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hensive of examination. that he thought 'oohing
more desirable than a Select Commuter.
The CtissecttLoa of the EXCNIVVINt ton& that
it sac allowed MS 011 be &s IMt tX..letesti...l 0111
desirable, but be thusttlit the atuesoltnent usinsusi. 4„
if loot tor-Kolar, • .
The Stitatout tfid not consider the saneioluseet •
irregular tat Its object. though then, as. pi et. rimy
irregolarity in its terms which nosed thtrefote re-
quite site, sitou.
After atone essneerastion brtweto tho SPEAKS&
awl Mr. SVIINER
Sir W. entre!, withdrew his Clot Ot ; 111(1 that
amendment, after havistg ofitlergo•c t•rtbal
alteration, was carried as so ortgistal otottoo, mid
the Committee was appointed.
ARRANRZYCNT OF TIAYSINF:s4.
The CH A liCal.l.oll .4 the EictitAts It. toloserv-41.,
that a mot iiiii of the Noble Lord ul pie.ine (Lord A.
relative to $4 suipoi,it went of •
Baran of the Ilitactiespser i.e Scotland. strool.for
this evening. However. Ise felt hinsi,ll loader this
necessity of applying to the Noble to post-
poise it, in consequence of the sb.ence, uce.t.itm.
ad by indisposm 11111 l of the Noble f.rod
.(C.-s-
-tlereagl)). Ills Noble Friend had ioilidred the
hope of being able to attend Ihis
not fowl(' his health sufficiently seaesialil.iilted, bat
he had every ressoto to expect that he rio uld be isa •
his place on Monday. He was soy ttre Home
would not refuse tlos courtesy to his N..Lolt• Ftiroul.
Lord A. Haatturon said, that :Jeer what had
r 411,., from the Citatsiellur of the he
Omuta sorry to persevere to.sibcht. In co roeut-
however, to postpone the inutiois till .‘t.niclosy,
it would he on the cettelitioo that it should taker
pees-defier of all other business.
The CHANcEI./.oa of the EXCHEQUHa a-4d, that
so far as depended on himself and nls cullea4ves,
ptecedeure idtould not be refts.rd le tile ;01.tinit;
hut he could not answer that some ulonscle might
not arise from tither Mon. Members. who had busi-
ness tilted for the same soi:,:ht,
Lord A. HAMILTON thought when he case no.
Vice of ins motion fors copy of the ati,4o.iirneitt of
the fourth Barton. that it was calculated to draw
itsto quest and discup.ion the props lel of the
appunitiurtit Si,sre that lie had learned titst there
were Members who might vote for or against the
proditctiou of the paper without red...truce to the
merits of the case. It vita his itstenttoa, dietetics.,
so to shape his motion, on Monday night, as to pre.
elude that, by making :t invoker ilt- reel rurritas-ts
The notice was thou postponed till 111,uulay.

QUARTER SESSIONS (ESSEX).
Admiral HARVEY lorweited a PCIIOO,I frost
oartiirr of Magistrateauf the county of Basalt, pny.
ing that there might be a diviriou of the Quiet
Serious Gar Ewes, between Chelmsford and Cosh
cheater. He said, that of the Mrgirtiotea rani) had
• right to preside at the Sessions, four to 005 were
in favour of the alteration.
Mr. D. HARVEY believed that the number was
not more than two to one, and argued, as we att.
de-stood, against the object of the Petition.
Admiral HARVEY replied, that the number was
twenty-two to five, which was more than four
to our.

DEPRESSION OF TRADE.
Mr. S. WORTLEY 'mil, that use Ukase hod
heard many prtiti 111 l s read during the evening, cunt-
plainirsg of the distressed state of the agrscultorst
interest. lle had now a petition to preaent from
one of the most opulent manufacturing villages in
the %V, at Kidiug of York, ciiiiiplaniang Of the
dreadfully depressed condition to whirr) trade woe
reduced among them, atiriblitiiig it in a great
mwore to the late duty Sin wool, and preying it
repeal of it. The lion. Gentleman than read a,
extract from the peti.ion. for the porpo-e of illns-
trailing its allegations, which stated, that out of
population of seven or eight thomaiid persons. 'lur-
ing a certain period lielleldeell hundred had nut
earned inure than eleven-pence a-week.
The petition was then read—it wee from the reer
'chums and manufacturers of Kirk Menton.—Laid vu
the table, and ordered to be printed.
ELECTION PETITIONS.
The SPEARRit inquired whether any Geutlenuto
had election petitions to present. and lu that cape
invited them to come to the table. The vast nut:, •
her of petition* which immediately poured irs
the table from all quarter* excited an universal
The following Petitions were then presented.
Compleiuiug of the return made for the following
placer :--
Truro, conaplainine of a doable return ; Bishops Cootie,
complaining of a double return ; P 1111 l tirld, against th,
retorts ; Ipswick—to he taken into consideraitou 13th June
next; St. Ives—to be taken into euriahler•lina llitsJene
neat ; Town of Nottingham—to be taken Sato coosideration
20th Jose seat ; from Boyce Combe, Esq. comptaisiog ut
the retains fur the City of Westminster—to he takes into
cuusidrratiou on the Volls Jane next; from Maidens** and
Cambridge—to be taken into consideration on r Idioms Neat ;
Colchester, mi the27th June; Wootton Bassett nu the MK
June; Elgin, on the :tub Jose; from %V. Croivlsett—Lo hr
taken into comideratiou 25th Jane nom ; Gianthsen —to le•
taken into consideration 4th July next; Cleorr; on the 4th
July neat; Wallingford, on the 6th July seat; Aberdeen.
out the Gth July next ; Rldhorouch cYork), on the 1 tub July
Heal; Bossitiey, ou the 11th July seat; Trey's", oir
13th July tom.
Mr. SPEARRR sight that ilecurding to the order%
of the House, Elect 1111 l in which easy-
plainto were mole ofduulal returns, must have per.
cedency of ell others.

After some conversation on the days find. in
winch Mr. WTNII bore a part. it woo fixed
that the Petition against the reittru for Bishops
Castle should he taken into consideration on ter
:10th May; and that against the return far Trutt,
on the lat June nest.
The Petttipti-frotu Peters6eld was against o
Measlier returned for two Owes. and had priority
invading to lilt mkt% of the House 'text after Pr-
tin.. cum I. turning of double returns; it wee there-
fore fixed to he satins into consideration on Toss-
dot the 6.h ofiJaile
Mr. amens presented a Petition Ginn W.
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