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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
eillai
imoaeiseltsrws,9
rreitith:e7ti.riu,rluai individual
gmrt waoalulsn
dloasrn dtsfet:,,di igpnlr:ireperei
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 kitiedine ?
He could not possibly imagine a system more yes.
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 that 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

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nets— would protect it against the use of air. , o'.l laws for the peoteclion of game were violater!.
nuo, which, he underatood, were very destructive; 1 and in a very short time no game whatever could
,„sroart. lie would support every of of protecting II be found in r ranee; mid though laws had been en.
contiateutly with the rights of the rich and i acted in that couritry for the preservatiou of game.
;,,.00r, of the lauded and the erratum! property of , little game was yet to lie found there. On the
~e 'minim It might be said. that a small propel- i whole. lw thought the measure proposed was one
00, Nona; • field tint a large preserve. would ! which would. if carried non execution, hate a bad
,ke.m; the grime into his premises, and, having got I effect. lie considered it would have an evil ten-
it. In the first place. a I dency to deprive country gentlemen of tlio.e amuse.
it there, would destroy
orprome ought not to he in such • position; for it ! useisto to which they were long accustomed, and
Isa, clear. that, if the small proprietor did not de. I which *tweeted them to the country, where their
.orry the gone.
the game would materially injore t prosence e
encouras aged their tld eirantvery.
nor
ad thvantoe lowerlte l
las lend. But, when lids, Poore+. and air-guira, ; orders th meure gi
erre prohibited, how could the proprietor of a small amongst the higher orders it would destroy their
had (homy his iseighbour's game surreptitiously ? . rmitioital aniuseinents;• and he stet sure it would
His efforts could only leave the effect of fright- : tend to bring about a subversion of that order,
emu.. them back to their sacred repositories, and an abatement of that kindness and outwit-
-1 where they loomed food in abundance. There ' ment, which had so long existed between the
were some right' which lie felt it difficult to mr higher and the humbler rooks of the people.
interfere with. A ith respect to royal rights anti . Mr. CURWEN said, the Honourable Gentle-
peewarrens, he knew riot what to recommend. 1 man who spoke last most have knowis very little
Ile sluotld therefore propose. that the right of free ; indeed of public serititnent oil this question,
warren, and every real right, should be exempted i if lie did not know that the most respectable
from the operation of the Bill. With respect to i classes of society held the Game Laws he the
Lords of .Matiors, he would leave to him the right of greatest detestation, us opposed to every print's.
any gamekeeper* as he pleased for I Pl
an
of fairness and of justice. The Hon. Gentle-
"lPl:itir'l,lenrfaarsiornptof seer's game; but hewould not per- I, man had said, that those laws were made for the
limo iron, by los seem, to do that which he had no , Ingloto orders of society as .d not for the looer—he
right to do—he would not permit him to kill the admitted the fact, and that wits precisely the reason
game on the land of another man. Considering , that he objected to them ; lie objected to them be-
game us property, it would be trecm.orrary to apps'' , casse they weer. nut just, because they were not equal;
troll a punishment to the improperly taking it saws!. ' lie objected to theta also because they tended to de-
-11,, a„„1,1 net make this offence larceny—but he story the very abject they were meant to promote.
comodered that an enactment similar to the 3lst of : As the laws stand at peewit few feet any interest in
the Kim:. for the preservation of turnips, potatoes, • the preservation of game—none feel any shame or
Ike, me the ground. might be extended to it. Those compunction for destroying it ; but if fair, egoist,
thee bring. as he considered game, the growth and equitable laws were rustled, the public would
of eiol. The penalty of a breach of the Act to feel a distinct interest in the preservation of game;
Omit he had adverted, was a fine of Vs. sod. in •it world Ise then considered disgraceful to destroy
payment, impristriiment fur a certain pe. 1 it unjustly. The flon. Geolleinair had talked of
default of
1 poachers ; lie (Mr. Comet') was willing to admit
nod. The rooky which he contemplated was M.
per and, recoverable before two Justices of the I that many of them were vett. improper persona,
peace, and where the number of penalties amount. 1 but at the sometime he would tosy.that many others
ed to more thou 201. it should he tecoversble by 1 who committed that crime were proems of a very
action at law. lit the case where an occupier, 1 different character. So odious were the Game
the game on whose land was not preserved for 1 Laws 11011 held, that to violate them was no longer
the proprietor, had part of it destroFetl by such i held disgracelul, and many respectable persoiN
proprietor, be should propose that the penalty I violated the law. 'rite Honourable Gentleman had
nf five pounds per head should be enforced I, referred to the authority of Judge Blackstoue—a
egainst tire trespasser—since, as lessor, lie lord let ! great men—a great authority upon many subjects,
the right to the grime, as much as any other part of
twirl not the hes
his property. to the occupier or lessee. Where ! statute of Charles I. which Blackstone calls an en.
