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that the only utethod of salting the country fan: the,
most danperotts convulsions; was by restorintler
Majesty's name to the Littirgy-.-(01mrs)--and that
the same power which was then „paled to des-dor
the Queen chi ht be eicoetad to, destroy- abates
to-morrow: They pr27od tifaytthetktottiTest"er".
tors migh to pa the eipeases
by their 111 e a -pro
on their. o‘ per
sions and property—(Cheers frosts Me Opposition)—
' and called itifott the Mouse to refuse their assent to
all grants of ummy which might be asked for to
cover suck expenses—.(Hear, .hqt.r).—k was his in-
tention tO sapport the prayer.* this. Petition when-
ever those expenses came befo*Parliament—(Hear,
hear).—He was sorry that-the Noble Lord was 'not in
his plate that evening, and especially when he recol-
lected the cause of his - absence; bnt he trusted that
somebody Would cause what he was then going to
say to meet either the ear or the eye of the Noble
Lord. There were circumstances calculated to ex-
cite a strong suspicion that a connexion existed be-
tween the Hanoverian and the Milan Commissions ;
and he trusted that •the Noble Lord would explain
how it came to pass, that after the Hanoverian
!lister., Baron Ompteda, had been discovered fabri-
cating keys to pick the locks of his Royal Mistress,
be should be sent to the Court of Rome, on what, to
ill outward appearance, was an hotourable mission.
Her Majesty's Attorney-General had offered to prove
at the Bar of the House of Lords, and was ready, he
believed, to prove at the Bar of that House, that this
same Baron Ompteda had offered a thousand guineas
to a most respectable Gentleman at the head of the
Municipal Government at Rome, on condition that
he should assist him in suborning her Majesty's ser-
vants to give evidence against their Royal Mistress.
This circumstance, he thought, demanded explana-
tion. The gallant Genetal then concluded by moving
that the Petition be brought up.—The Petition was
brought up, read, and laid on the table.
On the motion " that the Petition be printed,"

Alderman C. SMITH opposed the printing, on the
ground of the expense to which it subjected the Pub-
lic. The Petition was, however, ordered to be printed.

Sir ROBERT WILSON presented another Petition
from the.Parisb of Warborough; in Chillingford, in
the County of Oxford. It was of. 'a similar nature
with that• which he had just then' presented to the
House; but it contained besides a prayer, to which
he hoped attention might be given ; and that,was,
that a change might be made in the present system
of Government—and that economy might be re-
garded in every part of the State. He begged to
make one observation in allusion to the debate of last
evening on the Birmingham Petition. The Honour-
able Member for Staffordshire (Mr. Littleton), in the
course of that debate, had insinuated that the Fund-
holder ought to be called on to'rniskr some sacrifice
of his property to the necessities of the State: An-
other Honourable Member was pleased to call the
Fundholders drones and monsters, who were fed by
the labours of the industrious. He should only ob-
serve, that these were the very principles with which
a Noble Lord used to charge the Spenceans, and
which seemed now to be avowed on his side of the
House.—The Petition was laid on the table.

be left to the law.
Mr. BRIGHT adverted to the nature of the office
of Sheriff, and contended, that the person fillingthat
office, who refused
.to act according to the legal de-
finition of his duties, ought, to be arraigned before
the House of Commons. If anything deserved the
important consideration of the House more than ano-
ther, it -was the right of petition of the People.
Mr. BOOTLE WILBRAHAM admitted, that the
right of petition deserved the utmost attention and
vigilance of the House. But this was not a case of
the violation of that privilege. He contended that
the circumstances of this case did not demand the
interference of Parliament. It was rather strange
that the Noble Lord should have thought himself
justified in inferring, that the Sheriff was a dependent
of Ministers, merely because he was a member of a
Corps of Yeomanry.
Lord BELGRAVE said, that the Corps to which
he was attached had been lately raised. •.
Mr. B. WILBRAHANI said, that he was yet to
learn how either circumstance could justify the con-
clusion of the Noble Lord. The Sheriff in question
he did not 'know ; but, from all he heard, he be-
lieved him to be' a young man of independent cha-
racter. He cld not think that the House ought to
interfere in tTis case, at least whilst only one side
of it was before them.

