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hitm ana Gloucester Canal, praying for some law of protection
against working on Sundays.
Colonel ANSON presented a petition from the Mayor and
Council of Great Yarmouth in favour of the Irish Municipal
Reform Bill; also several petitions from different parishes in
Stoke-upon-Trent in favour of the repeal of the tax upon
Newspapers.

DUBLIN ELECTION.
On the motion of Mr. MAXWELL, the Chairman, the
louse gave permission for the Committee on this election to
it till four• o'clock.

II " Sir W. BP AB A ZON presented a petition from Kilmain,
ounty of Mayo, expressive of gratitude to the present Mi-
isters for the liberal measures adopted towards Ireland,
and praying for total abolition of tithes. This petition con-
tained charges against the Protestant clergyman of the parish,
for causing to be ejected a 'poor family, consisting of nine
children, and for having sent them to the National School. It
preferred also charges agaar.st the Archbishop of Tuam for
,having used his in:hence to prevent their obtaining the
site of a Cathonc cbapel. He thought it his duty to
present this pe',ition, and hoped the charges might be dis-
proved. He -regretted that the Hon. Member for the Univer-
sity of Dublio, to whom he intimated his intention of present-
ing this petition, was not in his place, as he understood some

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communication had been made on the subject.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD supported the prayer of the petition.
NEWSPAPER TAXES.
Mr. CUMMING BRUCE presented a petition from the
Royal. Burgh of Inverness, praying for the total repeal of the
Duties on Newspapers ; also a petition from Worces-
ter., praying for an enquiry into the burthens which press
'on the coasting trade in Scotland, and that there should be no
arrangement with respect to the Light House till the private
rights of individuals would be adjusted ; also a petition from a
parish in the county of Clackmannan, signed by 130 indivi-
duals, for the better observance of the Sabbath, and that a
measure similar to that introduced by the Hon. Member for
Wigton during the last session of Parliament, should be
passed into a law ; also another petition on the subject
of the fisheries on the west coast of Scotland, and praying
that the Bill introduced by the Noble Lord (the Member for
North Lancashire), might not be allowed to pass into a law.
He moved that the two last petitions should be referred to the
Committees now sitting on the matters to which they related.
CHURCH OF IRELAND. . .

Mr. MARK PHILIPS rose to present a petition which he
had for some time in his possession, agreed to at a very large
and respectable meeting held in Manchester on the subject of
the Irish Church. The Dissenters of thit town were among the
petitioners, as were all who are interested in the prosperity and
welfare of Ireland, and anxious for the removal of the grievances
which press upon the Dissenters from the Established Church.
He hoped for the indulgence of the House while he asked
leave to read the prayer of the petition, and to put Hon.
Gentlemen in possession of the views of the petitioners rather
than state his own, which on some points might not be in
exact coincidence with the opinions of those whose prayer
be laid before the House. The petitioners stated, in the first
instance, their regret at the measures hitherto introduced and
adopted on the subject of the Established Church, and to en-
force its acceptance by the Irish people ; they believed that
any connection between Church and State was injurious to the
interests of the Christian religion, and they desired the aboli-
tion of the abuses allowed to exist in the Church of Ireland.
The petitioners complained that the property of the State
should be appropriated to the support of the religion of a very
small section of the people, and they therefore prayed that,
after the due maintenance of the Irish clergy, the surplus
should be applied to national purposes. They stated that the
Dissenters of the United Kingdom had waived their claims to
a redress of grievances till the present Session, in the hope
that they would be dealt with in a more complete manner than
hitherto. They also prayed that the grant to the Dissenters
in Ireland, called the Regium Donum, might be withdrawn,
and that the revenues of the Irish Church should be resumed
by the State. They prayed that the Bill for the registration
of births, deaths, and marriages might pass this Session.
They further prayed that the Ecclesiastical Courts might be
abolished. The petition %% as signed by 32,000 individuals,
Dissenters and other inhabitants of Manchester. It was his
duty to state to the House what their views and feelings were.
He must say that he did not cordially assent to some portions
of the petition ; but the portion to which he cordially gave
his support, was that portion which prayed for the redress
of the grievances of the Dissenters during the present
Session of Parliament.—( Hear.) He most cordially gave his
support to that part of it which prayed for the civil registra-
tion of births, marriages, and deaths, and also to that portion
which prayed for the abolition of one of the greatest nuisances
—he meant the present system of the Ecclesiastical Courts.
With respect to the Reyiurn Donum, he could not enter into
the question. He was only speaking the sentiments of the
petitioners, who objected to the grant. With these views he
moved that the petition lie on the table.
Mr. A. TREVOR should not feel that he was discharging
his duty, if he did not enter in the strongest terms his solemn
protest against the sentiments contained in this petition. He
might fairly observe that it was something like travelling at
the rate of twenty miles an hour. Since he bad had the
honour of a scat in that House—
The SPEAKER begged to interrupt the Hon. Member.
Did the Hon. Member mean to object to the petition being
laid on the table ?
Mr. A. TREVOR was understood to cay he did not.
The SPEAKER put it to the Hon. Member whether it
was proper to raise a discussion upon points contained in a
petition which would all be discussed at the proper time.
Mr. A. TREVOR felt called upon, from the very extraordi-
nary language contained in the petition, to enter his solemn
protest against it ; but if the sense of the House was against it,
he would riot press the objection to a division.
Mr. WILK S would not, in consequence of what had fallen
from the Speaker, enter upon a discussion; but he felt it his
duty to state, that the petition presented by the Hon. Member
for Manchester was adopted at a most numerous and respect-
able meeting.
Mr. POTTER was requested to support the prayer of the
petition ; but he supposed he was precluded from making any
observations, in consequence of the rule laid down by the
Speaker.
The SPEAKER was very glad the Hon. Member had put
the question in that way, as it would enable him at once to give
his opinion on the point. He (the Speaker) apprehended the
way to support the prayer of a petition was to support the mea-
sures founded on that prayer when they were brought forward.
Colonel SIBTHORP felt it his duty to enter his solemn
protest against the prayer of the petition.
An HON. MEMBER complained that the rule laid down by
the Speaker was not enforced:
The SPEAKER appealed to an Hon. Member, as old a
member of that House as himself, whether it was not the
practice when they were originally in Parliament, merely to
read the petition without any observations.
Mr. HA WES would not object to such an arrangement, if
all were put on an equal footing. Now he bad a petition, and
the prayer of it was " And your petitioners will ever pray,"
and in that case simply reading the prayer would not be suf-
ficient—some other explanation would be required. If, how-
ever, the rule were laid down none could complain.
The SPEAKER hoped the House would give him credit
when he assured it that he had not the slightest wish, nor no
earthly motive in enforcing an inconvenient practice.—
( Hear, hear.) He admitted there was a class of pe-
titions upon which it was legitimate to entertain discussion.
In the present case the petition contained matters of very
grave importance, most of which would come under discus-
sion, and he had no wish but to save time.
Mr. MARK PHILIPS hoped he bad not been out of
order, in calling the attention of the House to the petition.
MR. BUCKINGHAM'S CLAIMS.

