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London, England, 1841-03-02 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MAncu 1.

Their Lordships met ut Five o'clock.
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS—CASE OF
MR. BAINES.

Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from
Leicester for the liberation of Mr. W. Baiccs, and for an
alteration of the laws relating to Ecclesiastical Courts.
The Marquis of NORMAN BY laid on the table
tl:e last Report of the Poor-law Commissioners.

Tne Bishop of EXETER—Pre3ented a petition from
Carlow, against the Parliamentary grant to the Col-
lege of Maynooth.

The Earl of RIPON begged to ask his Noble
Fricnd the Secretary for the Home Department
whether there was any objection to lay on the table
of the House
.papers relating to the condition
of a new colony, known by the name of
South Australia. That colony, as he understood,
had been formed on a new principle, and was to have
supported itself, but the managers of it !ad contrived
to incur a debt of upwards of 30,0001., which they had
no means on earth of paying. It was said that they in-
tended to call upon the Oldie to pay it ; and if that
was their intlrition, he (Lord upon) thought it desir-
able that their Lordships should 'lava some information
on the subject in the mean time.
The Marquis of NORMANBY said that if his
N iLle Friend would put his question in a definite form,
he would endeavour to lay the information desired
before the House.

THE EARL OF CARDIGAN'S TRIAL.
Lord DENMAN presented a petition from one of
the clerks of the Central Criminal Court, praying east
the depositions forwarded from that Court, in the case
of the Earl of Cardigan, migl.t be returned, as they
would be required in the approaching trial of Captain
Douglas. The Noble and Learned Lord supporte3
the prayer, and moved that the depositions be returned
by messengers of their Lordships' own.—Ordered.
CHURCH INTRUSION (SCOTLAND).
The Earl of DALHOUSIE gay.; notice that he
would to-morrow evening put a question to the Earl of
ALefdeen, as to the course which he meant tq pursue
this Session, on the Sufject of the intrusion of Minist,:rs
in the Church of Scotland.

Their Lordships then adjourned at Twenty Minn! e:
tait Five o'Clock.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, MAncil 1.

rne SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
Mr. ARMSTRONG took the oaths and his scat as
Member for the King's County. The llon. Member
was introduced by Lord Morpeth and Colonel Westenra.
Un the mot;on of Mr. WALLACE, the G 1 isgow,
Pai.-I,y, and Gr, eaock Railway was read a second
time.

Mr. HURT prese..te..l a petition from a Oleo in
D,:rhysilire against the Poor-law Amendment 811.
Mr. DUNBAR pre.sootud Petitions from places in
ani Anti in favour of Lord Stlnle's

Mr. 11 t7TTON pr, ,tot pditiott from the ,Jev,
1)141, prityhq t‘iat they filight. be allo.i-ed to ..Att-
eept of c,-,tporatd otliec.: by taking the :.ath of the
and 2(1 of Victoria.

Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL presented a petition
'row. Liverpool, sigricd by 22,800 persons, praying for
he repeal of the Union.

Cap!a;n BRYAN presented peftions from parishes
in Kilkenny, in favour of Lord Morpeth's 131.1 ; and
ao'nit that introduced by Lord Stanley, for the Re-
giAration of Voters in "Ireland.

Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from
the Board of Guardians of the Salford Union agaimt
tl:c Poor law Amendment Bill.
Sir J. Y. BULLER presented petitions from Exe-
ter and various other places in favour of Lord £vlor-
peth's Bill for the registration of voters in Ireland, and
against the Bill introduced by Lord Stanley.
Mr. ROUND presented petitions from Essex alsinst
the Poor-lint Amendment Bill.

Lord 111ORPETH presented petitions from parishes
in Londonderry, Antrim, and Down, in favour of Lord
Morpeth% R"gistration B!11.

Mr. BLAKE presented similar petitions from Gil-
way.

Mr. W. EVANS presented a petition from a parish
ll,:rby, in favour of Church Extension.

Mr. G. W. WOOD presented three petitions from
Kendal, in favour of the Copyright of Designs Bill.
Mr. W ALLACE presented a petition from Green-
ock, praying that molasses in bond may be permitted to
by refined into sugar. Alio a petition from the same
place, stating the opinion of the petitioners, that t'ae
House hal been paying a great deal tan much attention
to Church mat ers of lat,, and suggesting that their time
would be more profitab:y employed by considering the
best means to build the Navy cheaply, and man it well.
Major 11PNA M ARA presented a petition from the
Grand Jury of the county of Clare, in favour of the
Irish Drainage Ball ; also a petition from some pl Ice in
the county of Galway, in favour of Lord Morpeth's Re-
gistration Bill and against Lord Stanley's.
Mr. BINGHAM BARING presented a petition
from some place in Staffordshire, praying for the exclu-
sion of Roman Catholics from Parliament.

