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London, England, 1833-02-20 00:00:00

.ntroduced whiCh would remedy the glaring defeen the

law of patents.
Sir G. CAYLEY would risen's his opiniopf tl e
measure till he saw the Bill.
Mr. O'CONNELL hoped that the Bill woutie ex-
tended to all parts of the United Kingdom.
Mr. WARBURTON thought it would be irable,
When the BM came into Committee, to refer it tt Com-
mittee up stairs, who might take further eviden' if ne-
cessary.—Leave was then given.
Mr. E. RUTHVEN postponed his Mttiot lon return
of the state of the Curragh of Ki dare till the 261
OFFICIAL INFLUENCE AT ELECTICS.
Mr. ROEBUCK, with reference to the nion he
withdrew yesterday, and which stood for to-day, daring
it to be highly criminal in any Minister or otheservant
of the Crown to use the powers of office at electin, stated
that he had no intention, in wishing such a resttion to
he one of the standing orders of the House, to the any
imputation upon the present Ministers. Sochi) idea
had never entered his head. He thought he oug not to
be called upon to make out a case. If .his pro failed,.
still the principle ought to stand. By the P----ro Bill
nomination boroughs had been put down, and h intrt-
tion was to obviate any attempt to create nominion bo-
roughs again. He had also an ulterior objectrotally
distinct, however, firm that which the Nob Lord
thought. The standing orders were now deems vague
and futile—he wished to make them complete all ope-
rative. As a' resolution had been put upon record ,spect-
ing the interference of Peers at elections, be wed to
prevent equally the interference of Alinisters of the rown.
He hoped the Noble Lord and the House would gi, him
credit for not entertaining the slightest intention ea-st-
ing any imputation upon his Majesty's Ministers He
hoped, therefore, that he might either be pernaitd to
leave the resolution as a rule of the House, or to witdraw

it at once.
Lord ALTHORP certainly did say last night tlt the
Hon. Member ought to bring forward some case a,inst
his Majesty's Ministers to justify this resolution ; an th it
as far as he knew, no such c 'se existed, and he was gad to
find this confirmed by the Hon. Member himself. z did
appear to him that putting such a resolution on the 2ur-
nals for the first time,—at least since 1779, wbichwas
longer than the experience of the Hon. M. tuber or his ,wn
extended,--would lead to the apprehension of sometling
having occurred to induce the H,'u•e to take such a tep.
It any such case occurred, although the resolution wa: not
recorded, it was punishable at common I w, there Ore,
there could not be the slightest necessity for putting the
resolution on the journals.
Mr. ROEBUCK withdrew the motion.
Mr. LALOR moved for a copy of any letters of instrut.
tion sent from the Irish government to registering barris.
tern in October, 1832.
ELECTION PETITIONS.

The following election petitions were read, and ordered
is.o be taken into consideration at the dates hereafter men-
tioned :—A petition complaining of the return for Coventry,
on the 26th of March ; a petition complaining of the re-
turn for the south division of Northumberland, on the
28th of March; a petition complaining of the return for
Portarlington, on the 28th of March; a petition complain-
ing of the return for Carrickfergus, the 28th of March ; a
petition complaining of the return for Mallow, the 2d of
April ; two petitions complaining of the return for Galway,
the 2d of April ; a petition complaining of the return fur
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, the 6th of April.
Mr. HUME inquired whether all petitions of this kind
were to be printed, many of which were not intended to
he followed up ; what could be the use of circulating
calumnies and lies ?
The SPEAKER said that these petitions were printed
under an order of tl a House, with the impression that
they were all intended to be followed up ; if they were
not intended to be followed up, they might, no doubt, do
private injury, and it was a subject worthy the considera-
tion of the House.
Lord ALTHORP suggested that the petitions might
not be printed till the recognisances were entered into. It
was desirable that those petitions which were to be followed
up should be printed.
Mr. O'DWYER observed that many petitions to pre-
ceding Parliaments had been printed, the only object of
which was to reflect upon individuals.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at half-past eleven.

In addition to the Notices of Motions given in the Re-
port of the Debate in the House of Commons, were the
following :
Mr. Mathias Attwood—To present petition from the Merchant
Tailors' Company, praying the House to rescind its order of
the 18th February, for referring to the Select Committee on
Municipal Corporations the petition of Robert Hugh Franks,
which prays that the Select Committee on Municipal Corpo-
rations will extend its inquiries into the present state and
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management cif the tradine rerneration of the city of L0u-
......_ let). '21.)
Mr. O'Dwyer—Return of all fees charged or demanded in the
Privy Council-office in Ireland, with the authority specifi-
cally under which each and every fee is demanded; toge-

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thee with an account of the salary or other remuneration

payable to each officer or clerk of the Privy Council ; and
also of all fees, if any, charged Or demanded by or payable to
any member of the Privy Council.—(Thursday, Feb. '21.)
Mr. Portman—Bill to consolidate and amend the Highway
Laws.—(Tuesday, Feb.