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tesasacting the pada asks should be left with tbemaelvey or tsaselbered to a new Parliament. amainly it was a subject of serprise to the coun try. that aftej the recent greet loss which all dames deplored, the only communication thought proper to be made to the Partitionist by his Majesty was, to belt them whether it was it to dissolve ttsepsselves., He hod theme's that otter whailad been said last sa!ght, the Nelda Lord would have specified souse distinct grasp& for the advice given to hi. Majesty; - but . au each ititnibild appeared its his to-evh—general assertions were all that it cum ••••.ed. He had said that every one must admit .tte itkwavenieeee-a preceediog to businestat this reason. Bet be, on the contnsry, appealed to all oho bead him, whether this season was not always Intsked an as the beet adapted for the dispatch of public basistesits--(flear, • here/—and he cold further appeal to the conduct of the Nimble Lord himself, who, with his colleagues, at tie last adjournment, hsd,chosen this very period for the resumption of business.—(Hear.)—llut with respect to that important measure, important to the dignity of the Crown and the welfare of the public, objsets which he could never allow to be separate, she settlement of the Coil List on the accession of the new King. the Noble Lord admit ted that the coarse recommended was without any precedent. He (the Earl of Liverpool) had stated that the cause of parsing the Act which permitted the prolongation of the existence of the last Par ltameut fur silt months after the royal demise, was the apprehension of the inconveniences attendant no • disputed succession should Parliament not Shen be sitting. • But could it he supposed that the framers of it did not at the time take into consideration all the other mischiefs which might hospiten to the country from the want of • Le gislature in existence and action on such an mut, and that they did not think they were in shot law providing every thing necessary at such a time for the Royal dignity and the public good ? There certainly was nothing in the Act which deprived the King of the power of dissolving Parliament whenever it seemed good to him— bot it was extraordinary that every Poch exertion of the prerogative since the reign of William 111. i,ad been continually exercised in • way opposite t.co that at present recommended ; and the Noble Lord had forgot to state, that m illy demises had taken place under circumstances of greater incon venience than the present. From a memorial in his hand it appeared, that at the demise of Queen Anne. George I. and George 11. many weeks did not elapse before the Legislature proceeded to the consideration of the Civil List. George I. died Julie the 17th, 1727 ; the subject of the Civil List was proposed to Parliament July 10. George 11. died October IS. 176 0 ; the Civil List was introduced to the two Houses November 20. / Hear.)—Ever since the time of William 111. the Ministers of the Crown had deemed it their duty to follow this course, but the Noble Lord now wish . d to depart from it, on no other ground except vesierally alleged public inconvenieuce. But the Noble Lord had forgot to describe in what icatilter the dignity of the Crown was to be sup ported in the interval before the assembling of a new Porlianient. There was soother subject, without adverting to which he could not sit down, bec.ouse in every point of view it was a grave consti i otional question. When they were last sitting, it wits known that the Crown had made • considerable 1-Crease to the standing army. To that he had frlt re objection at the time, because he thought that under the state of great disaffection which prevail e.l in some districts. and which uufurtunately con nected itself with the general distrers, this was only a necessary step of precaution stud security on the p ttc of the Ministers : but he never looked to this I.4ce being kept on foot without the regularly ob. tansed approbation and sanction of Perlisment. Toe Noble Lord must know, that if the present l'erlisment were allowed to remain in existence any t.ine, the further support of that military force .could necessarily come before it in the shape of a 'ovular vote, and that so large a hotly as ten istousand men could not be kept up without the permission of the two nooses. Ile had hoped sees there would be an opportunity of looking at this subject on the introduction of the 8011. With respect to this Message, it was impossible fat him to express leis concurrence in the pro. Awed. answer to it by his rote—because if he should, ii would imply that there were matters to be consi. flared un the present occasion