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DISSENTERS.

Lord HOLLAND presented a petition from a place in
the county of Brecknock, complaining of the grievances
under which Dissenters laboured, and praying for relief.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition from
Barnstaple against the probate clauses of the Ecclesiastical
Courts' Bill. Also one from Scarborough to the -same
effect.

BANKRUPTCY COURTS, IRELAND.
Lord PLUNKET moved the second reading of the
Irish Bankruptcy Courts' Bill. There was no subject
which required more than the Bankruptcy Laws legisla-
tive explanation and enactment, and accordingly various
measures were passed on the subject. He now proposed to
extend to Ireland the beneficial clauses in the 6th Geo. IV.,
by which, in this country, a new jurisdiction was established
for the purpose of deciding on all such cases, and he pro-
posed to give to Ireland the provisions of that Bill, so far
as the circumstances of that part of the country required.
In England it was found necessary, on account of the
great quantity of bankruptcy cases, to relieve the Chan-
cellor from the duties connected with them which had
been imposed upon him ; but he was happy to in-
form their Lordships, that there was not any great bur-
den on the shoulders of the Keeper of the Great Seal in Ire-
land in hearing the appeal causes in bankruptcy, on ac-
count of the small quantity of business in that branch of
his jurisdiction. He did not, therefore,propose to establish
a Court of Review. The laws were at present very badly
administered, not that he meant to say the gentlemen who
were Commissioners in Ireland did not fairly administer
them so far as was in their power, but there were five sets
of Commissioners, and the truth was that the remuneration
allowed them was so trifling, that they could not abandon
their avocations and devote their time solely to these matters.
The Noble and Learned Lord then went into a detail of
the provisions of the proposed Bill, and said it was intended
to appoint one Commissioner to do the satire busi-
ness that was at present executed by the twenty-
five who now acted, and who should rePeive a salary
of 15,0001. per annum. He (Lord Plunket) had
asked the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to name the person
who, in case the Bill passed, would be ft to fill the office ?
But his Excellency was pleased to consult his (Lord Plun-
ket',) judgment, and he selected Mr. Macann, K.C., a
gentleman of great respectability, of more than twenty
years standing in the profession, and who possessed the
confidence of the Bar and of the public generally. It
was also proposed, in case the business increased con-
siderably, and that it became absolutely necessary to do
ro, to appoint a Register of the Court, with a salary
of 3001. per annum. The Noble and Learned Lord
having stated the means by which it was intended to
compensate the present Bankrupt Commissioners, said
there was a clause which it was not his intention to press,
and which found its way inadvertently into the Bill.
He proposed when the Bill went into Committee to
strike out the objectionable clause.
The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to
be committed on Monday.
ECCLESIASTICAL LEASES.

• The Report of the Committee on the Ecclesiastical
Leases Bill having been brought up,
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY had consulted
srime of the highest legal authorities on the sub.lect of this
Bill, and 'be was satisfied it would be most beneficial
in its operation, as the objectionable parts had been re-
modelled.

The Report was then ordered to be printed.
Some private bills on the table were then advanced a

stage.

,scount MELBOURNE moved for some returns re-
lative to the number of criminal offences in Ireland.
On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY their
Lordsliips then adjourned to Monday.

HOUSE 01 COMMONS, MARcll 25.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes to five
o'clock.

BERNIINGLIANI, BRISTOL, AND THAMES
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Mr. YOUNG presented a petition from the parishioners
of Fulham in favour of the Birmingham, Bristol, and
Thames Junction Railway ; also a petition from George
Rippnn against certain claims in the Newcastle and North
Shields Railway.
MANCHESTER IMPROVEMENT BILL.

On the motion of Mr. PHILLIPS the Manchester
Improvement Bill was read a third time and passed.
CLYDE NAVIGATION.

Sir MICHAEL SHAW STEWART presented pe-
titions from the merchants of Glasgow, the Ship-owners'
Society of Glasgow, the Chamber of Commerce of Glas-
gow, and another body, all against the Clyde Navigation
Bill. Also a petition in favour of the Forth and Greenock
Canal Bill.
• STEAM VESSELS ON THE RIVER.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY presented a petition from the
Lightermen, and one from the \Vharfingers of the Port of
London, complaining of the danger they ran, and the inter-
ruption caused to their trade, by the number and speed of
the steam-vessels plying on the river Thames.
CLYDE NAVIGATION.

