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. 1 / 4 \% fairly, as an amendment; that the Petitions be re-, (erred to a Select onsruilAve, to exolleitilt and re port thereon to the . Mr. Riot:aim( steted•tbere was already before the Nouse • .Report Of a Vositaitter outheleatlier , Trade. Upon-which thiHouse might now act Is in formation. The tax, he thought, a bad one, be- . caltbe it was virtually else on•labour. From what had fallen from the Chancellor' of the Exchequer , . he was rathe r afraid the oil part of this trade was its a dangeroos predicament, as the • Right •Hon. Gentleman had found out this had not lately thriven, owing (as,he,.the Chancellor of the Exche quer, stain!) to its riot being taxed, he had no doubt the oil.braffed leather would shortly be much ilwuraved by becoming a subject of taxation. 0-aaghter. ! • Lord COMPTON hoped the House would permit the Bill to be introduced at once, without wastiug time in a Select Coninsittee upon the subject. Col. Wools considered this trade more partieti larly affected by the present state of things, on our .restoration to peace, than *any other. At this moment, shoes which had cost Gover ttttt ent 64. 6 I. per pair, were divorted or threugh the (testier* in town, and elsewhere, at 2s..per pair. This fur some time would hove its effect on the tanning end lea ther trade. ! As to the Property Tax, he hnd no such horror at it that be would not vote fur it in preference to most ores tuxes, should it ever become siecessnry.---(Hear, Aectr,)—Yes, he knew the meaning of that . cheer, arid would tell the House that they had begun at the wrong end when they repealed the Property Tax. They should first have began by repealing the Lest her and the Salt Tax, which were generally felt. The Salt Tax, lie would say, came home to every man's door, particularly in the Principality of %Vales. It entered iuto the modification of every thing, and of course the price of every tiring there, such as butter, cheese, &e. and the people in these late ex trem e distresses for want of fond and fire, had felt its want, particularly in curing fish. The Salt Tax—( A lave )—he would repeat it—the Salt Tax- Load laugAing j— particularly affected the interests of his constituents —(Peals of langliter)--rod lie felt the tax Ms salt ought to be the fir.{ attended to and repealed. He should, therefore. vote for a Committee. General GAscotoNa WO apprehensive, if the Committee were appoilited, they would, as he had before witnessed on similar Committees, he only perplexed and embarrassed by a multiplicity of witsiessre, cunflrcltng evidence, and various other itnpedinietits thrown in their way by interested parties. Hr should therefore vole for leave to bring in a Bill. Mr. C. CALVERT examined at some length the calculations of the Hight Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and denied the toe to he as pro ductive as had been stated by that Right Holt. Gentleman. He should therefore oppose the amendment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex plained. Mr. NIARXV ATT alluded to the state of the Tan ners at Sandwich (fur which he is Member), and stated. that the place is divided into two parishes a • that tine, following the course of a strewn, and therefore occupied by tanners principally, if not wholly, had suffered severely during the late de press' 011 or Ind % its poor rates it inou Stung to twenty shillings m the bound sterling, whilst it the other parish they did not exceed 13ti. Ile was satisfied it was the duty of the Hoare to protect this branch of trade, and should therefore oppose the amendment. Mr. LttsuttraTors contended the depression of this trade was clearly to be attributed to 'lipid Irnusitinn from a state of war to one of Office. There were two branches of this trail. that did not wish for a repeal or the tax—because it world in jure the export trade, while it put money into the pockets of the tanners. This would - appear, if they Considered the amount of die duty and of the drawback ; the former being three-halfpence, the latter two-pence. He looked upou the nitration as one cleverivig of the most serious consideratiou. Indeed, any measure 'that went to remote • pm_ doctive source of revenue was one that required the st.careful investigation. 