The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-15 00:00:00

IDOLATRY IN INDIA.

Sir R. H. INGLIS said he would take that opportu-
nity of puttiing the question of which he had given
notice, in reference to the measures taken by the
British Government, with respect to idolatry in India.
The House would recollect that he had put a question
in the latter part of the last session with regaed to the
separation and disconnexion of the European servants
of the East India Company from Mahommedan worship
and Hindoo pagodas, and also whether steps had been
taken to stop the pension or allowance panted to the
idol of Juggernaut. The answer was perfectly
satisfactory with regard to the Presidency of Bombay,
and all but satisfactory with regard to that of Bengal.
But it was not at all so much with regard to that of Ma-
dras. What he wished now to ask was, whether all
connection of the European servants of the Com-
pany with this worship was to be discontinued?
whether it was not correct that the subject had been re-
ferred to the authorities in India as regarded the pledge
of continuing the allowance to the idol of Juggernaut,
and that the answer was, that no pledge to continue
that allowance had been given? He also wished to know
whether his Right Hon. Friend would have any objection
to lay on the table of the House the dispatch which had
been sent with the pamphlet of Mr. Strachan to the
Governor-General.
Sir R. PEEL said the House would recollect that it
was stated in the pamphlet of Mr. Strachan that 60,000
rupees were paid by the Indian Government for the sup-
port of the Idol of Juggernaut in consequence of a stipula-
tion to that effect, and he also stated, that the pilgrimages in
honour of the idol were sanctioned by the Indian Go-
vernment. A copy of the pamphlet was immediately
transmitted to the Governor-General. He had
no objection to communicate the dispatch which
had been sent on the subject by the Court
of Directors. On seeing the dispatch his Hon. Friend
would be best able to judge how the matter stood as far
as regarded the British Government. With regard to the
continuance of the assistance of the servants of the
Company at the pagodas he had to state that
in Bombay a Committee was appointed, which
took the management of the lands out of the
hands of those who managed them before. The
same rule prevailed in the Government of Bengal.
He was enabled to state exactly what had been done in
the Government of Madras ; but he hoped that the
arrival of the next mails would enable him to inform the
Hon. Gentleman of the steps which had been taken by
the Government of India on this subject. He should be
prepared to lay on the table all the correspondence re-
laling to the subject.
EXCLUSION OF ROMAN CATHOLICS FROM
JURIES.

Mr. BELLEW rose to put the question to the Noble
Lord, the Secretary for Ireland, of which he had
given notice, on the subject of the exclusion of
Roman Catholics from juries in Ireland. In
the recent trial in the county of Monaghan,
of the " Queen v. O'Halleran, M'Kenna, and others,"
which was a charge of Ribbonism, there were twenty
jurors returned ; of these eight Catholics were
challenged by the Crown, and the prisoners had
no right of challenge. The result was, that
of the twelve jurors sworn, only one was a
Roman Catholic, and the general impression on the pub-
lic mind was, that the Catholic jurors had been chal-
lenged solely on account of their religion. In that case
there was no question of Repealer or Anti-Repealer, the
case was one merely of Ribbonism. He wished to ask of the
Noble Lord could state why the Catholic jurors had
been thus struck off. He also wished to put a question
respecting the employment of the Crown witness.
It appeared that the Crown witness had been
employed as an approver before the late assizes.
He had been out on bail, and during that time
and while he was in communication with the police,
he had continued to attend Ribbon Associations,
and he had admitted that he had taken an oath
of secresy at a meeting of a Ribbon Asso-
ciation since he had been in communication
with the Law Officers of the Crown. He wished to
ask the Noble Lord how it happened that the
Crown had excluded from the jury all Roman
Catholics except one, and how they could justify the
employment of such a person as the approver and prin-
cipal witness for the Crown, with a proper regard for
the due administration of justice.
Lord ELIOT regretted that he was not in a position
to give a satisfactory answer to the Hon. Gentleman.
On the day on which the Hon. Gentleman had given no-
tice of his intention of asiting the question he (Lord
Eliot) had written to the Crown Solicitor on the North
Eastern Circuit on the subject. He had received an
answer from that gentleman stating that he was still on
circuit and had not the papers with him which
would enable him to return a satisfactory an-
swer, but that he should return to Dublin on Wed-
nesday, when he would furnish the necessary papers,
but he declared that no juror had been set aside solely
on the ground that he was a Roman Catholic, but that
he snould be able to assign good and valid reasons for
the rjection of every one that he had set aside. The
Honourable Gentleman must be aware, that
the instructions on this subject issued by Chief
Justice Brady in 1839, and which had been
laid on the table of that House were still in existence,
and the Attorney-General for Ireland and the other law
officers of the Crown in that country had addressed cir-
culars to the Crown solicitors on the various circuits, re-
questing that those directions should be rigidly adhered to.
so that if there were any deviations from those
instructions the responsibility rested with the
Crown Solicitor, and not on the Government.
Mr. M47well, the Crown Solicitor alluded to, had
been appointed in 1831 by the Marquis of Anglesea.
He had held the office ever since, and had given satisfac-
tion to all the different Governments since, and he would
not believe that he had failed to exercise a judicious
discretion in the present instance. With regard to the
last question, as he had received no notice from the Hon.
Gentleman on the subject, he was not in a condition to
retnrn an answer.

