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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

JULY 17.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

worm tr, JULY 11.

The SPI!AltEre read A letter from his Royal Hightifsg the DAe of
York, ticknow!od!:ialt the tuceipt of tl►e Vote of Thanks of the
liowo, and expre..:ing iii' g; titude for the same.

CLAD-HOUSE BILL.

On tar motion for the t iird reading of this bill,
Lori SEY:nrmt said, Ow in many of these houses the patients
were treo;ed ui.it the ntinost humanity lint, that others were not
calculated to promote the lic;,l-11 or comfort of their inhabitants.
He adduced instances in which the bare mzitation of the bill had pro-
gbieed the most beneficial effects. lie partividaly noticed Bohlen,
Hospitid, Wia-re a persoiP of the name of Norris, who had lately beet:
exonerated ft om two flinch of the iron whieh lie had worn fur 1:3
years : and, who not a little %in prised his Lordship, when he saw the
unfortunate maniac fastened to his bed's-head by au iron collar nod
stromi eivoLzh to hold a boil or a horse, expressing his thank.
fuluc's tit Ins keyper4 for the liiierty he then enjoyed.
Several other intinbevs expressed themselves in favour of the bib,
after which it w reerl a third !line and passed.
A number of Petition; x% ere presented froiurvarious parts of the
romitry the Stare TIAV.

Lord LA•CP.1.1.8,4 pre-eilled petition from the Post nia.:ters of
Yoriohire, complaining of tl:c Post Horse Farincrs.—lt was laid
upon the tai)le.
Loyd PA I,m ElisToN brougLt lip an addition to the Miscellaneous
L'Aiinates.—Laid oil the table.
LOY. D COCHRAN:P.

Lord EMI INGTON at)st'EVCti, tit t having; seen in one of the news-
paper., that day hal been appoint( d for putting Lord Cochrane in
tie he wished to know, whether it win 4 the intention of the
CrokNii to !emit that pact of the sentence of the Court of King's
'fetich ?
Lord CAsTLErt FAG IT replied, that it was it,nal for the Court to
Ax a day tor cal ryio:4 it,. sentence into exectition. The rie.tion had
in the oriinary coure been b..oizlit under the :pitice of tke Crown,
by a petition frlnn one of the pities, Mr. Ilutt, who had solicited
for mercy. That petition had been put in the regular cour.ze, and a
reference had been wade to the Judge, alter which the decision of
the Crowo would ;:e on3e.

Lord Et:lust:Toni said, that as the Noble Lord could give hint
no inforio::tion, he would ~:nbinit a motion to the House upon the
stibje‘ t.
Lord C added, that lie should deprecate any motion
Pince the CEOLVII Wil4 tile foolit Ai of mercy, and the Hone had no
jnri•diction I the Noble Lind did pet siq, he would reef:mm(ll,l
that the day fixed might be as late as po,sible, in order that in the
meantime the decision of the proper authority flight be made.

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I.nt NGToN 'lamed lo•morrow

Mr. WIIITBIII‘D asked. whether the caws of all the parties
ixonld be considered under Mr. Mutt's petition, or ‘vhether only that
of the individual, were ail the I ases referred to the Jrnige i
Lor. CAsx LEH tiAo it was not prepared to dccisive answer,
but he apprehended that all the ewes would be inchnied in the con-
fiideration of the Judge who tt ied the cause.
The House having gone kto a Committee of Supply for the pur-
pose of voting the Army lis t.ma.t es, a great Oval of conversation
arose In the subject of the reductions and regulations about to be
wade in conseepience of the peace.
Lord PALmEns Tort stated. that with respect to the peace esta-
blislmient, he could only say that it would he formed opal, the most
economical plan, and with reference to the peace establishments of
other (mutinies. It should be remembered that we wet eat war with
America, and of couse could not fix the peace establishment as it
was previous to the Revolution. foreign possesions, particu-
larly in India, required a largsr milltary establishment. The mim.
ip.r of the colonies were increased. Malta, the Alain and other
places taken iu the courFe of the war, also required garrison-.
which would render it necessary to have the military establishment
lauer thin it was previous to the Revolution.
Lord CASTLEREAGI! oU tilc.) same ooint o!)served, that much was
yet to he dime before peace was firmly established, it would he
impolitic therefore to &satin the country completely.
The Princess of Wales's Annuity Bill was read a crest, and or-
dered to be read a second time to-morrow.

