The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-19 00:00:00

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Lord ELIOT gave notice that he would, on the
24th, move for leave to bring in a Rill to legalize mar
riages celebrated in Ireland by Dissenting ministers, be-
tween Dissenters and members ()f the Established Church.
I RAILROA I)6 INIRELAND.
itlione. 'RENCII gave noti ' thatlie. would move for
leave to Trare an humble. . e*ltolle presented to
`it r. ..11.ajesty :praying, titat, sait'4 be ple..a6ed to direct
0411rue:it of railroads to be extemied 10. h-eland. ,- ,
CORN-LAWS
Mr. E. BULLER, gave notice, that on the House
going into Conitnittee on the Corn-lawg, he would move
new scale of duties in place of the One reposed by her
Majesty's Government.
.THE NEW MAGISTRATES.

Mr. ILUTT moved for a return of the names of the
Magistrates appointed in the different boroughs of the
United Kingdoni in 1841.
IRISH CRIMINAL LAW.

Mr. CHARLES BULLER wished -to ask the
Noble Lord, the Irish Secretary, two questions,
whi,l he feared the House would consider rather
ludicrous, -but which were not so when -taken in
connexion With the administration of justice in
Ireland. He saw by the papers that at one of the as-
sizes in Ireland a man had been sentenced to, death, not
for killing a human being, but for killing a go,:it
(Cries of Hear, hear.") He wished to know whether
there was: really left on the statute-book a law that
assigned such a penalty for such an offence. He did not
think that the Government would venture to carry the
sentence into effect for such an offence, but he would
ask what course was meant to be taken with this un-
happy man, and what punishment would be inflicted on
him ?

Lord,ELIOT said, that a man had been indicted, as
the lion. and Learned Gentleman had stated, for killing
a goat ; and as it was found that, under an ancient
statute, the offence was a capital one, the sessions
(for it was at a • sessions not an assize), had no
Option but to pass a sentence of deafh. lie trusted
'that it was hardly necessarx, for him to state,
that the man haying undergone SI? veral weeks
imprisonment, it was
_considered punishment
for the offence, and he was immediately set— at
liberty. The House would permit him to 'acid that he
regretted such a law should continue to disgrace the
statute-book, and farther that it was the intention of his
Hon. and Learned Friend, the Solicitor-General for Ire-
land, to bring in a Bill to assimilate the COminal Law
of Ireland with that of England.

Sir C. NATTER begged Wrepeat the question.he had
already put to the Right Hon. 13aronet, respecting the
treatment of the Emir Beschir, late Prince of the Le-
banon, by the Turkish Government, and the intended
mode of governing that district by two Pachas.
Sir R. PEEL was not able as yet to -give the
particulars asked, for it Would' be remembered
that the object of the late. operations in Syria was to
restore the independence of the Turkish Govern-
ment. No accounts had arrived from Constantinople
since the 2oth of January, at which time the Emir
6d not arrived there. With respect to the other point,
all he (Sir R. Peel) could say• at present was, that the
Turkish Government had sent the Seraskier Paella to
Beyrout, to inquire both amongst the Druses and
Maronites auto the best mode of governing the district,
but the result of his mission had not yet transpired.
He regretted, therefore, that he could not as yet . give
the desired in,Ormation to the Hon. and Gallant Admiral.
Sir C...NAPIER.„---4 am much obliged to the Right ll6n.
ine-Vs446ati Itguil/4014:11fiir
mistake.—(Great laughter and cheers.)