Star.
London, England, 1830-06-16 00:00:00

GREECE.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved there be laid before
the house a copy of the letter front Sir E. Codrington, dated the 26th
of June, 1828, and other papers mentioned by the noble marquis
yesterday.
The Earl of ABERDEEN was sorry to be under the necessity of
saying, the papers moved for by the noble marquis could not be
brought forward without the risk of injury to the public service.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY,aftet the explanation of the
noble earl, withdrew his motion.

The Marquis of DOWNSIIIRE presented a petition from Kil.
dare, against the proposed addition to the taxes of Ireland.

would have rendered the system more efficient as well .ts more
agreeable.
Dir. ROSS said there was a general satisfaction in the of
Mary-le-bone at the conduct of the new pollee, and no discontent at
the cost.
Mr. R. GORDON had been a member of the Committee that
recommended the new police, and from all he had heard it was an-
swering the expectations formed of it very well. The 03111171k-
sinners, he believed, were executing their trust with the greatest di-
ligence and impartiality.—(Hear, hear.)—He hoped, when the re•
view of the City watch was to take place, his friend the Alderman
would give him notice, that he might go mid see the show, which he
was confident must be very entertaining. (A laugh.)
Mr. BARING thought the new system of police was a great
advantage to the metropolis, particularly that, in case of oecieirr,
they could be brought to act with promptness on any pstticular
poiet.
I Sir R. VYVYAN was glad to hear that the Secretary of State
did not wish to have any authority over the new police at
distance fro:n the metropolis.
Sir R. PEEL, said, the Secretary of State was no more fit to
exercise control over the police of a town thirty miles distant from
the metropolis than any other individual. Hi► wish was that all
populous towns should establish a pol:ce fur themselves, to he en.
tirely under their own control. He certainly wished to have r:o
interference with it. (Hear.)
The SPEAKER having called the name of a member from 11;r
list to Fain a petition,

rusetc BU SI N ESS.
Sir R. PEEL said, the state of the public business in that houss
was such as to require some regulation, lie would propose, a. 4 a
temporaty regulation for the remainder of the session, that
business bhould commence at hall.past five o'clock on four dm
the week, which would leave an hour and a half for the preseniatimi
of petitions on those days, and the whole of Wednesday, °the:tele
it would be impossible to get through the public business.
Mr. BROUGHADI said, he was greatly impressed with the
itnportar.ce of the subject, and had lately expressed an opinion,
that unless; tone such regulation was adopted, the house
must neglect the public business entirely. (Hear, hear, hear.)
The evil of occupying the time of the house on petitions lied
been irertasing for years ; but this session it had needed an unpre.
eedeeted height.—(hear, hear.) He felt alarmed at this because it
gave the public business no chance of being sufficiently diseumil
the did not exaggerate when he said that though the house had sat
on the average upwards of 30 hours a week, he could not say tI
business done bore any thing like a proportion to the time t-
cupied. Great and important subjects had been discussed, but not
at hours when it was possible to keep all the faculties awake—ere,:
physically.—(a laugh.) lie knew it was of infinite implicit to
that the house should hear the petitions of the people ; but it
would be necessary to make some classification of businers, ti t
the most important business should have precedence. He very
cordially concurred in the recommendation of the right hon. gent.
Mr. BRIGHT said, h•• coneidercil speaking on petitions as p es•
sassing many advantages in exciting the attention of the house an I
the public. He thought the private business might be postponed to
the last each night.
Mr. W. Wk NH thought some regulation must be adopted to
enable the house to get through the regular business of the Session.
He believed that even the regulation proposed by the right hen.
gent. would not be sufficient; and, laborious as it must be to ti
Speaker and to Ministers, he thought it might he necessary to mete
in the morning--suppose at twelve o'clock.
Mr. LITTLETON thought a greater number of bills might l•t
allowed to originate in the other House of Parliament.
Sir ROBERT PEEL wi►hed to know whether it was agreeable
to the house that on Thursday next, and for the remainder of
the session, no petitions should be presented after half-past five
o'clock.—(Hear.) [The arrangement was understood to be agreed to.
Mr. BRIGHT moved for a return of the number of persons who
had compounded for their assessed taxes, and the amount.—Ordered,
Dr. PH ILL I ISIOHE moved fora return of the number of suitY
for divorce in the Consistory Court for the last five years.—Ordered.
Mr. W. lit rIiTON presented a petition from the parish of
Frame, in Stsmenictshire, stating that the parish contained fourteen
thousand inhabitants, one-fourth of whom were for the last three
years receiving parochial relief ; that the parish was so unable
to make a sufficient provision for the poor, that many paupers
were in the habit of taking opium to blunt their appetites ;
that many of the poor were desirous to emigrate, and praying
that the parish might be enabled to raise money to assist
the paupers to emigrate. Mr. Tooke and Mr. Malthus bad
both expressed to him their concurrence in his opinion in favour of
enabling the poor to emigrate. There was to be a public meeting
on the subject to.morrow in London, and he would venture to pro-
phecy, that before long the attention of the whole country would be
called to it. After ten years consideration, he was convinced it w
in a change of the poor laws, and a system of emigration, relief to
the poor must be afforded, and the distress of the country removed.
Mr. BARING said many years discussion of the subject
had convinced him that the poor could never be effectually
relieved but by grafting on the poor paws a system of emigra-
tion. He did not suppose that population was greater now
than in footer periods of the history of the world ; but it was
necessary that population should be encouraged to spread itself,
instead of becoming redundant in particular places.
Lord J. RUSSELL had no expectation that any great itoprove-
ment in the poor laws would take place till it was made a goven•.
ment question.
Sir R. PEEL felt that the house was under - obli