Star.
London, England, 1817-06-06 00:00:00

WOOD, MAYOR.

iCOMMON COIL, holden in the Chamber
lof tbe GUILDHALL .of Ow Cl l Y of LONDON,• on
1„,2,1,AT, the it9th dor of 111.4, 1817, .. • •

Ointeen, . .
'flat the Petition to the Honourable House of CoMmons;
to tire day, in "relatioti to the further Suspersiou." of the
113hr...a Corpus Act, be published is the usual Morning and
k Newspapers, whets the same shall have been prinumed.
WOOD rHoRPg.
T. the Honourable the COMMONS of the IJNI•TBD
FitaiGOOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, in
P.IaLIAMENI' ASSEMBLED.
?St .ICAALE 141TITIOK Or 'rut Loeb MATOC, A tots rN,
AND COI4IIOIIII, Or Tat City Or Les Dos, IN COMMON
Cl, ttC./1. ASSIMIILID,, Se W ItTo
Veit vier Petitioners, at the contmencement of the present
Serpa re 7 l'arlioment, as well as on many former occasions, hat%
rade hirable Reerestastations of their manifold Grie:ances
to
ref Horn...ruble House.
11.:t they trust it was nor tirreasonable for thesis to hope, and
assioushf m cepect, that, after the paint ul and unexana:led Sacri-
gw thett had made, the attention of his Majesty's Government
your Honourable House wont.: have been sedulously thrtcted
3 Ene.:i.les 1: La those Grlevancea, and to a Reform of those
aleise, which leave so lung and so notoriously been suffered to
tilt.
Your Petitioners feel the more ecitaideni is titer expectations
1:t the dntre,st:s which pre vtr led, and the wants and piaci/Aiwa
• f the People, st:flering wider accumulated aud agonizing bur-
:ten, would have inipellt.ti your 1 immutable Ramie to adopt
router and etley.nal measures for esiquiry into the: lavish and
:t •rupt Expentlit tire of the Pohlie Moue ya—lor reducing he awe-
atid uucou.tirii lutist Mdiiar y sad 0114. r Establishition4—
.:11or enquity lulu the f,rtile source of nations! eviL, the ear-
zi,tt and inadequate stave of the Rtprc aaitation.
That pair I.i:trawlers, to their inexpressible grief and astonish-
ri-nt, found, however, a: the very time they hail laid their eons-
,:juts before your Honourable House, ard Petition. were pour-
is; la loon all farts °Utile United Empire, his Majesty's Minis-
:es, whh a view, as your Petitioners believe, of soling complaints
s 1 protecting abuses, thought proper to propose, on tine pretext
:Circled by the criminal e cewes of a low wretched and iotatuated
ithsiduals, to your Honourable House, a variety of coercive
laws, alien to the principles and practices of the British Conti-
Irian; and also the So.pensioq of the great bulwark of refiCtUal
!ruby, the Habeas Corpus.
That your Petitioners have not only to complain of those data-
tom rairavations, but that they should have been adopted upon
%lee, inconclusive, ex-park ev 'dame, talc, u before Sten t Cont-
ratites, and after the trust material 'facts upon which they ap-
plied to be founded had been contradicted; and tattered to be
Oiroeed at the Bar of both Houses of Patliantent I and that they
•t:ulduut only hair beta founded upon inch pretences, supported
web evidence, but hurried through Parliament with a preei-
;news tea & weadeend it impontbia.tor.the Nation at lateen be
:rpninteel with their true nature and tendency, much Ins to
p anion against them.
Year Petitioners have mdferml the mortification of observing,
that while measures, tending so MlCOust itth tonally to increase the
;own of the Crown, were thus adopted with such precipitancy,
with regard to the complaints and grievances of the People,
:considerable part of the Session has passed away while their
?rations have been suffered quietly to sleep upon the *I able of
nett Honourable Hiram, and no measure* adopted, or even pro.
Mad, by Ministers, to meet their complaints, save in the nomi-
nal= of a Committee of the House of CWIIIIIOII% consisting fur
ARNOW part of Ministers or Plaeemen, who, at the same time that
May proposed the just abolition of multi obsolete Places, propose
%wont the Crown with the unjust power of sealants euenuietts
compensations as an equivalent, equally burikensome aud %mason.
mituuonal ; affording therebpa melancholy and it refragaide proof
lithe inadequate state of. the Representation.
That under circumstances so afflicting and ignominious, as
though there were to be neither measure nor tenuintion to the
wares mid sufferings of the People, and with all the annues
clued or obstructed through which they can safely or otoutitu-
taiSne seek or obtain redress, your Petitioners have learnt, with
Mirage bordering upon despair, that Ms hilajesoy's Ministers have
Mowed their intention to propose the lumber Suspension of those
Luis which secure personal liberty, against the arbitrary aud
capricious exercise of power; In other words, that they propose,
a period of internal and external tranquillity, to call upon your
I:Amiable House to surrender die best Bulwark of that Cosi-
/Mutton which for ages has been the pride and boast of Britain,
ad which has eon rivers of the best blood of our ancestors to
establish and maintain. •
Your Petitioners, therefore, pray your Honourable House se-
fusty ta mender the dangerous precipice to which a lung course
uf impolitic measure. aud systematic corruption has brought this
tam free. fi urishing, and happy Nation. They entreat your
litmourable House, reeionizing the sacred character of Rere-
stunners, as " the Grand Inquest of the whole kingdom,' to
!!"4cis biro all the oppressions and injustices of the King's Mink-'
ten; to consider bow truly in latter times they have performed
daft sacred inctions ; and that you will resist all further at-
hears to suspend the Habeas Corpus, or otherwise to encroach
1?os the liberties of the Subject,' and adopt such measures for
te effectual Refrain ed Abuses as may allay the public fears and
irrithension, and bat conduce to the permanent safety, honour,
Lallans and pruspaity of the 'llamas and the People*
niggled, by Order of Court,
1-inNRY WOODTHORPE.

