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- log one even iu the preamble. But independent of these cuimiderations. there "ere Inotieett of deb cacy which lw tlwmght should have acted as a di,. suasive to have Parliament involved in such • NNW sure. Perhaps in alluding to it he might deviate from that reserve which a well-constituted ailed might no ; but that considerstiou should re. main with them who brought the measure forward. He should. however, pats case which ha traded would prove hypothetiest He 'NOM ' , oppose thou her Milroy were id suet' state of Width as to row der lwr coutiefired reliance at Wittiieor inconve- Bot could it bekiniPposed that Perliement, sifter hewn% contemplated every case resulting from the consideration of natured modality. should have sleternsiswd. iu the event of the ease arising, that gause for the meeting of Parliament should be led, and going in direct opposition to the apt. sit of the former Ad. commit the custody of the Kuril Person rat' an iodefiiiite period, to Commie. • mouses, with whose muses they were net yet me 'gummed ? Bat If he were surprised at the time and . 11114/10aer of ingratiating this Bill, he woe net lest so 'at the pecolteeptavisioss of it. The preamble de. tiered, that it w.is 'tweediest to worp.sume of the provisions of the former Bill. Parr was a very in definite es preview. and wholly unknown in the prat lice of legislation. The Bill having been intro duced %foothold notice, he had turned to the prelim. ble to Sod a reason foe it, but the preamble allud ed ally so the necessity for increasing the Members aline Majesty's Calmed, and made no mention of the mow napodant provision which was to escape under convoy of the other. He new no reason for the ' Parliament. it might in. dissolving present _ _ aa•• deed be convenient for blinisteis to do so—but if the present Bill were rejected, he could nut believe, siotwithstanding his little confidence in them, that 'limy would dissolve Parliament mud encounter all the inconveniences that they supposed must arise Irons male, a circeinstaace, fur any personal too. bees. This Parliament, then, might reassemble. seed in the early part of the neat Session it would `be competent fur them to discuss with adeautage the alterations which, from lapse of time, and change cf circumstances, might be thought expedient in the Act of Regency, and they might consider the impasses incurred asp portiog the Windsor establishnsent—/'Hoar)—wlos i: ther they were conducive to the comforts of the Illustrious iodividaid most concerned, sad finally determine into whose lewd* the Regency should fall in the nest of the Prince Regent's demise; al though en this poise, from the age and character of the Illestrious Person next is succession to the throne. Ours could, he was convinced, be very little doubt. &Ouch advantage too, he thought, 'Might be obtained from placing the Windsor eats• blishment under the direct control of the Esc 'cutive lower; but these points could not be fully or saiiefectorily discussed in the preoent Session. Vin these 1111901111 he eouW teat assent in the Bill in de present shape, but he did bat desire to give it a direct wiegatiee.--He should, di, Mitre, content himself with moving'. the pre vious goestion," fur the purpose of giviug their Lorddnps an opportunity of appointing e Cows osittee to consider what alterations were advisable is the Regency Act. The E of Livearoot..—The Noble Lord had, Ss the course of his speech, advanced principles from - which be found himself compelled to differ. Ile email not see a sufficient reason for legislatiog on the surionire now proposed, although he seemed to ac. 'knowledge the propriety of legislating to is greater tattoo. He had rho complained that the present mea sure had not been introduced at an earlier period ; but there was no good reason why Parliament should be Loftind by former omissions (if they were such) rum interfering in a care of necessity. The Noble lord not objected to the principle of increasing :bee Majesty'sVoieucil, but could not *smut to vest ing in her Majesty the right of nominating the additional Moorhen,. There, however, existed in fact see difference between resting this power iu her Majesty. and gumbos, that now enjoyed, of no minating Dew Members to occasioual vacua-lee; Tor, as hie Noble snd Learned Friend had observed, 'bad all the Members originally nominated 'the whole Council would, tinder the provisions of The Act, be now appointed by her Majesty. 