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London, England, 1820-06-24 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPliAKtift. cause down, at halt-past three
o'clock,
.and, :attended by a few Members, pro-
ceeded to,t.be. ilouae of Lords, to hear the Royal
Aseut give.o,by Commission to certain Public and
Lord A. -HAMILTON presenteCl several Petitions, from
Ship-owiters and Merchants in Glasgow, against any a'ltera-
tiun toe Duties on Timber.—Heferred to the Committee on
Foreign 'l'rade.

Loil A. AIAMILTON also presented Petitions from s'•veral
of the Corporations of lifitsgow, and front the Corporations
of radors and Shoemaliers in Perth, praying for an alteration
of the present systinn of Burgh Magistracy in Scotlund.—Laid
on the 'fable.

Sir .T. BOUGHEY presented a Petition frOm a nu►nber of
Artizar:s aod Labourers at Wedueshury, complaining of the
payluent of Wage's in Truct.—Laid on the Table. •

MALT DUTIES,

Lord A. HAMILTON gave notice of his intention to sub-
mit to the House, on the oth of July, it motion relative to the
Duties at present charged on Malt in Scotland.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed his
hope that lie should be able to submit some proposition o❑
this subject, before the notion of the Noble Lord came on.
.M r: LITTLETON presented a great number of Petitions
from Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Slit ep-
shire, in favour of the, Labourers' Wages Bill.—Laid 011 the
Tables;

Mr. WROTITSLEY presented a similar Petition.
GRAMPOUND DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL

On the.thotion,of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the adjourned
debate on this Bill was farther postponed till Wednesday

LABOURERS' WAGES BILL.
Mr. LITTLETON toured the svoild reading of Ibis Bill,
and briefly expltOord the object of the measure.
1)1r. Cripps,
.fir. Davenport, and .A.hicrtuan . Wood, spoke

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rPRICE SEVENPENCE.

iu farorit'of 'the Bill; arid Mr Hume objecttd to it ai inter-
fering het wet-n mas.er and man. -
'lr. tirrLETUN xphinea.

Mc. BARING would 'bare -been inclined to oppose tht
Bill, if the coniiiry had liven in arras iliff,tent rind more
quiet state. Under present circUiristauces be should sup-
port it. _ _

Mr. JOHN smyrn supported the Bill.
Col. WOOD Nposvd it; and was de-irons to• see al! r••
strictire acts of this character abolished.

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Ater a few words from Mr. WitOrTE'iLEY, Lord S'E AN.
LEY, and Mr. LOCKEIART, in heour of the Bill, the ques-,,
tiowof its second reading was put, and carried without a
ditisiun. •
Upon its henur?Kdered to be committed on M •ndly next,

Mr. LITTLETQN intimated 11.45 readiness cuneur with
some of the suggestions which bad fallen from the Hon.
Gentlemen opposite.

A Nlessage from the Lords brought their Lordships' assent
to several Privite Bills.

THE QUEEN.

BROUGHAM then rose—He trnsf Chit

the. Eloue (vould give ~bita leavp to sill*• no
omission that he had maths last night, although it
was certainly a little irregular. It was an omis-
sion which. had occurred when the discussion took
place, oi,cl ti;•liich Woo not brought )0 his mint

until this morhiog, wilco be receive) a commit•
nication from her NE9jesty, (Hear; bear,) reminrl,
log him of the fact: of haring made it. In answer
to the question of the Noble Lorti relative to the

point of the Li•urgy haviiu been brought foi ward.

at so late a per,o(l of the oegoeiitioo, he ought,

undoubtedly, in justice to vita. Illn►s,r ions Pi 111Ce4S,
to have explained, that as ~,on as he;
knew of the omission of her n4m,..,
she became detrain ed upon cei% 11,c Gazt.Pe
at her place of residence typos) site Conlin
did immediately address a li.tcr to. one of his Ma.
jesty's Ministers, in, order to coTtyl of
(Hear, hear.)—This was,, the slate of tie fact,
and he felt it incumbent on him to bi int.; itisetOiss
the Huuse. He was holistic at the. eatne

instice to all parties, to sey, !liar between he time
of such .communica,lion from hpr Majesty, and

ihe commencement of !be eolitereoces,..po men-
;ion ladd been mule of the circupstance.—(l-jear,

hear )

Lord CASTLIMAGH admitted that he find been
informed, of such a let ter having- been receissd by
a.Noble Friend of his—(flear, hear !) :—he cer.

