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3impertat 33aritanunt. DOUSILOF LORDS. mownAir. APRPL tB. 1111.7 , 14 DEEDS BILL. The Earl of BLES'INGTON, rising to move the com mittal of the lush Deeds Registration Bill, raid, before he cidlotl the attention of their Lordships to the Order of the Day. lie wished to make a few observations on a paragraph which had appeared in an Irish newspaper, published in Dublin. lle was not in the habit of complaining to their Lordships of personal attacks in the shrpe of libels, but as the subject of Registering Deeds was to be resumed in that House, he was desirous of let. tang editors of newspapers know to what extent his opinions went, in order that they might judge what they had right to pub lish. Ile had been i»isrepresented with respect to what he said is appli:able to die University of Dublin. Notwithstanding his expianption on a former day, in that House, a person belonging to the University of Dublin had thought proper to address a letter to the Editor of a Dublin Paper. headed 66 The Earl of iliersitirtiA v. the 17)livet mity DuGhx." In that letter, whitar was signed 6' Finder," die writer wished to make the public beieve lie had malevolently attacked the Bishop of Dromore, and persons with whom he had been all his life on terms of friend. ship. He repeated again that he bad no personal hostility to wards the University of Dublin ; and he was anxious to say, in case he was again misrepresented, that he should claim the pro tection of that House. The noble Eotl concluded by moving the committal of the Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he was persuaded the noble Earl would not press th , committal of this Bill until the House was prepar e d to receive it. A noble and learned friend (Lord Red e) who opposed it was not present.—With respect to his own opinion. it appeared to his Lordship, that some amendment in the Ati of the Nth of Queen Anne would answer all the object of the noble Earl's Bill. The Eirl of BLESSINGTON ,rid, his intention upon this occasion was to get the Bill into Committee for the purpose of ' , dying it printed. If it should incur the adverse opinion of the noble and ►earned lord, lie should not press it. Tie Bid was then committed pro Arm:, and ordered to be printed. The Innkeepers' Rates Bi!l passed through a Committee, and was reported without amendment.—The House then adjourned to Wednesday. IVETINEsDAY. AIMIL 21. The Inakeepen' Poor Rate. Bill wits read the third time and Famed. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. The Duke of had received a letter from the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, desiring him to present a petition which he then held in his hand. Ile had some doubts upon the regularity of presenting it ; but understanding the pe titioners referred to a matter which might be known to the house, he should lay it before their lordships. The petition was then read, and it appeared that the peti tioners adverted to the intended motion calling upon parliament to admit Catholic Peers to seats in that house ; and they prayed site lords to resist any innovation of that sort. The petition was Laid on the table. Admiral Harvey, and other members from the Common*, brought up a bill to endow one of the newly built churches at Literpool, and several private bills, width were read the first .• rstuarmaT, •raft 25. Mr. Tomlins, from the Treasury, presented sundry accounts. pursuant to an order of the House. J•MES Ga•aau and other Members from the Commons brought up the Cotton and Flax Bill, and several private Hills, which were read the first time. On the motion of the if,arl of SHAFTESBURY the 6th, 7th, ith, and yth reports of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the tees anti emoluments of the Coons of Scotland were ordered to be printed. The !Irish Commercial Credit Bill. and the Summary Pro• ceedings Dill, ware read the second time, and committed for to-morrow. Several witnesses having been sworn to give evidence at the Bar, the House adjourned. PRIDAV. APRIL 26. The Earl of March took his seat as the Baron Wemyss in England. The supportets were Lords Huntley and Boater,. Mr. Littleton and other members from the Commons brought up three private Bills, which were rend the first time. The Flax and Cotton Bill was read a second time. The Irish Commercial Credit and the Summary Pro...eedings Bill went through Committees. Tar: PEERS or t. , curt.axD.—The Earl of ROSEBERRY gave notice of Ilia intention, on Friday, the 3d of May, to call the attention of the House to the mode of electing the Sixteen Peers of Scotland, with a view of taking away the right of voting i/ certain cases. The House then adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, APRIL 22. Petitions, complai gut distress, mid praying for re form, were presented from 'rivet ton and Cornwall.