The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-05-09 00:00:00

1111110 svoweely brought in fur the purpose of preventing ot punishing such an offence. If then the ancient law f the land was sufficient, where, be would -ask, was the nercsaity of c ontinuing this new tangled e:casere'--Cllrnr, hear.) --He was sorry to bear I is Honourable and Learned Friend opposite (Serjeant Onslow) ask for the reasons upon which the repeal el this Bill was called for. His Honourable and Learned Friend ought to know, that it was for those who supported the necessity of the measure, to chew the grounds of that necessity. • This was a measure which, if continned, would increase the discontent and irritation of the country. If it was true that there were people in the country anxious to inflame and produce disaffection in the public mind, nothing was more easy for them than to evade those Acts. It' then those persons were in earnest, the Act was wholly useless : if not, it was wholly unnecessary; and its only effects would be, to loosen the bond low tweets the throne and the people, and to destroy that road and independent feeling which had ever been entertained by the inhabitants of this country. Al leding to the Blasphemous Libels Bill, the Honour nide and Learned Member contended, that nothing wa s more difficult to be defined. It was found that one Jury had acquitted Mr. Hone of a charge of t.L i sphemons libel. while other Juries found persons guilty of charges of a precisely similar nature. The JPrinition of a blasphemous libel, according to the Iloaourable and Learned Member, was any thing which tended to bring the King or Oovernment of the country into contempt. Now, so far from this I beim; the instance, he maintained that Orcumatances aright accrue under which it would be the duty of every ..nhject to point out in the strongest terms the exist ence of a grievance, and the necessity of redressing it. lint bow could this be done without using lan rear which would give a Magistrate the power of transporting him as a felon ? For what purpose was a meeting called but for pointing out grievances with a view to their remedy ? And yet this would subject a man to transportation under the new Act which Fad been so much eulogised by the Mentionable and Learned Member opposite. The Hon. and Learned Alember, safer some further observation., concluded anpporting the motion. Mr. Serjeaat ONSLOW explained. Mr. MAXWELL obaerverl, that he had atipportell t measure in question from a conviction that it woul.l prevent his Constituents from the evils which a we: rut of the Manchester Meeting. The Nobto le Lard (Londonderry) hatieg said that the Bill was h.. a temporary one, he (Mr Maxwell) felt himself ple•lgeri not to rote against it at present ; but with record to the Blasphemons Libel,' Repeal Bill, he felt himself under no such pledge, and would cer tainly support it. Mr. HCTCHINSON sup; oiled the motion. After a few words from a Member under the Gal len-, whose name we could not learn, Mr. MIERCHOMBY said, that he had originally senported these Bills, conceiving them to be necessary tc• the trampsillity of the country. lie would now rove for the repeal of the Bill in question, as he con ceive lit to be no louver called fur. One reason, reong others, which induced him to do so, was the conduct of the Sheriffs of certain counties with re soect to public meetings. He was aware that many Sheriffs had conducted themselves with the greatest ropriety, bet others had acted with a degree of e..price which hail a tendency to put the people in ostiiities to the laws. Ile could not, however, help s•nting, that the motion of his Honourable Friend e?ottltl, unless it was curried (of o i 'lich he had hot hopes), have an injurious tendency by exciting i the public mind feelings and hopes which could cct he realised. Under such circumstances he could r ish that the motion was withdrawn, but if it was p-resed be -lipoid certainly Tole in favour of it. Mr. LENNARD, in reply. said. that he wonlil cer t.. rliy divide the Hongr on the in aion. The people o:* England world see, that though there were too a-arty Members in that House determined, at all events, to support the measures of power, there were ethers anxious to stand forward in sitliport of the in-, v.:ded liberties of the country. • Sir J. NEW PORT rose, avid cries of "strangers ' wit's raw." From