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London, England, 1819-04-27 00:00:00

SCOTCH POOR RELIEF SILL

Mr. KR1:111t DT soot, toe hoped the House would
indulge hint for a short time. whilst he stated the
objects of the Bill—it so as a subject of great Import- :
mire. lie had c,•usolted t pie best-informal men in
Scotland no it, soil they had approved of his Bill.
The Him. (Lamb man then compared that pa►t of
41w sari,- ot law of Scotland. which related to the
m.diitenance of the poor, with the present practice,
as the lava administered, and complimented the
tlergy on the steps they had taken to relieve the •
distresses of tl►e unfostismite. In the present ex-
prisliture for sirs poor, a gonol dead of earelysioiess
was induced, which a better system would obviate.
At present, in Scotland, lucsl committee.,• like
vestries, were appointed to suiwriutend the tip-.
Oration, of the money for the relief of the prn►r.
There was no appeal from their decisions. to the
other Coatis of Jurisdiction; but tin some •
stoners doubts had arisen, whether the ShrOiffe,
ennui control the measures of them committee',
fie new one Sheriff also exercised sorb a pewee.
thong', his predecessor denied the legal existence of
it. The object of his 13‘11 would be to clear up all
sloobte re►pecting the control and applicat►on of
the wo►sey for the relief of the pootond also tochew
riot, that liberality of feeling fur aged, infirm, and
d.stre•.rd object*, which humanity dictates. lie
concluded by moving, that the Scotch Pour Relief
Lill hr ermainitiell.
LoRD ADTOCATIA of SCOTLAND said, that
as another opportunity would *rive of delivering his
sentiment• upon this Bill. he would meals• say,
that he did not think it would emit,. in the result,
ell the beneficial and solute,' chines which the
Ilounurstik Mover contemplated.
The Flume then went into a Committee on the
; the Report was billelght up, and ordered 10
ire taken into further emaideration on Wednesday
cud the Bill, as ametidtd, ordered to be
printed.
ROYAL IIVRGHS.

The Loren ADVOCATIC of SCOTLAND IA islsed to
pnrtt►tnie the second reeding of the Bill f►r the
Letter accounting of money in the Royal Burghs
in Scotland, unist Thstiii:ay nest.

Mr.J. I". GRANT suggested a longer postpone-
lotto, to enable the parties in Scotland who were
itiirsested in the Bill to know the nature of the
trifoliate. The lion. and Learned Lord wouli: re-
collect that Petitions front every part of Scotland
were presented against his 11 11 of last Session. He
was aware that the present Bill differed in one or
Iwo ritairtial parts from flee former one, yet still SW
time hail as yet heel' given for a consideration of the
measure air Scotland. He had been written to by
Lai rosisiitivents for a copy of the Bill, which lie sent
down as soon u it was primed, but they could have
only received it about this time. Ile thought that
ten days longer might to he allowed before the pre.
sew inution was made. So far as he understood
the romplaiiits against the system of the Scotch
',lnglis, it was hot that they had no means of
arconsitiag for their monies, but that they had no
adequate meals of preventing a malverration of
those funds. He thought it behoved the House
to allow the puttee whose interests were to be af-
fected by the uwasore an opportunity of considering
its bearings. —(Hess.)
The LuaD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND replied,
Ow fir bud given ample notice of his intention.
Ile bed witialrown his motion last Sessimi, to give
base for Cd 1111666,11114 Ile matter in Scotland, and
the Bill bird barn us.i.c printed siiice the liiii of
April. Th., teal fact wao, he wished that this
80, shush' lie discussed before the minim of
%deck the Noble Lord opposite (Lord rat-
Ilasudion) had given notice, for the Intr.
I n.e of retu.rving part of the cause cf complaint
ingeil 11 the Petitioiwni from the Royal Burghs
1-, Scotland. It would then appear whether t lie id,-
We ltnv.a Boigis Petitioners was. as tiny
leen-stoical it to Los, the removal as grievance air
Ills iwasiagenwilit ul their funds, or a real Perlis.
goPlasri ileforo,—(risur.)
Loci Aactits Lir HAMII.TOIr 108114, that so far as
he Luria the grievances of the Petitioner,' trout the
Royal Burghs in Scotland, they no only coin-
1.14i0d of the manner iii which their accounts were
kr, I, hot also of the self-electioli if the
scsdirs.—(//eur/—sic Ihst if the Noblemen! Learned
',wino it'll %sal& astli•etual iii its oprrat as he
11.eiril A. It.) hi tiered to he the reverse, still the
teforin of the small.. of elerinig tlw Magistratre
would be 060 OeCe•siA, to redress the grievances
of which the Prt it ~,,,, is c ecopiolorst.—/iitat.)—
lf the Inuring Dill in..l not matertally differ ift:Ut

