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I ated system to remedy the existing evils. The ob.
ject of the Petitioners was the establishment of a
Company, which, by deviating from the practices
of other Companies, would place the metropolis in
gone a different situation from that in which it
rtood at the present period.
This Petition was brought up and read, and or-
dered to be referred to a Committee, to examine the
matter thereof.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR then gave orifice, that it
wee, his intention. on the Thursday after next, the
4 ii of Februari, to move for an Imintile Address
to the Crown, praying that his Royal Highness the
Prince Regent would be grectonsly pleased to di.:
refit that two Assizes in the year be held in the four
Northern Counties, as they are in all the other
counties in England.—(fled, hear.)
AGRICULTURAL PETITION.
Sir Gxaxaci Noe!. said, he held ni his hand a
Petition from certain Farmers and others interest-
ed in agricultural affairs, in the county of Rut-
praying the attention of the lions, to their
particular interests. Ile felt it his duty to present
this Petition, although he begged not to he under-
ttooil as meaning to enter 'iron the merits of the
iniiiiirtant %object which the matter of this Peti-
tion ivvolvril. He had done his duty in presenting
the. Petition.
The Petition was then brought up and read. It
was front the farmers and others in the comity of
Ittitkod. It commenced with a diclaration, that
the soil of (Vert Britain was adequate to the supply
of the population of the United in every
mottle of necessary subsistence, and was, therefore,
peculiarly entitled to the protection of the Legis-
lature, iti whatever matters appertained to its
proper interests. It then proceeded to set forth—
that if it were admitted that such was the capability
of our soil, why not give extended effect to the agn-
cultural interests, in the same manner that the Na-
vigation Acts protect the mercantile and manufac-
to itstelebts. The Petitioners prayed that evi-
dence touching the matters in their Petition should
he heard before a C 1111 l mittee of the House, and
shut if their view of the agricultural interests wete
in the Committee proved to be a trite one, that then
they 0) Id receive from the Legislature the seine
prolt4llol a hid, it afforded to other bodies of his
Altilesty'. subjects.
The Petition was laid on the table.
toRPORATION OF LlyEttPooL.
CANhING presented a Petition from the
Corporation of Liverpool. prating fur leave to
bring in a Rill to extend their jurisdiction for the
recovery of small debts.
The Petition was ordered to be referred to a
Committee.

LIVERPOOL MARKETS.
The Right Hon. Geoltlroomi dirt, prereoted a
Petition from the same Body Corporate, for leave
to liro.g to a bill to rrret A IleAr llurkrt.
Iteltorril to a Cotontittre.

LIVERPOOL DOCK COMPANY.
General IiASCOYNE perr.enteal s Petition from
tlie Trnvtere of the Liverpool Deck Company, no
11. e rulijrct of their 4,14*, which was laid on the
table.

WAR IN INDIA.
51r. rAN VINO guvr ounce, that on an rally ility
move the Thanks of this Masse to the
Marquis of Ilastings, and the Army under his cont.
',livid in (mho, for their conduct tlinieg the late
r:n in ..Lich they were engaged. lie gcve this
• arty notice, that not a anionte's delay filtalid Pp.
year to ha. a taken place iu *ninon:ding the neceisity
0.1 this vote of Thanks to that. Army for its cooduct.
At the tame tittle lie would refrain from flicking it,
ifotigli a mere military 'notion, until the papers
. hien Ir. re promised to Parliaineut respectiog the
I,llly:hut tar, were laid on the veldr of the Most..
llc heg.z.eil, however, to intimate, that his motion
ihvolvtd co political elm l i 000 whatever—it was the
ins re roe of Thanks to which the Army were enti-
tled. let, Cee from any political allusion as he
I eant it %Imola be, I e thought it right to postpone
it omit utter the papers respecting the war were
hid un the table,.--(Heur, hear.)

that due discretion should be used in the exercise
of this right.
ELECTION PETITIONS.
The SPBAZILR said, that he had, for convenience,
adopted the following order respecting the arrange-
ment of Election Petitions :
In the first class he had arranged Petitions from
Electors who complained that no return had been

made.
10 the second he had placed those Petitions which
related to a double, return.
In the third where the return was from two or

more places.
In the fourth where the returns were generally
complained of.
Pkitions ngsinst undue Elections were presented
from the following places ;
The Borough of Fool.y._
Ordered to tte titan into consideration on Friday, the
fth of Febroary.
County of Cork —From John Boyle, Esq. alpinist
the return of Loral Kingsbortnigh and the Hun.
Mr. flare.
The SPEAIEER amid. Hint 14 tiny§ more were al-
lowed on all Irish Petition* than those presented
From any part of England.
orderedio be taken into consideration on the '23J of Fe.

