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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

point of my duty to select a Nobleman equally di,tinguisited fot
his experience, consummate knowledge of the Constitution, P.
triotistn, and love of his country. It is on this ground I cal
upon you, ii:lrcu Mar,hal ankerswnrd, to accept this stair, and
to take berg,re itte the oath which sour office requires.
Baron Ankerswarti took accordingly Shtoath.
The Stockholm Committee appointed to administer relief to
such inhabitants of Sweden :is have been reduced to extreme its-
digetice by the war. ha' publishe;l a report, by which it appears,
Oat it has already received from the London Committee, 3506/.
sterling. S6O woollso waistcoats, 5590 pair of worsted stock-
ings, and large quantities of medicines, and that besides 1400
barrels of dour have been bought op it: London, and are nn the
point of being shipped 6ir Gotteitborgh, there to be discharged
Sro account of the Stockholm Committee.

LETTER FROM Till: EMPEROR BONAPARTE TO TUE DUKE OF

SUP F. MA N
66 MY BR 01'11 F.11,—,:t have received your Royal Highness's
letter of the 11th March. You are right to believe that I wish
swrden to enjoy tranquillity, happiness, and peace with her
Neighbours; neither Russia, Denmark, nor myself, were eager
urge war against Sweden, but on the contrary did every th
in our power to ward of disasters, which it was easy to foresee.
I have taken the earliest opportunity to acquaint those Courts
With your Royal Highness's sentiments and views, and trust
they will perfectly agree with nit! in opinion; and that it will
Ant be our fault, if Sweden should not 1w restored to the enjoy-
ment of happines, and pence. As soon as I shall be informed of
the intentions of my allies, I will not fail to communicate them
to your Royal Highness. In the mean time, you will not enter-
tain a doubt of the respect I entertain for your nation, of my
wish for its happiness, and of the high esteem with which your
character and virtues have ia-piretl me for your Royal Highness.
I pray to God to keep you, my brother, in his holy guard.
" Your good Brother,
" NAPOLEON."

",Paris, A pril 12, I 509."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

"lenthry, May 15.
CRUEITY TO DUMB A NT3I/11.3.

Upon the order of the day for the second reading of Lord
Erskine's Bill for preventing or correcting the practice of cruelty
to dumb tvi nals, his Lordship, in a speech of considerable
length, full of argument, pathos, and enemy, expatiated on the
general sohjeet of his proposition. The evil which he besought
their Lordships to remedy was too gross for the necessity of argu-
ment, ft wounded the feelings of every passenger throagh nor
street; it outraged sensihil it v in the young and in the old. It was
'ell known, that the w retciies who commonly practi-ed 'those
cruelties, tint only exulted in defeating the interference of the
friend to charity, hut renewed and ikggravated their detestable
cruelty to the poor animal withiu their power. The muster
would reply to the humane expostulator, 44 the beast is mine,
and 1 have a right to &pas 1 will with my own." The servant
worthy of such a master would say, the beast was uaderbis core.
an I he best knew how to manage it ; and thus, between master
and man, each a much greater brute than that over which they
claimed dominion, the poor animal was oppressed and tortured.
Am,,,, a variety of striking instances of cruelty to animals, his
Lordship tnertioned a very remarkable case, which had recent'
come to hi.; knowledge. This was a practice which he woof('
pledge himself to prove, if required. There is, he said, a set
Of men, called vulgarly or technically Naggers, whose trade is
t.t buy up horses found to be untit for any kiwi of active-siert/ire.
and only of value for their flesh, skin, and bones, or wtratever
quantity of fat their carcases may retain. These poor horses,''
sg purchased, and with such views, are put into a sort of pet.
Without fond of any kilt,' ; and it often happens :hat between thaa
eaLeroess of hu;tger, and the lassitude of di•-ease and weakness.-
one is found to prey upon the flesh of the other. His Lordship
the., ad‘erted to Roll baiting,,. which, though not specificall
named: ii his Hill, was 'timidly comprehended in Its pro-•
v Li-ti:-... tie left the quest' I •ith peeve confidence to thri
Lordships' judgment, ,44, •--,•.:., wisdom and abilit .. o'
. two Noble antidteit t'v". , f .r a,u 4-; who would more
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MAY 21.

