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was obliged to give that Relief which the Magi-
strate required ?
Tait soucifOR4CENUAL said, his con-
ception of the subled.was, that if the Magistrate
ordered relief, he 4verseerhivas bound to obey,
without' tacking" goy' conditions to the relief
granted.
Sir C. BUNRURY remarked, that in ntlny_
instances, the QicTieers had refused the Relief
ordered : he, therefore, wished the Bill to go
into a Committee, for the purpose of .settling this

Matter.
-Mr. BUXTON said, he".enteitained no doubt
of the Overseers . being obliged to give the ,Re.
lief ordered hi the Magistrate.' Daring.twenty
Years- thlt he had adedin 'that-tapacity, he had
never known a.'"Contrary, instance: His idealof
the Law was, that the Pauper would have a good
alion against an Overseer for seizing his goods,,
unless in virtue of a Warrant of,Distres4, .granted
by a Magistrate. •
. .
Mr. HORNE:TOOKE said, that sensible as.
he -was of the situation Which he held in that,
House, at present, yet-that should not -prevent
him from delivering his sentiments. He objected
to the very principle of-the-Bill. It went to-con--
stitute another class Of 'Beggars ; the filrit'cOil:
sisteti of such as received alms, and this' Bill went
to constitute another rank:of Beggirs,rwliollif
to be prevented from giving alms : nor' *Os !the.
Bill' necessary, for, he believed, it had bee,
ready deterinined; that. if . a person was .excused
from paying Poor4ates,- on- account of poftityl
be was to be ranked is•reMVitig alms. ;• ,

Lord W. RUSSEL otilainek a Provision," Of.
the Bill which went to that point. 1.
Mr. 110 R ATE TOOKE. resumed.--=He :said,'
his .situation in that Llouse_wastsingular. There
was one part of it whietir.thoug-ht.that he ought-
to be turned out. SUch dentlernen., niu4.
kinder to him than those who misrepresented, our
of the House,-the- sentiments- he -delivered in-it;
He .thisted, that so long aS he continued to sit: in
that House, and discharged his dUfy'faithfulty,
he Should be proteded ,in it. Reverting to the
suhje of -.he Bill, after this, digression,' Mr.
TOOK a said, he apprehended that this vias one of,
the .sort of Bills which were multiplying from
day to day, in order to prevent the salvation of,
the land. He repeated his former sentiment, of
the folly of attempting,,, by a variety ,of Nils,. to
keep down. the 'High PriF of Provisions, and of
the;: necessity Of incre4sAng .the Pay of the La-
boureps, ,and that they should receive that by
right, which they-are nbw .allowed by .Way of
alms. -The..Only Sufferer 'would :then he the.
Stock-holder ;. for if, for -eltarnple,-Bread, which
formerly cost SixpenCela,LOal, now cost Two'
Shillings, then.. the Nation. paid so. much less to-
the Stockholder, in proportion as he received se'
much less for' the interest of his monql.l9. 4ged.
in the National Funds. Mr. Toogt concluded
with lamenting the loss of some of his teeth,
which prevented his delivering his sentiments in
that House, so distinaly as he could wish.
The. House then, divided,
Fur the sc,;otitl icitding of the Rill
Ss
Against the second reading " - 29

Majority -

- 26

The Bill was then read a second time, when a
very desultory conversation took'place, in which
Lord WM. RUS3EL, Mr. MARTIN, Mr. HOB.
HOUSE, Mr. BUXTOX, Earl "“tvIPL and the
SPEAKEP,, took part.—At last, upon the Mo-.
tion of Lord WNt. Russ r. 1., the Bill. was ordered
to be committed on Monday next:

Mr. SHE R ID AY iald; 4*s inanylinportant Mo-
tions had lately been deferred in consequence 91
the unfortunate situation of the,Country,lie was
sorry he did not then See a Noble Lord in his
placc (Lord CitSTLEREA4I-1,), to rnen;ion
the hope he entertained that the Noble Lord
would put off the Motion which he had given
notice of his intention. `of bringing forward on
Monday nett, (that for continuing Martial Law
in Ireland). as, in his opinion, it was the most
improper of all Motions.
Mr. .D. RIDER moved the farther consider-
ation of the Report of the Committee on the High
Price of Provisions,

Mr. 3OLLI FEE said, 'he thought it was in-
decent to to bring: this sUbjed forward
again in so thin a Honk, and when, but. last
evening the Honse had been:counted ou't, when
the subjea was" attectiPied to be discussed: He
had hoped this.wouid have, set the subjea at rest.

. Mr. PIERREPOINT rose for the purpose of
moving that the I:louse:be counted.
The. Gallery was immediately ordered to be
cleared. We understand that there were but 35
Members present, in vonsegticnce of which an ad.
j,,tirnment took place at a quarter before, six
o'clock, till to.morrow.