— Ordered to be printed. Mr. ELLICE presented a petition from St. Michael, Dublin, for the repeal of the windo tax—a repeal which, the hon. member said, was called fur by public policy and humanity. It would not affect the finances al the coon try. As proof of the di , :ri sm, lie mentioned that 000 out of 1.5 0 houses in such par'.ll were closed and insolvent. This, and sonic similar petitions, were ordered to be printed. Mr. Alderman WOOD postponed from Wednesday nest (in consequence of Sir F. But dett's motion about All. 1 hint, which stood for that dab) his motion respecting Iteliester gaol, to Wednesday, May IS. 31r. PA VIS presented a petition lions 'Wool, flume s i rated, against any change of the laws atlecting the it moan Cottony , .-01 ilesed to lie ou the table. ATTLEI ON gave notice, that on Wednesday he v114,111(160 a ;notion to the Wove 1)11 the aubjeet of ea tents iu A new writ was ordered for Shaftesbury, in the room of E. Wall, EMI. whu has aLCI pied the atewat &hip of the Ch.ltern Hundreds. Sir H. PARNELL asked whether there was likely to be any motion submitted to the Infuse ou the subject 01 ty 'hes in Ireland Mr. GOELBURN said, the subject was one of great biti teary, and of difficulty. He had to can von an elubo a ate con I..l)(mile-ore with the Irish Govei 33333 ent, which occasioned considerable delay; and lie therefore could tint fie any time when Hive might be any motion submit ted to the house oil the subject. Mi. WESTERN gate notice, that on the 2J of May lie should move that lime house lake into consideration the etiec:,, of the Act of Ibll/ ( Mr. Peel's bill) tur the resuntp lion id cash payments. lie wits unable to find an earlier 4,110 II day. Mi. HUME presented a petition from certain British nieichanta at Rio Janeiro, complaining of ditties huposed too them by the British Consul there (whose receipts were THE NATIONAL REGISTER iu consetrience about 9,0001. a year. This he deemed a subject of serious complaint, and one that called loudly the interference of the house. 1 he Marquis of LONDONDERRY dated, that on a future day lie should be prepared with the amplest expla nations. Mr. T. WILSON said, the subject merited the serious com , ideration of the house.. . Yetilon ordered to be printed. HUME moved lot returns of the some received by the British Consul at the Brazils, as complained of in the petition.—Ordered. Mr. BAKES moved for (and they were afterwards presented) annual accounts and estimates of the British Alusetine expetices.—Ordered to be reterred to the com mittee of supply. Dr. PHILLIIIORE postponed the committee on the Marriage Act Amendment hill to May 3. STATE OF IRELAND. . . Sir J. NEWPORT rose, ptirsimsitlenotiee, to bring rot ward his motion for an address to his Majesty on the state of Ireland. He said he never rose with greater em barrassment than he telt on the present occasion. lie now more than ever deplored that he had failed to excite attention in that house to the subject of the state of Ire land, the condition of its population, &c. lied he suc ceeded, perhaps many of those evils that now grieved them would not have attained their present height; but the motion that he should now make was nearly similarin its terms to his motion of 11416 Tbat 10011011 WAS sup ported by three able advocates; tiro of them (Mr. Poo sunby and Mr. Grattan) had sunk into the grave ; the third (Mr. Plunkett) still lived—but lie was taught not to expect that able person's assistance. (Hear.) lie should endeavour to be as brief as possible, but lie trusted they would bear with him while lie traced some of those causes which had led to the degradation and disorganization of Ireland. The natives of that country, wherever they went, were respected ; but how came it that at home all was disorder It was for the legislature to trace the Causes of so disastrous a stale of things, as well as to supply remedies. (Hear, hear.) Ireland, however, as yet, had little to rejoice at the union with this country. Seven millions of people had to he governed, but how were they governed? Instead of governing by uniting them, the principle of " divide and govern" had been adopted with fatal success. That result had followed which It was frightful to contemplate. Taxation had enor mously increased ; the gentry were broken down, and all respect for the proper authorities seemed to be gone. Penal codes and frightful systems had destroyed the coun try, even without improving the Exchequer. Such was the harvest of discontent, that the iron grasp of the tax gatherer was paralized by the iron hand of poverty. There was indeed no harvest of revenue, as he had anti cipated. The right hon. hart. concluded with moving an address (similar to that proposed in 1816) to his Majesty, to direct that the situation of Ireland should be taken into moat serious consideration, and praying that if other measures were required, those of a tranquillizing charac ter, rather than proceedings of coercion, should be tried; and assuring his Majesty that the house would co-operate in such measures as did not proceed on the principle of coercion, and as were deemed calculated to restore obedience to the laws, and respect for the constituted authorities. Mr. GOULBURN opposed the motion, on the ground that it implied a censure nn the Government. He con cluded with moving the previous question. Mr. S. RICE supported the original