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London, England, 1851-03-21 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Earl FITZWILLIAM presented several petitions
against Papal aggression.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented several
petitions with a similar prayer.
The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented thirty-four
petitions against Papal aggression. He believed it was
of little avail to present petitions, but if the Protestants
meant to fight the battle of Protestantism, they
must fight it at the next dissolution. Petitions.
signed by 2,000,000 of people against Maynooth
had been treated as waste paper; and ho gave warning
to his Protestant fellow-subjects, that if they wished to
fight the battle of Protestantism, they must light it
themselves.

The NOBLE EARL then presented a petition from Slea-
lord complaining of agricultural distress, and against
free trade. Free trade had been proposed as an experi-
ment, and it had signally failed. Lie believed that
under a system of protection the country would be pro-
vided with wheat at a cheaper rate, taking a period of
twenty years, than under a system of free trade.
Lord WODEHOUSE said that there was no distress
in the agricultural districts with which he was con-
nected.

Lord SONDES considered that the agriculturists
were suffering distress.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 20.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
PETITIONS.

A large number of petitions were presented against the
Papal aggression, some of them praying for a more strin-
gent law than that which was likely to arise from the
Bill brought in by the Ministry of the day.
Mr. F. O'CONNOR, presented petitions from Glasgow
and two other places, praying the House to inquire into
Idle several land appropriation schemes which bad been
"put before the public.
Mr. G. Berkeley, Mr. Horner, Mr. Stansfield, and
other Members, presented petitions from the Wesleyan
Methodists of Cheltenham, Leominster, and other places,
against Papal aggression, and asking for a stronger
measure than that now before the House.

Mr. HAMILTON presented petitions from several
places in Irelaud, praying that the Lord-Lieutenancy of
Ireland Bill may not pass into a law.
Mr. SCULLY presented several petitions from Ire-
land praying that the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill may not
be passed.
Mr. ROEBUCK presented several petitions from the
Roman Catholic inhabitants of Sheffield and other places,
against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
Mr. COBDEN slso presented several petitions to the
same effect.

Sir CHARLES LEMON presented petitions from the
Protestants in England, and Dr. POWER from the Roman
Catholics in Ireland, against the Bill.
Mr. PETO and Mr. HENLEY presented petitions from
several Wesleyan congregations in Norfolk, Suffolk, Ox-
fordshire, and Northamptonshire against the Papal Ag-
gression Bill, and praying for a much more stringent
measure.

Similar petitions were presented by Mr. AUGUSTUS
STAFFORD and several other Members.
Mr. PETo presented petitions from Norwich and
Chesterfield, and by Mr. BERNAL from Sydenham and
Kent, against the duty on paper.
Mr. WYNDHAM GOO LD presented a petition from
the Protestants of Bruff, Urga❑, and Manister, county
of Limerick, in favour of the Church Education Society.
Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from the
inhabitants of London against the taxes on knowledge.
Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from the vestry
and inhabitants of Lambeth against the window•tax.
Mr. WILLIAMS also presented a petition from
Lambeth against the Papal aggression.
Mr. LA.NGSTON presented a petition from the
Roman Catholics of Oxford to the same effect.

Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Lambeth
praying fur an inquiry into the several scheaies for the
purchase of land now before the public.
MERCANTILE MARINE.

In reply to a questiTn, Mr. LABOUCHERE stated
that with respect to the plans and mode of working of
the Mercantile Marine Act, all the memorials were now
in his possession, nod he should shortly make a lull state-
ment to the House.
LEICESTER WATERWORKS BILL.

In reply to a questim from Mr. FREWEN,
Mr. WILSON PA:TTEN stated that the Standing
Orders' Committee had not dispensed with the standing
orders on the Bill.

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DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
Mr. URQUHART wished to ask the Noble Lord the
Foreign Secretary when the papers connected with the
affairs of the Duchies and Denmark would be laid on the
table of the House?
Lord PALMERSTON said it was not his
intention to send any further papers to the
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House on the subject, and for this reason—
the to embraced a correspondence
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period
of two or three years which
had been carried on with almost every power north of
the Alps. It occupied 200 folio pages of letter-press,
tenpdainpgers referred
and no Hon. Member would ever think of reading ir,
at all events if he did he would only waste his time,
for the correspondence, although of importance when it
first took place, had lostits interest by the lapse of time.
The treaty relating to the affairs of the Duchies and
Denmark had already been laid before Parliament.
Mr. URQUHART said perhaps the Noble Lord
would lay on the table those parts of it which related
to the succession to the throne of Denmark.
Lord PALMERSTON said her Majesty's Govern-
ment had altogether held aloof from that question, and
had entirely devoted themselves to mediation to bring
about peace between Denmark and the Duchies. It was
true the correspondence indirectly referred to the sub-
ject of the succession; but still it was not advisable
to lay those points before the House.
THE KAFIR WAR.
Mr. ADDERLEY wished to ask the Under-Secretary
for the Colonies how soon the Cape diipatches, relating
both to the constitution and to the Kafir disturbance,
would be laid before the House. Also, whether he would
present at the same tirse copies of recent petitions to
her Majesty on the subject of the promised constitution,
and memorials from public meetings, which had been
placed in his hands; and, whether he would present to the
House copies of New Zealand ordinances passed year by
year, since the last presentation of such copies of local
ordinances to this House?
Mr. HAWES, in answer to the first question, stated
that he held in his band the papers referred to, and it
was his intention to lay them on the table to-night.
The petitions and other documents should also be pro-
duced but they could not all be completed for some time
to come.

NEW BRUNSWICK.
Mr. ROEBUCK
had seen a statement in the news-
papers to the effect that a legislative council had been
conceded to New Brunswick ; and he should be glad
to know from the Ron, Gentleman the Under-Secretary
for the Colonies if the report was correct?
Mr. HAWES wished his Hon. and Learned Friend
had given him notice of the question, because then he
should have been able to give him a more satisfactory
answer. Undoubtedly the general principle of a legis-
lative council had been granted to New Brunswick, and
therefore there was a foundation for the report.

STEAD TO AUSTRALIA.
Lord NAAS wished to ask the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, in reference to the statement made by him that
the tenders received for establishing steam communica-
tion with Australia were unsatisfactory, whether the
Government had before them now, an offer from re-
spectable persons to establish and maintain that service
for the amount arising from postage only, without any
grant from the Exchequer?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
question was one that should be submitted to the Com-
mittee sitting on the subject, and therefore he must de-
aline answering it.
STREET PaUSIC.
Colonel SIBTUOIU called the attention of the Right
Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment to the practice of playing barrel organs in the
public thoroughfares, and as it rendered the driving of
vehicles dangerous, he should be glad to know if nothing
could be done to abate the nuisance?
Sir G. GREY said the Metropolitan Police Act made
the practice referred to an offence at law, and the police
had authority to remove street music whenever it was
dangerous or an obstruction to the traffic of public
thoroughfares.
SUNDAY TRADING BILL

Mr. W. WlLLlAMS,—inadverting to a few questions
put to him the other night by the Hon. and Learned
Member for Youghal, contradicted the report that the
expenses of the Sunday Trading Bill were defrayed out
of the parish rates of Lambeth.