The National Register.
London, England, 1817-03-10 00:00:00

Tim it so MAIICJI a.

There being but tvventy•ninc Members present at tour
o'clock yesterday, the House was of course adjourned.
- " FRIDAY, m'Ancia 7.
Mr. CsEecirr presented a petition froan the parish of St.
John, tton6 aiuw•v, praying fur ftctrenclooent
Jur-Wary Ilirful in.
Mr. BEN NET gave notice, that on Monday next he should
move for the revival of the Unintnittee on the State of the
Police of the Nletropolis.

HOME IitI:kILDS SITICTLING HOUSE.
Lord corlittANE Said, before lie offered the Petition which
lie held in his hands to the consideration of the. House, he
begged leave to give mail of .1 tion which lie Amokd take
an early opportimity olmak iog, on a ,itiject i,(liich was highly
interesting to every Gentleman in the House. It in ins
intention on an early day to bllbMit to the llonse certain Vge-
Aoluitiolis for the purpose of rt•ilileing the iitterc,,t of the Fund-
ed Debt, in the degree that the rents of land, amt the prices
of all commottities had been reduced.— Petition 'via.
from a person of the name of Henry Pluck welt, who Ita4 bet:h
deprived by the Board of Co reit Cloth of licence as keeper.
of the Slotting House of the I horse Guards. •
The Amute L :.aid, it teas quite impossible,
that Oil House could interpose its authority in a matte' of,
Ilk kind.

Mr. Cs !Nis contended that thin was not a case in which Mt
• House could interpose its authority.
Lord COCHRANE begged to say, that if this Petition should
'he rijected, it would give himi greil(pain, as lie was prepared
to toting forward some circumstances of a sery gross nature,
connected with this case. . .
Mr. Serie:int ItesT agreed in opinion with thelfonotirable
'sod Learned Attorney General, that the House could not
:with propriety receive this Petition.
'Sir FRANCIS Bunistyr contended that this was a' case
which called for the interposition of the House.
The Petition was negatived withisist a division.
Mr. NeetetE presented a Petition from the Freeholders,
iCops holders, Leaseholders, and other inhabitants of
Btrf-
shire, praying for Parlianientasv Ri form.
The Petition was read and ordered to lie OR the table. •
Mr. C. De NO ts preseuti it a Petition from the City of
York, praying fur Retreochment, and ltefui in in the Repre-
sentation. . •
Mr: ChMWEN said, he held in his hands a Petition from a
person of whom he had no personal knowledge. All lie knew
tor him was, that he belonged to a class of MOO who had given
!renown to the British name, in every quarter of the glebe.
;His 11:41OO was John Wheeler ; he, was a Purser in his as.-
besty'S Navy ; he had served in the Navy since 180.3 ; had
'been wounded in various engagements, and on account of
!meritorious conduct raised to the situation of,Porst r. ge
'was now discharged, however, ousts) allowance 4191. a veer.:
totally inadequate to Isis subsistence. He primed for
such relief; by promotion or otherwise, ass should be deemed
expedient. '
Mr. Cnoaea said, he would state the plain grounds on
.thk lock the present ease stood. One warrantotileer ut
description, that is, one'porser, one gunner, one carpenter,
and one boatswain was allowed to every ship. The retie
formerly was, to rate on the Cheque Book fur Is. per dry all.
-those who were not on active sers ice ; but OD the rev ))))) mens 6-•
aim) of the Lords of the Admiralty, an Order in Conned was
sometime ago issued for allowing half-pay to Parsers ; tint to.:
-pi event any abuse; it was ordered that the smother of those
receiving half-pay should not eiceed the number of .srhips
the Navy. 'nub person could not, tlserefore, be promoted,-
gill the 'number of Pursers on half-pay was brought down
below that of the her of ships.—Ordered to lie on the

inConcetrienee of Mr. Tierney,. ill health name was-
tal..en out of the Finance Committee, 'gaud 14r. Calcrait eras
named in his stead.

Mr. Itnot;GitAm wished to know what progress had been
made b:4 the Fawner, Cononittee ?
Lurd CAs'el.hßt %Ulf said, it would not be in the potter fpr
the COnittUittce ltt fulwitig With any Repot befute
Easter.

