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London, England, 1817-05-02 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OP LORDS, THURSDAY, MAY

the possibility of its. being so misconstrued, for
the Magistrates of London, who were supposed to
be more enlightened, made such a mistake, what
was to be expected from country Magistrates, who
were supposed to be 1-ss enlightened. It really
seemed as if the effect would be to destroy all tree-
dom of discussion whatever. • In saying this he did
not mean to pledge himself to bring forward such a
measure, but he thought from wlika had been dis-
closed Op this subject, that Parliament must una-
voidably feel the necessity of passing a Bill to the
effect he had described.

The Petition was ordered to lie upon the table
and the House adjourned till to-tuorrow (this day)

HOUSE OP COMMONS.

Mr. Sheriff BRYD.GES presented a Petition from
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Coun-
cil of London, in Common Council assembled,
praying for the Suppression of lliiorderly Houses.
This Petition was read, and on the motion of
Sir JAMES SHAW, was ordered CO be referred to
he Committee on the Police of the Metropolis.
Sir JAMES SHAW presented a Petition (rum the

Inhabitants of the parish of St. Matthew, Friday,
street, in the City of London, against the Lou.
don Tithe increase Bill, which was Nought up,
anti ordered to lie on the table till the second
reading of the Bill.
Similar Petitions were presented from other
Parishes in the City of London, which were dis-
posed of in the sante way.
Mr. SUCLTON presented n copy of the Petition
presented by the Academical Society to the Ma-
gistrates. of London, assembled at the Quarter
Sessions, at the Old Bailey.—Ordered to lie on
the table, and to be printed.
On the motion of Mr. lionmsoN, it wns or-
dered, that to-morrow the [louse should resolve
itself into a Committee on the West India Act,
and on the Bermuda Trade Act.
THE WOOL TRADE.

Mr. Buatteo. rose to present a petition from the
Wool Growers of Brighton, in Sussex, praying
hat the Importation of Foreign Wool might he
liscouraged, or some encouragement given to the
!;xportatitm of British Wool. tie stated that the
irayer of the petition involved a question of the
'Nona importance with reference to the commer-
cial policy (dam country, and that the reasonable-
ness of it was shown by the price of British Virool,
which, within the last eight years, had fallen 50
per cent. through the quantity of Foreign Wool
imported. He also contended, that the revenue
was not increased by the importation of Foreign
Wool. The petitioners prayed that an inquiry
Might be instituted on the subject, and that they
might have an opportunity to substantiate by evi-
dence the allegations in their petition. He moved
flint the petition be brought up.
Mr. WESTERN could not refrain from saying a
few words on this subject, as he held a similar
petition in his hand. The Wool Growei s had a fair
claim to the attention of the Hons 6, and he hoped
that their case would be particularly considered
by the House. The House had, last-year, recog.
nixed the distress under which this branch of trade
laboured; the countrywas absolutely inundatedwith
foreign wool, every facility was given for the int-
portatirm of foreign wool; every facility to the fo-
reign wool-grower and the foreign wool- nterchant,
white the British wool grower was fettered hi such
a way as operated to the great discouragement of
this important branch of foreign produce. He
therefore thought that the House would neglect
its ditty if it did not appoint a Committee to in-
quire into the laws relative to the importation of
foreign wool. But it was more especially neces-
sary that this should be done, from that which
took. place in the Committee appointed jest year
to inquire into the causes of the distressed State
of agriculture, because in that Committee no op-
'infirmity was afforded to the wool-growers to
come forward to give that evidence of which he
wished the House to be in possession.
Lord LASCRLLES wished to notice what the
tion.Gentleatan who spoke-last had said with re-

Sir Edward Oven's Di►orce Bill' was read a 2tl
time, and committator ti..morrow.—The Win.
dow Duty Amendment Bill, the Lite Annuities
Bill, a private and a local Bill, were brought tip
front the House of Commons by Kr. BannttEN,
Col. LYGON, and other Me'nbers, and read x first
time. The Land Revenue Bill passed through a
Committee, and was reported without amend-
ment.

ACADEMICAL SOCIETY.
Earl SPENCER presented a Petition from the
Gentle.nen composing the Academical Society in
Chancery-lane, complaining of the inconvenience
they had sustained by having recently been re-
fused a license under the Sedifions Meetings Act,
at the Sessions in .the Ott Bailey. His Lordship
said, he understood these Gentlemen were highly
respectable, though be bad no personal know-
ledge or them. lie proposed that the Petition
should be read, and he should then move that it
do lie on the table. In confining himself Merely
to this motion he was actuated by two reasons;
first, •that he was not at present aware in what
way the House could redress the grievance com-
plained of Jutd, secondly, because be did not
wish to take the subject out of the hands of any
Noble Lord who might already have taken it.—
The Petitioners had done him the honour to place
their Petition in his hands, and it being worded
in a most respectful and proper manner, he felt it
his duty to present it.
The Petition was then read, describing the ob-
jects of the Society, and stating the refusal of a
License at the City Sessions, as before detailed.
Earl SPENCER again urged the respectability of
the Petitioners, of which, tram some of the names
signed to the Petition, lie had no doubt, observ-
ing that the interpretation put upon the Act by
two Magistrates, was clearly a misconstruction,
anti moved that the Petition do lie on the table.
The Earl of DARNLEY adverted to what lie had
already said upon the subject, and observed, that
though be agreed with his Noble Friends as to its
runt being obvious what relief the House could
give, he still Omit& the question of so much im-
portance, that an Act ought to he passed to amend
he Seditious Meetings Act, in order to prever