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London, England, 1818-06-03 00:00:00

MFSSAGE FROM TIM. CO‘f MONS.

Mr. filloooll/1 mot oth is from the Muse of Commons
hroileht the Abolition of the Slave Trade Rill, and the
Irish fii.liery Pr. rrn•tion Rill, 111111101 were read a first time.
•rts, Vacation of the Poor Sill M4ll read the third time,
and passed.
SALE OP.GAM E.

The 0,41er of the I) to being reAd for the House
resolving itArlf iutn a Coiousittee cu the Bill rda-
titre to the S le of (Lune—

The Ertl .If CARY %RYON said, the principle of
this 1.111 woe to suloject too the same penalty the
react:limier sail the seller of guile, and to deal out
au equal portion ofjostiee to the rich luau and to the
poor—mid on this broad principle he eslled upon
the !Loose to go into Committee.
The E orl of LAUDERDALE—There was no nue
Whi, knew any tiling of thr state of the gaols of this
country. who was not aware of the great cello re-
volting from tin• extent of poaching. Tliis was in
its nature loitrilnr the extent of the Cr of for-
gery ;. for the Legoidatoire, by caustog too large a
circulation of paper motley, had thereby given en-
couragement to forgery. lit the valise us, er, the
Legislature hail ,given all artificial nocrease to game,
and it was now van, to think a preventing the
evil* arisiog from it. It was impossible, in N wealthy
cuuntry,to yrevent rids meal front purchasing game,
amd etujoying the I:ivories of isle ; nod he was colitis
dela, if the Lord Steward'* *remolds were kid
before their Liorolsh)is, it would be found that the
Sovereign's LuLle wad ftleiri,helt with game. pur-
chased no the markets. The Hill slid not repo,
nl 1114 miluil, possess the nilvalitAge of dispeosiog
equal justice ; au.l, helm! wholly Inadequate all the
55( Its object, he should Vole at:3lll'4
F C;stosycsiott felt lit the Game Laws re.
paired is vet,i txteioave Tel i•tio11, but as in tilt' aol-
vanecol period of Illr, 4r,iaslll every point could mut
he investigated. lie shook, tote for the present Hill,
as ail:tilling a very Cmimior.shle adVallid4e.
The EMI of Lotsittett said, that this Hill was
broonght ill by the sportmseto of the Colintry, fur the
purpose of itiereasiog the severity of the preseilt
(;:sine Lim% Which were the greatest curse ever
known to this country, Thoogli fund of sportnig,
lie woos founder of the liberty of the subject.
and lie should, theoefore, vote against the Cid.
The sportsmen .r the country would, iu rissisig
this Hill, militate against their tovii interests. for it
would lender the footled proprietors of the euuutry
tootiody adverse to those darling Gallia Lewis, of
wind, they were so exceedingly tenacious,
Lord flot.l.tfru declared fointself not food of
sport, loot 'le I.riievrd he was as f 1 of the liberty
of the people as the Noble Earl (Lionel ick), or any
other man alt the country. Ile shoold„ however,
vote in favour of the preseiot Bill, moil reels on one
of th,f. gromoola s..nell by the Noble Earl. The
Nolole Earl Intl assorted, that the Game Laws Were
Ole greatest cure Ibis cotiiitry t ver suffered, and
yet lie f -tired Cu support the present Ilia. lest it
1014111 make the funded proprirtiirs Its esieillies.
'Chi. dill lint Yeetil hi hills to he any ilt4l4lvmstage,
ciiiiaelitietitiv he shuull not be .interred by it.—
Neither could he agree with the view taken of the
question by his Notole Friend (Lord Lasiderolabl,
whu load, with bliCh uiOCuuity, iiiirodurtd iutts Ins

speech the paper current y.—( Hear, brar. aad a
it i
t : hi—Ttie Bill possibly might lint he effectual,
but
produced at least some advautai e, wliirh
ought nut to he rejected. It was but just to
equalize the punishment between the buyers and the
sellers, for it could nut he denied that if it WNS
c.ione to sell, it was no less a crime to percbase.—
( Mar.
The Loaf) CHawcsta.ort solid, that he should
will hold his assent from the present Bill. because
he slid not conceive it calculated to attain the pro-
posed °hires of equal:Milt the punishment when
the ntfeure was similar. however, fully acqui-
esced in the principle, that the buyer should he
punished equally with the seller. It soot unfre-
-9111.1111y happened to him in his morning walks
about his country residence, to see poachers killing
partridges and pheasants on his priperty. but he
Ifrf felt himself very angry at Olt Vlolllltloll of his
right., and he rookd not help rt Electing on the pos-
sibility. that lie himself might have done the paw,
hail it pleased [leaven to place him iu the same bi-
nomial in I fit as the promoter. lf, however. a gen-
tle-man in the neighbourhood were to purchase the
game so killed, lie should consoler such gentletuara
more et-Matted thin the !smaller, hiving thereby en-
clout aged him to commit the offence ; and if he
could be induced to semi the poacher to 1./orates-
tor Gat I, he should feel very happy ill at the saute
tune sending with him the gentleman who had
puichereil the fruits of the other's crime. even
though he were of the LA rank On the
liras, hear.)
The E. 41 I Of LI:ORRICK explained.
E4lll BATHURST übjetleil to the 8011, because
there was a clau•e in it which went to expose qua-
lified pesto a penalty for beliing game.
The E .r 1 of CARIARVON raid, the Nolole Earl
was mi•laken, there being no clause in the Bill to
such an raw.

The Luau CUANCELLOR rema ked, that the
chit!' int go..ltly tit distributing juaic•e that lie cum-
ploine.l of was, that while the unfortunate poacher
was %511 jc. t to a line of 5/. and iwl.nMuwurut, the
!uellist r was subject only to the penalty of 5!.
without the imprisonment. 11 one were worthy of
pri•oo. s•. was the Other.
•I'he Eatl of Caaa•itvox, in reply, said. that
thi*obj-vbcs might he very rawly removed.
The norm then divided, when there appeared—
For the Committee
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0.1 onr re-adwio.inn below the bar, we found
the linsme in Committee istloll the Bill.
The several t [dusts being agreed to, the House
was resumed, and the Bill reported, with the
antrodsoesst suoggesited by the last otbertation of
the Losd Chancellor.