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or hve pounds.", 1 wish that your. Lordships would
attribute to my conduct no more than the discharge
of my duty ; the act I performed was to my mind
unavoidable, I followed the man, and purchased the
beast ! But this mode of relief cannot always be ap-
plied to the sufferiAga or animals, which meet our eye
alm,st every ci7t„ and in almost every street of this
metropolis. t is,gsn. in cases like that to which .I
have alluded,the.woN4 "abuse" will Most aptiy.apply;
and, when preceded by the. other Wordi I have.adver
ted to, there con:boup danger of the operation:. Soiii
should I be if :any injUry ceuld possibly arise
this penal statute, .and it. is My 'anxious wish pie:7
precaution should he adopted which may prevent any
hazard of the liberty of the subject." His Lordship
then stated, there was another clause by itself, and
by way of amendment, which he had framed, for the
better prevention of cruelty to other cattle, ••liile pro-
. ceeding to a fair or market, by means of cutting,
maiming, and houghing. The House would be asto-
nished, if they knew all the cases which had-been de-
scribed to him by letters from Magistrates, who par-
ticularly desired clauses to be inserted for the preven-
tion of each particular case. He then observed—
"'During the thirty years of my Parliamentary life,
I never introduced any alteration in the law, or any
new Act of Parliament ; I possess no ostentation
in coupling a statute 'with my own name ; and, on
the present occasion, your Lordships will, I trust,
give n* credit for being actuated by the purest of
motives —(Loud cries of Hear! hcar I )—I have no
desire that the measure in contemplation sliould be
considered as originating from myself. I would ra-
ther the people of this, .country should cousider.it,as
proceeding from theunassimous -concurrence of ylOpr
Lordships, whose authority will giAtedue.w.eight to
its operation. On this account I feeirlesiOus,sal.n
alter and amend the Bill, that it may meet till the
unanimous approbation of this. House.,..and. be lets.
likely to incur any objection in another placer 4fter
all, if this legislative measure should he at entle4 Zvi
any injurious consequences, now unforeseen, ',pied
my honour, that I would be one of the first:to pro,
pose such.alterations as should prevent their recur,
rence. There is one
.point more to which I beg your
I.Ordships' attention ; although, my Lords, f have
.seen with regret the growing evil of cruelty to ani.
,mats in this and, and have thought it expedieni to
introduce the .Bill before you ;,yet, my Lords, in this
land, in whicbour lots are casttelive, there is more
honour,. there is more humanity, th::re.is a stronger
sense of moral duty, than in any other country on the
face of the globe I lam proud to-say so, and that
live in. such a country ! And Irejoice I can say still
more, there never were tinses..when more goodness of
the people. existed than in the present 1 There never
lifts more, purity in the mind. of man than- in f•this
country, and in these times ! I, c'e notmean in a certain.
,month or year; but the.reis a progrtssion of good qua.:
lities up to the timeain which welive, and which have,
tnianated froth religious institutions, founded upon
-the enlightened system of Christianity ; the benefi:
cence and mildness of which have.always
and, consistently with the principle, of which, I laave
framed this Bill, for the prevention of cruelty V)._
, The Earl of DARN I.EY said: -st few
pressing his most cordial pipport,nr.ttic Bill, and that,
he had on a former .a.iy only wisite4.d4e-caution might
be used in framing' it, so that it should not be In.,
jurious in its operation. •
The Bill, as amended, passed through the Com-
mittee, and it was ordered that the same be printed
with the amendments.

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. TOI.SRATION,ACT...
Levi Viscount slpmouTii.Tose to move for .
account of the licences granted yearly under. the:To; •
leration.Acc since the year 1240! He.w.014.4 lie one,
of thelast to infringe upon the roxisions t,* wise "
and benevolent Act. He • -greater
proportion'Of those whodisseateci frOtit the Church'
Establishment, did so from eessaisesticastaud,secethy"
motives, or from reasbes7that he had no doubt were
laudable, and he believed-that they would not think
that his view of this .subject watujust or uncharita-
ble. But he did believe that the I oleration Act had
been. Much abusedp, Previous to the batik for the
Militia, and:previous to othei,oecasions,which
upon every man to do hiaduoji• to his country,
.many
persons took out licenses to preach for,ls. whoaever
intericiedto teach and preach, and .whO were not qua-
lified to perfneitt those importers 'thities."lie thdught
that such persons.swelled iropropqrlythe list ollicensed
preachers.and teachers. Stich potions! ought to state
the particular points of-their dissent, and to give at-
tostasions of their character and ;qualifications. He
highly:commended the principle of the measure an-
.pounced On the preceding night, for augmenting the.
bounty of Queen Anne, and was sure. that it Was only
means as were proposed, 'namely, those of
tivingrespeetahility to the Ministers of the Church,
that the.great.object which he trusted all their Lord-
ships ha4,..in view on such a subject as this could be
4'f should on a future occasion have some-
thing Itter to submit, but at present confined him-
self to his, motion, as he had already stated.' ' •
. ,
Lord HA-IkROWBY 'thought that it was not by
itor reStriCtiTe AilnASUNt.that any. great and desirable
object could be accomplished. He particularly re-
cornTeadeci,to their Lordships' consideration the small
nunibei-oekhtitchei Of the established worship corn-
'pared ki'that was required. The people were desi-
rous Oflictustiring leligicius instruction ; and if they
.cotsistnet find it. in the.sstablishment they were obliged.
tek:seek.itelsewbereJß Vrig, many cases, while they
would more readik- receive :it from the Church of
fngland. WitlfAusTitiche was 'certain many of their
Lordships must he Well itequainted. Give the Church
its fair and' just opportnnidetilnd he had not the
.sligiatest: reason tp ,irnagine 'any„ danger to the este-
WWII:Pent. .Tlie,general superiority of eduiration, the
justly acquired in/luence, and the moral habits of the,'
EstabliOniti Clergy would, he was convinced, in that
case, ensui*liithe levolittind religious advantages that
were sO much:desired-Iy. all who had at heart the.
Welfare and happiness of the community at large.-
propose an amendment, which'
wourd.slietv 'the :progressive increase of dissenters, or
-Verse/its preaching and teaching, not being of the Es-
tablished Church, mere fully by going back towards
the commencement Of his.Mojesty's reign. He there-
fore moved the yearly returns should commence from
the year.l76,(iinstead of 11,80.
.• The AfchbishOn l'of CANTERBURY said, that,
the-fact of the greatincienie of sectaries and dissen-'
11 tees from the'..Estublithett Church of England was one
which was so cigar that no man could doubt it. His