Noble Lords but that there were parts a ii which he a ought
would require particular consideration. This consideraiinn lie
:hot& feel it his duty, as he doubted not every other Noble
Lord would do, to bestow upnn it. The Bill was then Ctolllllllt-
led for the third reading.—Adjourned.
Tuesday and ‘Vedcesday no bu:laess of importance.

71ursday, May 18.
TUC IMIG V. MART AND WII1TF:.

The further consideration of this cause came on to-day, when
'the Solicitor-(;encral was heard at considerable length in
support of the judgment of the Court of King's Bench ; and Mr.
:Clittettl, in reply, made a most able and learned speech for the
defendants, and concludf-d‘tith the wish that so sever.. a -eutence
would be marked by them with that indignation w liich in his
opinion it deserted, and that, in furtherance of that determina-
tion, they would averse it.
Lord STA !S 11011 g, contended, that, in whatever light Law3ers
might view h, or the practice of the Law Courts sanction it, het
that still it was contrary to the true spirit of sae British Consti-
tution.
The Loan CAA NCELI•OR argued at very great length upon
the legality of tirejudgrnent, and the constitutional propriety of
it. His tartishly chewed that it was directly in unison with the
letter and spirit of the Constitution. His arosesents were very
logical and compreheusive, and made a deep impression on the
House:

The Judges having been directed to furnish their Lordships
with their respective opinions, Sir Janes Alansfield, Clief Jus-
tice of the Common Pleas, now delivered the aggregate opHion
of chat Learned Body, and Sir James read it to the House, the
purport whereof was, that the judgment given by the Court of
King's Bench was strictly accordin4 to law.
Lord ERSK ENE declared it as his unequivocal opinion, that
the sentence was conformable to the pumice of that Court, and
to the law of the land. _ _

The GRA ricELLon then declared that judgment to be af-
firmed.—Adjourned.

Friday, May 19.

the Custom Home Warehousing Hill, and the Laud Ta x
Commissioners' Bill, as well as several private Bills, were
brought up from the Commons, /sad read the first time.
kdjaurtied

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

—New.
Monday, May 15.

NIGITC7.I,TE ARCHWAY RILL.

Mr. PETER 'Moons: moved, that the Highgate Archway Bill
be recommitted, in order to afford the Committee, to whom that
Rill had been referred, a further opportunity of considering the
evidence that had been laid before them. The majority of the
Committee above stairs were not satisfied that the title which
the Bill bore was supported by the evidence which bad been.
brought before them; neither were they of opinion, that the
projected work was at. all required, or that if it. was carried
into execution, it would be alien Ted with any public advantage.
It crag, however, remarkable, that all the members who were
.in the hait of travelling the North-road, and consequently best
acquainted with the inconvenience which the projected improve-
ment went to remove, were favourable to the Rill, while those
only who did not travel that road, or were but intperfeetl) ae-
vainted with'lhe difficulties of it, were against it. The lion.
Amber concluded with moving that the Bill be re-committed.
The Howe divided— For the re:ominittal of the Bill, 354
against it, 28 ; majority, 7.
fhe Cuancr:t.t.oa of the EXCHEQUER obtained leave to
bring in a Bill for abolishing certain Holidays observed at the
Offite, and for extending tle. hours of attendance.
Mr. ROSE moved for leave to bring iu a Bill, to alter and
, .ime'ntl the laws relative to the payment of the wage, of seamen
:iervitcr in the Ro‘al Navy. After a few words from Sir Charles
ksole, leafy' was given.
Mr:Rain tilso moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the bet-,
ter paymenfor Prize-money due to so amen, nod fur securing the
great . intere4s of
.Greenwith hospital. After smue ob,.erva-
• ions Sir dharles Pole, Mr. Robert Ward, the Attorney
;eneral..and Mr.Johnstooc,,leave was given.
Tile: CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUr.R moved the order of •
ie day for the tiirther con,ideration.of the Report•of the Com-
mittee on the Bill for preventing tee Sale of OitiCeb.