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London, England, 1809-06-01 00:00:00

• TYPERIAL Pas.
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'HOME OF LORDS, Wcossoialt,
The Loan Rill Mid the Irish Militia Come*
read a third tour, aad passed.
Mr. Whartuu, Mr. lityns, and other Members.,
• Howse of Commies, broogist op the Irish Aimee&
Bill, tie Coffee Qs, Irish rtooprheder Ht.
Local Militia A t•ttill, the Lwterylldl, *et
private Silk, whi 1111111r406%P0n lbe Tan mil le'
wards read the firm time. y • •
Mr. Rickman presented papers from the Connidasieners
el the Caletkvoian Canal, which wet* ordered to Ot.laid on
"the Table. -
CRUELTY TO Al 4 66LS.
Upon the Order of the Day bein ad, for 01
ittotaanitment of the Bill to peereot wilful sand 111A-
ii0ous cruelty to animals—
• Lord BRUME rose, for the purpose of calling
"their Lordships atteetinti to those amendments
which he should propo.e for the considisratimi of
'the. Committee. Since the sz.rorvi rca ling of the
;I:11, he had ser.ousle rliected Ilona every anittivil-
•'.,teia A Lich might rrniler this legislative measure
s.: t.vprltetiesiale:Ultd Alit) less OlAjcoithiable, on the
'ound, that It Might, in its consequeeces, affect the
lobeity of the subject. lie -perfectly essincided
- bid' what had been stated fir has Noble eta! tea. a-
cal Frieed (the Lord Ciiissicellor) Ull n lot-tbs.)• dity,
that great deliberatieio was ne.sessaty its feainiug
:e several prorisions of the Bill. At the some
tone he could net Oral repressing the ratisfetteion
iirt felt At the general cretenrrtuire-of err full a
ilottee. in tbr principle Otitis intruded lea, winch
.lid honour to the chum:ter of their Lorsidinw.—,l
There were several words, as they saw whin:lit
be should propose to atter; for ate Word " Vann- '
eel," he submitted the sunistitptiosi of " tansel,"
as being more eligible, having been used in a for-
mer, stater, which was male enverrnmg those ani-
mals, considered as property. lei regard also to
tlm inantior of treating the at tttttt ills 't,neutioural, he
'considered it safer to adept th,'e eseale whiele the
legislature lad already wed. lweaase limbs:lily they
would be found snore definite in the sense of tier
law. Fur. this purphe he ittferred to 11 statute of
Charles 11. which contained' the words "
wound, or hurt," front which he am disposed In
reconanieud the insertion of the mime %Ord ith
the addition '" or otherwise abuse," instead of those
words now contained in the fill! i f .• infliction
of punishment was anotlitr subject, wo!!,:o• par-
tieular and on e.leell he con-
. hutted with °tie r per sane, particularly a ,Nolivi and
teemed Lord, whin was peruharly cutiversatt
bills the criminal ea! 5.4 the kingdom. 'lt
bed been deemed etre: ....t kve a summary
to who. upon conviction,
Poser to imprison fur heertain are, limiting
the 'mane, by stating. the longest and sheeted Pe-
riod, so that the pnesseliment might be oftplied,
tic-
e,wiliag to the nature of the offends. It was
ides oriented, that c •riain.pitierfties might he e.
serf, 4:-,oraing to the ;Prater or less, degiee of
se;giavation Of the offenee, sad erwordierg to the
diseretion'of the magistrate. This was agreeable
nt principle to' the provisiorie of au maims' statute
0'37 idea.,VIII. c. tl. wfirre pnnishmeut was in-
II (-till for minute; nut the tongue of an Animal. It
tisr a eta ha. intention tier Ititl sisesukfeeuluin an-
. other mode of proseeittino iiiiitittnent, and that
the uEence, tor that purposes, Josiah' lade...hared a
misdemeanour. Having said thus much use the
provisions of the Bill. tie saw no realms to advert
again to the necessity of Its ottroductinn ; on that
subject he he i already delivered his setitineenta,
and ate was inure convinced of the propriety of the
interference of the Legislathre. lie erisithl not re.
late the shocking Meissner* of cruelty which,, since
the w cowl reariiiv;,;. had beets trbustraitted Whim
from different parts of the country. There were.
several taste/was. el...versa torturrto mainsails, for the'
%Hug.d poi pose of cotivenieneo or profit. A habit of
ratting the /redo...chi/kis of cattle. which was
alone for the purpose Of driving them more coreve-
nientiy, was certniuly a term! practice; and a hat
was still more horrid, was a custom systematically
adopted by some botcher". es the cosiutry, of cm-
tire.,l sheep they are about to Its from the usolah
to the ear, whit+ was said improve the colour of
the meat ;. and even when thrilled cut the throat of
the anismalot ride it was yet Oettling, and before is
was dead, they proceeded to skim the-elite:ow. lie
wnuld also mention another ell I ojeet, nn which he Iliad
b fare shortly commented, he meant
I were were any who louder-stood bet-
t r than himself, and who believed that sport might
afford any atonement to the bell himself, and that
it ought not to Ivies been affected by the Bill under
their considered on, they ought tee to have per-
"mined it to hare tome to a Committee, but have
optioned it in an earlier store; beeditse. in doing
as they had done, they certainly admitted the
He had further to minittk. if there
were two modes of bull-baiting, baiting him cruelly
and not cruelly, the mode of baiting him cruelly
would alone hr liable to puisishment. The altera-
tion which he had proposev!, hr trusted, would
make it lent objectionable as to its practical result,
and those alterations were coos:steitt with other
statutes, in part wateria. As he had slated on a for-
mer occasion, the theheu!ty riedld not hr great in
tarrying the measure Imo effect; it would depend
upon the feelings of those who would administer
the law ; and on all oceasioni it would be requisite
t oat the maiming, wouniline, hurting, or otherwise
a tusing the animal, would tat alone reinstitute the
o fever ; there must also appear a wilful, malicious,
aid wanton intention to commit cruelty. For the
safety of this subject, it would in all eases be requi-
site the act insist be coupled with the intention. for.
Faison ma facie team nisi mem e.t rex.
Thu:, weals!, on this account, be little danger of
any impmpri-ty attending the admitsistmtion of
the law, which would be guarded by every consi-
'relims due to all othee parts of our ernuissal juris-
pradenee. Besides, as there was no reward to be
otwairied, 110 pecuniary elicouraganent to inform-
er., I et being a remedial law, left to Ise carried
i.sto effect by those whose hurestnity and feelings
impelled them tc 'Orden. on the pert of the am-
Lail, lie ron,•eiiea there Wll, 110 probability of stay
ever combs' u,iclor prosev•vit Vito. !mt what was Its..
torsously an act of Apparent sto-Ity.
The Loan Celt piraLtote shspored to sup-
}. wt the principle of this li4islatire measure, bet
he would recommend to hie Nnhle ana Learned
Friend, the propriety of having the Bill, with .such
amendments as might Le deemed expedient. re-
printed, and in thatstate again submitted to thieve-

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