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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, April 16.
Their Lordships met to-day for the first time after the
Easter recess.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woo:
sack at Five o'Clock.

Lord LYTTELTON presented a petition from the
clergy of the city of Worcester against the union of the
sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. His Lordship said he
wished to inquire whether her Majesty's Government
intended to propose during the present session any alte-
ration in the law of settlement, or in the law of rating ?
Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that a Right lion.
Friend of his had introduced a measure into the House
of Commons with respect to the law of settlement. The
Government had no intention to introduce any Bill on
the subject of rating.
The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition
from a Presbyterian congregation in Athlone, in the
county of Meath, praying their Lordships to pass a mea-
sure to legalise Presbyterian marriages ; also a petition
from the minister and congregation of Morpeth, against
the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. _ _

Lord DENMAN presented a petition from a respect.
able congregation at Nottingham, in favour of the Ms.
centers' Chapels Bill.
DEBTOR AND CREDITORS BILL.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that as a Noble
and Learned Friend of his who felt great interest in this
measure was now absent from London, he would suggest
to his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Cottenham) that
it was desirable to postpone the second reading until
Monday next, when his Noble and Learned Friend would
probably be present.
Lord COTTENHAM concurred in the postponement.
The further progress of the Bill was accordingly post-
poned till Monday next.
Lord DENMAN presented a petition from fourteen
congregations in Staffordshire against the enforcement
of oaths in defiance of religious scruples.
Lord CAMPBELL presented twenty petitions from
Presbyterian congregations in the North of Ireland,
praying for legislation on the subject of Presbyterian
marriages.
Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition in favour
of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill.
The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition
from a number of the inhabitants of Cheltenham and
the neighbourhood, praying that the Cheltenham and
Gloucester Railway Company might be prevented from
running their trains on Sunday.
The petition was ordered to be referred to the
Committee.

STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES IN IRELAND.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE laid on the table a corrected
list of the appointments of stipendiary magistrates in
Ireland, which contained the appointment of Mr.
O'Brien. The reason this gentleman's name was not
inserted in the last list was, that he had not reported
himself as having arrived at the station to which he had
been appointed, and therefore it was considered that
his appointment was not complete.
The Marquis of NORMANBY said he understood
that Mr. O'Brien had been lately removed to another
part of the country, and therefore, on a future occa-
sion he (the Marquis of Normanby) should think it
necessary to make a few observations on the subject.
FORESTALLING MARKETS.
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Lord MONTEAGLE moved the second reading of
the Forestalling, &c., Offences Abolition Bill. The object
of the Bill was to abolish certain almost obsolete statutes,
with respect to forestalling markets in Ireland.
The Earl of RADNOR said that it had been at-
tempted to put these laws in force within the last few
weeks. He held in his hand a circular which had been
issued by Mr. Charles Legreave, Mayor of Winchester,
cautioning persons against forestalling, engrossing, and
regrating markets, and threatening prosecution against
persons committing such offences.
The Bill was then read a second time.
Their Lordships adjourned till Thursday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 16.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.

The South-Eastern, C;nterViry, Ramsgate, and Mar-
gate Railway Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Manchester and Birmingham (Macclesfield and
Poyilon branches) Railway Bill was read a third time
and passed.

Several Railway Bills were postponed till Thursday,
in consequence of the reports not baying been laid on
the table the requisite time.
An HON. MEMBER presented a petition against the
Charitable Pawn Societies Bill.

Mr. HOLLAND presented a petition from Hastings,
praying for a measure for the speedy recovery of small
debts.

Mr. HUME presented a petition from several Pres-
byterian congregations of Ireland, complaining of the
present state of the Presbyterian Marriage Act ; also
a petition from Alfred Moore, to the same effect. The
Hon. Member moved that the latter petition should be
printed, and gave notice of his intention to bring the
subject under the consideration of the House.

Mr. WATSON presented a petition from Newry,
praying that the Bill for the recovery of small debts
might be extended to Ireland.

Sir. MASTERMAN presented a petition from cer-
tain parts of London against the Charitable Pawns
Bill.

Captain PECHELT, presented a similar petition from
the neighbourhood of Brighton.
Mr. ROSS presented a petition from Belfast, praying
for no interference with labour in factories.

Colonel POWELL presented a petition from a parish
in Wales, in favour of the Local Courts Bill.

Mr. HODSON HINDE presented a petition from
Newcastle-upon-Tyne against the Charitable Pawn So
cieties Bill.

