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

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LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1844.

The Lords met last evening, but no business of
the slightest importance came before the House,
which adjourned shortly after it met.
In the Commons, Mr. G. HOPE complained that,
in some of the ordinary channels of information (in
plain, English newspapers) the speech of Mr. SCOTT,
the Member for Roxburghshire, relative to squatters
in Australia, had been given at length, while his
reply to it had not been given. He rose, however,
merely to state that the Government did not agree
with the statement made by the Hon. Member.
Lord PALMERSTON deftrred, for a fortnight, his
motion on the right of search.
Mr. V. SMITH postponed his motion relative to
oaths taken by Catholics till after Easter.
Mr. W. 0. STANLEY corrected a statement which
he had made with respect to the duel at Camden-
Town, and road a letter from Mrs. MUNRO to war-
rant him in making the correction. The letter will
be found in the Parliamentary report.
Mr. COCHRANE moved for extracts of any corre-
spondence between her MAJESTY'S Government and
Sir EDMUND LYONS, or the Courts of France and
Russia, relating to the recent events in Greece.

Sir R. PEEL said in about ten days he would lay
on the table of the House all the portion of the cor-
respondence which, he trusted, would satisfy the Ho-
nourable Member. A brief discussion took place on
the present state of Greece, in which Lord PALMER-
STON, Sir 11. DOUGLAS, and Sir R. INGLIS expressed
their opinions, all of whom paid high compliments to
Sir E. LYONS, and the motion, on the understanding
expressed by Sir R. PEEL, was agreed to.
Mr. MILNES made a motion relative to the present
state of criminal jurisdiction over British subjects
within the dominions of the Porte. He pointed out
the hardships to which English subjects were ex-
posed under the present system, and thought the
Government ought to establish a criminal court at
Malta, as had been done at Trieste. He moved an
an address to the Crown to that effect.

Mr. HOPE thought the Government was not justi-
fied in interfering in the matter ; and, after a few
words from Sir H. PEEL and Lord PALMERSTON,
the motion was withdrawn.
Ur. TURNER moved a resolution to the effect that
duelling is immoral in its tendency, that it brings
into contempt the laws of the country, is contrary
to Divine command, and ought to be abolished. He
entered into a brief history of duelling, and pointed
out some remarkable cases to show its baneful effects.
Sir H. PEEL opposed the resolution, and after
speeches from several other Hon. Members, the mo-
tion was withdrawn.

Mr. ELFIHNSTONE then moved that the house re-
solve itself into a Committee to take into consideration
the Legacy and Probate duties, which gave rise to
some discussion. This motion was also withdrawn.

The other business on the paper was then gone
through, and the House adjourned.

_ The subject of duelling was again brought under
the notice of the House of Commons last night by
Mr. TURNER, who moved a resolution to the effect
that the practice is "immoral in its tendency, that it
brings into contempt the laws of the country, is con-
trary to the Divine command, and ought to be abo-
lished." The Hon. Member spoke with sense and
. spirit on this question, and concluded by expressing a
hope that an Act would be passed which would ren-
der the punishment for duelling more certain and
expeditious. We doubt much whether any inter-
ference on the part of the Legislature would have the
slightest effect in repressing this pernicious practice ;
on the contrary, we think it would be very apt to make
matters worse, by giving undue importance to a silly,
barbarous custom for which, among other blessings,
we have to thank the " wisdom of our ancestors."
The question had much better be left to the good
taste of society, and the silent operation of that
common sense which is gradually making itself felt
among all classes. Even fashion—the despotic ruler
of us all, who exercises a power far greater than that
exercised by Sir ROBERT PEEL, with a majority
of ninety at his back—even this arbitrary tyrant is
beginning to set her face against duelling; and
we may safely infer from this undoubted fact