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which had such an effect on his mind, that he was now
the inmate of an Asylum.
THE CANADIAN PRISONERS.
Mr. LEADER presented a petition from the nine
Canadian prisoners, stating that several others under
predisely similar circumstances had taken their trial, and
been acquitted, and that they had been led to expect
they should not be so severely punished as to
have sentence of transportation inflicted on them:
The petitioners prayed for an enlargement of the
Habeas Corpus Act, so that prisoners in a colony
might be enabled to obtain a writ of habeas without
being brought to this country. He begged to move
that the petition be printed, so that the attention of
the House might be called to this subject, as the
Government had acted not only with harshness, but
with great unfairness towards the petitioners.
On the motion of Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN the
Rathkeale (Limerick) Inclosure Bill was read a second
time.

CORPORATION OF LONDON (SALE OF
GROUND) BILL.
Mr. R. PALMER brought up the Report of the
Committee on this Bill.
Sir ROBERT INGLIS wished to ask the Hon.
Member whether it was correct, as had been stated
to him, that the object of this Bill was to enable the
Corporation of London to do that which, without it,
they could not do, namely, to sell a portion of their
property for the purpose of building a Roman
Catholic College in St. George's Fields. That
was not stated in the preamble, or any other
part of the Bill, and he would therefore ask his
Hon. Friend whether it was within his knowledge that
such was in point of fact the object of the Bill?
Mr. PALMER said that personally he knew no-
thing whatever of the object of the Bill. The Hon.
Baronet had better put the question when some Mem-
ber of the Corporation was in the House.
Mr. W. BARRON presented a petition from the
Members of the Chamber of Commerce, of the city of
Waterford, in favour of a uniform plan of penny postage.
Also, a petition from the same body praying that the
city of Waterford may participate in the advantages of
any grant that may be voted for the formation of rail-
roads in Ireland. Also, a petition signed by seventeen
Apothecaries in Ireland, praying that the House would
be pleased to order the evidence taken before the Com-
mittee which sat to investigate the state of the medical
profession in. Ireland in the year 1839 to he printed.
The Hon. Member moved that this latter petition be
printed, as it was his intention to bring forward a mo-
tion on this subject to-morrow.
THE CANADIAN PRISONERS.
Mr. LEADER gave notice that, on Tuesday, the.
25th inst., he should call the attention of the House to
the case of the Canadian prisoners.
Sir W. FOLLETTpresented a petition from Exeter,
praying the House to take some measures for the sup-
pression of idolatrous worship in India.
Mr. PEMBERTON presented a petition from Ripon
against the Government plan of education.
BEER BILL.
Mr. SANFORD begged to ask the Honourable
Member for Worcestershire, whether it was his inten-
tion to bring forward the Beer Bill on Wednesday
next.

Mr, PAKINGTON was about to reply, when
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, before the Honour-
able Member answered the question, he wished
to state, that his Right Honourable Friend the
Chancellor of the Exchequer had several clauses to pro-
pose of a very important nature, which would not be
ready for some days. It would not, therefore, be in
the power of the House to consider the Bill till Wed-
nesday next.
Mr. PAKINGTON would ask the Noble Lord to
fix a day when the Bill might be brought forward.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL would fix Thursday in
next week.
Mr. PAKINGTON, with the understanding that
he should have an opportunity of bringing forward the
Bill on that day, would offer no impediment to the ad-
journed debate on Wednesday.
THE BUDGET.

Mr. HUME begged to ask the Hon. Gentleman,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he was able to
fix a day when the budget would be brought forward.—
(Cheers and much laughter, when it was ascertained
that the Right Hon. Gentleman was not in his place.)
Mr. HUME gave notice to the Right Hon. Gen-
tlemen of his question—(renewed laughter) but would
take an opportunity of asking the question to-morrow.
CHURCH-RATES.