Star.
London, England, 1818-05-09 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, ➢IAY e.

eoullsel were heard In continuation on the Scots Canoe,
Thompson v. Somerville. Farther hearing on Wednesday next.
The Royal Assent was declared by Commission to the Royal
Annuity Rills—the Loan Bill—lnnkeepers' Rates—Nova Scotia
Trade—Glass Duties ; and to a great number of Local or Pri-
vate Acts, amounting in the whole to 81 Bills.
The Lords Commissioners were—the LOLL, Coaxcra.con, the
Earl of &US'S/AWRY, and Lord REDVIDALE.

The New Churches' Bill was brought up from the Commons
by the CHANCLIZOIL of the EXCHMuza, attended by a considera-
ble number of Members.

The Parish Vestries and Poor's Laws Amendment Bills were
presented by Mr. 8. Bouaiir ; the Liverpool Gas Light Bill by
General Gascomme; and a few Bills of minor importance by
Mr. M. A. Tavto►, and other Members.—All which were se-
veraUy read the first time.

Eail GROSVENOR presented a Petition from the Inhabi-
tants of the Parish of St. Luke's, Chelsea, against the P.ishh
Vestries' Bill.

Lord AUCKLAND presented & Petition from the town and
neighbourhood of Leeds, in favour of the Chimney-sweepers'
Regulation Bill.
Viscount SIDMOUTU presented Aceounts of the various
Commitments, Convictions, Acquittals, &c. for capital offences
in the different counties, ordered in pursuance of the Noble Se-
pretary's own Motion on a former evening.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved for the printing of the New
Churches' Bill, which being ordered, he gave notice that oc
Monday se nnitht he should propose its second Reuling ; aud
moved that the Lords be suintrounl for that day.—Ordered-
Lord KENYON, pursuant to uotice, moved the sec4,t.d read-

ng of the Cotton Manufactories' Bill, which accordingly wok
place forthwith.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a Petition against
the hill in its present shape, from the town and neighbourhood
Manchester, and praying to be beard by Counsel and evi-
dence; particularly against these clauses of the HUI which went
to limit the labour of persons under a certain age, which be re- '
garded as very objectionable. What the Noble Load proposed
was, that the Committee on the Bill should not take place till
Monday bennitht and that the Counsel and evidence should be
beard in that stage of the Bill. Among those intended to be
brought forward in support of the Petition, were several medical
men, who were ready to declare upon oath the general state of
the children's health now employed in those Manufactories.
This proposition of the Noble Lord's gave the to a long, and
in some respects rather a desultory convenation, in which seve-
ral of their Lordships participated, and which seemed to turn
principally upon the question, Whether or not evidence should
be beard after the statements of Counsel, as to the points alluded
to? The Earls of liasaosrav and Ltvearoot being decidedly pf
opinion that no evidence could shake the self-evident position
upon which those clauses of the Bill went, namely, that it was
possible to work children for more than 15 hours in the day,
without being prejudicial to their health,. The Noble Minister
(the Earl of Liverpool) added, " if all the Medical Staff' of Man-
chester—if the CoUege of Physicians of London—and if all the
Surgeons in England, were to come to the Bar, and say that
,fiftern hours tabour/wedgy, was not injurious to the health of
children, he would not believe them."
'The remit of the discussion was, that the Billwas ordered to
be committed for Monday se'nnight, when Counsel were to be
heard, and the witnesses to attend.
Sykes. Hydrometer Bill passed through a Committee of the
whole Muse, and was reported ; and the remaining Bills upon
the table were forwarded in their several stages, when their
lanedships adjourned till Wednesday next.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
kr; QC•1111114 the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, sum-
tthe House to the House of Peers.
SPEAKER, on his return, stated the Royal Assent to
have been given, by Commission, to the Duke of Cambridge's
Annuity„-and the Princess of [lessee Annuity Bills, and a num-
ber of other Bills, for which see the Lords.
Mr. JNINSON, from the Office of the Secretiry of Ireland,
presented.: Return of the amount of Bank Notes and Post, Bias
circulated by th, Bank of Ireland in the last year, specifying
the amount in Weekly circulation.—Ordered to be-priuted.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR gave notice that he would, on the 2e,tli
instant, submit to the House a Motion, the object of which
would be, by Address or otherwise, to follow up the Resolu-
tions come why the Committee on the :Administration of Jus-
tice in the Northern Counties.
Colonel P. BOLD brought up the Report of the Committee
on the Calico Printers' Petitions.—Ordered to be printed.
The Report of the Committee appointed to take into conside-
ration the Duties on Cotton Wool, was brought up and agreed
to, and ordered to lie on the table.
Lord WALPOLE presented a Petition from King's Lynn,
in Norfolk, praying for an alteration of the law with respect to
Hawkers and Pedlars. Ordered to lie on the table.
Lord LASCELl.ESpresented a Petition from the Merchants
and Traders of Halifax, praying to be relieved from the New
Duties on Madder and Indigo.—Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Alderman WOOD brought up the Report from the
Committee appointid to inquire into the State of the City Pri-
sons.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. J. SMITH, on bringing up the Report of the Committee
on the Bankrupt Laws, stated the existing system to`be
that when the evils attendant on it were known, the House
would be unwilling to lose a single week before they attempted
to supply a remedy. Such a measure he conceived to be of the
last importance, and upon its adoption depended a large share of
the character and credit of the Commercial part of the Cons-
munity.--.The Report was ordered to be printed.
Mr. HORNBY presented a Petition from the inhabitants of
Preston, praying that no additional Duties may be imposed on
Cotton wool.--Ordered to be printed.
Mr. CANNING presented a similar Petition from the Mer-
chants and Inhabitants of LiverpooL—Ordered to be printed.
A Report from the Committee on the Ribband Weavers'
Petitions was brought up and agreed to, and ordered to be
printed.

