The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-20 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENI.

H 01.7811 OF LORDS—FRIDAY, Aran. 19.
The Image met sit ay. Veleta. Lord LAXODALIII tit
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PUBLIC BUSINESS.
SMOKE PROHIBITIOI4

cm see m stc7a- oi io i dli iI)1 II iiili:a i . bill wi. nod
• sewed taw.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS CONTRIBUTION BILL.
Oa the =Was el Ike Minch at LANSDOWNE, this
WA was reed • seem' time.
IRISH POOR LAW. _ _

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TM Marquis .1 WILSTfI XATM peneated • ponies from
Me beard of use dies of In wain of Carrieh-mc
Shentaa, complains' of Le eanagentat saimeadset
of the late vim guardian sad MLR allalel perm= ettassulleg
therewith. He 'Meld also men foe • select evincible, to
lamirigate ad rep, rt apse all the allegation and awns
annind ha the mid polities. in peados set forth
may allegation. an wept other things. eamplaised
of Le Laden of the vicogurdiaes, and it imigni
Lto detaiL to new their lavish and anweassiry
peaditure of the fans et the main. It stated the somber
wad amounts of the rates which had twee levied dm
tie vice guardians had beau appointed. by whin it sp.
pear•d that 41,0001. had bees impended is 21 meallai
The ante martini. Lea complaini d of the inseam of
pauperism sad of the somber of women end eltildn• 1. the
salon who had bora dmested by their husbands sod Lan
It had name quite a system fee• to to dent his holly
L ceder that they might Weems elmrgeobb to the pada.
He emplaned aso that aa egiormess use of mosey INN
levied for peer rates without say standard valuation bong
said. although Le goverment had the ordain* volved=
if they nen to set upon P. The pstitiotten also stated that
11,M31. receneed uncollected in their twin, and the state
el the law was so incomplete that it was almost inoperative
waist prams unwilling to pay. The petitioners had goes
Wesel the ceremony of endeavouring to enforce • rate of
12,000 i , including the arrears, and had been obliged to is-
form the eemmistiosen that it was impoetible they could collect
it • sad in coserquenat they bad asked gormission to he
Mimed to do L to two instalments, bat this had been rem&
There Sere various other cams of mismanagement stated by
ea