(LEFT SITTING.)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
CLERKENWELL.

Martin Gahetiss, the landlord of the Swan Tavern,
Upper Holloway, was summoned to answer the com-
plaint of Inspector Thatcher, for unlawfully and know-
ingly permitting gaming on his premises.
Mr. Duncombe appeared for the defendant.
It appeared, from the evidence, that on the 27th ult. a
corn-dealer, named George Bradley Shonnet, residing
Gra y's Inn-lane, went to defendant's house, accom-
panied by two young tradesmen, named Alfred and
and James Stroud. Shonnet deposed that having
drank a considerable quantity of wine, James
Stroud, challenged him to play at " four corners. '
They did play, and ho lost 68L, 101. in money, a 201.
promissory note, and a 361. bill. Shonnet further de-
posed that at the time he signed the bill he was so
stupidly drunk as not to know what he was doing, and
recollecting himself in an hour afterwards he snatched
the bill out of Alfred's hands and tore it in pieces ; the
pieces were, however, collected by a friend of Stroud's,
and put together so as to form a whole, and subsequently
the bill was circulated and presented for payment to
Shonnet by a clerk of the Bank of England, but payment
was refused. It was found that the landlord was pre-
sent whilst they were playing for the bets, and must
have been cognisant of it. After the bill was torn
Shonnet deposedthat James and Alfred Stroud attacked,
kicked, and beat him in a very violent manner.
Mr. Duncombe admitted that skittle-playing and
gambling had taken place, but denied that his client was
aware of it. He called several witnesses, but they did
not disprove the evidence for the prosecution.
Mr. GREENWOOD fined the defendant 51. and costs.
Two men, named Rawley and Davis, were charged as
sus?ected persons. They were found lying in a brick-
field in Islington on Wednesday night, by police-consta-
ble 201 N, and on Davis were found a large number of
duplicates, some of them relating to valuable articles.
A pocket-book was found on Davis, in which was the
following entry, " This night we must get money, or lie
in the station-house." There were likewise tickets for
the Royal Effingham Saloon in Whitechapel found on
Darts, and twv bludgeons.

The prisoners said they were natives of Bedfordshire, •
and had been sleeping in these brick-fields for the last
seven or eight months. On being interrogated by the
Magistrate, they acknowledged that they had subsisted
by begging, and had not been in any honest employ-
ment. They acknowledged having cut the bludgeons
in Hornsey wood. Davis refused to answer any ques-
tions touching the pocket-book or tickets.—They were
sent to the House of Correction for six weeks.
MARYLEBONE.
Yesterday two boys, named William Matthie, and Jo-
seph Hoot - the eldest -of -whom was not more than 14
years of age, were placed at the bar before the sitting
magistrate, Mr. Long, for re-examination, charged with
the following dating robbery:—
. The evidence gone into upon the first occasion went
to show that on the previous Thursday, between one
and two o'clock, Reid, an active officer of the E division,
was walking along Oxford-street, when he observed the
two prisoners close behind a lady, who was going east-
ward ; he distinctly saw Hood lift up the said lady's
pocket, and draw therefrom a purse, which he handed
to Matthie, who immediately put it into his pocket ;
they then ran away, pursued by witness, who succeeded
in taking both of
.them into custody. In the way to
the station Matthie dropped the purse and ran off, but
witness having cried " stop thief," as loud as he could,
he (Matthie) was speedily captured, and with his com-
panion, locked up. The prisoners were both searched
at the station-house, and on Matthie was found lOs 6d.
in silver. The purse contained a bank of England note
for 104, together with a sovereign, a half-sovereign, two
half-crowns, anti a sixpence. The constable added that
in his anxiety to lay hold of the prisoners, he altogether
lost sight of the lady who had been robbed.
Mrs. Catherine Ann Cobden was now sworn, and
stated that on the day in question (7th inst.), she left
her home in Newman-street Oxford-street, with her
purse in the pocket of her dress, at twelve o'clock, and
that on her return she found that her purse and money
were gone. Mrs. Cobden identified the purse and the
10/. note, and she also spoke positively with regard to
her having taken out with her the gold and silver eoins
alluded to, making up in the whole 11/. 15s. 6d.
The prisoners, who though young as regards years,
are old in crime, and well known to the
.police, were
fully committed for trial.