Mr. P. MOORE brought in a Bin for the more effectual pre-
vention of Frauds in the Manufacturing, Exportation and Im-
portation of certain Wares, and for relieving the distressed Ma-
vufacturers brought up to the trade of making Clocks and
I Watches.—Tbe Ball was read a first, and ordered to be read a
second time on Thursday next, and to be printed.
A Petition was presented from the Land-owners of Dumfrks-
shire against the Scotch Lunatic Asylum Bill.—Ordered to Be
on the table.
Mr. HOWORTII gave notice of a Motion on Friday, re-
lating to the War in India.
Mr. LESLIE FOSTER brought in a Bill for the better t►
gulation of Estates held in trust in Ireland.—Read a first, and
ordered to be read a second time on the ISth instant.
CROWN LANDS.
Mr. HUSKISSON brought in the Brecknor Forest
Inclosure Bill.
Mr. F. DOUGLAS understood that, in a convert.
sation which had taken place in his absence on the
preceding evening, an Honourable and Learned Gen-
tleman had reflected on the conduct of a Noble rela-
tion of his (Lord Glenbervie), while in office. He
wished that Honourable and Learned Gentleman
would bring the charge before the House in such a
form that he could reply to it, as he should then have
an opportunity of shewing that all the time that No-
ble Lord was in office had been marked by a series
of improvements in the public revenue, arising from
the Crown Lands, and by an extinction of the system
of jobbing, which had previously been in existence.
He could have wished, as the Honourable and
Learned Gentleman had thought proper to reflect
upon the conduct of his Noble relation, that he had
given him (Mr. Douglas) notice of his intention.
Mr. BROUGHAM thought his Honourable Friend
would be satisfied with the explanation he had to
offer. In the first instance he did not make any ob-
servations on the subject referred to till the occasion
offered ; and in the second he had meant to cast no
reflection on the conduct of Lord Glenbervie. All
he wished to do was to shew that the system which
had been acted upon was not a good one. He had
only contended, that the Crown Lands ought not to
be sold, let, or exchanged, without inviting public
competition. He thought they ought only to be dis-
posed of by public auction. To prove that in this
idea he was correct, he had shewn that in several in-
stances Crown Land had been sold for ten, for twenty •
five, and for thirty-years purchase, while in a case
where public competition had been invited 80 years
purchase had been given. He dared to say this
might be satisfactorily explained, but till such expla-
nation had been afforded nothing had been said to
prove that that course which invited public competi-
tition was not the system proper to be acted upon.
He had also stated the honours to have been disposed
of without competition.
Mr. F. DOUGLAS said, in explanation, that he
had no knowledge of what had passed but from the
Reports in the Newspapers.
Mr. HUSKISSON had felt it to be his duty. after
what had passed on the preceding day, to look back
to the proceedings which had been referred to; and
both in the case of the Barony of Kendal, add that
in which the Earl of Westmorland had been con-
cerned, he found the greatest attention had beets paid
to the interest of the public. The Earl of Westmor-
land had been mentioned as if he had•obtained the
right of the Crown to the soil at tea years purchase.
The fact was, the right to the soil and to the timber
lay in the Earl of Westmorland. The Crown had
only possessed sonic rights of minor importance, such
as pasturing deer, &c. Iu fact, these Linda could in