overtime leases were already greeted, lie would pro- acting statute, was a restos. : g statute—it re-
side, that wherever the lessor had given the right of ; etraiiied individuals from that which they formerly
ahuotiug, every such lease should be (*moldered as : enjoyed. He hoped the House would put an end
impartitig to the person to whom it was granted, ' to the system which these laws upheld. Ile was
the right ems enter on the premises to which :t re- , sure if they were repealed,there would be abundance
fared, for the purpose 01. pursuing. It'lliog. or pre. ; cf game, beconse every man would feel himself
serving the game on mhat particular lacd, although I bound to preserve it ; it would become as sacred as
the lend itself was afterwards let in :mother. It 1 any sorties of ►private property. and lie was sure the
would be for the lessee to make the hest bergaiii ! boaser orders would feel as little I
ts to destroy
in Ins power. After some few general übsersattoos, ! they now do to destroy or to ke *ray any
I article br longing to the farmers in their neighbour.
the Hots. Gentleman moved—
"Tbst leave be given to bring io a Bill to stored dot • "OIL 'llley were, in truth, unjust and odious
Lavms for the Presicrvatiou of cape," ! laws—they were laws which inflicted much misery
and oppressoun. He hoped the House would adopt
Sir J. SIIEJ.I.Y was of opiuinn. that the Hon. '
centletnar, woold find himself deceived. He be- ' Dome remedy. Equelly tyrannical and insjust, they
lowed it o this Pew plan would not prevent the I were alike opposed to the true spirit of the British
1 Const• idiots as they were to the true feelings of
crime a poaching. hut, on the clammy, would very
Et
isicrease it. iglishinen, and they ehould not be permitted to
much
asgio—That , the present system was I remain whilst any means were left to accomplish
Mr. B
liable to mossy objectious, wits a proposition which, i their rePeol•
rte believed, no person would drily. Still, lie . Mr. Fuorautua LEWIS said, that the object of
'thought,' the Hon. Gentleman's system we'd to I
subverts tilde, which, though not pusiii.ely good, in his opinion, oeght not to be opposed ;it was
the propused soiree could not be mistaken. and,
was rititih.t.4y better than that which 1,, prat,,,,oos this--to give to the owners of land a sr.ore 1011,
i
elect. and absolute power and enjoyment over
The cuisfuaion and demoralization, under suety a Pe
.13atem, would be ten times worse than it was at their Property•
.The Game Laws, its fact, though
present. It would take away a salutary &edit they restrain enjoyment, give no protection. It
is Hot by the Game Laws that the property of
ti,t;aitist the practicer of poachers, and would thus ,
rircouroge the system. He denied that poachers • estates use protected, it is by an action at law.
weuld, tinder this Bills become bettar luso:. How Oil one erg ttttt ent of the Hon. entleman, to which
could their moral feeling be improved. when the he set meet to attach importance. arid on which he
crme would he perpetrated inure easily than be. seemed to consider himself triumphant, he (Mr.
would say • word or two. The Hon.
firm' ? That the reduced price would tint alter the i Lewis)
cre was evident--for alto could sell game--ror - Gentleinati had said, that if the Game Laws were
turnip.; and potatoet, the Act relative trm the had : in sonic degree asaimiloted to the provisions of a
aeration of which the Horsourable Member had Bill which had passed that 'Joss', to punish those
relverted—at so cheap a rate as the person who ' who had been guilty of stealing turnips, yet the
stole
them? It was clear. let them sell kr law so regul,ated would produce no salutary or
whet they would, that they must make a profit. eensible effect, because, said the Hots. Gentleman,
Th., pc...leiple stated in the heg,„„mg of my speed, the person who would swat game, could undersell
bt the Learned Member, he could not recognise ' the persou who would purchase it for u small price.
0 the common law. Ott the contrary, ull the great ! Ilitt did the Hon. Gentleman forget the great oil.
law authorities went the other way. Illackstriee . vantage ishich the man who procurer! all article by
thstinctly stated, that, since .the Norman Ureter ; Niro, fair, and Work nwator, had over hi en who
prototred it by means that are dishonest and illegal ?
the right of the game was in the Lord of the
Minor. He conceived that any thing which tended or could he suppose that lie would be able to stand
to disgust the resident country gentlemen ;mid lie . tsp against the efforts of diet industry which the
thought Weis a measure as this must haw that rf. i iddle would encourage, and the law would pro.
ft ct) would lead to co
the moat unto , tact? The great object, he said, was to contlitute
chrevouo arid injurious—Meer, hear,
.hear)— 1 llre isoprotwr killing of game as a substantive
'gourd crairte evils .reater than the couistry suf. otteirce, surd to give to individuals the right to en-
flood, it Irons the Yaw's lisies.—( near, :hear.) Joy their own propene. As the law stood at pee.