'this be stated its justification of himself sod has Noble tad Learned Friend ; bat if eny Noble Lords , were diwaristied at this arrangement, his Noble Friend would cot press his opinion upon the House. Hr then alluded to the clause in the former Hill for calling Parliament on the demise of the Queen, and remarked, that such a care VMS essentially fervid from the demise of the King or the demise of the Regent; fee no inconvenience, that he was aware of, could arise from not summoning Par -fiegams immediately on the Queen's demerit. It was iiiiii ricesiorry, he observed, to revise the Re gency Act for the express purpose of deciding into whose hairdo the Regency should fell .iu the event of the Regent's demise. The point had not •beese overlooked in the former discus *loos. but it was generally cousidered, that un less ill eventual Regency were established, more iiicsritverrience would arise from the provision than from leaving it to Pailisment to act according to the vircum.tairce of any case in future occurring. The Noble Lord had dwelt on what he had been pleased to term the indelicacy of involving Paha ment iu the discussion of this subject. He trusted lie bail ever beets as Gomm as any one to observe, on every occasons, the respect and delicacy that were due not only to the illustrious l'ersonage alluded to, beet also to every Member of the Royal Family ; aw l of till. measure he must assure Alw House, that sicklier himself, nor his Noble and Learned Friend. wutild hare brought forward this inea-ure without the concurreuce of her Majesty.-- ( leur, hear., Tire Earl of CAE. taron said, he lad listened with atleutiou to use speeches of the Noble sod Learned Lord on the Woolsack, and the Noble Earl o sod was still at • loss for the reasons th.t could have induced them to bring forward this Measures *0 iinpurtaut is its matures end, be would _ period might _ Unless, therefore, their Lordships could consider tiseir one incooveilieetes in tweeting at one period rather thau smother, - and .also the ouwillingness of . Ministers- to meet Parliament, they could pier give their sanction to such a measure.— He should very willingly assent to any measure 'calculated either for her Majesty's convenience, .or to secure her peace of mind with regard to the King's safety; bat he mold not approve of it in conjunction with the other measure for repealing see of the provisions of the Regency Act. He eltidd wish, therefore. that the present Bill had been divided into two; that the former part, for increasing her Majesty's Council, might receive the assent of Parlianselit with the least possible delay, while the other penvisiosi might remain to be more fully egis toted. In the revision of the Regency Act. he did not think it could be safely overlooked to provide, in rape of the Regent's derails, the mesas of sup porting the Royal -power; there could not be a qiiestiou on the person on whom that power should devolve. But instead of Parliament. in case of the Regent's demise, aiding in the re sumption of the Royal power, its time would be wasted in tedious diveursions, upon the mode and name by which those functions should be fulfilled There was but one precedent to which Parliament could refer, namely, that of the last Regency Act —and he could not believt that Ministers would venture to refer to it. On that occasion, an at tempt was made to give the Royal assent, without the exercise of the ails, will, tool in a way too, with whicliit might 6.4' 4 :trot's fur the Prerogative that the two Hassey of . Parliament should become too familiar. If the motion for the previous question were rejected, lie should not object to the second reading of the Bill, especially as lie understood the Learned Lord on the Woolsack to say. that in the Committee he would expunge two or three of the clauses fur the admission of uthers.--tt'ries of " No, no.") The LORD CHANCELLOR--" I could never have thought of expunging three clauses from ts Bill that has only three."— (hear, mod ii leigh.j The Earl of LAUDERDALS objected generally to that provision of the Bill which vested in her Ma. jesty iiie ilea of nominating the additional Mean. hers of the Council ; and though lie did not oppose the principle of the oilier parts of the Bill, the form of the present measure was, he thought, ex ceptionable. It tended to lodge iu the Queen's Council the whole patronage of the Windsor eanohlislitnent —a point against which he thought some provision should be enacted. Delicacy re quired that as little discussion as possible should take place on this subject. He. therefore, hoped that the Noble sod Learned Lord would bring in a Bill likely to unite the general feelings of Parlor went. The Loan CRAWCELLOR declared himself un able to inhales.