The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-27 00:00:00

THE CASE OF MR. PARKER,

SHREWSBURY. WOLVERHAMPTON, AND
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY.

On the motion that this Bill he read a second time,
Mr. THORNELY said he had no objection to offer
to the second reading of the Bill, but he wished thtit a
certain clause referring, under the Amalgamation Act,
to the construction of bridges, should be assimilated to
the provisions of that Act.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed.
RAILWAY AMALGAMATION BILLS,
Mr. WILSON PATTEN, in bringing up the Ninth
Report of the Classification Committee, moved, "That
no Amalgamation Bill mentioned in that report should
be allowed to be read a second time before May 1."
The motion was then agreed to.
SURREY IRON RAILWAY.
Mr. GREENE moved that the Surrey Iron Railway
Company Dissolving Bill be read a second time,
according to the notice given at the Pi ivate Bill Office,
notwithstanding the breviate was not laid on the table
till Wednesday the 25th day of March.—Agreed to.
TEN HOURS' BILL.
Dr. BOWRING presented a petition, signed by fifteen
medical men of Bolton, in favour of a Ten Hours' Bill.
GOVERN M ENT 111 EA SURES
Mr. NE WDEGATE presented several petitions from
Hampshire and other places against the measures of
the Government.

POOR-LAWS.
Colonel ROLLESTON press nted a petition from Not
tingharnshire, praying for an alteration in the pre.wnt
law of settlement ; also petitions against the meas.ires of
her Majesty's Government with reference to corn.
Mr. GREENE presented a p"titiun from the poor-
law guardians of Manchester, praying for an alteration
in the law of settlement.

Mr. WODEHOUSE presented four petitions from
Norfolk against the measures of the Government.

IRIS II POOR-LAW.
Mr. J. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the
Kilkenny union, setting forth that the present tax ft•1l
unequally on the community, and praying for a more
equal distribution of the tax.
REPE t.L OF THE UNION.
The HON. INIEMBER also presented a petition from a
place in Ireland in favour of the repeal of the legisla-
tive union.

THE MILITIA.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition againal
the calliug out of the militia.

CORN-LAWS.
Mr. COBDEN presented a petitition from Southamp-
ton, in favour of the repeal of the corn-laws.
SOUTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.

Mr. TROTTER presented a petition against this
railway.

Mr. S. O'BRIEN also presented a petition in favour
of the line, and one against it.

NOTICES OF MOTION.
THE CHELTENHAM POST-OFFICE.
Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY gave notice, that on
Tuesday next, the 31st of March, he should move for a
copy of the order or orders by which the deputy-post
master of Cheltenham was entitled to demand a penny
extra on letters in certain respects delivered in that
town.

THE ORDERS OF THE DAY.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE gave notice. that on the ques-
tion being put for the first reading of the Bid for th -
Protection of Life in Ireland, he should move that the
other orders of the day have preced nee.
THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN wishtd to ask a questiun of
the Right Hon. Bart net the Home Secretary. He
wished to know whether, in the proposed Gov-rnment
measure for giving a settlement to pers,ins %%h.) had
been employed for five years in any manufactnrirg
town, that it was the intention to include Irish and
Scotchpoor ?

Sir J. GRAHAM said, the measure was intended ti
extend to all persons, without any distinction of cw,untry
nhatever.