—Th. t
fomlare Gentleman said, truly, that dice:sands sego. acts were held offensive which, in their nature,
of persoesserre inipri t rd under those laws. How I were out se. To eel' a pheasant amid to sell a
would he remedy I,lmr evil ? Di he mean to spy, l chicken, °tie would suppose to be nearly the same ;
this i.e would repress crime by doing away those ; yet the first was held to be a crime. and punished
leers that punished it ? But the Hon. Member ; as such by the law of the land. Feeling that the
.I,d riot go to this length, for hr would litiii punishes ' peal of otiose laws would tend to disnin the
puachere of a purticulpr description, as offenders , om rif public misery, acid comitribute to •the puhlic
41,1i4`,1 time ;mime of the country, and he would ; greet, by would vote for the Bill.
retain the old penalty of 51. per head. He had ! 'the motion was then put and carried, and leave
e,l,rei yeti, i• Make your system conformable with i was given to bring in a Bill accordingly.
she 1., a onture." Could this be done in the ; EXCISE ISt Olt MATIONS.
toeiient pliehed state of society, which render dit I M-. p. W. HARVEY t,.diti, the encomia of which
oulutely necessary, that a system different Irons , he loin on a former tuglo given notice, was fur an
tie law ct nature should be acted on ? It might be - acceuto of the number of Excise and Exchequer
' mood: std n paradox, but, la his mind, the laws immforni c 10114 tiled in the Court of Exchequer hoot
o I iel, pit:rented all ranks of society from per- ! Is 1.2 to 1819 ; but uoileretanding that ouch au its-
soiree g .cite, were mole advantageous to toe ' (limy would take Up a great deal of time, and that
teat. tient the higher classes of society. Anil ' the making of those returns would occupy a great
u, y it'd lie ilMik so ? Bemuse, if they did trot , number of clerks, he
,would limit the inquiry to
,• , k omit a propriarity, the lower orders would' our year. He would therefore move for an acenuot
lir.' orarierl lons useful and industrious Immo% 1 of the number of Excise mid Customs iiillortna.
Did the Honourable Gentleman, lie asked, ever lions
,f.led for one year iu the Excheqoer,
hin withhos thee
know a poacher to be a good father, a good son. or 1 result of each ittforniatiois, distinqui.g t
a prover member of society ?—tf be did nut, let. Mtn ! that hint been WOO bye verdict. and those r
tshat
het give that class encouragement Or protectimm. 4ts ! haul been settled by coprornisa. the te rm o
to the labouring class, lie did not see how the mere. '1 eaci, emonpromiee, and the coats on each information
sari' could hearlit them, becaure they had no pro. I charged to the Crown mid to the f)efetulant.
Oro} oh their owls ; our. indeed. could he see that 1 The object of his motion WA to •hew. the great
s")' good could arise to any class of society hop 1 mid otootortstotsbie revel:co incurred tit revenue
doluilor.o a system, which, though not perfect. ; cavea..by resorting to the poacher Di informal --
was.ttli tl,e best that cottill Iw upheld. If game was ; the extreme incurred bt llama who were hr"ght
exposed to general depredation he had npdonbt but ' into ,Crturt as Defendautsg-and tor shew the up.
that it %mild be demented in two mouths; he had presvive affects of the system, as it affected those
no &WA tort that.
would be in that short space, eso gimme whops innocence wait peov,ed by the overlie of •
scoot or Eitgleud. ltt the FIi:CL is Reltollllloo . J eq. Po would Of, he arid, attemptio illustrate

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side of his own: the many wrecks tliat take place on that perilous did wheu the venni* was rimiest ie. ` gai Rol lAA
his nla' rig. be any
hut he would submit to the consideration of the ;. oust.- Tins man happeeed to have fallen outlet '• 'reer hal he
the arts
"....i •,
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Horne one or two casco, which were not lentil's, i .!i.te displeastire of • Ingram in ill neighbourhood. . Aldsmoso WAITIII•11 mid he hit strati' Wass life risen
'llluleute and reicriaure
caeca, hut might he taken at lair samples of ell time i who war himself ii notorious Stuogaler-is smuggler . " mfr Ida
af
nhalgala niII4
Ifraal“
Cadre within his ohsemvation, as cases similar to those I by coutersion and by toulession-this fellow was On irott:llltfirenistrle lit moiTyiti.-siliaellade hU.-rnolliheall". and
which smouisted to many bend reds in the year. one otrosiosi exposed to gleoirlatignr.on the slioree . siiiiicwinPusill 4 itw'iM:lel‘l'es' 4 timidness 'mit. hai:ll;idliclltev
_ The first case was that of a respectable Lou- Is of Suffolk, and in las theirs., he, ',lied out to VI,. ; sad that he bad individeolly every diipeeitiou tw nits i il:
don tnerchael, tele), (ruin motives of henevm I tlerwood kr usovlsilee• Forgelfull •of his collauvt 1 or.u. so the system his fluty regain aof him to preside
ir he had a subject of emisploint sennat that sys
lence, advanced • men of 1,000/. to a tradesman. I Uuderwood sent lits %Noel sod two men to Cs it
dti.r. it Bat
;ler to are tutu!
