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London, England, 1819-03-18 00:00:00

MOTIONS POSTPONED.

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Mr. LAIICTtri iota tar his Motion relative to Copyrigl.t,
m loch .i. 0.1 f..e to row, row, till otter Faorr.
31.- W. V• ti.t tams postponed his Mut WI. relative to the
ttirtlitiraiiniis of Vora, whuh stood for Friday, till the
25:14
fir Nl. IV. Rint.rv, in the slokenre of Mr. (Al CR4TI'.
por,littsgor.l 11,41 Centltutati's 3luttoto on the subject of the
Sett Duties, till to-morrow.
DEFAULTERS.

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Ou the mt.ti,,o or the CitAllevt.t.ott of the
the II 11111% ui t.t drfatthers us, she billut yr-Art.l4y Mere
eallrd rises. Several Members were exettard, and days ap
puatted fur the attend:ram; °Cilia remainder.
DRAINAGE OF ROCA.
A 'Message from the lends rig,11.1111.11 the 11011,e In grant
Drew Da. 4th :tart uth Its purls sit the Commis lip.
winged te motor(' the dr:linage of Itut:s in Irrlatid. Mr.
P1a0.0,31 MRS usdritil tu carry the sail Ito-posts tu the
Lusde.

NOTTINGHAM Et.i:crittN.
Mr. Svrjrrot COPLEY Mold, 11.• row to present
a Petition itum ceriani persons having a itAht to
irtitr at the election of Xlenilirrs to repreitent the
',enough of Nottingham in .Parhtimvu'. The Pe-
titioner*. Richortl Reckless and issues Etlett
rough, mated. that they had previously caused a
Petition to lie presented to the House, complaming
of au eleviinu fur the borough. It was, in
due limn, directed to be taken into consideration
14 a S.I. ct Committee, to decide oil its merit,.
'Film Committer, after considering the subject fur
alx days, came to areas sution, that it did nut appear
on die face of the Petition, that the said Richard
Recklese and James Edell boron gli were permits who
had a right to vow, and that, therefore, tinder the
statute 24 Gso. 111. cap 3. se-c. 52, their Petition
could not he received ; twit, without rowing into
the mettle of the Petition, they next resolved, that
Lord Ranch& was duly elected. It was his wish,
that this Petition, complainitig of the course adopt.
ed by the Committee, and praying the House to
relieve the Petitionerr, should be laid on the table,
and be taken into cotteirleratinit at a future day.
Nit. M. A. TAYLOR inquired what were the spe-
cific grounds of complaint ?
M. Stijl-Not COPLEY bald, the !loose was aware.
that, by the statute be had mentioned, no election
Petition could be received, unless it was signed by
some persons, who appeared, on the face of it, to
have a right to vote. The objection was, that the
par;iee petitioning in this case, dal not state in clear
terms that they bad such a right. It had been
since suggested, and with a great shew of reason,
that the House, having originally received the
Petition, and dealt with it as one that was
lit to be referred to a Select Committee—that
Committee having been afterwaidt sworn to de.
cite oil it' merits—had no right to object to
say thing on the face of the Petition, sioce, the
moment the House suffered it to be laid on the
table, they recognised its propriety, and put
en end to the objection of its ioroftwility. it ..as
• not competent, after this, for the Committee to
declare that the Petition was or such a nature u
precluded it horn being received. They ought,
in c pittance with the Order of the [louse, to have
taken into consideration the merits of the Peti;ion,
and to bare decided thereon. lie hoped there