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as the Noble Lord. With respect to what he had
said as referable to the Chief Magistrate of tlfe City
of London, it proceeded merely upon what was at-
tributed to him in a daily print, and upon the suppo-
sition or belief that it could not be'correctly stated ;
but he would repeat, that such language, whether it
proceeded from the Lord Mayor or the Noble Lord,
was likely to be productive of mischief among the
most uninformed part of the community.
• Earl STANHOPE, in further explanation, and
in reference to what was said respecting the Maid-
stone Meeting, observed, that if he were there, he
would Ivive begged and prayed of the people to have
heard the Noble Lord, because he was sure he could
not have convinced them.
The Petition was then ordered to lie on the table.
Adjourned till to morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. GORE LANGTON presented a Petition from the City
of Bath, ?glinst any alteration in the Corn Laws, signed by
10,e34 persons.--ort:etc to lic on the table.
Lord LASCIA.LES presented a Petition from the
rs anii 0; her. of the Town of Hull, in Yorkshire, praying that
the House would cract some provisions to prevent Asia and India
boil: ships from enieung the 'torts of this kingdom.—Ordered to
lie on the table.
• Sir JANI F.S SHAW obtained leave to bring in a Bill to render
the Pcrt of London more commodious.
Mr. LOCKI 'ARP prestlittd a Petition from the Lord N•layor
aid Ctopo,ation of the City of Oxford against the insolvent
Del,ion. Act.
POLF CARE\V obtained leave, after some conversation,
ts.:th Mr. :•ITAW I.rk t Mr. CAWTHORN, and Mr. PIRO-
TON, to 11,it,e; is a iitli to amend the Act of the 12th year of hie
late binjr-ty, (;trrge 1L for the more easy assessing, collecting,
and levying County Rates. The Bill was brought hi, read a brat
time, and ordered for a second reading on Friday sennieht.
Mr. 13A1t CLAY presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
the Parish of St. Claire's Southwark, praying that no change
should take place in the Corn Laws. He trusted that it would
- no longer be said the people were indifferent to the measure now
in the colt to/dation of Parliamt nt.—Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. NI ELLIsH presented a Petition from the Parish of St.
Luke's, in MillleA-z, Figni.d by SKUO persons, against any al-
teration in the Corn Laws.—Ordered to lie on the table.
Returns of the Eapeose of Pavirg and Lighting the Parish of
St. Mary la-bonne were laid oil the table.
Mi. H. ADIANG'rON would call the attention
of the House for one minute to a statement which
affected the credit of the office to which he belonged.
It would be recollected, that the Honourable Member
for Bedford hkd last night stated, as coming from
his own knowledge—[Here Mr. Whitbread gave a
sign of dissent]--and had put a question to him,
whether it was not the fact, that a Portuguese of the
name of Correia bad been shipped off, that was his
own expression, to the Brazils—[No; from Mr.
SVhitbreadJ—because he had not a passport, signed
by the Aroiassador of his nation ? To this lie had
replied, that he had never heard either of the case or
01 the name of the individual : that it was possible
the tact was real, but that he would make proper en-
quiry. He irad since made that enquiry : he had
applied to his Noble relation. and warcia:d the books
in the office, and found that no such case had occur-
red since he had resisted in that department, and that
the very name of Correia was unknown. The same
Honourable Gentleman had also asked, whether
there was a rule in the Alien Office, by which Fo-
reigners, he applied it more particularly to Porto-
guest:, were prevented from remaining in,this country
without the signature of their respective Ministers ?
He had also to state, that no such rule did exist, or
hAd never existed.
Mr. WHI I'BREAD bad not mentioned the case
from his own knowledge. He now held in his head
the written infoiniation which he bad received, and

