■ ,~ K r 3mpertat Varltanttni. Hor9.: or LORDS. AlOrinaY, nip. 17. 'Lord REDESDA.Lb presented a &osier% fronssahe niisan tn..'etimen of Witham, praying tor die establishment of a Court for the recovery of small debts. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT. ' The Marquis of 1 ANSDOW :NE presented a petition from the manuirediren, tradesmen, and omer inhabitant. of Shepton Monet, porn for the repent of the Insolvent Debtors' Ac..— TM in pieaepting this pettdoo, in.imatisi Mat he did sot consent to tie prayer for repealing the Act, because ha had always telt that the piinciple of Como Bonoruin we mut salutary. He was reedy to ad.n:t that great frauds had cr pt la uadez the Act, and that tradesmen on:pit to ha protected, hub that protection might be &Warded without die repeal of die Vt. The petition was re: it, :.tad laid on the tat.L. The Earl of TANKER% 11. LE pre-cntat a Jae Wrottealey, Bart. against the !dards - te GO ginned to several defects ha the bill. raid expie.sal a hope *it Parliament would love no tittle in hiakinl that bat of all biles, a fixed law °lnlet - liege, pe,txt as possible. Lord ELI.ENROBOUG it expressed his regret taut so much Innosvenience should have b^cn tie resalt of the Act as to occa sion the number of petitions on the table. It was a matter of complaint that no right rev. lord had risen when the bill was discusaed, to state objecaons, which migitt have induced the house to avoid those imperteattons which became the cause of int. S'I'OWELL said, he did not think even persons of the rprom-stun were aware or all the inconveniences produced un bill. They were certainly not coguiceot of many known to ecclesiastical persons. The petition wrs read, and had on the table. Lord STOWELL then drew the attention of the house to the vast inapoicomx of the subject, and, with a view to the estsblials. went of a ransistent legislative provision, paused, •• That a coninduce be appointed to take into convalcraiion the present ...its of the law relative to mama. sed whether any, and 'that measures, ate uocevvary to randy the same, and to report thereon to the house." Lord K L E N ROUG H seconded the motion, and Gcclarnd he had great pleasure in contemplating the benefit which must result Irvin the noble and learned iord's endeavour to settle the petit;os from Sir Act. The noble que.tion. • Atier a kW observations from the LORD CHANCELLOR, the motion was agreed to, and the following Lords sppo.nual to act in the committee t—The A ichuiehop . of Canterbury, the hod Chancellor, Lord Stowell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl ot Liverpool, Lord Ellenborougli, Lurd Mednidale, an d the Earl of Sheitesbury• Lad ELLEN BOROUGH then moved that the Marriage Act Amendment lu ll be read the e.cind time the day tertoight— Orrercd. AGRICULTURAL PETITIONS. Lord SUFFIELD presented a peutiou from the nobility, clergy, and genuy, of the hundred of North Erpingham, in the waist, 9f It urfAlt. complinuing of agricultarat Mantes, praying for reform, and disclaiming all parumpation in the proceedings at the Noriolk meeting. .1 he petition was sgned by two 11%111- .111 A priors. They prayed particularly for a repeal of the malt Lon The nook earl, on presenting this petition, professed him self an advocate for return', and said he woultl undertake to make the Bishops converts to the doctrine of reform on reh g ous grounds. The petition was read, and laid on the table. Lotd SUFI lELD elso 'downhill a similar petition from the hundred of Gramme, in the ts. .oty of Norfolk, which was read and laid on the table. AUSTRIAN LOAN. The Marquis of LANaDOWN E said, it was well known to the house that large sums of the public money, in the shape of loans. lied been lavished on foreign powers. In consequence of iproceedinge in Parliament on tins subject, assurances ord bec g iven mitt the re-payment of the Austrian lotto MORN' be Real,- rioted at the Congiess of Verona. lie withal, the:time, to ask the noble lord whether he was enabled to state tee , moth of any ruck neAuumion, and whether any hope was belts out of the re aliment of the aunt so iong due to this