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fessing friends already—(Cries of " Hear, hear")—and
the very best services he could render -to the
tenant-farmer would be to advise them not to
believe in prafessing friends, but to trust to themselves, and
make up their minds to enter into an organisation from which
they might expect much more than f:om the Legislature. Was
it not most monstrous that when the farmer had taken his
laud his produce should be destroyed ? A let to 13 a farm, for
which B paid him the rent of the day; but then A let to C the
right of sho.tting over this Lull, the game which the farmer
fed, but for which the landlord was paid. The farmer pays:the
rent, the game destroys the corn, but the farmer must pay for
the landlord's profit or amusement. It would he just as reasonable
to let land to a farmer, and then to give permission to a
bu'cher to turn his cattle over the land.—( Hear, hear.) It
had been already stated, and he firmly believed it, that five
hares destroyed as much a+ one sheep. Such was the condi-
tion of the tenant farmer. He did not believe that any good
would come from the Legislature on this subject, but the in.
troduction and discussion of the question would give the far-
mers an opportunity of stating their grievatces, and of uniting
among themselves, so as to force Parliament finally to abolish
those odious grievances.— ( Cheers.)
Mr. A DDERLEY said he was anxious fur the appointment
of the Cr,mmittee.

Mr. W6I)EIIOI7SE repudiated the insinuation, so often
thrown cut, that the landlords were selfish am' cared for no other
interests but their own.
Mr. FORBES wished to know if the lion. Member for
Durham had alluded to him in the course of his speech ?
Mr. BRIGHT raid he had already told the Hon. Gentle-
man, in Titivate that he did not allude to him.
Mr. CAIII.it;LE bore testimony to the proper manner in
which the ma4istrates of Ashby-de-la-Zeueh had always ad-
ministered juivice. He confessed he was not favourable
to the
present game-laws. He thought the damage which had been
committed on crops was rather attributable to those more in-
nocent hnres and rabbits which the Hon. Member for Bristol
had shown could do but little harm.

Sir ROBERT PEEL thought; that with the evidence of
increased crime before them, any resistance to an inquiry on
the part of the Government would be impolitic. At the same
time, he must confess that he did not think any beneficial
alteration ceuld be made in the law. They would find that
the prejudice against the game-laws aro,e more out of the
excessive preservation of c.,aine than anything else, and the
change must be a moral one instead of a legal one. He ep-
ineliended the law, as it stood, was equally as just to the
tenant, as the landlord, but when leases were granted a clause
was introduced, reserving or otherwise the right of the game
to the landlord. If, therefore, a tenant thought the preserva-
tion of game upon the land adverse to his interests, let him
object to it before he made the contract with
his landlord. But, really, the evil lay in the
excessive extent to which game was preserved by certain
parties. It they wished to derive plea•ure from sporting, let
them enjoy it in the way their forefathers did. The change, he
thought, rested with the landlord rather than in any altera-
tion in the law. Indeed, he thought an alteration in the lath
would materially affect the rights of property without re-
moving the evil, and it was now too late to go
back to the time when the sale of game was
illegal. Certainly they could n.)t alter the law
in that respect. He cordially concurred in the appointment of
the Con.mittee, and hoped they would approach the conside-
ration of the subject in the same spirit and temper which
had characterised that debate. As he stated before,
he despaired of any alteration being made in the state
of the law ; but he trusted that, if no alteration,
were made, the proprietors of land would see the necessity
of regulating their conduct according to the prevailing feeling
amongst the rural population of the country. They might create
a better feeling amongst their tenants by joining with them is-,
their sports ; and he trusted that in future his Hon. Fri-,nd,
would adopt this course. He believed, in the f.'",st place,
that the complaints against the excessive preservation
of game were well founded, and if this evil
were removed he thought that it would reduce the amount of
crime. It was highly creditable to his Hon. Friends who
had taken part in the discussion, that they had consented to a
full and impartial inquiry. Nothing could be more honourable
than their conduct, nothing could be more marked than their
desire to have the mater properly investigated. They threw
aside the mere consideration of preserving game, for the
paramount objt ct of securing the peace and good order of so-
ciety. He repeated, nothing could be more honourable than
the course they had pursued that evening, determined as they
were, without any reference to any taunts which might have
been thrown against them, to co-operate with the Hon. Gentle-
men opposite to obtain this inquiry.
WINDOW-TAX.
Lord DUNCAN begged leave to withdraw Ills motion,
which was to the effect—that the takes levied on windows in
Great Britain are unjust, unequal in their operation, and most
oppressive to those especially who are least able to bear them,
and should be immediately repealed ; and to give notice that
he would bring it on on the 13th of Nlarch.

