TIMELY PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT SESSION.

DISPOSAL OF THE HUNDRED-AND-TWO NOTICES.

No party or description of men in or out of Parliament has suffi- cient assurance to feign satisfaction with the results of the last two sessions. Fortunately for the sworn partisans of the Powers that be, the recent change of Ministers has exempted them from the hard necessity of vamping up the abortive attempts at legisla- tion, in which public time and patience have been wasted, into the semblance of really useful and substantial measures. Even the Globe has abandoned the declining party of the Juste Milieu, and congratulates the country on the retirement of those members of the Cabinet whose influence was active in retarding the Movement. " The Cabinet," says that journal, "has %rotted off its discordant elements, and acquired a firmer texture and stronger principle of cohesion." More than once a similar opinion has been hazarded by ourselves ; and we hope its soundness will be verified by events. But, granting that the remodelled Administration is well inclined to throw aside the timid temporizing policy which ruined Earl GREY'S Cabinet, and to carry forward the work of reform with all prudent boldness, still we have had as yet no proof of its capacity to do so. Its day of trial is yet to come, and the verdict of the country hangs in suspense. It is fortunate for Lord MELBOURNE and his colleagues, that the time allotted them for preparation is ample : almost every thing depends upon the use they make of the next five months.

Be it constantly borne in mind, that the great failure of the last

session, as of tho former, proceeded from WANT OP PREPARATION. Measures, half-assented to by a divided Cabinet, most clumsily framed, introduced late, unsteadily advocated, capriciously sus- pended: what other results could be looked for, than waste of time, public dissa.isfaction, the disgrace of Government and of the House of Commons, yea even the Reformed House ? It has in- deed been a sort Of fashion or cant to say, " Ministers are not to blame for the indiscretion of individual Members, whom they can- not e ntrol or influence:" and then Members have been entreated to be " more discreet: and to " refrain from pressing their mo- tions," and so forth. This silly babble has nearly ceased, and it tnav as well be discontinued altogether, for nobody listens to it. Everybody knows that Ministers have possessed an unparalleled influence over Members, arising from the general desire to help them on in presumed welldoing; and that they derive a further influence from the pi ivileges of their position as servants of the Crown, or from the courtesy of the House, amounting almost to a practical control over the introduction of measures and the pro- gress of all business. It depended on their leading, from the first, whether the Order. book should be crowded with inconvenient notices by individual Members. It depends on their leading, now, whether the 102 notices already entered for the next session in awful array, shall not shrink rithin very reasonable and manage- able compass soon after the opening. Let us grapple with the difficulty somewhat more closely than alarmed journalists and official gentlemen are apt to deal with such giants and goblins.

The measures which call for the early attention of our Rulers may be divided into three classes,—first, those which have rela- tion to the political rights and the feelings of large portions of the community; secondly, those which affect their personal wellbeing, the comforts of life, and property ; thirdly, certain organic reforms, andjan improvement in the working of Parliament, to make it a safe and useful instrument of legislation.

I. Under the first head, may be classed the removal of the

Grievances of Dissenters, whether Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish; because, though in some degree the Nonconformists suffer in their property by the existence of several laws connected with the sup- port of the Church, yet that is not the main cause of discontent. It galls their feelings, and it would be strange if it did riot, to be branded with the mark of inferiority—to be tolerated only—when, as good citizens they have a right to a perfect equality with Churchmen in ;he eye of the law, and as just a title to call upon the members of the Establishment to support Dissenting clergy- men, as the Church has to demand their aid for the maintenance of Bishops and Deans. They claim then as a right, the withhold- ing of which exasperates their feelings, to be put upon a perfect equality with the professors of the dominant faith. A more equit4ble appropriation of Tithes in England and in Ire- land, but more especially in the latter country, comes under this category ; for Lord ELLENBOROUGH perhaps was not svery far wrong when he said,

" That which we call tithe, By any other name would smell as rash."

Hence, although it is necessary to secure the tithe from the clutch of the landlord, a more righteous appropriation of it is indispen- sable to the peace of the country. The internal abuses of the Church, the pluralities and non- residence of the Clergy, are matters which exasperate the feelings of the laity, and of many of the poorer Clergy, and therefore come under this first head.

The Pension-list is also felt as an intolerable grievance; not on account of the sum it subtracts from each individuals pocket, for that is scarcely perceptible; but because it is galling to the feel- ings of a man struggling bard to maintain himself and family, to see the public money, the produce of industry like his own, lavished upon the most undeserving, and it may be the least needy of the hangers-on of the Court and Aristocracy. There is no objection to reward handsomely those who have really served the State; but the proportion of such on the Pension-list is disgracefully small : hence the determination to alter the distribution, not the amount, of the sum voted for pensions. Impressment and Flogging are so abhorent to public feeling, that their injurious effects on the "sister services" are almost lost sight of, though manifold: men's blood boils within them when they think of kidnapping and torture; they need no calculation or refined reasoning to assist them. The mere recital of what occurs at the flogging or impressment of their fellow-men, is quite enough of itself to inflame the public mind to a pitch of indignation Which no Ministers can prudently disregard.

