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Mr. LENNARD, alluding to the motion of which he had
given notice for Wedrieiday-nekt, said that it was his inten-
tion to move for a Committee respecting the allowances mac/Lt...
to persons in the third class. of that List, and that if he sue-
seeded in'obtaining &Committee, he. purposed moving an Ad-
dress to the Crown. for a reduction, of the expense attending
that class.
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POOR LAWS.

Mr.•BIRCH presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of the
'Parish of St.. Mary, Nottingham, against the Bill brought in
by the Hon. Member for Peterborough, generally calldrl the
Poor RemovaL Bill. He (Mr. B.) entirely. concurred in the
sentiments of the Petition. •

111r,SCARLETT begged to Ask his 'lion. Friend whether it
was right that 60 women, who might be seduced ina large ma-
nufacturing. town,.shoUld' be removed, under the present laws,
to other. -parishes, and:. thuS. burthen the inhabitants with the
'fruits of that seduction ?—(A laugh.)
-111 r. M:' A. TAYLOR postponed, until the 6th of June, his
,motion.raipecting the-practice of the Court of Chancery.
• Col. DAVIES postponed until next Session his motion re-
sliectingOfficers of the Army dismissed without a Trial by
Court .Martial.: He.certainly should bring the subject forward
'next Session. ~ •

Lord A. HAMILTON presented a Petition from certain in.
corporated.Merthantsfof Edinburgh against the Royal Burghs
Bill, introduced by the Learned Lord opposite. The .:Noble
Lord requested to..know what were the intentions of the.
Learned Lord respecting that Bill. He treated the House
would' narrowly watch it, • and not delegate its parliamentary
power to individuals.
The LORD ADVOCATE said it was-his intention to carry
the Bill through the }louse as soon .as- possible; but he was
perfectly willing to meet .the convenience of the Noble Lord.
est() the day for discussing.it.
After a few words from -Lord A. HAM IL T lc, the Petition
wa4 orderedlo lie on the table. ' •
,Mr. P. MOORE presented a Petition from the inhabitants
of Coventry against the-ktoorr Removal Bill. Ordered to -lie on ;..
the table, and, on the motion of.Mr.,DEsmAN, to be printed.
CATHOLIC. PEERS BILL. .

Mr. CANNING-mooed the Order of the Day. for. the:House
resolving itself into a Committee on. the Roman. atholic 'Peers
Relief Bill.

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•- The Clouse being in a Committee.
Mr. CANNING•-said, that the attention of the House had
not, on the discussion of this Bill, been drawn. to the oath of
allegiance, which it was undoubtedly necessary should be taken
by every Peer. It had been left out•of the Bill from the same
catwe,•- that attention had not been drawn to it. He now
had merely to move for the introduction of a clause for the
taking of the oath of allegiance.
The clause was then agreed to, the House resumed, and the
Report of the Committee was ordered to betaken into consider..
ation on Wednesday next; and in the interim to he printed.
AGRICUi,TURrAI, RBPOIIT.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved the Order of
the Day for the consideration of the Report oitUe Agriculturul
.
Committee.

A• conversation then took place between the Noble.3.laNtiis,
Mr. ScARLETT, and Colonel DAvIEC. as to the pOstpone•-
tnent of the notices of motion given by the two lam: Pon:.
Members.

Mr. SCARLET 1' at length postponed until the 31st his rnt;:"
tion respecting the Poor Removal but I 1 -11
;AN' lESid
he felt bound to bring forw.ard the Resolutions of which he had
-given notice.,

General GASCOYNE said, he conceived that the Agricul-
tural Committee had been totally mistaken in principle, and
that the Resolutions, founded upon their Report, were a delu-
sion upon the country. He should, in the first stag..* ofttly
Bill, resulting-from those Resolutions,. give it his decided op-
position.
The SPEAKER haying put the question, that the Resolu-
tions of the Committee of the whole House be agreed to, -
Colonel DAVIES then rose.—ln thus offering himself to the
'attention of the House, he felt it necessary to guard againit
being misunderstood. ft was not his intention to oppose the' •-•
Resolutions of the Noble Martinis (Londonderry) ; on the con-
trary, he meant to support them as far as they went, as he con-
ceived them better than the present law ; but he should pro-
pose a set of Resolutions, which' the House might pass cost-
jointly with those of the Noble Lord, cr they would reieet"thee
one or the other, •or both, as to them.might teem fit. - When
this question was first introduced, he had` determined not to
offer a word upon it ; but when he found severaldifferent sets of
Resolutions; not drawn up with . a View to immediate relief,
but of providing•against remote contingencies, which he hoped
they should never live to see, he felt himself boUnd to propose
some measures calculated to give immediate relief: The,had -
been told by high authority, no less, than that of the Noble .
Marquis .(Londorderry) himself, that the distresses were pro-
duced, rot by taxation, 'but by an over-abundant produce.
This was, in fact, saying that corn roust remold. at 70s.ribtr
quarter ; for if the supply were lessened, it would be impOstble
to produce torn with a profit under that.price. lie, on the con-
trary, thought low prices-were best for she country. The Reso-
lutions with which he should conclude would go to regulate to a
certain extent the importations from Ireland. la saying this, he -
meant nothing hostile to Ireland ; but while he was ready to do
justice to that country he hoped he should have the conenrienee
of the Irish Members in claiming justics for England. It tipptared
that in England there was imposed upon Rides, Salt,'-ard
Soap, a tax of 3,867,0001.; of this tzvi two-thirds fell upon the .
Agricultural interests, making a sum of 2,1'4)0,001. ; this' sum .
must, of course, come into the cost of produce. Add to this '
the present enormous Poops' Rate ; that rate, according to tfiel.
return's :of 1820-, amounted to 7,500.0001. Of • this sum
6,600.0001. were paid by the land, taking the reditctions•
caused. by the fall of prices, in this rate, the land was-nbw
loaded with 5.000001. of Peers' ,Rate. The taxes paid upon •
the same articles, for reasons which he should afterwards • ex- .
plain, amounted to 3.1,5941. upon leather. He should propow •
a reduction of a great portion of- these taxes in En'gland, and .
the sooner the better for England ; and, he would add, tor .
-land also. The Hon. Member. proceeded to shew tharth.,
quantity of corn Produced in Ireland, and imported here, du-
pred the English farrier; while, by encouraging the -cultiva-
tion of grain, it must also injure Ireland in the event of:any
cessation of demand for that commodity. It had been said-that •
any check to the cultivation of Ireland would be productive of ..
mischief. In his opinion, it was to the system practised in that
country, that their distresses were owing.,. They were reduced
to so low a state that:they could not fall lower. If the whole .
country was like a garden, if all its fields were full of corn, still -
they must.be distressed and unhappy, until a change of system •
took place. 'He begged the attention of the House for a few
moments, and he should shew that the reductions which he pito-
posed could be effected without touching the inking ''lints, or'
any . existing establishment. He went en to thew,. that from
the increase in the revenue, as 'it ell as from • other saving ,;•.•
which had-been premised, they might with great,4afety >o=
duce the taxes to the amount of 3,2C.0,(T01. In .1808,' the
on Foreign Brandy and Geneva amounted to 12s. 7d. peit4-.
lon.. The quantity then imported. was- 2,600,000
ing a revenue- of 2,000,0001: a year to the country: - In •ItElo,'-'