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. . I • A ,A , ...- . / ..---, -:.•,::,,,- / , .. s :, 4i ,:i . , - i7f, , ,v ,:-; . 4. ,, i ,.. . ) i ,„„ - .. k ,A -- 411 65§ ) "••• • N . 4 , 4, .., -4 , , c‘ t .,,„ : „... - .. Ik" ) ,:ti; i ''' ' 4. ....:........•.+';""d160111b....N... , *1'."..../..........._.._..............._...........___ V • .- ,1 7 • MEDNESDAi r , AIRIL 18, 1810. `,EMOr.t: 72151 [PRICE SIXPENCE-1 ROVIDENT INSTlTUT—Specially em pfond' by Act of Parliament forte INSURANCE of F the GRANT and PURCHASE of ANNUITIES, and ENDIWMENT of CHILDREN, Southaniiiton-stieet, s a od, Llndo• This day was published, in one trot post Bro. prier, 7s. boards, THE LIFE of FENE LON, ARCHBISHOP of CAM.. zany, Author of Telemachus, &c. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-row. PARLIAIIaNTARr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 17. in ihe-Commi-tee of Privileges on the Roxburgh Peerage, the Solicitor-General for Scotland was heard on behalf of the Clainvof Sir James Dines Ker. Further proceeding on the first Thursday after the recess. The innkeepers Rates Subsistence Bill, the Irish ItoadAmend scent Bill, some local aHd pt ivate Bills, were brought up from the Commons by Mr. LusniNovott, Sir HENRY MONTGOMERr, Mr. LYCON,, Sir J. G. Cis ITERELL, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and other Members of the House of Coninacins, and read a first Lime. The Local Militia Amendment Bill, and the Militia Comple tion Amendment Bill, were read a third time and passed. Mr. Bogs t, from Queen Ann's Bounty Office, presented an , Abstract of the Returns of Livings under £l5O per annum, which sac ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. The Earl of HARDWICKE moved for soVeral Papers relative to the Distilleries in Scotland, which were ordered. The proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court in Gard's Divorte, I were presented at the Bar, and the Bill was read a first time. I . This day was published, In crown evo . The Second Edition, revised add corrected, price ss. boards, of I , ADVICE TO YOUNG LADIES on the IM PROVEMENT of the MIND and the CONDUCT of LIFE.—By the lbev. T. BROAD HURS'I". Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, -nd Orme, Paternoster row. S' This day were published, price 25.. OBSERVATIONS on the CRIMINAL LAW of ENGLAND, as it relates to CAPITAL PUNISH MENTS; and on the Mode in which it is administered. By Sir SAMUEL ROMII.LY. Printed for 'l'. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand. PRESIDENT, Th e Mat: Noble the Marquis of Booms ons,m, K. G. VIEE..PRESIDENTS, alp f• Sali3s . iry, K. G. Viscount Chetwynd, Viscount Duncannon, - '' l B u lkeln Lord Braybroke. TRUSTEES, • Marquis of Buckingham, Lord Braybrooke, Si John Tor praed, Esq. M. P. Scrope Bernard, Esq. M. P. MANAGING DIRRCTOR, J. T. Barber, Eqq. F. A. S. 7 . : . ji i •innishing l rinciple of this institution is, that its pr 0..., ..., .Icl ais. among the members equally according to the ,„1,1,-,,h they respectively contribute, and with the important . . 00 f their not being liable to make good the losses of ,45e ,, , a , a ample surplus capital has been provided by the ori- T r i eleter , to make good any excess of losses that 01111 be ar.:icipated. ft.ta insured= this Office are not charged with any premium unless called into actual service. alubsion fees are required, nor is any charge snide for Wert the stamp duty. Olke Hours fr .. ons 9to 4. NEW STATE I.orrnty, To be Drawn in JUNE, UAZARD, BURNE, and Co. Stock-brokers, re l./ re .ztfully inform the P- !lb% that TICKETS and SH toES fa t h e rrereat sTATE LOTTERY are on Sale at their °dice, s a 93, KOVAL EXCHANGE. fhc 6cherut k on the same Improved Play Ili the last, as to Number l'ickes, Mode of Drawing, &c. avd presents, in ad 4e.ua to the Ce. 40.000 of Prizes, • FOUR EXTRA BENEFITS, Of 100 Whole Tickets each, ppich arc to be given to the Four Tickets of the First Number drawn a Prize above £l5. ! A lters, Post-paid, duly answered, and Schemes gratis.—Bank, I n da, alit: South Sea Stocks, with their several Annuities, India Jor.ds, Exchequer Bills, and every description of Government kocizics, bought and sold by Commission. 0 t ---- COMB and CO. No. 37, CORNIIILL ; No. ss, HAVNIARKLI ; No. 11, HOLBORN; and No. 269, MOND. With their usual good fortune, Sold In last Lottery, in 73 Shams, Ny,:;731 44;-1 ••• ... .esO.ooo In previous lifiterr : 5 0 No. 2, iIR .esn,ono 343 1,01.0 511,iNs ... is ... 2,500 3of 500 ... is ... 