On the Older of the Day for considering the report of the London
Gaot
Sir W. CITRT:S maintained, that nothing which was comprised in
the Report of the Committee, antliori,eil the ititrochiction.of x Bin,
like the preseut, which went to overthrow the Censtitakiwi of the

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City of London ; and moved, 4.1 That the Report be further consi-
dered this day three unintlis." ' •
The Hun-c then divided neon the amendment---Pur it, 24
Against it, 17-3lajority, E.--The Bill was of course lust.

TUESDAY, Jl. I.V 11 •
Several Petitions were pl eseoted ugainit the Slave Trade, which
were ordered to lie on the table. :.

'tie Land Tux Itrilemption Bill was read a third time and passed.

POOR RELTEF BILL -
Sir E. BRIDE; VS moved the further consideration of the report of
the Poor Relief Bi:I.

Mr. WESTERN opposed the 8111.
After some conversation a division took place, when there ap.
neared. for the motion 30, against it al.

'l•he SPEAKER having stuteested that the bill was not in a shape fit
to be entertained by the Muse. the report was postponed hyliir E.
Bridges until it shall be put into a proper form, and appointed to-
morrow for the further consideration.

Petition from Bristol agait6t the Slave was presented by Mr,
H. Davis.

Mr BI NNET presented a petition from the Portinatters o►f the
County of Salop, praying to be relieved from penalties to whieb
tilev were siOeer.
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Mr. ‘VILBERFORCE prcßented a petition from John Mitchell, a
freeman of colour in th isl:u►tl of Grenatla.

The Petition stated that the petitioner had duly taken flit oaths
of alie!zianee within the time preieribed by n proclamation of Gen.
Aindirs.'s fur that poroose : hilt that notwitiistandine. this; lie had
been ordered by the Governt-r to be flow4ed, on the pretence that he
had not taken the ontle4, ty'rthottt any ingoity o 1 time allowed hint
io refote the ehatt,T, and that he was aeto.tt!y fl,qtgeil by t country
chivvy in the public p:tratie, with other instances of oppression.—
()rdereti to lie on the tilble.

A petition ‘s a.. presented tioni the town and county of Haverford-
west, against the Slave Tta k.

1) IP re,t'll tud a petition from sorne
ing that ,inne nitn-ere init,;ltt be adopted to give better t;cettrity to
the Creditors tin ii4tll:l•:ipri Estates.
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NEW POST OFFICE..

Mr. BARING presented a Petition, which he tnielit say" Was
onianittion,ly sigma by lII* principal Merchants and Bankers ut the
City of London. against the new Post
,(ittict Bill, complaining of
the initiry the New Post (Kee will occasion.
The Petiti-on wds ordered to lie on the table. '
Mr. Burt. Ell W 0 UT! esentt d a Petition from 'nearly 4001
Ranker-, Merchants, and '!racer', resident at the meq-end 'uf the
town, praying the enactment of the Bill for the removal of the Post-
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The Petition was referred to the consideration of a Committee,
and the Petition presented by Mr. Baring-, from the merchants antl
imilk yrs of London, with that from the inhabitants of Cheapside,
r.etrrefilled to the saute Committee. It was also ordered that the
Committeshottld consider the plan and estimate presented to
the Home reliectin; the newToost-Oflice.
M. PEEZ.E moved the order for the .second wailing of the Irish
Seditious Wet ing Presentation 1411, but atter a few words from Mr.
l-forner, who exptessed An opinion that -the Bill should be printed,
in onlyr that the House should understand-the whole character of a
nrea,trie %%Web proposed to take away from eti t tin disttiOS the
trial by ;wry, bcf.ie it proceeded to legi,lste further upon the sub-
fret, ti►e order was 1)0.4110nell till to morrow.
Sir G. Mu. hron,tht in a bill to repcal s duty pyable upon
certain Hmises valued under 161.0 C.ifT, M A!sis a Bill
to continne the tteorietion of Cash Pay nfents, bfy the Rank of that
country. These bills were read a ti,•st time.—Adjourned.