!unary.
County of Leitrim—Petition from Henry John
Clements, against the return of Lobe White, E•q.
°Mem! to be taken into consideration on Tuesday, tire
231 of February.
City of Cork—Petition of Colonel Longfield,
against the return of Sir Nichulns Conway Col-

%burst.
Ordered to be taken into consideration on Thursday, the
troth of Felarnaly.
From Camel font—
Ordered to be taken into consideration on the 9th of
February.
From Leominster—
Ordered to be taken into consideration on Thursday, time
11th of F.-binary.
From Evesham
Ordered to be taken into consideration un the 11th of Fe-
bruary.
From the City of Limerick .—Pt minis of Thorne,
Spring Kee, Esq. against Juin. Preodergast Were•
ken, Esq.
Ordered to be taken into consideration on Thursday, the

eSth of February.
From Drogheda—Petition of Robert Thompson
and others.
Ordered to be *taken into consideration on Tuesday the
2d of March.
Front Penryn—
Ordered for Tuesday, the latth February.
From Wootton Basset—
Ordered for Tuesday, the 16:b February.
F Chester--
°refried for Ttiorsday, the 18th February.
PRISON DISCIPLINE, &e.
Mr. CAKNING said lie rose, io the absence of his
Noble Friend (Lord Castlereagh), to give notice of
two motions which that Noble Lord iittrodril to
make. The first was touching the state and disci-
pline of prisons; the other motion was coticeroiog
the forgery of I/Koko-I: notes. The Report of the
Commissioners on this subject, he said, was expect-
ed ill a short time to be laid before the I louse, and
when that Report should hr published, all the pa-
pers connected with it would be produced.
COPPER TRADE.
Mr. GREW/ELL moved fur an account of the
copper imported into from what romitry,
and at what time imported, for the year ending sth
January, 1819.—Ordered.
Also, for an account of what quantity of copper
had been exported from England, and to what
phtces. fur the year ending sth January, mtg.—
Ordered.
Likewise, for an account of what quantity of cop-
per was exported front the port of Limitoo, for the
year ending 6th January, 1819.—Oidered.
RANK RESTRICTION Afl'.
Mr. HART DAVIS clot, that in the last Session of
Parliametit a Petition had been resettled from cer-
tain bankers of Illistitl, stating that if the Batik re-
striction Act, which is about to expire, were lint re-
newed, great coolosion liticl embarrassment to the
commercial interests of the country would misc. 110
wished to know from 1 misters whether it was their
intention to continue the Bank restriction ? Ito
had also another question to put. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer had stated list Sr that he
had funded so large a quantity of Exchequer bills
that it would not be necessary, he coot:rived, in that
or the succeeding year to fund or loan. lie wished
to know whether it was his intention to laud or loan
this year ?
The CRONCEI.i.oit of the EXCIIEQUER said, he
had no tliffictilly in answering the first question pia
by the Hon. Gentleman. It was him inteution to
submit to the house the propriety of further con-
tinuing the Bank restriction ; but as an lion. Mem-
ber (NIG Tierney.) hail yesterday given notice of a
motion connected with the subject, be thought it
right to wait till that motion were disposed of. As
to the second question, lie submitted to the House
that it would he highly imprudent in Milt to give
2 poxitiie answer to a question of that kjud—an
answer which might !occlude loin, lir might throw
I dtfliculties in his way in raisillg the so ressitry mos-
plies for the year. Ile had, however, no difficulty
to saying, that at the resod he 55W 110 greater tie-
tessioy 01111 he dill the last Session to fond or loan,
but he declined to give ally positive answer to the
• question of the I lon. Member.

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