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London, England, 1830-02-23 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS—(LAST NIGHT.)
NATIONAL DISTRESS.
The Earl of ROSEBERY, seeing a Noble Lord io
1;14e, who had given notice of a motion for an Inquir, into
14 State of the Nation, begged to ask the Noble Lirl ;f
had any Objection then to state, more specifically, what
119°Uld be the nature of his motion ?
Earl STAN HOPE replied, that his motion would he—
That their Lordships resolve themselves into a Com!uiftee
p{ the whole House, to take into their consideration the In-
ternal State of the Nation." Their Lordships would ob-
Berve that his motion did not include the foreign relations
°I the country, and he should avoid all discussion on them.
CAWDOR presented a petition from a town in
"inbrokeshire, complaining of distress, and praying far a
'Veal of the duties on AL& and Beer.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition,
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'Rned by all the Magistrates who attended the Quarter
by
of the northern part of the county of Wilts, and
Y upwards of three thousand persons, complaining- of great
distress, and praying that their Lordships would institute
44 inquiry into the state of the nation.—The petition was
toad and laid on the table.

SLAVERY.
The Mirjuie of LANSDOWNE presented another pe-
• from Lewes, in SUlifiCX, praying for the Abolition
°' Slavery.
EAST INDIA TRADE.
, Lord DYNEVOR presented a petition from the Wool-
TuManufacturers, praying that the Trade to the East In-
ures and China might be thrown open.
WOOL TRADE.
The Duke of RICHNIOND presented a petition from
neighbourhood of Hocucastle, in Leicestershire, signed
ii'B4s farmers, Leing wool.growers, complaining of great
of extreme porerty, of an increase of crimes, stat-
ing that all the bonds of society were loosened, and pray-
14g their Lordships for relief, particularly for protection
4gAinst the introduction of Foreign Wool.

TURNPIKE ROADS—IRELAND.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented another petition
'reltk Mr. Dillon, a coach-proprietor in Dublin, praying
that the laws regulating turnpikes in Ireland might be
revised.
On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the
evidence taken before the Committee of the Lords sitting
to inquire into the Coal Trade, was ordered to be printed
from time to time.
Mr. Pickering presented, at the Bar an account of the
receiptr and disbursements of the Liverpool Ddeks.
Adjourned.

NOUSE OF COMMONS—(LAST' NIGHT.)
Mr. Vickery, from the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks,
Presented Account. of their Receipts and Disbursements.
Mr. Moore, from the Bankrupts' Office, presented Re-
turns of the Number of Bankrupt Petitions.
New Writs were moved for the Borough of Rye, in the
r%OOl of R. Bonham, Esq. who had accepted the Chiltern
ilundrds; and for the County of Essex, in the room of
Sir Eliab Harvey, deceased.
Mr. STANLEY presented a petition from the Tanners
of praying for the Repeal of the Tax on Leather.
Mr. O'CONNELL complained of the vexatious conduct
Of the Excise in Ireland with respect to that and similar
taxec—The petition was ordered to be printed.
DISTRESS.

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Petitions complaining of distress were presented by Sir
GI atiaT HZ ATIICOTE from the Owners and Occupiers of
Land in ♦arious Parishes of the County of Southampton ;
Alr. FY LIE, front the ribbon-manufacturers of Bedwith,
in the County of Warwick; by Lord EUSTON, from the
llerehants, Traders, and other Inhabitants of Bury St.
Edmunds; and by Mr. SIANEY, from the Hundred of Ria-
bridge, in the County of Suffolk, complaining of severe
distress, and praying for relief.—Ordered to be printed.
On the motion of Colonel SIBTHORP, au Account
was ordered to be laid before the House, of the amount of
duties paid upon boots, shoes, slippers, and galoshes, dis-
tinguishing those made of leather from those male of silk
and satin, imported from France in IEO7, 18'28, and 1829.
EAST INDIA MONOPOLY.
Petitions against the East India Monopoly were pre-
sented by Sir J. Nawrowr, from the City of Waterford ;
and by Lord STANLEY, from Great and Little Bolton, in
'Lancashire, praying for the abolition of time East India
Alonopoly.—Referred to the Committee on the subject.

FISHERIES IN IRELAND.
Petitions against the Discontinuance of the Bounties on
the Irish Fisheries were presented by Mr. LAMB from the
Merchants, Traders, Fishermen, and Fish-curers of Dna-
garsrun ; and by Mr. G. PONSONBY, from those of
Youghal, Waterford.—Ordered to be printed.
On the motion of Mr. M. FITZGERALD, Accounts
were ordered to be laid before the House, of the amount
of the Duties and Excise in Ireland, for the last ten years.