'rise Noble Lord might think that the tax could he removed, without to., convenieuce. if their military establishment were lowered ; hut, after the examination of thatotib ject by a Committee, and the discussions that head taken place on it, it appeared impossible that such a reduction could be ventured on with safety. Ile should, under all the , circumstances, vote against the original matins, cud support the amendment of the Noble Lord. General GASCOIGNE and Mr. BENSON said each a kw words iutxplanation. The quretiou wa« theta loudly culled for, and the House thvidtd—when there ....pieced • For Lurd Althurp's Meijou Agiiiitst . it .... Majority against Minister.., 10 POOR'S LAWS. Mr. S. Bouerritrose for the purpose of intro. (ieing certain memeres to the House for the . amendment of the Poor's Laws, lie observed, that this was a question of greet delicacy and diffis culfy. end on which. great variety of opininits pre vailed, It wee his intention to move for leave to bring in bills, embracing the different I is ad verted to by the Committees of the last and present year. The first Bill would relate to Ge.. Nero: ;raffia. By this measure it was intended to • make those who composed such vestries interpose more effecteelly. then they tumidly did in their pirochial concerns. The matterswbiCh vestryme,u„ ought to inquire into, were; in many instance,, left wholly to the management of the pariah offi cers. lu populous parishes this ci rcums t anc e irose from the number of parishioners, who paid little towards the•rents, end some of whom had am interest in iucreasing the parish expenses, from which they *rived a certain advantage. In conger quern*, the more opulent were ont.voted, and , in disgust,, they gave up' all idea of attending at ves tries. It was therefore the object of this Bill, to give . a .proportionote extent .f vote to imlividuats, according to the mentint of their reees•mrsits. fu Mr. %Vhithread'a Bill this . principle wed to • be found—and, from what lie understood, such au enactment would be a most desirable one. l'he other measure, would be comprised in an, other Bill. The film object of which would be, to enable parishes of cousiderable extent arid popular t her fee Rbreerehury, pecsested a Petition km l'iewcaella- of last yew had been improved. hut t 4, wastiofeir F I tiptoe Tins for Parliamentary Reform awl redrew ofiriev- eattiwite of the flodrishing condition 6f die Wade. I i auters.—Read, sad ordered t o lie •• th e tattle. Butifie.stroikentSTritar.of its detline, was the di: A Petition was preemated from the lealimpere of Man. mineklion in . UM 'ist'sliiiser .of .liviituki taken oat hi ' • chaster. praying • repeal of the additional dotes' on their twain its ;the years since the tax. if it•tould limns.. eleelellte Wools roe* to present a %Was fret certain kli4lllOr l lbitrlll and -every trade /Mid ,ban ' de- Jrakahiteets of the tome of Leslie- ille7 emeaPithis 4 of OA ,Piessetrilattsig the same prriocf, it certsioly.would defective soak of the rePreeenlatleal Innonfltblot Ow/ Or" `be no reason why a tax should be tekeu from ad with ha "' the amwhift .1' hill agg er i ll iil o tt l : hr ti m „-• ''S tat/ Mailer' Oink eiperieiscing the general de- upeavo‘stimie esarataillaliiialitt , 4 . 0 1; ' lo o m which they mica 1 N ik , ' now g bh, to pay phaeton of. the times; hut others, duping that pe- lasmasilbred,tail seined tie lio on the table. rind, had, generally speaking; lire's iar a iroving.— A mailer Petltion fret mem lahalataata .of the mans I The :fttgibt Hon. Gentleman had estimated the .'plamosa-priiro sol 011 -- by t same - lteirkfire.:•-arsdo "4 'n'' produce of the tax at 200,0001. 'per u ttttt Illl—which detail to he ort the table. certainty, tiwugle overrated, Might be a SIMI of i . POOR LAWS. .. f Pf u r. Tomorrow', rose Si, peewit a -Patties from the Go- vIPSONOI wool OrpetyClevereee, mad Directors of the Poor Feud •I'l,. - proyiser • reviehmeif lbe Poor [Awe. The present a eWII/ Mt enuothat onto oveiseer ilistroit. F i ona 2,300 t., . r the amnion of Poet Rum mom very ,11.tamot period , they b • pow oroolled sor 31 Las small comsequence to Ministers iu their present ate of embarrassment for money. But Maeutuch i the riches of .a 'country depended on at. fe3llll ,Itereif; the Legislature should not rashly' saeri- 're any one branch oT trade for the purposes of leul PK NaPIN dllhiefl Was vete 'leer"- finance, or paying the station's! debt. It