1,500 b. ; jl 1./rti of almost every Capital therein ; besides in last yit:',180 4 , 4 ), Six of £.10,000, and Capital. to the Amount of £250,000, A7rrAr sollirg Tickets and Shares in the New Lottery, to be 8111 JUNE, in which the:e are Four Grand Prizes of 100 1.:1.;:s each, which may produce to a Ticket XlOO,OOO ; and to ii - :neenth, upwards of .4:6,000 ike Public will please to observe, BRANSCOMII and Co. t:i le first and last of Prizes so given, 'hich pre lured to the f:rt:na:e Holders d:341,000 ; the first X 30,600; the las: .C 25,000, altz'y xvi,ooo l'rize csr,r Shared. swiFT•and Co. RESPECTRILLY inform the Public, that they have on Sate, the Tickets and Shares of the NEW LOTTERY, Wlizh w:11 begin wad finish Drawing on the Bth JUNE. lie hchtme is on the same aprmvcd Principle as the lad, tinitt unly 5,000 Numbers, with J.:-1)0,0::0 in Prizes, among FORTY CAPITAL: , ; 1.1.11,!::ion to these, the Public are presented with Fear EXTRA P IZ ,tir of a Number, by which the Adernturer has the elarcc •3iiiing Four Prizes of A 20,000, by the Purchase of a sinew flaw. The followir. Capital Prizeg have been Shared r their Officer, No. 11, Poultry ; No. 12, Charing frut);:.:.d No. 21, Aldgate High-street. • £20,000 2• .0,000 ... 20,000 4,099 0.035 231 ... i,OOO ,000 5,00 5,000 5,000 5,4101 5,000 5,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 13,861 9 5 :1 , ;2 !SI ... 20,000 10,000 10,000 1 O,OC 0 1 e Roo 10,ono 19,217 ... • • ... 11,599 . . ... 20,439 ... ... 7,951 ... ... 19,52 ... • • 15.984 ••• ... ... X,041 10p00 17,612 ... 10,000 23052 10 1 000 :1,295 10,000 7,1L7 10,0(x) Arm of the Cif itUS were Shai tlie last 18,112 ... ... .. 11,199 ... ... ... 17,2R1 ... ... ... 753 ... ... ... red and Sold at their Of f ices in Lottery. WANTED, a comfortable FAMILY HOUSE , ." with domestic convenicrms, in good repair, and fi t for eareeliate occupation, for a Widow Ladg, with a Family of tlult!ren, who wishes to retire from London, on a plan of eco soa7, from ten to thirty miles, in any county, in a pleasant, to:uble village or mat ket town, where coaches are passing daily ald from town, living in general reasonable, and rent not ex ceding £35 per Annum. Address, post paid, to E. C. at Messy. hiding and Bruce, N 0.9, Sweeting's Alley, Royal Exchange. This day was published, price :is. A New Edition, being the third, of n B SE R VAT' OILS respecting the PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, and the INFLUENCE of the CROWN. BY the Right Hon. GEORGE ROSE. Printed for I'. Cads and W. Davies, Strand. 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In a few days will be published T'HE ENCHEIRIDION MED ICU M, or 1 - YOUNG PRACTITIONER'S POCKET COMPANION beteg a Conspectus of the London , Dublin, and Edinburgh, Phar! macuptsias, with a collection of Formula, and the necessary Tables of Synonimes.—By WILLIAM HAMILTON, M. B. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orate, Pateruoster row ; of whom may be bed. THE PHARMACOPEIA OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE tIF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON, lane. Translated into Eng -li,h, with Notes. By RICHARD P . OWELL, M. D. The 2d edition, revised and corrected. in ave. price lOs. 6d. boards. Also, Two Taldea, on Paaeboard. exhibiting at one View, the Mations of the last and present Phirtuacopoia, price es. Gd. • 'this day was published, price , ts. 6d. The 'third Edition, illustrated with Cases. APItACTICA I. TREATISE on the Prevention and Cure of the VENEREAL. DISEASE, particularly its consequences, as Strictures, Gleets, including *Valves Dorsaßs, Hypochondrianism, Onanism, &c.--being a complete Guide in those Di,fases.—By M cal-ON. Surgeon. Late of the United Hospitals of St. Thomas's and Guy's. And Editor of the First and Second Volumes of the London Medical and Surgical Spectator. Printed for S. Highley, No. 24, Fleet-Wee ; Longman and Co Paternoster-tow ;C. Mutlow, No. 56, Holborn ; Sherwood, Neely. and Jones, Paternoster-row, London ; and for the Author, No. 10, Stanhope-street, Newcastic-street, Strand. Where may he had the Spectator, price £l. Ss. LiAU:;SES's LIFE OF FliN ELON. This day was published, In two vols. Bvn. embellished with an elegant Portrait. price IRs. boards, THE LIFE of FENELON, ARCIIDISITOP of CA MSRAI, compiled from Original Manuscripts by M. L. F. DE BAUSSET, formerly Bishop of Alais, &c. &c. Translated trims the French by WILLIAM MUD FO RD. Of this Life of Fenelon, it may be observed, that it fills up an important chasm in literary biography. Till this appeared, which is wholly prepared from original manuscripts, and the Appendix to which contains many hitherto unpublished writings of Fenelon, 1 ' there was no other Life of the Archbisho p of Cambrui, but the unsatisfactory ones by his nephew , the l's arquis of Fenelon, by the Chevalier de Ramsay, and by Father_Q Aleut. . Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and J es, Paternoster-row. duct of thelionl, but to .that of its officers, and those With whom they cOnitiltecL They remonstrated against the violence that had been offered to their Representative., and affirthed that he had ably and constitutionally argued the qtiestion Of thb right of the House to imprison. They teitainly had a right to express their opinion upon this Matter. He himself %. had in that House contended that Si: Francis Burdett had done nothing illegal in the course of that argu ment. He would, if called upon, give the same opi nion out of the House; and this, he apprehended, Could not.ressonably be construed into any disrespect to the House. As to the reference to the charge against Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Perceval, for traf ficVng in seats in that House, this was regularly brought to their notice by the votes and journals,of the House. They had a right to express their opinion upon that transaction, and the opinion they had ex pressed was not different from his and that of 'many ethers. They had else- adverted to expreesiOnt which had fallen from Mem in that House,,, per.. liaas,migiit be somewhat irregular, as they - COW liardli have got at them through any privileged channel. But • surely it could not well be deemed an impropriety to refer to the words which had fallen from the Speaker —words which had come accurately before the public, and which had been received with so much satisfac tion. They then prayed for the release of their Repre sentative. They questioned the right of the House to imprison in cases of libel, where the defendant had not the means of repelling the charge afforded by the ordinary legal forms. It was not for him to enter into that point then ; but many differed from the de cision of the House, and they had a right to give. their opinion. The effect of the warrant, too, was a 'subject upon which they had a fair right to express an opinion. Was it surprising that they should wish for a Reform of the House of Commons, and should he anxious for the release of its ablest champion ? They had not charged the House with the indignity offered by his seizure ; they rather seemed to attri. bute it to the Serjeant at Arms and his advisers, who had evinced a disposition to support themselves with the military instead of the civil power, and he knew that the civil power had not been called out till the• military went out along with it. The petition of Mr. Horne Tooke, stating that seats were sold in that House, like stalls for cattle in a market—that petition had been laid upon the table, and properly. Why ? the allegation was true. Seats in that House had been sold like galls for cattle in a market. If you thought your dignity wounded by being charged with the practice, why not put an end to it ? How cou'.d the House reasonably call it an insult to be told of the traffic in seats by Mr. Perceval and Lord Cas tlereagh, unless it could justly aver that the charge was unfounded ? We loved the treason, it appeared, though we could not bear to be called traitors. — Look (said Mr. Whitbread) at the former petitions presented on this very subject of Reform. You will find that previous questions had been moved upon them ; but when was it refused to lay them on the table ? I adverted on a former occasion to a magni ficent expression of yours (the Speaker) " That the doors of that House were always wide open to peti tions." But if this petition is rejected without even allowing it to be laid on the table, I doubt it will hereafter be said, that the doors of the House are clo sed against petitions. The composition of the peti tion was perhaps liable to some objection ; but he did not think that this was to be examined so very closely in cases cf petition. However sorry he was to differ from his two friends, he should consider himself as having done a great injury to the subjects of this country, if he were not to vote with the Noble Lord for laying the petition on the table. He hoped his Honourable Friend would not neglect to take up that part of it which related to a r.form of the House, b