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HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY 27.
THE LATE MR. SMITH, THE MISSIONARY.

Petitions were presented from Coventry, Salisbury. Stock-
port, Birmingham, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon, Taunton,
Sheffield (signed by many thousands of inhabitants and tour
Ministers of the Church of England), Tavistock, Seaport,
Maidstone, Kingston-upon-Thames, Thames Ditton, Tooting,
Gainsborough, Burton-upon-Humber, Walden, Whitehaven,
-Workington, Bristol, Kettering, Bolton,. Blackburn, ,Castle
Carey, Nottinglia.2.2, certain inhabitants of Sutton in Asiield,
Braintree, Bocking, the neighbourhood of Ossuiston,. Graves-
end, Westbury, Warminster,. Trowbridge,. and other places,
praying the House to make inquiry into the late proceedings in
Demerara, relative to the Missionary John Smith.__Ordered to
be printed. -
Lord MILTON had several Petitions to present relative to
the case of the late Missionary Smith. Though many Petitions
had already been presented on this subject, he hoped many
more would. be received before it came under the "consideration
of the Honse. He then presented Petitions front Qttley, Ilioch-
ley, Burton, and two. other places, praying the House to take
the late proceedings at Demerara into their consideration.—
Ordered to ;be printed.
Mr. WABRE presented a Petition .from the Brewers of
Taunton, in the .County of Somerset,- against the Beer Bill.—
Ordered to be printed. •
A Petition was presented from Gillanglutm, in Dorsetshire,
against Slavery in the. West Indies.—Ordered.to.be printed.

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
The SPEAKER (having called over several names, and no
answer being given) thought it right to apprize the House that
the private business was now in such a state of forwardness
that it might be calculated to terminate each day by half after
four, and public business might therefore be expected to com-
mence from that time, except when public petitions intervened
which might introduce discussions, the length of which no one
could determine. Ile would also state to the House that with
their permission 'he would adhere to that course which he had
latterly adopted. When he called on a Gentleman whose
name was on the paper who did not answer, it would be impos-
sible to get through the business if the same names were to be
repeated four or five times. He wished it therefore to be under-
stood, that when the name of a Gentleman was called who did
not answer, the party was not to be considered entitled to be
called over again that day.
Mr. DENISON presented a petttion from the Licensed Vic-
tuallers of Farnham, in Surrey, against the Beer Bill.—Or-
dered to lie on the table. _ _

Mr. GRENFELL presented a Petition from the Royal F.x-
change Company, praying to be heard by Counsel against the
Marine Insurance Bill.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. F. BUXTON presented a Petition from the Operative
Silk Weavers of London, against the Bill for repealing the
Spitalfields'Acts..—Ordered to lie on the table.
Sir J. NEWPORT presented a Petition from the Tanners
of Waterford, against the proposed regulations of the Tanning
Trade in Ireland: _ _ _

A Refit short-conversation between Mr. F. LEWIS and the
Right llonourable Baronet, the Petition was ordered to be
printed.
Mr. .11L DAWSON presented a Petition from Clonmell,
against' the continuance of Negro Slavery.—Ordered to be
printed.
Mr. BRIGHT presented a Petition from certain Master
Butchers of the Town of Lewes, in Sussex, in favour of the
Hides and Skins Bill.-Ordered to be printed.
Sir M. WI RIDLEY presented a Petition from Newcastle-
upon-Tyne,in favour of the Marine Insurance Bill—Ordered
to be printed: •
Lord NUGENT presented a Petition from the Parish of
Stoke -Mandeville, against the Leather Tax.--Ordered to be
printed.
The' Noble Lord presented a similar Petition on the same
subject from-another place.—Ordered to be printed.