was not 1 1 41 i ' llo4l 1"6"••"16° H.... than the 'P of tha leb Pour rove his intention to rove that the dulleruhoultl be re- -7 Laws. mfr. Ca liesesa ht . i . She Bill for the - Amen , sat pealed. with a view to eubstitute another !quint- ' the Election:bops% so p m , at o n : regar d ammemeists fair waft tax in its place; lie thought the Ministers the Land Tax.....ltarl a Olt time, aud ordered to be read a . oeuld do very well without any stilistitute for it, Be/Ohl 1i1199.99 llaidir mat. • • mot should recommend then. as 4 hail before SALT DUTIER. lone, without effeet a reduction of their tstahlish- A Petitioe was yee leao t a d & a meb a Fish Corers of Wey- meat. He therefore moved foe knee to brio in a inualb,for the repeal o f th e Salt tratiea,itead, ma uedered * Bill' to repeal au Art imposing edditiuuel Duties au Mom lb. teak'. Leather. lord *tasters presented a Pedalos from the lalashilante on The C o nb e t w o u of Illbroe, 1 4 liaseashimp r ayi hr a R epe l ~,, t h e UN 4 N CELLOS of the EZCIIEQUEIt admitted. • Cues Hell, a Desmiened of tole Majesty'. iliesimen, anti a there had been enough. stated to the House to in. Reform in the itepresettlatiuu.....Read. aid ordered to he use duce it to pay some attentiosi to the eubji ct. Had she table. a ropoaitioo been made to the House to refer f SPIES. these Petition. and ese , he had a Petition in present Representations to a Commit- Sir Roes*? HtROW wild lo from the Inhabitants of the lowa of liertham, he the county lee, it should have m e t w ith hi s moil cordial sup. 4 of Limits; the Petitioners complained that the ~Mow ire rOrt. The twee mow ieefore the limuse was an ex. of militias hail bete extremely busy in their wrixtilanirtiourl, - parte one on the part of the trade, d al,_ could, happily widest hu vi vi 'l theirePie is tay (Sift--.that 'I. ' therefore, be no proper one nit which tlir Home wrest inehearb of oar liberties bid bees easpesded without ; cote, . .. . sit c . .. . 1 . . t t i i tonna on e sue b • gosh' tire came toes' . ' l 4 reasonable colour-99d prayed that the House would iiii4i- lute a suit ., sashay Halo the „mutt of migi,te,* Ixfore He, however. could assure the House the trade O. y cave dine a Bill of I istlesouity. haul, generally speaking, rather increased as to the Mr. hlanceessiisitt. • Rill of indemnity would be 14 : 10 Y capital estiplod therein, within the v e ry period lejaiess rto the individuals who hod been nejustly arrested to which she N oble L ord hod sihssivd. The its. mei emilleed, pad leaped it would uewer pass. • • crease of the commin ' ute,' of leather hiad bee's row- Tbe*Prllftais cab read, an i a 'vedette! to tie on the table. • A -similar _Petition was preatuitirl from the village of moos during war. mid could th e r e f ore b e no f air al aleiumbrad • ! -Reitl, and ordered to lie on the table. - retkluete •of its average se e rime The pro- ' APPROACH TO THE NORTH POLE . duce of there duties on leather 'had beets, for I I Mr. Mutsu is 'Wog to age for leave to Lane in a the four years previous to' the Americess war, Mild fur ibtre o el:er emourageosent of the derendwed Fishery', 494,0001.—frir the lour years 18 le, 1813, 1814, fai.l,lse hail staled before three were two Ath of Parlimieut , end ISIS, it had amounted to 3 . 94.000/.—fur the " 111 • 194 *" 4am s Pli e • ath a° lite. Naelk INal- " the ail ! lust two to 264,0004 In p tof fact , com- year.. 1 cirfjaitiox Per yews of Ile otber. He lad. Nicole., to eon. il wi th other trades during the same pi- .' boar the emistateatead the 'motet Bin iti that p ie et la di a . poring this cover) of the loneiteide, but •sallempiestly diellitil It Aid. visabk to losing is • sepasete Sill fr. the object sow pro. mods, it had rather been ' a less then a granter su f. fever. by the unievoideble circumstance of a , 1 pooeol, its orate to mead It up to another placer Ware 'The sodden tmestition Dunn ii long state of war to a state fr'lmisr• my .hips kg the 0 •4 41 Were sow PrerWeer to of petite. As to the increitee of bankruptcies in 1 t aid, amt velem the Rill were forwarded through its maim, - ..