The HON. MEMBER then presented a petition from the mer-
chants and traders of Manchester and Salford, in favour of
Mr. Buckingham's claims. As representing the opinions of
a great mercantile community, he hoped he would be al-
lowed to state the motives of the petitioners, who felt
deeply indebted to Mr. Buckingham for his exertions in favour
of Free Trade in the East, and they considered his case one of
extreme hardship.
MONOPOLY OF SALT. _ _ .

Lord S AND ON presented a petition from the shipowners
of Liverpool, praying that the monopoly of the East India
Company in the article of Salt might be broken up. The
Noble Lord also presented a petition from the Scottish Pres-
bytery of Liverpool, praying that their feelings might be re-
spected in the new law relating to marriage. They
prayed that the presence of the Scotch minister might be con-
sidered sufficient, and that they might not be compelled to
have the attendance of any other officer.
The NOBLE LORD then presented a petition from the mer-
chants, bankers, and others of Montreal, praying that the House
would not act upon the recommendation of the Committee
which considered the subject of the Timber Duties.
TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE.

Mr. AGL lONBY presented a petition signed by 900 most
respectable inhabitants of Kendal, praying for the total repeal
of the tax upon Newspapers. The extension of civil rights
had created a great thirst for information amongst all classes,
and they prayed for the abolitiou of all taxes on knowledge.
The Hon. Member also presented a petition from.the Licenced
Victuallers of Cockermouth, complaing of the additional duty
on spirit licences.
Viscount CASTLE RE AG H presented a petition from a
person named Wallock, of Newry, in the county of Down,
complaining of certain proceedings that had been taken
against him in the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, for enter-
ing, as was alleged, spirits wrongly. Iu the present case,
though notice of trial had been several times given on behalf
of the Attorney-General, the record had been as often with-
drawn. Upon the trial of the last issue the jury recorded an
acquittal. The Noble Lord considered the case detailed in the
petition an extremely
hard one, and regretted that no Mem-
ber of his Majesty's Government was present.
Mr. HARVEY thought that a petition like the one just
presented by the Noble Lord ought not to be consigned to
the table of r the House without any comment or observation.
Although he perfectly concurred in general with the rule laid
down by the Chair, yet still this was one of those very cases
which ought to undergo discussion.
The SPEAKER said he had particularly stated that cases
of personal grievance did not come under the rule.
hereD. W.the HinAdißviVduEaYl
htandouhgehent thpreesceasetieteadn etxhtrreeemetihmaersd,
oneM;r.
and, though ultimately acquitted, he still had to de-
fend himself and bear his own costs. He was glad to
see that since the discussion had began a reinforcment
had taken place on the Treasury Benches--(Mr. Fox Maule
had taken his seat.) He thought the Government were called
upon to protect this individual, for when the Crown was de-
feated, in his opinion it was an additional reason why a
party should be protected from the payment of costs.
Mr. F. MA ULE regretted that no person connected with
the Irish Government was present to give an answer to the
statements of the petition, and he was sure if his Right Hon.
Friend, the Attorney-General for Ireland was in his place he