Star.
London, England, 1816-05-14 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS. •

Sir SAhIUEL ROMILLY put off his fsilleion re•pectine the
Protestants in France, from to.morrow to I hurs.lay se'onight.—
He then preutred a Petilon front the Prisoners confined for
Debt in the Cumberland Gaol against the repeal of the Insol-
vent Act.—Ordered to lie.on the table.
An Account of the Advances made by the Bank to Govern..
vent on Exchequer Rills and other securities, since 1797, was
presented and ordered to be laid on the table.
The Gaol Fed Abidition Bill was read a second time, and or-
dered to be colunutted tomorrow:
The County Rates Bill went through a Committee. Report
to ritorrow.
• The Highway Sorveyors'../iill rent through a Committee.—
The Report was then received, and ordered to he taken auto con-
sideration thy Friday.
Mr. Ult ,Vl* FA N gave notice, that on, Wednesday; next be
Would present thet.Catlitlic Petition. On the: day he should
make nu olier motion than that it should lie on the 'fable; but
list should then probably beside to let the House know when Its
should submit a surnion on the Ind ject. It certainly Was his in-
tention that the Catholic Qiiestton abolishl be deeply discussed this
hest on.
Mr. QUIN presented a Petttion from the County of Lime-
rick in favour of the Agricultural Interest. Ordered to neon the
fable.
Mr. BROWN!! presented two Petitions from the Roman Ca-
thohes of the Comity and City of Galway. Ordered to de on the
fait!.
A Merta,le from the Lords announced that tbeir Lordships
requested a conference eats tLis House on Tuesday neat, to
cousitter of the red.itniof tt.e Statute Liuok.
The SPEAKER informed the Mesoengers that the House
agreod to hold ale confereme re.p.ested uu ,luisilay swat, a: Eve
o'clock in the Pain•ed Cha r.her.
The Report of the Commit tee of :Wyey on the grants' for Ire-
land was brought or, and the Resolutions agreed to.
Mr. LONG moved that there be laid before. the !fence an Ac-
coont sitewinedit Rental of se, eral Es:ues heltingioi to Green-
wich Hospital/Om the year lives to 1816.—Ordered.

PLTWORTII I;OUIUt OF COMMTION.

Mr. BENNET rewired for an atelunt of.the num-
ber of persotil Confined doriag the last three years in
the l'etworth House of Correeti:m. specifying the
crimes with stisichthey had been charged. the date
of their committal, and the length of time they had
Wen committed. He stated. that the House of Cur-
TCCtiOil at Petworth was nothing but an assemblage
of solitary cells; that persons committed for misde.
ote..dours were treated as felons; and that only a
(patter of an hour's exercise Wtti allowed them every
day. He then mentioned the case of a woman who
had byen confined on being unable to find b4il for an
assanit : she now remained three years in confinement.
He Understood that she was At present considered in.
lane. • These thing. deserved inquiry.

Mr. DUltkg.a. rrt,u►rl nat-oppose Abof nintiun.
He then explained that the woman in quiption had
a►saulted •a gentleman so violently that he had peen
obliged to appear and to swear the peace against ht.r.
Not being ►bble to find bail, she had been commi.ted,
and her conduct h.►d since been such as to prove her
deranged. It was hts opinion that she bad been in-
sane alum the first moment. She had Wes kept in
the House of• Correction because, as we ►.tiderstoud,
adnii.icn had been denied htr at St. Luke's.

Mr. BENNET s‘tid, that even at Cli.tp.:l the pri.
caner) confined in the Petworth House ut'eutrection
were prevented sreing each other, an,/ kept,:apart in
a kin'd of wowlen h.,xes•