the pedismees, sad kabala be prove them
Weal a eamentitee; the •ppeiatmwt of which he did
SO Nish das abbe marquis w. aid infest ts.
TIN Wad of MOUNICASBEL seconded the proposition.
IS big spines • very strong ease bad been made, for
Ike amens of • committee, by hie able friend ; and
fEmeMe he aped the hull would aseede, that a fell
zgrity a.might be had for silting the entire cue then
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE: There existed great eon-
fusion and oilman ; and he always agreed with thou who
thought that abases would result from the introduction of
tie poor laws into Ireland by reason of the difficulty,
he would say the impowihility, of ending in that matey fit
Metrumenai to carry the law into effect. But the speedos
was whether ill deo precautionary measures had been taken
by her Majesty's iniat, as also by the poor-law commie.
stoners, for preventing those abuses. At the present moment
the vice guardians, who formed the subject matter of de-
bate, had erased to officiate, and the late poor law inspector
was no longer an inspector. Now, in examining into the
abuses that were alleged to have occurred during the ad-
ministration of these vice-guardians, it was necessary to
consider what was the administration of the awes by the
elected guardians, previous to the appointment of the vies-
guardians. The abuts by commission and ornissioa were such
that a necessity was felt for milky( on parliament to place
the administration at affairs in the hands of vice,guardians—
(hear, hear)—aad in the very cam to which the present peti-
ties referred the vies-guardians were appointed in tease-
queen of the repeated representations made to the commis-
stoners to the a Hen that ms ideated guardians did aot and
were not doing their duty. (Hear, heal In consequence
of the guardians not doing their duty and not fulfilling the
specific act of duty undertaken by them, to sit daily during
the period of famine and afford relief to the perishing mul-
titude, the poor law inspector was obliged to perform the
duties of the guardiaea, who, though they issued summonses
So attend for relief, provided sot the means to afford that
relief, and consequently the poor law inspector had cast upon
him the duty of attending to the poor, which ditfLulty he
met and provided for. (Hear, hear.) Bader these einem,
stuns, and geeing that contracton would not contract with
the guardian., who neglected to have the rate collected,
because they were not certain of being paid, provisions moat
have oast more than they otherwise would, were the case
is. cloven and deliberate dealing. (Hear, hoar.) He (the
Marquis of Lansdowne) would not then comment on the
charges made against the poor law inspector ; but this be
would say, as being authorised, that that victim= was
most desirous of enquiry, and was then taking the nectuauy
steps to have the matter lavretigated more closely, this any
enquiry which their lordships might grant could mom-
plash, newly. by as action for libel against the
pasties. (lint, hear.) Under all the eineusetesen
of the case he did not think that as inquiry could
lead to any beneficial result; and, therefore, he must
decline to accede to the motion e the able marquis.
Lord STANLEY said that he had listened with surprise
to the statement of the noble marquis who had just sat
down, aid to the light sad say manner in which he treated
the allegations contained in this petition. The soble mar-
quis said that there might have been • little profusion—
some trifling neglect —on the part of these vice-
guardiaas, but that • similar charge was equally appli.
gable to the local guardians whom they superseded,
and that they would be bound to Investigate the con-
doe' of the one as well se the other. But he must
observe that there was • disdactioa between guardians who
were elected by the rate payers to 'dateline the funds for
the relief of the poor and paid guardians appointed for that
purpose by the Poor-law Commiselooen, with the sanction
of her Majesty's government, and for the conduct of whom,
U they appeased unfit instruments or made as improper
sefecums, they were responsible to parliament. (Hear, hear.)
Be had a return of 35 unions which bad been under
the superintendents of vice-guardians tor • period varying
from • yes: to twenty-one months. la cull five or six
or at most seven or eight of these unions had there been
may diminution of expesditure. la the remainder
brad ionises td from 111,1211. to 223,7441., in addition to
which these unions received contsibutioas oat of the rate in
aid to the amount of 164,6321. (Hear, hoar.) Tilers was
am illustration from • paper furnished by the government
Itself of the economical working of the poor law by these vice-
guardians. I Hear, hear.) What was this palliator case ?
The total valuation of the CanickioniShaasou salon was
40,0001. Of this 45,0001, or three. fourths of the whole,
lured through the hands of the vice guardians
aeontroLled by the local reepayen, and at the
period of their quitting Alin they insisted on
levying • further rate of 15,0004.—that was a rate
el b.. is the gonad on the valuation of the aim, in addi-
ties es Ile. which had been levied in the previews period.
(Hoer, heir.) Bet he would aot complain of this If the
fade se raised had been properly 'dais/Aired. Bat what
did he led ? If the Poor Law Commissioners were rupee-
milder for anythiar, it was for the character of the anew
whom they appointed. Now, whom did they appeiat in
the present instance. Mr. Robinson was one who left the
plass is debt to every one, even for the rent of his lodgings.
(Hear.) W.s not that •WO of profusion, neglect, and
gnu misoieduct on the part of • government officer; and
there was no case in which perbamiset should be more disposed
to gnat inquiry than into • sass of gross misconduct
on the part eta government abler. After they had left the
office, it was found that 196 piteous were ea the register who
were au in the house, and roam had been rated kr these
persons at the nuts et the aim during Mx mouths under
the supernateadenoe of these vice-guanleas. (Hear,
pawlter.
Was this a trifling uses of prehrioe, to be lightly
over? But that was net all. 4,000 quarts of milk sad
supplied winkly for the support of a house is which there
were 1,637 pumas, yet cm the removal of the vice-guardians
it was road that there was not moult ter 356.
(Hear, bear.) The anteater toe fuel was in the habit
of charging ea ton as 28 ea. (Hear, hear.) Over
2,000 mime of clothing had been abstracted, or were at
all snots wasting. Surely this mast be • case of imposition
—neglect could not go so far! (Hear, bear.) But, further-
more. 0 Jed God! was this a trifliagaeglect—it was found
that the saw in the beds of the paupers had not been
changed for • period of seven months. (Loud cries of "
hear.") It was no wonder that from this gross and flagrant
neglect alums ad death should have arisen; hut stilt, said
the noble marquis, this is not a cues fur inquiry. (Hear,
hen.) Tbe nothing of the boon was found to be quite rot-
lea ad had to be bunted with the regal the paupers. Now,
let the bane boar ia mind that this gross neglect had taken
place under the administration etiolate,. appointed by the go-
verannat,asel that the ratepayers were obliged to pay
for
this wales waste. (Hear, hear.) To refuse nquiry
into the facts, It was not sufficient to ay that these '
pineal 04 loafer held their appointments, because he main-
tained that the nommaisaus who appointed such anus,
and the grey meat who sanctioned the appointments, were
reepossible for, he would aot ay the negate, but the roes
and culpable dereliction of day ea the put of these pu-
mas. (Hear.)
The Merquis of LANSDOWNE said that the only reluc-
tance he had to ghat the commitose was that thew persons
ware no Memo in office, and assuming the case of
anklet of duty, that nothing more weld be attained by •
eseamittee than what had already been done—their diewtheel
ben Gibe.. Bat se the able lord had put the ease as asset
corruption in the discharge of a public office he sheahl ha
the 411 person to wish to throe any obstacle in the way at
an inquiry of that kind. (Hear, hear.)
After. few words from Laid fleamtar and the Marquis,
of WIINTMEATII.
The motioa for the appointateat of • committee was
agreed to, and the house adjaarsed at a little after half-
past urea o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMM(JNS.—FILIDAT, APRIL 19.
The Spam's& took the chair at 4 o'cloek.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
Tan Maur Tax.—By Lord RENDLESIIAM, from •
plate in Sufftik, against the malt WI.
lIIIIVIS/U.ITY Tarr. —By Mr. COWAN, from Edinburgh,
la favour of the repeal of them MM.
BLICTI% Z FRANC ZINO rIITRALLII). -By Mr. F.
from 100 kers, of land In the district of Part
Phillip. Awitralis, urging their claims to the elective
Ebt CATION BILL.-BMr. COBDEN, from cAgrega-
tiost of II ai;o
te Chapel, Doncaster; Lori DUNCAN, from
Beth; in favour of thle hill.
LA W)l' It In FACTOIIIES.—By Mr. COBDEN, from Wm.
Thompson, nsill.oceepler, Itawdon, Yorkshire. praying for
ag estonsion of time of working in factories to GI tours per
week.
trJARCIIRR
Idr. T. PRIMOy .gavo notice that onCOURT. Woodsy next be
would mon Mr a Mors of the number of days and boars

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