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Lon to his Royal Richness the Friars Arsine. cud
.to her Majesty the Queen. on the nsavrillgo of her
'Royal itisehness the Princess Bliiabeth.
The till for ansendiug the Longitude 'bets try
- read the third time.
Viillllllll liitiiillitlc
'On the mikes of the Red of Murrilllvi`r. it
Ism ordered that all the Direeters.:birerutarim, rad
theft
:Foremen Of Fire.... Wowing Are
m •mvol
Fire Insurance Companies 'in the is. be
desired .to atteedtheir llowdebireConsen `upon
the Chimney Sweeper( likephillen !Mt
The Home then adjourned.

HOUSE or CbMIXOWIA, AVM
Ofistta"Tifelt.
Ike. *leant ~pyouitird Ilbelltilialreas as **-
raver swell WMlsu lispfsir.. The resides kiss read,
hdlled, that Petilisset arse so ilograver, pagoda, ler pub.
fish loony reliable *will list die vales of those directed
by the prises. Id to be wit So the I/riversides sod .char
places would samusul t. tat which *wild swells* up all
the prolite•' and is evielosiss prayed, tire the doses would
repeal the eaistisg Stook us the oalPactdi-Ordered WIN
ow the table.
Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW preseitted asatior Petition frost an
wayesser of she lame of William arias owl, it
edited, that the Petitioner visa copped is pstilisliiiii largo
sad %hirable works, entitled r Views is lodise' that the
utieber at copies required for public ilistitotioos would be
liiipriasive buries, sad trusted the Howse womb,' tabs
Sway sari hileekiss provisiosa—Ordered to Na w the
table
Lewd I.liikflemirs promoted • Prudes frau' a plait is
Yortnisire, bit it was reed is so low a tome of woke, that we
eissM sot discover its wore.
POOR RATES.
Mr. BLACKIiOSMII presented a Petition from a
'place iu Stalfordshires preying that houses subjrct
to rants anderllol. per enough might be exempted
'from assessment to the Poor &tea
After a 'few words from General TIIIOZITON in
favour of the Petition, it was ordered to he so the
table, and be printed.

EAU BRINK DRAINAGE.
On the question for the further consideration
'of the Report on the Ban Brisk Drainage Bill,
Lord WALPOLI spoke briefly in opposition.
Mr. Yoaaa said, that the object of the present
11/11111Ufe sous to carry into execution four different
acts of Parliament on the subject—the Legislature
Living expressed its assent to its principle in the
„aunt decided manner. It took so less thaw three
Versions to pass the first Bill on the subject in the
year 1798, and the passiug of it cost no less than
13,0001. There were souse Petitions against the
Bill. Vet it was not to be supposed they. were
signed by meaty landed proprietors. Notice of it
had bee. Ores at BM Parish Churcbesprinted
'copket WC it had hero dispersed-Ltwo public meet.
imp bed been held on the subject ; yet ao opposi-
ANN bad bees gives by any Gentleman of conse-
quence' sweep' one, who had ■ decoy iu the di*.
trot, sal 'kg-course did not wish to have his sport
spoiled.
Sir M. FoLicze moved as en Amendment, that
for the word " now," be substituted " Monthly
Lett."
After i Tel words from Lord WAILIFOLI. the
*sigma' question was carried.
. Mr.
aa 611640411 BATMONST spoke briefly in favour
OA,
. wile Report wee thee received, ta®e new clauses
iotrodoted, mad the Ball ordered for the third reed.

iog to-morrow.
Lord ALTUOILP masted a Petition from err.
tain authon and common so favour of the Copy-
right Bill.—Ordered to he on the table. and to
he printed.
Mr. Sarni said. none of the subscribers to the
Petition had come forward on the occasion of the
Copyright Act prising in 1914; that Act con-
ferred considerable benefit on all t Itorp, by extending
the Copyright. The grievance complained of was
very light.
A Menitier, whose name we could not ascertain,
observed. that the present reguletions effectually
prevented the practice of pirating literary produc-
tions.

Sir E. Emmaus made some remarks in favour of
the Petition.
Mr. BOOTLE WILSRAVAN presented a Peti-
tion from an individual Hauled John Britton,' of
Tavistock-place, stating, that he was publishing
Several valuable works, the value of the copies of
whirls required to be distributed by the present Act
would amount to 4761. and therefore praying that
the Bill to amend the Copyright Act might be
paleed.—itead, and ordered to lie on► the table.
The CHANCELLOR of the Eat:wasp Elt presented
a Petition Irons a place we could nut dissinguish,
against the Salt Duties.—Krod, and ordered to be
referred to the Committee on the Salt Duties.
PRIVATE BANKS.