Imprisonment for Debt is another subject on which the feeling of the country is very irritable. Men of business petition for its abolition, on the ground that it is productive of more evil than good in a merely mercantile point of view ; but the accounts of cruel incarceration and consequent death which so often are pub- lidied in the newspapers, are what excite the sympathies of the great mass of the people. They cannot aa ay with it ; and shudder at the idea of the hopeless imprisonment of the unfortunate, per- haps the exemplary honest, in a country where crimes of a deep die are far more leniently punished : the images of a desolate fire- side, heart-broken wife, and half-famished children, rise before their view when they read "Imprisonment for Debt," in large letters at the head of a debate in the House of' Commons ; and all the lawyer-like arguments of Sir JOHN CAMPBELL might as well be spared, as far as nine men out of every ten are concerned.

This catalogue might easily be extended; but we shall con-

tent ourselves with adding to it one more item,—namely, the Law of Libel, so unfair, so impolitic, so powerful in oppression, so feeble and foolish as a protection. Its recent operation, too, has increased the general di-gust which it has always inspired. It is needless to enter into details to prove the bitter feeling which the late prosecutions, especially those of the True Sun and the Brighton Guardian, have engendered against the Ministry who sanctioned them : it has been displayed both within and without the House of Commons. The amendment of the Law of Libel, therefore, nearly touches the feelings, and is the un- questionable right of Englishmen; even the Chancellor has borne witness that it is.

II. The second class of measures whieh it is incumbent upon our Rulers to turn their early attention to, has a very wide scope. It embraces the whole field of subsistence and wealth—the wages of the labourer, the profits of the capitalist, both of which are injuriously affected by artificial restraints, created and main- tained by positive enactments. It of course includes all that relates to the improvement of our commercial system—all that tends to stimulate production—to give a larger return to the capitalist and better wages to the workman at the same instant, because, from their united industry being exerted under the most firvourable instead of the least favourable circumstances, it has yielded more, and gives a larger product to be divided between them. This is a subject to which at this particular time the attention of many is painfully directed. The stock of foreign and colonial goods in hand is extremely heavy : prices on the Continent are lower than in this country ; we refuse to take the produce of foreigners, and of course they cannot relieve our market. Were the Corn- laws abolished, our commercial exchanges would be incalculably enlarged ; but the Aristocracy have willed it otherwise; so that gluts in the markets for our domestic manufactures and colonial imports must continually arise, and be removed only by a heavy fall of prices. To return to a system in which the laws of England shall not war against the intentions of bountiful Nature, should be among the first endeavours of Ministers.

A revision of the existing scheme of Taxation, and the substi- tution of a tax on fixed property for some of those duties which press upon and intermeddle with industry, we hold to be not only wise, but of urgent importance. Supposing, however, that measures of this extent are deemed to be impracticable in the present Parliament, still there is much room for improvement in a smaller way. Many imposts might be greatly diminished, or commuted without risk to the revenue, and with considerable ad- vantage and satisfaction to the public. Among these may be named the duties on butter, cheese, and meat (at present prohi- bited), on glass, paper, soap, malt and hops, on newspapers and advertisements, and on windows.

Another great point is the reduction of Expenditure: and here we will only mention two departments in which it is indisputable that retrenchment to a large amount might be effected—we allude to the cost of the Army, and of collecting the revenue. The Army cannot be suffered to remain as it is at present ; at once costly, demoralized, and in a great measure unemployed. As regards the collection of the nvenue, we are bound to direct particular attention to the Post-office, in which department the waste of public money has been proved to be enormous. The Excise and Customs departments would of course become less expensive, were our duties and taxes judiciously revised.

It is not merely to abuses at home that the eyes of a vigilant Ministry and House of Commons will be turned. The government of our Colonies calls imperiously for scrutiny. Here there is ample scope for retrenchment and reform. Hitherto our Colonies have been a drain rather than a source of wealth to the Mother Country ; but this is only because they bare been ignorantly and fraudulently governed by jobbers and monopolists. Were their resources turned to good account, the result would be far different.

