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London, England, 1832-05-11 00:00:00

'iot pay another shilling of the taxes whirl
were levied on him.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Tr,ty
might take his body, they might take his goods, but
one shilling in money they wo ild never get from him.
He concurred entirely in the sentiments expressed in the
petition.
Mr. O'CONNELL rose, and was

LEFT SPEAKING.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Lord KENYON premeuted a petition from Kimbolt,n
in favour of the Reform Bill.—Laid on the table.

Ilia LORDSHIP presented a petition from Denbigh
against the new system of education in Ireland.—Laid on
the table.

Lord CAMPERDOWN presented twenty petitions from
different parts of Scotland in favour of the Reform Bill.
The feeling in favour of Reform pervaded Scotland
from one end to the other. The only dissentients were
a few monopolists of power, but the mass of the
Scotch were now aware of their rights, and be trusted
they would now persist in claiming them. As a Scotch-
man, he was proud of the numbers that attended the
Edinburgh meeting,..-proud of the intelligence there dis-
played by his countrymen,—proud of the conduct they
then pursued. The sentiments of that meeting were now
before the House, and the eetitions he held in his hand
confirmed those sentiments. It beca,ne them in a crisis
like the present, to state the opinion of the country, and
he had no hesitation in saying that there was nothing like
a re.oction in any part of Scotland. Among the peti-
tions he now presented was one from the important and
populous city of Aberdeen, signed by 8,000 people.
The Duke of BUCCLEUGH begged to soy with re.
spect to the Edinburgh meeting, that it was convened by
persons not resident in that town. There were not, he
understood, by a great number so many persons at it as
had been reported ; and it was a singular fact, thaf not a
worhman employed in different works in the city left his
work to attend it.

Lord CANIPERDOWN assured the Noble Duke that
he was misinformed as to the number present at the Ed-
inburgh meeting.

The Earl of ROSEBERRY bad it from good authority
that the numbers present could not be less than 60,000.
The Earl of HADDINGTON said that be had heard
the number stated at 700 as well as 60,000.--(A laugh.)
There were a sufficient number of persons in Scotland to
constitute a large body who, although prepared for Reform
of some kind, yet feared the consequences of passing the
Bill.
gi Petitions laid upon the table.

Lord MINT° said there was no part of the
empire in which the party in favour of
Reform was stronger than it was inScotland,
The Noble earl presented several pretitions from places
in Scotland, praying their Lordships to pass the Reform
Bill.—Laid upon the table.
The Earl of ROSEBRY presented several petitions
from Linlithgow and other places iu Scotland, and asserted
that the desire for Reform there had rather 'seen increased
than diminished during the last year.
The Earl of ELDON said that there being no Bill be-
fore House for reforming the representation of Scotland,
such circumstances had taken place upon that subject were
premature.

Lord MILTON contended that the people of Scotland
had an interest in this subject, and a right to petition upon
it.—Laid upon the table.

Earl GREY presented a similar petition from Cam-
bridge, signed by 1,824 people ; also a similar petition
from Huddersfi ld, which was agreed to and signed by
500 person. on the very eveniug of the news of the last
division of the House of Lords reaching them.—Lsid upon
the table.

The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a similar peti-
tion from Sh.ffield. He deprecated the undervaluing of
the zeal and numbers of those who attended public meet-
ings, as being I,kely, at this time of extreme excitement,
ut a time of almost unparalleled danger, to receive an
alarming contradiction. He had been beets informed by per-
sons of military habits, accustomed to estimate the numbers
who could stand upon a given space of ground. The
meeting at Edinburgh was attended by between 40,000
and 50,000 people. As if for fear that tt might be stand
that no above 700 persons attended this meeting,
the people f Sheffild had signed this petition
with 29,200 names.—Laid upon the table.
The Duke of DEVONSHIRE presented a similar peti-
tion.—Laid upon the table.
Lord NAPIER presented a similar petition from Mor-
peth and its neighbourhood.—Laid upon the table.
Ttie Duke of HAMILTON presented four similar
petitions from Lanark and other places.

(LLFT SPEAKING.)