The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-24 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

down, by a Standing Order, the necessity of always
levying a tax on a particular fun d, he could not li-i!p
thinking there was great difficulty in acceding to the
resolution of the Hon. Gentleman ; because the provi-
sions of the New Poor-law Act expressly limited the .
power of levying on the poor.rates any expense except
that which related to the at'ininistration of the Poor.
laws. He thought it was a bad principle to lay down,
in any clause of a Private Bill, the necessity of taking
money out of the public purse, Ile wished distinctly
to be understood as not objecting to the principle of the
resolution, because he thought it was one that ought rather
to be supported than opposed.—(Hear, hear.) Perhaps
the Speaker would be good enough to state whether it
would not be more desirable that the principle should
be laid down in a more regular and constitutional form.
The SPEAKER conceived that one of his principal
duties was to watch the proceedings of the House, so
that on the first appearance of any new precedent, the .
consequence and effect of which could not be dearly
anticipated, to draw the attention of the House to it.
This did seem to him in sonic respects to be a new pre-
ceeding. This was a Standing Order describing that
on all Bills of a certain clari-3 a certain tax should be
imposed. That did appear to him to be a resolution which
the House would act unwisely in carrying, without
careful consideration.—(Hear.) The object Which the
Hon. Gent. had in view might be a very proper one, and
perhaps he would consider whether his end might not
be attained by saying, " provision shall be made for
maintaining the same."—( Hear.)
Mr. PEASE was very glad to find this subjcet had
obtained the attention of the House, because he re-
gretted to find that in some instances only two acres
had been reserved. But it was not right for the Hon.
Member to say that no man in that Heuso felt any in.;
terest in the comforts of the poor.—(Hear.) He pro-
tested against the doctrine that they sat there as Repre-
sentatives of the people and did not feel a sincere in.
terest in every thing brought before the House as re-
spected every class.—(Hear.)
Mr. HARVEY said it was very remote from his in-
tention to monopolize the title of "the pcior man's
friend," but he wished it was in his power to be so as
substantially in other respects as the Hon. Member for
Durham was.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) He was
well pleased to hear the statement of the Noble Lord
opposite (Lord Gr nville Somerset), and would most
heartily concur in any suggestion that would carry
out this resolution. After what had fallen from the
Speaker he would, with the permission of the House,
withdraw the words that it should be paid out of the •
poors'-rate, merely providing that the land should in
the first instance be fenced, and that provision should
be made in each Bill as to how the fence should, in all
future times, be kept up.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. AG LI ON BY said it was not desirable that the
matter should be left entirely vague, but thought that
some definite provision should be made for maintainieg
the fence.

Mr. SLANEY said it appeared to him that the
matter was one of very easy solution. The parties
came to that House and asked that their land might
be much increased in value. Surely, then, they had
a right to say that if the land was increased from Si.
to 500/. an acre, the parties getting such an in•
creased value should be obliged to fence in a portion
for the benefit of the inhabitants of the parish.
The resolution was then agreed to.

On the motion of Mr. SANFORD, the Report of
the Great Western Railway Bill was ordered to be
further considered on Tuesday next.
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Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented petitions from
several trades in Birmingham and its neighbourhood,
against the Designs Copyright Bill.

PENNY POSTAGE.

An HoN. MEMBER having presented a petition in
favour of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan for a Penny Postage,
The SPEAKER inquired if there were any snare,
petitions on the same subject ?

Frem thirty to forty Members immediately rose, with
petitions in their hands, and advanced to the table with
them, amidst considerable laughter.
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Col. PERCEVAL presented a petition from the
county of Sligo, against the Government plan for es-
tablibhing Railroads in Ireland, as the most populous
places, where the greatest traffic was carried on, were
not included.

Mr. 0. GORE presented a petition from tam Ma-
gistrates of the county of Salop, against the County
Courts Bill.

The SPEAKER stated that he should, to-morrow, sit
at three o'clock to afford Hon. Members opportunity of
presenting public petitions.

MPROVEMENT FOR DEBT ACT AMEND

MENT BILL.

Mr. SHEPHERD gave notice of a motion in Com-
mittee on this Bill, to provide (as we understood)
that the clause, making a debtor's property at any
future period liable to be seized by his creditors,
should be restricted to within three years after his dis-
charge.