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London, England, 1840-05-20 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 19.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl Of CLARENDON, and
the Earl of SHAFTESBURY took their seats at Four
n'Clock, as Commissioners to give the Royal Assent to
the several Bills that had passed since the date of the
lest Commission.
The Usher of the Black Rod having been directed to
summon the Commons, the Speaker, accompanied by se-
veral members, shortly afterwards appeared at the Bar.
The Royal Assent was then given in the usual form to
the following Bills :—Tbe Exchequer Bills (11,(•00,000)
Bill, Lord Seaton's Annuity Bill, Tithes Composition;
(Ireland) Bill, Insolvent Debtors (Ireland) Bill, South
Eastern Railway Deviation 13111, Bristol and Exeter Rail-
Way Bill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Rail-
Way Bill, Chester and Crewe and Grand Junction Rail-
Ways Consolidation Bill, Workington Harbour Bill, Work.
ington Improvement Bill, Taunton Markets Bill, Dews-
bury Gas Bill, Barkston Ash, &c. Court of Requests Bill,
Scottish Widows Fund Bill, Torquay and Dartmouth
Roads Bill, Taunton Roads Bill, Honiton and Ilminster
Roads Bill, Banbury and Lutterworth Road Bill, Sarum
and Ealing Road Bill, Ochil (Clackmannanshire) Roads
Bill, Clackmannan and Perthshire Roads Bill, Trinity
College (Wordsworth's) Estate Bill, Whittlesca Inclo-
sure Bill, Thriplow Inclosure Bill, Schultze's Naturaliza-
tion Bill, Wolff's Naturalization Bill.
Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure.
At Five ','Clock the House resumed.
A message from the House of Commons brought up
Certain Private Bills.

Lord PRUDHOE presented petitions from medical
practitioners of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and other places in
the North of England, for medical reform.
The Bishop of WINCHESTER presented a number
of petitions from parishes in his diocese, in favour of
Church Extension in the Canadas.

The Earl of RADNOR presented petitions from places
itt Yorkshire against the Corn.lavi-s.
The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented a number of
Petitions from various parts of England and Scotland,
against the grant to the College of Maynootb. The
Noble Lord presented also petitions from Gainsborough,
Hertford, and other places, praying for the exclusion of
Roman Catholics from Parliament; and a petition from a
place in Shropshire, against the 'lrish Municipal Reform
Bill.
PERSECUTION OFTHE JEWS AT DAMASCUS.

The Marquis of WESTMEATH said, a rather seri-
ous mistake had found its way into the public papers
as to the answers which the Noble Viscount opposite (Lord
Melbourne) had made to a question which he, on a former
night had put to the Noble Viscount respecting the interfe-
rence of her Majesty's Government with the Pacha for the
protection of the Jews. The Noble Viscount was repre-
sented to have answered in the negative, whereas be un-
derstood the Noble Viscount to say that her Majesty's :VI:-
Waters had interfered. He (Lord Westmeath) thought it
but justice to the Noble Viscount to mention the matter,
and he thought it was important to the persecuted Jews
themselves, that a wrong impression of her Majesty's feel-
nags on the subject should not go abroad, lest it might have
the effect of influencing other Powers to withhold their
Interposition to put a stop to the persecution.
Lord MELBOURNE was obliged to the Noble Mar-
quis for having mentioned the subject. Certainly what
Was reported in the public journals as his answer to the
Noble Marquis was directly contrary to what he did say.
What he said was, that he did not know whether instruc-
tions had actually gone to her Majesty's Consul at Damas-
cus; but he believed they bad gone, as he knew that it
Was intended to send them. He begged leave now to say,
that the instructions had actually been sent out at the time.