the nose which prevailed we were ; at.le only hear the Right llottonrable Baroret de c.e.e. that, as no case appeared to I li to have been rr .tie o ut by Ministers in f a vour of e Law. amight t o ;re repealed, he would feel it his ditty to vote for ; tt motion. :lie Bonte then divided. when there appeared--Fur the motion, tile_ Against it, r9—Majority against the F.:6es. el. On on • ri -admission, we funnd Mr. DENMAN on 1 'a legs, speaking on the motion for a repeal of the Seditious and Blasphemous Libels Bill. The lion. aq Learned (lent. reprobated in the strongest manner ti , e principles of the Rill ; it inflicted a severe, cruel, ani barbarous pneishment. tl a• of exile, upon any per mir who might be a second time c onvicte:i of pelpllall - what a Jury might think wag of a libellous ten ers cy. When that Bill was first in•roduced into P. s rauseent ; he cotsteasphiteti it with a degree of horror. he hoped that no gentleman in that House w•;nld say that such a law was now necessary. Pub- Lcations of a blasphemous and seditious kind were Ira down--intt down not by the force of that Rill, but of the old laws of the land, and there were now no furls fur restoring a nuisance which was allowed to lonsinne so long. Prosecutions under the old laws Fa t down those pnblirations. bitt since the enectment Mt the statute, circuniatance• of a most frightful na ter* came to light.—(Near, bear, hear.)—rhe most in fe.raoss libels that had appeared—liela above all others best calculated to excite the people to acts of violence, perhaps of actual rebtllion.—(Hear, bear)-- were traced to certain spies and agents who evidently wished to goad the people on to ncts of mutiny.— (Hear.).. --He called upon the House, as they valued the illeSeld liberties of England. to repeal a law odious to the people, so it was incompatible with the exist ence of their rights. The Hones then divided, when there appeared for the Motion, 116.. Against it, Sa.—Majority against tt-e motion. 24. TEE POOR LAWS. - Oh oar rradatiasioa, we found dtr. it're•rrn and the Marquess of Loirnistosaar engaged in a conversation on the salijeet of Mr. Srarlett's BM relative to the Poor Laws. Pio nth, noise that prevailed, occasioned by th rash of mamma, we were It It able to collect the satire et their obeettstioes. THE N. 14r. SCARIATT then tame and said. that as the House :wetted disposed that be should then state the grneenda of the Bill which he iutentled to Weaker, to amend the Poor Laws, he would do so as shortly as he contd. He was aware of the great tuagnitnJe of the subject. Nee subject, indeed, could call fur more deli berate consideration. Any measure on a subject 00 important, was certainly deservine the support of a liberal and enlightened tiovernment. and he w3i not without apprehension in bringing forward the present Bill without the previont sanction or countenance of Ministers. If he had thought that the measure, any thing like it, would have been brought forward under the sanction of tiovernment, he weeeld not have obtruded it on the Howse. If Ise had any reason to be lieve that any Member of the Committee appointed some years ago to inquire into the state of the Peter Law., and whose Report contained so much valuable information on the subject—if any Member of that Committee had shesen any disposition to act upon the suggestions contained in the Report. he (Mr. Scarlet%) would have altogether abstained from the subject.l The subject of the Poor Laws had for many years ere copied his attention. The measure which lee proposed was not the result of hasty conaideration, nor the ef fect of any deliberation of his since the Report of the Commit•re had been puhlishol. He had not an opportunity of seeing the valuable information which they had imparted on the subject until after he' had proposed his Bill ; it was however, a emitter of great satisfaction to him to find that the views which he had taken of the question were supported by the Committee. The great evil which resulted from the Poor Laws was, that an unlimited provision was set tled for the Pomo—(Heat, hear.) --The effect of that unlimited provision for the poor, to reason on it a priori, was. that it operated as a premium on poverty. —(Hear.)--The House would rot be at a I .11% to see that it would neceasarily create Wirier:es. liereeiousuess, and immorality.