country. lie Earl of LIVERPOOL said, ii was not his intention to enter into the question how far sums of money had been lavished by this country oo foreign powers. Every tramoicuon of that eirt must stand on its own bottom. He would. however, say, that the advance of large sums had preserved the liberty of Eu eve "genii the greatest tyranny that ever existed. The noble not Lien stated, that a discussion had taken place with a view to the settlement of the question admits' to by the noble marquis, sod the Giamatti' had come to an arrangement with the Go vernment of Vienna. He had no difficulty in adding, that the erre . .gement hail been aim . I to. and his lordship expressed a Lope that 'lc should be able soon to state to the house the precise conditions of the arrangement. Lord ELL ENBOROUG H observed, thathe could never bring his mind to believe British subsidies had promoted pubic liberty —he believed, on Mei:unwary , that it mai eiutbcirl certam powers to 'et up the most detestable ty cony in the world. Earl DARNLEY asked whether the me sures intended for the benefit of Ireland wine to be menage' outward by the noble earl in th house. The hall of LIVERPOOL, said, the meow sea applicable to that part of the United leinguoui wuted originate In the other House of Pertiament The house then adjourned. LILSDA T. TED. le. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, it was or dered that no petition for pirate Dols should be received after the 24th of March, and no report of the Judges en private bills should be received after the seta of April. A person from the Treasury presented certain annual at.- counts.—Adiourned till to-morrow. WEDNESDAY, LED. The LORD CHANCELLOR heard appeals. The Bishop of CliEsTEit inurn.wa that he gave notice last session of Parliament, of his intention to bring in a bill to amend the Act of George 11. respecting the Soleninintuon of Marriage. Tie subject would probably occupy the attention of the Con. mitten on the Marriage Law ; an d should that be ihe CAW, his niessure would be unnecessary. The bill it was his intention to introduce would not Interfere with the form of mainage, but ft Ike a mule• ni mut respect to places where marriage is toleinnised. In some places of worship. untidy, Chapels of Laic. niarriegev could not take place, and the object would be to give fri Pity and publicity to marriage, by permuting the solem nization in places where, as the law stood, no solemnisation can eke place. if the Committee made the measure unnecessary, i ',quad be s source of satisfaction ; if not, he should bring in a bill. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Beaconsfield, in Estee, against the Small Deots Bill. Earl DARNLEY presented a petition from New Bolton, against the Insolvent Debtors' Act. The Aumaisdop of CANTERBURY brought in • bill to make certain marriages good. where licenses were obtained wa r soy to law. The Wattage Act passed with en much rapidity. as to outrun all precaution which ought to have been given to Surrogates. so that t y granted licenses in some instances ron trary to the provisions of Me Act. Pawns contracted marriage ignorant of the irregularity. and this hill was to legalise such euarriages. His Genet moved the bill be read the lint time.—lt as accordingly read. Viscount SIDMOUTH presented two petitions from the igy of Norivia b against the Marriage Act —Read. and laid c. theta Ti: 12 A Report from north.= was r Adjourned. Th:ltkrl PI ! ~ --~ A TT ONAL :GI ioaers of the H Bar, sad laid as New %, o - 5 - f AAsLEY,e ited a Nadi a= the lns'l?snt Debtor Th-t. The Karl of SHAFTEnIiUItY presented a liediel•telidon FLyt. 40. Both petitions were read and laid en the table. Mr. l'ayne presented the Report of the Commissioners of the Thames Navigation. The Alarquis of LANSDOWNE seeing a noble Earl (Liver • pool) in his place, observed. that it was his intention to-courrow, to put a few . cpiestions respecting Fortign Relations, reserving the ri4iit of making any illOtlutl whicii the &Issuer to his questions unsbt suggest. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said it would be inconvenient to MIMIr the noble Marquis's enquiries to-morrow. The Marquis of LA. SDO W NE hen named Monday, which was bassi be the intended intenr A atie.i. The House, on the motion of ate Earl of LIVERPOOL., ad journed to Monday. MOUSE OP COMMONS. MONDAY, FKB. 17. Mr. So-a/lett took tho mottos and Lis seat as Meaber for Peterborough. Sir G. CLERK gave notice. that on Friday he should, in a committee of supply, mote the rote for the seamen. Colonel BAGSELL presented a petition from Tipperary, praying for a commutation of tythes. Lie. R. DAVIS pre* used two petitions from Bristol against the Insolvent Debtor's Act. _ Sir T: LE EH BRIDGES acid, that it would be impossible for nab Act to exist mach longer. Mr. BRIGHT also spoke of the Aet in its present form, particularly ags'ast the asultiptitation of oaths on subjects where men ought not to be trusted. Petition read and ordered to be printed. Other petitions against the fusel% eat Debtors' Act were pre sented Gloucester, &o. Mr. RICE presented a petition from Carmarthen, complain ing of agricultural desires*, for the reduction of taxes, Otte. Mr. HUME said the bon. member bad nut hitherto sup ported Iho reduction of taxes ; and it would therefore lee de sirable to know *bat comae be intended to pursue 1 Did be iatend to support the petition ? Mr. ItlOE thought this rather an extraordinary coarse to pursue ; be should do as be bad done, give his votes cm the questions as they arose. l'elition read and ordered to be printed. Mr. BYNG obtained leave to bring in ■ bill to amend lbw Bethnal Green Act. The /,)RI) MAYOR moved, that Sir Wm: Curtis bay leave of absence for one mouth, on account of serious lock.- Mr. P. GRENFELL gave notice, that to-morrow he should inure for Accounts of the sums paid to the Bank fee the Ma nagement of the public debt. Accounts respecting the Holyhead Harbour Expenses, &c. were ordered to be submitted to the Howse. Mr. ABERCROMBY moved (or the return, in Dortbwick's case at Glasgow.• —Ordered. The Sheriffs presented the petition of the city of Loodon in Common Council assembled, praying for Referral. Mr. Alderman WOOD said, that the petition had been de hued oe account of the absence of some of the Ministers All of them were reelected, and some of them were recently in the lloune. Without doubt they were now not far olf, and while it vies ►eading perhaps they would return. The petition came from a body that had not al a ays bees treated with the greatest courtesy, though the corporation was of the greatest importance and merited attention.—The Petition payed for economy ; and it was notch required, as the inhabitants of Lodi's' experienced difficulties which equalled those com plained of by the Agriculturists. It also called for Reform, for au extessroe of hue people's aeL-uge; and the elections in the City of London to the Costumes Council, showed that there was no real ground for apprelieudin4 danger from the vitiation of the people's right to vote for their representatives. He should move that the petition ate read at length; he thought he should out be perfuming his duty except he pursued such course.—(Hear, hear!) The clerk at the table then read the petition ; Mr. Canning, Mr. Peel, Mr. Lushiegton, Mr. F. Hammon, Mr. Wynn, &c. were on the treasury bench. Mr. T. WILSON was favourable to the prayer for economy, —but as to the subject of reform, be should attend to it when ever it was brought forward. Lord J. RUSSELL said, that to-morrow he 'herald move for a committee to enquire into the charters and rights, by which returning ',Dicers returned members to that House. On the 2 nth of April he should bring Durward the question of Parlia ment . 'form. He was glad to see the growing interests that the enlightened classes took in reform, In a few days the Yorkshire petition was signed by near 20,000 persons. These were some of the lively sparks twitted by the " dying embers of reformi”—(Cheers.) The petition was ordered to he printed. FOREIGN ENLISTMENT.—Lord ALEHORP gave notice, that on Thursday m151140l he sh. old move the repeal of the Foreign Enlistment Act.—(Hear, hear! ) beeri.V.