different from those which engaged the attention of Parliament on the demise of Queen Aisne, George I. and George 11. wt.ieh it was either not safe or not expedient to lay before the Parliament in being, and which, the Noble Lord thought, could only be submitted to a new one. This was calculated so awake I. an anxiety and suspicion as to the views of Ministers ti.roughout the country. He sincerely hoped that sock feelings bad no adequate ground ; but if they l.ad been already, as he feared, excited, it furnish ed an additional proof of the fully and weakness of .I..partiog from the precedents transmitted to us Irina oar aocestors. The Kul of H•titowere eommenced by observ. nig, that the Noble Marquis had misunderstood Ms Noble Friend (Lord Liverpool). when he sup sward him to have raid that the calling a new Par l'sment was a matter of public necessity, whereas Le food only said that it was required b; a regard to 14e public good and convenience ; he thought three was nothing iu the 51estage or the Address %Lech could warrant such a construction. But t•i firm a judgment of the propriety of assem bling a new Parliament, he entreated their Lordships to consider the nature of the mee birves which were to he brought before them. 'These were of two ktesd,; the one. of those which would be brought to an end by themselves— the other, of those which would only be the com inenetusent of a system. Now with respect to the former, he asked, whether they could possibly be disputed of in the other House, with that alien. UM and application of misid which was abso lutely necessary in the examination of such sub jects .Vas it likely that Members would devote their time and industry to • the discharge of their i.arliantentary duties. when a general proceeding, be which they were m swirly interested, was on the tee of taking piece ? Wait not apparent from the sewspapers. ebei%Witoilat wee sternly beginning t.. doffer at theist • ewes which a general Irction bre tight *Weis-P*Bokt Mt cenenfrratieo it loch ()tight lovelOyiglit4 fbe pit -I.Nis.. ep, rArmi. • II r I ITU _ impossible a conciesitiit' before the present Parliament should terminate their sittings. And surely •it was infinitely more desirable that these should be brought to so end by the same persons with whom they originated than instead of being taken up in an imperfect state by a House which had no concern in the introduction of them.— With regard to the Civil List, he was swore that the settlement of it had usually been the first burl „goo submitted to Parliament on occasions similar Jo the present. That, however, he conceived to Wee arisen merely from tfie desire felt by ParlM went to sheer its respect to the throne t but if teem considerations of public convenience the Cenws suer it fitting to waive what might be called its right to this, former precedents were Pa jolt . ground of opposition. The question re lative to the new military force would of necessity resole tinder the consideration of the existing Parliament as a part of the Mutiny Bill. The obit Marquis lied insinuated that his Majesty's Violaters were ominous Oat cell • new Parliament, use they had measures to propose which they not submit to this. woe branch of which was es soon to return to Its constituents. In reply to this, ell lie should say was, that whether Ministers Mantempleted any such measures, the country "'Atria be the best judge after the meeting of the new Par hellbent. Earl Giosystrot observed, that the measures recommended by emitters were indecorous, unne cessary, and wocoostitutionsl. The Noble Earl who had last addressed the House had argued tie suet► a roomier as if the utmost possible duration of the present Parliament were but one or two moot Ili, WI) it might sit fur near six, which was equal to the general length of a °Session. It wat nut to be supposed, th,•rrfore, that it could nor, as asserted by the Noble Earl, get through the ordinary public lousiness previouswo its rising. The Noble E (flarrowbo had spoken of the que.