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London, England, 1833-03-01 00:00:00

JUDGMENT.--THE. KINNERSLEI CA STI.E•

Sir C. ROBINSON gave judgment in this case, which
was agreed on list Court day. The L+•arned Judge said
this was a question as to the validity of a bottomiy bond,
which Was opposed on the ground that the vessel had been
deserted, and the whole advances in relation to her re-
pairs were made under the responsibility of the under-
writers, for whom the advances were made. The vessel
was freighted from Ireland to Nova Scotia, to take in a
cargo of timber, which she loaded, and was proceeding on
her homeward voyage, when she struck on a rock, and
became almost a total wreck, being waterlogged, and was
compelled to put back, and land her cargo and passengers.
The master proceeded home to consult his owners, and
the vessel was abandoned to the un :erwriters. There was
nothing to impeach the bond, and it was therefore the
duty of the Court to support it for the inter,s-s of com-
merce. He pronounced for the bond, with interest and
costr,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OP LORDS, FEBRUARY 28.

The House met to-day at three o'clock, when the claim
of Lord Rokeby, to vote tor Irish Representative Peers, was
considered in a Committee o' Privileges, and allowed.
The House resumed at fiveo'clock,when petitions, praying
for a legislative enactment to enforce the better observance
of the Sabbath, were presented from the city of Chiches.
ter, and the parish of Walton, in Sussex, by the Bishop
of Chichester; from Cr inbourn, by the Bishop of Bristol ;
from a parish in Londonderry, from Dublin, from Ed-
monton, and places in the counties of Argyll and Derby,
by the Earl of Roden.

Lord KING presented a petition from St. Paul's,
Shadwell, against the house and window duties.

Earl RODEN presented a petition from the parish of
Swishy (as we understood) praying for the appointment
of a day for a national thanksgiving, for mercies received
in answ,r to the national prayers.
Lord KENYON presented a petition signed by 4,400
inhabitant hou•eholdera of the parish of Mat ylebone, pray-
ing for the abolit,on of the house and window taxes.

E,rl of RODEN presented a petition from the
Rev. Sir Hircourt Lees, which, on the motion of the
Noble E trl, was read by the clerk. He (the petitioner)
stated that the evils which now pressed upon Ireland were
caused by measures that had been passed by their Lord-
ships, as he had often told that House, and that now, as
he had foretold, the Church was about to be destroyed.
He congratulated the House upon the power they had
given to the roost hum ,ne Government which bad ever
ruled Ireland, in order to put an end to all murder,
conspiracy, &c.—(Hear, hear.) He stated that there
would be no peace in that country till the Ro-
man Cati,olics were again altogether excluded from
the Legishture, for all which causes he prayed their
Lordships to repeal the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, passed
in 1829.

Lord WYNFORD brought in a Bill to reduce the
expenses in Courts of common law. The Noble Lord
said a similar Bill had passed their Lordships' House last
session, therefore it was unnecessary for him to enter into
any details.

The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to he read a
second time on Thursday.
On the motion of Earl GREY, the Irish Venue Bill
was read a third time, and passed.
The E irl of RODEN moved for returns of the number
of applications made to the Board of Education io Ire
land, with the names and persuasions of the clergy making
such applications ; also the number of those applications
which had been complied crith,—Ordered.
The House then adjourned till to-morrow at ten o'clock.