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'ECEMMY. P4AIICII 16.

Till'itSDAr, MARCH IS.

PIiIDAY, MARCH 19.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
MOMMAY,- MARCH 156

2inpertat
111(1USE OF LORDS.
MONDAY. MARCit 15.
Curwszw SWEEPERS. Hitt.—Lont Anctt..asryt moved
the order of the day for the House going into a Commit-
tee oa this Hill. Ile considered it ittinccesary tcr tmuble the
Douse with many observations on the merits of the Bill, having
Lord
exhausted every topic in support of it. 'l'• c Noble
Lord confined himself to the statement of two facts which proved
the general utility of the measure. At a Meeting in St. Giles's,
In Petition against the Hill, one of the company suggested, that
tht,7 ought to make a trial of the machine before they opposed it.
'The tri wts made, and they woe so well convinced of its utili-
ty, that irstead of petitioning agatior it, they signed a petition
for the adoption of it. in the second instance, the Speaker of the
Ileum: of l eiIIMINIS having dircetal the housekeeper to try the
stusehine in sweeping. the chimneys, he found that it would answer
Mr nineteen out of sixty-one. The housekeeper, however, per-
severed in the applieicuon. and at last was enabled to swell sixty
emit of the sixty-one. The chimney which could rot be swept,
will be idtered, and the whole of the chimneys may lien be
swapt with the inzieliin.2. The Noble Lord concluded by moving
time committal of the Hill.

The Earl of LAUDERDALE opposed the Bill, on the ground
that it would be dangerous to dispense with the service% of climb.
irtg bays. Colonel Stephenson, a prrson of known science and
.udginent, had reported the impracticability of proceeding to the
immediate use of the machine, and the House ought to he g:a
vernal by the report of suet a loan, rather than false notions of
nmanity. He was convinced the humanity proti%sed fur the
chuibing boys would he inhumanity to the public at brge,
who would suffer by an increase of fires in the ,letropolis. He
moved The Hill be committed this day six months.'
The Fail of HARROWRY supported the Bill].
The House then divided on the question for the Canuniutte.—
The nuudicrs were—
Contt nts 2rl
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Majority against the Committee —l7
Lord Laurnatim.E's antentlatcnt was than carried, and the
Bill thrown out fur the prevent Session.—Adjourned.

A nunibev of Petitions were presented from various parts
against the Insolvent Debtors' Act.
Lord llossLYN presented a Petition from the inhabitants of
Dysart against equalization of Coal Duties.
The Earl of LivEltrOOL said, that it Wai not the intention of
Government to suppart auy tneasuie for the equalization of Coal
Dutie,s

I.p:d SID MOUTH moved the second reading of the Alien Bill.
and reminded the llott.e that it contained the clause inserted in
t ,e late Bill. namely a cltiuse to suspend for another year the
right of parsons ta naturalisation who may vest money in the
Blink of .z.rotlineL

The Earl of LaursenrinLE called upon Ntinisters not to press
the 13 111 upon the }louse before it was printed, and muted an
amendment. His motion was, that the fill be read a second
time on Thursday, inatcod of that day.
'rho Earl of 1 lARROWIII. Supported the motion for the original
reading, as moved by Lord Sidtuouth.
The House then divided on the original question. Contents
14 ; Not Contents. f. Tim amendment was consequently nega-
tived, and the bill read a second tune.—Adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17.
Lord 110T.LAND prevented a Petition from the Mayor and In-
babitants of the 'fowit of Bodford, calling upon the Mouse to re-
vise the Criminal CO4IC. The Petitioners, in their statement of
the evil arising from excess of punishments, enumerated not
less than 9,500 verdicts of guilty found in the course of a year.
Viscount faumoUTll consith red that representation a gross
exaggeration. However, he did not cdfar soy opposition to the
Pautain, which was laid on the table.

The Mutiny Bill went through a Committee, awd was ordered
to be read a third time to-morrow.

CONVENTION WITH A HERICA.—••The Earl of DARNLEY
asked whether it was the intention of .he Noble Earl (Liverpool)
to make any specific motion on the subject of the Treaty con-
cluded between his Majesty and the United States of America.
The Earl of Lavearont. said, it was not his intention to
'make any motion respecting the Treaty.—Adjourned.

The Mutiny Bill was read a third time. and passed.
On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Committee
.no the Poor Laws Anundinent Bill was puatponed w Tuesday
swat. —Adjourned w Uonday.

itTSOLVENT DEVITOII.S ACT.—Sir J. Guat►wtr presented a
Petition from New Chelsea, signed by about 400 persons, aping
the Insolvent Delgor,: Act. Cps/ants of wo ot. the Petitioneis
stated, that they had been injured by this law ; and if it were to
be renewed. they therefore hoped that it would undergo :.one
•ery material alterations and improvements. Head, and ordered
to be printed.
Mr. Gut/mast presented a similar Petition front Hull. Or.
tiered to lit on the table.

Mr. W. COUUTENAV presented a Petition from Exeter.
against any change of the Coal Duties.
Mr. 11. Strums:a stated. that he Mul already received several
Petitions. praying to be relievid from cerain du•ier en coals ;
that he expected many of a similar tendency. and that he should
mu bring forward Ilia motion respecting this sub;ect until after
Laster.

Sir R. iVti.scor moved the order of the day for continuing the
investigation on the subject of Mr. Quin.
Mr. GooLn and Mr. Roach were examin-d. Sir R. Wilson
moved that the further consideration of the petition be udjuurned
to Thursday sennight. This was put and earned. Adjourned.