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EXCISE OATHS.

Oo the motion of Cl3eiarloi I;IVEPOOL, their Lordships
went into a Committee on the Excise Oaths Bill. The Noble Earl
observed, that, as an amendment, be had proposed to extend the
principle of the Bill to all officers excepting those of the General
Boards.—Th: Bill was then reported, and the thin; reading fixed
for Wednesday.
TITHE COMPOSITION BILL
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On the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL the !tune resolved
itself into a Committee on the Tithe Composition Bill, which was
VIVIINSURRECTION ACT CONTINUANCE BILL.
Irish Inencrection Act Continuance Bill, on tl.c motion of
the Earl of HA RROWBV, was ensnmitted and reported.
HIDES AND SKINS BILL, &c.

The hides and Shins. tlieTaal Eielhes, the Exchequer
Bill, lateen millior.), and the Scotch Illicit Distillery Bills, were
read a third time and passed.
ATTAINTED PEERAGES. _ _

The Earl of LIVERPOOL. moved the wsprnwn of the Stand.
ing 91ders, for the purpose of reading • second time. and rom-
an:nag on the same day, the Bill for the restoration of the Earl.
dom d Man to Francis Erskine.—Ordered.

The Bill wreathed read a second time, and committed.

The Noble Earl then moved that rh; precedents in the cages of
the &minted Peerages be referred to a Committee to sit on NVednes-
day next.
CLERGY RELIEF BILL.

The Clergy Relief Bill was committed and repotted.
The Earl of DARNLEY presented a petition from a
.place in
the county Moult, against the Tithe Composition Bill, as it origi-
•:.ally stood. The noble Earl thought the objection of the peti-
tioners had been materially removed since the Bill had Leen
amended.—Laid on the table.

OREAT SESSIONS IN WALES BILL.

Lord KENYON moved the second reading of the Great Ses-
sions in Wales Bill.

LOW CAlflfiok objected to the principle of the Bill, and
thought that the better course would be, to move that a humble
Address be presented to his Majesty, pmying him to appoint a
Commission to inquire into the state of the Courts of Justice in
Wales. After some further observations, the Noble Baron said,
that he should not then move the amendment he had suggested,
but propose that the Bill be read a secor.d tote that day six
months.
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Their Lordships divided on this amendment, when there ap-
peared--
Contents -
Not-Contents - -
Majority against the Amendment -
The Bit was then read a second time.
EQUITABLE LOAN BILL.
it'llits.t 'we were excluded from the House, we understand that
The Earl of HARDWICK proaented a petition from the tragers
of the parish of St. James, il'esdminster, against the Equitable
Lean Bill, which was laid on the table.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS' BILL.

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1 evil CA LTHLORPE moved the snood reading of the Cruelty
to Animals BilL

The Earl of ROSSLYN was not aware that there Was such a
Bill in existence, and strongly objected to multiplying the penal
statutes in this manner. A man, even for docking a horse, might
be brought under the enactments of this Bill. He would not now
further oppose the Bill, but would certainly do so in a future
stage. Lord SUFFIELD supported tl:e Bill.
LORD CHANCELLOR said, that he should oppose the
BM in a future stage.
The Bill was then read a Mend Onus.
Adjourned to Wednesday next.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Filo4r, Juaix 4.

ROYAL %SSENT.

At ten minutes beforelotiiorClSCitheSi was summoned
I House of Peers. to hear the Rnyal Assent given by Coin.
motion to several public and private Bills. On his retum he se.
wainted the House with the names of the Bills which had received
the Rays'. Assent--(for which see Lords).
BRITISH GAS BILL.

Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from Leeds, against
the British Gas BILL--Ordered to be printed.
AIR. SMITH, 'IHE MISSIONARY.

Mr. PANE presented a petition from Henley-upon-Thames,
praying that the me of the Lite Mr. Smith, the Missionary to
Demerara, might be investigated.
Malta: petitions etre presented from Alnwiek, by Mr. S. Rice;
froze Mahon. by Mr. Rameden ; and front Casde Comber, by Mr.
Dawson.—Ordered to be printed.
NEGRO SLAVERY. . .

Lord MILTON pt ted a petition front a town in 'Yorkshire,
against the slave trade.
Similar petitions were presented—by Mr. Evans, from Broad.
stairs; from Dublin, br Mr. S. Rice; from Melburn, by Mr.
Munster ; and from Ayfeabury, by Lord Nugent.—Ordered to lie
on the table.
FREEMASONRY IN IRELAND.
Mr. DAWSON presented a petition from the freemasons of he.
/acd, praying to be exempted from the Act of last year relative to
necressocteries, and to be allowed the same privileges as the Free-
masons of England and Scotland.
i m After a con ion, in which Mr. GIATTAS, Sir J. New.
/OAT. Mr. J. mils, and Mr. Daiweow participated, the pea-
-.ion was•ord to be printed.
CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION.
Mr. S. RICE presented a petition from the Roman Catholics of
Limerick. praying to be admitted to the same rights and privilftes
as their Protestant fellow-subjects. The lion. Member begged to
observe, that the petition confined itself to the Catholic Question
only, and it was drawn up in language at once so moderate and so
decorous, that he had nothing to add or to diminish. The peti-
tionors stated, that there were peculiar characteristics to the pre-
tent time which would allow the MR fur Catholic Emancipation
without giving the Prominent,' any alarm.
Sir I. NsoPoRT and Mr. C. iII;TC/ISNSON said a few words
in asopirresce with the petition, observing, that several millions
of MI Mejsates subjects were excluded from the privileges of the
Constitutusn, without any substantial reaaoc.—The petition was
talkie! CS be printed.
IRISH SOCIETIES.
ietJ. NRWPORTgare notice, that on Thursday next he should
moss to refer the petition stalest the Orange Societies established
In Ireland, to the Committee upstate, • sir* suss to inquire in
what a.toirw the Act of last Sevier+) relative to secret societies had
been enforced.

