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London, England, 1820-06-07 00:00:00

PETERSFIELD ELECTION.

Mr. Ley wrought up the reduced hat of the
Committee on the Peteratield Election Petitions.
The following were the 111111101:

James Duncan
Robert Smith
Groove Gipps
Geusge Greville
James Cusirsimay
James Compiou

The Earl of Belfast
Hon. Henry Co ilfield
Lo►d Francis (Manna
William Courisoal
Osiris Asses
Lord Graves

H. A'Court. I Lord Cbeiwyod.
IL How, Vivien
STATE OF THE REPRESENTATION.

Mr. Lestitrosi said, that when he had declared
the night before hr could not consent to the post-
pouemeist of his motion regarding the present state
of the represetitatimi of the people of „England,
unless some public gr./mods should be laid for that
step, he had certainly uo conception of a question
bring brought before the House of such extreme
importance as that which had been announced in the
course of the evening. But after having heard the
communication mode to the House this night, and the
motion which was to follow it, he had no hesitation
iis saying that he should not do justice to the ques-
tion, whick he confessed Might he intrusted to
much abler hands than his own, did he persevere
in bringing it forward now, when men's minds were
o much agitated by what had recently transpired.
The questioui, he feared, had not snuch chance at
any tisue, but now it could scarcely receive a pa-
tient hearing. He should therefore postpone his
notice till Tuesday the 27th June.

SUSSEX ELECTIONS.

Mr. Custrus stated, that the privet for trans.
fettling the elections of Memhers for Sussex to
Lewes, had received the approbation of a meeting
of the freeholders cif that county, most respectably
"abraded. After some further oboervationa, whiob
the vonfusion in the body of the Moose prevented
from being .beard in the Gallery, the Hon. Member
obtained itive to hring is a Bill for zing the

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.election of Knights of the Shire he the eseloty of
Stine: at the borough of Lewes. •4 -
MINES. • $
Mr. D. Gmnster obtained leave to bring in •
Bill for making general the provisions of the Act
'46 Geo. 111. for the protection of property in mines.
FINANCE. •
Mr. MABERLY postponed his notice relative to
Finance Resolutions.
, SAVING RANKS..
Thy CHANcELLo• of the Exclatotm• obtained
leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts for the
regulation of Saving Banks.

SUPPLY.
Colonel DAvir.s hoped that the state of agitation
into which the House had bemis thrown by
the communication made in the course of the
evenin, would induce the Right Hun. Gentleman
(Mr. Vgaissittart) to postpone the bringing up of the
Report of the Committee of Supply, which stood
fur that re, • g.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER declined,
on the ground, as we understood, that the question
was one of course.

Mr. HUMS said, that when it was considered that
the Report contained a proposition for keeping up
a force of not less than 92,000 men in time of
peace, the question could nut be looked upon in
the light in which the Right Hon. Gentleman
viewed it.

Lord MILTON pat it to the Right Hon. Gentle-
man, whether it would not be proper to postpone
the bringing up of the Resolutions on the Army
Estimates? He did not know in what state other
men's minds were. but he was sure th4t his was not
in a condition to go into the consideration of them.

After some further conversattois on the issue
topic between Colonel Davies, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, Lord Milton, and Lord Castle-
reagh—
Lord NUGENT said, he 'Mould not object to the
Herolotions paining now, on the understanding that
it would be competent to him to move a reduction
of the numbers in one of the stages of the Mutiny
Bill, and to have the deenion recorded.

Mr. W. SMITH believed that such large numbers
were not at all necessary, and he tliought that if
the House set out with avowing that they opposed
the maintenance of them, merely in order that the
vote might be put on the Journals, they would not
be doing so much as was their duty.
The SPE•KEH eXpliiiied, that the !unti•r occa-
sion for hosing an entry made on the Journals would
he in any stage after the first and second reading
of the Bill.
After a few further remarks from Lord MILTON
and Mr. W. SMITH, the Order of the Day was
read for bringing up the Report.
When the first and second Resolutions had been
read—

Mr. CA Lcitsirr said, that it had been his inten-
tion, when the Report of the Resolutions on the
Army Estimates should be brought up, to oppose
them, sod to ~hew that the mode of government
pursued in this country was the real cause that
such an immense army was proposed to be kept
up in time of peace. Obvious circumstances In-
duced him to defer what he had to say; and as pro-
bably no other opportunity would arise, he be-
lieved that he should be driven to submit some sub-
stantive proposition on the ►ubject.