The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-04 00:00:00

•ORDERS OF THE DAY.-APRIL 26.

Land Tax Commissioners Names. Bill ;—Committee.
Poor-law Amendment Bill ;—Committee.
NOTICES 01 MOTIONS.

Mr. Borthwick,—On reading the Order of the Day for
going into Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill,
to call the attention of the House to the state of the ex-
isting Laws for regulating the administration of relief to
the Poor.

Mr. Cochrane,—On reading the Order of tke Day for
going into Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill,
to-move, That the New Poor-law, though improved by
the preposed Amendments, is still opposed to the ancient
Constitution of this Realm, and inadequate to the neces-
sities of the people.
Sir Walter James,—On going into Committee on
Poor-law Amendment Bill, to move the following re-
solutions:—l. That the existing system of poor-laws is
based upon erroneous principles, while in practice it is
found to be quite inadequate to the wants of the people.
2. That, consistently with a stringent check upon real
abuse, the casual and ordinary wants of the poor may
be more efficiently and economically provided' for at
their own homes than in any other mode.
Sir Charles Napier,—On going into Committee on
Poor-law Amendment Bill, to move, That the guardians
should be authorised to give a higher rate of out-door
relief, at their discretion, to aged people above sixty,
who have paid their poor-rates; also, in the event of a
man possessing a cottage under the value of 1001., and
having paid his poor-rates, and no longer able to work,
to be eligible to out-door relief at the discretion of the
guardians.
Mr. W. 0. Stanley,—lnstruction to the Committee on
the- Poor-law Amendment Bill, to authorise the pay-
ment of fees for the burial of paupers to the Ministers
of the Ditsenting Denomination to which the paupers
may have belonged.
In Committee on Poor-law Amendment Bill:
Mr. Borthwiek,—To move Clauses.
Mr. Redhead Yorke,—To move the insertion of a
Clause.
Mr. Ferrand,—To move a Clause.
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Captain Bernal,— To move, That Mayors and Justices
of the Peace acting under the authority of an Act to
provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in
England and. Wales, shall be ex officio Members of the
Board of Guardians of the Poor.
Mr. Stafford O'Brien,—To move the insertion of a
Clause compelling the appointment, in every Union, of a
Chaplain belonging to the Established Church.

Mr. Colvile,-To move Amendments and Clauses.
Mr. Beckett Denison,—To move the following Amend
ments

Page 1, line 14, leave out from " single woman" to
the end of the Clause, and insert " who may be with
child' or who_ may be delivered of a bastard child after
' the passing of this Act, . ox. .who shall . have been de-
livered ot a bastard child within the period of six
calendar months before the passing thereof, may, either
before the birth or at any time within six months from
the birth of such . child, make application to any Justice
of the Peace acting for the county, division, riding,
su m city,
for a m-
borough, or Place, in which.sbe may reside,
mons to be served on the man alleged by her to be the
father of-such child, and such Justice of the Peace
_Shall thereupon cause a summons to appear at a Petty
Session to be holden after the expiration of six days
thereafter for , the Petty Sessouial . Division in which
such. Justice
.wmally acts, to be served on the person
alleged by the woman to be the father of such child."
Page 2, line 5, after " woman," insert " And if she
shall be with child she may nit* a • depoeition. upon
oath, stating who is the father of her child; And if at
the_Petty Sessions held
.after the birth of any bastard
child (the ma.hilleged to be the father thereof having
been duly summoned to appear at such Petty Sessions,
or vtduntarily appearing there with the woman),
the evidence of such mother be corroborated in some
material particular by other testimony, to the satisfaction
:of the Court, they may adjudge the man appearing
voluntarily or summoned on the application of the
mother, to be the putative father of such bastard child;
and the Court may also, if they see fit, having regard to
all the circumstances of the case, proceed to make an
order on ;the putative father for any weekly sum not
Weeding f,ve shillings per week for the first si weeks