Lord BROUGHAM iotimated that he postponed a
motion of which he had given notice (the purport of which
did not reach the gallery) till after the Easter holidays.
He also stated that shortly after the holidays he would
bring under the consideration of the House the conduct
of the Poordaw Commissioners towards Mr. Henry
Walker Parker.
IRISH POOR-LAW AND FEVER BILL.
The Earl of CLANCARTY, after presenting several
petitions from Ireland in favour of a reduction in poor-
law taxation and rates generally, said he wished to take
that opportunity of patting a question to the Noble Earl
(the Earl of St. Germans), of which he had given notice.
It would be in the recollection of the [Luse, that on
Friday last a Bill for the providing temporary relief for
fever in Ireland passed that House. The standing
orders were diap need with in order to admit of its im-
mediate progress through all its stages. To
that course he had no objection to make, con-
sidering the object in view, only he would observe,
that had he been in the House on that occasion, instead
of being unavoidably absent, he would have considered
it his duty to have made some inquiry as to the circum-
stances under which the Bill was intreduced. It ap-
peared as it the Bill was to make better provision for
the poor who were attacked by fever. Now, in the
poor-law of 1343 peor-law guardians were empowered
to make provision, and it appeared by bringing forward
the present Bill, that a new power was to be employ ed,
as if the board of guardians had not done their duty
in this respect—that was a reflection cast upon them. If
this was to be understood the poor-law for Ireland might
as well be repealed at once, and the power given by it
to the wealthier classes of Ireland taken away. He was
anxious to hear from her Majesty's Government whether
in proposing the Bill which had lately been passed, they
had been induced to do so from any neglect or indif-
ference on the part of the Board of Guardians?
The Earl of ST. GERMANS had no hesi:ation in
assuring his Noble Friend that the Government had
had no intention of casting any reflection whatever on
the hoards of guardians throughout Ireland. His Noble
Friend would observe, on referring to the provisions of
the Fevi r Bill, that powers were given to the boards of
guardians to give out-door relief to Ferrous suffering
from fever. They were empowered both to give medi-
cine and nutriment should it b,. required.
The Earl of CLANCARTY expressed his satisfac-
ion at the answer of the Noble Earl.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti-
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tion from the grocers of the City of London, against- the
Act at present before their Lordships' House, entitled
" An Act for the Administration of Charitable Trusts,"
and preying exemption from the operation of the said
Act, in common with the universities mentioned in the
59th clause. They Also prayed to be heard at the bar by
counsel.
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition to the same
effect from the C•onpany of Cutlers.
BELLEROPHON AND RODNEY.

The Earl of UAHDWICKE begged to call the at
tention of their Lordship; to a statement made two or
three days ago by a Noble Lord, relative to the extra-
ordinary exertions which were made by officers and
men belonging to one of her M jesty's ships down at
Portsmouth. The Noble Lord did not appear to
know the whole of the case, and he should
not have alluded to it without having fully inform.. .d
himself of the matter. He had expatiated on the merits
of the officrs and men of one of the vesA:l3 which were
fitted out on that occasion very deservedly, but he (the
Earl of Hardwicke) thought that it •would have Lrcri
only `'zir in him to hay. ahudcd to both ships which had
then equipped and made ready for sua. He merely
inctitioned this, in order that the public might be aware
that equal exertions and equal ability were evincAl by
the offic.:rs of both those ships.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH thought no mis-
take could exist on the subject, as. it was generally
known that the offi2ers of both the ships were deserving
of the (rreatest
Therkarquis of LONDONDERRY considered that

it was a very inc,invenient practice for any Noble Lord
to rise up in that House and to praise the exertions of
any officer in the discharge of his public duties, because
he considered such praise ought only to emanate from
the First Lord of the Admiralty or the First Lord of the
Treasury. It was well known that the BiAlerophon and
Calcutta were fitted out of the crews or the Rodney and
Albion. If the practice was contiriued, great difficulty
c•add not fail to result, because an officer might he unduly
praiSed by a Noble Lord to whom he was well known.

it wai not the opinions of individuals which they re-
quired, but the opinions of those who had been placed by
her Majesty at t;:e head of the naval department.
CONSOLIDA ED FUND BILL.

This Bill was read a third time.
THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS (INDIA) BILL.
This Bill was rea.i a second time
• PROTECTION.

