The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-05-31 00:00:00

REFORM IN PARLIAMENT.

no Sheri& of London appeared at tire bar with the Peti-
tion of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and C 1111.111011“ of the
City of London, in Crannsoa Conseil amemblid, praying
for • Reform of the Commons House of Parliament; and
also with a P. titian *spying to be heard by Conned agaiust
the Western Union Cams! BilL
Them Petitions were laid on the table.
AFRICAN COMPANY.
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Mr. Guinnoxe presented a Petition from the African
Company, for an addoioual grant to pay the expeuses 01
keeping the forts op within their juricaliclion of the 601,1
Coast of Africa. .

air. GonooN alltolefl to the grants already made to the
Arsine Company. Ile knew the object of these (rents war
to keep on important part of Africa open to promote in
that direction the pr ugi esti of civilization, hat as the
African Company acted iii a two-fold shape, partly format,.
tile, and partly legislatire„ wit hunt being miller the i Tine-
diate control of Government, lie should object in any addi-
tional grant omit the Co., peoy galle rip to the I.egislatme
the entire control of the arr.atigements uu the rubel of
Africa. _ _ .

Thr Clatscru.ott of lire EXCIINCFR sail ills' this
would, lie believed, br the la.t time the grant woold come
heftier Parliament, and it was fur the payment rt. expenses
already iurmred. He was happy to inform the Hon. Grim.
tlemasi that si IS. the intentitm of Government to resume
the entire authority of the district alluilei! to.—(hear.) • .
Mr. GORDON expressed ill pleasure be rareived al this
inlimatiou.—The Pa 1111011 0 A 4 Laid On the tabu.
CIVIL LIST.

A Mrsaacr from the birds amiouilerti their I.nr.lahips'
•,nt to the 11.6 t Bill, with an ■menduteot, to which
they &stir.' the contemner of ihe House.
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The SPICAIERR intimated, that Ilse amendment was merely
to correct a clerical cant% There were several items of ex-
pew:mere set down its tlw and all correctly, but the
Clcsk, its tasting op the whole, committed • clerical error,
whirls the Lords bad merely amended.
Lord NI twrom said, that as the amendment had reference
to • 1KC11111.44 y 1113111 T, hetloni,tcd whether it ought to be
•creed to without n emit rettce stills their Lordships, espe-
cially its a Bill of au much impostatice as this. Ile had no
&sale whatever II) tissue any silr.tscle to the way of the Bill
passing into a law, but he doubled much whether the
amendment ought to be adopted, though it was • clerical
error. a. n mailer of course.

CASTI.VILPAIM said, that the case of the Bill as the
items eel rc inigivally east up,stood on its demerits rather than
en its streriic, and he thought no possible reineiple eteod be
dia.,. fenan their adoption of this Is nirmlinent tinder the
pariitul.ir circum.ionces in which :5 •a. inagge.ted
He object' los special entry on the Journals of Its
being a ell rieal error. _ _ _

Lord Mti.rws said he would be perfectly satisfied with
this special
Mr NvsN Or., the entry stimuli' he the proper
mod, Of 11f111,1.111111r
'Floe Spraw sit ro.pe:llmj that the special entry, when it
was uce.s,ary to amend a (Icel.:Al error, w a the mudern

Jln Lord.' Amendment wn. then agreed to.
SCOTCH CM! uissioN FA: s.

Lotrtl
Ire:..: lever in put L. finest ittls lo Ike
Noble 1.0r.$ upposele. lir II nlrrslooll 163 t C 000000 isimnoss
for knowing into Feet., &e. In Ilse crutch Courts, hard
erased to exist. Tim. be tit gist arm a preosnlisre lennis.a-
tion astir Ishouro, nod aids that pe.rnasluis 111 Id
tlye she linitor au r,oly opportunity of expressitic it. opt-
-1111/11 upon the onlq, rt, twists, he I.rard some rraansis a4osgiirsi
Gtr it.: occurrence. lie rose to a>lt the Noble Lord simply,
whether be bad any übjet titre' lo involute the eorreopuudeticet

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hetween the Secretary or Ilse Home Department an 3 the
Baird, twopert ing the proceedings unilir.the Cossniiimion ?
ford OLSTLIMICAGII requested the yuestio■ vruukt be pot
'to hits lu•usurruw,

CRIMINAL
Sir J. MACILIPITIMIN bard the second rraitag of hie three
Rills fur the tisoroduttut of parts of tire Critniosl Collet fur
MuuJay wrzt.
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ALIEN BILL.
lard CASTLEIN•OII postponed null! to-morrow the Alien
Bill, ■nd hoped the discussion would be lakes immediately
after the Army &similes.
NAVIGATION CLAWS.
Mr. Altana peesewted a Petition froth she Ship-owner and
Merehauta of Great Yarmouth mtainto. hay alteration in the
Navigation Laws.—Laid on the table.
Mr. lirturtott presented a Petition from the Merchants
*and Manufacturers at Wolverhamploa, stating the great dis-
tress under which they laboured, and that owe-half of the
10,000 people heretofore employed is the nail trade were now
will t work, as well as a large proportion of shore engaged
in the heavy iron branch. They 'prayed the Legislature to
etiosi.ter their dist 1 stale, slut to revert to a more equi-
table system of trailiug with foreign states.

FINANCE.
Mr. M begged to ask the Right lion. Gentleman
opposite what amount of Exclieqnrr Bolls voted last year
remained unauld; ■nd next, in what manner the Right Uon.
Gentlentau meant to pay the interest of the limos be was
now about to contract ? lie thought an answer to this quer..
Stun necessary, because both iu the l►i nes Message, and iu
other communications, it ris prated that no new burdens
would be thrown upon the country.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that with
respect to the first question relating to Exchequer Bills, lie
tl ght Papers ordered by t►e House explanatory of that
subject had been laid Ott the table. If they were nut pro-
duced, he phonlil bare then) ordered immediately. As to the
second part of the lion. klember's question, he tholight his
explanation would come better when he intioduced his plan
of finance, which would be in a few days.--(Haar, hear)
Mr. M thought it so ililiptirtald some informa-
tion upon the bovines, should be given before, that he would,
to.motruvr, move certain resolutions nn the subject of
fin:nice. He now inured fur certain papers, to the prodac-
lion of ',thick he understood there was no objection : That
there be laid before the House Accounts °Ube whole &a-
phis of the Consolidated Fund remaining; after defrayiug
the charges made upon it un the Stb Jaureary, 1817; al►o
accounts shearing the same, or the deficiency, on the bib
Janus's'', 1818, 1819, and MO; and also accounts thew.
ing the total amount of the funded debt in the same years.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objection
to the natation, but the accounts called for bad Men already
printed.
Sir Jorth NEWPORT said, that the Irish Accounts of the
Expenditure were nut forthcoming as they ought by the
tering of the Act of Parliament. . .

Mr. .11•ButLY said, he wanted to ascertain the real ar.
rear of the Consolidated Feud at any specific period, lint ha
found that impossible from the confused state of the ac-
counts. Ile moved some time ago fur au account of the ill..
C4IIIIC and expenitilwre of Great Britain, from January 1819
to MO, and when he examined the account presented, he
loon., at the bottom a note stating that the Exchequer were
not then abl to make a return of the charge fur Ireland,
though that particular charge was required by law to be
produced quarterly.