Star.
London, England, 1829-05-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
-HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 46.
But GOWER lamented a Petition Irons the ironmee of Sheep-
- IWe against die Last India Company's monopoly.—Ordered tole
on the table.
Sir A. Gaon, and other Meniben of the House of Commie%
brought up the National Debt Reduction Boat, sad the linbarter
Bias Rill.
Sir E.Kitarcuauta. brought up the Sheerest' Improvement Bill.
Several private Hills were also brought up, which were sabot-
speedy read a Int time.
• Mr. Sumas presented as Amain of the 'Receipts and Repos-
dkure of the Dover Harbour for the past year.
The Consolidated Funds Bill, the Justice of Peace (Wales) Bill,
and eleven private Bins, were road a third time, and passed.
The Six Clerks' °Mee Bill was ferwarded through Committee,
oat the Report thereon received.
Several private Bills were read a second dine.
Lord TENTERDEN said, be bad to present a Peti-
tion from an individual named Smith, who stated him.
self to be it bookseller, residing in Liverpool, praying
that a Bill, which was now in progress through Parlia-
ment. entitled " A Bill for the better regulation of
Schools of Anatomy," might not pass into a law. The
petitioner appeared to him to have mistake. tl e prowl-
lions of that Bill. With regard to its general tenour
be. would not now take upon him to make any remark;
the question for their Lordships to decide was, whether
the good derivable from the proposed measure would
compensate for the inconvenience arising therefrom?
lie would take the libel ty merely to add, that there did
appear to him some clauses in the Bill which requited
some amendment, and when the Bill went into Com-
mittee he should mention what those tl loses were.—
The petition was ordered to lie on the table.
COIRPoIATIoN or LONDON.
Lord DURHAM said he held in his hand a Petition
which, as it referred to a subject which was to come
under their Loidships consideration that evening, he
would take tie liberty of presenting then; it was trona
use of the officers of the city of L adon—a person
whose name might be familiar to many of their Lord-
ships. The individual was Mr. Henry Hunt, who, al-
though perhaps his specific political opinions were not
suck as their Lordships wi-uld concur in, bad yet made
statements in that petition . which were well worthy'
their consideration. The petitioner stated that be had
been fur the space of. the last two years engaged in
auditing the accounts of the Corporation"( London,
with a view to investigate what they really were; and.
after considerable difficulty, he stated that he has
ascertained that they possessed a number of houses
"Mounting to 600, which, together with the lands the'
pa -bested, retuned to them a revenue of neari)
. 150,0001 annually. He stated it to be his opinion
*tom okat h. knew of the accounts, that the funds they
possessed were amply sufficient for meeting every es-
. ienditure ne"e.sary in repairing the roads leading t-
. ,th.. London-bredi4e, and therefore he prayed that n
additional lazes might be levied on the public for Ma
Pl' Pose.
At the desire of the Noble Baron the petition our
read 84 length. "Rd laid on the talk
Lord MELVILLE, in moving the Qrder of the Da!
for throforther conudelation of a petition from the Lois
• I"7"vs Aiiieinfon, and Carnation of the City of Lo.
don. pralieg that their Lordships would either to
illicit genet let the redaction Of certain account,, o ,