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CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 28, 1837.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT.
BOROUGH of LEWES.—The Hon. Henry Fitzroy, of Whittle-
bury, in the county of Northampton, in the room of Thomas Read
Kemp, Esq., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

WHITEHALL, APRIL 27.
The King has been pleased to present the Rev. Thomas Brown
to the church and parish of Kinneff, in the presbytery of Fordourt and county of Kincardine, the same being vacant by the death of
Mr. Allan Stewart, late Minister there.

The Lord WHITEHALL, APRIL 25.
Chancellor has appointed Wm. Trotman Lambert, of
Chalford, in the county of Gloucester, Gent., to be a Master Ex-
traordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

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and 'Sub-Lieut. H. G. Boyce, to be Lieut., by purchase, vice
Squire ;C. Tottenham, Gent,-to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Boyce, April 28.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet T. W. Geils to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Forkington, who retires; J. A.
Todd, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,'vice Geils, April 28.
6th Regiment of Dragoons—Lieut. R. D. Barbor to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Mansel, who retires; Cornet G. Ferguson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barbor, April 28.
Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons—. Lieut. F. Shewell to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Macnamara, whosih-eztuir,cisi:i.ACuprrinie,tBW.. N.
Barry to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
11th Regiment of Light Dragoons--Lieut. W. D. Bedford, from
the half-pay of the 60th Regiment of Foot, to be Paymaster, vice
Neville, deceased, April 28.
3d Regiment of Foot—Ensign A. J. Cameron tobeLieeur nt
Lieutenant,
withoutpurchase,vice Lavoine,deceased, Sept. 25, 1836; s
Major I's. Flood to be Ensign, vice Cameron, April 28, 1831;
6th Foot—Gentleman Cadet W. T. Hall, from the Royal Mili-
tary College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cubitt, appointed
to the 9th Regiment of Foot, April 28.
9th Foot.—Captain M. Smith, from the Regiment of Foot,
to be Captain, vice Chichester, who exchanges, Sept. 17, 1836 ;
Ensign C. M. Creagh to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Calder, deceased, Nov. 8, 1836;. Ensign G. Cubitt, from the 6th
Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Creagh, April 28, 1837.
16th Foot—Captain A. C. Chichester, from the 9th Regiment of
Foot, to be Captain, vice Smith, who exchanges, Sept. 17, 1836
F. Ashpitel, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Caulfield,
whose appointment has not taken place, April 28, 1837.
23d Foot—Lieut. F. Granville to be Ca.ptain, by purchase, vice
Brown, whe retires ; Second Lieutenant C. Blackett to be First
lieutenant, by purchase, vice Granville; A. J. Campbell, Gent.
to 1, e Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blackett, April 28.
4901 Foot—Lieut. D: Mac Andrew to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Otter, deceased ; Ensign J. H. Daniell to be Lieu-
tenant, rice Mac Andrew, Nov. 18, 1836 ; Gentleman Cadet D.
M'Adam, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice
Daniell, April 28, 1837.
, 738 Font—E.usign E. G. Cubitt to be Lieutenant,-by purchase,
vice Drewe, who retires, April 28.
75th Foot--Lieutenant G. H. Eddy to be Paymaster, vice Holt,
who reverts to his former half-pay, April 28.
78th Foot—Major H. N. Douglas to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by
purchase, vice Lindsay, who retires - Captain M.,G. T. Lindsay
to be Major, by purchase, vice Douglas; Lieutenant C. C. M'ln-
tyre to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lindsay ; Ensign J. F.
Haliburton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'lntyre ; Ensign
E. Hickey, from the 90th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice
Haliburton, April 28.
90th Foot--K. W. S. Mackenzie, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Hickey, appointed to the 78th Foot,, April 28.
9)th Foot—Lieut. E. M. O'Connell to be Captain, la.; purchase,
vice Martindale, who retires ; Ensign C. T. Nicolay to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice O'Connell; H. J. Jauncey, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Nicolay, April 28.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment--Second Lieut. G. 13. Tattersall to be
First Lieut., by purchase, vice Bourke, who retires, April 28 ;
Second Lieut. J. W. Grylls to be First Lieut., by purchase, vice
Reid, who retires, April 2a ; Gentleman Cadet W. H. Under-
wood, from the Royal Military College, to be Second Lieut., by
purchase, vice Tattersall, April 28; S. M. Gildea, Gent., to be
Second Lieut., by purchase, vice Grylls, April 29.
BREVET.
Captain B. Colclough, of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, to be
Major in the Army, Jancary 10.
MOMORANDUM.
The Christian names of Ensign D'Arcy, of the 94th Regiment of
Foot, are George Abbas Kooli.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Middlesex.
Royal East Regiment of Middlesex Militia—John Stewart; Esq.,
to be Captain, April 22.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Kent.
East Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—The Hon. G. J.
Viscount Maidstone to be Lieltenant, vice Brockman, resigned;
Christopher Tumor, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Moneypenny re-
signed, April lb.
West Kent Regiment Pf Yeomanry Cavalry—F. Dashwood,
Gent., to be Cornet, vice fr. ,Termer, resigned, April 13.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Salop.
North Salopian Yeomanry Cacalry—B. J. Croxon, Gent., to be
Cornet, vice Kenyon, resigned, April 22.

