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of holit's year's salary. to b. come de.- de. Sli of Jo'), to Al the ri.titione acre tlirl Orderer" to Ise On the
Heir; Seiiimee, RN de strleyeitin at Aims to she Howe. i t„10... , :
Also esti", suns of SW so halt. year's salary to Jolsa I Lord Corot tire tketi rose to sae, he held its his
Clew's*, nig the primly %.1,4„,
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That a sum not esireerling 0,000! be issneil, hi remune-
baud a P etition fr .m the Cu). of tV e-insiosier--
rate the Commissioners appointed iii pursuance of Si Ad. and 111 oil others. from virious ',arts of the county.
dress of the Wow, fur twinning into the fees and ',onto. Leeils, Portsmouth, &t... The Pe isissuers hoped for
merits of Courts of Justice to Ireland, fur their trouble furl is radical rehn in i , the representution—and that
use year. every itidividu it not sli.iptalitieill by temleriress of
Irtlsit rumitnirk. • .
. ..,e wea'k'er-i, of ninol, or crime, should be allow-
Tier Report of the Irish Fisheries Act Cominasnee Mill a
was twOUght tip and sup-evil to—lts • 001•4,1.1"•11irt of Ike eel :1 share in the election of the nomiliers %ht.,
eresinithe Bill was read Ike third 11151 and passed. rote away his property—end that Parliaments
. COTTON W0:61., lac. might he sumally electe.l.
Mr. P Besl.o moved— The Petition% were then brought np, the first
"That there be isotherm, ttsrHouse a Return of th, from- read and all ordered to he on the table. After a
tines of Cultoa Wool ijahperted front all parts of the world
bi, lort stitrmil
into Great Britain, helm the year 1812 to the year 1817,
bulb inclusive, spectfyiug the spautilies that have arrived Sir FRANCIS BURDrft mos, to move his Reso-
in nod fruso each port.•—Agreed to. lotions on the suil,jel.t of Parliamentary Reform.
Alte," Fist anima of the export, of the mine article, He ltd placed the Iteso!Utions he intended to pro-
during the same period, specifying as above."—Agreed to. pose, on ground!, that could slot possibly he ob-
Tlse same Honourable Member moved for various' Returns j ,e? , ,
eu .
o
relative to the Exports of Coitus Twist, Yarn, and Calicoes, eciy tiny one ; lie had not grounded them
with the Duties on Esportatiuu Drawbacks, Jac.; which merely on the theoretic opinions of political writers,
wire ordered to be laid on the table. whose talents had gained them a 'ugh degree of
R/r. J. SWIITIII moved the Order or the Day for the second celebrity ; lie had confined hiti.elr to one course,
reading of the Bankrupt Laws Ameadment Bill. the Rllll. I utterly impossible to be sulij.cteil to censure—lie
Member stated, Inv object was out to press the Bill throne,.
meant those speeches from the Throne to Parka-
the House the present Session, but that, after a scrawl read.
ing, it might be committed, in order to have the blanks I mein which contaitied and held forth the very inns-
Oiled up, without which it would not be intelligible to the ciples of the Resolutions he was ,'',irons the House
eountry,by which it was'irsporiast it should be welt under. should adopt. He indeed had always considered
stood, beings measure of great national concern. the interests of the Crown and the people the same;
After some coueenntina between Mr. WRO7YrSLRY and
our bail he ever seen stile good esso.e of jealousy
Mr.J.IMITTH, the Bill seas read a aerosol time, committed,
.. .
royal
considered in the Committee, and the blanks filled up, re- emptier,provided it was agaiii.t the pr .
.. duly
ported, end the RI part ordered to be taken into further coo- balanced by an exertion of the powers of I arlia-
siderstion this day three months. mint checking tool keeping it within those bounds
DEAN FOREST. where it could only be exercised to the public be-
Papers weer presented from the Cummirriuners of Woods nefit. He was afraid his Resolutions might be
and Forests, relative to the mimes in Dean Forest. thought rather long ; but lie persuaded himself
CALICO DUTtris that, when Gentlemen considered the great msg.
A Petition was presented from the Calico Printers of Car.
nitude of the (petition, they would excuse that.
lisle, against imposing any additional duties us their trade.
