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RAJAH OF SATTARAH.

Mr. HUME inquired of the Speaker if he could,
to-morrow, present a petition from the Rajah of Sattarah,
who had been deposed by the East India Company, and
was now a prisoner at Benares. The Hon. Gent. st tted
the petition was in the Mahratta language, but that he
would endeavour to procure a literal translation. He
remembered the Right lion. Member for Tamworth
having presented a petition from a native chief of Africa
some years ago.
The SPEAKER said the Hon. Gentleman was at
liberty to present the petition, provided he confined
himself to stating the substance of it.
Mr. HUME then said that he would present the
petition to-morrow.
WAGES OF LABOUR.

Sir W. MO LES WORTH gave notice that shortly
after Ester he should move for the appointment of a
Committee inquiring into the wages of labour.
On the motion of Mr. BLACKSTONE the minutes
of evidence taken before the St. Alban's, Walsall, and
Canterbury Election Committees were ordered to be
printed.
On the motion of Mr. HERRIES, an account was
ordered of the sums expended by the East India Com-
pany in the expedition against China, which were to be
repaid by her Majesty's Government.
Lord TEIGNMOUTH wished to put a question
to the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, relative to the appointment by the Crown
of a Church Warden of the parish of Marylebone,
and also as to the course which it was the inten-
tion of her Majesty's Government to pursue in regard
to a Bill that was pending for the regulation of the
ecclesiastical affairs of the parish.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that Churchwardens had
been appointed by the Crown, and the Commissioners
of Woods had recommended that measures should be
taken to indemnify them either for the expenses
of pursuing the remedy pointed out by the 56th Geo.
111. c. 57, or by such other modes as the Law
Officers of the Crown should think proper. With resprct
to the Bill the Noble Lord had adverted to, it was
the intention of the Government to introduce such a
Bill in the present Session ; but Lord Duncannon
had thought it desirable to obtain the consent of
the vestrymen as much as possible to the Bill,
since it would have the effect of taking away from
the parish of Marylebene that control in eccle-
siastical matters which it possessed by the Local
Act. But the attempt to obtain the consent
of the vestrymen and the parish generally had excited
great discussion, and the Bill being, as the Noble
Lord had stated, of the nature of a
private Bill, he
(Lord John Russell) was afraid that it was nolwt
too late to proceed with it in the present Session.
was, however, the intention of the Government, in such
manner as they might be able, to proceed with a.
defini-
tive Bill on the subject.
Sir BENJAMIN HALL said he hoped that
whatever Bill might be brought in, ample time would be
given for its consideration by the vestrymen of the
parish.
Distresses had been put into the house of Lord Kenyon,
and also of the other churchwarden.
Colonel WOOD wished to know whether the in-
demnity would be enforced ?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said proceedings would be
taken under the advice of the Law Officers of the Crown,
to indemnify the churchwardens.
On the motion of Mr. FOX MAULE, the further
consideration of the Silk Factories Bill was postponed
to the 22d of April.
Mr. HUME begged to inquire when the Report of
the Commission appointed to inquire into the state of
Children in the Factories would be laid on the table of
the House?
Mr. FOX MAULE said he hoped that by the middle
of June the Commissioner; would be able to give in their

separate Reports. It would be some time after that be-
h re the entire Report would be completed.
On the motion of Mr. FOX MAULE the Lords'
amendments to the Turnpike Roads Bill were
agreed to.
On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the
Order of the Day for the second reading of the Ad-
ministration of Justice Bill, No. 1, was read, for the
purpose of its being postpor.ed to the 29th of April.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that the House
should go into Committee pro forma on the Poor-law
Bill.

Lord ELIOT said Cie Noble Lord having, con-
sented to the principle of the clauses 'which he had
proposed, he wished to know whether the Noble Lcrd
intended to introduce them into the Bill.

Lord J. RUSSELL said they would more properly,
with some other clause, come into a separate Bill.

