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most oppressive upon labour, and the community r was immediately put=-:ithat the Bill should be red
at huge. a third time.
Mr. C. CALvertT took' a comparative view of Sir W. ,BURRoUGHS proposed to obviate the ob,!
Diojes on Leather for several years, and ar- jection by snaking a' verbal amendment to the,
gued, that the Right lion. Gentlemen had last clause respecting Magistrates seizing the papers of
ycay set the duty considerably too low. persons against whom no charge was preferred"'
The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER explained, hut that of having been found in a disorderll
that he had taken an average for four years. - meeting. This, after what had beers said on
Mr. MARayATT was
.decidedly against the ad- former evening by the SolicitOr-General,
ditional tax. Jr had occasioned so.turich distress he apprehended, meet with no opposition.
in one parish, where there were several tanners, The Somcerne-6 NERAL said, his argument OP
that the poor-rates were 203. in the pound, while the clause, which hid been referred to, went hot
they were in the adjoining parish only Its. He to prove that the seizure of the paper's of a person
proceeded to shew the vast effect from the de- prosecuted for a libel was not one of the eases
crease of the export trade ; as, by the exporta- contemplated in the framing of the present Bill. •
lion- of foreign hides raw, instead of manufac- Sir W. Buattotrons thought his ameodmeot
tures!, five-sixths of-.the profits were lost to the more necessary than it hail appeared to be,beforer
tanner. argued,; that there would be no di- if it was intended that the Bill should cover the
minis, ion whatever to the revenue if the addi- seizure of the papers of a prison against whom 0°
Clonal duty were given up. charge was preferred but that he bad attended
Mr. LustuNoros; contended, that the diminu- disorderly meetings.
tion of the trade was entirely owing to the situa- Lord Casil.e.llF.Acrt thought.. it would' be inv
lion of the country, 'consequence of its return possible for the House to depart from the erta•
to a state of peace. The revenue from this article ',fished practice which had been laid ,down from
had increased in proportion .as the number of the Chair. The Hon. Member would have all
Tanners had declined InisinesS. Many of them opportunity of moving- his amendment on the
would rather the tax should remain as it is, than third reading of
that the drawback should he repealed, as the latter Sir J. NewpoeT announced it to be his inten•
was 3d. arid the new duty only lid-. tion to move two.arneudments on the third read-
The House then divided on the motion of the ing of the Bill. The first wotild go to provide that
Noble Lord, nomsdemnity should be granted under the present
Ayes Q.t Bill for any excess of rigour in the treatment of
Noes
Majority , —lO
pension Act ; the 'second to coact, that persoutt
SELECT VESTRIES:
On return to the G,+llery, who had suffered Might bring-their action against
allery,- Mr. S. BOURNE was Ministers, who, he proposed, should be indemni.• found descanting on a Report from the. Committee, fied
out
of the Habeas Cur pus • ••
pus uspension Act. ,
on- the Poor L-sws, recommending a Bill, for
leave to brim,: The Bill then went through a Committee; the
in which he was about to move, epOrted- it to have received no amend... and the object of which was to establish Select
went; and the third reading was fixed for to!,
Vestries, in parishes not affected by local regula-
morrow.
Lions, lie stated the different principles of the
Bill. The first was, to give 'additional influence
to persons liable be elected as overseers, in
proportion to their assessments. The Bill would
extend to all parishes in the kingdom not rept.-
hated by local acts of their own. It would enable
parishes to aepoint Select Vestries, for the better
management of their local concerns. .1t would be
proposed that the orders of the said Vestries
should not be over-ruled by the decision of a
single Magistrate, but by not less than two. An-
other object would be to enable parishes to ap-
point assistant-overseers, to preside and relieve
the annual officers, who go out often before they
can be acquainted with their ditties. The nex
object was, to make a better provision for se

BOARD OF LONGITUDE.

