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siion rhould he incea......sed, no as to embrace charities ,r
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more generally. The interval would afForel the
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I loom- an opportunity ot ei-crs ti.iiiing the deseriptioi .
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al petitions who were .likely to exeente fairly thus r
important trittri, on taking it our of the bandit which ,i.
had been i.rolml to have aboard it it, the sesioda-
. . lour and unfeeling manner de-cribed in the Pelt-
Tim' just read. Nor world the delay !met/taps be I .`
without its the to another way, as it would prove ail
opportunity- not to be neglected by parties whim had i t
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billies-to ablated their trtt.t, ;rod who, after the a urn+
Brig thaw given of :lie intentions of the L. ~.; ,s 1 atto r. •
. would not fail of themselves 1? redress tine culpable ,
negligence they had heretofore displayed.
Alter &tear words from ;Or. A ruitcnomrY, the
„Bill was remd a sell•oviel time, and ordered to 1•C +i •
COW Illi tied on WedlossidaY Ilex'. ;
The Rotherhithe Itrilge lid! was read a second
tithe, nod ordered to he committed. •
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• • SCOTCH BURGHS.
Sir SANUFt ROMILLY presented a Petition from
levend inhabitants allele Scotch Burgh of Wsgtown,
amounting to 120 itymumber. He detailed at con- cri
enterable length the "apterous of the Petition, which
he stated explained ve.early the condition of all
and every one of the Scir'eli Burghs. It iellegests
that the Illitostrater and 'roan Council were and -
had been -.inattentive to the elee.lion of the *et, or r
coostituticn of the Burgh, so that in point of fact
the Burgh was by no means represented. That the
reptesentativeA shotild be elected from the resident i
naliabitants, instead of being, as it had latterly been.
iii general taken by nomination of the nobility or :
other powero individuals in the Borgli, or front
!mongol :he Council. That of the present conati.
twain or yet of the Burgh five only out of eighteen •
were residents. That there practices were decided-
ly contrary to express statute, and removed from
the parties supposed to be represented the power of
avert inquiring into the sr:counts sad expenditure of
the body. This lust was the greater hardship, as the
Burgh generally was liable for any deficit 111 its ex- 1
pencliture. With the election of their represents- •
tives, therefore. they had no more to do than with
thedection of the President of the United States
of A merica. The Petitioners; had heard with astonish-
omit that they had been represented in that 1-loite
to be perfectly satisfied with their situatiou, provided
they had some means afforded them of auditing
their accounts. Nothing was less correct than ~,teis
a statement, lie would assure the House those
persons felt thensselves seriously agorieveal, mint only
with respect to their liability to the on:cow:Ate-II
expenses of the Burgh. but also us regarded the
imperfl-ct slate of the representation. '1 he Peti.
tioners concluded by praying the honer would
interfere in preventing this flagrant violation of the 1 I/ '
law of the land, which made it criminal in soy
Nobleman, or high official character, to iuterfere 111 1,
in any election.
The Petition was then read, and ordered to lie on ,t
the table,
Mr. Robinson presented the last Report on Na-
tional Vaccine Establishmurits, which was ordered t '‘'''
to he printed.
Mr. CANNING presented a Petition from Liver- t
pool (the *venial front thence), praying that the
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Poor', Laws Amendment Bill should not pasts into . al
a liw.--Read, and ordered to be priuted.
In reply to a question from Mr. BROWN.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY stated, it was the inten- 4
Com of his sootiest', which stood for Thursday next,
to ascertain, for the information of the Honor, such
facts relative to the state of the Administration of
Justice in the Wand of Dominica, and the condi.. a
tion of that unhappy class, the Slaves in that island.
sa he had reason to believe were contained iu the
papers in the Colonial Office.
On the motion of Mr. F. DOUGLAS, the second i
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reading of the Pardons ender the Great Seal Bull
was postponed until Friday next. . .
ROYAL MARRIAGES. . ! •
Lord CASTLEREAGH toppeare&at the liar of the
iluuse and presented the following 11:lessage from
his 111.4a1 Highness die Prince Regent, which was
read by the Speaker, all the Members-bering uu.
covered :
" G. P. R. -.4404.
" His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the
name and on the behalf of bis Majesty, thinks' it rig.lit to in.
farm the HOWlleof Commons, that Treaties of Marriage have
heen concluded between Ins Royal Highness the Duke of
Clarence and the Princess of Saxe-Sfeiningeo, eldeat il.augli- t
ter of the reigning Duke of Saier-Meiningen; and also be- i
tierce his Royal highness the Doke of Cambridge and the
Princess of Hesse, youngest daughter of the Lan.lerave Fr.. .
uteri, k. mid niece of the Elector of Hesse. After the &a act- •
log tortuosity so lately sustained by his Royal Highness, in . • ,
the lota of his only and beloved date glopr, lb. Prineeta
Charlotte, his Royal Highness is fully convinced that the i
7.? ! House of Common• will feel how essential it is to the brat 1
interests of the nation, that his Royal Higbi.is..lionlit be
enabled to make suitable provision fur the marriage of his
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brothers ; and after baring received so many proofs of affee. I
lion to I.ie person and family, has Royal Highness has no I ti
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room to doubt of the assistance of the House in making it 1
the necessary arrangement. for this important purpose."
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His Lordship then observed, that conformably to 1
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precedent in former ease-, lie should niece that the , ;
Message be referred for consider:thou to a COM. i C .
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maitre of the House to-morrow. He rhombi refrain
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tel. evening from entrrisig into any explanation of
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the Message, which, as matters now stood, it wink(
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be not only advisable, but more consonant with the I , •
rear:lice of the House to enter upon to-morrow. ' 1
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For the present, he should abstain from taking any
proceeding upon the Message, which might have
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Use appearance of pledging the House to au express
hoe of conduct ultimately, but propose merely an
Address to 1114 Royal Highness, thanking him for •
his gracious communication, and Issuing hint that I
the House would, without delay, take into its seri.
''llaus conarleration the interesting and important iu.
formation which it contained. , ilil Time;lotion being put,
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Mr. TI ERN WV rose and expressed a hope that
the Noble Lord would this evening put the House .. .1
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