EMPLOYMENT IN WORKHOUSES.
Captain PECHELL begged to move " That there be forth-
with laid before this House a return from the Boston Union,
stating whether the pauper inmates thereof are, or have been,
since the formation of the said union, employed in grinding or
crushing bones by means of mills, machinery, or otherwise, to-
gether with the date of the erection of such mills or machinery,
and the names of the chairman and vice-chairman of the board
of guardians of the said union at the period ; also, the cost of
the said bones, including the experies of carriage and other
incidental expenses, and the amount which the same have pro-
dnced in their manufactured state, and whether the same have
been sold by tender, or at a fixed price or otherwise."._.
Agreed to.
COMPANY'S CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL.
This Bill was read a second time.
PROPERTY-TAX.
The Property-tax Bill was read a second-time.
STAMPS DUTIES ASSIMILATION BILL.
This Bill was read a second time.

GLASGOW JUNCTION RAILWAY,
The Committee on standing orders reported, that the order
had been complied with in this Bill.
LONDON AND BRISTOL JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The standing orders were reported to have been complied
with in this Bill.

YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY,
The Committed reported that the standing orders had been
compl ed with in this Bill.

'The house then adjourned at Eleven o'Clock.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2G.
The following Bills were read a first time:—
Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne Extension Rail-
way Bill,
Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill,
GuildlOrd, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway Bill,
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway Bill,
Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge and Huntingdon
Line) Bill,
Eastern Counties Railway (Ely and Whittlesea Deviation)
Bill.

Newark and Sheffield Railway,—Petition for Bill ; referred
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private B-11s.
Norwich and Brandon Railway Deviation, and Din and
Dereham Branches,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill
ordered to be brought in by Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Bur-
roughes.
Whitby and Pickering Railway,—Report from Select Com-
mittee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought
in by Mr. Aaron Chapman, Sir John Lowther, and Mr. Red-
head Yorke.

Bridgwater Navigation and Railway,—Petition for Bill re-
ported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Broadwood,
Mr. Forman, and Mr. Acland.
Barnsley ...unction Railway,—Petition for Bill reported,
and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr.
James Wortlev, and Mr. Beckett.
Leeds and "fhirsk Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and
Bill orsiered to be brought in by Sir George Cockburn, Mr.
Beckett, and Mr. Busfeild.
Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Petition for
Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Stuart
Wortley, Mr. Stansfield, and Mr. Ward.
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields (Tynemouth Ex-
tension) Railway,—Comm ittee on petition, Tuesday, March 11.
Caledonian Railwav,—Second Reading, Monday, March 3.
Monkland and Kirkiutolloch Railway,—Second reading,
Mondly, March 3.
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway,—Committee
on petition:postponed from Friday, 2Sth February, till Mon-
day, March 3.
Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway,—
Second reading, Monday, N arch 3.
Chester and Holyhead Railway,—Second reading, Mon-
day, March 3.
7Newark and Sheffield Railway,—Committee on petition,
Monday, March 10.

ShreWsbury and Birmingham liailway,—Committee on
petition, adjourned till Friday, Feb. 28.
Clydesdale Junction Railway,—Committee on petition, ad-
journed till Friday, Feb. 28.
Cornwall Railway,—Committee on petition, adjourned till
Friday, Feb. 28.