The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-13 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

DONCASTER SPRING

MEETING.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

Th• Free Handicap Hurdle Race.

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Tallyho

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Ths Betting• Room Stakes.

Nanoy ...
Knook Knoll

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The Grand National Steeple Chaim.

Chieftain
Mulligan

Seven ran. Won in a canter.
THE DIUNIOIP.AL STAKES.

True Blue
Red Deer volt
Guardsman

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... 2

... 1

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... 3

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TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING
Sr o'cLoac.

DERBY.

11 lo 1 agst Mountain Sylph colt—taken
25 to 1 apt Marlborough Buck—taken

CriESTER CUP.
9 to 1 agst Rhesus
20 to 1 agst The Icarian—taken
20 t) 1 apt Montague
20 to 1 agst Wallflower
25 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCZLLoR tock his seat on tho Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
PETITIONS.
The E:Irl of CARLASIE presented a petition from
Bradford, Yorkshire, praying for an alteration of the
patent laws.
The Earl of MOLINeTCA.SHELL presented several
petitic against the rapal:aggie3sion.
His LoRDSKIP also presented several_ petitions, pray-
ing that Jews might not be admitted into Parliament.
The Earl of S'L'R A.DBROKE presented a petition
in favour of the establishment of county financial boards.
ALE OF ARSENIC BILL.
The Earl o7IARLISLE, in moving the second reading
of this Bill, said it might be supposed that ho ought to
bring forward the motion with a great deal of parade,
and preface it with star:ling and interesting details, but
he fel: that there was a degree of mystery and horror
attached to the crime of poisonieg which, instead of
crewing a feeling of disgust ard terror to a certain
class of minds. unhappily hat a contrary effect,
and therefore he thought the letiiite dwelt upon the sub-
je.gt the het'er. That say provision or check
the could devise to remedy
testing evils would be trot cdesir; bi:i we; a mat-
tar e f st:llitt:.eat and too painful notoriety.
The Drorisiores of the present Bill were extremely sim-
ple-. It ealacteil that to persoa shou!,l sell any arsenic
without entering in a book to fie kept for the purpose,
under a penalty, a statement of so sale, the quantity
of arteete, and the purpose ft r which it was
r. qaired or etatcd to be required. Thus would
be ohtsined the id..atity of the I:ersen, his re-
sidenee, and the purpo4‘) for which it was
racted. Ito waled nom just mention two noints,
which rn:itit possibly occur to their
Tac first was that the fil-LviicT.-.s of the Bill were
11Cilte f 1 to rot, sale of enenie, whete.ts it w 3,, ut e,il.lrsp,
OhTtoll4 there wore many other kinds of poisons ahieh
would take a•niay hf,,; but it happened the, aratinic, on
account of its cornaarsaiva absence b.A.h or taste
and col,;ty, vff....rded for the c,:mmi.ision
of (Cale; ;:fiCi iio Qr.il :GA be those who hod t.,27.det-I to
thy' bit'ory of the erimin%l judicAtnri., on these ittc,ters,
that arstuic was. hi fact, synordinotra with poison.—
(Rear, hear.) 0: cure he could not pretend to debar
Tao use (1 poi on by these whase kaceeledge, opportuni-
ties, and inArecaica gave tThezr, greater fw;:lities for oh-
it.—(hear, hear.) Ant he apprehended
it would tit:, be extr, mely ditliault to draw up
a :elm:fele of sill the paisonoue materials which
might he used for the purpose of tekio g away life, and
he betiQvcd, even if that could ba possibly done,
it would nut be desirable.—(lletir, hear.) It would
not be desirable to advertise us it were the dif-
ferent prisons which might or might not be used, and
to show persons what article they must have recourse to
it they wished to peril-trace crimes. Therefore, it had
not been ehoutht proper by th,:g.e hal attended
to the matter to ente:al the Bill to ether poisons
than arsenic. Tt.r other point had rJerence to the
minimum zniou3t of arsenic whic!) parties should bo
allowed to sell. Arsenic ataa very cheap, and those who
wished to have i for bgitinien purposes would not be
de'orrQd it cs tatrz;ha,,ii;g tlae quer.iities they required,
but if they weie ) purchase more than they wanted,
perhaps, they vrcuid leave the surplus carelessly about,
and thus efierel Arti opportunity for evil disposed persons
to fsrt it iteto their hands. Therefore, he thought, it
advisable not to idtroducs soy provision
of that kind iato the PAIL He wets 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
epprehended that however hgi.letion might attempt to
deal with the evil, the crime could only bo successfully
grappled with by extending religious education among
the people.—{Hear, hear.)
After a few words from Lord MOUNTTASHELL the
Bill was thwa read a second time.
INCOME-T

