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CORPORATE RIGHTS.

Lend 31ILTON presented a petition from the town of Dun.
dant, preying that the inhabitants of Corporate Towns in Ireland
may be restored to their Corporate rights.—Ordered to be printed.
CORN LAWS.
Mr. WH IT3IORE, in consequence of the Assizes, postponed
his motion upon the Corn Laws until Tuesday, the 111th of April.
Mr. H USK ISSON presented two petitions from Liverpool, pray.
ing for the repeal of the Assessed 'l'axes.—Ordered to lie upon the
table, and to be printed.
Mr. S. RICE presented& petition from the brewers of Dundalk,
in Ireland.--Ordered to lie upon the table.
Sir T. D. ACLA ND presented petitions from the towns of Bid.
defend sad Oskhanipton, is Devon, praying fur the repeal of the
theq upon sea-borne coaL—Ordered to lie upon the table.
" 'Mr. GRATTAN presented a petition from sortie baronies In the
litieenty of Kildare, against the Catholic Assoestion.—Ordered to
He upon the table.
EXCHANGES OF LAND BETWEEN COUNTIES.
Mr. FYSSHE PALMER moved for leave to Wallin a Bill for
the of empowering Magistrates at Quarter Semitone to effect
gee between counties of insulated purees of land,. for the
Mom convenient administration of justice. The lion. Member
Cll7in so lowa tweet voice as to be slaseet inaudible in &bagel.
.* From what we eecasionally heard, lie seemed to be enume.
wing the different pieces of land, which, in the course of his re-
IMMO' he had been enabled to trace as belonging to counties from
teleichthey were a considerable Infante removed. One he pieti-
st/timely mentioned as in Bucks. though belonging re, and paying
Instrish dues to Wiltshire, and being tin legs than forty nines dis-
tant from Alariborough, slid fifty from Devisee. The lion. Mem-
ber enlarged, too, upon the difficulty of executing writs in these
remote spots, and of the consequent delay and expense Incurred in
law proceedings, sod meeting the objections of those who might be
opposed to innovations showing that this proceeding was not with-
out a preced-ot, from the counties of Cromarty at d Ross, and
their various thpeodencies having been unite 11 by an Act of Session
in the year 1740.
Mr. PEEL, said, he certainly should not make any objectim to
the sittroduction or the Hon. Gentleman's Bill, though he appre-
hended that the Ilan. Geotleman would labour under considerable
difficulty in carrying its detaile into execution. As, however, he
sestoed to hare made considerable research into the subject, he
would reserve anything he had to say until he was in possession of
its provisions. One thing he would observe, that the lion. Oen.
denude had made uo mention of what he proposed to do upon that
gloat ins, onant point—the elective franchise, which might at pre-
sent Is vested in the inhabitants of these quilictr (we think he
called theme. Did he intend it should remain, or be transferred ?
Another thing: suppose that an expensive gaol had been built in
a particular place to which these inhabitants paid dues, were they
to be relieved from this, which had been built in contemplation of
their assistance, and removed to another place, where, probably,
there was ne gaol at all? These things he thought the Hon. Meru.
her would find some difficulty in getting over ; but he would at
resent reserve his observations until the Bill was printed and in
cart Oands of the House.
Mr. F. P.I.L3IEIi said it was his intention, in case the Bill
should meet the approbation of the House, to propose, as they
were on the eve of a general election, that t.o change should take
plate in the state of the elective franchise until twelve months atter
the dissolution of Parliament. As to the rates, he thought there
could not be much difficulty, for in the place in Wiltshire which
be particularly mentioned, although the rates of the county amounted
to 16,9001. a-year, the whole charge for that spot was only 281.
a.year.
Mr. PEEL repeated, that he had no objection to the introdoe-
tn of the Bill. The clauses could be diseuusd la the Com-
mittee-
MORLAND thought the usual count* was to appoint a

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