The amendment of certain portions of the Criminal Law, of the laws of Real Property, and above all the establishment of cheap Courts of Justice, are among the most indispensable measures for the welfare and contentment of the country; and it is the peculiar duty of the Government to prosecute Reforms in this department with vigour as well as care. But the enactment of good and the repeal of bad laws, will be useless, unless due attention be paid to the wise and impartial administration of them. Generally speaking, the Judges of the land are able, industrious, and upright; but the Magistracy throughout the country ought to be thoroughly weeded. In the Metropolis and in the Provinces, ignorant, pas- sionate, and partial Justices abound; and this must always be the case when public functionaries are all but irresponsible.

III. Our third division comprises sonic organic reforms and improvements in the working of the House of Commons. At the head of these must be placed the Repeal of the Septennial Act without which, the Representative Reform is but half effected, for responsibility is not attained. We shall never cease to claim this promise on the part of Ministers. It is a just debt due to the Re- fOrtners, which has not lost its character because the payment o it was deferred. The Ministers as individual statesmen, and as a Cabinet, are pledged to the Repeal of the Septennial Act; and year after year, session after session, will the question be brought finward to their standing dishonour, until it is carried.

The repeal of the rate and tax-paying clauses in the Reform Act should also be conceded. Under the pretence of ascertain- ing the validity of the qualification of voters, these clauses have disfranchised thousands. This was not the intention of' the

Reformer• who supported the 3ill : it was never wished to punish defaultees by the loss of the suffrage, as well as to leave them liable to the other consequences of the non-payment of taxes. The Bal1ot was certainly not promised by Lord JOHN RUSSELL: in this respect it stands upon rather different ground from the repeal of the Septennial Act. But still it would be wise in Ministers to take up the Ballot; for it is evident that it must even- tually be carried. It is a question that tensest be etehioned, as song as such men as Mr. GROTE can be found to advocate it steadily. We grant the case would he different were it to be left in the hands of Sir SetelJEL WHAL LEY ; who ought to be warned off from all measures of general interest and importaece, and made to know his proper place. In opeoAng the Ballot (contrary, in some instances, to their individual opinions), Anti tors are imitating the worst part of the conduct of their predecessors: they are resisting change till they can resist no longer, with the convic- tion All the while that they will be eventually overcome.

The opinion of the absolute neeessity of an alteration in the lours, place, and maeldnery for transacting legislative business, is fust !seining ground. The day is the time for work : at night .confusion becomes worse cenfounded; the intellect is obscured and time feelings are excited : the notion, too, that they have all the Bight belbre them, leads Members to infliet their speeches on one another at an unmet...lilt! leugth. Ministers in England, as in France and other culla' ries, should have the evenings for consul- tation and thought. As it is, during the session of Parliament they are in a constant whirl : we verily believe that much of the imperfect and mischievous legislation of which all complain is the consequence of this night-work. The place of meeting is a dis- grace to the country—narrow, dingy, ill-contrived, and unhealtho. What plausible reason can he alleged why the British Parliament should not meet in a hall sufficiently large to accommodate the Members, as well as light, airy, and convenient ?

In the Supplement called the H-orking of the House of Com- mons, and repeatedly in the ordinary columns of this journal, we have pointed out the advantage of the division of labour in the conduct of public business ; and have recommended the appoint- ment of Stan-ling Committees for different classes of subjects, Committees of Scrutiny for the prevention of tuchnical blunders, and a more rational mode of proceeding in commencing the busi- ness of the session. We proposed, " that, with the King's Speech, there should come down to Parlia- ment a Report, not for discussion, hut idol illation, from each demktment of the State, setting forth the actual condition of the department, and directing the attention of the House to those points in which its advice may Im called for, as well as presenting an outline of all legislative measures, in connexion with each chpartment, which circumstances will in the course of the session render necessary. In this way, the Nation would receive, at the beginning of the

i session, nstead of the middle or end-and as a well-considered report, not a loose and often unconnected speech-

" THE FINANCIAL REPORT, or BUDGET, from the Treasury; A REPORT ON HOME, ON FOREIGN, AND ON COLONIAL AFFAIRS, ftom the Home, Foreign, and Offiatial Offices respectively ; " A REPORT ON TRADE AND COMMERCE, frODI the Board of Trade; " A REPORT ON THE NAVY, frOM the Ad .alty ; A REFORT ON TIIF. ARMY, from the War Office."

