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to bring its • Bill for Lighting the Town of Not-
tingham with Gar.
FINANCII ACCOVNTA.
Mr. Gaaurtat.t. moved4that the Annual Account
of the amount of the Natal Debt. as presented
from the Commissioners ou the !nth issitant, be

printed.
The Cialtett.Loit of the Exttostoma, in a low
tone of voice. intimated that the account to which
*the Hon. Member anode(' was the orslisisq
count, and not Most which it was. perhaps., the wish
of the Hon. Gentietnan to examine.
Mr. Gasarat.L, on this explaustiou, withdrew
his motion.
COIN IN THE MINT.
On the motion of Mr. Gasneat.t.. the account
of the quantity of Gold and Silver Coin in the
Mint, presented yesterday, was ordered to be
printed.
BRISTOL COAL TRADE.
Mr. PROTHEIROS presented a Petition from the
Proprietor* of Coal Mines in the vicinity of Bristol.
'braying that Coal and Calm should he permitted
to he sent up the River Severn free of the Coal
Duty.
This Petition was ordered to be referred to a .
Committee.

LEATHER TRADE

Lord Amiens, moved-...
For Retinas of the triunity of Leather !manufactured is
for the roar years ending us the bib January,
Mk and the Duty paid on the same, distisiguishieg the
several -Ditties paid on Hides, Skims, and Leather, mid also
She sumiont paid is sorb quarter.
For the Ansonia of Drawback paid on Leather exported
Aerie( the last fuer yeses, so far as related to Regisad.
For the Noimber of fix, Cow, and Horse Hides ow which
the Impart Duty was paid, during the last two years.
For the Number of the same which hail been circled,
together with the Amount of the Drawback.
SLAVE TRADE.
On the motion of Dr. PHlLLltsoitit. the Return
of the Number of Vessels engaged in the Slave
Trade. presented last night, was ordered to be
SUPPLY.—BANE TOKENS.
Mr. THOMAS COUSTENAT brought up the Re-
port of the Committee of Supply.
Mr. CUMIN would take this opportunity of
mentioning a circumstance which hail come to his
tioriveleilge, and which he hoped would have the
Iflect of inducing either Government or the Bank
to adopt route course by which they would ensure
-to themselves the possession of the 3s. tokens which
were hi some parts of the country now refused to
he taken at their full value, from the working
ireople who received them es wsgeu. Re had heard
that as the Bank would exchange these tokens fur
sovereigns. if brought to them iu any quantity,
several persons were actually spectilatiog on pur-
chasing them up about the country ; nay, he hail
heard that these people were seedy to give a pre-
mium of one pound per cent. for the tokens, he-
cause they would make 1/. 16s. per cent. by send-
ing the gold they gut in exchange for them. out of
the country. This sorely ought to endure the
Bank to make some effort to get the tokens in their
hands, to prevent their gold from being carried
out of the country. The gold would thus be kept
at home, awl the poor people who received the
tokens in small sums, would not be exposed to the
difficulties they ut present laboured under iii get-
ting them changed ; fur they, of rotme, could
never exvect to collect them, or keep them by in
quantities for the demands of speculators.
The Report of the Committee of Supply was
then received and agreed to.

PRACTICE OF SURGERY.
Mr. THOMA 4 COUATENAY ro.e to move for leave
to bring in a Bill to regulate tile Practice of Sur-
gety throughout the United kingdom. The ulw
ject of his Bill was to prevent, as much as possible,
the injury done to society from the practice of igno-
rant persons in that pre& siun. His proposition
would, therefore, be, that no prison should be per-
mitted to practice as a Surgeon who had not
/tome testimonials of his Moen. lo arranging the
noels of obtaining these testimonials, care would
be taken that no fees beyond the sums usually paid
should be exacted from the applicant by any of the
public bodies'. He had heard that one objection
Would be started to his motion, and that was on the
part of the College of Surgeons in Ireland. It was
the intention of the Bill to allow any man to prac-
tice in any pert of the empire who had a testimonial
from any of the Colleges of Surgeons of London,
Edinburgh, er INK:ors-the Dublin testiinonial
would antheitiSe • Surgeon to practice in Esiglaud,
send, rice verse, the London testimonial would have
the same operation in Ireland. Now he understood
this would be deemed ohjectionable by the Col-
lege of Surgeons in Ireland, who had fenced round
their own exclusive privileges foe piece and office
in the several Hospitals mid Dispensaries of that
country, by many Acts of the Irish Parliament.
lle concluded by moving for leave to bring in a
Bill for regulating the Practice of Surgery through..
out the United Kingdom.
Mr. LocanAire was afraid that measures of this
kind too often originated with men who wanted to
make a monopoly of their own professional, to the
exclusioii of others. Some Surgeons, perhaps, had
this at present is contemplation.
Mr. flour said the subject was entitled to due
consideration.

Mr. Cot/1116N AT denied that the Surgeons sought
any professional monopoly.
Leave was given to bring in the Bill.

ARRESTS ON MEINE PROCESS.

►Mr. 0G1.6 lea%e make. that on Tuesdry week
he would move tur leave to kin is a Bell to abolish
• Arrests ou Mesne Proems

USURY LAWS

Mr. Serjeaot o;st.ow gala-notice, that Mon
after the Easter ReCOW be would submit a motion
to the House, fo► the appointment of a Commit.
tee to consider of the Laws for the regulation of
interest for Money.

EXCH EQU ER BILLS.

On the motionof the CSANCRI.LOR of the Ex-
gum, That the House
do resolve itself nun a
Commute on the Exchequer Bills' Bill. for en.
aiding hi, Majesty to raise 30.000,0001. by Exche-
quer Bills, for the public service-
- Mr. GRENFELL wished to put • question to the
Right lion. Gentleman, of cousiderolde moment
so the monied interests in the City. It was under-
stood by the persons to whom he alluded, that
cousiderable sum in Exchequer Bills would shortly
be funded, according to the financial arrangements
of the Right Holt. Gentleman. it had ulou lteul