- .. . • . .... tree Uwe, he would hot admit the fact ; for though , We object *iiirtil be toot for Ibis year. . =doff A . Half* rroa bocel the gin o. the tortoise& would It appeititil there were but forty-five in the five melba peesmetthisagh, I Riisssr. years 'previous to the Bill now existiug. and that Mr. (lumen/sill three was po iatestioa al thrhor so. there were certainly 75 in the five years after it, Lea's was "sell *le" ell brig it a n'" to asead aa " Ph still it ought to' be taken into the cquaiderntion of the Art of Searle . 1 1. so regulate the ormatand Fisheries, a$ rrisiale she sailor/ of webs or the noose, that 56 lied actually taken place • the the shosioa of Mr. Careamt, the Rill was read a tae within the two last tears, which had been the .t . . , thaw On I hemotioa for the detOuil rradisitt— Igo% years generally to mull trades ever yet exile- . ( • Mr. Weans said, it waabil•he more Malevelent that the rimmed. from the circumstance he had just men- rremiel resdieg should steed in the orders fur to-morrow, as liaised: The importatio n • o f f ore i gn hid es h eat h b een the Stilwell net well be committed to-moriow night, mu- less he tumid hear front an Him. !!temper hider the gallery materially ioterruptrd by the state of Buenos (Sir U. Warrerader) that the Neel &timelier:mild be post- Ayres and the revultcil provinces. If the price of owed. - leather per lb. w e r e a p roo f the tr de land not bet's Sir G. WA ttttt elt said, he intended to pcialpoee the overburileued, he could state that the wane. tanned •Nivy E.tiniatee till Mirethy. • sole leather, which its March 1816 colt from 1.5 to Taw 11.11 wreathes mod a monad time, awl ordered to be eonieuis tell to-morrow. 17 pence per lb.. sold in 1817 and 181 n from 18 to Mr. Ratmoisais moved that a weeiriege be sent to the 11 pewee. Its capital, ton. bail ittereloeztl. B fore Lords, 'so request pe r snibtua f or rae•cornalittee or the . the additional ditty, hut one steam -engiiie had been Efiaratioa of•dirt rear 4 * eereeb "Kit feeraah far duce - erected rod employed in grinding hack. and the • oarin. a. the ' sb i ree • —th ‘ lailk • • prepan tions for monolo g leatlyr • ; 'low there were Aelermaa , WOOD sigoifieot his antestioa if hit Air. want a ~... dm „hied of wad e 0 „.1 imie r atiures five. No doubt, too, the smaller capitalist felt also :fee the Whole,r ,he posttests. wore of tt we could not the effects of coming iu competition with the greater ilistineilisli). In his ()pinks it woald•be of the best pamilde curate - lint. Though the Noble Lord had not shewu emotqinewe to !mond e and he hope ,toe would have the ally port of the trade, which, not bri n y; subject to the r 1 te ac n e"" to or. country the itt g lit . Hu "' thgeellm l `Mc Peel ) Mr tli- adilitiouul tax, had newt-tholes. im'oroved, he could teittlhog it at . skew, rice te7l4, a branch of the leather trade, which, l'- ADDITIONAL DUTY ON LEATHER. though nut taxed, had *clue/1y comparatively de- Lord A tvnoae, •iii t iei n g to move for leave to elbied.:- this was the oil-deesseil leather trade, I bring in a Bill f u r the repeal of the edditional duty which, in the course of a few rave had fallen on leather, observed, he was sure he would have th r from a consumistiost •of 11 9 ,00 n Ili. weight pee coucurreuct of the Right liras.' Gentleman owl: annum to that . of from 40 to 50,000165. weight. site. The question woo, whether the leather trade The most curious treinatction reopectiog this amok- was at present in such a nourishing stale, that th e ca rt on t o P ar li ament was, a c i rcu l ar letter oldiltresed present doties couht itand? I,la would state yeti- to' tlfe trade, by some poly Mt doubt connected' ton's 'fact.. none of Which singly. perhaps, would with the !rattier trade, and dated the Stii of NEircli, - evince the uccemity of the measure,. but all taken 1818, 'mating; that it would, be nowt • . de.sirahlr tie 1 1 ! . together, world prove that the trade w as i i i suc h a ; get leget h ir, and presetst,as mail Petitions fee the stale eldePreceitie taste* the reltitleitiee or t4o . new 4 ort#4l,of•ilie Irk ea soon as possible lir Illre this duties; as imperiously to callToi 01,64 removal.-- • reetaug —( • "l.lasogli)—aued that the queetiun .linti Id, • the twit fact he would adduce was the-number of by all . *seem possible, 'be peewit et this !Arid Petitions, nearly • hundred, against the duties. 'lt porticuletfr favourable periud.—/bear, Gear.)_ night W.'s'', that people of • tiny trade werewery ; . 