The Express.
London, England, 1847-05-13 00:00:00

THE LAW OF

Lord J. 11;12414131?..6—55iel he was
about to ask the house to read a second time, had for its
object the abolition of the inconveniences and absurd re-
striction* established by the law of 1736—a law which was
based upon a false and erroneous principle, and the operation
Of which bad been found to be most injuzione and prejudi-
cial in many instances, while in others it had been evaded b
craft and cunning. That act had been brought forward
ostensibly as &safeguard to the church, but so far from its
being a safeguard, it was, in point of fact, en attach upon
the church. In no other civileod country in the world did
such a lee exits, and it bad never been attempted to be intro-
duced in &mien& Ireland, or any of our colonies. Ile hoped
the house would consider the question free from any preju-
dicesin favour of old laws which were passed under circum-
stances altogether different from those which now existed,
and were altogether unsuited to the present mate of society.
He had said the principle of the law of 1736 was false and
erroneous t he was almost inclined to retract that expression,
for, unless that could be called principle, which had no other
object than to subvert charity that act was based upon no
principle at all. It was also altogether opposed to the
whole system of jurisprudence of this country as it had
existed down to the period of its enactment. The high legal
authorities in the days of the Tudors and the Stuarts—
Bacon, Coke, Walsiogham, end others, were entirely
ignorant of the canker worm which in 1736 it was said was
preying upon the vitals of England. It was reserved for Sir
Robert Walpole to discover that the whole land of England
was in process of being swallowed up by the operation of
mortmain. (Hear.) He might almost rest his ease on the
charity brought forward by Sir R. Walpole as the ground
for his bill. Queen Anne's bounty stood in a remarkable
position; it was more dreaded by the promoters of that bill
than any other charity. In the debate in the House of
Lords at the time, it was raid that the church, by menus of
that corporation, must necessarily, and that before lung, be-
come the mistress of all the Lorded estates in England. It
was well known that an attempt was made to exempt
that munificent charity of our departed sovereign
from the operation of the law, but it was ineffectual.
In 1803, however, it was exempted, and was permitted to
receive land t any amount, and what had been the result ?
Had all the land of England been swallowed up by this
charity ? tio far from it, after enjoying this privilege for
14.5 years, the Wale.: tames of which it was in possession
amounted only to 100,000/. a year, an income ma arising
from land which was exceeded 'by that of some, sad squalled
by that of many, of our English nobles. In the years 1841,
1842, and 1843, the donations to Queen Anne's bounty
amounted to 61,689 L in money, and only to 7,3761. in land.
Sut if this charity bad not been attended with the evils an-
ticipated by those who would have included it in the opera-
tion of the law of 1736, let them inquire whether it had not
been productive of much national benefit. But for
the operation of Queen Anne's bounty, the church
would have ben unable to promote education as
she bad done. From the period of the Reformation down
to 1736 the people of England were permitted to bequeath
their real or personal property to charitable purposes—pro-
vided they were lawful. It was worth while to inquire
what were the reasons which at that time induced the legis-
lature to depart from that wis, charitable, and noble system
of jurisprudence in this respect, which had previously pre
railed, and to substitute for it a narrow, sectarian, and un-
charitable restriction. It bad puzzled lawyers, statesmen,
and antiquarians to discover the real grounds of this
revolutionary change, and it was only during the
last winter, and by an accidental circumstance, that
they had been disclosed to him. Of all the friends
ante supporters of Sir Robert Walpole, none gave him
more effective support than the famous Lord Hardwick.—
and in a MS. copy of the Memoirs of Sir R. Walpole, and
his Times, written by Lord Hardwicke, which bad come into
his hands, he had found the true reason, which induced the
government of that period to eive their support ta the mea-
sure in question. The noble lord here read several passages
from the M.S. The history of this measure showed tkem
that hatred of the Church of England, end a desire to pro.
