Star.
London, England, 1818-05-08 00:00:00

Mr. CUR WEg was against the bill: itwotild cm
a prejudice against vestries. He had * heard
to slew that it was necessary. If vests %re „4thm
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tumultuous assemblies, that arose from the ,
orders not doing their duty. Ile had neser
one instance where the higher classes area
and were not able to exercise great influent
order. To give every man a vote was mol
in itself, and would be attended with much m•
Mr. F. DOUGLAS professed himself fi
the Bill, because it was calculated to mow
attendance of persons of character atVessoe,
could force men of intelligence to attend,bw,
to remove every obstacle that repelled oe
men of intelligence. Yet, though he sras fr
the Bill, he thought the principle of it r&
been better adapted to the evil, and might
move the objections which had been nal
side of the House. The Bill proposed that
who paid 501. should have two Totes:
votes ; 1001. four votes ; 125/. five votes,
six votes, which was the utmost number a!
Now he had to object to this arrangemen•.
cording to it, parishes might be ,livijed
rate classes, and seven or eight persons,
seated neither the population ner the prs'i
parish, Might have the whole cor,troal-4;,,
He should therefore prefer, that erery onz
to the amount of 2.5/. should get as
601. a third vote 100/. a fourth vote; 01,
He was not quite rare as to the precise
adopting a scale of this kind, the c'.,jeczio.
had mentioned could be avoided.
MnBARHAM had known initatees •• - , , "
Bogs who had paid hardly any ra,.n at 4
Vilstries,. and made sach a clamour as to
the More respectable persons who auem:e
resesedy wag quite necessary for such aye,
The Bill was then read a third time.
• Mr. STURGES BOURNE moved a eb
cept the City of .London from the cpsrati
Bill, which was agreed tn.
Mr. BAR•CLA Y moved a simllar clause!
wark, which was also adopted.
Mr. SHAW LEI:I.:YOE said he rose to
clause that thelorough of Reading shoraldbe
Mr. DAVIES GILBERT asked if Rea
like London and Southwark, goveraed br lc
Mr. a, LEFEVRE answered in the r.e;.
,sat duena:—:—The Bill was then pas:cd.
- lega LAWS' AMENDMENT BILL.
Mr. S. BOORNE moved the Order of
that this Bill be read a third time.

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of opinion on this point in the Committee.
r Mr. D. GILBERT suggested, feat tl.l
'the time to baing forward those objectiot
question Lefore the Ikuste twee was, that
toad a third time.
General THORNTON pretested agair: a
making owners Of hotcses tented below YOL
the fates.—The Bill was then read a third
Several verbel Amendments were then T
Mr. F. DOUGLAS made a variety at
,to the clause foe enabling the parish to ,
qtildren of paupers in a house of ithher.
Sidered the separation of parent and child as a
evil than airy Whith it WAS intended to temed7
'•••• Alderman WOOD offered an amendment'
would apply to that part of the clause that
the City of Landon, but withdrew it, at the
if the SYSAICII4 that it would be mare con'
Introduced when the other parts of the clay
be agreed to.
Mr. STURGES BOURNE made a few
'ons in defence of the principle ti the
was, in point of fact, a return t. the Status.
.saheda, and he could not believe that it woul,
any additional encouragemera to ti.e roar
marriages of the poor. fhe effects of the I
practice of administering relief were most
tal both to the poor and to the children
nev intended for the benefit of the la::er w;
queusly spent in dissipation, wh:lst they
starving at home. The Honourable Gentle
talked of the felicity of a cottage :de; '
there was an actual incapacity of maiatail
family inhabiting the cottage, he seated tla
was not the general character that belsm
In the present state of' the poor. and the I
ing them, in this country, lie could not it
thmg more humane or desirable than the
provided by this clause.
Mr. CURWEN felt assured that the int
those who framed the present measure were
mane ; but he must object to every.regulau,
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to his maintenance.ototheprinci
principle of makingiv,:n
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wages equal
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stopped short of that object would only sere
Ilrm the existing evil, and to continue the
Royirng those wages to a certain degree
Rates. It was to be lamented also,
dress should be separated from, and grow'
any affection for their parents. for he kw
the place of that affection could he sn2
good could be effected whilst the peo.f "
to believe that there was no disr, ace t-'
on a public fund. He disapproved, then
gislating on the pm-gumption that parrs
unable to support their children.
Colonel WOOD supported the claire. f
ded that in all the Southern parts of t
wages of labour had decreased in a gr
tion than the poor-rates had Idea:
niary view, it was indifferent to the
he received the whole amount of his is,
employer, or the moiety of them. from tb
but the effect of the latter practice was to
demoralize him. The great recenunend
clause was, he thought. st would tend to
at the same time that the children.
schools, would learn various kind• of
handicraft, instead of being, as the chile,
titular district generally were, confused l
ledge and exercise of one.
Mr. LAMB corpses" the clime, Ix
to the principle of the Report, and on th
the House before passing it ought to h.
in view those ulterior measures e hid! *
founded on it. His fear was, that the Bill Ilx,!•
found is practice es carry a bad principle c lis
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