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London, England, 1826-03-10 00:00:00

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rTiIE TIMES.
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Mr. Peel, it will he seen by our Parliamentary
Report, indicated his intention to simplify and
consolidate the laws against theft. The attempt
is worthy of him, and we cordially wish him suc-
cess. Never did greater confusion exist in the
criminal law of any country generally than in
that of Great Britain. Throughout the whole
code, the quantity of punishment is meted out,
not by the criminal intentions of the offender, but
by circumstances over which he has no controul,
and which cat►not, therefore, either aggravate or
palliate his guilt as—whether the value of the
property stolen were thirty-nine or 40 shillings,
the thief being ready to take all that came within
Iris reach; whether he stole ',privately or pub-
licly ; whether day had broke, or darkness still
lingered,though the depredator had been in search
of his prey all night. If M. Peel succeeds in
his present project, he may then extend his at-
tention to the offencie of poaching, the offenders
under which head throng our prisons. Poaching
is the great demoralizer of the British plains.'
No schools have ever imparted so much goodness
there to children, as poaching tins taught vice to
the adult yet the incitements of poaching still
continue unabated, if, indeed, they are not in-
creased. Others have failed in their attempts to
reduce this evil ; but If Mr. Peel arrive at the
happy termination of his present efforts, success
will inspire courage, and practice will teach'
adroitness. We shall not despair of seeing a law
enacted under his management, by which poach-
ing may lose its attraction's as a seductive vice,
and its gain as a lucrative trade.

[MORNING POST.]

In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Se.
cretary Peel introduced his Bill for the Consoli•
dation of the Criminal Laws by a most luminous
and admirable Speech, which will be read with
deep interest and attention. The measure has
the double purpose in view of consolidating into
one statute not only the whole of the laws relat-
ing to thefts, but those also affecting accessories,
and other offenders—amounting altogether to no
less than 9'2 statutes, every material enactment of
which will be embraced within thirty-two pages!
What an Herculean task ! What a wonderful
and inestimable accomplishment! All evasions
of the true spirit of the law, through technical
informalities, by which the must atrocious ruffians
may escape unpunished, are to be guarded
against with due care, in every respect ; and in
order that villainy shall not escape the just
chastisement of the law from the dread of the
expense hitherto attendant upon prosecutions of
criminals, power is to be vested in the Court to
grant in such cases the full expellees of the pro.
secutors. Such are only a few of the admirable
features of the proposed Consolidated Statute, and
the Public will be happy to hear that there is no
likelihood of any obstacle being presented to the
accomplishment of so truly excellent and laud-
able a measure, as it has already received the
sanction of all the great luminaries of the Law,
to whose sound and mature judgment the Right
llon.Secretary has taken the judicious precaution
of subruiting it. Leave was given to bring in the
Bill, and the Mover sat down amidst the loud
and warm cheering of the whole House.

[IIIIITISH PR ESS. I
We earnestly hope that the statement made by
Mr. 'Whitlow at the public dinner of the Sub-
scribers to the Institution for the Cure of Scro.
Fula and Glandular Diseases, an account of which
was given in the British Press of yesterday, will
not be suffered to pass without the fullest inves-
tigation. Mr, Whitlow is an American, and
the efficacy of his mode of treatment in 'the
above complaints, unhappily so prevalent iu
this country, led to the formation of the above
Society, most humanely established at Bays.
water for the procuring for this class of sufferers
the benefit of the mode of remedy which he had
introduced with so much success. That he should
have experienced the illiberal opposition from
the medical faculty in England, which he so
publicly complained of at the meeting, is a sub-
ject which will excite more of regret than sur.
prise in all who are familiar with our annals of
medical science. But leaving the College of
Physicians to their own exculpation from the
charge of illiberality, the fact in which the pub-
lic are deeply interested is that which Mr.
Whitley, deliberately stated to have taken place
in Marylebone Workhouse, where some chil-
dren having been placed under his care, just
us he had effected their cure, the Nurse applied
corrosive sublimate and red percipitate to the
wounds ; and that the medicines which he had
applied being powerful absorbents, the absorbent
vessels being in a preternatural state of activity,
caused these mercurial preparations to be taken
into the system. " The consequence of which,."
ccMr. Whitlaw said, was, that the children, be
sides having their flesh corroded to the bone,l
were near losing their lives also, and would have
done so but for his assistance." This is a charge
of a most appalling nature, and the public will
not be satisfied if the justice of the accusation
is not fully inquired into. Mr. Jodrael, of
Portland-place, upon Mr. Whitlaw's alledging
that inquiry had already been refused, intimated
his determination to examine into the case. This
we hope be will do, and that the result of the in.
vestigation will be laid before the Public. The
Physicians who attend the Marylebone Work.
house, on their part, are bound, in justice to
themselves, to redeem their character from the
imputation which so grave a charge involves, as

the nurse must be presumed to have acted not
only with their Concurrence, but under their dit.
reetion. The inquiry, we hope, will be instituted
without delay, as the sooner the affair is cleared
up the better.

