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years, they had this hardship indicted upon them, that they
Itad to pay thier passage.back: • Ile adniitted_ all thdt had
9se-ets said in praise AA'. Sir Lionel Smith; hut he present
-iovernor of the Mauritius, Sir W. Gorden, was a man
'lf rhOin thelr,reatcsi confidence could be. placed, and he
sure the House of Commons and the country might
, rely upon his governing the colony in a proper and up-
''right manner. He could assure the House that every
Precaution had been taken to protein emigrants, the
contract system had been annihilated, free labour had
S • been.. established, .and medical men had been apponted
every ship taking ont emigrants. The Court of
'rectors and Proprietors of the East India Company
'lad given their_sanction to this meaeuresnotivithstanding
the oppositi,M 'of the - Hon. Member for Beverley;
And such -being the ease, he trusted the House
would follow so excellent an example. He had now
fully stated the case, and he confidently left, the decision
-'--uPon it in the- hands of the House.
-Mr. HOGG explained.
Mr. HASTIE made a few observations that were in-
azdible in the gallery.
Sir R. H. INGLIS opposed the Bill. It appeared
from the Report of the Committee which had sat upon
the subject; that the people for whom they were legis-
lating were incapable of understanding the nature of the
contracts into which it was proposed they should enter.
Ile believed that the system would only give rise to a
new slave trade.
Mr. HUME supported the Bill, He saw no reason.
Why the natives of India should be prevented from
going to a foreign country, where they might find, that
'cloployment which they could not obtain at home. What
-Would be said if a law were proposed to prevent Irish-
teen from leaving Ireland, or a law to prevent Scotchmen
Isom leaving Scotland ?-(A laugh.) He did not see,
however, why the same principle should not be extended
to the natives of India as to the inhabitants of -Ireland or
Scotland, or any other portion of the empire. He could
'hot consistently, with the principle of free trade in la-
bour, consent to the rejection of the Bill.
Mr. BROWNRIGG supported the Bill.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment
Against it
Majority against the amendment —94
The clause was then agreed to, and the Bill was passed.
ASSESSED TAXES BILL.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
the Order of the Day for the third reading of the As-
sessed Taxes Bill (No. 2).
Mr. HUME objected to the clause relating to the In-
,e(nus- tax, which affected the payment of dividends to the
'''reign holders of stock, which lie thought would be in-
convenient.
The Bill was then read a third time.
On the question that, the Bill do pass,
es lir. W. G. WOOD objected to a particular clause,
r• 4, and moved that it be omitted, on account of the
laste with which it -had been introduced. lie thought
tpractice of inserting clauses in this manner was a
very objectionable one ; and he had, therefore, called the
attention of the Houie to the clause. - •
„ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
4' had been limited to some alteration in the assessed
t •and he had himself moved the struction to the •
eramittee on which the clause Was. founded. So
,ssr from wishing to keep gentlemen in igno-
"ance, he had moved that the Bill should be reprinted-
and circulated for the use of the Heuse. The clause was
°°lY intended to extend the principle of Bill to
f
• °reign dividends, as wed as colonial dividends.
I,trAfter a short conversation, in which Mr. Aglionby,
t • Mark Philips, Sir R. Peel, and some other Members
°°k part, the clause was agreed to, and the Bill passed.
PARISH CONSTABLES BILL.
On the motion that the-Report on this Bill be received,
• Mr. PAK[NGTON said he hoped that the further
consideration of this Bill would be postponed till the
next ses,ion, as many gentlemen had left town who took
a dVep '•nterest in the subject.
,
„ T. DUNCOMI3E said he thought that very-un-
s'onstitutional power was vested in constables, and the
4?ceeli of the-Right Hon. Gentleman on the subject last
!ght had caused considerable alarm in the public mind.
i'sti'e Power of constables was not properly defined in this
The constables of this metropolis had latterly
„taken great power to themselves, which had been more
Particularly shown that day. A meeting had been called
41, Deptford on the subject of the Corn-laws. Mr.
„ "ompson, the Corn-law lecturer, was to have been pre-
sent, but from some cause he was absent. At that meet-
:g a great number, of what were called Chartists,
attended. The room in which the meetingwas to have
_,ea held was found to be toe small and the meeting
large to the open air. The meeting was held in a
the7ge open place where it could obstruct no one. When
meeting had assembled in the open air, Dr.
'-u• Dowell rose to address the meeting, and at the
'foment he rose to address the meeting, advocating
theth principles of the Charter, the police interfered, and
limey said the meeting was an unlawful oue, no doubt
Graham jamnaetsedoby the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir
stop it. );nrT.hey said this is an illegal meeting,
and we
M'Dowall immediately said, I obey
your orders, what have you now to say ? They answered
and said, go away ? Dr. M‘Dowall said I shall go away
t
ullis way ? No, sated the police you shall go this
1137. No, said Dr. MsDoWall, PI will go my own
„ ''
”13'. No, they- said, you shall not ; and they imme-
tlhiately collared him, and carried him off. They carried
I°l to the station-house. This had occurred this
iv"ing, no doubt caused by the doctrine lajd down
4T the Right Honourable Baronet. The people fo lowed
11 they said, Let us see what they are
111,11 g to do with our friend the Dector.—(Laughter).
pen tieed no: laugh, for he could assure them that the
would not stand this sore of treatment. They
et,i'd Let us see what they are going to do with our
h:,,°4 the Doctor. They followed him to the station-
i'"e, and then five or six others were taken, and wereh
4v in the station. Sunie of 'the parties had come to
oore
(Mr. T. Duncombe) to know what was to be done.
