The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-08 00:00:00

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'IIIIIAL PARLWINJYT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.TUZSDAY, Mar 7.

Mr. TRUNDLE, from the Office of Chief Secretary for
Ireland, presented sundry Papers, pursuant to Act of
Parliatnent.
The Loan ADVOCATE for Scotland, Mr. BLOGDEN,INUI
Other; brought up the Scotch Bankrtipti4W,lbeirieh
LINEN Bounty, Ai-ECM-els Malt Duties Bills and
several Private Bine, :from the Commons.—Road a
first time.
The Doke of NCIRT,If UMBERLAND presented a
petition from Newcastle egainst the Navigation Altera-
tion Bill.—Laid on the table:
The Earl of HAREWOOD presented a petition from
tho Merchants, Traders,. and Manufacturers, Of the town
of Sheffield. in tbe comity of York, praying, it was un-
dersfesoi, for some regulation for the 'recovery of small
debte.-4.sid on the table.
Lord BATNINti presented several petitions from dm'
Oweersund Occupiers of Land of several Hundreds in
the County of Norfolk, praying for Agricultural relief.'
—Laid OD the table.
The Countervailing Malt Duties Bill was read a second
time.
The Excise Licenses Bill went thretashra Committee,
and was reported.—Adjourned. • .r~ •
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Mr. COOPER preser:e.d a Petition from micelle
persons in the county and town of Slip, prayingfbr
protesting duties to the Irish Butter trade.—Laid on Mr
table.
Mr. ERIGHT presented a Petition from Bristol;
swaying a revision of the Criminal Lairs.—Ordered to
be rioted.
Lord CHANDOS presented a Petition from Ayies,
bury, stating that the Petitioners bad eked with dismay
a proposition made by the Hon. hlember for Portarling-
ton, for admitting bonded dour into the market for
home consampipon when prices shall have advanced• to
a certain point: If the Home should adopt the recotit
mendation, they apprehended the entire destruction of
the rental of the kingdom, and other disastrous con's-
sinew's.
hlrc DUODALE presented s Petition from the Dry-:
salters and Curers of Decor in Birmingham, praying to
be placed on the same footing as the Drysalters of Ire-
land.—Ordered to lie upon the table.
Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition from a respect-
able body of Chnstian People residing in Limerick and'
Ennis, milling themselves Separatists. They prayed td
be placed in the mime condition as the Quakers.
Mr. P. BUXTON bore testimony to the respectaW
lily of the petitioners.
The Petition was ordered to be printed; as was an-
other presented from certain persons of the same per,
sneak., in the city of London.
Lord E. SOMERSE I' presented a petition from the
county of•Dorset, praying the house not to adopt the
peopesition before it for admitting foreign corn out of
bond, when the price of wheat should arrive at 655.
Orderedoto lie on the table.
Mr. CURTEIS presented a similar petition from the
county of Sussex.—Ordered to lie on the table.
NEWSPAPERS.
Mr. HUME moved for the renewal of an order
which he obtained last year, for proclamations, adver-
tisements, add notices, made to the different newspapers,
by the vwrions Government offices and establishments,
betwixt January, 1816, and April, 1842.—Ordered.
VAGRANT LAWS.
Mr. CHETWYND. in bringing up the Report of the
Committee upon the Vagrant Laws, said, that he had
been misrepresented with regard to the part he bait
taken in bringing forward the present measure. He
had been charged with advocating arbitrary laws, be-
came he brought these laws before the consideration of
the house, with a view to their convolidation. As wen
eight any Hon. Member who brought forward the subs
ect of the Criminal Code be charged with sopportiag
its sanguinary laws. The Bill bad undergone several
amendments, which he thought would render it unob-
jectionable. At the same time, it was proposed that it
should only be enacted for a duration of two years, in
order to try its operation.
Sir R. WILSON considered the Amendment to be as-
tisfactorr. as far as they went.
The Report was ordered to be taken into further con-
sideration on Monday next.
Mr. GOOCH presented a Petition from the County
of Suffolk against the proposed admission of bonded
corn into the market at the price of 655.
A similar Petition was presenteu from the Eastern
part of the county of Essex.
Mr. WODP.BOUSE presented two Petitions from cer-
tain Hnodreds in the County of Norfolk, complaining
of Agricultural Distress.
DANK CHARTER.

Mr. GRENFELLIad moved on a recent occasion for
Copies of all Correspondence between the Government
and the Bank of England. He wished to ask the Hon.
Secretary for the Treasury, whom he saw in his place,
whether those papers were likely soon to be before the
House.
Mr. LUSHINGTON said, be was unable to give an
answer, and the Honourable Member had better post-
pone his question until his Right Honcurable Friend
the Chancellor of the Exchequer was in the House.