* a better Bill taunt that he had al reedy preseitted to the House. Ile was quite reedy to accede to the suggestions of any Noble Lord relipectitig the mode of nominating the Members by Parliament, and particularly as those Members so nuotiouted would hold their places iudependent of the Queen, and not be. liable to removal. The Noble Earl (Grey) had commented upon the in delicacy of bringing such a sulject forward fur par. hamentary discussion. That Noble Earl had ever been remarkable for his respect towards the Mem bers of the Royal Faintly, but lie s trusted lie had never beets deficient in that respect.—(l lear.)— Even as the Bill now stood, lie conceived at was no less for the general benefit of the State, than any that could be founded on the suggestions of those Noble Lords who opposed it. He had only further to say. that. when this Bill was originally introduced, lie did not forget the immense responsi bility which rested on those who acted ou the part of the Executive Government, in case Ler Ma jesty should cease to have the care of the King's person. He hoped the Noble Lord who had last spoken, would not have the same objec bons to certain Bills that would probably be dis cussed its the coarse of ten days. as he seemed to have to the present—fur hr appeared to wish to alter this Bill by striking out every word from tbe be ginning to the end of it. Witb respect to the principal difficulty to which that Noble Lord ad. wetted, he would find, in the last clause, a provie sion that removed his objection altogether. It was there stated, that the powers granted to the Com missioners under this Bill were only such as they would have derived under the Dist of the King— and, in fact, it gave them no other powers. He admitted that the subject was a most important out, end that Noble Lords might feel some objec. tions to the present measure—but he could conceive ito fair reason for saying, that not a single word of it ought to stood. Sousa objections bad been made to the preamble—but, if the Bill were duly consi dered, it would be found that the preamble was drawn up in a very proper manner. And he would take leave to assure the Noble Lord who had last spoken, that if he would address him self, with as much attention. as those who per haps unworthily, were denominated Learned Lords, were obliged to do, he would find many Acts of Parliament without any preamble at all.—(A laugh./ T•he Marquis of BIKRINGIUM said. the prin ciple on which they legislated, at the commence ment of his Majesty's illness, was this—that the Government was vested in the two Houses or Par liament, sod it was fur them to act according to the emergency of the case, and no further. On that principle the arrangement was then formed, and on that principle abase it was their duty to act now. Circumstances had unfortuitatzly arisen (on which it would be indecent to indulge tu observe. tons) which now rendered other provisions neves. sary. He was grateful to the Noble and Learned Lord, for the medium he expressed its making an essential alteration in the Bill. For he could not help saying, that, in strict principle, he should be better satisfied to have the two Cinunai vsumers ap. pistoled by Parliamenti than by soy other power. if au ameudmeut, to that effect ) . were introduced -. Monday. The Earl of CARKARTOI moved. " That it he an instruction to the Committer to divide the Bill iuto two parts." The *motion was negatived without a division. BANK RESTRICTION BILL The Earl of Ltvgarool., in moving the second reading of the Bank Restriction Bill, observed, that, OS many Noble Lords were absent, who meal,t to take e pert in the discussion of this measure. it would, 'willow. he roper to take the debate on the neat stage, when the motion was mode fist the House going into a Committee. He would not, therefore, enter into the question now, but reserve his observations for Tuesday nest, for which dry their Lordships would be summoned. The Eirl of LAUDEADALg slid not mean, as many Noble Lords, interested in this question, were absent, In deliver his sentiments on it at large. Bet he could slot let 'he second reading take place with out simply milting the Noble Earl, what were the causes which occasioned the Bill now to be brought forward ? The preamble said, 4' Whereas unfore sees, circumstances have occurred winch resider it necessary that the restriction on (lAA payments should he continued." Now, he wanted to know what thosie " 1111161frorell 1r" sere ? The Earl of Litratteoot. raid, he had abstained front dating those circumstances, because he was aware, that, if he attempted to detail them, he would fad it necessary to go into the whole sub. ject. He had nu difficulty, however, in shortly stating, what the chief circumstances were winch called for this measure. The foreign loans, and especially that for France, he would, when the proper period •wised, prove to be perfectly justifi catory of the measure. Lord HOtLAND said, he would very shortly ad. vent to that particular feature of