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CIIITCH RATES.

Mr. L. FOSTEa rose to mute lur leave to bring
in a Bill for the better collection of church rates
iii Ireland. Ilis motion was intimately conn►cted
with the residence of the clergy in that country, as
a principal objet. of the Bill lie proposed was to
introduce a more easy process for the recovery of
debts due to them. The Hon. Gentleman, after
some further explanation, made his motion us
above described, which was agreed to, and leave
given.
REPORT.

Mr. PEEL bald on the table the Resolutions he
intended to submit to the House on Monday next,
on the House going into the consideration of the
Reports of the Secret Committee on the Resump-
tion of Cash Payments by the Bank of England.
The Right Hon. Gentleman stated they embodied
the opinions and recommendations of the last Re-
port, which, according to his sinerre conviction,
proposed the best remedies for the evils and incon-
veniences experienced from the long suspension of
cash payments.
MAIL-COACH CONTRACTS (IRELAND).
Mr. E. S. COOPER said, he would detain the
House but a few minutes, while he stated the red-
sons he hail fur moving for leave to bring in a Bill
for limiting the number of passengers conveyed
by mail-coaches in behold, and for limiting the
period of such contracts. His reasons were drawn
from an authentic document which he held in Isis
hand, namely, " A Return from the Post-office of
their Contracts, pursuant to the order of the
House." He should confine himself chiefly to the
great western road. One principal thing hr had to
complain of was, that, though in this country the
mails were carried exclusively in light coaches, car-
rying four inside iiiid a reasonable number of out-
side passengers, in Ireland they were, in very many
instances, conveyed ►u heavy coaches, (*trying six
inside passengers, and, be might almost say, an
indefinite number of outside passeligers—tiay more.
It appeared, that upon the Galway road the con-
tract was actually for a coach to carry four inside
aml one outside passenger, fur which, of course,
the highest rate of mileage was paid, and it was
almost immediately after permitted to be changed
into a heavy coach, carrying six inside awl four out-
side passenger., making, with the coachman and
guard, twelve persons. It was quite impossible
that this cumbrous coach could travel at mail-
coach rate, and the consequence was, that at a
time when this country was making every exertion
in its liberality to expedite the correspondence with
Ireland, when the mail got to the other side the
water it met these heavy coaches, which neces-
sarily travelled at this slow pace. Now it was
easy to perceive thi great injury the correspon-
dence suffered by this injurious mode of proceed-
ing, for as the mail-coaches leave Dublin at the
same hour in the evening, if they travelled at Eng-
lish mad-coach rate, the letters would have leach-
ed their destination in the country, iii
instances, before the return coach had started,
thus answers could be returned the same day.
Kitt when he looked to the conveyanee of the Sligo
snail, it was still More extraordinary ; the contract
their was for a coach with four horses, beginning
V. 9 miles from Dublin; and what did they inert
with first P Why a diligence drawn by a pair of
horses, and the consequence of this inadequate
conveyance has been seriously injurious to the
merchants of Sligo; for froni the inadequacy of
this vehicle to contain the mail, it has nrceusilly
been placed on the top, from whence it has been
stropped in the night, and large remittances totally
lost. When complaint of this has been made to
the Post-office, it is true, they have been extremely