die Lot, it would wet wills the ',twat bmtility
from rise people of Scotland—they woliht in het
receive it with unirer.al rept-Moir iiiii . The profile
who are really In be etf•cted by the mellowr on,cnt,
in common jormer, to Le pot to lithostaslol. Or the
nature of It. &tisk.

Mr. Pitmans,: said, lie had peen applied to by
the Magistrates of Stirling on the subject of this
Ball. If their exrenple were adopted by tlw other
burghs, the accounts of the Corporations would
be regularly kept, and such r Bill as this rendered
wineerssAry. They livnniiiiert undone. from among
the party paying the moo y, to see 010 11814011 W.
(latent applicatton sax. clop... Ct. and proper. Si.ee
the Bill was riot. (1, there was certainly no time to
communicate wub Scotland, though he re.'lly
thought there might, Jrl would mow'? 04 an
amendment, That the second reading be post-
poned until this day fortnight.
Mr. FUME seconded the 'intendment, and denied
that the object of the Petitioners was, as the Learn-
Lord insinuated, to obtain Parliamentary Reform.
The Petition that he presented last Friday expressly
di-claimed such an object on the part of his consb-
tarots, who, as well as throw ill the other burghs,
wanted only to root out the corruption of their pre-
sent system of management.
Mr. WEI. DOUG LAS saul, that the conduct of
Mtuisters on this question had been In inconsistent,
that nothing but a full discussion of the whole sub-
ject could.lrad to ass explanation of their intent...iv.
Time ought certainly to he allowed to communicate
with Seidl tid on this sithijrtt.
Mr. FIN LAY Niid, if this Bill were like the last,
it would inert with the reprolost.on of the country.
I-le hail, however, reason to ht-lievr, that It embraced
smite important alterations with regard to Ili- burgh
expenditure. At the .ame time, lie sew 110 possible
objection to a postponement of the question for a
fort night.
The LORD ADVOCATE said, that the clauses in
this Bill respecting the expenditure, were copied
verhotio from similar clauses in the last Bill.

The ameoilines.t was then carried, and the Bill
ordered to he r ad a second time this ditty fortnight.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL

Mr. COURT ENA Y moved the second reading of
the Friendly Societies Hill.
Mr. FIIA I.A N D LEWIS expressed his approba-
tion of parts of the Hill, rod his hostility to others.
He thought it aoulA he well to separate the clauses,
and embody such of them as weir good in a di►tinct
Hull.

Sir ROBERT Wll,got4 thought that the effect or
this measure would he to repeal the Act of Eliza-
beth. lie particularly obi.cted to the clauses
which went to expose those who might hr the aged
and nib, in, as well as the idle and dissolute, to the
CM' porn I of vagrants.
Mr. COURTENAY fowl, the clauses Alluded to
would not lisve the effect imputed to them by the
lion. and Gallant General, whose mistake in this
respect Arose•from his overlooking the Hill passed
this Session. He was ready to separate the clauses,
and attend to any suggestions which may be thrown
out in the course of the ilisc.oloion.

Mr. F. LEvois and Mr. Cou KTENA T explained—
the Bill was read a weond tome, and ordered to be
committed on Friday se'unialst.