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ARlr4* NP4RY PR )CE INcs.

CIirTAMINF; 11191MUAIM 14.
Mr. ntAgati, fient the Dlreleimwa the Ease India Company,
presented a%Colpy of the Itegfillidnit pissed by the Governments
of ludia in I Sta.—Laid on the table. •
Mr. Pars r; froth the Commissioners: of theTbasitek
&Om), presented the Annual Accounts of that Commission.-4:
Laid on the table.

----fheLongitucia;Bill went tbrdugh a Committee ; Report to.
morrow.—Adjourned.
HOUSE OF lONS
The Sreirta took the Chair at four o'clock.
,The alas,
was engaged a considerableltinie upon Private Bills, principally
respecting the incorporation of the Gas Light Companies in va-
rious parts of the country.
Mr. kla•ioN, front di* East Inaia Directors;presented a Copy
of the Pegulations yassed by the Governments of India in 1814
Ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. HOLM E SUMNER gave notice, that he should oti
Wednesday next move for a Select Committee to inquire into
the state of the Orphans' Fond.
Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW brought forward his promised mo.
tion rettaecting the regulations as to the admission ihto office of
Attornks and Solicitors. The Hon. and Learned Serjeant oh.
served, that by the present Jaw, a service of five sears Clerk.
ship was requisite to qualify a Gentlemen for the office of an
Attorney and Solichor. In Ireland the law we, generally the
same; but a Genrkman who bad taken a degree was qualified
by three years service; and the Hon. and Leaped
.Serjeant
stated his opinion, that it would be found highly beneficial to
' analogize the English law, in this respect, to the taw of Ireland.
After paying a compliment to the intellectual acquirements of
Gentlemen whose education was completed at the Universities,
the lion. and Learned Member moved for a Select Committee
to inquire into the effect cr the present law on this subject, and
to state the ,expedieney of till proposed alteration. he Hon.
and Learned Serjeant added, that it would be proper the Com-
mittee should be empowered to take evidence upon oath.—The
motion:vias agreed to.
Mr. BENNETT presented a Petition from an individual cf
the name of Meek, a Publican, formerly residing in St. John's-
lane, Clerketiwell, coinplaiulug of the injustice and injury he had
sustained from the conduct of certain l.icensing Magistrates.—
The Honourable Member said he would, on Friday, call the at-
tention of the House to the prayer of the Petition.
Mr. HUME moved for Accounts of the quantity and value
of Stationery furnished to the Houses of Lords and Commons.
and to the Public Offices in England. during the lasttltree years,
distinguishing each year; also, for a Return of the Number of
Ships, and their Tonnage, which have cleared out during the
last year, from the different ports of England, Ireland, and Scot-
land, with Passengers and Convicts on board, for New South
Wales, the Cape of Good Hope, or any of the American Colo-
nies, distinguishing Convicts from Passengers, and stating the
number of each, The Horunrable Member also moved for an
Account of the Expenses of Printing for both Houses of Parlia.
punt fur the last three years, distinguithingeach year.—Ordered.
Mr. K. DOUGLAS presented a Petition from the Coal
Trade and Shipping Interest of Leith, complaining of the decay
of Trade.

TIMBER TRADE.
General GASCOYNE said he wished to put A
question to the Right Honourable Gentleman
.oppo.
site (Mr. Wallace), upon that part of the subject'un.
der the examination of the Foreign Trade Committee
which relates to the importation of Timber. The
'gallant General wished to be informed whether it
was in contemplation to extend the period of the
existence of the present Law respecting the importa-
tion of Timber?

Mr. WALLACE answered, that the 'subject of the
gallant General's question was at that moment under
consideration in the Committee. Ho (Mr. Wallace)
admitted that it was desirable to prolong the existing
`Law; but he should conceive it by no means desir-
able that the prolongation should extend beycnd the
month of July nest. The gallant. General appeared
surprised at this observation; but the fact was, that
it was considered proper to meet the present neces-
sity only, and not to enter into a general question.
General GASCOYNE expressed his surprise at the
shortness of the proposed extension. He certainly
could see no good reason why the time in question
should not be prolonged to six months from March.
Mr. ELLICE deprecited any discussion 'on the
subject, in its present shape; and; after a few words
from Sir ISAAC COFFIN, the conversation dropped.

THE QUEEN.
Colonel WOOD presented a Petition from the
Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Brecon,
which he stated to be numerously and most respeet-
ably signed. The Honourable Member stated, that
he could not agree with all the prayers of the Peri-.
tion ; but, as it was couched in respectful language,
he conceived it to be his duty to present it. The Pe-
titioners. first declared their loyalty to. the Constitu-
tion. To that loyalty he was proud to say he could
bear testimony. They then deci.ireti their condem-
nation of the proceedings against the Queen, and the
erasure of her name from the Liturgy ; they com.:
plained of the effects of the present Financial System,
and of the expense of contested Elections; and they
concluded by prayir:.; for change of-our National'
Councils,, in the dismissal of the present Ministers--
(Hear, hear! from the Opposition). In this last part
of the Petition he could not agree; for he conceived
that it was to the Councils of the present Ministers
we owed our present blessings—(Lafighterlioas the
Opposition benches). The Honourable Gentlemen
might laugh at the word blessings; but he could as,
sure them, dint although he admitted our distresses,
he conceived our distresses would be greater if the
country were governed by the Gentlemen opposite_.
Vicar, Iti•ar!
.Irom the Treasury Gene/rev). Ile bad,
theretOre, no hesitation in saying, that in a choke of.
two evils, he decidedly preferred the present Ministers,
The Petition was then brought up, lead, and or-
dered to lie on the table attd be printed.
CONDUCT OF SHERIFFS.

Mr. BEAUMONT said, it would be in the recol-
lection of the House, that on Friday last a Petition
s,, as presented by the Noble Member for Chester, •
complaining of the conduct of the Sheriff of Cheshire
at a Public Meeting. Similar complaints had been
made of other Sheriffs; but it was not his intention
to comment on the character of any particular indi-
vidual, but to propose a measure to the House to
prevent a recurrence of such circumstances as those
complained of by the Petitioners; and to lay a fouls-
dation for such a measure, he should propose that
the Petition be referred to the consideration of a Com-
mittee. The Honourable Member then proceeded
to comment on the discretionary power at pre,i:d •
claimed by the SheriS, of dismissing or dispersing