The Cliaitai.t.ort of the EXCHEQUER gave no-
tice that he would to-morrow propose a usrasute fur
the regulation of Private Banks. He was very ou-
triding to take the House by surprise on an affair of
such importatice, but every one must allow the ;De-
troit, there *as of ebtleriug expeditiously into the
question.
Mr. been/ILL wished to ask the Right Hon.
inciitirmeu whether his measure compreheuded any
remedy for a dreadful evil—any mesas of prevent-
ing the vest number of forged notes which hard of
late deluged the country The question was im-
portant to the &sauces, as well as to the morels of
the country. Means had beets repeatedly proposed
that would go tar in the mime's-swots of the crime,
by rendering ituitatiou difficult, perhaps impost-
bible.
The CHANCELLOR or the I:Art.olE4unit replied,
sin man was more anxious than himself to see list
mischief put au end to ; but he did not see how
the Legislaiute could adopt the pret•entites alluded
to. "1 plat must be left to the Itsoks themselves.
Mr. TIENNET said. he agreed in the tworsety
of the assertion that sin time iisi4tst to he lost its
establishing the proposed rsgolit . Ile should
therefore be glad now to hear Irons the Right flom
Gentleman merely the outline of she plats.
The Cosecs:lA.od of tar Elf-HEIKEN raid. he
was willing to give every infornewtion that war, pos.
suite its a sery few words. Ifs. plan was, to propose
that, alter (lee expiration of the time limitcd by law
for that issue of notes ander the value of 5/. I.llh
July, bile;, no note under that salter should Ise
allowed to be issued by shy privere banker, without
tioveri Went Security I.(.lllN'telf.
EDUCATION 01' THE POOR.
Mr. Iltivuustast brought up the WI for this

ststn
purAge of educ....
and not generally to inquire into institutions cote'
netted with the education, of the poor. The ob.
oervstiouti then dropped had not been unattended
to; and the Bill would be found now to hive at.
tempted to embrace this desiruble object. Its ob.
litchi and operation had been rendered more gene-
Vet, sole to embrace yet only charitable but other
Tuboilatimis foe the instruction of the poor. The
suggestion had been cssivosaed in the (-Nistimittee
mita" the Bill, and the Committee had de-
that it would be extremely desirable to
grout this tdditional power or control to the Com.
einsessen seder the Act. It must be en object
of awe Wont with the House to ascertain what
tailtutite Moe effected, by extending the inquiry
to oppeopeioted to purposes of education ge-
nerally amongst the poorer order of society ; and
he hoped the project he had now the honour to in-
troduce, through the medium of this Bill, would
convide;ably teod to diffuse more generally the
blessings of education.
The Bill wee then ordered to be printed, and
reads second time ea Monday next.
PRINCRSO ELIZABETH'S MARRIAGE.
Lord CASTLESCAtiII gave notice he should to-
morrow wake excommunication to the noun, by
the command of his Royal Highness the Pace
Regent, upon the subject of the
.Marriage °Viler
Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth with his
Serene nightie.* the Prince of Hesse Ilomhourg.
BitEACH OF PRIVILEGE-INTERFERENCE IN

ELECTION.
Lord A. Hams LTOII rose to draw the attention of
the Hoeft to • notice he felt it his duty to give,
relative to a subject which could not fail to make,
when disclosed iss all its circumstances, a very seri-
ous impression on the House. He alluded to the.
very reprehensible interfereuce of a Noble Lord in
a late mutest, in an election for a county. Al-
though the House must look to the developement of
the transaction with considerable anxiety, he should,
for the present, forbear mentioning' the names of the
piece or persons conceroed, until Friday next,
when he should have the honour to submit to the
House some proposition upon the subject. He ap-
prehended the question would be considered one in.
robing a breach of privilege ; if so, it of course
would have precedence of the other matters fixed
for diseassiou on that evening. If it were so con-
s'Arresli he should h►ropose his resolution ou that
evening+--if not (and lie should lie glad to ascertain
the matron why a discussion of this nature should
ant-Iseire that precedent* it fai►ly challenged) he
should is the ea►liest open day for its cousideration.
If the mode of treating the subject should be
thought irregular, he was anxious to have the opinion
of the Choir, or of Members more experienced in
the proceedings of the House than himself, upon
whose suggestion he should feel happy to act. He
should for the present content himself with giving
notim for Friday.
Lord CASTLIRIAGN admitted the subject w■s of
the character and tendency that must be con-
sidered deserving of that precedence the Noble
Lord claimed fur it. There was nothing before the
Howe of any moment on that tweeting except the
Ordneuee Estimates and the Cotton Sp rs' Bill,
either or both of which might give place to it with-
out materiel inconvenience.

