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THE REIN DEER.

(From Capt. FRANKLIN'S Narrative.)
The Rein Deer has a quick eye, but the hun-
ter, by keeping to leeward and using a little
caution, may approach very near: their appre-
hensions being more easily roused by the smell
than the sight of any unusual object. Indeed,
their curiosity often causes them to come up close
to, and wheel round the hunter ; thus affording
him a good opportunity of singling out the fullest
of the herd, and upon these occasions they often
become so confused by the shouts and gestures
of their enemy, that they run backwards and
forwards with great rapidity, but without the
power of making their escape.
The Copper Indians find by experience that a
white dress attracts them most readily, and they
often succeed in bringing them within shot, by
kneeling and vibrating the gun from side to side,
in imitation of the motion of a deer's horns, when
he is in the act of rubbing his head against a
stone.

The Dog-rib Indians have a mode of killing
these animals, which, though simple, is very suc-
cessful. The hunters go in pairs, the foremost
man carrying in one hand the horns and part of
the skin of the head of the deer, and in the other
a small bundle of twigs, against which he, from
time to time, rubs the horns, imitating the ges-
tures peculiar to the animal. llis comrade follows,
treading exactly in his footsteps, and holding the
guns of both in an horizontal position, so that the
muzzles project under the arms of him who
carries the head. Both hunters have a fillet of
white skin round their foreheads, and the fore-
most has a strap of the same kind round his
wrists. They approach the herd by degrees,
raising their legs very slowly, but setting them
down somewhat suddenly, after the manlier of a
deer, and always taking care to lift their right or
left feet simultaneously. If any of the herd leave
off feeding to gaze on the extraordinary pheno-
menon,it instantly stops, and the head begins to
play its part by licking its shoulders, and per..
forming other necessary movements. In this way
the hunters attain the very centre of the herd
without exciting suspicion, and having leisure to
single out the fattest. The hindmost man then
pushes forward his comrade's gun, the head is
dropped, and they both fire nearly at the same
instant. The herd scampers off, the hunters
trot after them ; in a short time the poor animals
halt to ascertain the cause of their terror ; their
foes stop at the same instant, and having loaded
as they
teyran, greet the gazers with a second die-
cha The consternation of the deer increases,
they run to and fro in the utmost confusion, and
sometimes a great part of the herd is destroyed
within the space of a few hundred yards.

A shocking accident occurred at No. 3, Bed-
ford-row, Holborn, early on Tuesday morning.
A man servant residing there had been on Mon-
day night to Greenwich, and was attempting to
scale the area on the next morning, for the pur-
pose of getting in before the family were up,
when his foot slipped, and he was precipitated
on his head and killed instantaneously.

PAR LI A.:A ENT.

lIOUSE
OF LORDS, JUNE 9.
ROYAL ASSENT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl Of LIVERPOOL, and
Lord MELVILLE sat as Commissioners, and notified the Royal
Assent to the Scots Distillery Bill, the Hides and Skins Bill,
the Leather Duties Bill, the Commissioners of Public Chari-
ties' Bill, the Mar Peerage Indemnity Bill, and several Pri-
vate Bills.

The Earl of DERBY presented a petition from Salford and
Manchester, in favour of the Joint Stock Company Bill.
Mr. HumE, and others from the Commons, brought up the
Combination Laws Repeal Bill, the Masters and Workmen's
Bill,thethe Irishen dm e Distressnt:
of the Lords agreed to. Bill ; and returned the Silk Duties Bill
with
The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented petitions against
the Equitable Loan Bill, from cerir: inhabitants of the parish
ofSt. 111artin-in-the-fields, the City of London, and the Borough
of Southwark. The Noble Earl presented some other petitions
against the same bill ; and Lord HOLLAND presented one, but
the places from winch these petitions 'came were not heard.
The crowd below the bar was this day unusually great, and it
was with difficulty any of the proceedings could be collected
with accuracy.