1110 could not ,Me, with these worthy people. that ready to petition to relieve themselves frooi.tixes; et rim just, now so favourable a time. to repeal this he brlirPril they were; but lie would niaiutaia. that • lex, when already 'there had been taxespetitioued . 1 44 so molly Petitions from one trade only. proved that nigeinet ley. different professioni; to tlitanimost of ltrade to be in a state of singular distress. Th. 'three milli*** end' a hat' of anoint iiicurne.— i next fact he would mention wee,' the late frequent , (fieur.)'—;Titi Noble Lord 'hod offered, in lieu of , occurrence of bankruptcies in the tinning trade. astoi r titio, a reariction of. expenditure. Sinecures . Foe nutty tears the number had been • very smell. ': as t year h a d be es abolished witlithet view, end , t but freakily it had been greenly augmented. lam various retheehments made since ; but if he could the five years next preceding the imposition of the. 'offer no mode'of helm:log a reef-mut ot this enauuet additional duties, the number was but.fi*e ; in the' but by the mtving . he had proposed in the redoction five -inteereding it was seveutrfive. This fact •of the Terce• of the army, usieutssoisig in ell to :: • proved that the trade was in a much greater state ii70,90g . a yerse i sthe experssaient•could not *aft- . ' of depression since. The third - poiat he would adj. ii be tried. As we are situated , the Hous e' t e n to, was the comparative number of licenses to wouldido*elf to itinsickr Whitt would ; he the alx e r. I tanners granted before and since the additional I 'natire toil/Web we should be reduced iii thus park, = I , I duties. it would thus be seen, that there was a iug on such slight groontle with our revestur. progressive dimitiation ih thetfunaber Shirt 1812, , namely, that of bankruptcy and • disgrace out the • when the restraint of ditty took place. In the .oue.hund., orthe.Property Tax on the oilier. • 1 • yeah 1813, 1814 i Mod 180, a couaiderable di. ' 'Mr. CUItiVEN thought the threat of the Pioperty !* • minution had taken place. and y e t do l i ng these. Tax ill-timed.' 'lt ' ihould not deter him from re. , ' 4 three years the exertious made by One country iri a• pealing these duties, if they were proved to be, us military point of view hued never been exceeded by he believed they were, prejudicial. those of rely prior period.. ' The average quantity or i Me. Bassos' considered Illere'wes a great deal foreign hides imported Mid prepared in the trade of croft . in the - mode of "ttifusiug the usolion—by during a period of three years. iwevioue to the attempting to have the Petitions referred to a Com- passing of this Act, amounted to 876,646 hides: Miller. Every one knew, from experiesioe, what In 1812 this average was much diminished, but it 1 that would cud in. As to the increased number of .o t' would be found that iu 1813 it am oun t e d to about' Brisin.fliginee, it wa s w e ll k nown eng i nes never .., 7.000 Duly, lee the hot feer'this hell been re- , created tenploement for the poor, and the Raght P diced to 17.135. Thies upon subtracting from lion, Gentleman should not lag himself too much . • the average 14thethr .te inf. hefike the tax , upon that score.-1 Lusgaing.) amounting 10 8/u,646, tne fairaverage of the three , I.ord CAS/L IMBACH hoped the [loose would years biller, 419,3711, it would be presumed there not proceed to legislate hand over head. as they' If was a dieriuttlitia - in the average of not les thee had Wen solicited, •whli refetence to thicqUestion. 453,W2, Kevisl .as clearly as figures could !trove The present depreseitin of the trade arose its a greet any tingle.. that there bad been a progressive de- degree train the emplosyneatt of large capitals ?.. cline in this part of the trade. The revenue 1111 S. .dierein winch proportionably effoeted the smatter. mg front this additional tax, he contended, had Hdt the brat answer to all three Petitions wee, A Col Improve ( ' nun tallitetal condition. it was true, that our exports of that article had ben doubled t!lat on . ' tt gto assay tales hawing been made by per- • 'skid.' the Taos live years. lie should, therefore, stalls gi.tisz out of the teeth', the'reveillte for a pait move, a. thus beatmode of t• the • tnee mg question . . J A lion, niftier eras.,iu circemstasoes, 'lo'appo int soled votries, for the better management of - their con cerns. The general vestry was, iu t.omease., too hap