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London, England, 1819-02-17 00:00:00

HOtsE or COMMONS, TUESDAY, re 111111.114 1&

This day the Hotter having Fern engaged in balloting for
Committees on the Pearyn and Wootton Basset Electio• Pr.
Otiose., straageis were sot admitted iota the Gallery till ten
inioutes after See o'clock.
PETITIONS.
Sir G. WiRSTRI presented a Petition from the Inhabitants
of Brighton, stating that the Poor Rates in that town bail
increased from seven thousand pounds, in the year ISIS, to
sixteen thousand, hi the last year, and praying the House
to adopt such alterations in the present system of Pour
Laws as would alleviate the pressure of them.
Head, and refereed to the Committee OR the Poor Lowe.
Mr. EDWARDS IittISSID4 a Petit' from the Occupiers
of Land in tllamtirgeottsire, praying tiro articles weed fur
agricultural purposes might he imported duty free.
Read, and laid no the table.
SCOTCH BURGHS.
Mr flume presented a Petition.from the Magletratee sad
other inhabitaiits of the Borough of Mohican. It stated
that the Petitioners had had • lung experienee of the evils
prising front the Sent of a proper wet itt their Burgh, and
the oelf.election of a few individuals, both to Offices in the
Corporation, loot to PAtliantrat; sod that they bad, through
the gracious consideration of the Print. Regent, the good
fortuue to lie restored to the carmine of their lotig.withkeld
rights, and felt the great advalitiges of au improved Colisti.
They therefore prayed that the paste reformation
sod benefits might be couferred of the other Royal Barghe
of Scotland.
Laid on the table, end ordered to he printed.
l'uftwer presented w Petition from the Pei/soden,
coutined for di ht in the Gaol of Carlisle, praying that in
rainerver alterations mleht he adopted in the Insolvent
Delotoen' Art. 'hr humane sprit in which that Act had ori-
gorme,i might he preserved.—Read, and laid us the table.
A Petition was prevented from the Inhabitioite of the
Town of Neirearite, praying for an alteration in the Poor
Laws—Mend, and ordered to be ;printed.
Sir C. NIOICZ said, lie held in him tm(' s Peti.
ninon
*lnch, %battery opinion twee be elotetsiuttl

Mr. F. Stollens
Mr. G. Plotford
Mr. C. Harvey.
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The Committee were sworn as called.
WINDSOR ESTABLISHMENT.
Lord Csswattaclt rove and arid, that the or-
der for the Conenittee of the House on the Prince
Regent's illervitge, and that part of the Speech of
the Lords Commissioners which related to the
Royal Establishment at Windsor, had been fixed
for Thursday, the 18th. Ile untlerstoctil the tie-
port of the Cormnistee. up stairs uouldlbe ready to
be laid before the House on Wednesday; but as
the interval between that and the billowing day was
not sufficient tp permit Members to examine it. he
thought it expedient that the former order shotild
be discharged, uud a new one made for Monday.
Mr. TIERNEY said, that he should then on Mon-
day take the muse of the House on the grout,
which be understood was to !se socisalnyteuded, of
ten thousand a year to the Duke of York, as eistot
persona. for travelling charges.
The order was Oleo read, sad deferred till Mon-
day ne=ts
, . OXFORD PETITION.
The.SPItAILER inforinecl the House that the Peti-
tints front the City of Oxford, which had been on
Monday, the 29th January, resolved by the House
to he a Petition complaining of au undue election
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and return for that city, had been fixed for consi-
deration on that night, but as the necessary steps
had not been taken, the proper course to be pur-
sued was, that the order should be discharged.—
The order was accordingly discharged.
The SPEAKER further informed the House, that
he had that morning received a letter from Mr.
%Wyndham Quin, dated Dublin, February 13,
stating, that he had received the Order of the
House requiring his personal attendance, and luta
set out on Ins journey, but from extreme illness had
been obliged to delay at the place from whence he
wrote, mid that though he was most anxious to obey
the commands of the House with all promptitude.
he feared it would not be possible. from the state of
Isis health, to reach town till Monday lit at.
Sir K. WILION said, that .as he felt desirous to
afford the Honourable. Member every accommoda-
tion in his power, he should move. that the Order be
deferred till Wednesday, the ililtli, which motion
was carried without any opposition.
BANI& OF IRELAND.
Mr. GRENFELL. in rising to make his motion
for accounts and papers from the Bank of Ireland,
said, that as he understood no opposition was iii-
tended. he should not trespass on the attention of
the House at much length. The doe 00000 eons he
meant to move for were in iiiihttahce the same as
those which lie had caused to be laid on the table at
different periods from the Batik of England. !tusk
bore strougly on the imitate of his motion for Tues.
day next. It hail three object.:--first to ascertain
the gradual increase of issues from the time of thi
restriction on cash payment* till the present, lis
believed it would appear that the circulation hail
been augmented frmn six hundred thousand rotunda;
in the year 1797, to four milliotts and a half.—The
next object was, to deterutisse the a niouikt of the
balances of public illusory deposited with that Malik
similar to those here. He hid been informi-ii that
there had been a voti.iderittiliii decrrioie to these
sums in the years Is lii and 1817. The balances
from the Irish Trea.ury, the Chancery, and Et-
chequer, might be taken at seven hundred thousand
pounds on an average ; and us he was of opinion
that every person was entitled to a reward fur his
labours, he should admit that the use of seven
hundred thousand pounds was nut perhaps
Mote than a fair remuneration rut the ',evicts
the Rauh of Ireland rendered to the country.
-His third object was, to di.coter the sum
paid to the think of Ireland for the maniritietst of
the public debt. It appeared. a fact of which hit
had beets lilt lately i,criorant, that that Iniily made
nu Charge velstr•_er tor that se tyke. our 6,r any
other they perforated for the country. Without
wishing to firs* invidious di.tiortions. he might he
permitted tea vh.ette, ;hit the hook 0' !Tel sod. in
Rio respect, winced a liberality well wrgthy the