mote litigation, were the motives that led to its paring, and
tberelore he could not understand those who objected to the
present bill, on the ground that it would give rise to litiga-
tion. He was surprised that such& writer as Mr. Fonblanque
should have opposed Ron that ground. The object of the
rat of the 9th Geo. 11. was to prevent land or realties of any
kind from being leR for any charitable purposes, and he
would have little difficulty in showing that its intention had
been amply fulfilled, and that charity had been violated, and
the moat benevolent intentions frustrated in consequence
'of is unjust operation. Why had not the Asylum for
the Indigent Blind in Manchester been long since built and
opened? Because of the operation of this law. Why bad not
the watermen of Inadon charitable institutions for their
reception Because of the operation of this law. He had
received a letter from an old soldier in Reading, who pos-
sessed a =All property in land and houses, which he said he
was desirous of leaving to the Berkshire Hospital ; and was
it not a greet cruelty that he was prevented from carrying
his charitable intentions into effect, because his property
consisted of land and houses? He had received make
letter, detailing a ease where • tradesman in Li c =llll
desirous of bequeathing a part of hisal
railway shares, for the purpose of bflgienrg:laseeeses ipt
the poor, and was stopped from doing go bermes
shares were held not to be personal property. Ma IL=
received • letter hem a clergyman of Bristol, seelffesfestli
person who had lead and houses there, white be fiest le
bequeath in trust fir the benefit of the poor, deeprodalid
from doing so by the operatic& of this law It vas My le
say "let the rich man divest himself during his Nei= d
the property which he wishes to bequeath fee abeellidie
purposes at his death," but how could they say to tls=
man, " you must lame your property dariag pox

or You dell eat esandete at all to she meats of
the pose ea pew din= I" One of the ingspenits la
famine the preednleTtnirs Not it flu.i" the dead-bed
di= man of pew, Ima yoke solciteticies He demist
this entirely. Dila primal law novena the unworthy re-
bates, the poi. 111•11•186".4°""1"841.61". kaTing
amass to dr ealsal et** rich, at tea perierez:
a ?N.'. the welshed, sad larmsed—
arms
(Mar, heLeer.)• Ithissim Maio might re-
an dr Mesa of the arquis of Hatierd, ha sot the
dad ar a ashorm. (Meer, hear.) This hypooritical
sod isselealdwd hewn* the death.edme to every species
efeedelheillin saga doe at de Bet though he
did rasa aye wanes% he presided against It
k Mast bid; fie hp d se laded Praftf could b•
bequeathed tr• 'Made papers vales the will was signed
then meal hallesethe teilleges death. Another enema=
wee, that the pees= law prevented land from being tied up
is _ ._ lb could prove, by the testimony of the
• •emiers, that in point of tact charitable and cal°.
alesimalsel prepaty at thepe,.sat day was liable to all the
Wiwi et eld abet iaatpsss stied property, and could
es
ally sage Ma& Batt he the sake or peace, and to ob-
is= what he eonsidered a great boon, he conceded as much as
be pallo sold in this respect, and made provision in the
bill that rte lal should pw for charitable purposes except
whet might beaenidered assemary for building purposes—
(so wee almolood). There was another objection, band
on Inglt maul sagerls, made to the bill, which he certainly
did not sopa It was and that real charity would require
th• gesst to to mode in the Haase of the testator, and not
at Ms death. That might be so, but the question was not at
what pried the testator's charity should begin, but whether
the real *Pete of charity should be deprived of his
tiara disposition at any time. (Hear, hear.) Because
the arm might be selfish for • time, that wu no ram
why the peer should he defrauded. The noble lord, having
=an athenent peruse from Jeremy Taylor in praise of
, went es to say that, whether the hone agreed or
net in the sentiment of that eloquent writer, the argument
which he had referred to ought not to be allows d to stand in
the way of repealing an set of parliament which had pros
dwell stash nefichigrons and cruel effects. He knew the
disanneapes under which he laboured in urging
this 1111111114 before the house; but so confident was
he to the /ilea ef his canes, that even if be were
not mappens& as le was supported, by great legal authority,
fn his Mews, be ovoid have felt it to he his duty to advocate
it to the beet of lb power. (Hear.) In conclusion, he ap-
pealed to the nab lord (Lord J. Rowell), who proved him-
self Ofbeke yeme se tree a friend of his church end nation;
who bed di ee Such to emancipate trade avid commerce ;
who bal no earassely endeavoured to promote the cause of
dell nod religions liberty, and invited him to add vet
anther wrests to his brow, by assenting to this bill.
