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London, England, 1815-07-12 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT ARr PROCEEDINGS.

• HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 11.
The following Bills received the Roy al Anent by Commission
The Consolidated Fund Bill, the Wellington Estate Bill, the
Scotch Stamps Duty Lill, the Scotch Distillation Bill, the Irish
Annelid Taxes Bill, the Foreign Trade License Bill, the Epsom
Bill, the Seamen's Encouragement IliH, the Captured Slaves Bill,
theEngUsh Militia Pay and Clothing Bill, the Irish ditto, the
Local MiUde. Bill, the Hackney Coach Bill, the Irish illicit I)is-
dilation Bill, the Iridt Grand Juries Bill, the Pita Seeds Cultiva•
tion Bill, and the Salt Duty Bill.
The Vote of Credit Bill, the American Trade Bill, the Bread
Assize Bid, and the Apothecaries Bill, were severally nail a
t .ird time and pained.
A Message from the House of Commons signified that the
house had agreed to their Lordshipt'Amendinents of several Bills.
In the taus; of 41 Tregoinsell and Sydenharn," judgment was
reversed.
Lord STA:MOPE persisted a Petition, which be said had
just liven pet Into Ins hind% Irons a portion of the name of St.
John Mason, complandeg as oppression and inteisoustient sus-
tained by
,h.os ice Ireland, during Lbw adtolnivration of the Earl
ef Hardwick,. '1 he Noble Luid said he wished tie had received
the Petiticat earlier, as it contented suniestrong allegaiutis which
lie !bought deserved inquiry ; but he was in great doubt as to the
best niude of proceeding at the present moutent, it bent 4; now the
close ut the Session.
.1 he I.ORD CHANCELLOR sefggested, that as no steps could
be tali, n upon the Petition now, ft would be much better to deter
pre:.e::. ink; it till the comm•peentent of the next Session.
Luta i l'.‘ N1101)E curic ed in the propriety of this sugges-
tion, wain:revs the Betitiono—Adjourtied.
110 USE OF COMMONS. •
The Deputy Usher of the Black Rod having 'Columned the
House to Ilse tiuu.e !,t Petri, the Speck ate and a number ot
accordiugly attended. On (hoir return, the speaker
itturtned the House that the Royal Assent had been givers by
tommisston to a numb. rof Bills for which see our Report of
the Po ucitedings in tie House of Loth.
New writs were ordered fur the Borough of Newcastle-ander-
Line, to the room of Lord Gower, who had ace:pied the Chil-
tern Hundreds; for the Lion.eit of Londonderry, in the room
of Sir W. Pcmiontly, deeesind; tut the County ot Clacitmanteut,
n' the room of the Hu xable ti. Abercromby, who had accepted
the Esciseatoribip ot Munster; and for the borough of Wells, in
the fount of Clement Tudway, Lag. deceased.
iln the modal' tr! the CHANCELLOR of the EXCI lEQUER
a copy was ordered to be laid bctu:e the House ot the statement
Made by the COIIIOUWOIItrii eAuctuted by the Act ut the 46th of
the Ruiz, he. on the satintratiun of small Lovtugs Iron the
Lend I ax.
lair. ROSE brought up the Report of the Committee on Gaging
in the Port Lonaun.—Ordered to be printed.
&lAD tiausk.s.

Mr. ROSE brought up the Report of the Select
Committee on Mad-houses.—On movin that it be
printed,
Mr. ROSE tut .k the opportunity of observing, that
all sent) read the report must feel satisfied of the in-
necessity'of legislative interference. In no
cnuntiy were there any act of people se) unprotected
:is the unhappy person% to whom the Report referred.
The Way in wia.cli they were usually confined was
that of criminals ; and their treatment was in general
worse than the ordinary treatment in jails. The num-
ber of persons appointed to take cute of them was in
rtiost casts utterly insufficient ; in consequence of
which the greatest severity was iota frequently resorted
to. He ousted the slbject would be fully cousideted
by Honourable M:ini)ers awing the miss, and that
all would be disposed in the next Session to give their
assistance towards the formation of a measure calcu-
lated to diminish the existing evil. That iu many
cases those who - were .afilicted might, if propixty
treated. recover their sanity, was very evident. One
strong instance was mentioned the Report of a poor
insane woman, who having fur some time been
chanted down to the thor in a parish workhouse, dts-
tiirbed all the other inmates of the dwelling by her
cries ; and who, on being removed in consequence
to a more proper place of confinement, was, by pro.
per treatment, perfectly cured in the space ut live
months. The Report was ordered to be printed.

