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psentecl to the general principle of this Bill; and,
pith regard to the Clause now on the table, Sanity
And exceptionable as he thought it was, he should be
inclined to accede to it, if it had been merely a tem-
porary Clause; thinking, as he did, chat there had
ban a great abuse ot popular nr.:etings, and particu-
larly of the Westnnin:Aer Meetings. 1414 thought that
VA: Honourable Met:slier for Bramt a (Mr. Wilber-
force) had argued as if be considered this Clause was
to be temporary and it Ministers *ould nuke it
temporary, he shotild have no objection to it.
When the Honourable Member concluded. the
et:ft of question weir very loud, and strangers were
ordered to withdraw. The House then divided on
the prop:.sition of M. 'ATI:RUM:4, that the duration
of we clause should be limited to July, 1818. —Ayes,
s;—Noes, 113.
A serond division then took place upott the clause
hicif—F,,r it, 113—Against it, S.
A confetence was then appointed with the Lords
to-inerrow, to procure their assent to the alterialud
m de t the Amendments.
Mr. PONsONEY then said, it would be cvnv.nient for Gen-
tkmen to know when the Chancellor ot the Exchequer would
111,00 the Adjournment.
Mr. 13. ITSURaT (in the absence of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer) said, that the House would meet on Monday.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed and the
House iajOlirlitti at Eleven o'Cluck.
ItEpour Irons the Select C nniuittee on the ;minted
Votes and proceedings of the House of Commoos.
Aid ,iten proposed for preparing an A3tritac.r of the Votes
sod PROCZNOINGS of the Hover of COMMONS fur publication

in a fern, noire serviceable for Current use.
Is!.--'bake for the touroiAtiort of this Abrract the marginal
contents o: the Votes as now printed, and such :speeches. Ad-
d: tows, and Adie.ag4.l, as are 110 11,114:ly ;Milted in the Votes;
and add briefly some further particulars, which ate now only no-
ticed in the Journals, ex. gr. 2i au:es of hle mbers Oppaintril fu
serve upon Select Commit.ers on public hiatturs—Mnione wi h.
down or superseded. Amendments to niotinni—Divishnis, &c.
but not keening at laigils (without suucial irder) any Petiiimis
wh,rli (as in the instances of the Corn Bill, Property I at, and
Parosnientsry Reform) greatly delay the Votes; the Petitions
themselves, however, being still preserve.i U,•411 the Journals.
'llse actual Minute Books of the Clerks at the table contain the
substance of such as Abstract, which an out door clerk, collect-
ssut its Vote nriting,C4ll put at once into due form. Oae of the
Clerks' Assistants (by turns) us be answerable for the correctness
of the Abstract by signing his name to it; and the Speaker after-
wards putting his signature to the Vote in the usual forms
tdly.—Subjoin to this Abstract of each day's proceedings, a
list et Notices and Orders for public business, as heed for the
nett sitting day • together with the Names of the Private Bills
entered in the. look upon the table tor second railings; and
nosily also any arrangement which the House may have agreed
upon for the hours of proceeding on public business, of ballots,
or the like. _ _ .

order that this Abstract may be ready for &livery
the neat morning, the Minute Books, which are alternately
carried out in the course of the evening, will enable the iZicrks in
the Journal CAOtte to prepare the Abstract for the printer; so
that a few limes only aid in most cases remain to be added at the
rising of the 11011‘e; and the Printer mutt have a pnining press
near the House of Commons (which be is ready to nu ride) to
ordrr to complete the sheets for deiivery.
i t e &decry must be made early the next nuirrang to
the several Members who shall have lett their addrisa at the
Vote and trsall other persons who may desire to be sup-
plied as private customers.
sthly:—Tbe Current Index upon the Table of the li.iuse will
be rendered more useful, by trips always conipletrd from these
Votes before the nest meeting of Use House, instead of lights live
days in arrcar, as at present is necessarily the case.
With rtspect to the reduction which this abridgment may
produce in the expense of priming, it is to he obseived, that
this expense underwent a considerable reduction in THOS, by
the compressed feting then introduced, whereby an annual
saving has already been made, which has risen (rum Alia per,
annum co.& CIS per annum, amounting between the years ibuS
and 3810 (both inclusiv) to ies 4,teti ; and it is expected that
when the plan now proposed can be carried into fun operation
in a future bessiou of Parliament, a further saving may be. made
of the greater part of the residue of the rspeate ; and possibly
by amore extended sale of the Votes fur general use (as ass
forsuany the case), a baying, of the whole sum, at present
amounting to about 'genre) per annum.—lllaish lal7.

THE zvraNlNti STALL

LONDON.

SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1917.
Fit iCE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK s
Itadimpd ahut—Caw. mosey, 7014—for Ace. 701 71
4 per Clot. abot-5 per Cu'.e Navy. ino3
13114 Ss. Ise. v.—hulls bowl. - 7 34 pr.

-The Amendments made on the Seditious Meetings
Bill have been agreed to by the Commons, with the
exception of one, conceived to come under the mean-
ing of a money clause. It is net uncommon in such
cases for the Commons to throw out the Dill entirely,
and then bring in a new one with the clause iuserted ;
but, perhaps, a confesence of the two Houses may
be found sufficient on the present occasion. In either
case, at least one day's delay mint tale place, and the
Hoaars must met; on Monday.

Letters from Cadiz of the 10th instant state, that
between two and three thousand troops, ready to em-
balk for America, are detained by want of Trans-
ports, the Treasury being so low that not a dollar
can be spared for the necessary. equipment. The
attempt to borrow 500,000 dollars from the Mer-
chants was treated with marked indifference. The
introduction of English Newspapers is strictly pro-
hibited.

The Doke of DEVONSHIRE has arrived at Brussels,
from Pais.

The Princess of WALES IS still at Munich, where

she is occupied in •iaiting public establishments, espe.
cially the Royal Collection of P•iatings at Sellleis-
beim. She goes treqtitnOy to Court, and often walks
in public, followed by tits Ladies, three Turks, and