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London, England, 1840-06-24 00:00:00

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LONDON:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1840.

The petitions last night prcsonted to the Peers were
in favour of the Administration of Justice Bill, and for
the removal of the Law Courts from Westminster Hall
to Lincoln's Inn.

Lord WYNFORD gave tnt'ce, through the mouth of
Lord KE:sIYON, that in tic Committee on the Irish
Municipal Bile he stlould move that Dublin bc omitted
from the Bill.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY postponed a motion
of his on the subject of the Ang:o-Spanish Legion, on
being assured that negotiations were going on which pi o-
mised to be successful.
The Duke of WELLINGTON obtained the returns he
asked for relative to the patronage cf the North Ame-
rican colonies.

The Marquis of WESTMEATH is becoming one of the
most intrepid and industrious of our law-makers. Last
night it came out that he had somewhat surreptitiously
placed a notice on the books to move for a Committee
to inquire into the operation of the Poor-law in Ireland,
without ever mentioning his intention in the House.
Lord BROUGHAM, the Earl of WICKLOW, Lord EL-
LENBOROUGH, all deprecated the proceeding of the
Noble Marquis ; the Earl of GLENGALL, however, sup-
ported it ; but the Noble Marquis postponed it from
Thursday next to Friday week, not, we presume, to
bring it forward this Session.
Tic Noble Marquis was, however, very nearly grati-
fied by a piece of success. It appears from the state-
meat of the Marquis of N 0 IClff ATVS'S -that one Catholic
pticat qua•-rcllcti with ;another, on which some violent
language was used at the altar. The case was carried
before a bench of Magistrates, who arranged the mat-
ter, fining the delinquent, and therefore the Govern-
ment did not prosecute him, or punish him twice over.
The Marquis of WESTMEATH complained of this,
and moved for the correspondence which had taken
place concerning Priest O'REILLY. The Marquis of
NORMANBY opposed the motion. Their Lordships
divided on it, and the Marquis of WESTMEATH was
beaten only by one. If he had carried the motion,
he would have been a worthy rival of Lord RODEN,
and might have boasted of his success to the end of his
legislative career. It is, however, something new for
the Peers to iaterfere in assault cases, and convert the
most dignified assembly in the nation into a club for
rehearing the squabbles between the Catholic priests of
Ireland and their neighbours. After Lord WEST-
MEATH had almost achieved a victory, their Lordships
adjourned.
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Lord R. GROSVENOR'S motion in the Commons to
dispense with a part of the Standing Orders, in order to
allow the promoters of the Chester and Holyhead
Railway to bring in a Bill next session, was lost on a
division of 120 to 110.

Mr. HAWES, emboldened by the success of Lord
HoTmAst in getting the future Judge of the Admi-
s!ty Court excluded from Parliament, gave notice that
to Tuesday next he would ask for leave to bring in a
Bill making the holders of judicial offices incapable of
sitting in Parliament. Such a Bill would exclude the
Recorders of London and Dublin, and probably Mr.
WAKLEY, from Parliament.

Notices were given by Mr. Gur.oN for Thursday,
for a ballot to determine the priority of motions over
orders on certain days of the week ; by Mr. CRESS-
WELL for an address concerning the Danibli claims ; by
Sir F. TRENCH, touching lighting the House with wax ;
by Mr. WARBURTON for a Committee on Mediet.l Re-
form ; by Lord JOHN RUSSELL for a Bill for the Go-
vernment of New South Wales ; by, the CHANCELLOR
of the EXCHEQUER for a Bill to renew the Bank
Charter (Ireland), and for a Bill to settle the Postage
arrangements.

Mr. KELLY brought forward his motion for die
Abolition of Capital Punishments in all cases except
treason and murder.

Mr. EWART seconded the motion, which he did with
pleasure, as it proceeded from a gentleman on the other
side of the House.

Lord J. RUSSELL diJ not think it expedient to make
further alterations in the law till the recent alterations
had been more fully proved.

Mr. HUME was in favour of the plan. The AT-
TORNEY-GENERAL, not. M.. KELLY, however, ob-
tained leave to bring in bis Bill.

Mr. PLUMPTRE, animAted with a true anti-Popish
zeal, moved that after the present year no further
grant should be made to itlaynooth.
Lord MORPETH properly recommended Mr. PLUMP..
TRE to employ himself rather in teaching his neigh-
bours in Kent than in stopping teaching in Ireland.
Sir R. iNGLTs was nettled at an allus;on, however
distant, to the clerical virtues of which THOM was the
offspring, and reproved the Noble Lord for what he
had said.

Mr. SHIEL retorted on the representative of Oxford.
After a short debate, in which Sr R. PEEL again
threw overboard the bigots, and declared that he should
vote against the Member for Kent,
Mr. PLO MPTRE, finding his own friends against him,
and finding that the principle of not voting public
money for a religion of which he conscientiously disv-
proved was turned against him, was ready to withdraw
the motion. _ _

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Mr. HUME objected, and the House divided, when
the motion was negativei by 121 to 42.
The House shortly afterwards adjourned.

Our readers must be convinced by our conduct
that we have not the smallest inclination to disre-
gard the Judge's injunctions, and make the case of
the boy OXFORD a topic of daily discussion. For
several days we have said noilling of him or his
atrocious conduct, being extremely unwilling to
gratify that diseased love of notoriety which contri-
buted to prompt his crime. Moreover, we have
neither seen, heard, nor read any thing concerning
him, except his appearance at the Old Bailey,
and the postponement of his trial, subsequent to
the first three days after his attempt; on which any
reliance could be placed, or which added to the
public information. We have therefore had no
inducement since that time to say anything of him,
and at present see no probability that any induce-
ment will arise. From the day of his attempt,
whatever rumours may have been put into circula-
tion, so little authentic information has been im-
parted, that we have looked forward with some
Impatience to a solemn investigation before the
Judges, as the only means by which the facts of
the case could be ascertained.
As our own discretion has heretofore guided our