—Read, Nod ordered to lie en the table. y s 100 1 esu Jett to
But he would lather the I I I b h •
HIGH BAILIFF OF WESTMINSTER. that dialyze, than that he should be charged with
The Report of the Cuniinittee of Supply on the reenuners- bringing them forward without having properly
tiros to the High Bailiff of Westminster, was ordered to be considered the subject. and without being able to
taker into further consideration to-morrow. advance strong undeniable grounds for them.—
PETITIONS. For himself, having thought so much on the sub-
Mr atwNerr presented a Petition from on individual of h jest, he experiericed the same difficulty in bring.
the name of John Chamberleyne, complaining of the hiss of
property by the formation of a Canal, aid praying the I tog it before the House, that my one would in at-
House to grant such remedy as might seem meet.-l Aid ou tempting to prove it truth to him self-evident ;
the table. but knowing that the views he took were not those
Mr. T. CORR permeated • Petition from the Parishioners of many Gentlemen who heard him, he wished, in
of Great Marsiugham, Norfolk, against the Pour Settle- particular, to submit his sentiments to the disinte-
ement Wil.—Laid on the table.
rifted 31einhers of the House. It was also diffi-
PR IVA T E BUSINESS.
cult to bun to comprise all the topics that might
The &Tatra addressed the House and said,
be introduced on a subject so extensive, and
that as there did not appear to be any business
many of which lie felt it his deity to advert to.
immediately coming before the House—he would
take the opportunity of submitting his views
on .
,Wllament many years ago, there was instantly a
endings of the House—he meant the mode coin_ CII this question had bermbrought into Par-
matter of importance to the regularity of the pro-
licry raised of dimgerous opinions, and of a sub-
monly pursued of conducting private liminess. version of the Constitution, though the grounds
on which it was advocated had been those acted on
As it was stow concluded for the prtsesit Session,
you rh e s a very de of
he deemed it fit he should state, that of is great
th me i—t forefather
princiolefiir of a ttttt exten
al electiod n,peri andod of
quantity of such business dispatched this Session,
nearly one-fourth had been conducted without • that extended mode of suffrage to %Inch, though
limited, the name of universal was ill popular
compliance with the Standing end Sessional Orders.
lanwusge applied. Some time sg), when he had
These Orders had been intended for the protection
of property—but under the system now acted on, hioniself brought the question before the House, lie
had stated, that, according to his views, the right
and for a long time growing up, they were not a. , . , •
of suffrage shook' he confine,' to persons paying
only an imperfect safeguard, but even worse than
none, because they held out the ides of its existence taxes to the King, the Church, or the Stair—and
where it was not. It was true, each case wherein lie believed that if that rule were adopted It would
the orders hod been dispensed with, possessed many bring about a moderate reform and a fair
hi re-
p resentation. It hail been cart in s
merits, but the House would see that the aggregate
that he wai inconsistent —that he dish tootteeth
act
of such cases was so great, that unless the rules
fully up to hi. own principles. He allowed
were enforced more strictly, it would, in Some time,
it but he octet) up to Orin an far as he
be impossible to refuse any request for overlooking
thought necessary for the security of the people:—
theta. There might be more excuses than in or-
dinary cases for what happened this Sessi•in—he-
The principle had since that been more it:scouted,
prouced stro covion. Or history
cause Easter fell unusually early, which abridged
a
shender,' thd at freedomnger was theu greatcti leadingu Iwillcillle
the proper period for transacting business of a pri-
vate nature. He trusted the House would excuse of our Constitution—nod by the aticient law, Mein.
titre of Parliament were taken Irma almost au
Trim for drawing their attention to the subject, sod
hoping there would be an ansendinent in the ins- place intlie.countre, and Parliameots elected at
nogement of the business he had alluded to in the tof the three great festivalscn the year. The
Hon. Baronet then took a review of the progress of
next Session.—(Hear. /tear.)
EXCISE OFFICE—SCOTLAND. our Constitution, sand of the state of our law under
Edward the Confessor—of the conditions acceded
Mr. FINLAY moved, that the Papers presented
I)
to the House on the 30tli M to 7 Wilhelm the First, at his sectarian—old
ay, from the Excise
of ~
Office, Scotland, be printed.—Agreed to. the provisions of Nlagosi Charm. From all
POOR SETTLEMENT. which, he contended, that the !lobbing of short
Parliaments wtti die ancient law of the land;—
Mr. P. Mooak, presented a Petition from the
But a novel doctrine had been laid down, with re-
liilishitents of several Imrishes in Coventry against
the Poor Settlement Bill. spect to the enactment contained in the Statute,
COAL DUTIES. " that Parliaments should be elected ahem ver sue-
cessare." This, it was said, only meant, that, when
Mr. LASIBTON said, that he hail not been present a Parliament wits once elected, the Crown had a
when • Petition had been presented to the Ilouse,
right to keep it on foot, for n whole reign, if it
from the City of London, for an equalization of ,sie.ised. lint
Arllt this WIPI 110 t eOIISO/11111t with the eon-
the duties on Coals; he therefore took that °pin-
tun ty to give notice, that it was his intention, early sititutiou of the country, or with the principles on
which it was founded. Reason mist clearly Oros.