lardy th it things were se
whop,
had been utifertunele in hoaiiieso, to sombre I aid : the villain was rescued horn danger, and lii ° itehe 'ir we: 12:- ti7sanni"to"slike'ri
loin to hike' a shop for hie retail of coffer.— , return hr contrived to playa some contraband *lli. mayo had not attemptert)-tu drily tslinsil. Istsitge
For this money the mete 11l received nothing des in Uildt""".11." Ve"Cl• Tile 11111 l sterd lie came 1 many hardships and oppresvion au?, as I: iltiee cerium,' of
maintsiolog it, he. hail beer' sileut. lie %Moab! support the
more tloin the C4,3111101* rate of interest. For his ion altimie lie gave iiilnrosistinti ii2anist Undo wood ; ,
security lie had his name pot over the door of that
shop, and also registered in the Eloise Office. place before the Al ogistrotee, rind two inforreareuris
where licenses were granted. The man he thus were filed ogoinst hun-tens first to condemn the 1 'Motor the mover owilitislitsearno're inCiltr:lmfreas of the.
thought, without ten minutes speskiii, the' Huis:e w.mohet
served, continued iu trade till very lately. when it vessel-the second to recover the penalty of the
• Reece. He himself LOA beea dragged before the Court
very praiseworthy inquiry hail beet; instituted, for bond which he entered into, not to engage Ili coil..
the detection of fraud conimitted in the adulte- trithand pursuits. It was quite obvtous, that the
nrirliErtnientrielEginer(ertait,eokniilliffireasalssefroi:m.7lnoty:::l:l7WoodrilsibPrlehabadioltwhehesrerneeigi
ndliastur,e:ltulisaid he haddeometafrom the country, at.tl ti A . t.,
teem ! told him he had been exelacquered to the afriounl of ',:fl "r
!abut' of tea. Aboutt that time an inforinotion 1 penalty ou this bowl could only follow the con-
filet' :it:Finial the merchant to recover a penalty i denotation of the vessel-if the vessel were con- I much through
vtiailsuaess3i.eir.a.Yohce....l.l:ll:etsosiiihSva:esdbufpr.titim:
nt.ldiergc,olic
.one hundred pounds, and the first comummii- de 1111 l ed, then the Penult,' followed as a mate \ ezuudekorcrreshojetf,a base and font conspiracy The forit7;
cation he had was an official letter from the ter of course—yet here both infornoations were hid been lodged ilit Lim roe l'ufel'"i"g a anti '•1
Revenue Solicitor. apprising him that such infor.. tiled at the same time. Ors the trial the lo-
mation had been filed against ben. It was right former confessed all his infamous precticute-he
hbere to observe, that this information Was filed not disclosed the system of villainy he practised, and i was aft/ire:we% fl
apse egarells;.4ll i°m° 1 i ,111°1 lof e. Slaimnuelit''erirth"rirle
I was reportid ill the City, said epeeist of him friends Cant; and
ecause any deleterious article bud been sold in the the Jury found a verdict far the Defendant. Yet,
shop,s hut because a prohibited article had been notwithst•roling this verdict, mod though
an ao,ootir After cullectsug the. evidence of tw.aity .1r thirty
coffee lti there, a vegetable powder, which all dealers in with not • shade of excuse for the proceeding, 1 clerks dispersed around the country, he inemitrialsol the
were prohibited from selling, Rod wisely ti
i attempt was effected to carry on the prosecuttoo on , court lie „ei paid scare ha ft me comul:
'Aoki,' became that powder was toed fur the the bond. An offer of compromise was made, arid ! penalty Was rednced tolool. w-sisibuth-e-ea-otts-rahssteelissis=dlSoll7':.
iarid the Atturoey General woo so *sham -.1 'of ow . 1. ref
adulteration of coffee ; anal if persons engaged in rejected by the Defendant, and then, sod uot till
i the proseeetion, that be would not bring the MU,- business
to ea y
that trade were allowed to have that powder in their then, the Counsel for the prosecution withdrew the
I before the Court.
possession, they might the more easily mix it with case. Yet, notwithstanding the failure of these I
The Anne% t Y IGgarakx, intimated that it war cons--
coffee, a fraud which, he understood, it was diffi• prosecutions, and notwithstanding the innocence of i daenreetrie,Ml, rb.,l:iiihrtalstMharn;:iwirtaillnit
.du htheeen guilty of the chair
cult to detect. A quantity of that article was the Defendant, he wait cherged with costs to the
found in that shop, but it had been long in the pos- amount of 3i7/.; and the only solace he had in his i ° Alderman Werritscie said, he roalrtstua4Cetnelv -oust ..°
1 the goods, and that "not mica them had hem coi;:ribt..••.
