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Kingst n-upon- Hull, and several place?. in Lincolnshire, against
any alteration is the c,is'ing Corn-laws.
Sir J TYRRELL presented a great number of petitions
from Chelmsford, Saffron Walden, and various parishes in Essex,
against any alteration in the Corn-laws ; also a petition from a
gentleman who had been a Member of that House, praying for
a fixcd duty on the importation of corn. The lion. Bart.
was abiut to read the latter petition when he was inter-
rupted by
The SPEAKER stating that he was out of order.
SirJ. TYRRELL said if that %ia.4 the ease he would only
ask for leave to bring up the petition.
Mr. THORNILY presented a petition from some place in
the county of Chester, .signed by one thousand eight hundred
Persons, praying for an abolition of the duty on the importation
of Corn.

Mr. BROTHERTON, on presenting petitions from Chaw-
ley, and a variety of other places in Lancashire, praying for a
total repeal of the Corn-laws, was about to commence a state-
ment relative te the contents of the petition, when he was inter-
rupted by
Sir J. TYRRELL, who rose to order, and objected to these
Statements being entered into by the Hon. Member for .;al-
- as he (Sir J. Tyrrell), had not been suffered to read the
petition which he had presented.

The SPEAKER said that if he had collected from what
fell from the Honourable Member for Salford, that
he was about to make any statements which were not strictly
explanatory of the prayer of the petition, he should have in-
terfered. When he called the Hon. Member ( Sir J. Tyrrell)
to order, that Hon. Member was about to read the petition.
Nuw it was one of the oldest rules of the House, that Hon.
Members should not read petitions presented by them ; if they
were desirous of having them read, the proper course was to
move that the Clerk do read them.

Mr. BROTHERTON would never designedly depart from
the rub of the House. The Hon. Member then stated the
prayer of the petition, which was for the abolition of the Corn-
laws, which the petitioners stated were at variance with
Christian principles and justice, and prayed for their repeal.
Petitions against any alteration in the Corn-laws were then
presented by Sir Eardley Wilmot, from 27 places in War-
wickshire; and by Mr. Bethel, from 22 places in the East
Riding of Yorkshire.

Petitions praying for a total and immediate repeal of the
Corn-laws were presented by Sir George Strickland from va-
rious places in the West Riding of Yorkshire ; and by Mr. El-
liott from Hawiek, from lioy, in the county of Roxburgh and
from some other place, the name of which we could not catch.
Mr. ROUND presented petitions from parishes in Essex
against any alteration in the existing Corn-laws.
Mr. SCHO L EF I ELD presented a petition from Birmingham,
signed by 14,000 persons, praying to be heard at the Bar of the
liet.se in support of the allegations in the petition, and a simi-
lar petition from Stourbridge.
Mr. ROWLAND HILL presented 22 petitions from pa-
rishes in the county of Salop, against any alteration. •
Similar petitions were presented by Mr. Forrester, from
Ross, in the county of Hereford; by Mr. D'lsraeli, from
Maidstone : Mr. Blackburn, from Warrington : Mr. Gaskel,
from Wenlock-; Sir C. Burrell, from Shipley, West Grinstead,
and several other places in the county of Sussex.
IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL.
Mr. -LYTTON presented a petition from Coleraine (as we
understood), against the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill.
LICENSED VICTUALLERS.
Mr. C. BURRELL presented another petition from certain
Lizensed Victuallers, complaining of the losses sustained by
their being answerable for the goods left at their houses by their
customers.

DUTY ON FRUITS.
The Hon. Member also presented a petition from certain in-
hab:tards of liramber in Sussex, complaining that the duties on
foreip fruits Nv ere sa low that their trade must be given up,
and praying the Mousse to restore the former duties.
ANTI-CORN-LAW PETITIONS.
Mr. ORD presented a petition praying for modification or
total repeal of the Corn-laws, from the district he represented.

