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London, England, 1825-03-10 00:00:00

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lIOUSE OF LORDS, IVIARcu 9.
Prayers were read by the Bishop of GLOUCESTER at ten
o'clock, and the DEPUTY SPEAKER proceeded to the hearing

of Appeals.
In the case of the " Duke of Roxburgh -v. Wauchope," in
which there lay also a cross-appeal, the decision of the Court of
Session.was-moved to be ,affirmed in both cases, and was af-

firmed by this House•
Counsel were next called in the cause of " Manners, Miller,'
and others, v. Sir D. Hunter Blair and others," when Mr.
.solicitor-General and Mr. Keay were heard for the appellant,
And the Solicitor-General of Scotland for the respondent.; after
which the further hearing was adjourned to. Friday.

ROYAL ASSENT.
At about five minutes to four o'clock the 'Marquisof WPN.
CH ESTER, the LORD CHANCELLOR, and Earl BATHURST,
sat robed as Lords Commissioners. for notifying and declaring
his _Majesty's Assent to certain 'Bills agreed upon by both
Hoaxes ; and the Yeoman Usher of the Black, Rod. was directed
to require the attendance of the Lower House.
Shortly after Mr. SPEAKER, who was accompanied by seve-
ral of the Commons came to the Bar, when (his Majesty's Co-
mmission, dated this day, being read) the Royal Assent was
given, with the accustomed forms, to the Annual Indemnity
Bill, also to the Irish Unlawful Societies Acts Amendment
Bill, and to the Staffordshire Roads Bill ; and the Commons
then withdrew.
(The Irish Unlawful Societies Suppression Bill takes effect
on the '2oth inst.)
Precisely. at five o'clock the Loa') CHANCELLOR took the
Woolsack.
Mr. Johmion, from the Office of the Chief Secretary for Ire-
hind, presented several Papers pursuant to the provisions of
certain Acts.
Mr. Iligham, from the Commissioners for the Reduction of
the. National Debt, presented the Annual Account of the Sums
received and paid by the Commissioners, and of Transfers of
Stock, pursuant to Acts.
Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Craddock, and others, from the
Commons, brought up three Private Bills, which were after-
wards read a first time.
Upon the motion of theßishop of CHESTER, their Lord-
ships went into a Committee on the Glebe Lands Exchange Bill,
-when the amendments made yesterday were agreed to ; after
which fresh amendments were added, which the Chairman re-
ported to the House, and obtained leave to sit again.
CATHOLIC (PROTESTANT) PETITION.
Viscount CLIFDEN said that he had in his hand a petition,
most numerously and respectably signed from the Protestant
Inhabitants of the County and City of Kilkenny.—(Here his
Lordship read several of the names).—He begged to say a
very few words upon the subject of the petition. It was truly
a Protestant petition, and emanated from Protestant property,
and he hoped it would meet with a better reception than
some others which has lately been presented to the House.—
From the reports which had reached him upon the subject
ofi_the petition, and from what he had observed, he indulged
me hope that the general question itself—that interminable
question, as it had been called, would at last come to an end.—
Circumstances were most favourable to this result—all com-
mercial jealousies had ceased between the two countries, and all
their Lordships, he was confident, wished well to the industry
and prosperity of Ireland. Even the Right Rev. Bench oppo-
site, though he saw it was now empty, had begun to change
their opinions, he hoped that the day was not far distant when
Ireland, instead of being a mill-stone about the neck of England
would become a mine of wealth to her ; and that, as he had
said before, the two countries would become one united man—
having the same right hand of fellowship, and also the same I
heart; which, exclaimed his Lordship, may God speedily
grant Upon the motion of the Noble Viscount, the pe-
tition was then read, received, and ordered to lie upon the
The LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice of his intention to
proceed to-morrow with the Judicature of Scotland Bill.
upon the motion of Lord KENYON, their Lordships now
,aljeurned till to-morrow morning.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The House was summoned to the Peers to hear the Royal
'Assent given by Commission to various public Bills, fur the
titles of which see the proceedings of the Lords.
,ilr. Ryan: presented at. the Bar certain papers relating to
:the National Debt. It was ordered that they should be print-
ed. A Return was also laid upon the Table. In the same
rnann.t.:, cf the number and tonnage of vessels employed in the
Coal T.-ade.
The Metropolitan Water Company Bill was read a second
-time, and ordered to be committed on the motion of 31r.
Mr. CURTEIS obtained leave to bring in a Bill to erect Sea
Water Baths for the accommodation of London and West-
-ininster.
Mr. V. k ITZGF.RALD presented a petition from Sligo in
favour of the establishment of Provincial Banks. The Hon.
e.ruber expressed his decided opinion that such a measure
would be attended with the most beneficial consequences.
PERUVIAN MINING COMPANY.
Mr. GREEN brought in a Bill to enable the Peruvian Min-
ing Conipany to sue and be sued by its Secretary.
r. 1-1011110 USE said, that when the second reading
should be proposed, he would resist, in hopes of being able to
convince the House that no profitable speculation in this case
could be catered into. The Pasco mountains werel3,soo feet
- above the level of the sea, and the experiment had been tried
-over and over again, and had failed. He knew nothing of the
characters of the individuals concerned, but he took upon him-
: self to that he should be able to convince the House that it
ought not to encourage such an undertaking.
The Bill was then read a first time. . .