(Chew.) He also appealed to that house in the name of
the par, the halt, the blind, and the lame, in the name c f
theme to wham the Gospel had not been preached, in cone-
ranis spear) of this mischievous and cruel act—
eeled Mthly is the name of English charity to give
Air mei te the rid map of the bill. (Cheers.)
furs. OAST ail, Oa open a full reconsideration of the
radar earthed in the ale lord's present bill, mate-
rially thy/ In sae seri as it was from the bill of last
.mien, he Ith bead to appose its second reeding. =sair,
hear.) He, aad he believed every member of that
would give the noble lord credit for the motives which
induced him to bring it forward. (Hear, hear.) He fully
concurred in the sentiment of Dr. Jeremy Taylor n-
eglecting charity ; but he believed, notwithstanding the
an of the 9th George 11., chap. 38, that if Jeremy
Taylor were now living, he wsuld be surprised at the ex-
tent of the charitable institutions of this country. No per-
son could believe, therefore, for a moment that the act or the
9th of George 11. imposed restrictions on the free exercise
of that christian virtue. The noble lord throughout his
speech dent with the 9th of Geo. 11., as if it were the Mort-
main Act, as if it were the first provision by act of parlia-
ment on this subject. From the earlimt periods of their
history emeriti of acts pamsed to prevent the alienation of
land, and the 9th of Geo. 11. was passed with a view to
prevent the evasion of these seta. It did not prevent the
alienation of land, but only required that the conditioned its
alienation should be observed—such as that the alienation
should be by deed and not by will, and that the deed should
be executed twelve months before the death of the grantor or
donor, and enrolled within a certain time after execution in
the Court of Chancery. If the charities for the watermen of
London were languishing, as war stated by the noble
lord, it ow because the donors bad not employed
competent hal advice. They ought not to complain of the
law of ointraain, but of the went of skill in the
lawyer rugby= by the donor. With respect to the gentle-
man who tinned to leave property to the Berkshire hospital,
he would advise the noble lord to write to him and inform
him that be Right sell his property, live on the: interest of
W , god leave the proceed. to the charity. The right
he the member for Cambridge stated on a
tom= ellenien the immense amount of personal property
Ida Mil been bequeathed for charitable purposes since the
Mierie it Nile late operation, sad that if real property
bad bean Mad to the same extent, the church, and civil
sad eadandsal anporations would be in possession of •
greet rim of the land of the country. The real question
we., whets charity was practically defeated by the opera-
tion of as it now stood, end whether it would be wise
that all chase magearde from undue solicitation on the death
bed should be resseved ? The noble lord was of opinion that
the law did pram the exercise of chanty. But if that were
so he did sot eery out his own viewm in the bill
which he premed. The right hon. gentleman then went
the the names of the bill, in order to show that
they weal net newer the purpose for which they were de-
✓ices*, a wield be wholly inoperative. He did not agree
with the adds lord in hi cinemendations as to the mode in
which eseposte property was swaged. In some instances
it had beemaueged advanagaisr*, but it was not • kind
of property whisk the Moue, d wish to see extended.
(Hear, hi.) He did not think that the provisions of the
MU sad le ad be be rosoasedal hbjy the committee. The
leeneat whisk the ears wee etilmhiod to their considere-
d= pair' them hew staking any MOOS meadations with
nip* NI it. And, if all the members of the committee had
been patent, be did not think they would have explored
themselves in the report as they had. He did not, however,
wish to detract hen the value of the evidence of the leaned
au who mem ansined before that committee. Many of
them alight shot en alteration of the present law was de-
sirable, ha he did not think they would be in favour
elaouttrefeins of the noble lord's bill. There were un-
seen meesealies in the law se it stood at present.
For innamos, may invested in the funds was held to
be peened property, but according to the construe-
ties et the awn of law railway thane were con-
tained seal . He believed that many bond fide
=es a failed essesquence of the difficulty of distin-
betimes paissaal and real property. But this was
owl!g to the amernotion of their courts of law; and it
weak he a new mode of legislating to say that the judges of
Weinshoter Hall should be compelled to adept the con-
strain= of that Ileum. (Hear, hear.) For these reasons,
be *sold the second ending of the bill. He did so
at m* he knew the pains which the noble lord
ea the surest, and the benevolent motives by
which he wee enoall regret, however, diminbhell by
knowing did are was the fullest development allowed to
the mein .f charity, and that the purposes of the
charitable night be carried out by only employing persons
who had •sompetent knowledge of the law. (Hear, bear.)
He also thenekt that it the noble lord's bill were carried, it
wad gre itim to as ash litigation, that the property which
woo 111 Isr slaty add be divided in Westminster Hall.