—Mr. F BOBINSON moved that the House go Mid a committee of supply. Mr. CREEVY could met but first obs,rve on the matter of course manner in which applications of supple was merle.— W lay were sinecures to be continued for privileged orders ? (Heo: ! )--They oeuld not shut their ears against what was said out of doors ; that a revolesion in property was going on, and that a scramble was to be apprehended. They heard of an allies that in former time* was not dreamt of ; there was, for sooth, " the Mama'sr of the House of Commons." In Lord Bacon's time, the idea of a manager was ridiculed as chime vital. But now the cards in that were packed ; they had 89 court cards, that cost the country 180,0001. annually. He concluded with moving as an'ameadmemt, that it he au instruc tion to the committee to take into consideration the grievances of the people. Mt. CANNING said, that if any distinct grievances were alleged, the House would considor them ; but the motion lie could not understand; however, he could not but condemn the allusions that bad been made to the executive, after the great sacrifices made made by Lis Majesty to assist the public ser vices,— (Hear. bear!) Mr. W. LAMB said, no comparison could be made between the present period and the little liberty they enjoyed in Elisa beth s and other reigns. Mr. HUMS declined tbat the former reigns, wben the country we, in difficulty, particularly Queen Atone, the Crown lends bad been offered to aid the public' sertice. A treaty bad been made with the crown on the aceession of Geo. 111. re specting the crown eeeee ues, but it bad been evaded. To show tire teatime of ministers, or the corruption of indit.- deals who were some bow or soother connected wills that House, be would only advert to the little attention paid to the almost ensoinmellopoice respecting Henri General, scarcely any sarinflllivioNwen effected, notwithstandtag one year bad asipbed.—diAnt etemelkne gal +red. be House went into the committee of 'apply. 'fbe CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the grams of 24,000,00 W. Lacbequer Bills ; 12,000,0001. to woks goo' bills of last year; told 14.1,0001. for public works, churches, &c.—Agreed tu.. Report oo Wednesday. 'I be !louse adjoiirswil. TUL&DAY, FEB. 18. Mr. lloskinion and Mr. Arnuthuo. took the oaths and their seas. am of York, against the lloacilveot Debtors' Act ; sod si.uits; pelitioas weie p ted Irom Sheptoo-Mallett, Sir T. IikITH BRIDGE said, that though be should semen. he bad nu iaitestioo to bring io, a bill to support the losoltest Debtur' Act. Petitions, praying, an alteration of the Muriage Act were presented from Walton, Bedford, &e. Mr. BKEIFINGTON moved for copies of various cot res. poodence between the Cystic of Dublin end the Colonels of Irish Militia, in 1822 ; Remonstrances, &m. Mr. Aldensaa WOOD eisitoi.ed whether any part of the softy voted last session, for buildings sew Insulunt Debtors' Cost., bad been issued. If not, be hoped it would out be Mr. HERRIES said, that a partion had been issued ; that a house had been psi: chased : twat pleas bad been submitted : sad that when any thing was decided epee, the result should be stated. He then preheated the return of barley, wheat, &es previoesly ordered. Lord itIeTHORP MIN to make his motion fur the more er oral recovery of small debts. He was glad to bear that there wee no opposition to his motion. The present expellees af recovering small debts ware enormous, and operated to produce considerable *lona. He bad can o es propositioos to make, bat lie thought the better sourer to purses would be, to re.er the matter to a secret committee, sod he therefore moved for a select committee. Mr. WARM:: with pleasure 'weeded the mention. Mr LITTLETON approved of the emotion ; the preseot mods of recoveting small debts was most oppressive. feared that there wood be coneiderable obj.:ettons on the part of the magistrates to take on themselves a. summary jorirdie lion is the ease of smell debts, as was the case in Scotland. Motion agreed to ; owninit.ee appointed. CATHOLIC Quearios.