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London, England, 1822-02-12 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, FEB. 11.

IRELAND.
‘The Royal Assent was given, by Commission,
to the Irish Insurrection Act and Irish Habeas
Corpus Suspension Bills. The Lords Commis-
sioners on this occasion were, the LORD CIIAN•
CELLOR, the Earl of SHAFTESBURY,and Viscount
MF,LVILLE.

PRIVATE BILLS.
It was ordered that no Petition for Private
Bills
_should be received after the 15th of March
next, and that no Reports from the Judges on
Petitions for Private Bills should be received
after the 17th of April next.--Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
ROYAL ASSENT.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at half past three ;
immediately after which, the House was summon-
ed by
the- Deputy Usher of the Black Rod to at-
tend-at the Bai-Of the House of Peers.
On the SPEAKER'S return, he inforMed the House, that
the 119ose had been to the Bar of the LOrds, and had heard
the Royal Assent given, by Com Mission, to the Irish Insur-
rection Rill and the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill. ,
Mr. HUTCHINSON, from the Bank, presented certain
/japers relating to the funding of Exchequer Bills, by the
eaturnissioners of Management.

AGRICUI:FURAL DISTRESQ,
Mr. GOOCH presented a Petition, signed by upwards of
800-persons, Occupiers of Land in the County of Suffolk,
complaining of Distress, and praying for ,protecting Laws
against 4tuportation, so that the Petitioners might be placed
upon an tqual footing with Manufacturers. After a few
words from Mr. Gooch in support of the Petition, it was or-
dered to lie on the table and be printed.
Similar Petitions were presented by Lord Lowther, from
Occupiers of Land in Westmoreland and Lancaster, and were
similarly disposed of.
A Petition to the same effect from Hotbed), in Lincoln-
Ihite' was presented by an Hon: Member, whose name
could not he learnt.
Petitions, complaining of Agricultural Distress, were also
Presented from.the Owners of 'Land in Gloucestershire, by
-Ltd Edward Somerset.—They were also ordered to lie on
the talile and be piloted.
Sir CHARLES BURRELL presented a Petition, twine-
twas signed, from the Land Owners and Cultivtors of th
Rapely of Bramher, in Sussex, complaining of theair distress.e
't he Hiati. Baronet said, that the Petitioners humbly begged
to state to the House, that the remedies of time and patience
which had been'so earnestly recommended to them, had heen
tried and found ineffectual; that the condition of labourers,
and all connected with agriculture, had been affected by the
distress under which that interest.was suffering; and they
Prayed for the extension to themselves of that protection
which had heen given to Commerce and Manufacture, and
the policy of which they could not possibly question. They
condemned that legislative measure, popularly called Mr.
Peel's Bill, and attributed much of the pressure they felt to
that measure. The Hon. Baronet said, that in all these ob-
servations of the Petitioners he entirely concurred; and,
with respect to the last, be knew not what name to give the
Act in question ; ha he thought it is description of national
suicide.—The Petition was then read, and ordered to lie on
the table.

Mr. COKE presented a Petition from the Owners and Oc..
enpiers of Land at Harleston, in Norfolk,-complaining of
Distress, and praying for a repeal of the taxes upon Malt
and Leather, and for a Permanent Protecting Duty upon
Foreign Corn to be imported. The Hon. :Amber presented
second Petition froni another place in Norfolk, making the
same complaint, 'praying for the same remedy, and also pray-
ing for a Reform in Parliament.—Both Petitions were or-
dered to lie on .t he table.