BEGGAR.%

Mr. ROSE breughT4 the Report of the Select
Committee on the state of Mendicity in the Metropolis.
On moving that it be printed,
Mr. ROSE begged to call the attention of the
House for a few moments to the subject. When in
the early part of the Session be had moved for the
appointment of the Committee, he stated that his ob.
ject was two-tald—to better the situation of those
who were really disuessedb and to repress scandalous
and abominable imposture. The evidence obtained
by the Committee confo !sled mote strongly his pre-
vious ofitions on this sulject. They had found that
there were a great many ul.jects of real compassion,
but that there weft many more of the worst descrip-
tant of impostors. The number of mendicants in the
metropolis was estimated at 30,00 u, but plobably it
%yds much greater. Most of these pcistnis gained
Moie than many industrious individuals of the lower
el isles of the community. One mao actually
acknowledged that his profits weir about 3ds.
a day. This might be a singular case, but it was
proved by the strongest evidence that the average re-
ceipts oh Mendicants in London were horn three to
six shi:lings a day each. This money was spent in
the most exceptionable manlier in dram shops, at
;casts. and even in the purchase of luxuries of all
sorts, eatable as well as drinkable. The Committee
had ascertained a fact which was iintriOttp to him be-
low. Many parishes farmed their poor. About Iv)
the Lily he believed did so. Sii or seven
bindings a week each weir allowed to those by whom
they ale taken, and who then sent them about to
larg chiting• tilt day for die purpose of saving their
}autism:4 t it wait desirable that the conduct of pa-
ella:leo in this :aspect should be more carefully watched
even when they maiiitaioed their own poor. It sp-
ared by the minutes of evidence annexed to the
lieport, that in one case 251 paupers were compelled
to sleep in a single room of small dimensions, thus
fit at:ilg a giCai risk of pestilential disease. Many
of the paupers of the metropolis were lrish, who
4Oniiiig to this country with the latidable intention of
obtaining tpinPloyment, failed in that object. In a
cow t which led out of one of the fashionable streets
Of Mary-la-bonne, 700 of these poor persons were
erowded into 24 small houses t It would appear by
the Report that the number of private charities iii the
metropolis was almost inconceivable. But unfortu-
nately most of those by whom they were supported
contented 'bonsai/4.e with giving. their money, and
never examined into ita• application. The tiouie
would hardly believe that there was one benevolent
ihstitutioa soppiirted by Peers, Membera of that
libuse, and other opulent inclividuals, the object of
was to pin-chase beef; and sell it to the poor at
a moderate prier. Nothing could be more commen-
dable imin this institution, were it properly admit's*.
iered. • VierCvi:une of it was 4;60Q. a year. BAtt it
'neared that the whole et it was maaated by a

single individual ; and it had been recently discovered
that this man put the whole of the money, with a
trifling exception, in his own pocket I It appeared.
in evidence, that in one year he had purchased only
st 27 worth of beet, and that the Ingest quantity he
had ever bought within the twelvemonth was to the
value of £72, he appropriating the remainder to his
own use. On a Bow.sueet Officer's being employed
to apprehend this person, it was found that he was
the subject of other charges of as serious a nature.
There were 'cation:practices described in the Report,
by which the most cautious as well as the careless had
been imposed upon. It had never been in his con.
templation, that a complete remedy could be disco-
vered for these evils; and he was persuaded that the
closest attention was necessary to the formation of any
eneasure calculated materially to diminish them. The

existing laws were evidently too severe; in cense.
quence of which they were never acted upon. There
roust be some alteration in the law. it. was evaded

in a hund►ed ways. One man with a dog, when taken
up by the patish officers, remon►trated. exclaiming,

.
" I am no-beggar, it is my dog that begs; you see
that he has his hat in his hand"—(A Larrgh).—lt was
but justice to the beadles and parish officers in the
city to say, that they discharged their duty with com•
mendable activity. But the only present effect of
ap-
prehendiug beggars in the metropolis was, to remove
theni to the vicinage—to Cheshunt, to Lytham, Ste.
bt st ci,urse that could be adopted with respect
to diem would be, to provide places in which they
could be employed ; but this would be attended with
great expellee to the public. At all events he trusted
the House would leel, that this was a subject which
demanded their most serious attention.

fitter a tew words from Mr. W. Sian', the Re-
port was ordered to be printed.

