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London, England, 1841-05-28 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS, May 27.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on. the Wool-
sack at Five o'Clock.

The Earl of REDESDALE presented petitions from
London and Westminster ; Mortlock, in Derbyshire ;
and from the Protestant Association, against any further
grant to the College of Maynooth.
Lord STANLEY presented several petitions against
Church Extension.

Petitions against any alteration in the Corn-laws were
presented by the Earl of Harewood, the Earl of Glen-
gall, and Earl Cawdor.

THE VICTORIA PARK.

On the motion of Lord DUNCANNON the Victoria
Park Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a
second time to-morrow. _ _ _

The Earl of ROSEBERY presented a petition from
Stirling against any alteration in the Scottish system of
banking ; also a petition from a place in Stirlingshire in
favour of the commercial policy of the Government.
The Earl of WARWICK presented 150 petitions from
places in Warwickshire against any alterations in the
Corn-laws: The Noble Earl proceeded to say that these
petitions were of a different nature from the petitions
presented on the other side of the question. The names
and the abodes of the parties who had signed them
would be forthcoming whenever it might be required ;
and he would defy any one to say the same thing
of the petitions against the Corn-laws. These last were
hawked about the country, or left for signature on the
road between Boston and Birmingham, when the names
of children, and of the whole household were affixed to
them. _ _

The Earl of STRADBROKE presented 93 petitions
from Essex against any alteration m the Corn-laws ; and
several petitions to the same effect from places in Suffolk.
The Earl of DARTMOUTH presented a petition from
Birmingham, respectably signed, against the Jewish De-
claration Bill.

The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE presented several pe-
titions from the county of Down against Church patron-
age.
The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented several peti-
tions from Lincolnshire, numerously signed, against any
alteration in the Corn-laws ; and a petition to the same
effect from the Nottingham Agricultural Association.
Lord SONDES presented several petitions from places
in Norfolk to the same effect.

The Duke of SUTHERLAND presented a petition
from the royal Borough of Wick, praying for an alte-
ration in the Corn-laws. _

The Earl of BUTE presented a petition from'the Cor-
poration of London in favour of the Jewish Declaration
Bill, and a petition from Newport to the same effect. The
Noble Earl then gave notice that he would move the
second reading of the Bill on Thursday next.
The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition in fa-
vour of an alteration of the Corn-laws, and a more liberal
system of commercial policy, as most beneficial to our
own population, and more just towards foreign nations.
The Marquis of NORMANBY presented petitions
from places in Scotland, praying for an alteration in the
Corn-laws.
The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL presented several
petitions from places in the county of Antrim, against
any alteration in the Corn-laws.
On the motion of the Earl of DEVON, the Order of
the Day for going into Committee on the Petty Sessions
Bill was discharged.
The Earl of RODEN presented several petitions from
Presbyterian congregations in Ulster, against lay patron-
age in the Church of Scotland.
The Bishop of LICHFIELD presented a petition
against any encouragement of idolatrous worship in India.
The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from
Bristol, signed by 10,000 inhabitants, praying for the
suppression of the doctrines of the Socialists, which the
petitioners stated to be unchristian and immoral ; also a
petition from a place in Essex against any further grant
to the College of Maynooth.
ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS ACT
AMENDMENT BILL.

The amendments made in this Bill in the House of
Commons were agreed to.
The House then adjourned.

HO US.- OF COJMONS, May 27.

The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'Clock. _ _

The Burnley Small Debts Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed.

The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement Bill was read
a third time and passed, after a few observations from
Sir CHARLES GREY, who begged to record his entire
opposition to the whole Bill, but would not divide the
House upon it.
The St. Helen's Small Debts Bill was read a second
time, and ordered to be committed.
On the motion of Mr. LOWTHER, the Dewsbury and
Leeds Roads Bill was read a third time, and passed.

On the motion of Mr. B. WOOD the Southwark Im-
provement Bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that on bringing up the
Report of the Belfast and Cavehill Railway Bill on Fri-
day next he should move to insert certain clauses.
Lord C. MANNERS presentsd two petitions in fa-
vour of Church Extension from the County of Leicester.
Mr. lIINDLEY presented several petitions, one of
which was from an agricultural district of Buckingham-
shire, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws.
Sir E. FILMER presented three petitions from places
in the western district of Kent, praying for Church
Extension.

