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iptoputous part of the country.o.f There was Atte a --, consideralsk mist Is the House.)--He kared that this subject was tiresome to the House-/Heir. • Am f p-for Gentlemen who delighted only in party questions-or oho gave op their snootiest to breeches of privilege, and matters of that kiud would probubly be very little interested by a gen tian which related merely to the poor of the country. hear.)-His wish was. that schools, sidti 'ler to parish-schools, should be established in remote dud thinly-peopled districts. This was the feeling of the late deeply-to-be-lamented Mr. Whitbreaa und it was melancholy to reflect that Mr. Windbatn, an individual whose wit and talents no man could avoid admiring. at the very time, if he might be allowed the expeessin, that he was deceiving him. self, opposed the extension of education among the poor. He was followed by a number of servile imi tators. who, without his genius, adopted his erro neous view of the subject. That feeling had, how ever. died away-all individuals now agreed iii the necessity of educating the poor-mend the only dif ference of opinion arose from the with to afford, by 'the eeriest means, the most excellent education.- (Hear.)-The necessity of education had been early taken up by the Parliament of Scotland. 110 far hack as the year 1494, an Act of the Legisla. ten of that comparatively small nation, provided, that the sons of Barons, &c. should be nut to a grainmar.sehool to acquire • knowledge of the Latin tongue. This was long before the subject lead been taken up either by the Legislature of IKnetand or Ireland. In the time of Charles 11. in W 32, parish schools were introduced-a system so cheap, that he conceived it ought to be universally adopted. The raising • building, in the country. little better than • bens, would create a very trifling exiseuse-and, in small towns, would not exceed 11001. or tiSul.-to which was to be added the pen memos eXpeme of a school -master, origiwlly not more than 101. at present shout 24/. per annum. This system of parochial schools was generally adopted throughout Scotland-and from it that cenutry had derived the greatest advatibige. The people of Scotland were characterised by some principles. on which lie would not dilate.-44 laugh.)-Oit some points. relative to them, there ungist be a division of opinion -but all persons sounded to them this Invite, that. in general, they rujoyed the benefit of an excellent education, to which might be attribared their fitness in life. The late Mr. Perceval, *bee be opposed the pros. position of Mr. 11' hitbreed, stated that his objection rested on this ground-that the measure was pre mature-that. before it was iatroduced, . the Howe ought to have the opines of a C 0... millet as the subject. They hod now proceed. est on this principle. From the !abeam of elle Committee above stairs. which wen oot yet concluded, the House wens' hare an opportunity of knowing how tburitable funds were disposed of whetlibuns had crept lath unix adenoid minis--and what part of them *as 111416Cabb to die education ts, the poor. Under Gilbert's Act, peeked in 1786, which *stied fur accounts of the various charitable funds. the returns were very imperfect. It was necessary that these returns should be corrected. It operated from them, that there were between') and 600,000/. annually applicable to thatinble Ines. But lie was convinced, if the false returns-the itegli. geuce of individuals-the actual abuse of charities --and the errors in trustees-wen rorreeted-if all the property intended for charitable purposes were beneficially expended fur the pour--inotead of 4410,04/0/.. they would find that not less then 51,300,000/. were applicable to that object. This subject was nearly connected with the question (the Poor's L iws) which had lately so much occupied lion of the House. The first law on the settleoututytlist of Blinbeth. was fol. for inquiring into the abuses that charities, which, in his view of the rub. ural. In 1786, Gilbert's Act was was intended to effect the same oh ' not succeeded so well as could be would now, with permission of the to a few of die abuses which the discovered. 'lke .labours of that not terminated-our did he think it Report would be presented this Ses that account it was that he wished to • some of the facts that bed coma to in consequence of the mowers le which he had before ells. innate, they found that. in the 4,,ea were bequeathed for the par. Site maintaiu a school in Berkshire.- leads were purchased to the amount moaning pool, being. he supposed, necessary expenses connected with the ke rent of these hands amounted in i roe, being less than five per cent. _ purchase-money. A year and a half lands produced only 101. • year mere beinghtillamodiately after they were par.