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,of llrentford ;by Mr. Monet. from two parishes in Oxfordshire; ' and by Alderman HEYGISTr.. from Sudbury—Laid ro the table.
NEtilttS SLAVERY.
I Colonel DA VIES presented a petition from the citizens of Woe•
tester, praying the abolition of Negro Slavery.
A aiiiiilar petition was presented by Mr. SCARLETT from the in.
habitants of Peterborough ; and another from Rythe.
Lord STOPFORD presented a petition from the Freemasons
of Enniscurthy, and another from those of Wexford, praying to be
' placed on the same footing as the Freemasons of England.—Laid
on the table.

AFFAIR OF DEMERARA.
Mr. !STANLEY preserted a petition from a ministrr and reo.,
gregation in. Derby. and another from Warrington, in Laacaahire,
praying for an inquiry into the recent transactions in the island of
Demerara. Ilis Lordship also presented a similar petition Item
persons of various religious permissions at Manchester ; which see
lard on the talle.ar.d ordered to he printed.
Mr. 154()N presented a similar peritionotigned be up.
wards of four thousand of the inhabitants of the town and neigh,
botirlossl of LiverpooL The Hun. Gentleman Laid. that at the
subject was to conic before the House in a Inure formal war, Le
should fur the present ab•uin from making any remark. on the
prayer of the petition.—Laid on the table, and ordered to be
pnnted.
Mr. BROUGHAM postponed his motion relative to the :fair
at Demerara to next Tuesday week.
Mr. 111 ISSON presented • petition, from the merchants,
bankers, and others, of Liverpool, which, he stated, was of great
public importance. The statement of the petitioners war, the
although during the last reign no Its than fifty-eight Arts is.l
been passed for the protection of the corn.growers. in ti
try, since the year 1315, corn had fallen so low as 335., thws pr,f_
ing that monopoly had not been of advantage to this hymn of
trade. Th.• petitioners, therefore, prayed that such a duty might
be ',laced on corn as would prevent its perpetual finetuaunn in pric„.,
and at once protect the corn-grower and be beneficial to the as
sumer. The Right Hon. Gentkman thought that such a messu.e
would be productive of good effects. more espectaily to the firmer.
Mr. CI. RTEIS thought the present time would be the best for
the agriculturists to enter on the subject, were it not that the 'e►
sion lied an far rules:iced.
Mr. PHILLIPS supposed that the House might consider the
sentiments of the Right lion. Gentleman as a pledge that the sub.
ject was to be considered more maturely.
Mr. IVIIIT3IORE agreed with the Right Hon. Occident= at
the sentiments he had adopted. Ile would himself bring Forward
such• measure, if it were not done by his Majesty's Ministers.
Mr. 111 *SKISSON, in alluding to an observation of the lion.
Member (Mr. (mirs), said, that he would have e..t objection to
give up all the papers relative to average, which the Hon. Gentle-
man had stated would open the door to fraud, did be not think that
it would prevent nubile justice.
The petit sin was laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
FOREIGN WOOL.
Mr. HUSKISSON presented a petition from the growers of
wool in Erktiale, against the importation of foreign wow.
Mr. CHAPLIN presented a similar petition tram two parishes
in Liacolnshire.—laid on the table.
GAOL BILL.

Mr %VGA RTON presented a petition from the Justices of the
Peace of Northallcrton, in favour of the Gaol Bill.
Mr. CH A LLONER expressed his disapprobation of the BilL—
Laid on the table.

HIDES AND SKINS.
Mr. DI:NMAN presented a petition from the hatcher. of Not.
tinghatn. in favour of the Hides and Skins HilL—Lald on the table.
Mr. S. M'ORTLEI' presented a petition from Tewkesbury,
against the Hidesand Skins Bill. _ _

—A
similar petition was presented by Mr. K. DOUGLAS from
the burgh of .Innan..—Lwad an the table.
Mr. DEN MAN moved fora return of the number of persons
eommhod for tnisdemeannes, on wham sentence had been passed
at the Court of King's Bench ; also of the number of penons who
allowed judgment to (Trel4.l default ; and also of the nature itt the
artitente, par•td.--4 hd

31r. St:.IItI.ETT presented a petition from Mr. Fitzgerald,
praying for compcwistion for looses sustained in consequence uf the
County Courts BilL—foid on the table.

(lASI F. 1.1 WS.
Mr. S. WORTLEY postponed the further consideration of the
Report on the Game Laws Amendment !MI to Friday next.
COUNTY COURTS.
Mr. R. PRICE presented a petition from Ross, in the county of
Hereford, in favour of the County Courts BilL—Laid on the table.
SCOTCH POOR LAWS.
Lord A. 11.13111.T0N rose to present a petition to the House,
and he was at the same time desirous of reinnen4. miarepresen.
tation, certainly unintentional, by which he had made to give
his support to the measure against which the petition he had then
to present was levelled ; he meant the Stotch Poor• Bill (Hear).
On the contrary, he had deprecated it as a measure universally dis.
approved of by the people of Scotland, though he done justice to
the pure motives by which his Hon. Friend (Mr. Kennedy) was
influenced in bringing that subject before the House. he trusted
that his lion. Friend would be induced to withdraw the Bill then
heiterceiettl the sensation it excited in Scotland.
The tuition was read. It came from the Presbytorry of Annai.
Mr. KENNEDY said that it was not now his Intention to press
the Bill this Session. Ile was anxious, however, fur the sake of
setting hiumell right with the public to have an opportunity of ex-
plaining the nature of a measure which Ind been 'much misappre-
, bonded. He had. on the suggestion of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, consented to introduce the question to the House without
prefacing it by a single observation. This, for the accommodation
of the House) he had yielded to; and he now expected from the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, that he would, on that evening, per-
m t him to make that explanation, rot for the sake of exciting any
discussion, but for the purpose of setting himself right with the
country.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, be cer.
tainly could have no objection to any such statement from the
Hon. Gentleman either when he moved the further progress, or
as it now appeared, the postponement of the Bill. He was afraid,
however, that he could not yield to the wishes of the Honourable
Member, by permitting the subject to be taken out of its turn.
There were two measures fixed for that evening, of arosideroble
importance, and likely to cause a prolonged discussion, and what-
ever might hs• the views of the Hon. Member, he certainly could
not promise that, with his own statement, all discussion on a sub.
ject so interesting to Scotland should terminate.—Tbe petition was
then ordered to he on the table.
BEER BILL.