The rn4ion was then agreed to, as well as ano-
ther from Mr. Be:oil's, tor a copy of the Regulations
of that prison. .
SOAP BILL*
Lord STANLEY inquired whether it wts inten-'
ded to bring on ihe next stage of. the Soap Bill to-
day He wished for cnne further delay, as the Bill
was not yet ptin,ed, and in order that the persons'
who were to he affected by it should have to express
their opinion upon it.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
had no objection to postpone the Report of ihe Bill, i
in corneliancir with the wish of the Noble Lord, till
tt,-rnorrow.
Lord S CANLEY said, that such a' postponemint
would be of inl avail to die persons wit= it affected. i
After some conversation between the CIIA..4CELIAM
of the EXCHEQU,ISR, Mr. Pitt/THERM Mr. METIIUIII,
Mr. G. L.lnerrON General GASCOYNE, Mr. FINIAY. I
Mr. latiStilNGTON: Mr. PHILLIPS, Lord Mitirri, Mr!.l
AMMON EY, Mr. DAVIS GIDDY, and Sit M. RIDLEY,'
:Lila Report was brought up, read, tbe.Dill ordered to
be-printed, and the Report to be taken into further
*airs:Aeration
.1.10 ILSE ?Ai.
Mr. BURRELL was understood to ask whether
the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer in-
tended to bring on the next stage of the Hckse Duty
Bill to-eight
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
considering that the discussion of the Civil List Re-
gulation Bill came on this evening. intended w post-
' pore that of the Hurse Duty Bill until after the i or-
trier should have been closed. It it were then too
late to enter into the subject, he would put it off to
another day.
Mr. PONSONBY had not tinderstruid that this
was the stage of the Civil List Bill on uhich the chi-
, cussion was to be taken. As the blanks, were rufili.
ed up, he se.zcely ex:gland the nieslute tis We-
ill its present state.
• Lord CASTLEREAGH suggested that it :would
be More convenient to allow the Bill to go through
the Committee to-night tiro form, and the clauses' to
be proposed and the blanks fill d up, and then to
take the discus4on on i-s recommitment.

• Mr. PiaIiSONBY wished that ant settlement on 1
dint subject should be suspended until his Right.
Hon: Friend, Itho had taken such a leading part in
the opposition to this Bill, should be, as he expected
'an perhaps less than ten minutes, within the Haase.
Here the eteversatioh dropped.

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. • jorrnorravica 'efts
6.01.0114ns
imespAectoufetreoci
the N which he had received
oble Lord oppOsite thcapse4pfle4ma:
afterwards he should have
present .when
e
He WAS not at this .tinie,
plaint. eCatsatlerei enaegwh
t)h,
ernca,:mi
the
assault had been committed, but it was at the in-
seance of the same Noble Filend who had acc'mpa.
nied I,im before, that. he now rose to make this com-
plaint, Most Gentlemen of this House might not, be
aware that the Guards had this day been stationed in
various parts of themetropolis. As his Noble Friend
was driving down the Heymerket, to pass throi*gh
Pall-Mall.be was stopped :it the entrance of that
street. , He, asked thisereabon why. He WAS told by
the Guards that such were then orders. He demaniled
Who was their Commanding Odieer s and was an•
steered that he was in Carlton-house. He then in-
Tined whether there were any peace (filters; an.!
asked for a constable. The soldiers replied that they
had nothing to do with peace officers—(Hear, hear,
frow the Op/vaiiien). —He hoped an lienourable DA.
ro:aet was present who had said on the former occa-
sion; that it a second complaint of that nature were
made, he would support it wit., his vote. The Noble
Lord opposite had then stated that no such cause of
acute would be given in future. Was he privy to
the order issued to the Guards to-day ? He did not
believe it. Ile believed that it CATIJ2 from another
quarter. It belenged tta the House to interior, to
see that the comfort of the nletroT.olis should not be
interrupted, and to shew those oleo dared, to inter-
rurt it, di it it was not for them to throW iinoe"
merits in tie: way of his Mije.ty's subjects. It had
wen said, when the first complaint was made, that
it arose from factious motives. This he denied- mo,.t
distinctly. The Noble Lord. was himself a man of
spirit : it he had been stoeped and been tied, as in
his (Lord Milton's) •case, that if he went forward,
net only his horse but himself should be cut d
would he nut have made a complaint? It was ne-
cessary to stop such proceedings in Gmine. There were
some who wished to introduce a military government,
and to surround it with the same mischievous array
as the Continental Sovereigns. -As to him, he con-
sidered the first person in
,the country as only its first
civil magistrate—(Hear, hear).—He reigned by civil
laws, and not by military force, and it was not by
the means of guards, drageoos, and regimTnts, that
the throne was to be upholden—(Hear, hear.)—
There was another case which had been mentioned
to him, but lie did not detail it, as he had not ascer-
tained its correctness. If it were such as it had been
represented to hire; be should not be deterred Oorn
doing hie duty on the occasion. He felt serious alarm
at these innovations. 'rue liberties of the country de-
pended on their being checked. The mind o' the
people would otherwise gradually aceustom itself to
those things, without perceiving it. Oace accus-
tomed to those spectacles, they would forget that they
were unconstitutional, and that they had a riyht to
complain of them as contrary to the laws of the
country. He concluded by moving for a copy of the
orders issued to such of bis Mei .sty's Life Guards as
were on duty this day in the City of Westminster.
. Lord NUGENT supported the motion, and called
upon the Noble Lord opposite to redeem the pledge
which he had given on a former occasion, bseewing
that he had made an application. to Me proper pie::
ter, and had not had suAicient influence to give it
eticte. elcreiherrkeuse on his part could be atfeeite
led. He considered all those innovations as sympe
tams of a growing military system, which wee most
dangerous to th. country.
Lord CASTLEREAGH observed, that the two
Noble Lords opposite renewed their assertions to sup-
port then fevourite theory. As to the interruption
in Pall Mall, it a number of carriages were collected,,
the intervention of the military might have been pru-
dent. At all events it had nothing to do with the
Constitution. He denied having evagiven a pledge
that guards should not be employed at public places
and places of amusement. He had never meant to
give any such pledge. He understood from hießight
honourable Friend the Secretary of State, at his side,
that peace officers had been ordered to attend in pro.
per numbers. He ;estates! the House would not con-
sent to the motion. .He was scarcely disposed.togive
full credit to the Noble Lords for the sincerity of
their constitutional alarm. It might bave been pro-
per to make an application to the CoMmanding Offi-
cer, but to call the Leeialative authority en iittertere
in such a question WAS rather to render it groteseue
than otherwise.