—(Hear, bear.) —It was the condition of human nature to labour ; nothing could be more un fortunate to &country than a system of law which dis connected the ieleaa oil:thew and profit ; yet such wive the immediate effect of the Poor Laws. they gave re. liege to indolence, they operated so as to remove in conveniences %Odell %honk% always be allowed 10 fe n- conveniences vice ; they eleeramleal the character of the man who received relief under them. breaumme they lowered him in his own estimation. They bail the tendency to in volve in their fatal circle the whole population of the conntrv. The Hon e had but ton much reason to fear th at this evil %lout.; go on rapidly increasing the time would come, it was fast . approaching, when parishes would be foiled not sufficient to sup port their population. Imired. at the present moment, there were parishes in England where the land was not woe tie more, after paying psrish rates, than the price of the labour expended on it. He would now proceed to state the result of the inquiries which he had made, and tiro as to the effect of those laws on the feeling« of the people. The relief was scarce ly considered in the light of charity, there was nothing of grace about it : it was bestowed without compas sion, and received without gratit u de—(llear, hear.) — There was another conaidet mim% whirls was para mount to all others, namely, it dissolved between the poor and the rich those ties which hail formerly hound together the different order( of society ; there was no longer gratitude on the one hand, or real charity on the other; the poor received witbout thanks what they were entitled to receive. :111.1 the rich gave with out compassion what they weir compelled to bestow. On looking to the result of the law. the House would find that the increase of the Poor Rates Iraq so rapid. that unless some check was given to them, they mast eltimately, and that at no very distant period, absorb all the landed property of the country. Ily the Re port of the Committee men the Tahle of the House, he found that in the years 174,, 1719, and 175(1, the average for the three year" amonnted to 659,97 I!. In twenty-six years after, the Poor Rates increased to e 1,530,50 4 / 4 in 17e 3, they increased to 3,437.000/ in 1503, they increased) to 4.2ei7,963/.; in 1513. they increased to 6.1429.00 W. Thu- during the period ler had stated, the Poor Rates itecreastal half a milliou for the first thirteen years, ball a million for the next seven years, one millinn for the s seen succeedieigi rearm. and one million for the flee aelleartittent years. 1 ISIS. the last year included In the Report of the Committee, the amount of the Poor Rates wash 6.129,531/. It was an ittepertant fact that both in peace and in war, the Poor Rates went on progressime ly increasing. and if sore meatier , were nut adopted to stop the evil, it was tent too much to be appre hended that it would go on increasing. until a' length no maintenance would be left for the poor. The Hon. and Learned Crew. next read an extract from a Re port of a Committee of the House of Lords, on the 4- ae of the parish of Namptnich. in Cheshire. In the year Itll6 the parish office rs addressed a public letter to the inhabitants, in which they stated that the increase of resident pauper' from 1781 to 1015 was from M 1 to 90. The increase of met paupers for the same period was in the same proportion. I n 17 1 . 4 l there were six bastard children dim geml on the parish. In 1515 they increased to 37. V e t the price of corn was nearly the same it both period". and wage* con siderably higher. The House, he was satisfied would agree with him in thinking, that a dependence oe parochial relief caused a diminution of indirioluel ex ertion. au inattention to economy, and a relaxation of moral.. It was remarked that in proportion to the liberality of the parish was the increase of panperi, the increase of vice and dissipation. Parochial aid extended to persona supposed not able to find. employ meld, was found to be attended with consequeuree most injuiiona, most destructive of the beat habits and the moral character of the people. It took away the necessity of labonring—..llll•ll to indulge in Welless became paupers. Thus the feelingsof the people were gradually blunted, and the !shim ing chats. formerlv considered with so mu ch j ustice the very strength an d. pride of the State. were in danger of becoming