The Sun.
London, England, 1818-05-01 00:00:00

EMIGRATION.

Mr. PROTHEROE presented a Petition from the Governors
and Guardians of the .Poor of the City of Bristol, complaining
that they were put to the expellee of supporting the Irish and'
Scotch Poor, who were sent back to their country,' till they
obtained-a passage, and praying that some prorision-he made
for their relief.

After a few"words fruna Mr. S. BOURNE, which were not
audible in the Gallery, • .

• A •MEMBER, whO-Re name could not be learnt, inge.ired
whether any means had been adopted by Government to
prevent the Emigration which tool, place front this country
to America.?
Lord CASTLEREAGH was underitood to state, that the
subject had engrossed the anxious attention of the Noble
Lord at the head of the Colonial Department, and that some
19casare was in contemplation for that purpose.

SCOTCH GAOLS. •
Mr. FINLAY moved for an Account of the number of per-
4cnis confined in the different Prisons in Scotland during the
?'zee Years previnus to Dec. 1817, fur Debts not exeredinc
IL; oft hose confined for-debts exceeding IL, but not 31.; and
of those for debts exceeding 31., but under 51., distinguishing
the period, of their confinement, and those who were entitled
to legal allowances. lie then stated, that &aim; the course
of the last year 91 persons had been confined in the Glasgow
Gaol for debts not exceeding one pound. The situation of
those wenfortunate persons was most afflicting ; nut one of them
conic/ come out of the prison as good a man as he entered it,
for association with the bad perverted the hest. -The number
of individuals confined for debts under five pounds was still
greater than that for debts not exceeding one, and he had no
doubt that in the other prisons in .Scotland it might rise to
many hundreds.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR was understood to support the mo-
tion.

• , Mr. W. SMITH bore testimony to the importance of the
subject, and wished that the Magistrates of every city in Eng-
land and Scotland would turn their attention to the subject as
the lion. Gentleman had done. It was a- fault in the English
laws that they paid too witch regard to the property, and too
little to the health and lives of individuals. The motion was
then agreed to.
EDUCATION OF THE POOR.

Sir W. CURTIS was understood to complain, that an Hon.
and Learned Gentleman -had on A former night representet4
(,:hrist's Hospital as au Institution of which the ends had been
perverted, and that it had been turned into an hospital for the
rich instrad of the p00r...
Mr. BROUGHAM maintained that_ he. had not expressed

the opinio❑ attributed to him. In the inquiry which. had,
taken place last year, only eight cases had been reported as
abuses in Christ's Hospital ; and, on inquiry, • out of those
eight, only three had been found to be well to ()untied.
On LordCASTLEAREAGH's snggestion,Mr.BßOUGHAM
then postponed the further consideration of the Report of
the Education of the Poor Bill to Monday next..
- BANKERS' REGULATION BILL. ,

The CHANCELLOR Of the 1-4:xcuEQuER rose

The House would recollect, that next Monday
was fixed for the discussion of the HaNk Restric-
tion Bill, and that, on the same night the first
reading of the Country Banker,:' Regulation Bill
was to take place. He now thought it his duty
to seize the earliest opportunity of stating to the
House, that in consequence of some circumstances
which had Oceinred at a meeting with the Chief
Country Bankersyesterday, in which certain mo-
difications had been proposed in the measure,
which would render it impossible to be carried
through during the present Session, he should
move that-the Order of the Day for the first read-
ing of -the Bill he discharged.—(Hear, hers !)
In the course of the next Session, he should again
bring the subject before the consideration-of the

House —(Hear, hear 1) -
Si
Al W. RIDLEY congratidated the House on
the abandonment of this measure. But he im-
plored the Right Hon. Gewleman,• if he had any
respect for the tranybillity Of the country, and the,
stability of public credit, to state most distinctly
the determination of his Majesty's Government
respecting the proposal of any measure of the
kind at a foture-period ; otherwise •the Country
Bankers Would be reduced to a state of the most
injurious anxiety. - •
The CHANCELLOR of the 'EXCHEQUER then
stated, that it was his intention to propose some
measure. of a similar nature early next•Session.'
Mr. TIF,RNEY derided thbidea that it was want
of time to carry the measure through the present.
Session which' indoced, the. Right Hon: Mem-
ber to move :that .the order be discinirged.•• No ;

he had had ilas:seeomL .tneeting, at a Noble Lord's
horse, and the sense of the House of Commons
was 4 see.ondlinie to be seCtit il`cingiltt-How did
the Right [lon. Gentleman- know whether the

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Lord CA.STLIEREAGH contended, that the fact of
having
rintro4.(iced a measure never prevented its
author from. withdrawing or postponing it, espe-
.cially when the I,arties interested came to press
him for tunic. There was, therefore, no fraud in
the, mode kidopted, and he would adviqe the Hon.
Member who .enountled the intentions and u►o-
lives of • niters, and always imputed the least Li-
vonrable to Then►., not to bring his favourite prac-
tice so.oiten into play, it he Wished that it should
not lose its efit2ct -----(1-tear, hear!)
Mr. Bitouc tiA:Nt hoped that the 'cotintry troulcl
rebet on the, declaration of the Hight lion.
Gentleman opposite, that he intended to press
Some motion •of a similar nature next` Session ;
aim was to say, after-a.-dissolution of r►ariiaitient:
had taken place.,

