The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-25 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
.H 0 USE OF LORDS, Tuesday, Feb. 24. k
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the WoOls
at Five o'clock.

CORN-LAWS
The Duke of RICHMOND presented numerous petitiooll.
from the West and North Riding of Yorkshire, the countiesof
Derby, Cornwall, and Devon, in England ; Montgomeryshireti
in Wales; Forfar, Elgin, and Aberdeenshire, in Scotland; a°
Tyr ne, Carlow, and Londonderry, in Ireland, against the Gs'
vernment measure.

HIGH CONSTABLES' BILL.
The NOBLE DUKE then gave notice that he intended
tO
move that the High Constables' Bill be referred to the CeeP
mittee which was to be named en Thursday next.
THE CASE OF BRIAN SEERY.
The Marcplis of WESTMEATH wished to call the 101;
lion of their Lordships to a question which had been put to tut.
Right Hon Gentleman the Secretary of the Howe I:PO.1d
went, in the other House, last night, relating to the case
Brian Seery, who was recently convicted at Mulingar, it
was answered by the Right Hon. Gentleman that a depotaneor
proceeded from the county of Westmeath to the Lord Lid to
tenant of Ireland with the object of impressing on his e'„i°
lc
allow the law to take its course. The Right Hon. ueemie
man having thus answered the question, he ‘ths
Marquis of Westmeath) considered, under
to.
circumstances, it was his duty to bring the ula
en
under their consideration. He regretted such t did
answer had been given, as no deputation on the subJeg'„aut
proceed from the county of Westmeath to the Lord Lieu'''.
of Ireland.
The Earl ST. GERMANS rose to order. With thegrelt°
respect he must tell the Noble Marquis, that it was not T''',llo
to advert in that manner to what took place in the e
House.
Lord BROUGHAM concurred, and said that it w3l vie
ceedingly irregular to refer to a sfeech purporting to blow
in the other House, and which was only known to the
,$
Marquis through the ordinary channels of communicatioe
as he (Lord Brougham) would say plainly, the newspallell"
(Hear, and laughter.)
The Earl St. GERMANS said the more regular ee.oel
would have been for the Noble Marquis to have given St.
his intention to put the question, and then he (the Der Ai
Germans) would have been prepared to give an anssve. 01/
it was, he was quite incapable of answering it or makieg
explanation. 101
The Marquis of WESTMEATH had no desire to lidePope
unusual proceeding, nor to take any member of the G0...g0
went in that House by surprise, by referring to ,taten.4
made by one of his colleagues in the other House Wising
giving notice of his intention. He was aexi° dt.
contradict the statement to which he referred, ee
earliest possible moment, for when that Vete:1010
rived in Ireland, the portion of the press which collate
that Brian Seery ought to have been executed would ,11:411
rate the magistrates of the county, and there was no torsi.
what injury they might be subjected in consequence.
mitted that in courtesy he ought to have given notice °lra
tention to put the question, hut the necessity of
immediate contradiction to the assertion must be S 111
apology. He therefore wished to ask the Net Po
( Earl St. Germans) if the Secretary of State in 0,-ver
admitted that such a deputation did wait upon the VI% or
tenant, and that he regretted the circumstance, as it 0
called-fur.

The LORD CHANCELLOR—In what place? , te,
The Marquis of WESTMEATH—In the other Ise'
(Laughter). 1 'Or
The LORD CHANCELLOR—Then the Noble gar
not answer the question. , roisll
The Duke of BUCKINGHAM suggested that 110 10 et
Friend should give notice on Thursday of his intention
his question to the Noble Earl. I foe
The Marquis of WESTMEATH was understood
to the suggestion, and there the matter dropped.
