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London, England, 1828-03-15 00:00:00

—The Committee on the Cities and Boroughs Polls Bill was post.
ruled to Monday next.
PA RoCHIAL SETTLEMENTS (SCOTLAND) BILL.
Mr. KENNEDY moved the Order of the Day for
the House reolvitig itself into a Committee on the
above Bill.
Mr. ESTCOURT wished the measure to be post-
reed WWI after AS Select Committee, which had been
appaiered on the motion of a Noble Lord (Stanley) on
the low !elating to the passing of Irish vagrants had
made their report. As the law now stood, an Irishman
residing in Scotland for three years had a claim for a
settlement; but under this Bill a much longer time was
required. There was no reciprocity in the measure ; it
was entirely in favour of Scotland, and against Eng
land Now he thought that no Bill ought to be passed
until some general principle that would include the
entire Empire were agreed on. The Hon. Gentleman
concluded by moving, " That the committal of the
Bill he postponed to this day six weeks."
Mr. H. GRATTAN seconded the motion. The
ouse ought, in his opinion, to proceed on a general
principle, and not with reference to any particular part
of the empire. If this Bill were passed, it would have
the effect, ten or eleven years hence, of excluding all
Irish labourers from Scotland.
Mr. KENNEDY denied that any such intention
existed as that of excluding the Irish from Scotland.
The measure was merely meant as a slight degree of
defence against the overburdening the population of
Scotland with the support of those individuals. There
was, besides this, attached to the Bill, an advantage of
Mu trifling or small nature—namely, that of giving an
opportunity to those persons to assume a stationary,
and not an emigratory character; because those who
settled themselves in one past of the country, and there
remained, would become as good inhabitants as the
Others; but when they roamed over all the country
without a home, they would not possess the same purity
of character. As to the Committee moved for by the
Noble Lord (Stanley) be could not see, as its labours-
were directed to a specific point connected with this
country, how the Report of that Committee could in any
way affect his proposition.
-Mr. S. RICE was anxious that the Bill should be
carried into immediate effect, and his Hon. Friend (Mr.
Kennedy) well knew that if he conceived that it would
any manner injure Ireland, so far from supporting
his measure, he would give it all the opposition in his
power.
Mr. PEEL thought it would be prudent to postpone
the consideration of this measure. He did not wish it
I to be postponed for an indefinite time; he wished to
throw no ithpediments in tie way of the Bill; but be
did wish it to be postponed until it should be seen what
bearing it had upon a measure somewhat similar with
respect to Scotland, which was about to be proposed.
Mr. KENNEDY was perfectly ready to acquiesce in
the proposal of the Right Hon. Gentleman. The Ripht
Hon. Gentleman would not, perhaps, object to the Bill
being new committed pro, forma, in order that the
blanks might be filled up. If it were then postponed
until the 2sl of May, he supposed that the end of the
Right lion. Gentleman wouid be answered.
The House then went into a Committee on the Bill, and the Be.
port was ordered to be taken into consideration on the 2d of May.

SCOTCH ♦A4%ANT ACT.
The LORD ADVOCATE said, that as the t me sub-
jects were so much connected, it would be right to pursue the same
course, and have it committed pro forma.
This was agreed to—the Bill went through the Committee, and
was ordered to be further considered on the 2d of May, atter a few
words from Sir J. NAHAST, Lord ALTRI:IP. Mr. MOWN, Sir JOHN
WiLOTTESter, Sir E. KNATCHNULL, and Mr. Fsmousou.
Su J.IVROTTESLEY moved, that it be an instruc-
tion to the Committee appointed tl inquire into the subject of pass-
ing Irish Vagrants, to iuquire into the passing of Scotch Vagrants
also.—Agreed to.