cause the country not only desired it, Ltr: the Howe had need of it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entered fully into the feelings of the Hon. Gentleman who objected to the laying this petition on the table. Yet, in a case of petition, he wonid rather err on the site of indulgence than on the side of severity , if the qu estion could at all admit of a doubt. They had on the Journals strong instances of forbearance with respect to petitions : for instance, the language of the petition of Mr. Horne Tooke had been generally re probated, but still the House had shewn a disposition to overlook the language, and to regard the substance and object of the petition. This had been the prin ciple upon which the House had acted. At the first reading of the petition, the word " indignity" had sounded rather harsh in his cars ; and if one were dis posed to be captious, or even very strict, the expres sions, that the House had better not have censured the Honourable Baronet, but ought to reverse its de cision. But still it could not be denied that they had a right to petition that the House should reconsider its decision. They had a right to petition for reform, and in petitions of this kind the House had exercised a great deal of forbearance. Whether lie was right or wrong in his opinion, that the petition ought to be laid on the table, he trusted there had been nothing in his conduct throughout that could form any ground for an idea, that if he had thought the petition ought to be rejected he would have hesitated to have said so. But on the principle on which the House appeared to have acted, it would rather excuse even some intemperance of language in petitions. As to the word " remonstrance" in the title, he was almost ashamed to declare that he did not know whether there were any precedents for this. He rather ima gined there were ; but at any rate, the word was often used in petitions to the Crown, and was in substance contained in petitions complaining of grievances. If the House thought that this was merely a vehicle of abus:then the petition ought to be rejected ; but if there was a reasonable doubt whether it was so inten ded, then, by the principle which had governed the Home, the petition ought to be laid on the table. Mr. PONSONBY did not think that there was any thing in the petition that could justify its rejection.— Whether the word remonstrance had been used is CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. E; 91 /,c2l FREEHOLDS, EPSOM AND GIJILDFORD, SURREY. TO RE SOLD, in Lots, to the best bidders, before Anis. M OT - gy, F.. 1. the Deputyßemembmneer of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer, on Saturday the 21st, and Monday the 9.34:1 days of April instant, at Epsom and Guildford respectively, THEFOLLOWING FREEHOLD ESTATES , In a feW days will be published , in One Vol. Bvo. - 1 . late the property of Jo seen Snaw, Esq. deceased, viz. THE DOCTRINE of the EUCHAR IST Con. 2 - sidered, as maintained by the Church of Rome and the An Acre of Land in Stoney Land Shot, and an Acre of Lind tt lla c k re ll' s Sh ot , i n W oo d cote C ommo n Field, in Epsom Church of Eng End respectively—lncluding a Vindication of the , lu s ter from the attacks of the Rema rker on the Bishop of Dur -An Acre and a Half of Land in the Shot above the IF. ..a Ihif an Acr e of Land in Mead Furlong Shot, in.7Leni ham's late Pamphlet. I By the Rev. TIYOMAS LE MESURIER, M.A. C.o.!nrcon Field.—All in the occupation of Joseph Valentine 1 Rector of Neventon Longville, in the County of Bucks. ~ . :::Lacl, Esq. as Tenant at Will. I Sold by F. C. and J. Itivington , St. Paurs,Church-yard ; and A Parcel of Ground, and Dissenting Meeting Hotase thereon, i b J. Hatchard, Piccadilly; also b y J. Cooke and J. Parker, Ox -ICh-rch-street, Epsom ; and a Messuage, with a Shop, Gar - I ford ; Deighton , Cambridge; Inwood, New p ort Pagnell ; and T. drn , and Appurtenances, on the North side of the High-street, Burnham, Northampton. 1:1 the Town of Guildford, in the occupation of Mr. James I Of whom may be had, lately pub li s hed, b y the same Author, 4-ft, Ace-, carrier. The Doctrines of Predestination and Assurance Examined, with The Premi ses i n E psom w ill b e so ld a t the Spread Eagle Inn, i Fps on, otaSaturday the 21st sf April instant at twelve o'clock I a short View of the Pe la g ian Controvers y , In a Sermon preached before the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, at his Triennial Visitation, F . nom; ;and the House in Guildford will b e sold at the White held at Newport Pagnell, Bucks, on Tuesday, May 23, 1809, :is: Inn, Guildford, on Monday the 23d of April instant, at the lime hour. i with large Notes, price 2s. 6d. P ' trt: tr•lirl may be had of H. Leggatt, Esq. Craven street, i This day was published, S•rro • ct Mr . .