the Bill, which struck Win as being the most extraordinary. They bad heard a great deal, this evening. about the preumbk of a Bill, soil he wished to call the at trition of the House to the preamble of the mea sure the° before them. It wes there set forth, " that unforeseen circumstances" rendered the con tinuance of the restriction on cash payments ne cessary. For his own part, he believed it would he mote correct, if the syllable " cc" were omitted— tor, he believed, the circumstances were perfectly foreseen. He wished their Lordships to look a little at this very short 11111, which appeared. iu its COOer►t-tirtit, most incongruous. It stated, ►r whereas it no desirable that the Book of England should, as soon as possible. resume the payments of its notes in cash—aid whereas Parliament hate provided fur the said resumption." Now. he asked, what was the conclusion they were called on to draw from thew premises? It was this—that the Batik should not pay in cash.— (Heaalleur.)-4 It next waist on to quote the law, ac tog to which the Batik were obliged to pay in cash— but then came the G. unforeseen circumstances," which, it appeared, rendered it GG inconvenient," ►►nt " impossible," to resume cads payments. lie wished to know what part of the Bill, which the House was called on in adopt, depended on those particular circumstances. It was predicated, in the preamble, that it was desirable fur the Brook to come forward with payments in cash—but, Irons circumstances, which were not avowed, that desir able event was abaudoned. They had heard a Bill discussed, this day. part of which was in conso nance with the preamble, and part had nothing to 010 with it—but, to make matters even, lucre was a Bill, the preamble of which had nothing at all to do with the conclusion drawn from it. When the measure was regularly before them, hr would trou ble their Lordships with a few observations on the wording of the Bill, as well as oil its principle— for he hoped that the House would not allow such • ion sequitur as lie had pointed out to pass uuuu ticed. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, a proper opportu. oily would be given, ou the motion for going into the Committee, fur debating the principle of the measure—mid, in the Coininittee, any objections to the form in which it was drawn up, could be ad vanced. The Marquis of LA NSDOW N coincided iu the coo. rectum of this stu►en►rut, After a few words front the Marquis of BUCK. INGHAM, Earl GKIRY. it'd Lurd HOLLAND. the Bill was ordered to be committed on Tuesday next. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIO" MAT 22. ENGRAVING. Mr. P. MOORS brought iu a Bill founded on the Petilion of Mr.Thonsis Leigh Bradbury, inventor of a uew node of depriving sod etching by machuirry, which was read a Rae s This East India Marriages Bill went through a Committee. On the House resuming, the Rep .rt was received, end the Bill ordered fur the third reading on Monday next The Clandestine Marriages Bill war read a second time, and ordered to ha committed on Monday. SALT DUTIES. Mr. CALSRAVT rose, perinatal to his notice of yesterday, to move, that the House do resolve itself into • Committee its the Rock Salt Duties, wits a view to the reduction of them on that used lur agricultural purposes. Tbeuseful. wen of such reduction had been admitted on all sides in the Committee, mid It was, therefore, unnecessary for him to enlarge on that part of the subject. The Committee had been of °pinkie, that • measure fiir that specific purpose might be obtained Is do. prewut Session, though they ap prehended that Whet objcicts more complicated, must lie over till another It was Mein )))) iou of the Committee, that be should propose that the Duty on Ruck Salt, used for agricultural purposes, should be reduced to fol per ton. It bad berm redsced to 101. last Sessiou, Ant the Committee recommended that further reduction whirls would render the article accessible to every holder of laud desirous of trying it. The Hon. Gentleman them mord, " That the House du resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, in take into consideration the Act 07 Garage 111. as far as relates to the Duties ou Ruek Salt." The question bavinibe been pall Mr. WALLACt said he would nut oppose going into the Commitore, as eve', encouragement ought to be gives to persous desirous of expoiliniests in serieuhure Mr. CuswLie said • few wools in support of the station. The Huns then sent tido the Conmetat, and a resole ham was agreed to, iaattaetiag the Cbatreasu of the tem. _ . •••••••• •••• . E .•• . • . - . . . 1;. %. ht . i' - • - • ' . . lifo. R : • ~-\ . ".