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Mr. liven (hia Ith appearance in that Cbameter); deny ., Ne .,,,,, , Mr Cooper; Sider,, Mr. Petitt; Mehinva. IA!. a CR ALDRONS of COALS at NEWFOUNDLAND, rowel,. Lady Rodolphe Lawbercourt. Miss S. BMW? ; Lady may . rerevre particular., of the Contract at Illie ()Mee Is.. Nocolv"Ple"". Mrs. D.l 1; . C4hll A usla r MiN "liihpbai tweet, the hours of ten mad fear, and detiver their Tenders Wetly Hint, /Arc (hirer. . . sealed up arid directed to the Agent for C.oniumisorarist Sep. T o so omin de with the Irevnerile Mesieel Extreeeraeee. caned phew, vonrkiag thereon " Tender fur Coals," on or before GIOVANNI IN LONDON. I MONDAY the Ist April, but none wilt he received af- Do . Gs i . ig o d. me Tondo • Leporello, Mr..lfsrley ; te r S an d e e o'clock on that day; nor will a n y P ro p osa l b e Ur. Flerretioe Finickin. Mr. B arnard. „Mr,. Leporello, no t ice d oak.. ~,....1, ...., rd to a printed Partkalar, and the Prier' inverted in Words at length; inn *Mew a Dria•Cabitt ; Miss Canannia OallltPtirr she rpm Oro* . • Mrs. Pied. ' • Latter he irohjoined to such Proposal signed by two poems - - ' - of known property engaging to become boned with the party tendering in the son expeassnd IN the pairtienlars for Undo, perfaresaan of the Convect. H.,with which he had nothittg to do, that he thought the treatment Mri Hunt received most unju►tifiable. Surely the sentence was statcienily were, without ally aggravation. arch as hid been practised by the gaoler; and that too under the sanction, at least without the interference, of the visiting Magistrates, • circumstance certainly not very creditable to their magisterial charlotte,. The Petitioners ►e commeoded Mr. Hunt as a fit sod proper subject for the royal clemency. They also prayed for ■ change in the representation, and expressed their disapprobation of the trsna•ctions at Manchester, on the 16th August. Ha therefore mowed that the Petition be brought isp. Sir M. W. Motets said, he had been instructed to state that that Petition had toot been agreed to at a public meeting; Ind he must always deny that a Petition got up in .b■t private manner should be smouldered as expressing the opinions of stty others then those whose sag inures were stl9xed to it. That Petition mutt, 01111011wir. hot ommidered the Petition of the undersigned merely, and not of the inhabitants of Newcastle-upots.Tywe ge•erelly. As to the object of the Petition, he would owe future occasion have 1111 opportunity of expressing opinions. Mr. EttelLtitTLE was of opinion, that the Peti tion just presented was couched in terms so objec tionable as to render it unworthy of bring received by the House. He should only teed the first part. graph, and that lie was sure would satisfy the Howie that it would be impossible to receive it wick justice to their omit character. The words were thew : • That the Petitioners view with surprise and alarm the oggerinua sod a►owed rennin:sea which have crept late mi► Honourable House." Would it then be consistent with the &pity ofthe House of Commons to receive • Petition eontaits lug such language ?—(Hear, hear.)—The Peti tioners further stated a hope— • 4 set That toe House would lastitote some Mosby boo the *net and aloes! proeeedings which had *strait place at Manchester, and into the conduct of those evil Counsellors who bad advised their Shag to express his tbasks for the start/bier of his owe subjects." He must, therefore, propose, that a Petition which • contained such language should not be received. Mr. LUSHINOTON perfectly agreed with his Hon. Friend, that the Petition should not be received. In addition to the paragraphs he (Mr. Fremantle) had read, he should state another—it was this: " Your Patitiosers consider the degree of menial torture which has been indirted os Henry Haat, Esq. a 'efficient pusishment for the crime of having endeavoured to reader vow Howorrable House still more kosovrable." ,Sir IL Wltson was sure the two Geutlemen who just spoken could not have been in the House • lbw nights back, when a Noble Marquis had stated Ott it was necessary to maintain useless offices. in order to conduct the machinery of Government. Did they they forget that • Noble Lord, my Lord Fife, hod Iwo dismissed frees his ogee because Ise had given an honest vote in opposition to his Majesty's Ministers ? Nhw with such