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For the House
pa determine. if those respecting the Made by the non. and ten Centlellob. (the
election did or did not determine its character to be Attorney-General). apd ;wing aware urthe very
that of in elecrinti perition. great inconvenietice•which would be siistained by a
Sir 0. Hu t. said, that if it were not tit he costal. large class of persons if they were left without any
tiered an eleFtiOn petitinn.in his opinionit was unfit sill, he should not oppose the mottoes ; but if the
for the reception of Parliament; because the rustrag-a measure, as 'beret!, should nit on examination sli•
complained of ought to have been submitted to the ;tear satisfactory, lie should feel it his duty next
city magistrates, from whom they woitht have ee. Session to move for the repeal or the requisite
ceived ready attention and redrew". Such Irene. amendment 01. it•
were not only shocking, but doigraceful. The Mr. WROTTEALF.Ir was of opinion that the
height to which party spirit run was most litmenta- nmendments rendered the machinery of the Bill
ble ; probably the statements of the iwtitims owed nincli Irra ColllllllCatPil. It was a very material
something to that circumstance. It would be much poem gained W.get this Bill pawed in the present
'setter if such statements were less attended to in Session. 'Fite inconveniences which had been rigor.
Hoose. It happened very recently on a erosion rienced from the want of any Bill for some time
of Sir J. Newport's, that the allegations upon which hail been most scrims%
the motion wits founded were not grounded in fact ; 1111 r. C. CaLirtitT said, that the Bill was of very
perhaps the same was the case with the present poi. great consequence to the comotry, and particularly to
Lion. If the petition were not an election petition, this great metropolis. The amendments. lie un-
it could tint properly be entertained by the (louse; derstood, were of considerable extent. He, there-
useless 'nutted it had been accompanied by allege- fore, wished that the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
lions and strong oilers of proof that redress h,ad l'aitsittartl would postpone the motion till to-
been refused by the local authorities. after proper morrow, that the House might lie put in posses-
repreeentalions hawing been made to them. soli of the nature of the amendments they were re-
Mr. CALTRAFT said, that as it happened it would (piped to adopt.
not matter much if the petition should he found The CHANCRI.LOR of die Eittlegmt declined.
unfit fbr the reception of the House. There *as After some further observations from Mr. Cat,
another petition now before a Committee by which all CRAFT and Mr. WROTTEILET. the questuni was
the facts of the present petition could he come at ; the put and the amend foetus agreed to.
matters spoken of would be brought to light. and FOREIGN TRADE.

the House would learn which porty was right anal
which was wrongs Undoubtedly. sort! spirit ran
high in that city, es had been truly said by the lion.
Member, but it was on the other side that it pre-
vailed the most perniciously. The most desperate
and mischievous spirit of party was that coiled the
Orange party, with the existence of which. if he
(Mr. C.) was rightly informed, the Hon. Member
wits fully acquainted. tie thought it unfair to at-
tribute the evils of party spirit to those who -
plaited of being its victims, instead of attributing
them to those who actually possessed it. and were
almost alone in displaying the effects of it.
Sir Geoacte Him. said, that the Hem. Member
presumed upon a knowledge of more than existed,
if he attributed to him any personal knowledge of
the Orunge party, any more than belonged to any
other Member of the House. He was. no Orange-
man. and had no connexion with Orangemen.
Mr. CALCRA FT explained.
Mr. BERNAL wished the Petition to he printed
and taken into consideration, because it complain.

A Petition was presented from the Inhubitanta
of the Town of Wigan, in Loncaster, fora removal
of the restrictions uu foreign trade.—Read, and
laid on the table.
AssiAqED TAXES.
Sir W. HE CRESPIGNY asked, whether it wee the
intention of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Van-
sittatt) to take into cmisiderati the many Peti-
tions lie had presented from a certain part of Kent,
respectinic hardships in the collection of the assessed
taxes ; and also whether the►e were any mode for
simplifying the collection of the►e duties Merriam..
tint, ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S reply
was not audible to us.
LONDON BRIDGE.
Mr. Alderman Wool/ brought up the Report of
the Committee on the state of London-Bridge,
which was read, laid on the table, and ordered to
be p►inted.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
the ottioisritment of the Howie.

Sir W. DF. CRESPIGNY wished to ask the Right
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Vausitiart), whether he
could afford some little ittformation to the House
as to the time when their attendance would be re-
quired afte► the adjournment ? It would be very
desiralde to many Gentlemen who bad important
business in the country.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could
not say snore tban his Noble Friend (Lord Castle.
reagli) had some nights before. The [louse was to
re-assemble the 21st August, at which time they
would probably be enabled to form some judgment
of the course the proceeding% were likely to take
in the oilier Howe of earliment, winch they were
pot now, sod on whicl► their own course and iiine
of proceedings would materially depend.—The
I louse then adjourned.