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might have been there, they had no right to And fault with
the petition.
Alderman WOOD, adverting to what had fallen from
Alderman Boil;ea, stated 1114 t the only inn, Comma, . .. . . . .

doiditlrFs war deemed Chet which had elected

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hint chlrf 111,1ektrate•
The I).'tili,lll WA+ ordered to lie printed.
Mr. ABE ROW NI RI E said, that, seeine the Lord A.I.
vocate in his office, he Imeged to July, that nn public
et ds he fell it isecessaty to call the at.ention jut-
mcnt to Ire Inc, of the Lord Advocate. its politic pro-
mentor, in relation to the press of Scotland. fle should
do so only in the discharge of what he deemed his dots..
As to the time of doing so, he felt himself' utionestiouably
sander some difficulty, from eit.eum•tatteett
.poetficieolly no-
lotion*, and to which he did not otherwise wish to allude ;
but after the holidays he should bring forward a motion
on the subject.
'rite LORD ADVOCATE said, he hail been most
anxious to have an opportunity to explain his conduct;
the notice now given would afford him that opportunity ;
and lie hail only to add, that lie trusted the house would
suspend all judgment respecting recent transactions till
the business was brought before tly.m. He hoped they
would not give credit to err .ons %tate-nowt'.
CRIMINAL Laws.—Sir J. MACINTOSH postponed till
the 9th of May, his motion on the subject of the criminal law*.
Mr. BENNET presented petitions from Liverpool and Stock-
port. in favour of Mr. hunt.
BREAD.—Mr. CALVERT brought forward his motion to
amend the laws regarding the sale of bread t to cromplish this
amendment he pioposed to repeal parts of the existing laws, the
39th Geo. Benefits had not resulted from the alterations.
Nobody tuulerstood the present weight of loaves. Ile proposed
to embody all the acts on the eubject—the most important one
expires' July 23; and Wile were allowed to bring in the Bill. he
intended to have it referred to a Committee above stairs, and to
afford ample opportunity for examining it, and giving publicity
to it. Ile concluded with moving for leave to bring in a Bill to
embody the Acts.
After some remarks from Sir W. De Crespigney, and Ald. C.
Smith, the motion was agreed to.
EXTRA Posr.—Mr. S. WORTLEY moved that Mr. Bur-
gess's petition for remuneration for his endeavours to promote
the extrapost scheme be taken into camideratinn.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER repeated that
the petitioner had incurred considerable expence, and in some way
under the countenance of Parliament ; and though there might
be no strict right, yet lie thought there was some claim to the
consideration of the House.
The gallery was then cleared for a division. The numbers
were—For it. ea.—Against it, 36—Majority against it. 8.
Mr. KEN N EDY moved for the Jurymen who had served in
the Court of Justiciary on the Western Circuit (Scotland), during
the last ten years.
Motion, so amended agreed 0.

YORKSIIIRE.—Mr. C. W. WYNN gave notice. that to.mor-
row he should move for leave to bring in a bill to regulate the
elections for Yorkshire. similar to the Bill introduced last year.
Mr. HUME moved for returns of the total expenre of the
board of trustees for encouraging manufactures in r.cotlandt
the persons to whom the amounts were paid, and what the re-
wards were granted for. &c.
The I.OIID ADVOCATE wished the return to require
what were the duties of the officers, as some of them had to stamp
webs, &c. Their offices were nut sine tires.
Mr. II InIE had no objection to the alteration...-Motion
agreed to.
Mr. HUME next moved for returns of the Herring Pishery
Board, of the amount of the salaries, &c. exclusive of bounties.—
He also moved fur returns of bounties granted, &c.—Motion
agreed to.
The orders of the day having been disposed of, the report of
the supply presented, &c. the House adjourned
WEDNESDAY, MPhil. 3.

Mr. Quarme, the yeoman caber of the blaek rod. IMM-
111011ed the Home to attend to the Howe of Peers, to hear
the royal assent to lry bills.—(See Lords.)
51r. ELLICE obtained leave to bring in a hill for the
election of a new
,jell and house of correction fur the
county anelicity of Coventry.
Mr. cALvEitr prevented a petition. signed by up-
wards of 1,000 persons resident iu the Hundred of
llris-
ton, &c. praying for leave to bring in a bill to amend the
Sunthwark Conti of Requests. The fees were cues...aye
—being upwards of 161. to recover 55.; they were indeed
two *lends more than the fees of oilier Coma of Requests.
►hen such was the fact, lie thought it would he admitted
that the petitioners did not approach the house wieaout
I mom.

Sir F. OM AN EV brought iii a bill for the building of
• new cline flu at Greliowieli.—Read a 14,4 time.