On the motion of Mr. OSWALD, this Bill was read a
second time, and ordered to be referred to the Scotch list.
Lord G. LENNOX presented a petition from New
Shoreham against Sir John Rennie's Brighton Line of
Railway.
Mr. F. NORTH presented a petition against the Bir-
mingham and London Junction Railway.
Lord C. MANNERS presented a petition from certain
influential persons residing in Leicestershire, against the
proposed deviation from the original line of the Midland
Counties Railway. The petitioners alleged that if any al-
teration took place their property would be greatly injured.
Major BEA UCLERK presented a petition from Sir
William Clayton against the South Eastern Railway.
LIVERPOOL SMALL DEBTS BILL.
Mr. EWART brought up the Report of the Com-
mittee on this Bill.
HERNE BAY PIER BILL.
On the motion of Sir E. KNATCHBULL this Bill
was read a first time.
DOVER HARBOUR BILL.
Sir E. KNATCHBULL moved the second reading of
this Bill.
Mr. FECTOR bad intended to oppose the further pro-
gress of this Bill till after the Easter recess, to give an
opportunity to the inhabitants of Dover to declare whether
they were satisfied with the present constitution of the
Board or not. An arrangement, however, had been en-
tered into by which the nomination of the Committee was
postponed at present ; therefore he would waive any oppo-
sition he felt to the Bill.
The Bill was then read a second time.
Sir T. FREMANTLE presented a petition from cer-
tain inhabitants of Northamptonshire, praying the House
not to consent to a Bill empowering the levying of toll on
a bridge in that county.
LAMBETH IMPROVEMENT BILL.
On the motion of Mr. HAWES this Bill was read a
second time.
BIRMINGHAM AND BRISTOL RAILWAY.
Mr. WALTER presented a petition in favour of the.
Birmingham and Bristol Railway.
STANDING ORDERS.

Mr. PENDARVES brought up the Report of the
Committee on the Standing Orders. The Report re-
commended that the Standing Orders ought not to be
dispensed with.
FORTH AND CLYDE NAVIGATION.
Mr. CAMPBELL brought up the Report of the Forth
and Clyde Navigation Bill.
ULSTER RAILWAY.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented petitions from two in-
habitants of Antrim against the Ulster Railway Bill.
DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY.
The HON. MEMBER then presented a petition from Dun-
dalk', most respectably signed, in favour of the Dublin and
Drogheda Railway.
• ISTE3ORT HARBOUR.
Mr. HALL bro. tin a Bill for making a harbour at
Newport, which was Aad a first time.

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Croydon against
the London and Birmingham Railway.
WESTMINSTER SMALL DEBTS' BILL.
The HON. MEMBER then moved for leave to postpone
the introduction of the Westminster Small Debts Bill till
after the Easter recess.—Agreed to.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.

Mr. SCARLETT brought up the Report of the Com-
mittee on the above Bill.
BRISTOL GAS OIL.

Sir RICHARD VYVYAN brought up the Report of
the Committee on this Bill.
PAPER DUTY.

Mr. FERGUSON presented a petition from the paper-
makers, stationers, and others of the county of Aberdeen,
praying for a reduction of the duty on paper.
DUTIES ON EAST INDIA SUGAR:

Mr. EW ART presented a petition from the Merchants,
Bankers, and Tradesmen of Liverpool, praying for an equa-
lization of the duties on East India Sugar. The Hon.
Member considered the subject of the petition one well de-
serving the consideration of the House ; the claims on
this subject were becoming stronger and stronger every day.
The petition was signed, not only by all the merchants and
bankers of Liverpool, but by a vast number of the shop-
keepers of that town, who had began to see that one mode
of relief from taxation was removing it from the raw article.
Mr. HUME said that the Hon. Member had alluded to
the merchants and bankers, but there was another class of
more importance still—he alluded to the consumers gene-
rally. He thought the House would do well to take the
subject under its serious consideration, looking at the ma-
terial increase in the price that had taken place, and the
consequent decrease in the consumption. He trusted that
Ministers would think it right to bring forward measures for
the adoption of the House upon the subject ; but if they did
not, he hoped the Hon. Member would press forward this
question, and not rest satisfied with this or that under-
standing, as he was sure the House and the country were
with him.—(Cheers.)
Mr. M. PHILLIPS had been requested to support the
prayer of the petition, which he did with the utmost cor-
diality. He had waited with the greatest anxiety till the
question could be fairly mooted, as beinc, one of those who
had voted compensation to the West India interest. He
had no wish, till that great question was settled, to moot
a point of this kind. But he now considered that havinc,
fulfilled their engagements fully and honourably towards'
the West India interest, there ought to be no longer
any delay in placing this important question on a proper
basis. The Honourable Member for Middlesex had placed
the question on a right footing, when he said that it was a
question of equity towards the consumers. He begged leave
to support the prayer of the petition.
Mr. A. CH APMAN said that there were other par-
ties interested in this question, viz., the shipowners. He
thought that the same advantages ought to be given to
ships coming from the East, as well as from the West
Indies. It was contrary to all rules of justice and sound
sense that articles coming from the most distant places
should pay higher duties than the same articles when brought
from a less distant place.

Mr. WILKS—This was a matter of the greatest impor-
tance, and the subject ought to be brought immediately before
the House. At that moment in France the people only
paid one-fourth part for the sugar they consumed that
we paid in this country. It would benefit the agricultural
interests by directing their attention to the cultivation of
beet-root here.—(Cries of " Oh, Al He meant to say
distinctly that as good sugar might be supplied from beet-
root for ss. as they were now paying 20s. for.—(Cries of
" Oh, oh.")
Major BEAUCLERK had been requested to press this
subject on the attention of his Majesty's Ministers, and he
hoped it would be shortly brought before the House.

After a few words from an lion. Member, whose name
we could not learn,
Mr. EW ART gave notice that on the annual duties
being moved, he would move that the duties upon all sugars
be placed on the same footing.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. EWART presented a petition from the manufac-
turers of Warrington, praying for the repeal of the duti4
upon Soap.