The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-15 00:00:00

ORDERS OF THE DAY. APRIL 26.

Land Tax Commissioners Names Bill ;—Committee.
Poor-law Amendment Bill ;—Committee.
NOTICES OF 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-Ofder of the Day for
going into Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill,
to move, That the New Poor-law, though improved by
the proposed 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 loot, and
having paid his poor-rates, and no longer able to work,
of the
guardians.
be eligible to out-door relief at the discretion
guardians.
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went of fees for the burial of paupers.t th Mintsers
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of the Dissenting Denomination to which the paupers
In Committee on Poor-law Amendment Bill:
Mr. Borthwick,—To move Clauses.
Mr. Redhead Yorke,—To move the insertion of a
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of
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Clause.
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d and Wales, shall be ex officio Members
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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, or who shall have been de-
livered of 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, city,
borough, or place, in which she may reside, for a sum-
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 Sessonial Division in which
such Justice usivally 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 make a deposition upon
oath, stating who is the father of her child; And if at
the retty,Beasiou3 held after the bath of an Wiwi