The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from
operatives in the Tower Hamlets, which was agreed to
at a public meeting against free trade. They stated
that they had suffered adversity, and had learned in a
severe school—that they had been exposed to the in-
jurious effe:l4 of grinding competition during the last
twenty years, and, therefore, earnestly called on the
House to throw out the meaiures proposed by her
Majesty's Government, and to give to home industry
that protection and security which it enjoyed in the
olden time. He perfectly agreed in the prayer of the
petition.
IRISH NORTH MIDLAND, AND DUBLIN AND

ENNISKILLEN kAILWAYS.
The Earl of ROI)EN presented several petitions in
favour of the Irish North Midland Railway. The Noble
Earl also presented two petitions against the Dublin and
Enniskillen Railway.
The Earl of ABERDEEN presented a petition
against the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway.
'1 HE GUANO TRADE.
Lord STANLEY moved for the returns which had
already been laid before the other House of Parliament,
namely, the number of vessels (with their tonnage) em-
ployed in the guano trade during the last five years.—
Agreed to.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 2G.
The SPEAK,EIt took the Chair at Four o'clock.
SECOND READINGS.
The following Bills were read a second time, acid or-
dered to .be committed, viz.:
Cornwall Railway.
Scottish Midland Extension Railway.
Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway.
Surrey Iron Railway Company Dissolving.
ShrewsburY, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire
Junction, No. 2 (Coalbrookdale Branch).
THIRD READING.
The Yurk New, Waterworks Bill was read a third
time and passed.

