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HAWKERS AND PEDLARS.

A Petition was prriessetted frueu the town and county of
Slisthamplisn, ntaiusl the llawkes and Pedlars Aet.—ltead
and ordered to lie cos the table.

SAVING BA NKS—(SCOTIAND.)
llr.DossLas brought up • Bill Cur recidatiwg Saving
Banks is Southold, whirls was read a first lime.
TI• LOSS ADVOCITR hoped, that se this was a Bill of
mossideroble importance to Scotland, softeirat time fur the
moosithestios of it mink, he allowed before pushing it fur.
ward se any sobseisest stag.e,--The Bill was deem Axed fur
a weed maim; this tiny se osight.

Mr. IVlRae moved, " That there be laid beta* the
Hewer ea account orall sung .revived uu account of claims
us Frince, by virtue of the Cuoveutiou of the 20th No-
vember, 1815, •itb as ercuuut of the applicutum tbereuf."
...Ordered.

A Messagetrom the Lards anartunced, that their Lord.
ships hail agreed in the Eats Prink prancer., mud mime other
Hills, au t dcaired d th, Commons auuld cause tu he com-
municated to them copies of any evidence Riven to thou
reapeeting the state of children tutpluyed in colon-splinting
Ltetories.

Tbe question being poi ■nd agreed to,
The SPtAIL informed the messetigers,.that the Commons
had o►derid eflpieN of the firm and reeoud Report+. of the
Committee of 1416, on the Cuttomapiuniug Factories, to be
tent to their Lordships.

PARISH SETTLEM ENT.

Mr. S. BOURNS brought in a Bill to amend aMend the Law of
Settlement. The Bill was read a Sera sad second lime, com-
mitted pro forma, in order to be printed and have the blanks
filled up, the Report hrouzht up, and ordered fur further
anuideratiou uu Wedursday nest.

• DESTRUCTION OF SALMON.
Sir T. A Cl. AN D. m 1111 l ring the °rite, of the Day
for the second leading of the Salmon Fishery Bill,
briefly staled the object of it. It was almo►t pre.
cisely the muse as that which two Sessions before had
been carried through all its stages in that House,
but hail been prevented from pulsing into r law by
opposition in another place, to the great regret of
many country Gentlemen—he had been induced
now to make a second trial of the measure, in hopes
that the objection* formerly lying agaiust it might
have been since removed. The Bill was not by any
means to interfere with local Acts. Taking such
Acts for its basis, as far as was possible fur age.
uertil measure, its object was to prevent the de-
struction of salmon during the ►pawning season in
every part of England ; and as the only menus of
making the Act general, consistently with a re.
gird to the convenience of different places‘ the Bill
invested the :Magistrates at Quarter Sessome with
the power of determining the time within which
the taking of salmon should be held a violation of
it. Some northern Gentlemen had espressed • des
sire that the Bill might extend to Scotland, but he
had judged it would be more proper fur the parties
concerned to introduce a Bill with that separate
object.—The Bill was them read a second time, and
ordered to be committed on Thursd 4 y neat.

GRAND JURlet-011ELAND.)
Mr. V. FITZGERALD ruse /ill4l said, that he hail
been instiausental last Session its !mull% an Act
for the further improvement of the Grusid Jury
Law in brimful—but from the imporsihility of tied.
lug persons properly qualified to act as public am-
veyers coder it, he had found it neces>ory et the
commencement of the present Session to introduce
a motion fur the suspension of Bill had
been repealed. At that time, hr lout heels sli,iresi
to state %hen he intended to bring forwurd the
measure by which he meant to rupply its place.
That lie hail been unable to do, e•cept generally—
but in consequence of *brit parroiril, he frit tt his
dirty to prepare. and had prepared a Ball with that
view. omitting the touts fori•ol to he impracticable;
but containin4, a. apprartil to !!.in, 10311 y useful
plOlOllll.Olll out of last yens'', Acts /to Hon. Mem-
ber (Alt. Butler), however. had thought proper to
atiticipate lion, rod had brought in a lid!, hr sup-
having the seine objects with his, as it kid
the very same title. As he bud no prir.ite • :Ars

