The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-11 00:00:00

Colonel RAWDON thought the term "dare" WU
altogether misapplied.—(bear, hear.) A constitu-
tional Government might do anything which Was
sanctioned by the representatives of the people.
The clause was then agreed to, as were also clauses
11, 12, 13, 14, and L 5, after a short discussion, with
verbal amendments.

On clause 16, which empowers police-officers to
require persons to join in the pursuit of offenders,
Mr. J. O'CONNELL sul:mitted that the power
should be restricted to 'county inspectors or sub-
inspectors. The persons called out were required to
do their utmost in pursuing the offenders ; but
who was to judge whether they did their utmost f
Sir G. GREY said that the limitation proposed
would entirely destroy the effect of the clause. It
was meant to enable a police•officer to call in assist-
ance, in order to prevent the escape of an offender;
if the officer was required first to consult his superior
officer and obtain his authority, the opportunity
would be lost. As to whether the parties called in
did their utmost to render assistance, the jury, by
whom the case was tried, and not the police officer,
would have to be the judge of that.
Mr. O'CONNOR said, the duty imposed by this
clause was already an obligation at common law ; but
he thought the punishment, in case of refusal, ought
to be mitigated to six months' imprisonment, without
hard labour. A period of two years' imprisonment,
with hard labour, though at the option of the judge,
would excite a strong sympathy for the offenders.
Sir G. GREY defended the clause as it stood, en
the ground that the discretion of the bench would
prevent too severe a punishment being inflicted.
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL did not think the clause
would be productive of much good. In England the
people aided in enforcing the law, because they had
an interest in doing so, and believed the law to be
their friend.—(Hear, hear.) The enforcement of the
penalties under this clause, he feared, would have an
opposite effect from what was intended.
Mr. O'CONNOR moved the substitution of " six
months" for " two years."
Mr. AGLIONBY did not think two year; imPri"
sonment an excessive punishment for screening Mar:
deters. The clause would operate as an inducement
to parties to give up offenders when they
were in their
power.
The amendment was negatived without a division,
and the clause was then agreed to. •
On clause 17,
Mr. O'CONNOR said this clause was the st • of
ing
the Bill. It proposed to preserve the 1 and 2 I,ll„imii.
IV., c. 44, and 15 and 16 Geo. 111., c. 31 (the VVl"``'
boy Acts), with the exception of such arts of those
Acts as were repealed. The effect of this would be,
that parties guilty of minor offences would be sen-
tence I to a heavier punishment—seven years' trans'
portation—than those who screened the Murderers.
Some conversation ensued; ultimately, . ore
m
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said he thought by
good would be done by prompt punishinent than by
severer punishments after long delays 'bad
Punish
to intervene. The plan of speedy Pan'sb„
ments was found most effectual during the
ances in Clare; and if speedy punishments were b.
dto °
effectual, speedy convictions might be suppose
effectual also.—(Hear, hear.) •the
Sir G. GREY expressed his concurrence in d
view expressed by the lion. Member for NerrYt
Mr. F. O'Connor gave way. disturb-
ances
The remaining clauses were then agreed to. 1,1
Mr. BAINES moved the insertion of a•elnese'
which accessories after the fact might be tried ita
punished, although the principals might not here
been convicted or taken. no"
Colonel SIBTHORP thought it was quite as he
cessary to punish the accessory before and after t.
fact as to punish the principal. He coadenmed._T:u
Bill, however, as a milk and water; and even, 11
might be permitted to say so, a cowardly Ines.
sure.—(Laughter.)
The clause was then read, and,
agreed to, and the House resumed; the report to De
received this day.
•
The House, at One o'clock, adjourned until noon
this day. as was understood,