Ale. Alderthati WA MIR JIN raid, that there were
numerous cases where surcharges of the
taxes had been of a most oppressive tiatore. Nod it
was the more to he lasitented, becanse the hoiden
almost always fell on those who were least able tis
bear it.
. After a few wont. front the CtimicEt.i.oß of the
EicitErault. in u low tone of voice, the istattuts
a.greed to.
nem otticEßA.
Sir•
J. NEWPORT ruse to move lot leave to bring
in a Bill to extelel to Irrialel altil Scotland the
provisions of the Act of the Soya of Gen. 111. re-
gulating sectinties to bt given ht prrsolis holding
offices. He said that he spioehtooled it would h.,
necessary fur him to ray little more that, inertly to
read the title or the Act, the prroiston• of which
he Meant to extend to Ireland, to furni.lo the
Elmore. with proof or the insticoand oceroity of the
present Bill. if ever there were at rade in artEcti mt
Act tiffectiog one part of the tioited Kingdom
should he extended to tile 'hoar, it was in • case
like thus, which had for its of jest the Permit, of
the public money. For the politic security this
Act was framed in iew—it Rap frens,ll for Eng-
land—it was coollaseil to that country alone. His
object was to emend the seine i.rutectiosi td the re-
venues of (relied and Scotian'', it'd to guard those
cotionsies from the default 'of all prism's nho had
the bendling of the public moiler, without entering
into ileac vectirities which in Cs and were 'mil.'
dead just and expedient.
Sir GEORGE HILL said, that lie could hove no
objection to any measure that would give security
for the due accounting for the public money iu Ire;-
land but those at the head of the Treasury in Ilea
country would alwsyr take care that the securities
tendered by officers were full and salisfactory. He
said that at the time the Act was pasmol, the geta-
way very deliberately and fully Ilisciwtril, and
the result was, that it was comodered iillyisrble to
exclude Ireland from the provision"' of that Act.
The Hon. Gentleman sand, that the entire machie
ivy of the law was such as could nut be applitd to
Ireland.
Sir Jona NEWPORT as;sl, that as to what fell
from ilte Right Host. Barolut, it anionoteil to ibis,
that the Tiernny really bad done outhiug. assts:,
wee, in his mind. a moues why the Parliatiteot
should do soitiething. The object of the extending
the Act to Ireland, was simply to gate security to
the country. lie knew that the country hail not
that security at preveut. He did not wish to leabe
a matter of such importance in the hands of public
Officers or public Boards, hut to extend the provi-
sion's of the law. lie recollected the case cf llr.
Hunt, where, though securities were ordered to be
I•CCUlitltd were not entered into, and a cousi•
&Table sum of the public money was IO.L.
!Su' GEORGt. HILL explained. and the motion
was nitittirewit for the present.
‘‘oorroN BASSET ELECTION.
The parties to the Ye winos Barnet Election
Petition haling returned to the bar, the 'educed
list was reed over as follows. the Members being
sworn is called—
Alexander thosy, Itt. How. Sirloin Strirsit,
Cesar Coirleogie Sir Homewood Kier,
J. W. Scutt. Hos. -- Luttrell,
Sir Joloi Pringle, Sir C. Edostioidom,
Compton, Floo. Cecil Lowther,
Wm. Asensio; Montague, Hoot. W. Lame,
Lard Jolts Tilyaor, holstein Raise.
THE PRVICIIVATION OF THE LIVES OF
Ett.
Sir Josue Nsstro nT moved for leave to bring ire
a Bill for the pre,ervation of the bees of women
an-I passengers wrecked or stranded. The
Ala et :•3551, that policy and humanity lumpy
called in this instance for legislative iuteiferensle.