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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS-W aaaaa pity, JAN 16
Atter° o'clock the LORD Cit4stost.soa took his
'moat an the Woolsack.
• ThwEarl cif A v LECTOR', (Lord Steward) signi-
fCed in the House llis Majesty's pleasure to receive
their Lordships' Address at three o'clock, at St.
James's.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH presented a Bill for
the consideration of their Lordships, the objeil of
which was to reetifir certain •mission; of the In-
s.)lrent Debtors' Bill of last Session ; and More
clearly to acertain how far the provisions of that Bill
were meant to extend; one of the leading provi-
sions of the ma seemed to be a specific regulation
of the lists to be furnished by jailors of the prisoners
in their custody liable to the operations of the late
Insolvent Debtors' Acl. His Lordship moved that
the Bill be now read a first time.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, after reading the
breviate of the Bill, quitted the Woolsack, and es-
pressed hi; opinion, that the Noble and Learned
Lord deserved the thanks of the House and of the
country, for his condua in the present instance, ar,d
on two grounds ; First. in coming forward with a
provision to rectify an A&, which greatly require]
st ; and, secondly, for bringing it for.vard at so
early a'period of the Session. The Bill of last Ses-
sion was brought in, he observed, at so very late a
period, that the House was unavoidably deprived
of the assistance, in its discussion, of several of its
most able and best informed Members (of that of
his Noble and Learned Friend, for instance), who
were absent on calls of indispensible duty ; he
wondered not, therefore, at the late Aa requiring
so much amendment. To this was to be added,
another consideration ; that Aas of that description,
when passed towards the close of a session, gene-
rally create an idea that the relief is meant to be
extended farther than is really the case. On these
grounds he highly approved of the present Biil,
begged leave to repeat his thanks to the Noble and
, Learned Lord for bringing4tiorward at so early a
period.
'the Bill lies over for ft.rther consideration.
Some Naturalisation Bills were forwarded, and
fi variety of arrangements made with resix:a to the
• judicial business of the House. Amon:, the latter,
the important Scotch Appeal, Cooningham r. the
• Countess of Glencairn, was, fur the mutual conve•
nience of the parties, fixed fcr a hearing tile 24th
of March.
At half past two o'cicck the House adjourned
till Monday next, after which, their Lordships pro-
ceeded to St. James's, with their Address to His
Majesty.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. Rost and several other Members took the
oaths and their seats.
Mr. FRANCIS moved for the renewal of the
Order made on the 7th of May last, for Copies of
all the Treaties entered into beevreen the Govern-
ments of Bengal, Fort St. George, and Bombay,
with any of the Mahometan Princes in the upper
part of India, particularly with the Mogul. Ordered.
Lord WILLIAM RUSSEL brought up a Teti.
Lion from the Proprietors of the Surrey Iron Rail
Way Ordered to he referred to a Committee.
The Standing Ordoirs of the House were read as
usual at the commencement of every Session.
Mr. DILLON: h-ought up the Report of the Ad.
dress to hits Majesty on his Speech from the 'Throne,
which was read and agreed to, and ordered to be
presented by the whole House, and that such Mem-
la are of the Privy Council do wait on his Ma-
jesty to enquire when he will be pleased to receive
the same.
Ordered that the Speech be taken into considera-
tion to-morrow.
Mr. FRANCIS gave notice that he would, on
Monday next, move for certain Papers relative to
the War in India now carrying on. He said, that
since the peace had been made with the Mahrattas,
a new war had broken out between the India Corn-

parry and the Chief, known by the name of Scindia,
and the Rajah of Rerar, the objeas of which were
not at all understood in this catintry. It was,
therefore, for the purpose of explaining that sub-
jeft, that he should move for the papers he al-
luded to.
Mx. WILLIAMS presented the Ninth Report of
the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry. Ordered to
lie on the Table, and to be printed. Adjourned.