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London, England, 1821-02-10 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, FSIBANART 9.
Their Lordships sat at ten o'clock to bear Appeals.
SINCLAIR. Appellant MANSON. Beepealdeell.
Counsel were further beard.—ludgesent postponed.
NORBURY, Appellunt ; MEADR, kesputodent.
This was au Appeal front the decision of the Court of
Exchequer.
The Attorney-General and Mr. Martin were heard fur the
Appellant —Further considcratiou postponed.
Al three o'clock their Lordships adjourned duriog
pl
The LORD CHANCELWR. nss kis
Woolsack at five o'clock, hat there being no bi
their Lordships, they adjourned until Musiday.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, FISII/VAILT 9.

The SPEAKER entered the House ■1 a quarter before
four.

This briar the last day for receiving P.tilions on Private
Bills, the House was occupied fur • considerable time in
the disposal of Petitions of that rteprriptiun.
The Sheriffs Waithmain and Williams appeared at the
Bar wills a Petition from the Corpiiraiseis of the City of
London, praying for leave to bring it. a Hill to amend the
Blatlfriare Bridge Act.

Petitions were also presented fur lighting Waterloo
Bridge and Whitechapei with gas.

TIMBER TRADE.
Mr. ItIARRYATT ♦resented a Petition from the Mee.
chants, Shipowners, mid habitats. of kliramtchi, in the
province of New Brunswick, praying that no alteration
might be made in the ditties on limber, which they were led
to apprehend was in contemplation, by the Report of the
Committee of the Donee of Lords on the timber trade in
the last Session of Parliament. The Don Member sup•
ported the prayer of the Petition at some length, against
she Report of the Committee alluded to, aml entered into
a statement of his views of the operation of any such al-
teration as was contemplated, on the commercial and agt
cultural interests of our North American Colonies.

Sir ISAAC COFFIN said a few words, we believe in sup.
port of the Poitiun.
Mr. J. P. GRANT defended the Report of the Lords'
Committee.

'the Petition ass ordered to be printed.
Mr. T. WILSON then piesented a similar Petition from
the Merchants, Shipowners, and Inhabitants of Montreal,
in Canada. which be also supported by a few übservati )))) s.
Mr. RICA It DO said, he was astonish. d to see the Gen-
tlemen from the City setting themselves up against those
doctrines of free trade which were so generally received
and supported tbroughont the country —(Him', hear.)—He
was 'diver the more sorrels,' it at this circumstance, n he
had round th.tt those same Gentlemen who supported the
present Petitions sere among the warmest advocates of
those doctrines whenever it suited their owu 'arrests.—
(Hear.)
Mr. MARRYATT expinined, that the object of the Peti-
tioners was, that the trade might be left in the same state of
competition as it Walt in at present, and nut that soy fur-
ther restrictions shuu:d be impined.
The Petition was ordered to be painted.
KILMAINIIAM MEETING.

Mr..l. P. GRA NT, at the requoul his Noble Friend (Lord
John Russell), postponed the Notice which he had given for
this day, of ht. intention to present a Petitiou limn the
Count) of Huhliu, complaining of the diepersiun of a late
meeting of the freeholders of that county by a military
f..rre, to Thursday the-22t1 imdant. He did ibis in conse-
quence of the indisposition of the Right Huu. the Secretary
fur Ireland.
LIBERTY OF PRESS IN INDIA.

Mr. I..iMBTON sail, that ■reiug the Right lion. Gen.
Heiman, the ['resident 4,r the Board of Control, now in his
;place, lie wished to ask him a question relative to India„
affstro, whch he should have asked at an evrlier period of the
Session, but that the Right Hon. Gentleman had beeu so
very 'ineptly appointed to his present s tnation, that he
supposed br might nut have acquired* sufficient knowledge
of the litunueis of the office to give him on answer. lie
had been infortned by letters from lades, :hat the censorship
of the press, ahich laid been removed by the Marquis of
liastinKs, was *howl to be restored. by orders seat out front
the India Board of Governor+. He wislitd, therefore, to
learn from the Right lion. Geutictwaa whether such infor-
mation were correct

Mr. B. BATHURST said, that in •nswer to the question
from the Hon. Member, he could inform him that the regu-
lations adopter] by the Marquis of Hastings were in full forcr,
sud that no ordrr tor altering those regulations either had
been or was intended to be sent out from this country.—
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. LAM ETON said, be was perfectly mashed with the
information which the Right Hun. Gentleman bad given.
Lord G. CAVENDISH presented a Petition, signed by