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HOUSE OF COMMONS, TnuaseAv, Joys St

The Assessed Taus Composition Bill was read the third
time, and passed.
11:e Report of the Rimesters' Regulation Bill was re-
ceived.—Thirol reading oa.norrow.
The COlubial Accounts Bill was reported.—Third reading
to-morrow.
Mr. I.usalsovom brought up the Revolutions of the
Committee un certain Customs Acts (S Elia. r. 7, and 10
Car. 1 rap 4), which were agreed *a, and • Bill ordered
to be brought in, iu conformity the ewith.
The Remiltilions of the Conniving, on the Spirits Inter-
eounie (Ireland) Arts (Si Gee. 111. cap. 1411, 55 Geo. 111.
cap. 132), were agreed to, mid a Bill ordered to he brought
au, pursOant to the opinion of theConanaittee.
The Resolotioila of the Committee on the Ireland Coal
Acts (50 Geo 111. cap. 118, 58 Geo. 111. cap 02), were
brought op, and a Bill ordered is conformity therewith.
The Resolutions of the Committee on the Flint sad Win.
AM Glow Acta ((9 Gen. 111. rap. 03, 58 Geo. 111. esp. el),
were reported, and a Bill itidered to be introduced, in elm.
Grind, therewith.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
Mr. DICIIIII/0M presented a Peleliu,. from a number of
FLosokers and Traders, resident at Both, *upending errl al-
terattions in the hisolvent Minoru' Bill.—Laid on the table.
On the motion of Mr. C: Loon the Naty Prise Money
Bill was read the tided time sad passed, several clauses
baying bees added to the Bill, by way of sides.
PETITION OP MR. MILIA.
Mr. McKinnon worsted a Pelitibie from Janes Mills,
complus ming of as Wye/Gladly is dor primmings wine took
place in a certain ease of libel, is. whiglabe was,coneesn.
tbe trill of which cane ow is the Old .Bailey. befogs the
Conintost.Serjenet tlf the City of London By the Constitu-
tion of the country, the proper coiner of pruceediug, whets
111161/10111141 was aggrieved, was for hint in lay his esselte-
Sore a Grand Jury, which wan dime in this isistaste.—and
true bilk were found against the Printer of • newspaper
urines.;, for two libels. Bilaen the cane can,. oil for trial,
homelier, the Commorsdkrjeant, who presided. pamented the
Petitioner from cutolowting his cause, by interposing *beta
be wished to address the Jury, -onthe ground that he mould
uot appear bulb as prosecutor sad Mittman the came. 'his

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Peil.loeir complaiderl of this as as unjust proccedine,
which be had beeu prevented froao procuring redress.
The Petitiuo was brought ►up, laid 011 tie tabk, aud or.
dared to be whited.
PUBLICANS' ucErisr.4 REGULVtiOtf
Mr. BENAM sowed the third readiolt tif the above

Sir G. Catamaran said, that maw of his tunattlnentri Telt
very great alarm at the suredereiree which the dative A. of
ttris Bill aVittorised, *irk reste-rt to priblwar., whir acted
also in the cipaelty of constables and parish officers. • Ito
believed, conadering the ries, number of persons In Ports-
assals--the necessity Owl easter.. to have many pehhe.
hosows ill consequence of the large booby, of liaison who
were consianily (here--ihat nn !own in the tined was
kept in a more quiet and regular siste—and, with wiped t
the public-liaises ihernselvers they ware, he believed, ear,-
ducted in the most orderly and sweerable simonr. Ile
therefore shonld move a clause, which woriaM efly what the
Hon. Member erished—arid, ni theater times wouW not in.
terfere Seth these politica., who were at resent alit* la
the capacity of parish ofNeers, The clam provided, that
any keeper of a poblie-house, whir acted aso as a paler.
officer, if found ratty of any disorderly behaviour, in aril-
ducting sock None, should, for the lest offence, be float in
the area of 101. astal,Ter the nettled, be emsdered incapable
of serving la any parish oßtee thereafter.
The tiotialtlnt ha Waned, that, before any amuses could be
proposed, the Bill sunset be read Ala tined Ouse.
Mr, 3 Laniaars (as we understuost) sawed, that, ire-
mesa of w Now," this Bill be real the tiled 'time " this day
three smisottwo*
Mr. I) CILORRT meow' the motion—but, being informed
by Mr. Itcaritet, that he hail mistake* the operation of the
Bill, with respect to the clause he ehieily objected to, he
withdrew hie sapped from the anicadiacut, which, await,
fell to the grunuil.
The Bill was then read the third time.
Mr. litt4NiTr sad, hid reason fur introducing the clones
,to which the Gallant Officer (Sir G. Cockburn) objected,
was, to present peptone, erring as parish officers, from heirig
ravaged in a plannit, which manifestly came iii conflict with
their duty to the public, such a principle was not mil) con-
sistent with common sense but with common law. He,
however, would nut oppose the Gallant Officer's propo-
sition.
Sir G. CocaltrisOrt clause was thee brought up, and,
after a few wools from Sir I COTVIN, who Inure witness to
the regularity which prevailed its the public-houses at Posta
Ilauth, was agreed to.
Mr. CALVEST IWuryled two elation, one providing Shit
ialorniatioar should lie Ism apnea publicans, fur offences
ender this Act, its one month after they were committed ; the
tectud, of a local nature, for allowing the transfer of the
licenses of certain public-houses, it the neighbourhood of
the East and West India Docks, sod in the district of the
Tower Hamlets, which have riot proper accommodations,
to others of a more convenient description.
After some observations from Mr. Denson and Mr.
CALVERT. the Bill was read the third time mud pawed.
BANKRUPTS REGULATION BILL.
Mr. J. SaTrit moved that the Report of the Bankrupts
Regelatioa Rill be taken into further consideration.
The Report went through a Committee, was received,
sad ordered to be taken hum further consideration to-

