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HOUNTCASHELL presented several

..est too Papal aggression.
sonasnta also preseutei several petitions, pray-
sees Tole ai.hed into Parliament.
S iaal)3l.l,oli.E pie;sented ,a petition
estahlic.hineat of espial. fin incial boards.
aA-LE OF AlieiENIC BILL.
of CARL'S Terel, in moving the secsnd reacEng
! it might be supposed that he ought to
orward the motion with a great deal of parade,
with startling awl interesting details, but
leas was a degree of mystery and horror
Cat csi poisoning which, instead of
feelin . disgust and terror to a certain
nisi s izehappily had a contrary effect,
re r thotieht the less he dwelt upon the sub-
Tnat any provision or check
stare could devise to remedy
iaT .evils would be most desirable was a mat-
efFciefat and 400 painful notoriety.
to of the presenrßill were extremely aim-
ed teat no person should sell any arsenic
.oat entering in a book to be kept for the purpose,
der a penalty, 'a Statement of such sale, the quantity
-see ic, and the perpeee for which it was
stated to be required. Thus would
,Gained the identity of the person, his re-
eler; and the purpose for which it was
Ile would now just mention two points,
which might possibly occur to their Lordships.
Tee first was that the provisions of the Bill were
inaited to the sale of arsenic, whereas it was, of course,
obeioue there
,were many other kinds of poisons which
would taka.away life; but it happened that arsenic, on
account
_of its comparative absence both of taste.
and colour, aftsrdeci greater facilities for the commission
of crime;.ansi he was told by those who had attended to
the history of the criminal judicetureon these matters,.
Cyst arsenic was. in fact, synoaimous with poison.—
(Mer, hear.) Oi course he could not pretend to debar
The use of poison by those' whose knowledge, opportuni-
ties, and instruction gave them greater facilities for ob-
taining it:—(Hear, hear.) And he apprehended
it would also be extremely difficult to draw up
a schedule of all the poisonous materials which
might be used for the purpose of taking away life, and
he .bellived,' even is that could b 3 possibly done,
Would not be desirable.—(Hear, hear.) It would
45t be desirable to advertise. as it were the dif-
ferent poisons which might or might not be used, and
to show persons what article they must have recourse to
if they wishaa to perpetrate crimes. Therefore, it had
not been thotight proper by those who had attended
to the matter to extend the Bill to other poisons
than arsenic. The other point had reference to the
minimum acaouet of arsenic which parties should be
allowed to sell. Arsenic was very cheap, and those who
wished to have it for legitimate purposes would not be
deterred from purchasing the quantities they required,
but if they were to purchase more than they wanted,
perhaps, they would leave the surplus carelessly about,
and thus afford an opportunity for evil-disposed persons
to get it into their hands. Therefore, he thought, it
was advisable not to introduce any provision
of that kind into the Bill. He was not ambitious enough
to suppose the Bill could deal with all cases of poisoning.
The Noble - Lord • concluded by observing that
he hoped, this species of crime by poisoning
was not familiar to any ago or country, but
melancholy experience proved the contrary, and he
Apprehended that however leghlatioa might attempt to
deal with the evil, the crime could only be successfully
gyapplecl with by extending religious education among
the people.—(Hear, hear.)
After, a few words from Lord MOUNTCASHELL the
Bill was then read a second time.
INCOME-T
Lord BROUG-HAIA said he wished to call the atten-
tion ct their Lordships to the subject of the resolutions
which he had laid on the table of the House relating
to the income•tax. His principal objections to that tax
'e its inquisitorial nature and the disclosures which it
.ade of a man's affairs and pesition to persons who had
no claim to such knowledge. He had in his hand four
returns which had been made by separate individuals
to the Income-tax Commission, which had been found
lying carelessly about, when they ought to have been
keat with the greatest secresy by the person into
whose hands they were sent. The individual who
had sent then there had 16 others in his possession,
all of which had been similarly found.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE greatly regretted
that any comp%int could be made respecting the Go-
vernment officials who were engaged in the collection
of this tax, and he was much obliged to his Noble and
Learned Friend for the candour with which he had in-
formed the House and the country of his intentions. He
perfectly, agreed with his Noble and Learned Friend
in the opinion that the income-tax was a most grievous
and oppressive imposition. It was perfectly true that
its inquisitorial character rendered it peculiarly obnoxious
to persons of all classes, and every care ought certainly to
be taken by those occueied in its collection in refraining
from any exposition of • the private affairs of individuals.
'Tile breach of that confidence which ought to be oh-
aerve-d might very easily be productive of serious injury
in many cases, but he could assure his Noble and
Learned Friend that every care should be taken to pre-
vaitany misoonahet on the part of those by whom the
tax was collected.
Lord BROUGHAM was glad to hear that the consi-
decation of the Government had been turned to this
matter, and he hoped that not only the attention of the
officials engaged in the collection of the •tax, but also
that of the magistrates in the several counties, would be
drawn to it, with a view to prevent that which, to say
the leant of it, was a grievous aggravation of a most dis-

