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ple of the Bill should be extended in the Commit-
tee, he would not oppose the second reading. Two
years ago, a Bill had been passed for the protection
of gardens; and if this Bill were also to pass, the
owners of gardens would have the power of shoot-
ing men added to their other means of protection.
By one Bill, a person might first be shot, and by the
other he might afterwards be sent to prison. He
would not oppose the second reading; but it would
he with the special understanding, that the principle
of the Bill should be extended to every species of
property. Humanity demanded it in one case as
well as another.

Lord WHARNCLIFFE was also of opinion
that the Bill ought to be extended ; it would not
go to the root of the evil if it allowed spring guns
in any situation. At the same time he believed, if
the Game Laws were not altered, the Bill would
not be a benefit to humanity. The Noble Lord was
quite mistaken if he supposed that no conflicts had
arisen before spring guns were employed. He had
had one of his keepers murdered before he had used
spring guns. He had afterwards used them, and
never since using them had he had any conflicts.
He knew the same circumstances had happened to
other persons. He thought the Bill ought not to
be entertained, unless it were made general; he
would not oppose going to a Committee; but if it
were to be confined to woods and plantations, he
should certainly oppose the Bill.

The Earl of CARNARVON did not mean to
oppose the second reading of the Bill, but he
wished, before their Lordships proceeded to legis-
late, that they knew how the law stood at present.
One Judge was in favour of the legality of setting
spring guns; another was supposed to entertain a
very different opinion. Whether setting guns was at
present justifiable, or whether the person setting
them, and causing death by them, was guilty of man-
slaughter or murder, he believed neither any un-
learned nor learned person could give them any po-
sitive information. If in legislating on this subject,
they declared that spring-guns should not he set in
some particular places, and left the law in its pre-
sent state of uncertainty as to other places, their
Lordships would not do their duty. He wished that
the subject should at once be exhausted, and either
the setting of spring-guns should be declared unlaw-
ful at all places, or the exceptions should be speci-
fied. He, for one, was quite ready to prohibit the
use of spring-guns altogether. Or, if they were al-
lowed in any place, he would confine the use of
them to places within walls, and having locked
gates, and would allow them to no spot where there
came occasional trespassers. He gave his consent
to the Bill going to a Committee, and he hoped
that the question would be disposed of as that no
person should be liable accidentally to suffer from
others using spring-guns.
Lord SUFFIELD explained that he did not
originate this Bill. It came from another place, and
he had no power to alter it. Hs would willingly
adopt the alteration suggested, of extending the
principle of the Bill, but he was not competent to
alter it, except by proposing Amendments in the
Committee.

The Bill was then read a second time, and or•
dered to be committed to-morrow.—Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Amur. 4.

At four o'clock the Speaker took the Chair, and
proceeded to count the Members—theie being only
thirty-three present, the House was adjourned to the
following day.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Etoile of Tuesday.)

PARIS, APRIL 2.—The Memorial Bordclais has the
following article, dated Bayonne, March 27 :
" The Count d'Ofalia, Ambassador from Spain to his
Britannic Majesty, has just arrived in our city, on his way
to his destination.

" Yesterday morning a Russian courier passed through
our city, on his way from Madrid to St. Petersbureh ; he
was preceded several hours by three Spanish Couriers,
going to London, Vienna, and St. Petersburgh."

The Courier of the Meuse announcer,' that the Concor-
dat between the Government of the Netherland. and the
Court of Rome will be signed before the end of May ; and
that the vacant Sees of Ghent, Tournay, Namur, and
Liege, will he filled up by the end of August.
The Government Gazette of Potsdam, of 19th March,
contained a notice, stating that Mexican vessels would be
henceforth received in the ports of Prussia, and that they
would be treated on the same footing as those of the most
favoured nations. The Berlin Journals have not yet said
any thing on this subject.

LIES OF THE DAY.
Pan's, APRIL 2.—TILE INDICATEUR.—The Duke de
Villa Hermosa is disgraced, and banished to Arragon.
THE SAME.—The Spanish army, instead of returning,
is advancing.

