The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-29 00:00:00

POOR LAWS.

Mr. CURWEN gave notice, that on 'Friday, the
'lBth of April, he should bring forward a motion,
grounded on several petitions, complaining of local
add individual grievances in the matter of the
Poor Lags,
;-;:*IttNITY-HOUKE Cil ‘Rrrr.
Mr. B • 't.t.. was proceedint, :it some length on
the prop rinstle ot disposing of charitable, funds,
when . 1i ,
,The iiitint asked If 'he had any motion tn.
make. .y;,..
Mr. Bfoll replied, he wished to ask a question.
The SVttnaNa.—Arguntentative questions are
not permitted.. -
Mr. Botcu then made some inquiry touching
the disposition of the charitable- funds belonging
to Trinity House.
Mr. Rnsti replied, that they were at the dispo-
sal of the Eider Brethren ut the Trinity-house.
He had intended to haug befolle the notice if
the House the manner .in which they were dis.
posed. Never was there a fund which had•been
more chMtely distributed.----(A lough.)

SEDITIOUS AgSEMBLIEI.
The Sm.tozTon-GaNintat, moved that the Order
of the bay be read for taking into• consideration
the amettdments made by-the Lords in the Bill for
the prevention of Seditious Assetnblies.
Lord Ft:MS.63'OPS inquired of the Chair whe-
ther thas might not be considered as a Money
Bill, in which the Lords would have 110 right to
alter its Contents 1
The SpaAlcKft stated, that it was not a Money
Bill, for such Bills were for a grant of Supply,
but that he saw an amendment made by the Lords
in the clause inflicting a penalty of Hi. on any
,person who should Tetuee to deliver certain papers
to the Justices at the Peace, &c. This was in-
terfering with the privileges of the Commons, and

when the Prtle:ta_ the Day bitti been read, be
shouhi think it Os flUiv to skate, tlittt the Lutdir
Ulakr. uel► nu Alteration

The, Omer of t Dty having been read, he well
As 'the first Atitehtho.eiir,
SPEAkEtt retwAted his 04 stetttent respecting
the AMendment, whirh Made the penalty of 50/.
. •
he Incurred for sei:era! Acts, whilst the ori;.:itioi
Bill, is-passed by the nimnions, limited it' to one.
Yn bit oPillioa, therefore, the llouSe could not
agre'e With that A me ndment.

The CitatgcßLL(ll nt• the EitCIIEQUFTI, bowin
to the high mithori!y of the Chnir, moved, thiit
the illittiSe do licit egi•ei: with the birds' Amend•►
ment. •

question was put, and the Amendment
negatived.
On the second Amendnient being i•ead,
.L.nrd COCItiIiNE Said., that he should abandon
hiS dutylf be c4ited to take the sense of the House
On every Ainendinent.—(Ling' hter.}—He object
eel to the Bill in tritt), and should take that twilit •
to endeavour to proCare'lta--rideetion. He thew
moved, that the.wordti I.'Ay.suchineans," added'
by the Lords, should be omitted.
The Gallery was cleftred for a 411.atision,
however, did not take place. On being.i.e-admi:-
ted, We 'found

Lord CoCtißmitt complaining of the Clanse
which forbids any_publ:c meeting in Prilacelard,
whilst the Elonses of Parliament or the Courts of
Justice are sitting.
Tide Coiwott‘Lon of thc-Exotiduatt called the
Noble Lord to order. This was not the stage nt
which. such observations could be made. The
House had now only to 'decide on a ptittictilar
Amminient.