session of the occupier, who had not been aware ruin wae, to he told that he might prosecute the
Had tie paid the'peuatimes at first, he should bore saved bit!.
that it was illegal to expose it for sale. and it had informer for perjury. He would now leave the and the ;intercity. He enforese ilis inerssily iii striendi..g
been always open to the inspection of
inEfoerinciese. cites:
also
iitheeirtfeviriiiogeolif etehteliiirdoetrioetninitsionof
itiliweasl louse—
s i the Revenue Lairs; and sale ..I.e Attorney .fl-si. ill Lod eel
evil i "her met the arrow nto tun his side of the Hume., our 4.%/44.
officers. The merchant, apprised of the
tion, presented a memorial to the Commissioners of of an alarming extent, He concluded by moving 1 troverted the statements.
111r.Trearrre had never heard amore strong, imomnr.,
Excise, stating all the circumstances of the case, i for the Returns tneutioued in the eotntn-ruceuanl.
and perspietmus statement, than Ikea of toi lion. file'`''
and he received, in some time after, a printed cis- I of his speech. (Mr. Harrey). lie bail been utterly astruni.dred at the lose.
cular letter, stating, that in no case were informs.
The A fToRSSYsGENESAL said, that the Hon. per in which it had beefs receivert by the other ride of the
lions filed that had not been supported by respect- who House.
bad flaunty het onprosed it was Mernt ots is %mooing to t.l,
able testimoiiy ; that the Board had made Ito order Geutlemal. brought charges of 0 serious nature
against men of as high character, of as pure honour abuses iu thitt InstosseihttosSiliegiulkeeasit publicl:uslevi:ss;r,
on the measured, and pone could be made unless
and integrity as any in this country-he eitacked and to beware of soy expression Olt might 1y ant's"',
Petitioner acknowledged he had violated the
the Cominieinuers of Excise-he attacked the soft. limey or soptlistry, he tortured into a personal risperoon
Excise Laws, and on his offer of paying a sum of
citors, and the individual who addressed the Hoare-' liu Gmeaualko7 ette°Plinile'-' He', kegr.)-He "'BY k"w
money Rs an atonemea for los offetice. He present-
ed another petitioil, offering a snot or to/.-he re- kg had alleF,le.,d Hui, t ct"es, hish bee.° instituted in
i !alined a higher legal
Ptruirb".;titerobriswitlit.'"•hier had
Fe 7".
ceived no answer, that this was rejected-he offered the Court of, Exchequer for Rio other purpose but 1 and
itat feeling was certriely not dine:title h ethic
to accumulate
.coita ; such imputation, would be 1 waY n which belied brow& Gowned him motion. Hr knew
i. that the rich
cored not be upheld without grime sever ay
a further rum of 201. this w us al- rejected ; hut it
highly dishonourable if they were true., Ue had
was intimated, that if lie offered a stint of 301. artd
practised in Omit Court as the Lie Officer of the to iudividuats ; but that wier no lemon why uorsmonahre
paid the costs. his offer might possibly be cue- ud tionecessary cruelties should be practised. The Right
Crowe, lie; had advised and ,conducteil many pro-
assfiel. He then inquired of the Solicitor to Huts. Gentleman then examined She scout case. refe fed
to in the opening statemeni, commenting on the lonia'', p
secutions for the Crown. 811t1 in cases of the de-
the Excise what would he the ornount iii vans,
scriptiou alluded to by the II 11111 l urable Member. and wentors expense to the defersclann they es.bilnitet. avid
awl he was informed they unanimity' to 551. or I,:e bad no motive or object for interference-lio Wally con- inferred that there was the stgoagest gruind laid fur the eu-
-601.-thus the sum of $Ol. demanded. and the trued had any, but to repress that abominable worn of ! ter:position of.the Mine. 1
efendod the cosine adopted byThe SoLticivos:Gra teat, cl
.ismount of hueh costs, nearly aminiuted to the sum fraud which some parsons had earthed on sepias- the to- I.
for which e Was rued in the first instance. He tercets of the revenue, the cousumcr, and the fair dealer:- the Atturuey-Gencral,
motion
be- cooteinkd was rolled y
had no alternative but this, either to submit to Omer )-11 the lion. Geuttectourtneent to impute any other the mode in *tech the motiou had hers louts ii I* resod
motive to him, if he Meliorated that be had been actuated 1 The motion did appear to cast an impute:l4ga: ulp.orir'itie
the imposition or to go to teal. lie did gu to trial :
iboustsini!em
...procheresdhitilte:ehiladhilmeert d
iiirected by any other view i law Officers of the Gwen, end i( the Atioiney.usnerat
sod here he would observe on the mode of con- I displayed say warmth it excesahle ; use grotsitt hail here
dotting causes in the Exchequer, which formed end the country god he called olonhisieGPOrd"ClOtZtlioefasthtehelitoroulseh laid the.. 7 upon, amid it was not fur the House to grant
indeed a perfect model of the whole system. Here of his declaratio'n, that he said what Will falie.--(Cheeriag )-- than nude' took
there with a Iwoutty of one hundred pound* to GYittemen ought to consider well the statements they made .i
into yinile:ltlhr stheneniPc" cause. He
L
is that Huns*: what was uttered there went uut, as it .euntgrided that Jule nowt
lain`
YrrXe *Situ:la% "lel
be recovered-the Counsel fur the Croon hail
merely to state the short facts of the crw, mid to °lrubealt"; th°e slueH ti knt.;:rieldt a ia" "e*
world.
