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IV. 11131111111Antsgitt the Allusion to the army altogether
false. He did wet believe that the army was rained to keep
down the eonstituttonal aphis of the people, or that iedivi.
duals would he foend to servals it flw that purpose. Hut be
saw great clinically awl danger lir refusing to receive the Pr.
titbits. 11 bad been held that they were et liberty to reject
Petitions enelainine false or erroneous allettationc—(n No,
oil!" from the Tressui y Bench.)—Now the fact was that they
very fempitellypemented Petit ions knowiegthet they contained
false allegation,, and wereobliged tu do so from a sense of duty.
He was very smear deciding against admitting the Petition, and
V/ au (idly preveated by the remarks of the Right RCM. Presi.
dent of the Board of Control. He did not believe with
the Petitioner, that taitatiou caused all the distress. There
acre ot►er parts of the Petition perfectly true. He had
bees in the Howse 20 years; he did not believe that the
majorities would have voted for soy grants whatsoever, but
he knew that thay bed voted for all which had been re-
quired et thenv.—(l.sughter.)--He thonght they ought to
*hew some toleration to the distress of lime Petitioners.

Mr. PEEL explained.
The Ilunne dumaed on lbe Amendment.
Fur rejecting she Petition ...... 69 •
Per UM original Motiou
Noineily
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Mr. COKE presented is-Petition from the County of Nor-
folk, for tie reception of which he had not the slightest
hope. because the petitioners would speak their minds. He
was perfectly agreed with them, as well as the last Petition,
as to the eerreptions of the House. That feeling was par-
ticularly strong in the whole county of Norfolk. Reduced
as they we►e to the extremity of distrers, they felt that Mi-
nisters and the House were callous to the voice of the
public. They were driving the whole kingdom to the same
rooduct. He felt sure that the petitioners were right in
supposiag that if the corrupt pert of the House were re-
moved, Ministers woeld not have bad their constant majori-
ties. Not a hand had been held up spinet the Petition iu
oar of the largest county meetings ever held there.
The Petition was then read.—[lt was the same which. ap-
peered In our report of the last Norfolk county meeting.)—
The allegations touching the corruptions of the House were
cheered by the Oppositiee.—The Petition was ordered to be
printed.
Mr. DENISON ►resented a Petition from the Disseatiag
PI uiestasis oif Godslining, praying relief from certain griev-
ances of maseiesea tutlicted by the Marriage Act—Ordered
In be prima.
Mr. MARRYATT presented a Petition from the Whole-
, Gale sod Retail Grocers of London against the renewal of the
.West India Dock Company's Charter, on the ground of the
additional expense with which their commodities were
dimmed is t►eir carriage from a distance so far as the Isle
Dogs.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Trade.
Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY presented a Petition from
ilouthaspron spigot the Licensing Bi!L.—Ordered to be
rioted.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
the Order of the Dry for receiving the Report on
the Navel and Military Pensions.
Lord A. Kuritt.tou wished to have precedence
for the Scotch Juries Bell. He complained of the
delay of that and several other measures of the
Lord Advocate, especially tie Bills for currying
into effect the recommendations of the Commission-
era in reducing the useless offices of Scotch Judi-
cature.

The LORD ADVOCATE explained the difficulties
which lay in the way of reducing offices amounting
altogether to 4 or 5,0001. a-year, in which indemni-
ties were to be provided for the holders, and proper
substitutes to whom the duties were to he trans-
ferred.
Sir J. MACKINTOSH thought that as the Lord Ad-
vocate was obliged speedily to leave towo on husiiress
to which it was not necessary more directly to d-
iode, in equity and propriety the Chancellor of the
•Exchii-tar ought to
~,vive way.
The CRANCILLLOII of the Eicticiattxt sta
-the subject upon which he had moved the Order of
the Day had been already postponed three times—
tbat as it involved deep public interests, it was on
that account also entitled to priority, and moreover
it had been understood that the discussion should
come on this day. If the Hon. and Learned Gen.
Unison chose he might give way, and let the Scotch
Junes Bill some on first to-morrow.
Sir J. MACKINTOSH thought that the subject of
the Criminal Law, which he was to bring forward to.
morrow, was in no way of inferior importance to the
Scotch Juries Bill.

After some further conversation between theCHAN.
CELLON of the EXCHEQUER, Sir J. MACKINTOSH,
•nd Mr. KENNEDY, the Order of the Day was
read for,receiving the Report on

NAVAL AND MILITARY PENSIONS.
On the question that the Kep.irt be brought up—
Mr. CA LCRAFT said, that in consequence of many
communications which had been made to him re-
specting the salt tax. he wished to state some parti-
culars to the House. When the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman proposed to remit 26 out of 301. a ton of
the salt duties, he (Mr. Calcraft) received it with
much gratification, yet heexpresseda doubt whether
the fisheries would beableto bear the additional duties
which would fall on them in consequence of the
removal of their present exemption. They were now
to pay the common duty of two shillings • bushel.
The communications which he had from the fisheries
assured him that the trade could not bear the ad-
ditional burden. He understood that the manu-
facturers of oxide muriate of lime were to be
charged with the added duty—they would find
the diltereoce of 3/. which they now paid fora license,
and the levying of duties which would come to 3 or
4001. a year. He advised the Chancellor of the Ex-,
chequer iu remit►ing tuxes is relieve the distresses
of the people, not to be so anxious to throw other
burdens upon them in lien of them.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed,
that there would be no change in the salt duties
till Jannsrv—so that the fisheries could not be ef-
fected. There could be no reason for continuing
the discussion on the details before the whole mea-
sure was submitted to the House, which would
furnish ample opportunity for uuy suggestions.
Mr. D. GILBERT pointed out the necessity of
allowing a drawback to fish exported to foreign
markets.

The Cuesicst.boa of the EXCHEQUER thought
that he had before been understood when he 'teed
that it was his intention to propose scum measure in
the nature of a drawback for Batt, which had to
compete with foreign fisheries not chargeable with
any duty.

fir H.
Faaausom said, that the duty of 2s. was
more than the fisheries could bear. The barrel of
herrings had nut fetched more in the last two years
than from 16s. to las. The barrel of fish required
for home consumption two bushels, for the Medi.
te►noean three bushels. and for the West Indies
four bushels. The wow duty of 2s. would be
equally destructive to the pilchard and herring
fisheries.
Mr. GILINIPILL was satisfied with the assurance
•f the Right Hoe. Geotleottan th.t the subject
should uuderso consideration, sad a drawback be