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Ditto, at sight l2 4i
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Ditto, 3 mouths 26 0
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25

Frankfort on Maine.. 122 k
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Berlin

7

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rieste, ditto
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LNGE.—(THIS DAY.)
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 14.

Mr. M. .MILNES presented six petitions against
the Bradford and Leeds Railway.
Mr. WALKER presented similar petitions from
the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Wilton, and others.
THE PORTE.

Mr. M. MILNES, in rising, according to notice,
"to call the attention of the House to the present
state of criminal jurisdiction over British subjects
within the dominions of the Porte," said he must
found his justification for bringing forward his mo-
tion on the enormous practical importance of the
question. He knew how very few Members took any
interest in what were called foreign affairs, proceed-
ing from circumstances on which he would not then
dilate ; and when to these circumstances was added
the one that there was no representative of the foreign
department of the Government in that House, and
that any one wishing to bring forward such a motion
could not do so without great trouble to the Right
Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government (Sir
Robert Peel), he should not have felt himself
authorised in his present course were not
his object one of great acknowledged importance.
The inhabitants of Malta were an industrious popu-
lation, and so were the inhabitants of the lonian
Islands ; and could it be expected that they
would not do all in their power to obtain
the regeneration they looked for ? He
traced the treaties that had been made between
eastern countries and the nations of Europe, from
the time of Charlemagne to the days of Henry IV.
of France, showing that the jurisdiction over
delinquents was exclusively rested in the Consuls of
the nation to which the culprit belonged. Having
obtained these stipulations from the Porte, ought they
not to have submitted them to some competent autho-
rities of their own. He was astonished that nei-
ther the N oble Lord (Lord Palmerston) nor any other
person in office, had proposed a remedy for these evils.
He begged to remind the House of the case of a
Dutchwoman who was killed by a Burmese in Malta.
In that case there was no means of adjudication except
by sending the prisoners to England for trial, and he
was informed that all the expenses of the witnesses
were paid, and that they received two dollars a day as
compensation for their loss of time.—(Hear, hear.)
In another case an injury had been inflicted by an
Englishman upon a Turkish subject. Although, ac-
cording to the letter of the capitulation, that prisoner
might be given up to be judged by the Ottoman
Porte, the practice was completely the other way.
He was sure the Government would say they directed
their attention to the subject immediately after they
came into office, and that they passed the Foreign
Jurisdiction Bill. He thought the Government
might establish a Court in Malta for the trial of those
offences, as one was established in Trieste. The
subject had continually been brought before the
Government at one time or another—they had
acknowledged the evil, but took no means to remedy
it. He now hoped they would show a determination
to correct so great an abuse, and with this view he
begged to move an address to the Crown in accord-
ance with the words of his motion.—(Hear.)

Mr. HOPE said, as he understood the Hon. Gen-
tleman who had fjust addressed the House, his com-
plaint was, that the Bill which had passed last session
gave powers to the Government, but they had failed
to bring them into sufficient operation. He had re-
ferred to documents—amongst others to an Order in
Council, and certainly Orders in Council were no-
thing unless they were made to apply to cases. But
this he (Mr. Hope) maintained had been done.
Under all the circumstances of the case he thought
the Government were not justified in interfering in
this matter.