- tion of the additional 10.000 men coining before the House within the Mutiny 801 l in such • wry as if its longer 'utmost was • matter of course. But he told them, that knowing as they did the di•. tres.es of the country, and the etnbarrassed state of the finances, it became them to consider seriously before making up their minds to agree to such a proposition. Ile called upon Monster. to say why they thought of keeping up ►o large a null.. tory force in this country in the fifth year of peace. Did they mean to say that the military energies of this country would be exerted on. behalf of the arbitrary Government of Spa:to ? Or was it to support the despotic rulers of the Con. Intent, who had promised their subjects foes con stitutions, but revoked their words when the beer of peril was past ? Cool., it be to suppress dies affectioa at home, when they had already heard. even to nausea, that it had (seen completely put down by the celebrated new Acts ? lot his opinion, the only purpose of so numerdus an army was one which could not be avowed—to extend the to fllence of the Ministers of the Crown. For his part, lie should never lend himself by leis vote to the support of ►uch a system of measures. The Earl of LAUDERDA LE 'mid, that be scarcely ever looked on ally act or the present Almoners with greater disapprobation than the communica tion they had caused to he made to this House, of his Majesty's intention to dissolve the Parliament. The reason alleged for the hasty dissolution. by the Noble Earl who had opened the subject, was, that if the existing Parliament were not to l e dissolved for six mouths more, the Members of the other House, if, indeed, lie could louse alluded to it consistently with parliamentary usage, would be so engrossed by selfish concerns. as to be incapa citated from attending . to those of the public. Bin why did not this rea►ouing hold on former oc casions, and how was it that after the accession of his late Majesty the public business was as dili gently attended to. and as industriously dispatched. as at any other period whatever P He approved of the conduct of all former Ministers in similar con joictures, who bad submitted the consideration of the settlement or the Civil List to Parliament. and not to the people, which latter was, in effect, done by a previous dissolution ; for then Members of the other (louse would be in duced to consult and give ',ledges to their .con stituents; and there were suck things as instruc lions. But there was one very great difficulty to the course contemplated. At the commencement of the late reign, the hereditary revenue had been appropria►ed to the Consolidated Fund during the life of'his late Majesty; on his deutiseoto be paid to his heirs and successors. Now what he was at a loss to know was, how the deficiency of security to the public creator from the - termination of that disposition was to be made tip in the interval till the aslenibling of the new Parliament ? Tu advert to that topic had Iwo Ins principle inducement for standing up, and he thought that if the Noble Earl (Liverpool) had any method of getting over, the difficulty he ought to explain it. The Earl of CARKAILVOIIi said, that he had wait ed with some degree of expectation that be should have received more information than he bad, as the Noble Earl who introduced the subject alluded to things which he said were notorious, without giving ' any further explanation of what they were. The Noble Earl who followed him began by soyiug it would rest with their Lordships to weigh the con veuiesice and inconvenience of the Parliament being dissolved ; but he withdrew his proposition immo. diately, and told them they load nothing to do with it, as it would be interfering with the prerogative of else Crown. The only argument which had been advanced in favour of the measure was, that, from advertisement,' in the public newspapers the Mem bers of the other House were busily employed in addressing their eunstituents, for which reason they could not attecd to the business of the present Par. liament. lle would ask their Lordships. waa it ry - not a well-kuowu tact, that at the eve of a geueroi election the Members of the tither House paid greater attention to their parliementary duties ilia tit )64 other period ? "Did it not giveart— cl. .• as they ._ grant roughs, on account of the corruption of the t1!- ton ; and a Bill had been brought in to disfran chise one borough, and to remove the franchise to vase other place. Then what will Isis Majesty's Mi ■isters base done? By their advice to Isis Majesty they will have stopped the proceedings in this case; they had advised their Sovereign to do an °neon. stitutional rot. to oblige the other Moose to call upon a borough to return a Member to Parliament, which was declared by their own m 01104814 to be incapable of 4111111 K so. At the time it wits intended the nrw Parliament wee to meet, it was always found to be one in which it less impossible to keep the Members together. For these reasons be could not approve of the Address. Earl BAIHUNIIT said. he considered the whole business of the Set was to be done, and every day the diesolutimi was postponed, was keeping the tom Parliament from nireinig. It had been asked, why the same had took been done when George the First came to the throne? The answer was, that Queen Anne died in the mouth of August, George the Firit in