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London, England, 1821-02-15 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS; Ftu.l4.

MAtON, from the Direc.tors of the Eas
India Company, presented a Copy of the Regu
lations passed by the Governments of India it
ltili?.—Laid on the table.

Mr. l'AvNr, from the Commissioners of the
Thames Navigation, presented the Annual Ac-
counts of that Commission.—l.aid on the table.

The Langitudeßill went through a Comm.
tee:- R.epOri•to-morrow.—Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. MAso;tr, from. the East India Company,
presented a ti St of_ the Regulations passed by
Governor-General of India in 1519.---Order-
ed to tie on the Table.
• Stil.6ta. gave notice, that on Wednes-
thly he Would move for the appointment of
a• Selet toTbrnittee to invire into the applica-
tion of. the Orphan Fund.
Mr. GRINFELL gave notice of two motions for
Tuesday the one respecting the Public
Ba;ancrs in the hands.of the: Bank; the other
(as we believe) with regard to the Ordnance
Estimates.
Mr. PAYE presented the Annual Abstract of
the Accounts of the Thames Navigation Com-
pany.--Ordered to lie on the Table.
• Mr. Serjeant 0!:;seow. moved for the appoint-
latent of a SeleCt Committee, to take into con-
sideration the state of the laws relating to the ad-
mission of _Attorneys and Solicitors in that part
of the United Kingdom called England, and to
report- their opinion aMd observ.ations.thereon to
the House. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman,
in the course of a few prefatory observations,
said, that as the law at present stood no person
could be adMitted as an Attorney or a Solicior,
who had not served a clerkship of five years.
One of the objects lie had in view was to take
-off two of those years in cases in ‘i-hick the indi-
viduals had taken a Degree at either of the Uni-
versities ; for he was persuaded,- that in three
years a person so prepared would become quite
as well,qualified for the profession as a raw and
inexperienced young man would becotne in the
live- years at present prescribed by law as the
necessary term of clerkship.
An Hon. MEMBER. asked, whether the Hon.
and Learned Gentleman. intended .to.. apply his
proposition to Conveyancers? but we ware un-
able to hear the answer. The motion was then
agreed to, and a Select committee, composed o
most of the legal Gentleinen in the House, ap
pointed accordingly.

TIMBER TRADE.
General GASCO YNE; seeing ..the Right Hen.
the yice-Presicknt of the Boaid of Trade in his
place, wished to ask hirri a question of consider-
able importance to a very respectable part of the
carnmunity. At the present dine, it was well
known.that the Select Committee, of that House
6n Foreign Trade, were directing -their inquiries
to. the. subject of the admission into this country
of Timber from America, and from the Euro-
peanTorti. He wished. to. ask the Rig-tit Hon.
Gentleman whether or not it was intended to
await the result of the deliberations of-that Com-

Initt:-.e, before any proposition was made to Par-
Ear/tent on the subject ? The trade was at present
ir. great uncertaiuty respecting it ; and as the

present was the period in which they generally
opened their correspondence, that circumstance
rendered a state of doubt still more inconvenient.
It:iyould, therefore, b-e -a great satisfaction to the
trade-, if the Right Honourable Gentleman would
Lave the goodness to answer his question.
.Mr.-WALLAdE was perfect aware of the great
anxiety that existed on this subject, and ex-
tremely desirous that it 'should be terminated as
soon as possible. It was certainly true, that the
Committee on Foreign Trade were at 'present
especially directing their attention to the ques-
tion adverted to by the Honourable Gentleman.
It .would, however, be imposSible for his Ma-
jesty's Go.vernnient to offer any recommendation
on the subject to Parliament before the expira-
tion of the existing law ; for it would be ex-
tremely unfair to subject any part of the trade
to,the operation of a measure which they -were
not prepared .to expect. Under- all the circum-
.

stances of the case, it might be desirable to pro-
lw:g for a certain-period the duration of the ex-
isting law. In his opinion, however, the term of
thc. continuance of the existing- law should be
strictly confined to the necessity to which he had
already alluded, Of acting with fairness towards
these enr.taged in the trade. it. was not his in-
tention, therefore, tO'recommend to Parliament

any • extension of the existing:law beyond the
month of July. lie would give his reasons for
fixing.on that period. He had already declared
his disposition to confine the extension of the ex-
isting law to the stria necessity of the case.
There•were two descriptions of trade in timber
carricsd on with America'. That from the wes-
tern coast of this country, the individuals en-
whicl Ma-de two voyages in the year ;
and the other part. of the trade,
_the individuals_
enrged in whiel'confined themselves to one
voyage. The object which he -had in view was

to f-ive such notice to all those persons as might
prevent their making arrangeinents, which, with-
out that notice, they might have contemplated.
Nov, with respect to those who were in the habit
of making two voyages in the year, the earlier of
those two voyages would have been completed,
and the vessels would have returned by July.
With respect to, those individuals who made but

one voyage, which was in the latter part of the
year, it was not necessary that-they should sail
from this country before the intentions of Par-
liament on the subject would be declared.
General GASCOvNE said, he could not see why
the existing law might riot be prolonged for six
months, from the 25th of March; the time of its
expiration. That would be much more- satisfac-