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mis.ioners sloacided with more restrictions. The House would do well to give them as unfettered inquiaitorial powers as itself possessed. He would nom soy one word shout the six Commissioners— ' and as they were to receive their appoisitinent from 'the Crown, he implored Gentlemen opposite to re. t iled that every thing would depend on their per. lie had intended they should lx named the Bill, but having given way to the other arriassgentent, he trusted that every thong like party him Of jobbing would he avoided. Smug of the Commissioners were to have no salary. He had beard the names of some Gentlemen mentioned for the office, for whom he entertained the highest respect ; but as there was nothing to he looked to by one of 'the description lie had alluded to. but loebsonr uurewinled—as no other motive whatever could he imputed to I , than a devise that what be hsd commenced should he followed up effec. totally, he would 'sow express to Gentlemen oppo site his willingness to undertake the part of one of the Commiseioners. He had consulted the Commit. tee, and received Their sanction for what he proposed. It utight be objected to him. that. as a Member of this House. be was ineltigible to fill such an *See. But, he would sacrifice every private con. lideration, to achieve whet he conceived to be-s. *mid what the Howse mum feel to be—a most im. portant good.—(Near. *tar.)-.Ho believed this Bill would not meet with say interested opponeuts in Perliaineeit...-for he believed they had iminogst them none of the wrong doers against whom it was directed. Of this he was sore. that it would have the support of the head's of the church established in this country—which might be denominated the staff of the poor...and awes duty it peculiarly was to watch OVIIr the 'arrests of the unfortunate.' ' The House thou resolved itself moo the Core. Mittre—tke Bill went through it, tore-siketio--tht 1-Loose reauined, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. ..magic RESTRICTION SILL. on the metiou of the CHANCELLOR of the Excueoume. the Report of the Bank Restriction Bull was oaken into further coosideratioo. Mr. F. Lewis said, that. in mewing this Bill, some preparation ought to be evade by the Bank, to resume, at its expiratioe, cash payineista. If this wire not duce, he conceived that the present measure would go to render the restriction inter tnissable. Hr should, therefore, propose • clause, which, if the House agreed to it, would pave the way for the resusnptiou of cash payments, in the course of the next Session. He felt that his powers were not calculated to produce that effect ou the House—(,here was. at this thee, a eossiderable ;wise) —which else importance of this subject denianded— hut hr rose in the hope that his observations would call up individuals of greater talent than he pro d. It was his wish, that a Bill, considerably different from that now before the House, should be Passed. lie was anxious that the Bank should, by s' legislative provision, be called on to limit their issue of notes. Fur this purpose, he should move an Amendment to the preamble of the Bill, speci fically binding them to do so. Two years ago, such a proposition was made and negatived. But the arguments which were then opposed to it, did not apply to present circumstances. Se vend reasons 'load formerly been urged against mirth a provision. The supporting an army in France was oue. But that army was now al most entirely maintained by Frauce—and, there fore, the argument failed. Again, the unfavour able state of the exchange was stated as a rea son for continuing the restriction—but was this a fair argument, when it was known that • loan was to be raised for France, and when it was perfectly understood, that • part of that loan would be con. ?meted for iu England ? The effect, on • parity of reasoning, must be, as specie most be sent from this country to create • favourable, not an unfa vourable state of the exchange. If the circum stance of a loan being made fur France were used us a reason fur abandoning cash payments for the moment, it might have some weight; but he de. Died, at all events, that it was • good one for coati lining such a measure for any considerable length of tissue. Let the House look to France itself. Under all misfortunes, she had adhered to a metallic circulation—lnd the price of the precious metals remained almost unchanged. Let Parliament reverse the picture. Notwithstanding the flourishing state, s it was termed, of this country, an circumstances, k was said, appeared, to authorise the resumption Id cash paymeats. What then was the iafrrince f