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Dac. 10.
STOCK EXCHAXGE—The sales are—Bristol and
New, 4% dis.—Taff Vale, par. Exeter,
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 10.
this day :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Jun.c,tid.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following were the transactions
this
31/. Shares, 5-A dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, VA ,1_1_„„„
dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 134
shire and Yorkshire, Fifths-, % p.—London and Nortli-Iv.e'__
tern, 153—Ditto, New Quarters, 61A p.—Ditto, Quartet;
(G.,L), 37—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Qua
ters, No. 1, p.—Ditto, No. 9, 1734—Ditto (late Grimall
and Sheffield), 1144 dis.—Ditto, 20/. Shares, 43/1
Midland Stock, 109—Ditto, 40/. Shares, 42•Vg.c--. vittOr
Halves, 1% dia.—Preston and Wyre, Halves ON
Scottish Central, 27.* p.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and '"
shire, Preference, 38s. 9d. p.—South-Eastern and Dover,
New, No. I, 334 dis.—Ditto, New, No. 4, • 1:y, dis.—York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, 135—York and North Midland
(East and West Riding Extensions), 8L p.—Dutch Rhenish,
4% dis.
BLANCHESTER, DEC. 10.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Anglian, NeW
Preference, 1-16 p.—Eastern Counties, 16,,A —Lancashire and
Yorkshire, Quarters, 214, dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, Preference, 1/4 p.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lin-
colnshire), 4% dis.—North British, Thirds. 3-16—North
Staffordshire, % dis.—Shcffield, Rotherham, and Goole'
2tAi dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 11-16 dis"
South -Yorkshire, Donca9ter, etc , 214 dis.

81111111N611.1.4 'Dm.. 10.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are--South•Eastern 41/11
D 'Ter, New, 1% dis.—Birin Ingham, Wolverhampton, an
Dudley, 4/. Is. 3d. p.—North Staffordshire, IA dis. —Shrews'
bury and Birminghatn (A), 635. 9d. dis.—Shropshire Upon'
465. 3d. dis.

LEEDS, Dim 9.
&mac Excwaxon.—A very trifling amount of business
has been done to-day at the following prices:-East Lan"
cashire, New, 33/4 dis.—Ditto, Quit-tors, 19s. c. die. —Lanceildre
and Yorkshire, 32/. Shares, 5 dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, lbl%
dis.—Ditto, New, 131. 1 Is. 3d. elis.—Ditto, Preference, 33e•
dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 3s. Gd.. dia.- North British,
Thirds,
ss. dis.—North-Western, 4.5,5' die.—York, Newcastle, and
Ipswich and
3e.- p•—Ditto, Extension, ls. p.—North Staffordshire,
Berwick, No. 2 (New BerwiCks), 2As C. P.
YORK DEC. 9.
STOCK EXCVANGE.—The ;ales are— Great Northern, 41,4
Cambridge and Ely), Iti—North British, Thirds, 2/. 3s. C.
—Ditto, Quarters 41,4—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2
gow, 94—Ditto, New Halves,
(late New Berwicks), 121,'c.—Ditto
,2 . / • E.
(G. NT• E• Purch.), 9%.
Bury St. Edmunds (Extension), Scrip (late
IWINBURGII, DEC 9.
BTocK ExertariGE.—The sales are—Edinburgh and Glss:
Grantor, Quarters, 4s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Northern, 177
Glasgow and Ayrshire, 401. Shares, 411. !Am.—North British,
Halves, 12/. ss.—Ditto, Quarters, 41. 105. I. Ditto, New
61
Quarters, 115. 6d.—Ditto, Thirds, 21. 4s. •
6—Edinburgh, Leith, and

GLASGOW, DEC. 9.
And Was-
STOCK EXCILANUE.—The mice are—Edinburgh --
gow, 941. 53.—Stirling and Dunfermline, 2/. 4s.

