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of theae alarmiog eombinations to the effect of the lion. Gen sietnan's Bill. Ile had said this, till he was tired of saying it. --.sitar !) F. BURDETT safti, he could certainly bear testimony so the correctness of the Right Hon. Gentleman's statement.— But his lion. Friend (the Member for Aberdeen) was not to be supposed to have been altogether under a misapprehension in imagining that auch a mischievous operation had been attri- Lased to his bill. If he (Sir.F. Burdett) was not mistaken, something of the kind hael,heen said by the Right Hon. Presi tiara of the Board of Trade.' Mr. BUSKISSON disclaimed having expressed himself to * such effect. ;alr. WA LLACElikewise.disclaimed any such accusation. Ha. PEEL, in continuation, admitted that he did not know sass for many years past—he meant not to as ~merely, since die Renewable Gentleman's bill was passed workmen had sonabined and associated together, acting under the influence of their peculiar views and feelings ; and that the result of such aosubmations had been of the most injurious kind as regarded Me welfare of the working classes generally. On the present ciaion , he did not ask the House to strengthen the hands of the Government--(cheers);--neither did he care for the masters to the exclusion of any other set of men—(cheersah—but he wonted the House to pass some Act which should effectually ses . ,st the lawless efforts and proceedings of these who had as sociated for the most unjustifiable purposes—which should pro /at: the poor and defenceless, but industrious man, frotn be. :inning the victim of combinations which sought by every akcles of cruel vexation to prevent him from availing himself of that employment which they themselves declined.—( Hear!) —And was the House called upon to make provisions of that kind without any authority to prove the necessity for their en actment ? Why, in the printed evidence it would be seen, that Kr, Archibald Campbell himself, the Hon. Gentleman's own :keen witness, from whose testimony he had that evening read so ;argely---M r. Archibald Campbell expressly declared, that only remedy he could suggest for the practices that had pre- sailed in his part of the country, of wounding and disfiguring people, anti deatroairsea clothes and property by means of throwing oil of vitriol over them, would be the enactment of 1-"Pne measure like Lord Ellenborough's Act.—(Hear, hear !) -in the city of Dublin ithvonld appear, by the same evidence, taat in one division of the Police Office, there had been 16 cases of such mutilation of person or destruction of property in the short space of nine months, by these combinations.—(Hear !) if he (Mr. Peel) had not before adverted -to what followed in the evidence of the House, and the Honourable Member himself (Mr. Hume), ought to give hint credit for what he Joust call his own forbearance, in not having quoted it when the Hon. Gentleman had so repeatedly challenged him with having rude those charges against the bill of last session that he had jest disclaimed. 'The next passage imported, that in the same department, and in the same space of time before that act of the Hon. Gentleman's was passed, there had been only three such cases (hear), the other sixteen having occurred since it passed. Again he (Mr. Peel) implored the House before they shparated, and Hon. Gentlemen returned to their homes, to Wve that protection to the defenceless anti industrious poor hich this bill was calculated to affbrd them ; and which pro tection they deserved at the hands of the Legislature, in return for their loyalty and peaceable conduct.—(Hear !) Mr. H 1/31E asked what the cases deposed to by the Magi stracy of Dublin, who knew little or nothing of the journey men as of their own knowledge, or by means of any communi cation which they had held with them, what could any number of such cases prove? Mr. HUSKISSON—Prove? They were judicial proceed ings against the parties.—(Hear, hear !) HUME—And what if they were? What could these judicial proceedings prove, if the parties were not heard ? ( Laugh ter.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL confessed, that the course which had been that evening taken by the Honourable Gentle man on this question filled him with surprise—(Hear!)—be cause after this Bill was printed he happened to have some communication with the Hon. Gentleman himself on the sub ject of the Bill. The Hon. G e ntl e m a n told him 'on that occa sion, that heapproved of the principle of the Bill, but that there were some faults in it that he could wish to have amended. And he (the Attorney-General) had now, in his pocket, a copy of the Bill as corrected by the lion. Gentleman himself f." Cheers" from the treasury bench.)