It Was clearly this—that gross mismanagement must laid somewhere. This country had drawn from France and from other nations larger trantilies of gold and silver than had been received m any other laart of the world. Yet that abduction had not compelled those countries, from which the resource was drawn. to resort to a paper circulation—mud, by a parity of mooning. it was evident, that the seeding out of this country a quantity of the pre. ciao metal., ought not to lead to the result, that nosh payments shoold be wholly abandoned. Other tenses than those stated must be looked to as the reason for the non-resumption of cash _payments, and other remedies oast is resorted to, fiir the cor section of the evil--inneedira very different indeed from those hitherto proposed. the Honourable Gentleman then catered into a review of the cira cunistances which unleaded the great issue of codn try hank notes. A vast quantity of paper of t h at description had got into circulation. Many of those conntry houses had foiled—and the conse quent* was, that an additional supply of Bank of England paper was called for. When he said this. he meant not to deny that the country banks had done much service; but it was most evident, that, by their multiplicity. they had spread ove► the country a greater portion of Bank of England notes, than, under other circumstances. would have been disseminated. The number of country banks bad, undoubtedly, produced costly good effects.— They had occasioned the transaction of business on more moderate terms then it otherwise would have been performed. and it had also rendered it ovees• nary that the issue of each individual should. iu • considerable proportion, be contracted. Still. how ever, they had facilitated the paper system. Bat, to revert to the general principle. It was most evi dent that the great increase of paper mosey had tended to mire the prices of every article, even to &utile them. Whet was the consequence ? Why the caprioles of the war were doubled, and thus it was, that, in a time of peace. they were borne down by the weight of an immense %oration. The longer they suffered this system to exist, the greater did the evil become. It must be found at one lime or other necessary to face it—and the preerist hour lie considered so be a proper one to meet and check the evil. There could, he was convinced, be no interruption to trade by the removal of the Restric tion Act. He would ask. had not the rash specula tions, so remarkable of hole years, mainly arisen out of the rise of prices, which a depreciation iii the currency caused. and the facility of borrowing mo ney that existed This led to substitute rails spe culation for • prudent trade on fair and solid capi tal. It wars the leases from such a system of trade that bred discontent throughout the country as much as any other cause. He admitted that they ought not unnecessarily to interfere with the Bank ; but surely this very Bill was • lamentable interfe rence with the Beek. and it was to get rid of this interfirrence i gr he meant to propose • declaratory PresnOSle• Member for Surrey (Mr. S. Thorn. ton) complained of the House calling so often fur Bank accounts. This was imperative, so long es the Restriction Act continued ; let the House reason that. and he would be content never to all on the Bank for any pipers.— aleerj—lf the House did not at this moment in terfere. they would leave a system in existence 'which had • teudeucy to alter the value of the whole , property in the country. The propmition with which he meant to conclude, bound the Batik to nothing in particular, except to recognise the Ilea cessity of • dimit • n of their issues. They ought to begin with a large reduction of their IL notes. as those more directly interfered with • metallic currency. This would have the best effect, both is restoring matters to a proper state. sssd also on a subject of the highest importance—he meout the facility for committing the crime of forgery, which grew with the issue of these sin notes.—(Hear. / —Six trials for forgery only took place before 1797 —6OO was the number sauce.—(blear, heat: j On the subj. et of seiginurage. 