Sir C. BURRELL could tilt help saying, that as
far as he had seen, the use of the military had Iszen'
applied only to the preservation of the public peace.
He had witnessed disgraceful scents in front of St.
James's, where Mars!mimes) were whipped by ras-
cally coachmen. He wished the empl..yinent of khe
military were extended as far as 1) .vcr.street, in
Piccadilly, where an accumulation at stage coaches
called tor their interference—( Lanhier.) 'They had
instituted x sort of runners at the White Horse-cellar,
to get passengers, for their coaches; and by these
wormier were dragged- Brat to the right, then totslie
left, till they were half driven out of their wits, 4ta,d
their clothes torn, and were obliged to take refuge
in some shop—(fighter.) He had been Wormed
of this by a public sprrited jeweller—L(larsider)—who
had brought several actions to pretreat those scenes
of riot and disgrace. He thought that the police
not do their duty, and that two peaceable soldiers
would do more than 50 or 100 constables.

Lord NUGENT explained;
Mr. BROUGHAM replied to what had fallen
from the Honourable Baronet. He nkbed that the
militasy should he employed not only in Pail-111AI,
St. James's sum, and the Haymarket, but eveein
Piccadilly ! and on what accclunt Because there.'
were so many stages in that street, that persons were
packed -down to -Hammersmith againat thCir will,
women dragged to the right and left, their clot*
:toru, tlwis wits bewildered; so much I% that no ()ow
cOuld know what siodlillecome of it, ifit public spit
cited jeweller did not step, foeward to prevent it. But
how did he attempr it 1- In the only proper way; not'
by calling in, the assistance of the military, but by
applying to a Coat of Justice. He denied that either
he or his Noble Friend had ever said that the COnsti-,
tution was destroyed by the employment of the
pity. It had only.beeniaid to be inconvenient to his.
Majesty's liege subjerts: in their: lawful avocations.'
All that military parade was.nswo. and he was 010
enosigh to I.i:code( t time when the Guards Were,'
only Called out on two 'oCcagsvu. in the • ioir, the