—The first of the altera tions suggested was in that clause which regarded the informa tions upon oath ; and that clause now stood amended accord ingly. The other retarded the clause relative to the absconding of witnesses ; which clause, he admitted, was still retained in the bill in its- original state., The. only other objection, how ever. that Wats then urged by the Hon. Gentleman was as to the word " solely" in relation to the ohjeCts of these meetings ; and he remembered that the Hon. Gentleman asked him—what if it should turnout that such meetings assembled not " solely" for the purpose Meant to be adverted., to ? These were all the alterations recommended at that time by the Hon. Gentleman, who did vot - intend then, as he (the Auorney-General) under stood him, to oppose this Bill.—(Hear !) Mr. T. WILSON thought the Hon. Member for Aberdeen hoold thank hint for enabling him to correct another mistake hato whicli' he had fallen relative to a petition front upwards of shiowrighis. In alluding to three of the subscriptions to the lion. Gentleman had stated that the parties were ready as depose Wore the House that they had never signed it at all. The men; however, had beervreferred to, and had confessed that two of them signed their own names to it ; and a third, who could not - write, had procured some Tate else to sign his name for him.'''The mess had subscribed an affidavit to this effect, voluntarily-Made by them, and drawn up in the hand-writing of the Hon.lflaronet. the Member for Newcastle. Mr. PI:AMMER also begged to correct another misappre hension tethe Hon. Gentleman's, who had said, in speaking at the petition just alluded to, that there had only been one from thaiTiart of the kingdom on the same subject. Mr. LIME really begged the Hen. Gentleman would un d;..ratanci.that he ssid.at the time he spoke, only to the best of his knotvletige. Mr. PIXMIIIER merely wished to add, that in point of fact therewas a second petition from the calkers. Mr.' HUME, in reply to what had been stated by the Hon. Member for the City. remarked, that the, petition of the parties in question was on the table of the House.—(bear, hear !) They prayed to be allowed to prove their allegations, which were to the effect that he (Mr. H ume) had stated. Now, under these circumstances, he must beg to leave it to the House to decide which of the two statements was the correct one. It clearly did not lie with him to do so. r. JOHN MAXWELL here presented, with the leave of the House, a petition from the journeymen weavers of Ayr and Renfrew against any re-enactment of the Combination Laws.— .I"bey likewise set forth the expediency of binding to their trade by indentures, which 'would have the effect, as they conceived, of raising good workmen, and preventing the present constant tocession of inexperienced hands, And they prayed that the indetitneetlnty; which who now asi high as 2.55. might be lowered tort; sAil tinge. - Mr. WALLACE then moved the ()vier of the Day for re ceivinobe Repast. on the. Combination of Workmen Bill. Air. HUM E was still' decidedly opposed to the bringing up of $3 is ort. In regard ta what had, been stated by the Attorney ' ;lie begged to. observe that he had given a differently cortitated, ,, Bill-(as we 'understood) subsequently,. to a Right Ilorti'Oentletrurn, with whom the Hon. and Learned Gentle rnass•-oppeared to have exchanged his. He (Mr. Hume) had proposed, undoubtedly, that every offence not punishable under his own Bill, but which it yet appeared expedient to punish, ohould now be excluded; and he had said that he would support such insertion. But he would not support the creation of any iadeffnite power to punish individuals, under any circumstances, fee rietbnee*- not specifically defined., - The measure which < dieilottse ought to have considered, should have been a prori vino in respecter such other offences as were not included in the bete list Session, and had subsequently been committed. He thought; however, that none such had occurred.—(Hear There WM bat one solitary explanation to-which, so far as he kneel. he had acceded. It was represented to him, that where. , as under the former bill, two witnesses were necessary to obtain a conviction, and. great inconvenience "and difficulty were ex perienced in most instances in obtaining two witnesses ; it was eesirsuggested that the words "one witness" should be sub stituted; and to that he felt no objection at all. Upon the opposed as he was to this bill, and despairing, after the manner is which his observations had been reet, of inducing Glantlessea on the other side to take the same view of the sub. jamas he had adopted, his only course was that which heshould new adopt—of moving that the House be counted—(Loud cries ot:"Islo, Dor and "Hear !") The ATTORNEY-GENERAL really thought, after the Noir ICS with which the House had listened to the speech of Illu.iimiourable Gentleman, that the Honourable Gentleman cesi4 hardly be serious in pressing this motion.