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le(tlv com;•••tent t.) tech Lordships to strike out a new
cow se for. thenlselvellk; -yet he should not hold it de-
corous to their ancestors not to appoint a Commi:tee to
search for rieredents. He should therefore move, in
in the first iii,tance, that the Bills should severally be
read a second time ; and, after the. second readings, he
should teat move for the appeintment of a Select Com-
mittee to search for precedents. -When that Committee
s!:ould have repo.ted the i esult of their deliberations tO
the House, it would remain fir their Lordships to calll
evidence in soprort of the Bills.
After the Earl of Itauxon and the Earl of LivEstwor. had ex-
rlainrd, the Bills were !rad a second time ; and upon the motion of
the Earl of LivEKFOOL, a Select Committee was appointed to meet
on Friday next, in order to sstarch for precedents.
Upon the motion of the Earl of SHAFMSBURY the Stock Trans-
fer Bill was read a second time, and committed for Friday.
The Plymouth Victualling Office Bill pissed through a Commit-
ue,all,l wa< ordered to be read a third time.
The Scottish Entails Bill was ordered to be printed as amended.
Upon the motion of Lord Gorman the Insolvent Debtors' Bill
was read a second dine, and after some observations front Lord
Auckland, was ordered to be committed for Monday.
Upon the motion of the Earl of SitarrEssuirt, the Sream Pas-
sage Vessels Bill (between Great Britain and Ireland) passed
through a Committee, and was ordered to be read a thud time on
Iltlanday.—Adjourned to Friday Morning at Tcu.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Sir JAMES GRAHAM brought up the Report of the Eqtatable
Loan ihfi.
Mr. W lIITBREA I) moved that Counsel sirauld be called to the
bar to be heard against the Bill.
Mr. H. Strislca, Mr. 13atoier, Mr. SYKES, and Mr. P. Moons:,
said a few words in opposition to the calling in of Counsel. The
lee then divided—.

Ayes
Nuts

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52

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Majority against calling in of Counsel —4O
The Report was received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third
time to.n:orrow.
Mr. PLC.ll3lERpresenteda Petition from the London Assur-
ance Company, against Mr. F. Buxton's Bill for extending the
Means of ellez.ing 31.irine Insurances.—Ordered to be printed.
The British .laimity Company Bin was mid it third time and
passed.
Sir .1. SHAW presentLl A Petition froth Frederick Bentley, of
Dublin, against Me Equitable Loan Company Bill.—Referred to
the Committee oo the Bill.

WoDr.HoL SE presented a Petition from certain Inhabi-
tants of Grim,:i4w, fur the bett.r Employment of Labourers.—
Crdercd to be printed.
The same lionuarable Member presented a Petition from John
Wcodruffe, prayitiz for utue ...neadment in the Fesent system of
Saving,' Banks.___ _ _ .

Mr: J. SMITH said, that if a plan or annuities were superadded
to the present system, it would be productive of much goo•'. By
that means a certain support would be insured in the event of sick-
ness or old age. Ile knew of no institution that had been produc-
tive of mart• advantage to the working classes.
Mr. SYKES said he fully concurred in the opinion entertaMed
by the late Mr. Ricardo, that it would he highly beneficial to the
pourer classes, if they were enabled to convert into an annuity any
property they might have in the Savings' Banks.
Mr. 11. GURNEY said a few words in support of the Petition.
Sir R. HERON said the trustees ought to be made more re-
sponsible than they were at present. Some instances of failure
had occurred, by which individuals were much injured.—The Pe-
tition was ordered to be printed.
A Petition was presented from the Butchers of Preston, against
the Hides and Skins Bill.—Ordered to be primed.
Petitions were presented from the following places, praying for
inquiry into the case of the Alissionary Smith : Cumberland, Roch-
dale, Macclesfield, Dover, Newbury, Tatchard, Market Harbo-
rough, Hinckley, Stourbridge, Carmarthen, and Barnard Castle.
Ordered to be printed.
Mr. SYKES presented a Petition from the Alerchants and Ship-
owners of Hull, complaining of tire inconveniences they sustained,
and the great evils that arose front the impressment of seamen, and
praying that inquiry might he made to ascertain whether a better
anode might not be adopted tot maiming the Navy in time of war.
The Honourable Member spoke of the system in terms of strong
eondenination.—Petit mon ordered to be printo.
The same Honourable Member presented a rt tition from the
Merchants of Kingston-upon Hull, praying that Attounies might
be permitted to act as Notaries Public.—The Petition was ordered
to be printed.
Sir R. SHA W presented a Petition from the Paper-hanging Ma-
nufacturers of Dublin, praying sonic alteration in the present regu-
lations affecting that trade.
Mr. F. LEWIS said, a Bill was now in progress which would
insure the removal of the present restrictions.—The Petition was
Ordered to be printed.
On the motion of Mr. riIIZTEIS, a copy was ordered of the Order
of the Privy Council, authorising the imposition of Countervailing
Duties on Fcreign Tonnage. The I !clourable Blember gave no-
tice that he would, next Ses..ion, bring forward a measure relative
to Seafaring Apprentices, the Bill he introduced in the present Ses-
sion having failed.