facts before them, how could the House censure the language held by these Petitioners ? They might dispute as they pleased about terms, but the facts still re mained the same. It was clear that sinecure offices were upheld and given away for the purpose of ob- Minii.g a sinister tufluence in that House. Indeed these corrupttons had been most unblushingly stowed, and defended as necessary to conduct the affair, of (Investment. If, therefore. the House ru jrcted Ova Petition, they would lay themselves open to ridicule, in addition to the other charges to which they were subject. Mr. JAMES was sure that the language of the Petitioners could not be considered too strong whet, the late Speaker of the House of Commons had said that the corruptions which had existed were es notorious as the sun at noon day. Mr. C. WYSS said, that in the course of his life heliad never heard an expression which had been used within a period of ten years so completely mis represented as the sentiments of the late Speaker had been by the Honourable Member who had just sat down. To state that au individual filling the Speaker's Chair, should so for forget his duty as to make the declaration imputed to him was really au assertion with which there was no arguing; but he appeuled to the recollection of the House, at least to such Gentlenien as sat in that Parliament, whether the assertion had a shadow of foundstiou? Upon the subject of the Petition, he was clearly of opinion that the Hou►e could sot accede to the motion for receiving the Petition. Could any man read that Petition without feeling that its only object was to vilify end disgrace the House of Cow moos sod slander the administration of justice? For his part, he could never consent that a Petition should lie on the table which contained these words :•- " The vindictive and i diigraceful prosecution which haul been istiltuied against Henry flout, Esq. for endea •uering to obtain a peaceable refute in the representation of that Howse." - ..iiiWII heeled the trinntitartion. In speaking of the acksit4- ledged corruption which had been discovered rela tive to a writciahip in India, that ili.tingnished dividual made use of these storila—‘. Such practices would have made our ancestors 'aside with intlig nation."—(Heue, hear )—And then Mr. Ponsuu by said, not with a view to condemn, but a pale. listion ofthe offence--"That the purchaseof seats in that House was as notoriosis as the Son at nosn•day." That was the correc► statement of the tran►action. --(Hear, hear.).-,With respect to the Petition now before them, lie would say, that if lie had had the drawing up or that Petition, there were many porta of it he should omit t but at the same time he must observe, that since he hail had the honour of seat ip that House many Petitions hod been re ' ceived, the language of which was touch more strong. And if the doctrine laid down on the other side be admitted, that no Petitions meld be receivtd which impugned the decisions of cow* of justice, then indeed no accusatory Petitions, could be received at all, for none svoUld be asilAssibte except those of congratulation or thanks.—(Hear, hear.)—He for one would say, either in that House or iu a Petition, that vindictive proseculious had taken place ; and if a Petition were to be rejected fur containing that opiuson, then there woman end to the right of petitioning. No man, except with a most minute and microscopic eye, could discover from the language of that Petition, that its object was to insult the House of Commons. He should therefore most assuredly support the Petition, for he thought the door should be thrown wide open to the Petitions of the people, however uticourtly the language in which they expressed their feel ings, or however disagreeable to the ears of Gen tlemen who had lately taken their seats on the other side of the House.