Star.
London, England, 1817-02-13 00:00:00

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with that humanity for Which he Was so Convictions,
ti+we him a free pardon, and seat him home to his
de and family. Let the purchasers of Game in
great Metropedis reflect on this occurrence, and
.)se befile they gratified.their owb palates -at the
;i.k of endangering
.eome poor -nian's happiness. • as
Ong as such purchases went on, it would be -a hope:
iiss endeavour by any legal enactments to-stop the
pta
vice of poaching. As that was the casei there-
.
f0!•..-, he trusted Parliament would consent to legalize
the sale of Game.. The public at large would obtain
supply of Game, and the poacher would he, cut oft
Jrnm his practices: If the•• House •egread• wit
.I,int in opinion ;on the subject, he shoultt Oils+i
,Fte.istite in bringing 'ina 13111 so the effsamdadeteth
tad described. • • ...• ,bs)•rimcvs.• .; • ,
Sir E. KNATCHBULL was of ()Oink* theposbit,
realties of the existing law were not teo esvehM -r
Mr. PONSONBY observed, that hit' Horiodiable'
sad Learned Friend's object was 'Merely to repeal
slue appeared to him to be objectionable:
Mr. [lei K LS. thought tliat a metinn .reir *leave to
VII ins Bill to acid. not 0 rerafthe present
would be the .prefer4le, mode ut procerdislg.
;it was eery. desirous, of suggesting this to the aid-
sk!eration of the HouOurable and Learned Gentleirip
;'Sir but as that ,Hunoti'rable ana•
Learned Gentleman, was cpt..then.in it)e House,' be
moved to adjourn .the. iltly*,en.ort:the.iufilitct until
'Friday elev. .• • •
0.• •••
Mr. CURIVE.N gnul ir di not con In the roposi.
fer,adiouroing 115 tie loneetring, as he
j .1.;
that the'seltule atteeeeil.suso.w
.unju,t.vo make. the-puniiliment for
enosferap,effirK..atp" to enable qualified in-
dividuals to tell, *Gaper, kma,Ll. be the only way to put
' an end to. those violent practices on the part of the
poachers, which his very.readily allowed could not be
charactirieed in ternas of too strong reprobation. At
present r.o porOlassr of game.weigised the distressing
consequences to which his conduct might lead.. Tied
wade system, of the. Game Laws required revision.'
y the present law,. the unqualified person who 'sold
.same.was liable to punishment, but not the unquali-
red person who purchased it. Could any thing. be
rote uepst ? And where, he would ult, was the'
rinriple of allowing the possessor of laud to .tbst,l
;..tsourit of 4100 a year a. qualification, and 4'00_31
i. to the possessor ofland to the amount +PAL *99'l
a year ? He had once been a aparesmass,bumieit4all
. though he was no longer such). en4/4111.11100,1
knew the value of game to a couotryscongosiogi
but he was not. the leas persuaded of dee yilstoisAte.mp;
(Ashy of a change in the charades of -:tbk.laws by",
which it was-at present protected.: .There- was lid'
moral turpitude attached to the
.oeFenne against them.;
and it vas therefore impossibje to induce the lower
orders .to believe that in• dernaneting that offroce they
were guilty of any crime. . • . • • .
Mr.. GEORGE BANKES could atoms alp
House, that in briugiag forward his pfopollitiaa 11*
Seiiiiin he had used every efforeen obviate diet cell
Lions than were-made to it. - With 'Mildew, he'
asked the advice of a number of friends's-and,
among the rest of his l•laaeatsablemand Learned
Friend, whole absence lions the House and the etann-
try, in.ennsequince of ill-healtb, be was sure he:was,
nut snigider in regretting, be meant the Membestfar
St. MAMA. There coned be. no doubt on the mind
of any mac, that souse Legislative provision was in-
dispensable -se thei-rewetiose of those wherweenliat'
incur the greatest risks in the disthelletd