—(Heat !)—lf Moves weasionett by any thing which had fallen from him (the MCirany-Oemal), be could only say, that he bad merely stood utt/tOlgetit . faCt thsfseerned to bear on the speech of his Right Ilionottrahle Friend. *leathers were ordered to take their places, and strangers to iehillfraw.• On our return, we learned that the House having beetilound to etutaist of 44 Members, the discussion was pro-. ceedeiletith. M. HUMEwan on his legs contending that this proposed BM did:Whit -go to do equal justice between the masters and the men ; and ought not therefore to pass. The numerous • petitions that had been presented against the-Combination Laws since the appointment of the Committee ought to have been duly considered and examined into. As it was, the vetitionert-might as well have kept their petitions to them selves. bif it were shown that by reason of any defects in liis of (fie last session any disturbances had happened in the may, he would not object to such alterations as might be fettleaed inthe way of remedy. Out of 97 petitions that had been presented ta the House on the general subject of the Com bination Laws, there were seven from masters calling for an ex tension to them of a power to coerce their workmen. Into those petitions and allegations, the whole of them, he must repeat that it was the duty of the House to have entered. .The other 90 lie had at one time intended himself to have read to the house.—(:laugh.)—This Bill, in its present shape, could not fail to work much injustice, and conduce to much Oppression - The Hon. Member then proceeded to argue, that the masters. might at all times prevent combinations • against working, by contracting with the journeymen for a certain period. He knew that men who had been engaged in this manner had never quitted their work whilst combinations were existing all around them. The masters, then, had the remedy in their own hands, and had no right to call upon Parliament to support them with the strong hand of power. He then read a long petition from certain journeymen of Leicester, asserting their right to obtain what they considered a remunerating price for their labour. He agreed with the petitioners in the view which they took of the subject, and he was surprised that those members who advocated the principles of free trade could bring themselves to vote for this Bill, the object of which was to reduce the rate of wages. He had heard it said that low wages were a good thing. That he denied. Low wages tended to degrade the labourer. It was the high wages which the English artisan received, con trasted with those received by the Irish artisan, which made the former so superior in energy and independence of spirit. It appeared to him to be extremely inconsistent, that at a moment when Mechanics' Institutions were rising in all parts of the country, and artisans were encouraged in prosecuting pursuits, a legislative enactment should be determined on which would limit their means of gratifying their newly acquired taste for study. The Hon. Member again protested against the power given to Magistrates by the Bill to punish men for what was called molesting their fellow-workmen. He could not define molestation. Any act, however innocent, might be considered molestation. The House, perhaps, might consider that he was molesting them at that moment.—(Loud cries of" That cheer convinced him that his objection to that part of the bill was proper ; for an act of right and propriety on. the part of a workman might be construed to he molestation just as it was in the present instance with respect to him; for he ;n_ questionably was performing a praise-worthy act in opposing an unjust measure. He thought that the Flon.. Memb:-:r for Galway, whom he saw near him, and who deserved great praise for his exertions in behalf of the brute creation, would extend his protection to men as well as to the bear and the bull.— (" Hear!" Irons Mr. Martin.)—Perhaps the Hon. Member meant to express by that cheer, that the bear and the bull could not combine.—(A laugh.)—He trusted, however, that he should have the Member's vote against the Bill. The lion. Gentle man sat down by declaring his intention to resist the Bill with his utmost endeavours through every stage. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For receiving the Report - 501 Against it 2 Majority __ - - —54 On our return to the Gallery, we found 31r. JONES proposing that a power of appeal to the Quar ter Sessions, in cases of conviction, should be added to the Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that he was disposed to introduce a clause to that effect on the third reading. 31r. S. WORTLEY was glad to be informed of that. in tention. Sir R. WILSON strongly reprobated the use of the indefi nite term " molest" in the Bill, and •aid that into the debate on such a measure nothing like party-feeling ought to enter. Mr. PEEL denied, on his own part, and that of his friends, the existence of any such feeling. in addition to the clause of appeal intended to be introduced by the Attorney-Gene ral, he was willing to agree to two further amendments-- a limitation of the time within which charges must be brought ; and a second limitation of the power of confin. ing contumacious witnesses, to the period for which the offender against whom • they refused to give evidence, if convicted, could be confined. For the word " molest," it was one accustomed to be used in acts of Parliament from the days of Charles 11. Courts of justice had long been familiar with its application, and accustomed to act upon it ; and no other term would serve to prevent those practices which it was the object of the bill to put down. Mr. CALCRA FT defended the use of the word "molesta tion," without which he thought the bill would be a dead letter. Mr. S. WORTLEY expressed the same opinion. Mr. ABERCROMBIE said ihat his objections to the bill were much lightened by the amendments which the Hon. Gen tleman opposite proposed to introduce into it. In reply to a question from Mr. Honuntrsz, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL informed the Nouse, that he intended on the third reading of the - to introduce two words into one of the clauses, which-would make the Bill apply to combinations of the -masters -to reduce the rate of wages,as well as to conildnations of-the men to receive it. gir F. BUR DET'l.' wished, under such- circumstances; to be informed whether the masters, who, in .4uany. cases were the magistrates, were to be liable to the sante-summary jurist diction with the men. It was bad in his opinion to send the men to the tread-mill for' such offences as were .contemplated by this Bill; but it would be still-worse to send the Magi strates there also. Mr. PEEL replied, that the conviction would,-as in the case of the men, take place before the Magistrates ; and if the sen tence appeared too severe, the right of appeal from it was re served to all parties. The report was then agreed to. Several of the amendments which had been made in the Committee were then read, and agreed to. On the amendment which makes it a misdemeanor" to molest or any way obstruct" any workman nor joining in a combina tion, Mr. HLTME repeated his objection 46 it, declaring that no thing could be more vague and uncertain than the terms " mo lestation and obstruction." Mr. DENMAN contended that thia amendment ought not to receive the sanction of the noose. The words " molest or in any way obstruct" were not found in any statutes, except those relating to the revenue, constituting a misdemeanor. On a misdemeanor so vaguely defined, no Court could ever pass sentence. _Besides, looks and obnoxious gestures ought not to he interpreted into crimes by the law of England. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that the words complained of as vague and indefinite were sufficiently precise for the purposes of legislation. They were found in more than twenty Acts of Parliament, on which the Judges of the land were acting every day. Such a clause was rendered necessary by the conduct of the journeymen shoemakers of the metropolis at the present moment. They surrounded the shops of their masters, and when any workmen left it who did not belong to their confederation_, they did not assault or threaten him, for they knew that - to be contrary to law, but they followed and in sulted him by every means in their power. Such scenes, if not checked, must eventually lead to bloodshed and murder and therefore he maintained that the present clause was not only ex pedient, but absolutely necessary. 