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Tsrl Crvicrit proseuto d a Petitimi from the Clergymen,
Cliorehwaritens.and tither Inhabitants of the p..rish of Wands.
worth. in Stoney, 14.411111 i the Penal Vestries Bill —Laid uu
the table.

ACCOUNTS.

Mr Bullock, from the Treasury, presented an Account of
the Expeonlitiwe Oil the Calm&lt Debt fur the last year.—
Lent un the table.

COTTON.SPINN Eng.

The Earl of Ltitast‘oot. presented a Petition front certain
Cotton.vioaeve at Stillon-le-Moors, in Lariezobilif, is favour
of the Kill for regulataug the Labour of Children —Laid on
the table.

Lottl FAKVO,I resented a Petition, signed by the Medi-
cal Men, the Clergymen, and shunt 900 Manufactusers of
Manchester, in favour of the BM.

The Earl of LAUDIIRD ur saidohat the persons concerned
in this matter did not desire to deceive the House. All they
desired was, to be braid by counsel and in evidence at the
bar.

The Petition was laid on the table.

The Earl of Dritrev moved, that Ihr Petition wonted by
him on the preceding evrniug, from Manebestcr, should be
referred to the Committee on the Bill.—Ordered.
The Bishop of Cum rreseated • Petition, signed by
all the Clergymen. the Medical Men, and about 1,1100 other
lultaltitants of Brockport, in Cheshire, in favour of the Bill.
The Nlarquis of Lmssuowsi presented *Petition in favour
of the Bull, signed by about 5,000 persons employ. it its Ilse
Cotton Spinning Manufactories el Manchester and its amine-
diate neighbourhood.

Woolsack. The Bill, as he understood the
Learned Lord, had two objects : one to provide
for her Majesty's convenience in increasing the
number ef.tbe Members of her Mujesty'e Council ;
and The other for making some regelations for
calling Parliament together, in the event of r
Majesty's demise, With rennet to the former
provisions he was tot aware that he should urge ant'
objection, at least to the incretvie of the number of
Members although perhaps he should find Nome
fault with the abode p-niibeii of nonsitiatitig those
Members. On the occasion of first funning the Coun-
cil, the Members were nominated by Parliament,
while it was 110 M intended to give her Majesty the
sole power of nomination. Ile saw no reason why lie
mode shonbf he altered, or that the power formerly
exercised by Pao haineut should tow he refused to
it. '.Viih respect to the second provision niesitionctl
by the Noble and Learned Lord, he was not quite
to deer on the necessity of it, nor could lie imagine
why the present moment should be particularly
chosen for uudei taking the consideration of so im-
portant a matter, at su late a period of the Session,
when it was alunfutely impossible for Parliament to
enter so fully iiito the subject as its interest requir-
ed. lie supposed the measure was intended ea a
side wind for obtaiiiitig some other object, which,
i,t the present. wits not very discernible. lie del
trot indeed deny that the Regency Act regime, a
revision, very deep and general, for when the.tlnra-
bon of his Majesty's lamented indisposition, end
the present distressed state of the country, were con-
sidered, it was (he duty of l'atliament to ameertuiti
that no unnecesssry expensi took place or support-
ing the esteldisline:ait at Windsor.—(Hour, hear )
nail Ws Majesty Sten in astute calculated to enjoy
that establishment, or if it were cotmilered in the
remotest degree coioducive to his comfort, there
was, he was convincetl, not 8 mall 111 the ettUhtey
who would refuse him any indulgence ; lint the
case was known to be the ieverse,illil it was the
duty ef Parliament so to ititet fere as to prevent an
uselesewaste of the public money. If the subject
were to he rimisiiverf, it ought to be dime with re
general view to the whole measure coll.ctively, and
in a manner becoming s'atesmen, If the itsconve
mence arising from her itlajesty 's demise were to
he cote,idereil, Parliament ought not to overlook
the still greater itirouvetrience that must result f
the demise of his Ito yal I fighiress the Priore Re-
gent—a case for which no provision existed in the
Regency Act, and which, it it occurred, would in-
terrupt the whole scheme of the Executive *lithe-
rity. The Learned Lord had referred to the clause
rebating to the assembling or revt..ll of Pathan tnt,
in case of the demise of the Pllllee Reg... 111, 111111
seemed to wonder how it crept into the Bill ; but
that choose hail been copied, sill' the rest of tl e
Bill. fruits the former Regency Bill, which circum-
stances had fottunettly rendered scesrary, and
having passed both Houses of Parliament, it could
not be supposed to lone crept into the Bill without
due and mature corisoltration. But why was the
present moment, at the close of the Sission, diction
fur this measure? De knew of 110 circumstance
that rendered it peculiarly necessary. Why should
a dissolution be at this moment particularly con-
•teinplated ? The present Parliament had still
another year tolive. and why was it to suffer a
premature death ? Such a subject should not be
agitated on the spur of the occasion ; it demanded
the most earnest attention of Parliament, and it
would he much better to It lye the matter post-
poned to an early period of the next Session, when
it might be discussed in the extended manner of
which it was worthy.
The Earl of LtVEßPocer. could not think, in
the present stage of the measure introducid by his
Noble and Learned Friend, to lead the [louse
through a review of its principle—this would be
more properly postponed UP the second reading.
But he could not permit the observations made by
the Noble Earl to pass altogether unnoticed. If he
understood the Noble Lord alight, no übjection
was intended to be made to the first pail of his
Noble and Learned Friend's proposition, wills the
exception of granting to her Majesty the right of
nominating the additional Members of her Council.
By the former Act, it must be reinembered, that
a Council of eight was granted to assist and advise
her Majesty iii CAN'S relating to the care of his
Majesty's person. That Council was composed or
persons who, although at the time of their noinina-
two holding high official situations, were, however.
tioinivated nut its their official, but in their private
capacity. The Lord Chancellor, for instant r, was
not appointed as Lord Chancellor; the Allister of
the Rolls, as Master of the Rolls, end so on; and
it was provided, in case of the death of any of the
Council, that her Majesty should. under her hand
and seal. appoint a successor. Nuw what differ-
sice did there exert between that power already en-
joyed and exercised by her ftlajesty, or filling up
vacancies in the Council, and uommating others in
addition ? The principle was already recognised,
mud there appeared to him am lesson why it
should be now withheld. With reelect to the
becoird provision of the Bill, and the reinaeks
made on it by the Noble Earl. he saw no
reason, if • part of a Bill required emeirdation,
why the whole of it should undergo revision.—
lir the Regency Act two l'llsell were provided for—
ting, the fulfilment of the Royal )unctions ; and
secuudly, the custody of the KlllO person. Now
Vlllll felliteCt to the lino, the Act placed the Prince
Regent in precisely the dame state as the Sovereign.
and provided, that in case of his demise Pat lie-
went should immediately assemble, if wader pro-
rogation, stud if under dissolution, that the last
PIIIIIBIIICUt should revive. This was the doctrine
recognised in the case of a demise of the Crow'',
and ought, of course, to be operative in case of the
Regent, 011 whose demise the entire Executive
power would be iu abeyance. With regard to the
tither polish., there was no necessity fur rosy legisla-
tive eitterference, as in care of her Majesty's demise
the Council would still execute every point 'wet,-
eery for the proper care of his Majesty's person.
Earl tiasir replied, that he had not wade any