June, and George the Second in Or. Sober. when all the business of the Session was complete, which made a wide difference whets com pared to the present ;missal. From the day of the death of his late Majesty, greater agitation had taken place respecting electiwas than ever lied been at any other time—for 011 the very day of his death an advertisement appeared front ass lion. Member of the oilier !loose, chit ;;; it ig the suffrages of a county. Ile would leave it to their Lordships to determine whether it would tint be for the benefit of the country that a dissolution should take place without delay. Lord KIN. said, a Noble Earl had talked of couvrsirucrr and inconvenience•, and told them they had to weigh theist : lie would do so. It would be forty days alter a fortnight before they could have a new Parliament, which wutild bring it 11110 the mouth of May before they could meet. It had been always usual, oil the demise of the Crown, fur Parliameot, its a short time afterwards, to go tutu Ili, Civil List, which wee always consi dered resp-ctfal to the Crown. He was at a lose to know how the Crown was to be supported until the Parliament met. Was it to be by its here ditary property ? Fur sr it was, it would be found very iiissofficient, as lie believed it to be very small, the greater pot of the property of the Crown being furnished by a vote of Parliament. The Loan 0W1011.1.011 amid, the Noble Mar quis who first made the opposition to the Address told them tint; were doing what was uneonstitu 'tonal by interfering with the prerogative of the Crown. That was not his view of the question, for by the ancient law the dissolution was to take place immediately on the demise of the Crown ; when Site Act was enacted that it should nut take place until six mantles after, it did sot mean that it should sit the whole of that time, but while they sat they were to do their duty; if it was otherwise that Act wonlil have interfered with the preroga tive of the Crown. The only question ►hey laud to consider now was, how the public cutivenienco could be best served, whether by entering ou public business now o► in the new Parliament ? They were nut now debating whether the Crown should or should not dioolve the Parliaments but whether they should or should not throw such obstacles in the way that the Crown could not dissolve it ? The Marquis of LANSDOWX said, lie did not rise fu► the purpose of prolonging the debate, but merely to ask a quest t of the Noble Earl oppo site; Whether there was any temporary measure to be proposed iu the present Parliament relative to the Civil List ? - The Earl of Ltvgaroot. arid he could not ass. InVer whether such a measure would or not be sub. witted to the other House, but if there was not, lie was eel tab' is, inconvenience could arise from it. Tlw Addreis tees then •greed to.—adjourned till illuilday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, Filial:AßT IS. - NEW 31 EN MRS. The &FRASERtoA the Char at hell:past three o'clock, and several Members advanced to the table, and took the oaths. Among than we ob. served Sir Robert l'eel, Sir John Stewart, Viscount Jocelyn, Lord Lowther, Lord James Stewart, Mr. Strut', Lord Apsley. Sir William Curtis, Lord Vaßoort, Lord Bective, &c. &c. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT. Sir W. Cuturre presented a Petition from the Debtors confined in the New Prison, Whitecrose. street, praying fur a renewal of the present luso!. veut Debtors' Act: . ThiiLou was laid on the table, . . Mr. ABEECEONIBY rose to prevent a Petition from the Debtors confined in the King's Bench Prison, praying fur a continuance of the present Insolvent Debtors' Act, which will expire an the e2d inst. until some more permanent measure were adopted upon this subject. tie confessed that the argu ments used in this Petition for the continuance of the present Act until some more permanent mea sure were adopted, appeared to him very forcible. The Legislature was, he thought, bound to take care that the principle of the present measure should not be abruptly •bancloneil, as it would be if the Act were altogether discontinued. Tke principle had lung been recognised by the Legisla. ture, and .he thought they were bound to give it effect, so far min was predicable. The Petition was then brought up, and on the motion that it do he on the table— The CHANCELLOR of the EICHFIVER said, that whatever might be the ultimate decision of Parlia ment. *Pith respect to the future arrangements', to give affect to the praNciple of the Bill, he thought there could be no objection 10 an intermediate measure in continuity of the present nue. lie was one of the., who was originally friendly to the principle of the