But this plan supposes PREPARATION OD the part of Ministers. Now, we think there is reason to hope that our Rulers are at length sensible of past errors; and that, although it may be their policy to do too little rather than what they would deem too much, still there is ground, we say, for hope that they will endea- vour to mature those measnres which they may resolve to intro- duce, and lay them before Parliament at the commencement of the session. Had they a:lopted this plan, we should not have had one third of the desultory debates and motions that took up so much time during the late session. Ministers would have laid down their plan of operations ; and then Members would at once have seen the inutility of many of their own motions. The measures of Government would have had the lead ; amendments to them Might have been moved according to the judgment of Members ; one measure would have been cleated dc die in diem till brought to a conclusion' and there would have been time to prepare for tbediseussiou of those which were forthcoming, with some kind of certainty as to the date when they would actually be brought forward. In this way, what a series of repetitions would have been avoided, and how much time and labour saved! Before we began this paper, we satisfied ourselves, by a strict Scrutiny of the transactions of the past session, though we did not fatigue the reader with the process, that most of the blunders and waste of time were fairly chargeable to want of due preparation on the part of Ministers: and that by the adoption of a more ra- tional and perfectly practical plan, this misehiermight be avoided. We have detailed the heads of a number of measures of' different descriptions, all of which might properly in the discharge of their duty be brought forward by Ministers. Now' a reference to the business of the past session will prove, that if Ministers had been prepared at the commencement with a few only of these measures on a large scale, a multitude of the "troublesome, abortive motions," as they are called, would have been withdrawn, or never made. We do not expect or call upon Ministers to undertake all the important measures which we have indicated above; but let them select a few of the most pressing, such as they can reasonably hope to perfect and carry through the Commons, and then refer to the portentous list of Itee notices on the Order-nook for next session, —affording probably a petty fair specimen of' all that may be placed thease-and st.,e. bow many would at once be taken off as unnecessary. For example,—suppose Ministers were to bring forward the outlines of a plan for improving the Working bf the Hottae Commons, as a necessary prelitninary measure, how many notice would that get rid of? We find the following on the Order-book in reference to this subject. Mr. O'Ooststvt.11.-To move resolution for adjournment of the House at eight o'cla.k in the evening. Mr. GtrEsT-To move the appointment of a Committee, to which shall be mime,: the table of Fees pay able to tiw Officers and Ser‘auts of this House, for the purists,: of revising. altering. awl amending the same. Mr. Hems -Select Committee to collect the several Rules and Orders of the Hons. of Commons fir conducting tie Public :mil Private Business of the House, ant brill. log them into a manual or Own,. that Members may know the rules and forms of th, House for the mutilation of the business of the !loose. Mr. GI:EST-4'1,On renew ing the Sessional Orders in the next session of Parliament, to move resolutions relative to the Fees awl Petite isites of the Officers of the House. Mr. WA Ro-Out reading the Se,sional Orders. to bring tinder the consideration or the House the question of a1' log Puldicit y to Lists ()FM, Diiinions. Mr. It wrovFN-That l'etitious shall not be received during the SeSSI011after the lean of twelve o'clock at night. Mr. E WART -That the House ilo rise at or before twelve o'clock every night. Mr. HUME-Motion for Building a new !loose of Commons. Mr. II Ai:coon-To move, that all Bills, hutli public and private, which shall have pas,ed through any or all their sta,ges in t his !louse. and uot rejected, may, by leave of this House, be resumed in the next session of the sawe Parliament, without passing throngli any of its stages in this IlUtitie a secowl time. a fortnight's notice being given of asking such leave or this House.

Here we get rid of nine motions.

The following notices refer to the Amendment of the Law in the Three Kingdoms.

Mr. Ron Ewr WALLACE-Bills for improving the Practice in the Supreme and Prorin. chit Courts ; also, the present system of Convey ing limitable Property in Scotland. Mr. It our 11.1. WALL AcE-Select Committee, to inquire into the nature and extent ofthe Powers and Ditties exercised by and incumbent vu the I Ale Functionaries of Scotland. Mr. nohow-Bill for the better regulation awl Islyment pith:towers in Ireland. Colonel VERNER — 11111 10 Mims, er the Foreman or any other metnber of Grand Jurist in Ireland, being a magistrate, to administer oaths to witnesses on bills of indictment. Mr. NIOLLINS-To move fir I .ate to briug in a bill to ameal so much of the Act 3 and 4 Ceorge IV. c. being an Act for the Limitation of Aethais and Suits relating tc' R.:II Property. as extends the provisions of the said Act to Ireland. Mr. ULAmIRE-Bill to provide for awl settle any doubts that may be entertained!". Sins ting the identity or Boundaries of Lands of different tenures, iutermixed or adjoin. together. Sir W. RAE-Select Committee, to inquire into and report as to the existing defects of tie: Ito nkrittit Lau of Scotland, and the most suitable amendments awl improcs nients to be introduced into that ITW. Mr. K ENNEDY-Itill to give to courts of General Quarter-sessions of Counties in Enp land and Wales the power or trying civil cases to the amount of 20f.

Mr. to establish a General Circuit Quarter.sessions of the Peace in Ireland, &cc.