% 8 ..1%\,, N —A- - '...,fifve'. , .........,I\-. \ - . . . . , . ... . . . NOM if the / King. What the liesiter 'finny's. add, N unconstitutional. The milk ineseemaisees in the Bill. all hie otieetions would be removed— mitten on the Wilt Duties to I stances were that distinguished the Ores's% imam, he that cool be apprehended from the Amisfigie law and lie would vote Cur the .recond reading, under th e 14 e"" 1 "dalifin of the Cum The H..isse reiusurti, and the had *:ill to learn. Of an intended dissolution he was, what might result hem agenevaLeilesishiasid the perfect elieviefiets of its being •• prudent and . bringlit up to-morrow. two nothing—nor ore prorogation,except by pub. to avoid din pima* taistingeney, ebay hod OD. bene fi cial inelleur,* R e was onzious dna the Bill lie rumour. A prorogation might probably take peiedsuseesurewhemby,ssi the recut of thiveieriall should proceed. En it tippetared In be called fur +tee Repo rt li f u h ni ' YAP Pg e Highway 111. e. is. a Yortnignt—and it was not at the close of demiee. the care of the King's person would he by the emergency of the ease, and on no other up, SUIMC :mst o ol's:rub. agreed to a Srabiall Vale° all the hotlines* war witeling up, to thrown by Parliament up on a certain onether of aceonett whatever. esigrossed its 'Mewled, cad read %ring 'onward such a measure, without notice. Connuissinurra—.not for a few weeks% on seifintstlY The previous question nes then nefistielOs with- welds if thee oliCroaml• Wittiest onswing any meson so debate, or insert- contemplated in the Regency AN, but for any in- out a division, and the Bill ordered to be Summit. '' GRAND JURY PRI ' tor one tyro iu the timetable. But independent definite period that might seem fit to Ministers. led on Monday. On the moon of Mr. V. Fr. ••••• WS a 0%. ... —I aa TL_. :. L- PrtilelliiMilli Hill was rc-cover b \k to : Oh' \:11) . 141 .o bring i• • Rill fotermied on Cuounitioe. nog the Report iris oared,* be .(AY PRPIALTIER. Hitless, Penalties Bill iris lirCinsht to, sod the Bill ordered to be t►e third time on Monday :ESENTSIENTS. the Grind Sou Preseetieent Bill wan rc,g• .caiprital throttsh the Committee, a new dense *as the Report hrolittit up, aud the BiN ordered rue the third readies la.esioaTuw. PA PER DRAWBACK—(IRELAND). The Irish Paper Drubs& Bill was read the third time, sad pars. d. NAVY PRIZES. The Navy Prise Bill passed tbreeph a lemniwitree. and ou the House resuming, the Report was ordered to be brought up to-sorrow. LOTTERY. - The Lottery Bill pawed through a Committee, and the Repot., was orde►ed fur to-morrow. MADDER DUTIES, &e. • The Mad*? Deities Rill, the Lueduts Cosh Rill, sud the Earise Licenses Bill, were severally read a secuod time, sud ordered fur committal to-morrow. PETITIONS. Mr. Brewer presented a Petition freni lames Campbell, confined in the gaol of Hamilton, under a warrant from the Sheriff of Lanarkshire, complaining of undue hardship, and praying the House to grant relief —Laid on the table. A Petition wan presented from Holton, praying for An nual Parliaments and Universal suffrage.—Latd us the table. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. P. Mooaz bums* isa a Hull to sinew, two debar Parlianitui for buiklieg a Theatre fn Dcmcy-laac, which was read a first aad swami that. GAME—(WALE9I). Mr. M•DOCIIII obtained tem to bring in • Bill for the more cff,eival preinTvathin of Game in certsiu dnitriel• of the pi iucipality of Wales. man was mistaken generally in supposing that the Medical Staff were now excluded from a share in the prise -money --but he was correct iii asserting that the part of the Staff stationed in Brussels dar ing the actions of the 15th, 16th, and 18th of June, and the subsequent operations till the army reached Paris, were excluded from participating iu .The• Hem Gentleman had called it a new rt. gelation, but he was mistaken in supposing that it differed from the practice in the Peoinsula. If lie -s*terred to the orders for the payment of prise money in Spain, he would find that they were al ways limited to the troops actually engaged. It' some base were not drawn, the right might, with. very little extension, appertain to officers at home, as some of the wounded soldiers had been relit for cure to Plymouth aud other ports. Though officers might have gone in state to Paris, yet all who had joined a week before the arrival at Paris, went under the possibility of a severe contest at that place, and that conferred a fair claim. Mr. BENNErr still beliered that the Medical Staff employed at Brussels. were emitted to a sh a re. From the lateness of the Session, he should not be able to go further into the subject before it closed, but he certainly would next Session. The question was then put, and the Speaker left the c h air. In the Committee, Mr. ARBUTSINOT moved— That it Is the-opinion of this Committee, that the mom of 14,000/. be grouted for ilefrayirg the charge of the' works carryieg to iu Holyhead Harbour, fur the year NW—. Agreed to. A pant of 3,1001. was then proposed oo account of the works in the Harbour of Lyme Regis. Mr. GORDON opposed the grant; he saw no rea son why a harbour, for the cun►euieoce of a certain cline of people, should be paid for by the nation of large. Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, that the whole estimated expense for completing the works in question amounted to 80,0001. ; but it had been thought advisable to apply for only 3.3001. iii the pres en t tear. Parliament had already l imited large Hints for carrying on the works—it would be unwise to *too now, while they were in a half-fiiii.lied state. A Member, whose name we could not learn, said he saw no reason why, if Parliament hail already grafted some money for a specific purixise, they were therefore bound to grant more. Mr. BROKER said, he could not approve -of ex. pending money whet* it now appeared to be a mat ter of doubt whether the objects of the guilt could ever be attained. The motion was then oitlidrawn. The next motion. That a sum of 15,0110/. be granted for the pnrcbau of NO acres of ground on Hounslow Heath, as a pace of ea.. crease fora brigide of cavahy, having been put, Mr. Wisuac said, he saw tin necessity fir the proposed grant ; pieuty of ground for such a pup. pore was open on Wimbledon Common. Hr also thought the purchase money too high. Mr. ARBUTHNOT sasf, that it was only from ve cessity he had ventured to !propose that the grant should he made. The ground on Wiiiihlctlita Common was held only on lease.; on tile enclosure of the Common it might he altogether rttlicti uway Prow the purposes of the grunt—and an Act for that purpose was actnally iu tronteuiplatiou. It was the most convenient ground that could be burl about London. The price could tint fuirly be objected to; he had known of 1001. an acre paid 'lithe saute place. Mr. C. CALVERT said $ fess words in opposition (as we undere.tutni him) to the motion. Mr. CALCIIAFT ObjeCted to the purchase of this ground, for the mere exercise of a region• ut of cavalry at Hounslow. He would r.ke the praise of the Committee on grantaig 15,0001. for such a pur pose. Colonel Wool, said, that this was the oni t • spot in the whole kingdom, where a brigade of cay.ilty could he assembled. A great eaproise had liven in curred during the last war, by finding covei tog for cantonment* at Irwhich mod WoodhAtige.— Besides, it would be a convenient spot to kit p the troops for the neighboin nig duty at Hampton Goat. Windsor, and other place*, a n d Olio might be atm, without the great expense of building detached barracks. The money in die purchase would i.ot be altogether unproductive, for farmers near the spot would be glad to rent the ground for the use of the grass, subject to the occasional eicetc,se of the troops. The House then divided, when the numbers For the Grant Against it Majority in favour of it 4? On our readmission to the gallery, we found the Chairman proposing a grant of 50,000/. fur the Caledonian Canal. Mr. BROUGHAM thought all the best authorities sheaved the impracticability of this expensive and extraordinary undertaking, and the impossibility of working ships during gales, owing to the height of the hills and narrowness of the channel. A late introduction of a steam-boat, forsooth it was said. mode the canal at last useful—for years it wa► use• less, but now, through this connivance, it is de• elated to be yalusble, and that it is just pto,ilde to realise something out of the speculation. The money is thus, by an opportune invention...4ll;rd Irian total loss ; this ought to teach Committees how they sanctioned the comtneucersient of expenditures of CUTLERY TRADE. T►e Cafiery Trade Hill was read a second time, sad or. dered to be committed on Monday next. • DUKE OF KENT. The Report on the Duke of Knit's Atinaitylt was re ceived, and the Hill ordered for the third nailing to-morrow. WESTMINSTER GAS LIGHT. The Westminster Gas Light Hal was read a steam/ time. IRISH MILITIA PAY. The Irish Militia Pay Hill passed through 8 Coo milk*, owl the Report ordered fur In-morrow. CAPE BRETON. Mr. B►StlltTT gave notice that he would, on Tuesday meta, %Monis • atones to the House reliantf lu the Island of Cope &MM. POOR LAWS. Mr. React:Han rose to say a few words respect ing the conduct of the Committee on the Poor Lay'''. He was fully sensible how much the coun try owed to that Committee. They load brought in a Report containing very valuable information— a safe superstructure fur any further legislative measures. But however unwilling to tiodervalue their services, lie could not help expressing some degree of disappointment