- ) years ogis. The trustees, in the time `l. acted fairly, and procured wear five theledator's monep-but the less care , officiated in the time elf Gee. 111. acted well, if they let more lands, an rose. at a rise of lid. more titan they A the time or Charles 11. Since that. the rent had been doubled-and, of course, the alone did not exist. in its original extent-but, still lie conceived the sum paid was uot adequate to the property leased. lei the same county • tract of charitable land was rented at 4501. • year, which a surveyor declared so be worth 1,000?. per ann. In the county of Hants, there was property bequeath ed fur charitable purpses, worth upwards of :40001. a year, which let for little more than 3001. It was let on fines-. , -but how they were disposed of -who received the benefit of them-no one would or could tell. Petitions were presented on the subject-persons connected with the charity endeavoured to 6iid out the secret-but all book* and vouchers were refused. in the same corpora. tiou was vested the right of apiwopriating a runt of 1,0001. which was generally known by the name of 11 1 listr's Charity. Sir Thomas ‘Vhite bad be queathed 24.000/. to be distributed in different ways. His bequests, in general, extended to the sum of 1,0001. which was to he lent out, he be lieved, without interest, to indigent tradesmen. AVlust the corporation in question did with one moiety of the thousand pounds intrusted to theta, he knew not-perhaps they laid it out according to the will of the testator ; but lie knew very well what they did with the other moiety. They did hot give er lend it to poor trariestnene-but they used it in paying off their own corporation debt. they stepped ire, and betting borrowers of the money. Which theybrodell ahoy to. their 'creditor, it the same time entering Istt Th eir books a IMO* marvelktus recoMmeuditem lb their midmost to *db the tsetse.—(beer./.Ane held In his hand somewhere 'bout forty or flay 'eases of this hind. se lected froth the returns made to the 'Committee above stairs. Any Gentleman might attend that Codunittee. I%e would unddobtedly mean immense mass of correspondence—but. owing to two Leong ed Gentlemen, who gave the utnidet attention .to the subject. every information was readily .forded —and, therefore. helhould trouble the House frith but a few more cams. The clergraau of a pariah in Devonshire fettered, in answer to an inquiry as to the funds air school, " that they were known only to Mr. Such.mone." In another instance the oil. ginal fund was stated to be 1501.—halfof which was lost by misnemegetnent. Again, an instance oc curred, in which charitable lends were let ou a lease of 9r3 years. which. whether a Sae was or was not taken. was a gross ahem. In Norfolk a • school was founded. in r6OB, for the education of boys—but no bnysi were now educated there. The ' estates• produced 100/. • year. The person who made the return, observed, that this was " a mat ter of mystery." He did wonder at his making this remark, when the funds were 300/. a-year ~ - -and the scholars ail. In another place, where • school had been founded, the master hail not taught for ten years' =the truStees were all dead, mid uo new ones had been appointed. flit could mentiou the trines of individuals, in all these cases -1-bet he 'did not wish to do so—and he believed the rehltries were, in fact, considerehly below the truth. This circumstance wet naturally 1/c. counted for by feelings of good neighbourhood. —lt was better. he conceived. not to intro. duce usines-Lbeeause, no maitre hoer, whatever was said in that Home found its way into the country: and iudividuals would probably feel Bore if a disclosure of their mimes was made in that manner. They wattle pertraps ttniplein of misre preseutation, wltkh they could oat do, when ell the documents *felt published. It was better therefore to describe those case. Kennelly until the Report was flesishedz.L•when 'every person concerned would have an opportunity or defending himself. In Ch eshim b • dchuol. originally established for the erlocatlon of 4:5 boys. now afforded educatiou to 70—suit, so extensive were the funds. that 1,0004 s-year also found its way into the pockets pf sot divides!. What lie submitted to the Moine was, that, if any thing could justify the interference of the Parliament. it was the case of a charitable be gnest intended for the education of 45 children, but noel grown so enormous as to atiiird education to 70 persons, and leaving a surplus of 1,0004 to be placed to the pockets of an indiridnal. whom the testator never could have contemplated. A free school existed in the county of Nottingham, of which the Kev. Gentleman who made the return relative to it observed, that " lie hail no doubt it was grossly abused—that the trustees acted from Mister mu tives—and that they gave the schoolmaster. hush. mewl." In Leicestershire there was a charitable schoul some few years ago, and it was certain uu such school now existed. In Derby, the Clergy. 