Lord A. HAIIILToId ',aid the course he should
pursue would be guided by the ►ense of the
House, whether the subject be referred to a Coin-
tnittee or otherwise.

Mr. BBN/4 ETT moved for all account of the num-
ber of writs lodged with the Sub-Sheriff of the
City of Dublin—also the number of Spevial
Juries, and the expense attending thereon—also
the amount of fees paid into the halide of the Sub-
Sheriff, with a table of fees demandable iii the
Sheriff's Prison of that city. The whole td these
accounts to he made out for the years 1814, 1815,
1816, and 1817.
Sir JoNN LUBBOCK presented the Petition of
certain publishing booksellers against the present
Copyright Act.—Read, aid laid on the table.
Lord STANLEY presented a Petition, purporting
to be from a numerous meeting of the inhabitants
of Royton, in Lancashire, hut signed only by the
Chairman, as for the meeting generally : perhaps
under these circasoptaisces the Petition could only
be preseiited as that of the individual subscrilaing
to it. lie felt it a duty owed to his character as
a man of counisteocy to state, that although he ad-
mitted the right of petitioning should be construed
in its most liberal sense towards Petitioners, still he
had his doubts whether the language of this Peti-
tion did not exceed the line it should have scrupu.
'misty observed out of respect to the (louse. He
had so for done his duty to the Petitioner as to pre-
sent it, but he 'oust apprise this House he felt by
no means disposed to adopt or defend the seats-
usensb is contained.
The Petition was then read, and stated, that the
Petitioners, to the amount of several thousands,
were aware that pelf-preservation was the first law
of nature, and, therefore, felt it was high time to
address the House no the subject of their wrongs
awl distresses. They, for the rester part, were
workois weavers, often earning not more than /1.
per week, which could not enable them to pay their
rent or support their families. They were thus daily
bringing children into the world for whom it was
impossible to obtain honestly a livelihood. Hence
the confines of legality and the sucteduess of pro-
perty are constantly invaded and broken down,
their condition bring such that a prison was to them
no longer a 'outer of terror. lit fact, notwithstand-
ing their sufferings, they continued firm in the con-
victiou that they were not originally created to
etarve--41 COnVielluti whiels prompted many to
climes to obtain suh.i.tcnce, which had lengthened
the duration of their ordinary Quarter Sessions from
three days to betweris a fortnight and three weeks.
That the House ought to be aware that menet,'
un-
dsge,,ce must produce nothing but beggary and
starvatiom which, however suited to the purposes
Of tOilitiros 1111 l and tyranny at home*, could ~ever ino..
due.: tor flue country respect in its commercial or
political operations abroad. That runts were be-
come double, taxes treble what they were a few
years ego ; that it was the duty of statesmen to
promote the happiness of those Over whom they

lire placed, and *item pl to reslore the equili-
brium between the order% of society, instead of
prosecuting long bloody wars, undertaken
neither to 'elrect any good, nor prevent evil. That
the House should ii`b melon the selfish principles
which hail tie long actuated them, as might
be inferred from its passing the Corn Law on one
hand. and repeating the Property Tax on the
other. whereby all the weight was unjustly thrown
off their shoulders upon those of the poor, as might
be proved from the great accession to the numbers
of paupers in each parish lately. That Govern-
ment hail, under shameful pretences. lately Nitro
up and confined some of the best and worthiest
men amongst them. where no treason had ever
since been proved to have been its existence ; a prac-
tice as absurd as if they had issued warrants to ap-
prehend persons as murderers. whets no murder
had been contemplated or committed. That whilst
the honest refurtners were it liberty and heartily
'timed in the sacred cause. no spies or infurtuers
would have dared to invade the liberty or intact'
the life of iudividuahs, but that every enormity had
followed the repeal of the Habeas Corpus Act.
It concluded by recommending each Member of
the House to analyse his own principles; set a good
example to others in his own public and private
conduct ; support the repeal of the Corn Dill ; re-
trench the expenses of Government by liesering
the taxes; and cordially co-operate in the great
work of Reform—rod was signed for the Meeting
by the Chairman, George Taylor.
Lord STANLEY moved it be laid on the table..