Itateine:" like . soy blame attach to shine 'Obis usoally ilistisiliss'il,il";,,,.
beeilhappli",eswieltl;pd
bellot he I ceedusiga in the 'Exchriiiier. lie then trait to the case
call one witness to prove it-yet would the House made on tight grrnunedo enotreman ID
1 alHaodmhy-tihe WI orthy Ater. tWaithgairrOd•which Ore
• believe, could they believe what appeared so to- played in a legal capacier in some of those- sof smug-. i i
anp. ermezirisidaulbe:iu reo..risittailtfly
,corutarieztieo..le.
.P.r...1,cel
Aitiln; g s,
tally incredible, if it were not beyoud till doubt and gling which have been hroatStil before the Court of EXcbes !
quer.-( Hear, Aser7-lades.d, looking on tlitersourable I man for having illicit gee& itibis.gliop entitle asssT!..rYted :leirrt-
deem!, diet five Learned ( nutisel, the first iii
their profession, were retained at an expense of not hearnt'" °if I! !tir I tc).ar!F I4'r ' he bid bets a tali" to
Ina than SDI. fir mete furs; for those Counsel five
briefs were 'made oat, solicitors' fees, C. art fees, offcnommeoforanits iiiimertionsi. '"lfeisaitlki thbaet proce.eddimies fur
before a ct.urt ofrstec"l,fibliugt"befosretusMs agistrLserTsic Or k.° opt,
and other items, with which he would not trouble the from Mr. Harvey )-He did certainly those pro/volt-ties bad been foot-ides! in' the testiest pc. j.ury.
If such were the CAN% why did :int time Worthy Aklettisall
proceed ageism !butte perjured conspirators *comet his pro-
ainly
understand
blue pesetiyiniiicthartactinr,,a,t law i. Ift las; rue the tVortly dider•
House. ASp
,jury was a 14.. appointed ; and to to), that the vise of the small runultelinx Twirl which 1 iss:mie person."COUlle cecu'ietrositthulsiimse inuclit'isbslsiSulssiSrVist." Lict' Di'
lucked, in 19 calms use{ of 20, Sprees' Juries were
appointed in the Exchequer, and for this reason, he had referred to should have been investigated before the 'I traduced int., hisbouse allied :cods -(Nr. lEadhL,an 101
mil Magistrates-but he should be glad to he told huw
any invesilloition could take place without the matter brio i is
bet. the cry of 0 Order .''' ',film
t to pet era!, hc sat down.)
I advicei lt nintir.oc2,ed, i tri. est tire onto ui, hall, with th;.•
because, in curies where Special Juries were appoint- first brought into tho Court of Eathequer. The Hon. andg '8.,,i
loot;
1111 r
,‘liisr
1ev,..,11 1111111111111111 l ter
j-
inboo iv, and
ed, five Counsel were retained--in other ca-es but Lesrned Gintlemse 'then argued at some Worth, that. the lac tuall °
mover haul confuunded ieformatious on debts due to the ° spokrii)s!sf *Hutto, titiitsa.ciiini t-Tiiiieli7 ii7e3nit'itteeil'tthice4l"l'a
three ; and this Special Jury, on this trivial case, cost
a sum of 17 guineas. Thus, with the 601. costs de- Crown with inforuiations rx.offleio. ho the Coarse of five
rats attendance to business of that nature in the Court of -,, „,
I cutor General, there sere two cases. o t
mended, 501. fees to Counsel, and the Costs of the Esehequer, his experience had ahem' him dirt the vet. 010. st:xlvasttgoi said. be was sorry ki. interrept the ilp.
hate, but the Hon. arid Learned Gasith man was instating
Jury, the expenses amounted to 130/. `nil other ex. diets folioed against the Crown *WC to those tumid hi its the entire transacti 111 l .-(1/xtcr, kcarr...f.:edr )-A ar retie bad
petters made it at least 150/. and this in a case where timer In the proportion of one to cue hundred.-
brought nth, the boast a piece of ititolkenz.hief, for the
a snot of lot was considered a fair compensation I The fluenour;aole Gentleman said that proceedings were in.
sceononmosthiteimr!