-, of William Leake, Esq. Sackville-street, Piccadilly; ;By the LONDON SOCIETY for PROMOTING CittRISTIA NITY AMONG the JEWS. . John Scott, grocer, Epson. • at the above loos ; and at 1 °le Chambers of the Deputy Remelbrancer, in the Exchequer .. 1. Lev i's OfEze, Inner Temple, London. s Remarks on David Di ssertations TALIB' on the Prophecies, price 6s. boards. 1 2. A Letter to the English Is.raclite. by Perseverans, price Is. 6d. LADIES. SITILRFLUOUS HAIRS are one of the greatest Obligations of Chriettans to attempt the conversion of the 3. , b a Presbyter of the Churchof England, price le. , a e drawbacks from the beauty and loveliness of the Female Jews by Minutes Consideration recommended to Tobias Good cta , neck, arms, acc. TRENT ' S DEPILATORY immediately 1 loves them, and leaves the skin softer and fairer than it was m an ' l 5. Jesus the 'frue Messiah; a sermon . delivered in the Jews by the sane, price Is. n t 're the application. It is u s ed in th e r u g c i rc l es of fa s hion v Chape l, SpitalVields, on the Loth November, 1809, by the Rev. and r . ank, and now stands unequalled in all the world. Andrew Fuller, of Kettering, price Is. ti lt is sold, wholesale and retail, by B. Perrin, N 0.23, S outlaw- tome from the Ancient Prophecies that Messiah must have ..t.tatreet, Coventavrden , London : retail, by Bacon ai:aCo. 150, me, arid that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah; seriously ad -I.horn and C 0.45, Allen, 76, and Mrs. Turner, 132, Oxford- Z ee:: NIL Rigge, 31, Gattie and Lea, 52, Mr.Turuer, 73, Mrs• r d ° ressed to the attention of the Jewish Nation by a Clergyman of c,, Gi n : 2ll, 102 , and Mr. Smith's 110, New Bond-street; Mr. l'he latter is translated into the Hebrew Language. mot, 303, and Mrs Ward, 524, Holborn ; Mr. Vale, 62, the , Church of England, price Is. and Mr . 1) • .'There also several Tracts published. • 41 , Cornhill ; Sexton, irg, 42 . Davison, 691 Fleet-street ; Rigge, Gli, Ch e a ps ide ; Gold - N. B. Th e se cond haill•catly Report of the Society will shortly 34, Lmdenha ll -street ; Hoagood, 202 , : s__ r i me d. • i . i . e ,seate-struet,and all theprinelphlPerfuntersand Proprietary i uw fondon : Sold by Black, Parry, and Kingsbury, Leadenhall losalcine Venders in London.—To Persons in the country, en- I • tea,,,,,Yarnent and postage, to Mr, Perrin, as above, lie Will : ill ,. 4 4 c,usaier, Becklersburys treet • Rlvirgtona, St. Paul's Church-pard ; Hatchard, PICCA• wetly A s m ar a i i .,B oxes, ... . Lord ERSKINE presented a Bill for the more effectually pre vying malicious and wanton cruelty to Animals, whichhe ob *sieved was the same akthe Bill which was before the House last Session, when it was sent to the other House, with the addition of a clause which he had framed in order to obviate an objection made to the former Bill, that a man might be liable, at the ca price of a Magistrate, to all the punishments imposed by the Bill for a mere act of sudden passion. This objection bad no founda tion whatever in law, but in order to prevent any obstacle to the progress of the Bill arising from it, he had framed a clause, enact ing, that malicious and wanton cruelty should be expressly charged in the indictment on information, and which must be of course proved before the party could be convicted. The Bill was read a first time and ordered to be printed. Adjourned to-morrow (this day.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. WESTNIINSTEIt PETITION. Lord COCHRANE presented a Petition !tom a Meeting of the Electors of Westminster, held this day in Palace-yard. The Petition was read by the. Clerk, of which the following is a Copy : TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS Or THE UNITED RING. DOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND ZELLAND IN IAIt.LIAMENT •5511.14131. ED. The Petition and Remonstrance of the inhabitant Householders Electors of the City and Liberties of Westminster, assembled in New Palace Yard, the 17th day of April, 1810, by the ap pointment of Awr uu it Metals, Esq. High Bailiff, in pursuance of a Requisition for that purposes We, the Inhabitant Householders, Electors of the City and Liberties of Westminster, feel