Star.
London, England, 1815-05-02 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

In ear.secrence of the call of tiro Ho..se, which wa• ordered
to c•and for this day, the gallery did not open for the “.loss lion
of strvgers 1,11 past five &cluck. Thin call, Lowever, we under-
stand, OM not enlareLd.

On our akinti.sion we found c House upon the Report of the
Coriunittee of itilll Ways and Means, which, after a rew woi,ls
Irani Mr. W. Ft IZGLIIALD Hid Sir J. NgwPoKT, was btougiv
up and agreed to.

the Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras limit Bill, was read a
second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL.

Mr. Serjeant 13E'T mond the second reading of
the Insolvent Debtors' Bill, and expressed a wish
that there should be no di►cussion on it in that stage,
AS there were some essential clauses of the Bill, which
he had not yet prepared, to be submitted to the
House, but which should be offered in the CGmmittee.
Mr. HORNIER strenuously objected to such a
course upon so important a measure, and suggested
to the Hon. and Learned Serjeant to withdraw this
Bill, for the purpose of obtaining leave to bring in a
new Bill, containing all the essential provisions fit to
be discussed in the second reading.
Mr. Serjeant BEST said, his sole object in wishing
to pass over this stage, and have the discussion in
the future stage, was to save trouble to tie House,
to which it must necessarily be. exposed by his bring-
ing in a new Bill.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE heard, far the first time
in his life, the doctrine of passing over the second
reading of an important Bill without discussing the
principle of it, for the avowed purpose of saving
trouble to the House.—(Hear, hear.)-11c could 11,1
help viewing the course proposed by the Honourable
and Learned Serjeant as an attempt, he had no
doubt an unintentional attempt, to evade the rules of
the House.

Mr. SPEAKER said, that in cases like that before
the Howe, it was always expected that an Honour-
able Member sh9uld withdraw his Bill, for the [nor.
pose of :.übmitting it again in an altevd and amend-
ed Corm.

Mr. Se j.!ant BEST according-,ly Withdrew his Bill,
and obtained leave to bring in a Bill to alter and
amend the Ins Avent Debtors' Act.

FeTlllOl FROM THE LIVERY OF Co DON.

Sir WILLIAM CURTIS held in his hand a Pe-
tition voted in a Common Hall of the Ci'y of Lon-
don. It WAS a Petition which contained a variety of
matter, and rather of an extraordinary nature:—
(if /aagh.)—lt was couched in such terms as to make
him doubt the propriety of its being received by the
House. He felt it his duty to present it, at the same
time That he Must declare, that he agreed in no one
sentiment that it contained:—(A laugh. —lt embraced
a vast variety of subjects, and, among others, allud-
ed in severe tams to the renewal of the Property Tax.
Mt. SPEAKER here interfered, and reminded
the worthy Alderman, that he must be aware no Pe-
tition could be received against a pending Tax.
Sir WILLIAM CVRTI9

Mc Mica micas. •••••• • ...... waII lip II iAli wcrc 4110WCU• WUU ill ASK.,
that he must be aware no Pe- whether the removal of Ministers would content the
against a pending 'nix. Petitioners?
RTIS said. the Property TAX Mr. TIERNEY maw from what bad occurred iu
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