Star.
London, England, 1818-05-29 00:00:00

WESTMORELAND ELECTORS.

Mr. BROUGHAM said, that he understood the
order of the House of last night, with regard to the
extraordinary notice of J. Thompson, was sent to
the Tax-Office, throuy.;h which, possibly, some delay
might occur, in securing obedience to that order, by
delaying its transmission ; and therefore he gave no-
tice, that unless this order were forwarded this day,
he hould certainly move to have the Secretary ofl
that Office called to the Bar, in order to be dealt with
according to the custom of the House, towards those
who deliberately violated its orders.

POOR LAWS.
Mr. STURGES BOURNE gave notice of his in-,
tention to move on Monday, that the statement of
the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland,,
with regard to the Poor of that country, should be'
laid before the House. This document he deemed of
a very important character, conveying, as it did, in-'
telligence of the most useful nature ; and therefore
he wished to have it laid before the House, with a
view to assist its judgment upon the interesting ques-
tion to which it referred. He was sorry that he hap-
pened not to be in the House WIWI), an Honourable
and Learned Gentleman on the other side gave no-
tice of his intention to bring forward come proposi-
tions upon the subject of the Poor Laws, because he
would have taken that occasion to inquire after that,
which, as a Member of the Committee upon the Poor
Laws, he was naturally anxious to learn—namely,
what were the Honourable and Leal ned Gentleman's
views upon the subject? Those views would, no
doubt, have been very useful to that Committee,
which, he regretted, the Honourable and Learned'
Gentleman was unable, from the very 'peat variety
of his avocations, to attend.

Mr. BROUGHAM concurred with the Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman in his view of the value of the
document to which he referred ; for none were more
qualified to judge-of the exigencies of the poor, and
of the best mode of providing for the relief of those
exigencies than the Members of the General Assem-
bly of the Church of Scotland, in which country, al-
though there were no Poor Laws, the poor were not
unprovidcd for. With regard to his own views upon
the subject of the Poor Laws, it was his intention to
have submitted those views to the House within the
present Session, in the shape of Resolutions, which
should fully explain his opinion ; but he was prevented
freak so doing, by the variety of his avocations, and
especially by the pressure of his engagement upon
the subject of Charitable Institutions; for this pres-
sure was of an extraordniary character indeed, as in-
dependently of the mass of documentary evidence
communicated to the Committee, it was occupied
three or four hours each day in the examination of
parole evidence. To this it was material to attend,
as it was justly felt desirable that a Report from that
Committee, before the termination of the Session,
should be made; his time was therefore filled up, as
he had to draw up the Report upon a subject, to
which the country anxiously looked. For this reason,
among others, he had been obliged to decline the
proposition of any Resolutions upon the subject of
the Poor Laws. He was indeed unwilling to bring
forward these Resolutions until he could accompany
the proposition of his principles with his details—
for there were many who might be scared by the for-
mer, unless they had an opportunity of considering
the latter; therefore he declined to submit his plan
to the House until it was accompanied by a com•
plete explanation. This explanation he had not yet
had time to digest, in consequence, particularly, of
his employment in the Committee upon the subject
of Charitable Institutions. It might be asked, why
should the Committee upon this subject continue to
sit, after it was determined in the bill, to appoint a
Commission of Inquiry by the Government?—(hear.)
He would immediately abandon the Committee, if
he could look with any confidence to the Commis-
sion; but he must say that he could not be satisfied
with the prospect of such a Commission after what
had recently transpired. When he heard of objec-
tions elsewhere, to the purpose of this inquiry pro-
ceeding, he would not say from any fellow feeling'
rwith the abuses which it was intended to correct, or
from any personal interest in those abuses, but from
'grounds which had been unaccountably conjured up,
with a view to palliate resistance, he mild not look,

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all the alterations which had taken place_ a.t.t
gested by that person himself (hear, beer)?
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that
; and consented to with a view to do -dai
which was impossible, namely, to stideli
doubts—Vicar, hear, hear, and laughter).Tha
was the fact I:s.s.(hfr. Brougham) was able 1,0 dle
from the manuscript of the person alluded to.
manuscript was in his possession—(Arne,
main objection indeed to the proposed '
forsooth, that it might go too far. What!. rlYttvralif.?
in exposing and correcting abuses: bet y 4-eta
should be returned to the House uith thole claatn
which it had rejected by decisive majorities, be tuft!
its spirit and principle would repel the rerek,„,
The House was indeed called upon to do so (1.011
Ia respect to the opinion of the countr7 as rcell
from a solicitude for the object,' and a regard is
the character of its own consistency ; but, open
the grounds he had stated, he felt the propriety('
urging the Committee to continue its investimo..
The result of those investigations would, helladi,
doubt, serve to secure the attainment of the okssa
in view, in spite of timid, panic-struck alarrnists..4
spite of sceptical, speculative legislators--in spied
quibbling, subtle lawyers—in spite of those wi:unite
was unwilling to name—( hear, hear.)—The f, a,
enlace upon this subject would, he. trusted, p.e,
cute its inquiries, and avail itself of its priel
and power to collect the fullest information, with
view to attain the object in view.—The spontocci
communications to that Committee menace.] de
interest universally felt in that object. All pans
atd
parties, all sects and classes of the people ericcci
their desire to promote the purposes of the Corker;
and whatever might be the power which resiited, or
the artifice which thwarted that purpose, be Ltd rno
doubt that the sense of the country would sere to
ensure its success. The Learned Gentecou cot;-
eluded with giving notice, that on Tuesday he would
submit to the a proposition, whirl; he boiled
would have the effect of giving that reliefs-11;61re
so anxiously expected in every parish and in esey
corner of the kingdom—(Hew, hear, liar.)

MISCELLANVICS.

The Reports of the liainault Forest Hill, of the SoldieW Pe.
'ion Bill, of the Exchequer bits WI, of the Intl Tram
Hills Bill, of the Soldiers' Families Bill, and of O.: dictate.
ficers'. Effects Bill, were agreed to, and the Bills ordered is
read a third tinie on Saturday.
The Executors in Ireland's Bill was read a third titre, of
OnOn the motion of Mr. Illenssox, It was ordered, tin*
House, at its rising, should adjourn till Saturday.

There was ordered to he laid before the Silt 111 .tetetatd
the total number and particulars of all Datums luviarie
Commissioners fur the National Debt to .Saving Woks tit.•• 4
out the Kiniplora.-.--Adjourntd till Saturday.

RANK RESTRICTION ACT.

•
Proviso, proposed by the Earl of LAClitr.P.Dall
be added to the Bank Restriction Act, on dwell
reading of that Bill :
Provided always, and be It further enacted, that the weds
tlon on cub payments shall continue till the 56th of the gig,
chapter 68, entitled "An Act to provide tn tow hiienfais
age, and to regulate the Currency of the tnil I sal &lest Ceis
of the Realm, be repealed, or until the said Ast
amended to the effect that our gold coin or our silver rain 8t;
one or other of them. Le exclusively declared a lee toga ef
payment ; or that the relative value of our oda to due no
metals shall, u far as may be, be so adjusted, that the Anw
native value of each shall bear the same provortior: tte
sic value of the pure metal respectively centained is tad
On the rejection of this Clause the fulloringlano
test was entered :