Star.
London, England, 1828-03-21 00:00:00

called upon, pethaps in the last year of his lease, to pay
share of a tax for a public building is whit he was in
so way interested.
After a few words from Mr. Dawson, leave was evas to bring
in a Bill.

VOTING IN NOROUGHII.

Mr. ROSS rose to move for leave to bring 'in a Bill
to regulate the admission of freemen in cities and bo-
roughs. The object of bis Bill would be to declare
that no person should be allots ed to vote at the election
of Members of Parliament for cities and boroughs, un-
less he should take up his freedom within 12 months of,
the period when it might accrue. He thought that by
a regulation of this kind candidates would be saved a
great expense to which they were at present pat bt the
practice of making considerable numbers of freemen
daring the prowess of an election. He moved for
leave to bring in the Bill.
Lord NUGENT said be would give the Hon. Member
all the assistance in his power in framing the provisions
of the Bill.

Lord LOWTHER considered this dile of the many
attempts at petty legislation respecting the right of
voting, which the House was almost daily in the habit
of witnessing. He would oppose the introduction of
the measure.

Mr. BAILEY also was opposed to the Bill.
Mr. HARVEY was of opinion that the proposed al.
teration of the pi esent law would tend rather to increase
than diminish the expenses of candidates; for persons
entitled to their freedom would certainly make a journey
to take it up, the expenses of s hich journey (besides the
one at the period of election) they would as certainly
exact from the candidate for whom they voted.
The question was then put on the motion for leave
to bring in the Bill, and the gallery was cleared for a
division, which, however, did not take place, owing, as
we understood, to Mr. Ross having withdrawn his
motion.

SHERIFFS IN IRELAND.
On saw return to the Gallery, we found •
Mr. W. LAMB addressing the House; after a few
observations, he moved for leave to bring in a Bill for
the better regulation of the Offices of Sheriff and Sub-
sheriff in Ireland.
Mr. S. RICE said, that every man wbo had read the
Report of the Commissioners upon this subject. would
feel disappointment and dismay, unless something effec-
tual were done.
Mr. W. LAMB trusted the measure he proposed
would be found effectual for its purposes. It did not,
as the Hon. Member supposed, militate against his wish
to have the power of the ancient office of Coroner revived.
After a few words from Sir H. PARNILL and MC
WALLACZ, leave was given.

PASSIDIGLIts REGULATION SILL.
Mr. Secretary HUSKISSON moved the Order of the
Day on the Passengers Regulation Bill.
Sir H. PARNELL hoped the Right Hon. Gentle.
man would not precipitate through its stages a Bill of
such importance to a large class of shipowoers, who
had not, at least in that part of the empire with which
he was connected, an opportunity of expressing how
sensibly their interests must be affected by the Bill now
in progress through the House.
Mr. HUSKISSON regretted that the Honourable
Baronet should have viewed the Bill as a regulrioa of
trade. It was primarily, and in strictness, as a regula-
tion of humanity, and respected not so much commer-
cial property as the value of human life, and the curtail-
ment of human suffering—(Hear.) It had become
matter of notoriety that shipowners engaged in trans-
porting emigrants to the colonies, had most improperly
neglected to provide these unfortunate people with
sufficient food or water for the voyage out, and even
taken cargoes of human beings on board, for whoni
there was rot adequate space in the vessel to ensure
them from the effect of confined air, and the ravages
of contagious disease. With this object in view, he
did not think he asked too much in begging to be
allowed to pass the Bill through a Committee this
evening, and proposing that it should be printed and
circulated, so as to be understood generally by all whose
interests were likely to be affected.
Sir H. PARNELL conceived that the effect of the
Bill's passing would beto raise the fare of the emigrant,
and thus discourage, what was most important for the
benefit of Ireland at least, the spirit of emigration.
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON represented a large
body of shipowneri, but he had received no such in-
structions from them as the Hon. Baronet had received
So far from opposing the measure, he considered him-
self bound, upon every principle of humanity, to sup-
port is--(Hear. heat). He thought the manner in
which the Irish emigrants were carried out called loudly
for the interference of the Legislature.
Mr. WARISURTON did not oppose the Bill. But
he did think the Right Hon. Gentleman carried the
provisions of it too far. He justified the Bill entirely on
the score of humanity, and the condition in which the
emigrants were carried our. Now, humanity equally
demanded that their condition should be amended in
their own country. They were equally crowded—
, equally dirty—lnd equally starving in their own cabins
in Ireland as on board the passage vessels.
'4 &abaft °castes print! transedetere curium,
" Teadebantque masa ripa ulterioris amore."
Mr. ROBINSON denied that the general interest of
British shipowners was opposed to the Bill. He con-
sidered delay fatal to the object of the Bill for the pre-
sent season.
. Mr. SI KES opposed the motion. The Act it was
proposed to repeal had been passed after a very full
inquiry, and it was rather too much to call upon them
now to proceed with precipitation.
Mr. Secretary HUSKISSON assured the Hon. Mem..
ber that he had taken the greatest pains to ascertain,
from the most competent quarters, what was the feu:i
mam of space, what the minimise of water, and wha.
of provisions, that would answer for the emigrant, in
order that be might net aeedle.sly inflict regulations
not called for. He was surprised to hear the Hon.
Baronet say, let these ships go to sea without water,
and without food, and then bring an action against the
Captain--(Hear.) The Hon. Baronet should remember,
that if the emigrant was poor and miserable in his own
load, that there were at least comforts here which were
riot to be found in the parts to which he was going.
1 There was charity in his own land, and many other
things, all of which he lost in going to the Colonies—
(Hear.) The Legislature of this country, he conceived,
. west. bound, upon every principle of humanity and
I justice, not to send these poor beings out to. the inhabi-
tants 0 new countries afflicted with pestilence and
disease;„ He really believed that there was nothing in
to this Bi rie these purposes which the most fastidious
could . •
sr a s and Mr. Seerstuylinasuosi atatually explained.
The HANCE4LOR of the EXCHEQUER ob-
sessed, at the lion. Baronet had treated the question
as it hivfLight Hon. Friend had just made the disco-
iery, that the cupidity of shipownen would sometimes
mesai,shem to send passengers to sea inadequately peo-
.lstitisrfile. The Statute Book showed that this was no
recent discovery. There was a series of Acts passed for