Sir It. VYVYAN-Ttill to establish to Local Court of Judicature for the better proteo lion of the Mining interests in Cornwall. Mr. F.orAwr-ltill to give prisoners a full defence by Counsel and Attorney. Mr. Pavan-Bill to abolish Grand Jul Ws in England and Wales.

Mr. !toren-Bill to repeal the Law of Forieiture. Mr. D ivErr -Bill for the total repeal of the Usury Laws. Mr. EwAwr -Bill to abolish Capital Punishment in cases of Letter.stealing and in

cases of sacrilege. Mr. WA RYIVRTON-Felect Committee, to inquire into the Conduct of Coroners in closing their Courts.

The Arronstsy GENERAL-Bill to abolish Imprisonment for Debt, except in casein(

fraud; and for amending the Law of Debtor and Creditor. The ArronsEv.GENFRAL-Bill for rendering uniform and regulating the execution

of all Wills of Real and Perscnal Property.

The ArroitszEr.GENERAL-Iiill to fficilitatc the Enfranchisement of Copyholds, and gradually to bring all Land in England and Wales to the tenure of free and common soccage.

There are nineteen notices on this list. Now we do not mean to say that it is the duty of Government tobring in measures to effect all the purposes therein indicated. But we will suppose that the Attorney-General, the Lord-Advocate, and the Irish Law Officers, shall busy themselves during the recess, in selecting and maturing such measures as they deem of the most urgent importance, and be prepared to state their intentions at the opening of the session. Should that course be followed, the necessity for tnany of these motions would certainly be superseded, and the Members who gave them would be more usefully employed in examining and improv- ing the measures of Government. Our anticipations, it must be borne in mind, rest upon the presumption that the Law Officers will be laborious and zealous in the discharge of their duties during the recess.

Ecclesiastial Reform in England and Ireland, and the Educa- tion of the People, are subjects on which Government must take the lead. We find the following sixteen notices on the list, which bear upon these subjects.

Mr. WARD-To call the attention of the House to the state of the Pmtestant Esta- blishment in Ireland, mid to t he necessity of so remodelling it. upon the death of the present incumbents, as to atnrd permanent and substantial relief to the Roman Cathe lie population. Lord AcitESON-That it is expedent to equalize the grant now made to the various classes of Presbyter an elergynien in I relawl, under the name of Regium Donum. Mr. G, W. Woon-Bill to permit Students to be matriculated in the Cuiversities of England, and to lake Degrees (with tint exe,mtion of Degrees iii Divinity) without compulsory sub-el-Mt ion to the Thirty-nine Articles, or other religious test.

Mr. WiLas-Motion for the consideration and redress of the Practical Grievances of Protestant Dissenters.

Mr. Wit.xs- Select Committee, to consider the expediency of establishing one Of IRMO National Uuiversities in the Metropolis, or other paces iti England and Wales. Mr. WILKS-AllotTeSS fort Coaunission of humiry into the Universities of Oxford and Canitiri:Ige. Mr. O'REILLY-Address to his Majesty. that he may be graciously pleased to recons mend to this lions:, to 11111w SUCH provision in the Estimates far the year 1835 its may enable his Majesty to apply a surn not exceeding 1O0.0001. in ail of the voluntary sals• scriptions raised to minim, Roman Catholic Churches tutiul (711a1s'ls Sr the celebration of diVille worship ill Irel intl. and to make more adequate provision for the Religious Ethicatiou of the Roman Catholic Priesthood and Population of that part of the empire. Mr. O'llstr.r.Y-Bill to enable the King's Majesty and other pions and charitable persous to make grills it, perpetuity to an amount certain. for the purchase and en. dowinent of lining Residelices for the Parochial Roman Catholic Clergy in Ireland having core or soils. Colonel WILLIAM:+-To move that an humble address be presented to the King, re- questing his Majesty to signify his pleasure to the Universities of Oxford and Ca* bridge resp-ci ively. t hat those bodies no longer at under the edicts or letters of James I. 1616, " tiy which he would have all that take any degree in sehoole to sulocribe to the three articles " of t:.e 3ritli canon ; mu that the 6.clarat in, '• I am boali Jude a member of the (lima of England," or env other se I ocript ion or declaration to that etTect aud impart. may not Ile required or t• those it Ito take any degrees in schooles." Mr. Tooxs:-Aildress to his Majesty, beseeching him to grant his Royal Charter of Incorporation to the Coisersity or London itt tlw terms heretoffire approved by the then Law Officers of the Crown, out containing no other restriction than against conferring Degrees in Divinity. Mr I' teroN- Ilesolvt'on that Deans and Chapters hot having cure of souls are use- h"s i: pro;,er to :INA; C., in pat meld of Clench rates, mei for (Awl- to the in••sr.st, or present lodder:. and pan iiten r• 101.11'0. I.., I' •tr-titr.,,,• di., v-or.)ip in the retpeetite cathedrals, Mr It 71‘ror, -11M110 lake tr.tat hoer the Archlii..liops and Bishop; of tlw r,t atel hiamtial, in the Upper I louse of Piol'alacrit. Mr.1!:11 11 1,‘1' h. 11 01. Church r u ates thioui.ont. Egland aral W ales. Mr. Etyv to: tee, inqt.:re itt10 the eonsti asd effects produced ito:,.st ; also 10 4.,11,•rlIitmeans of c:stentlitig l‘tion ledge of the • Arts anmeg the P.m:1,', at. ch:Py ar.,ong the matmfactirrieg population of the cutrulvY. xr.0 to inquire into the sent sMte of ration of the V..: ;de ia and of the best me:testa promote awl extend the same !kir.- 'i•li ;Ilea. to ii1,111.01. hit° OW Mat.: of the Royal Academy, Sze

