Star.
London, England, 1826-02-09 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Fmatmar
A Petition was presented against the report upon a Private Bill,
for making a navigable canal for ships in the vicinity of Lowestoft;
Which gave rise to some conversation as to the authority of the
decision of the Committee.
11Ir. S. WORTLEY, in consequence of this misunderstanding,
gave hotice, that he should, to-morrow. move for the renewal of
the Standing Order Committee which sat last year.
Lord HOTHAM presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
Leominster, praying for the gradual extinction of Shivery in the
Colonies. The Noble Lord stated that the Petition was nume-
rously and respectably signed, and recommended it to-the partial- '
Oar attention of the House.—Ordered to be printed.
Lord J. FITZROY promoted a similar Petition from the Tuba.
bitants of Woodbridge.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. DICKINSON presented a Petition from the Glove Ma-
nuficturers of Yeovil, whom be represented as a numerous class
of persons, praying that the law for allowing the importation of
gloves under the low duty might not come into operation. The
Honourable Member trusted that the Horse would attend to the
prayer of the Petitioners ; and not sacrilee interest, which practice
and experience had shown to be valuable, for the sake of doctrines
imperfectly explained or understood, and that only in books.
Sir T. LETHBRIDGE agreed with his Hon. Colleague, in.
' the hope that this large and respectable class of persons would set
be 'milked to the fashionable notions of free trade. He believed
that House would have Petitions from all parts of the kingdom,
from persons following the same occupation—as well as from the
Silk Manufacturers, whose case was very much the same—skewing
the utter ruin which would fall upon them if this law were allowed
to take effect.—The Petition was ordered to be printed.
Mr. F. BUXTON moved fur a Return of the Number and Ton-
nage of all Steam Vessels which entered the Pon of London in
the year ending in January, 11126.—Ordered.
Sir J. WRO fTESLEY moved ftd. a Return of the Number
of Banks established in Scotland, distinguishing the Chartered
Banks and the Number of Partners, and such as are not chants ed.
Ordered.

POREIGH CoRN.

Mr. W. WHITMORE moved for an Account of the Quantity
of foreign Grain of each start imported into t►is' country in the
years ending tbeSth of January, 1826, and Ise&
Also an Account of the quantity of Foreign Grain of each sort
warehoused during the same time, as far as the same can he
made out. -
Also fur an Account of all Grain taken out of bond within t►e
same time, as far as the same can be made out.
Also for an Account of the quantity of Grain imported from
Ireland within the same time.
Also for the Qaietted Price of Grain in this country for each
quarter of the same two yea:l.—Ordered.

BANK NOTE s [mars.
Mr. CALCR'At T said, that he had intended putting
question to the Right lion. Chautelnr of the giche-
per, but not seeing him in his place, he would ask it
of thelionoursble Gentlemen opposite connected with theTressury.
The subject was one of tie greateit inipartsusev anti if his infer.