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. MAN/FIELD thought the Petition contained language which was not justifiable. Since he had had the honour of a seat in Parliament, although his votes were not generally in accordance with the Gentlemen opposite or the Petitioners, he never was influenced by corrupt motives. *lt PRICE Id. I .... . • .Coctirowsloome tie market price as f, • teat so house, 5,000/., which. he paid for tie e himself. fore, when the people of England leeind thew pumices publicly *sowed, and if they jolued to gether An effect • Reform, which Mr. Pitt amongst Others had eisdeavoured to accomplish, awl pen tioued the House of Commons, he saw no reason why their Petitions should be rejected. lie got believe the object of that Petition was to insult the House of Commons, hot to effect the liberation of Mr. Hunt ; and if they stated their rritoest in language too strong, he regretted that the curse of Mr. Ilunt should be prejudiced 0111 that stetting & who was sufferiwg great injustice. It was. not no musty to detain the House burger, but he hoped that these . two Gentlemen who had just come 10,. t wo of his Majesty's Mi n i sters ( t h e C hancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Peel), would interfere mod support the reception of the Petition. Mr. Peat said, he was not present when the pe. titisai was prsented, but be had heard enough to temoince. hiss that the petition should not be re. ceived, for he was unable to arrive at the conclasioss that the petitioners meant to convey no offence. He agreed with Gentlemen opposite, that it would he most improper to reject the petitions of the people on alight grounds ; but at the same time there should he some limit affixed to the language of pe titions; and that seas a principle which should be supported, not merely with a view to preserve their own dignity, but to maintain inviolate for tits people the sacred right of petitiooiug, mull nothing, in his opinion, could be more fatal to that inestima• ble privilege than to unction any abuse in its ever. cise. He really could see nothing in the Petition but an attempt to heap obloquy and insult upon the House of Commons, and by implication to cast a slur upon the administration of justice. He could drew no other conclusiou horn the observation that the Judges had sentenced Mr. Hunt to imprison ment for endeavouring to reform the House of Commons; and if the House once established the precedent of receiving • petition which stated tht existence of notorious and avowed corruptions in the House of Commons, it would open the door to every species of insult, for it would afterwards be impossible to reject petitions containing similar lan guage. Therefore, with a view to maintain the dig nity of the House, and to preserve the right of pe. thinning, he should oppose the reception of that petition. Mr. Marne, amidst cries of " Question !" made a few observations in support of she Feints°. The House then divided— For the Motion,,. Against it. lag Fan. Mrs. Nowt p m , It , be rah,. of Mr. Rodwell, in the Rotunda of the (• 'ad" of the Theatre. for he Private Boxes can he obtained I Evening of Mr. Rorloell. at the Box-Odire. Hootlisra, of Bored street, is appointed pole Agent. it Hie ITest End of the Tuve, fur the prettily disposal of dig Private Roues beloagiag is the Leone atilt' Theatre. Tim Nu! to be epeeist at Malf.past Ns siVerskr sad 00111101.10ISMP 4 /Nag si arior • - - OS 1 1 1.1414 y, Pizarro: Rolla. Mr. Read; Con (Rent sisal Miss:. Reath—trith Pool aart Vulture. 00 Toney. the Opera of Artesian's: Nasalise' , Miss . lionle—oith Love is Humble Lite.aaid The Liar. Oa Thursday, The Man of the World. f . • • -! .1 2 '" COUNTY FIRE OFFICE AND PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, Ratlfirter-ivkagw, LONDON. 'KUM gill' AND rllloVriell • The Demi fif NO* POLK, • DURK of RUTLAND, • Vbe W A RQUIs of NORTHAMPrON, • '"% EARL GREY. L'JRD BRAYBROORE, LORD KING, ite. &e. &c. • AND SIXTY DIIItcTONS. saria g ilu g Director ' J. T. Barber Beaumont, Pmq. F.A.S. T on . ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ni.-of the - MEMBERS of the COUNTY FIRE•OFFICE, bekl at the Society's Hauer, in Regeut-street, on February the 14th, 1822, The Bon. WASHINGTON SHIRLEY in the Chair, The following Resolutions were carried unaninsously That this Meeting is highly gratified In observing that the Association continues to proceed in uninterrupted harmony and unexampled prosperity. That of Sixty•four Thousand Persons who have committed their ateurity 'to the protection of the County Fire Olßce, sone hare been disappointed—Claims having been paid to One Thousand Three Hundred and Fitly Sufferers, and not • a stogie Lifigat•on !wise occurred with any Claimant ! That the ace n ululated Fends of the Association, amounting to upwards of Half • Million Sterling, and the Previsions in its Art sf Parliament