The National Register.
London, England, 1822-04-07 00:00:00

TIESDtY, APRIL 2.

Sir IL PARNELL pi esetited the report of the Holy-
head roads' commit tee.—Orthired to be printed.
Sir F. lIIIIMETT presented three petitions, praying
the house to procure for Mr. Ilunit a fl.llll*.Aioll Or the re-
in:lining poi tom of his SCoitetice. He would avail himself
of this °ppm tiiiiity to state, tii.it Mr. 11. had not been
relieved from !hose petty and vexatious interferences that
had been reported upon the cu tttttt ittee. A letter from
Mr. If. stated thus much. The want of ventilation had
been spoken of particularly by the commissioners, and it
W4i extract, dimity that notwithstanding all that had been
said by the commissioners, as well as by hon. members in
that house, nothing hail been done on the most important
point, lie was glad that lie had nut brought forward this
subject so promptly as he had at first felt disposed to do,
for the more that had come to light, the greater reason
there was to feel strongly how revere was the treatment
of Mr. Hunt. lie had thought that ministers would inter-
fere; he still had ail ong hopes WI that subject ; hot should
not mioisters feel it their duty to advise the Crown to
remit Mr. Hlllll's sentence, be would bring fitrwatl a
motion on the 34th bo. for an address to the Crown to
adopt such mode of proceeding. (Hear, hear.)
Petitions read, and ordered to he printed. They wete
from Warwick, Bath, and sonic place• in Wiltshire.

Sir IL WILSON presented a 'petition 11'0111 Horton: in
Lancashire, also with such prayer, as well as enforcing
the necessity of reform.
Mr. P. NIOORE presented s similar petition from Cu-
ventry.—Oidcrell to be pointed.
Mr. HOBHOUSE moved for returns connected with
the Insolvent Debtors' Court, to Whew the amount of the
Commissioners' salaries, the fees of the court, the insol-
vent debtors discharged, &c.—Ordervil.

Alderman NVOODpresented the City of London peti-
tion, agreed to at a Common Hall, complaining of distress,
and praying for reform. Ile lamented that the worthy
baronet had not undertaken to present the petition, as it
would come with effect when presented from IlieTreasniy
bench. (Sir \V. Curtis was sitting there.) That worthy
member knew something of the distresses that were expe-
rienced in the trade canted on in the city, particularly in
the wholesale trade with different parts of the country;
but lie might have complained of some parts of it, for it
called for reform, and the bun. member was no great re-
former. (Hear, and a laugh.) The 'Petitioners did not
often approach that berme, but, convinced of its neces-
sity, they never lost sight of the question of reform.
The petition was then read at length.
Sir Mr. CURTIS observed, that whatever might be his
respect for the livery, lie could not concur in the Nriiti-
wide' of the petition. The house, however. would not
consider that a petition agreed to by 3 or 410 persons,
spoke the sentiments of 11,000 good nod honourable melt.
The meeting was legally called he admitted, and if the
thousands dud nut attend, he was aware it was their own
fault; but the fact must nevet theless be stated, that the
peti'ion 11 as agreed to by so few of the livery.
Mr. 'l'. WlL'•Olvi could not consider this as the petition
of the 14,000 livery—of the Lord Mayor, Ablernieti, and
Livery—it was the petition of 3or 403 posting. 11e was
sew there free and unshackled; lie was ante that it was
meant 11141 he should not be trammelled ; and therefore,
when lie was desired to stitypirt economy, retretteltinent,
and idiom, lie felt assured that lie was expected to sup-
port them only as far as lie deemed them expedient and
sa ,
Alderman BRIDGES also said that lee did not consider
the petition as that of the livery ; it was wily the petition
of the 3 or 4 ,0 persons present.
Alders:l3'l .1110MSON obsei wed, that as the aldermen
and lively wett nut pis:suit at the int.ting, when they