The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-06-21 00:00:00

H ;USE OF• COMMONS.

Mr. M (Lt., rose to correct • statement which had
born mule • short time since, with respect to the
l'e•ifivii from Coventry. It ha I been represented
shut the tweeting at which that Petition had !wen
-wgrettl to, way summoned by the Mayor, and was
approved of by him. Ile (Mr. Mills) was oath°.
ris- d instate, that, so fur front having received the
appiolacion of the Mayor, the meeting was con-
ducted without any elicoura4enaent whatever from
Limn, he having refuNeit to call it.
The House was summoned to the House of
Loris, upon their return, the Speiker
oonoredl the Assent to the following Bills:
The Assessed Taxes Bill, the Assessed Toles, Samba:ye
iteeolattou Bill, the Scotch Piteous Bill, the /ketch De-
crees Baistetcws,Compeasitioa Bull, the Inas Fises Cum-
pusitses MB, the Irish Arias Bell, the Irish lusarrectivu
Bill, sad *mend Posits Bells

Ahb-ii.isige S. 44 :ii-uut twin the Lords. assenting to
The Amy Claiming EiiJ, übe Wipe Pi line Bill, the Fish-
eries Evieoisrageiment Bill, wiilmui any Ameadeneet sod
to the Drury-law Theatre Bill, with several Ameailioests.

The Lords aka requested the coscorrence of the
House. in an Act passed by them, to prevent fri-
volous and vexatious arrests. it was afterwards
read s first time, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Wit nearoacx held in his hand an Address
and Declaration from the Corporation of Cutlers,
and the principal inhabitants of Sheffield. It con-
tained their acknowledgment of the privileges and
powers of the Home, end their admiration of the con-
duct pursued by it, when lately asserting those
priri-
loges. The lost petition, praying for Reform. horn
that town, bad been rejected, and be felt much
pleasure is preseatiog on.. which, he was con-
vinced, was coosr►wot to the feelings of the House,
awl had additional weight, from the respectability
of those whet signed it. The Petition was for some
time lying foe public impectios, and received not
the slightest oniniadversioo or disapprobation. He
was happy to hare the ppportunity of presenting so
Address couched io the terms aud filled with the
missiles of the Old School. By reposing confidence
in the House, they 'hewed their true wisdom, and
their st•eog estinestiou of the constitutions{ prin-
ciples by which it was directed. Ile took that op-
portunity to state to the Howie. that, when he gave
his vote for the measure of Reform, be was not the
advocate or encourager of the w Id measures
so much cried up by others. and wl:ich were
so loog sustained. because they were impracti-
cable. Had they app-ared otherwise than ins.
practicable to that House, they would no doubt
have been long slice adopted. He ass Inc a mo.
derste reform, such as would be compatible with
the coaria!u two, sod correct the anomalies and errors
which appeared in the present system of represents•
tion. lie did not admire the mode of otiose into
roach some petitions to Parliament upon the sob-
l•et of Reform bad swelled ; en gond could pa-
s hiy result lupin insulting openly the digoity of the
House, and degrading it in the el es of the public.
11.: then entered totems eulogises upon the Coasts.
lotion. by wash the Arrest species that ever existed
of well.reg•i' oed liberty was es•uhlnhed; those who
kit th.. wets grown familiar with iis ►or
mignon. arvi +.re from habit insensible to the hap.
pions at it', Booed from it. They were therefore
inclined, Ire:n the restlessness of their discontent. to
underrate eireantages of which this enseatry had
alone to bc:.st. It the &Walton aud cousti!ution of

Mr. 81i.0UL.41.1/1 wished to know ahether the
sum of 19 uottl. plaid from the Drons of Admiralty
11,44 intended fur the present Duke of Bedford?
Tire reasou he milked woe, that the late Duke had
been deed about the tune of the issue ..f this
money, undo might hive lirrn iustrud,d for hitn.
Mr. 11ittetue answered, that the money had
beau issued to the lute Duke of Bedford.