'tutu of a parish, in answer to the inquiry. " she: ther there were any charitable funds in it 1" said, " there were none"—bat observed. in a note. that Lord ----,, and his ancestors, fur 06 years, paid no rent to the Charter School, whith they ought to have done. On this suhject he would say a few word,. in explanation, presently—fur lie imputed 110 blame to the Noble Lord alluded tor Another curious coke was this--au individual looking over a county tory, discovered that at one period a school was eu flowed in his neighbourhood ; he made inquiry into the subject, but could discover no traces of it, and, in consequence, he applied to ilacl;onsistorial Court, at (;auterbury, for a copy of thifwill of the indivi dual who had made the bequest. The' will was found. and it was discovered that very considerable provision was made for the support of the school. It war indeed ascertained that those who hail taken possession of the funds. did, in their own name, support a school out of them—but he objected to this mode of relieving the poor at secorid.hand.— Toe upwards of 30 years, since Gilbert's Bill WAS pawed, the Legislature lied not interfered with this subject—and it was now high time it should be at. tended to. The Report of the Committee i in con sequence of which Gilbert's . was introduced, spoke in the strongest terms of the abuses that had crept into charitable fouudstions—and Lord Kenyon, when giving judgment in the Mandamus case of the King v. the Arehhishop of York, commenced by observing. " that of more attention were paid to charitable bequests. they would not so eften see mere empty wal le, w here there ought to be scholars— they would behold a seal for the advancement of education. where wow .they could perceive nothing but an anxiety. to smalls money." The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to answer those clamor. ous individuals. who raised an outcry ageism% Ibis measure, as one that went to interfere with. private properly. Ile would tell those persons, that the . law or Briglaird considered the property of the poor to be no inure private property than ;het of the Church or of the Crown—and, where the poor could lint protect that property, the Crown ought. The 39th of Elisabeth dealt with those funds, as if they we're Crown property. Who ever. beard of a com mission to inquire into the state of private property ? No such thing. Aud yet, by the statute of Eliza beth. the Lord Chirsiceekt might issue a Commis. won of Charitable Use., to se y, part of England ! where an abuse of the pour', gingerly might be supposed to exist—is cominiveme lip s mp eo nel a .Jury—to examilie rights—to make seders, decrees. amid judgmaiite. Ifere .was • Cowl whiclt stepped •is between the proprietor and the poor, in order to see that he used, for the benefit of the poor. the funds which his ancestors devised for Unit purpose. ifith of the King, commonly called Gilbert's Act. operated its lake manner. Who ever heard of a private individual been called on to mote his income. within four mouths from a given time. under the pe nalty, if lie refused. of losing use ball of it by • gni tons action ? Such a thing was newer dreamt of. 1 be principle was uncoustitutional, and was sever acted on, except under the Property Tax—and one res.' son why it as, repealed was the uncoustitutioual powers which it v es t e d in Government. But, by the -26th of. the King, a potion possessed of any fund. rent.charge, real of land, Ice-simple, or money. which ought to Ire applied to charitable purposes, was bound, under a severe penalty, to account for it. Of exactly the same description were the two Acts of the Sid of bit Majesty. By these, the Lord Chancellor, on the petition of two persons, might direct an inquiry into the whole of the estate suspected to be diverted from its proper 'purpose. The corm:son low of the land and the statute law, as well as the uniform train of deci sions in &arts of Justice, directly negatived th e pretence set up, that charitable funds were, in any wise, private property. Ile now came to notice some of the provisions of the Bill. It did not go to empower Commissioners to look into deeds of ' private nature. Only where the whole of a deed related to charitable property, would the owner be called on to produce it. Where a part of it respected such property, and the remainder concerned his private affairs, he would merely be called on for an attested copy of that part relating to charitable funds. In the case of agents, trustees, and