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London, England, 1841-02-24 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS, FED. 23.

The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly bi fire Four o'cleclt.
Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY presented a petition
from Che!tenham for a mitigation of the putishment of
Frost, Williams, and Jones. He disagreed with the prayer.
—(Laughter.) The Hon. Member presented a Petition
from the same place against the cora:nuance of the Lew
system of foot-lax•s. He need hardly say that he dis-
agreed with this petition also.—( Much laughte-.)
Mr. G. EVANS presented a petition tram a place in
the county of Dublin, in f tvaur of Lord Morpeth's Regis-
tration Bill.

_qr. DUNBAR presented -a petition from Belfast, in
favovr cf Lord tanlcy's Bill.
Colonel RAWDON presented a petition from Mont.-
gime, in forJur cf Lord Morpeth's Bill.
Gytain BERKELEY presented a petition from
Poor-law Guardians of Bristol against certain clauses in
the Poor-law Commission Continuance Bill.

Mr. ELL IS presented a petition from the Society of
Rcional Religionists of Leicester, praying for an inquiry
into their dont' hies..

Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH presented a pcti.
ti ,n from the medical practitioners cf Waterford praying
for a•t alteration in the has relating to vaccination.
Mr. A G LIONBY brought up the Report of the Com-
mittee co the North American Colonial (Ireland) Bill,
which stated that the Standing Orders of tho House hal
nut been complied with.

Ordered to.be referred to the Committee on Standing
Orders.

Sir H. SMITH presented a petition from Colchester,
againa any grant to the College of Ma.ynooth.
Sir R. PEEL presorted a petition from some pattern
designer;, in favour a the Bill for the Extontion of
Copyright of Designs. Also a petition from Ardee, in Ira-
lsnd, in favour of Ltrd Stanley's, and against Lord Mor-
pat.'s Regitrat:on Bil!.

HUME prL!senttd a petition from the County of
Donegal, pr,3ing for the refec•ion of Lord Stanley's, aad
in favour of Lord Morpelles liegiAration Bill.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented petitions from the coun-
ties of 'l'rotie, Navan, Cavan, and Antrim, in favour of
dip Bi:1 "for the Extension of the Franchise in Ireland,
and pra3ieg the house to reject the Bill for its extinction.
Mr. ELLICE, jun., i:resented a petition from the
Presbytery of Kirkcaldy, praying for the speedy and totil
abolition of patronage in thu Cilurch of Scotland.

0,1 the notion of Mr. B. WOOD the Southwark Im-
provement 3111 was read a second time, and ordered to ho
committed.

IRISH REGISTRATION.

A rex minutes before five o'el,,ck Lord Morpeth er.-
t,reci the house bearing an immense petition which seemed
es weighty as the Noble Lord could carry. He wry, le-
ceiveit with loud cheers. The Noble Lord st id—l hold,
I cannot say in my hand, but by the hand, a petition which
calls fur and is fully entitled to the best consideration of
this House. The petition, Sir, emanates from a meeting
held in Duclin, in January lass, which was presided over by
the Earl of Charlemont. It is signed, Sir, by 20.5,830
persons.—( Cheers.) Amongst the signatute4 there axe
those of 43 Veers, 22 Baronets, .58 Deputy- Lieutenatitti,
and upwards of 400 MagistraLs. It contains the names
of thosetepresentitag the great commercial wealth cf Ire-
land, and it also eintaineu the name of every Roman Ca-
tholic Bishop in Ireland. lam instructed that there is
not one fictitimis signature attached to the petition, and
that the name of one Peer was not added without the
Secretary's having had communication with him. That is,
I believe, more than can be said of the Noble Lord oppc-
site.—(Cties of " Order.") The petitioners state that
they had viewed with indignation the introduction of the
Bill of the Noble Lord opposite, and they pray the House
to take into consideration the present unjustly limited state
of the franchise, and to take such steps as n ould allow pro-
perty and numbers to be fairly represented. He moved that t
be brought up. The Noble Lord also presented a petition
against Lord Stanley's Bill, and in favour of the Govern-
ment Bill, from a parish in the county Wexford
Mr. MARK PHILLIPS presented a petition to the
same effect from Manchester, with 32,237 signatures, all
of which he believed were attached to the petition in one
day.—( Hear, hear.)

Petitions to the same effect were presented by Mr.
O'Connell from the county of Westmeath; Mr. Blake,
from several parishes in the county of Galway ; Mr. Hind-
ley, from Ashton-under-Lyne; and Mr. Roche, from
Limerick.

Mr. FRE S HFIELD gave notice, that when the lionsie
went into Committee on the Poor-law Bill, he should
move certain amendments.

Mr. PENDARVES moved for returns of the quantity
of tin, lead, and copper ore, imported and exported.—
Ordered.

LAW OF EVIDENCE.
Mr. C. BULLER moved for leave to bring in a Bill
to amend the ltw relative to the admissibility of evidence
in certain cases. Of course, if any lion. Gentleman
was opposed to the motion, he should not press it ; but
he Fuggested tLat it might possibly meet tbo convenience
of the House if lie now moved for leave to bring in the
Bill in order to have it printed, and than they aught take
the discussion on a future stage.
Mr. HANDLE Y moved for leave to bring in a Bill le-
?lating to the drainage of land in England and Wales.—
Grasted.

Mr. FOX MAULE moved for leave to bring in a Bill
for removing doubts as t.) the continuance of cettain
Local Turnpike Acts, and for continuing until the Ist day
of Juno 1842, or, if Parliament shall then be sitting. unt 1
esd of the then session of Parliament, the Local Turn-
pike Acts for Great Britain, which expire with this or the
ensuing Ses.ion of Parliament.—Granted.
DANISH CLAIMS.

Mr. CRESSWELL postponed the Committee on
the Address to her Majesty respecting Danish claims, to
Thursday week.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS' (IRELAND)