no way hare been made profit tble to the Cron k
to any individual, unless those rights could have
b.
obtained which lay in the Earl of Westirv.-14, ' self. Now then he would ask was this a
for disposing of the Crown Lands by public r
Would it have been right to take such a cam.
no competition was likely, and the Nob'e
Farl
probably, as the only bidder, have been able
chase on what terms he pleased? Some re.
' been passed in negotiations on the sulijeet: hey,
Lordship could make up his mind to ,
last was paid to purchase those nominal
Crown to which he had before alluded, for
cony of Kendal he had to state, that it had
the possession of the Lonsdale family for near)
centuries. They had now but a life interest in
the reversion was to the Crown. It had been
by two sworn Surveyors, who had stated
worth about 19,0001. Upon this it was t
the Earl of Lonsdale for 14,0001. The rig',
emption had only been
given to the N 6.0
consideration of his being in possession of
petty. A similar course had been take;.`
case where the Honourable Member foe Ban
'concerned. This plan was preferred as thr.
was most likely to gain the hest price for the
without injury to the indiriJual. In these
interests or the public had never been forgotten,
this would be proved to the satisfaction of '
nourable Gentleman, if he &Lowed up the
as he now called upon him to d h lrth
which had been particularly referred to, bent
had been obtained by negotiations with the
duals concerned than could have been expected,
the property beeir put up to puhlic auction.
Colonel LOWTHER stated the Barony of
to have been no bargain to the purchaser.
satisfied that the same terms a-culd not ha,
obtained had the property been di: ,d
way recommended by the Leaned
Mr. BROUGHAM was disposed to call
documents.relating to the transactins
He should wish all the correspondence to be
ce4, including not only the tenders and tr
spondence which had lea to the arra"rereni
made, but also all the tenders which had Sven
and the correspondence with the Surveror..
nied having meant to make any charge an
purchasers. They had a right to make the best
they could. His charge was against the Gwen.
or rather against the system they had acted on.
The Bill was then read a first, and order'
read a second time on Wednesday, and to be
IRISH Frattealts.
Mr. PEEL gave notice that oa Wed-e
would move that the House should resolve it
a Committee, to consider of the Acts for the
encouragement of the Irish Fisheries.

CASE OP WILLIAU I Pita:lMO%
Mr. WYNN Loped the motion of which
given notice relating to the case of Win. Fern
though not an Order of the Day, would be
to take precedence of the other busitws that
about to be brought before the House.
The CHANCELLOR of the ECCHEIRT
he thought but a small part of the Ho
of
at present in possession of the evidence con
with the case, and was thetefort ceopir.;irtl
ject, if taken into consideration itntr, world be
ed into at a very great disadvantage.
Mr. WYNN remarked, if the rl*t ire .
tered upon now, a motion for the titichatAs
whom it concerned could not be wade
personetn esday. It was for the House to consje
what further punishment the individual
visited, and whether, if the mo:ion he polio:,
make were carried, it w 0,11.1 not be rope.'
charge the party forthwith, on his peatior
House.

Lord A. HAMILTON sa;si, he `Jeld
Petition to present, but which he +he...1.1
present if the motion of which n‘nice had ben
were not to be made. That Pr:i:ion he bad tr
to follow up by a motion for the discharge
,petitioner, if the proposition fur inflicting
punishment were carried.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
served, every one must suppose the Ptii;'
tended taking the earliest opportunity serk,
liberty from the mercy of the Howe. llr vii
to prevent his doing so, but be thougl.t if the t
of the Honourable Gentleman were Low ham
the House would be not a little emharra• Id is
present situation to do justice to the individual,
assert their own privileges.
Mr. WYNN agreed to postpone his acti(
moved for minutes of the evidence given b
Committee relating to the case of Mr. Ferre
The motion was agreed to.

ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOCIL
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR
EXCHEQUER, it was ordered that the How
rising should adjourn to Wednesday.
Lord A. HAMILTON it might
Chant the convenience of the or of the Eto

to know that his motion relative to the fees
the Courts of Scotland, and that of an Ho:
Friend of his on the Bank Restricticn Ac:
stood for Thursday, would not be furthe:ra

PUBLIC ILDIXATIO!4

Mr. BROUGHAM, in rising. to tnerr I.*.e
Mittee on the Bill for regulating
Schools, went into a statement of the

dticed before the Committee as the

it appeared, that the fonds for these r.

towns were ample, and tl:t
Con ttibuted their money but ti.vir tin
improvement of the poor. He --ct-.1.1
say,*that there was not a single town i
containing 10,000 persons, v hcre there was
least one institution, in most ca,es more..fm:_t

iA Lac :'

cation of the poor by voluntary rlar4ption,
was the more anxious to have tit:s point well
stood by those Gentlemen who were disposesl
Parliamentary aid to these Estah:ishments,
was sure that if grants were annually made,'
scriptions which now amounted to ratio.
from 5001. to 15001. per year upon each est
men; would fall of, and the sprat of priratr
duals would relax, till Cie education of I
would be entirely neglected. He ought I
that the Committee had enjoyed the aJta
Mr. G. Dyer's assistance in their investigatie
liberal mind and Fenerons principles w`
known among the friends of public educative,
hear). The Committee had divided their