COVIUT GAIUMI THIATRI.—.....Mr. Knott and
Mrs. SIMONS appeared together yesterday evening,
it the Tragedy of Macbeth, for the last time on any
tUge, for the benefit of their brother, Mr. C. Kest.
au, who, it is scarce necessary to observe, had a
molt brilliant and overfluwing bumper on the occa-
-43% Mrs. SIDDONB was received with rapturous and
::iterated cheering from all parts of the House, as was
also Mr. KENIBLe. The performance was, of course,
a high and rich treat, such as we shall never witness
again.
CM, EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, JUNI 6, 1817.--
Having no fresh arrivals of English Wheat this
tiotmng, what was left over on Wednesday met ready
nit at Monday's prices, and Foreign Wheat was
tolerably brisk in sale, and folly supports its prices.
l'rley is in demand, but there was scarce a sample
Itinditet ; but had any of fine quality appeared, it
!Quit' have sold at more money. Peas, Beau% and
L 4ts• are full as high as on Wednesday.

MIMPIRLD MARKET, JUNE 6.
bet Ss 64 to Ss O Veal 44 04 to Ss 44
Milton os 4d to 4s 61 I Perk 4s al to So 04
Lamb 51. 041 to 6s. ed.
Laws 570—.Sbery and Lambs 6,7so—Calves 2110—e11s SOO.
HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD.
Ral M. 0. to £6. cs•—Clover £6. Os te• 01 Os.
Straw M. 101. to geal. S.

Lord SOMERS presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
the Parish of St Pancras. against the Metropolis Paving Bill, as I
It now stood, praying to be exempted from its operations, and to
be heard by their Counsel in support of tht Prayer, &c. The'
Noble Lord made a variety*, ',Nervations in behalf of the
Petitioners, and eotrenited, that the Bill, as now emstitured,l
went to Inpose an umweessaly and heavy hurdler. upon them.—
They were tint within the Bills of Mortality, aqd had no idea et I
their being made subject to the operations of the Aet. Mire
were peculiar circumstances in favour of the Petiti )))) en. No
man wished les. than himorlf to trench upon the exclusive
lees of the other House of Parliament ; but If the grievance
cumpilined of should not be remedied in the Comosalttee, he
should feel it his duty to oppose, the measure is foto, and upon the
broad ptineiple, that, without soy reason at all, it went to Inflict
great inju.tice upon a body of innocent men.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE expressed his surprise that no
attack had beets mask upon the Bill during. Its progress through
the other House by these people who now came forward. He
atco observed, that the measure would prove one of great public
benefit, by an improvement of the pavement of the metropolis, a
thing allowed on all hands to be much wanted.
Lord SOMERS spoke shortly In explanatton. After which
the Petition wa► referrett to the consideration of the Committee
upon thy Dbl.
A few Bills, chiefly of a private or local nature, were brought
up from the Commons by Sir 1. GRAun sr, Mr. C. Duso.ca, and
ether bleinb.-ts, and read a brat time.

The Earl of I..AUDERI)AI.E presented a Petition from the
Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London,
in Conimua Hall assembled, against the continuance of the Sus-
pensiou of the Habeas Corpus Act, and praying for a reductian
of the Military Establishments, &c. which, being read, was or-
dered to lie upoti the table.
Lord HOLLAND presented a Petition from George Farqu-
harson, of the Parish of Christ Church, Surrey, against the
Christ Church Burying-ground bill, which V/33 :ordered tee be
laid on the table.

