The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-15 00:00:00

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

Mr. SOTHERON moved for leave to bring in a bill
to regulate Friendly Societies, and said his object was
to introduce it at once and to get it printed, in order
that it might have a wide and extended circulation dur-
ing the recess, and thus enable hon. members to be en-
tirely master of its details by next year.
The motion was then agreed to.
CRIMINAL CODE OF MALTA.

Mr. KINNAIRD called the attention of the house to
the Malta criminal code. He complained that it gave
very great offence to the Protestants in the island, and
said it contained several articles relating to offences
against religion, all of which were more worthy an in-
tolerant and despotic nation, than a country like
England, which boasted of its civil and religious
liberty, and were unprecedented even in the law
of Malta itself. They all appeared to proceed
from a guarantee which was said to have been given
for the protection of the religion of the Maltese, and he
was anxious to know what was the nature of such gua-
rantee, for he was not aware of its existence. The hon.
member mentioned that under the code a person might
be imprisoned for one or three months for not kneeling
aaid
s
or taking off his hat to a Roman Catholic procession, or
for reviling or insulting that religion, and for six years
whole
solitary confinement for stealing the eucharist from a
priest'suchhouse or from a Roman Catholic church, and
that the noblOef
apirirnishments were entirely opposed to the
advocate
abroad, would vilL
the English law. He could not believe
of
clord, the leader of the house, who was the
which, under
to religion, enacted
and religious liberty at home and
give sanction of his name to a code
pretence of giving protection
that the amended code
The hon.a memberconcluded by moving
series of abominable and
persecuting laws,
rights and privileges of her opposed to the constitutional
an innovation of the Maltesle anajw,
estys subjects, and was
and that an humble
ittsty asking ber to address be be presented to her
hold her sanction to it until
religion put an end to
consideration of Parliament. a,(l received the mature
ghon.member tlllttaanilalta
Mr. T. CHAMBERS supported the motion,
opinion that if the code passed it would being of
alli‘firre.eFfr.epe
EdiEscLusrseimoninrdeespdetchtien
was a Catholic country, and was placed under
elec-
tive Legislature, to which Catholic members were
re-
turned, and the code to which the lion. member referred
had been passed by that Legislature after a great deal of
consideration.
ROYAL COMMISSION.
ouse of Peers
Here Mr. PULMAN, the Yeoman Usher of the Black
to atten d the H
Rod, summoned the house .
to several
to hear the royal assent given by
bills. On his return, commission
1847 to which
prise the house to learn that the code of ,a
.aw
in Mr. F. PEEL continued. He said it would
the hon. hon. member alluded, never existed as C 1
._
confirmotion thebut it
sioners, and was sent home for
Malta. It was merely drafted by the Malta Commis
-
Malta.
came into operation. For many years con-
solidation of the criminal law of Malta was felt to be an

CRICKET•

THE ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO

OF ARNOLD.

- -
This match was played at Arnold, near Nottingham,
on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday last, when the
final score stood as follows, by which it will be found
that the Eleven gained the day by four runs only :

THE ELEVEN.
First Innings. Second. Innings.
J. Pocock, Esq., b Chambers... 0 b Chambers 3
Caesar, c Burrows, bJ. Oscroft 1 b Chambers 2
S. Parr, b Chambers.. 7 cS. Oscreft, b Cham-
bers 9 ~,
Caffyn, b James Oscroft 0 b Chambers 2
Anderson, b John Oscroft 2B aT. Oscroft, b Cooke 7
Guy, b Hind l2 b Cooke . . 5
A. Clark, s Need, b Jn. Oscroft 5 b Langley . 34
Arnold, b Jchu Oscroft 0 b Hind . 19
A. Mynn, Esq., not out 34 b Chambers ll
Clarke, b Cooke 8 b Hind
Hillyer, Ibw, b John Oscroft.. 0 not out
b 6,12, w 5, n-b 1 l4 b6,w 3, n-b 2..... 11

Total 109

ARNOLD.