Earl GREY presented a petition from the debtors confined
in Whitecross-street prison in favour of the Equitable Loan
Bill.

ROMAN CATHOLICS.

Earl GREY afterwards rose to present two petitions, one
from the Roman 'Catholics of Cork, and the other from the
Roman Catholics of Galway. In consequence of the crowd
and confusion to which we have alluded, the Noble Earl was
not perfectly audible below the bar. He was understood to
say, that the petitioners thought it right, notwithstanding the
disappointments they had experienced, to continue their efforts,
and to persevere with spirits unbroken, in seeking the res-
toration of their civil and religious rights.. In this deter-
mination they proceeded upon just grounds, for lie conceiv-
ed that the right of all his Majesty's subjects to equal civil
and religious liberty was a perfect right of which none could
be deprived without special reasons. His opinion, therefore,
had always been, that nothing but the safety of society could
excuse the enactment of the disqualifications of which the
petitioners complained. It was, therefore, for those who main-
tained the necessity of disqualifying statutes, to sliew that the
security of the community depended upon such laws. Ac-
cording to his view of the subject, this case certainly could not
be made out by the opponents of the Catholic claims, and he
therefore fully concurred with the petitioners in the opinion
that there never could be peace in Ireland, and that the
British empire never could be in a state of security, until the
laws imposing disqualifications on the Roman Catholics were
repealed. One of the petitions which lie had to present, when
transmitted to him, was accompanied with a letter, requesting
that lie would, if lie thought it advisable, call their Lordships
attention to the consideration of the Catholic claims before the
House adjourned. For his own part he would have readily
complied with that request; but lie was convinced, from every
thing lie saw and heard, that his originating any motion during
the present Session would not tend to promote the object of the
petitioners. He was the more confirmed in this opinion in con-'
sequence of knowing that it had been stated elsewhere, by a
Member of the Administration holding a high office in Ireland,
that this question could not be discussed at present without the
greatest possible danger to the interests of the Catholics. He
therefore should not now propose any other motion than that
the petition do lie on the table; but it would be necessary for
their Lordships to direct their serious attention to the subjects
at an early period of the ensuing Session ; for if the present
state of things were alloWed to continue in Ireland, the discon-
tents must end in some convulsion which would shake the
Empire to its centre.

The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a Petition, signed
by a considerable number of the Catholics of Ireland at the time
in Dublin. It prayed for the same object as those just pre-
sented, and after what had been stated by his Noble Friend
he need only say, that the signatures were those of persons of
great respectability. It had been placed in his hands in con-
sequence of a Noble Earl (Donouglinnore, we believe) who was
to have presented it, not being able to attend in consequence of
ill health. .
The Marquis of DOWNSIIIRE presented a Petition to
the same effect, from the Roman Catholics of the county of
Down.
On the motion of Lord COLCHESTER, the appellant juris-
diction Bill was read a second time.
GAME LA,ws.
Earl GROSVENOR rose to introduce a Bill for amending
the present Game Laws. After
expressing his regret that the
Bill on this subject, lately introduced into the house of Com-
mons, had not passed, the Noble Earl stated that he thought
it was the duty of his Majesty'; Ministers to bring forward
some measure calculated to Nettle a question of so much im-
portance to the good order and morals of the country. Since,
however, that had not been done, he had resolved to propose to
their Lordships the adoption of a measure which did not inter-
fere with the state of the (h Laws generally, and which
went no farther than to repeal a number of statutes by which
the sale anti purchase of game was prevented. He would move
the second reading of the Bill to-morrow, and on its passing
through that stage, its committal on Friday.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE did not object to the mea-
sure, but regretted that his Noble Friend had brought forward
the Bill at so late a period of the session.
lELD approved of the Noble Earl's Bill as far
a
objection was, that it did not go far
g
Noble Lord then specified several objects which
e ns
out Lordh . S
went.o
The
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only
he wished the Bill to embrace, -and intimated, that if nothing
effectual was done this year, he should consider it his duty to
bring tbrward a measure next session.
The Earl of LIMERICK, its we understood, supported the
Bill.

