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London, England, 1836-04-27 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 26,

The Lour, CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at
the usual hour.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND.)
The Duke of CUMBERLAND presented a petition from
the Corporation of Dublin against the Irish Municipal Cor-
poration Bill, and praying to be beard by counsel against the
allegations of his Majesty's Irish Attorney-General relative to
the charge of their having misapplied their funds.
Earl SEGRAVE presented petitions in favour of the better
observance of the Sabbath, and from Merthyr Tydvil and
other places, in favour of the Great Western and Cheltenham
Railway. Also, some petitions against it.
Lord CLONCURRY presented a petition from Belfast,
and Bangor, in the county of Down, in favour of the Irish
Municipal Bill.
Earl DE GREY presented a petition from the Lord-Lien
tenant of the county of Warwick, complaining of agricultural
distress.
Mr. OSWALD and others from the Commons, brought up
the Clyde Navigation Bill.
Mr. Campbell, from the East India House, and Mr. Wain-
wright, from the Commissioners of the Port of Liverpool,
presented petitions at the bar.
Lord RODEN presented a petition from one of the as-
sistant auctioneers of the city of Dublin, praying that their
rights might be preserved in any Bill that might be introduced
for the reform of Municipal Corporations.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a petition
against the Great Northern Railway.
Lord LYNDHURST presented petitions from Carnarvon,
Alceston, Stratford-on-Avon, Wolverton, and other places,
against the abolition of Diocssan Courts.
BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND.

The Duke of CLEVELAND presented a petition from,
the Borough of Sunderland, signed by upwards of 1,000 per-
sons, praying to be restored to their corporate rights. The
Noble Duke also presented a petition from Barnard Castle,
Durham, praying that the superfluous revenue of the See of
Durham should be applied to the augmentation of small livings.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY cordially supported
the prayer of the petition.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
The Marquis of DOWNS HIRE presented a petition in
favour of the Great Western Railway Bill.
EXTENSION OF MAGISTERIAL JURISDICTION.
Lord SE GRAVE presented a petition from Gloucester,
praying that criminal eases which are now tried at the Assizes,
should in future be disposed of at quarter Sessions. The
Noble Lord could not concur in the prayer of the petition.
The LORD CHANCELLOR thought, if it was the in-
tention of the, petitioners to give to Magistrates a summary
jurisdiction in cases of felony, their Lordshipss would not give
any countenance to the petition.—(Cheers.)
Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented petitions from diffe-
rent parts of Yorkshire, praying for the better observance of
the Sabbath. The Noble Lord also presented a petition from
the attornies of Liverpool, praying that an ambiguity in the
Municipal Reform Bill, as to the place where they _carried on
their profession, and which in some instances had deprived
them of their votes, might be amended. The Noble Lord also
presented a petition from Kingston-upon-Hull against the
Irish Municipal Reform Bill.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented petitions from
different parts of Nottingham, for the better observance of the
Sabbath.
The Duke of SUTHERLAND presented petitions from
Wolverhampton, and different parts of Staffordshire, to the
same effect.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from
Limerick, in favour of the Irish Municipal Reform Bill.
The Dundee and Forfar Railway Bill was read a third time,
and passed, as was also the Writers to the Signet (Widow's)
Bill.