It k c \ iileet that if Miukters rae in earliest in tleir professions

to rei7.ean the Chureli 1.2stablislinients ii Irelatid earl England, awl to remove tl:e real grievances of the Noncooformists, t1iey-

vi;1 at wipe an1otte.(13 utensures to supersede nearly all these notices, wine': refer uo subjects that cannot be permitted to lie over.

TItc necesity of effecting further organic reforms will be denied by i,ILtL w Int :41 le thetas:O. ves Reformers; and all it which have for tiei olijut the•discussion of sueb p::ints will be stigma- tized as iites11(...s, and mere obstructions to necessary business. But so vets. large a portion of the nation differ from these getitheeee, flat it. io perfeetly childish to complain of such mot:ieli es are contained in the fullOWing list being. brought forward. After all, they take up teallv but little time. The two great questio,ls of the Ballot and Triennial Parliaments would be disposcd of f the session. probably in two debates ; mdess 1.,Tieisters stieuld possess sufficient courage and honesty to advorioe theta as CiJe•otet tocasines, and carry them through l'arthinietit,—t he sere awl only method to prevent that waste of titne \illicit, it is pretei.ded, their repeated discussion occasions. To this c:ass of subjects the measures for the prevention of bribery and eerruptioa and the emendtnent of the Reform Act belong. It wiil net be det:i.d that all such ought to be made Government qtle-si MA.

Mr. t, ;tort.: --Bill, that the Vtdes at all future Elections for Members of Parl a he at of Et..,1,.t.

Mr. 11a Rpm - nil; itIT1,1m1 MO La WS relating to Bribery, and to 1:41,11..... al E1,11iii.: of M.enbers to,rve in Parliament. Sir SA I. l' 1:11: abolition of the Hereditary Peerage. Mr. '1,;0‘la,.. I/Mr:v.7441.-0a 11, 11S10,1 ,:i•ssiohal order re- two ing the interferenee of Perrs, Prelates, or Lord-Liettl tomtits eiections or lopooi.tioet,es Or tle, People I.eng real, to caii the attention of the those to a inure Ilheet prohibition or such inter-

fcreace.

Mr. EwArcr --That an humble ntlildress be presented to his :Majesty, pr ry in that his Majesty n ill he pleased to take ill:0 his Royal consideration the propriety of exer- cising the utaloittdial prerogative of the Como, by the appointinent of Peers for lite, Si iii a view to promote the harmony between the different branches of the Legislature

awl the hr. I welfare ot the co ilitry.

Mr. fir -- Bill Iiicarre into clfejt the reeommenilation of the Select Committee of this Si.s..i011 for r.aturin.r 'the Expert .es at Elmtirias for Members to serve in ra, al- ining. and for t sTa 611S/1111,4 au Imitorat and ecoutauical rate of expeuse for the same in the United Hie:ohm'.

Mr Vomit:: -Bill to emble joint tenants in boroughs in Ireland, where the rent

exceeds 1W., to rejster their Votes, and vote fur a Member of Parliament for thcir respislive Boroughs.

There are only seven notices on this list, but immediately upon the reassembling of .Parliament doubtless many more will be given.

The remaining notices may be classed under the following heads. It wiil be seen that the number of those questions which it is not incumbeiit upon ..71 Misters to grapple with, is very small, and the number of those which ought not to be brought forward at all, still smellier. Again we say, that we do not insist upon the

settleinAlt of all qeestions being undertaken by Ministers in the next session. But as there is a clamour raised about the great nember of nutices, we wish to show that, for the most part, they refer to subjects of interest to great masses of people, and that they ought to be disposed of either by legislation this session, or bv the advancement of good reasons lor their postponement al- together, or merely for a season, till other more pressit1g. matters have been sett:cll.

SeproaT AND EMP:.OYMENT Or THE. IRISH POOR: five notices.