The Earl of CARNARVON also supported it, though from
the state of the population of the country he did'not expect that
the measure would have all the effect which some Noble Lords
expected from it. He approved of the repeal of the statutes
to which his Noble Friend had alluded, for the laws against
the sale and purchase of game did not prevent the offence of
poaching.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL regretted with his Noble Friend
(the Earl of Lauderdale) that the Bill had been brought in at
so late a period of the Session, and thought it would be better
to postpone it to next year.—The Bill was then read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow.

EXCISE OATII BILL,
The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the third reading of the
Excise Oaths Bill.

ges at
pecPtre wsbellieth required by law,
was due
Lord A L'EIIORPE, before the Bill passed, thought it right
to say that he considered the measure an act of injustice to the
Catholics, since it only did that partially, and covertly which
ought to be done fully and openly.l be Noble Lord also de-
pwriel
iecaht e ttlenthe
(siu
theoerdfliumo
iunsi
stslwt n ea nr
to the
solemnity of taking an oath. A memorial had last year been
presented to Government from the Merchants of Liverpool on
the subject of oaths, and he was sorry that no sneasure had been
adopted in consequence of that representation. If no correction
of this evil should be proposed by his A!aJesty's Alinisters in
the course of next Session, he should think it his duty to call
their Lordships' attention to the subject.
The Bill was read a third time, and pusset..,_,
Idjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER was summoned to theglouse of Peers to hear
the Royal Assent given by Commission to several public and
private Bills. On his return, he informed the House of the
names of the Bills. (See the Lords' report.)
IRISH EQUITABLE LOAN BILL.
On the motion that the report of this Bill he agreed to,
IVIr. 0 0 ULBuitN expressed his disapprobation of any mea-
sure which, like the present Bill, would have the effect of de-
priving a large body of traders of their means of subsistence.
as an amendment, that the report
He thought tliat if the conduct of the pawnbrokers was
egiwlasimtiprvoe
measure. He should move, .
per, the evil might be remedied by m
be received that day six months.
Sir R. SHAW supported the Bill. lie thought every mea-
sure should be encouraged which would tend to introduce Eng-
lish capital into Ireland.
After a feW words from Mr. S. RICE, Mr. GRATTAN, Mr.
DAWSON, and Sir J. NEWPORT, in support of the Bill, and

