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Mr. CUKTEIS asked whoa the Tomtit, Aot Asooodistot
Bill might be expected ?
Mr. F. LEWIS replied, tbatit woold bo ready to be pre-
seated in a fortnight.

Mr. HUTCHINSON sup the the original motion. He
had nesse seen any good resat from the appointment of coin-
mittees of inquiry--they generally reportedd,and their reports
ended in nothing.
The gallery was then cleared. and Mr. Macdonald's amend-
ment was negatived without a divi Amu
The house thee divided on Mt. liume's motion. Foe the
motion, 7:7—Against it.200..-Majority,
The other orders were disposed of, and the house adjournel
eleven o'clock.
THURADEY. FEB. 20.
Mr. Brown, Warden of the Fleet, presented returns of the
number of Prisoners committed to the Fleet Primo, pursuant
to previous order.
The Thames Navigation anneal accounts were presented.
Various petitions against the Insolveat Deliturs' Act were
presented from Leominster, Haddersfiehl, Beverley, Black
born, &c.
Mr. H. DAVIS presented • petition from St. Stephen's,
Bristol, praying for the repeal of the House and Window Tax.
Mr. Alderman WOOD moved for returns of the persons
discharged from the King's Beach, Fleet, and other
within the bills of mortality, during the last four years, anti
the solos for which they were discharged.—Ordered.
Lord C. MANNERS presented • petition from Linton,Cam-
hridgeshire, complaining of Agricultural Distress, bet at the
sane time expressing perfect aeliance um the wisdom of that
House as sow constituted. Such religion* had induced the pe-
Slimier* to abstain irons attending the meeting at Cambridge.
Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. II IiTCHIN3ON presented • petition from Upper lad
Lower Oriuonde, County of Tipperary, praying fer an altera-
tion of the coroners' Act of last Sturm.
Mr. BENS C (Wilts) observed, that the Turnpike Act bad
bees much misunderstood, sad presented petitions from two
places in Wiltshire, praying for au alteration of such act.
Ordered to he primed.
Lord DUNCA N NON presented petitions from Waltrip, com-
plaining of the Hawkers' and Pedlar/6% and of the Insolvent
Debtors' Act.—Om dared to be printed.
Mr. MAXWELL presented Atetiticto from Reafrew, eons-
plaining of Agricultural Distress.
Sir T. Lsrii BRIDGE expressed his approbation of the pe-
tition, sad said the Agriculturists required sad wars milled
to relief. It weed to We point in issue ; various *lasses were
set against each other ; and he trusted the pinkies would be
read by the whole House. Without respect to the question
of agriculture, he eould not but think that the Ministers would
yet see the necessity of doing something foe those interests.
Lord. A. HAMILTON also spoke of the latest of the evil,
and asked, if the present state of agriculture eoutiatted, whe-
ther there was any chance of avoiding the extirpation of the
lower orders of the farming interests'—Petition ordered to be
printed.
Mr. BROUGHAM asked whether them was any troth in
the alarming rumour that was prevalent Mere and in Fresco,
that the Brest Pleet had sailed with sealed orders ?

Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition front hop-planters of
Binglield, Sussex, praying a repeal of the dusty.
Mr. RICARDO inured fur ass account of the quantity of
gold imported into the Miut Prow January 1622, to January
Din—Ordered.
Mr. C. H. HUTCHINSON, in preseating a petition, said
*hat the Chancellor of the Eschequer, ius withdrawing the Salt
Drawback, &e. had considerably injured the Provisioe Trade
of Ireland. The petition required, that the drawbacks should
he restored. The withdrawing of such drawback had effected
the provision trade of Ireland, without benefitting any other
classes or interests. The petitioners prayed the continuance
of the Is. drawback. so long as may part of the duty existed.
Sir J. NEW PORT said, be had *amidst petitions to present.
He also observed, that while England and Scotland had been
relieved by the alteration of the Salt Tax, Ireland had derir.ci
sro sdrautale.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that
it was hardly to be expected that so much benefit could Ire
given to the empire, without injuring the peculiar trade of •
partieular part of [reload. The subject merited consdenttiou,
and it would give him isfirite satisfactioe to agree to regula-
tions restoring to the provision trade of Ireland the advantages
taken away by the Anis of last Semioe. There was, however,,
a dilimelty in one of the articles of Union.
The Petition was read, and ordered to lie on the fable.

Mr.ICALVILLIY preseuted a petition front the inhabitants of
Southwark, awmplaining of heavy Saxes, and various other
grievances, and prayiug for the repeal of the Soptamial Act of
the Assessed Tasen, and for reform generally.

Sir IL WILSON with great pleasere supported the petition.
Tne petitioners felt, that this country Gould only regain its
strength by means of reform, and this they deemed to be the
more accessary when they beheld as daring a conspiracy as
w►as ever formed against public liberties.
Mr. CALVERT saidie hail been desired be more, that this
;petition be referred to a committee of the whole house, instead
of requirintr that it should be laid on thetable, where it would
metier be heard of more ; bat as there was a motion consented
with the subject likely to be wade at am distast slay, hesboold
fee the present move that it do lie ea the table.
Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed.
Ur. IIEATHCOTE presented a petition from Boston,
spriest the Insolvent Debtors Act, which stated, that the
• debts released aainented to 11,000,000 L, while the dividends
were only 60,0001.—Ordered to be pt
Pas' snarea.Lord NORM ARMY wished to kaow whe-
ther any steps bad been take., toersuant to the address of the
inmse,to reduce t►e office of the accost Postmaster ?