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London, England, 1840-03-10 00:00:00

With regard to the other two persons to whom the

Noble Lord had alluded, as being some of the most
wealthy inhabitants of Newport, the one was a small
tradesman, and the other was a person who had only
been resident two years in the place, and who was now
selling off, with the intention of quitting it. He
had been informed that hardly any tradesmen of the
least respectability in the place was at all aware that
such a petition was in the course of circulation. It was
true that a petition had been presented in favour of the
prisoners, signed by a certain portion of tha re-
spectable inhabitants of the place, but that was
against the extreme penalty of the law being
carried into effect, and was signed by those persons, not
because they entertained the slightest doubt as to thy•
evidenceupon which the prisoners had been convicted, but
because, like many highly respectable persons in this
country, they entertained a conscientious objection to
the extreme penalty of the law being carried ino
effect in any case ; but he believed that few or
none of those persons who, in the usual accep-
tation of the term, would be called respectable
in the borough of Newport had signed the
second petition. As the Noble Lord who pre-
sented that petition had deemed it of such importance
as to take the rather unusual step of giving notice of
his intention to draw their Lordships' attention to it
after Easter, with a view of interfering with the exer-
cise of the prerogative of mercy by the Crown,
he thought it right to inquire into the circumstances
attending the petition, and the result of his inquiries
had been such as he had stated to their Lordships.
Lord TEYN HAM had never been in the town of
Newport—the petition bad been sent to him by parties
whom he considered as respectable, and as the Noble
Marquis had admitted that the former petition had been
most respectably signed, he thought he was justified in
assuming that the signatures to the petition he had pre-
sented were equally respectable.
The Duke of BEAUFORT presented a petition
from some place in the county of Brecon, in favour of
the extension of religious instruction.
HORSE RACING BILL.

The Duke of RICHMOND moved the third reading
of the Horse Racing Bill.
The Bill was then read a third time, and passed.
After which their Lordships adjourned at twenty
minutes before six o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 9.

The SPEAKER took the chair at thousual hour.
Mr. MORRISON was introduced by Mr. BANNERMAN
and Mr. DENNISTOUN, and took the oaths and his seat
for Inverness.

Sir C. B. VERE brought in the Eastern Counties
Extension Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered
to be read a second time.

Mr. MORRISON presented a petition from the
Presbytery of Inverness, in favour of non-intrusion.
Mr. CRAWFORD brought in the Tower Ward
Improvement Bill, which was read a first, and ordered
to be read a second time.

Mr. ORD brought in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and
North Shields Railway Bill, which was read a first, and
ordered to be read a second time.

Mr. HAYTER brought up the Report of the Com-
mittee on the Tweeddale Patent Drain Tile and Brick
Company, which was ordered to be engrossed.
The Report of the Committee on the Marine Insu-
rance Company's Bill was brought up and ordered to
be engrossed.
The Greenhill and Eckington Road Bill was read a
second time.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE brought in the Clerkenwell
Improvement Bill, which was read a first time.
Sir C. DOUGLAS moved the second reading of
the Birmingham and Warwick Canal Bill. Read a
second time, and ordered to be committed.
Lord MARCUS HILL presented a peti▪ tion frora
Evesham, against the continuance of the opi▪
um trade
with China ; a petition from the Grand Jury of the
County of Leitrim, praying for an alteration of the
Corn-laws ; and a petition from the same place, for an
extension of the elective franchise.
Mr. S. BARRY presented petitions from several
parishes in Cork, in favour of Municipal Reform.
Mr. VILLIERS presented petitions from eo'ricul-
tu Essex, signed by 1
tural parishes in York,. Lancaster, and Sonlerset
pWcythgatflio'r a repeal of the present 960
Corn-laws.in-
habitants,
nd from
praying
a petition from Dudley, for the abolition of Eccle-
siastical Courts, and the release of John Thorogood.

Mr. JAMES STE WART presented a petition from
Honiton, for the abolition of the Corn-laws.

Mr. W. W I LLIAMS presented three petitions from
Monmouth, in favour of Church extension, a petition
for the abolition of Church-rates, and the release of
John Thorogooti, and one from Pont-y-pool for the
abolition of beer houses.

Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from a
place in Lancashire for the repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. ALSTON presented a petition from Bishop
Stortford, praying that Union Workhouses might he
exempted from the payment of parochial rates.
Sir G. STRICKLAND presented eleven pe itic.ns
from various places in the West Riding of Yorkshire,
praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws.
Lord ELIOT presented petitions from Cornwall
against the Irish Corporation Bill, and against further
grants to the College of Maynooth.
Lord G. SOMERSET presented a petition from
Birmingham against the monopoly granted to railway
p

roprietors.
Mr. BAINES presented petitions from the We-st
Riding of Yorkshire, for the abolition of Church-
rates, and the release of John Thorogood, and the
repeal of the Corn-laws.

Sir J. Y. i3ULLER presented petitions for religious
instruction in the colonies, for Church Extension, and
against further grants to the College of Mayncoth.
Mr. JAMES sTEUART presented a petition from
the Secretary of a \Vorking Man's Association, praying
for Annual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage.
Mr. R. PALMER presented a petition from War-
wickshire, praying for Church Extension.

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An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition from the
Poor-law Guardians of the East Riding of Yorkshire,
praying for an alteration in the law of bastardy.
Mr. M. PHILLIPS presented five petitions from
the county of Lancaster, praying for the repeal of the
Corn-laws.

Mr. VERE presented two petitions against the in-
,rusion of Ministers into the Church of Scotland.

Sir EDWARD SUGDEN presented two petitions
from places in the diocese of Ripon, praying for
Church Extension,

Mr. HUME presented twelve petitions, from va-
rious places in Scotland, praying for Extension
of the Suffrage and Vote by Ballot. Also a peti-
tion from King's Lynn, numerously signed both
by members of the Established Church and
Protestant Dissenters, against any compulsory payments
towards the support of religion, and praying the House
to adopt measures to put an end to the persecution at
present existing on this subject. He begged to state
that, in a letter which he had received accompanying
the petition, the petitioners had stated that t bey were
one and all resolved to pay no more Church-rates.
Also a petition from the same place, praying for the to-
tal and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. JONES presented a petition from some place in
Scotland against the intrusion of ministers into the
Church of Scotland.

Admiral ADAM presented several petitions to the
same effect.

Mr. HOPE presented a petition from some place in
Yorkshire against the Popish College of Maynooth.—
(A laugh.)
Sir W. FOLLETT presented a petition from Pre-
bendary Dennis, of Exeter, praying for the repeal of
the Tithe Commutation Act, and against tile Bill at
present before the House for the amendment of that Act.