311 he shoull say was, that it would fall on the last hulde 'file geste.al effect of continuing the present system ,p 1 currency must be most injurious, both externally as well as internally--it must 'hew other state, that this coun. try was itretritrably entangled its nuncio! difficul ties. There was, In the present moment of !peace, an opportunity, by courageously facing the esils iu our filmgoer system. to remove this impression with far leis danger than it could be effected in a time of war, when the apparently helpless state of the country might invite an attack which, Flom the pre sestepacitic state of Europe, there could be no reason to expect. It was in vain to hope that the next year would be more favourable than this for entering upon the subject, and it was for these con siderations that he was auxins, to coil upon the liott.e to adopt the amendment with which he useaut to conclude. The Hon. Genticmasi then monied that the words " unforeseen circum stances" should he omitted in the preamble of this Bill, and that after the word " whereas" these words be inserted—" it is expedient that the re striction be further continued, fur the purpoce of enabling the Book to provtor the re.utn i nion of cash payments, by such a gradual reduction in the issue of their sandier note., as would enable them, with as little delay as 'possible, to revert to payments in specie." Mr. Cinema was ready to concur in the gene ral principles !Aid down in the speech of his Hon. Friend, though he could not a g ree with the amendment which he proposed. Osi this subject, though lie was not favourable to any thing like au artificial currency, yet he entertained all Isis fin-- 11W opinions on the impropriety of any parboil:len tary interference with the practical details of the concerns of the Batik. He was us anxious as any man. and years had elapsed sitice he had expressed that opinion. to recal the attention of the House and the country to the true p iple of a metallic currency—Wear. {afar)—but when lie avowed this opinion, he was fully impre sse d with the conviction that the only proper interference which Parliament ought to make. was to fix the period when the Batik should resume cash 'serpents, and leave that Cor poration solely to its own plan and resources for a compliance with the mandate of Parliament. He also thought, that, as the question now stood, it was no part of the business of the House to in• quire into the fact, whether or not the B.uik had taken the precaution to secure its its coffers adv. quote funds to meet coals payments, at the period already prescribed by law—that, he conceived. ought to form no part of their consideration ; and he objected to the amended preamble, because it assumed that which was denied--an incapacity on the part of the Bank to resume its payments in specie. His own opinion was, that the existing state of the currency. connected with the foreign lois* created that temporary necessity which now operated to prevent a resumption of cash psyments. When the unexampled luau negociated in France was urged as the reason why it would be impolitic to allow the Bank at this time to pay their notes in specie, it had been with an air of triumph asked, how it happened that France. after all her loons, maintained o metallic currency ? The isomer to this question was obvious, because the capital of other countries had been poured auto France, to enable her to fulfil her payments. If Parliatneot now interfere in the manner that some Gentlemen recommended, he thought it would incur a fearful respomibility, by interposing its authority in the arrangement of those tletails which the Bank itself was much more competent to massage and ripen into practical operation. They had, for a se ries of years, shewii themselves competent to the management of their own affairs—said he saw no reason why now. at the conclusion, this superin tendence should be interfered with. except so far as to limit the continuance of the Restriction Act.— It may be said, that the same reason which this year caused a continuance of the measure, may !gain recur next year.—(Hear. hear, Ater.)— No man, of course, could dive into futurity, and decide by anticipation on the policy of a compli cated question, but he saw no mums whatever for supposing that it was likely any future necessity would arise for continuing the present system ; at the same time he was ready to express his full con- carrion with those who urged on the commercial world the imperative ueceasity of discontinuing any idea that the Restriction Act would continue, or that they could look with a steady and permanent eye on any arrangement short of the resumption of a metallic currency. He concluded by repeating, that he supported the coutiosauce of the &skies lion Act, merely nn the ground of its temporal nee cessity in the present state of the country. Mr. J. I'. GRANT observed, that the Right Flout. Gentleman had justified this measure on the necessity set forth in the original preamble, and had opposed the, amendineist, on the ground that it would recognize an undue interference in the de tail+ of the Bank concerns. But he had n o t ven tured to answer that