trace their growth through various periods, when a false policy was mistaken for wisdom. So early t the time of Richard I I, there was a statute, establishing a - sort of qualification, as necessary to enable a Man to destroy game. 'That qualifica tion was 30 marks a year. But still the statute seemed to proceed on the principle of ratione soli— on the principle, that the property in game be longed to the person on whose land the game was found. In this law, an alteration afterwards took place: as personal property increased, and indivi duals were enabled to purchase laud, the original proprietors of land found that they had parted with something more than they intended. They h not only, they perceived, given up their lands, but. they found also that they had parted with that in dulgence, the indulgence of taking game all over their estates, which their predecessors had enjoyed. The consequence was, that all those statutes had grown up, which encroached on the privileges once enjoyed by the possessors of the land—statutes that were in fact perpttually increasing. The main law of this kind was the (3.1 of Charles 11. by which the existing quelitication was rendered necessary. By the system tolerated by this law, all the perioual, all the leasehold property of the coon. try, was excluded from the possession of the game; It seemed the immediate proprietors, and those who had manors. were not contredistinguished by this law—and the latter finding, by the species of qua. lification it required, that they were themselves, in many instance., preeluded from procuring game, had recoarse to the system of appointing game keepers, with deputations. Those deputations prO• tested game-keepers from the operattan of the Game Laws. and enabled them to kill game where their master could not. This system of appointiie . ; game-keepers, wider deputations, was• only ap plicable to Lords of Manors, whose servants it ef fectually screened from the penalty of the law. As constables, appointed to preserve game, he honked upon the situation of game-keeper as it very an cient office. But they were now created under the statute of the sth of Anne, which altered. in a very considerable degree, the intent and uteaning of the , 23i1 of Charles Ir. This privilege of appoint ing game-keepers, with liberty, under these depu tations, to kill game where they pleased, was the only manorial right that he desired to attack or to affect. Front that period to the present, tiumeroue Acts of Parliament were passed for the purpose of preserving the game belonging to Lords of Mentors. Such measures were e vidently necessary, if it were thought a just principle to resat the demand for a ,perticipution in the game of the country, which, in proportion as personal property ilecieastd, must be come every day stronger. But they, ought to cou• eider that they were legislating on the hew of pro. perty and of nature-..they ought to reflect whether it was right, when the income of the monied chow of the community was equal to that of the whole 'coasted property of the country, that the 'angled pro. 'thaws should deprive the other classes of that en joyment which their fortunes entitled them to. lie would not, at this enlightened period, descant on the ridiculous situation in which the property of the country was placed—or point out mi. mutely the curious distinctions that were attached to it. It Might be enough to say, that, at this tithe, a man possessed or 100,0001. it-year personal j Properly, could not shout, or, lie believed, possess game. fie did not think, if he deposed before s Magistrate. that he sitypected the first merchant On the city of London of haviug game in his nded citwhlrteleoagurus.isr,teueto::::::sattuziode:lagil.inilfiliwt:ll:tdeevhirn:e:h that ei ll a i i m o a e ise ltsr w s, 9 rr ei t it h:e7 t i . r i u , r l u a i i n dividual g m r t w a o a l u l s n d l o a s r n d t s f e t : ,, d i i g p n l r:i r e p e r e i xtsted, and whose property was damaged by those imiuislt, were precluded from the capture of game. The consequence of this must he, that those persons. though not directly encouraging poachers its their neighbourhoods. were by nu meat,* activate 141111Iseg them down. They were tieutralistal—they felt disinterested persons, +duce the d struchoo of gum by poachers could not harm them. There was., Datuml feeling in the minds of youth, particularly in this country, to pursue those wild aminals which nature had scattered over the foie of the earth. Every thing around encouragid then to this amusement—and bow dal the systunt .T legislation oppose the growth of this feelitiz ! A few words would explaiu it. They had a ststeit, of legislation, by which the personal property of the country was undervalued ; they had a system of le. gislation. by which individuals antoilgst the Inglier orders of society were excited to encourage a breach of the. lee ; they hail a system of legislation, which was intended to put down a pursuit to which the -hest and most useful part of their popnlatiou was naturally prune! If any mode could be devised for removing such a system, and introducing *more wholesome one, it merited the deepest cousidere tion. The practical result of the law was very writ known. The returns for the lest year 'hewed a vast mass of individuals, placed in the various gaols throughout the country, lit consequence of the seve rity of the laws relative to game. If it were a pro. Klein to be considered, how to demoralize must eflica cionsly the people of a country, not a better could be voluted out than this-..