The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-02-08 00:00:00

(Hear, bear.)
Upon the motion of Mr. Brogden, the several Ses-
sional Orders for the regulation of the basic's!, of the
House were agreed to.

POITATI avaixEss.
Upon the question, " That after the 22d of Febru-
ary, this House will not receive any private petition,"
Mr HUAI E observed that it appeared to him the
title limited by this order for receiving petitions was
annsaally and inconveniently short. This order was
made at a time that Parliament was used to meet if
November or Dee., and wee sot adapted to the pre-
sent time, when Parliament assembled at a much later
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'I: SPEAKER explained that the time was gel
UUUUUUUU limited. 'The practise had always boa ilb
limit thq, time for receiving private petitions to heir-
teen days- after the meeting of Parlianaspt , Is Iltle
case, a particular date bad bees Exed, wag 111.
der to remove all ambiguity. that the 'One might be
satisfied with regard to the. last day he presewieg pe-
titioes. This was a standing ordered the House, *bleb
the Hotta was certainly at liberty to rescind when it
.hosglit proper, bet whilst it was an repealed, he (Ur.
Speaker) bad thought it his duty to regulate himself,
by it.—(Hear.)
Mr. LOCKHART said it was of importunes shit the
time for receiving private petitions should net be too
limited, for this reason, that as all inelosures would be
regulated in a great measure by the fate et the agri-
cultural question in this House, it was naresponable to
bind diem to a given time for bringing their petitions
bore, until they bad first ascertained whether they re-
solved any encouragement to improvement by the steps
which this Haase would eventually take.
The SPEAKER said he bad so hesitation in saying
that this order was rather a relief to the petitioners
than otherwise. It saved expense to the parties to is,
a day, but though the standing order forbade the re-
seirieg of private petitions after a corsair' day. yet
every Hon. Member knew that when a representation
was made of unavoidable delay having oteerredl the
House was constantly in the habit of receiving them
after the time limited by this order. Tbo order was
then agreed to.

It was also ordered that no private Bill was to be
read a first time after the 19th of March ant.
AGRICiIt.TURAL DIIII:RESS.
Mr. COKE sold, ho held Is his., haled a widen
from the Owners and Oempiors of load Is the am
'lledrisittaireMmly of Norfolk, arbor* Agriosimrre was
is a dosrieitise moditlos--where it WO
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produced from poor land ►y good management as/
good husbandry, ►han any other county be over saw.
It was with sorrow he was now called upon to say.
that the state of Agriculture in Noel'slk at this day
was in a heart•breakieg condition, and to so one 414
its lamentable state speak with more force than biassolt
who had spent his life whilst at home in endeavouring
to better it, and the last forty years that be was is
Parliament in trying to promote its best interests.---
(Hear.)--The Requisition sent to the Sherif to call
the Meeting, from which that petition came. bed bee*
most numerously signed by the Yeomanry of the
County, then whom a more respectable body did not
exist ; and it was remarkable that those who favoured
it, three out of five bad formerly been the supporters
of Government. They had seen their error, and thus
coming forward bad set a noble example to other
Counties, which he hoped would be universally fol.
lowed. If both sides were not unanimous in pressing
on the Government those measures which bad now be.
come necessary, the evil complained of could not be
removed.—The Petition prayed for Economy and Re-
(rename:lt, and for a Redaction of the Daties on Salt.
Malt, and other commodities, by which. and various
saving. they had been led to hope that an annual re•
diction of the public etpeadittre might be made to
the amount of 5,000,0001. This had been t►eir hope.
but bow surprised mast the Petitioners have been in
common with the whole country to bear the speech of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a former night. la
which be declared it to be his opinion that no diminu-
tion of taxation could take place. This was the state-
ment that the Minister bad thought it right to make
in his place. This was the language held at a time.
like this, by a callous and bard hearted G meat.
Me bad not felt himself justified in holding out to the
Petitioners any hope of relief from that House. It
was not to be expected from a body like that, a body
that was as corrupt as it was profligate.— (Loud cries
of " Order.")

The SPEAKER remarked. the Hon. Gentleman was
out of order.

'r. COKE said, he would not transgress the rules
of the House. He would not, since it was thought dis-
orderly in him to do so, say the House was profligate
and corrupt, but it was well known to be so.—(Goad
cries of " Order, Order," " Chair. Chair.")
The SPEAKER said that the expressions used
called upon bins, however reluctantly, to interfere.—
He would be the last as to interpose ; but the His.
Member's own reflection would coavisce him, that the
line of expression which be used towards this House,
was such u be mut be indisposed to persevere la.—
(Hear. bear.)

Mr. COKE resumed. He did net wish to °lead,
but he could ant help speaking warmly, as he felt
warmly oa this subject, and felt that from a House
constituted as that was, it was in rain to hope for re-
lief. He would sot sew avail himself of the language
of the petition, which was stronger than any that be
could use. The petition prayed for etsanomy, retsmseb-
meat, and a redaction of tazadoa. It set forth slut i
Mr. Hume bad, proved in the last Session of Parlia-
ment, from nada' docameste.that great savings might
be made is every branch of the public emit% MA