Sir J. CaAnAm congratidated the country on
this measure being withdrawn: Bu was.sotry
to hear Ike Right 'lion. Gentleman announce hiS
intention vf proposing another to the same etENt
next Session. Ile was no banker, but front the
best inforination sthich he hadrecek'ed," he could
state, that in consequence' of the introduction of
the measure to the flons,e, tittle had been a great
run on the Country Bankers, and that their credit
had been shaken. The Right lion. dentlenran
would also' find some deficiency in the collection
of the taxes, arising from tie fear of a total stop-
page. He thetefoie st-i-11 hoped that he would say
it was not his intention to bring a second time
the measure for

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was tin..
•derstood to say that he mitiltl-,g4e the House.
the earliest ophortnc,ity of knowinr the inlet) -
Ono of his Majesty's Government
...0o the subject.,

111 r. CALCR AFT sail, that th.g Noble Luse; had
made it appear that the Country Bankers had only
applied for delay at the.tneeting held yesterday ac
the Earl of .Liverpool's. fie contended that they
had not asked;lor time, bia. had objected to the,
measure 111,totO.

Sir M. W. RuiLEY stated, that the meeting al-
luded to had not Consisted, with one 'exrel►tian or
two, of Members of that House, but of Country
Ba:►iters, who had applied for an interview. That
jute.' rjew had been granted, an►t.he ackno•tled;;ed
that every attention had been. paid to rheir'rt•un►ni
strances. lie had it in his power, rat the sAmc
time, to declare,- that there was no indi%idual.
Banker in Englat►ti tt-ho did nut protest against
the plinciple Of the Bill, and wi‘o, with a due. re-.
gard for his interest and his character, would not
refuse Ills consent to it t►t any time..

•
Mr. LyTTLI TON had communited to his Con—
stituei►ts in the northern part or Worce•-,teishire'
the jtrincij,til of the mcasJre at the tint,' it was•
introduced to the aottse,and'he had receis'ed from.
them the strongest remonstrances against 4. •

Mr. F. DOUGLAS 11101Ight 11).At it, would have
teen less alarming to the country, and more
specaul to the- Ho.use, to have waited till its
temper hatl been tried, before-_ the measure .was
given up. . . • . _

Mr. TIERNEY should have been glad that the
measure had bee.i discussed, because he was per-
suaded that it would hate been thrown out.
His-
Majesty's Ministers had not behaved fairly. The;
House were called upon to throw out this Kill,
but n.. reasons'had been given why it should- 'he,
done. ne_knew of !tope but the alleged want. of.
time. Some better' reasons should be, produced,
and what could They be.? All the: House knew'
was, that the countiy bankers were Inimical to
the Bill ; but he rooked at the Measure s'one of
the Legislature, and lie conceived it very possi-
ble that he might be friendly to a Bill to which
the country hankers might feel adverse. The
present mode must create considerable Eitahn.; for
.it would not be known how the measure .was throwtit
out, and country. bankersAnust consider that the
principle of the Bill was maintained by his Ma-
jesty's :Ministers, to be probably renewed under
circumstances more favourable to its adoption:'
They must then go on witii their issues and'eir-
in horror at the expectation of such a.
measure. .The question ought to be faitly set •at
rest. As to the whole principle on which the
currency of the country had been carried on for
the last six or eight months, it was the most
misehieviius that could ever have entered the bead.,
of any Chancellor of the. Exchequer.

The.CLIANCELLOR of the ExctiEgusit, after vin-
treating his right to -deity or withdraw his mo-
tion, admitted that.ma.ny.of t,.e arguturnts used
yestertray at the Meeting went agaiost
the ptiaci-
pies of the Hip opinions, however, .Wete
unchanged. He t:hoiight; ehat Avitli some m_odi
libations much good ts:ig he done, .01,..das
there was no time to catty those into eiFe'et dor-,
log, (he present serssion, he t,hould persist in
_his
motion.

question waSthen pia, anti the orler
itis-
clharged. - '••

fFor• the further Proceedings in the House of Com-

inopq, see -the Third and Last' Ptiges:.]

'As the smack lieiru, Swatisotii MastO, of ;Oct.-
deco., was beating tip against .the wind, off the
Tees; on her passage from London to iiiirghead,
N large btig, a. collier,- also sailing against the
wina, ran foul of her ; but ahhough the brig's
bow struck" the Hero's quarter, *she sustained no
material damage, having only three (teak of_ her
bulwark strive in a little.. One of the passengers,
a soldier, was so much alarmed, that he- leapt On
board. the brig, and arrived' safe at Aberdeen
'about
eight days ago, by the Macduff, tkohi-Ne\w.
castle.