Mr. BANILEI contended, that, as it was * Prti.
tion signed by an individual for and ou behalf of
many, that it could not be received as their Peti-
tition, and wished the House to refer to the prac-
tice in such eases, pursuant to the ancient Stand-
ing Orders of the House.
Mr. Wrists differed upon the point of order with
the list Speaker, but thought the charge of self-
ishness," brought against the House. was highly
disrespectful, rod Inuit prevent the Petition being
laid ou the table.
Mr. Lissevon thought there was nothing in the
Petition which had been put more strongly than the
'erne topics, when itstrodoced in other Petitions.
Should the Honourable Gent!eon's) persist in his
opposition to its reception, he pledged himself to
take the sense of the House on the propriety of its
being rejected.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHERUER coo-
tended the imputatio►► of selfialtutss on the part of
the Holm was not to be endured ; in fact. it would
not be tolerated on the part of one Member to ac-
cuse another in his place of selfishness, but would
ensure his being called to enter.
Mr. Tizaritv—.This was the first time he had
ever known the word selfish contained in its op-
pLeation to that House so foul a scandal,
as to prevent a Petit' of .the people being
received by their own Representatives. Nothing
could he more absurd than the ides which
had osigismted is the too nice feelings of the
Learned Gentleman. By • selfish principle, no
more was snood here than that the House had taken
a narrow and coutnicted view of a question. which
a sensible man would not have taken. if there had
bee► any thing pointedly offensive to the notate, he
would be the first to vote it should not be received ;
but when it was generally admitted that the doors
of the House should be thrown wide to all Peti-
tions, he could nut see why it should not be laid un
the table and printed, for he did not think it would
have many readers.—(A lough.)--He was sur-
prised the Right Hon. Gelato/man should have only
been able to lay his finger on the word selfish as the
ground of his objection. Even between iudivi-
duals, the epithet might be fairly and inoffeusively
applied; and he did not think that the Right Hon.
Gentleman would be authorised to call him to or-
der. should he say that he or any other Member
were selfish in voting for the Corn Bill, because
they had a great deal of land, and he (Mr. T:erney)
had little or sionr.—(4 hawk)
The House then divided, when there appeared
fur the Petitiou being laid on the table—
Ayrs
Noes

Majority.

The Petition was therefore rejected.
Mr. Gomm presented a Petition from the
Butchers of Suffolk against the mode of assessing
taxes on Horses employed by them in the way of
tl►eir trade, and occasionally as saddle horses.
Lord ALTHOKP thought the revenue would
be scarcely if at all affected by the diminution of
duties ou this description of horse, and that the
assessment of the greater duty tended to discou-
rage the breeding of a better race of horses.
The Petition was read, and laid on the table.

Lord Daeattuter presented a Petition from the
Attorneys of Worcester, praying that no altera-
tion might take place i■ the present law respecting
the practice of con►eyancing.—Read, and ordered
to lie on the table.

On the motion of the CRANCELLOR of the Ex-
Clllatlen, the Rnose resolved itself into a Com-
mittee upon the New Churches Bill.
The Report was brought up, and ordered to be
re-considered on Monday se'unight.
The American Trade Bill was, on the motion o
Mr. Lusting°Tow, read the third time, and passed.
The House went into Committee upon the Gloss
Acts, iu which a resolution was agreed to cotitinu- si
int; the existing duties on certain descriptions of
Window mid Plate Glass, until August, 1819.
Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up a Bill to repeal
the several duties on Customs, and granting others
in lieu thereof. which was read • first, and ordered
to be read a second time, on Tuesday se'unight.
Lord LAIICILLEI wished to draw the attention of
the Hon. Member to the operation of these duties
on some articles. as prejudicial to the agricultural
interest+. It had been attempted by an Act, three
years ago. to encourage the gtowth of rape-seed
in this eountryi bet in vain, as there were in many
leases clauses to prevent its btiug grown upon the
laud. It had lately riven in price from 351. to 631. and
751. a ton, and rape-duet had ripen to IN. per last as
a natural consequence/ The dust had formerly been
most, beneficially used as manure on the land. He
hoped, before the Hots. Member proceeded to lay
on the duties, he would turn the suggestion in his
mind, as there duties mart operate very materially
on the farmer and feeders of cattle.
BANK NOTFA.

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I teu,..a.Afj.. was read a first
r time. Hi the* it had been is subject of re-
with lismourside Monition, tbst the
missimmes se be oppointed snider this Aet in
Ns tirifOusi state hod only a commission empower-
ing them to inquire into the jusistitution and
t abuses of charities for the purtr of education,