a dis grace and a hurthen. The evil eves oils of a mom alarming kind—an evil which Parliament would lie anxious to remove unless in removing it the country i should be repotted to still greater danger. The evi consisted in an unlimited provision for the poor; the, obvious remedy was to limit that provision. The measure, therefore, which he would wish to submit to the Hume, was to declare a maximum; Ilse tate* of the last year, though aot the highest, were nearly so; and it was perhaps the best period to select. because the nominal value of money had more nearly approaelt ed Its real value than in the preceding years. • r sie would therefore propose 10 min a* a nratimunt. the rates of the rear ending; the 25th of March, 1921,aud accordingly to declare it to be unlawful to pay any larger sate for poor s ' -rate than was assessed off the land for the year ending the 25th of March, 1821. The next question was, the propriety of enforcing a different system in administering relief. It never was the intention of the Parliament that passed the Sta tute of Elizabeth, to relieve persons who were able to work and who preferred a life of idleness. The object of the statute was to relieve those who, by age and in 6rntities. were unable to labour. That wise and hu mane principle was departed front in modern times, and incalculable miselt!ef was the consequence. At the present moment, persons who were married, and had large famlies depending in some degree on parish relief, coal.' not I.e fairly •leprived of that relief.— Tinse should be allowed to enable those persons to re cover themselves; but the evil had been carried to so great an extent, that persons marrying looked forward as a matter of course to have their second child sui. ported by the parish. Ile would be glad to know why !inch persons ought nut to practise those industrious and economical !habits which all other persons in so , arty were compelled to practise. It was for the pur pose of stopping the progress of this evil, that he pro► posed as the second part of the Bill, that after the passing of the Bill, no Parish Officer or Justice of Peace should be authorised to give relief to any person who, at the time of the passing of the Act, should be unmarried, either for himself or for any member of his family, finless such person should be afflicted wills j infirmity of body or old a g e. The poor and industrious \ ma n was now obliged to provide for the idle, and the natural effect was, that he was inclined also to become one of the idle class, whom lie saw often provided for better than himself. llis third measure was respec ing which there was likely to be a great iliffereare of opinion. though he had given it so much i consideration that he did not think his own mind could be shaken respecting it. It was to repel% the laws anthorising the removal of persons c hargeable, or likely to become chargeable. to a parish.—(Hear.) The present ' , Faints originated with the 13th and 14th of Charles li., the effect of which was to restrict the free ! cirenlation of labour , and sy.lijecteil the labourer , if lie \ co uld not, from any temporary cause , find bread in the parish where he resided, to be removed to the parish where lie was born, or allege his father or grandfather Iwas horn, though perhaps there was a certainty that lie could not find employment there, and that he must re main a pauper all the days of his life. A more oppres sive law was not to he found iu any code in F.urope.— (Hear, bear.) It in fact made poverty a crime. If a law was now propoaed, specifically and avowedly sob jerting a man to be banialied from one place to another, because he conld not find employment from sickness, or any other rause, or conld not get enough to feed his family from the dearness of provision, the man would he ale-need nut only mail, but inhuman.—(Hear.) Yet this in reality was the law as it existed tinder another name.--(dear.) This law had been found so oppres sive that many attempts hail been made to modify it by exceptions—as fur immure. when a man had been hired for a year in a parish, or rented a tenement of 101. or paid parish rates, or served parish offices. It was said by Dr. Burn, that there were more decision' on this Act than on any law in the Statute Book. The Doctor 1 . might have sail--more litfration.