Bill, and who was most anxious that it elitield, in every way. receive the fullest dis cussion. Bring of - this opiniois, he thanked the continuing the old Act for the present, would he the most advisable course. Lord ALTroir thanked the Right Honourable Gentleman for the compliment he had paid him in attaching any importance to his effort. no this sub ject, but he was sorry to differ with the Right Hon. Gentleman in hi. view of the immediate course cinch it was expedient to take. He thought it would be much better to begin a new Bill altogether than to alter or modify the old to meet the temporary necessity. To build a new measure upon the basis of the old would. he thought, have rather no Op. ;martinet of severity then one of suitigetion; he wise, therefore, most noxious that they should begin de novo. Eistertaining this opinion, he would re. titer the present Act should be suffered to expire, and a new one substituted in its place. The Petition was laid on the table. • Sir W.. DS CRIUIPIONT Me to preirint a Peel. Lion from • respecleble tradesmen in the parish of Newington, who had discovered that a most tale's sive Iraud had been practised by a person who had the collection of some rates, as en assessor and col lector of taxes. The individual who had been guilty of this official peculation had been originally fi plane-maker; lie was now, a gentleman of several thousands of pound* a year; he kept two hooks, one the King's book, which *as fur the office in Somerset House, and the other • private book. containing an entry of his private speculations, sod of his nefarious practices in disposing of the public plunder. The Petitiener prayed that the House would give him relief, and remunerate him far the expense he had incurred in bringing this mints. to light. The SMILES inquired whether the Petition was for a grant of money ' if so, it must have the C 011• current., of the Croats. Sir %VIC DE CaasetosT replied, that the Peti• tionrr made Isis claim by ‘irtne of the provisions of an Act of Parliament. The CHANCELLOIL of the EXCHEQUICII *aid. the Petition had not the recommendation of the Crown. The SPEAKER, on reading the prayer of the Petition, ,aid the words were " for relief and jos. tice." It not being, therefore, distinctly fur a grant of money, there was no formal objection to its reception. The Petition was then read, and ordered to lie on the table. I • • situation of the wintry and that in which it 0„ a former omelets, when • similar Clllllllllify pierced Wel the country. The recent de. of the Crown look place during in interval ijournrnent, at the opening of the Session, • great mess of public business had entered into. Oii the former occ4. inch • melancholy event occurred, th e business was not no a similar situation. t o .m a state, so di-similar to the precediug on e , it naturally occurred to his Majesty's Minister, t o consider what measures it was incnotbent o p" them to ',smote for the promotion of the p„1,1,, service. When his Majesty's Ministers considered this initiation of things, they felt that o n ly tv., courses were open fur them to pursue—either to let the existing Parliament go through the whole or their business liable to the interruption to which they were exposed by the operation of the law re quiring a dissolution within • limited un to o w tile demise of the Crown. or else to call a new Pee liansest the least possible delay, t ro y. nig to the oily Parliattieot so called, the duty of forwarding the whole of the public busier... Ills Majesty's Minister.. no a full consideration of the whole subj:ct, were of opinion that the leit e r would be the more advisable coarse in die pre...14 situation of public business; they felt th a t they must either recommend • continuance of the pr e . sent Parliament, subject to the chance of being in terrupted in their proceedings by the °pennon', of the law within six months. or at once 1111111 V cell. iisg a new one, to meet as soon as possible fi t th e dispatch of the whole of the public hosti l e... After the most mature investigation, it was dermal the more advisable course to summon a new lA. ? . !lament. Weed it is obvious that the full boss. . ores of Parliament could not he discussed with that gravity and mature consideration which ought to be af f orded to it. cliscesssion in the state of the present Pediment. 1 bier no difficult, in seating. that no situation can he less drivable fee the con sideration of public business. either for the morals of the people, or. I have reason Hooey, for their tranquillity. than one in which Members may be called upon to attend their duty in Peilimarot on the eve of a general election, when passions we heated; and particilar interests kept actively Av.