Star.
London, England, 1819-07-09 00:00:00

•
With great pleasure we lay before our Readers the
following Circular- in the hope that we may thus
bring it under the attentive review of some who
have a will and influence to give efficacy to ;byte,
.commepdations-:
•
" The Pros-WNW Committee for Encouragement of Industry
and Redaction of 'Poore Rates, *Setting on the greeting dis-
satiefsnlon,snd want of employment in verionspaui, Is induced
to acceleiate the publication of the following, which is with
confidence recommended as a nMost important mean of 'stet -
" Wee itch circumstances, the Cultivation of Land only be
realised as an universal as well as permanent resource; and this
might be immediately commenced--the Act iinituled,l An Aet
to amend the Laws far the Relief of the Poor,: and paned in
the present Session, empowers each Parish to obtain Lend for
'the purpose of Employment, and for letting. It finny be re-
mitted, diet the low irogessvhich vreeinbe cheerfully accepted,
would be ndnibursed by the product'. obtained, while the ma-
nagenvent of the spade is sutiverselly available.
" The above Act (Baiting the Land to be taken by each Pa:
risk to-twenty acres') confers, as beforisofked; amen judicious
fiery' 'pryer, by which Land-.may be .let in small por-1
dons at a fair rent, for the profitable occupation of themselves
and families during leintre.hotifs, and which cannot failed pro-
ducing the 'non esiential abet, by the .stimulus thus afforded to
the industrious Poor to recover sn independent state.
°veriest', 'Guardians of the-Poet,end Piriihor, are there.
fore earnestly and rinpectfallit invited to 'apply 'themselves to.l
the above object; Nobleinen Magistrates, and Occupiers of
land; and the Colninunlty getierally, deubticisa 'being found to
cosoperste, whereby to urea the • ovenvbehniag side of pau-
perism and disquietude, and restore to our country its welbre,
washy, and prosperity. • • . -
The following is corseted from= acorint, slava by Xr.
Overseer at Birmingham That he was aq Overseer of the
-Poe* ht the
_rars'l CI and Ilia; that Mare web *I Mak
yaw is the work-house, for whom there was no employment;
that shoot thirty acres c laud belonged to the Town ; that ,beam
were let to different tenants; but that four acreswereObtained,
on which they planted Cabbages and Potatees,• and obtained a
Sufficient supply for 600 persons In the Hpuie froin July to Sep-
tember. Mareh, ISIS, he took ,mien and st half abres more,
-sad cultivated nee acres in !cab •PM SO WV hard and, nail:,
but being dug by the spade, and the turf buried without ma-
nure, It has a very promidng appearance.' Mr. B. accedes to
the established sentlment.that the culture of land by hand labour
is the only suitable employment for the Parochial Poor."

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDING&

MOUSE OF LORDS,. JULY 11.
hiSONtit Debtors' (Ireland) Bill was brought up [rem
the Howard Commons by Yu. Ripon= and other Members,
and reatitinirt time.

The juilopet for the Crown was affirmed in the cue of
O'Grady Attorney-General of Ireland.
The Bitelitent Debtor,' Bill and others were read a second
time deff annatitted for to-morrow.
The Crown Glass Bill, the Naiy Agents Allowances' Bill,
and others, were read a third time and passed.
The Offenders' Transportation Bill, the Plate Glass Bill, the
Soap and Calico Bill and others, passed through Committees
and were reverted without amendment.
' The commlonsit of the Churches Building (Scotland) Bill
was, on the motion of Lord Viscount biztvu.ts, on the ground
of there not being time to render the Bit tmobjectionable, and
afar a few word, born the Earl of Loenairoats, postponed for

a mouth.
The second reading of the Silk Manufactures Apprentices'
Raw" on' tie meeting of the Earl of Lonnasnots, on the
ground cif there pot being time properly to consider the
postponed for I sonsOls.
• A Pinitia, ogooltresented by the Berl of ROSSLTN, from
Protestant rlissentcrs of Kendal, praying to be retlevcd from the
necessity of marrying according to the formi 6f the Church of
England, and one by Lord Aucitaus, from Lieutenant Bedford,
of the Royal Navy, compideing of having been deprived of a
pension granted to him on occouto of wounds, in coneeinence
of having been appointed a *Liourtatailt 4sf Grew:m.l4 11011421-
Ordered to lie upon the table.
irrtt.t."
The Earl of BLESINTON presented a Petition
kettle Gentry, Clergy, ecc, of the County of Ty.
which, in CC informalit
'fumble or
,ved as ihit
Liard

