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PARLIAMENTARY PRUCEEDIAGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 4.

The Loeb COM/MELLOR, the Marquis of WINCHELSM, and Vis-
count Alm.vit.t.e, appeared as his Majesty's Commissioners, and
brought down the Royal Assent to the 20,000,000 of Exchequer
Bills llill, and the Transfer in Aids Bill.
Viscount M ELVILLE gave notice, that on Monday next, he
should reeve the appointment ef a Committee to consider the State
of the I. kw.: regulating the Election of Peers for Scotland.
Eat DA RN LEY presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
the Town of Caine, praying fur a Revision of the Corn Laws.—
Laid on the table.
A Petition was presented front the Catholic; of the Town of
Macroont, in favour of the Catholic Association.— Laid en the table.
Lord K ENYON presented a Petition from Louth, in the
County of Lincoln, praying for an alteration of the laws respecting
the recovery of Small Debts.—Laid on the table.
Lord 00 ILA ND presented a similar Petition from the Mer-
chants. Rankers, and Tradesmen, of the Borough of New Walton.
Laid on the t-lole. _

Lord CA unroll PE held a Petition from the Directors of the
Chamber of Manufactures and Commerce of the Town of Bir-
mingham, stating, that on account of the high price of foreign iron,
they were precluded from supplying the orders received from fo-
reign markets, where they suffered deep injury by being undersold.
Ile (Lord Calthorpc) was glad to fiod that in the liberal policy
which ha Majesty's Ministers bad adopted, particularly in regard
to trade, tisey had detet mined to lower the duties on foreign iron.
lle trusted that they would also, at no distant period, remove the
restrictions which exit,!ed on the introduction of other primary
materials, especia:ly rliti4e which ware afterwards re exported in a
manufactured state.—'Pie Petition was read, anti laid on the table.
The Order of the D.:y for ;wing into a Committee ou the Scotch
Judicature Bill having b:en read,
Lord KINVON took the Chair in the room of the Earl of
SIIA FTESIII;III'._ .

The Bail of ROSEREBRY bad intended to object to several
parts of the Bill, but in consequence of the alterations which he
understood it was to und. rgo in the Committee, he should defer his
u'..seiv..tlops till another stage.
The LORD CHANCELLOR suggested that the verbal amend-
ment, and a new clause which he had prepared should be added at
present to the Bill; that it should be committed pro fornut, and or-
dered to be reprinted, and on Monday next be should move that it
be recommitted any day which would appear most convenient to
their Lordships.
On the inntisn of the F.ail of Lartizau.st.r., a clause was added
to the Bill, ordering that copies of ail Acts of &derunt be presented
to both lluu.es of Parliament.
Viscount 11 LIE toured that hi, not opposing the clatt..e
at p..:,ent would net be consideted as depriving hint of the right
if hr should dt