part of his Him. Friend's speech. which asserted that the Statute Book did out contain such a preamble as this. " that unfor seen circumstances" justified the measure—he had simply confined himself to stating, that the ground of the contiumnice of the Restriction Act was the loan in France. Why not at once. if the Govern ment were confident in this opinion, set forth whut they thought the true reason in the preamble of the B 111? The people of England ought at Irma to have this recorded reason on the face of the re cord. The Right Honourable Gentleman, in deed, thought that the Bank had gold enough in its coffers ; but this was not enough, for if their issues remained unlimited, ss they now stood, their paper must suffer that eventual depreciation which would render it impossible for them to resume cash payments with the facility by some supposed. This 1w knew was chiefly owing to the accommoda tion afforded by the Bauk to Government.— ( lieur As to a foreign loan, lie was at a loss, after the fullest consideration, to undeidand bow far a French loan could have a tendency to slier the whole metallic circulation of this country—( Heart—because the very consequence of this remittance of specie must increase the price of the commodity iis this country in the suiue proportion that it became depreci ated in France, from the surplus in the market ( Hear.)—lt must, therefore. find a fair level, just as the sates of exchange did in mercontile exports and imports. Ls the year 1797, let the House recol lect, that there were wily 150.000 L in specie sent out of the country in the Austrian and Prussian subsidies—the rest was transmitted in bills of ex change, excrot a small quantify of dollars. Now in the presesst loan, surely nobody believed that the whole had leen contracted for in England. When he recollected that the advances to Guveroment led to else Batik stoppage in 1797, and wheal he saw that the Cliencellor of the Exchequer fomided his sys tem of fittruce out further advances from the Batik on Exchequer hills in the prriornt year, he could out help thinking that the cause still continued, as d would continue to operate to prevent the re surni.tion of cash payments, just so long as this system between the Bank rod the Government was suffered to continue in full and active operation. This had led to the original stoppage, and it now continued it. So convinced was he of the necessity of bringing this matter to a decisive issue with the Bank, and fixing inane definite period for replacing the metallic currency of the country 011 the footing upon which it formerly stood. that he would now conclude by giving notice of his intention on a future stage of the Bill, to move that the Reetric lion do continue sin longer than six weeks alter the next meeting of Psrliament.—(llear.) Mr. C. GRANTOR. hoped the House would ex cuse him while he repeated some of the reasons which lie had formerly urged in support of the continuance of this Bill. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to contend that the opponents of the measure left out of their cslculation the con sequence of an immediate resumption of cash pay ments, mad merely argued oil the general and uut drui. life advantage to the country. of having a me tallic currency. He referred those who wished to look at the real state of the question, to Mr. Thortitotes admirable book. mid to the Report of the Bullion Cot 1111 l ittee. The Hon. Member con cluded by stating, that he should 'hot have given this Bull his support, provided it had been intended to be a coutinuous measure :—as a teinpoeury expe dient, fur the purposes of general policy, it should haye his most decided support. Mr. GURNEY took • general review of the prin ciples and axe which had been laid down, from the time of Mr. Locke, and other celebrated wri ters of the earlier ages upon this subject. He con tended, that the consequence of the present exist ing description of par, as attempted to be susteisted by the Flounce Minister of the prevent day, must be destructive to the best interests of the public. whatever might .be its beneficial influelice on the public funds, as far as respected the views of the Ministry. lie should, therefore, support the amendment for limiting the restriction to a time to be limited. Mr. Bseges was desirous to hear, from official authority, the precise time when it was determined we should have it paper currency convertible into the precious inetals.—(Hear.)