,birth-cloys of both their Majestfee, He
within the lest five or six years there
evident tendency to give a prepen
litary po..ver, till now it hid gnti n
to be checked. IL believed this was
sion on which the military had been
facilitate the reception of a City Add
fore they vote totally unnecessete.
N re" TGE NE lt I. s
such alarms as those expressed by the
that the dirty called on to he perform el
would habituate the people to the exec
eau government. It any persme; were
assaulted by them, they bad their eemed,
law. He recollected in the cwirse ni
professional attendance on a ce:ehreted
Hestings's) the same necessary system
.He was told that lie ceuld. tee ille:eed
in a particular dirt ction, and he :Owl',
way. The piece in geteeien (the Neigh, 110414
Carlton House) ryas diett where naturelly ile.
sky of the people would induce ;hero to essmi,le,
see illustrious persons, and if it e etc net cc
gulations in criestion, there vereilti be conheion,s
order, and pet haps destruction of the lleclo; hi 14.
jesty's subjects. I'he wittier ac:ed under the dees
tion of his officer, who himself was anlen4ble ti
Civil Power. He ridiculed the idea thrown oiretleir
by these regulations the Constitution yin
ger: J, and insisted that the mietery
lectually preserve Vale prece et the increett:ii eee;
:he consteeles could on foot with their 'mill
The que;tien be consider J to be toteflj tinvottaT 4
the dignity of the House to entertain.
Mr. W YNNE reins:he:seed t:ic interference °fee
stiers rini all such occasions as threl allude:a to; As.,
were not justified in ohoritteiee; ea en ethighn~ay, high svay, even by the order ot t!e Severeige
i'2ll; utiless led oft by aPe ice Officer. It seas sues.!
that the Men:hers should b' .iiiterrupted in theirpc,
sage on any occes;on, when tt!.:2-; svgs a mantel:
order of the House always to keep the ways cleat e
them. The Civil Officer had no right to order the
soldier to impele the passage of any indiedual.,
less he were first resisted. If the interfeienet eat
believed to be by the order of Government, this
House was the only place where an explanation ought
to be demanded.

Mr. H. ADDINGTON said, that nn the very
next morning after the former cornplsint 114 d bees
made, proper orders were issued, a.ld the Migistrates
personally attended afterwards. If this d.iy thou
orders were not properly attendei to, it co 11 only
have resulted trim an idea that there was no occari
for any particular inieriererice.

PONSONE l,'—tho-Aght the ignorance of ea
Right Honourable Gentleman, whether the Magi.
strides had atteodia, or not, was a reason why the
House thould inquire into the titer, wlitzlier the l'net
Officers dui or did rot attend, and trio gave
orders for the distribution or the mi;ilary What
authority had the military tor being where they .xere
found this d.ry ? Could the Right Honourable Geo.
riemin, or the Noble.Lordanswer this epesrien ?
he praise I generally the conduct of the Lrfe Guards.
but this temperance' Mr their part had nothin; to do
with the present questi-,n. • Than ought to be no
military employed except on special nee.asions, of
which this was not one, and therefore there "fns fail
ground for the chazge Which was maple, The rm.
ployment of the niiiitary ouiheto be discountenanced
un such occasions altegee:er.
CROKER briefly defended die employment
of the military )i) the avenues of the Pal.rce, which
ought by no means to have been lepres.'.ll::'a di the
spreading of the military over the metropolis. la a
c Ise some time age, where a centinel :had miscon•
ducted himself, he"wit 'apprehended,' and rendered
amenable to the civil law, which proved. that thrlaw
had power to remedy the evil complained of,
Mr. I'ONSONBY• explained, denying •he had sail
that the soldiers were:spread oiler the metropolis.
Mr. ADDING rON also extilainel
• Sir C. MONCK 'wished %o knew whether orders
hod been issued to the' military to do that wbfah they
were not entitled to ilivlry Ll'sv, that of
the passage of :rayriebjeCt'Cier the King's higlova!!
He repeated the argunients previously urged, to she/
that this obstruction thi not only illegal, but a nui-
sance and a crime.'

Lot d MILTON explained, declaring that the
conduct at the soldier w.ts: Ohl day as gold it
could possibly be. lie only wanted tp know, whether
the order ur.ler which he acted was 1..-hest or no' ?
His Lordship said, iftit he. did go this J.ty in that
quarter 'for the pUrpose of aseertainin,.; Ci,..ther he
should be stopped or um. —(thar, hear.)
The Houte then divided—For the motion 54
Against it 112—Alaineity 55..
LordCASTLF,R PAOLI, on oar return to the
Gallery,
gallery, was speaking" on the subizct of the Ova
List.. He proposed that the Bill should now be mid
a second time lire committed for to.m..now,
ind on Wednesday any additional clause gnigln be
debated and incorporated with the' Bill. Atter some
Ouxersittion ihii v:a; ;,kiee4l to.
eoCit the motion g* NEWPORT, Cie
tionae-went into a Committee on the Itith LanAlartls
and Tenants' Bill. The blAnks were filed pp, and t:ie
Report ordered for further consideration on friday..
Mr. BitOGl)EN.brorght up she Report of the
Malt Bill. OA the question that it be agreed to.
Mr. PRO I'HERUE made • some ref:larks 'EI al
propriety of exempting the seller or retailer of wag
tram the op: ration of the Bill.'
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said he could not conceive how any such person. cuoli
tarigine theinselves entitled to such anAillowince.
Ihe ainaeo.litients being agreed to, the Bill teas
ordered for a third wading to.morrow.