into two branches, one compri :log the school esta-
blishment in large towns, and the other the state of
education in country places. In London,
on,the number
ofchildren educated by voluntary subscriptions was
4752. at an expense of 88591. f ot which they were
completely taught and clothed ; one or two hundred
being boarded as well as clothed for that
then proceeded to notice the heavy
expenses of some
establishments, and said, that in one instance, where
the care of each pupil in Queen Ann's. time cost only
ps. it now amounted to 91. In. turning their atten-
aon to the country, the Committee were led to one
mutt from their inquiries, namely, that all classes,
whether the means were possessed or not, had a most
',dent, constant, and strenuous desire to obtain the
benefits of education—(Hear, hear). In order to
obtain the fullest information, the Committee ad-
dressed a circular to those persons throughout the
country who were connected with school establish-
ments, and such had been their alacrity, that in the
course of ten days at the farthest, from Si; to 7000
oletters in answer had been received by the Committee.
It was from a comparison of these letters that the
result had been taken, which must be so gratifying
to the House. With respect to the difference in reli-
gious opinions, each sect might establish its own school
in large towns. Not so in small towns, for there the
minority of the inhabitants, if they happened to be
Dissenters, were to be excluded from the benefit, but
on the other hand, if the majority were Dissenters,
they admitted the Churchmen.—EThe Honourable
Crearleman hc; e complained of the want of attention
in the Housej—To remedy the defect of education
in the remoter and less populous districts of England,
the House would do well to adopt the system 'of
education pursued in Scotland, namely, Parish Schools.
The late Mr.Whitbread and Mr. Windham had made
many observations on this part of the subject—the
former, with that unbounded philanthropy, viewed
it in a proper light, while the latter, full of paradoxes,
was at variance with the progress of intellectual wis-
dom. But the time was happily arrived when there
was no longer two parties on this question : all agreed
in the wisdom of educating the poor, and all were
prepared in the laudable exertion. In this cause the
Parliament of Scotland had taken the lead. So far
back as the year 1492 they did themselves the honour
of placing on their Statute Books, a law, by which
G the Barons, and all persons above the rank of com-
mon Freeliolde:s, were compelled to send their sons
to a Grammar school to learn Latin." After this, mea-
mes were gradually taken to carry education down
to the lower orders of society. King Charles the First,
whatever he was in this country, had been a great
reformer in Scotland: he was the author of that great
eccle6astical change—the general commutation of
tithes and it was he who first laid the foundation
of Palish Schools. This system was first propounded
by an Act of Council, and afterwards made the sub-
ject of an Act of Parliament. But it was not till after
the Revolution that the Scottish Parliament, by one
of their best and last Acts, rendered the system of
Parish Schools universal in Scotland. After above
a century of experience, it was still found that this.
system was most highly beneficial. It was attended
with moderate expense. The School-house was a
building little better than a barn, which in Scotland
cost about forty or fifty pounds, and which in this
country might be erected for about a hundred pounds.
For this outfit and a salary of 201. per ann. the whole of
Scotland enjoyed benefits which in their consequences
extended from the lowest to the highest classes of the
community ; insomuch that now, in the minds of men,
over the whole world, the name of a Scotchman was
always combined with the quality of a good educa-
tion. It was to that quality that the great ease, the
comparative happiness, and what was called the suc-
cess in life ofScotchmen in general, was attributable. In
what part of the world were Scotch men not to be found?
What country was there which had not benefited by
them? In Germany and Switzerland they settled,
and disseminated the practice of industry; and indeed
in all other countries. When this subject was brought
under the consideration of the late Mr. Perceval, he
said—‘, Wait till you have had a Committee, and
then see what the result of their report may be." This
he had now carried into effect, and the House would
be furnished with information on which to proceed,
on a measure which, sooner or later, he was con-
y:aced the House was to adopt. The Hon. Gentle-
man then referred to the evidence taken before the
Committee in respect of the funds appropriated to
charitable purposes, which, by the returns, amounted
to 1:260,000 a year in 1788 ; taking that the returns
made only were one-third, the actual amount would
be from seven to eight hundred thousand pounds.-
-These funds were received by Trustees ; but there
were other funds which were not received by these
Trustees, who had not sufficient powers given them
for the purposes of their trust. He calculated, that
if they had been properly authorized, the amount in
le hands of the Trustees, from the increased value
of the land, would be from 2,000,000/. to 2400,0001.
The deficiency arose from this cause, and from ne-
glect, abuse, and other causes. He noticed the Sta-
tutes on the subject, and stated some facts as con•
cected with devises. In Berkshire, at the Restora-
1, some lands were devised for charitable pur-
aa, which cost 40001. In 1811, the lands only
..educed 1961. a-year. Would the House believe
that the Trustees could thus neglect their duty to the
aevolent object of their trust? Another estate was
for 4501. a-year, which a surveyor estimated at
001. In other places lands worth 2000/. a-year
let for so many hundreds. What is done with
produce cannot be ascertained, for the Corpora-
al refused to shew their disbursements. In another
stance Sir T. White left 24,000/. to be lent in cer-
-1 sums to poor tradesmen. Another Corporation
. instead of lending the money, taken it them-
Ives, to pay their own debts. The Honourable
'man detailed some other evidence, to prove
that various abuses existed in the application of the
filr4. In some instances monies were left, and
sever received . • Schools founded and endowed, and
to Children taught. In others, Schools had corn-
ietell fallen into decay, though the funds still re-
Those were in Devonshire, Essex, Leices-
.-de, Nottinghamshire, Norfolk, &c. In respect
the _ .
, neglect imputable to the Trusts, he quoted
cp; •
.4ct mon of Lord Kenyon in the case of Stapleford
t• He called upon the House to interfere, and
,
tnese evils. To those who were inclined
14tItmour, and to say thatilk was about to encroach
acid to meddle with private property, he wished
06;tr
e,..snat these Charities were not private pro-

petty, they were as much public prowl! as any
else which was given for the sofposiffdrei
of the subjects of these realms. He l
tutes in support of his position, particular
of the King, which completely recognized
Institutions as hi the light of public property.--
With respect to the Universities, they were liable to
enquiry. Why, he asked, could we not have Com-
missions to enquire into the state of Charitable Insd-
tutions, as our forefathers had ? From Queen Elias-
beth's reign there were 964 Commissions for this pur-
-1 pose down to the present reign. From the beginning
of the present reign to this time there were only three
Commissions. It was said the Court of Chancery
was open to the correction of these abuses Would
they send the poor into that Court, who had not $
halfpenny, and were rendered still poorer by the dila-
pidation of their funds ? It put him in mind of what
was innocently said by Mr. Erskine, now Lord Er-
skine, and which produced no small merriment among
the Common Law Lawyers, when Lord Kenyon told
him the Court of Equity was open to his client—
" would your Lordship send a fellow-creature there r
A Commissioa, issued in 1803, to inquire into the
abuse of a charity. In 1803 it was thrown into Chan-
cery. In 1808 it was thought ripe for decision, and
well it might be. It was four years standing at the
head of the paper, and it remained undecided at this
day. He could not dismiss this subject without ex-
pressing, as strongly as he could, his admiration of,
the immense sums appropriated to charitable nest
not by men possessed of estates equal to principali-
ties; not by men who have amassed immense wealth
in the service of their country, and who wish to give
back part of their well• earned wealth, or to com-
pound with their consciences for sums derived from
less pure sources ; but by honest and industrious
tradesmen, who, by the benefits of good education,
having raised themselves to situations they could not
at first have expected, had appropriated large sums to
the education of the poor. He then moved that the
House should go into the Committee on the Educa-
tion of the Poor.