Mr. WAKLEY wished to take this opportunity to,
bring before the notice of the House the dietary tablo-
in use in the City of London. It had been alleged in
that House that the object of the Poor-law Amend-
ment Act was to provide for those who were destitute,
to take care of the funds of the parties who paid the
Poors'-rates, and to enforce a proper test of destitue
tion. It had also been said that its object was to in-
troduce one uniform system throughout the kingdom.
On Friday night it was alleged by an Hon. Member
that the B;11 had ceased to be unpopular in the City of
London ; but when that Hon. Member was asked if
relief was withheld from the able-bodied in that City his
answer was that lie believed no such order had beea
issued. Such was the fact ; no such order had been
issued in the City of London, and hence, with other ar-
rangements that had been carried into effect, the Poor-
law Bill in the City had ceased to be unpopular. Great
complaints hide been made against the scanty
nature of the dietaries in some of the unions.
Now, he would ask, was destitution to be
considered one thing in the City of London,
and another thing in different parts of England ? He
bad great complaints to make against the Poor-law
Commissioners. and if the House did its duty, it
would call the Poor-law Commissioners to the bar, and
compel them to explain these dietaries. In many of
the unions wider-gruel was the chief diet. Now,
whet took place in the Kensington union? Why, last
Christmas when the paupers were allowed something
extra, the auditor of the Poor-law Commissioners dis-
allowed the expense, and the guardians were obliged to
pay the amount out of their own pockets. In the City
of London union the dietary table for male and fenaale
adults was as follows :—On Sundays, for the men,
seven ounces of bread, and a pint and a half of milk
porridge for breakfast ; for dinner seven ounces of
cooked meat, beef or mutton, with three quarters
of a pound of vegetables, and one pint of
beer, a thing entirely withhold and denied in the
Poor-law Unions of the country. For supper
seven ounces of bread, one ounce and a half of
cheese, and a second pint of beer. The women have
five ounces of bread, one pint of beer (this was in an
union in which the order for withholding out-door
relief had not been issued) and one ounce of butter
for breakfast, six ounces of good meat for dinner,
three- quarters of a pound of vegetables and one pint of
beer,—and for supper five ounces of bread, one ounce
of cheese, and one plat of Leer. It was unnecessary
to trouble the House with all, but there was the
same allowance on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and on
Saturdays they were alioe ed fourteen ounces of suet
pudding. Thus they had seen the adult men and
women in this union had beer every day for (honer and
supper. Did lie complain of it ? Did he say they ought
not to have it? No such tiling. He believed it was a
just and equitable scale. But why was it not allowed
to the poor in the unions in the country ? The Noble
Lord could not, perhaps, be expected to give a
satisfactory explanation, but he thought the House
should have the Commissioners at the bar to explain
why such a difference was establiebed by the rules they
issued. He now came to the notice respecting the sick
and infirm, respecting whom it was provided that they
should have such wine rind other rnecesraries, as the
1 medical attendant should direct.—( Hear, hear.) Lf
Hon. Members cried " Hear, hear," with respect to
London, wcuid they do so with respect to the country?
I By these regulations, roast veal or pork was allowed at
Easter und Whit Sunday, and roast beef and plum-
pudding at Christmas-day. Now this seemed framed
by Englishmen, by men who did not. desire that poverty
should be punished as a crime. He asked Gentlemen
I who thought the scale he had just read was a just oee,
why it should not be adopted elsewhere ? If particular
spots were to be selected for the exercise of benevolence.
he thought it should be in the country districts. This
was a serious question, and one that ought non
to be shirked by the House. If it were, it would not.
be shirked by the country. He did not desire to charge
the Commissioners with having acted in a manner that
was dishonest, to obtain support in the City of London,
but, seeing the manner in which tlic citizens of London
in workhouses were dieted, and contrasting it with the
couatrv, he said that it required sonic explanation. It
Iwas urged continuelly that the ohject of the law was to
make the labourer independent. That was undoubtedly
I a desirable object, but how did the Commissioners carry
it out? By keeping the dietary olio degree above star-
vation point. How eculd wages be raisei, if this system
I was pursued? He hoped the Noble Lord would seer
the necessity of having, this dietary table more diffused
throughout England. He had no motion to submit to
the House upon the subject, but he had thought it his
duty to bring the subject betore the House. He had
another rrae of the manner in which the children were
firmed at Norwood, but he would not then trouble the
I-louse with i t.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL declined to enter into a
discussion on the subject at the present moment, as it
was his intention to postpone the Bill till after Easter.
He would not now introduce the clauses of which he
had given notice, but would reserve them till after
the recess, when the Bill had gone through Commit-
tee. He thought that was the only course which
could be properly adopted. It was his intention to
propose that the Bill should remain as it was till after
the recess, and that the Committee should be resumed
on the 3d of May.
Mr. GOULBURN thought it would have saved a
great deal of trouble, and been more convenient to
the House, if the clauses had been introduced at the
present moment.
Colonel SIBTFIORP said he was determined, after
the recess, to move for the returns of which he had
given notice relative to Coroners.
Mr. FOX MAULE had done all he could to ob-
I the returns ; he had written to the different
Coroners in the country, and he had only received
answers from very few. He was afraid that it would
be found to be very difficult to obtain the returns.
Mr. WAKLEY believed that it would be almost
impossible to make out the returns. He thought the
best way would be for the Hon. and Gallant Member
to move for returns in certain cat es.
Celocel SIBTHORP would be happy to adopt
any suggestions that would meet the object he had in
view, and he would take care and frame his motion ac-
cordinglv.
The House then went into Committee pro forma, and
the further consideration of the Bill in Committee was
postponed to the 3d of May.
TRADE OF BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