-e Men in the station-house would be brought up be-
e the Magistrates to-morrow morning, They had
e° taken to the station house, and the police had re-
fused,, to take bail for them. This was a gross outrage
boon the liberty of the subject. That House ought to
considerate in giving power to constables without de-
ssriing it. He should therefore move that the debate be
-scorned.
fir J. GRAHAM said it had become his duty to re-
rt the motion made by the Hon. Member the night be-
e, as it was an attempt to erect that House into a
Z47t of appeal from trial by jury, ar.d he was happy to
,
4'" that a majority of the House had agreed with him,
and decided against the motion. It was not with less
tegret than surprise that he found the Hon. Gentleman
iti.4ll),loying bin-ISW in forestalling the administration of
tice. The Hon. Gentleman was callino on a public-
vscussion in a case, the facts of which had been in-
.eat4tated.—(Hear, hear.) He (Sir James Graham)
would be grossly violating his duty, it he followed up the
ulcer, which hail been so prematurely brought under
iL4e ussion.—(Hear, hear.) He was quite sure that jus-
('c Would he adminis'ered with due regard to law. If
hs`4 law had been violat A, then would be the time to ,
1,1"°S; the sUbject under discussion. The Him. Gentle-
ina° was pleased to say that the constables had been
on the occmion more or less by what had
It;„ from him (Sri J. Graham). Now if they h
gleeted or overstepped their duty, they would be
at
wl'ettable tofroM any the law.
Memh Tbere lawof that was theirHo guse,euid,
h o ever
ot
O
%high- With referenc-m to the suLject more immediately
Crd debate, he thought the Hon. Gentleman had
lit read the Bill, or, if reading, he did not understand it.
',„,e Said that the power of the constables was nnt limited
tiidefined, but if the Hon. Gentleman would refer to the
h`d, he would find that a clause was there provided for
tt', Purpose.
The Hon. Gentleman said that some con-
al-4°les had acted illegally. Well, the parties had a re-
-7,'ltlry in their own hands, as they could indict the con-
ee,4es. What was more easy than to indict the party,
,`}l
„t) bring an action against them ?
ft AGLIONBY said differing as he generally did
h`uti the political measures of the Right Hon. Baronet,
,11 Must say that - in this Bill he should give the Right
0,11. Baronet his most cordial support.
th`APtain PECHELL did not approve of this Bill, and
le,?ugh some parts of it were worthy of attention, his
r Ilion was that the suggestion for the adjournment was
t.svery good one.
~e,4l.ts HUME said if the Right Hon.. Baronet would
,--"m"fer- the constables to exercise a power which they
lit abase, he might be sure, whatever instance of such
took place would be brought under the notice of
I'4
- lament.
BANKES thought it a hardship that counties
Which had athipted the rural police should have
be saddled with the expense consequent on the opera-
-'5" of this Bill. He suggested that the allowances
to constables when. on extra duty, should be
'loathed not on the parish to - which- the constables be-
Oged, but on the county generally ; otherwise it would
tiytlising; but an advantage to a parish to possess an
I%C constable. With respect to the commitment of
seell,ll persons to gaol, considering the contamination to
she _y they were thereby- subjected, he would suggest
adoption of a clause "empowering Magistrates to
ris!:uMit for trial young persons who are charged with
tttol°l!4lal offences to locksup houses instead of the county
jf Mr. DARBY opposed the clause and the suggestion.
as,,,PuYment out of the county rate was introduced into a
ii,•!"rochial Constables Bill, it would lead to endless con-
C,„"- He also opposed the clause for providing lock-up
th-`4oes for criminals before trial, as if they adopted it.
15' would be bound to create two sets of prisons and.
I:oll officers.
11„4r- J3ANKES would leave the matter entirely in the
edsof the Governu ant. But he wished to know whe-
s ';„1' the words of the Bill included- the expenses of pur-
-11-k",g criminate who were not committed.
lr
J. GRAHAM thouglit the words proposed by the
Member would fix them on the county rate.
steth4". BURROUGHES rose to proposed an amendment,
the- SPEAKER said it could not be proposed now, ES
the geltieatite.son before the House was the adjournment i f
T. DUNCOMBE said he had only made the mo
loe te pUrpoSe of raising the question. lie would,
sr,eforeh, withdraw it.
44_1. he Report was then brought up, and on the motion
• 1,7 it be-received,
)1,.;• RROUGHESproposed the amendment, of which'
given notice—" And be it enacted that in all
r,,, es, ridings, and divisions of counties, wherein a
th tce force :hall have been established under the au-
-I:ritY of an Act passed in the third year of the reign of
lisc,'Present Majesty, intituled, ' An Act for the estab-
tell-N"t of County and District Constables by the
ttel—coity of the Justices of the Peace,' and of any Act
r the amendment thereof, it shall and may be lawful
the Justices assembled at any General or Quarter
thereof, by
of the Peace, Or at any adjournment
sate°f, by a resolution duly passed at such Gene-
lid; or Quarter Sessions or the Pi-ace, or at any
iturnment thereof, to. declare that-, in consequence
tho efficiency of such police force it is inexpe-