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London, England, 1815-06-13 00:00:00

PARLI ENT. Y PAPERS.

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ABSTRACT OF IMPORTA‘NT AN; F.NTARI
/?r attinurd regaltirlq.).

BILL (¢s atnen;lerib:y the Coe niitiee); tr) Latis 7-
" ;:s,rectimg'Paristi ..ospi;rentitri%
The Preamble JO ihis t ill sets forth die griei,-
inbes that have •arisen from Pari,Th Offictrs-liin&
jug poor children apprentiees to pelsOns rcSidlog.

at a great diistance trim the parkh, tbe part ntt
being thereby deprived of the Oppnrtmov of
knowing licixiv their children are treaied ;—like=

the grieVatices that have ensued frt,tn thd

practice of allowing the Masters of such anpren
(ices to assign them to others, and thus readeritit-,i-:.
Yin no avail the diseretion which ought to he ex;
ercised by Magistrates in-placing-these apprentices
:with suitable poksons;
Abe ist_Chiuse enacts, that no Parish APpren-
dee he bound out (if the saute, chanty, or at
a greater distance than' 11 miks.
however pri,%ided, thlt nothing hi the Act •
shall prevent. children. frotki being I)....nind to their
relatives nearer
.in degree II;an first cousins
nor shall the restriction of distance tAi.seti4
service.
.The 2d Clause enacts, that where the person' •
to whom the child is to he bound is iii 'a
different,
county, the Indentore• is to :je allowed 1)..;-.I;e0 •
Justices cif thei-otrine into which the Apprentice
is to be bound as well as by. two Justiees.of the
County frond (('kith heaiS bound. -
The 3d riovides that the•allOWarce. by county ,
Magistrates shall be valid in ‘iOwirs and .plases•
b tig_an exclusive jurisdiction.
T1ie.,,40 Clause enacts, that no settlement shalt
he gained mit of the aforesaidlimitS.
Clause (A ) enacts, that a penalty of ten pound 3
shall be recove-red against. such Overseers ilsshall.
be convicted in having bound Appr,ittices oot.of ,
'the County and not within the distance- of forty
The. next .Clause further enact(, that no Mastet
shall require, his Apprentice to remove. beywid 40
miles from theplace ai here he is boun.(l ; and that
in case of the Master's removal the' Apprentice is
to be discharged or assigned to sonic other per-
son under'silnilar regulations.
The next Clause cnacts, that the Ace. 32 Geo.
shall be entoreed with rpspecl.,to:,the. assign
iog Or aischarging'Apprentices being illegal, un-
less lone' by consent of the Justices, as :pecified
in. the said'A'et, nitder penalty cif ten potmils.
The reinaining Clan Bel relate to-•t he Mock'. of
recovering the penalties,
,the forin of_convieth,no
and empowetil,g tlie,fus.tiee.i. _to
amount of the,penaliies.-r-also, that perso is not
paying. the penalties may be imprisoned, and that.,
there is a power of appeal troop theJostices to the.-..
Qaartcl• Sei,sioos.
"li;e•last Clause enacts, that. the power of -the
Os'erseers may extend to the Chorch-wardens.
[Whatever difference of opinion there may exist
with respect to -the expediency
of the _ P
qor'Laws
of England, anti whatever modifications-or!
rations in them,-nay from time to time have been.

rejected on suggestion, we have never heard
.any'
doubt started as to the utility of those admirabl-e
institutions called Parish Schools, and the dispo-
sal of poor .children as apprentices; The Bill of
which I..ve have given an abstrict above, contains

such enactments as must entirely remove almost the
only defects- which have crept into the manage-
ment and disposal of ploor children sent out as
Parish Apprentices. We consider the,passing of
this Bill, and the infrOduction of that for the
preservation of the health' and morals of Appren•
I •
tices at Mills and Factories, to be most signal ex-
ertions in the cause of philanthropy, reflecting
eternal. honour on thosewhO have bronght them
before the House, and on the Parliament which
enacts them.]

ESTIMATES of the CHAticz of the OFFICE of 001 NANCE
(Land Service) fur (ilea Britai❑ and Ireland, for the Year
1815.

Fro. the above accountit appears that the total of the
estimate for 011D1,‘,AFtY Expences is 1,141,0451. ss. 10d.
' The total of the Extraordioaries is 2,246,9171.
'The
.expen,e SerOces performed.by'the Oilier of Ord--
nance,•purs;lant to his Majesty's orders, and NOT proyided for
tr.,' Parliament, is, in 1513, 00,',911. 44.; and, in 1314, 51;040.
Ss. Bd. ; tuathig the total oprot•ided for' 71,0371. 4s.
'food for Great Britain, 3,459,6001. Is. 10d. " • -
For lard,-,is D.—Amount for 1815, 432,1471.25. Unprovidea
for of 1814,4;?,6731. 1 rs. 104.
Grand Total for the [Suited Kingdom, 3;435,4211. Cd.