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ST. JAMES'S PALACE NAks, APRIL. 26, The King was this day pleased to confer the hono t
hood upon upon Charles Gordon, of Driinnin, Esq., Sec
Highland and Agricultural Society of Seotland.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 29.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
at five o'clock.
Lord KINNOUL presented a petition from Perth in
favour of Church-rates.
Lord ROLLE presented petitions from Barnstaple, and
from a parish in Yorkshire, to the same effect.
The Bishop of HEREFORD presented similar peti-
tions from places in Montgomeryshire.
Lord PORTMAN presented petitions from Bridport
and other places against Church-rates, and from a town in
Somerset for an amendment of the Poor-law.
Lord SEGRAVE presented petitions against Church-
rates, from Cheltenham and other places in Gloucestershire.
Lord DACRE presented petitions from Bishop Stortford
and other places in Essex and Hertford to the same effect.
Lord DUNDAS presented petitions to the same effect.
The Marquis of SALISBURY presented petitions in
favour of Church-rates from Retford.
Mr. BERNAL, and other Members from the House of
Commons, brought up the Ist Report of the Poor Law
Committee, and several Private Bills.
The Bishop of WINCHESTER presented petitions in
favour of Church-rates from places in Hants and Surrey.
The Bishop of LINCOLN presented similar petitions
from places in Lincolnshire.
The Duke of WELLINGTON presented similar peti-
tions from Margate and other places.
The Earl of RIPON presented similar petitions from
places in Lincolnshire.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions from
places in Sussex, praying for an alteration in the Turnpike
Act ; also a petition against the Poor-law Amendment Act.
Lord FITZWILLIAM presented a petition against
Church-rates from Wakefield, signed by 5,000 persons ;
also from Deptford and other places to the same effect.
The Noble Lord then said that he had another petition to
present, which he would feel it his duty to read. It was
from,Ruxton, in Halifax, and against the extension of the
Poor Law Amendme'nt Act to that parish. Tho Noble
Lord then read the petition at length, and said
that he admired the straightforward manner in whir h
the petitioners had stated what they feared as grievance 3 ;
but he considered they laboured under a delusion in regard
to their fears.
Lord MALMESBURY said the petition was informal.
Earl FITZ WILLIAM moved that it should be received.
Lord ABINGER said that the petition was informal,
as it had no signatures on the first sheet.
Lord MAISIESBURY said that he had made his re-
mark without meaning any thing disrespectful, for the par-
ties could again send it forward when properly signed.
Earl FITZ WILLIAM said that all he required was,
that the petitioners should understand this.
The petition was then withdrawn.
Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from Roch-
dale, St, Martin's, Westminster, St. John, Hampstead, and
many other parishes, praying for the abolition of Church-

rates.
Lord ABINGER presented a petition from the Town
Clerk and Clerk of the Peace for Norwich, complaining of
unfair conduk towards him by the Corporation of that
city, and praying that a clause granting hint compensation
might be inserted in the Corporation Amendment Bill.
ord REDESDA LE presented petitions from Lilburno
and other parishes, against the abolition of Church-rates.
PROTESTANT PETITION.

