The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-16 00:00:00

POOR RIMIKF BILL.

The following proceedings took place et the Gone.
nl Meetieg of the Caul of Geordie's., in Norwich,
on Teesday r.vek, respecting the Bill brosight into
the Reese of Commons by Mr. Sturgis Bootee.
After the sera! realism bad been gone threegh, tly
Clerk ennoesa.d that he had received from Mr.
Smith, the Member for the City, a copy of the Bill
latrodeerd into Parliament relative to settlements.
Mr. R. Unwire c referred the Coen to tba wee. 11
adopted Ineyear, when a similar "must' was
prepared in the Reese of Commons. The *Bre.
to protect else aged and indestroes poor Item
the nattily a Wag restored from perlibes, h which
ern home residedaad labeered for years,, to distant
places et legal 'Mimeo ; sad so far met with his
eeseetemsera He feared, however, its effect ireirlitl
Ire (hr 'beet of we desirable am ebjpet ; there was,
a strews verissiotree -whilst it proposed to
dleseklmeesidestee with service, its eusetweets rt.

tm *benne *sig. In this mob mffeemaus.
, l'lo.l.tee rosesegamsees maisetnbetohigpit la-
.. ' hes
tlier"=ll. Wm of Oseveliffra, bet leading to
tdbegiseirtint trapslipeiethed by,Mispers to gain as.
theallnes. ne IM mooed dm ro.appointment of the
Celbeffiee whisk oil best year, to prepare a Peti-
it" Mad anti the proves of the Bill.
'44/Willman J. Snows' thoogbt Mr. Bourse's Bill
41•14 vocal, as a general measure of benefit to so-
ciety; sad doubted the propriety of this city claiming
ea eseimpaiou from its effects.
Aidoiftroo.Riasei objected to the motion, consider.
ill Off Phnom system of the Poor Laws as demo.
raiisialthis People, sod Medlars ter the increase of
aim. 'lite ',Myeloid of the Bill is goestioa had
bees ekienewillety Mr. Whitbread, mad be thought it
would bnittemhd with bensiicial coamegsinices. We
ought, its gaieties of this kind, not to regard merely
its local hat its petrel effects ; and if its adaastages
IMO ow the whole pmmnderatiog, it ought to bar
. . He believed it would promote habits of
mad regularity among the Peer.
at: ToirLon asida-not subscribe to the rotation.
=Z
able dennimade attrilniting the distress of the coon.
ley p' ' ..to therein. Laws. After them lows
had misted ir mere limn 200 years, it bad been
Soddenly diecovered that they were productive of the
most wish:6w affects. How happened it that this
getable dieermy had been reserved for the lag' 20
years? The time might cctne when a fundamental ,
Waage Mead be effected in the system ; but ho was
Raided lbe reseal was not the time. Who was the
person who hail 'presumed to touch this venerable
fabric? A seas who setually proposed to set chit.
then to work by Act of Parliimmt, and to prohibit
the allowance of soy relief to an able.bodied man in
employ. A .ors childish. absurd, and impractica-
ble attempt at legislation had,parver been heard of.—
It was a thorn fact, tharo,ip one of oar most per.
poloutf• tosaufseturing districts, a man who worked ,
14 hive, every day could only ears 71. a-week ;
and this Bill was designed to iaterpose and pretest
any relief being afforded to these wrath:lied sufferers.
With regard to the alteration in the Law of Settle.
went, he sew no certainty of any good effect melt-
log from it: perhaps there might be some; bat ill
evil effects were eoundantly manifest. in this city
many thonsauds of persons were tieing, who did not
legally belong to it. (Mr. Simpson said 14,000
p.rseriss.) Mr. Taylor was not aware the new
ber was so large, and it was a most alarming con.
sideraiion for the city, that by one stroke of Mr.
Sturges Bourne's pen 14,000 individualv @hyoid at
once become liable to harden it. The effects would
doebtless be similar mall largo manufacturing towns,
.and he trusted the Geardiaos would now giro the
same acute and determined Opposition as before, In
a Bill pregnant with absurdity and mischief. lie
should therefore iopport Mr. Robert Browna's mo.
'ion for a Committee.