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the House. The Government had stated that thel"ty
enxious to consider the question i if the settlement of
to
poor, and he would ash, why had they not set ',,sc
carrying out their desires? In many towns in this ei
dens there Wit`; an %Tisch ey. end he must admit trTo
VV.,; ii. jU.:;t.iii:lb!€? anxiety. to have the question '
considered and settled. He believed that o
would be much better settled by a Select ,
mittee than a Committee of • the whole 11°16's
(Hear, hear.) He would he most anxious to learn
the members of the Government eby it was that loro
the principles which they had professed to entertlej
this question they had stopped short in carrying
or
into effect ? And why it was that, having
..,d
sidered as the Right Hon. Baronet did in that 701
able statement, to which he (Mr. Bailees) had b' be
alluded, that the labourer had earned his rights, heso
sitated to confer them upon him P He wisheu,
to know why it was that under the law as shad do
forth by its proposer, if an operative should go for adt 0
to seek his bread in the agricultural districts, 01' ot
returned, the doors were shut against him its le
manufacturing districts which he had le",s'e
(Cries of " Hear, hear.") They would tell him
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that he had no settlement, and that he had no right
return. They would tell him that he had no right
continue in the manufacturing towns in ie
he hed spent the best part of his 6",ty
ence, but if he chose to go into ,le
agrieultursl districts in search of employmen"fo
most take his chance ; that he had, in 0,
beceime a gambdng speculator in his ill"""f 1
and that he must now be content .without bo
sort of relies, b, cause he had the rashness to leaveoi
usual place of labour. He returns, perhaps, after 0
or three months' absence, and after all his eseettW,oie
get employment in other places, he was compelled Wari
he had come back to that place where he had wwat
all his life, and where only he had a claim at
relief. It was for this reason he would enoaeare
this Select Committee. A discussion for two et 'PI
days, at the most, would enable them to fltiel
Bill, which would be more acceptable to the agrictl_k
and other interests generally than the measure prorSe
hy her Majesty's Government It was to give the TO
man something like a settlement that he would MoTeelet
a Committee, and he was sure that it was in the Pas,
of Parliament to do so, and to place this question at
Mr. SPOONER seconded the motion.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, the House would bdtio
with him while he made a few remarks upon the hef_os
proposed by the Hon. Member who had just sat Rindti
The Hon. Member had alluded to the speech of his l'o,
Hon. Friend (Sir Robert Peel) upon this gut ee,
Now, he considered that the speech of the Right oer
Baronet was clear end perfectly intelligible. The cleoe
lion raised by the Hon. Member was from a forced be
strained construction of the two.expressions which fell frosts,
Hein. Friend. The first of them was the proposed altere;,
in the law of settlement, and the second was its bearieg 7,ti
the Corn Bill. He must say, that had it been his lot top
this question to the House, the subject could not have•
better stated with reference to his opinion. His Hen. i!', it
had clearly described the precise object of the introduc".°lol
this Bill. He spoke under the correction of the highest
sie
authorities in that House, and he believed it impossible ie le
the law of removal without altering the law of settlenneeed
the principle in either case was the same. His Hon. 'Pee
said that a permanent settlement was not intended to behle'sa
posed by Government. The question was not by anY nor
connected with the alteration of the corn-laws. It 1/."ti
nounced in that cute as a measure brought torward los
Majesty's Government in connexion with the landed le'ebicl
It was a measure conducive to the public good, and ...eV
might stand by i•self, perfectly independent of the other :es
sures to which the Hon. Gentleman referred while cell,
attention of the House to the other measure. He (sir lI
Graham, was prepared to support the Bill without referee„e,
the corn-ems, and he was also prepared to vote for the of
Bel in its present shape, even though it should be the PI fel
of the Legislature to reject. the other Bel. He must teiesee
in the course of all his experience in that House, a more de ll
ordinary motion was never made than the one just t'
the Hors. Gentlemen who had just spoken, and who p jet'
that the subject should be referred to a Select lee
mittee before the second reading of the eaell
CORN-LAWS.
They had a Bill then before them which had received t! if
reading, and stood for thy secon Many of the Tees
Sir ROBERT PEEL presented a- petition, signed he portant provisions, with reference tot he law of remove's,
the deputy lieutenant, commissioners of supply, the conclusively rot injurious, but, on the contrary, higbli 0
justices Of the peace, ;he clergy, freeholders, tenant ficiat to that poi tion of the community likely to be effeetre es,
farmers, and occupiers of land in the county of Aber- it. Now it struck him that the proposition of the Hon' ,J 1
Been. The petitioners stated, that having maturely con- tleman was rather an extraordinary one, as it gave the.egill
sidered the subject of the corn-laws, they had come to to that already before the House ; though every object ;tell