from Sir 11. PARNELL, against it; the House divided, when
there appeared—
. .
For the original Motion - - 35
For the Ainentiment - - - 17
Majority - - - —lB'
The Report was . then agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to
be read a third time.
CITY BONDS INTEREST REDUCTION, BILL.
On the motion that the Thames Navigation Debt interest
Reduction Bill be read a third time,
Alderman C. S3I IT II opposed it, as uncalled for, and unjust
towards the present holders of those bonds.
Mr. HUME supported the Bill, as likely to effect a con-
siderable saving to the public.
After a few words from au Hon- Member whose name we did
not hear, •
Alderman WOOD, in defending the Bill, observed,' that
when it was before the House last, it was lea in its present •
state in consequence of there not being a sufficient nuraber.of
Members left in the house to divide. That deficiency had
been erroneously attributed to several Members having gone
out to see the balloon ; but he should rather attribute it-to the
indifference which was sometimes shown by Members to ethe
discussions on private Bills. „
Strangers werenow ordered to withdraw, and the gallery was
cleared; but on our re-admission we learned that the Bill was
passed without a division.
eee,;„ie motion for the third reading of another of the Bills
fo; 4
thec Houseng
,rit thetiiivnitdeer,eis otifietlnieunCibietyrsdlevbertse—(the Coal-market
For the motion, 30 Against it, 35 Majority, 5.
On the motion for the third reading of the last of these Bills,
namely, the Orphans' Fund Bill, the House again divided, and
the numbers were—
For the motion, 38 I Against it, 22 Majority, 16.
NET Hi ERLA NDS TREA TY.
Mr. CANNING laid on the table a copy of the Commercial
Treaty between his Britannic Majesty and the King of the
Netherlands. As an Hon. Member opposite had intimated a
wish on a former night to obtain some information respecting
parts of this treaty, he (Mr. Canning) wished to state that as
it was intended by a provision in the treaty, to place Sincapore
and another place on the same footing as Bencoolen and other
possessions of the East India Company, it would be necessary
to bring a Bill into Parliament to give effect to the treaty, and
when such a Bill was introduced, the proper time would arrive
for conveniently discussing the general subject.
The copy of the treaty was ordered to be printed.
CASE OF JAMES TAYLOR. •
Mr. R. MARTIN had to present a Petition from Mary
Taylor, the wife of James Taylor, who had been trims-
ported to Botany Bay, most improperly, as he conceived,
upon a conviction for smuggling. The Honourable Member
detailed the nature of the case as it was set forth in the Peti-
tion. Taylor, with 18 others, was indicted for landing and re-
moving by force of arms sonic smuggled goods on the coast of
Kent. Of four witnesses for the Crown, one only could speak
directly or indirecely to his identity ; whilst, on the contrary,
four credible witnesses proved an alibi for hint ; the Jury re-
commended him to mercy. Four of the parties convicted were
hanged; and they, dying, declared their own guilt, and Tay-
lor's innocence; nevertheless, the latter had been transported
to Botany Bay. Taylor was further charged with having fired
upon the revenue-officers, whereas, in point of fact, it was an-
other man who had fired, and who came forward to avow the
fact, saying, adsuni qui feci. lie had made every effort to
avoid presenting this petition, hoping that justice would be
otherwise done to the unfortunate family ; five months, how-
ever, had elapsed, and no redress was administered ; it became
therefore necessary that he should present this petition.
On the question that it be brought up,
. Mr. PEEL said, that as the responsibleOflicer of the Crown,
in a case of this description, he was naturally unwilling to re-
main silent, even under the imputation of an error in judgment,
for he presumed nothing more was imputed to him in the part
he had taken with reference to the petitioner's case. He
thought that his duty in the situation which he had the honour
to fill was clearly defined. If his mind was made up respect-
ing the guilt of any individual against whom a verdict was re-
corded, and sentence passed, and that neither in the proceed-
ings nor in the sentence could lie find any informality or undue
severity, it became his bounden duty to uphold the verdict and
the sentence, and to withhold any interposition of the Crown for
mitigation. It must be obvious that the extension of mercy,
where mercy could be extended, would he to him a more
gratifying and easy task, than to refuse the solicitations of
those who had been painfully and ignominiously- placed by
a conviction. But in this case his opinion, upon a mature
consideration of the evidence, was, that the man was
clearly and justly convicted,- anti that, his subsequent sen-
tence of necessity followed. The Itight Honorable Gentleman
then referred to the minutes of evidence taken upon the trial of
these parties, which he contended fully supported the verdict,
and justified the sentence. lie had received a communication
from Mr. Baron Wood, who tried the prisoner, upon which he
had written as a memorandum, long before he expected this
case to come before Parliament—" Mr. Baron Wood says that
