The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-02-14 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUICSD" FLIMSILY 13.

The House met at the usual hour, hut the gal-
lery was not opened to strangers 011111 five o'clock,
in consequence of balloting for Committees to take
into cof,sideraftota the merits of Petitions against
the return of Members fur Tregoney and Hedon,
in Cornwall.

In the course of the evening the Clerk .ppea•ed
at the bar with the /tamer upon whom the election
had fallen, and they were csllyd over as follows

Mr. D. Corr

FUR TRBOONET :
Sir B. W. Galas
Mr. H. Briklst
Mr. C. Hillsdale
Mr. G. Calhoun,
Mr. W. Efasenasibe
Sir P. Pule
Mr. J. Mansfield

Mr.). Dunlop
Mr. W. Sibtborp
Mr. J. Dugdsle Astltry
Mr. W. Whitmore
Mr. J. H. Low!her
Mr. G. &Sumba's
Mr. E. Rogers
FOR I

lEDON:

Mr. W. Lewis
Mr. Hardie./
Mr. Frumplos

Mr. G. P.Jervoisa
Pie. Perry
Ni'i. Letenier
Ni. T. Mona
Lor4 /Mery
Mr. Lammlima
WSJ. see
a retttioa Gam SnotheM,

Mr. L. Ceitesason

Lard Berederd
Mr. To lk
Mr. R. Ersalilasi
THE QVE
Mr. LAMLIY preen

of her

,sajesty's name to thrtlitsirgy,,
right. and dignities.
Sir W. De ettisetowir resented a Petition from
the Parish or l'aifirid, Southampton, complaining
of the di:stresses of the country, attributing them
mainly to the profligate expenditure of public
money for so many years, and imploring the House
to take steps calculated to afford relief; also to
restore the Queen's name to the Liturgy. and to
reinstate her Majesty in the honours and dignities
which belong to her station. He wished to *hew,
by one installer, the character of that expenditure
of which the Petition complained. At the Cape
of Good Hope, when Mr. Gordon was out there as
Governor for the Dutch, he received %am. per
annum, with which he maintained his friends and
establishment in a becoming style of dignity.
The present Governor had 14,0001. per annum, to
which sum the salary was advanced from the former
one of 2,0001. This was a sample of the expendi-
ture of the colonial system generally. How then
was it possible but that there should be distress in
this country ?
Sir It. FERGUSON, knowing the affairs of the
Cape of Good I-lope, could only consider the ap-
pointment of such a salary for the Governor as one
of those many wasteful measures which were adopt-
ed to strengthen the influence of Ministers. When
Sir James Craig served both as Militury COM..
niander mid Civil Governor. lie had stated to the
Government at home that lie considered 3,000/.
per annum as an ample salary. There was nothing
in the circumstances of the Coloay to warrant any
augmentation.
Mr. S. WHITBREAD presented Petitions from
St. Arnie's, Limehouse, Brumley, and St. Luke's,
for the restoration of her Majesty's rights and
dignities, and for the replacing her twee in the
Liturgy.
Mr. C. CALVIMT presented a similar Petition
from St. John's, Southwark, biped by four nut of
every live persona paying taxes under assessments
of 10/. a year and upwards. The Petition prayed,
moreover, for the dismissal of Ministers, because
their measures tended to increase the existing die.
content., to enslave the country, and bring the
Royal Family into contempt.
Sir R. WlLson supported the prayer of die
Petition.

Mr. W. Wtt.t.taus presented a similar Petition
from Eye, in S•tlolk.
Mr. Hume gave notice, that he would, °I Fri-
day next, move for details of the Ordnance Esti-
inates fur the year, and al.o for the details of
those estimates in the year 1793. He would also
move, on the 41st instant, fur accounts of the Re-
venue and Expenditure of the Innien Isles. He
then presented • Petition, the prayer of which wee
similar to the last, from the %Vetivers of Edinburgh.
Mr. Buck& presented • similar Petition from
Lincoln. The Petition also prayed for a Reform
in the Representation. On this tatter account, one
of the Members for Lincoln had conscientiously
declined presenting it ; because, though he con-
curred in the prayer fur the restoration of her Ma-
jesty'li mute to the Liturgy, he could not Record