a body to transact the. pariah affairs correctly. .It was, therefore, deemed advisable that select ves tries should, in such cases, be formed, composed of the Minister. of the parish ; the overseers of the poor, and some of the most respectable iatlvi4ituitta , . This body should have a competent contr.,' over the whole of the affairs of the perirlt. They .should make out a list of those who were entitled to paro chial relief—and it would be prosided, that their order should not be set aside by a single Magis trate, buit'that two or more shout.' concur in alter ing it, if it were disputed. The next object was of minor importance. Some incorivenience was found in the appointment of overseers, when it happened that persons having considerable property in a parish, resided out of it. The Bill, therefore, would provide . , that such per sons, though living elsewhere, should be liable to . serve as overseers in those parishes ahem they had . property. He now come to a point of great import:owe— and he had received, from dilti•tent parts of the country, letters, calliug for the adoption of the plan which the Committee had sanctioned. He invent the granting to parishes the power of ap pointing as whir/Joao/ overseer. It was hoped that such an appointment, together with a select vestry, would remove the evils which were attaclu•d to the performance of parochial duties by annual officer.. Those persons frequently went out of office before they were acquainted with the duties which belonged to it—and, sometimes, when they were emininated, they acted on new principles, not because they ap peared likely to be beneficial, but because they had not beeti acted on by their predece,sors. The militant overseer, knowing the duties of his office, and being acquainted with the chat-meter ()fall there who demanded relief—whether their misfortunes arose from their own misconduct, or were the cifret of unforeseen circunistatices—whether they had been turned out of their places on account of improper actions, or through the failure of bitsi ness—would he able to appreciate the claims of the iiiffereut applicants, and to deal with them accord ingly. On this uccomit alone, the Co 11111 l ittee con ceived that considerable benefit would be derived from the uppointment of au assistant overseer. The next provision was one merely in furtherance of the existing law. It was intended to provide for the snore effectual execution of the statute of Eliza beth, in regard to the putting to work the children of parents who were slot able to maintain them. At present, instead of employing the children, money was Oven to the parents—and the s disbursed for their maintenance from the poor's rates, were, he believed, very often appropriated by parents to other purposes. Thy frequently spent the money at the alehouse—while tl.e children were scantily provided with food, and sometimes were not honest ly brought up. He thought it was better, where parrots eonlil not support their children, that the statute of Ehisbeth should be strictly eufweed, and they ought to be placed in a situation whe►e they would be 4,inployell, instead of hiving money *allowed for their subsistence, which might lir sp. plied to other purposes. The statute of Eliz .brth did out rusihorow the alfowasece of money to parents on uccoulit of children. Itexpressly said, they should be set to work. This could trot be done under the *present system without, sanding them to the work. hone—and he should be sorry to see them thrus-t too such a place of education. It was, therefore, one object of the Bill to provide a proper ssi lulu fo► theist, mod to procure lit persons to give them a mo. nil education, so that, when rent out to the world, they aright be able to suatimaiu a proper character in society. The next provision of the Bill was intrortec,d for the purpose of carrying into execution what was supposed to be the law at present—by giving em. ployinetit to persons out of work. The Coin. natter, in the Report of last Session, stated, that an obligation, ou this poisd, was imposed by law, which it was utmost impossible to fulfil, and lie be lieved it was, n, some cases, quite impossible. But the Committee felt it to be their duty to give every facility to the carrying the law into effect that could be milorded. It was therefore proposed, thst pa. rishes should he allowed