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HusßAN:Atv korsys.
The. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQT.:A
hiving moved for a.cotutnittce on this BPI, s'Afef
kiiintentiots tn.
Comtinttee h^Pdwited to exempt Stage s.;oath tiorses irtn
Assessed Tax on them for the present ye,tr.
. The House hAv;,...z gone into the Coinmittcc,
Mr. BUR KiLL opposed the Bill, on the Ar
of its unfair operation, as persons who had r
land, which required more horses to till it zeta !);h:g
rnannee,.had advantage over those who ha
ltnds. _There was no fariner now who was tie:
distreisrd 'circumstances, and every pass.ble
ought to be given W them.
MrGIDDY deolored the expediency of t: 's ..ax,
which trouts' not have been necehary but fur cie

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peal off' one of the inoet.preductivethathad ever been
suggested. No tit could fall more'unequal than the
.erne now before the Nousel its being one that related
;o the protinctions of she earth made it perlectly ob-
jection onls question was, after the great
and advantageous tar had been removed; what others
the country could bear• pari in g with?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
who had very
agreed with the Heneutable Member,k
fairly stated the consequences of the ehnliii in of the
properly Tax; built* could not think that in the
present situation of the country it was possible to give
a wee. r degree of indulgence in respect to the-Hor4
Tee dem whet was,now preposed., To a large.pro
portion et ten.intis etiietield firms of less than .tl5O
teyeer, it e. mild be a great relief; while, as thelarger
farmers vivre relieved from the burthen of the Pro-
rely Tax, they could not require the indulgence of
exemption fens this.. The House had already gone
tt, the iitrenst extent it could possibly afford, by re-
Lev's% ti.c country from about seventeen millions of
annual taxes, and he thought. It impossible tO make
osy turthcr reductions at present.
Mr. P. MOORE denied that this tax was called
for y and before it or any others were agreed to, it
vets the bounden duty of the Right Hon. Gentleman
add his triends to lay before the House the true state
of its finencial condition, and the whole system of
taxation, that it might bejudged what species of tax-
ation was necessary. He would oppose every mea-
. sure t this kind, till such statements were brought
forward, when he was sure the House wobld not he-
sitate et affording whatever aid was required.
Mr. CUR WEN was ready to admit, that whet had
been conceded by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
woull he of great advantage to the small larmer
and it was not to be believed that the whele tax
could be given up. Every horse that was unneces-
sari./ kept required a share of ground whose pro-
duce secs sufficient for a human being, and it was,
therefore, desirable that the number of horses should
be diminished as mueh'•as peeesible. He objected te
certain vex itioes in the collection of the tee, .which
he litiFee would be remedied, particularly that which
subjected farmers to the duty tor riding horses, and
the criat g,s her agroem. In one district 97 appeals had
been made on this subject, and 94 of them been
deemed invalid. This was a great oppression.
Mr. J. P GRANT said nobody felt more than
himself the neeetsity'bf raising money for the exigen-
cies of the State.; but it was not possible for the peel-
ter' ttis country to pay the taxes that were already
d on, • and the tax on agricultural horses we no-
thing morellielilislitaitt• a tax on machinery; like
that of a weiver'slatim, The Right Hun. aentle.
man deserved no credit fOr the reduction of the 17
millions of tan!' of Which he boasted, for he had been
forced to give up the Property Tax, because the faith
of Parliament was pledged to discontinue it on tae
conclusion of the war. The Horse 1%14 in his opinion,
was in opposition to every wind principle ot
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.Sir E. KNATCLIBULL oppoied the Tax, on the
ground that all possible encouragement ought to be
given at the maient crisis to the agricultural interests,
already borne doivrt by the pressure of tithes and
other taxes. He trusted the Right Hon. Gentleman
would not persist in it.
Mr. WYNNE was also decidedly against,theTiq•
which he declared his`intention of opposing jet 1.
times, as he lied done when it was first proposed to
be extended. He explained the pressure of its opera-
tion on the Welsh farmer's, who were obliged to keep
many horses, for the parivse of bringing manure
from great diseinces.,
Sir C. BURKELL complained of the tax on ac-
count of its inequelitios heavylande required double
the number ot hersei to* till them, which .were sulk,
cient for thecuitivation,of soil of e.ilifferent desirip-
lien. He would prefer an additional tax upon plea•
one horses, or upop any tie that might. be cunsi-
&led as an article ofluxewr
Mt. CURWEN wished the reduction about to be
• made in the duty to be extended lrom farms or 415 U
to those ot &MO per. espnume
After a fee;
inseieltiknt sir J. Matelonmetes, ;the
House divided.oat the otiginal- queseiOrte wfieuetbe
numbers weree—Ayes, 87—Nocs,
When strangers were re=admitted, the House wee
engaged in the cousideration ot .the other clauses eV
the Bill.

