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London, England, 1815-03-14 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT:ART PR9CEA:DINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS;MARCH is.
The Judicial business was resumed, and at the usual hour this
thy. when Counsel was heard finally on the Irish cause of Killet
v. Killer—Judgment postponed. Also on the Scotty mine, Bure
net v. Knowles, judgment on which was fixed for Wednesday;
and Counsel were beard partially on the Scotch cause Drown es.
Murdoch—Further hearing on W cdnesslay.
The House then adjourned during pleasure. About five o'clock
the Loan CHANCELLOR again took his etre on the woolsack. •
The Corn Rill was brought up from the Commons by Mn
BROCDEN and others, being entitled, an Act for amendisig the
Laws relative to the Importation of Grain.
The Marine Mutiny, and one or two other Bills, were also
brought tip by the seine Gentlemen.
A few private Bills were also brought up from the Commons.
Certain ad litional Accounts relative to the Importation and
Exportation of G:aia between Great Britain and Ireland, within
a given period, were presented at the Bar, by Mr. •living,
thlti
Inspector-General, and ordered to lie on the table.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the first reading of the
Con Pt I.
I .ai I S I'ANHOPE was proceeding to address the House, when
•I he Earl of KINGSTON rose, and moved the standing orderi
for the exclusion of strangers. aud in consequence the space beet
low the bar was forthwith cdtared.
During the exclusion of straneers the Bill was rent a first timel
and owlet"l so be printed. No dry can regularly be fixedits‘a
the second reading of the Bill until it shall be printed, if that pro..!
coo ilaig he ordered.
In shoat e 0 minutes the doors were again opened for tne ad-,
mbsion of strangers. When they entered, their Lordships were I
ged in receiving Petitions on the subject of the Corn Laws, i
the great bulk of which were against any alteration, an I constr,
trendy ha,tile to the lhll.
The Clerk then began to read the Petition from Greenwich,
withdrawn on a preceding evening by Lord Gaenviaar, in
coes,qu •nce of the objections made to it in point of order, the
Petition being against certain provisions of the Corn laid, and not
aeaitot any alteration in the Corn laws generally.
Sonic farther discussion on the topic took place between the
Limo Cita see t.I.VIt and land GRENVILLE, ciorfly of an expla-
nett ry nature; but as the Bill to which it referred, was now be-
fore their lordaltips, there was no hesitation in receiving the Pe-
titina, and iL was ordered to lie on the table.
The Earl of NIANSFIPLD presente•l a Petition from the
County of Middlesex, to which, it appeared, there were actually
then no signatures; on this ground, its reception was opposed by
the Lotto CHANCELLOR, who observed, it was impossible in
such a case to know wham the Petition came from. The docu-
ment n as withdrawn by the Noble Earl.
Ills Lordship then presented one from Perth, praying espe-
cially that the inipora, ion price may be minced from SOs. to 725.
Earl PER' 'Y presented a Peltion trom the Parish of St. Mar-
tin's in the Fields againat the Corn Bill.
Petitions were renew,' by different Peers from the town of
Walnil, in Staffordshire.
From the County Palatine of Lancaster.
From the Borough of Torness.
From the town and neighbourhcod of Dwatbarton. These were
against the Corn BM.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented one from the
Chamber of Commerce, in the City of Waterford, in favour of
the measure.
Lord GRENVILLE presented Petitions—
From Liverpool and its v:cinliy.
From the town of Shrewsbury.
From the City of Glasgow.
• From the town of Wolverhampton.
• From Peckham, Camberwell, and Dulwich, Windinhampron,
Port Glasgow, Corporalon of Coopers In Glasgow, Hammer-
men of the same, and Natingham.
From the County of Dorset, andirons the Mt rchants, Traders,
and Bankers, of the City of London, by the Doke of Sussex,
which his Royal Highness said was signed by a greater number
of persons than any ever presented to that House, viz. by up-
syards of 50,000 persons.
From Atherstone, in the county of Warwick, by Lord Citr.rt-
~tr
e, all against the Curu Bjll, and alilch were severalty or-
dered to lie on the table.
Earl STANHOPE said, th it as a considerable number of Peers
were then in attendance, he should take the opportunity of in-
forming them the House was sunimuled for 'law-Way on a mo-
tion of which he bad given limier, the object of was to pre-
vent a rise in the price of grain, and at the same Owe to improve
the situation of the grower.