and Deed of Settlement, render the Seenrity of the Pulley Holder, ample and undisputable. That hithe equal Dietribittion of the Surpluses or Froths, Returns of 2 and 20 per Cent. have been invariably paid to all Persona who have continued insured in the Office Seven Years, upon Annual as well na Septennial Policies, which Returns, during the last Eight Years, have exceeded 36,0001. ! That the Thanks of this Meeting are given to J. I'. Barber Beaumont, Esq. Managing Director, for the unabated seal, great attention, sad valuable services which he eostissas to render this OfSee. That the Thanks of this Meeting are gives to the Honourable Washington Shirley, for his impartial conduct ia the Chair. (Signed) WASHINGTON SHIRLEY, Chairman. :1 his TAIRA rns.RoyA COVENT-GAILDSN. THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, Mairch 43, WV be acted (t7th time) a New Opera, called . MONTROSE ; Or. THE CHILDREN OF THE MIST. Earl of Nostrum, Mr. Censor; Earl of Monteith, Mr. Denied; Aug.. Macaulay, Mr. Comer • Allan alasaulali Mr. Abbott; Capt. !Attach', Mr. Mea dows; Marquis of Arca. Mr. Cliapmen; S:r Demme Cempkorll, Mr. k:Keelea; Itanald of the Mist, Mr. Tatum. k.rirrebi, Mrs. Fault; Assert L)k, Mies Stephens. After which the Musical Fazes of ROSIN A. Behrille, Mr. Denote ; Caplan) Melville, Ur. Ppm; WM. lint, Mimi Halluidei Patrick, Mr. Colmar. MEIN', Mile 'OM ; Rostra. Mint M. Tree. A Private Box may be bad fur the sertson, or nightly, of Mr. Brandon, at the MoLOSee. Os hlooday, The Tempest—with the new Pantomime. Os Tuesday, Mosimme, or The Children of Has Mist. NIATHEWS AT HOME at the IVA THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE, STRAND, THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, March 23, with hie animal Lector/ on Character. Manners, and Pecu liarities, under the title of THE YOUTHFUL DAYS OF . IIIII. MATHEWS. Part 111. STORt&It in which Mr. Mathews will take step to Introduce she fulrndling Chrracter.:— Nal, servant of all-werk in if loilginglistiee; Sir Shiverein Sererraerve, Geordies to Aiweirova (second Boor) ; Mousiest. Zephyr, French Ballet Mailer (brat Anne); George Augustus Plpley—" A line of beeety"—in love ; Ab Ligwrlyo eb U. PI, 'Att. not Ibis enough; Mr. Mark Niagara., nos ,4•0111,04 lodger, ant dour; Miss Amehrosa, In love with Doors toper at Seven o'Clwek; Perlin-sane bogies at Eight. • illetta, Plareeonad reheat isim a tab. had Pf lift She. Mime, al atelltrahr IlisEmess t fromm ?Writ Iffic Mr. HOBHOUSE said it appeared strange to him, that the Hon. Member (Mr. Mansfield) should con sider all that was said direc►ed to himself. He was at ■ loss to account for the reasons why Gentlemen opposite opposed that Petition. A few nights since, when an Hon. Gentleman near him had stated, that seats were bought and sold in that House, no ex pres►ion of disapprobation was heard, it merely ex cited a laugh. A Noble Marquis, a few nights since, had stated to that House, that it was neces sary to keep up useless offices to conduct the go: verninent, and he thought the House of Commons should not be so squeamish as to be offended with the Patitumers for stating what was avowed by Minister of the Crown. He perfectly agreed with his Hon. Fnead the Member for Shrewsbury (Mr. Bennett), that milder terms might perhaps be preferable. Bet if the statements the Petition contained were true, and the House of Com mons was not what it should be, yet if it was the language of truth, it was the duty of the House of Commons to correct these abuses. On the other hand, if the statements were false, it could do them no harm, for "hard wields will never break bones." He really did not see anything in that Petition more strung than was contained iu other Petitions which that House had received. Let them look to the Petition of the " Friends of the People," in which a proposal was mode to tell the name of every m■n who was returned by Peers, or other undue influence. That Petition. however, was received. although there were in that House at the time us great sticklers for the privi leges of the House In at present. Mr. Burke was then in the House. and Mr. Pitt ; but he was, then old in apostacy. As to the administration of justice, that Petition did not reflect upon the Courts of Justice, but upon the prosecutors, and they were the advisers of the Crown, upon whom the Petitioners had a right to express