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'lne'Subject then dropped:
EXTENSION OF DESIGNS Acr.
Lord GRA.NVILLE bricfl I Moved the third re..;.iling
ill the Eitension of Designs Act.
No Act:tient being cffered, the Bill was road a third
Jame and passed.
THE IRISH MAGISTRACY.
Lord STRADBROKE moved for several • returns
ecnnected with the business of the Irish magistracy.
THE JESUITS.
Lord REDESDALE presented a petition praying for
the empulsion of the Jesuits.
MAYNOOTH.
Earl-FITZ WlLLlAltpresented a petition, signed by
theinha'Atants of several places, praying for the abroga-
tion df the grant to Maynooth. His LArdship said that he
had readily presented the petition, but so far from de-
ailing that the: grant should be diminished he rather
desired that it should increased.—(Hear.)
STEAM MERCANTILE NAVY.
Oti the motion of the Earl of CRAVEN, several re-
turns were.ordere.d of the number, build, tonnage, and as
fa; as it could be ascertained, the ownership of the steam-
vessels in the ports of this country, distinguishing those
of. British acid itese of foreign build, and the ports from
which and to- whieh they. plied.
MERCANTILE MARINE BILL.
Lerd COLCHESTER said that he wished to ask the
Noble Marquis whether there was any intention on the
part of the Government to bring in a Bill for
• ansendmr3nt of ,the Mercantile Marine Bill.
3.)aring.the last session the Vi(ni-President of the Board
of Trade had brOuglit in three Bills with a view to im-
Fova the, laws by which the' mercsntile, marine of this
country., s regulated. Two out of those three Bills
had been dropped in the House of Lords; the third
w.is only. brought up to their Lordships' House
on the 30th of. July, and was read a second time
on the 3d of August. The. third reading would have
been opposed, but it was stated that there was not time
to send the Bill back again to the House of Commons,
and it ther4ore paised with the express understanding
that another Bill should bo brought in this session to
amend its provisions. lie wished to know whe her the
,Governra.nt intended to act on that understanding?
Lord GRANVILLE said the suggestions of the Noble
Lord worthy of attcnioe, and Ow department
with which on was connected would not lne sight of
them. The Bill of last session had fully accomplished
the object fl.ir which it was .originally iotended, hnt there
were son-. 14 of its details that rflpirudalteralion or Pxien-
a.,on, and Government was about to bring in a Bill for

that pnrp.).;e.
s,..,h;ect Clan cit,ppid.
Aef AMENDMENT BILL.
The llewe then went into Committee on this Bill.
The Earl of fIARROWBY wished to know what the

ot' the Bill svi,a.
Earl GILEY expltirei that it W' to extend the pro-
visienl of the Pa s..q•lgers Act Amendment Bill to foreign
ship 3 cArryi7g pa.!sengers between this conntry,and the
ozoonies.

Thel3 ill then went throlgh Committee.
CHANNEL OYSTER FISHERY.
The rail of WICKLOW wished to direct the atten-
tion of the gohle Marquis the President of the Council
to a stibjett of some - importance. Their Lord-
ships were aware that a treaty existed between this
country and France, by • which the fishing boats
of the two nations were restricted to speci-
frd • boundaries of the Channel. Since that
was entered hate a valuable bed-of oysters had been dis-
covered betweeis Dieppe and Brighton, which was rather
nearer to the French than the English coast, and during
the last few
years this 'bed enabled the fishermen of
nlt.,,tanct to supply our markets with an abundance of
o , eters throughout the Year, including the months of
:i'Aay,.June, July; and
,Auguse, bat r
ecently the French
authorities had acted tne part of the dog in the manger,
and they would not fi.h the bed themselves nor allow
others to do it. The consequence was that nearly 126
• •,,, on an average five
Eagliall boats, carrying
an,. ~ men each,"
were thrown eut of employment, t
hewrire wished to
ask the Noble Marquis was, whet
ac , Government was
disposed to take the matter up, el
abraou''ti(t)? some
arrangement with the French authorities__
The Marquis of LAlti nadmitted
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emrtence of the subject. His Noble Friend at the Foreign.
office had inquired at the close of the last session, and
had found that the fisherman had been fairly and
Eac
le-
niently dealt with by the French authorities. mites
party • rehibited from fishing within three m
wAy r
of their ective coasts, if the French authorities
had inter d with our fishermen in the open sea,
at a greater distance than three miles from the
French coast, then undoubtedly that would be an in-
fraction of the treaty, and the Foreign-office would ask
for explanations on the subject; but no complaint that
any such infraction of the treaty had taken place had
been received at the Foreign-office.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, March 13.
At Four o'clock, there not being 40 Members present,
the Speaker adjourned the House until to-morrow.