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PARLI AMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 4.
ROYAL COMMISSION.
At a quarter before four o'clock the SI!EAKER of the HOUSE
of Co stmows, attended by several Member, appeared at the
Bar, to hear the Royal Assent given, by Commission, to the
Beer Duties Bill, and several Private Bills. The Commis-
sioners were the Lord Chancellor, and the Earls of Shaftesbury
and Harrowby.
BEER DUTIES BILL.
The Earl of HARE\VOOD presented a petition from the
Licenced Victuallers of Leeds, against the Beer Duties Bill.—
Laid on the table.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.
Sir J. GRAHAM and others from the Commons brought up
several Private Bills, which were read a first time.
Mr. HUME and others also brought up the Report of the
Attizans Committee.
COUNTY COURTS BILL.
Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from the Inhabi-
tants of Cheltenham, in favour of the County Courts Bill.—
Laid on the table.

EXCF-lE'• GA T Hs.
On the motion of the Earl. of LIVERPOOL, their Lord-
ships went into a Committee on the Excise Oaths Bill. The
Noble Earl observed, that, as an amendment, he had proposed
to extend the principal of the Bill to all officers excepting those
of the General Boards..=The Bill was then reported, and the
third reading fixed for Wedtaesday. •
TITHE COMPOSITION BILL.

'On the motion of the Earl oFLIVERPdoi;the House re-
solved itself into a Committee on the Tithe Composition Bill,
which was reported.
IRISH INSURRECTION ACT CONTINUANCE BILL.
The Irish Insurrection Act Continuance Bill, on the motion
of the Earl of HARROWBY, was committed and reported.
HIDES AND SKINS BILL, &c.
The Hides and Skins, the Public Charities, the Exchequer
Bills (fifteen million), and- the Scotch Illicit Distillery Bills,
were read a third time and passed.
AWAINTED PEERAGES..

The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the suspension of the
Standing Orders, for the purpose of reading a second time and
committing on the same day, the Bill for the restoration of the
Earldom of Marr to Francis Erskine. Ordered.
The Bill was read a second time, and committed.
The Noble Earl then moved the precedents in the cases of
the attainted Peerages be referred to a Committee to sit on
Wednesday next.

CLERGY RELIEF BILL.
The Clergy Relief Bill was committed and reported.
The Earl of DARNLEY presented a petition from a place
in the County Meath, against the Tithe Composition Bill, as
it originally stood. The Noble Earl thought the objection of
the petitioners had been materially removed since the Bill had
been amended.—Laid on the table.
GREAT SESSIONS IN WALES BILL.

Lord KENYON moved the second reading of the Great
Sessions in Wales Bill.

Lord CAWDOR objected to the principle of the Bill, and
thought that the better course would be, to move thata-. hunible
Address be presented to his Majesty, praying him to appoint
a Commission to inquire into the state of the Courts of Justice
in Wales. After some further observations, the Noble • Baron
said, that he should not then move the amendment he had
suggested, but prOpose that the Bill be read a second time that
day six months.
Their Lordships divided on this amendment, when there ap-
peared—

Contents - - - _ 8•
- Not-Contents - - - - 29
Majority against the Amendment - 21
The Bill was then-read a second time.

EQUITABLE LOAN BILL.
Whilst we were excluded from the House, we understand that
The Earl of HARDWICK presented a petition from the
traders of the parish of St. James, Westminster, against the
Equitable Loan Bill, which wss laid on the table.
CRUELTY Ti) ANIMALS' BILL.

Lord CALTHORPE moved the second reading of the
Cruelty to Animals' Bill.
The Earl of ROSSLYN was not aware that there was such
a Bill in existence, and strongly objected to multiplying the
penal statutes in this manner. A man, -even for docking_ a
horse, might be brought under the enactments of this Bill.
He would not now further oppose the Bill, but would certainly
do so in a future stage.
Amrd,SUFFIELD supported the Bill.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that he should oppose
the Bill in a future stage.
The Bill was then read a second time.—Adjourned to Wed-
nesday next.

