§ Viscount Melbourne, in laying on the Table the Report of the Commissioners who had been appointed to inquire into the propriety of making some alteration in the laws for the relief of the poor, begged leave to recommend the Report to the serious consideration of the House; and he called on their Lordships to adopt such measures as were imperatively demanded by the extreme urgency of the case. Too much praise could not be given to the Commissioners for the unwearied and laborious attention which they had paid to this important subject. That some errors might have crept into the Report was not impossible; but he was bound to say, that the utmost attention had been paid to the subject in all its details, and a most valuable body of information had been collected. Two right reverend Prelates who were Members of that House, and several other individuals who had many other duties to perform, had gratuitously sacrificed much time in pursuing this investigation, and deserved, in his opinion, the grateful thanks both of that House and of the country at large.
§ The Report to be printed.