the conclusion that they operated prejudicially to their to be gained by the Hon. Gentleman could be acconto lii,
interests, and prayed the House to remove them after the second reading, on the motion that the Spina,/
lTtefithe chair, and the House go into Committee.—( ill ta
from the statute-book. Also a petition from the town
intoprttpositiontthe Pa de' council, mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, of the town Thedividedrstof
which
hurhsee would(Sirabedrlhhaatin) wouibei
of Manchester, who stated that there was a-great em- cideilly oppose, p4rhes,Hwon.4 Gentleman, however, sairlAW
harassment iu trade, in consequence of the dt lay in the were certain portions ot the Bill that did net meet hit flit:
decision of the Reuse up- ,n the question of the corn- probation. He ( Sir J. Graham) had the honour of Peeuttb°.
laws, and praying that the Home would speedily pro- a similar measure to the pre-ent at a former period; beesel4
nounce its definite judgment. Also a petition from mer- he accompanied it with several alterations as regarded fw-100
chants and manufacturers of Nottingham, also praying a settlement, instead of settlement under the old systems, bloc'
speedy settlement of the corn-laws, he did not press, in consequence of the opposition so
COLONIAL TRADE. Members. If that opportunity were lost. there would bete'
Mr. HUME wished to ask the Hight Honourable difficulty in hereafter settling the question ; while the sr,it
Gentleman at the heed of' the Government, whether it tmheeneus.eittnoodwetsetromodin, excellent and fair, and it w"" 0
determine whether it should be carried eet'eee,
was intended to carry out the principles of free trade,
as regarded the. colonies, by amending certain existing swaaesytrue there were matters of detail which it might be Pe
Acts ? to alter, but they could easily be arranged when tlitioelt
got into Committee. The principle, however, he be il;
Sir R. PEEL wished to know whether the lion. could not be objected to. and he, for one, was preparedA ,
Member's question had reference to sugar. his most hearty and uncompromisiug support to the let'', yon
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. was his most decided opinion that it was equitable and tel;fots
Sir R. Ps..EL, in answer to a question put to him the viewing this question irrespective of any other mea!ure__offess,
ether day by Mr. Hume, stated that it was his littera the House, it was one well worthy off supepoertto.
th3elen7
poOr ite
tion not to propose a longer recess at Easter thtri eleven alterations proposedevbe..made in
~re
h d beeneren most carefulliegol
days, and that he would not even pledge himself to humane and just. The. Bill itself
guidanceof the highest 'II
pared, under the advice and
move so long an adjournment.
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authorities of the country, and he was quite salistlvehe
Mr. .MILNER GIBSON wished to know whether machinery could not be altered with advan!age. Under :d•
e
the Coercion Bill would take precedence of the orders circumstances he should most certainly give his decided or'
of the day. On subsequent consideration, he thought tion to the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman.
it would appear to the Right Hon. Baronet, that it MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
would be desirable to proceed with the Coercion Bill Messengers from the Lords brought down certain Billetrasel
on Monday instead of the cern question. Mr. SPOONER wished that the motion of his Hon. I. free
sir R. PEEL said that the course the Government would be agreed to ; and, with regard to what had !sit, t.od.
intended to pursue, and the reasons they had for adopt- the Secretary for the Home Department, namely, thatotes
never held out the proposed measure as one of comps toy
ling that course, would not be departed from in any par-
for the passing of the corn-law, he would only referel
titular. The Coercion Bill should be the only business
statement which he made when he introatleeed gill
to interpose between the consideration of the Corn Bib Bill, namely, " that he believed that it wooluo so'
and other business. He proposed that the Bill should a yen, material relief to the agricultural interest; ted
be read for the first time on Monday; and it was pro- the First Lord of the Treasury said, "that rta;
posed by her Majesty's Government that that should be intended to accompany the Corn Bill with arranger
the only business to interfere with the discussion of the calculated materially to advance the interest of that pof'..., •
corn- laws. the community which would be called upoe after the Illcityl
SETTLEMENT OF THE POOR. three years to relinquish protection." How then would to
Mr. BANKES rose to move for a Select Committee to get over the great difficulty by bringing the measueeo te
inquire into the law of settlement and r, moval of the next night? He quite agreed with. what had fallen
alf se te,
Hon. Member for Oldham, that tins matter was not ' .t ee
poor. It would he observed that the Right Honour derstood in the towns ;as tae measure at resent stood, Joy
able Baronet at the head of the Government had likely to create a greater evil than that resent
existed re roil
introduced the measure as an accompanying one to that the present poor-law, if the evil it contained was to be (tor
of the corn-law, and it was in that leant of view out. It might be all very well if confined only to the 1 041
that now, when the Corn Bill had approached the trious poor, who at present were occupied in towage, slid