• Mr. CURWENproposed an Amendment on the
chose for redib.ing the duties chargeable on tarns
not exieecling theinnual value of 41.5U,,whic!, went
to extend the-reduction about to be made .to farms ut.
MO per annum,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
dechneti.givin4 any opposition to this proposition.
Sir C. BURRELL was glad the Chancellor of
tie Extheqiier ",lind acquiesced in the motion of the
lion, Gentleman near him.
Mr. CURL EN. acknowledged?. with much satis-
faction, the great liberality with which the Right
Ron. Gentleman had conceded that for which be,
(Mt. Cursven) had contended, and expressed his
Soong opinion, iliac by doing so, that clan of petions
would be mist relieved who best deserved the mien-
tton of Parliament, and on whom the Tax had here-
tofore most seterely pressed. . • 1
The clati,e was then agreed to.
Sir C. BURR SU; expressed a hope, that before
the Bill was disposed of, some provision would be
made with respect to worn-out mares that •could
work nu nicre, and were kept but for breeding. It
had came to his knOwlcdge, that Government in-
tinded to impose a tai on btood mares, and he
thought that the most unjust of all taxes, which com-
pelled the farmer to pay al. IL for each mare past
labour, after payi:ig a duty of 17s. 6d. on hot while
tie was ahle to woo k.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
thought the sObject deserved consideration.
The several clauses of the Bill having been weed
tr', the Horse was returned, and the report was or.
,dtrel to' be received on Wednesday.
ALIEN BILL.
On the question that the House should go into a
Committee on the Alen BM,
General THORNTON reminded the House, that
the Sokitor.Gcneral had contended the Sovereign
hAd the power or spotting- an Mien out of the coun-
'KY. He had also the power of recalling the subjects
(4 this country from foreign parts,• and of segues-
"Virg their property it they refused to obey the man-
'llk. He wished this 'power, with some modifica-
tittns, Were now exerted. He approved of the Prie•
I

.eTple dtLe Alieo IC. bet should still more approve
of a tax upon absentees. • •
Sir M. W. RIDLEY opposed the Bill as wholly
inapplicable to the present circumstances of the coup=
try, and lie therefore thought it his duty to enter his
protest against it.'
Mr. Alderman C. SMITH defended the measure
as being essential to the security of the country.
Mr. J. P. GRANT did not now mean to oppose
the Bill, as he knew 'several of his friends intended
to offer their sentiments on it when the Report was
brought up ; he should reserve himself till then,
when it was his intention to offer certain new clauses
to be embodied in the Bill.
The House thettifivetif into a Committee.. After a
short conversation On some of the clauses, the 11,60
resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received
on Thursday.
ZUMErAL CERTIFICATE BILL.
The Funeral CertifiCate BM was moved to be now
read a second time.
After a few, words from the ATTORNEY GENERAL,
the House divided—For the Bill 3—Against it 82.
The Bill was, therefore, rejected,
Sir E. BRYDGE3 declared, that it would be
better for him to withdraw himself and know himself
better than to originate measures of such importance,
and expose himself to Contempt.
Mr. D. GIDDY thought the Hon. Baronet took
the subject tooluneh. to heart.
Mr. M. SUTTON trusted that the Honourable
Baronet would not consiar himself too personally
dealt with in• this measure.
• The SPEAKER expressed a wish that the Ho.
nourabl• l3aronet would not give up another measure
of his (Poor Laws) still before the House.
Sir E. BRYDGES expressed his willingness to at-
tend to the suggestran 4,t the Speaker.
Sir C. MONCK obtained leave to bring in •
to confine the toll for the carriage of manur
certain description otcarriages.—Adjourned.