'rite amendment was then agreed to. The Bill was ordered' to be read a third time to-morrow: SPRING-GUNS BILL. -•On the third reading of the Spring-Gone Bill; • • Mr. N. W. R. COLBORNE proposed the clause of which he had given notice, to render it illegal to set spring-guns by day. After a short conversation between Mr. Wells, S r John Shelley, Lord Normanby, Mr. Benett, Mr. Stuart Wortley, the Solicitor-General, Mr. liuskisNon, 'and Mr. Abercromby, the clause was negatived without a diviSion. • Lord BINNING propOscd that gardeni should be exempted from the operation cf this Bill. A diviAion took place on the Noble Lord's proposition, when the numbers were— ' " For it - 26 Against it - . 35 , • Majority _ While strangers were excluded, we understood that the fol. lowing words were ordered to be inserted in the Bill Or any open or enclosed ground, not being a garden or orchard." Mr. TENNYSON said that the Bill was so:altered since he had introduced it, he would not support its third reading. On the question that tbe Bill do pass, the numbers were— For the Bill - • - 31 Against it - - 33 Majority of one against the Bill. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at HALF-PAST OIVE 6.1G40CK. ELECTION OF SIIERIFFS..—The contest ter• minated almost as anon as it commenced; for until Aldermen Crowder and Mr. Kelly were proposed by Mr. Butterworth on Tuesday, no polling of any consequence had taken place.— Yesterday all was bustle at Guildhall, and at the close of the poll the numbers were : For Alderman C row d er 706 F or Mr. Hurd - - 2/18 Mr. Kelly 655 111 r. Marten - - 131 Mr. Dove.- - 489 Mr. Woolley - 86 From this state of the poll, Mr. Dove, with the utmost pro. priety, retired from the .contest; and Messrs. Crowder and Kelly, in appropriate and most becomink terms, returned thanks forthsepros p.iud.r ced d ! ratifying situation in which they thus found t hemselves • . • . The admissions this- year at-Ca m bridge are less numerous that usual. This diminution is attributable to the additional examination, which has lately been instituted, to the final examination for the B. A. degree being more severe than formerly, and to the number of those ordained being much greater than can be provided for by the Established Church, either as Incumbents or Curates. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mercurii,29° die Junii, MresAGE from the LORDS—That they have agreed to— ', -*use of Commons Taxation of Costa Bill ; Holyhead Roads 'Bill; and Foundlings (Ireland) Bill, without amendment; to Bubble Act Amendment Bill, with an amendment; and to Amendments to Rolls Court DecreeS Bill ; Law Qf Mer chants Bill ; and Waddington Hosrlitat Estate Bill. '- ESTATE s—Marquis of Waterford's;• Bristow?s,i Loth Clin ton's, and Vernon's-13ills read a third time, and passed. Duke of Norfolk's—Bill read a second tim e , and committed. ROLLS COURT DECREES D Ivo E —Sullivan's DEBTS INDEMNITY-St. DUII,MaII'S t Bills read a third tirne, INDICTMENTS REMOVAL • and passed. 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PRIVATE 811.1.8 (Scotland) NoTtcy.s— Resolved, That, in that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland, it shall not be necessary in any case to affix a Notice of an intended Bill upon the door of the Sessions House ; but that, in lieu thereof, when application is intended to be made to bring in a Hill for making any Cut, Canal, or Aqueduct, for the purpose of supplying any City, Town, or Place with water, or for making, extending, or improving the navigation of any river, or for making any Canal fo r the pu r pose s of navi gation, or for making anyitailway or Tramroad, or any Tun rid or Archway, or any Bridge, Ferry, Dock, Pier, Port, or Harbour, or any Turnpike-road, or for varying or altering any such Cut, Canal, or Aqueduct, Railway or Tramroad, Tunnel or Archway, Bridge, Ferry, Dock, Pier, Port, or Harbour, or any Turnpike-road, already made, or for altering any Act of Parliament passed for any or either of these purposes, by in creasing or altering any Tolls or Duties, or by altering, ex tending, or diminishing any Works mentioned in such Act, Notices printed or written upon paper shall be affixed to the Church door of the Parish or Parishes through which any such Cuts, Canal, or Aqueduct, Railway or Tramroad, Tunnel or Archway, Bridge, Ferry, Dock, Pier, Port, or Harbour, or Turnpike-road, is intended to be made or carried, or in which such Cut, Canal, or Aqueduct, Railway or Tramroad, Tunnel or Archway, Bridge, Ferry, Dock, Pier, Port, or Harbour, or Turnpike-road, already made, and intended to be varied or altered, or such River, or such parts thereof as is intended to be made navigable, or the Navigation thereof to be extended or improved, is or are situated, for three Sundays in the months of August, September, October, or November, or any of them, immediately preceding the Session of Parliament in which such application is intended to be made. Resolved, That, in