The St.E4lcea stated, that the only (11ICSHOn at
present was, whethet the words " shall be,"
added by the Lords, should be agreed to.
Lord COCEIRANR contended that he had a right
to explain the reasons which had, actdatad his ecm.
duet, and that the Chancellor of Ow Exchequer
himself, and no. other Man within the walls
of the House, was out of order. He thought'
that the introduction of so extraordinary a CIaIMO
as that to which he haul alluded, at that stage of
the business, was a fraud upon the public, It"
was not for the security of the Courts of Justice
that they land been mentioned. 'The House, os'
rather his Majesty's Ministers, were afraid they
should he made to feel tke refiroach and the in..
dignation of the people. They dreaded these
meetings, long cOnseerated by usage in Palace.
yard, and even within the Hall, because they
knew the abominable nature of their measures.
They, knew that they had established a military
detpotism, and put down eyery remnant of Br►»
tiab liberty. it had been, stated in another

The SPEAKER called the Nobles ratio to order,
as it Was against the rules of ~the, House to allude
to what bad passed' in another Houie.,
Lord COCIMANE meant to say, that what bad
bean asserted in another quarter, that fiuterrup-
lionti had bean given by the Palace yard Meetings,
to the proceedings of the Courts of Justice, was
,totally unfounded, he blamed the removal of those
meetings ,'to Covent-gardeni whichowas a private
market where they could trot be held, without
leave from the Puke of Ilechottl. The page pt
historrshowecl,.that whelk 4.set of Ministers e 4«
deavoureii to force their Measures upon a nation,,
the.elfort termint.ted in ,their own ruin. Some.
had in fact lost their heads .for less attempts oft
the liberties of the Subject than bad been made,
by the present Government. As he found, how.'
ever, that no non. :.Usntber would second him in
the exercise of what he conceived hiS duty, and
saw so large a majority against him, .he cen;
fessed that his own feelings might baie been er-
roneous.

The Amendment was then agreed to, with se.'
mai
,others of .a verh,d oat ore,
Mr. BROUGHAM visited that mine iron. Gen-,
tleiman Opposite would expl*iu to the House when'
the amendments were merely verbal, and when
they involved some important alteration, They:
had not been 'distributed before two o'clock, or,
at the earliest.Oot before twelve, when most ma.
like himself were engaged in professional lasbourt.
They could not, therefore, have been duly exu.
mined, and yet the lionse Was called upon to
agree.to amendments which might make of the.
Bill a new legislative measure altogether, They
were aka called upon to decide by a single vote,
instead of all those stages which invited minute.
scrutiny.

Mr. b. BITHURST admitted the right of the.
Learned Geutletuan to eta for explanation, but'
Most of the amendments which ....all been read, had,
been verbal and of little imiiortaucc. if the kon,
and Learned Member alluded to the present clause,
the amendment qousistgd of little more ,than ex-,
planotoi.y words. Magistrates had been inserterL
in addition to Justices of Peace, in order to suit,
local circumstances iu every ease.

Lord FoutsTorre contended that the claus'e leas
so badly worded since the addition made by the
Iterds, that it had no meaning, Or if any, it wss
that it is hould be lawful for the Magistrates,
Sberiffs of Conutie!, and J iitices of the Peace,
Proclamation having been made, to disperse them.
selve.--(Laughter.)

Mr. B. BaTituitst wintainea that the 'lenge

was4clear, that they.werc to d:sperse theAleVi,o.
Mr. Buoy nu AM did 601 object to meretaut ,
for that bud !Aug -since ceased to he attended to it
an Act of Parliament, but to sending forth to th
nation dna ott which no two men could possibly
agree whether it were sense or not. How coubl
a Court of Limiatt on such a clause ?

Lord COCHRANE objected to the wcrtling of tho
first part of ‘the Clause, and ptoposed, that In-
stant of " and," " pr" should he inserted.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL defended the I.4lause,
which he thonght intelligible, though a few slight
alterations might serve to improve it.
PLArtsitarr thought that theohscutity arose
froth not bating altered u word in the preceding
Clause; and that the whole would be made clear if
the word " by," in the, third line of the 3d page
were left out, and " to cause," inserted in its
stead.

Mr. CAtourm observed, that as the differencO
Was merely, about a point of grammatical eon-
..
struction, it could easty be rectified.

Me. 13ROU0MkU Skid, that to ogreeo the Cave
AS It now `toad, would be to agree to what MO