-, often for personal ;surpasses. I cannot see any situ. ation less likely to afford an opportunity of snowy discussion s or our, on Ike whole. less calculahol to promote the public good on a broad and w en .. sive scale. We think it therefore advisehle to .ups. lust the business or the country to * new s e meld, and we have made this recomineollattott to the bound exercise of the sound di.erettoti which we were bobs's' to exercise. lam perfectly aware that it is usual on the demise of t h e Cintsls. to provide for a great portion of the Civil Li.t. and it is of course the wish of Min suers so Who the strictest precedents. Looking, however, al I have already said, •t the stale of parlianwitt.oy business, mid at the probable time which would he occupied in the consideration of the getieral ad . i s of the country, we think it better dim that ossloyect e like others, should stand over fur the con.itheration of a future Parliament. Nothing would. be none awkward than so to divide that *abject as to give it ■ consideration (sow, which would interfere with the other business that must be disposer' of, sod Ilse general errangement of the whole. It is impossible that reach topics can now Im brought forward iso as to britig Gentlemen's winds to a cello rosiotterstion of them in • full atteodessce, in ouch a luebstmer a. to give satiefectiou to the country at large. We have therefore advised his Majesty in his swim') to exercise his prerogative of dissolving Parliaiswitt.- 11aving stated thus far, I shall now give ass °white of the preparatary steps whirls we mein to rreutts• mend during the sitting of the present Parliameto. With respect to private bonnets., we mean to re. iiiiii rood a rep etsisuis of the course adopted on a former dissolution. 'tensely, that 11w Dew P A . hag. meta shill take sip the iwnsling private Ista.sse..4 of tlw old, in the stage in which it was left by their predecessors. This will obviate the toconvenience to "udi individuals might otherwise be reposed— their private interests combat dwrefore be effected by 51 e dissolution. As to public hussitor., at see noxious it shall be equally taken up esscdv rn the situation in which Parliameot may have le . ft it before the disoolut 00000 . We do not lil no. pose any sew Army E•tintates--[Lord Pshnerstou lwre whispered to the Noble 1.....r.1] —except foe souse woad' contingencies. There would be no new F:stimares. e It would, of COMM'. be advisable to continue die Mutiny Hill nista the t istls of Jour next, and to continue until the mow pr.. rood such measures as were now in existence, and recognised by the present Parliament. This is the Kriteria' view or outline taken by Ins Ma jesty's Ministers. of the course which they deem it advisable to pursue in the existing souse of ' public business. It is hoped that ieniporory ouches the exigency requires, may be' reputed Isy tlw end of tlw present month. By adopting this course, the peewit Parliminent may be sli.waleetl shout the lot id March, still as new one comeeasett about the itnli or April. Though this. *wadi he a comparative late permit for the dispasecla of bussioesv, yet mill he hoped it would give 101 l nano for the cousideration of such subjects as Parrisse noes,* ill its *sad sissy deem it expedient to ie.. truelove." The Mottle Lord then concluded by an Address table Maj. sty, in the saute kris... s. th a t assayed lii the (louse of Peers—/fur ',hick see Lords' report). As sums a' the motion was read from the Chair, Mr. Ttuan EY rose and spoke nearly is follow.: " I du Hot know that I ever felt myself in such a nom as I now do with respect to the comae which 1 ought to tongue. I have nothisse to saver by ; I am left in the dark, soil within s eisigle lay of light to direct any yudgestesst. The Noble Lon' gives is. eau reason Ili Ilia *odd why we nu, ta gout at the plellellt 1114tairlit to consider at least Nom past of the public bustuesswelm tells us, indeed, that She lot of Match will be a convenient day fur such • purpose. but why the present is wit, he has not cot descended to gives us any saitelectory tearuit. This ra the first lime since the 'Revolution that the House has bat% placed in such a situation open 4 new memento. In all prelim's eases we have had 1 . • Oprteti frOrn the throne by the new Kong. teloping his views of public policy. and expliounit the course which in his window he thought ; most admissible to porsor. The oily Using we hem the Noble-Lord iliat it would be totrtinehr 4 etrovenitht tint as &sold be aktedily lAA abutit . . , . t ...., t _• • • g . i , lest qsaitlas, wlasilre ih dim nail ~ tents~ is Majost?s 1 ' (All4.orp) "A t tles4shp‘,o legitiohisb sent situalla through the robin through 1111 Aber.. r IMO ler a ~.