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sive. He conceived unjust and oppressive, to send back a native
of Scotland or Ireland to his own country as a vagrant, who-had
exhausted his strength in this country, which had all the advan-
tage of his labour. Ike objected also to that part of the Bill
which related to the right of settlement, and observed that it
was necessary to alter the Poor Laws, as if one third of the poor
Taws were paid to benefit societies, it would maintain the indi-
gent poor, and preserve to them that independance which should
ever he the characteristic of the people of this country. For
these reasons he moved that the Bill be read a second time this
day six. munthr•,

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The liotp,e then divided, when there appeared, for reading the
Bill a second tittle, 11 ; Against it, 114 ; Majority, 103.

PO I.YS tR rA rERS.
Pin. Dr Dv: opposed the motion for the printing of the
Polygar Papers, as being attended with unnecessary ex pence.
Six J. A,ysrierrrrEß was also against the printing of so many
Papers, as being attended with au enormous expence to the
public.
MR. War rnnr.tp deprecated the idea of arresting the pro-
gress of investiiatiou, however great the expellee may be to
the public.
The Papers were crderul to be printed.

.TIOI4A -REGISTER. MAY 22.

demand taiued, was impossible, as long as there wouhi be a detn
it. Independent of this, it had lately risen from 465. to 50,,
and the small quantity on hand would always keep up the price,
Should Should the House think it expedient to receive the report, and
resolve itself into a Committee to consider it, he had only tun
resolutions to'subunit, namely, that all kinds of grain he pro_
hibited from being distilled from the Ist of July to the Ist of
October ; and that it might be lawful for his Majesty, after the
Ist of September, to discontinue the restriction, if found expe-
dient; if otherwise, to continue it till thirty days after the
meeting of Parliament ; and in the Committee he would pro,
pose the reduction of the duty on sugar-wash. Ile concluded
by moving, that the Report be referred to a Committee of the
whole House.
MR. 'l'. COKE, said, that the Noble Lord must be very far mis-
led in the quotation he had given of the price of corn, for within
the last fortnight it slid not exceed 40s. per coomb in the county
of Norfolk ; but if it had risen in other counties, he was con-
vinced it was owing to the alarm given by the proceedings of the
Committee of Enquiry. He was glad to find no grain had been
imported into this country since the month of September, which
was a strong proof that we did not stand in need of foreiga aid.
The markets had ever since been well supplied, at modern ri-
ces ; but the imported grain had always lain in the hands of la.
culators' who were constantly the instruments of enliancinl;. the
price. If he was rightly informed, the situation of the planters
was not so had as had been represented. At present titer,' Asa..
a demand for sugar, and it had risen 6s. in the cwt. but thonh
it was in so great abundance, the public could not et it a far-
thing cheaper than when there was a scarcity. The landed in-
terest had complaints also, in being heavily taxed, yct not a
murmur escaped.
MR Pencsv dr., tinder the most accurate review hi could be•
stow on the subject, supported the ;notion.
MR. IV IV Dal 431 and Mr. W. SN iTH spoke against tile motion,
and, after a long conversation a di% ision took place, when !:p.
numbers were, for the Committee, 1.32; against it, 16;:i; nua9-
rity fur the I►rohi4ition,l4.—Adjourned.