cof Anther., perso.O: prr,ivate!y. Tit; was
He would now mention another este:-Au unprincie stituted en vague suppicions ;be was enabled to reply, that
mots to the sio of Ibul ; but the ether sharge toomight
they ware never imilituled but ..a affidavit previously ewe. ,; 1 seized by Ex ear, and _IS, was i due Ito pry 1"/ sad
pled informer, some time since, hired premises and
took Out a ficesise for the supposed purpose of brew- fir after a raisin statute .on the .tifject the Court of Ex.
chequer had made an order that they would not grant a • rit The SOLICITOR GRRKetat. said lie nos very riaufortuna't
; against hum he bad resivdcd.
dog table beer; but, in reality, for the purpose of without aflieavit of sauce, sad a,:cnrdingly Om writ was I
the JAR. , on
stein sod sp.
.i,s.sotmhethfessoss of the caseziwieur. Afar, ‘di=sfir -saute loarohler
deceiving honest tradesmen, end bringing down upon newer issued with°6l thi Art of Gum proceediog
them the heavy penally of the Ezeise Lawr. There rioeviiniigaoarviibehaardavaith.Zhadelirotwai inadnyitensisacessibere , ffiticihcc byrP°Bl " )--- 4a Yr ca
itawt.
joit
ezrittherrfuwierd. 1
is a penalty of 500/. on any linratin convicted of The Arroessy-Grernat., who rose and entitled to a sr-
respect to the conduct ofetbe
selling nudeness to a brewer ; and the MOOT( to bound to set the law in mutton when frauds ieliiiiistythe i:e. I cowl proceeding which haul losen inowited seaiiist a ism,.
1 to trade, of which he said Mr. Aliferniau Waithinnii was a
which this unprincipled 'Moment acted was, to venue were discovered, on reasoosble eviderice, to exisr;
cull at a tradesman's shop, in the absence of the and of the extent and variety of these deceptions and ardl. aarr,bar. w
Gess, the House tumid have cio conception. He had not oroilrzaitiesmisTirt4,AnNtotul..t,the facts as stated by the At •
master, to purchase thls article-to make inquit des himself the most remote one, tilt he had engaged in the -.);
as to the place the family bought their table beer- ay of brimpag owls offenders to justice. The Hon. and its -Stibicieirse.Gt:D.R.4. spill vitae, twit ..beerrell, that
to say he would send them a small cask holm—and 1„a s„ th„ into „ „staiostion of te iso ground had firer hint for the on.iimem, whmiti, a+ it inn
paled blame to Ow existing system, lie siiimold oppose.
finally, to order the shop-boy to follow him for car's adduced, and contended nose of them continued sney ' Sir M W.lllOl.tT otonved,shit shove who Isere concerned
payment, lil order to establish evidence sgaiwit the hardships oothe coritequeoce of thelaw,which there bad ben
tooncerryine ono_ the premed spite et rimitiii c‘oiri motion i ; and
tradesman : first, that he told the article ; vecondly. every disposition in those who had the power to Mew.
la the 4est case, the Commissioners, on applicstitni of the
.. ttlie part
fly
tlic taese. ol?4 tcm;t.mri!r iiir Excise, lie shonl4
that he must have known that be had sold it to a reduce the
l peHowettihaodt, 1001
known
a hie, he most mous y winos an tort sr.:sown into the subject.
licensed brewer, became his boy had been at his tearslitiaplorloePitniOri° Mil.
with 1 Mr. W. SMITH staled seise casts of extreme haiddrip to
"I" a ea" I chew, that sons appealed to he Timm oily in:diluted for the
house and saw his apparatus there. In this way like the &Avid MoUlghte?ianteo. the Exchequiteeere,etborigh be had i
many respectable tradesmen of London had been •Oilown many of smaller brewers brought dote for Sailing I psi of jerMiNating thri° t°
"Itirr°3°i".. He meull""eit
a case of an isidust iti Yorkshire, eil.• bad expend...l Isis
compositious made up of eochlicus Milieus, corimider seed, '
betrayed into an offence against the Excise
and other spurious and deleterious ingredients, for genuine I
Laws. An ittformation was filed against Cu porter; but he bed Oen'. beard of One great Muse acetiseit I •
YintleisfaPerrre,twykii7libitei:tleigillororersietierreettu!:!itilual feureeryietcieisirlipu‘7
individual in particular, Who, though conscious of such practices • sna he abated to state ilia the latter were tatioes unnecessary• This individual u•ifortunsty -around
the oespieim of the Esciee, and die afficeis, with cmr•
of his innocence, was so much alarmed as to frequently iiiiared bsi be other class of houses getting their commices of extreme lowsliness, ea ide a sei.:we it
offer a sum of 1501. which was rejected. He Ilesaine limier and mixing it with their' own swims com-
pounds. Tbe next case to which be supposed tbe Hos ram- 1 all ll
ue er•es properly,m Ist I'd e ailitit Iris
hrnanufocatnre. TIP"
took heart and went to trial-five Counsel ap-
o
peared spired him, mid the wretch who had given tvleen:sianbrieeferred
w rle west
a"n d that
at of
true( '+ r eo
i ! i 0- °`
efalarmlaymea wildajalliii" toad they urderelu sY rearneitiou tor Ilsiels property,of Ft
.1:::' -.....