.V 7. RIDLEY observed, that the only kgl.
' of punishment wee the prevention Of Oise&
in • question bed not this effect, because.
severity of W.-provisions, it was only In
very- aggrinfed nature that individtials
Idused td pubs' iti ettentios. He highly
itl..thet• reeonimendaions which had 'bees.
ton this Subject by his HOodurable Mead,
the sale argstine,-;and to eta* thrdit of
to grant deputations.' Theset regulations
he game cheeper,..ind thus render the em.
of pmehinglestlnerative and tempting.—
cordially supported the .mhtion for the re-
_., Act. . . : •
LOCK H ART . expressed . his atifhlr.lo '1;a0
Act very cbtisidetribly amended. Wdrofrlcl
effectively 'be done by any intiollilibliif I lit
best be accomplished by a repeaN4e MA4I s
Bill declaring which repeal, tftete `thisPtt
t. severely to punish poacheri frx-ifith fini-
lett to felony and murder.--(firardsedr):
making game property, 'behad always op.
'should -ahirays oppose any attempt at a
i visionary and Impracticable. • Where a
continued engirt of. ground. Was poswssed
rd of the Maim,- it might.be done s buil
in most eases. *a manor wait interspersed
1 freehelds, the only eanseqttence of It
to beget osystent of trespasi and ilt sleigh.
in every .perithi as well as ovouSalli td
total destrattion of the game. itself--a AK
that wowlde be es treasay injoriods to 'On'
tommenity,.as the arbusementd speedujghogilutZt
Reim, induced Gentlemen to roads 4111
- Ito rather -than 'in large cities. Habit;
France the ,evils.- resulting from an
of the sports of the field by the is
.intry, who had, in many instances, ,
them amusement* of a description *so usi-
I- both to their fortune and to *air Itioroo!
should be, sorry to see Englisk 608411118 f,
make such an exchange. t
'I L BE RFORCE was of 000101 -I.blitlllei
lw was unjust and severe. It istlielii* lac,
ai 4 to a severe penalty for an act, a/bitch II
7 to the natural feeling of mankind to l sa
itself a grime; and a high men eiteld hit
to thiak a criene, merely because thee* Wit
801.4
:prOvisions against it. To will obadt
,-hooks of a bleach-field was a .
• •
h • to deprive an iodic ideal oritlek
not be pot on a keel. He ippstrooll .1
of -granting licences to sell, gaimicklimi lis
licences were grunted by the Maglillll.teePß,
let" those to whom they were graft:Jen**
trieur:' •
WOOD,, in eXplination, stated, that the
Peoeitiuns which . he meant to introduce is
which, if it were the pleasure of the House,
pledge hiniself to bring in at an' early pc..
—to give the bligistrates • the • power of ,
4141A11y licensing certain persons to tetail Gab.;

and to enable .lords of Mihnri to franc tteptilations
to individuals not Oalified, residint on tbaseibanors.
Mr: HUSILIOON dechts*ti that he e Otihnuat see
the Connection betwegn the "Preamble of the Act in
questiOn; Which. lamented the" erittence. Of illegal
combinations of.armed.person.s.goitig out by night to
commit amid violent:Cana the provisions in the Act
to transport in,iadividual who might snare a hare,
AT. shoot it pattgi,dge. The punishments denounced.
in the Act wetextot at ailiertpedient for the protection'
of game, but were highly expedient for the proure-.
'OPP of rbe game-keepers. whose lives would othei-
.. .
wise be constantly placed in the greateit" jeopardy..
I ' •
. i titlighl y desirable that the present Act glottal.
,FRe.aled.; but if Parliament should repeat it, and
njj. vir .provision far the protection of the fersons•
ry vc had. described, they would, in his opinion,
mak Ike* duty.
"I'lw"Amendment was negatived without a diVision...,
:,..-..,.-
Pix the original motion being put,
Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL made some observations od
the prOpileiy of coupling the repeal with Some saber 1114:41Alre in
he tifebefiertipealed.
bir SAMUEL RUMlLLlisaid he led no objection, if any
Orlillesuaso, better acquainted with the subject, should take It up,
and bring in a Bop grovirvillin other remedies in litu of those in ritel
Au proposal tp be • I
Mr:VONSONBY said, the most unexcectionatie coarse wolliti
be lino to repeal the existing Am, and throw bring In a Bill pro- ,
/ming she necessary reussedhs.
Sir F.GEit FUN BRYDOES conceived some measure* lieu of
the sue revised to be repealed-es absolutely necessary. -
Leave whithee'siven sir bring* a Bill to repeal the said Act,
and 81r Samuel Readily and Mr., Frankland Lewis appointed to
being * the same. .
SI: SAMUEL. ROMIL,LY moved for an Account of all the
persons whojdor.e May last, ham been in confinement in the dif-
ferent prisons of England and Wales fur *fences against vie
name Laws.—Ordered.' •
Leave was givca to 'bring in. a, UM to repeal the wveral Arts
relating to Coffee, fur the purpose of introducing seme ;User
measure in lieu thereof.
•'1 he Gdiraltar Trade Bin went through a Committee Report
ordered'to be received to-morrow.—Asijourned.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