The Nobles Lord presented another Patricia Rom certain In-
dividuals, praying to be beard by themselves or their Counsel,
against the same bill---Ordered w be laid on the table.
The Earl of LIVEIIPOOL notified his inter:den, as the prints
were now on the tabletto move the second nadir& of the Yoor's
hanployment bill to-morrow.
ItLSII NLRATION 0* LORD COLCHTAT R.

The Order of the Day upon which their Lordships
were summoned being read—
The PitINCE Rcoaria's Message, touching the above
subject, stating the intention of his Royal Highness,
and desiring the concurrence of their Lordships, in
enabling him to make such provision for Lord Cot-
t:items, and the heirs male of his body next sue-
ceetling to die title, as may, underthe circumstances
of the case, be deemed just and reasonable, was ac-
cordingly read by the Clerk in the mood way. .
The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose. He did oat,
feel ifienessafts but slat, in Acting an Add/dile
the Prince Regent—a corresponding answer to his
Royal Highness's most gracious Message, to take up
the time of their Lordships by any detailed state-
ment upon the merits of the noble and excellent per.
son who was the subject of it. They were aware
that the procedure was chiefly is consequence of the
very meritorious manner in which the Noble Lord
had diicharged the arduous* add important 'duties of ,
the Chair in the whir House of Parliament. He was
roady to agree thattii conduct Must hAve been more '
immediately regarded and known in'that quarter in
which
.those duties were discharged. On the other
hatd, it was.to be considered, that their Lordships'
Hotise also Must, in sonic degree, be cognizant of
Conduct, especially t 4 points where the general
dignity of Parliament was concerned. It was known
that the individual who was elected Speaker of the
Commcitis hadrevilarty to be presented, at the Bar
of. ;he HOuse;.ler hii'Majesty's Royal Approbation.
And ruin 'Majeity, or hit Royal Representative, com-
minded the:Lord Chancellor to declare tii opinion of
the perfect suffiCiency ot the perSon•so presented, for
the discharge of the itnportant duties of that office ;
and this was gfonnded on the experience of the con-
duct of such individual. In the present instance,
they would consider this the noble person in question
had held the situation of Speaker of the Commons
longer than any other"individual, with the exception
of one.. in the history of Parliament. Their Lord-
ships knew, the:Ole-had held it during a moit event-
ful period-Ltbat he was no less than five times pre-
sented at the Bar as Speaker of the Commons, and
five times approved on the part of the Crown—that
in the discharge of a part of his duty, he had occa-
sionally to communicate immediately to their Lord-
ships the sentiments of the Commons of the United
Kingdom at the Isar of the House, in which the late
Speaker had uniformly acquitted himself in the ghost
able and eloquent manner. Under such circum-
stances, he was sure their Lordships would, without
hesitation, tree with him in the sentiment, that some
distingu. mark of the Royal approbation should
have been conferred on the noble 'and excellent per-
son in question. These were many occasions of late
years, where the Croton was advised to confer some
high honorary distinction on deserving individuals,
and accompanying such distinction by a communi•
cation like the present, desiring the concurrence of
the House in enabling the individual properly to sup-
port the honour so conferred ; but more especially
in cases of Peerage, and of this there were several in-
stances within their Lordships' recollection, with re-
spect to distinguished Naval and Military Officers:—
The worthy and meritorious individual in question
had long held the situation of First Commoner of the
country, and repeatedly retcived marks of the cone-
deuce of the Commons by his re-elections to the Chair
of their House. In these-views of Erie case, he thought
farther observation unnecessary, but would propose,
for the adoption of their Lordships, an Address to
the Prince Regent, thanking him for his gracious
communication, and assuring his Royal Highness of
the cheerful concurrence of the House in enabling
him to make the provision desired.
The Noble Minister having cored en Address.

Sir EGERTON BRYDGES postponed till the 17th of Jane,
his motion relative to the Copyright of Books.
Bailey's Divorce Bill, and Owen's Divorce Bill, went through
Committees, In which Counsel were beard, and witnesses exa-
mined. The Reports were ordered is be received.
Sir JAMES GitAHAM preensted a Pedtion from certain
Psoprietors of Lead Mines, against the Lead Minn' Poor Rate
Bill. and praying to be heard by Counsel at the Bar of the House.
Read and or.lered to he on the table.
General MI I'CHELL presented a Petlion from the M.-r-
-eboots, Manufacturers, and other iuhabi,anis of the town of Bel-
fast. spins( the Bill for the Repeal of the Usury Laws.—Read
and ordered ro lie on the table, the Honourable Gentleman hav-
ing given notice of his intention to take the sense of the House
span this Bill on Monday.
The Committee on the High Constables' Rentnner-''
eolith* further coosideration of the Report of the
Ibrigßillwere postponed till to-morrmr.
e Bait Laws Pulse Bill was reed a Med time, and passed.

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