Mr. 1.rsett Ciretnittee to consider o het her, for the better employment of the Libourh.g Pear in Ir.land, the powers of the Commissioners of the present Board of Public Work; in that Clem; ry might not to be eularged. Mr. IturitecN-TO tame, that the repeal of th., Duties upon Ciover and Trefoil &vitt, as well as nism Grass Seeds of all sorts, ttould he a material relief. :nut of essen- tial service to th:. cultivators and ecrupiers of land is general. Mr. Port.r, r Serturi: --Bill for the Belief .1nd Employment of the destitute poor in helm!.

Mr. OThyyrat -Select Comm:Pee. to consider the various Reports 'presented to Par-

hatnent on the sahject Reclaim:lig the Waste Land of I oda iii.&e. Mr. tw Mot hal r,-lat Mg to the Poor of Ireland, nit'i tl.e view of adoptiug Borne mole for their Belief.

RE15:C:110N AND REVISION or TAXATION: four notices.

Mr Boats:Few Motion fer tut 11,11011y into the Taxation of the Country. Mr PEt‘t:- -VIII to Repeal the 1 Poly it Midis. Colorn,1 Evsx,--Bei..al of the %Vitt:low-Tax. Sir W. I tttitM:Y -Rill for the Repeal of the Malt-Tax.

THE COMMEfICIA I. SYSTEM OE THE C.OUNTRY tell notices. Mr. Etettrr- 01 D Mies 011 East India Produce, ajar Duties on Articles the Probity or on- mist Mr. ..11'1. 39-To lake into consideration the Report of the Select Committee ap- pointed to i.:rptire into the saliject or ow Tea

IleOP to early into rffeet the recommendation of the Select Committee of

this Coosol-itating the ',oldie t1:•newil Lighthouses in the Unite., King&m, and for redoring the Charges on the Shipping of the Con dry. Mr. Lrta.i.-Select Comtnittee. to imprire into the eft; cis produced upon our Trade. Navigation, amid Colonies, hy the Alterations which have liven made, oilhin the last fourteen yea:s. in the sets of the 12th and IIith Charles II., commonly called the Navi- gation Acts, Ste. Mr. 11%1.i-ova-Bill for the better Regulation and Improvement of the British Chanuei Fisher: VS. Mr. G. F. 1,,t,Na-Selel Committee to intoire the State and Prospects of British Natiga:101). attd ;nut the affectit:•• the sarni... Mr. EconiTo move a resohitiou (limit tin Buries Ott Fotrigit itibnOdS int in•

• Creased.

Mr. It aoTII raTON --MEW eTTIIIII11..r or 1 is Majesty's Tt.•as•.:ry to /Permit the Wart-I.:Julia,: of his.. is under Buudin tots-ns It Licit a:c no! pelts. Mt, SI rt.v.i NS-CO!litilittee to inquire into the State, Operation, and Abuses of the triAt Fi-hery Laws.

EASES OF INDIVIDUAI. OPPRESSION : six notices.

trt*.Nsrta,--Setret Col mill lit' on the Petition of Mr. G. F. Moulds, complain- tii• di • ai:ssal tool the Pod ofliee, AIr. --To call the .01.-titioll the I louse to the Petitions of Captain Roth-. men .,!.;:dos.. Ilm.. eehlue: t;enerd Lov k oi, cepa; o s: -- [Zemi n of II tl e Naval Of:leers, of a hatever rank. who hat,. Wen II h•d:'1,.■■• Hand Bier conomt or 111' iliMvs.im.slhal a a Court• martial, from the ear 1;011 lit; To The pie.,eut period ; with the alleged Keaton& fur stick ion. Si'. Sir F. ViNe.s.T--Address to his Nlajesty for a copy of the mintdes of the Court of loquirton Li,titto,alti-Coionel Howe. 11r. St a ret teCiivx, Committee. to inquire into the Conduct of T.ien• teliatitdieneral 1111,1 IoVcrlior 01 N etv South Wales. Mr. II Committee on the petition of Mr. C. Ileamish, late a cletk In th, Navy Pay Oftiee.

EARY FLOGG Nil, AND INIPRESSMENT IWO

Mr. Ilertt INC.!! ;M Committee, to ;moire into the practicability? of devising 1,0111i. 1'1.1111.y hieh all iiamitualt• sutyly (It Able Scanieu may be hest pri,Videt1 for the service to his s Nitt y, Bitola recourse to forcible Impressment ; ;mil bya hich the plod diment or I loggiog may be stoweiseileit by ramie less retuning mode of main-. Caning the hi: ajes;y's Fleet. MM, It - ir.• a ad ilialimdiale Abolithm of 711 Ritary Flogging. IMPROYMIENT OF PUBLIC MORALS AND AITINESS : eight notices.

