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Latina: as applicable to Ireland. The House, in
laying down General. Roles, WAS not, however, to
be considered as surrendertng its discretion, in
4ranting further tim'e, when it was deemed expedient
and necessary to infringe them In several instances,
where syfficierit reasons had been assigned for pro-
crastination, the House had unitormly complied,
and no inconvenience WAS found to have arisen from
it. He, however, could not help thinking, that
the House ought not to relax from their general
Rules, lightly, or for trivial cruses. These Regu-
i
lations being enforced strietly, would be attended
with great convenience to public business, besides
being advantageous to Members themselves, and
agreeable to their Constituents. He then moved,
" That there should be a Resolution of the House,
that no private Bills be received aft: r the ‘26th of
March; and no Reports presented after the I Ith of
May, and that said Resolution be printed and cir-
culated, so as to be made known to every Member."
Viscount Howick afterwards added, that he should
only prop ise to make this Motion annual, and it
found henelici il in expediting business, wii hoot in-
convenience. it might he renewed rich ye tr.
Mr. JOHN'S FONE said, hoe was not disposed to
make any resistance to this Mot:. in ; but he could
not help observing, that it was founded upon a sort
of inference, which did away a great part of that im-
portance which the Noble Lord seemed to attach to
it. He had rin4 stated, that thete were thirty-four
private Bills presented alter the King's Birth-day,
but had not shewn that any inconvenience bed arisen
from that alleged irregular delay. He thought that
the objea of the Motion might, upon several occa-
sions, not only create inconvenience to the parties,
but also the agents they might think necessary to
employ.
Mr. BRAGGE BATHURS I' said, he could not
think that the object in view was an unaecessary Aft
of legislation, as it- was only following up the
principle of farmer regulations. Whenever any fault
was seen to exist, it surely became tile House to
provide some remedy to prevent its future recur-
rence. It therefore appeared to him, that unless
some private or public reasons were assigned for oh-
to it, tlie -*stir% ort..tht to be assented to.
Mi. FULLER said, lie hoped that the Motion
now proposed 'would have the effaa of 'ha:testing
the session altogether, by expediting both public
and private business. Were it to have that rife& it
would be attended with- great convenience to the
co entry Gentle.nen, by allowing them to retire to
th‘country for the purpose of making money there,
if they did not mean to endeavour to melte money
by remaining in that House. (A tale.)
Atter a few additional observations, toe Motion
was agreed to.
Mr. HOBHOUSE brought up the Report of the
Committee of Ways and Means, the Resolutions of
which were read and agreed to, and Bills ordered
to be brought in. in conformity therewith.
The First Report of the Commissioners of the
Carnatie Accounts was presented. and ordered to
lie on the table.
Oa the moti,.,n, that the Oak Bark Bill be read a

leased time.
Lsrct FOLKSTONE said, he was far from dis-
approving of the pritunple of tfte Bill ; but he cold
slot help thinking. that there might be some ad-
vantage from delaying the second reading, for a
week or two, so that those Gentlemen. whose eon-
sti:stelits were materially interested its its cnnse-
quencts, might be aware of its nature. He then
pi oposed, as an amendment to the motion, to sub-
sthute this day for Lniglit.
.Mr. VANSITTAR f, who had brought in this
Dill, said, ha had no übjeEtion to postpone it to
Noway. which was agreed tn.—Adjourned.

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