The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-05 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

gave notice, that on Monday next he
elvtald more an Addri7.4s to the Prince Regent, fur a remunc-
'ration to the Constables who attended on duty at thr.Efouse
.This Session.
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The Reports of 'the Nary Agents Bill, and of the' Old Naval
St, rvi BM, Were brought up and taken info consideration.—
,To be. read"a tttir.l Tian: to-morrow. „ •
• A petition was presented trout the Weavers of Cotton Piece
Grants, and other 'to habitants of Ashton-under-Line, stating
/he distress under which they laboured, and imputinkit to the
exportotioir'of cotton, twist. —Read, and ordered.to
lac on the Table' and to he printed.
The Report of the Irish Fair and Market Tolls Bill was
.talieit into cunsideration.—To be read a third time on Mon-
d.4v next.
Thelinglish saring Banks Bill, and the Trish Saving. Banks
Bill, went through a Committee. --Report to be teccived to-
morrow.
14r C. W. WYNN, in presenting.to the Tiouse the Report
,of the, .Select (...ountaittec appointed to ingnire into the state
91' the Admiii,,trat ion of Justite.in Wales, observed, that the
roontry were imlebted for this -Inquiry to one of the most
:rain:4Hr Mt:int:yrs who had ever sat. in that. House (Mr. Pon-
t otir!, the cause of whose absence wasso much retzrett,d by
them hear, hearl)—Hc could not allow this
op port unity to pa-s Without hearing testimony to the eminent
wOold accrue to •the eqnntry from this Inquiry,
01..-ii•tt-cd and prosecuted with so much zeal by his Right
Friend.- In instituting thi, Inquiry, he was
-poly impelled by a zeal for the pure administration of justice.
Ye. conciiiiled with moving that the Report do lie on the
0!,1c.--Ordea e,t. „
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N,r. C. W: WYNN moved the third reading of the Election
,I>f Meohers Ilegulation Bill.
CAI...CHAFF moved, that,a clause depriving Electors
vbea should not. qualify previous to an election of the right
to rote a!• such election, should he left out.' • •
Komi disens•sion took place on this Amendment, when Mr.
Zll.ol7(ilt.lM contended that the clauses introduced into the
durinz its Last stages had materiat!y altered it, and that
amendments be known to the Muse, be moved that
the kill, as amended, be printed. • ' •

For !ht• Amendment 2
Against it . ,

lkTajo' it y

The Amendment proposed by Mr. Calcraft v•as then dis-
tn,4,l, and ?4r. Davies Gilbert, Mr. Abercromby, Mr. Rose,
•iiklt. :lutalet, Mr Hart. Davies, Mr. Butterworth, and Mr.
Wut'mall, look a part i, the disensson.
For the .kinendment , 23
• Against it

Majority against it

Another division took place while strangers were excluded,
on tbelnotion that the Mil do pass. . .
For the Motion ..
Against it.' I:)

Majnrity
Mr. W. 1'01..F., presented Papets rdating to the New

Cois!;Agr.

POOR LAWS.