Dr. BOIVRING thought the authority which
might with propriety be exercised in one place,
might not be applicable in another, and, therefore,
this matter was involved in no ordinary difficulties.
In some parts of the East the British Consuls-exer-
cised almost supreme influence over the Sovereigns,
whilst in others no grievances could be redressed.
He thought that the chief thing which was wanting
in this matter was to establish some code which
would lay down the great outlines of legislation,
and which would give the British Consul certain
definite powers. He hoped that such a consular code
would be speedily formed, and a good means of work-
ing it adopted.

Sir H. PEEL agreed with the Hon. Member that
there were many difficulties surrounding the question
of providing a remedy for those evils. One of the
chief difficulties would he felt in carrying out the
decisions of those tribunals. He felt, aware thr.t
the spirit of the present ' age was against
the infliction of the punishment of death, except in
cases when it was required as an example against
great crimes, and such was also the feeling of the
present Government. He thought this measure
might have a tendency to lessen in the eyes of foreign
nations .that estimation of the principle which above
all others was most prized by England, that any
person accused of a crime should have every means of
defending himself. Her Majesty's Government had
considered this matter deeply, and were sensible of
the evils which at present prevailed, and when such a
code as would be likely to remedy them could be
established as one fit to be adopted by this great
country, both the Hon. Member for Pontefract and lion.
Members opposite might depend upon it no time would
be lost in its application.
Lord PALMERSTON said if a satisfactory ar-
rangement had been made with respect to this matter,
it was not because it had not occupied the serious
attention of her Majesty's late Government. With re-
spect to what the Right Hon. Baronet had said on the
subject of capital punishments, he (Lord Palmerston)
acknowledged that it was a subject which was in-
volved in great difficulties, because it would be almost
impossible sometimes to establish that form of trial
upon the spot, which would be satisfactory, or which
would convey an impression of fairness to all parties,
because the criminal would be, in many cases, de-
prived of the advantages of hearing viva voce evidence
and of cross-examining the several witnesses. He
felt bound to admit that the Government had
taken the right course, and that they had
adopted the most satisfactory and judicious
mode of arrangement that was possible, when
all the circumstances were considered. He was glad
the subject had been brought before the House, and
he hoped that no delay would take place, but that
that circumspect course would be adopted, which
should be suited to the magnitude of the subject, and
that they would be able to make some more satisfactory
arrangements.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. MILNES said this was a matter which re-
quired to be considered with the most serious attention.
He did not think it was at all necessary to have a
Consul at home. Austria had not one at home nor,
lie believed, Russia. Let them follow the French
system. The Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the
Government, had satisfactorily explained the cause
of the delay of the COnsular returns,- and he would

not further detain the House, but sit down, thanlL,
them for the kindness with which they beard
After a few words from Sir B. PEEL the raotiou
was withdrawn.