niortgsgers, provision was . also made to prevent the disclosure of private mat tears. The power to commit was also narrowed as mach as possible. Without such a power existed in the Commissioners, it was in vain to think of Aoing good—but an :additional check wail provided against the abuse of n; over and above those eau boated in former acts. With respect to the Uni versifies, many objections had reached Ilan from various quarters. They did not satisfy hins,of the propriety of exempting them. That the dignity of thole bodies wontd be offended by the measure, was • fallacious argument. Their dignity would be most effectually secured by throwing open their doors to inquiry, instead of suffering soy thing to be concealed in darkness and mystery. Ile was not aware of the weight of those objections —and he was sorry that the Universities were not the frst to claim the benefit of 'he Act, instead of introducing them. He would, howei e r ' pro pose a clause for exempting them—and he re conciled himself to this, on account of their peculiar situation. Abuses in obscure founds. Solis were not easily foetid out—and few per. Irons would be found reedy to file a bill in order to bring facts to light. connected with them. But every one knew that Oxford. Cambridge, Eton, and Wischeeter, bad great endowments, end they were open to general csivservdlinan . The 43d of Eli sabetlk, it sliodld be observed, was occasioned i by abuses in the Universities, ns might be seen in •' Dero's Jouruals," where a history of the bovines was given. A Bill was brought in to remedy those abases, whith passed the Commons, and was sent op to the Lords. The Archbishop of Canterbury brought it bsck Irons the Lords, with a proviso, expressly exempting rise Ussiveraitiett, the abuses in which it wet intewled to remedy.-- luegh.)—This was one of the most extruirdi nary pieces of legislation On tecord. It might be asked, " Why not (save rebeurse to commissions, as our forefathers had The fact was, that this wieldy and (maonna machine had grown into use. From the of Elisabeth, when commis sions were first legalised, np to the present time, only %4 hod issued. trim ifto to 1819, only three had been called for—and of these but one occurred from 1785, the period of passing Gil. bert's Act, to the pr ese day. It was admitts d :by every one abuses isted. But then those who confessed it said, Aye, but you have yoer remedy ilt Chancery—file your bill, said they, in Chaticriy. It was not possible to forget what bail once been so humorously said by Mr. Erskine, now Lord Erskine, tb a certain Judge, who ac quaioted a plaintiff that there was no relief for him in a Court of Law—he therefore most go for it into Chancery. Mr. Erskine asked very gravely, to the great asintsemt sit of the common lawyers then pre. sent, '4 And can your Lordship serioUsly meals to send a fe I low-creature there?"—(Larghiler.)--When they did appeal to Chancery. what wet the conse quence ? They received no redress, which wuabons dandy instanced in the case of an application to Chaos eery cm the part of the charitable foundation of Itavcusby, in Yorkshire. After being in that Cried a year, a decree lord been obtained in 1803, refer ring the case to the Master. In 11104, the Master's decree was pronounced. to which an exception was tendered on the part of the Defendants. Long. and tsb douitt most iustrnctive and elaborate arguments were entered into from time to time, and the Court war, its 1899, reprtiented as ripe for decision. as well it might. Ever since that time, however, the cause hiss stood first upon his Lordship's pa per, and has never yet been decides!.—( To render inquiry therefore efficacious, he 'imposed to depart from the old practice, and constitute such proems couunisaiotters as would be dispOied to do their duty with alacrity, public spirit, and resolu tion—shuttioitheir ears to no representation, either from respect to the parties inculpated. or suspi .cion of the source from whence the Information had been derived. Notwithstanding be had stated what had come to his knowledge, respecting the enormous deficiencies thus created in the funds for the education of the poor, by negligence or tramp• plicatioti of charitable revenues, he knew that in most cases slot absolute blame could be attached to ally person, but that it often arose from a deli ciesicy in the trust, or previous negligence in filling up the number of the trustees, by Which means the trust was sometimes altogether lost, and the parties holding the chargeable lands felt uo interest in the revival of the trust to his manifest !prejudice. He could tint conclude without expressing the gratifi cation be had felt on discovering the amusingly beneficial and highly end Owed establishments for the education and maioteminve of