of which not being in possessi.o the night before, he
had comniitted some error as to dates. iiad the
Right Honourable Gentleman extended his enquiry
beyond the time he had occupied his present office,
lie would have found dm in other respects the state-
ment wai correct. r.ior to the expiration of the
Alien Act last year, no subject of our good ally the
Pi ince Regent of Portugal, was allowed to remain in
this country v.ithout a passport countersigned by the
Portuguese Ambassador. The Chevalier Ansalmo
Correia, formerly Minister of the Court of Lisbon at
Stockholm, it appeared from the documents in his
hand, had some years ago been sent from London,
accompanied by a Messenger from Mr. Ryder's
office, and transported to Lisbon, for he had not said
to the Brazils. His going there was an act of his
own will, and led to his receiving honours, the re-
wards of his merits.
Mr. H. ADDINGTON asked why the Honour-
able Gentleman had put his questions so pointedly
to him, since he well knew that it was not in his
power to have and to produce any information on
the soling
WHITBREAD complimented the Right
Honourable Ceentlensan on his activity in making
The enquiry:, - and wished him to extend it beyond its
fOIIIISf
. Mr. WHIT'SHED KEENE held a paper in his
' band, The Calcutta. Gnats, to which he thought it
necessary to call the attention of the House.. He was
proceeding to state that it contained some charges on
British Offirar for levying contributions in India
for his own reseE—When-- - -
The SPEAKER interfered, and stated that Unless
the Honourable Gentleman intended to give notice
da motion, he could not bring any thing befQye the
ouse. It would be atteuded with the worst conse-
quences to make it a place for general conversation.
Mr. WALLACE, to prevent any erroneoas no-
tions from going abroad, mentioned, that it had
always been an object seriously_ attended to by the
East India Directors, to protect all persons against
any species of oppression.
The SPEAKER
_bad thought it his duty to ob-
serve, that no Honourable Gentleman should preface
a motion by indulging in declamatory invectives
against persons absent.
Sir CHARLES MONCK presented a Petition
from the County of Northumberland against the re-
vival of the Property Tax.—Ordered to lie on the
table.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT gave notice of a Motion
for Tuesday nest, on the Finances of Ireland, and
moved for as ateount of all Sums of Money paid to
. the Solicitors of the Customs, Excise, and Stamps in
Ireland, for law expenses, during the last seven years.
object was to show what enormous sums • of
'money were WWII from the public by law expenses.
Ordered.
PLTITIONS AGAINST A CHANG'S IN, THE CORN LAWS.
. Sir JA a JAMES SHAW presented Petition from the
inhabitants of the Ward of Cripplegate against the
proposed alteration in the Corn Laws, signed by 4060
ticirddeabi. • He been instructed to state, that

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the Meeting had been. held in the Parish Church, and
attended by greater numbevythan any previoutmeet-
ing in the same pariih ; that •it had been attended
with great temper and perfect unanimity ; that no
application had been made to induce individuals to
attend, but a simple notice given that a petition lay
for signature at a certain place, and that no diffe-
rence of party, profession, or religion, had prevented
the attendance of any person ; but that as all had but
one object they had but one feeling on the subject.—
The petition was then ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. P ROT H E ROE stated that he held in his hand
a petition signed by upwards of 40,000 inhabitants of
the city of Bristol, praying that no alteration should
take place in the Corn Laws, on account of its ruinous
tendency to the rest of the community. Notwith-
standing the number of names affixed to this petition,
many had been left behind, owing to the eagerness
of the city to have it laid before Parliament. They
thought they had no time to lose in expressing their
sentiments to the House. He had assured them, that
the Legislature would not allow a measure of this
importance to pass without the necessary delays for
deep investigation. But be was sorry to say, he had
been disappointed in his expectations,and the assuran-
ces which he had given had proved unfounded. The
Gentlemen who had gained so much credit for the
moderation with which the measure had been intro-
dined, had departed from their course, and hurried
the discussion in a manner and with a tone of which
he did not approve. He always felt much jealousy
at the expression of popular clamour. He thought
it was unbecoming a Member of that House, unless
in extreme cases. It prevented the fair expression of
public sentiment. Persons who might have ably
stated their opinion on war and finances, were deterred
from doing it, lest they should be told they wished to
excite a popular clamour. He thought it would be
better these sentiments should have a vent ; and on the
subject of bread, he wished to know the feelings of the
people. To one who, like him, represented a popu-
lous city, those feelings could not be hidden. He had
witnessed their expression, and although it had been
said that they were altered in favour of the measure,
he could positively state, that those of the people of
Bristol remained the same.

Mr. DAVIS had received a letter, informing him,
that the universal voice at Bristol was against the
measure. In giving his vote against it, as he had
done every night, he, however, spoke less his own
feelings than those of his constituents. This was,
perhaps, the only time in which he departed from the
direction of his own judgment ; but he thought he
owed it to his constituents, and entreated the House,
in case it should be practicable, to allow a longer pe-
riod for the consideration of the measure.
The Petition was then read, and ordered to lie on
the table.

Lord MILTON presented a Petition from the
Town of Sheffield, signed by 18,000 persons, against
any change in the Corn Laws.—Ordered to lie on
the table.

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