that they had not dune more. They had brought iii three Bills iu the course of the Session : the Poor Laws Amendment Bill. the Select Vestries Bill, and the Settlement ,of the Poor Bill. He took it for granted th.t they intended to stop there, and that they had no other measure connected with the object of their appoint sago to propose. He should now state, that it was hiatiteiition to bring forward a measure in the pre sent Session, if he could spare stifficieut time front the Committee sitting up stairs (the Committee on the Education of the Poor);* if not, early in the next, provided he had the honour of enjoying his seat there, with the view of affixing, if possible, limits to the imposition of the burdens—of reducing the present ones-asand thirdly, of discoversiag the means or equalising the charges for the poor—so that the whole burden might not fall. as it did by the existing laws, on the landholder. If time would permit, lie would bring forward the measures be fore the end of the Session, in the shape of resolu tions in a Committee, or Bills, the nature of which might be well considered through the recess ; ut present lie was busily engaged in the Committee up stairs. Mr. Flusitssett said, the House ought to be very much obliged to the Hon. and Learned Gentle man, if he introduced any practical measure, effect ing so difficult an object as he proposed, to limit the sums to be applied to the relief of the poor— and to fix a scale, beyond the maximum establi.ll - by which the relief should never go. But the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was very much mis taken, if he conceived that the Committee had ter tnivatrd their labours. If they had seen their way so clearly as it seemed the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman did, they would have gone further. All he wished, however, to say at ii esent was, to protest against its bring supposed that it was the opiniori of the Committee that not nothing more ought to be done. As the subjects, however, were of great difficulty, which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would himself allow, the Committee would be ex tremely glad to have his assistance. Mr. Bnot:iiirAst rejoiced to fluid that the Com mittee had nut resolved to shut the door mi further improvements of the law, after their three Hills. Hr had been misunderstood in what he had said. lie hail not intended to say. that he meant to propose a maximum, bey and which relief should never be ex tended. However desirable that aright be at one point of our history, bei now feared it was impos sible. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. The Ord, r of the Day having been reed for the House resolving itself into a Committee of Supply on the Miscellaneous Services— Mr. Bus N ETT rose, to bring before the House the case of the Officers of the Medical Staff stationed at Brussels during the campaign of 1815. The officers of a similar description, during the cam paigns in the l'emnsubs, had received their proper Aare of the prise-money dire to the whole army ; and no one could doubt of the propriety of fully rewarding men, who, though not engaged on the scree of battle, were yet essential to the health and good condition of she army. But by a regulat perfectly new, the Staff at Brussels, who underwent as dreadful hangover almost as could be endured by men, and who bud five thousand English boldirrs committed to their care in the course ul s►x weeks, had been deprived of sharing in the prize-money— and to resider the case snore aggravated, general officers were held entitled to a shale who had neve, seers a gun tired against the enemy, aisd h a d s eg . yelled in their own post-chaises to Paris, while the Medical Staff for mouths sustained the most pain ful Johns ever known. Lord PALMEASTON said, that the Hon. Gentle- this kiod. Lord BINNING said, that the work was node!. taken by the conjoint recorntnetidatiiiii of the fit mercantile establishments in the no th of 11.14m1, Scotland, and Liverpool, to prev en t li o ,se melan choly shipwrecks which heretofore occurred ui that pert of the navigation between the eastein and the western seri. Mr. BROUGHAN—" How much money has beta laid out from host to Iwo ?" Mr. AasuTHsolr--" A b..ut 700 Mr. W. SMITH thought the outs qua tot whether 60,000/. oteold be now gran to c plete • work on which already 700,0110/. had bet rleesided. Mr. BROUGHAM had no objection to this :min to try and reilibe ruy thing out of so tuiprut. , l , ut au eapenditur.. Mr. C. GRANT, jun. complained of the more taken by thr Hon. and _Learned now got up to cavil at the expria.e. wocii 'heir vis 4 prubwzr one or two further poymetits 01 walk• tug it pr.4liirtive. Mr. liaouciaam said hs did not avian to cavil