stage of second reading, he considered it right to direct how were they to distinguish between the industeloteve
the attention of the House to the measure, conceiving vagrant poor, if the laws remained, as the 110, 110,
that both might be considered at the same time, Baronet proposed—after a certain term of residennee;oooe,
wish a view to their going to the Upper House at the poor man could not be removed, even with his to lrj
sione moment.—(Hear.) There were other measures sha;euldf thi e fall h into toe
ee sicknesshe
fi otre
dm
for
withend an accident'n:osooA
introduced as accompanying ones to the Corn Bill, hue
teionsteilattioeusenewcessawry undsetr fitted
circumstances.
in his opinion, teey were of little importance, and there
the while Ileu-eierl• therefore, contend that a Committee of
instearncegs. He Ts
fore he was not prepared to take the same stets it, not the proper place for the consideration of such a staid
reference to them as in the case he then introduced to It ought to be dealt with by a Committee uP 11S
the notice of the ilouse.—(Hear, hear, and cheere.) There was another practical difficulty. There meree oft'
It sva,s far from his intention to charge the Right Hen. parishes in Birmingham ; and su;:posing a man to hcee Pik;
Baronet,. or any other member of her Majesty's Gerere- and work in another, and had to change his resideneederee
inent, with intentionally misleading the public or, the five years, he would be deprived of all benefit 11.1i4sart;
this subject, but frem the recent statement of the Riggs t law in such a case. His object was, that some prartie
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Hon. Baronet they expected something different to tee weuld consider these difficulties up stairs, and be Prteo terr,
measure which had been laid on the table of this against the second reading of the Bill, with some plan riji eae
House. Now, he did not presume to male, any emit, them, so that the matter might be fairly and satisfila:tso_pportr
charge against the Right Honourable Bat onet or an, tied at once. These were the grounds en which u .o
the motion.
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other Member of the Government, or evert to say thee Sir R PEEL said, that his Hon. Friend who hP'ot ell
the public afire right in the conclusion they had drawn, spoken did not misunderstand her Majesty's Governmttetletll
hut ceteainly the conclusion was very ditfirent from this question. What that Hon. Gentleman said was ee oe tbs
the measure which was now before the House. the greatest consideration, as he had great experieneewia the
It would be by no means satisfactory, that the Corn, subject., living, as he did, in a large town, and kn° t 00.,
Bill should be passed and sent into the other House. csndition of the poor therein. He said that the objeeeeobeell
before this Bill should he diset.used, and understood, Hill, as explained to the House, was to substitute tant.oe bsteo
and put in pint of progress on an equal footing wale fnoordroe.mhotvoanbitlhitey,suabhdecntotreto
respecting
the expressions
eet,nst ;ea sety
the other. He was not prepared to say what might to what were the intention's Ofpher 11/ajesty'spGovernMent;tece
right or what might -be wrone in the changes which h t S:r R. Peel) would agsin say, that the intention d toot.
*contemplated, but this•he A (mid say, that his own op. sure did not relate to the right of settlement, but to 'll e $l,l
Mon coincided with the general aieline, that a resideniei ing irremovability for removability. Ho proposed the °2lO j
for a period of five years-0 fear, hear)—or even ti because he c inceived it would not. only be a benefit to the
rsj er
sherter one of three years, should. confer the right ri' interest, bat a good in itself, and fraught with great.s n_'.. ells;
settlement. The Bill was set down for a second reading social advantages.—( Hear, hear.) And when the tesetej
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On Monday next, and he was of opinion that it could me tier for Finsbury (Mr. Duncnmbe) said he attez' t.n
attain to such a progress ; and he, therefore, had a right
igreatestteo importancent also
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did,
dis
hmeeadsiudren,
wind hopedoo
~:tilt,rt,
to draw the attention of the house to the subject, ii
express( thev femeling)ofaher Ministers: nothing
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order that they might understand precisely what war tech great importance to it. Majesty's He ( Sir R. Peel) said -i, oil
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thvies of the Gewernmsnt with reference to He vernment considered themselves under the positive eetiget
e of the measure. The Bill neigh, of doing everything they could to secure the advan of tby
be divided into two parts, that which in- the proposed arrangement, not only for the benefit e FOOl,
volved the removal -of the poor, and the, landed interest, but for the interests and comfort of I" rineiPro,
which regulated the machinery by which its provisions 'lasses. He could not consent then to discuss the psi Poe
were to be carried out. He was prepared to object ti' or provisions of the measure, so as to interfere with tile.,o,
that portion of the measure which conferred new power gress of the Corn Bill before the House, but he would the P,',.
on the Poor-law Commissioners,—(Cheers.) To this he that traltshottildnsdo everything in his power to y relegliot