Mr. IL D IVIS presented a 1101111111 from parts of
Bristol, praying to be heard by counsel against the 13ris-
tut poor bill.
Tire LORD ADVOCATE brought in a bill for the
more easy recovery of small debts.—Read a first time,
and ordered In be read a second lime April 9.
Mr W„SmiTII presented petitions from parts of Kent,
Tavistock, Colchester, Hackney, Dover, kr. pray ine
for an amendment of the marriane act. 011 the 17111 of
April he shorn(' move for leave to bring in a bill to obtain
relief for the petitioners. Ordered to be printed.
Mr. CANNING said, he should positively bring for-
ward his motion respecting Catholie Peers, April 30.
There had been some doribt •bortt 11111 former notice, lie-
call,r it was given conditional y—but what he now said
was positive.

Mt. BENET (Wiltshire) presented a petition. com-
plaining of Sal icultural distress. He espre,sed his dis-
appointment a! the report of the committee, and he knew
it 14 (111111 occasion great disappointment throughout the
cottony. He was goinz ;mom: his constituents—other
gentlemen were shunt to do Me same ; and he knew the
smiretsal language of the farmers would he, Ilmt they
were 10.1—that thei• ruin was confirmed—that the pr..•
/Wimrs most take their lands on Meir own hands. He
honed Pottle discos ion on the report would take place, to
',hew the count y what were the sentiments of the house
on this ittopnriant quell ion.

Mr. ELLICE that the mtni.ters had nil rrinn^ irle•
loci-used
int. 'rite fart that the mini.ters had tint been entshled
to f•ec the wny before them, rind they thr refore rcnl to the
committee. In the hope of fiLriii%etirig souse raprdient.—
A out o hat was the rills-Refer of the report I The committee
had been orrupied upwards of sift oeeks, and ii was tviilent
11141 cal their !abour had tended 10 diKover 1101 s they could
rake the price of curt,.—(Hear, hem-0...411e eatoe of the
• di‘tiess, the operation of the injudicious measures
ueK:rrding the earl ency—t he effect of the deli. Chit was
tilionod Ices I lientint—ail th.se apliettied lo have been
"..41 01111..114Y hyoid( it t inn object wad eimmtlered r scept
boo toady,ore the pike of cheat. Ile 'X On iiio:l2eti
of
011 hi%,l.rifl if wadi u•tifoith the Couldri ; but al
%wild it he WUre aatUld hid thou the schemes—llia wleittiort

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of them had not been recommended—to advance mill'
for the busing of corn. That plan was futile. as *fluid be
every effort In keep up the pekes of like articles in other
rottatrits,......; le repeated; that in their labours the committee
endeavoured In see how priers could he raised, a bile the
H „,.., twit, a. corned in VOlllig 1.1‘1.• for no r stra•sigasit
expessilisore. Ile a mold der I ,te, .111.1 110.1,0 0 ere nit time.
lo di.elli.• Ittillilliii.. ill 11 II11•re 0:0;1811 halpt• of teller, e a rep t
to adapt is rateable reducti .... of the debt sold their lase.,
so n 1 til suer• the settle of Ilf9V. These weir matter,, how-
ever, to %hick the c ~,,, mister made no reference, nod he
thsso_ht these was nothing, left for Ihr lifii.e •I SPO.i4II but to
protonic n reduction of 111 it, • ,10 me..tcorsitiled establish.
meat,, pay Me, however the interest of the debt.
Mr. F. LEWIS thought. whin the House came to dlseoss
the report, that they would not deem it to merit that cen-
sure which was now heaped upon it. As to the object of
the committee, hr denied that it was to raise the price of
cu. n ;—it was to render existing prithibitions more effectunl.
Mr. W ESIEIRN could not concur in the co nmres that
had been heaped upon the report, for not having issvestiunled
what had been the Ilpefatifils of Mr. Peel'. bill, thnt subject
was not ',ferret, to them —The report had recommended to
the consideration of the haute me:nitres that wield merit :I'..
tent ion—but in the torrent stale of Europe, it wit., doubtful
a wit would he the effi.ct of imposioK a (hay 011 rOII.ICII corn.
Things could 1101 4,0 oil Ste they a ere, and his statements of st
former night, (hat t w int hit do of 114 .-1111t.1 i I urn's. of the fan
mere af Essex, were in f I in.olvent, some of his mast lii.
tellierid enossitssesstqm formed him that he was fully jut-
titled in this statement. hell did it not heroine the House
k
not !ulnae a moment le its eadeavutim to learn what had
really occasioned di.strr4 among so many classes lw Tbe pros-
petty wits reduced one half...the income gave only half the
forme, means—hut the isscumberanees remained unstirred.—
The priers of !Amor Mid come down 11101 would come down
lower, and yet th, labourer.' reduced means were all they
had to meet thr still contioninz heavy taxation.
After same further rrmaiks the petition was ordered to be
piloted.
Earl LONDONDERRY moved, that the House at its
rising do adjourn to !hit day fortni;:lit. Armed to,
Mr. V. W. WYNN brought its the hill for regulation the
taking of tolls at the Yorkshire elections.—lteud a first time
and ordered to he printed.
Mr. BANK ES, jolt. gave notice, that after the holidays
he should move fur leave to bring iu a bill to amend the
game Isms.
The Scotch Burzhs devours's' Bill, the summary proceed-
, ine.s before the osar,istrates trill, Are. terre severally passed
through their singes, and the 'emulsible or:lets havinz been
disposed uf, the !louse adjourned to 11'rdnesday week.