I'OORS'
Mr. C
%,CRAFT linid he held in his hand% two Petitions 011.
the mtiltijeet of the Your LR,AI.; and lie wished-10 call theat-
'cortuti of the Noble Lord oppo•ite ;Lord Cnittitrerti;ll,
these y were from two p.irislies in Dorset-
shim e : one nt them o the parish of Uangtoit (we he-
liev consisting of '7.1 inhabitants, nnil 419 of thme
bitnnts were recei yule pororWal rate
at least to 11%. or I9N. in the ;mood -probably van. be thin
l'lte 111111.1* %V4s iil)l4 54.4114:tt., where lilt loOlißiAlloll
WWI lamer, about 14141. 41111 the mull liner of itilt,thiteil Immo%
411,111 t &M. Of thil imimmtion there %ens not one in ,teven
:th:e to support themselves. In this parisb, the rote 1111 l 'hell
to o to toe pound, and ekyty occupier of loud but more
:tee liven 1441 re In abandon. Four iir tier in the other had
..Ise given !owl' tooter ; amt lie 141111 in 4 •11011 I *Mit Wt. 414/
lints :Ili by boom; no the limo!, of the ownei It it 11.!tl. Wit
brew fir the per'sons who had conic rut wit: d .alid
i4rgely swards the relief of the Immo. at the bead of mhos,
.V.is Lord Ecluti, it would hate been iiiipos,ible to go ;
.111 he war 'sorry to Say, 1:1.1, the st hole of the fond% snit
at iord %mild be exhatii.ed by the 22'1 of the presetit mootk,
le 511.411t1 .ores War the Priiiimis he first read, mail then re--
:. n 4-4 to the Continittee on the Plow 1
Lord CtriLkdcitoi %u!, he W4•111:11 1.. mike only one. ob.:
.

ery items uu t Tile and IL-• might
.Itv.polo krep iu vic.w, tliai .1 cri•.it ,nuitortinii 111 the na.2,ci
iJimour orgie %rrt. pall out. hi tut: PooK NAN Le
!,11k1 he 1% al!. Ind last the N•.itle bs.ti
.t 1 tt gr.avt: hi.ri tit.. t.po,Jrtui,ily to ben.;
lug, 111 thcu3li it topra istmi vly agricultur;:lp

C
Rot

Vet

oftnta
per
doc

lii
et
*ll
t),
MI

HP
sok
ha
del

OOP
WS
IMO
it I
WO
Sell

al
•6k
In!
cei

tt:
b.!
Pi'
U

'I

10.

it Cold,' not apply to the parishes in question, wh,ch were
nor a:ton-011ml. • The persons obtaining from them
were neatly altettttsgediullte stone trade.

Mr. ('cosset a,cerd with the Noble Lord in reproliating
tilt pernieioni practice which existed in many count es of
tni sing the wages of labour with Pones' Kates; but there were
many pat is of i ite coinitry where the increase of the Pours'
Rat, .. as not to lie ac;•ounted for in this way.
Lord Cot.scaexF. said, what hod fallen front the preceding
area kern sh. vied the necessity for the course a hich he should
recommend with regard to funded property, is the motion of
wide!) he bait this night given notice.
A MEHima, who spoke on the Ministerial side of the House,
stated, that nut of seven millions raised fur the maintenance
of the poor, the sum paid by overseers, for transporting pau-
pers from poi ah to pollSll, Was no less than .f. 00,0001. (Hear.
tSir C Hornet. said, he flit it his duty to protest against the
doctrine held tint by the Noble Lord (Lord Cochrane); he
was convinced, that when the firndliolder Was trenched upon,
and thr•oigh limi Ii moor and puhiie faith were violated, the
presolit distress *unlit be increased
Mr. Locations- said, it was not often lie agreed with the
Noble Lord below (Lord Cochrane), but lie must say be con-
curred with him ill thinking, that if that system was not put
au end to, by %Inch one species of property was ex. inpteil
(rein all revs and taxes to which others were subject, and
that too to an amount equal to all the rents of the kingdom, it
must render all trade and i idustry wholly unproductive, and
thhs cut up the roots on which it depended.
Sir C. Monier said, he allowed ilia in many instances in
)lanchester the weavers got no mare than 7s. for a piece of
cloth for which they formerly got Ws. and that the rest or
%situ was necessary for their subsistence, was made up from
the Pours' R it. s. The average rate of wages was, he thought,
av low as 7s. ff L a wetk.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, though it was with hesitation that
be Jiff -.ed from so respectable an anthnritslas that of his
Hon. Friend (Sir 0. :Moseley), he was afraid that he had
Ruder-rated th.! distresses in the mannfocturing districts—for
from the inqiiiri,s which he (Mr. 13.) had teit it his panda
duty to make on this subject, ha WHY fully presnaded, how-
siert grievous the tact was, that the average rate of wages
was not more thou 3'. or 4s. a week. This subject was a
most interesting one, and the more it was implied IMO —O5
It was his inarntion oil Tuesday to call the House to do—it
would be found that distre,s existed, to which the House had
scarcely a conception—and that even tbo.c Monism' eon•
Isected with the manufacturing part of the comity, were not
aware of the wholly unexampled pressure upon those districts.
'rile first Petition way brialght up and read.
Mr. CA 11.CKA FT vltplolard that hue had never intended to
mgr.,' any infraction of public faith.
Ike petition from Swailage was also read.

P4R1.1-151 ENT.% RY REFORM.
Lord Fouts-rose said hr had a petition to present on this
subject from tiorshain, in Sussex. .1 his petition was strongly
abjected to on account of its irregularity, test tat names Liv-
ing 11..01 Wlllll.ll by the same person. It was, however re-
ceived, and ordered to lie on the table.