TVIIMIRSAD.
The Marquis of TAVISTOCK then rose. evi-
dently under the strongest emotion, and addressed
the Speiker to the following effect t-84 Sue, I am
persuaded that it must be quite unnecessary for me
to say that I am at this moment labouring under
fee:ings of the most painful and ;Afflicting nature—
(lLar, hear, hear.)—l wish, however, shortly to state
to the House the reasons which induce me to depart
from the usual practice in moving for a new writ, in
ordet that 1 array pay a humble but sincere tribute of
afFection to the memory of my departed friend—
(Hear, hear.)—Sir, it is not on any consideration of
pr ivate trieutiship—it is nut on any contemplation of
Isis many viitues as a private individual—it is oil the
reflection of the great space whiclehe occupied iet this
House—it is on the recollection of his splendid abet-
ties—it is on the conviction which we who thought
with him on political subjects entertain of the edema.
rage which the country derived from his exertidua,
that 1 found my excuse for this address—that I even
claim the concurrence of all those who hear c.e it
the fteeines which agitate me at the present moment
—(liear, hear.)-1 am well aware, Sir, that a gnat'
majority of Csilb House thought his opinions errotieuus.
But, 1 speak it with confidence, lam sure that there
is not one of his political opponents who will not lay
his hand oa his heart and say that he always found
iu him a manly antagonist—(Hear, hear,
The House of Commons will, i am persuaded, ever,
do justice to the good intentions of those who honestly
disseilt from the sentiments of the tmj nit). Accus-
tomed to defend his opinions with earnestness and
warmth, the eilerg.v.S of his admirable and compile.
hensive mind would never permit the least approach
to tameness or indfreseice. Bu: Ito panicle et ani.
mosi:y ever found a place in his Ineast, and, to use
his own words on another melancholy occasion, es he
never carried h:s political enmity beyond the theesheld
of this Howe."—(hear, hear).—lt was his unitot
practice to do justice to the motives of his political
opponents ; and I am happy to feel that the same
justice is done to his motives !>y them.— (Hcarauar).
lo those, Sir, who were mole immediately acquaint.
ed with his exalted character—who knew the direct-
ness of his mind, his zeal for truth, his unshaken,
love a his country, the andour and boldness of his
disposition—incapable of dismay, his unaffected hu-
mane e, and his other ',minus and excellent qualities,
hia loss is irreparable.—(llear, hear).—But most of,
all will it be telt by the poor us los neighbourhood.
Tsui), might he ue, culled o the poor man's friend."
Only those who, 1 ke. myself, have had the oppor-
tunity of observing; his ciniduct nearly, can be aware
of his unabatieg zeal in *promoting the happiness
of all mound eim.—(licar, iwar).—Thousiemis tit
individuals have bent toed by the genesodty of his
heart ; and the Come), Ow principal town ut which
he teprestaited, C 0111.41113 imperishable records of
his at.tive philanthiepy, as well as that of the
good man who went betute him.— (Hear, hear, hear).
as eloquent appeals iu this House in favour of tl.e
untortunate—appeals exhibiting the frankness and
honesty of the true Leglieh character—will adorn
the pages of the historian ; althorgli at the present
moment they afford a subject of melancholy retro-
spect to those who. have formerly dwelt with delight
en the benevolence of a heart which always beat, and.
14 14 vigour ofan ititellect which was always rue,
plosed tot the belie& of his lellote-creatures—(hear,
,gar, hear). Sir, lam conscious that I need ran in.
tie 4 pardon of the House at large for thus indulging
in use praise of any lamented friend, but 1 owe an
apology to those who loved him, for the feebleness
with which it has been bestowed— (hear, hear, hear).
I move, Sir, that the Speaker do issue his warrant to
the Clerk of the Crown, to snake out a new writ for
the election Of a burgess to serve in the present Per-
liameui for the lloroush of Bedford, in the room of
Samuel Whitbread, Esq. deceased.
Mr. WILBERFORCE expressed the gratification
' which he telt at the pathetic speech of the Noble
Marquis, which afforded an additional proof that the
best eloquence was that of the heart (Hear, hear, hear.)
He wished to add his testimony to the excellent qua-
lities of the lamented individual whose death had ten.'
dried the present motion necessary ; and in doing so,
he could with truth declare that he was only cue of
many thousands, rich as well as poor, by whom his
character bad I;ten mist highly estimated. Well had
it been termed by the Noble Marquis
es a truly. Eng-
lish character." Even its defects, trifling as they
were (and what character was altogether without
defect were those which belonged to the English
character. Never had Otte existed a mine com-
plete Znglislimaii—(Hear, hear, hear.) AU who
enew him must reColiect the indefatigable, earnest-
, nest and perseverance with 'which, during the CORM
his Wei he diecttd his t4lcuts 6114 the whole of

his time to the public interest—and although he
(Mr. Wilberforce) undoubtedly differed from him on
many occasions, yet he always did lull justice to his
public spitit and love of his country.--(Hear, Near.)
He was capable, as had been seen at various times,
of controlling the strongest feelings of personal at-
tachment, when he thought that his duty to the pub-
lic compelled hint to do so.—( Hear, hear, hear.)—It
was a melancholy satisfaction to those who hived him
to see that those who had differed from hint on many
political questions, nevertheless considered him at one
of those public treasures, the loss of which must by
all parties be deeply lamented.—(Hear, hear, kar.)
For himself, he (Mr.Wilbetforce) could never forget.
the important assistance which he derived from his
zeal and ability in the great cause which he had so
long advocated in that House. On every occasion,
hutted, in which the condition of human beings was
concerned—and the lower their state the stronger
their tecomnieudation to his favour—no cue was
more anxious to apply his great powers to increase
the happiness of niAnkind.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
stated, that it was far limn his wish to detain the
House alter the address, replete with feeling and
proptiety, which they had heard from the Noble
Marquis.--(tar, hear, bear)—and alter the excellent
otiserirations t,l his Hon. Friellti.--7(HeaN Gear, kiln)
All that he desired to say was, that it must be slant:
consolation to the Noble Marquis, and to the selit):e
House, to feel, that whatever diffcreuce...f
might exist on political questions, there WAS Ito OM:
who did not do justice to the viruses and t•lents
the object' f their tegtet, or who fur a niomeitt 5115)-
!Med that he was actuated in his public conduct b;
ny other motive than a/cOnvicti,n of public duty.
,Hear, hear, hear.)