(Has.) Be woad theahre more that the bill be reed a
emend tie that day dx mouths.
Led CLIVE sr amidst loud cries of "divide," and
said that the object of the bill was to restore, as nearly as
crthe law to what it wan before the peering of the
.... 11., an set passed in hatred to the churchof Eng-
land. and miner each circumstances en they heard described
by his sir bid. ApZudiee had been created against
Wimptisk bag se to wish for an alteration of the
law, wham they only wished to restore it. The
ell as which bad ha referred to were laws originating in
Se halal tenures, and the reasons for them completely
pad away with thews tenures. But what had been the
arm of re dem the reformation He was aware
Ma the act da
te fish Oen 11. had been looked n=
case as • kind of Prelostsat palladium era the
et llama When wee their legislation is the Para
edge at Kilsobeih, sad the great son et ha Bee t
The aide hal hal awed te several ens is fhb snip
. a a asempat of charity and aharmha Indinglowa
la she safes atJeas I. this policy wee peemered In and
eves as Me so the time of William 111.. was some dietsgitt
at "essissa, pia and immortal mammy"—(a
es=e-4-
miming pare were given under acts whisk ono
is the aeW of Queen Anne, If the modera dew et die
ems badlam arse; surely in a timai of this sem-
zr,two et whoa owed their ism to proteelemeima,
was &bweal aver have proiled. But then Mss.
r ownie.. about Alibis's et heir', ale op-
peered sea to weigh with Be debt leo. others la
miry ear a, however than dr ems ist a ia-
dishasibia law et siniin Ind lan lir tree einepted
lr. This, thweams, anis rapt Madam sea i
of law, eel I.l6lllldar as a metal an
orguments to show why • maim ssasmalysheahl
/Wine to exist upon the statatesheek. If mil a was
regaled as a Daiwa& of pono how happened it
. at ands law mad ia Bawd or 'Mend ? But was it
naked a • ervaity es riallabon ? The law had been
ginsat a meta. Had the Man in the
Tamalien catholic@ in this asap la pester
d ihe hot eimay or in the mow, alai bad pro-
m? If during the lest owatasy, thee sorely the
law was of no avail r a sealinnt essay.
If dire wore provisions In the hill whisk could
he sham ate to be ostensory for preleelea sanity,
neap might he emitted in committee. Bat the right
boa Mad *dad life:ho were disposal to she their
property to thatitable ter sell in their lifhden, sad in-
vest thec=es in the What noodles the ant of
la ? antiene Wait ober *a leash, a
Maiantion as their semi hr iambi,
their liven And whet wen the amain at IF .Mil
• thee, ads we 11,499 themar eairt alas
pas? way of
Mae ditithen et t& pa The
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''' vs, oar aarierl la Lear ter NUN
penis k phew et warp el denentheine : that MO
new ineie it lei wow mid to the ribs'
aerdty la the asteepeil=l that= were set ha
than a tali Nab here ha TM
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sear
tag Ile the SO.-altar/1 daista Was ear
provides bier ? It pliable it wee even WNW.
Rod wo braglah, Senheeer alleit he war
pepledeo ? Ihe ea ay me whe the
emended ado a ear werassi eall heard et le
trodowebia aired In win isle r that at Wawa.
• liket this bill aid ent ogramorwiranmatien—
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ffilla peeper of lb* Wise, lte *weld •
sloe It lb
Aniettli est a*. that
for its °hint le Otte se Issporteet a branch .
flambe law, thould Yoe boos hese& fietratad at a
adise le moiEnsoaleto mom mosoistibpsi accidentally
NEL Thatelliesesliaolleseatr silliest woes tessely ince' •
tiled fie the ill of see logeolmit .on,
somessest uvula tele slop Se &sok '
toucher of the seltdet spoloot. (Seer. kw) 1.
