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ltialion in the Dutic3 on Coal.—Ordered mss the table BOROT7GH OF BARNSTAPLE. Tiie Report of, the Select Commit. et on the B4rtistap:i Election was p‘ , stponed till Fi.iday (ibis day) seinniglit. WORCESTER ELECTION. Mr. FRANKLAND LEWIS stated, that in the motion of which he had given notice for that day, his object was not to discuss the merits of the "Worcester Report, bin to view the question pros pectively. Some difficulty existed as to a know. ledge of the reg n.at.mis atis ine in such citcom stances tinder the Grenville Act. He should however, at some future dJy, bring forward the subject ; at present, Ire muved that the Order be discharged. The SPslr.l2.rt adverted to the Statute of the '2Sth of Majesty, which prescribed the course to be puistied where petitioners who had entered into recognizances (lid not present themselves, or by th_vir agents and counsel, wif hin on 2 hour after the meeting of the Select Committee. hi every stir!) case the j , c+ioners made defaidt in their re mid it bccatri- the dirty of the Spedivr 1) (Cl ti;v default to the Court of Exchequer tilr ,as not aware that af,y ezise .ccorre , l wider thi. Act bet.r.; of coarse his line of duty' was . roiTeu I.ear 'nit Order k‘:as then dischar,t4t.(l. SI;TTLENIENT OF THE POOR. Mr. Si ueoes BoURNB lose for leave to hung in a nil: to regulate the Settlement of 'the Poor. The Hon. Member took an historic view of the erigio of tl.e Law of Settlement, ft om e o the 45tit the reign °I Elizabeth, „when it was enacted, . tea! every en •t maintain es owl; poor,, hecanse it must know :vho they were ; to the Acts' of the 13h and 14th Of Chides the Second, which. w e nt to correct evils aiising from pastes having fielded 'ltems:Ayes in various Parishes, that, fiotn local circtonstances, held out inducements for mi gration. The House would not be suit prised to tear thet numerous inconveniences followed these enactments. And in the reign of NVilliam 111. a palliation %Vas introduced to oh%lite them, by which certificates were granted to labourer' who left their parishes, by the Ovetseets sue! Magis trates, in order that if they became., in the places. to which they migrated, chargeable, they were to be returned back and maiotained. These certifi cates were at the option of the Overseers arid Ma gistrates, and, as most be obvious, such an expe dient increased the inconveniences of the system. It would, perhaps, be scarcely credited, that for upwards of a century, and during the best periods of our his7ory, when the liberties of the people were supposed to be best protected. it teas in the power or the Magistracy to remove ever labour jog man aeainst his ‘eill front the place where he was industtiously employed to the parish whence be migrated. Such, however, was the law until 1793. when rite late Mr. Rose, in his Bill for the.eneontagtnlent of Friendly SOCiettel,introdUC ed a clause which exempted those persons who be came menthers from being subjected to that rey 'noval. in 1793, Mr. East, the present Judge of Calcutta, hrought in the law which prevented the removal of any labourer until he became chargeable. And yet it was surprising that those “ihirlh effected such an important change, passed almost sdu .;770;;,11,.'""1=is tile La w nt•3'eVii; went now stood, the first evil to which he should allude, was the very great expence that was the consetiocnce of the removal of those who become Chargeable. Jr teas felt in every parish, and tended to produce the next evil,.which was con tinual litigation between parish and parish. But the paramount evil was as it affected the unfor tunate person thus removed—torn, as lie might be, from the place where he had passed the vigour of his life, nod sent where be was a stranger and unknown. Instances came to his knowledge of fishermen being sent into the interior of a coun try, anti print ers to places where a printing press was not to be seen. The object of the present Bill was to allow residence Without the other circumstances, such as service, renting a tenement of 101., serving parochial offices, to constitute a right of settlement. The length of time he would take at three or five years in the parishes where they resided, provided the persons had not been chargeable either in that or any other parish. H e wo u ld al.o allow a power to the person claimiug the right of settlement to give notice of his guar ficat ion to the