the. poor, originat ing in the munificence of the English people, toge ther with the great efforts cositutued to be made by the system of voluntary and individual subscrip tion for similar purposes. These foundations laid nut for their origin the Noblemen nor yit the States mess of the day, desirous of compouuding with the stiugs of conscience by refunding some part of official spoil ; but the hottest, fow-born trades Man, who having made his way to comfort and affluence by means ouiy of the edvantsge derived from a toles. ble education, sacrificed upon the noblest principle of philanthropy the interest of his immediate con nexions to the generous purpose of assisting others, in his former situation, to the means of obtaining that inestimable blearing, education.—(Near, How many thousands had he known whose active benempteuce led them to sacrifice their repose by night, their ;Profits or avocation, by day; to the great • wink of feeding the hungry, clutliiiig the naked, ' ~:yr • , , . • .and dispersing the blessings of education around them !—(Hear.)-01 this circoinstance every Eng lishman should be erotic', became it wee the legi timate consequence of the free Attire of our ines timable Constitution. Where the despot had reared his throne might he found polities or hoseitals of immense magnitude, nominally for the aecomnui dation of the poor, but whose foundation had not been laid in charity, but in those sums which had been wrung by oppression from the Very vices of the rich by a sort of perversion of the order of things, endeavouring to produce good out of evil. or, what was worse, from the hard earnings of the industrious poor. There was nothing so destructive to public spirit and public charity, as the idea that those who contributed to these establishments were not permitted to have that constitutional itiguence mid control over the management of the money so appropriated, to which the sacrifices they had made ought in equity to entitle theft —(Applause for a considerabk Lord CASTLEREAGH had no disposition whatever to oppose the Bill ; its objects were most desirable • in a national point of view ; and he hoped the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would not depart from the principle upon which the • Bill emanated from the Committee appointed on the subject, nor at tempt to check the spirit of individual and volun tary charity, which was the great artery which fed all the channels and ramifications of the system of improvement in the lower orders, and which so feelingly responded to the . public sentiment and independent turn of mind peculiarly the cha ' racteristic of the people of England.—it sunlit be admitted, the greater the number of charities. the greater the opportunity or their abuse. But he was certainly of opinion, no system would prevent abuse so effectually, es an active and intelligent Board of Commissioners. He regretted the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had leaned so very hardly on the Statute of Elisabeth and the Court of Chancery. It was obvious the Commissioners, however, only could inquire and make a suitable application to that very Court of Chancery which he had so deeply arraigned. The insinuation against the Court, too. bad proceeded upon an ez-purse statement of al case as yet Unexplained. He feared there was little probability of ever attaining those two desiderata in such casts—namely, an equitable decision in very complicated eases, combined with expe dition. He here would protest against the charge, as not warranted by the facts stated. if the Bill should materially step out of the line 'proposed by the Committee, he should withhold his support from it. Much good might be done by the inter ference of Parliament. if it was only to quicken the pulse of exertion in those who had the management of foundations of this nature—Mewl —and much might be expected from intelligent active Cointuis siotiers. The foundations, though public property, were still private property as to their restriction to a particular trust, from which they could not he di verted.—(fieor.)—He felt a very strong objection to the proposal to take the superiutendance out of the hands of the Crown. What had been done as to the appointment of Commissioners of Naval 'lnquiry had on in a spirit of jealousy of the Crow n. which he hoped never to see cause to revive as ne cessary, in the opinion of the House.—(lieor.)