—((dear.) There was probably more litigation created by this law than by all the laws front Magna Charm downwards. An artificial, absurd, and oppressive system had beets created, and it became half the linsitmea of society to execute it. He (Mr. S.) therefore proposed to make a provision that it should nut he lawful to remove any man from the parish in which he resided, as the ground of his being charge able, or liliely to berome chargeable. Ile expected that the ma nufacturing, town: would object to this as they had dyne to the provision for making two year's real thence a settlement. (*oiler the present system, when there was atry cessation of em ployment in a matinfac. luring town, the labourers were scattered all over Eng laml. From Manche ter. for instance, be had inch' loads sent to London by the coach. and some even to the West of England. Ile should take a l as tow of Manchester as an example, becanae he was best ar yl tinted with it. and because the Poor Laws were very exactly administered there. The effect on that town was. that in Manchester the rates were less than in any agricultural parish io England. Their highest rate, which in lalti was as. Oil. and at that time a great mass of county ra tes from the northern part of the county was thilliWll Ull the town. There rates now we re .Is. 6,1., or four-fifths of the rent, while many parishes in the Siritli and Writ of England, with agricultural population, paid t).14. in the pound.— Thi4 effect. tearing the poor entirely oat of the linea tion, was not just. The poor who had enriched the tow n o f M anc h/stet by their labour, were sent away on am re: Cation of trade, to burthen agricultural parisli!is that had derived no benefit from them. — (Hear, hear.) —By a bolishing this system, the strong est motive would be given to economy in the adminis tration of the poor rates. He knew an instance of a large factory at Manchester, where not a man had ever h eco me c hargeable to the parish, because a regulation wan wade by which all per% ins employed there sub scribed to a fund to protect themselves against casual ties—lint what would the effect be even upon Man chester? let 1515, 16, Manchester paid fur the pour of other township' which it maintained, 25271. o f which probably great part would be returned to it. But on the other limo!, Manchester paid to other towns 14721.; 2721. fur removals; .21101. for a charge. he I should be tender of counsel's fees: 21,01. for Soliciturs'' bills and other entente', which, with these, amounted to 2.332/. %miss; a balance of only 1921. iti its favor; sod in the next year, which was the greatest ere, known, the balance only amounted to 6001. This was an approximation to the inerease of charge which might hr thrown by his measure on such a town as Manches ter ; but even if it were 10,0901. a-year. it was but fair that it should pay for the maintenance of the labourers by whom it was enriched. 'lnc law fur the removal a the pour of other eunntries he did not now intend to meddle with, though he had an opinion respecting it ; host he shook& remark. that ois account of the injurious manner from which the settlement laws operated upon the English labourers (for lathe massfaetoring towns all expedients were resorted to to prevent them from riling settlements). a great popnlatioa of Scuts and gil l Ss. We ge dis Of. 1 riot 1 MI er MO d MO Id Colo I tilib il 0.• Ur' Ilials had been collected at Manchester. The L e ith poor formed a large holly., tea the saint applied to their maintenance varied from 1,6 a 6/. W ii.Olitti.; bat it was re markable, that from the !titbits of that excellent aw l Industries's people, the Sews, then were only full( families that had ever required relief. The lion. and Learned tieutleman then recapitulated his tirme measuree--1. to fix a maximinu of poor's mos— t to deny relief, moist to the impotent— 3. to take away the oppressive laws of settlement and removal. He knew, lie observed, that it had been held oat that the fear of removal operated as a check to pauperis m . This check would not be needed when his Other atm sores were adopted. 