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of Lord Wellesley when he was Lord Lieutenant in Ireland.
His Lorthhip, in reference to some recent outrages, said that
the system of agitation and its inevitaLle consequence, the
system of combination, led to violence and outrage—they
were the incessant cause apd effect, no:. could he, after consi-
deration, by any effort of his understanding, separate one from
the miter in the unbroken chain of indissoluble connection.
Lord BROUGHAM said that it by no means followed that
an agrarian outrage. was always connected with political agi-
tation. _ .

The Duke of WELLINGTON—I said that the agrarian
outrage was the consequence of political agitation.
Lord BROUGH A Nl—But there is no political agitation
now.
The Duke of WELLINGTON—There was, though, last
year.—(A laugh.)
Lord RODEN thought that ha had 'scarcely been fairly
dealt with in his heic.2- called upon to answer to certain ex-
,ressions reported to havc been used by Wm at a dinner at
Belfast. It might be that a speaker in the course of a de-
bate was induced to use expressions which at other times he
might not employ, but he knew that he never could have said
that which was attributed to him. He regretted also exceed-
i igly that any allusions had been made to Colonel Conolly,
more especially as the grounds of observations in that case
also had been taken from a newspaper. He need hardly say
that that gentleman was a most highly-respectable person, and
the epithet applied to him was by no means warranted by cir-
cumstances, and he felt sure that if the Noble Earl had applied
to that gentleman himself, such an answer would have been
given as would have entirely removed Ant he felt was a pre.
judice which existed against him. With regard to what had
fallen from the Noble Lord who had addressed the House on
theiubject of the appointment of the officers of Government,
he had no hesitation in saying that lie entirely agreed
with him in the opinions which he had expressed ; and he
thought that all persons should be put on the same footing,
and that there should be no difficulty in appointments on
any grounds of religion. He wished, however, that the
Government had carried out the opinion which they appeared
to entertain in all instances ; but he could not but state that
many persons who had belonged to an association which rag
not contrary to the law—the Irish Association—had not only
been refused situations, but had been turned out of aloes
which they held merely because they belonged to that soc:ety.
He sincerely rejoiced at the debate which had taken place, be.
cause he felt no doubt that the eyes of many persons, who had
before been unacquainted with the present position of affairs
in Ireland, would be opened by it.
The Earl of M 13L GRAVE said that he would offer only
one observatimi to the House in allusion to what had fallen
from the Noble Lord and the Noble Earl who hal last spoken.
He had himself, of his own accord, appointed several deputy
Lieutenants of counties and several other persons to situations
who, from their positions, were open to tha objections which
had been pointed out. No such reasons as had been suggested
had ever induced him to appoint any individual to an office, or
to refuse his appointment.—( Hear.)
The Return of the Papers moved for by the Earl of Roden
was then ordered, and the House adjourned at fire minutes
before Eleven o'Clock.

HOUSE OF COHMONS.--Non 27.

The SPEAKER took the chair at a fex minutes to four o'clock.
Mr. Campbell, from the India House, appeared at the Bar,
and presented Returns of Compensation granted to the re-
duced Officers of the East India Company.—Laid on the table.
ELECTION PETITIONS.

The SPEAKER acquainted the HOU3C that he had received
through the lianaper Offiee petitions complaining of undue
returns for the County of Carlow, the .Borough of Carlow,
the Borough of Sligo, and the Queen's County.
The petitions were severally ordered to be taken into consi-
deration on the 12th of December.

Mr. HODGE S presented a petition from an individual in
Kent, complaining of a decision in his case in the
Revising Barrister's Court, and praying for re-
lief. He ( Mr. Hodges) was not aware of any
relief which the House could grant, unless a Bill were pass :d
in order to insure a uniformity of d,cision in those Courts.
On the motion of Sir R.` ING LIS, the Library Committee
was re-appointed. The Hun. Baronet presented a peti-
tion from 5,048 inhabitants and householders of Cheltenham,
pray ing that a system of national education might be instituted,
in which there might be a daily readin4 of the Scriptures. Ile
cordially concurred in the prayer of the petition, as it entirely
met with his views.
Mr. BROTH E RTON presented a petition from Salford
praying for the establishment of a national system of education.

SLAVERY.
Sir E. WILMOT presented a petition, which had been
agreed to a few days since at a large meeting, which took
place at Exeter-hall, praying for the abolition of
the apprenticeship clause in the Slavery Bill. That
clause, instead of being productive, as the promoters of
it supposed, of the best results, had engendered a great deal
of evil. The Hon. Member was about to enter into the de-
tails of the petition when he was interrupted by
The SPEAKER, who said that if the Hon. Member was
about to enter into the details of the petition, and to make a
speech upon those details, he must be aware that it was
against the regulation adopted by the House.
Sir E. WILMOT said, that if, according to the regulations
of the House, he was to be debarred from entering into the
details of the petition, his only course would be to give notice
of his intention to present the petition, and to withdraw it for
the present.
The SPEAKER said that that was the proper course to
adopt.
Mr. WAKLE Y presented a petition from several of the
electors of Finsbury, praying for an inquiry into the manner
in which medical men discharged their duty towards the poor
in the different unions in the metropolis.
Mr. PE AS E presented a petition from Durham, iim favour
of the abolition of the Apprenticeship Clause, in the Slavery
Abolition Bill.
Mr. J. GIBSON presented a petition from Belfast, pray-
ing the House to prohibit the sale of intoxicating spirits on
the Lord's Day. Time Hun. Member strongly supported
the prayer of the petition, aid trusted that %alien this matter
came again before the consideration of the House, the prayer
of the petition would be kept in mind.
IRISH MAGISTRACY.

Colonel VERNON gave notice that on the 20th of next
month he should move for a copy of the correspondence be-
tween her Majesty's Government in Ireland, and (as we un-
derstood) the Home Secretary, respecting the removal of Con•
stabulary Officers and Justices of the Peace.
PRESBYTERIAN OATHS.

Mr. J. GIBSON presented a petition from Belfast, pray.
ing that Presbyterian Clergymen should be allowed to make
Oath in all cases where Oath was required by swearing with
uplifted hands.