lie has assured himself of Taylor's guilt, and that if he had
known at the trial what he knows now, lie would certainly have
left him for-execution." He asserted that lie had made every
inquiry into the circumstances of this case which its import-
ance required, and assured the House that lie had fully satified
himself of the guilt of Taylor. Under such circumstances he
felt that lie should not be justified in recommending the. Crown
to extend mercy to Taylor.
The petition was not brought up.
A petition from several other individuals upon this subject
was offered to the House by Mr. HONEYWOOD, but was after-
wards withdrawn, after a few observations from Mr. lion-
NOUSE and Mr. PEET.,
Sir J. ASTLEY presented a petition from Mr. Robert
Gourley, respecting the establishment of schools throughout
the country.
Mr. GRA TTAN gave notice that he should, in the next
Session of Parliament, move for an inquiry into the County
Assessments of Ireland.
Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a petition from several inha-
bitants of Seven Oaks, Kent, praying for a repeal of the win-
dow-tax. The lion. Member gave notice, that he should at an
early period of next Session, bring forward a motion to carry
the prayer of this petition into effect.
31r. EGERTON presented a petition from several manu-
facturers of white salt, in Cheshire, against the repeal of the
duty on foreign salt. •
Mr. HUME presented a petition from a person of the name
of Jones, residing at 24, George-street, Bagnigge-wells, com-
plaining of the Magistrates of Hatton-garden, who had offered
to administer an oath to him in the usual manner, which his
religious scruples prevented him from taking, and who had re-
fused to swear him upon the Bible according to a form which he
had suggested.
The petition, by the desire of Mr. HUNE, was ordered to
be printed.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Mr. Hislop, of Dum-
fries, against the Weights and Measures hill.
COMMITMENTS BY MAGISTRATES.
Mr. HUME moved for a return of the number of persons
charged with criminal offences committed to prison on sum-
mary process in the different counties of England and Wales
during the years 1822 and 1823. Also for a return of the num-
ber of commitments to prison in Scotland for the last 14 years,
together with the number of convictions upon those commit_
Tents, and for similar returns with regard to Ireland.
Mr. PEEL said, that he should take that opportunity of mak-
ing a few remarks upon an observation which had fallen some
time ago from the Hon.3lember for Aberdeen. That lion. Mem-
ber had contrasted the nuneber of commitments for seven years
after 1810, with the number of commitments for the last seven
years; and from that contrast had come to the conclusion that
in the last seven years there had been a great increase of crime
in the country. He had stated that the number of commitments
from the year 1810 to the year 1817 was 47,950, and from the
year 1817 to the year 1824 was 93,000 and upwards. Now, though
this was a melancholy fact, it was still some consolation to find,
that since the year 1819 there had been a great decrease of crime,
notwithstanding there had also been in the same time a great
increase in the population. The number of commitments for
the.last five years were as follows :—For 1819, 14,224 ; for
1820, 13,710: for 1821, 13,115 ; for 1822, 12,241 ;
12,263. So that there had been a decrease of 2,000 in the year
in the interval since the year 1819. He reminded the House,
Tiaei
that up to the year 1815 we were in a state of war, on
of peace.
since that time we had fortunately been in a state .
during Now, in comparing the number of commitments
commitments during
dif-
ferent periods of peace with the number of
l found, not
similar extended periods of war, lie had invariably
e number of
only that the number of commitments, but also t
peace than in
capital executions, was much greater in time of for 1823,
time of war. The Right Hon.
we were unable to
this assertion by a detail of figures, -which
'Secretary proceeded to. prove

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catch, from the low and hurried tone in which he repeated them.
He mentiOned these faCts in order that it might not be sup_
posed that increase of crime was so surprisingly great as the
.Hon..Metnber had,inferred it to be from the documents which
he had read to the House.
The Returns moved for were then ordered to be laid on .the
table of the House.. -•
Mr. MARTIN obtain,ed leave to bring in a• Bill to abolish
Bear-baiting and other cruel sports.
On the motion of Mr. Miter RLY, a.Return was ordered to
.be made of the stuns collected in each parish of the metropslis
for lighting, watching, and paving its, streets, distinguishing
the expence (Wench, during the last seven years.
Mr. C.-HUTCHINSON said; that he had given notice that
he should present a petition that day from Cork,' respecting the
-claims of the Roman -Catholics of Ireland. In consequence of
the thin- state'of the Muse,. and of the absence of several Gen-
tlemen who he knew were anxiouato be present at the discus-
sion of this petition, he should postpone the- presentation of it
till to-morrow. ,
.
•The other Orders of the Day were tht;n disposed of,- and at
Five Minutes before Eight the House adjourned...