their opinion ; and if even their expressions were a little unmea sured, some allowance should be made for the &, l ings of their fellow-count►ymen, and he hoped that Gentlemen opposite would not persevere in - opposing the Petition. It was perfectly true, as the Hon. Member fur Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Sir M. W. Ridley) had said, that the Petition was not agreed to at a public meeting, and that might be some objection to it, if the facilities of petitioning and of holding public meetings were the same now as before the passing of the Six Acts ; but at present every difficulty was th►own in the way of petitioning. He therefore hoped the present Petition would be received. This day la published, price 12s. with the Mops coloured, and a Book of DtMahlon' aad Questioos; ur 9e, with the Maps plain, THE CHILD'S ATLAS; consisting of MOps of the Easters and Maitre Hemispheres, the Four Randers of the Wodd, and the British Islamb; with their eoeraagyedigti Ovalam molly rogreved by W. It: GARD- WM. • Ilesiesed So wee, mid Amoroso mods ottoilohmog Geography so Mole Childers. Leedom: Printed dad sold by Haney sad Dodos, Grace- eboreb.etreet. Tbis . ADELPHI THEATRE, STRAND. By Authority of the Right Hun. the lord Chamberlain. THIS EVENING, SATURDAY. March:3, will he pre Bated, all entirely new Extravagenza Bair. het. of Fun, Frolic, Fasiaa, and Flash, is three acts, islhd * • TOM AND JERRY; Or, LIFE IN LONDON. COrinthian Tom, Mr. Wrench ; Jerry Mainline., 'Mr. John Reeve; Logic, Mr. %Vilitiatan ; Jemmy Green, Mr. Keeley; Hun. Dick Trifle, Mr. Bellamy. Kate.„ Mn. Baker; Sue, Mee. Waylett ; Jane, Miss Hammersley. After which (by particular denim). admired Berhilla of WHO'S TO FATHER MEI Colonel Who', Mr. Buckingham; Mandeville, Mr. Char man; Billy Botta, Mr. Wilkinswo. Charlotte Oldatuck, Mina E. Put; Harriet, bliss Brady. IMPERIAL P,4ELIJMEN r. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, Mator 24. --. Tbeir Lordships met at tea o'clock. APPEALS. Rateotte, Appellant 'Lae NNNNN ICS, Re-spaniel& This was an Apr& from the &Maio% of the Court efflem slows (Scotland). The Attorney.Geuesel and Mr. spplen were heard for the Appellant; and Mr. Wetherell and Mr. Aberrtomby for the Reapoodent —Judemeat postponed. Flute' es, Appellant ; Dacron, Respondent. This was au Appeal from the derision of the Court of Session (Scotland). The Attorney-General sod M►. angden were beard fur the Appellant ; and Mr. Wetherell (iu part) fur the Respoudent.—Farther l.eariug postponed. Dowie, Appellant; DOUGLAJP, Respondent. This woo an Appeal from the Coast of Session (Scotland). —Judgment of the Court below aStmed. The Archbishop of DUBLIN mad Lord STEWART took the maim and their mato. Duets open et Sit, and the Petforinsace commences at a Qnarter before Seven. Boxes, 41.—Pit, 23.—Gallery, Is. NW-Price at Halt pot E.sht. This day are published, price 1 1 .6 d. HINTS nit the DUTIES slid QUALIFICA TIONS of STEWARDS and LAND AGENTS; comprising Directions for conducting Repair., Alteration', Balidlngs,aort other Improyrmeots, with • Plan for the Ma. aagerwent of otgircteri Estates, braeficial both to Landlord arid Tenant. Ry A STEWARD. Feversham Printed: Sold by .1. Hardie', 36, St. James's. street, London. The Tann of Bratif.rd Gas Light Bill was rend a third lime, and pained. Mr. Redford, from the Exchequer, presented an stemma of the Jerome and the charge on the Consolidated Fund ap to the bt h January,lll22,—Head, cud ordered to be printed. The Norfolk Gaol Bill, and the TOWN of Wakefield Gas Light Bill, were reported without soy amendment. The Melt Duties repeal Bill was read a second time. BREAKFAST POWDER. The %Isis of LA NSDOWN said, that a fortnight bark be ►ad moved That the instrnetiona gives by the COlll. stissioners of Excise so their officers, as to the mizure of breakfast powder made from • heat, barley, See. anal the num ber a prosecutions that bail taken place for vending il, shook' be laid on their Lordships table." Hie motion bad received their. Lordships' assent, but it bad not been com plied with, he therefore moved that the return should be made further ith —Ordered. Os the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, their Lordships liars adjoin seri to bloods, seat. THREE 2 W to,noe PRIZES IN TO DAYS!!! Bisui, of the 0141 State Lottery Offices, • 4, Eorshill, and 9, Charing-cruos, reepeetfollw re taigas his Lest Friends. the Prhlie, that them are bet Two Wort Days so draw of the present Lottery, and the Wised now waists' 3 ..... ... Prizes of 1 • •,. Prize of 3 ..... .... Prizes of 3 . . Prize. of 4. Prizes of ..... 