The Marquis of DO \V NS HIR E then moved the Ord, :r
of the Day, for the reception of the petition of which lie
had given notice.
The Order of the Day having been read,
The NOBLE LORD said he appeared to present to their
Lordships one of the most important petitions of the ses-
sion—it was from the Protestants of Ireland. It was
agreed to at a meeting, held in Dublin ()tithe 24th January
last, and was attended by men of all ranks ; and as he pre-
sided on the occasion, lie was proud to say that a more re-
spectably conducted meeting he had never seen. The
grounds upon which the meeting was thought necessary
was, that the affairs in Ireland had assumed an aspect whh h
gave very serious cause of apprehension to the Pro-
testants
of that country. It arose principally pecans()
of the impunity with which the Catholic Association—
(No, no, from Lord 'Melbourne and others)—he was
ready to receive the correction of the Noble Viscount, thouLb
lac thought he was not far wide of the mark in the name
lie had given it, He believed it would be more proper
to give it the name of the National Association.—( Hear.)
He was now discharging a duty imposed on him by the state
of the country ; he need not remind their Lordships of
votes which he had given in that House ; he had voted for
the Emancipation Act in the hope that it would move
beneficial to I-eland—he had been disappointed. He endea-
voured to promote peace in Ireland at all tlmes.--(tieer,
hear.) One of the arguments in favour of emancipation
was, that the old system placed one portion of tie
community pre-eminent above another—( Hear, licar)—
be t now that the Act was passed, and when he look d
at the proceedings of the General Association, he consi-
dered that its object was to place the Roman Catholics in
the same state of pre-eminence as the opponents of em.,o-
cipation formerly were. It was on these grounds,
anxious as he was for the peace and tranquiifli y
of Ireland, that he had joined his fellow Protestants for the
purpose of preserving it.—(Hear.) The petition ivas
most respectably signed, and had attached to it 200,0;'0
signatures, and would have had many more, but th
it was thought desirable it should he presented :it
as early a period as possible. Ile would now read the pie i-
tion as the course most respectful (in his opinion) to their
Lordships and the petitioners.
The Noble Marquis then read the petition at length.
Viscount MELBOURNE—On looking at this subject,
which has created such a stir, and which involves so many
matters concerning the interests of the country, I should have
expected that some other mode than petitioning would hare
been adopted for expressing the opinions, the feelings, the ap-
prehensions, the fears, and terrors cf those whose names were
attached to the petition. Before calling the attention of your
Lordships to the topics contained in the petition, I wish to
express my opinion of the manner in which the Noble Marquis
has presented the petition, and I must say that the language
which he has used was exceedingly temperate,‘ and that, on
stating his reasons for concurring in it, the Noble Marquis his
observed that propriety vdiieh ought to be observed on such oc-
casions. I cannot, however, say so much for the language of
the petition, nor fail to observe the very different style and
manner of those who spoke on the question on the other side
of the water. But, considering the importance attached to Cie
petition, and the great pomp with which it has been got up
and brought forward, I consider it my duty to make a fiav
observations on it ; and, first of all, I will call your Lordships'
attention to the time of the meeting, and the manner in
which it was got up. The meeting was called by requisi-
tion, and to that requisition, I see the signatures of many Noble
Lords opposite. [The Noble Viscount then read the requisi-
tion, calling on the Protestant noblemen, gentlemen, and citi-
zens of Ireland to assemble at the Mansion-house, in Dublin,
on the 24th of January, in order to prepare a loyal address to
his Majest), and draw up petitions to both Houses of Parlia-
ment against the attempts made to undermine and destroy the
Protestant religion.] Now it was said to be a great Protestant
meeting, and the requisition was signed by a great number of
Protestants ; but it ought to be remembered that there was a
counterpart to this requisition, and that a protest was agreed to
against holding the meeting. The protest I will read to your
Lordships. It is as follows :—" We, the undersigned, feel
ourselves called upon to express our deep regret that a
notice should have been issued, calling for an exclusive
meeting of the Protestants of Ireland in Dublin, on the
24th, of January ; and suggesting dangers which we do
not believe there is any reason whatever to apprehend, and
which we feel assured not one single faet can be adduced to
prove. We lament that a duty has been thus imposed on us
of protesting against a requisition which eight members of
the House of Lords have deemed it expedient to publish on
the very eve of the meeting of Parliament. We consider a
meeting of such a character calculated to interrupt the tran-
quillity which at present happily prevails in Ireland, and in-
tended only to bias the discussion of measures which we be-
lieve to be necessary for the promotion of the national inte-
rests, mid which we hope will occupy the earliest and most
dispassionate attention of the Legislature." This protest is
signed by eight Members of this House, by forty-four Peers,
and by sixteen Peers now generally resident in Ireland. lam
not going to make any invidious comparison, but I may he
permitted to say that those who signed the requisition did not
possess all the property and wealth of the country, and that
those who protested against the meeting are possessed of at
least equal wealth and property. The protest was signed also
by fifty-seven Members of Parliament, the majority of whom
are necessarily Protestants, and the great majority of the re-
presentatives of Ireland ; and, without meaning anything like
disrespect, I may say that the meeting formed only a portion
of the Protestants of Ireland.—( Hear.) A great body of Pro-
testants entirely differed and dissented from the objects of the
meeting, and the language held at it. That meeting was evi-
dently held for a particular purpose, and not for the discussion
or consideration of any subject, or expressing a deliberate
and unbiassed opinion. The terms of admission to the meet.
ing show the nature of its object. The conditions are thus
described on the tickets That the bearer approved of the
object and agreed to the necessity of the meeting, and was
Now,
to b. amenable to the authority of the Chairman."
Now, I do not say that they had not a right to call a meet-
ing in that way if they thought proper ; but I say that was
a meeting not for the purpose of discussing or considering a
particular subject, but for assenting to resolutions on which
those who attended had made up their minds. Resolutions
were drawn up and agreed to, and directed to be presented to
both Houses of Parliament. I cannot help expressing my
great concern that these resolutions should have been adopted.
There is great injustice and impropriety in more than one of
them; but I am prepared to make every allowance for the
feelings by which the Protestants of Ireland are actuated at
the present time. I always very well knew that it would bo
impossible to carry the Roman Catholic Relief Act into full
operation, and to bring about the natural consequences of it ;
and necessary those consequences must have been, for it could
not be supposed that that Act was to remain a dead letter—it
could not be supposed that Roman Catholics were only to be pro-
nounced eligible to public offices, and that they should never be