— He thought it would. in this instance, be a pro ceeding highly derogatory to the Crown. not to proceed as in the appointment of a similar inquiry into the Irish foundations, in ree6, which had completely effected all the purposes for which it bad been appointed. It was, however, im• possible to combine inquiry and remedy in these commissions; and if it was intended to render it effective, considerable expense would be sir rurally incurred upon a scale of suds magni tude as the scrutiny of these charities all over thgland 'VW Wales. Mitih of this exprese would suturally fall ' upon the House to make good. The Commissioners should he constituted partly of professional, intelligent, and active mein berg, and partly of persons of high rank slid consideration. He hoped the Hon. and Learned Member woutd' so frame the Bill in the Committee as to make it consistent with his view of the subject, to lend him all the advantages of his support, which Ise should find him. is that case, most prompt to afford to the enactment of the Bal.—(Hess, hear.) Mr. Bitoucttalt explained. Mr. Fosters supported the Bill, as far as it pro ceeded upon the principle of the precedent adopted with respect to the Irish Commissioners, to the effi cacy of whose labours he bore the fullest testim ony. Mr. F. Rboixsou wished the school of Harrow to be included in the exemption from the operation of this Act, arguing upon its character hrvisig been exempted from all blame in a late recent inquiry respecting the appropriation of its funds. Mr. BROUOHASI said, the fact of its having been `impeached, slowed there had been some ground to suspect it had been misconducted. Mr. PEEL argued in favour of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Robinson) fur the exemption of Harrow. and stated that on that occasion it had been proved to be the will of the founder, Mr. Lyon, not to von. fine the purposes of the school to the education of the neighbouring poor. Mr. AlaaeltoMlT, at considerable length, Orli hatted the principle applied to Harrow, as appli cable alike to various similar, or less important establishments. The appointment of Commis. 'loners was one of great importance. They shOuld be actuated with the vigilance and astuteness of in quisitors. devoting themselves exclusively to this great object. For this - reason he could not sap port the proposition of the Noble Lord, to intro. duct amongst them any practising Barristers. There were retired Barristers, who might with advantage be employed, although he feared they would derive very little assistance from certain per sons of high rank and consideration, whom it had been said ought to be enrolled upon the Con. mission. Lord CASTLEREAGH and Mr. ABBSCROSIST ex. pion ned. Sir 'JOHN NSWPORT (in a very inaudible tone of voice, owing to extreme hoarseness) argoed fur the Bill in its present shape. contending that moue of them foundations should be excepted. Mr. BROVOINIAM and Lord CASILIRRACIII again explained. and the House agreed to go into Com mittee en the Bill. In the Committee, Mr. BROUGHAM stated that it was the intention of the Bill only to exempt the Univerfities, and the two great Schools of Eton and %Vineheater, from its operetiou. ICN f 1 t `, „ C\ . , Mr. F. RORTIISON moved, that the School of Harrow be included in the exemption front the operation of the Bill. Mr. Mims felt hidiself authorized, on the same principle, to move for an exemption in favour of Rugby school.— (A laugh.) Mr. 1164112 re would do the same for the Shrews bury school., Mr. HARVEY intiinated, that he would call for a similar exemption for the Norwich school. Sir M. W. RIDLZY said he- would do the same for the NeWcastle school, where the Lord Chancel lor and his distinguished brother were educated. Lord CAS*LEREAGR, said, that he would vote for the exemption of the Harrow school, and perhaps for that of the Rugby, but beyond those he thought the exemption inexpedient. —(A laugh.) Mr. Loczeaftz said, that if the exemptions timated were allowed, it would be better at once to refer to the outline in the Report of the Com mittee of 1814, which, after exempting the diffe rent public foundations, made a similar reservation in favour of the sehools of Quakers and Jews. Mr. Bftovoitast ridiculed the idea of the Bill being made operstPre, if these exemptions were ad mitted in and of the instances propoved.—(Hear.) The. House then divided on the exemption in fa , Your of Harrow, when the numbers were— For It 3O Against it Majority against it 23 On our readinisvion to the Gallery, we found Mr. C. GRANT, sen. recommending the extension of the Bill to Scotland. After a few words from the Lord Advocate, Mr. Brougham, Mr. Abercromhy, Mr. Forhe., and Lord Binning, an instruction wus agreed to the Committee, to consider of the propriety of extend ing the measure to Scotland. The House then resumed, and the Report was ordered to he taken into further consideration on Friday nest —and on ‘Veilnebday it was iiiider4tood the House would resolve itself into the Committee on the Salaries of the Commissioners. the attention of tl 'object of stalest rd by mu Act I ailed in client , was very oats , which was t —but it had n • ted. lie won rose, advert to ' usittee laid di outinittee were ni Ikely that their it d. on that e to i lw Muse the circular . 