FROM TUESDAY IVIGIIT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL. AVM. 1.
The King bas been pleased to appoint a robe to be worn by
the Pretest and Members of the Society of Incorporated Solicitors
practising in the Supreme Courts in Scotland.
BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED.
W. Earle. Church Street, Rotherhithe, victualler, from April
6to April O.
A. Joseph, Magdalen Row. Pr”seott Street, Goodman% Fields,
merchant, front April 6 to Auril Xn.
BANKRUPTS.
T. Standen. Lancaster, slater. Solicitor, Mr. Armstrong.
Staple I. ..
T. Boultbee, Lichfield, coal master. Sol. Mr. Seudamore,
Temple.
W. Furnival and J. Hardy. Stratford upon Avon, corn mer•
chants. Sul. ;%:r. Taylor, John Street. Tied ord Row.
.1. Ricluttilson, Kingston upon Hull. corn dealer. Sols. Messrs.
Rosser and Co. Bartlett's Buildings, Ifo:bnin.
W. Baker. new, Devonshire, farmer. Sols. Messrs. Andros
and Co. Chancery Lane.
.1. Westkrook. St. Alban's, fanner. Sols. Messrs. Hodgson
and Co. St. Mildred's Court.
W. Bartliptp, sen., Kingston upon Hull, and W. P.arthrop.
•irrn., Bradford, woolstaplers. Sol. Mr. Styan, Lincoln's Inn
Fields.
DIVIDENDS.
April n. T. Lynn, Jerusalem Coffee House. Cornhill, mer-
chant-43. C. Shoobridge. Kensingtnn. draper-16. S. Holland,
Bexhill, Sussex, coal merchant-25, J. Richardson. Liverpool,
merchant-46. S. Raistrick, Idle. Yorkshire. clothier—? 3, J.
Cranbrook, Kent, currier—May 11, T. Sawyer, Rims-
gate, chymi.t.
CERTIFICATES to be granted April 23.
T. Hall, Eagle Street, Red Linn Square, en.ichmaker—J.
Iloultbee, Peterborou..th. banker—A. Roper, Go.poit. brewer—
.1. 1•:. Pownall. Lambeth, money serirener—J. Wright. Bloom-
field Cottatte, Vauxhall Turnpike. wine merchant—T. Swann.
Wardour Street, Westminster, eating housekeeper—B. Gardner.
Leigh, Worcestershire, fanner.

BIBLE JIELTIAG.
Tuesday a meeting so f the Simihwark Auxiliary
Bible Society was held at the I lorti,taeern, at Kenning.
for the purpose of TteCivitig the 10th annual report.
It teas most nomerou .ly attended.
At a little after twelve o'clock. Charles Barclay, Esq.
was called to the Chair. He, in an eloquent speech,
apillo.tited for :he absence of Earl Spencer, and congra-
tolated the meeting on the prosperous state of the insti-
tution. lie concluded by cal:ing on the Secretary to
read the report.
The Rev. G. CLAYTON then proceeded to read the
report, whlch stated, id strong and iinpressit e
the prosperity of the Southwa•k Bible Association. It
stated the contributions for the last and former years In
Ire upwards of 20.0001. After the report was read, the
Rev. Charles rose, and in an Impressive speech
dwelt on the inestimable benefits resulting from the cir-
culation of the Bible in this and distant climes.
Tile Rev. ItoWLAND [I'LL cmintirneed by urging the
necessity of disseminating the holy book. lie contrasted
the conduct of those who readh the (rook of relteitts
knowledge, with that of those who porvited a different
course, and descrilwd with force the effect of the mode
adopted Icy the distrilimors ul•on seamen, whose character
had undergone a complete ehang a st ithin the l Ist few
years. Ile called itpott the meeting to enquire into the
state of the most etc tilled of mankind, and '•tiff them the
result of that enquiry would prose that ‘‘,l.llflut a (1444.
sense of the precepts of scrtoottirc, attd a clue observance
of them. coaiization prod:reed but I.w benefiti, and had
nn other than a temporary influtoice upon the morals of
society.
After several speeches from other 11,0:11.ers or the
soc.ety, the R. v. Mr. Clavittoi ior,oroc,otl the ilhalks of
the stiestiotg, tor Charles Li ,relay, EN. winc►t being car•
tied, the meeting adjourned.

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