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London, England, 1837-02-21 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LOR DS- -MONDAY.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord IVY' NFORD, Lord BROUGHAM,
Lord PLUNKETT, Lord BANDON7, n. A 1
I}' .1u ,LLENBOROUGH,
,at to-day to hear Scotch Appeala.

INNES V. IN SES.

The arguments in this part-he; .rd case were concluded to-
day ; after which their Lordships gave judgment, affirming
the decision of the Court below.

YIIILLIYS V. 7 INNES.

Their Lordships also gave, judgment in this appeal,
which was - argued a few day! ; ago. The question in
this case arose out of the rr.,,fus al of a barber's apprentice
to shave on a Sunday. The Colt rt of Session, on the case
coming before them, were of o pinion that the apprentice
was bound to shave for his, master on the Lord's Day, and
that in consequeuce of his having refused to do so, his father
ought to make good any lctss that might be occasioned thereby
to his master.
Their Lordships affirmed the decisi pn of the Court of Session.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBISUARY 20.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at
five o'clock.

The Bishop of HERE FO'RD presented a petition from
Bridgenorth against the provi 2 ions proposed by the Report of
the Ecclesiastical Commissicmers, with which he entirely con-
curred ; the Right Rev. Pr elate also presented a petition (in
the absence of the Bishop of Ely) from the Archdeacon and
Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Ely, against the proposal to
do away with Church-rates. The petitioners stated that it was
an utterly false view of the question to represent those rates as
an impost on Dissenters., because in reality they were a rent-
charge on property, which took its rise long before the exist-
ence of Dissenters. This petition also had his entire and un-
feigned assent.
Earl RIPON presented. a petition from Lincoln and its
neighbourhood, against any measure which should have the
effect of separating the Church and State from Church-rates.
The petition was numerously signed by clergy, merchants,
and tradesmen, some of whom differed on political views,
though they agreed in the prayer of the petition.
Lord BE XLE Y presented a petition to the same effect
from Swansea.

Lord KEN YON presented a petition from a parish in Devon
to the same effect.

Lord STRAFFORD presented a petition from St. James's
Chapel, Westminster ; also various petitions from different
parts of the country (the names of which were not distinctly
heard) praying for the abolition of Church Rates.
Lord GODOLPHIN presented a petition from Glaston-
bury in favour of the abolition of Church-rates.
Lord HOLLAND presented petitions from Drayfield
( York), Grinstead, Kingston-upon-Hull, Stowmarket, Not-
tingham, Woodford, and other places, in favour of the aboli-
tion of Church-rates.

Earl SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from Ro-
chester and two other places, against the abolition of Church_
rates.

EDUCATION IN IRELAND.

Viscount MELBOURNE said, that understanding that a
Noble Duke, whose presence he desired when he moved for
a Committee to inquire into the system of Education in Ire-
land, was indisposed, and as that motion had been fixed for
Thursday next, he would postpone it until the following
Tuesday.
Lord L ANGD ALE then moved that tho second reading
of the Wills' Bill be postponed till Thursday next.
Agreed to.
CHURCH-RATES.

The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition from the
inhabitants of Penryn, in the county of Cornwall, praying
that their Lordships would not consent to any measure for the
abolition of Church-rates. The Right Rev. Prelate also
presented petitions from the householders and landholders
of the parish of Budock, in the county of Cornwall, and
other places, who considered that their own interests were
involved in the existence of Church-rates, as afroding them
security for the means of worshiping God as they were accu7-
tomed to do, and that it was the duty of the State to continue
those means.