- PRO-CORN-LAW PETITIONS.
Lord ARLINGTON presented petitions from parishes in
the county of Salop, against a repeal of the Corn-laws.
Sir C. B. VERE presented 55 petitions most respectably
igned in support of the present Corn-laws.
Mr. 'DIJC DALE presented 34 petitions from parishes in
Warwickshi-e, in favour of the present Corn-law.
Lord .NORIZES presented petitions from parishes in North-
amptonshire., Warwickshire, and Oxfordshire, against any altera-
tion in the Corn-laws.
Petitions against any alteration of the Corn-ltws were pre-
sented by Mr. Hanley, from Boston and 103 other pari,hcs in
Lincoln ; by Mr. Plumiree, from IS parishes in Kent ; by Sir
Win• Young, from Buckingham ; by Mr. Hodges, from four
parishes in Kent ; and by Mr. G. Palmer, -from Essex :
anti praying fur a total repeal of the Corn-laws, by Mr.
Philipotis, from the Mayor and Corporation of Gloucester;
by Mr. Wilshire, from Yarmouth ; by Mr. Finch, from
West Bro.nwich and 'Walsall ; by Mr. Mark Phillips, from
4,330 bandloom weavers of Manchester, who coniolained
they were compelled to work 13 hours a day without being
able- to procure the necessaries of life, in consequence of the
high price of bread—by the same Hon. Member 23 petitions
from the difrersnt trades of Manchester and Salford, signed by
seventeen thousand three hundred and sixty-six persons ;
by Mr. WarbartAm,- signed by 13,000 inhabitants of Bridport ;
by'Air Alderman Cop,land, from a place in Stafford, in the
prayer of which he could not concur ; and by Mr. Hawes, from
Caoil:el-well. •

Petitions aqainst any alterations in the Corn-laws were pre-
s',ate•d by Mr. 'Thornhill, from Huntingdon ; by Mr. W. Denison,
from Farnham,-in Surrey, stating that any change in the Corn-
laws would by :tie ruin of the agriculturists, in which sentiment
her cot:curt-cc; ; by Lord G. Somerset; by Colonel Itolleston,
frwai the natttv of _Nottingham, and also from the manufac-
bras end .•,:toplzcepers of the town of Nottingham ; which
lag petition stated that the only effect of withdrawing the
prot:ctiati.feoia the agriculturists would be to lower wages ;
‘,tatl by i‘lr. iiellowes from 25 parishes in the county of Hun•
tingdon,

6:l' H. FLEETWOOD presented a petition from. Preston,
s!gn2tl by 10,000 inhabitants, and praying to be heard by
Counsel at. the Bar. The Hon. Baronet stated that the petition
et:attained some statements relative to obiervations made a few
days :12,-o by the Noble Lord the .Member for North Lanca-
shire, but as that Noble Lord was not in his place, be would
Anhear further allusion to them.
rotitions were also presented by Mr. Fielden, from
Oldham ;. and by Sir B. Hall, from Trowbridge: from St..
Pancras, signed by 4,000 persons ; and also from Greenwich.
Petitions auainst any alteration in the present Corn-laws
were presented by Mr. Derby, from Hastings, and parishes in
Finning, from Portsea ; by Mr. Ackland,
f.-oat eighteen parishes in Somerset; by Mr. Sergeant Jack-
son. from Carlin, and Tipperary ; and by Colonel Sibthorp,
from different parishes in Lincoln.
• Lord SANDON presented a petition from the merchants of
Liverpool, against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Petitions
to.the same effect were presented br Mr. Bennett from several
pari,thes in Wiltshire; by Mr. W. Duncombe, from fifteen
-parishes in the North Riding, and four parishes in the West
Riding, of Yorkshire ; and by Mr. Eaton, from eight parishes
in. the county of Cambridge.
Mr. F.- HOWARD presented a petition from Carlisle, signed
by 1,300 persons, praying to he heard at the bar of the House.
The LORD ADVOCATE presented a petition from Leith,
for the total repeal. Similar petitions were presented by Mr.
Kinnaird, from Perth ; by Mr. Hindley, from Warrington,
sigued by four thousand seven hundred persons ; by Mr. Smith,
from Norwich ; by Mr. J. Duncombe, from Clerkenwell, with
2,000 signatures, and by Sir C. Lemon, from Truro.
Mr. CRESSW ELL presented a petition from Liverpool,
signed by 25,000 persons, praying for the repeal of the Corn-
laws. The petitioners stated that they had been converted by
the arguments of the manufacturers of Manchester.
Petitions in favour of the present system of Corn-laws
were presented by Lord A. Paget ; by Mr. Heatheote,
principally signed •by labouring men, and particularly
against the fixed duty ; by Mr. Hogg, from seven pa-
rishes in Yorkshire ; by Captain Alsager, from Croydon ;
by Mr. Grote, one from Epsom, signed by 350 persons,
and another from Chipping Barnett; by Lord Worsley. from
places in Lincolnshire : by Sir James Graham, from two divi-
sions of the county of Cumberland, signed by 200 landholders;
by Mr. Cayley, from places in Yorkshire ; petitions in favour
of the present Corn-laws were also presented from several pa-
rishes in Cambridgeshire ; and by Lord Hotham, from York.
Petitions for the repeal of the Corn-laws were presented by
Mr. Clay, from the 'lower Hamlets, emanating from a public
meeting, and signed by 26,286 persons (Dr. Lushington sup-
ported the prayer of this petition) ; by Mr. Ellis, from the city
of Coventry, agreed to at the Coacty Hall, and signed by the
Mayor on behalf of the meeting; by Mr. Tancrcd, from
Banbury, praying the House to make full inquiry, and receive
evidence with a view to the alteration in the Corn-laws.