that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland, when any applicatibn" is intended to be made to the House, for leave to bring in a Bill tbr regulating County Rates or Coss, or fin building or repairing any Gaol or House of Cor rection, by Rates or Duties to be levied on the subject, or for continuing or amending any Act of Parliament passed for any or either of those purposes, or for the increase or alteration of the existing Tolls, Rates, or Duties, or for either of those pur poses, Notice printed or written on paper shall be affixed dur ing the sitting of the Michaelmas Head Court, preceding the Session of Parliament in which such application is intended to he made, upon the door of the Court House of the County or Counties in which such Rates are proposed to be regulated, or such Gaol or House of CorreCtion is, or is proposed to be, si tuated. Ordered, That the said Resolutions be made Standing Orders. NOTICE OF MOTION FOR THIS DAY. Mr. Attorney-Gmeral—Biato enable Insolvent Debtors Court to dispense, for a limited time, with the necessity of Fri smers residing within the walls in certain cases. ORDERS OF, THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. C.lrmnittee Rooms, &c. Resolution for Address—Report thereupon. 2. Horses Slaughtering Bill—Third reading. .. Combination of Workmen Bill—Third reading. 4. Sessional Addresses—Report thereupon. 5. Customs Temporary Duties Bill—Third reading. C. Marriages Validity Bill—Committee. 7. Private Business—Adjourned DAste. ii. Journal Index Remuneration—Report thereupon. 9. Pilots and Floating Lights Bill—Further proceeding on Third reading. Vatfq _..q....‘.1- , r ----- T , a 14-11*- ----ti-i't?'lt-''';'- --...-,` "t" ~\• 1 4 ; 4 • , ,,g,6, , x - \\* ~,,....4 . 't ks ~,,,,,,/\ Vgille,:`• - * MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. , - July 4, LONDON. NON , 5„10, 27, 89. 163, 218, 210, 289. Quart. Gen. Meet. Boy's Sell. at 7. COUNTRY. No. 20, 64, 72, 102, 148, 191, 202, 219, 267, 311, 360, 368, 369, 372, 398, 423, 498, 602, 503, 509, 597, 632, 638, 614. Tuesday, 5, Ix noN. Nos. 9, 122, 287, 381, 399. CouNTuy. Nos. 21, 87, 127, 130,167, 170, 189, 184, 196, 204, 340, 385, 387; 476, 507, 512, 532, 544, 551, 557, 639, 640. Wetioesday, - 6, LowneN. Nos. 35, 75, 220. • • COUNTRY. Nos. 84, 95, 124, 139, 146, 207, 229, 339, 465, 487, 491, 505, il3, 526, 513, 581, 585, 656, 711, 713, 725. Thursday, - 7, Lownox. Nos. 61, 277, 325, 409. COUNTRY. Nos. 48, 113, 115, 17 1 , 182, 234, 416, 451, 453, 466, 469, 555, 561, 599, 627', 57: Friday, -8, Loxno,;. No. 275 6 . Coll NMI'. Nov. 53, 282, 283. Saturday, -9, LONDON. * * COUNTRY. FRANCE. The Members of the .Masonic Lodp;e at Paris, known by the nanie of " The Friends of Beneficence;" have voted 100 francs in aid of the Greeks. They likewise decided that there should be three consecutive collections at their next sittings. The 100 francs, and the amount of the first collection, have been paid into the hands of Messrs. Andre and Coticr, bankers, Paris, where a general subscription list for the Greek cause is deposited. CP, A N I M A LS. . Yi.'sterdity a - crowded meeting took place at Cie Crown and Anchor Tavern, of the Society which WM in stituted last year, for . the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.— Sir JAVEi Mat:it IN - rosit- was prevented by illness from tak-: ing the Chair, which was occupied by J. A. WARRE, Esq., 111. P:., in his. stead. • The CilAili;lAl4 opened the business of the day by explain. ing the o)ject the Meeting had in view ; which is, " the mitiga tion of :animal sufFering, anti the promotion and extension of the prat of humanity, towarda the inferior claises ot animat ed beiti4S ;"" a prictical'tluty, equally deducible from reason, from di! natural feelings of man, and from the benevolent spirit nil pr 4 certs of the Chiistlan religion. The pi - inei`pal mealls'proposed to be employed by the Society are— and the giving publicity to . cases that may occur of peculiar ent appeals to public feeling, through the medium of every practicable m o d e which may tend to awaken ge l t l teral. attention to this important and interesting a the _ ,o p, subject.rrees The Hon. CHAIR mAx then proposed the reading of the Re port drawn up by the Committee for the last year, which was agreed to. The Secretary read the Report, which stated that similar In stitutions, or Societies of this humane description, were already formed in Bath and Newcastle-on-Tyne. The activity of the per •oris employed to watch and repress cruelty towards animals wa,: such, that . in the last year there had been 145 prosecutions insituted against offenders, and such had been the good effect of these prosecutions, that