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PA RLI A M EN T,

HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, JUNE 5.

The House proceeded in Appeils.—An Account
,of Wines imported was presented by Mr. Irving.
Ordered to be printed.—The Free Port 13111, the
Cape of Good Hope Trade Bill, the Navigation
Bill, the Customs Bonds, &c. and some Local Bilk
were bronght up from the House of Commons. by
Air. Brogden, Mr. W.rtley, Mr. Gooch, Sir John
Beinghey, and other Members, and read a first
time.---The Carl of Winch'lira's Indemnity Bill
:vas read a second and third time (the commit-
ment being negatived), and passed.

com3Fxr AND THE CURRENCY.
Lord HoLLaNn presented a petition from Wil-
Cobbett, praying for relief from the House,
in consequence of etntaatrassments asserted by the
-petitioner to have been sustained by hint since the
passing of the Act of the 2d July, 1819, for the
Resumption of Cash Payments by the Rank of
England; and of which embarrassments, he con-
sidered that Act to be the operating cause. The
principal facts on which the prayer of the petition
was founded, were, that in the year 1805, the peti-
tioner pot chased all estate at Motley in Hampshire,
for which be gave 30,0001. ; this estate he subse-
luently mortgaged in the sum of 13 0001. hut not be-
ing able to discharge the interest, be had given quiet
possession to the tnorigav,ee, who was now taking
the necessary steps to foreclose the mortgage.
The petiti-ner complained that the rise which
Lad taken place in the value of currency, COM-
parrd with the matket price of the produce of the
land, since the passing of the Act described, and
which had not been contemplated is hen the
mortgage debt had been contracted, tendered it
impossible for him to pay off time incumbrance
nniess at double the amount of the sum borrow-.
-ed. It was for this constructive increase of his,
debt by Legislative measures, which, in altering
the quantity of the circulating 'medium, bad
raised its value, so as to Make the real sum pay-
able by the original contract, far exceed the no-
minal amount, that the petitioner prayed lo be in-
demnified. The petition also stated, that the
grievance was generally and severely felt through-
omit the community, to the.serlona loss, and eveu
ruin of may y ; and 'hat the uncertainty of Legis-
lative measures respecting_ the currency, in a state
of society so constituted as this, put ovvry mare's
propet,y in peril. There were several calculations
and principles of political economy laid down in
the petition, which, in the reading, occasioned
several of the Noble Lords to smile.
On the motion of Lord HOLLAND, it WO or-
&red to he laid on the table ; and then the House
•ati o nett.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MIS+CELJ.,I\F(fI S.

Mr. .TAmva, the new Member for Carlisle, took
the oaths and his seat.
Mr. CnicK presented a Petiticin from William
Cobbett, of Bottley.—(Vide Lords)—Or'deted
be printed.
Sir E. KNATCHEULL brought up the Report of
the Committee on the Galway (town) Election,
tit:daring W. Prendergast, Esq. the sitting mem.
her, to have been duly elected, and that it did not
appear that the Petition against the return was
either frivolous or vexatious. _ _

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Mr. WEsTEHt4 presented a Petition, signed by
81 of the most active and respectable Magistrates
4)f the County of Essex, against the Colchester
Quarter Sessions Bill.—Ortieted to be printed.
The same Hononrable Member also presented a
Petition from certain Landholders in the County
of Essex, complaining of agricultural distress.—
Ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. DUGDALE presented a Petition from the
Chamber of Commerce, stating the regret of the
Petitioners to observe the attempts that were
matting to but-then the Country with additional
protective duties, and many injurious and impoli-
tic restrictions, at a time when distress was so
prevalent. The Petitioners prayed for a repeal of
the lass on the importation of Foreign Corn, and
that a Commercial Committee Might be appoint-
ed.—Ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. SYKES presented a Petition from the Free-
holders of Kingston-up,m-Holl, praying that the
-Elective Franchise might be transferred from
Grampound to the East and North-East Ridings
of Yorkshire, anti that they might be permitted
to vote for those two Rulings. The lion. Mem-
ber stated his concurrence in the views of the pe-
titioners, and gave notice that in the Committee
on the Gl.4ffiround Disfranchisement Bill, he
should move a Clause to the effect of their prayer.
Laid on the table.