The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-07 00:00:00

MR. MITCHEL.

Sir WM. VERNER, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet
the Secretary of State for the Home Department ho
wished to ask him, whether he had heard, and if there
were any truth in the report, that John Mitchel, when
put on board the Shearwater to be conveyed to Spike
Island, was entertained by the officers on board the
vessel at their mess, and treated in a way that was
unbecoming a convicted felon.
Sir G. GREY said he had received no report or
official information on the subject, but certainly a report
had reached him that the assistant-surgeon, and not the
efficers of the Shearwater entertained Mr. Mitchell at
breakfast on his way to Spike Island. Upon receipt of
that information he communicated it to his Noble Friend
the First Lord of the Admiralty, and no doubt the
matter would be satisfactorily dealt with by that Noble
Lord.

IRISH REGISTRATION.
Mr. HAMILTON wished to know when the Irish
Registration Bill would come on.
Sir GEORGE GREY said his Noble Friend the
First Lord of the Treasury would state on Friday.
GAME CERTIFICATES FOR KILLING HARES
BILL.
On the order of the day being read for considering
the report on this Bill,
Mr. ELLIOT moved the insertion of a clause to the
effect that a tenant should have power to grant written
permission to kill hares on their farms.
The amendment gave rise to a long discussion in
which Captain llAlms and others took part.
Mr. BOURKE said he was opposed not only to the
clause but the Bill altogether, and he warned the landed
interest of that House, that, if this Bill passed, it would
ultimately lead to the utter annihilation of the game-
laws.—(Hear, hear.) In fact this Bill proposed
nothing more nor less than to establish free trade
in hares, and he should not be at all surprised if next
year the Honourable Member for Manchester came for-
ward to extend the principle to partridges, pheasants,
and indeed any and every description of game.
The amendment was ultimately withdrawn.
Mr. COLVILE moved that in clause one the words
"by any means, save as hereinafter excepted," be
omitted.
Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY gave notice that on
the third reading he should move the insertion of
several clauses, and took the opportunity of stating that
the Bill would confer no boon upon the tenants, inas-
much as the landlords would take good care that the
provisions of this Bill should never be put in force.
Colonel SIBTHORP admitted that tenants suffered
much from the injuries done to their farms by hares,
but he submitted that the better way to deal with that
difficulty was not to give them power to kill the hares,
which, in his opinion, was no boon at all, but to provide
that the landlord should make good the damage done
by the game in the shape of compensation to the tenant.
Mr. H. BERKELEY said be was a free•trader, and
he desired to see free-trade in game as well as in every-
thing else, and would support the right of every man to
kill the game which he bred. He considered, however,
that great mischief would result from giving power to
tenants to destroy game by fire-arms, because murder
had frequently been committed through the use of that
instrument, whereas no danger attended the use of
snares.
After a few observations from some other Hon. Mem-
bers, the House divided, when there appeared—
For the omission
Against it ... 22
Majority —ss
Mr. ELLIOT moved that atter the word " certificate,'
in the third clause, the following words be added " ex.
cepting the proprietors of the said greyhounds, beagles,
or other hounds," which amendment would have the
effect of compelling persons who kept hounds of their
own, for a day's sport occasionally, to pay the tax.
After a short discussion, the Hort. MEMBER consented
to withdraw his amendment.
Sir W. JOLLIFFE moved that after the word "de-
scription," in clause 4, the words " by night" be added,
and also at the end of clause 6 that the following words
be added :--" and the word night' shall be considered
and is hereby declared to commence at the expiration
of the first hour after sunset, and to conclude at the
beginning of the last hour before sunrise." He said the
object of his amendment was to prevent the use of fire-
arms at night, which had been attended with the most
serious consequences.
The House then divided, when there appeared—

For the amendment
Against it
Majority..... —6o
The other clauses were then agreed to.
On the motion that the Bill be engrossed,
Mr. H. DRUMMOND said he believed he was at li-
berty to move that the Bill be engrossed that day six
monthp.—(Laughter.) He bad great objections to the
measure, and he thought it was to be regretted that as
much of the time of the House had been wasted upon a
matter of so little import.
Colonel SIBTHORP said he should oppose the Bill
altogether on the third reading.
After a desultory discussion upon the general merits
iof the Bill, the House divided, when there appeared
For the motion
Against it
Majority
The Bill was then ordered to be engrossed.
The House resumed and spin resolved itself into
Committee upon the