Overseers, and, if opposed, the power of appeal to the Petty Sessions. After some other observations, the Hon. Member mover for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the Settle. tent of the Poor. Air ATKINs %Valour trusted the Honourable Member would allow the f u llest deliberation of the provisions of his Bill through all its stages. It was a matter of very grave and serious im portance, and lie feared would only have the ef fect of increasing all those embarrassments which at present accompanied the operation of those Jawc. Mr. CumEN said, that should the Bill now on der discussion in the other House of Parliament pass into a law, this Bill for the regulation of Set tlement became necessary. s At the same time be felt it would he an act of great injustice and cruelty to deprive those of their right to settle ment u ho woe n o w i n pro gress to obtain it either by service or the other circumstances, which the proposed law would take away. The operation of the Bill he felt would be beneficial, although he believed it would excite considerable agitation, particularly in the large towns. But it was int pos.ible in the conflict of interests to pass any measure of advantage without some abuse attend ing it. As he before stated, he believed the pro posed measure would operate beneficially, dimi nish the exprnces of litigation, and add to the happiness and comforts of the labouring people. Mr. WESTERN expressed himself friendly to the proposed Bill, because it went to diminish the ifficulties which stood in the way of persons re , moving their labour to those places where such labour would be best rewarded. Nor, indeed, would he have been startled at the proposition of doing away settlement altogether. It would then he obligatory to support the helpless and impotent within their parishes, hts because that effect follow ed, the total number of the poor would not be in cre,:sed, whilst all the expellees of the present sys ttu4 would cease. 1 4.1 e sole question then would ,e, ie applicant was entitled to the rehtt rhich he sought. He apprehended that there wool() be a great cry out against the measure ; lie agreed, however, in thinking it wotild in its operation be found to be beneficial. The poor ought to have toe power of moving according to their own notions of advantage. In that case the existing struggle and competition of parishes,ticea sinned by the shifting of settlements, would be wit an end to, Under the present circumstances, the assistance derived by the labourer from the Poors' Rates, added to his Own earnings, did not put him in possession of what he ought to receive for his labour. The present compulsory system was most injurious to him. The Magistrates having the po'wer of fixing the amount of the Pours' Rates, did, in tact, compel the employer of the labourer to .give him whatever sum they thought prorr.. The price of labour, like the price of every other commodity, ought to he al lowed to find its own level. If the purchaser of labour were compelled to pay more for labour than at the moment he chose to pay, the labourer WMIIII refliaii) Impmnloyed. What would he thou g ht of a law interfering with arid regulating the price of provisions ? Any attempt of that na ture would be consicered almost 1111. act of 11)5a nifv, kVheoever any thing of the kind had been tried, it had produced the or most and 1'3, 1 enhanced the price of the article that was the softject of the experiment. Instead of making willing, it made cautious and reserved purchasers. Ile contended that, speaking in the aggregate. the Poor Laws were most injorions to the poor, The po , wr were, upon the , vin'tle, losers by the present compulsory system provided for 01C111 ; and did not earn so much as they otherwise would. Ler tl • After a few words troll) Mr. Utts, the motion was agreed to, MIAAPPLICATION OF POOR-RATE,;. Mr. S. BounNE, on moving for leave to bring in a Bill io prevent the misapplication of Poor rat es, remarked that the particular object to which he requested the attention of the House, was in the case of children whose parents were un able to support them. As the law now stood, great evils arose in many cases, where, the labour ache parents being insufficient, their wages were made op from the Poor-rates. It was well-known that Parish money was frequently sq uandered in most abominable manner ; and this evil, among otherf,, it %VHS intended to prevent. The system he had to recommend was that which bad some years Since been proposed by Mr. Locke ; it was, that the children so circumstanced should be placed in a Parochial School, where they would receive the benefit of education in addition to being trained to habits of industry. There was a strange no tion that this would be a harsh measure, but he could nor imagine site!' would he 'the case.