,tainly last night did express his wonder at. the
late,less of, the period at- tv-hic:i the.omitts.i;m
her Alajesiy's Dome h 44 been anode(' t,o, in the

course

of the conferences ; but lie would now

inentifiuy, .that the argument he had endeavoured
toraise,waß, not that•the question of the Li,nrgy
did not. previously exist in her, Majes,y's mind,
hut that i! was not,brought ottie time after
!ie negociations had been entered into; that,7llo

13r As regarded those negociations, it appeared to
have been an,after-thought. He molt-this opp Or..
(unity of submitting to the House the propriety
of their meeting` to•morrow, in order to receive
doe answer of her ;Majesty to, the Address. He
thought it desirable to say, however,,that
gested the propriet y of their so nicer toe, not for
the purpose! Of &liberation upon_atky public rnat.:.
ets., but only in ordvr 'hat flon-urablePn4ets
being previously in pussessiooot her M jesf y's
answer, might he the he'tter rep,red to discuss
the measures to be taken in couseTtence, when.
ever they-chould come under cousin. ration.

Mr. BIaOU,GHAM thought nothing could be more
desirable tlf,n the arrangement pi °posed by the
Noble 'Lord, it heingunth•rstOod that they were,
not to meet for the purposes of deliberation upon
public measures.. - lie begged -to be permitted to
add, upon this snbject, that in con,eqn e eof
the lateness •at which the House a‘tjourned this
morning, and of his own indisposition, he had
been prevented waiting upon her Majesty. in ter
to make a communication to her of the re,nl, - of
the debate, until three o'clock this afternoon;
the consequence of which fias, that licr Majelvy
was not enabled to appoint an earlier period toe
receiving.their,D,:putation than eleven o'clock, to.
morrow morning.

Mr. DENMAN begged to say, that the fact of
such a-lettet hasing-beeti tot on- the 15th.of
March, and of is not having been reeeiveit
the 29th of the satire mouth; was not kno,,n
him until it had beetr this morning notified fo hint
try her A.l.jesty.
The Report of the Committee of Supply was brought up and
agreed to.
The Loan-Bill went through a Committee, and the Report
was ordered to bet eceived to-morrow.

The 11,4pe'weat. into a Committee on the Whale Fishery-.
on Mtind,ty.

SUSSEX ELECTION BILL.

Mr. ctlwrEis moved-the. second readicg of the Susiett
Election-Bill. It was opposed by Mr. I). Gilbert, and Mr.
tiushissqui. . .

Mr. SCARLErrsupparteci the Bill, on the ground that it
must promote the ccmvenience of the County at iarge van('
he could not consider it as an evil that •its ter.dency might be
to itramote the number of coatested !,?ieetioo, •
Dr. Dodson, Sir .1. Shelley, and Sr ti.'Shiffner, likewise
supported the IlleaS .- • •
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Mr. W. BURRELL regretted, that although be approved
of the Bill, and thought the removal of the',eat of election to
Lewis must be productive of general advantage to t lie. e 'lin-
ty, the instructions of a la-rge body of tstitucnts
obliged him to rote against it.
Mr. HURST opposed the Bill; and, after ri-few words
from Sir C. Burreil, the House divided—

FL•r :he second reading........
Against it
,Nlajority
The Bill was accordingly thrown out.
ot her Orders of the Day Were then disposed of end the
Rouse Ad,ju:aratd.