Sir E. K N.ITC II Bri.l.pres... -.72;cj; petition against the Beer
Bill, from the publicans of .tyksfool, in Kent.
THE•kI HK. S3I I I'll.

Sir J. OSBORNE presented a petition from the inhabitants of
Brystone, praying that the House would be graciously pleased to
take into consideration the car of the Lite mosocw.ars. smith.
A 'Milky' petition from the inhabitants of /kraut+le was re-
sented by Sir 'P. Aelard—Onlered to lie on the table.
Sir E. KNATClinru, presented a petition from the brewers
of London, gigaton the Beer Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table.
Lord G. CAI'ENDISH presmted a petition from the butchers
of Chesterfield, in favour of the tittles and Skins Bill.
Sir IL RICE presented a petition from the inhabitants of
Edinburgh against any alteration in the Poor Laws.
Sir C. HAlt‘'EY presented a petition, signed by between seven
and eight hundred inhabitants of a town in Ease:, w tavour of the
'Small Debts Recovery BUIL
. _

Mr. Rit lUIIT moved for a return of the number of persons as-
sessed tor the House Tat for fifty pounds, and upwards, during
the last year.—Granted.
MESSAGE FROM THE lA)RIH.

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A menage from the I.cods annostne-xl that them Lordships had
agretd to the Newfoundland Marriage Bill, and the Newtound.
nd Judicature

Mr. 1111'SKISNI/N moved the first reading of a Dill, the mime
of which we could not hear. The Right lion. Gentleman stated,
,hat it had passed the House last 51111i61106, but was rejected in the
House of Lords. It watt read a first tine, and ordered to be read
a second tittle on Thursday next.
111:Elt Itt.TIES HILL
The CII.IN1.1:1.11.i IR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the
Order of the Hay, for the further cot aideration of the It.-port of
the Beer Hares Bill, should be read. The Order of the Day
being re:ui,
The CHANt'ELLOR of the EXt'll I:QUER moved, that the
Bill should he re-committed.

Mr. !8.% BERLY stated, that be hid some observations to
offer to the House, notwithstandiog that the Right lion. flank-
man had withdrawn sonic of the nowt object/or:able parts of the
measure. When that Bill wan last y:uir introducolto the House,
he had ventured to call it a piece of experimental legialsion, and,
like many experiments, it had ut erly failtd. He had then tenni-
mended most strenuously that 451100116 C referred to a Committee.
It embraced many interests ; was in its objects mat important,
and it was possible that it nub' undergo in the !louse that
foil and detod..d discussion to which he cinceived it entitled. His
opisseition, unseen was unsuccessful. The Bill or the Right
HO I 1;e1111t11:1O passed. It lived just one year, and it wits now
fiIIIORTO up by a measure more practicable, perhaps, certainly not
so full of objection, hut still containing within it ma:tor too
nuomemous tea sudden and rapid decision. The present Rill had
two objects in view. The first was :o put the duty on map', and the
t.eettati to open the trade to free emnpetquen. In the tint place dun
tins Bill, which professed to put a duty on malt, placed it indi-
rectly on beer. As to opening the trade, this was alleged to have
been done for the benefit of the licensed victuallers ; yet thcv.
all men, were most dissatisfied with it. But he agreed with the
Right lion. lientleman that in point of principle free competition
was most desirable ; butt all he asked oil this subject was, that at
leaSt Milne inquiry before a l'ommittee should be rote into. This
inquiry wan seldom refusal, atni it could not in this instance be te-
blend with grace. Ile should therefiere move that the Pill be re-
committed to this day six months fur the purpose of affording
such inquiry. The question he had to submit to the House was
this, whether without any inquiry into the cirannatanors they
voituld prrsnit this Bill in its present state to pass into a law ? This
wan the simple pastiest, and he should with that conclude by mov-
ing. that tins Bill be recommitted tois day six months.
Mr. Aide:luau W If II) seconded the amendment.
,tlr. If A V N /WV coriceired that the n:casunt proposed by
the Right lion. I lentlentan was calculated to produce results which
he never citretittlated. It would lead to crime ..nd immonditv,
since the :ascent would no longer fragment the welLregulated
house, in the decorum of whose visitors the landlord was interested.
lle would, on the contrary, visit the scene whore no authority el-
ided to control his licetitionsnees, and these houses would become
the bane of good order. and the cunt, of every village in England.
Thrl'H.hNCEl.l.tlß of the EXCHEQUER observed, that it
would not be now necessary for him to discuss the policy of trans-
ferring the duty from beer to malt, since that was a subject upon
which the House had long since recorded their opinion in-
deed it had no necessary connexion with tbe oilier parts of the ROT].
licntlentan's (Mr. .31abe el's; argnmona Ile accrued to think it