—lt was most desir able to have some assurance Irons the Right Hon. Gentleman upon this subject, in the present state of things, lest other restrictions should be proposed upon cash payments, by the Bank, from time to time, whilst the necessity for their resumption increased prom day to day. He should be most happy to find the resumption fixed fur July, 1819; and if such should mint appear expedient to the Right Hun. Gentleman, he hoped he would have no objection to move early in the next Session for a Committee to inquire into the state of our Liaise clad relations. Mr. GURNEY explained. A division then took place, when there appeared for the motion of the CHANcELLoa of the Ex- CHEQUER Ayes Atom Majority On our re-admission S. the gallery— Mr. J. P. GRANT moved, as •n amendment, that emits payments be resumed six weeks after the next meeting of Parliament. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCBEQUER observed, that the present Seseion being so far advanced, and it being altogether unlikely that any thing could be done of material utility in the discussion of so intricate a question as the Batik Restriction, in the first weeks of a new Parliament. it was, therefore, altogether unadvisable any particular dad• should be now named for such resumption, except it went much further in the Session. Upon these considera tions he should touch sooner prefer naming the month of July, 1819, as least likely to be attended with inconvenience. Mr. TIORNET reprobated, in strong terms, the procrastination which had, for two years last past, characte►issd the conduct of t h e Right Honourable , Grunt:ism upon 1b . ,: stiltje.ct. tie hoped that Right Honnutalde Gentleman did not adopt tile same prejudice as the Honourable Member under the gallery, that a paper currency, convertible at al limas into specie, was an abominable heresy. —(4 tarr,O.)—ltt order to prove that Right Gentleman's sentiments upon the subject, he should move tli.it cash payintoos he resumed upon the 25th of March next, *Melt embraced, he hoped, a sufficiently long period to obviate all objection as to the shortness of time allotted. Mr..l. P. GRANT withdrew his amendment, for the purpose of giving way to that of his Right lion. Friend tMr. Tierney), as lie imagined that amend ment had met with the general approbation of the House.—('• No, no," Prune the Yreasury Benches.) Mr. C. GRANT begged the House to consider the probahle effect the French loans might liaie upon the money market in rendering it inexpedient on the part of this country• to resume cash payments generally. Mr. J. P. GRANT wished to hear from authority whether the operation of the French loam , was nut likely to cease prior to the sth of July, 18 19 ? The House again divided on Mr. TIERNEY'S amendment, when there appeared fur it— Ayes Noes BB 31fijority against the aniumbncot el After a observations bons Sir Joins NEW. PORT, the It port was agreed io. and the Bill or dered to be read the third time to-morrow. WAYS AND MEANS.-LOTTERY. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER the House resolved itself into a Com mittee of Wats sand Means. In the Committee the Right lion. Gentleman moved— " That it he the opinion of the Committee that the Com missioners for the Lnitery be empowered to raise, by means of Lottery, for Enelmod and !island, the sum of 400,001/1. out of the sale of 60,000 lickelb, at a price not exceeding 101 per ticket." • Mr. LYTTELTON was sorry to see the Right Hon. Gentlemen determined to persevere in a ineasuie which he deemed most reprehensible. He consi dered it a point of duty to oppose any thing like a grant of this indult., as encouragisig a system highly injurious to the interests of society in the lower walks of life. Such had been the Report of the Committee in 1808. It was obvious that it struck at the root of ell industry, end pointed out to the community another source of possible gain than that resulting from holiest industry and ingenuity. He was desirous to ascertain whether the Rt. Hon. Gentleman had any new arguments Session to offer in defence of his system ; for certainly if lie had none other to offer thou those lie had formerly submitted to the House, lie ought to entertain little hopes of success to his application for tine grant to the House.