Mr. CHOKER moved the second, reading of die
Bill for consolidating the Acts relating 'to the
Board of Longitude. An expedition he stated to
be about sailing 'to the Northern Regions. It
was desirable the Bill should'pass before" it left"
England. The ships were to sail by the 26th of
March, and as the Officers engaged in it were
interested in knowing what detiiion Parliament
were coming to -on-the measure, he hoped the
House would allow it to he .read a second time,
and committed for Monday. ,
Atter a short conversation, in witieh Sir C.
MONCK and Mr. SMYTH participated, the Bill
was mad a second time, and committed for,Mow'
day.

ting to work the children of parents unable to
maintain them, instead of giving them money for
their support, which was too often improperly
applied. He'apprehended that the law, as it
now stood, did not. justify Magistrates in awaht-
iNg money for the maintenance of children,
but that they should be sent to the workhouse.—
The next provision of the Bill was to give em-
ployment to those who were out of work. Ano-
ther object would be, to let ont very small parcels
of land to -labourers, to cultivate on :their own
account, --a- practice that had been tried- in some
parts, and attended with the most beneficial ef-
fects ; also to enable parish officers to recover
houses in which they. had placed paupers, as well
as land, without the tedious proceedings and:ex-
pences of law-suits. The next proposition was simi-
lar to what was adopted last yearAttliiriningham,
that of raising the owners of houses, in' the poor
rates' assessments, instead of the occupiers. The
only objection urged against this part of the
plan was, that it was •a. new principle to rake-
the owners, as they might be absent when the
rates were made. But several Gentlemen had
sta'ed to the Committee, that if the mea-
sure were proposed as a general one, they
.would have no objection to it. Another point
was to allow Overseers to exercise their discre-
tion as to the -quantum of relief to be given, by
inquiring into the former character in life of per-
sons applying for it, and it they had been main.;
turiate in business to advance them loans, with
powers to recover them. Pensioners also Might he
allowed to receive their pensions weekly from the
parishes, the latter receiving their pay when it be-
came due. With respect to settlements, the Bill
was intended to give the power to overseers to
remove paupers without their being committed by
the Magistrates. After pointing out several minor
objects, the Bight Hon. Gentleman moved for
leave to bring in a Bill to regulate Parish VeStries.
In answer to a few words from Mr. CALVERT,
Mr. S. BouriNa said, the Committee now sitting
were devoting their most serious attention to find
out a remedy for paying the wages of agricultu-
ral labourers out of the poors' rates. He had re-
ceived an account of a parish in Suffolk where the
Hee of labour was 3s. a Week, and the parish
paid the rest ; this was an evil that originated
from the worst of motives, and produced the most
oppressive conduct towards the poor, whom- it
drove to the painful and revolting necessity of
receiving parochial relief, whilst the honest shop-
keeper, who lied no need of labourers, had to bear
the burthen of the rates. lie hoped the Bill
would discourage so odious and alarming a prae-
tice

The third reading of the Husbandry Horses' Bill Was post-
poned till to-morrow.
The Steam Boat Bill was ordered to he committed on the
10th of April.

Mr. C. W. WYNN moved-for a List of the Offices appoini:
ed for the reception of Writs for the Election of Members a
Parliament, and an account of the Writs sent by the Post-
Masters General, pursuant to an Act of Parliament for the
Wore regUlar conveyance of IVrits.--Ordered.
Accounts of the Land Tax and the sums paid to redeem it
in each County, were ordered to be laid before the 1-souse!
Adjourned. •

After a few words from Mr. C. CALVERT, Ge-
ieral HOPE, and Mr. CALCRAFT, leave was given
o bring in the Bill.
INDEMNITY BILL.

The. ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the Order of
the Day for the House to resoive itself into a Com-
mittee on the Indemnity Bill.
Sir Wm. Bouttouons stated it to be his inten-
tion to move an Amendment when the Report
should he brought up.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, if no Amendment
were moved in the Committee, no question could
be raised on the Report.
Sir WM. BuRRoUGIIS WES not aware that would
be any obstacle in the way of his moving the
Amendment on the Report. As the evening was
so far advanced, he could wish the subject not to -
be entered into before to-morrow. .He had
in-
formed some of his friends of what he had intend-
ed, who had in consequence left the House.
The SPEAKER said the amendment could not be
proposed o❑ the Report, it no alteration were made
in the I3ill•wbils it was in the Committee. If the
Ch►►irman repotted the Billeto-haye passed.througlt
the coimuittee without tuneudineut, the question