't he proper check was the fear of poverty. That there would be times when there wonld be need of relief for pores ty, beyond what 14‘ measur es would supply, he admitted, * but to reale:, this they might trust to what bad never been le noun t o fail—the benevolence of the country. Tenyorareji, tress should be met by temporary remr•les, bettie s should not perpetuate a law which went on incressmi the evil which it professed to remedy. lie coachelel by moving for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Law relating to the Relief of the Poor in England. —(Hear, hear.) LORI( LONDONDRRRY gave his thanks to the Honourable and Learned tientlesian for bringing this subject before Parliament ; and hoped licit because be (Lord 1..) now abstained from giving a decided opi nion, it would not be thought that he wanted zeal oe the subject. The House would be better able to form a jedgment when the measures were before them in the shape of a Bill, which he hoped the Honourable and Learned lientleman would bring in. Sir R. WILSON said, that though be mint *Anew lege the good intentions of his Honourable and Learn ed Friend, he must deprecate any proposition to take from the unemployed industrious poor a subsistence to which they hail just the same tight as every linden= i had to his estate. if they wished to reduce paaperhm, they should reduce taxation. Mr. CALUR.wr thanked bi n Hon. and Leaned 1 Ft lend for hating brought the subject forward, thork ' he did not agree with his views in all respect% t o ! talking of the amount of these rates, the mum et the increase hail always been left out of sight. Tice I amount of taxation, and the mistaken administrative iof the Poor Laws themselves, eitfficiently *meats& for it. When the subject was discussed in detail, he Iwould undertake to whew that as the price of rem increased, tie wages of labour diminished; aid that thence an irresistible necessity had arisen of eepplyisg from eonte other fund than wages, the food of the labourer. The mischievous practice had theirs arises of paying a part of the wages of the agricultural labourer in the shape of Poor's Rate, so that it ern unfair to say that the real preesure of the Pool' Rates had increased in proportion to its nominal atnonnt. The first p ro position of his Honourable and Learned Friend was to establish a me.rimew of rates. This had been tried in the loci! Bills, and failed. The second to bring back the strict Admi nistration of the law of Elisabeth, was a wise met sure. Since the Report of the Committee on the Poor Laws. however, the mode in which the Magistrates ailtaiaistered these laws was more strict, curtest, sai effiracioes than before. Those who with itlea(lfr. Caleraft) were old enough to remember the otitis of the more lax interpretation of the law of Elititt, knew that it bad been caused by the political state d the country. He ens then ac ting as a s a ris / gi at sig he the Country, tied there was so sudden l price of provision, unaccompanied by a rise in the wages of labour, that they did not know what lei with the labouring i•optilation. If they returned tot strict administration of the law, the price of pro visions must he kept down, or the price of Wow must rise. As to the law for repealing the soft itlaws, twist laws, he was thothtful as to the effect, and fearoi would meet with much opposition. He had, here ever, no objection to tier producti.m of his Honoerabb Friend's Bill. He (Mr. Calcraft) did not view with such desponding feelings, as • e others, the O r g. lion of the Poor Laws. Ile saw nothing in the che racier of the labouring people of this country to be duce him to entertain thaw feelings. A mote ewe Retie, laborious, intinstri t•tt s, and more obedient peer lotion never existed in any country in which thee w as any spirit of lib ert y pervaditoc society--(Htet. hear.) —Seventy years ago there were the eater OW 1 ropheclee that were now heard of the effect of the Poor Law', in depraving the ut orsle, , and snresseers* the energy of this c ountr y . Yet the prog uf the cou ntry ite comm erce and agricnltstre , and its w yew' in arms had been more sign .1 than at any lee tore petite!. Mr. S. BOCRXE congratulated the House that de subject had been taken up by bands so able as 0 0 ° 4 the lion. and Learned tient. A. to the pesPv` iti ' s for a maximum. it had been tried in the Isle c ond o Wght which to this purpose was as in the puge tio as a separate comusenity, as all the hes of tbit island were united. yet they bad been obliged Pat ply to Parliatnent to remove or alter the nosilt Ile (Mr. S. H.) should he ineonsiftent, if he 11 i n agree with the principles laid •lown by the 11 0 . " 1 " Learned Gentleman, as be bad