Mr. S. BOURNE brought up. the Report of the
•COMmittee on the Poor Laws. In moving that
'the Report do lie on the table, he observed, th,it
tier Conmiftee had conceived, it most adviseable,
las tin relicf-c,,enied practicable this Session, to'de-.
•lay theießeport till they could make a statement
the character, .effect, atfd tendency of the whole
system. That the Report had not been made be.;
tare was owing to no tardiness on the part of the
Committee—they had given the subject their
whole attention. As an instance of the etf,cis
'which wetild have attended partial statements,
he mentioned that before the E ess, the Commit-
tyre hld determined to alter the Law of Settle-
ments, but in „lane, from further inquiry, they
svere of opiniim that it should he abrogated alto-
gether. How would the House have been situ-
ated if they had to proceed on such contradictory
recommtn !minas The subject of the Poor Laws
had attracted the attention of great men ever since
-the time of Lord Hale, and it would not have
been decorous for the Committee to have decidedper
soilatn nn ditbeulties which neither the splendid ta-
'ruts of Mr. Pitt, nor the vigorous.understanditig
of Mr. Wiiithread, bad been able to remove. As
to the time, though its distresies had exposed the
evils of the system, it rendered the attempt to re-
medy it more difficult, " The hour of the hur-
ricane was not the time to repair houses." The
louse would probably be able to proceed to its
remedy under better auspices atter a genial season
eod an abundant harvest, and inei,:etime the Com-
mittee would he able to correct any error into
AVOICII it had fallen, or to confirm those statements
which were correct.--(Hear, hear !)
Mr. CALCRAFT said, thee in an early part of the
neßcion he had expressed his surprisel hat no com-
munication had been made from the Committee,
MOO he was nor vet satisfied as to the im'opriety of
the delay. The Country had expected that after
the meeting of Parliament some remedy world be
applied to the detects of the Poor Laws• He
r-fis not krilOrtnt of the difficulties which the Coin-
ton tee kali to encounter. The present delay might
be for the best, but the disappointMent to the
cotiatt y was ntaortiinntej 85 under such Imp:trai-
l:led distress there had been a general expectation
that some relief, or at least alleviation, wouldhay.e,
-b?en suggested. •
Lord C4sTLaiIEAGII said, that though there bad
been a.strong expectation in the country of some
relief, time hose had too much sense to expect
that the Committee should, without full exioni-
natioe, have recommended decisive measures. If
any blame attached to the Committee, he was en-
titled to a full share of it ; .for he had been of
that,no recommendation should .he made
rrt-viousiy to an examination of every distinct
Jeanne of the subject. In-every week the Com-
"leittee had sat three days at least, muti.often day:
day, Thejlonse would now be enabled to
I..lrut the sentiments of the Country on this sub-
-it ,:t, tors it was not enough to know• what was
enstractedly the best on .such a question, but what.
•the coutitt:y was .prepared to concur in. Great
'as :he ditfictillies of the subject were,• lie did not
--.l4itiiht.„'shat the next Session the House •would be
u:Jie t' a comprehensive and useful view of

Tie rxpiztsFd his admiration of the tibonrs
of the Committer, to which he bad not aiways
been able to attend, and expressed his determine-
tion,to move for its revival in the next Session.

The Report %vat ordered to lie on the table
and to be printed.

Mr..l-iusxtssox:,.uggeted.-that an athlithtttal
number of copies sh6iild be printed, to be sent to
the Clerks of every inb-div-ision of Alagistrates iu
England and Wales, as .the House. might expect
some useful information from the practical know-
ledge of those who carried into execution those
La ws.

After a few wor4s from the CHANCELLoR Of the
EXCHEQUER, the Speukoc said, that it .would be
understood that lite suggeitiou should be at tendefi
t", as ...it appeared to meet the wishes of the
House. -
LICENSING OF PUBLIC HOUSES.

. . .
Mr. BENNE.I7, after rtfosiag to allow precedence to Mr.
V..Fitzgerala's Grand,,Jury ;ill, unwed that the Ale-House
Bill be taken into farther consideration.
STUART WQIITLEY must s;tv, for one,,th;:t if this,
Bill was put off, till next Session, it woold be fairly discussed,
but that it was now impossible to enter into a discusion
upon it.
Mr.BENNETT was aware of the inennyenience of pressing
this measure at so late a period of the Session. From that
sort of opposition, and the emphatic Tone used against it, be
had little or no hope of success if he did press it. At the
same time, be as moil anxious to bare it once fairly dis-
Cussed in the House. Ile had no hesitation in -saying, that
the prevent system of licensing contained the seedy of every
species of immorality. While he was, therefore, ohligvd to
delay a remedy, he Protestt d, in the name of the morals of
the People of England, agabist a system that-contributed
more than any other measure whatever to destroy them. He
then inoeed'thc farther consideration thiS day three months.
—Agreed to.