iii the course of the next Session, to move for the
mode
appointment of is Comniittee to take into consi- td, that such a mode of constrtting Is law—st ,
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wiiicii went to destroy its power, altonether--iiever
iteration the propriety of establishing au equsliza-
could be received as the true me. /cut, if a doubt
two of the duties on Coals,
arose upon the interpretation of a law, the sure Way
SCOTTISH BANK. of discovering its teal oliject seat, to mark the way
Mr. F. IntouGsss moved— in which it had beets acted on ; —um!, on ex:minis.
" That there he laid before the House a list of the names
Par-
of all persons who have pitielwprol Stuck in the Royal Bank!in"' it would be found, that prnrogatiOtit, al' Pin.
'lament. its ancient tinsel, frequently took place,
of Scotland, since the 21st of April last, specifying the
amount of each purchasr."—Ordercd. and that in the course of a year, two, three, and
even four elections had been held. It was titers fore
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. rather too much to say, that the law, by which Par-
Sir F. BURDETT rose to present a Petition from lianienta were directed to be held its often as was
the town of Loughborough, for Parliamentary necessary, gyve the pooer to the Crown, is lien a
Reform. The Hon. Member states!, that a Right Parliament was assembled, to leugthen its exist-
Hon. Gentleman had discovered last Session, on ever to ass indefinite extent. What oat the subject,
his presenting some Petitions or the same nature; declared iu the apreclies from the Throne to Parka-
that they hail !nets sigma' by permit's of a very meld, for calling Owns nigether ? It had Away.;
tender age. The same objection could not be heel) stated, that the measure was resorted to in or-
raised against the one lie now held in hi, hand. der that the King Ini.;;lit. lie made asap; dined with
The age of the first 1111bIlerlber W. 14 sisty-four, flat the toterests, feelings, view.. and semis:sews of lots
of the second, sevetity-oine ; they had all (11111 e tint /1111lieetN 111 every past of the isloostoisi. 'Those
inertly to years el full maturity—a/nigh/rig ) speeches explicitly declared thin Ilhallinsitritts were
the age df the youngest beilig fifty-live. 'Flue called to take care of the interests of the King nod
Petition Was extremely respectful in its terms. of her subjects—nod thin the interest of the Crown
The Hon. Baronet then stated lie had many other inisl of the subject was stun loud the same. Now, if
Petitions to present for the same object, and Parbainent writ to rrinaiii a perennuent plower, all
couched in the some language, from Lasicaster; the circumstance. which were attar,' its enniosting
Edinburgh, London, Middlesex, Dunike, Lynn, I from the identity of interest between the Knig end
Birmingham, Errol, Wesli ll ill ster, Warrington, the void, wool,' cease. Besides, a seat in Parlia-
Exeter, sod other Is4/CeS. The Petlflllol., Irinollllllolg uncut W,l/I not formerly considered to be a matter of
to considerably above a hundred, were then brought emolument, but, on the contrary, was looked upon
up, until the first of them read. It statist, that as is situation of a very burdensome nature—anti an
the Petitionets being all above the age or t.,,,,y. it remained, until Means were found to bribe is Par-
one years, had seen with horror the conduct par- li sinew. In the reign of Cliorles I. a great stretch
stied by Ministers for the last twenty-five years— was made low oils coolie-sting a seat ill Pachametit
o hich hail involves! the country iii ;in expensive and *Olt new ohjectslillire:a very foreign to II lust fie-
rtinouts war, brought iisliiiite &Hiatuses on the presentation of She pimple. Bin even that ,‘lnnarch
country, and nearly doubled the outioinil debt— found it difficult to c..rrt. he point, nod he was
that they attributed this to the imperfect state of I oblige,' to provers' with virdetice, to order to pot
the representation—slid Ina). it for is snore rqicil down cercoss Members or list f10w.... From all
one, untiti.sl Parttime:lts and mistrsal sulfrag,.... that he had stutrtl, it did appear to lutist ILILISI eVI•