attempted to detslir 'ch he b si them in the Report of the Committee o f wht been Chairman. Bat he bad found a great 4111111'1 ids' in proposing a thor ou g h change in a system oi. woven with the whole st ate of the country. t. 7.. endeavoured , how ever, to bring the whole %obit ( ' i n before the H o ner, proposing , at the same titee• __%"' s ores for improving the administration o f the 7 ,_ laws, which might be subsidiary to any fete pavement. The Select Vestry Act bad prat best effects. though it was oppose". in wake to bv the Parish Officers. who had au interest in tke Pl' aN;lentiribnoilsrtyr,atthiueisrasit,fs hpitadtisihwettistorendelyie.o II: 1 1 3 7; 02 place near Richunted (Yorkshi,e)ie the °awe:oil. Lion ; and, in the town of Peewit, they were • . 1,4 u r be i c a n the l p:•s•ittnittls iteherthesultansuto.rquilairitiArerritisst.rt:Obew:beiticht;lo entirely &Wilmot,' by his eorreepoto % , " t e a s t t e ry hi ßi s opi ll. ni.l,lnereshsopectsliti Ine;vieha.ni.:Ttoll;rr o.lp.wrodosiiiszli ntieluensi:npoAtesofto.r lil i e s pwraospoli ot e qs quarter r r 1 e i r on fn iT s r g . 7:: de c 1014.1 M-, reentry lead to toped reliefTre(4ll, est p .)' • : W ii trlrkioposard afar gmresaktinobg Jectwotiorsol,eath rest 0011,11," " l e s oas y Hun. silialtens. •betir:fienarcrodnieehienizi: 419 074110rtide000..... 00 10 -a MS. Mgr *Nab WWI I I'. 1 , . I I 1 1 .. 1 ''. 1 (' • li l t ; t 1 1 : • lax interpretation to tat t it had been canoed by the political stilt d a . ry. He mss then ac ting as a Meg-lents% try, ar.d there wa s so sudden a rise laths V provision, unaccompanied by a rise is ths labour, that they did nut know what tells labouring ipopulatiun. I f they returned Ms ninistration of the law, the price of pre must he kept down, or the price of labile As to the law for repealing the untested was doubtful as to the effect, and Weill eel with much opposition. He had, lie* abjection to the promineti.m of his Hennerabb Bill. He (Mr. Calcraft) not view with pending feelings , as ,Dote others, the err ,he Poor Laws. Ile saw nothing in the At r the labouring people of this cotton is it nto entertain those feelings. A mot mrt iborions, intlnstri t•tt s, and more obedient pepr ever existed in any country in which thee spirit of liberty pervatline, society --(lletr. -Seventy years ago there were the fame glow! Iles that were now heard of time effect of the stvs, in depraving the m orals, a ml anomi e ( rev of this country . Yet the 'progress ann u l tie r iscominer c e and agricultur e, and it s sw in arms had been more sign .1 than at any fe - rial. S. BOCRXE congratulated the Hesse that t‘r had been taken up by hands so Ole 0 Wok In. and Learned tient. As to the preposifie taximunt, it had been tried itt the Isle ef %NO t o this purpose was much in the flame coaditio 4I 'paraie community, as all the parishes of di were united, yet they loaml hern obliged Parliament to restore or a lter the sesii•- Ir. S. B.) should he ineon)iftent, if he o_ l ll4 with the principles laid down by the MO. ed Gentleman, as he had attempted to in the Report of t he Committer of which beim' Chairman. But he had found a g reat 46 41 ! 4, 'posing a thoroug h change in a system •it' n with the whole state of the conn:ry. ivo ured, however , to brin g the whole subject f°l r the How, proposing. at the same thaem fur improving the adutinistration of the Ifeel!'s , which might be subsidiary to a ny fate e ement. 'the Select Vestry Art hail premiered effects, though it was opposes! in some iod °ll 7: Ito Parish Officers, who had an interest in thew': inistratiou of palish money. In Sperm , -ipnry, the rates bad heels reduced Is. 3 4 .; r near Richutond (Ibirkshim e) in the sante Mr k h 1 10 and. ill the town of Preston, :bey were 00 1 ! 411 ' re it' the pound illi the quarter, t-ong been Is. 3.1 the su ttttt ter quArter, Wilirb. 'rely attributed by his tornwootislent 10 dot a til; try Bill. Ito should have another appertin , to his opinion respecting the propral a. As for the pruposit;on for 'fitting ur• u n inter at. ttehistzwreas t thr:uryfuf(tiriesfrit.l)....o er t. ime . 1_ 1 ; iv ; rd plat, great objectios has' Vett 0 11 :7. 0 1. troll for osakiag two years' residencst m. 6. or I lie*. Member'. in renseinence 11. . ego gadfl ie s's. Ile (curd the WU. 40 4 1004 Its Ay SI o f el gm ski the 1 tM Ivo sat lie Pr 4 it i etl ti in th tb ti wl an 411 ti