The Sun.
London, England, 1803-03-26 00:00:00

ro TIER rOrPOR OP nu SUN.

Ptaatta, me, Sir, for a moment, to turn the at.
tention of your Readers from external Politics, to a
matter of internal Regulation.
An AcR passed in the 13th and t4thiof CHARLES
11. enads, that, upon Complaint of the Church.
wardens and Overseers of the Poor, within forty
days after any poor person shall have come to inha_
bit in their Parish, who shall be likely to become
chargeable, it shall be lawful for two Justices to
remove such poor person to the place of his last legal
settlement ; which term of forty days has been since
explained to commence from the time such poor per.
son shall have given notice cOis intention to reside
there. Since which, by an MI of the 35th of
His present Majesty, SO much of the aforesaid Mt
has been repealed as respeas those who are likely to
become chargeable, and the Justices are thereby
enabled to remove only those.who have a&ually be.
come chargeable, in the same manner, and with the
same powers, as might have been done before, with
respell to persons likely to become chargeable.
In consequence of this last Ad, it became a part
of prudence in the Overseers, to have examinations
taken of all the Poor in the Parish, that did not be.
long to them, respeeling their last legal settlements,
though they could not have orders of removal, in
order that in case of the death or flight of any Pau.
per, his family might be removed to its proper set.
dement, upon the strength of his examination pre.
vioaSly taken, corroborated,' perhaps, by the wife
declaring upon oath that she had heard her husband
mention to what Parish he belonged. But this sort
of evidence having been declared by the Court of
King's Bench inadmissible, as well as examinations
taken without concomitant orders of removal, extra.
official and illegal. See the Reports, King al. In.
habitants of Frystone Ferrybridge ; King a). Newn..
ham Courtney; King a,. Eriswell.
, The intention of the original MI seems lb a great
measure to have been defeated, as any poor person
may now settle his family where he pleases ; for
instance, a Paupc with a family hires a house for
gos. a year ; he gives a legal notice that he is come
to reside in it ; in the courr,of, a year or two he
,dies; how then can hisAtinkbe removed ao the
place of his former,settlement.?, for how can that
settlement be proved ?
Nay more, suppose the Pauper, after the lapse
of forty days from the time he gave notice of his
being an inhabitant of. the Parish, should himself
become adually chargeable, what authority is there
to remove him ?

The Law requires the complaint of the Church-
wardens and Overseers, to be made within forty
days after the Pauper shall have become an inbabi.
tant ; but within those forty days he was not
char eable, and therefore they could not complain ;
thejustices could not remove, and, of course, ac-
cording to the above determinations, could not ex-
amine him respaling the place of.his last legal set.
dement.

If
any of your Readers, learned in the Ltw,
will Condescend to consider the above point, and
morn an answer to' it, he will oblige
An Orin MAG !STRATI of the Con NTY of Stisstx.

. .
curionAtt...—Vednesday a journeyman Car.
penter *as charged with stealing ..a quantity of
wood, belonging to his master. The defence was,
that he had taken only the chips, which he Con-
sidered as his perquisite, and the rule of the Trade.
The mister did not with to prosecute the man,
only to coqvince him he was doing wrong, as car.
pentets and builders, he said, were- losers by such
(kip to a considerable amount, and called upon them
to enforce the law against offenders. The Magi.
strate, alter a suitable admonition, telling the man
that he had no right even to a shaving, and that
the master 'carpenters had come to a resolution to
prosecute the first mah who should be discovered
carrying away what was called chips, discharged
him.