—(/ /ear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER should trouble the House but with one observation in reply to the observations of the lion. Member. It was now simply is question fur the I louse to de termine, whether the estOdishment of the lottery (which, by the bye, was 4 productive sod easy source of revenue), was snit, in a great degree, a preventative to all illegal said uu .uthorioed gam bling. In this point of view at least the Resolu tion would, he apprehended, meet the sentiments of the House. Sir M. W. RIDLEY could not give his consent to a resolution so fraught with injurious consequen ces to society. The Right Hon. Gentleman, lie observed, had not used one good argument in op position to the speech of his Hull. Friend, that ought to influence the House to sanction the Reso lution. Sir Jowl NEWPORT stated that he had a few days since seen in a Dublin Newspaper, that oue of the Sheriffs for that city, a lottery-office-keeper, had been convicted of taking illegal lottery insu rances. and that six actions of a similar kind were still pending over him. Ile understood that this man had bean convicted of a similar offence in the preceding -year, but that notwithstanding this lie had been again licensed. He hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would persist in putting down the abominable sys tem of illegal insurauces. The CHANCELLOR of the EXcIIEHOER said, that had he heard of such a circumstance occurrii.g in London, he should lint suffer the lottery-office keeper to hr again licensed. Sir JOHN NEWPORT observed, that the Right Hon. Gentleman was Chancellor of the Ezchequer for Ireland as well as for England.—(Hear, htur. . Mr. WILBERFORCE condemned the system of lotteries as being conducive to crime, and com pared it in practice to that of licensing gambling houses in Paris. He hoped to see the Chancellor of the Exchequer convinced of the errors of his present conduct, and put an end to a system which tended to destroy every good principle, every in dustrious habit, more than perhaps any other cir cumstance whatever. It had indeed been said, and said truly, that a certain sum of money was obtained Isy this system iii support of the finances of the country ; but who could count the mass of evil thereby produced, or estimate the amount of misery resulting from it ? Ile trusted he should live long enough to see the system terminated, and for the prevent he should protest most strongly against it. Mr. B. HOWARD observed, that the Legislature had, in passing a former law, recognised the princi ple that every lottery was a nuisance, and conduced to the extension of crime, and consequently to the general nnaery of the country. Mr. W. SMITH allowed, that if a certain sum of money were to be squandered in the country by gam bling, he should prefer to have it squandered in the lottery. whereby a cereal,, revenue would be pro duced ; but bedewed that such was the case, and con. tended, that the existence of a lottery created a spirit of gambling. which would not otherwise be found in operation. It was not as if a certain quantity of bad blood were to be let off from the body by one means in preference to another, bat the very act of bleed ing created the bad blood, which but for the opera tion would not exist. He considered the encourage ment of saving-banks with one hand, while on the other the lottery office keepers were permitted, by every scheme and mode of deceit. to induce the people to throw away their little sowings in the lot tery, was a solicism in legislnture, and as perfectly the act of a mountebank as ally he had ever wit nessed. Mr. Lirrnuaux, in reply, begged leave to add to s r what had already teen urged on the subject, thst no Country in the world was less actuate-ft by a gatisblifut spirit than E island ; but in coirsequesice of the eitistruce of a lottery. persons of every class were induced to hazard their money, and even where individuals were not able to put-chew. sixteenths,. little societies had been formed in many parts of the country to share the • 'c i rcuses. The House then divided, when there appeare,d—w For the Resolution Against it .. Majority for Ministers ROYAL. NUPTIALS. Mr. BROGDEN br..u, 4 A up the It-port of the Coin iiittee of Supply for granting a sum of 6,000/. a year to hid Royal Higlinear ear Duke of Kent, and a farther SUM of 6,000/. a year, by way of dower, to the Princess Marie Louise Victoire of Linangen, in case of her surviving her Royal Consort. The Resolutions were read and agreed to, and Bala ordered to be brought in accordingly. LABOURERS' WAGES. On the motion of Mr. J. P. GRANT a Com mittee was appointed to search the Lords' Ituroalt% to ascertaiu what proceedings the Lords had adopted with respect to the 1311 i for altering mid the Act of the lith of George 1., the id of George 11., and the 57th of George 111., relative to the payment of labourers' wages.