THE LAW OF ABDUCTION. sad"
Lord BROUGHAM said, in presenting a petition, bßaslis.s
were very serious anomalies in the law relating to a
ends
which required amendment. After referring to 0(7.'4! M
Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the late Lord Redou4
proceeded to present a petition from Jane Worthing, srei i
whose husband died in 184'2; as her circumstances Were ;Or
in consequence of the death of her husband, she volj;0110.,
to take a lodger into her house, named Burton P. 4 r
He thus became acquainted with this widowllol
daughter, and soon after the death of Worthing tI.A
cession to an estate worth 4001. per annum eriollr,
the daughter, and upon learning this Newnhan 100
his opperations for getting possession of the u
He contrived to visit the house of the wide'r'se it,
he was no longer a lodger, but his advaoe ,e js
lulled all the suspicions and apprehsnsions‘ihi'
mother. He took the opportunity one evening, tt,
mother was absent from home, to call and tell the 0.4
that her mother wished to see her at his solicitor or,
nival's Inn. The girl was a mere child, did not knesailsi
Furnival's Inn was, but she, eevertbeless, not having Ai
of his intentions, readily consented to accompany h,i113:0,0L,
conveyed her to the Euston-square station of the eseeserss
Birmingham Railway, and subsequently effected her tm,"007
By the present law, a man may be inveigled into S';oll.Ak
that nothing could set aside. Here was 3 P;010
forty years of age inveigling a child into s thsji
which there is no power to annul. That a's.so il,
of Scotland at present. He brought in a 0111;109
that law, but others determined to keep it, and thus t"-eceSsel
at present exists was what he could call nothing but eass'Are
brutal law. He took off this young girl, and l'btal trd
back he was tried for abduction at the Central Criinse,r4ll
and was very properly convicted by the learned 1710?
Gurney, who in passing sentence said, he never beat jo, il
a case before. He was now undergoing that 10% 00
righteous sentence of the law, an imprisonment 1.00"
~,,
two years. The Bill he proposed would not di be
,s 0
marriage ; that could not now be cured, but 4011
Brougham) hoped their Lordships would give their ttasehie
the present measure to prevent such occurrences in "Lhrot
the case before their Lordships a marriage actual], "";:gfoote
and he could not then question the validilid.
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marriage, as he did not wish to provoke a 40 ?
and would therefore abstain from arguing :eortfitel
1 If no remedy were given for this state of things, 14' hessef
evils would continue to result. He considered it to:4ou
one party should by stratagem and artifice be alleosof eel
upon the ignorance, innocence, and even weakness olfso
psrty. In the present case here would be a "s rlll
4001. a year, which was her property, and over whiehre-sekof
cease to have any control unless their Lordships inter
hoped, therefore, that their Lordships would take I bs
into their consideration, and remedy the grievaneeia
0
stated. 't oellgd
The LORD CHANCELLOR suggested that 'other
desirable to have the petition printed before anY • ii,
were taken in the matter. IS
leso
Lord BEIDUGHAM had no objection that the AO,
should be printed. t 44
Lord CAMP c ELL entered his solemn proteS ,0 a ‘,l
course proposed to be adopted by the Noble Lord. P 0 V
of the Bill to dissolve the marriage in such esse! 0 de
Wakefield and Turner, where she left the o°l all ^,j';
virgin, but he could not assent to it as being 11050,.1 P
cable to those cases where the marriage was °the L'eo.
When a marriage was celebrated according tO _,sser, ell
Scotland—when that marriage was consunTott
~
the parties afterwards lived together as osse or
and when, perhaps, children were born t" isbrei,
that union—to talk of dissolving a ol,esr,rse iof
such circumstances, and to make the ehlr,—d far,
mate, was contrary to all principle, and incmliso p
serious evils than those which this Bill sough 00
The Law of Scotland, he admitted, be ,1411,1
tremely defective on the subject, and then
that the Learned Judges of this country would See, ip lafsto
of returning to the opinion which they entertaineaespeely
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while the law remained as it was, it must be re 41p
obeyed. To talk therefore of dissolving marriagfiastL'h
in the way stated, was contrary to all principles ed, Irite
if once they made a change of the nature propose
would ask, where they to stop? reitgeftetsfi
Lord BROUGHAM said, that if all these resigetiy
contracted under the same circumstances, he did not s os,
of
great harm would follow from dissolving them., ,j 0 sO of
forty years of age entered a house and carried la" and bt,till.
teen, pretending to take her to Furnival's Inn, s'oeisr 0
fraud contracted a marriage, he thought the con
001
that marriage only aggravated the offence. s not ter
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said it was 4 ~,10000
print. petitions. atnesal'ir
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that it ding Sr
of form, and equivalent to petitioners preent'
petition at the bar.
