Star.
London, England, 1826-03-14 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The door of the gallery was not opened till three o'clock, but a
great body of persons had collected long before that hour, and an a
few minutes the gallery was crowded to excess. • -
A Person from the India House presentedaeveralpapers relating
to that Establishment—Laid on the table.
Mr. Scorr, front the Chamber of '13•11101.-relembil several
papers which were laid on the table.
Mr. Scsrrar presented an Accoont of the samba 41ipersens ad-,
mitred annually to the reading-1116m of** British Masilm—Laid
on the table. s

This being the last day appointed by the House for the first
reading of Private Bills, several Bills, principally relating to rail-
'needs—canals—gas and water companies, /cc. were read.* fint
shoe and disposed of.
Mr. T. WILSON brought in a Bill to enable the building of an
'Arcade from Lbscoltes Inn-fields to Iloittorn.—Read a first time.
Dr. PH ILLIIIIIORE thought it but right to inform the Hots.
Mgmber. who had introduced the Bill, that it would meet with the
mast unceasing oppesitkon. It was well-merited opposition, for be
bow as a fact that it was against the will of nearly all the Wigdi-
mes of Lincoln's Inn-lields
• Alderman WOOD moved the second reading of the Bill for the
Abolition of Tithes in the P‘trish of St. Giles, CriPPlnatb--gud
ritecontl time and committed.
Mr. H. SU AINER brought in a Bill to better assess the Tains.
in the Parish of All•Saiuts, Warmlswortb.—ltead s first tithe. '
CUILT6IS hrougheiju a Bill to improve the Haebier
Rye.—Read a first time.
Mr. 110BHOUSE obtained frave to bring in a Bill tosbußd a
New Jail in the City of Westminster. •-.••
Mr. BYNG brought up the Report of the Committee on the
East London Rail-road Bill.—Laid.on the table.
Mr. CUMING presented a Petition from the inhabitants of
Pores, in Scotland, against any alteration in the 'currency of
ScodLd.—Ordered to be printed. •
A similar Petition way presented by Mr. Mime from the Ma..
chants, Corperation and others of Dendeee—Laid on the table.
! Mr. DOWNIE presented two Petitions from the Magistrates
laud other inhabitants of Inverkeithing and Stirling, against any.
Idteratiori in the Currency of Scotland.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. BYNG presented a Petition from the inhabitants of Croche-
t= against Slavery.—Ordered to-be printed. . i
fir. CUR WEN presented several Petitions from Parishes'Re
Cumberland to the same effeet.—Ordered to be printed.
•

, Sir E. HARVEY presented a &slaw from the Mayor, Alder-
men, Clergymen, and others, of Saffron Walden,- against Slavery.
—Ordered to be primed.
Colonel CAVENDISM presented a Petition from a body st
Operative Mk Weavers, praying lot a revision of the Corn Laws.
—Ordered to be printed.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT presented a Petition from a town Is
the County of Westmeath apinst the Church Rates.
After a few words from Mr. 'I:. Sums and Mr. Gonausu, the
Petition was laid unthe table and ordered to be printed.
Mr. 11. DAVIS presented a Petition signed by the inhabitants
of two parishes in Bristol, praying fora repeal of the House and
Window Tax.—Laid on the table.

Mr. M. S3l ITI-1 presented a Petition from the Catholics of
Drogheda, praying fora repeal of the Penal Laws, and disclaiming
the charge of divided allegiance.
Sir J. NEWPORT, in supporting the Petition, said that the
charge of dividei allegiance had been productive of a peat deal of
mischief in larland.

Tbe Petition was laid oa the table, and ordered to be printed.
On the motion of Dlr. P. Coaurr the House went into a Com-
mittee on the Dallas Estate Bill, and the Report was ordered to
be received to.morrow. _ _

The CIIANCE LI.OR °fibs =CHEQUER merred the Order
of the Day for the House resolving itself into& Committee of Ways
,and Means. The House accordingly went into Committee.

FINANCIAL STATENIRNT.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then
ruse and said, that there W 43 nothing, to his mind, in the
aspect of public affairs which warranted any excessive
alarm or despondency. There might be ground, and
there was ground, for individual sympathy ; and much
individual distress had undoubtedly prevailed. And it
WAS impossible that the same causes which had produced
such effects, should hot also have given rise to much
public inconvenience. But he would venture to express
a confident belief that the violence of the stor m had now
passed away, that the clouds were dispelled, that by the
conflict of the elements the atmosphere !rad been purl.
tied, and that miler and prosperity would emerge from
the confusion which had recently lowered upon the
prospects of the country. It there' were anything
Obscure or mysterious in the causes which had led
them into the difficulties they had. experienced, if
those causes were such as their understandings could
not reach, then them might be much more pound for
apseasiness and apprehension than appeared to him
ovally to exist. But in all the discussions which had
taken place since the opening of the Ssibion, although
dirrrences of opinion had preva led upon other points,
there had been, he thought, bttt one general opinion as
to the nature of those causes--and but one general opi•
nion as to the manner in which they have produced
their emisequences. To his mind, these circumstances
had been a source of notch uutiecestai y contest between
those who were somewhat sneeringly damns vatted phi:.
losnehers, and another class who ascribed to themsel
the mote humble appellation of practical men. He said
,bat this had been ab unnecessary struggle, beeaule it