CIVIL POWER IN IRELAND.
Sir ti. =PA E prctrtiltti iuil from the
Claud Jury of the county n(. Moth, eluting the
civil pcobeib iutru>trd to !kW Mayi-tiates.of Ireland,
were inuarqoate to the prp!etvatiou of the peace—r
and prthy mg an eitens:on of the saine.—Brad, and
ordered to lie on the Wile.
NAVY PENSIONS.
Captain WA LDEOIC, preoristrd a retitinn from
Lieut.-mod Frederick Bedford, of the Itovel Navy,
stating that he had entered the service to the year
1793, flirt lie bad been engaged in u great variety
of service, awl in thecoufve of it hail li.st on rye,
and the live of one of his jaws, and that the only
reward be now enjoyed was a pension of 95i. a sear.
The Pet.t;oiler threw hini.elf on the, griienieiry anal
jostler of thr; Ilunse, and preyed fur souse tulti.-
t I compeossation.—Reach, mid or•lered to lie on
the table.
Mr. BKNNETT said, he had not lie'en ahie to hear
the whole r plaint of the Petititmer. Such a
course, however, W4lll tow restaleted orcerisiry to
gentleman in his (the Petitiottor'e) silo:ohm, by
what hr understood In he a rutiLkoil of the First
Lord al the Adirtiialtv, mauely, !hit hir bid elven
orders for denying his high protner to a:1 cont.
;Amnions. flow giffeient from the bite of cooduct
impaled by tile Consentionter-iti.bot r of the A ratty;
who gave easy access to all ,tleurittli to Approsch
I ! Very ditictent, roo, front ,tint observed by
both Earl Spencer and Lord St. Vinteast, whet, al
the heath of the Navy. . Ile was surprised the lino,
• Secretary (Mr. Croker) ortiontite hail matte no :cot
of observation or expleontion on the matter of the
Mr. CaOICER said, the lion. Member (Mr. Brno
nett) had admitted that he clot trot well undefstalid
the nature of the couthisint .nadir by the Petitioner
—he was equally at a loss liiieself—instead of lonia
lug melted any wrong, the Petitiouer appeared id
him to beeXtretuely well treated. Ile was not oily
in receipt of a peusiotrof 0.51. a.yrrir, her also an
inmate of Green:wick Hovpitel, which might be
calculated •at 2.20/. a-year moir..- But it now
seemed OW the complaint Ws% levelled sit-some re..
gulstimi in the office if Admiralty.. With resit •ct
to the First Lord of the Admiralty. it W.ll. to hi
considered that he wos tint A Nubstnniice but-
a hlember of a Board ; that lie was nor, like the
Commander-in-Chief, in his own person stile to
decide ou cases SULslllllte4l to low, and 'ward re.
lief, granting it to be doe; lie was only Si Membeti
of a Board. Witli respect to himself, he was not
the Secretary of the First Lord of the Ad.;
miralty, but of the Adniiraliy ; if the Gunter 14fia
err weir in Parliament, he could no doubt explain
the reliant of the regulation alluded to—he could
not ; he was ivittossit of its existence, or of any
variation in the ruled since the time of Earl
Spencer or Lord St. Vincent. For hino•elf, he heti
been tine years in the sitnatioo be tilled; and ever!
body knew that he attended his office for several
hours every day, and it was open to all alto had
arty application, to nullity.

Captain WaLottoaAve observed, that Lieut.
Bedford had loot Ilia eye and the use of boo jaw
when a midshipman, but that on being promoted to
a lieutenant, lie had lost his penoirm. In the inivy,
promotion caused a withdrawal of penonnis enjoyed
in an inferior rank, which was a rule of vincula
hardship. .
Mr. CROKEIL said, that the grievalice.spoken of
did not noti exist ; it was taken away. Why the.tia
the Petitionei would say, do 1., out enjoy the pen-.
oion I bad whilei To %Mel* might
be answered, because be was male a lieutenant
before the regulation was tittered. tint, in point of
fact, he had not even that complaint to make. foe
Lord St. tineent, anticipating tlie locw regulation
by fourteen years, allowed him, when appointed 10
• lieutenancy, to rrtoiii his pension as midshipman,
and besides this, placed hint in Greenwich Hob-
pit!.
Sir C. Pot.c said the Petition was tether bid'''.
creel, and improperly worded.
Mr. CROILER sail, that if the Petition were
printed. Members would see whether it was deoert..
ink of ally further ennaiiletistion. Any Gentleman
who thought all, might found a motion on it, owl
he would be happy to atturd any information ill hill
power.
The Petition was then ordered to lie on the table
and be printed.

LAND TAX ASSESSMENT.
The Order of the 1) iy Is Ling beret mini for the
House gniisg iiilo a Committee tos the bowl Tot
lifovellieeeriti Bill—

Sir J. Gas isam oppaled the mnfiott. Thrte
ant the lest MIT/catty in a freeloulder of ene
ty. for nr half a crow's; getritx sir
edpy, %hewing the extent of lend redeemed
wise, free ft Inn taxes. Hr would 'pretense,.

meet, thet the KAM du redelite stNell fete

mince oil the Bill ibi* due three iiiimitils.
The question having been put on the
motion—

Mr, BANKES said that the meagare reettein
Iva. highly inealtedient at priltrat. The
aiettenta and tisstarders eastergstesti on it *ow
much ferenter then tinder tht aid het.
Mr. W. *isur surporbeti the Bill SI