would give his decided opposition. The second 'J.'s'
uhe Hon. flone.raF7ierida who had male thent.mrnoteiaosnn wi'leederdejell portion had only reference to the machinery the right of settlement, and his Hon. Friend who bad 9-
°lO iof the Bill, which would involve considerahiy the motion had expressed himself as most decidedly lie is
discussion, and might well be postponed, but th, to the right of settlement—( Hear hear)—and the reasi,
principle of the Bill ought to be discussed ;it was of tht which he proposed to deal with the qu stion was, bYtbit tl.'ei
utmost importance, and could not be discussed too discussion on the second reading of the Bill, and eetelqes
anxiously or too soon. But retaining that part of this should consent to a Select Committee for the purpeoteeot of
to,
important principle, they would in fact be accomplish into consideration the laws relating to the settel Non. 1‘1,.,e e
ing the great advantage which was intended, namely, pear.—( Hear, hear.) It had been stated by the . e, thst'ea
the benefit to the poor man himself, to the full extent bet who proposed the appointment of a Committee, P,,/
of the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet. Thai fain impressions had been propagated throughout
„,,og;ego.rere
principle he conceived was, that in consequence of t, !ion of the towns of this kingdom, that the , ht of oto d
• intended to bring in a Bill to confer the tag" residence of a smaller number of years—three years— meat ; and he p o proposed the Committee for the Puroscill
they (should give a right of settlement as well removing those imrppressions. Now, considering thee, vioee,
as a right to relief, Now this comprised of the Hon. Member, he should have thought that ' (sit 'ie
the whole :subject of the question, and would be have been the last toy r any such course. 1.1.'000 to
rectifying a great omission of the present poor-law. It Peel) hoped that his Hon. Friend would permit reetatieff
was already granted that the residence of five years Proceed in the usual course with respect to the Bill gel is
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should not only entitle him to relief, but in the event of the settlement of the poor.—( Hear, hear.)
any inducement being held out to the poor man, so as to
after the,st the
Mr. COLQUHOUN rose, Amidst cwrieese-oldf," Divide, -Ileti e-
to say, that lie hoped his Hon. Friea_d bribe him to go to a country district, should be visited by
bee ' y
a penalty, and he perfectly agreed with the Right Hon.
withdraw his midion.—(Hear,
out b
of the Right Hon Gentleman the Secretary of State '''',o,
Home Department,
Baronet that it was a hardship in the ex-
-1 eoto
creme to induce any man who was suffering from because it did apjiear to him
.that
.the course picked 4
Fries
with -
misfortune and poverty to go to a county him would ,llai.ldHbeitNheGbLeisst. --sis(elesiilv4leed, dtiiivaltdeh.i)s
Hon.
._if
with which all connexion was lost, with which all his not press the House to apdEivibsiored—(Hear, hear.)
r_, thst 11,,
ties were broken, and with which he could have nii rela- Co:onel SIBTH_ ore ,};(n) the
ncotnhtirsa
,Yriestiono
lion whatever, or, in fact, any inducement to re. lion. Phrtaerreiw. would
and luauglater)—for he d'il-stethink that, aftekrea'
turn there.—(Hear, hear.) This was one of the great ( Hear,
e which the Right Hon. Baronet had nee
difficulties created by the measure proposed, making '.! pledges
heaavuyghter)—no reliance ought to be placed on an
PEI;
this ulceration in the law of settlement. Ile thought it (which he might chose to make Hear, hear./ (wll
was not wise or right, after, perhaps, a long residence in 1845 to 1846, a sum, not less than 52,0001. had' been
_e_stlisg'
a manufacturing town, to induce any one to go into on the old s)stem, and he could not see the use of f'
I,
an agricultural district. He therefore hoped that, any longer.
his motil'esi
after having obtained the benefit of the right to relief Mr. I3ANKES .hought that, if he withdrew a aee gas
they would not deprive hied 80:11e sufficient right of should like her alajeey's Government to hen, iteoclikeif
when the mca.ure would be brought forward. I"_.,flese el, ss settlement, for it was only, in fact, offering him an invi-
tation, at the best, to reside in the workhouse, second reading on Monday next, but it did trot atErstseee
For these reasons he trusted that the Government would that it would come on then, and under those circem. •0. r
thought that a fixed day should be named for.the,_deennVibielifoes
not refuse to grant this modification of the law of
settlement, while at the same time it maintained all the Sir ROBERT PEEL said that it would be iser-dinsee
by their new Bill. him to name a fixed day on which to bring ere then psi. : it,
position which they sought to obtain _ _ .
on the measure. The second reading. of the -el "tt
He trusted that no Member in the House would consider ,
for Motetay; anti if it
uweee'pffirsSiblet tliendteepeoce-
hoer'''.
this sue lion to he a party one, or that he had brought
the principle of it ennui be a rmer .
it foi ward for the purpose of a political parts. He be-
lieved he might say that he might calculate on the support I had been . seo '
Mr. VERNON SMITH would only make one °0...-A, g
tion. The words " industrial residences" , te,
of the majority of thos9 Ma of the Opposition lid, a maul lion, Members ia the course of the f""

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