to purchase or rent ceitsiu portions of laud, ou which persona out of employ inept might be set to work. This would have at least one good effect : it would pot to the test those who were, and those who were not, willing to lehour. Fur many persons applied . for parochial relier, declaring their willisiguess to work if they could get it, who, when it was proffered to them, 'chose rather to reen..in in a state of idleness. A se cond object of this part of the Bill was this—to allow parishes to take land, fur the purpose of , letting it in small portions to poor people,. who might wish to cultivate it on their own account: Some Gentlemen had adopted this plan, which was found to produce the best effects—and, if it were generally practised, it would be most advantageous for the country. It was also proposed to include :in this Bill a provision to enable perish officers to recover from paupers such tenement* and portions of ground as might have beer' let to them, without being driven to tedious and expensive lit;aation. No objection could, he conceived, he offered to this ptovistrin, which the mecessity of the case celled for.. The next prOyision was one of very cons , idesubla• importance,. but WWI by ,no • mean. new in the House—and, since Wit Session of Ptirliament,.a. great number of applications had been made such an ettattment. It was one proposed last i►s a local rnirasure by the. to.wu of Birmingham.- and was meant to enable the. parish to rate the owners. instend of the occupiers, of houses of a cer tain rent and value. In manufacturing towns, many linnets, which brt,ngbt a low rent. were en tirely free frout - the parochial. rate—and thus pro. ducat', larger emolument to the owners. as they escaped the assessment. This threw nn immense ad. ditional Lusaka on the occupiers of larger tene-. meats in those towns, nod encouraged the bailding of those sinatl houses that were not rateable. The objection to Ala provision was, that it• wa. a new principle to rate the owners intend of the occupiers of houses; hut, in this case, he conceived it ought to he dune. Under the existing .systein, not being called on to pay,, the owtir.rn had un interest tii unending to parochial affairs. If they had; the NL:), ► \ I ~iwin eis would perhaps be carried on more accn jistey. The nest provision was one of trifling import. mice, but of the propriety of it no perciii could doubt. By the Act of Eli:. a power was given 10 Magistrates to make orders of maintenance on re lations,' during the Sitting of the quarter Sessions. This occasioned considerable, inconvenience, on se. count of the vacation between each Sessions—and, thrrefore,'it Vas ptoprtseid that, out of Session*, tw o Magistrates might °sake such an order. There was also a difficdlty, antler theitid of the which set forth, t h a t application 'should not be' made for-relief to the Magii , trlites, without a pre. vious application to the Visitor. This, when the Visitor.lived at a distance, was most inconvenient. It was, ther e f ore , p ro p ose d, that, when the Visitor residered at a considemble . distatice, the.applica tiou to him should be dispensed with. Another provision was, that the same sett of ex: amination, a Inch, tinder the Mutiny Act, soldiers underwent, .with respect to their places of settle.: meta, stimild be made use of with respect to pauper prisoners. The nest provision imparted to the parish officers the right of exercising a sort of discrttiou, in grant in; relief, with reference to the diameter Rod habits of the persons applylog. lit many ininaoces, those who called for assistance were individuals who hail been accustomed to earn very high wages, out of *Lich they might have laid up something for their familirii; but they had neglected this, and bad dis sipated the fruits of their labour. It was proposed, in such cases, that the parish office!. should have a power of advancing money, by way of loan, to lie supplied by iiistabnelits, a power of recovering it being rested in them. Ile anis tint saliguihe in believing, that much money would be recovered on auy mite or other instrument given on such occii siolis. But he thought the prihciple would opcnite beneficially in a variety of ways. It would niake persons mute reluct an t t o conic forward fur r e li e f, when they knew their charact er was to h a i nqu i re d into—and it