Star.
London, England, 1817-07-05 00:00:00

PARLI.CUL: Y PlCaCk.Lin 66.

HOUSE OF LORDS. 71'1.11 ♦.

The Irish Fisheries BiN, the Paper Drawbok Bill, and Irish
I': cons ,s 311:, were teed a thud titre, and pa•ot.l.
'the Coin Importation lrin, the Orange imporatios Bill, Cain.
h!i.! Importation 1111, Irish Div Hill, And the t. schequer
11.14 BIC were rumoured and reported.
The St Pate's. inadwell, Church Bill, the St. John'►, Wap-
plr.e, V. outhouse Bill, the East India Navit:a•ion 811, the Welch
Cut D-. y •hc'maU Items Bdl, and Small Livings' Land-
'Ass is rim to, 8111, and others, were brought up from the
C4P111141. 11, and mad a first time.
On the ran inn of the Earl uF LIIVIIMICK, the Irish Election
Era w.t• real a secoml rime, and committed for Monday.
'I'4;•• Clergy Bill was repnrtrd, w tli Aniendments, and order-
el El? the third reading on Monday. •
he ens- of Sir Francis Burdett• against the Speaker and Sir-
jeant at Arms was ordered •o he fart•er proceeded in en Muu.
any at two o'clock.—Adjourned till Monday.

HOU:E OF COMMONS.
Mr. CALCRAFT rave notiee,of a motion for Monday for re-
twofer:non to the Constables attending the littu•e.
P:Tcro reweeting Salt Duties Were i reseuted from the Board
tit srrade.

l.r Greenwich Huspi•al 1114 was read a second cline.
• The Na•al Sore• Bill Report was reefing.
On the Order of the Day for a Committee un the Scotch 1.0
natic Allem%

• 1..0rd !!INNING gave notice of a Bill on t! at subject early
nest he•aloti. •
A Petition was presented from Atibtomunder.i.yne, in Lata-
caMite, stating di-treis, and imputing it, in part, to the I:spurt-
ing of Cot; tea Twist.
'Hie English and Irish Say.ng Banks Bills went through a Com-
mittee —Report 10 morrow.
Mr. C. WYNN brought up the Rei•ort of the Select Corn.
Rtti tee respeettag t►e administration of Justice in Wales; and
►Luke in very high germs of the character and merits of a it ght
liuuourablrs °cadent:in (Mr. Punsouby), who, we believe, was
Chairman of the Committee.
C •TTON
To a question froin Mr. Caw,moatts, the CUAOCtLLOR of
the Eiceaquaa took is. opportunity of sir mg,- that he was by
no Means adverse to enquiry taking plate hito the policy of con-
tinuing the ecpurtatiou of cotton twist, and to lowest against
being taken as having given any opinion as yet on the subject.
bLECTION BILL.

On the third reading of the Election Bill, a con.
ae;:nation took place. in which
M:. CALCRAFI' stated some objections. He
was not acquainted with the practice in some places
of paying non-resident voters for coming to qualify
or st) vote: but he objected to any anode that would
occasion diaranchisement. He also disliked the coin:-
promising of County Elections.
Mr. BROUGHAM Made his protest against pass-
ing the Bill. He wished for farther delay in filling
Up the blanks, and moved that the Bill with the
Amendments he printed.—The House divided:
• Noes, 60 I Ayes. 2 I Majority. 58.
On the reopening of the Gallery, Mt. CALCRAFT
was moving an Amendment, that after the words
" such election," the words " excepting persons in
the army, navy, or militia," be insetted. This sac
tmlittstood to apply to a clause respecting the quali-
fying of electors during a polL—The House divided,
Ayes, 551 Noes. 23 1 Majority, 32.
• The House then divided on the Motion that the
Bill do pau-
- . .Ayes, 52 I Noes, 19 I Majority for the BiU, 33.

roOrt LAWS.
Mr. STTJRGES BOURNE, on bringing up the
Jtepott of the Committee oa the Poor Laws, said,
thAt if by any aheratiqn on the system of the Poor

I,aw* arty-relief could have been given to the press.
lug wants that were so generally felt, the Committee
- would not have been wanting in proposing alterations;
but that, finding that it was not an alteration, but a
total change that was required, they delayed making
any Report to the House till they could lay before
them the character, effect, and tendency of the whole
system—(Near, hear).. The delay did not proceed
from any tardiness ou the part of the Committee, but
limn the nature of the subject, and the very great in-
convenience that would have arisen from making any
partial Report tilt the whole subject was investigated.
He begged to illustrate this by instancing the Law
or Set*waxen*. Upon that point they were prepamed
to recommend an alteration before the Easter recess.
In the month of June again they would recommend
a total abrogation. If, then, they had in the month
of March recommended an alteration of the Law of
Settlement, which was the most distinct pan of the
whore system, in what situation would the Commit-
tee be again in the month of June, when they saw
the propriety of abrogating it altogether ? It should
be recollected, too, that this sulvect had engaged the
attention of the greatest men from Lord Hale down-
wards. What the splendid talents of Mr. Pitt, and
the' vigorous understanding of Mr. Whitbread, had
not been able to effect, it surely could not be expect-
ed that the Committee could reach fur salmon. The
tin e, fee, was an important considesatioa. Although
(leers of distress exposed to view the evils of the
system, they were the most inconvenient for removing
ti;em. It had been said on a former occasion, that
nitife or_ould choose the hurricane. months for repair-
ing his house. The Committee hoped, however, that
much good, would be effected by the Report now
laid on the Wile—Char, hear). Alter this view of
the subject should have been exposed for several
uitinths, 'unix eitimate object could be more effectu-
ally anis-mad. 1: the season should be genial and the
Lowest abundant, the country would be better pre-
parec for such a *measure. Members would have an
oppbriunity, in the mean time, of correcting errors,
and of confirming such parts of the Report as should
Le supported' by the state of the country—(lfeor).
Mr. CALCRAFT thought, as he had early in the
Session expressed his. surprise at the delay of the
Committee, it might be expected that he should now
offer some observations. 'fbe conduct of the Com-
mittee might be right, prudent, and judicious, but it
Lid very much disappointed the expectation •of the,
country. It any. one thing excited expectation 'more
ti.an another, aythe commencement ot the Session, it.
•v. As_ the prospect ot alteration of the root- Laws. He
was not ignorant of the difficulties of the subject,
nor was he ciisixned to deny that the greatest alien-
tiOn mid application had been bestowed ; be hoped,
ton, that the Resent delay. two fur the best ; yet be
did, in common with the country, feel disappointed.
Whagthe distrms was unparalleled, it was very nn-.
misty expectedtthat some alleviathai, some relief, or
at least some suggestion of relict, should come liom
this Committee. .
Lord, CASTL.CREAGH, notwithstanding the
strong expectations spoken of by the Hunourabln
teat mar hoped the House I,a too much good
sanse to be disappointed that. an earlier reptat was
not unlade, or that no practical measure was rei.orn-
mended. He conceived it 'would have been turwtao