—Sir J. NEWPORT said, the epees lips respecting the Cate of Ireland was so imperfectly ender , atoo3, that tlie amplest opportunity for discussion ought to be Afforded ; sod be Kterefoee hoped that the right hon. gentlernam (Mr. Plunkett) would postpone the motion till after the recess. Mr. CANNING joined his wish to that just expressed, to postpone the motion , it had no chance oi . being so fairly beard as might be desired ; but would be mixed up with temporary, be trusted, transitory occurreoces.—(Hear. bear.) —He hoped his right hun. tread would consent to postpone the motion. Mr. PLUNK Err said he ►hould not shrink from giving to the House sod the country the amplest inforwation respecting some recent affairs.—(Hear.)—As to the question, he should acquiesce io the request made; he was eatialiml, that under the existing ■nfayattate circumstances, it could not be fairly discussed. He postponed it till the 17th of April. Sir E. KNNICHUULL moved that the call of the House be postponed 141 April 17.—Agreed to. Lord J. RUsSELL postponed his motion respecting corpo rate powers to return members till Thursday. Mr. GOULBURN moved for leave to bring in a bill to re dace the Irish Staff. Mr. HUME wished to knew die autonut of the contemplated saving. Mr. GOULBURN said swab saving would be to the amount of 30,6001. Mr. SEEFFINGTON 'Walled the deoentents illustrative of the hied Militia, ate. so be 'laid before the House previously to t►e second reading of the bill. Mr. BAGWELL areas of the berme!, of faith that would, thus be inti:cted oa the proposed victims of the contemplated bill, and it would be is the teeth of an Act of 1817. Had titey been dismissed at the conclusion of the war, they would bat♦ been entitled to half-pay ; but now, is consequence of subse quent regulations, they would not have such resources. Dis mission' had takes place, and they were told they would be employed in the polies ; but when they app. red at the Castle hundreds of them were rejected as not wanted. The measure would he a most unjust one. Mr. PEEL thought these remarks might hate been poet poned, especially as papers were to be subsuittel to the Haase. If there were bad faith in the bill, there had bees like breach of faith towards the English militia ; sod the access/600 in volved a charge against 31 colonels is Ireland, who had coo tented to the reductions—the hon. member and biz of bis col leagues only having protested against the reductions. There was no ground for the charge of bed faith. And as to the proceedings in 1817, it was expressly stated that at present" reductions were not contemplated, implying that they 'night take place. Lord PALMERSTON said, that similar reductions in the English militia had taken place in 1818.—Motion agreed to. Mr. P. GREN FELL brought forward his promised motion respecting what was called the Management of the Public Debt. This average deposits were for many years about 13 millions, and the advantage to the Mask was between bye and six bemired thousand pounds ; and all that they did for it was iu the nature of an ordinary banking trausaction--there was nuentra trouble that would not have been sn.ply repaid by 10,0004 a year. He concluded with moving foe returns of the balances in the hands of the Be ik, &o. Mr. F. ROBINSON said, wbt■ the papers were produced. he should be prepared to meet any proposition that might be made ; and that he should not pledge house It to any particular On the presenting of the Supply Report, Mr. 111.31 R tusked whether there was any men in con templation to guard the public against the lames sustained by the Savings Ranks ; those Winks having 4i per cent while the Government had only 1 per cent. 7 bus there was ■ treat Isms to the pebble. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, HIM he really Ind not bad time to attend to such subject—it WI.. doulstidly merited attention--Report agreed to. I House ordered to go Into a Committee of Ways and Mews to-morrow. The remaining business baring been diapesed of the Hew* adjourned. WEDNESDAY. 11.8. 19. Mr. BROGDEN brought to the Plymouth Cu Light Bill.-- Reed a 1441 time. Lord DEERHURST prtouted a petition from Worcester gains( the Insolvent Debtors' Act. ,