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Douse, on this orcasion, ;at All a o'clock in the
morninz, and divided twice; the last div.ision being
as alcove. The Gist, on the motion of Lord Folk-
stone, to pass to the other Orders of die Day, 80
for, to 27l astain.t. This took place immediately
before the reeesv ; ■nd the resistance rustle by Sir
Francis Burdett to the execution of the Speaker's
Warrant, afforded matter for much reflection
during the holidays, and much discussion aftev the
reetisseml.litic of the House.

On reviewing this first part of the session, we
find that the House divided, on various occa-
sioiia, forty-sir times, in seven of winch (cis. four
times on the Scheldt Question, and thrice on
the nomination of the Finauce Committee),
tae Adruiiiiatretion ass left to the minority.
They sat one rimming till eight o'clock, another to
half-past seven; nine times till three in the MUM'
in, six times till two o'clock, six times till our
o'clock, and were seldom up earlier than eleven,
and often sat as late es midnight. The chief de-
bates were, us already enumerated, on the Scheldt
Expeditiou—the exclusion of stringcrs from the
gallery—the noinination of the Finance Commit-
tee... Lord Wellington's pension address to
the King for memoranda presented to His Majesty
relative to the Esperlition—soother address rela-
tive to Lord Chatham—the- libel of (isle Jones—
the charge brought against Sir F. Burdett by Mr.
Lethbridge, and die motiosi for his committal to
the Tower. by Sir Robert Salusbury.
This period was also distiuguishui by ait 41C41 in
the House, orcalioueil by the Member for Sussex
(Mr. Fuller), fur which he was committed to the
custody of the Serjeaot at Arms, and only dis-
charged after making a sufficient apology to the
Speaker. whom he had insulted. But aoiong the
remarkable events of this tern, and, indeed that
which stands pre-eminent in real importance above
them all, was the insidious attack made upon the
public press. There is, we believe, no political
man so bold, or rsth.'r fool-hardy, as openly to at-
tempt the subversion of this last and greatest pal-
,
Minas of British liberties ; bat what mine dared
uadisguisedly to attack, will eielrevoored to be ac-
compliolted by covert means. Mr. Yorke, on the
ground of preventing in accuracy and misreprrsaai.
tation in the reports of the proceedings of Parlia-
ment, moved, and was the cause of the exclusion
of the people from their House of Representatives
fifteen lilies; and Mr. Windham ladmirid lie hin
genius, and hallowed be Air ashes,) after openly at-
tacking the fame of respectable and highly-meri-
toning, body of iiebviduals, by thoughtlessly ex-
eluding them from the gallery, prevented their
justification from plug forth to the public through
the same ihaiinels which communicated the charge
arinst :hem. . - -

These were the chief occupations of the House
of Commons, collectively and individually, from
23d lino try, when they met, till the istli April.
when they adjourned for the Easter Holidays.
On the 30th April the House met again. and con-
tinned sitting, with the exception of His Majesty's
Birth-Day, and two days at Whitsuntide, till the
21. t June—in all, 37 days.
If the truly part of the Session was busy and
eventful. it was nothing when compared wi►h the
uninterrupted labour of this ►after 37 days. De-
bates ensued on the pre.entation of Petitions for
Parliamentary reform, &c. from We4usinider,
Lnodou, Middlesex, Berk Liverpool, Coven-
try, Canterbury, Sheffield, Reading, &c. &e. on
the subject of the Privileges of the 1-Inse,e under
various forms, and on various motions—on the
Ca-
tholic Question—on the Droits of Admiralty—on
the Budget. British mud Resolu-
tions—on Public Economy—on Public Expenditure
—on the Lottery—on the Duke of Brunswick's
Provision—oii the Cain,iaigns of Portugal and
Spain—on a Reform in the Representation of the
People in Parlament—on the Ceiiiiinul Law of the
Country—on the Sicilian Subsidy—and m soy
miser int tilentail sobjt cis, grna nig out of, or coo-
-1 'meted with, these importaut and weight' discus-
sions.
Of these num.lons points we have selected the
must prominent, is the order of their occurrence. fur
more particular notier-400,0001. was voted as the
annual subsidy to the King of Sicily, on a division
to 24. -Sir S. Rousilly's Bill. for ameliorating
the Criminal Law, was lust in a thin House by u
niej,,rity of St—the numbers bring 33 against 31.
in favour of that measure. Of the Petitions, two
from Miil.lle,c.i. one from London, one frotu Berk-
shire, one from Sheffield, and one from Nlisjar
Cartwright, were rejected by the (louse, after dirt-
-ions upon them all, but the second from Middlesex.
Mr. Alderman Cotube's motion of censure for the
answer returned by His Majesty to the London Pe-
tition, ou 13th December, was negatived, 130 to 52.
On the subject of applying the Droits of the Admi-
ralty to the provision of the Duke of Brunswick,
Ministers carried the question by very small majo-
rities ; the numbers ou the two discussions being 84
to 103, 75 to 101, wit] 21 to .10, against the thud
►esd:u; of the Bill. The %chyme of the Budget
I was (I. hoed and approved of by 117 to 53. The
I C.,t holm Question, after three nights discussion. was
derided aganiat the C 14.111% of that oitnierous body.
by a stiajor.ty of 103; the timelier% 213-109
Mr. Brand's motion fur reform in the representation
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Engaged in these discussions, the House, during