„, ..„...„ . .10 .s • the matte, u'ilitslakto sionsideeithlo of stood on a f ~. posed to the inesosia if ea ...., ru i,.. 4 meat t . 4 1 , 4 , 4 _4o es,* and ,fift,tli t i j ltilli6 Ils lisitk,olnilpses to the prem. Natalia's% go aos4- foe Up el ~ oast 1. .• . . /MM. VP ' the su'lrjeet' *odor their ' lion se- mise of the /R au, ▪ As is. thellped,,,,S. mii . l ' i, , coneeskut tor the -,, . tiite deli tion. lie assured Ilse Horse. that this of adjourn' mind. that thOtaireser was Sties* when . '' t noted with AM* Ile tome why they del subject had not escaped the consideration of his , and when i was nista asimily. eagspd is the aosaidoraitias . parted inns tpraprearessa r -winch they hod_ set Majesty's Minister*, Mill that they infra' equally ~ not been .f grass inelliipititant questions, both civil sad done. There were stopig conbtstational grams& anxious with the Noble Lord it should hare the pion. when judicioss; sod the greater part of these, per. why it should not tie disiolsed in the other House. I fulle.t and most mature consideration. Under all , public husi haps the whole, it would be impossible to bring as they had refused to grant writs for three bo- i the circumstances, he thought* temporary niessurr, 1 inch a state . . .... :-.....r •1.........._ t ..,.. .. : .... i..• .h. AIA Ari Cs, tko tareem..., sit..ea Id km ...1....161 . 'lralts CRIMINAL LAWS. Mr. F. Burron ruse to state that the Chairman of the Committee on the State or the Criminal Laws (Sir J. Mackintosh) had given notice or a motion for a revival of that Committee; but that in conaquence of the uncertainty of the time which, es Par liament now stood, might be allotted to the dura tion of that Committee if it were now revived, it was the intention of the Honourable and Learned Gentlemen to whom he alluded to withdraw his notice of motion. In making this intimation, he thought it right also to stale, th.it be believed it was the intention of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman to propose that a Committee should resume its labour. using' this important subject, and, he trained, to continue them with the ►ame zeal, diligence, sod assiduity, which marked their exertions during the last Session. FOREIGN WOOL. Mr. KENNEDY prearisted a petition from several persons in Newcastlemoder-Line. praying for 1111 increase of duty upon the importation of foreign wool. The petition was laid on the table. MARRIAGE ACT. On the motion of Dr. Pnii.LittotE. the second ►rsdiug ..f the Marriage Act Bill was postpoued until Friday next. RENEWAL OF COMMITTEES. - - On the motion of Mr. BitOooEx, ■ renewal of Committees was ordered, notwithstanding any ad jourionieut of the House. EXPORTATION AND IMPORTATION OF COPPER. On the motion of Sir W. LEESON, Accounts were ordered dercriptive of the amount of Copper imported and exported to and from the port of London during the last year, diqosoguirbiug the putts to which it was-gent. SUPPLY.—WAYS AND MEANS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER post pone(' the Comisintees of Supply and IVays and Means LIMO Monday next. BANK ACCOUNTS. Mr. Hutchimou presented certain Accounts from the Bank of Englimel, respecting their ha leness of Public Accounts, which were laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. VAGRANTS. Mr. Payne presented a list containing the names of all Vegronts taken in the City of London. from the Ist of January, 1819, to the I.t 01 January. 1820, the stature of their offices, and term of their imprihonment. together with the names of the committing Magistrate". The li.t was laid oil the table. PAY-OFFICE. Mr. Yates.. from the Pay-office, presented an account of the estimates of that department in the years 1792 mid 1813, together with sus occoutot of the tmul expense of that office, mid the 61.1111114 ruled fur it in 181 Y. THE ROTA L MES'AG E. Lord CAITLaUZAGII siouvro, that the order or the day for taking into consideration the King's Message be row read. The Message was accordingly read. The Noble Lord then proceeded to address the House nearly us follows In rising to move ass humble Address to his Majesty, itorcksioitledgeneut of the King's gracious Message, it will pet baps be con. venient to the House if I take this opportunity of communicating au outline of the course winch his Majesty's Illiessetus deem it most expedient fur the public service to restossomeud Psrliosurest to pursue, on the present servitors. In explaining the grounds of the view which his Mojesty's Ministers taske or the present occasion respmetiog the arrstigeuseut fur the dispatch of mobile batistes. it is wittily* right to set out sith stasis% ths distiaciie• between lb. pre- ~A 4 I ■