THE JOURNAL DU Commracr.—Rear-Admiral Helgan
leaves the direction of the Marine, and will be succeeded by
Rear-Admiral de Rigny.
(From the Journal de Paris.)

VENICE, MARCH 19.—The Captain of a ship just ar-
rived from the Morea states, that it was generally reported
at Modon, that an extraordinary Courier had brought to
Ibrahim Pacha orders from his father, the Viceroy of
Egypt, to evacuate the Morea as soon as possible, and pro-
ceed with his army to the Island of Candia.

(From the Constitutionnel of Monday. )
TO THE EDITOR, OF THE CONSTITUTIONNEL._

Paris, Ist April, 1827.
Sta—Being requested by my family to procure
in-
sertion of the following letter, I request you to publishit In
the .
the next number of your Journal.-1 have the honour, &c.
Count ALEXANDER'DE LA ROCHEFOUCACJLT.
" The children and grandchildren of the Duke de la
Rochefoucault Liancourt think it due to the memory of
their parent and their honour, to inform the public exactly
concerning the facts which have aggravated their misfor-
tunes on the 30th March last, during the removal which
took place from the house of the deceased to the Barrier de
Clichy, where the body was placed in the vehicle, and con..
veyed to the estate of Liancourt. They will abstain from
all reflections, as they distrust their indignation.
" The family was unaware of the proof of gratitude which
the young men, who had formerly been pupils at Chalons,
intended to give to their benefactor. When they descended
to follow the coffin, they found it carried by the young
men : the four corners of the pall were borne by the Dukes
de Doudeauville and d'Uzes, the Marquess Desolles, all Peers
of France ; and M. Raynouard, late
.Perpetual Secretary of
the French Academy. The procession moved on in the
greatest order, and arrived at the Church of the Madeleine,
when, during the celebration of , the funeral service, the
young men surrounded the catafalque. As soon as the
service had concluded, they again took tip the body, and
prepared to carry it to the Barrier de Clichy. On the very
police, declared that he had received a positive
steps of the Church, a man, who bore no external marks of
prevent this proof of attachment, and re-
quiredt ,ormed force to replace the body in the hearse.—
iann uon ffic
tciteohrneof
This order irritated all the young men, and they refused to
yield to it. The family, perceiving the displeasure which
this order produced, made some ineffectual efforts to pacify
the young men.
A contest then arose, between the young
men, who refused to quit the body, and the soldiers, who
endeavoured to deprive them of it. The coffin fell.
"The young men, obliged to yield to force, wept at
leaving so precious a burden, but followed the procession as
far as the harrier, where the armed force separated from it.
The young men then formed a large circle, and listened
with attention to an address, full of feeling and truth, pro-
nounced by Baron Charles Dupin. The address having
terminated, the coffin was removed from the first vehicle
to another, and proceeded on its journey, followed by the
undersigned :—The Duke d'Estissac, Counts Alexander,
Gaetan, Franck, Olivier, Frederick, Julius de la Rouche-
foucalt, Prince Aldobrandini, and Count Montault."

(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)
MADRID, MARCH 23.—A1l the Ministers proceeded yes-
terday to the Prado, whence, after an extraordinary coun-
cil, M. Salmon dispatched three couriers—one to London,
another to Paris, and the third to Petersburgh. With
regard to the dissolution of the Spanish army, that was a
report spread to serve a purpose, for, far from decreasing
it, a new brigade has been sent towards Talavera. The
letters from Caceres make no mention of any dismissal of
the Provincial troops, in virtue of orders issuing from the
Inspector-General of the troops. General Eguia, Capt.-
General of Gallicia, seems to have understood, differently
from Gen. Monet, the orders he received for disarming the
Portuguese rebels; for we are assured the rebels, who had
re-entered by Gallicia, have repassed
into the province of
Minho, to the number of 1,200 ; they have proceeded to-
wards the city of Setubal.
extraordinary convey-
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