— Would there be any thing Wittman in thus providing for them itt the parish wherein their pa rents resided I This regulation , which he con sidered of the utmost importance , would pr eve n t those shameful deductions m the wag e s of the la bourer, and imposing the expellee on d ie par i s h . Mr. N. CALVF.RT agreed •• , hb the Hon. Gentle man in the abuses that previtled ; in his owl, pa rish, where no such tegulation existed, the poor were in a much lactter.conditi•nr. Mr. MaNsriett) objected to the Bill as far As it . " traits in“olf:P. ding - - : ad i" whose children would be thus provided for. lie had been for many days et gAged in a Commiti ee , to inquire into the complaints of a numerous class of mechanics ; these persons were. in WI employ, which was proved by the admission of their masters, and yet, after fifteen hours labour each clmY , they could nut earn more than Gs. or 7 5 . per week. Mr. Ricmint) thought the great evil arose from the circumstance that the wages. for labour were insufficient ; the present Bill did not appear to him to meet this evil, on the contrary, i t ap peared rather to incr e a se th a n to diminish th em. Mr. MAXwELL thought the Mil would Operate against early marriages, for in many cases those were contracted rather for assistance in trades, than for the purpose of educating the children. Leave was then given to bring in the Pa. BENEFIT SOCIETIES. Mr. COURTENAY, as an introduction to his in tended motion, explained the , nature Of the Bill which he was now about to submit to the House. He bestowed many encomiums on the happy effects of the Saving Banks, and thought they might be extended to Scotland. New regulations would be necessary for these Institutions ; and trustees appointed under proper CWltroul, and ultimately responsible to the Quarter Sessions for their conduct. 11l some instances, petsons who had made good their settlement on the parish had been refused relief, because it had been discovered that they belonged to Be nefit , Soci: ties. To remedy this and many other grievances was the object of the pre sent Bill. It would also prevent the itoproper expenditure of monies entrusted to those who officiated as trustees. He had the honour of pro posing a similar Bill last Session of Parliament. The provisioos were nearly the same ; and he hoped the House would permit it to be brought in, pro mising t h a t h e would gladly accept of any improve ments which might be suggested. It would in some degree tend to prevent persons entitled to parochial relief from coming upon the parish.— He moved, that leave he given to bring in a Bill for the further Encouragement and Protection of Friendly Societies. Sir GERALD NOEL objected in some measure to the Bill; but he should feel it to be his ditty to render his best assistance, lie thought Beoefit Societies intended to afford a degree of comfort beyond that provided by parish allowances. Mr. CouaTEstav explained.—Leave was given to bring in the Bill. The second reading of the Scots Saving Bank Bill was po.tponed till to-morrow. . . Alr.Couras NAY brought up the Report of a Re solution fur imposing or continuing the Duties on Snuff and Tobacco. it was read a first and se cond time, agreed to, and leave given to bring in a Bill on the same. Dr. PI-ULU/40HE, to accommodate some Gen tlemen who wished to be present at the discos. sion, postponed his intended motion on the Salt Duties to the 29t1t of April.—Adjourued. LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. [Morning Post.] The ship Francis, arrived at New York, passed St. Helena the 2.oth of January, and was boarded by the British man of war Dotterell, the Captain of which informed the Master of the Francis that BUONAPARTII was in gond health, but very sulky. The Island was very sickly, provision scarce, and none to be had on shore. The Master of the Francis supplied the Dotterell with some. WESTMINSTER PETITION.