Star.
London, England, 1805-04-05 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The Bill for Regulating the Afkae of Bread was read a third
time, and paffrd.
' Mr. VANSHTART took the oaths and hit feat which had
been vacated on his appointment to the Chief Secretarythip in
Ireland.

Lord STOPFORD prefented certain papers relative to the claim
of the Duke of Athol on the Ilk of Man.

The Ira Militia Reduction Bill was read a third time and palled.
A me Wage from the I.ords announced their afrcnt to the Cußoms
and Excite Doty Bill&

ISLAVD OP MALTA.
An the propolition tf Sir W. SCO TT the queltion was put and
agreed to, that on Turfday nest the Houfe refolve itfelf into a
Committee, to confider of In much of a former Mt of Parliament
as refpedted the Salaries of Officers in the Vice-Admiralty Courts
of the Mad of Malta.

IRISH MILITIA BILL.

On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the FXCHEOZJER,
the Bill for the Redudtion of the lrLlh Militia was read a third
tint; and paired.

VOLUNTEERS.

Sir ROBERT LAWRIE moved, that fo much of the orders re,
garding the accounts of expences fur the Volunteer Service, as re-
lated to the Hoife and Hair powder duties, thould be dlfcharged;
which was difcbargcd icentdingly. He then moved, that there be
laid before the Houfe, a full Itatement of the mode of iffuing the
funds for the Volunteer eftehlift\ment from the office of the Agent-
General, from the sit Tune, t 8 )3, to the tft January, 1805 ; which,
after a few words from Mr. Huikiffon, was agreed to. He further
moved, that there be laid upon the table of the Houfe, an account
of the Staff Eftablifhment in the fame fervice, from the 24th Sep-
tember, 1804, to the tit January, 1805. His rearms for moving
this was, becaufr 'rom fame accidental inaccuracy, the particulars
hail only been Rated tuthe former date.—Agreed to.

IRISH LUNATICS RILL.

Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved the Order of the
Day, for the fec"nd reading of the Bill for the protec-
tion of Irith Lunatics. He laid, that the Aft of the
27th Geo. 111. c. 29. which impowered Grand Ju-
ries to report npon the Rate of the Charitable Elia-
hhibments, had not been carried into execution with
any regularity. The principal objeft of this Bill,
was to remedy the inconvenience aril rig from the nu-
merous eliablithments for beneficent purpofes, yet
very dillina in their nature, which were placed un-
der the fame general provifions. The AO, feet. 8,
empowered the Grand Jury to provide a ward for
Lunatics, and the rum expended was to be account-
ed for by the Surgeons of the Grand Infirmary ; and
the confequence was, that twenty or thirty perfons,
in the unhappy Rate of mind alluded to, required as
much attendance, as would be neceffary for a hun
died and fifty under the A. 61 now propofed. Ano-
ther detign of the Bill was, that the accounts Ihould
be annually fuhmitted to the infpeaion and controul
of Parliament. He much lamented the negle&, in
regard to the infane, in fome of the dittrids of Ire-
land, brit he was happy to make an honourable ex-
ception in favour of the neighbourhood of Water-
ford, where an inftitution for their Alliance was
formed, which had met with the peculiar approba-
tion of the great and benevolent Howard.

Mr. MAY did not fee the propriety of palling a
new A 1,6 while another exifted in the Statute Book,
competent to the purpofe now propofed. The defign
of the bill was to provide for a Ihoufand mad halt.
(a general finite.) At prt fent Chef_ were wilier the
proteaion of the Grand Juries of the country. The
bill, now under confiderAtion, would take this impor-
tant duty out of the hands of the refpeetable perfons
to whom the difcharge of it was committed, and
would place it with others who were lets fuited to the
purpofe. He added, that the only elfea would be
to irnpofe a tax upon the counties, unneceffary and
impolitic, and he concluded with moving the amend-
ment, that, in the lieu of the word " now," the
term •, fix months," fhould be fubitituted.

Lord DUNLOE fuppot ted the amendment. The
effea of the bill would be to provide four palaces, for
the reception of two hundred and fifty lunatics in
each of them. Perfons in this unfortunate fituation
were well provided for in the neighbourhood where
he refided, and if they were not equally fo in the
places for which the Hon. Baronet might be belt ac-
quainted, he filmid have no objeaion to atfent to a
partial bill, to remove a partial evil, but he mutt dif
approve this general meafure.
Colonel BAGWELL thought it might be better
to poftpone the conlideration of the Bill until after the

Mr. ALEXANDER admitted the importance of
the objet, but could not concur in the means; au
error occurred in the first claufe of the Bill, which
deprived lunatics of all provilion under the former
plan, until the new eflablithment was formed. The
whole machinery was alto too complicated ; and on
thefe grounds he (hould fupport the amendments, in
the hope that the Hon. Baronet would bring forward
fome meafures lefs objedionable.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT thought, that the nbjec
lions made to the Bill, were more proper to be Rated
in the Committee, than on the occafion of the fecond
reading. A trifling verbal alteration, with which he

timid coincide, would remove the difficulty Rated in
the &it claufe by the Hon. Member who (poke tall.
It was true, that a Bill had been paired to relieve lu•
natio ; but it was fo incompetent to the objeet, that
the Grand Jurors were either incapable or unwilling
to a.ft under it. One principal defign in the prefera
meafitre, was to place the expenditure under the con-
trout of Parliament; he never had promoted, an.l
never would conduce to a public job ; what he had
done was taken up on the report of a Committee of
the Itoufe, and on that grave authority he had fubmit-
ted the fubjea to its attention. True it was, that for
many years, he had contemplated the importance of
the meafure ; but it was for the Houfe to judge,-and
to difpofe of it, as fltould be thought expedient.
Sir GEO. HILL and Mr. LEE oppofed the Bill.
—The latter, however. laid, that the Hon Baronet
had conferred a benefit on Ireland, becaufe, although
his Bill was objectionable, the agitation of the quef-
tion would turn the attention of the people of Ireland
to the execution of the former Mt.

Colonel FITZGERALD was againft the Bill, be-
caufe the former Aa was fully competent to anfwer
the purpofeintended.__

Sir JOHN NEWPORT then contented to with-
draw the Bill, and the tecond reading was of cowl::
negatived.

FRIZZ AGENCY BILL.

Sir NV. SCOTT brought up the Bill, of which he
had before given notice, for the Encouragement of
Seamen, and for the better and more effeEtually
Manning his Majefly's Navy, which was read a first
time.

Sir W. SCOTT (after a minute recital of the par-
ticulars of the contents, by the SPEAKER) faid, that
the merits or demerits of the Bill could not be under-
Rood, without tome little time for confederation. He
fhould therefore propofe, in order to give Gentlemen
fufficient opportunity for this purpofe, that the 13111
be read a fecond time on Tuefday next, which was
agreed to.