Parliamentary Intelligenc...
The Times, 1824-06-14T00:00:00

'Eie Howse met a little befbre four o'clock. .ur. nz,ttLr,t,! movea tne turther consideration of this bill in cominitte. The house baving gone into the committee the hoa. mnember stated the nature and object of the rreasure. Tiere were he obsrved, several warehouses, wharfs docks, and quays in Ire. land, belon ring to the Government, which were managed and di. rected by the officers of the Crown. There were several of the same kinrd in England; but instead of being superin tended by the officers of the Crown, they were let out to private individuals or companies, bv whom the several dues were received. The object of the present bill w-" to enable the Commissioners of Customs to let out or sell -hose docks, wharfs, quays, and warehouses, to individuals or com- panies, and it also went to regulate the amoumt of the fees and dues which shruld be received on goods and merchandises deposited there. Upon tlis subject verny considerable misapp7ehensionhad goneabroad in Ireland. It vras imagined by very many) that the bill was intend. ed to establish increased daes, or to compel merchants to bring their gooads to particular wharfs and stores. This was quite a mistake. rhe dues to be paid would be 5 per cent. lower than that paid in ;irnilar docks, wharfs, or quas in England; and it was never in. tended to oblige merchants to bring their goods to those depots ra. ther than any other: upoa this, they would be left entirely to their OWm dhcice. Some statements of a very erroneous nature had ap piared in some of the Irish papers, but they entirely misrepresented the facts. In order to give time for parties concerned to make their arrmngements, the operation of tbis bill would be put offtill the 10th of October. Mr. C. H. HUTCHINSON2 was very glad to hear the statement !ade by the hon. gentlernan on this subject, which certainly was, as fz as head gone, satisfactory. He v ould, however, suggest to him, as it could make very little difference in point of' ime, the propriety otf Ullowiig the operation of tbe measure to stand over till January or Februvy, at which time Parliament would meet. Sir H. PAINW ELL, Sir N. COLTHURST, Mr. GRATTAN, andl Ct-3Inel BAGvrELL, expressed the.r,selves satisfied with the explana. tO3s given by the hon. member, and would hot now oppose the mcsure. The house then resumed; the report was received and agreed to, nD3 the bill ordered o bh read a third time on Monday. SUPERAN'NUATION FUND BIli,. Mr. S. WVORTLEY moved that the house do resolve itself into A committee on 'his bill. .Ur. BANKES begged to know what was the amount of the sums nlriaav pid to this fund, and which it vrac the object of the present Hl to disoense with. Mr. S. \VORTLEY answered 50,0001. Mr. BANKES thought there was no neccssity for throwing such absrmlen on thecountry. He did not see why clerks in public offices -should have a fund provided for them at the expense of the country -w:2Y thev should be put in a better situation than derks in mer~ cbnts' offi:cs, or tradesmea.-or why they should not be called upon to make t-hat provision for sickness and old age which all provident men woull do from the savings of their income. In conclusion he raoved as an amendment, that the bill be committed that dav month. M11r. MABERIY would give his cordial support to the bill. Hie tieaeueht that the public servants were entitled to a provision at the expen,seof their country after a faithfuil service of manv years. The ,reat object of holding out those advantages to the servants of the public, was to induce a long and faithful service, and it could not be exp-;ted that such services could be given unless a proportionate adva:tage were held out. Lord BINNING said, that this bill would not have she ef'fect of la-nig a new impost of-50,0001. upon the country. It would only p'=e= the persons employed in public offices in the same situation ikh rcspect to the superannuation fund in which they were before theact ot 1622. It was a fact that many of the public servants were b-a very indiffcrcntly provided for in case of superannuation. This v'as peculiarly the case with the clerks of the India Board, who were nmc,s wor-.e provided for than those in several other public depart. =meats, the Board not having the power of increasing the anpaarannuation aUowance in proportion to the value and importance cac their rcrvices. While he was upon this subject, he could tnt. inj ustice, pass over the merits of one individual who lately re. tired fron Lte India Board on a superannuation. This gentleman 'Ur. Cunaminz, after having served 31 years in the office, of which he =as lattecrly the head clerk, and after lhaving rendered the most i..,-ertannervices to his country by his indefatiguable exertions zazd great talents, retired aibout a year or two ago, wvith his nerves in a very shattered state from the eff'ect of constant application to .-esiness. and yet with no greater compenisation for his services than te would have been entitled to had he done no more than attend the rvrubeinesiness of the office in the usual office hours. Hle had said thus much in the hope thlat the great merits of this gentleman might mat Lo pissed over. 3r. TRAN'T expressed his cordial satisfaction at the principle of a bill which recognized the reward so justly due to meritorious pub. licsaarrtnts.. Mlr. S. 1VORTLEY also defendedl this bill on prinsiple. .'lr. T. WILSON, sasid, that thebill was founded in justice, andl .ell entitled to the support s7hich it had received from both sides of the hnnw. T'ic amendment was then negatived without a division, and the b.llJ pr.aal through a committee The house resumed, the report wcr-. reivel, ajnd ordered tobe taken into further considerttion on llcuiday next. IRISII BUTTER BILL. !1r. T. WILSON moved the order of the day for committing the Iri,hbut:ter bill. sir i!. PARNELL complained offixing thediscussion upon thiri DiA, Whichs had excite. sEO much OPposition from the IishvtredeI Iupn a day when a fullattendance of members was not toibe expecteda Ir. T. WVILSON said that he had once before postponed the bill to accommodate honourable members, and it was unreasonable to call upon him for further delay. Colonel BAG WELL declared'that the bill was much opposed by tholeengagfedin the butter.trade in Ireland, and ought not to be pressed on the: eve of a Parliamentary protogation. M SIr. WV. WILLIA MS also opposed the bill. Mlr. C. !4.HUTCHI?'SON strongly contended for the postpone- mene, for the purpose of enabling those who were interested in Ire- land to ntate their case. MIr. S. RICE and Mr. GRATTAN pressed a similar reason for postponetnent upon the consideration of the house. Tir. THOMUAS WI SON, under these circumstance., consented to the postponement. Sir GEORRGE HILL broughlt up the report of the conimittee on thc magistrates' (Ireland) indemnity bill. illr. GRATTAN and IMIr. S. RICE objected to the ptinciple of the bill. The reportwvzas received,.and the 'oil ordered to be read a third time an Alonday next. On the motion of Ar. W. WiELLIAMS, a return was orlered of the quantity of refined sugar exported from England and Scotland in the year 1823. Air. S. RICE brought up the Irish annuity bill, wbich was re- ceived, and the bill ordered for a tlhird reading on Mlonday next.- Adiourned. PARLIAMENTARY lrNTELLIGBNCE. HOUSE OF COMMONS, SATURDAY. JUNE 12. W xVAREHOUSING BILL (IRELAND).