—We have been as sured, that the doughty heroes Who composed and caused the presentation of this precious far rago, have since thought better on the subject, and arc determined to proceed no farther in the trot ) What was stated by the Chancellor of the Ex chrquer, on Wednesday night, upon a question put to him by Mr. George Lamb. respecting the Malt Tax, has been much misrepresented by some of the 'Morning Papers. The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated, that he had no imme diate intention of proposing a tax upon any article whatever ; but he desired it might he clearly nu dostood that he did not mean to preclude him- Self from ,roposing any measures, in the course of the Session, which might he d eem ed most ex pedient, with a view to the Budget of the year ; upon which subject he twist reserve, as he had said upon a former occasion, any declaration whatever of opinion till the result of the inquit ies now pending in Parliament was known.—(lbid.) [New Times.] We have received the Cape Town Gazelle of January 2, 1819, which contains a curious and in teresting account of an expedition from the Cape at Good Hope into the Cafire Country, in order to support a faithful Calfre Chief, mimed Gaika, arid to punish a rebellions Chief, named 'fSam hie. This expedition was completely successful, reinstating Gaika in posses ion O f hi s k m i s an d property, and taking from 'TSarnbic near 11,000 head of cattle.--A still more important piece of intelligence, however, conveyed by this Paper, is that of the capture of the two Rebel Leaders in Ceylon, named Kuppetapola and Peleme Telawe. This event, winch tnay be considered as the death blow to the rebellion, is ofliciany. notified by the Commander of the Forces, in General Orders is sued from the Head-quarters, Kandy, the 31st of October, 1818. Madugalle, the third of ihe Re bel Leaders, escaped with difficulty, and %VAS ex pected soon to surrender, or to be made prisoner.— Thus may we congratulate our countrymen on the terminatiQn of all danger from an insurrection, but lately rcpresented as likely to put an end to the British Authority in Ceylon. [ ;31 ish Press.] METROPOLITANL.W Soct ETY.—Some deter mined resolution amongst the honourable class s t..ribies. to themseiv,s op:art frow - .*rtiers, appears n i. cek sa r y ; for at the hte Assizes for the County of York, Ilirce actions ,vere btought to be trivd there, where the w h o l e s u m (lid no t amount to ten pounds ; and a bill for wain! and corrupt perjury was totind by the Grand Jury against an Attorney in Burling ton, in that County. TEI REGISTER. Performed Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL,. Danar-LANG.—RuIe a Wife and Have a Wife: Leon, Mr. Kean; Estifania, Mrs. Glover. After which, Sylvester Da4gerwood. To which was added (10th time), The Castle of Wonders. THEATRE RoVM,, v EN"f-GA RDEV.—(I 6th time), Evadne : Principal Characters by Mr. Young and Miss O'Neill. After which, The Libertinc. For Anlcus, and AN OBSERVER, see the FirSt Page. PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIN OAT AT TwELVE o'cimcrc. 3 per Cent. Red. shot Bunk Lung Annuities..i.'stit 3 per Cent. Cons I India Bonds pr. 31 per Ccnt ........ slut Exch. Bills, 6:. dis. 4 per Cents ....shut Cons. for Acc0unt.....741 7 g 75 3 per Ci;at. N. Ann......10.11i MAILS. Amyzu—l Dublin, 2 Waterford, 1 Hamburg.'•. 1 Flan ders. Due—t Waterford, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Hamburg!), 1 Holland. HIGH ‘VATER Al' LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 38 !nitrates alter 3. j Evening, 3 minutes after 4. TUE SUN• SOLESI QUIS DICERE FAI.SUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, FRID.IY, MARCH 26, 1819. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Tuesday last. The follnwing are extracts : " CHAMBER OF' DEPUTIES. " SITTING OF MONDAY, MARCH 22. "The Keeper of the Seals, after an iutroduc. tory speech, presented three Projets respecting the Pt ess and the Journals. " FIRST PROJET. "LOUIS, ere. I. " Of Public Excitement It, Crimes and ()troves. " ART. 1. Whosoever, either by any speech, expressions or menaces in public places or as semblies, or by writings, printed works, drawings, engravings; paintings, or emblems, sold or dis tributed, put up to sale or exhibited in public places or assemblies, or by placards or posting b:lls exhibited to public view, shall excite aay person to commit a crime, or to attempt t!