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IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 17.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock.
Sir THOMAS CGCIIRANE, the new Member for
Ipswich, was, amid the cheers of the Conservatives,
introduced by Mr. Fitzroy Kelly and Sir Thomas Free-
mantle, and took the oaths and his scat.
Mr. GEORGE W. WOOD brought up the Report
of the Committee on the Belfast water works.
Mr. DUN BAR presented a petition from a place in
the county of Antrim against any further grant to the
Maynooth College, and against the Government scheme
of education.

Colonel VERNER presented petitions from Pres-
byterian congregations in Armagh, praying that Pres-
byterian soldiers might be allowed to attend their own
places of worship.

- Mr. BUCK presented a petition from the coach-
masters of Devon, praying for a reduction of duty on
post horses.

- Mr. MACAULAY presented a petition from Edin-
burgh (as we understood), signed by 5,000 persons,
complaining that, contrary to the constitution of the
Church of Scotland, clerrimen were intruded on pa-
rishes against the will of 'the people, and praying the
Legislature to afford some relief on the subject.
Mr. WALL ACE presented petitions from the Ma-
gistrates of Montrose, the Town Council of Forfar,
and the fishermen of Achmuty, in favour of a uniform
penny postage.

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The HON. MEMBER also presented a petition from
Perth, praying that the patent of King's printer in Scot-
land might not be renewed, but that the Bible might
be printed and sold at as cheap a rate as possible.
Mr. FIELDEN presented a number of petitions re-
l: tiny to the New Poor-law Bill, but in consequence
of the very low tone of voice in which the Hon. Mem-
ber spoke, we could not hear from whence they came.
We understood the Hon. Gentleman to state, that some
of the petitions were for the total repeal of the New
Poor-law Act, and that others prayed that the powers
of the Poor-law Commissioners might not be renewed.
The Hon. Member presented a petition from Kersal-
moor, the purport of which we could not by any pos-
sibility understand.

Mr. DIVETT presented petitions from stage-coach
proprietors, complaining of heavy taxation.
Mr. MACKINNON presented petitions from the
Highlanders resident in London, praying that a Pro-
fessor of Gaelic might be appointed in the Scotch
Universities.

Sir H. PARNELL presented a petition from Dun-
dee in favour of a penny postage.

Mr. CLAY presented a petition from the parish of
St. George in the East against the Collection of Rates
Bill.

Mr. P. THOMSON presented a petition from
Manchester praying that the duties on Foreign and
Colonial timber might be equalized. Also a petition
from the licensed victuallers of the same town in favour
of the Bill for inland bonding.
Mr. LABOUCHERE presented a petition from
Taunton in favour of the penny postage.
Lord ASHLEY presented petitions against the
Government plans of education, and in favour of the
penny postage.

Lord LO WTHER presented petitions in favour
of the penny postage, and stated (we believe) that he
was friendly to that measure.—(" Hear, hear," from
the Ministerial benches.)
Mr. GROTE presented a petition from Rotherhithe
in favour of the penny postage.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Mr. Haydon,
the historical painter, stating that he could disprove
certain representations in a petition of the Royal
Academy recently presented. A question arose as
to how far the House would consent to the
printing of this petition. A petition had been
presented from the Royal Academy, making alle-
gations, which the petitioners could prove were not
consistent with fact. That petition had been printed,
and the Hon. Member for Oxford, had given notice of
a motion for the 23d July, founded on that petition.
On that day he (Mr. Hume) should call the atten-
tion of the House to the present petition. He,
therefore, would put it to the House whether this
petition ought not to be printed and circulated with the
Votes before that day, in order that Hon. Members
raglit be aware of the facts of the case, and he should
move that it be printed accordingly.
Mr. POULETT THOMSON asked if the peti-
tion of the Royal Academy had been printed by order
of the House or of the Committee ?

Mr. HUME said it had been printed by order of the
House, on the motion of the Hon. Member for Oxford.
Mr. POULETT THOINISON thought, under these
circumstances, the present petition ought to be printed
also.

Sir THOMAS FREEMA NTLE objected to the
printing of this petition before it went before the Com-
mittee.

Mr. POULETT THOMSON said the rule was
that no petition should be printed before being referred
to the Committee, unless it related to some motion
before the House ; that was the case in the former in-
stance, and he hoped that the precedent would be fol-
lowed in the present case.
Sir THOMAS FREEMA.NTLE said that the cases
were different where a petition was founded on a m-o-
-tion,or where a motion was made the ground-work of
a petition._

Lord HO WICK thought that for the future, before
the House ordered petitions to be printed the Hon.
Member presenting them should not only state that he
intended to found a motion on the petition, but that it
was a matter of such pressing necessity that it was ne-
cessary it should be printed before being referred to the
Committee, because under the present system the Or-
ders of the House were constantly evaded.
Mr. WARBURTON thought if the Noble Lori
was aware of the circumstances of the case he would
not object to the printing of this petition.

Lord HO WICK did not object to this petition being
printed.

GOULBURN thought this was a question en-
tirely between the House of Commons and the Royal
Academy, and could not understand what right
individual had to interfere.

Mr. HU NIE was sure if Hon. Members understood
the state of matters they would not make any objec-
tions. He thought if it was intended to resist the pe-
tition, it should have been done at an earlier period.
He had no doubt that, when the subject came properly
before the House, they would enforce the order.
Lord J. RUSSELL thought the petitien ought to be
printed.
After a few observations from Lord G. SOMERSET
and Mr. GOULBURN, the petition was ordered to be
printed.