The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-22 00:00:00

G A ME-L AW,S.

Mr. ESTCOTT gave notice that it was his intention
at an early period next session to move for leave to bring
in a Bill to amend the laws relating to the preservation
of game.

NEW POOR-LAW.
Sir WALTER JAMES gave notice, that on an early
occasion he should put a question to the 'Right Hon.
Secretary for the Home Department as to the truth
of the statement, that there was in operation any
system of denying out-door relief altogether, except in
cases where a certificate should be signed by the em-
ployer of the labourer, which was said to prevail in the
counties of Norfolk and suffolk.
COURT OF REQUESTS.
Mr. O. STANLEY, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet,.
the Home Secretary in his place, begged to repeat a
question he had put to the Right Hon. Gentleman, at an
early period of ' the • session, with regard to the
prison of the Court of Requests at 'Birmingham
and also with respect to the prison-of the Court of Re-
quests at Kidderminster, which was stated to be badly
constructed, while great complaints were made by the
prisoners of the diet, which was only bread and water.
Ho wished to know whether any inquiry had been.
instituted with respect to the prison at Kid-
derminster ; whether the Right Honourable Gen-
tleman, as Home Secretary, bad felt satisfied
with the correspondence with the authorities at
Birmingham, as to the state of the prison there, and if
be had instituted any inquiry into the state of the prisons
of the Courts of Request in other parts of the kingdom.
He wished to know, likewise, whether the Bill -brought
into the other House of Parliament (the Abolition of
• Imprisonment for Debt Bill) would do away with these
prisons ?
Sir J. GRAHAM said, with respect to the prison of
the Court of Requests at Kidderminster, he had thought
it his duty to send down an inspector, for the purpose
of making a report, which he understood had been
completed, but he had not yet received it. With
respect to the prison at Birmingham he had not as
yet received a satisfactory report. The proper course
to be adopted in such a case was to apply to. the Court
of Queen's Bench, for the Secretary of Slate had no power
to interfere. With reference to the question of the
Honourable Gentleman on the subject of the
County Courts Bill, he had to state that there certainly
were provisions in the Bill which would remove these
objections. But there was before the other House a'
Bill which went to the abolition of imprisonment for
debt altogether, and if that passed into a law, it would
altogether remove the necessity of legislating on this
subject.
EMIGRATION TO DEMERARA—WEST INDIAN
LOAN.

Mr. HAWES seeing the Noble Lord the Secretary for
the Colonies in his place, wished to ask him if it was
true that her Majesty's Government had received from
the Legislature of Demerara an ordinance for the pur-
pose of raising a loan for the promotion of immigration
into the colony, which ordinance was accompanied
by another, voting a civil list for a number of years; but
this ordinance was contingent upon her Majesty sanc-
tioning the first ordinance. . He also wished to ask whe-
ther any measures had been adopted with, regard to emi-
gration for India, and he trusted there wild be no ob-
jection to lay before the House any documents connected
with the subject.
Lord STANLEY said the Hon. Gentleman had been
correctly informed as to the terms for the vote for an
emigration loan for Demerara. He had received that
ordinance by the last mail. Ho stated to the colonial
authorities that it appeared to him that the Bill had
been passed in great haste, only two days having elapsed
between the time of its introduction and the time of
its passing, and that as it was clear sufficient time
had not been afforded for the colony to expre:s
its opinion on the subject, he should postpone.
submitting the ordinance to her Majesty, until the
colony had had an opportunity of expressng its opinion.
All the papers relating to emigration to the .West Indies
had been laid before the House with the exception of
one dispatch, and that he had no objection to lay before
the House. With regard to emigration from India, a
correspondence-. had been going on with the Governor-
General on the subject ; and he could state that a meaL
sure requiring that a certain number of females should
accompany every batch of emigrants from India was
at present under consideration ; but the question had
not been decided as yet, because great difficulty
existed in prevailing on respectable females to ac-
company their husbands in these emigrations ; and
if it were insisted on that a certain number of females
should accompany each batch of emigrants, the class
of females who would so accompany them would not be
likely.to conduce to, the reputation of the country for
ntorality.—(A laugh.) With regard to the ordinance
for the civil list it certainly depended en the other
ordinance, but the civil list related to the year 1847, so
that there was ample time to take it into consideration.
FEES. TO CLERKS OF THE PEACE.
Mr. B. ESCOTT wished, in order to prevent mis-
apprehensions, that the Right Hon. Secretary for the
Home Department would explicitly state that the Bill to
which he had alluded last night related to a totally dif-
ferent class of fees than those to which he (Mr. Escott)
had alluded, and the receiving of which was at present
illegal.
Sir J. GRAHAM agreed that the fees to which the
Hon. and Learned Gentleman had alluded were illegal.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
On the motion of Sir G. CLERK, it was agreed that
the House, as its rising, do adjourn till Monday,
MEDICAL PROFESSION.
Sir J. GRAHAM,, in answer to a question from an
Hon. Member, stated, that ho should certainly intro-
duce the Bill for the regulation of the Medical Profes-
sion during the present session. Whether he should be
able to pass it would be another question.—(A laugh.)
ABINGDON ELECTION.

Mr. CHRISTIE, seeing the Solicitor-General in his
place, wished to put to him a question. It would be in
the recollection of the House that the Government had
introduced a Bill for - the disfranchisement of the
borough of Sudbury on account of bribery. He
wished to- ask if it was true that, at the recent election