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London, England, 1841-04-24 00:00:00

ORNING ED !'ION

7!' IMPERIAL. PARLIAMENT.

p,„ _HOUSE OF LORDS, Arm, 23
na LORI) CHANCELLOR took his scat on the Wool-
7cIE at a Quarter hetore Five o'Clock.
41_111C Earl of ROSEBERY presented a petition from
Cparish of Greenlow, iu the ccunty of Berwick, against
!!rch Intrusion in Scotland.
ti Ito Duke of ARGYLL presented a number of poti-
7`Ts horn places in Scotland to the same effect.
The Doke of CLEVELAND presented a petition
111231 the mayor, aldermen; and burgesses of Gateshead, in
b..cOrlty of Durham, in favour of the Jews' Declaration
&nos
Lord HATHERTON presented several petitions from
IPlaces in Lincolnshire, complaiaiog of malversation of
ualipike trusts, and praying far a remedy.
The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from Penn,
14 Staffordshire, against Sunday traffic upon canals and
,rsilways. He concurred in the prayer of the petition.
Messengers from the House of Commons brought up
"le North Midland Railway Bill, the Chard Canal 8.11,
-lukt other private Bills, which weae severally read a first
Otte.
,i•The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented a
-tuber of petitions in favour of Church Extension.
The Bishop cf LONDON presented a petition from the
"VP-nen of the dioce e of London, prayicg for a better
Istnra of Tithe Commutation.
'The Earl of WILTON presented a petition from Man-
ll,tester in favour of the Inland Warehousing Bill. The
'4lO Earl also presented a petition from Lancashire
'against the County Constabulary Bill.
Lord ZETLANI) presented petitions from Yorkshire
against the continuance of the Poor-law Commission;
lto petitions from Orkney and places in the north of
tFut.liand against Church patronage; and a petition from
I?.valand for the rep, al of the Corn laws.
NThe Marquis of SALISBURY begged to ask the
°We Marquis opposite (Lord Normanby) whether he
Would consent to allow the Report upon the Drainage Bill
10 be read pro forma this evening, and to take the discus-
-11" upon the clauses relating to Scotland on a future day.
The Marquis of NORMANBY was anxious to extend
44e Ball to Scotland, and he hoped that no opposition
Vould be made at. present to the Bill.
Lord LYNDHURST had a petition from 13irming-
Tim, praying that that borough should be exempted from
.Ile operation of the Act, as there was already in force an
ct of seventy years' standing, under which the town de-
‘!:"lved all the heaefits which the new Bill was intended to
.:1160fer.
The Report was then brought up profor:ha, and ordered
be further considered on Tuesday.
fiord LYNDHURST presented petitions from Bir-
bligham. Bolton, and other towns, praying that these
„,llett should be exemped from the operation of the Bill.
Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition
941 Monmouth for the abolition of Church-rates ; also a
„ retitiun from Manchester in favour of the Drainage of
TVsas Bill.
,The Earl of ABERDEEN presented a petition from a
.BCoteh Presbytery against Church Patronage. He had
;Ivvisys discouraged such petitions, and had informed the
Persons who committed them ti bim, that they would re-
seive no encouragement from any party in the Howe.
The Earl cf FALMOUTH inquired of the Noble
Lord_, the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests,
course the Government meant to pursue in respect
tu certain claims of the Crawn to the produce of the sub-
-1411611e working of mines in the Duchy of Cornwall ?
Lord DUNC A NNO N said he would inquire, and take
411e'lrly opportunity of infcrming the Noble Earl.
Lord DENMAN presented)a number of petitions from
.'ougregations of Baptists and other Dissenters, against
the administration of oaths.
In answer to a question from Lord LYNDHURST,
The Marquis cf NORMA NBY said that Mr. Vizard
ould not be permitted to hold conjointly the offices of
Bolicitor to the Home Office and Secretary to the Bank-
111Pls in Chancery.
The Noble AIAhQUIS then gave notice that he would
'.lll Monday move for a Committee of Inquiry on the sub-
4cl, of Smutty traffic on (-oriels.
The Earl of FALMOUTH gave notice that he would,
• .(1,11 Tuesday, present a peilon against the removal of the
'Vest India Packet Station from Falmouth to Dartmouth.
Their Lordships then Adjourned.