—Ordered. IRISH MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex— CHEQUER the Huwe resolved itself into a Cons• tnittee of Supply, to which the Irish Miscellaneous Estimates were referred. Mr. PEEL moved, " That a sum not exceeding 8.000/. be granted for carrying on the works of Dunmore Harbour." Sir J. NEWPORT said, that no sum was ever granted more calculated to improve the connection between the two countries than the sum now moved for. He hoped on some louvre occasion that a much larger sum would be granted ; and, in proof of the advantage of such a disposal of the public money, he need only mention, t h at even since the commencement of the present Session, not less than 100 vessels had, on more than one occalorm, been detained in the harbour of %Vateiford by bad ord.- ther—whereas, had the harbour of Dutimore been calculated for their admiss 1111 l they %ymild liave been, for the most part, enabled to proceed upon their voyage. Mr. PLEL raid, that an engineer had exatiiiiied the harbour with the intent of a further [moose ment, end had reported that the work. i tt...tivut to be instituted would not prevent fart her ex tension of similar itoproveinents.—TL.: sum ..as then voted. The sum of 5,0001. was voted for carrying on the works artlowth Harbour. Tire sum of 15,0001. was votett fur improving, ealarging, and .uppurting the Fever 11,sspitals of Irellaust Sir M. W. RIDLEY asked, whether the sum of 15,0001. could be thought auflicient to counteract the extent of the present contegt in Ireland ? If more were thought reqinsite, he should nut hesitate to vote fur it.—(!fear, hear.) Sir J. NEWPORT feared the sum of 15.0001. would be found quite inadequate to obtain any cisive advantage, particularly alter the etetemena that had been lately received from the Bishop of Cork, whn mentioned that a sum not less than 9,0001. had been raised in that city alone by private contributiou, towards th. relief of the itirLgent sick, Mild that not more now remained in his hands they would be sufficient to stivpirtt the hoviials for tire weeks. He should he as unwilling a, troy one to draw improvidently upon the purse of the tiatiari. but the present was au extreme case, a dreedfiil dispensation of Providence, which would justify the utmost liberality on the part of Parliament. — (Hear, heat.) Mr. Peg!, said, that the present sum was in Atli. lion to 3,000/. inure which had been previously transmitted. He was convinced that if 39 or 40,0001. were adequate to stop the prown ss of this dreadful contagion, the House would readily grant it ; but he w,a of opinion, that if the Government were to take the matter into their own hands alto.. gether, the exertions coP private charity tor t bt he in terrupted, front which alone any efficient advant ge could be expected. There were, however, seveiat districts of Ireland where, in consequence of the absence of the Gentry (their natural guardian.), the pour were altogether destitute—/ lit the Government were obliged to take time inaAer into their own hands. Sir JOHN NEWPORT remarked upon the oli,iitie ful indifference shee) towards the soil', rings et t is poor of Ireland by the Noblemen and Gelidf men who, residing in this country, drew from [ribald millions of its weulth.—(llear, the re. treme misery of the ulifietunote people of flit country from which they derived their means of support, they did not semi , to the one-tenth l ore of what they wimld have been compelled to do, had any laws existed for the parochial relief of the indigent. The sum of 18,4611. was voted for the building of Churches and Glebe houses in Ireland during the pieseut year. Sir JOBB, NEWPORT, censured the gross abuse that was daily cotumitted by the Privy Collard of Ireland, la uniting parishes. It was reitiark.iole that in proportion as this took place, the unioher of Protestant inhabitants decreased. ............... ..... Mr. PEEL said, that the unions were caused chiefly by the want of a sufficient ',umber of churches in Ireland ; and where tilt re %%aft 110 chords in a parish, it was Otinccessitry to have a Sir JOHN NEWPORT—II there was not a chtirvis in the parish, nor even one Protestant, it would bit of advantage that a clergyman should reside. their. The people should have the ail% aiitage of' his pre sence, his moral., and his exiiinu:e. Mr. PEEL moved, that a rout not axereding 15,000/. be granted for completing the inland Nu vigattosi between Dublin and the r Selllllllol/ Thus great object had been party effected, but shoal. were found to interfere, and it lind been esti mated that the sum of v 10,600/. would he sufficient to complete it, of winch lie should require only 15,000/. this year. The question was then carried. L itit CALMERSTON Thal the sum of 21e7,8131. be granted for the iEsem'io.t.ied Militia of Ellll4lllll.+o,dere.l. Also the sum or 114,0001. fur the disentloodi.ll Mu' ii 3 of Ireland —Granted. The Speaker then resumed the Clair, and the buil (er '1 d■y gt c K ti arri 1 Dor 21st Mit leas, scat, the. ville sail