25 _ .. - .. . All of w►ieh mum be drawn is Two Dys! ••• The my Find Mize drawn NEXT THURSDAY. the tett) iostant, west he more than 20,000 f. Morley; and ;several other etpitals worst be drawn She same day. Warranted Undrawn Tickets and Shires are Selling at BOWS Offices, where FOURTEEN Capital■ have already ' to the present Lottery; and so BMWs Offreeo are able for telling rent drawn Capitals, be hopes and to sell the f 20,000 NEXT THURSDAY! HOUSE OP COMMONS, FaiDAY, MAicia St A Person from the East India Company remelted rertais military returus respretiog the army iu ludia.—Ordered to lie as the table. The Turnpike Laws Amendment Rill weal through a Cow• mithre, and was ordered to be recommitted. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. THREF. OF £20,000! Anal only Th. Days to Draw. I •nl J. SIVEIVRIGtir inform the Public • Om, •ilb only Two Days to Draw, the Wheel custriaa Lord JOHN RUSSELL p►esented a Petitiou from certain Owners and Occupiers of Laud in the hundred of Norman Cron, in the comity of Bedford, praying some relief to agriculture. The Petitioner, mated that they viewed with rearm and alarm flue remedie, which had hems propotad fur their amateur..., and they prayed for • reduction iu taxation. —Ordered to be primed. 3 • • • of ... Z20,nOO 1 . 3 Besith a the foil proport,oo of miser Prises of WO/. 501. Ice. makoog L.. Mos Too Masks in a Prior. THURSDAY NEXT, is the Nett Day of thawing, obeli the very First Prize will sterile 200001. wore; and the Nitith.drawsr Prize above 2001. will likewise here 211,04/0/. in addition. TICKETS and SHARES ore Stihag at J. sad J . SIVE. WEIGHTS' truly fortunate Offices, 37, Conduit; 30 , Hornerlief, 11, H o lb orn; I Cornsr of Coventry-street; *he re Hwy Sold the Loot Day of the Lost Lottery; and in their last Contract, 4.421 18,051 ... • ••• 5,001:1 Aid a great many malice Capitols. HENRY HUNT. Mr. LASIBTON iireseuted is Petition, signed by 4.820 inholniants of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, preying for the liberation of Mr. H. Mint, now a prisoner in Ilchester gaol. He was ittstrueted to say, that in thecoorre of three dsys the Petition had received all the signatures it contained, which would hare been much more numerous if there had been sufficient time; hut a• the Petitioners had understood that the Member for Westminster would hare brought forward his motion on that 'object on Wodoestisy last, they lost no time in transmitting their Penlion. As to the obj;ct of the Petition,, he would say, with out any reference to the opitnens or conduct of Mr. 'YIP. • It might be said. Let the House of Commons not deserve censure, and they may disregard any attacks. But that was a doctrine to which he could not sub scribe. There was no institution, however pure, could withstand repeated attacks. Even the ad ' ministration of joshes!. which bed been so long the pride and boast of this country, would ultimately suffer in public estimation, if it were constantly stated that the Court was influenced by sinister motives, and the jitney bribed. They would be nn longer able to fill the situations they had done with so much advantage to the country. He should never oppose the reception of any Petition. decently ■nd respectfully worded; but it war not from par ticular exeressions, but Irma the whole teuour and spirit of a l'etition that it should he judged, and if any man could think that Petition was drawn up with a view of doing any good, then let him sup port it ; b ut an y mail who thought with him that its sole intention was to traduce the House of Com mons, must vote against its being received. M►. Bmirre thought the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Wynn) should have left the ex pressions made use of by the Isle Speaker, to some .sue who vcu!d expluiu them. He perfectly moll. Sir M. %V. RIDLEY explained. He hoped he would not be understood es opposing the reeeptioe of the Petition : all he had said was this, that he had been instructed to say that it should be consi dered " the Petition of the undersigned," and not that of the inhabitants of Newcastle-upon-Tyne generally. Mr. LAurox said, before