Mr. BROTHERTON presented sixteen petitions,
praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws.
Gen. SHARPE presented a.petition from Dumfries, in
favour of the revision of the import duties proposed by
the Government.

Lord J. STUART presented nine petitions from Ayr-
shire, praying for a revision of the import duties, espe-
cially for a repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. RICE presented a petition from Dover to the
same effect,.

Mr. DARBY presented two petitions front Sussex
against any alteration in the Corn-laws.
Petitions were presented by Mr. Grote from the ward
of Bishopsgate Without ; by Mr. Fort, from Clitheroe ;
by Lord Dalmeny, from 1,700 inhabitants of Stirling and
other places ; by Mr. Villiers, from six agricultural pa-
rishes of Buckinghamshire, rom Wendover, Hunting-
don, Board of Guardians Of Stourbridge Union, Mayor
and Corporation of Walsall, School Teachers in the
Potteries, Bedwith, Warrington (working men), Notting-
ham ; and by Mr. Bernard, from Greenwich, all pray-
ing for a total repeal of the Corn-laws.
Petitions against the Corn-laws were presented by
Mr. Christopher, from fifty parishes in Lincolnshire ; by
Mr. Gaskill, from Wenlock ; by the Earl of Surrey,
from Little Hampton, in Sussex ; by Lord Worsley,
from eighteen places in Lincolnshire, praying for pro-
tection for home-grown corn ; by General Lygon,
from Worcester, and by Mr. W. Buncombe from twenty
places in Yorkshire.
Lord DALMENY presented a petition from the Town
Council of Stirling against any interference with the
Scotch system of banking.
The Earl of SURREY presented a petition from Sussex
against the dissolution of the Gilbert Unions.
Mr. ELLIOT presented a petition from Croydon, in
favour of the commercial measures of Government.

Ml. G. BYNG presented a petition from a place in
Middlesex, praying for a total abolition of the Corn-laws.
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Mr. O'CONNELL presented several petitions nume-
rously signed from Dublin, in favour of a fixed duty .on
corn ; also two petitions from Buckinghamshire, praying
for a repeal of
the Corn-laws ; and twelve petitions to
the same effect from Manchester and the neighbouring
districts.
Lord SANDON presented petitions from Liverpool in
favour of the Corn-laws.
Mr. HUME presented several petitions from different
parts of England and Ireland against the Corn-laws.
The King's Lynn Port Bill was read a third time and
passed.
MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
Messengers from the Lords brought down certain
Bills.
Mr. DUGDALE presented a petition from Birming-
ham, in favour of the resolution about to be proposed to
the House by the Hon. Member for Tamworth. The
substance of the petition was, that the petitioners viewed
with alarm the determination of her Majesty's Ministers
to adhere to office in direct violation of the Constitution,
and notwithstanding successive defeats in the House of
Commons, and the manifestly increasing withdrawal of
the confidence of the country. They deprecated the
effort on the part of her Majesty's Ministers to raise a
popular excitement by the agitation of the Corn-
law question—(Loud cheering from the Oppo-
sition benches)—at the present juncture of aflairs,
and most earnestly requested the House to vindicate the
Constitution of the country by: supporting the motion of
which Sir Robert Peel had given notice. The petition
was signed by 2,740 of the most respectable individuals
in Birmingham. " No doubt," said the Hon. Member,
" ten times the number would have signed it if sufficient
time had been allowed."
An Hoii. MENDER begged to ask the Right Hon.
Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade, whether
the attention of her Majesty's Government had been
called to a most lamentable occurrence which had taken
place a short time since_namely, the loss of the William
Brown emigrant vessel. He thought that measures
should be taken to make it compulsory on all Captains
of emigrant vessels to be provided with boats, and other
means of safety. It appeared from the investigation that
had taken place, that the lives of sixteen unfortunate
people had been sacrificed in consequence of the neglect
to provide such means. He wished to know what informa-
tion her Majesty's Ministers had of the affair, and if they