riot only had the offence already •be co ne less. frequent,. and the offenders punished, but in some in-,tones the offenders bad-so completely been convinced of the cruel nature" of their conduct, and the propriety of the forma tion of suclea Society, that they had actually become members of the Society, and contributed their pecuniary aid to its oblects. .. On the motion of the CITAIRMA N the Report was ordered to be 'printed. ALEX. iSlacxttisoN, Esq. rose to propose a Resolution of thanks to the Hon. Member for Galway (it. Martin, Esq.), to whom the Society might' be said to owe its existence. His humanity, iirmneas, :and intrepidity, in putting down atroci ties by personal laterfetainde,.. was scarcely less honourable - to him than the efforts he had made, in despite of unworthy pi'ejudices and sneer:sin -the House of Commons, to carry his Bill of the year 11.123 into.' a law. What had since then oc curred had proved the effit'Acy and power of the law in correct ing a crime which it - wttaargne.d was out of the reach of la (Cheering.) : Th: motion was carried by'a;•clamation. The lion. Member, rose, and .in a speech of much feeling and occasional humour, returned the Meeting his grateful acknow ledgments for the honour conferred on him. lie had pledged him ielf hot only to the Houie . but to the public, to promote from. timeto thne, despite of all personal inconveniences, or unwor thy prejudices, in any the quarter, those restrictions of the right which all persons had to use the brute creation for their service, comfort, and advantage, to a humane and proper treatment of those animals which Providence had given them dominion over to use and not abuse theni._(Laud cheeringo— lle regretted that he had been able to do but little during the two last Sessions. The Parliament was more indisposed to put down cruelty than any other assembly in the world, excepting a bear-garden. There were some .persons in Parliament who boasted that they never supported any of Mr. Martin's Bills.— The.lion. Member for Aberdeen was ever in his place to oppose hi n (Mr. Martin.) There was another, a Mr. Fysshe Palmer, w.io made a.conatant habit of opposing every humane measure, so rertutrkable in his conversation for the encouragement of cruelty, that a celebrated phrenologist had determined to get a picture of his face taken, in order to ascertain whether he had not the organ of cruelty.--(Laughter.)—The Attorney-General also, who had promised to support his (Mr. Martin's) Bill, was aa inconsistent with himself, that he afterwards opposed it-- That the Right lion. Gentleman should differ from his own declared opinion might he a matter of surprise, but the wonder was, that. be should differ front the Secretary of State, and a still gr ea t er w ond e r that he should differ from Homea__, y.n, Secretary, w ho possessed all the patronage of the Bar. 1-laving understood that MaCkiniosh'S Act made malicious maiminga n.e a transpodable offencea.he (Mr.' Martin) would ta ke- care c i t himself.should not be transported, but let the.AttortwY- en!ral take care of himself.—(Laughter.) Thanks having been voted to the Physician palls, to the Ladies Patronesses, to the President s, an Chairman, the. Meeting broke up. sof the M to etro the - THE SUN. /OLEN QUIS DICERE FiILSUM AUDE.IT 2 LONDON, TI:URSD.II" EVENING, JUNE 30, 1825. ‘Ve have extracted from the French Papery of Monday, the Speech of the Emperor of ftusstA on the closing of the Dirt of Poland i it will b e found in our fourth page. The Ex! , Enna ap. pears much pleased with the conduct of his Diet, which he affirms has fulfilled the expectations of theirtountry, and (which seems to be of much the greater moment) justified his confidence. But how is it the Diet has been so very fortunate as to justify the confidence of the EMPEROR? By adoptingall projects of law w hi c h h e had laid before; and in ret urn f or which he on his part had readily adopted all the amendments which the Diet had proposed t „ The EMPEROR then informs them that such conduct is the only means of confirming the Constitutions which they enjoyed. We think his MAJESTY might as well have omitted this clause, which savor s t oo much of a threat, and looks iuse t ' Att little like reposing in them that con fidence which he had previously said their con duct justified. By the Italian and .German Mails, arrived this day, we h ave accounts from Tur i n, Mil an , and Berlin. They do not, however, contain any news, from Gr eece . The Gazette of Milan con tinues to give details of the jour long ll journey of the KmeEttoa, and the Princes of his family, through his Italian dominions, and of the visits of their MAJESTIES