Star.
London, England, 1801-03-10 00:00:00

PORT OP LONDON.

Mr. MANNING gave notice he amid, on Wed-
nefilAy next, move for leave to bring in a Bill fix
the bctc R. ,of the Port orLondon.

the better RegAttion
POOR mbusamoLDrits' RILItt BILL.
Lord Wm. Ro ssa Lt. moved fora Committee cf
the whole Hours od the above lal.

Mr. TiMir faW, he held in his hand a p,
tion againft the Bill, from the Parifh of St. Geo,
the Martyr, in Southwark. The reafon that
few fignatures were affixed to it was, its toeing t
Petition of the Veliry on behalf of the irdiabit4ll

The Petition being brought up and read,
Mr. TIERNLY filial, he was only inartieled
move that the Petition mould lie on the table,
on the manner in which the blanks were tilled
in the Committee depended the oppofitiou of
Petitioners. _ _

The Petition being ordered to 1k on the tab)
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL obferved, that
Houk having decided the Bili Arnold go to
Committee, he would not I:0w oppo,fe it, trullit
when it came out of the Committee, it; imp'
ticabtlity would only be rendered more comp
and apparent.

Mr: JOHNSON oppofed the Bill going to a
COMIDItIee, COLCCIVIng it could only be rendered
more objectionable. He thought thole houfe.
keepers who were unable to difcharge their alre:f.
ments might be fufficiently relieved by the law as
it now flood. If the Bill pallid into a law, it
would, he conttuded, be produ&ive of an inju.
rious rather than a beneficial effed. Perfons who
now know that payment of the poor's rates can ht
enforced, and that they can only obtain exemp.
tion as a favour, would then confider that ex-
en: tion as a legal right ; they would intentionally
withhold payment ; :tort put in a legal claim to
exemption. By this means a very confiderablo
additional burden would be thrown upon the
higher clafres. It might not be poffiblx to fay how
much their burdens would he increafed, but he
thought they would be at leaf} doubled by the
operation of the prefent Bill. It would, he ap-
prehended, (land in the way of indultry and eco-
nomy, and he thought the prefent fyflem belt, by
which the judgment and humanity of the Magi-
(}rate was left to grant relief where relief was ne.
ceiary. Upon the whole, therefore, he thought
the difcuffion of the Bill ought not to be further
Continued, fince it only tended to excite hopes
which =mid not be realized. _ _

Mi. CVRWEM confidered the exiling laws fa&
dent to ar.fwer the purpofe of the Bill bcfcre the
Houk. fie wiled, however, that ik thould be
fuffered to go to a Committee, in order to examine
how far it might be fo modelled as to gratifyithe
lendable views of the Noble Lord by whomitliss
pro fed.
Kr. Rose expreffed his hope that the lionota•
able Gentleman behind him (Mr. johnfon) would
not preys his oppofition, as it was certainly defira-
ble that Come means Mould be devifed to relieve
the cles of perfons defcribed by the Noble Lord.
Mr. Cotten* explained.
Lord WILLIAM Itussrt faid that the merits
orate motion before the Houle did not teem t,
be fully underftood. In a Committee it might be
more fatisfaetorily invefligated. There he meant
to propofe tome dallies, which he flattered hirii-
felf would remove the objeftions offered to the Bill.
A divilion being called for, on the queftion for
the Speaker's leaving the Chair, there appeared
for the Motion •25—Againft it. 3.
But there not being forty Members prefatt, tl.e
divilion was ineffective, and the Houk adjourne.i.