morrow..
The Bankrupt Acts Amendment Sill was ordered to be
read the third time tmiorrow.
Lord Monrees said, he had a Petition to present to the
House from a Geodetain of the name of Ellis, hat, as it
would lake up • considerable time, he would now 'merely
gore notice, that be would preseut it ma this day seauight.
COURTS OF JUSTICE IN SCOTLAND.
Lord A. HAMILTON rose. in pur.unicr of no.
lice, to move for a copy of all references that may
have been made by the Commissioners siopointeit
to inquire into the Courts of Justice in Scotland,
to the Judges of any of those Courts. or to the
Law Officers of the Crown in that part of ihe
United Kirigdoin. His Lordship ,aid it would he
recollected, that iii the year 1814, a Commission
had been appointed to inquire into the stale of
the Courts of Justice in Scotland. and the Coin-
missioners had made several Reports on the
subject. Those Reports had lain for a consi-
derable peered ori the table of the House, but no
proceeding had been arinnted on any one of %hears—
ay...mice whaseeer nod been taken of them h', his
Majesty's. Widmer*. or by any person authorised by
theirs to do so. • In hi/ Lordship's view of the *ab-
ject, his Majesty's Miiiisters bad conducted them-
' selves mn.t negligently, in not having any one step
whets with respect to those Reports, or having the
question fairly bmught before that House, for the
papaw* of furnishing the public with some irifor.
Mattosues to the course they meant to pursue with
respect to tie recommendations they contained.
The Reports remained. up•to tlse present moment.
.a dead letter—and lie thought it was due to the
House that some notice should be taken of them,
embracing, as they did, so large an extent of ins-
portmet smatter. • The Report,. had been made at
different periods—they had been printed--but the
subjects to which they related had not beets once
touched on. The inevitable consequence moist be.
that the Commissioners themselves, and the ins.
portant duty that devolved on them, would, most
urejustly, be brought into di-credit. If ally Geo.
tletnau looked into these Reports, he would see
that they contained many recommendations, both
fur economy and the furtherance of justice. What
had his Majesty's Monsters done? The only prac-
tical result that lie knew of was to be found in
their directing those reference., for which lie was
about to move, to be made to the Judges of those
Courts, and to the Lord Advocate of Scotland. It
appeared to him, that those reference* were nut Citr.
reet. Could any thing be more improper titan to
refer to the heads of the different Courts thefts-
selves, queries, relative to abuses that might have
crept into them—or to those points in their respec-
tive judicial establishments, in which savings might
be made ? At present, he knew not what the na-
ture of those references was—what was their exact
purport Of object—or whist answers had been given
to them. In those Reports, to which he had be.
fare referred. he found several very important purl
gestiours. One or two of theme he would mention to
she noose, merely to strew the propriety of founding
some overtime on them. The first Report re-
d its the Court of Session, and coutuinetl various
arbour, as to a reduction of the number of
sinks mid different officers •of the Court, recom.
tutuding a saving to the amount of about 6,0001.
per minus's. He did nut know a hether any of
these-ouggestion/ ought to be carried into effect;
butrcertatuly, after a lapse of five years, they were
worthy of cousideration. Now, se these references
were the only result•of *this and the other Report,
he thought he did mit ask too much. when lw re
quired them to be laid before the House. The
Fsfik Report had beets for stone time at the
Treasury—but it had not yet beets presented
to Pediment. He bad applied fur it at the
Tratoury..-and the reason assigned for the (Way
appeared to him to be most unsatisfactory. He be.
keyed the truth was that it contained a most im-
portant feConlMendulion, with resort to the Court
of Exchequer in Scothisid. It dol, he understood.
most btrougly recotunsend the dtscontiumusee dm*

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