to the- public institutions at Milan. I—Letters 1 —Letters from Berlin, dated 18th June, say, that his MAJESTY has been pleased to issue a Cabinet Order, giving the country another proof of his regard, by remitting, on the marriage of his daughter, the Princess Lowst, the cus tomary coutributiort. But this renewed mark of favour is not intended to affect the right of requiring this contribution on future occasions. Such a right once existed in our own country, under the term of Aide To it fairefille mailer, but was most righteously abo lished in the reign of CHARLES the SECOND, iffl• mediately after the Restoration, with a mul titude of other annoyances necessaiily result ing from the docriues of feAdal tenures, and the relation of Vassal and Lord. The abstaining from the exercise of so arbitrary a right is wise and conciliatory, notwithstandiug it is accompanied with a clause that it shall not be drawn into precedent, and, notwithstanding such marks of royal favour, appear to us to be no favour at all. Extracts from these Papers will be found iu another place. A discussion, that might for *lint of a more ; descriptive term be called smart . , and therefore a smartish discussion on the Combination Laws took "place last night in the House of Commons. Mr. Hume was " beautifully" bothered by his opponents, and we are only surprised he is left alive for fresh encounters and more vigorous at- tacks. Supported by Sir FRANcis BURDETT, the Houourable Gentleman bore up manfully against his foes, and although charged with divers mis-•, understandings and misrepreSentations,proceeded - 'with his opposition undaunted, and at last found himself in a minority of 2 against 56. Mr. 11CME is the friend of the Workmen, and what • possible objection he can have to the Bilt we du not understand. A Bill more incl . - - • licient, or more weak in its enactments, cannot be conceived, for in spite of its provisions the workmen may go on with their Associations, and be just as troublesome, just as united, and just as annoying to their masters as ever. It dis- : solves no associations, declares none of thetas 7 illegal, and expressly recognises the legality of the more open and avowed purposes of all. It only prohibits the workmen having recourse to violence ormelestation, not to retain those who have already joined them, but to obtain more, leaving the So cieties in possession of all the- present members . ; and of the power of enforcing the contracts .of any who may be disposed to withdraw. With the exception, therefore, of the summary jurisdietiot given to Magistrates, the Act , is very little more than simply declaratory of the ComtOtt Law. With regard to the summary jurls. diction, we may observe that it would,.by rendering it necessary to commit on convic , tion and no t f or t r i a l, not on l y make the 1 presiding Justices more cautious how they de- ' cided, but also shorten the term of imprisontnet4 for those who could not procure bail, and should be ultimately convicted. What more.tbe operatives can desire we know not. The masters; we think, have the best right to complain, end:, who will find themselves precisely in the Same.' situation as before the Bill was introduced. What its future operation may he we cannot at present say, but it is very plain it will not"Fauss the workmen to return to their work one mcitriviit, sooner than pleases themselves. . . , The observation of the T.JORD CHANCEI.L6K, the likely effect of the Bill for preventing Frr r ' volous Writs of Error, viz.- that the delay vi° l3lcir: be longer , at the recovery touch more t: appears at first sight somewhat paradoxical, TM* a very little consideration will shew that 1 ,.° Lordship ,spoke with a due knowledge .of subject before him. The object of the Bill is prevent the suing out of Frivolous Writs Error, and in consequence the provision is get' ral, and applies to every case that is brought Court. It, therefore, follows, that the law wi t operate in an equal degree both where he Writ is sued for the purpose of delays where with a bona ,fide intention- of pr os , e ;:' cuting the suit to, th e en d, an d w i t h a perfect , coni.iction that the judgment of the Court be 7' low is erroneous and ought to be re vers Hence, then, it is pl a i n t h at one e ff ect o f t h e 101' will be to throw an o b stac l e i n the way o ths' easy reversal of an erroneous judgment, $.;.; thus does, (in the w or d s o f t he L ORD CLIAL ICS Lou,) render the d e l ay l onger an d t h e W-DVer.# " f t much more ex pensive,for delay and expe4c °) ; o : be occasioned by a compliante with the visions of the new law. 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