-i 0 take, and to trete, as • deep offence, an act that had nothing critriiiial or immoral in it. Let the general feelings of the peen. lation he in revo• t. of that act—let the personal property of the country encourage it—still tat it he putsished wills seventy—lnd lucre was at once a se- Intim, of the problem.—( Ileue.)— If such syti. trio placid in their gaols thousands of iodised,' of the most energetic minds and the most hardy constitutions in the country, was out this hods-, when let loose, enough to demoralize a eoptilatiiiii, mud to generate crime in every part of a kitiedin e ? He could not possibly imagine a system more y e s. fectly calculated to produce such all effect.— If he conceived that the measure he meant to pro pose would prevent country gentlemen from reset illg on their rotates, and prevent them from pur,u. ing that course of humanization and Malta arson fur which they were so remarkable, he would not, nes chievous as the existing system appeared to be, vote for its repeal. But what he had in view, would, et the wine time, remove the evil of which he complinued. and answer every purpose of the resident country gentlemen. By the .common law the game w.ai ratiane soli, in the owner% of the soil—and fie could not but hope, that, by recurring to the ancient law or the land. they would find means to gst rid.of the mischiefs which the existing system produced. To prove, that the ancient law was 41,11 e mated it. the Honourable Gentleman quoted • passage fruits the 4th Institute, and also read the preamble to the statute of Henry VII. Takieg dine Sues's.% law or the country as the ground on which lie stood, he contended that the oceopier of the land, on whose Property the game was fed and minittained, ought to posies' it, unless it was specially teak-reed to the original owner of the soil, or leased lit- such owner 'to some other person for Isis use and enjoyment. lit either case. the lessor received au equivalent for the injury done. and the lessee,' rit his bargain, was allowed a compensation for the right tuts reserved or sold. The lessor would, in that case, feel him self interested in the preservation of game, since lie could dispose of it at a greater value, and the lessee would not shut his eyes to the practice of pinching, as lie did at present, since land. lord who let the premises would attikis, lids bar gain with lefeiviice to the extent of gauss pre. served on the lessee's property. Game 'souls' flops become personal property, and the supiely• would be as regular as t h at of any other article of coil suitiption. Thus, it would be unnecessary for those who enjoyed the personal income of the conn try, to encourage the poacher, se they were slow excited to do. Why Ihuuld not a lessee seutl:a hare or pheasant to market as well as a sheep or calf ? He could not perceive any good argument against his doing so. The only observation that cull he offered was this, that game is nuiveablr. oust the property in it not so secure as other species of pro perty are. Ilia position was, that game should always be considered the property of those on while land it was found. By proceeding io this way he would reinove from the mind of the lessee the aegis? feeling, which now made him look on istiectii, , g with apathy—and lie would also de assay the- teinis tattoo, on the part of men pustiessednr rersaisal income ; to have their wilts, 1114 far a. game was concerned, supplied by the ;igency of poach, rs. He conceived, too, sliat his syatesu , v(tti;ll iotrielec.e • ()retain sense of nioral feeling MilliMpfAt poachers. At present, they were tint checked' in their course, try any idea that poselsill was it crime. But, whet, they heard Miliriduals, from dey to 'lay, speaking of game as their prupert:'—property which they might legally disposed to the highest hi :der—they wonder at length be checked by that natural feeling wince. deterred men from committing ,shat was termed • robbery. Besides, the !educed price or game would lessen the temptatioti. Caine a cold • ,!. bear its fair value, as Wads, get-se. &c. did, hot it would not acquire that artnninulative bs.loe which eircilinstaiscea now gave to it. Perlis's* it a 0111f1 be said, that. under the proposed 'them the law, game would be procured by thelt, whilst less means were in existence for the convic tion of the offender. But rimiest this prolAbility, he would oppose the increased moral feeling, sod the decreased price, which would operate more puwerfully than the right of search which this.lso now armed them with. A 6scal regulation. that of graining licegses, did exist at present. H; tss4 uu 014ection to extend it. and to great a right of searching where unlicensed persons were goo' 'trend of hoonii'gsme it, their pustitwout. lie noulit grant every protection to gan.r, consisteit with (be law d nature, the property of the cows. try. and the general circumstances of the tsar is' which lie lived. He would protect it tiz•sttiot blackspotschert, those who went ,}rased snit .tis guieed—he would protect it iiipnoat snorts r- - quo, oh phOrt• wee, cc he : awn, he icon to,. lit'l tc .,g th t there, AM Chi. VIOI in I lilt' (le liv cri lia ht 'th •u