*WM be loud with lie sogeetemis of dr sopped/es
wet that they amdiseel the sift siteredas it .
n.
shod was as shwa- of the set of Gee. 11. He sp.
se the sadetelarefes tedetet lawyer In that house, when
110 amid that ifgdebila urea gamed, every debt incurred by
same to a &laity would be defeated by the act of gift by
vie donor, if such debt was incurred after the date of gift
seder the will. Now, were the house, is hots* men, pre-
pared to anent to sun a proposal as that ? Were they pre-
pared to take such a step on the authorities that had been
'defaced in favour of it ? The three members of the select
ilammittee on the subject, who had considered this bill un-
asesseary, were Sir J. Y. Buller, the Earl of Arundel and
eurey, and Mr. C. Buller, •the Judge Advocate-Ge-
neral. Did tte opinions of the three who thought
the contrary, and who carried their views by the
eihnlensan's casting vote, outweigh in importance the
ef thee hen. neembers ? But then Lord Hard-
lie ismoirs were quoted. He must say that he thought
AN *masks of the author of that work stood scarcely suffi-
cing* high to recommend the adoption of a law hued upon
litillantarneats contained in it. One of those statements
am Charge 11. bad declared the bishops of the church
of " a set of black-coated, canting, hypocritical
weals '—a statement which he was glad to hear that uhe of
the noble lords opposite had condemned as " a petty ebulli-
tion of Hanoverian spite." He must say to those amble
lords, however, that he did not think the animus with which
the measure had been brought forward at all satiblesiney:.
He had heard the words " sectarian and revolu=
applied to the act of George ll.—words which he
ought not to have been used. For his own part, he they*
this bill only carried out a principle enunciated by a sal
very charitable individual, that " it was more pleasant to be
charitable qt the expense of others than at one's own seat."
(Hear, and laughter.) That was not a sort of charity, Iteui-
ever, which he -(Sir R. H. Inglis) was desirous of encourag-
ing ; and he should, therefore, decidedly oppose the bill.
Sir W. HEATHCOTB thought the defects of the bill
might be remedied in committee, and that it contained suffi-
cient of what was goyi and useful to call upon the house to
give it a escout reading. He trusted that the house would
not be terrified by what he deemed the exaggerated views of
bon. members, but would give the bill another stage, in the
hope that the objections which bad been advanced might be
removed in committee.
Mr. NEWDEGATE objected to the bill u repealing the
act of mortmain, and as providing what he deemed to be a
very inefficient substitute. He thought that the inconve-
niences which the proposed bill were intended to remedy
were not at all equal to the dangers which might follow on
its adoption.
Lord J. MANNERS, in reply, said that the Secretary of
Sate had admitted that there were many striking anomalies
in the present law. Surely the right hon. gentleman would
permit such clauses of the bill to uin as went to correct
these anomalies. An objection had been made that the bill
would peril the collection of just debts, but he begged to
point. out to the house that special care was taken to secure
priority to these obligations. There was one other point to
which he wished to allude. An objection bad been taken to
the word " religion." He had the satisfaction to assure
hen. members making this objection, that be had the but
legal opinions to the effect that " charitable uses " would
cover bequests for religious purposes in the estimation of
courts of w.
The house then divided—For the second reading 20
Against it
AGRICULTURAL TENANT RIGHT.

On the order of the day for the commitment of this bill
being read,
Mr. PUSHY stated that it was not his intention to pro-
ceed further with the bill during the present session. He
believed that the beet mode of ensuring its ultimate success
would be, to permit such previous inquiry as would satisfy
all parties concerned, both of its justice and its necessity.
He had presented petitions signed by farmers holding 200,000
acres in favour of the bill, and he was quite convinced that
its becoming law was merely a question of time.
Sir R. PEEL congratulated his hon. friend on the course
he had taken in bnnging this question under the notice of
parliament. But it was a most delicate and difficult subject
of legislation. and therefore be thought his hon. friend had
exercised a wise discretion, in not attemptieg to carry the
bill without the fullest previous inquiry. There was no
doubt that its main principle, that of tempting the invest-
ment of capital to the cultivation of land, and the securing
of that capital when so invested, was one every way deserv-
ing the favourable consideration of parliament.
Order discharged, bill withdrawn.
