The Sun.
London, England, 1817-02-06 00:00:00

SAVINGS' RANKS,

Mr-Rose moved tor leave to brine; 'in a Bill
for regulating the provident institution of Savings'
Banks.
Sir CIIAhLES MONC, thought they already pos-
sessed sufficient legal powers for the management
of those institutions.
Mr. Conwast could not hot express his fears,
that the plan which the 11. ght Hon. Gentleman
had'proposvd, how laudable scorer his intentions
mightLhe,, and he by no means meant to Tiestiop
them,, was totally ittadetptste to relieve the wants
and distresses which the great body of the la-
bouring clusses • now ssafsred. There Must be
somenteasme- adopted, and that as speedily us
possible, for diminishing the present heavy bur;-
dens of the landed proprietors, and throwing; them
more generally on the property of the country.
Mr:,Rusu, in reply to what had fallen front the
Hon. Getqlematt, respecting the idea of imposing
on the country, felt great ;unxiety that it should
not go forth to the public, that. the -Poor Rates
would be•ctinsiderably dinintidted by the meattnre
be 'now
,ptokoscd, He merely deemed it to be
understood, that, as far' as it %veto, it would tend
tO afford very great relier; Without this Bill, i,t
seas impossible that those institto ions could nrOs-
per ; trirt he .was folly convioced, whatever, some
'Gentlemen mi3h: think, that very esseutial'adran-
tages would result frtim enetwraging the poor to
save sorne part of their turniugs, He could speak
from experience on this suhject„ and from facts
which had come ander. WI own immediate eye.
lie had a number of people about hint who con-
iributed: a shilling a week to'•one of the)te Sasiogs'
ganiti; and they contriboted that: small portion of
their-Waget cheerfully. If Gentlemen, therefore,
ritodd only unite, and'exert their utmost mica-
yours to proulOte the benevolost object of these
institinlons, 'they would • render a most e,setrtial
'service to the country, not only by diminishing
the present wants;ami distresses of the labouring.
poor, but also by teaching thent.to rely in tutuie
on themselves for happiness and indrpendenee,
• MrAirmaaktpoxots saidi that his Right Hon.
Friend proposed, to introduce a system which
would teach the poor what they were capable of
doing by their own exettions. Ile, theref,ae,
really felt that this Was one of the class of things
for which he, the House,, and the Country, were
extremely indebted to the 'Right lion. Gentle-
min. The four
Laws, no doubt, were a very
heavy burden is these4intes,littit it wet rather the•
administration of those hosts than the laws them-
selves which had r,rodnced::the evil. If the urea-
sure which his Right Hon. Friend propoaeshild,no,.-
thing more it was notch-if brought the principle
into action which should gradually show the pm..
plc that they were capable of doing that for thern••
selves which they now culled upon the country 'to
do. When it was said that the Poor Latrs bad'
done no good-m-why, they had done more gtiod
than any other ins:itution in, any other
country. Every person 'in distress knew.
Where to go to have his wants supplied ; every
one knew that his wants would be supplied.—
The Poor antes, therefore, had been productive,
of infinite good, bad prevented the most calm
mitoon evils.

Mr. LOCKHART conceived,
,that it was intpoh.
Bible at present to alter the system of ailutiaititer-
ittg the Poor to s. •

General THOUNToN lipptel4wilded, that this bi-
*ended Bill would Vrodnce more harm than good.
The CItANCELLOR Of the EICHECIURR *Rid a kW
words, and leave was given to bring in the Bill.

CONIMITTEE OF SUPPLY.
Oti the niotion ttt tlic CHANCIILLoR or the Ex-
CIIMIL:EA, the Howie Went itito a Conunittee of
Supply, when the Hight Hon. Gentleman stated,
that he had to propose a vote for a very large/Mtn,
in order to pay off four distinct classes of Bills,
amonnting in the tvliale to 28 millions, being 24
millions for Mightitti, and 4 millions for Ireland.
The followiog stuns: were then severally pro-
posed to the Committee, anti voted to his Ma.;
jetty
La 1,04)6,004) for paying oft Eischequer Dills issued fur the
service et (.rout Britain in ttila, im4 now vutstanning anti
nut provitivil for.
L. 13,000,000 for like issued in the same year; and re-
maining unimni.lo.l for,
L. 1,436,00,0 Rri. h emir vy,,for Treasury issued iu
Ireland, in flow
Trea SUS y 'in trelitner,'u4v,
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