would also oblige the parish officers to examine more minutely into the conduct and habits of appi:cants than they at present did. The next provision related to persons who re ceived pensions, on accomit of wounds received in battle. or for length of s ervice, in the army or navy. The pensions were paid at certain periods of the year—and as many of those who received them. did not husband their property, it was very loom dissipated, and they then came to the parish. It. was, therefore, strictly just to call on those who paid the pensions to remunerate the perish. But lie plan proposed nos, to enable the parish to ree , ive those pensions quarterly. in certain cases, which they would pay over weekly to the pensioners.— (Hear.) The only remitting article was one, which, ill feared, would execute its purpose very imperfectly —hut it was the only measure that could be de vised on the subject. Many parishes were ep. pressed by persons who did not belong to then who were natives either of Ireland or Scotland.— The only way in which they could be removed to their awn country was, by committing them, as vagrants, in the first instance. This was a cowie which Alagistrates were unwilling to pisrativ—w.J therefore this provision would give to Magi.tra•es the power of liaising those persons to .the port nears at to their own country, without committing them. Sometimes inconvenience was felt, in small pa. ou account of the difficulty of finding a pro. per Louse for a poor-house. This Rill would en able rush parishes to hire a houie in a neighbour ing parish, the residence in which should not c..eine a settlement in that parish. 'These were the principal points of the Bill. Rut, while it was iu progreho, the Committee would not be idle; they would probably have to ley some other measures before the flouVe, ere long. The present measure was meant rather to amend the ad ministiatiott of the I. is, as it at present stood, than to tivertinu the principle on which it was (b a nded. He would bring in those Bills, if he were allowed, pro forum. They might then be • printed, airA in the hands of Gentlemen .for their eisiim+. deration.—(Near, hear.)—The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate Parish Vestries." Mr. N. CA.LVERT made an observation, in a very low tone of voice, which, as we understood, related to the provision for the employment of childrev. Mr. S. HOVitt4B said, it was particularly IfTlllol*-• twit, at this moment, that some alteration take place upon that polar. Great advantage was taken of the present s;tetern, of giving minify to the parents of children who could not employ the u. It encouraged the pas meat of labourers out of the `woe's-rates. He had received accounts front the (Ratak of Holeslet., in Sail . °lk, a here it wit. stated, the price of Lbour was reduced to per day. The consequence was, a labourer, whose family took 30a. a week to support, received 3s. from the farmer, who had the advantage of till his labour, and the parish was obliged tu make up the remainder. l'lms the industrious labourer was driveuto that which he would willingly avoid as the greatest evil of his life—an application to the parish —and the honest shopkeeper, who kept no la :bowers, was obliged to pay largely for the support of those whose whole exertions were devoted to the benefit tif the fainter. He knew not how this could be eutioly retheilied—but he thought this part of the trill tended to remove the evil. • Mr. C; CALVF.ItT inquired, whether the pro wirion of the BM, • which respected vesicles, nzis tueaut to extend to those parishes, which, nt pit.. 'pent; were premed by local acts ? In some of thi.nt the vestries uppoititcd persons, not trust.werthy, to collect the assessed and other t:ixes, in COllSr cp'teiice of which qreat• losses had been stisinined. borne means ought to he taken to prevent the re currence of this evil, which felt licsv:ly Mr. S.•l36cotNE said, the Bill %%mild no! int, fere with parishes governed by iTtcial and lut.al Acts of their own. Generol HOPE wished to. know, whether the would do away t he necessity of pensioners apiß 4r ing at Chelsea ? Mr. S. Bountes said, it would rot render it necessary fur the pensioner to appear there, in ord r to entitle hint to his pension but, when Isis. el tin• was allowed, the pen-ion might be pant to the p.i- ~1 c J . t 1 d i I _ A hail