the itiformation was produced as a witness. He 'should, however,Pu relate the tra Ic'ijoreut'u' %hie' i. f -10.- 7-5
had been rendered unfit for the Nether prooetiosi •if tie.
business, and as moodier was givers for the injury loAiri,,t.
was cross-examined by the Counsel for the De- tat the Home. A whole packet of tea behrongineutourtheA Dew°. '
know 4a, seized, because it was known to „stain Dutch i this eate.rprisiag mod isigenioes isidividual was ruined, 11114
felldailt, and then the whole. aystem was exposed.
A train of witnesses came forward to prove his pick. Polowiaw blue, aud whs. dings. Vast fortunately, at slied_of a broken heartlf
be
infamous practices, aud five witneeses to prove that ttlzlierialTtotliee
.Ertcheoqcteider,ietaliebritrii le patios was put on the , c -11sr:isti:616;ailbelitiono bit btf.ealanalitallirliwiri,d4 illitwea:,e,,,°,f„,llL:
lie was utterly undtiersil of crechif on his oaths the tea to be ►gexPierrutiene. lie decked" stshew"leurtheyloctstuaBklitre Hadt 1 but it bed wifortansieip happened that this individual .1; t.
The Jury foo Ind • verdict for tine Defendant. femora emu gym, part of the packet ; they (IL so; a row% i lot previoualy •pprise the Excise of the nature of his man...
The result of this case went, lie thought, pretty man, who bail been •• year engaged ha tha•trade al makieg vet sad la the Imseele It w's w's" -bat l'"1"'"I't
I,,,dasui.ll been ors 1, essuiefactare glass, which involved an itif.isigement of ihrs
strongly to falsify the pesition laid down in the te•hiellelfi lad whose rotifer life env Laws. The .Bacior in the shots tran.action bid
letter lie had alluded to. namely. that no propeeu- censure-6$ kuoh)--picked opt the spurious articles from
iFiaroca themselves an idly to the poises with whirls they
each of the samples; they were Mean wake tea ti kers,sire
Lion was co
by Hie Commissioners or acknowledged • they had er in her life -r°
` butt 'nal" by law.
Excise but what was knitided and sustained on the like them come hom China." Titatturryiw eteallalititilf Ur. LIMIIRITTOR spoke &Oast the elution, sod Mr.
ropst respectehlo testrtutray. That was net a case his guilt by their own eyewight,and the mos was found guilty Thluisills is
father
of
it'
of a peculiar or solitary tailor,. A cowing wo bat oa the other charge, where no meipire had he., iii, , Mr. Haussir thee replied, and the Gallery was cleared for
tted. The fiver...maw' empluted iu remora ; s thlull". when she allinbeee were--
held of per
placed in the sante situation with he sus "'qui I . fort mottos .................. . 114
eitaritirt the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-a/vowel, two i . ................. .7S
'the Defetsdanediere, and they filled au entire room; 4 - it -
g a Couasel, and a Jusecir amuse' were not mere dim
and for what purpose were those prosecutions conk. Maa-saiggit; i,„„„t• the
. otip
oilier sleMe 0 0 4he til"
zuenceli ? For the purpose, be would say, of meets. of the tsrialltrit, mil the 'meth of time, ewers tee Ache
mulatiog coat*. Hr would now mention a third case I,tioars.llli which the trisposoniatiums ran ; besides, slime
r. I
had nut been as iserease of them elf late years. It was
-...it was the case of a poor mariner, of the same of . pads
,
p,,,1„,,,„„it0eti0 lived iiii the coast of Suffolk. aril ; a "i'llke
In
"Pilule °ft2
I".
" i""esia
.illamilned
on
all
. . . • Special Jary were ail paid; wily the 11 Wetted
commanded a small vessel • he was it
. principally eat= : Were I sod eqoally so alh ilaallriall, that wheo • MOWS me
plied lie dredging for oysters, IA
a- in attotidiog Oa ' gives thee Stss4;rosearthellerela rsositrlqaahle 161.1 the/ Oa el
-,
• •

I *ping, a ....... •
0..
blsjority against it. ............... All
ICOR JAWS.
lilfr. Ratoposo brooptir la* Repo/ *re; if.t/
jimonitsitetit 'Sill, oli tsae eseeired mil 40. al
Vat all ordered to be seed the thirst inas so .
SUPPLY.
On tbe notion of tbe ;ciaatroast, of the Aigypargst