Mr. CA ERT presented a petition from certain Proprie-
tors of Wharfs below the site of St. Catherine's Dock, praying
that the Company should be compelled to build two bridges in-
stead of ore. 'The Hon. Gentleman complained of the inter-
ference of Members with the measure, .who had private inte-
rests in its favour.
Mr. GRENFELL objected to the late period at which they
petition was presented, and after a few words from Mr. H.
Surasr Eft. the Petition was laid upon the table.
Mr. CALVERT moved that the petition be-referred to the
Select Committee.
ORENFELL resisted the motion on the ground that it
was opposed to the Standing Orders of the House.
The SPEAKER expressed his opinion that the petition
stated the objections to the Bill with sufficient distinctness as to
take it out of the Standing Orders.
Mr. CALCRAFT entertained-the same view of the subject.
Mr. H. SUMNER admitted that a.petition against the Bill
generally, and not against the clauses, wotild''.•he too late in the
present stage.—Referred to the Committee.
Mr. CALCRAFT: presented a similar petition fiorn the Lon-
don Dock Company, who, he said, were placed in a like situa-
. tics. He complained that the Committee had proceeded with
precipitation, taking advantage o 1 the absence of these-parties.
Referred•to the Comenitee.
A A some.evidence of the interest entertained on this subject,
the Gallery was nearly emptied,of its auditors when these peti-
tions were thus disposed•of.

iIIETROPOLITAN'FISH COMPANY.
Lord JOHN FITZROY,moved the second reading of the
Metropolitan Fish Company Bill.
Mr. CA ',CRAFT opposed the Bill. An adequate supply
of fish was now brought to the London market at seven
farthings a pound,. and he conceived it would be idle to give
a monopoly in the supply to a Joint Stock Company, upon
the vague pretence of their furnishing fish cheaper. On a
former occasion, some 'sixteen years •ago, when it was pro-
posed to send out the boys of the .Marine
_Society School
to the fisheries, he conceived that measure was calculated
to injure those who got their bread by this hazardous and
uncomfortable toil, and he was of the same opinion with
respect to permitting the existence of • such a Company
as this. It had been asserted, that the 'Dutch 'fishing
boats supplied our market to 'the disadvantage of our own
fishermen ; but, in fact, that was a . mistake, as their boats
were solely employed in catching eels and turbot;
andwhen cheapness was proposed as an advantage derivative from
this measure, he begged to say, it would he no accommodation
to the poor, who were dainty in their fish, and suspected their
quality when they were too cheap; and as for gentlemen at
this end of the town, who paid high prices, if they -were so
particular as to pick over four or five cargoes of turbot before
they could suit themselves, it was but ,just that they should
pay handsomely for that additional luxury. He objected,
however, to the principle of this Bill, calculated, as it was, to
ini'ire the regular fishermen, who were entitled to protection
and encouragement, because their avocation rendered them, as
had been proved, the best seamen to man our navy in time of
war. Already this 'Company had employed an agent at a sa-
lary of 2,0001. a year to manage their affairs, and yet lie (the
Honourable Member) should not oppose the second reacting of
this Bill, because he was ready to go into a Committee with its
promoters, peTfectly confident that they could not prove any
t.foundition for their Prospectus, and quite convinced, that if