DUELLING.
" That duelling is immoral in its tendency, thatis
Mr. TURNER then rose to move a rcsolutioei;
brings into contempt the laws of the euuntry,„:
contrary to Divine command, and ought to lg
lished." The Hon. Gentleman said he regre,
very much that after the declaration that had 70t
made in her Majesty's speech the Government ilea' t
tal, en some step, or introduced some measure, °to
down this disgraceful practice. A Bill had !lir,
brought into that House in the year 1713, r:ra
the duel between Lord Hamilton and Ifer
Mohun, and in which both lost their lives, in ("sr
to suppress duelling, but that Bill did not pass ,
cond reading. He thought the practice of duel
should should be as rigidly discountenanced among ei""Tbe
as in the army. It was not so difficult to inaketd be
law understood, and if once understood it wowrks of
followed. He had in vain searched in many snee •
eminence, and in every statute, for any countelLer
to duelling—whenever it was practised it W.as for
tinned in condemnation. The Hon. Meruheirbeea
Salford said a few nights ago that duelling hau. ion it
0
created by public opinion, and by public 01 be
would be suppressed. But why should the evi
allowed to remain so long unremedied ?
sent Government brought in a Bill for its suPPre;pe,
brief in its nature and peremptory in its provis; jou
duelling would at once cease, and the Right et Oa
Gentleman would have conferred a great ben !i to
the country. The Hon. Gentleman then (10te'0,4
observations of Paley, who stated that duelling
murder, and should be dealt with as such. IC° t
eseeP
had a right to take away the life of another, goo
by public authority and for the public good. 'Jot
years ago Colonel Thomas, of the Guards, 1054.000
in a duel, and in his pocket after his death was''dolt
a document, written the very evening before th or
of which the following was an extract :—" ems'.
If the pot
rally and religiously opposed to duelling. .....",retre,
not prove that one is a gentleman, nor that he 15:4000
nor does it afford satisfaction for an insult. •''''bt
any man has physical courage enough to fi
ugh
duel, but few, alas, may have courage en°.ere,
to stem the tide of public scorn." Few there ere,
indeed, said the Hon. Gentleman, that would atte the
to face public scorn. In a church-yard, ueattniecl,
village of Chard, in Dorsetshire, an officer was ",„ar
who had fought for his country in eighteen 01167,„a
ments and died in a duel. He was glad to say;ves •
the country would be.glad to learn, that there
society established for the discountenancing of due -
, J•
consisting of 349 members, 13 of whom ,fiere,„, 4
mirals, 67 field-officers, 36 captains in the 0%04
lieutenants, 32 captains in the navy, 17 iieutenan
here ent,,
the navy, 30 noblemen, 14 Members of Parlh°o
t
and 141 civilians ; but he regretted to say -- robe'
but 1 clergyman of the Church of England s tile to
Viscount EBRINGTON—That is owing
particular reason. Dora
Mr. TURNER was glad to hear the xoble tbos
say so. He was well aware that the authori!'ll.ctet
might be brought forward would be of that eur:iel:
that might require more able advocates than linnet,
but, in all he had said, he strictly adhered to the
ebeo)
that had been brought before him.—(Hear, „,1°
It had been said that it was not drieci P;
abate the nuisance ; means had been eu°P vs:
other countries, which, he believed, would s°4'. bole
an end to it. In his opinion, the put so t ',
was far too great, and the consequence of tlt Jae'
that juries often gave verdicts which they vfftetifib°
have done, and that many persons were aceall'Abe JsA
were guilty of duelling. He thought that be er
ought to be so framed, that parties ought to
xeineA
nished not only for fighting a duel, but for e 0,00
others to do so. He believed that that liouse
not do its duty until it enacted some law to &foe
with duelling. He would read them a letter 036.
constituent of his, who did not give him hiss'
big d
but, if he knew him, he believed him to be l, /let
an officer as any in her Majesty's navy. 'o,loeu
that he (Mr. Turner) ought to push the GOv,eneiligi
on, if it was sincere in its desire to abolish"...„ ~
They ought to issue a public notice to the al;eflen,
navy, that any officer taking part in a dud heed fig
either as principal or second, should be retnevhoeki
her Majesty's service, and that no pension ijfeji
granted to the widow of any officer losing .M 00„,
a duel. Such an order would put an end to this vs,"
practice. He would say nothing about the
to Mrs. Fawcett; he decidedly agreed, with rekt
it, with the Noble Lord the Member for Sun.
He thought they would be justified in refusbibile
pension, provided they brought in a law Pl9loolalif
the practice. He did hope that some means etels7::d
devised, not only with regard to that unfortu4 rert-o
but that some mitigating circumstances tketi
to the conduct of Lieut. Munro would be,l-00114
the consideration of the Government. "1".„..° sefir
of the Hon. and Gallant Secretary of Nv r„the,,gc:
only to officers of the army ; but he had fr°,te- /so7,f,
respondent he had before cited received aie'-tbe a__„t;e,