Mr. S. lIICH presented a Petition from Mr. Owen, of New La-
nark, praying that the (louse would inquire into his plan for im-
proving the condition of Ireland. Ile would not pledge himself to
submit to the llouse any propo.arion founded on the Petition, but
if brought forward by any other Honourable Member, he should
be prepared to give it his best attentism._

After a few words from Sir W. Dr CRESTIGNY,

Colonel TRENCH said, nothing could be more visionary than
Mr. Owen's plan, and nothing more mischievous if carried into ef-
fect —The Petition Wag ordered to be printed.
Mr. COLVILLE presented a Petition from Kilmore, in the
county of Armagh, praying that parishes in Ireland might be ena-
bled to maintain their own poor.—OrdLred to be primed.
2'i Petition Wari presented i'oin Stout bridge, to NVoi,:estersliire,
against Si ivery in the West :o be printed.
Mr. BC lilt ELL prevented a Petition from the inhabitants of
Erigliton, praying for inquiry into the proceedings in the ca,e of the
Missionary Smith, at Demeiara.
Sir J. WM/rill:SI-EY presented a similar Petition from
Wolverhampton.
Lord (;. CA VEN DISH presented simibr Petitions from Derby
and l3elper, in the county of Derby.

Mr. oitTLEY pro3ented a similar Petition from Whitby.
Lord M I UPON presented ,:itnilar Petitions from the city of
York, township of Idle, and the towns of Nortli:ille; ton and I laltfax.
These Petitions were sevemily ordered :o be pritited.
Sir li. PA RN EL I, presented a Petition from the parish of
Mount Fenwick, in Queen's County, against N,:ilro Slavery.
Lord MILTON pr, seined similar P..titions from the town of
Whitby, the parish of Ileceles, and the town .hip Of Sranstead, in
the West Riding of the county of York.—These Petitions were
ordered to bv printed._ _

Mr. COUI:.TEN .1Y nrrcented a Petition Crum Exeter. acainst
tne neer Lill.

Colonel L.VI:.;:iN presented a similar Petition from Stourbridge.
—These Petitions were ordered to be printed.
Sir U. SHAW r.l3ved for copies of die correspi'r•.dence between
the Puct o:nce ana Mr. Watts relative to the boiler of :be Royal
Suetreigttl nolybezd steam-packet, and of the Itt.port of the En-
gineers sent d0v...1 to examine it.
After a few words from Sir 11. PARNELL and Mr. Ilumt, the
;notion was a2recd to.

Mr. Aldenllan IIEY GATE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
repeal the forfeitures and penahies incurred tinder the Usury Laws,
and to substitute others in lieu thereof. The worthy Alderman
stated his object to be to facilitate the enforcement of the penalties
on usury, and with that view to substitute for the penalties of the
existing laws, other penalties, proportioned to the rate of interest
usuriously taken.
On the motion of Mr. KENNEDV, the Poor Regulation (Scotland)
Lill was ordered to be read a second time that day three months.
The other Orth:rs of the Day were then disposed of, and the
!Luse adjourned.

BRILLIANT PIER AND CHIMNEY GLA'4SES.—COOPEIi
aid Sot., Llishopszate-strtet Within, respectfully solicit the at-
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execution combining frames for Paiiiting, Prints, 51oulslitigs, and
ornamental work of the choicest description, upon terms equally
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street, by t,kin the route of the New Road and the City Road
t .rough Finsbury-square.

• DEMERARA.
PROM THE DEMERARA iIAIEETTE.
GECIP.GETOWN, APRIL 12.
Ihtelligence of rather an unpleasant nature, concern-
ing the conduct of the negroes on the east coast, reached
town this morning, which induc2d his Excellency the
Governor to turn out the George-town brigade of Mili-
tia, and to place a guard at the Colony-house.
The battalion were ordered to hold themselves in rea-
diness at a moment's notice.

A proclamation from head-quartets appears below,
regulating the period,, &c. during which the taster Fes-
tival is to be observed by the neg roes generally through-
out the colony. Those on the east coast are not to be
allowed any indulgence whatsoever.
The reports regarding the intelligence we have just
hinted at are so contradictory, that we do not feel our-
selves justified in stating what we have heard, even
from sources which, under other circumstances, might
be considered as tolerably authentic. It may not be
amiss, however, to state a fact, generally credited, that
some plots, and of an extensive nature too, have been
discovered, which were to have made this colony ano-
ther seat of warfare on Easter Monday, the 1 9th inst.
The measures adopted by Government will probably
enable us to state something decisive on this point in
our next.