Total 97

'First Innings. Second Innings.
John Oscroft, b Clarke 8 c and b Hillyer l2
Hogg, b Hillyer lO b Hillyer
T. Oscroft, b Hillyer 3 b Clarke 3
S. Marriott, b Clarke
Need, b Hillyer 0 b Hillyer 0
Chambers, c Cesar, b Clarke... 5 b Hillyer 6
Turner, c Parr, b Hi11yer........ 1 b Clarke 4
Jos. Oscroft, b Hillyer 2 b Hillyer l2
Jas. Oscroft, c Arnold, b Hill-
yer
Cooke, b Hillyer 3 b Hillyer 9
Shaw, c Hillyer, b Clarke 5 c Hillyer, b Clarke._ 7
Hind, b Clarke lO lb w, b Clarke ...... .. 0
Langley, b Hillyer 5 c Clarke, b Caffyn..,., 0
Anthony, run out 4 b Caffyn 7
C. Anthony, not out 3 c Pocock, b Clarke... 0
S. Oscroft, b Clarke 0 b Caffyn 0
J. Oscroft, c and b Hillyer 0 b Caffyn. lO
Burrows, Ibw, b Clarke l2 b Clarke
L. Burrows, b Hillyer 0 b Hillyer 0
Fisher, b, Clarke
Scotton, b Clarke 5 c and b Caffyn 7
N. hind, b Hillyer 0 not out.
no balls S b 6,13, w 1, n-b 313

Total

Total 116

THE IVIARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND v.
COUNTY OF SUSSEX.
This return match was commenced on Thursday at
Horsham. At the close of the play on Friday the score
presented the following appearance :
MARYLEBONE.

First Innings. Second Innings.
Royston, b Wisden
Mr. A. Marshall, b Wisden ll c Box, b Jn. Lilly-
Adams, c Wisden, b Js. Lilly- white 0
white Si) c Box, b Taylor 2
Chatterton, b Wisden 4 not out 32
Mr. W. Nicholson, b Js. Lilly- c Wisden, bJn. Lilly
white 6 white
Mr. E. Balfour, c E. Napper, b
Wisden 23 b Wisden 7
Grundy, c Tredcroft, b James
Lillywhite 2 b Taylor 9
Mr. W. Fellows, b Taylor 63 c Tredcroft, b John
Lillywhite 3
Clark, c Taylor, b Wisden 5 c Box, b Wisden lO
Hon. F. Ponsonby, not out 6 b John Lillywhite.... 1
Nixon, b Taylor 0 b John Lillywhite.... 0
bl,l 4, n-b 1. 6 byes, &c 6
-

Total

..478
SUSSEX.

Total 9B

First Innings.

Second Innings.

Wisden, b Nixon ~. 22
Mr. E. Napper, run out 4 not out 2O
Bushby, b Nixon 2O not out
John Lillywbite, run out l9
Dean, b Nixon
Mr. C. G. Taylor, c Adams, b
Nixon
Box, b Grundy
Mr. W. Napper, c Adams, b

5 run out 3O

Nixon -
Mr. H. M. Curteis, b Grundy
Mr. E. Tredcroft, not out
James Lillywhite, c Chatterton,
b Grundy
b 3, 1 4

4 run out 2B

7 byes, Ste.

Total 96 Total B5
The match was resumed on Saturday.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
Tills DAY.
At Canterbury—Kent v. All England.
At the Oval—Oval Club v. Camden Club.
At Northampton Arms Ground—City Club v. Strea-
tham.
At Paul's Ground—Canonbury v. Blackheath Ama-
teurs.
At Twickenham—Twickenham v. Staines.
At Walthamstow—Walthamstow Foresters v. Wood-
ford.
At Epping—Epping v. Hampstead.
At Leicester—Leicestershire v. Nottinghamshire.
At Newcastle—Married v. Single of Northumberland
Club.
At Upton—Upton-park Club v. East Ham.
At Coulsden—Coulsden United v. Brixton-Hill Club.