[rifE !tEPRESENTATIVE.]
In the Lords, htst night, two very important
questions were incidental!), introduced, and gave
rise to tiOttle debate, or rather'iOnte declaration..of

opinion. Lord Damloy agitated the Roman Ca-
tholic question, Lord King that of the Corn
Laws. Some things of little value in themselves
are worthy of attention from their consequences.
We, therefore, feel grateful to Lord Darnley for
his speech ; for it produced from Lord Liverpool
the declaration that hedid not shrink from his prin-
ciples, and would be ready at all times to main-
tain them. Lord Darnley declared he did not
wish that the question should be discussed in this
Session. in the discussion on the Corn Laws,
there was nothing of interest. Their Lordships
declined entering into the merits of the question,
deferring that till a more fitting opportunity, in
which we shall follow their example. Mr. Peel,
last night, in the House of Commons, obtained
leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate the Statute
Laws on the subject of the crime of theft. The
number of cases of theft, he said, was two-
thirds of the whole amount of criminal
charges, and there were no less than ninety.
two Acts relating to it in the statute books,
many of them obscure, inconsistent, and
mixed up with matter to which they had no
relation. The Right Hon. Gentleman then en-
tered into a learned and elaborate detail, to skew
the necessity of simplifying the law on the sub-
ject, and to consolidate all these scattered rnem-
bers into one statute. The laws respecting re-
ceivers of stolen goods amounted to twelve, and
these he should supersede by a single clause. On
the Lord Advocate's motion, for leave to bring in
a Bill, to regulate the navigation of steam-boats in
Scotlanti, Mr. Canning gave his assent, lest, as he
said, refusal might swell the catalogue of griev-
ances, of which Scotland complained in a recent
publication—meaning, no doubt the letters of
Malachi Malagrotelher.

[THE ritinuc LEDGEIII
Wt. have received the Paris I'apers of Tuesday
and the Mode of Wednesday, but their contents
are unimportant. The latter contains a letter
from Trieste, dated the 22d ult., which claims
considerable advantages for the Greeks. They
have gained, it is said, a naval victory off Miss°.
longhi, by which they have been enabled to sup-
ply the wants of the brave garrison of that place.
Three Turkish frigates were destroyed in the ac.
lion, and the Captain Paella, to save the rest of
his fleet, was obliged to seek protection under
the guns of Patras. Though the place, where
the engagement took place, is described minutely
enough, the date is omitted ; and this omission,
we are sorry to say, involves the whole statement
in doubt. At the same time all intelligence in
favour of the Greeks, coming from Trieste, must
he received with extreme caution ; for, if they
had only gained a tenth part of the successes,
for which they obtained credit in various com-
munications from (hat place, there would not be
the fresh trace of an enemy's footstep at this time
in all Greece. The Papers confirm the account
we exclusively gave on Wednesday, of the recut
of the French Ambassador from Constantinople,
but without assigning any reason for it. The cause
which our informant nt Constantinople gives, may
be the ostensible one, though it strikes us that
it is not the real motive. His evidence in Ouv-
rard's case may be deemed very essential ; and
we suspect that the French Government was
happy to have this decent pretext for ordering
him home, as negociations may be soon opened
in the Turkish capital, in kt hich the French Ca-

binet, though pledged to concur with the other
Great Powers, does not wish to take a conspicuous
part. The Minister of his Most Christian Majesty
have taken great pains of late to conciliate the
good-will of the Porte ; and all his pains-taking
'night be thrown away, were France, by her Am-
bassador, to Insist on the acceptance by that
Power of such conditions, as would, without se.
curing the absolute independence of Greece, el-
fectuully curb Turkish violence and exactions.—
Though the French Government may cordially
co-operate to procure some such arrangement, as
wehnvejustpointed out, it may wish at the same
time to maintain its present friendly footing at the
Porte; and by withdrawing its Ambassador, and
leaving only a Charge d'Affaires in his place, it
probably hopes to gnin both objects at the same
time. French diplomacy is so tortuous, that our
supposition has the merit at least of consistency ;
end we repeat it as our opinion, that the affair of
Ouvrard is only a decent pretext for recalling
Count Guilleminot from his post at this eventful
moment. These Papers give a melancholy sketch
of the commercial distress prevailing at this thus
in several parts of Germany ; and we have taken
from a German Paper, which arrived yesterday,
an article, which paints the same subject in the
most gloomy colours. Let us hope, however,
that we shall soon receive more favourable ac.
counts from that quarter ; and we are justified
in this opinion by the certain signs of reviving
confidence that are exhibited in our own market.
As our embarrassments have given rise to the
difficulties by which the German dealer is.so
sorely hampered at this moment, so the latter
will soon participate in our returning prosperity.
There are already the clearest indications of
provement in almost every part of the country ;
and the progressive rise which is taking place
in funded property, is only a faithful picture of
what is going on in every other transaction of
trade. The Funds ate so correct a barometer of
the state of public credit generally) that it spews
at once how every other interest stands; and,
besides this criterion of the decidly-favourable
turn which trade, in almost all its branches,
has taken within these few days, the opinions
of tile most intelligent commercial men agree
with our opinion. Besides the authoritative tes.
limony of such men as Mr. Baring, we can state
a single fact, which attests it in the most trium.
Phant manner. It was no later than yesterday
that we learned from an eminent ship-owner,
that he has made more shipments in this
and the !wt week than he had made in tile two
previous mouths. Here is a decided change for
the better ; and having afterwards put the ques-
flan to other respectable persons in the stunt. fine,
the reply
we received was equally cheering.

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