motion, maintaining that it was not meant to convey any censure on Govern ment ; it did no such thing ; and lie thought it was calcu lated to be productive of good to Ireland. Mr.C. GRANT spoke against the motion. Recollecting what was the state of ireland, and knowing how injurious would be the result of adopting any motion that even indi rectly censured the Government, lie could nut support the motion. If t h e question went to a division, lie must vote for the amendment; but he hoped the impoliey of pressing the question at a moment like this would be seen, and that it would be withdrawn. Mr. ELLIS, of Dublin, said, the present disturbances of Ireland had their origin in certain transactions of the year 15 4; and he was convinced of one fact, which he defied any one to deny, and that was, that all the distur bances, all the agents, all the rebellions, were Catholics ; not a single Protestant, whatever his distress might have been, had been found engaged in any treasonable prac tices. Mr. PLUNKETT rose to reply to the last speaker, and strongly deprecated the attack which had been made by lain on the great body of the Catholics of Ireland, as tending to produce the most mischievous effects and cots sequenses. With regard to the system of police and the magistracy of Ireland, he could assure his right host. friend that those subjects were now occupying the serious atten tion of Ilia Majesty's Government. 'l'lle system of hail often received the attention of the Rost e, and many measures lead been passed with regard to it; whe ther all the beneficial effects which had been expected had toothed from those measures, he would not pretend to say ; but lie was snre that Government would readily give its attention to any propositions which might be brought forward on the subject. Mr. PEEL said, the course which the debate had taken rendered it unnecessary fur hint to trouble the house at ' any length upon the present occasion. In what lie had to say, lie would abstain from making any allusion to the Catholic question ; and lie thought that the right honourable baronet (Sir John Newport) had acted wisely in refraining from making any reference to that queetion its the address which lie submitted to the house lie had had the honour to be connected with the Govern ment of Ireland for six yeasts, and lie should consider that he would have been guilty of a great dereliction of duly it he had permitted that term to elapse without bestowing his most serious attention to all the subjects to which the right honourable baronet had adverted. Other matters, to which' no allusion had been made on the present occasion, had sonic years since been strongly pressed upon Use consideration of the house, and he appealed to the tight honourable baronet, whether those subjects did not obtain the gravest attention fauns Government. lie list l concurred with the right hon, member for the Uni versity of Dublin, in thinking that the tithe system was a subject of great difficulty sind danger. The general conduct of the clergy of Ireland lied beeu touch misunderstood and much misrepresented. Their forbearunre was, in all instances most exemplary; and that very circumstance, in his opinion, would oppose an objectiun to any measure of commutution of tithes; fur the parties who were intended to be beaetited bu such a procediug might had themselves more hardly dealt frith than they were under the present system. After a few ftWher observations oh this point, the right hon. gentlemen conclude(' with entreating the House to rest satisfied with the declarulnfris w Inch had beets made 011 the part of Govern ment, to reject the address of the right hon. burl. Sir J. NEV PORT then rose and said, that after the ex planations which had been given un the port of Government, and particularly the pledge which had been given by his right I . friend the Attorney General fur Ireland, who had thrown oil upon the troubled waters, that measures fur the relief of the people of Ireland were under the consideration of Government, he would not press his motion to a division. lie thought it necessary to deny that he intended, by his mo tion, to convey icily lift ection upon the present Government of Ireland. If the mount, had brew of such a character, lie would have been the List man in the House to propose it He had stated upon a former occasion, as he did now, that that he placed the fullest confidence in the noble Marquis at the head of that Government, but it did not w•cessuilly follow that he must place the same implicit reliance upon all the other members of the cabinet. He was happy thut he had called the attention of the House to the subject, since it had been the occasion of eliciting a declaration of the intentions of Goveraineilt, which appeared to him very sa tisfactory. Tue motion was then negatived without a division. Upon the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, lice house agreed to adjourn, upon its rising, to Wednesday. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the house adjourned at one o'clock. WEDNESDAY, •IPRIL 24. As the order for calling over the House stood for to-day. the gallery was not opened till after four o'clock. The gal lery quirt, however, were crowded at an early hour, told woo after the opening of the gallery it was filled. Sir J. N LW PORT during our absence, we understand, moved that the order for the call be discharged. Ile stated that his object had been to secure a full attendance of mem. hers, trod as his object had been answered, there was no ace cation to continue the urder.-e-Motion agreed to; order discharged. Sir 6. II ILL presented a petition from the merchants of Londonderry, praying for the imposition of an additional tax on cheese and hotter. Mr. DAVENPORT supported it, as by one heavy duties on salt great injury was done to the domestic trader, %bile advantages were given to the foreign eaamsfacturer. Petition ordered to lie on the table. Sir R, SHAW, at the request of Lord Londonderry, who was absent on account of illness, postponed his motive un the subject of the Irish Window Tax till Monday next. Petitions, complaining of aAriculteral distress, were pre sented from the Eastern part of SWAMI, and Read, and ordered to be printed. Petitions against the Irish window tax, were presented from the cities of Dublin and Cork. adercd to lie on the the table. Sir K. SHAW again postponed his motion on the subject of the window tax till wit day week. Ltcerssiec Swsrer.—Mr. HUSKISSON presented a petition from persons in the vicinity of Reading, praying that the trade in beer might be sct free. He hoped the subject would be soon investigated. He had seen many letters oil this subject, particularly from Reading, where the licensers were brewers; that established a complete monopoly. As to the proceeding of the brewers in London, he was stnmy not to weeny member in his place connected with that trade if he had seen any one he should have asked whether there was any intention to lower the price of porter? That price had been lowered in the country; and if there were no in tention avowed to lower the price of porter in London, then, a ith the support of the House, lie should endeavour to carry into effect that plan at which he had before tented, to pre. vent the Loudon brewers from deriving all the benefit result log from the repeal of the malt tax.—(Cheers.) —But he ex pected that such proceeding would be rendered unnecessary by the London brewers, though tardily, lowering the price of porter, so as to meet the reduced prices of the malt, &c. Petition read. Mr. LOCKHART said a few words, expressing himself, as far as he understood him, in favour of opening the trade. Mr. G. BENNET was also favourable to the opening of the trade. Why might not that trade he as open as the trade of bakers, &c. 1 Tue only thing that bad startled Inn is the consideration of this qu e s tion was th e immense quantity of property already vested in public houses. Mr. HUSKISSON was glad to see the member for Wey mouth (Mr. Buxton) in his place. Perhaps he wood state a hen the public might expect a reduction in tile price of porter. Sir F. BUXTON could tint exactly say at what particu lar period the reduction in the price of porter was likely to take place ; he could, however, state, that it would be toms —and in such a manner, as to be tatisfactury to the right hon. gentle.nan. With respect to another subject that had been observed upon, according to what he had understood since he cause Mt° the House, he meant the opening of the limit, that would be in his estimation, a great advantage to the public brewers. Those persons, it must be remembered, were twit (Sc only owners of public houses: there were many publicans who were owners of the houses ion which they resided, or had paid a good deal on going into the houses occupied by them; and to open the trade would ope rate on them as a coeliscation of their property. At on e to open the trade, would be one of the harshest Measures adopted.—Pet tiou orderel to be printed. Mr. DENISON presented a petition from the tanners in the neighbourhood of London. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he could not, at the present moment promise any ieduct iar of this tax. Mr. CA LCRA FT replied, that was the observation ap plied to every tax complained of. (Hear, hear.) As he was tar his legs, he would ask whether any measure was its con temptation regarding one-pound country bank notes, *bleb, according to existing law, was soots to cease. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated; that he should have a CoMmunteutani to make on the subject in the course of a few days. Petition ordered to he printed. Mr. TuKODOIIIt lloox.—Mr. G. BENNET gave notice, that to-morrow lie should move (or further papers respecting Mr. Theodore Hook. lie should then also put tome questions to one of the ministers connected with these pnpers. Mr. BENET presented a petition from Salisbur,, favour of Mr. Hunt, whose " admirable conduct" it eulu gized in language that excited some laughter in the House. Petition ordered to be printed. EZTENTS IN Aio.—Mr. LITTLETON presented a pe tition from Staffordshire, complamitig of the system of ex teuts in aid, The lona member strongly ccodemoed the