why the order should not be applied also t°,6 0.1;00
and all the civil departments of the Quee,n Lir
including the Privy Council.—(Hear, health r.,„y
were those who sanctioned this practice wthe 01:0,
high example ? They were not officers of
a the '5O
or navy ; there were names who sanctions sot 10,
tice not belonging to either. There vvere °to chi:J.
nisters of the Crown who had been parties bt to
He had long thought that the public press bed # tip
vocate the abolition of this practice. He tie% timer
a rather singular document respe 00:1:dd
public press and this question. It had beent be
the practice was fast drawing to a close ; L 44 plitr;io
that it was not so. He must go back for Poo?
to the whole reign of George the Third. Pros fief
reign there were 172 duels, in which 69 P!, were:4o,
killed, the whole number of persons punished vies r,,re
who were executed. The state of the's° Atf roe
/eh- r
ally a premium on the practice ; its se;riej t)et.o
vented it from being put in force. Theii.kt ba,cf,
crime, but they never convicted for it.. -"free-
stated that duelling was lessening in beep °„° of
During the last twenty years there ba° reiglosif
average more duels than during►
George lll.—(The Hon. Member here r 1
,oattoce,
extract from the Standard, of the year 18f Pke
subject of duelling, amid loud cries °eo joe, ef
move.") He then alluded to what had uteenite
Lord Fortescue, when he was Lord L'e .04111011
Ireland. He issued an order, threateningnt 'job
missal any officer who should give or accesln .Tyre
lenge, or be directly or indirectly concernbee tole, de'
It was impossible such a system could „
co.
This document showed that Earl Fortes of:if
termined to shut out from employ-1014190 rt
who should send or accept any challenge•b '
ioh e of.
that some Act might be devised by wtt
might be given both to Mrs. FavoLce, Yr
Munro., Ire would, as in a recent iris' doe,"
Act of Oblivion up to the date of the lattice tOf Ac
would give Mrs. Fawcett a pension as an pess Itee,te
not as one of right, and lie would thenduellin° boy;
which would render the punislunent for a eyertgerud
certain and more expeditious. He baA the ulaifeu,l
that such an Act might be devised, oh; rove iced
ment which would bring such an Act Stiecid
do themselves great honour, as would thcan eilioo
passed such. an Act. The Hon. Gentlel:3l.bat c 1,120 01';
by moving the following resolution :--- .rias
is immoral in its tendency, that it WI t 0 t
tempt the laws of the country, is contrail oh,
1 Ca.
command, and ought to be abolished.' ,i 0
Mr. EIVART said it appeared to
rse" tic!tiovd 'OO
they wanted upon this subject was P Prtieo
tion. thought no person woulci.,_o. Gello es,
dispute the general maxims of the ii-Uo,loll.°,ftci
who had just sat down. The practield gittnr, 01100
versally condemned. As far as he 011_0 h.00,' 0
the observations of the lion. Gentlei. ttetl,,oo
Anse he • •01-
inflict a punishment, probably tr but htifloil
those who were guilty of duelling?,o ihog" to •
retain capital punishment for those norse,„ be
out seconds. He (Mr. Ewart) we' ht is he
capital punishment, and least of all aged there nolo
tamed as a punishment where it aPPea:O Wt to
ties fought under excitement. ent ou reo
guilty, even in the eye of law, 'o'll° Thecooltbe
with premeditation, and with seconu..'•id not op oe
proposed by the Hon. Gentleman
to the public opinion upon the s e of
premeditation which constituted tn
000 be oe
believed that the last instance of a Peduel,lst.
cuted for the slaying of another in a, in I.Bn-- to ff,
Colonel Campbell, which occure,"e tieviefiee'
thought that a punishment might %hot the,
an end to the practice of clueing'
nt b". Pu 011)
course to capital punishme • that of 014
fluctuated between two extremes,oder,
t oitf lit
of an execution by the law against optl _il P:.4f#
of the parties escaping with total titue ow._•ootro,
guilty of a premeditated attempt was
(Hear, hear.) He thought that tin' that 31(01, to
uwjeuet.
place between the two extremes,
n°'-`,,nt forc_frOtio,
ment varying between an impriso
elan. ,ec to: fie
and transportation for fourteen
,Y2'iriviust:nt,,i),
the discretion of the judge, would At ,tai
press the practice of duelling.
short of ci'Pha °Pi t'e
thought that some punishment s--.d prop°- bet Ojos
ment might be devised. He woulther 311 i4c) I°'
Right Hon. Gentleman, or some. °t „rectie ia be
is is'
Government, should give them that
tion on the subject, without whie..csi steps „ the
possible for them to take any practi
neideiiorP
co- to
fion. ato two If
re
point of view seeolo'filifo,
Mr. COWPER said he proposed The.4l oe
subject in a practical
Members who spoke oil this sun
Lid d° 1011410,01),,e1,1
consider what the Legislature c of p
_tie
_t
means co tfilYved
tha eet •0`
Now he could not help thinking to h 01.164°
the practice of duelling t the
of the absurd practice of duellis
ell_ractice,,nor _ be
to the deficiency of the lavv.
,Fbeing 164 be
in barbarous times, when persor:
‘o it 000,7.0
-the rules of-evidence, had recour. iS9'•
lief that a supernatural agency wv"