Mr. T. DU N COMBE presza d a petition, signed
by upwards of 2,000 of the inhabita'.ts of the borough
of Finsbury, against the New Poor-law ; also a
petition from an indiy.dual named B tgster, residing at
Hereford, stating that he had watched Vie operation of
the Poor-law Act, and that the cruelty and expense
e. it Iliad by it were almost beyond endurance ; that
tl e ratei in Herefoid had in conseqnence been raised
from 4s. 6d. to 9s. 7d. ; that robbery and incendiarism
ha l ificreased in consequence ; that many of the poor
rather starve than go into a workhouse, and that if it
were continued, the lower classes would be completely
alienated from their superiors, and praying that the BB
for its continuance might not pass into a law.
Mr. H. DRUMMOND presented a petition from
the Presbytery of Eagle praying for the better obser-
vance of the Sunday.

MANCHESTER, AND LEEDS RAILWAY.
Mr. GREENE brought up a report from the Pri-
vate Bills' Committee, stating that the petitioners for the
Manchester and Leeds Railway Bali had not complied
with the standing orders.
Ordered to be referred to the Committee on Stand-
ing OrdeF.

-The HON. (JENTLEMAN also brought up a report,
stating that the petitioners for the West Durham Rail-
way Bill had complied with the standing orders.—
Leave was given to bring in the Bill, which was read a
first time.

Oa the motion of Sir J. P. B. CHICHESTER
the Barnstaple Road Bill was read a second time. _

Mr. W YSE presented a petition from the county of
Waterford in favour of Lord Morpeth's Registration
Bill.

Lord F. EGERTON presented a petition from
3,500 inhabitants of the Borough of Salford in favour
of Lord Stanley's Registration Bill.
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition
from John Joseph Stockdale complaining of the treat-
ment which he had experienced from the House, and
praying that his case might be taken into consideration ;
o from an individual of the name of Hughes, George-
yard, Lombard.street, complaining that he ba'l hem
overcharged in the window tax ; also from the county
of GI tmorgan against the New Poor-law Bill.

Sir R. BATESON presented a petition from the
county of Londonderry in favour of,Lord Stanley's Re-
gistra.ion Bill, and against that.brought in by the Go-
vernmolt.

Mr. E. ROCHE presented a petition against Lord
Stanley's Registration Bill, and in favour of Lord Mor-
ptth's, signed by 2,6G4 persons in the county of Cork.
Sir R. H. INGLIS presented petitions from pa-
rishes in the counties of Bedford and Stafford in fa-
vour of Church Extension. _

IRISH REGISTRATION BILL.
Colonel RA WDON presented petitions from places
in the county of Down in favour of the Bill brought
in by Lord Morpeth, and against that of Lord Stanley.
Colonel WESTENRA presented petitions from the
King's County in favour of Lord Morpeth's, and
against Lord Stanley's Bill.
An Horn, MEMBER presented a petition from a
place in the county of Surrey against the encouragement
of idolatry in the East Indies.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition in fa-
vour of the extension of the Copyright Designs Bill.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented nineteen petitions
from several places in Irelind, praying the House to
adopt the Bill introduced for the extension of the
registration, and to reject the Bill for its extinction.
Mr. M. PHILIPS presented thirty-five petitions
against the extension of the Copyright Designs Bill.
Mr. H. GRATTAN presented petitions from the
• county of Donegal, in favour of the Government mea-
sure for Irish Registration. The Hon. Gentleman
stated one of the petitions was from four individuals
who complained they had been forced to sign a petition
in favour of Lord Stanley s Bill by the Magistrates, who
did not disclose to them the nature of the petit'on ;
one of the petitioners stated, " I never would
have signed the petition above alluded to
had 1 known the'purport of it, and I thought no gen-
tleman would have so deceived me." Another said
" When I refused to sign, the Magistrate said he would
write to my landlord, and not only against me but any
one (lse who should refuse ; and another said advan-
prFsente.d a petition from
tige had been taken of a lop of morn, that had been
lea him to induce him to sign the petition.. The Hon.
Member raid he had abstained presenting the petition
until he bad been twice applied to to do so.
Mr. L A BOUC H EKE
Messrs. Dugdale and Co., calico printers, Manchester,
in favour of the Bill for the Extension of Copyright De.

signs.
Mr. HODGES presented a similar petition from Kent.
Sir E. PEEL presented a petition from a place in
Staffordshire in favour of Church Extension.
Mr. SOMERS presented a petition from Sligo in
favour of the Government Registration Bill.
Mr. HAWES presented a petition from Cambridge
against the power of the Poor-law Commissioners to
compel the appointment of Episcopal Chaplains to the
unions.