COURT OF ADMIRALTY IN IRELAND.
Sir J. NEWPORT, adverting to the various reports
and documents on the Table, with respect to the Court of
Admiralty in Ireland, wished to know from the Right
Hon. Gentleman opposite, whether it was in the contem-
plation of his Majesty's Government to prepare any mea-
sure upon the subject?
Mr. Secretary PEEL replied, that with respect to the
Judge of the Court in question, be held his office quamdiu
ae bent gesserit ; bat he could assure the Hon. Baronet
that the reports upon the subject, both of the Committee
of that House and of the Commission of Inquiry, had been
taken into consideration by his Mizjesty's Government,
who felt that they had no alternative but to call the at-
tention of the Legislature to the state of the Court.
PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE.
Mr. LITTLETON gave notice, that on Friday next
he would move a preparatory Resolution, arising flout the
petition which he had -presented the other day—namely,
that it was contrary to the law and usage of Parliament
for any Member of that-House, for fee or reward, to en-
gage directly or indirectly in the prosecution of any priVate
business before that House.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY gave notice, that, as an Amend-
ment to the Resolution of the Hon. Member for Stafford-
shire, he would move a Resolution that it was contrary to
the law and usage of Parliament for any Member of that
House to sit in a Committee on private business, in which
business he had any interest, direct or indirect.

PUNISHMENT FOR LIBEL.
Lord AIORPETH gave notice, that on the 4th of May
he would move for the repeal of the Act of the 6th
George Iv, subjecting any person convicted for the second
time of libel to the punishment of transportation. Ile
gave his notice for that distant day, to allow of the return
of Honourable and Learned Members from the circuit.
PETITION FROM THE JEWS.
Mr- It GRANT, in rising to present a petition from
the Jews of the :Metropolis, praying to be relieved from
the civil disabilities under which they laboured, observed
that a misapprehension of his object bad gone forth to the
public; it having been stated that he had given a notice of
a Motion on the subject—whereas, all that be had done
Wass to give notice of his intention to present a petition
respecting it. When the House considered that for above .
eighty years no collective body of the Jewish community
11 appeared before that House, and when they considered
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object which the petitioners had in view, he trusted
deY would fed that the subject well deserved grave and
iiberate consideration. The petition which lie was
about to present was from a number of merchants and
pbert, Jews, and native born subjects of this country. It
rilaesteri signedpols by 597 persons, all resident in and near the
, comprehending, in the first place, all the per-
illaa of the Jewish persuasion of station and influence ;
111141° the second place, of the substantial tradesmen of that
Persuasion—care having been taken that only individuals
cf reoPectability should be permitted to sign the petition.
The .
Petitioners stated, that by the oaths at present pre-
selib"l by law, they were excluded from those civil offices
,41111 benefits enjoyed by their fellow-subjects. There were
two things to which it was necessary that the House
should
Pay its especial attentioe. First, whether the
prayereti of the petition is not well entitled to the serious and
tethparartbile.el consideration of the House; and secondly,
complaining of the grievances.. With respect
e grievances he did not deem it necessary to add to
the statements contained in the petition ; for it set forth,
fully a d
JewislT- temperately,- the evils under which persons of the
Persuasion now laboured. Man of these, as the
y petitition tseeverated, arose more frost the perversion of
itself
the len.- and e
.rnm mere usage, rather than from any law
; for it was usage which imposed upon them one of
the obnoxious oath, that barred them from their civil
rights.
He
that
until the combd not but implore the House to recollect,
}gassing of the Bill, which so wisely gave re-
lief to Protestant Dissenters _—the Jews were not practi-
cally subject to many of the difficulties to which they were
now
(.11)°"1. Ere the passing. of the measure alluded to,
the Jews might annually claim the benefit of the Indemnity
Acts, but this being no longer the case, it could not be pre-
tended that the grievances under which the Jews laboured,
Were not substantial grievances ; or, that they had not been
a whist the similar grievances under wh'cli others
_urasc, iabourcli, liad at length been entirely removed. This
wan),
aiottteviderit that he did out 'Lean it necessary to make
another similar eas, and an attempt' to. remove these dis-
ahili,ie4 011 a large scale,
one entire branch of th • British E •
had shaken with convulsive alarms
imaniipou, aba_., L • mpre, am compelled an
..0 meat of the measure. The next pies-