WAREHOUSING BILL.
Sit R. SII A W presented a petition from the Chamber of Corn.
mom in Dublin, against the Warehousing Dia.—Ordered to lie on
the mtge.
TRISH LEATHER TRADE.
Sir R. SHAW presented a petition from ;be currier' of Dublin,
praying that the tradefr. 'lreland might be put on the same footing
as the trade in Engter.d.-.ovdemil to lie en the table.
T 88? AND CORPORATION ACTH.
Mr. nulls presented a petition front the Diumters of Chi.
chaos, praying for a repot' of the Teat and Corporation Acts.
Mr. J. skitTif remarked, that numerous effort" had been mric
by diviaguishad individuals in that House, at various times, for
the repeal of dune Acts. It was absurd to continue them, as they
never meld he justified by reason.
After some ftither observations from Mr. W. SaITTII, Sir J.
N.:Wren:C. Mr. Detour, and Lonl J. Par vsztt., the petition
was ordered to he printed.
IMPRESSMENT OF SEAMEN.
Mr. presented a petition from the shipwrights, block-
r'akers, Re. of the port of tendon, against the Impressment of
Seamen fear the Navy. The Hon. Member remarked, that the
grievsnee oompiabred of wait a violation of the liberty of the sub-
,;ect, and he siaeurely hoped, that in the existing prospect of a
long peace, sone means would be set on foot to supersede the ne-
cessity of so odious a practice, either by enrolment or any other
plan that might be devised, as the present system was a blot upon
t!..e country. He would fili) nothing further on the subject then,
as on the 13111 inst. he meant to bring the matter formally before
the House.
Sir I. CrIFFIN said, that is early life he had had a deal 2f cf.
perience in the way of impressment ; his head had been slice like
.t Cheshire cheese while engaged in the service (laughter); yet he
:eft oinvincesi that it was the test node of ananaing the navy, and
!..iP salters thought SO too.
The petition was ordered to be minted.
RESTORATION (,F pEEtemw.g.
Bill ion the restoration of four forfeited t'cutelf POrligei having
been sent dawn from the lionla,
Ms. PEEL rose for the purpLae of seggesting, that the House
s'iould proceed to madder them immediately. He begged to state
•o t'le House. that in .:re ease of the Earl of Mar it ass proposed
to dispnri with the otAlgetion ci.ftweed by rite Art of James the
''east, tv!".cit compelled every Peer, within a month after the restur-
zee!' el sis rights, to take Certaiii oaths at Weste.vister, but by

reason of the Earl of Mare's great age and infirmities, this wet ren-
dered almost impossible, and there was therefore a dispensing clause.
whit& would, he hoped, form no obstacle to the passing of the
Bill. He therefore moved that the Bill should be read a first
time.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, that it was with great satisfaction that
he seconded the motion of the Right itio.mitrable Gentleman : the
question of the policy of those attaindrts was tkot now before the
House, but he was glad that the titles And honours were to be re-
stored to those families. With regard to the Earl of Marr, he was
desirous of expressing the high esteem and veneration that he en.
tertained towards that distinguished Nobleman, for the honour and
integrity that regulated his conduct, and he regretted that the in-
firmities attendant on his old age should have rendered the dis-
pensing clause necessary.
The Bill then passed through all its stages, and Mr. BROODE
was appointed to reconvey it to the Lords.

ATTORNEYS TAX.
Mr. SCA RLETT presented a petition from the attorneys and
conveyancers of Newcastle, praying for the reduction of the tax on
attorneys.—Ordered to he on the table.
TRANSPORTATION ACT.
Mr. PEEL moved the Order of the Day for the second reading
of the Transportation Bill. The Right lion Gent. observed, that its
object was to continue the law, which would otherwise expire at the
end of the Session. He would also state to the House, that arrange-
ments had been made with the authorities in New South Wales, to
render transportation a very different punishment to that which it
' had born hitherto eonsiderei, by making distinctions between con-
victs on their arriral in that country proportionate to the offences
for which they had been transported, as, at present, transportation
was a very unequal punishment.
Mr. SCARLET!' objected to this part of the Bill, as it vested
in the executive Government a power to alter the sentence of the
Judge, which he thought was a power that it ought not to be en-
' trusted with. _ .

111 r. PEELreplied, that the sentence of the Court was no more
than„ Transportation beyond seas," without any comment on it.
The present Bill added no additional power to the crime. Persons
like Dlr. Conolly, for example, should not be treated in the same
manner with persona of no education ; and, at all events, there
should be some qualification in the punishment.
Mr. SCATLhTT explained.
Mr. WILMOT HORTON raid, that no convict could be sub.
jetted to more punishment than that to which he was already sub-
, yeete.l. Under the late regulations, the severity of transporation
would be increased, and persons transported scattered over the
island, from the worst part of New South Wales. The public
should be informed that this subject had received the minute and
1 deliberate attention of the Government.

Mr. WA RRE said, he understood that some few yeah sgo con.
yids wete sent from Botany Bay to Norfolk Island. M u that
system to he revived ?
Mr. WILMOT HORTON—Not revived, but placed under
new regulations directed to make transportation a certain secondary
punishment.
After a few words from Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Cripps, and
Mr. Peel, the Bill was reed a first time, several clauses were agreed
to, the Report was brought up, and ordered to be received to-
morrow.