WINDOW TAX.
Mr. CLAY presented a petition from Spitalficlds, nume-
rously signed by householders, principally weavers, complain-
ing that the Window Tax pressed severely upon them in their
humble circumstances, although scarcely felt by the rich.
Mr. R. PERGUSSON obtained leave to bring in a Bill
connected with general improvement.
Petitions ;;ere presented for a repeal of the Core-laws, by
the Attorney-General, from the Chamber of Commerce of
Edinburgh ; by the Earl of Surrey, from several places in
Sussex; by Mr. Hume, from a parish in Ayrshire; Stone-
' haven, in Kinearoinshire ; and Langfold, in Dumfriesshire ;
by Mr. C. Wood, from Halifax, signed by 5,000 inhabitants ;
by Lord Morpeth from Burleieh, Hetherden, Bean Park, and
s( coral other places in the WeSt Riding of Yorkshire ; and
aga:ust any alteration in the present system by Lord Ashley, from
several places in Surrey; by Sir C. Knightly from three pa-
rishes in Northamptonshire; by Lord Mahon and Viscount
Inge;:ie from Hertford; and by Lord Stanley from Lancashire.
CANTERBURY GAOL.
Mr. CHARLES LUSHINGTON begged to call the atten-
tion of the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Home
Department to the following passage, at page 17 of
the second report of the Inspectors of Prisons, which was
as follows :—" Canterbury City Gaol and House of Correc-
tion. It is discreditable to the Corporation of Canterbury
that no prayers are read, or religious service performed, in this
prison, in which there have been in the course of one year no
less than eighty-six prisoners confined, and twenty-nine were in
custody at onetime. A clergyman residing in Canterbury used
formerly to give his gratuitous attendance on Sundays, to read
prayers, but his benevolent visits have for some time been dis-
continued." Ile wished to ask the Noble Lord if he had
adopted, or meant to adopt, any measures by which
to remedy this neglect on the part of the Corporation of Canter-
bury, and the indifference manifested by the Clergy of the
Cathedral City of Canterbury, to the spiritual destitution of the
prisoners in 91103t1-011.-( Hear, hear. )
Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I have not taken any measures,
nor am I aware that I could take any meaures effectual
as to the evil which he has pointed out. I certainly agree with
the report of the inspectors that it is discreditab!e to the Cor-
poration of Canterbury that there should be no religious instruc-
tions to these prisoners ; but I am not prepared to say it is cre-
ditable to the Clergy of that city.