HOUSE
ROYA L ,ASSENT.
OF COMMONS.
At ten minutes before 4 o'clock the SPEAKER wac summon-
ed to the House of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent given by
Commission to several public and private bills. On his return
which see Lords.)
R GAS BILL
he acquainted the House with the nemes of the bills which had
received the RoyalßAssievi—(l)
sll
Mr. :S. WORTLEY presented a petition from Leeds'against
the British Gas Bill.—Ordered to be P rinted.
MR. SMITH, 'I'II MISSIONARY.
Mr. FANS presented a petition from Ilenley-upon-Thames,
praying that the case of the late Mr. Smith, the Missionary to
Demerara, might be investigated.
Similar petitions were presented from Alnwick, by Mr. S.
Rice; from Mahon, by Mr. Ramsdell ; and from Castle Com-
ber,. by Mr. Dawson.—Ordered to be printed.
NEGRO SLAVERY.
:Lord MILTON presented a petition from a town in York-
'shire, 'against the slave-trade.
• Similar petitions were presented—by Mr. Evans, from Broad-
stairs; from Dublin, by Air. S. ;
table.nl from k Rice • from Melburn, by Mr.
Lordlllunday Nugent.—Ordered to
FREEMASONRYIie on
IN IRELAND.
Aylesbury, by
ON. presented a_Petition from the Freemasons
theeAalvts
of Ireland, praying to be exempted from the Act of last year
relative to Secret Societies, and to be allowed the same privi-
leges as the Freemasons of England and Scotland.
After a conversation, in which Mr. G It AT T Ali, Sir J. NEW-
PORT, Mr. J. SrosTit, and Mr. Dawsosr participated, the
Petition was ordered to be printed.
CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. -
Mr. S. RICE. presented a Petition from the Rotnan Catho-
lics
of Limerick, praying to be admitted to the same rights and
privileges as their Protestant fellow-subjects. The Hon: Mem-
ber begged to observe, that the Petition confined itself to the
Catholic Question only, and it was drawn up in language at
once so moderate and so decorous, that he had nothing to add-
or to diminish. The Petitioners stated, that there were pecu-
liar characteristics to the present time which would allow the
Bill for Catholic Emancipation without giving the Protestants
any alarm.
Sir J. NEWPORT and /kir. C..HUTCIIINSON said a few
words in concurrence with the Petitien, observing, that several
millions. of his.Majesty:s.subjects were excluded from the pri-
vileges of the Ceristitatien, without any subttantial reason.—
The Petition was ordered to be printed.
IRISH. SOCIETIES.
Sir j*.' NEWPORT gave notice, that on Thursday next he,
. should. move to refer the petition against the Orane Societies
established in Ireland, to.the Committee upstairs ;hand also to
ineiwre in what. manner The Act of last Session relative to Se-
cret Societies had- b'etrf enforced.
WA ra; OUSI NG BILL.
Sir It.. SHAM' !presented a petition from the Chamber of
Commerce in Dublin, against the Wnrehousingßill.—Ordered
to lie on the table.
IRISH. LEATHER TRADE..
presented a petition from the Cu triers of Dub.
• '
Sir R. SHAW
lin, praying that the .trade in Ireland might be put on the same
footing as the trade in England.—Ordered to lie on the.table.
.TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS.
E
Mr. HUM pfor a repeal of the I est and Corporation Acts.
resented a-petition from the Dissenters of Chi-
chester, praying
Mr. J. SMITH remarked, that numerous alerts had been
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made by. distinguished indiViduals in that Muse, at Various
times, for the repeal of those Acts. -It was absurd to continuethem, as they
never could be justified by reason,
After sonic further observations•from :Air. W. SMITH, Sir
J. NEwPoitT, ;111r. BRIGHT, and Lord J. Iltssicr,t, the.
Petition was ordered to be printed.
IMPRESSMENT OF SEAMEN.
Mr. HUME presented a Petition froth the Shipwrights,
Elozkrnakers, &c. of the'Port of London, against the Impress-