,THURSDAY. FEBRUAR? 13, 1817.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AV rtvEl.vs OVILOCKS
itectueed stiff—Caw. pm 651i-4•11s. fosse. esft
,1 dyer ease. sets-5 per Cent. Havi 9171
,3/ifiltepier Bdls. I Se. IS.. Bonds, Ili CIL pie..
,tl.ll44llBported tfit Twelve billSose of Blooper BM ow to
loviipdlid In the .3 per Vests. which will create upwartlt pt
•Finentrow9 Minim ut Stock.

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I 11, iP.
il.,,Moat of our contemporaries •persist in considering.
the French Loan u a finished transaction. • • Warless
evening stated some miens far believing that thii is
not the case; and in referring again to the Debate
is; the Chanther of. Deputies oa the subject of the
Supplies, we find in the speech of M. de BARANTS,
cos of the Royal Commissioners, a most distinct as-
surance that we are in the right.—" You ask," said
he, what are the conditions of the Loan t The
Government hews sof irt emalarded say harphs. because
the'aedit has not yet'besn voted; but it has ow:dyed
Otte and theissOffers haveapparently nothing roin-
-414$ in Ruin." 'sosir this decliratian: Wu made no
farther back than Friday kit.. • . • •
TM &erosion the. Supplies
was
afteedey, so thatflioriner thin.blooday last, if even
then, the iredikiecruary to enable Ministers to COD-.
elude the LOan could. not have been. voted. And
yet the report, which is persisted in, of the Loan hay-
ing been concluded, was broached even so early as.
Tuesday, When' by no possibility could the result of
, Mond4y's disstiPion have been known in London..
Even should•the Supply be voted in the Chamber of
Deputies,• it will be remembered that the inaction oil
the Chamber of Peers will still have to be obtained.
.AS wit StAilttd yesterday, however, we have no doubt
that all that regards the terms of the Loan has beta.;
adjasted between Ministers and. the Contractors.tin4i
liatiss-we any idea but that the necessary concurrence
• isflfirthe Chambers will ultimately be obtained. * •
o•Joil

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491,3 - BRITISH AMERICA. . .
',flay Papers and Letters from Montreal,-ii
Wadi, were received to the qth. of January. They
contain accounts of the continnance of the unhappy
{disputes between the riiil Companies of Fur.tradert,
arColonists, in Upper
.Canada. it may be as well
to remind our .Readeri, that one bf these parties is
formed by the settiensnd other servants of the Had-
..
sou's Bay Company, bf Whine interests Lard Semite
-per sakes charge, asi thechief Proprietor Of that Com.
PoorikAtoelt,, and also ss having- embarked, in the
&deal 'Osculation of colessizing the wilds' of North
iticcifica tab the stripitteiMptdation of the High.
'lie& of &Wind. antagonists are
Seders Of a mei Company, of A.lventurertin the
tbiTrede,'. calling thethieliiti the North-West- Coin-
iletiveeti theMiaitiell; We al'so 4lorry to say,• a
civil war has long ragsei..Whesdi;grace of the
lisb eharactn ; lye every .iedivideal.concerned is. if
Gist a Dative. at least r sttbiect ot, Great Britain.
Is Obtobee last, it • Will be recollected, `Mr. Sam.
is" die Governor of the 114dion'a:Bay. *Company,
gad 10 eimbis people. . wire killed by a body of aimed
ass births pay .ot the North. West .Company nitd.
to redress this lawless outrage, -Earl Senates pro.-
cpir.hd • ;"sirith as -mini' 'followers as witld
On the spur of the occasion.
--.llleximovAship,.. at the :date 9f toe
bid4llllll, into custody, .as a Magiorafe.,thkrilmints.
ita 3
ilsailitif this outrage; "and sent them to lidosttosal.
ilialt4 having' previonsly poirsissed VissieSi4/1"'
dippatecr Fort end_ ter.elif.it. :4 ihe.l,,:ipealept, die)
Hedson's Bay. Company. The lskinprtai.
Dori license-Lord Sr4.stas of opVoing an istqualialr_
correspeo4elme with the United Owes, from Vthiche
for the Pretteft• mai•1001r14
the loct:isolliAfal*:;ir.,lllk,bi 0,11A4
• 4 -•••

