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PARLIA-MENTARY PROCEEDING&

HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH i.
The Loan CdTTI, &sox officiated as Speaker in einsequenee
of the ebesocc, front ihdisposition, of the loan CHANCILI.On.
The Duke ots RUTLAND and tilt Pada of Bassoatsasi and
Kisumu, took the oaths and their seats.
Vbcount GRANDILLE presented a Petition front the Met-
chants and Tvders of the City cif Bristol, againtt :he renewal of
the Insolvent iltistors' Bill, which was laid upon the table.
Oa the motion of Earl WHITWORTH, several Papers, row
before the House, relative to the state of the Prisons, numbers
of Convietiom, &c. was ordered to be printed tor the use or
their Lordships' Committee on the subject.
Mr. Dawson:, and Debar Nembe.ts, brought .up a Message
from the Commons, imporslng, that that House had grata •
leave to lindmn Gyrney, Esq. one of its Members, to atter.d
their Lordship? Bank donrittee.
The Dad of AIIES/11, KT presented a Petition from de'
!Meter Chiclusey-Sweepers of the Cities of London and West-
WNW against the Chimney-Sweepers' Regulation Bill, now
before their 5...-Ordered to bi Old on the table.
of I. moved for the rtioa
of of tlost • Sit
Thomu Rift. as related to the esecnt of the
4i Tabs*. He thought these documents would not be objected
to by those' Noble Lords appointed, and he deemed tin= of
some importance with reference to a motion fu some degree
connected with the subject thereof, which would soon come be-
fore their Lordships.—The production was ordered accordingly.
On the motion of the Noble Marquis, certain accounts Ma-
' del to the Gold Coin, there-coinage of scattered Silver and Spa..
nigh Dollars, were ordered to be lai I before the House:
His Lordship then moved, " That a Mesiage be sent to.-the
Conunfms, desiring that Alexander Baring and John Smith,
Esqrs. Members of their House, may have leave to attend the
Lords Committees pn the affairs of the Bank;' which was ors'
dered accordingly.—Adjourned till to-morrow.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. Ntraufatt informed the House, that the lion. Mr. Pill,,
who had been summoned to attend the Special. Committee ap-
pointed to try the Chester Election Petition, had found 'it tm-
possible to comply with the order, in consequence of bad health.
Owing to this circumstance, the Committee ha.d adjourned front
this morning till tomorrow morning, in the hope that the Hon.
Gentleman might then be able to attend ; but they bad since re-
ceived a communication from him, in which he stated the Ina-
probibility•of his being able to attend for several days.
Dr. Bateman was then called to the liar, and csamincd by this
SP4Alraa:

Have you attended Mr. V. 141 in your professional cappeity?—
,Yes, I have.

Does the state of his !wilds preyeut ttim from attendirg the
Selict Committee ?—ln my Grill ico it dcLs.
Flow long do you think it will ba, before be can be able to at-
.tend?—lt will probably her few days.
On the moth!. of Mr. Watiza, it vat agreed, that Mr. V./lis
be excused from turthtr attendance on the said Commi.tee.

On separate tnotror.s, the following Alembers bad lea7e ct
absence :

Mr. CnAILLES DUNI3AS tor one ^reek, on his private

!Ur. DENMAN tot the purpose of attending the eircu!tf.
Mr. Omuta for the purpose of attending the Western Clirt;it.
Mr. O. Wu.usus, for a fortnight, on account of illness.
Lord R. SPRNCER on urgent private affairs. •
Captain Per. Law on urgent private affairs.
Mr. Josren Toltec, for three days on special busimeu.
Mr. He to Super:mu, for one month.
Mr. ensr.oss Crises...3s fur one montO, on account of /Wis•
position, in his family. • • •
Seven! other Members were allowed similar inanlgences.
Lord CASTLEREAGH brought In a Bill for the regukttion
of his Majesty's Household, and also for, he care of his prson
during the continuance of his indisposition. The BM was read
a Ann time, and ordered for a second reading on 'Thursday, and
to be printed.
On the =den of the CHAJZCZILL(iR of the EXCIIE-
QUER, the Steam Vessels' Tonukze Bill, and the Smarmier.'
Apprehension Rewards Bill, were read a third time and passed.
Sir G. WARRENDSIL moved foe a new writ for a Mem-
ber to serve in Parliament for the county of Edinburgh, in the
room of Sir George Clerk, appunited one of the Lords Cummi-
sie:lers of the Almiralty.
Sir M. RIDLEY said, it WAS his intention to take the sense
of the bottle on the Propriety a a t appointment. He theuelit
the number of the Lords of the Admiralty ought to be reduced.
Sir G. WA liaLN 1);:11 was oulr aware that Sir George
Clerk had at: t ,ed the a2:ore.t.:nent in the place of one of the
former Committiore-e.

Mr. CALCHAFT hoped that his Hon. Friend wudel rerun
the moti7:l wh:.-1 h. brgki.t 1....w0rd on this subject:4n the Est
Parliament. lie could not ce,..ceSve why SIX, Lords ef Abe 4,:-
miralty should be appointed, when four way wesuneeessa7l.
INSOLVLNZ DEBTORS' ROI: •
Lord FOLKESTONE Fresented, a Petition front
the Alerchants ail,' Manufacturers of. New. Sarr.n4
against the rein,sval of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. •
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL hUd no objeakn
t 6 the pctitlon's tyi.-z on the table; but he legged
the Hothc.to consid‘fr, that a vast number of perso,.s
had taken the bccefit of that Act,and that great pre-
perty had Leen vested, under. the Act, in the hands
of Assignees. If the law were suffered to expire,
without any provision being made on that head, what-
ever. property was then in the hands of AssigarTz,
might be retained by them, for there ~vould be ,19
power of calling these Assignees to account. If :t
expired, there would be no power of putting in force
that branch of the law which at present provided fox
the discharge of debtors. The Learned Gentleman
said, that he \vat; favourable to the general principle
of the law, although he thought that out some points
It might be amended.
Mr. WAITtIMAN said, he should reserve any ob_
servations he had to make on this subject till the bill
was brought in. He wished the IlOuse to receive all
possible information on this question ; and, therefore,
he now gave notice of a motion for the production.
The worthy Alderman was here informed that there

was another question before the House.
The Petition was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. WAITHMAN then gave notice, that on Psi-
day next he should move for an account of the num-
ber of persons at present acting as• agents in the In-
solvent I.):2l);ors'.Court ; and, if any, how many of
them are attorsies, and have taken the benefit of the
Act; also of the number of pertons committed Guru
the year 1797 to 1810 ;.and also of the amount of the
duty on auctions in the sum! period. •
CITY OF LtIUEuICK IeLECTION.
Sir THOMAS BARING brought up the Report

of the Select Committee appointed to try the peti-
tion against the 'return of Colonel Vereker, for the
city of Limerick ; which Report stated, that the Ho-
nourable John Prendergast Vereker had been duly
elected.
Mr. NICHOLSON CALVERT said, that the pe-
titioner had rested the proof of his charge on the
poll-book, which he conceived to be such proof 4it
had always been sustained. -The poll, however, did
not appear to the Committee to ban beap proved;

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