most sensibly the indignity offered to this City, in the person of our beloved Representative, whose Letter to us has fallen under the censure of your Honourable House, but which, so far from deserving that censure, ought in our opinion to have led your Honourable House to reconsider the subject which he had so ably, legally,and constitutionally dscussed. We are convinced that no one ought to be prosecutor and juror, judge or executioner in his own cause, much less to assume, ac cumulate, and exercise all those offices in his own person. We are also convinced, that the refusal of your Honourable House to inquire into the conduct of Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Pereeval (then two of his Majesty's Ministers), when distinctly charged with the sale of a Seat in your Honourable House, evi dence of which was offered at the Bar by a Member of your Ho nourable House, and the avowal in your Honourable House, " that such practices were as notorious as the sun at noon day ;" practices, at the bare mention of which the Speaker of your Honourable House declared, " that our ancestors would laav , startled with indignation." And the committal of Sir Frakcia Burdett to prison, enforced by military power, are cir cumstances which render evident the imperious necessity of an immediate Reform in the Representation of the People. We, therefore, most earnestly call upon your Honourable House to restore to us our Representative, and according to the Notice he has given, to take the state of rife Repre sentation of the People into your serious sonsideration, a Reform in which is, in our opinion, the only means of preserving the Country from military despotism. Lord COCHRANE moved that it be laid on the table. The Honourable Mr. WARD objected to this. The petition even in point of form was inadmissible, in as much as it was entitled " A Petition and Remon strance," which he conceived to be irregular. At any rate, the expressions in the body of the petition were so indecorous and disrespectful, that the House would beft/odese, if it allowed it to be laid on the table. Mr. HALL expressed similar sentiments. Mr. CREEVEY saw nothing disrespectful in the allegation, that in the opinion of the Petitioners, Sir Francis Burdett was correct in his argument upon the point of law which he had brought before the House. There was nothing in the petition that should induce the House to refuse to allow it to be laid on the table. Mr. CURWEN thought the language of the peti tion highly indecent •,_ and suggested to the Noble Lord th e propriety of withdrawing it, and presenting one of a more decorous kind, if the object really was to promote the cause of reform. He hoped the House would give the Noble Lord this opportunity, if he chose to avail himself of it. 'Mr. LUSHINGTON adverted to the petition of Mr. Horne Tooke, stating that seats were sold in that House like stalls for cattle in a market. This petition was received, because it related to an election, thou& the style of it was thought highly offensive. But that petition, it was to be observed, was net entitled 4 , A Remonstrance." Mr. WHITBREAD wished the petition to be read again.—lt was read again accordingly. Mr. WHITBREAD was sorry that he must dif fer from the opinion of his two friends near him (Ward and Curwen), and wished that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had expressed his opinion, whether or not the petition should be received ? He should have been better pleased if the terms of the petition had been a little more softened ' • but if the House re jected it, such as it was , it would do one of the most violent things that a House of Commons had ever done. The meeting from which it came had been legally constituted, every thing had been conducted in the most orderly manner, as he was informed, (for he w. , s prevented by business from being present) and the petition was signed by the High Bailiff. The ' word" remonstrance," in the title, had been objected to. Whether there were precedents of petitions with the addition of that word, he did not know ; but it was well known, that whenever a grievance was com plained of, a remonstrance was, in fact, made, and the word was often used in Petitions and Addresses to the Crown. So that it could not be said, that the word was inconsistent with the dignity of the House. They spoke of the indignity offered to the City of Westminster in the person of their Representative. — This, however, did sol i necesarily refer to the con- WI I I