chid Input, .Iwilkh Must, Wooer be brought t
,Ondel the cognitAnce of the British Legisiathre.
(finit THi woNfiteai..yeaati 07. THE 4tn.)
We tare. been inforitea,that late accounts fr
Fort William have reached town, stating the arrest,
on the ith of MO/ember last, of the Right lion. the
Earl of SICLICiaIC, and Of the chief personi in his em.
piny, by meant of warrants issued by the legal au.
thoritiee of a sister Rrovince. We also understand,
that in comseqoeace of intelligence rec:ived from the'
Red' Rivers, a lid other parts of the interior, heinio
'rither'iliifaintirable to his Lordship's original vii*
,he hid changed his pia* of operations, anJ actii qt
,did endeavour to open a -written communication fro
Fort Williant•to the 'Jolted States.?' •

We have rceived New York Papers this morning
to the l'..)th ult. They state tile i:nrortant
3ence, that the American Government has his:ought-
haore Congress a BM to intvede Citizens of
the United States from telling vitals of war to
the Citizens or subjects of any foreign Power,
'and more effectually tb prevent :he arming and
equipping vessels of war in the Port; of the•Udrted
Statvs, intended to be used apiatt .14;ainnt Mitt'
with the United. States.

. .
utda . .
the Dutch Mail of this morning we learn, that
Picartly is ins‘h infested
,;vith.bands.o.C.,artued rub:
ben.. One otthembauds consists of about twenty,
'Who catty on their depredatiensanith great audacity.
They are chiefly dishaucied sold*. • Varioniltrued
, . .
detachments have been sent to root-them Outs •
NUREUEZRG, .JANUAItjt
We learn from Saxony, that: tlifAlpeillig., ot the
States of the Kingdom of Saxony iCatain differie'd.
It is supposed that some Change in ibe.Repreaenta-1
tion of the Country is in contemplation, litititat it is
intended to wait for the decisione which may be
made in the Diet on this subjects',
The case is the spme tp other German States,
where the'manner of fOrniing the Provincial States is
still deferred.
BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY 4. * • -1
-Permission has been published for the'inipiitliioll
tit tntbines brought from England tOpstent4ttrA
'Bitiltargli the customary duty of eight per' lt*
Otewqll7..'
• VIENNA, JANUARY SS. **l!
Letters Patent have been • I:601;4114'
respectinglhe establishment of a general Fond
foe the lkitidation of the Public Debt.

nut aingider
St. blames.
of any man,
.diapeamble
otherwitu int
their duty..
Sir /aIt.W.
Comte east of
.The Act in
from the set
uses of a vi
could be. ind:
approved of
thrown out o
to legalize al
the Manors I
would nuke
•pinyment of
He most cot
peal of thy
Mr. LOC
..the Act vet
• not effective]
'Add best I:
the Bill
• bsa dame I
-aiding' as I
Its to mak
,posed, and
measu,e so
large and co
.by One Lois
where, as
with ..all
would be to
botirhood it
cause the to
Cnnatance I
community.
at present,
own en4tets
gave4lll.fi
donntent of
of the count
te4 for then
hvottrable I
gar. He sh
driven to in
Mr. WL
etistiag 14‘
dividuals to
venzey to
'4s a ithell
ateoght to
laglalative:c
tOnter.lll
"InthWhich •
:1,004 could
.11**Itlan of
thole scerm
I.Naldiceep
Baal behiv
Sir
IThntipet gn.
!atßill wl
he eould
were
vim, were-
°Allay lic