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London, England, 1841-04-06 00:00:00

RAJAH OF SATTARAH.

Mr. HUME inquired of the Speaker if he ocubl,
to-morrow, present a petition from the It 'jail of Sattarab,
who had been deposed by the East India Company, and
was now a prisoner at Bmares. The Hon. Gent. stated
the petition was in the Mahratta language, but that he
would endeavour to procure a literal translation. He
remembered the Right Hon. Member for Tamworth
hating presented a petition from a native chief of Africa
some years ago. _ .

The SPEAKER said the Hon. Gentleman was at
liberty to present the petition, provided he confined
himself t] st.iting the substance of it.
Mr. HUME then said that he would present the
petition to-morrow.
WAGES OF LABOUR.

Sir W. MO LESWORTH gave notice that shortly
after Easter he should move for the appointment of a
Committee inquiring into the wages of labour.
On the motion of Mr. BLACKSTONE the minutes
of evidence takeo before the St. Alban's, Walsall, and
Canterbury Election Committees were ordered to be
printed.
On the motion of Mr. HERRIES, an account was
ordered of the sums expended by the East India Com-
pany in the expedition against China, which were to be
repaid by her Majesty's Government.

Lord 'FEIGN MOUTH wished to put a question
to the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, relative to the appointment by the Crown
of a Church Warden of the parish of Marylebone,
and also as to the course which it was the inten-
tion of her Majesty's Government to pursue in regard
to a Bill that was pending for the regulation of tLo
ecclesiastical affairs of the parish.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that Churchwardens had
been appointed by the Crown, and the Commissioners
of Woods had recommended that measures should bo
taken to indemnify them either for the expenses
of pursuing the remedy pointed out by the 56th Geo.
111. c. 57, or by such other modes as the Law
Officers of the Crown should think proper. With respect
to the Bill the Noble Lord had adverted to, it was
the intention of the Government to introduce such a
Bill in the present Session ; but Lord Duncannon
had thought it desirable to obtain the consent of
the vestrymen as much as possible to the Bill,
since it would have the effect of taking away from
the parish of Marylebone that control in eccle-
siastical matters which it possessed by the Local
Act. But the attempt to obtain the consent
of the vestrymen and the parish generally had excited
great discussion, and the Bill being, as the Noble
Lord had stated, of the nature of a private Bill, he
(Lord John Russell) was afraid that it was now
too late to proceed with it in the present Session. It
was, howexe-, the intention of the Government, in such
manner as they might be able, to proceed with a defini-
tive Bill on the subject.
Sir BENJAMIN HALL said he hoped that
whatever B 11 might be brought in, ample time would be
given for its consideration by the vestrymen of the parish.
Distresses had been put into the house of Lord Kenyon,
and alto of the other churchwarden.
Colonel WOOD wished to know whether the in-
demnity would be enforced ?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said proceedings would be
taken under the advice of the Law Officers of the Crown,
to indemnify the churchwardens.
On the motion of Mr. FOX 111AULE, the further
consideration of the Silk Factories Bill was postponed
to the 211 of April.
inquire when the Report of
Mr. HUME begged to
Commission . •
the appointed to inquire into the state of
ould be laid on the table of
Children in the Factories w
the House ?
I\lr. FOX MAULE said he hoped that by the middle
of June the Commissioners would be able to give in their
separate Reports. It would be some time after that be-
fore the entire Report would be completed.
On the motion of Mr. FOX MAULE the Lords'
anwntiments to the Turnpike Roads 13111 woe
agreed to.
On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the
Order of the Day for the second reading of the Ad-
ministration of Justice Bill, No. I, was read, for the
purpose of its being postponed to the 29th of April.
POOR-LAW BILL.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that the Houso
should go into Committee pro forma on the poor-law

Lord ELIOT said the Noble Lord having con-
sented to the principle of the clauses which he had
proposed, he wished to know whether the Noble Lord
intended to introduce them into the Bill.
Lord J. RUSSELL said they would more properly,
with some other clause, come into a separate Bill.
Mr. W AKLEY wished to take this opportunity to.
bring before the notice of the house the dietary tablo
in use in the City of London. It had been alleged in
that House that the object of the Poor-law Amend-
' moot Act was to provide for these who were destitute,
to take care of the funds of the parties who paid the
Poors' rates, and to enforce a proper test of destitu-
tion. It had also been said that its object was to in-
troduce one uniform system throughout the kingdom.
On Friday night it was alleged by an Hon. Member
that the B 11 had awed to be unpopular in the City of
London ; but when that Hon. Member was asked if
relief was withheld from the able-bodied in that City biz
answer was that he believed no such order had been
issued. Such was' the feet ; no such order had been
issued in the City of London, and hence, with other ar-
rangements that had been cal-lied into effect, the Poor-
law Bill in the City had ceased to be unpopular. Great
complaints bade beea made againzt the beanty