►e com mission of a crime, shall be deemed an accomplice, and punished as such. " Whoever, also, shall by sitnibr rneaul cue any one to eOrtimit any offen , 7e, sira" - deemed an accomplice, and punished as such. °`2. Whoever shall, by any of the mean s men' ' tioned in Art. 1., excite to the commission o f one or more crimes, without the excitement produc' Ing any effect, shall be punished by imprison' mem, not less than three months, nor exceeding five years, and a fine not less than 500 francs, 1 1 " exceeding 6,000. " 3. Excitement in a similar manner to c ommit one or more offences, though without effect, t ° be punished by imprisonment, not less than sis . days nor more than two years, or a fine not les s than 200 francs, nor exceeding 4000, or botbi except the punishment applied to the offence "` cited be less. " 4. It shall be deemed an excitement to crime mentioned, to be punished as in Art. 2, tb attar4l in any manner, as mentioned in Art. I , the " C.' cession to the Throne, or the constitutio nal and thority of the King and the Chambers. " 5. It shall be deemed an excitement t° offence, and punished as in Art. 3, as ft;l lows " I. Every seditious expression publicly uttered, °We than those describd in Ae 4. " -2. The taking ` away or rticl dehicing any public noblervg nl :: the Royal Authority, don e in h a tr e d a nd contemp t of tii Autholity. " S. Publicly wearing any external rallying fli- ' ILI 1,(4 authorized by the King, or the Police Itegitlatiol''' o c tet " 4. Formally attacking the rights guaranteed bY 5 and 9 of the Constitutional Charier. 1,0 1.5 " 6. Nnt to operate to repeal any o ther sslnch puni3ll excitement, and complicity, " CHAPTAR " Public Offences against the King's Pe sO/1' f " 7. Offensive imputations or allegations' o/ libels against the person of the K'"g' means mentioned in Article I.—Punis prisonment from six months to five Y e° " ; 13n fine from 500 to 10,000 fra nc s ; the olfemdel - b c sides to be interdicted from rights. " CHAPTER 111. " Art . Outrages against Public Morals and Good C°nducji. S. E very suc h outrage b y t h e irons in from on rg°''‘li e Punishment—imprisonment esc luo one year, and a fine from 16 to 50 0 francs' she of the enactments in the Penal Code' " CHAPTER IV. " Defamotiun and Public Libels. {ac t << 9. Every allegation or imputation °f ~ against the honour or consideration of tbePfed son or body to whom it is imputed, is 34 l' (nation. o f co" '` Every outrageous expression, term tempt, or invective, not containing an intput a ot fact, is 8 laid. ;ti 4AIO. Defam a tion or libel by t h e meat 's Art. I. punished as toliow : " 11. Against Members of the Royal Punishment, imprisonment, from three monfb s tt) three years, and fine, from 300 to 5,000,113ne5....... " 12. Against the Chambers, or one of then. Same punishment. 1- ot her " 13. Against the Courts or Tribu nate Constituted Bodies.—Punishment, oot): from one mouth to two years,_ and flue , I°3l to 4,000 banes. nr " 14. Defamation against any PeprlsitarY' 1113 Agent of Public Authority, or' account r:snncucuof . conduct Trion eight (lays to 18 months , or fi" , tr°J 50 to 3,000 francs, or both. s„vereig"s: 15. Defamation or libel against or th e Chi e f s o f Foreign. Covernments.---1111% sonmeut from 3 months to 3 years, 31)(1 flute (r° 300 to 5,000 francs. , Plenipotentiaries, EnVoys, ." 16. Defamation against Ambassadins' Mt. -I' nisters accredited jts . taires, or other diplomatic Envoys, the King ; iMprisonment from 6 &Is to fp. months, (Jr floe from 50 to 3,000 francs, o r , 11 ,,., t r 0 5 `` 17. Against intlividnais, imprisonment 'f.'s days to 1 year, or flue from 05 to 12,000 fi llnc 1 ' or both. Charges 40 0: Arts. S. Libel aga:int persons menti°rjed to rt nr both •" -•-• 14 and 16—Imprisonment from 6" clay' year , or a floe from 25 Foe ,000 fran cs , one against a o front 16 to stP"' francs. „ " 1 9. Libels not irnmair, any 'deter:3lW°' vice, to continue notwicitstisniiny t o be Punishe4 by the simple Police. " 20. Nothin4 in e nv eiwnssion itt the e bets, o r Report ordered by either of thou tob printed, to be considered libellous. " 2J. The Tribunals the s aute ;, but Jo4° s. may ~u p ii i;r a, : yi sf st ino l s tarts, and conde Intl (1109 C I whom They belong jo tl►an .ix ing to a cause, to be open 10 public or civil s"i c • LOUI S ' " March 22, 1819. (ciignetl (Countersigned) " fi. de S " LOUIS, 4c. re Of Prosecution and Trial of Critnes-and fences committed by the Press , or by anY Means of Publication. ‘ 1 The Articles r-late to the tletßilQ , )f of prosetition , Plc Juge 01' 1;~ ~~~ in of] th lii rei 1111 ell Viet thi VP