IRISH Law' Olt lILRCTIoII.
Mr. R. MARTIN rose to move for leave to bring in
a Bill to amend the. Law of Election in Ireland, pur-
suant to notice. The Hon. Member expressed his con-
fidence that such a measure would receive the best
attention of the House, and particularly of those tim-
bers who were connected with Ireland. The object of
his Bill would be; in the first instance, to render the
forty-shilling freeholder less-dependent upon his land..
lord. He hoped that Gentlemen who complained of
the state of the forty-shilling freehidder would attend
to this pan of the subject. One of the 'clauses of the
Bill would be, to declate that no freeholder under 244
should be permitted to register his freehold without{
producing either the last receipt of the landlord from
whom he derived, or of the person to whom he peril
his rem. Would not this, he would ask, render oce
condition of that freeholder more independerit, end
therefore make him a better elector? The Bill woisleX
further propose that such freehulder should not be per,
mined to vote at any election until he prodeeed
sim lar discharge. It he was not in a condition to pray
his rent, if he was insolvent, then he was Ott ht to exer-
cise his right independently, The Hon. Member felt
convinced that any Gentleman who wished Nell to the
poor of Ireland, would desire to see this changleffec tee
in the law. Another evil for which he meant to prt.pose
a remedy, was the poser possessed by the Magistracy
with respect to the registry of freeholds. He nthild
venture to say, in the presence of any Knight of the
Shire for that part of Ireland to which he belonged, that
any man having a majority of the Magistracy in hit
interest, could prevent his opponent from having his
registers effected. He knew in his own case that he had
for twilive months wished to obtain registries to oblige
Friends of his, and that he had attempted to do so inef-
fectually. Every Gentleman must know the great evil
arising from the want of a mandatory power to compel
Magistrates to act in these cases. He should propose
that regular attendance be given in market towns on
stated days, and that the Clerk of the Peace, when not able to at.
tend himself, should appoint a person, duly sworn, to receive ea.'
daviu, and 'then give them to him to be registered. Too much power
was, in his opinion, left to the discretion of the Sheriff in appointing
deputies to take the poll, and possibly it may not be deemed inex-
pedient that the Sheriff should be obliged to submit a< list of per.
son quahlied to act as Deputies ; which list the Candidates might
reduce in the same manner as Special Juries are struck before tbe
Officer. As be did not see many Hon. Members belonging to his
own country present, it would perhaps be better for him. not to
press his motion until be had consulted them upon is
After a suggestion from the Seamus, the Honourable Member
moved fee leaved to bring in a Bill to amend the law of Ilettioil
in Ireland.

Mr. C. HUTCHINSON thought it a delicate thing to Wet-
ter* with such laws otitite eve of a General Election.
Mr. MARTIN said that the alteration of the system of refiitry
could not elect the next Election. The course be should tale
would be to introduce the Bill and have it printed, and then to let
it stand over until after Easter. . . .
Sir H. PARNELL expressed his hope that due notice would
be given of the second reading of the Bill.—Leave granted. •
Mr. HERRIES moved the Order of the Day foe the bringingop of the Report of the Committee of Supply.
Mr. BaooDEN brought up the Report,. an the Resolutioa
of the Cimmittee was agreed to—the Committee to sit agaite on
Friday.
Mr. HERRIES moved the usual Address for laying the Esti-
mates, and the Accounts of the Expenditure before the House.
The said Papers, containing the Navy and Ordnance Estimates,
were afterwards presented, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. D. GILBERT moved for Returns of the Imports irid Ex-
ports of Copper and. Tin, for the Year ending the sth January,
1125.—Ordered.—Adjourned.
BUSINESS BEFORE THE HOUSE THIS DAY.

Noma, or MOTIONS.—Mr. Ellicv—Return of Bank Notes in
circulation en the Ist and 15th of ink month, for az math., to
the lit of February inclusive.
Mr. GracieU—Account of Balances. of Public Money lo the
Bank of England.; and Charge of Management of the Public Drbt.

Several waggon loads of bullion, about 28 tons r.f
gold And si:ver, were del vered at the BAIA, Tuesday
m rning, from South A •uerica.
Intelligence from Constaatinople to the Ith of
J.nuat yr states that a tremendous fire had burst out on
the 3d, in the suburb of Galati, partly inhati ed y
Christians, wh ch had destroyed 1,000 shops and l;51 0
houses. The conflai„ration was, as usual, ascribed o
the Janissa; i, s, and the loss experienced by the Cbrii-
clans is estimated at fifteen millions of piastres. ~• •
Some time ago, a dispute arose between General Bea-
suitors and a son of the late General Monroe Dolma-
aa r, on the subject of a legacy of 130,000 francs; due
to the latter by the will of Bonnoaant, but withhdd
by General BARTRAND, on the ground that M. Dowse,
not sufficiently estriblimbedkis AO
,►aim of Mouron Duelists"= las at, length hews
acknovw•ledged by the tICCUtPri of Ilietammus. • -

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