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Uri t;hich.the existing stole of affairs rendered pe.
'quint necessary.
Ulf CASTIAREAGH said, there was nothing
.1111ireimportant to the hest understoed interests of
`election, than that facilities should be given for the
-due enrolment of votes. But he could not take
-)the same view of this question as the Hon. Gentle.
'mean had done .with--srhisie• the' Bill -nrigimitilt•
'since it was cettainly in she power of every free.
"holder to register his freehold. If the Hon. Meet-
'her introduced-se Bell fat 'slni *alleles -Or Airiest
the laws relative to for land-tit! sesesiensent) he
should give it his support—but he 'could not
ap-
prove of a 'measure which went to destroy all that
was good in the existing system—by doeurg away
the present even defective diode of registry, ivillstitlt
introducing any thing astral Snits place.
• Sir S. RoiuLLT suptiorted the Bill. The ap:
..e&4. toe general election hid been relied on as
IM argument againstit. Both he contended, that,
If the measure were a good one, the approach of a
general election ought not to prevent it from being
Merriest into effect
Lord I..owen ea opposed the Bill, as unnecessary.
Mr. W. WYNN explained.
Mr. C. LONG admitted that some alteration in
the existing system was called fur--but the altera-
tion contemplated by the present Bill was one to
'which he could not assent.
Mr. BROUGHAM observed, that the redemption
of great part of the land-tax demanded an imam.
'shade alteration of the existing law. The •system,
as it now stood, afforded encouragement to per-
jury, which circumstance was, of itself, a
snlll-
eient reason for adopting the Bill theta before the
House. He was surprised at the alteration which
uppeared to have taken place in the minds of many
Gentlemen on this subject. The Hon. Ilsronet
(Sir J. Gotham) laid. in the last Session, 'cot-theft
agreed in the principle now brought forward...but,
It seemed, that a new light had Woken in on hint—
'kW, on the eve of a general election-, lie found
cut that it was necessary to oppose this measure.
Mr. B. BATMUNST expres%rel lii* hostility to
the Bill.. The present register was de-
fective—but it was better than smite at all. Now,
Ilk measure Under the consideration of the House,
wrist to destroy the existing systim, without sub.
stewing any thing better in its place.
• Sir W. Guise spoke bluntly in favour of the
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Sir C. Moffett conceived the measure to be a
'Most salinity one--and, therefore, lie bilnUld sup-
'poit it.
Mr. iVF.WMAN expressed himself decidedly in
favour of the measure.
• The question being loudly called for, the House
divided—when there appeared—
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Against it ..

Majority against the Bill ..... 34
CITY OF LONDON.

Mr. Sheriff liesariger7 appeared at the ba►
with a Petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
gold Commons ot• tlw City of London, which, on
the motion of sir WILLIAM CUITIS, was read. It
related to an account of the City Fund., which the
lions, had ordered to he laid before it, in February
TJA—and set forth, that certain of the accounts
called forovould, if produced, expose to the public
. matters of a purely private nature. The Corporation,
therefore, prayed that so murk of the order us re.
• hated to accounts of this peculiar description, ►I Id
be resciuded, and that the Petitioners should be
utffered.to be heard at the bar of the House, with
reference to their exemption from being wholly
ehargeable for the building and repair of Certain
prisons, which, they contended, ought to fall on the
eoutity generally, and not an the citixelis of Lon-
don alone.

Sir W. CURTI% declined entering into the case
he intended to submit to the House, on the pert of
the City of London, touching the Petition, not
seeing the Honourable Member for Soucy PIN
Sunstiei) in his place, who had on a former night
alluded to the subject in rather an unfavoutible
manner. He gave notice he 'should on Thursday
se' 'ght make a motion relative to the subject
mentioned in the Petition.

On the motion of Mr. BaciuGnAu the Report or
the Education of the Poor Bill VIVI postponed
until Thursday, when he assured the noose he
should endeavour to forward the Bill in its remain-
ing stages.

• COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.—TUE LATE
DR. BURNEY'S LIBRARY.
The CuaticiLLou or the EXCHEQUER moved
that the House *herald resolve itself intoa Committee
of Supply, which was agreed to ; and on the motion
of Mr. A asuniiroT, the Commissariat, Army Ex-
troorilmaries, Miscellaneous Services, and African
Institution Expenditure, were referred to the said
Committee.
In the Committee,

Mi. HAMS rose aril stated, that notwitlistaml.
ing hr had MOOG to expect some opposition as to
the propriety of the grant, he still hoped the House
would accede to it. Yet whatever tuight be the
opinions of many as to the narrowness of our
finances, he could never for a moment imagine the
state of our resources were now such that the House
ought to refuse to literature and its encouragement,

such a grant as would enable the Directors of the
British Museum to purchase for the public use that
library which was now offered to the House. He
alluded to the library of the late Dr. Burney, one
of the most carefully cidlected and nwst valuable
libraries, particularly in the Greek language ; and
it was extremely valuable from the various anno-
tations and remarks added to the collection, in the
shape of notes in manuscript. by Dr. Burney him-
self, Bentley, Poison. awl various other eminent
Greek scholars. In addition to the usual Greek
classics, it also contained a rare collection of Greek
dramas, of undoubted character an genuine Greek
productions. When the House had made so
beral a grant to obtain possession of the Elgin mar-
bles, as a matter of national importance and pride,
lie hoped there would he aio attention paid to the
suggestion* of those whose economical disposition
prompted them to apply it to subjects by no
adapted to its exercise. The ruin at winch the li-
brary had been valued had been considered eyrie*.
lent by the Doctor's son and executor, and there
remained nothing wanting but the vote of Parlia-
ment to re►der the librar► of the 'Museum ise this
re.pect the II rat in the world. He concluded by
moving, that the sum of 13,5001. be gnstitell to the

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