1n one in 164), 4,000 of lands to bout 1060, Irk 34001. the rem . is the neren The $ll to 196/. • ye the original pin those lands they brought 110 years Charles it. acts emit. for their el sea, who od ght they mete+ a 11l years' lease. produced io the ti IRISH ASSESSED TAXES. The CHANCELLORof the EXCHEQUER rose, td move the Order of the Day for the Committer on the Irish Assessed Taxes, for the purpose of post ponieig it. Sir HENRY PARNELL complained of this post ponement, and alluded to his intention of moving fur a repeal of the Irish Hearth Tax: He thtinglit the discussion should be now brought on, as 111141/y Gentlemen front Ireland were in uttendusice, who could not be present on a future occasion. The CHANCLLLOR of the EXCHEQUER regretted, the necessity of postponing his tototi tttt t lint he really did so from the tl ss of the Douse, ut►d the importance of the question. Sir J. NEWPORT said, that if he studied tither his own health, or his obvious inability to whit e• 4 the House (we regret to say the Right Hun. Ila ((((( et laboured under a severe hoarseness), it would he d colivenience to hirn to have the question postponed. But he must protest against this mode of treating a question, vitally affecting the people of Ireland. It was not long since lie had a motion for large peen• niary grants from the public purse, wade and dis cussed at a much later hour. Sir GEORGE HILL theilKilt it would be come nicht to postpone the quesiion. Sir J. NEWPORT said, lie felt so convinced of the impropriety of postponing it, that he would 1111 l ve us era amendment, that tile Houle do mow go foto the said Committee. The CRA iccaLLoot of the Excnrouert appealed to the Speaker to state, whether :it the moment t h at the HiOn. and . Learned Gentlemen opposite (Mr. Brougham) rose, ler had uut himself addressed the Chinr to introduce the motion on the Asscvsed Tozes of. !reload. The SPEARFR said, that certainly the Right Ho nourable Gentleman had intimated to him his cis..ire to bring on the subject early in the evening; but the Huu. and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Brougham) caught his eye drat. Mr. PEEL earoevtly urged the impropriety of pressing his Right Hon. Friend to enter nisi" a 'abject, under circumstances so little calculattd to insure for it a proper direction. Mr. TIERNEY wild, the only question was, whe ther there would he any convenience in going now, at half-past nine o'clock, into a question, iii which the Right Hots. Gentleman stated bewail sprelisirrit to enter tlwee or four hours earlier. If the Right Hon. Gentleman meant to adjourn the How, well and good ; but Wile merely proposed this hwiness to stand over for the pisrpose of introducing any other, then indeed the people of Ireland would have just reollOu to couiplaiu of this inattention In their interests. Mr. LUSHINGTON urged' the necessity of post poning the question now—it was evident that the Chancellor of the Exch e q ue r mean t t o haveintro duced it, if he had had the opportunity he sought early in the evening. After a few words from the CMANCELI.on of the EXCHZQUER and Sir J. NEWroIIT, the bitter with drew his amendment, end the fernier Agrrtil to fix Wednesday next for the Committee on the !fish Assessed Tam. The Strum Boat• Bill went through • Cummittre.—The Report tree ordered to be received um Wednesda) 114111. HIGH BAILIFF OF WESTMINSTER. Os the Order of the Day being read fur taklus into con siderations the Report of the Committee et Supply, rvl3titti; to the High Bailiff of Westminster, Mr. Barnet suggeuted the postponement of it until Mot day sesanight, which au agreed to. The &limos Fishery Bill scut through a Comnsittce.— Report on Thursday. CONTAGIOUS FF.PCR. Si► JOlllll NVIIPORT benught up the Report of the Com mittee sin the Irish Contagions Freer. The title was rra,l, and the Report was ordered to be printed. The Irish Landlord sad Tenants Bill was linseed in by Mr. Lams FOOTE", read a first time, and ordered for a second reading on Wednesday the Leh of May. Mr. Rotten . awed fist letter to Ming in a Bill fnr more equal Asoseassest to the Rates of the Pour of Prvfit de rived from Mises. Gt. Ttlwntt»w opposed the introduction of the Hill, on the grossed of a similar Bill hating been injected dui lug IM last Seising. Mr. Moeda, mid, that the present Bill was not the same as that which had bees brought is last Session. Mr. D. GUAIIIVIN as the 964 y Member presen► from Cull!. wall, impressed his perfect approbotiou of the Sill. General Tnositson cossetted to withdraw his uppsnliolii and leave was given. COMMITTAL* FOR OFFENCES. Mr. Mg lllllllll9 reeved se Address I. his Ru)sl Higtinevi