Lord BE,OUGIIAM raid he wiseed to call the atten-
tion of their Lordships to the subject of the resolutions
which he had laid on the table of the House relating
to the irieome•tex. His principal objections to that tax
were its inquisitorial nature and the disclosures which it
made of a man's affairs and position to persons who had
no claim to such knowledge. ..He had in his hand four
returns which bad been made by separate individuals
to the Income-tax Commission, which had been found
lying carelessly about, when they ought to have been
kept with the greatest eecresy by the person into
whose hands they were Lieut. The individual who
had sent them there had 16 others in his possession,
all of which ',had been similarly feline:.
The hlarquie of LANSDOWNE greatly regretted
that auy complaint could be made respecting the Ge-
verntaent officials who were engaged in the collection
of this tax. and he was much obliged to his Noble and
Learned Friend for fie 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-tan was a moat grievous
and oppressive imposition. It was perfectly true that
its inquisitorial character rendered it peculiarly obnoxious
to persona of all classes, and every care ought certainly to
be taken by those oecneied in its collection in refraining
from any exposition of the private affairs of individuals.
Tho breach of that cbnfideuco which ought to be ob-
served raight 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-
vent any misconduct on the part of those by whom the
tax was collected.
Lord BIiIOUGHA.M was glad to hear that the consi-
deration 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 stay
the least of it, was A grievous aggravation of a most dis-
agreeable impost.
The subject then dropped.
EXTENSION OF DESIGNS ACT.
Lore GRENVILLE briefly moved the third reading
of the extension of Designs Act.
No objeCtion being offered, the Bill was read a third
time and passed.
THE IP.ISII MAGISTRACY.
Lord STRADBROKE moved for several: returns
eonneeted with the bUrsinese of the Irish Magistracy.
THE JESUITS.
Lord REDINDA LE presented a petition, praying for
the expulsion of the Jesuits.
MAYN,QOTH.
Earl FITZWILLIAM.preeented a petition signed by
the inbehitents O 2everal'plac,,e, praying for the abroga-
tion of the
_grunt° Maynonth. His Lordship said that he
had readily' presented the petition, but so far from de-
siring that the greet shenid be diminished he rather
desired that it should he increased.—(Hear.)
STEAM *ERCANTILE hrAVY.
m
On the motion of th F.ArI of ,e ° the CRAVEN, several re-
turns warn crJereu
number, hnild, tonnage, and as
far al it could
ascertained, the ownership of the steam
Towle in the porte of this ceantry, di4in
euiehing those
of British and thcso of foreign build,
end the ports from
wishedinte n
titoon a
oil
the
the
wet :eh nad to which they plied.
.
itCA.NTIL:Ie MARINE BILL.
L.-,rd COLCHESTER said that he
Noble Meorquis whether there WZ3
any
pal of the Government to kricg_ in a Bin far
the amendment cf the Meteantile Marine Bill.
1-_:Tielitehntaovfietotßeard
Duriote tl.e last session the Vice,,•
of Trade had brought in three h"I
im-
prove the leers by the Melc.74.nviti,le reariee ofo
this
ree three
country was reguiated. Two It
had been dropitil in the House of Lerus, !lieOircl.
wile only brew ht np to their Lordshills Rouse
on the anith of Ju!y, r, as read c second time
on the 3d of Aupst. The third reeding would have
been tippoit•-(1, 1;" was ,ttN,(l 1.;;;11.: theyno: time
to sena the till heel; c'.ln to the n)tne of Commons,
and it therefore panels-! with the txpresa understereljet;
that e7ictll(l. Bill sllou:et be hrinigl..t iu Ole sessine
erneed ;ts Pr"' He ihiihtd to know whether the
neeeerihrik et intereled to act on that understarding?
Lord CtANVILLE said the suggettiens of the Noble
Lord v;+-re well worthy of attention, end the department
with which lie was connected would not loose sight of
them. The Bill of last session hfld fully accomplished
the object fer which 1, vvas origically intended, but there
were :oleo of ite details that required alteration in eaten-
= ien, end Government was shoot to bring in a Bill for
that purpese.
The suttiect then drpped.