civil ; they hare expressed their regret, artifice,
however, that they could give no redrew, not lienig
answerable for losses either hr their coaches 1r
guards. Thus merchants sending their eorrespoiw
dente by what they suppoSe a Lire ciisivelacee;
namely. • coat it aril four Lune., find that h% the
coin.ivance of the Poisi:oilfice in a brr4l.ll of
tract, he loses his property and gees rio
it appears also, that there Can be mi ciiiiipe i ins
for these contracts in many instal cro ; 144 perkii,:
when only three years of a seven years"Cliotract A
expired, the Post-eflice renew frith a riontr;;•iils
for fourteen veers, thus e:oalilishitig a
monopoly. But this is not all I hate to Irmo.,
of. I see contracts are extended to 14 and Y 1 )Pro.,
for coaches travelling to the great ciAtioneretal cer
of Cork. at the rate of four and five miles on
Is this to be borne a—of what 0%.• spit that ae have
gone to such on enormous expense in making aye
trail-coach 'Odd., bets Ihesr abilPei ate nerntitted
lie did not know whither the Poetoiffice had the
power of making these contracts. hot if 11115 lied,
be was sure II was time to limit their powers. 1%
would be impossible for the commeicial correepon.
deuce to submit to this slow rate of conveyance, hir
'2l years. Contracts insist be got rid of, eiti.er by
being bought in. or in some erbrr way, mid elm.
ever expense the country was put to us this revert,
was owing to the hail management of the bi 4,
Post-offit e. For these reasons lie had rip auto,/ ISt
the propriety of arresting their Career by bib lan-
posed Bill. He therefore moved for 1. Ate w liritig
111 a Bill for limiting the :mintier alt p.eseii;tetir
conveyed by moil-coaches in Ireland, soil the Ile.
in of contiacts for such coaches.

Th.! oluoui, t15%1,, brru gkrempartl by MY. Rote.
Emu'. *Atli put :ma agrerd to. end leave given.

coIIiVETANCI NG.
Mr. LYTTELfuI Soil, hr d►d out anticipate soy
valid objection to the motion be was about to ',mo-
unt, for effecting an amrodn►ent in tile hew telattlK
to Conveyancers. The 44th of the Ki. g, e.
etsunierated certain persous whose it authoatwit to
practise conveyaticiiig. Among those ►;►tidied
were all who had been admitted into ally 61 the
bus of Court ; in Cougsrytelier of that de-
►cription, ;tenants who merely got their oasts en.
tared in anv of these Societies, were heel lo he
qualified. Now lie thought that wipe completely
contrary to the spirit of the Act, and that it only
contemplated such individuals who hid obtained
admission fur the purpose of carrying on a regular
course of legal study. Ile thought, therefore, that
the Act referred to required ameilduseut in thou
revert, and with that tuew, moved the Order of
the Day for the House resulting itself into a Com-
mittee on the Stamp Duty on Couvryaticels Act
Geo. 111. c. 98.)
The motion having been agreed to.
In the Committee—

.Jr. LYTTELTON said, the fill lie promised to
introduce would not have any refiii-pertive effect,
and %could also leave to stewards the power or draw.
tug leases. It was intended not only to street a fut.
then security in the tenure of ploperty, but also as
a protection to attorneys and solicitors regularly
bred, and properly qualified, at a very gsert ex-
pense. Considering the Wirr clicuinstatice, it
seemed obvious that it could not he the design of
the law to permit any class of the profession to on.
tans a qualification for practising on such ea•y
terms as those against whom his Bill was directed,
more especially when it was recollected, that these
last exercised the duties Inure difficult rripop.
Bible than the former. The lion. Gentleman then
tnoved—

" That it is the opinion of this Committee, that
tl-
Chairman he direct. d hi brine in a Hill to ricplAm
amend the Act 44 (itu. 111. r. in so 13r as the tame ii.
latex to the Qualifications of Culivelaucers."

The motion having knell edrried, the Sreata:t
resumed the Chair.

Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Report, *hick
woo agreed to, mod trove given to bring 111 the

POOR RATES.

Ott the motion of Mr. S. IhnitNE, the !Nine
went into Committee on the Poor Rotes
Cal ion Bill.

Mr. HUMS wished to know whether any (binge
was to be introduced to protect the children of Di,-
'enter+ and Jews being taken from their 1/111sriiR,
and sent to receive inhttuctiotts in a religion dlffet-
ent from theirs ?

Mr. S. HouttriE said he understood the worthy
A!dertnan (Wood, we believe) meant to plow's.,
such a clause; lie did not.

The Bid %%as considered, and the Chair resume'.
—Report on Friday.