Leave was then given to print the petition. ' , 11l
Sar
CORN-LAWS. elti
Lord KINNAIRD presented a petition 61,
in Scotland, praying that the repeal of the corns'
Oil
total and immediate. $' ei>li
BROAD AND NARROW GA" aso 0
Lord KINNAIRD, in pursuance of the questslesiqo.lo
he had given notice, said, that among the 'es 001)1,1,111e
measures likely to come before the House this tee sbi/MO,/
regarded their social and commercial position, (00 ..:eio
railways one that required their most 5;10 ', resi
lion. In whatever view they examine' diseesptstlell
whether as enabling the merchant t° over vitee
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a heavy stock of goods in hand, and so to turn, ark, secs
more frequently, or as conveying agricultureS'etheeXis
greater facility to the markets for them, or as ii.'ese vi 0 tf-00
intercourse by their speedy transit—in al of If far lit
~" to
incumbent on the Government to secure ass Ton , kess
power the safety and regularity of these railsraY:tteettsbld
other points to which he wished to draw th`,ltoes sfrberiell
Government, and one of the. e was the advawyje tloYeti s''''sl
lines would give as investments for funds left faetene rgots
hossitals and other charities, and the increasedvt one so Pie tbe
would be given to the transmission of trooess'efereusif eget
of the country to another. This had beene; ced it: 0001
report itself, and it was a subject which had 'ld the Of 00 dr
consideration of the Noble Duke apposite an it as of rstael
military men in the country. He thought Auee sofeas wools,
importance that Parliament should int"' As p,17.01,,11°.
system into the working of these bur-. d agaireeeri-tbs
accidents occurred, which, as they Itill'tal_esdelottleet of, ,d
ways on which they might happen, were until s, eo re se
from the public. Indeed, it was said, t sse onelashese,,xle
Realm or Member of Parliament should %Tear,
_-• 0 at
could be expected in this particular.-.l
at olo„.
ta et
conel7 Its le
e tl 1010
loud laughter.) The report referrtehas
to the rate of gauge over eJy peg a
stated that there was no plan tete rem,sve ter°
ort hest, estoi;
things, and that it was impossible t "a t, e p it
that they bathe„goiTo
dsarmaneliguapuge;ithNgorweahte " tion ; Ye" fsl° timot•
siderable pains to acquire informa
.., to be ilt, 01130teei
looking at the report, that it appear
waggons for the esrriage of goodshe
fraeiarinleyssb,elievdecl that he e tifr lit,
broad gauge, except as regarded osnrdeopmroatlibbaPee?f:ivrSueo•gdatetieseti,i,?7,
withstanding that, on looking at the
trheaaltlyalrl ercaoirayesndsehdontlhde
iandofputtinore,s_ob_fe tsohooernerta_foasuitx.P,l:. rtsobjteigs,_bet
after having read that report, he. ,sf,osetele rat ofettYoreefe
that, because he found that it wanst,lolP
with Pee r„ ~ot Lrsletl:,l
speed which they could at presee
L islature vo" r, by fht fro,
public. He hoped that the . g ,easellass. the!essbetts,
put any limit to the speed of railtvtheeYr;part. Ili; theirs'schle 'Ol
in the manner recommended by
to
snme error
a, isepootet
the Commissioners had fallen into shat it
r.iwe,orpioac,leityoisso4.ool
abiecearustehein
ntahrerinrwrepgoarntgethienyte
..,...vi,
in
his
uire,
ocitueo.
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the width of the waggons, fle!.. .ou
than they were at present, anU '1“--, It did
icticaV 01.1?,,
fingreat fallacy.nll w a the.!lgfgo:
eLro;
capable
sloe!routt
leoi,.into:lg,
al
tr.uhpitererr:rit:tetbsoessrai,re.:,
gaup r sly Pra erroci revael
altered so as to suit a sixrfoot g
rounding to say that it ssta-
tnebh.edeel.
tmriboeh_orv:toce ft t,ep.ra:nreibcti
loc.
ytt
slil.teb any : ietece;;;:riitehi:
'2OOO miles of railway from
r..... 1, practice hot 11.,
aI int
He contended It was Per.— ; • t sem, 'v'l a con? day' byt
there..:;:nt /J111,3°00101100
nenacryinegxtpheenspeu.blicHteoddiodsnoo,
istance but what was now Dew'
insportant sot's:chant
ere
fo
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alterations, in many cases as
had entire'? oda' the g wed
that . , ssfie , eat! . ,ho , 0
there ,vere two companies ,
se their sr- .bas bad big wee
of their rails without stoppulecompao„ r
' trail's'
eonly AI Noble
Eastern Counties Railway
ao of the Thet she test bi
altered without the storie)av"erYgreal. he "Peesli%g the
that the difficulty was not s
tills P°'° ore On oak'. 0, I°
was the great expense,.andaoirse the reliouse•dl,6°) erief::. 00
Ld would make inquiry
i(n.r!rt 1(11:1‘chi `lngiraujerr_.
o,ll°l to el •
provide
for the expense by
all
the
the G
changes,oveirtn would
oeunitd‘Ab- aes ienuat'srryod u_cheildsss u
lug
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0... c r
purpt-rte, and calling nP°ll