Star.
London, England, 1826-04-13 00:00:00

DOUSE OF COMMONS..

The. Ballot for the Select Committee .on the iluntinglq.l F.'ec-
' don, wkick had been deferred, owing to the requisite number of
Members. was proceeded into to day, and a Select Committee was
formed on that subject.
The Ballot continued till half.past four o'clock, and up to that
hour, str.mgerd were excluded ft the gallery.
Dir. am
LI TTLBTON presented a Petition Trom a Mr. Belcher in
favour of the Birmingham And Liverpool Canal Bill.—Laid on
the table.

Mr. LITTLETON moved the second reading of the Potters'
Regulation Bill on Filthy. -
Lord CLI V E m lved the second readivg of the Birmingham And
Liverpool Canal 11:11.

Mr. CA LCRA F !Input the Noble Lord would postpone the
second .reading till some future day.
Mr. LITTLETON bad no objection to postpone the second
reading; and, at the suggestion of his Noble Friend, would fix it
for Friday next.

Mr. Dyson, the Clerk of the Committees of Privileges and Elec-
tions, presented a Reduced List of the Committee on the Hunting.
don Election.

The following Gentlemen were then called to the Bar, and
sworn in as Members of the Committee:

The Hon. W. Laseelles, Sir J. Montgomery, Mr. John Bent,
Lord Eliot, Mr. H. Twiss, Mr. E. S. Cooper, Mr. J. Lindsay, Mr.
J. Plummer, Sir J. Beresford, Sir C. Hulse, Mr. Wilbrabam Eger-
ton, Mr. G. M. Grant, Sir H. Inglis, Lord G. Russell, and Mr. J.
L Foster.

A Message from the Lords stated that their Lordships had
agreed to several Private Bills, without any amendments.
Mr. BRIGHT presented a Petition from several Earthenware
Manufacturers of Bristol, in favour of the Potters' Regulation Bill.
Ordered tole printed.
Sir M. RIDLEY presented a Petition, signed by the Manufac-
turers and 120 Workmen of Newcastle, in Northumberland, in fa-
vour of the Bill relating to Potteries.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. L. FOSTER presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
Drogheda, in favour of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Bill.—Ordered to be printed.
Lord STANLEY presented Petitions from two Parishes in Lan-
cashire, for the abolition of Colonial Slavery. Ordered to be printed.
Mr. LAWLEY presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
Birmingham, praying for a modi6:ation in the Corn Laws.—Or-
dered to be printed.
Mr. H. SUMNER presented a Petition from Fortrose, against
any alteration in the Scotch and Irish Currency.—. Referred to the
Committee sitting on the Bill.
Mr. AS II URST presented a Petition from a town in Oxford-
shire, against Slavery In the Colonies.—Ordered to be printed.
Lord DUNCANNON presented a Petition from Edward El-
liott, of Waterford, praying the House to adopt measures for the
regulation of the Butter Trade.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. J. SMITILgave notice of a motion on Friday next, on the
subject of the education of Roman Catholic children.
A Petition was presented from the Chamber of Commerce in
Bristol for a repeal of the Usury Laws.—Ordered to he printed.
Colonel BA G WELL presented Petitions from the Clergy, Gen-
try, and other inhabitants, of Clungibbon and another Parish in the
County of Cork, praying for the abolition of Roman Catholic Sla-
very in Ireland.—Ordered to be printed.
The Right Hon. Gentleman also presented a Petition from the
Inhabitants of Clonmel, for an amelioration in the condition of
sLves in the West Indies.—Ordered to be printed.
He also presented a Petition from Kilkenny against extending
the provisions of the Small Note Bill to Ireland.—Referred to the
Committee on the Bill.

Sir W. GUISE presented a Petition from Glastonbury, against
Slavery.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. S. RICE presented Petitions from two Baronies in the
County of Limerick against a change in the Irish currency.—Or-
dared to be printed.
The Honourable Mamma also presented a Petition from J.
Adcock, of No. t, Chatham-street, Dublin, claiming to be free of
that City, inasmuch as his father and grandfather had been free..
men thereof.

He also presented a Petition from a town in the County of Wilts,
against Slavery.—Ordered to be printed.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice that on Tuesday,
the 4th of May, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for the
purpose of carrying into effect the recommendations of the Com-
mittee appointed to inquire into the practice of the Court of
Chancery.
Mr. S. RICE moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the better
administration of Justi:e in the Courts of Petty Sessions in Ireland.
Sir H. PAItNELL seconded the motion, and io a short address
stated his decided conviction to be, that a change in the present
system of the Irish Magistracy was indispensably necessary to the
welfare of the country. If M. ters would nut bring the subject
before the anise, be pledged'himself to move for inquiry into its
details at a future day.
Mr. GOULBU RN would be the last to resist measures of im-
provement, but at the same time he felt bound to vindicate the cha-
racter of the Irish Magistracy. He considered them to be as
faultless as any similar set of men in any other country.
Leave was then granted to bring in the Bill, which the lion.
Mover fixed for Thursday the Sloth inst.
Mr. HUME postponed his motion to Wednesday next.
• Sir R. FERGUSON presented Petitions front the Inhabitants
of Inverary to Argyieshire, Rothsay, and Campbeltown, against
any alteration in the Scotch Currency.
Referred to the Committee.
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Mr. HERR lES presented the Report of the Committee on the
Church Rates of Ireland Bill, which was ordered to he printed and
taken into consideration on Monday next.
Mr. Secretary PEEL gave notice, that on Thursday next, he
would move for leave to bring in a Bill relating to the Registration
of Deeds.

Mr. HERRIES brought up the Resolutions of the Committee
on the Assessed Taxes Composition Act. The Resolutions were
agreed to, and a Bill ordered to be brought in accordingly.
Lord PALNIERSTON moved for leave to bring in a Bill to
Regulate the allowance to Innkeeepers, on whom soldiers were
billerted.—Leave granted.
The• Noble Lord also presented Returns of the number of Offi-
cers on Half.pay.
The other orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
Rouse adjourned at HALT-TAIT Su O'CLOCK.

Accounts from Port-au-Prince, Hayti, to the 26th of
February, have been received. The Black Deputies
sent to France had returned.

Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope to the Bth of
February have reached us. The RAINBOW, with tl:e
Lieutenant Governor, had not then arrived. It appears
his Excellency, Lord CHARLES SArttasxT, had ordered
the SAMARANO frigate, on the coast, to prepare fur con-
veying him to England.
Private letters from the Brazils state that the trade is
so annoyed by the privateers from Buenos Ayres, that
the premium of insurance from Baltic to Rio Janeiro is
SO per cent. An order from the Government had reached
Maranhao), to send to England 60,0801. in payment of
the dividend on Brazil loans cents acted in England ; it
was expected to be remitted in cotton.