Mr. Poritar ir -Rill Si the tter tieservance if the Lord's Day. Sir .1N !' .1 la' S 1;.11 m r exteull to all classes of is Majesty's suljects the Pitvili of Pro...et:int iii l'ilI1111.• Clis,r1;110'e or Ila• 1,0111s Uily. A,:ipar ty Acts.: te - bid or !lids to c:iplain -suit atueud the Laws relating to the Oh.emo.:., 01 the :•;:■h'e,,th.,1:. Mr. F. w --Bill for I Iii' limner 01,0•Aallem or the Lord's Day in 1relaad. Mr. SLANVY lhiIt to I. orV of the Cul,q11111e0 for Oia•ti ;is Piddle Walks ill the vicinity of large ton us. Mr. it1.1i1:1>:■Illa M-11 ill to prevent the unchristian and harbarous practice of tlit'i hug. Mr. 1Vtidts-Iliil fur more effectually Preventing and Punishing the disgraceful crime id prize-lighting.

Mr. Eons] tut---Seleet t'ittntrittee on Friendly Soeieties.

Opposed as we are to making new laws for the observance of the Sabbath, we vet entP,itlef 1 hat the subject cannot be dismissed with a sneer or a frown, since a huge body of persons have peti- tioned Parliament to legislate upon it.

AllsCELLANEOVS SUBJECTS : eleven 11011CCS.

Mr. VHF: ii.i.m-Addri,s to his Mt■je,ty. pray ing that he may he graciously pleased to direct that smdi m.mstires may be IAA before t his thou...., as to his responsible Advisers may mitna.arni toisite, to in or hte for the aboliioa of the olliee of Lord-Lieutenant of Colonel Wit 10 repeal Tile 12f II of George III. C. II. called the Royal Marriage Act, fir the purposes of restoring to the members of the Roy d Family their just and natural rights. Mr. Doom tett ItuovrNE-Select Committee to inquire into the practicability and piddle a1hvantai4e of iu,akilmg a navigable inland communicatiou betneea Galway awl Castlehar. Mr. nor Brew-II:II to repeal an tel passed, during the present session, giving rowers to the Lower Canada laitel 1701111milly. Mr. VEH NON -Bill Mr better regulating the sale of Corn. Mr. IlemS.-Select Committee, to imprire into the nature and amount of the several Sinecure Offices. and of t !ompensatMns granted 011 il101111011 of Ofliees. Mr. PEAsE-TO call I attention of the House to the frequent loss of life in the Mitring di.dricts of the kingdom. an 1 to move the appoint meta of a Select Committee to inquire into the catiao. an I extent of Ure-c fatal accidents. &c. Mr. trrox:4,:t.t.-Itill tbr the regulation of the Corpotation of the city of Dublin. sir. II. Srromur---Bill to establish a unif,rm system of Registration of Births. Mar- Ile it Its, in Smolt:Ind. Sir. .1 II Es Talaiirr-lt for rebuilding the Bridge at Athlone. Mr, Iti-eniStaltAtit-Itill TO repeal so much or the act 51 George la, commonly called " The t 'opyright Act." as cujo:ns the delis y of copies of every book tad volume for the eleven Public LAM:tries therein mentioned, exceptiug only one copy to the Bri- tish Sluseum.

We have now disposed of all but the few notices subjoined, which we think ought to be withdrawn, as they can lead to no practical result, and will only occasion a waste of time: but there are only five of them.

reams.' wiT.7.T move resolutions to the itTeet that the Petitions on the part of th., ;ample for Cheap Bread toght to be met by I suppression of the I ractme of eon- vetting Iiiiniatl fm al into wwless and destructi, e drink intl that front a titne to be fixed, tire Distillation of aril spirhs Irma grain should he at once and entirely- prohibited in Great Mimi:, and Irelan. &e. Mr. Brea I Saila - of any Orders issued by Military Authorities in Ireland, since the year 1.49, forbiddi-g the formation or Temperance Societies in Regiments. Mr. Brea imillaal-11111 to rolisidlilate and amend the Laws ag dust Drtinke .ss. Sir S. WIIAM.EV -Ito Intl er Iirst and svriaill readitig.S, committals. anti third readiw; macli Bill itt 1.,..13 a.1.1 1S:14, anti the resii..C:ivi• thmi.itjlts 'mueveay slaw, (tIL- .111 in CiaaiiiiiThreS).all0 staling the same particulars of their progress in time llouse of Lords. Mr. Bien -Aildri,,s to his Majesty. that he will Ile graciously pima:09110 1101(111i* Court and Pal thuncut ucca..ionally i,u !hat p irt atilt: United Kiugdom called Ireland.