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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1844.

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buSiness was.done in the House of Lords last
evening;but Lord CAMPBELT; made a few remarks on
the affair of the Rev. Mr. MARSH, which show the
use of l3ishopS. He-said the Bishop of PETERBOROUGH
on a former evening had stated that he could not
interfeee,"beCause the offence had been committed out,
of his diocese, but, on referring to an Act of Parlia-
ment he found-that the Bishop could bring the case
before the Court of Arches.
The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH thanked the
Learned Lord for the information, and excused him-
self for not carrying out the law to its full extent on
the ground that the'-delinquent's mother resided at
the parsonage, in a 'delicate state of health, and any
agitation might have -been fatal. The Bishop made
soine.other .remarks, which showed the most kindly
disposition, towards his frail brethren. He concluded
by saying, that the greatest care was taken in
examining the character and qualifications of the
candidates for the sacred ministry.
The House adjourned at an early hour.

After the presentation of petition's in the Commons,
Capt. Potnn.r. gave notice, that on Mr. TURNER in-
troducing a Bill for the Abolition of Duelling, he
shot d move an amendment to the effect that the pre-
sent laws are sufficiently stringent.
Mr. S. Cnawioan gave notice, that on an early
day after Easter, be shoUld move Tor leave to- bring
in a Bill to extend the Parliamentary Suffrage.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHBQUER the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities
Bill, and the other. Bills connected with the reduction
of the interest on the different Stocks, were read a
third time and passed.

Sir ROBERT' IN GLIS put several questions to Sir
ROBERT PEEL about idolatry in India, and especially
inquired whether steps had been taken to stop the pen-
sion to the idol of Juggernaut.
, Sir ROBERT PEEL said, that on the arrival.of the
next Indian Mail he should be able to inform the
Hon. Member for Oxford of the steps taken by the
_Government of India on the subject, and would lay
all the correspondence before the House.
After questions from Mr. BELLEW, relative to the
exclusion of Roman Catholics from juries in Ireland,
to which Lord ELIOT gave no satisfactory answers,
Mr. WALLACE put the six questions relative to
railways, of which he had given notice, to Mr.
GLADSTONE. They are briefly given in the,Parlia-
mentary report, and it is needless to repeat them, or
- the answers, as they cannot be made shorter. We
may infer, however, from the Right Hon. Member's
statement, that he is satisfied with the present system
of railways.

In answer to a question from Lord J. RUSSELL,
Sir, J. GRAHAM said that, on Monday next he would
give notice of the day when he would introduce a
Bill relative to the Irish franchise.
'After some observations by Mr. ESCOTT, on the
illegality, of, fees, taken by clerks of the peace from
defendants, in which Sir JAMES GRAHAM concurred,
_ the House went into Committee on the factories
Bill. On the second clause being read, Lord
ASHLEY moved an amendment, to limit the time
of labour to ten • hours in the day, and_ en-
tered at length into the hardships of the operatives
in cotton' manufactories. A long discussion ensued,
which was terminated by Mr. IVAEBurroisr moving
that the Chairman report progress. This motion
was agreed to; and, after disposing of the other busi-
ness on the paper, the House adjourned at One
o'Clock.

The subject of dOlftta. again brought under
'the notice of the ptattWrOptivi* • Thursday by
Mr. Tuarna, Aylto to the effect
that the practiCoi P‘ immoral in its t4Adency, that it
brings into colfteMpt the laws of the country, is con-
trary to the Lte command, and ought to be abo-,
fished.' The on. Merhber lyith sense and
spirit on this quatio9,and co.b.prodiifeby expressing a
hope that an Act wdild be pa*ted-.‘hich .would ren-_
der the punishment for duellrng nicte'%-erfititritnd