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London, England, 1847-06-19 00:00:00

those Hon. Members who objected to the exclusion of
London from the Bill, would be to go into Committee,
and propose to add London to the Bill.
With respect to the exclusion of London, the
Government took the same view of the matter as the
Noble Lord opposite (Lord Lincoln) whoa had paid
such attention to the subject, viz., that a separate Bill
was necessary for London. He (Lord J. Russell)
certainly no party to the exclusion of London from the
Bill, for he thought that there was much need of some
measure of this nature to apply to the city of London.
He hoped that the House would so far approve' of the
principle of the Bill as to allow the House to go into
Committee on the subject.
After a few words from Mr. HUDSON- in axes'
nation,
Mr. B. DENISON said that the feeling of the West
Riding ofYorkshire was decidedly in favour of the Bill.
Mr. MUNTZ thought that the Bill was a bad Bill, a
vexatious Bill, and a very long and anomalous Bill.
The Bill proposed to exclude a place which needed the
most interference, and included those towns which did
not need it. The people of Birmingham were fully able
to attend to their own sewering and cleansing without the
assistance of a London commissioner. He did not like
the idea of those commissions, and the more he saw of
them the less he liked them. How easy it was to mi
place matters connected with sanatory statistics ! Mr.
Chadwick, in 1841, compared Derrittend with Birming-
ham, in order to show that the mortality of the for
rmern
place was much greater, but there was no compariso
between the two places. He should give his strenuous
opposition to the measure.
Mr. REDHEAD YORKE said that the exclusion f
the metropolis was sufficient reason for him to vot oe
against it.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the
House divided, when there appeared—
For going into Committee ..... 191
Against it
Majority
The Bill then went through Committee pro forma.
POOR-LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL.
The report on this Bill was brought up, and on the motion
of the Attorney General, the following clause was added
to the Bill :—" And be it; enacted, that in any civil or
criminal proceeding it shall not be necessary to prove the
sending of the original order of the Poor-law Coraraisd-
sioners, or of the Commissioners constituting any b°ll.
of guardians, in any case in which any persons profess-
ing to form a board in obedience to such order shall have
taken upon-themselves to act, and shall have continued
for three years to act in the execution of th halls for
the relief of the Poor ; and in no proceeding. it be
lawful to question the qualification or validty of the
election of any person as a guardian after the end of
twelve months next following the election, or the tune
when the alleged disqualification or want of qualification
of the person against whom such proceeding shall be
directed, shall have arisen."
Mr. SPOONER moved the insertion of the following
clauses:—Clause 19. Provided always, and be it declarhed
and enacted, that no rule order, or regulation of te
Poor-law Commissioners heretofore made, or hereafter
to be made, prohibiting the granting of relief to 01
able-bodied person, except within the workhouse of the
union, shall remain or continue in force or effect from
and after the passing of this Act. Clause 20. And be
it declared and enacted, that it shall not be
this Act to make or issue any under
lawful for the Commissioners appointed
regulation, prohibiting the granting of relief to enY
able- bodied person requiring the same, except within
the workhouses of the union. Clause 21. And be it de-_
dared and enacted, that from and after the passing of
this Act, it shall be lawful for every board of guardians
of the poor, and they are hereby respectively empowered
and required to set to work, out of the workhouse of the
rule, order, or
union, all such able-bodied persons as shall lawfully re-
quire relief from any parish within such union ; and to
grant such relief as to the said guardians of the poor
shall seem fit, out of the workhouse of the union, to all
such able-bodied persons so set to work as aforesaid.
Sir GEORGE GREY resisted the adoption of the
clauses, on the ground that they proposed to make an
alteration in the law and not in its administration.
After a short discussion, Mr. SPOONER consented
to withdraw the clauses, and the report was agreed to.
CORN IMPORTATION BILL.

The report was brought up and agreed to.
The Bill then went through Committee,the House re-
sumed, and the report was ordered to be receiYed
On
Monday.
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