Bill, bad much pleasure ,in Assuring their Lordship s -
that it would not be necessary for him to occupy much
of their time. Heshould, however, think he did not treat
them with proper respect if he did not lay before them,
as far as it was in his power, the state of the law as
it now was on the subject to which he had called their
attention. When he said the state of the law, he did
not mean that there exited any positive enactments on
that point, for then there would be no necessity for his
Bill; but he meant as far as it was deducible by ana-
logy from the practice of the Courts. He should then
consider the moral justice of tle use of such dangerous
weapons, and should in the last place propose their abo-
lition, as a means of preserving Game. The Noble
Lord then alluded to the unequal manner in which of-
fences of the same nature were sometimes punished. Sup-
pose the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack were
to pick his pocket of a Bank note, he would receive a
heavy punishment; but he might go to the Bank and
take a note from a heap with comparative impunity.—
Ile then cited a great number of cases in which actions
had been brought, and damages recovered, by persons
Whose dogs had been killed, or ssho had been injured
themselves, by the effect of spring guns set in the pre-
.erves of individuals. Ile quoted the opinion of Lord
Elleahorotigh, that it was not competent for any per son
to have recourse to contrivances calculated to inflict
wounds or even death, on a mere trespasser. In some
cases, whete it was proved that pi evioas notice had been
given to the individuals who had afterwards suffered,
damages had been refused, but it was evident, from
the opinion expressed by the Judges at the time, that
they were reluctantly compelled to decide in that man-
ner by the state of the law as it existed, and not ac-
cording to the justice of the case. The Noble Lord
the,- reprobate 1 tile practice of forming preserves, and
accumulating Game tor unnatural slaughter in one par-
ticular place, as it held out additional temptations to
the poor to commit trespasses. Was it necessary that
they should thus lock up such a quantity of Game for
the sake of two or three days shooting, and in order
that they might boast of the number they had killed ?
Ile was happy to find that the Noble and Learned Earl
on the Woolsack went as far as himself on that sub-
ject, and on the impropriety of setting Spring-guns for
the protection of preserves. That was against the
principle of the law, which said that no man could do
indirectly what it was not legal for him to do directly.
And that principle was also violated in cases where pre-
vious notice had been given, for still it was doing indi-
rectly what a man had no right to do directly, as it was
well known, that no one would put a gun to his shoulder
and shoot a poacher. It would be better, in fact, that
the law should be made to declare that poachers might
be shot ; for be was sure that there was no Noble Lord,
or no individual in the country who would do it. But
supposing that such a man should be found, still he
would exercise some discretion. He would first
ascertain whether the poacher came really with
the intention of stealing game, and even at the
moment of pulling the trigger, he might relent.—
There were all these chances for the poacher's life, but
%hen spring guns were employed, there were none of
them. It would be preferable, therefore, to enact a
. law to enable individuals to shoot poachers,than to allow
the continuance of the use of spring guns. One of his
objects in proposing the present Bill, was to guard
against those accidents, involving innocent persons,
which were occurring daily. All the Judges had de-
clared that no man could do that directly which he
could not do indirectly. No man could put a gun on
his 11°111 dc r and shoot a man in his cover, and if that
could not be done, why shoot a poacher by the means of
spr r g guns? Independent of that consideration, it wae
hard the innocent should suffer for the guilty. Nume-
rous accidents had occurred. Only last night a County
Member came to him to request he would not mention
the name of a person who had been implicated in an
accident of that sort. He had abstained from mention-
ing that case, and many others, because he would not
injure the feelings of individuals. It did not follow
that a man must have an illegal purpose in going into
a wood. A friend of his riding to London a few days
since, encountered a snow-storm ; the hat of his friend
was nearly blown into a cover, and he afterwards re-
flected on the danger to which he must have been ex-
posed, in case he had followed his hat into the cover.
If he had entered the wood be must have been shot, as
he afterwards discovered that spring guns were set
exactly on the spot. Those who set spring guns said
they did it from humanity. He was bold enough to
inform the House and the public that he was a barba-
rous wretch who never would shew his humanity in
that way. Some, he admitted, gave notice that spring
guns were set, without setting them. He did not like
,that trifling. It led to poaching when the deception
was discovered. He thought that, however, not so bad
as the act of those who really did set spring guns without
any deception. He saw a board not long since with
the following inscription:—" Spring Guns set in this
Wood—No Joke." It had been suggested since he
came to the '-louse, that many had been obliged to set
spring guns for the preservation of their lives and pro-
perty. He only wished to make his Bill ripply to setting spring guns
for preserving game.—ln the Committee the Bill might be amended.
Lord ORFORD wished to know how the Noble Lord
would consent to amend it?

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Lord SUFFIELD said, if any Noble Lord would
supply a clause for setting guns for the protection of
property, in such a way that the public safety could not be ends°.
gyred, he sloild nut object to it. By property he did not mean
game iu exposed situations.
The Bill was then read the second time,without any opposition.
Adjourned to Monday.

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ut ,y•tsition at a future stage, if hr should see Ca ;e to do so.
lle Muse then resumed, the Ileport was received, and the Bill
ordered to be reprinted.
On the Order of the Day for going into a Committee on the Un-
lawful &lei. ties bill being read,
• Lord ELLEN 1301101:G11 said, that be felt so strongly thu
inexpediency of the measure, unaccompanied as it was by (loco-
,
rents to prove its necessity, that he should oppose it on the third
reading, whenever that might be.
The LAI then went throubh a Committee. The House resumed,
and the itei ort having been received,
The III.rI of LIVERPOOL, gave notice, that he should propo e
. the third reading on Monday next, anJ moved that the Lords be
sunimoned.—Ordered.
SPItINU GUNS.
; Los d 6UFFIELD, ill Moving the Order of the Dty
CA the second testkitug 01 the Splint; Guns' AbulniJn