the question went to a vote, lie was anxious to make a few observations; and first, as to what had fallen from the Hon. Baronet who had just sat down. It was quite true that the Petition could not be considered the Peti tion of the inhabitants of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for it was headed with these words, " The Petition of the undersigned;" and the utsstac:les which were thrown in the way of petitioning of late, was a suffi cient explanation of that eircurnstauCe. He must give the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Wynn) at least credit for consistency ; for lie was in the habit of objecting to petitions strongly word ed, when he wus on his (Mr. Lanibton's) side of the House m on the other—he was equally disposed on both rather to close the door of the House of Commons against petitioning than to throw it open. It was true the Petition was drawn up 11l strong terms, but it must be recollected that it did nut proceed from what might be called the higher classes of society. A few nights hack he had heard a gallant General near him avow publicly that sears were purchased in that House, and it dt4 not excite any indignation. Ile had beard a Noble Lord . ~„s„3.~ L - ' Majority for rejeetiog the Petition, 101 'KNOWS it presented a Petition on the same sub ant, Paisley. He vouched that it contained sufafilbesime expression, and he entirely concurred mitbnilits Petitioners, that the treatment arf Me. *oat was most impolitic and improper. —The Pe *ion was ordered to be printed. The Citaticei.toz of the Excutotreir Moved Oat the House on rising should adjourn tifl•Mon day next.—Ordered. Mr. G. Bin NETT moved, that copies of certain papers from the Audit-Office, containing the sc -counts of Mr. Theodore Hook, before ordered by the House, should be returned forthwith.—Or. dered. SCOTCH MUMS RECt CATION DIM The LORD ADVOCATE moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Reyil Scotch Burghs Regulation Bill, with a view to post ponement. Lord A. HAMILTON underitood that the reason for the postponement was. that the Committee of Supply was to have preced en c e , accor di ng to an in variable practice which was to be established, of gilt jusgthe d isconion of the estimates preference on MO11.• days and Friday,. Hewes awareof the arraogement ".by which orders on these days were to precede Inth. Ilona ; but he had learnt to-day, for the firm time. of the necessity of the preceding orders giving way to the Committee of Supply. He was aware that it was is the liberty of the House to choose which of the irdera should be taken first ; but he thought that If Ministers were to direct which orders they woutsi bare taken first on Mondays and Fridays, the fact ought to be known, or. else the most important my 'Ohms might be overlaid by Grin fixed for sue of those nights. Was that a ru l e ,a l ways to b e ob ier am, ? ' The CNANCILLOR of the EACHEROIR kat* of aso intentioti of deviation from the kuown practice of 'the House. in giving preference to order._ before tootions on some days, and to questions of supply • before, any other orders on those panicle's:. night% This had been done hitherto, with the concurrence mid for the general conventeoca of the HOuse. Lord A. fisuitecou apprehended that the *blanks of the Bill should be filled up. and cop:es sent to Scotland before the proceedings w e re term - Dated upon it. The LORD ADVOCATR said, that copies were already futwarded to Scotland, tai that a fortnight would be allowed before the Committee to give the burgher. time to consider mud make any represesta .. lions to Parliament. Mr. K es IseDY thought that a distant day should be named for the Committee, in order to give time enough. The second reading was postponed till Thursday next. Lord NUORNT moved for Accounts of the- up poiotnients of Governors and Lieutouissit-Goveruoi• of the Leeward ur Caribbee ['Steeds, distingoishiog their names, dates of appointment. salaries, fee s , and emoluments; also how 'ouch of them they ram crived from the hands of Government. and hers much udder the authority of the Legislative As semblies. Also. similar Accounts of the uppostite merits of the Chief Justice and Attoruey sted,tialtee• tor-General. Mr. Ewe; asked if there would be any objec tion to adding_ the words, ' sod all others of the "West Indian Wan Cakanaa, and Satilwa t on 0. _ .. •