to the
ly the

Lord CASTLEREAGH did not rise to oppose the
course proposed by the Learned Gentleman but
with respect to the present state of the Charitable
Funds of the country, no doubt, in the lapse of time,
abuses had crept into them, as well as into all other
Institutions. He agreed, that occasionally some vi-
gilant inquiry should be instituted with regard to
them. He was also of the same opinion as the Lear.
ned Gentleman, that the proposed Commission should
be one of inquiry ; but he objected to unfounded or
unauthenticated charges against the Court of Chan-
cery, which must, notwithstanding all their Commis-
sions, be the Court to which they must ultimately
repair for a correction of abuses in Charities. But he
would sooner have supported this Bill if the proposed
Committee had been appointed under the Crown. A
contrary species of Commission would betray an un-
fair doubt of the integrity of the Crown. He also
wished the Commisson to be composed, partly of men
to receive a salary, and partly of men of rank and
weight in the country to receive no remuneration.—
He agreed that there was a necessity for pushing the
remuneration of the Commissioners farther than that

proposed by the Honourable and Learned Gentle-
man, namely 10001. a year each. As no abuse ex-
isted in the Charterhouse, he should propose to ex-
empt it, in some future stage of the Bill, in the same
manner as Winchester School, and other great Insti-
tutions. With these modifications he supported the Bill.
Mr. BROUGHAM explained. The Bill did not make the
Court of Chancery the resort in all cases of dispute, but only
empowered an application to that Court in urgent cases where
it was to have a Receiver appointed immediately, to
prevent the funds from being quite eaten up before any remedy
could be had from Parliament.

Mr. ROBINSON wished Harrow to be exempted from the
operation of the Bill.
Mr. BROUGHAM objected to that, because then every
Gentleman would move to exempt a School, so that at last there
would be none left on which the Bill could operate.
Mr. PEEL thought it right that Harrow should be exempted,
because it had beep decided by the Court of Chancery, that
Harrow was not intended, by its founder, as a school for the poor.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE hoped the Commissioners would be
allowed to make the circuit of the country, to inquire into all
Charities. He objected to the Commissioners being Barristers
actually practising ; as there were suakient Gentlemen, who had
received a legal education, but did not actually practise at the Bar.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, in reply, that he trusted this Bill
would occasion no additional expense, because the same plan
might be adopted as in the Court 4 Chancery, namely, to pay
the Commissioner out of the funds of the Charities.
The House then went into a Committee on the Bill.
Mr. ROBINSON moved that Harrow be exempted from
the operation of the Bill.
Mr. MILLS proposed that the Free School at Rugby be also
exempted-•-(Laushier).
Mr. BENNET moved that the Shrewsbury Free School be
exempted—(Laughter).
Mr. HARVEY asked the same favour tor that of Norwich—
( Increased laughilte.
Sir M. W. RIDLEY claimed it for the Free School at New.
castle, as it had produced such great men as the Lord Chancel-
lor and his brother--(Lasigliterj.
Lord CASTLEREAGH was disposed to exempt the Harrow
and Rugby Schools, but not to extend the exemption further.
Mr. BROUGHAM rejoiced that there were not more Mem-
bers present, otherwise the proposed exemptions would be ten
times more numerous than they were—( Lawgiger
The Committee then divided on Mr.Roattisos a Motion :

For exempting the Harrow School 30
Against it - - - • 5.3 ,
Majority against the Motion —9.3
Some con►ersation took place on the propriety of extending
the Bill to Scotland, which was not pressed.
The Bill went through the Committee, was reported, and the
Report ordered to be taken into further consideration on Fri-

daj nert.
Mr. BROUGHAM moved, that k be an instruction to the
Committee to inquire into the state of the Rducation of the Poor
in Scotland.—Ordered.

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