The. Earl of ABEillnirdniiiluiht the system of
Town-laid Fines one of great atrocity, and ()mating,
as It had done in several instances, acts of the grossest
injustice. No consideration of increase of revenue
could induce him to vote for the continuance of such
a system. He could see no analogy between this
system and the law quoted by the Noble Earl ; the
Utter relating to cases of violent outrage, which were
evidently criminal, while the farmer related to acts,
which were merely rendered criminal by their being
made illegal ; and as to the inhabitants of a Town-
land being saved by an informer, the Noble Earl
must know his countrymen better than to suppose
that they would be so ready to turn informers. He
supported the Bill, but could have wished the Small
Stills 'Bill had also come up from the Commons. '
The Earl of LIMERh2K justified his conduct at
the Meeting alluded to, contending that no reason
existed why Ireland should be subjected to a system
of oppression, which would not be endured in Eng-
land, nor was it suffered to exist in Scotland. He
gave his warm support to the present measure, but
regretted that the Small Stills' Bill did not accom-
pany it, as that alone could enable the Legislature to
determine how far the former might be oeerative in
repressing illicit distillation.
Lord LIVERPOOL thought it material, in consi-
dering this question, -not-to allow their Lordships or
the public to think, that this act, whether.good or bad,
'whether odium or credit were attached to it, was in
act of the united Parliament. It had been passed in
1783,. as stated by the Noble Lord, and was there-
fore, in every. &int of view, a measure of the
Parliament. It had been continued till Mr. Foster
• became Chancellor' of the Eichequer for Ireland ;
and be proposed so discontinue it, in the hope that
by lowering the-duty he, would improve the revenue,
and at the.same time prevent illicit distillation. Go-
vernment'accordiugly consented to reduce the duty ;
but in thetourse of a year or two, Mr. Foster, Sir
John Newport, and a at majority of the Members
connected with Ireland, rare it as their opinion, that
the former system should be restored. In 1818 the
whole House of Commons, with the exception of seven
Members, voted for its restoration. He wished it,
therefore, to be ;distinctly known, that this measure,
whether productive 'of good or evil, was originally
enacted by-the Irish Parlianient,' war discontinued
after the Union, and again restored at the request of
Ireland herself: It was his lot not to have much
communication with pe sons connected with that
country, except those w'th whom he was officially
connected. These Genie nen had wished to know
his (Lord Li4erpool's) cpiaion on the Subject, and
their Lordships would adlnit that it was not easy
to form a judgment of a measure that had been
already' suspended, and again resumed at the re-
quest of those immediately connected with Ireland.
He' had always stated fairly to the few Gentlemen
with whom he had communicated, that it was neces-
sary, especially since the revenues of the two cout.-
tries had been consolidated, that Ireland should'pay
her proportion ; and that if this measure could not
protect the-revenue, it would be necessary to have
recourse to some other.. Since the Fine System was
first suspended, a plan of police had been established
in that country, which, it was hoped, would be suffi-
cient to carry the revenue laws into effect, without
having recourse to the means formerly adopted. The
Bill, however, still reserved so such pans of Ireland
as chose it the power of retaining the Town-land Fine
system. -He regretted that the other measure re-
lating to Small Stills had not been brought up along
with the present Bill. That system had already been
tried in Scotland, and perhaps it was still problema-
tical whether it would succeed.. H.-.repeated that
the present measure was merely an.experiment, in
order to ascertain whether.theTines . could not be
abolished through the new •systein of police. The
claim which he laid was,,tbat.whatever might be the
proditce of, this branch of the revenue, this country
was eusigild to call on Ireland for her share, let her
raise,it
,y :what proses rye pleased,
11 Evl 9# BLILSIXT,OS said, that the Irish
-ished to is.— illegal distillation,
of great difficulty.
higher demand for
the legal distiller,
the former. The
authorising 'Small
between the two
to a certain extent,
replied, and en-
existing system. If
se as described by the
rposite, the execution of
- itself, was to be
imore) saw no reason
tier should be p.-r-
-while they had their
Executive Govern-
. not, therefore, con-
merely because it was
enforced with cruelty.
protected in the same
(mils. His opinion was,
)u s. to prevent breach('
some further obsery a-
House went into a
and 'ordered
,djourned.