New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-10

NEsT <-Ms. ". Ewars begged 10 ask The seezsfarr4
3 stste foT The Home Dcpartaie " WHISTLER tke
k s,s' cenld not adopt some ms ass II
f M q such scenes u fs &c sie6 I'M
III Fnsgs, sss icy Determining the ghanaf onship
persons M, III sRpeared fhss there weTs sains
81 fese nriy ~ w opsnicn that the contnuanse
astateTasnt 49, % The English
When II a@ 'Sz e totally denied. fHesr, hsaxy
batting, ii was nsssa e 800 ssellsa bun aad bear
State Of the day t6as do ~ Sss ~ q
crusl SPOTS would sa e K dsacy A lnxIHk
able to the promotion 81 ihs a 49, ~ N
that they were favorable To xkS sl2SSSs sssy
the union between Church and 9t6ts t755lss ~
Crimea testify. He denied the inpa4Slso5 ~ n
was necessary to observe barbarous 6pofz9 = SS5
to preserve British courage. II It was any 35S@f
Of man!iness to see two strong men sbz1lnx -
other, then, for the same reason might W. SasTri
the gladiators Of Rome. M
He fully admitted that it was impossible ID MI
ness or read OF such scene as that which hz6 re-
that was no proof Of approval being given u zach
2 brutal transaction. Al an international affair.
moreover, it could be Of no yaIue to either party.
He was thankful to the police for this endeayofs
tney mad made TO prevent the occurrence. md
trusted that In future they would be more succsss
fni: DE was very sorry 10 hear that one OF euk
railways had given great facilities ID the parties
Thought their conduct deserving of grave ceusrre.
and thenaeFe - as on pgeviess oeeSsfs4 4leV ~
done the same In defiance of the orders 81 theEl
Home once and the solicitations of lie mig
asking his question ss' 57ss Ts- a@Syl
MY scuIy said 4 appeared ii him shsk ~
las. Pre- nga s was disgEass e s
permitted to pummef each o&ksf III f59O YosfS 2s1
half in open day, without the inter- efp6SS ~ n a
magistrate. 4 snch thing had occuxzsd r ~
country daughter, he repested that Il sush Id
occurred in Ireland, they would hays hsa u ~
public newspapers ringing At Them - y nxx01 81
sagages. Why did TREY NOT imitzts the exl1st31
Of useful legislation which had taken place y a.
land, and have stipendiary magistrates, whoee
duty It wonid be TO put stop to such disxrseefnI
scenes! He hoped in q short time 30 see SOP
put to such az .outrage on public morals He a.
character; indeed, he had heard that Tom Hayosp
and the Benicia Boy were both Kishmen. (CfeSf&
and laughter.1 So, he said they, were disgrace
e M Their country. He trusted that shsn sc Light
partment, rose ID his place, be would endeasnx II
have the subject treated ID more serious M1a&Sr
ths1 b. sa seul4 .l BEE hssSa H.
MINISTERIAL. RErIy.--s3ir g. q. Lewis IA ssss 4
The next question which be had been aaked Was IL
the honorable gentleman the member for DnmlfieS
with respect 70 the late prize light Be had msds
in general in which he Ment into avarety n topics.
and ended BY asking him {Sir 9. &. Lewfsl Nksf
was the law upon the aubjeek The honorable
gentleman who followed had sxpatiated I'LL n1prs
widely on the subject, and he said hs thought \
was utterly impossible that any thing Of ths soss
could have occurred In that part Ut tle hfnxdelR
with which he WAS more immediately connec6ed
Cloud laughter) Observing ct the same time, that
both the comhatants were connected with Ireland
He (Sir g. G. Lewis1 would beg ID call che Aftet
ton Of the honorable gentleman TO the fAct thai
those persons who deliberately defended the pSac
tice Of prize fighting, did so, BE fGr g, g. LSWil
| apprehended, upon these grounds They sai4 TIA
| it afforded q model Of fair fighting between tWO
persons who engaged IN 4 enesunts
(hear, hearl that it laid down esstaf 1uiess sch
might be observed by those who fonsht q i 1ess
regular manner Qaughter} namely, those fghtn
which must be frequent at the different asssMblaEes
which took place Z t e01ny me TT
ring, and in that way avoided those crueties which
were inflicted where the rules were not obseryea.
Clear, hear.) 1t was said that II Afforded an IN
ducement to practice mode of fighting better thaH
the use OF the bowie knife, stiletto 0r that other
mode of fighting which he understood was not
very uncommon In Ireland namely thu nhiilelagl.
CHEERS and laughter There occasionally ne
still be continued, enceuntera At Irish f&rA, which,
itmust be admitted, were somewhat more dangax~
GUS TO the public peace than the enccuntsr ~
to what fell from the honorable gentleman On
/ Scullyl he (Sir G. G. Lewis4 would now answer
the question Of his honorable friend, ma lily that
with regard to the Law, there appeared TO him. Id
far as hs could understand, . Sc 10 doubt wkst-
ever. He would state that there was not the slight
est doubt that eight Of this nature was an Illegal
act. (Hear, hear.) 1t was clearly i hresekS of
the peace, and an assemblage Of persons No aid
and abet the breach Of the peace was an unlnwfuE
assemblage- fhear, hear1 and any persons pres~
emit, and taking part in such proceedings might be
1 indicted for misdemeanor. [Laughfer.) II hna
not been the habit of the government Of the coun-
try to institute pnblic prosecution In cases of this
i kind, even at times when these encounters we're
much more common than 1t present, and It war
now only likely to cause Inconvenience and con-
fusion. But it was to be hoped that the local an
thorities where the fight took place would institute
| a prosecution in the ordinary way, and bring th1
matter by presentment before the Grand Jury.
1 {Hear hear,) IA s5 h AZ -