Mr. HONYWOOD made a few observations in
explanation, in consequence of an allusion being
made to what had fallen from him on a former night,
in presenting the Petition from the County of Kent.
Mr. CR Mi VEY said, that if the facts stated by the
Noble Lord (Belgrave) were true, he saw no alterna-
tive but to have the Sheriff brought up to their Bar.
Whilst on his legs, he wished tv notice an allusion
that bad been made to the conduct of certain Mem-
bers of that House on the day of the prorogation ofi
Parliament. Now, he wished to state, that there
were no hisses on that day • but there were cries of
" Shame, shame r and " This is improper !" and he'
was, too, happy in being considered as one of the
individuals who uttered those cries. He did so from
a conviction, that nothing could be more disgraceful
or disrespectful to Parliament, than the conduct of
Ministers upon that occasion.
Mr. PHILLIPS said, that it appeared to him that
the conduct of the Sheriff was highly illegal; and he
trusted that the House would vindicate its privileges,
by ordering the Sheriff to its Bar.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT spoke to the same effect,
and applauded the conduct of the Noble Lord who
brought forward the motion. Mauch conduct as that
of the Sheriff was legal and justifiable, the-right of
petition was nothing but a mockery.

Mr. B. WILBRAHAM, in explanation, wished to
be understood as saying, that the House had no right
to interfere, in a matter that remained between the
Crown and the Sheriff.
Mr. STUART WORTLEY did not see that the
privileges of that House were concerned in the ease
of a Meeting to address the King.. He begged to
say, that he agreed fully in censunng the conduct of
those Sheriff's who refused t% call Meetings in pur-
suance of Requisitions properly signed, and when
there was no danger of a violation of the public
peace. It would be a good lesson to teach all•such,
that they were not to consult their political preju-
dices, but to consider that they were bound to give
the People an opportunity of assembling when they
should think fit—( Hear).
Lord BELGRAVE said, that he imputed no mo-,
tives to the Sheriff, but merely stated facts. The No=
ble Lord read a Protest, which was handed up to that
Officer, upon the occasion of the Meeting, contain-
ing a statement of the grounds upon which his con-
duct was considered to be illegal and unjustifiable.
A MEMBER from under the Gallery said, that it
was the duty of the House to protect the People,
whether they were assembled to address the King or
to petition that House. But he would not agree to
any order for the attendance of the Sheriff • at their
Bar, without some preliminary investigation.
Mr. CREEVEY said he would forbear giving any
notice upon the subject until he consulted the Jour-
nals, where a case similar to this was recorded.
Lord BELGRAVE said, that he had been himself
a witness to the conduct of the Sheriff, and was pre-
pared with evidence to substantiate what he,had said.
Mr. STUART WORTLEY, in explanation, said,
that he did not mean to state that the House ought
not to interfere, because the Assembly had been con-
sidering an Address to the King, but because there
was no violation of their privileges.
The Petition was then brought up, laid on the
table, and ordered to be• printed.

DETENTION OF A BRITISH SUBJECT ABROAD. •
Mr. DENMAN presented a Petition which he had
received that Morning by the post, from an indivi-
dual of whom he knew' nothing, stating that be was
a British subject, and was_now in prison in Ghent,
undfr a charge of having attempted to obtain money
of a Banker in Paris by a forged instrument, pur-
porting to be a letter from a Scotch Bank. He set
forth, that being thrown into prison, and not having
the opportunity or the means of making his de-
fence, he applied to the -British Ambassador (Lord
Clancarty) and to the King of the Netherlands for
relief, without effect, and prayed that the House
would use its best endeavours to induce the English
Goyermnent to demand his • enlargement. The
Honoprable Member said,' he was afraid that the
prayer of the Petition could not be-exactly complied,
with, but that be was sure it would not be too: uch
to express a hope that Ministers would make some in-
quiry into the circumstances set forth in the Petition.
It was laid on the tabli, and ordered-to be printed.
' • ' QUEEN'S PROVISION.

The CHANCELLOR of the- EXCHEQUER, 'in
moving the Order of the Diy for the second reading
of the Queen's Provision Bill, said, that the only
question which the motion brought before the House
was; whether or not it was fitting that a provision
-should be made Tor -her Majesty, the amount .of it
would. properly come antler the consideration.of the
Houseiu the-Committee. . -
The Bill was then read the second-time, and

Fro®: the Mr, .IeOI4RTON said, thatirowing to the. great
tior-her prosissatel.ple blejaigg, hewapenot able to get near
,and Oat enougft -to the,husinii iolsear bay past Of
ifesb4°Y, teedings., wis sorry 0 say, thaethe M
ray I:barn trim anything but tins kgal and constitutionatMeet-
Igerseco" lug it ought to be. ' He vilisdicatisd the independ_
incurred character and respectability Of the Sheriff. He re-
Emu pap - commended that the conduct of the Sheriff should