On the House going into Committee on the trade of
British posSessions,
Mr. LABOUCHERE rose to move the following
resolutions t—
"1. That in lieu of the respective duties of 71. 10.5., of
11)1., of 201, and of 301., on every 100/. of the value of
certain of the articles specified in the schedule contained
in an Act of the third and fourth year of William IV. to
regulate the trade of the British possessions abroad,
there shall be paid on goods, wares, and merchandize,
not being the growth, production, or manufacture of the
United Kingdom, or of any of the British possessions in
America, and imported by sca or by inland carriage or
navigation, a duty of 71. for every 1001. of the value
thereof, together with the amount of any duty levied
at the same time upon goods, wares, and merchandize
ale growth or production of the United Kingdom, or of
the British possessions.
" 0. That in lieu of the several duties payable under
the said Act upon the following articles, not being the
growth, production, or manufacture of the United
Kingdom, or of any of the British possessions in
America imported or brought into any British possses-
sea, there shall be paid the following duties,
Biota by

viz• e t into Canada), the barrel .£0 2 0
ur
wheat do kexe P
Beef and pork, salted (except inte Canada), the
cot ......................
;Tine of all sorts, whether in bottle or not, fur
every 100/. of the value, in lieu of all duties
now payable thereon, under the Acts 4 Geo.
c. 15, and 3 and 4 Will. IV. c. 59 7 10 0
The bottles Free.
Shingles (except into Canada), the 1,000 No 0 2 0
Oak staves and headings (except into Canada),
the 1,000 No
Wood hoops (except into Canada,) the 1,000
No..

0 2 6

...............................
Pitch pine, and other lumber, one-inch thick
(except into Canada), the 1,000 feet ........ . 0 7 0
Now prohibited, but the prohibition whereon is to
cease :---
Fish, dried or salted, the cwt. .....................£0 2 6
-----, pickled, the barrel ........................... 0 5 0
Together with the amount of any duty levied at the
same time upon similar articles, the produce of, or im-
ported from, the United Kingdom or the British pos-
sessions.
" 3. That tea be permitted to be imported into British
North America by inland carriage or navigation, on
payment of the duty which may at that time be charge-
able upon tea imported from the United Kingdom, to-
gether with 10/. per centum on the amount of such duty.
"4. That rum, the produce of places within the
limits of the East India Company's Charter, and im-
ported into British North America, shall pay the same
duty as rum the produce of places in the British West
Indies.
6, 5. That so much of the said Act as permits any sort
of craft, food, and victuals, except spirits and any sort
of c:othing and implements and materials fit and ne-
cessary for the British Fisheries in America, to be im-