HOUSE 01, COMMONS, APRIL 23.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
Mr. ALEXANDER, the new Member for Antrim
county, was introduced by Sir Robert Inglis and Mr.
h
4alph Gore, and took the oaths and his scat.
„ Messengers from the East India House, the Court of
"Ankrup y,
tc and the Poer-liw Commissioners, appeared
4t the bar with papers and returns, which were laid on the
Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the
I,_lottingham Waterworks Company against the Notting-
°von Gas Bill, and a petition against the Severn Naviga-
i°ll B it, from the Stafford Canal Company.
The Chard Canal Bill, and the Clifton Bridge Bill
/tete seta rally read a third time and passed.
Mr. HOPE presented three petitions against the Se-
1.
ern Navigation Bill.
Sir T. FREMANTLE moved the second reading of
the Whaddon Chace and Mark Gibbon Inclosure Bills.
Mr. HOME would not oppose the second reading of
,
Bills, on condition that the parties concerned had at
• least fourteen days' notice befise going into Committee.
Sir T. FREMANTLE of course had no objection to
aces every opportunity to all parties to oppose the Bills.
They were then read a second time.
Sir O. MOSELEY presented a petition against the
-4e:era Navigation Bill.
SMALL DEBTS BILL.
On ilea motion of Mr. F. MAULE, the time for the
Ant reading of all Bids fur the recovery of small debts,
-114 extended to the 10th May. The Hon. Gentleman
e en moved that the further proceedings in such Bills, be
Postponed till the 10th May.
•INr." Alderman COPELAND felt bound to op-
Jose the motion, His constituents had been wait-
- ing fourteen years for the passing of a general measur ,
and from the state of business in the House,
there was as much hope of its being carried in the present
Session as any of its predecessors. He trusted the House
Would allow all Bills which had been read a second time
to proceed, and it a general measure were passed, then
they would, of course, merge into it.
Mr. F. MAUL E hoped the House would not concur in
the opposition made to his motion. He could assure the
Hon. Member that his constituents were not the only
Parties who bad been waiting fourteen years for the passing
®f a general measure. They were anxious to save the
money of the parties, and he hoped the House would agree
With him that that was a desirable object.
„ After a few words front Mr. FRESHFIELD and Mr.
. MAULE, the House divided. The numbers were—
For the motion 4O
Against it 39
Majority
The North Midland Railway Bill was read a third time
and passed.
CLENT VICARAGE BILL.
The SPEAKER ieformed the House that after the
second reading of this Bill it had been discovered that the
Standing Orders bad not been complied with, in consequence
of a misapprehension cf them by the supporters of the Bill,
and consequently that it would be necessary to nullity the
Proceedings, and again refer the Bill to the Committee ou
Private Bills.—Agreed to.
Mr. BRA MSTONE presented a petition from Roch-
dale praying for the extinction cf Church-rates.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented four petitions from
Baptist Congrzgatio,s in toe counties of Essex, Suffolk,
Kent, and Warwick, prayingtoke allowed to make affirma-
tions or declarations instead of taking oaths.
Mr. STRUTT presented petitions from the inhabitants
and from the Mayor and Corporation of Derby against the
Import Duties.
Mr. RAIKES CURRIE presented a petition from
the Mayor, Aldermen, and Council of Northampton, pray-
ing for a revision and reduction of the Import Duties.
Mr. AINSWORTH presented a petition signed by
6,500 inhabitants of Bolton against the Compensation
Clauses in the Criminal Justice Bill ; also two petitions
.from Strckport against the present system of Corn-laws.
Lord HOTHAM presence i a petition from a proprie-
tor of land in South Australia, complaining of the
!Misapplication of the emigration fund of that colony. The
Petitioner stated that he, in common with many other per-
sons, had been induced to purchase land by the guarantee
given on the part of the Government that the funds of
that colony would be applied strictly to emigration purposes.
Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from the in.
habitants of Tamworth, and its neighbourhood, praying for
• the Repeal of tk.e Corn-laws.
Sir DE LACY EVANS presented a petition from
100 inhabitants of Msrylebone, to the same effece
• Petitions were also presented from Manchester by Mr.
Mark Phillips, from a Dissenting Minister in the comity of
Chester, by Mr. Gisborne,and from tee Town Council of
• Annan by Mr. Evart, Fraying fur a total repeal of the
'resent Corn.laws.
Mr. kVA NS presented petitions from Dublin and
Wicklow, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws.
• -
Mr. VILLIERS pretested petitions from Leicester-
shire and other places to the same effect.
M. W. S. O'BRIEN presented three petitions from
places in the county of Limerick, in favour of Lord Mor-
Peth's Irish Registration Bill.
Mr. EASTHOPE presented several petitions from
Dissenting Congregati,ms, prayieg for the extinction uf
Church-rates and Ecclesiastical Courts, and the release
of Mr. William Baines.
Mr. HAWES presented petitions from Dunstable and
Codlington, for the abolition of Church-rates.
Mr. LA BO UCHERE presented two petitions to the
same effec'.
Sir J. GRAHAM presented petitions from Westmor-
la id and Cumberland complaining of the assessment of
ti hes to Poor-rates..
Mr. a GORE presented a petition from the inhabi
Cana: of Bleckfriars-road praying that the toll mit,ht be
taken off the Metropolitan Bridges.
Mr. LUCAS gave notice that on the 6th May be
should move for leave to bring in a Bill empowering credi-
t() 8 in Australia to attach the wages of workmen to the
'mount of one-fourth when the debt did not exceed 20/.
Mr. JERVIS gave notice of his inten-ion to move for
leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Gen( ral Turnpike Act.
Lord TEIGNMOUTH postponed the second reading
of the College of Maynooth Bill till the 19th Mi.y.
Mr. HUME moved for returns of the number of persons
confined for criminal offences in England, Scotland, and
Ireland, for the last three years, with the number convicted
and acquitted.—Ordered.
On the motion of Mr. HAWES, an ace iunt was nr_
dered of the quantity of fresh fruit imported from 1838
to 1840, and of the amount of duty received upon it; also
an account of the produce of the additional 5 per cent.
imposed upon all exe'se and customable ankles ; ti gether
With the additional 10 per cent. added to the assessed taxes
list year.
in answer to a question from Mr. W. FATTEN,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL expressed anxiety to
PrOeted with the Criminal Justice Bill, but if be were
Prevented doing so before ten o'clock he would not rneve
it that night.
Oa the suggestion of Mr. LUCAS, Lord Morpeth con.