THE IRON TBAHE.—REDUCTION or NVA?"..---
BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY.—In consequence of the tispres:
sion in this branch of trade, chiefly caused by the sugi
pension of 'railway orders, the iron masters around
Dudley have given notice to the ironstone miner! ItHue
furnace men that they must submit to a reduction c?:
their wages to the extent of 20 r cent. ; and •We tin
derstand that it is the intention of- the coal masters 10
give notice to-morrow evening of a reduction to a.
tvages of the colliers to the extent of a shilling per day.
This will lower the wages of the collier to 4s. and the
ironstone miners to 2s. 9d. per day. Short time is being
generally adopted throughout the whole of South
Staffordshire, and many of the iron masters are deter'
mined to suspend itper,tiori aitogetiter for the py,;ent-,
lIANsEATie PRoouc r:.—A vessel arrivei at one 0,
;
the wharfs on the river fromlf~tmhnr; h, ht
brought 97 tons weight oh rotneev, her,' the Itirgi VIP
tity of 997 bundles of horseradish. This is one °`
numerous supplies of potatoes, of an extensive charge'
ter, at present taking place from Hamburgh, and the veil
large quantity of the vegetable known as horseradish,
brought on this occasion from that disfr:c,, slit) Pr'
titularly remarkable.

13 .1 lira .
On the Bth inst., the wife of,s
R. Read, EN, St. John's-
square, 1104-
square, of a daughter. arden'''
On the 9th inst., at Glecester-road, Kensingtml-g
the lady of W. Logan,
a Dok
On the 6th inst., at CEsq., of a son.
room's-hill, Greenwich. Nrrs• - ' T t
of a daughter. . v the
On the 7th inst., at the Vicarage, Raynliam, Es'se' '
wife of the Rev. H. G. Roche, of a daughter. J, 'l.
On the 9th inst., at Chottmert-place, Peckham, 511 e. J.
Millard, of a daughter.
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ARRIED.
At Paris, on Wednesday, Dec. 1, at the British Emb3s'),'
by the Venerable Archdeacon Kealin , Lord Coclira,'
eldest son of the Earl of Ditudonald, G.L'6, to Louisa, dau,u
ter of W. A. Mackinnon, Esq., M.P. - " Lord
On the 9th inst., at St. Peter's Church, eldest Eaton-square
George Quin, to Louisa Mary Isabella Ramsdell
daughter of the late Sir J. Ramsden. of Byram Hall, r
, Ye
shire. the
On the 9th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, b.r.
Rev. G. F. Lewis, the Hon. 11. Elliot, second son d thiPArt.
of Minto, to Anne, second daughter of Sir E. Antrobtas, 133__r

DIED.
On the 7th inst., in Clifford-street, aged 53,
Esq., F.R. S. rant
On the Bth inst., at his residence in the Albany, Lientel
or
General Sir J. C. Dalbiac, K.C.H., Colonel of the 4th,
Queen's Own, Light Dragoons, aged 72. Ir. AV'
On the 7th inst., at John-street, America-square, •
Smith, aged 75. Yeo•
On the Bth inst., at Charles-square, Holton, Mrs.
well, aged 77.
At Kensington, on the 7th inst. aged 33, C. T. Lawson.
Esq., youngest son of the late J. Lawson,, Esq., of Norwoyd
fa
On the 9th inst., after a short illness, her house in•
ley-street, the I-lon. Marianna Lady- Cockburn, wife E. Liston.
of Ditlor
General Sir J. Cockburn, of Langton, Bart.
On the 26th ult., at Kensington-square,; T. F.
aged 75.
On the 2d inst., aged 30, Anna Eliza, wife of J, C°lrard•
Esq., surgeon, Barnsbury-park, Islington.
On the 4th iust., at Kensall-green, Mr. H. Bowen, atb:
93d year of his age; also, on the Bth inst., at the illsn"
Mrs. Susannah Bonst. w,
aten, hs widow.
On the 4th i Fitzroy-terrace, Kentish-town, J. 0.
Mathews, aged 66.
On the 7th inst., Mr. J. Foster, of Denmark-hill, Camber"
well, aged 78.
On the Bth inst., R. Fountleroy, Esq., of Wandsworth,
Surrey, aged 82.

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