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no other gbjectipa tat* phin,
produce insthe discipline 4 -
Insurmountahle objection.
discipline was the said and
NI ivy depended our prospern
istence. •

The guano's was then put on -Lord Melville's:m-
-.60n. alidibt*eviousquestion was. carried -without a
iiivisi9p.rs444ourned at Teen o'clock.

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IHOUSE OF•COMMON6.
, NfreWHARTON moved for various public accounts.
• Mr.O:HARA obtained kayo to bring in 'MU for respiring
Stilt Fines in Ireland.
• The Surveyor General's Bill was•read a third time and passed.
•trir. I.USHINGTON brought up several Resolutions • from
.the Committee of Supply, ots which Bills were. ordered to •be
.brought in.
Sir W. CURTIS brought up the Report of the Committee on
the Stock Market Bill,, which was ordered to Ix taken into con-
sideration ott•Wednrolay.
The Bill to Disaforest Biro Forest was read a third time, and
The-Foreign Silk 818 was read a seoOd time ; ordered to be
committed to-morrow.

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.
The House having resolved itself into a Committee of Supply,
.113,727 was voted for the purchase of the Collection of Mine-
rals belonging to the hte Hun. Charles Greville.
The Exchequer Bills Bill vfas read the lint time ; second read-
ing to-morrow.
The Bill for appropriating the Surplus of the Stamp Duties in
the year 1808 to the payment of the 'Annoy as read the first time;
"ordered.to be read a .ccond time to-morrow.
PA It LI A MEW.% ItY ER FORM.

General 'TAR EXTON presented a petition from certain per-
sous residing in Liverpool and its neighbourhood, praying a Re-
form .in Parliament. The petition having been read, the Hon.
Member moved that it lie on the table.
General GASCOIGNE concurred in the motion, but felt it his
duty to .state that the petition did not speak the sentlmentaof one-
tenth of the inhabitant+ of Liverpool. Motion agreed to.
Mr. RUDA R'l S presented a similar petition from Worcester,
which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. WAKDI.E presented a petition from certain Freemen of
Canterbury, assembled at the door pf the Puililltall, on the same
subject. The following sentence in it excited considerable mirth:
" The petitioners cannot reconcile it to any principle of justice,
that Sir Francis Burdett should be now a prisoner in the Tower,
while Mr. Perceval is at large. at A hlember of that House—
The petition was ordered I• lie on the table.
.orcl.COCllltAliE made some observations on the Bore Fo-
rest Bill, and moved for a Committee to watch over the rights of
the Crown with respect to Forests.
Mr. Res►: and Mr. S. IllowiNx chewed, that sn far from the
interests of the Crown being touched by the 13111, it would be a
considerable gainer, as it would receive five hundred acres as a
compensation for the ncmival privilege of grazing deer over the
whole of the forest.

The motion was rejected, as was another of the Noble Lord's,
on the same subject.
Tbe notice of motion respecting Captain Foskett was postpon.
ed to Friday te'nnight.
11w adjourned &hate on the Catholic Petitions was postponed
from Thursday to Friday.
Mr. TIERNEY moved for an Ad.lress to his Majesty praying
that he would order au account of the various sums under the
head of Droiteinf the Admiralty to be laid before the House.—
Agreed to.

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

Mr. BRAND rose to submit to the consideration
of the Hduse the motion respecting Parliamentary
Reform, of which he had given notice previous to
the-recess. • When be considered the.vast. importance
of this great question—when he looked to the internal
situation of the, country at the present moment—when
he perceived that mach of its difficulty, and all its I
danger, arose from withholding a moderate Reform
in parliament from the wishes of the nation ; but ,
above all, when lie contemplated the essential im-
portance of this question to the liberties and rights of
the Empire, he felt the weight of the task he had un-
dertaken ; all the difficulties that belonged.to it, press-
ed upon his imagination ; and he became sensible of
his inability to do justice to the question. Before,
however, he should enter upon the subject of his mo-
tion, he must beg leave to say a few words, which
would relate personally to himself, in explanation of
his motives in bringing it forward. On the morning
previous to the adjournment of the question respect-
ing Sir F. Burdett (pending the important dLcussion
upon the Warcheren expedition), the decision of which
question had excited so strongly the feelings of the
public, and attracted so much suspicion upon that
House, and so niuch and such just censure upon his
Majesty's Ministers, he had determined to bring for
ward his motion. An I lonourable Friend of his had,
however, at that time dissuaded him from putting his
intention into execution; and the arguments of his
Honourable Friend on the occasion appeared to him
so sound and cogent, that he was induced to defer for
a short time the motion which he had determined :o
bring forward, though his purpose remained fixed and
unshaken. The reason which influenced hint to mike
this statement was, that he might refute the caluninies
which he had already heard, and which he had no
doubt he should hereafter hear urged against him, as
to the time and circumstances under which he brought
this subject before the House. It had been insinuat-
ed against him as matter of charge, that be should
have thought of making any motion respecting Par-
liamentary Reform in the absence of Sir Francis Bur-
dett, who was considered the principal supporter of
such a measure. But the statement of his fixed de-
' termination upon the subject, previous to the events
wleich led to the absence of that Honourable Baronet,
was the best answer to stick a charge. Besides, it
was well known to most of the very respectable con-
stituents
whom he represented, what were his opinions '
as to the necessity and expediency of Parliamentary
Reform ; they expected I rom him that he should bring
the subject into discussion ; and in making his motion
on this night, be should only be diicharging a duty
which was expected from him, and he tees bound to
perform. The events which had taken place, *and
the agitation of the public milfd on this particular
subject, alike rendered this duty imperious. A mo-
derate Reform of Parliament was absolutely essential
to the welfare of the =moronity. It was a measure
which the violent demAnded, and the prudent deem-
ed it wise. to encourage. (gear, hear.) The critical
jituation of the country called for it as the best naeans
to dissipate/the alarm which was so general, and to
allay the iliscontents of the anion. (Rear, hear.) If
they wish id to recover or preserve the,canfidence of
the public, they must take speedy measures to Gond-
liate the people—they mast identify. more with the
people. It was notorious that they-Amos at that mo-
meiA in the Hot se about seventy Members, who were
smt there at the nomination of certain individuals,
t ‘e Vroprietors e f the Borought which they represent-
ed. Surely it could not be said that such Members
were Representa7i yes of the People in that louse.—
' 'Piney in reality only l'epreit'zoted placcs..which having