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'chants , .Cttrers of. Greet Yarineeth, praying for the re-
peal of Ditles.—Oraerod tit be ‘referred to the Com-
mittee on taws.
Mr. S. . \IE presented a Petition from the Church-
wardens and `sofficers of Deptford, praying that their
Parish may led In the number to be affected by the
Bill for altering and amend* the Poo! Laws.--Ordered to Us
on the table.
Sir T. ACLAND ?Monte a Petition from a Friendly Be-
refit Society in Devoinhiro, praying that they might be allowed
the benefit of investing their money directly in the public funds,
-without the intervention of a Sating Butt.-Ordered' to lie on
the table.
Mr. Alderman ATKINS presented a Petition from i Pro-
prietor of a Waterloo Bridge Annuity, against the Waterloo
Bridge Bill—Ordered to Be o.i the table.
The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND presented a Pe-
tition from the Faculty of Advocates of Edinburgh against the
CoTrian
yßight Bill.—Ordered to lie or the table.
Comedttee on the Offenders' Conviction and Reward Bill
was postponed till Monday.:
Lord G.TSERESFORD appeared at the Bar, and stated,the
Prince Regent to have been waited upon with the Adapts 011
that House on the Marriage of the Princess Elizabeth mid she
Prince of Hesse Romberg, to which his Royal Highness Lad
been pleased to return a most gracious Anewerswhith his Lobe*,
ship dies reed. . The Answer expressed, in the usual terms, rib;
satisfactiOnorthe Prier.; Regent at the interest taken by ebtie,
House in the happiness of the Royal Family.
On the 'motion of Mr. Cuawass, Returns of 'the number of
Coal Vibes th the Ide of Mast, and of the quantity Of Coals
exported there from Wititebaven, were ordered to be laid be-
fore the House.
Sir R. PEEL presented a Petition front the Manufacturers
of Great and Little Bolton, in favour of the Cotton Manufactories
Regulation Blll.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. MELLISH moved the second reading of the Pancras
Poor Bill.
The SOLICfTOR GENERAL said the measure
necessary, so uncalled for, that he should certain!
The Directors of the Poor, now in office in that
persons whose character and rank In life were such as to lOM's
the Poor proper treatment. \ The present Bill went to provide
that elections of the Directors of the Poor should take place an.:
fluidly. The present system saved the parish the expense of sucks
elections, as well as the tumult and inconvenience commonly',
arising th,:refrom. He moved that the Bill be read a secondi
time that day six months. tl
Sir EGERTON BRYDGES supported the Bill.
Mr. PETER MOORE bore testimony to the high character
of the Directors, and spoke in favour of the amendment.
Mr. BYNO supported the amendment.
Sir J. (iitAIIAM stated the Bill of 18011.' under which the
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Directors of the Poor had been chosen, to have been accesses*
called for, as the annual elections which had till then taken pliog
were disgraceful to the parish and the neighbourhood of Idatii.
don. Ile should support the amendment, and he hoped in a fun
tare year the parishioners would cove forward fns: a Bill to ae-
thosise them to pl..ce the other concerns of the Parish under
similar direction.
The amendment was then put and carried. The Bill was cone
betie lost.
lTd STANLEY presented a Petition front certain 'naive-
duals connected with the Cotton Xistufactories in the Comity of,
tancaner, against the Cotton Baronet Bill. 14,
wtshed to know what course the Ho meant to take
with his Bill, as, in the event of its being recommitted to a Com-
mittee up stairs, he should wish to have the Petition referred 011.
that Couiniittee.
Sir ROBERT PEEL said the proper course at present •••110
that the Petition should lie upon the table.
Mr. FINLAY thought that it was highly proper and reason-
able that the manufacturers should have an opportunityor4z)
lag the charges that had been made against them, and
defending their ctlnduct.
Mr. PHILLIPS was proceeding to address the Ifeuteszioil,
die discusaion was' terminated by 'Mr. PEEL, who remailW
that the proper time for entering upon this subject would offiliet
wt Friday, when the Bill would come before the House is is)
Order of the Day.—The Petition was ordered to be printed. '1
ROYAL NUPTIALS.
On the motion of Lord CAST,LEREAGII theOr.i
der of the Day was read for the House to resolve it-
self into a Committee to take into consideration the-
Prince Regent's Message.
On the Speaker's leaving the Chair, and the Mes-
sage being read by Mr. BROGDEN, the Chairman of
the Committee,
Lord CASTLEREAGIIsaid it hid devolved upon
him to call the attention of the House to a subject of
as great importance to the interests of the country as
ever had been submitted to it. The task imposed
upian him was difficult under any circumstances, still
more so the House must feel it to be after the tem-
per disclosed in the two former debates. Among all
the delicate and painful duties imposed upon the ser-
wants ot the Crown, none was more eminently so than
Capon arrangements of the nature described in the
Message, to be obliged to call upon the House ton
make a. special provision for the illustrious members
of the reigning family ; because whatever was the at-
tadiment and fidelity of the House of Commons to
the Family en the Throne, yet there was no principle
more inherent in every free Constitution, nor more
essential to the parity of our own, than an unwilling-
ness-to enlarge unnecessarily the burdens of the peo-
ple, and of feeling a jealousy on any increase of power
and influence to the Crown. The difficulty he had
allotted to, had been greatly enhanced by the change
wutitd in our Constitution, namely, that all the
sources that could in former times be applied to such
pit-poses, had been thrown into the hands of the House
of Commons ; that all such funds had been placed
at their disposal, which rendered necessary an appli-
cation to that House whenever occasions aroie. If
applications had not been so frequent in former
times, the reason was, that frcm the hereditary re-
venues of the Crown, and the administration of the
revenue, the Crowd itself possessed the power of
making a suit ible settlement on the marriage of any
branches of the Royal Family. If subjects like the
present were of frequent recurrence, they were not to
be attributed to any inclination for extraragance or
proijigality in the reigning family, but to the fact,
that ail the proper revenues of the Crown had been
placed under the management of the House of Com-
mons, to do between the Crown and people 'what
their joint interests required. In asking the House
to discharge with fidelity its duty to the Crown, be
certainly would wish them to recollect, that if they
were not, on the one hand, to be induced by any arts
Or intrigues to forget what they owed to their consti-
tuents, and to make unnecessary and prodigal grants
of the public money, so neither should they, on the
other hand, be led by the clamours of any men, or
any party, to refuse what was required to support the
true dignity and splendour of all the branches of the
reigning family. He was not surprised that a strong
feeling should exist on this subject, in the present si-
tuation of the country, when it was necessary to place
this great empire in an attitude of strength and se-
curity, which alone could be effected by a wise ad-
ministration of its finances. He should, under these
circumstances, feel it his duty to lead the-House to
the adoption of such a resolution on this subject, as
would probably .meet with general concurrence. He
should preface tt with such a detail of the arrange-
ment as would, he hoped. acquit him of the charge of
unnecessarily detaining the House. He felt himself
obligee!, indeed, to call the attention of Gentlemen to