The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-05-11 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF COMMONS, Moso.tv, MA'y 10.

This being the last day for seCeivin% R•pork nn intratt
Bills, the SIMAILIIIL bai Militated Isi n trutuut of bikiox
the attic at three o'clock. The C.. 1111041141,
however, did nut enter the Hoilo• until three
o'clock, when he apologised for his not lirs,or ;.r.•-ent at an
!althea momeui, its consegoence of the siteltieti Moroi, of kis
Secretary.

TAUNTON ELECTION.
The Clerk of the Crown appeared at the fl te. and amend-
ed at cording to the Report of the Conioni..fre. tl.e ref sr., foe
a Member Or serve in the presto Parliament, fur the
Borough of Taunton.
ROYAL. BURGHS IN %P.
On the mutton of Lord A. HAMILTON, all the P. iiirni*
presented to Parfitment, COrllpl.liUll.ll 01 OW lOU 111 Os"
Royal Rtur4hs in Scotland, were 11. dere,' to br t. fro rt. d to lim
Committee on the *tale of the said 'Singh-.
Mr. Hunt promoted three Pi Litton* folio the line:s!roey,
Gitildry, and Trades of the burgh of Arbroath. Alterdeett,
and Montrose, against the Bill of thetitti.le Lot .1 Lord
Advocate) for regulating the pectinialy agents t.; (hi floyol
Burghs in Scotland. The Hon. Member ull-ery that tile
Petitioners objected to every clause to Otte Bill ; he added,
that o seuaibie were the Magistrates of Montrose of thu
evils attending the present mode of their election, that they
had voluntarily telanquisheit the privilegt. eßich ili.y
previously enjoyed, and resigned to the Mb:distant* at liar.;..
the right of utuninatin their town Magistittics.—Thil 11111,
11 0000 as well at. the others collie saine subject, were ordlertd
to be referred to a Committee.
Mr2CALCRAET pre•culed a Petition Lom Greenstick, wltteli
was one of the burghs that had heeu so misrepresented by
the Lord Advocate. The Petitioners loot ty compltdoed
ut
the ptettatit mode of electing their MagiNtratr*.
Mr. W. Outr6t.as prtsented a Petition from the Rota:
burgh of A/111311 Against the same Bill.
Mr. MAL:LE piesented a Petition from the Bortesars
ut
I Dundee, praying fur a reform in the sieniartneut of the
Royal Burghs in Scotland.
BARNSTAPLE ELECTION
Mr. BERNAL inesesilell • Petition ttoin the Mayor ow;
Burgevse* of Barnstaple against the ery.teustutt 1.1 the right
of franchise, which, they said, would a•;...taeate rather than
remove the complatuts wade against tl.e eltelora.—Load u'l
the table.

POOR LAWS.
A valid, of Petitions were presented aroma the Pont
Laws Amendment Bill —Laid on the table.
AGRICULTURAL HORSE. DUTY.
LOFII ESSINGTON presented a Petition Crum the
tants of 'rive:tun, praying for sclia from the Agricultural
HUI Ile Duly —l.4id on the sable.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S WAGES.
Lord ESSINGTON brought to the Bill Sri Ilse regulation
of Merchant Seamen'', %Vages —The Rill was read a hist
lime, ordered to be printed, and read the thud brae tins day
se'imight

SCOTCH JURY COURTS.
Mc. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL presented a Petition from
certain Writer« to the Signet in Scotland, against the Setll4
Jury Courts Bill. They prayed that the Bill should he post-
poned, for the purpose of their being heard by Galli,' I

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:Initial it.
The LoRD ADTOCATZ of SCOTLAND satil, that h.. es,eit t
not COlifrill lit p4.llpOtte the whitb •tieol for a
Committee tltia day. It era% he oboervill.!..iticillar Ora th.•
Petitioners, wl.cr must have had notice of hi. tutru,l,•ti4 I. •
spectiug this Bill since the loth Mari li, should have
(rained until now from petitioning again,' it, and t ,
did come forward, should have asked for still hal ilier di la..
The experience of the last four years had aliewis radically
the mopriely and efficacy of the Trial by Jsc-y 111 civil case:
in Scotland, and those who had had at first doulur upon the
subject had owned that their opintons had. from the opera
lion of the measure, entirely changed The whole century
at large may be said to have approved of the Rill.
Mr. W. SMITH entirely concurred in the prupt illy or the
Bill.
Mr. J. P. GRANT expressed his surprise that the Petition.
era, who belonged to 110 respectable and iiitettigeot a body,
should have thought proper now to relition Actinst Hu.
Bill, after it lied advanced so iar in it:: rirorves4 throng',
Parliament. As to their desire to be heard by Coutow,
azainat it, lie rather imagined that such au applicatiov
could not be acceded to,except where it could lief-hewn that
private interests were to he strongly affected by a public.
measure. He bait no limitation in confessing that the
domino of the Jury System in civil cases is Stad!jhd, had
proved very boieficial, and that the experiment had alto-
gether succeedtd.—r Hear.)
'f he Petition was laid on the table.
N EW WRIT.
On the mutton of Mr. LostittuGfost, a new writ ass or.
dereil fur the Borough of Hobe. in the room of Colonel
Taylor, olio had accepted a Stewaisisiop of the Callihan.
Hundreds.
Mr W. Stoll( presented a Petition, signed**)' uP"nb' "1
2,000 Inhabitants of the City of Norwich, pr./ aitig fug
ar
Ecualizstiou of the Dot y on coalc.-1,,,,id stn the (ibis
BANK EEPOR I'.
Messengers from the Lords I. lett a Me•vore from
their lorrbiliip., de.i.int a Cupy of the Report of Cae u.
uu the Ina of the Bank.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
Lord ALTUORP gave notice that on Thar:(lm,
the sOth May, lie would move for leave to lirttig lit
a Bid for the relief of lasolvent I)ehtors.
PARLIAM EN TART REEOILM.
Mr. N'Nt. SMITH tir.-etited a Pe icon Gun, ter.
lain Individuals ui Ntawicli. iirsynig for a Refutes
in Parliament. They stated the Nhigui,,c
in which they were placed from not bating. rt:rectly
or indirectly, ally vote, iiiftuertre, voice or ia crept.
in the return of a I)!emtur to reptettettt
Parliament. Tiny had, therefr.te. oar reps &rotative
to guard tittle chArscler. and propc,ay, nor
ace control whotterr iti the rep/Holton ur
tutu, of those laws which get eri.ell the 'fate of the
people. This Probers. was Lod oil the table.
COMMITTEE OF
ARMY ESTIMA I ES.
Mr. GDULDURN brought up *tie Report of OA
Cut sssss 'tee Supply. •
on the fiat lieralution beilig read.
Sir HfiNAV PariNSLI., ruse, al•il compluiced