LANDED PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND)

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Mr. WARD mid that, if the Ohm were en old one, he
would remind his boo. friend theit Is had, sem dese ago,
warned him against tampering with the queen= etlmprem-
anent before it wee ripe Is deiblea ; he hod Isid hint
that his bill would Mist injuries en twe eheten the ship
as nen and the men ; and it he (Sir C. Napier) lailert boat
absolutely overwhelmed by pretests OD the pit et the
shipping and mercantile communlty apeinst the MO, It was
simply became they felt convinced that the government
would sat maiden It. The hon. gentleman proposed, in
lien 111Z1=1.111 right of Impressment inherent in the
mw, • of perpetual hamming and of irksome in-
laTn proclamations, which would greatly disturb
the thipplei torest of the country and leave everything in
aOM jusmteinty. After all, the bill did not assert the
*lit of the area to make use of the naval popula-
tion. The weediest proposed by the fourth - clause
eras le slim men into the win : if they elms
inneneeb the bll would net With thew It
anti be ienembered that an inquiry lad been betittild
Me the state of the merchant serene ,• end with any eh
whisk might take place on this subject hi thoughtirr
sirable to connect other changes having for their objeet the
general improvement cf the castanet of mamas. Be hoped
no less than the hon. gentleman to see Impressment avoided,
but that object might be attained without so great a die-
' turbance of the commercial and skipping interests as would
be caused by this bill; and, as it MY the unanimous opinion
of the Board of Admiralty that, both on public and private
grounds, it was mostundennthle that the bill should be
allowed to proceed to another stage, he was under the neces-
sity of moving as an amendment that the bill be reed a
second time that day six months.
After a few words from Mr. FOUTIII and Mr. COZILY,
Sir C. NAPIER signified his intention of taking the ems
of the house on the bill.
The gallery was cleared for a division, but none took
ace.
y 1
IEDUCTION AND PROSTITUTION PREVENTION
BILL.

On the order of the day for the second reeding of this bill,
Sir 0. GREY said that he must oppose the &ether pro.
gnu of this bill, and he would state the ablation which he
entertained to it. The first clause professed nasal with the
act of procurement, solicitation, or preasolin of Illicit in-
tercourse. He admitted that this o9loes was not sufficiently
provided for by law, and he was prepared to agree to a bill
which should subject the persons guilty of it to realties.
But this clause did not carry out its object satisfactorily, and
the penalties were objectionable, as was also the summary
jurisdiction which it gave. Another clause (the 9th)
provided that, on a certificate of couviction of a
person keeping a brothel, it should operate as an
avoidance of the lease. The objection to this
se it now stood was, any one might get a Mond to apply for
a certifieate in order to avoid the lease. He still thought
that the landlords should have the power of avoiding the
lease on • certificate of conviction. With ngard to the
other clauses, there were great objections to them. They
were drawn in general terms, and were of I val sweeping
tendency; and therewas no knowing who might nabs brought
under their operation, and be made parties to arena which
would subject them to penalties. For intend, the third
clause, respecting soy house or place in whisk the mu-
ter or mistress knowingly permitted illicit intereoune,
might be made to apply to any landlord of an ins at which
persons not married suddenly arrived and peeved the night.
It therefore went beyond its professed aim. The tares of the
second clause were um too general, and the objection which
applied to the third clause was equallylapplicahle to the fourth,
which enacted penalties &pint any person knowifigiy acting
as a servant in • brothel. These objections only showed the
impossibility of legislating en this subject, which it was most
desirable to provWe for, if it were possible. He Hain it
better to limit the bill to the punishment of permedguilty of
procurement for the purposes of prostitution, whe
admitted was • grave offence, and which ought to be tried
by a competent tribunal. Such a bill he would support ; bit
there were none of the clauses in this bill which he could
agree to in committee ; and therefore he thought the hon.
member had better withdraw it, and obtain leave to introduce
another.

Mr. SPOONER said, that, after what had been said by the
rightbon. baronet, he was sure it would bee waste of time,
as well as melee, in him, to do mom than adopt the course
which he had kindly pointed out. The objections which
had been pointed out were part of a bill which bad obtained
the sanction of a second reading in the House of Lords, and
which was withdrawn only on the government
to statit objec-
tions it, and saying that they were willing to take Sub-
ject into their consideration. The ream° why it toit
limited to the single endeavour to prevent trading in sed
Lion, was the difficulty of doing as without interfering wl
the receiving houses to which seduced victims were taken,
and to remedy that evil. He should withdraw this bill, and
ask leave to bring in a " Bill for the more effectual Sup-
pression of the Trading in Seduction and Prostitution.'
The bill provided that persons guilty of that offence should
be liable to indictment for misdemeanor, sad be subject to
fine and imprisonment.
Mr. C. BERKELEY objected to the hon. member's
moving for leave to bring in a bill without due notice.
Mr. SPOONER said that the hon. member, no doubt, had
a right to object, and he should, therefore, give notice that
he should to-morrow move for leave to bring in the bill.

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