Mr. THORNELY (in the absence of his Hon. Friend
the Member for Stockport), gave notice that on Tuesday,
April 30, his Hon. Friend (Mr. Cobden) would move for
a Committee to inquire into the effect of protective duties
upon the national revenue.
Sir C. NAPIER gave notice that on the next order
of the day for the House going
into Committee of Sup-
ply he would put a question respecting the kinds of
timber used in. the dockyards.

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Mr. HUME moved for several returns relating to the
expenses of civil and military establishments in the
Levant, which were ordered.
RAILWAYS,

Mr. lIUME wished to ask the Right Hon. Member
for Newark (Mr. Gladstone) whether there would be
any objection on the part of the Government to the
printing of the evidence already taken before the Rail-
way Committee, in order that the House might see
whether the resolutions upon the subject had been con-
firmed in their applicability by the testimony taken.
Mr. GLADSTONE said, the period could not be
distant when he trusted the labours of the Committee
would be over, and then all the information upon the
subject would be at once brought before the House and
the country.

ISLE OF MAN.
Dr. BOWRING moved for returns of the amount
collected in the Isle of Man by the authority of the
Act 54 Geo. 3, c. 143, s. 1, for harbour dues in each

year, from the year 1833 to 1843, under the several
heads stated by the schedule of that Act ; of the ex-
penditure of the amounts so received, under the various
heads to which appropriated, and of the balance in hand
of the said funds on the lst day of January, 1844 ; of
the commissioners now qualified, and who execute the
said Act; and of the amount of fines levied under its aur
thority. The llon. Member said he understood those
returns would not be opposed. He wished to take the
opportunity of asking when it was the intention of the
Government to bring forward a measure for regulating
the import duties of the Isle of Man?
Mr. GLADSTONE replied that a measure to this
effect was then under the consideration of Government, but
there were some points of detail yet to be dec;ded on.
He had, however, every hope that the Government
would be enabled to introduce their measure during the
course of the present session.
KINGSTOWN HARBOUR.

Mr. MORE O'FERRALL- moved the following
returns relating to Kingstown Harbour :—Copies of
Memorials from the Inhabitants of Kingstown
to the Treasury, relating to encroachments on the Har-
bour of Kingstown, by the Dublin and Kingstown Rail-
way Company, with Minutes theron, presented since
date of last retutns in 1843 ; of Treasury Minutes and
Correspondence with Board of Works relative to Kings-
town Harbour and the Atmospheric Railway since date
of last return; of Reports of the Board of Wo.•ks acting as
Commissioners of Kingstown Harbour; of Memorials and
Correspondence of the Railway Company and their Secre-
with the Board of Works, the Treasury, or Commission-
ers of Kingstown Harbour, on same, or to the construction
of the Atmospheric Railway, since date of last Returns ;
of instructions to Mr. Walker, civil engineer, or Abstract
of Documents relating to the Atmospheric Railway and
Kingstown Harbour ; copy of the Report and evidence
taken by Mr. Walker, and the minutes or orders thereon;
with copies of memorials or correspondence, up to the
10th day of April, 1844, from date of last returns.—
Agreed to.
BANGOR FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Mr. W. 0. STANLEY moved that the petition of Mr.
Owen Owen Roberts, on the subject of the free grammar
school at Bangor, be printed with the Votes.—Agreed to.
The Hos. GENTLEMAN then gave notice that he should
on Tuesday next call the attention of the House to the
subject.

WORKHOUSES IN IRELAND.
Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH wished to ask the
Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State fur the
Home Department when the report on the building of
workhouses in Ireland would be laid on the table ?
Sir JAMES GRAHAM had only reeeived the report
yesterday, and he would take care that it should be laid
upon the table without delay.
FRENCH FISHERY CONVENTION.
Captain PECHELL, haling understood that the
Commissioners of Customs had issued rules for the
guidance of the fishermen, in carrying into effect the
convention with France on the subject of the
_fisheries,
wished to ascertain from the President of the Board of
Trade whether those rules were merely copies of the
Act of last session, or whether they were the rules
agreed on by the Privy Council, and which ought pre-
viously to have been laid upon the table of the House ?
Mr. GLADSTONE said that the instructions issued
were merely of a temporary nature, for the guidance of
the revenue officers, and not the bye-laws to be deter-
mined
on by the Privy Council.
BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND.
Mr. ELPHINSTONE wished to know when the re-
port of the evidence taken as to the state of the borough
of Sunderland would be laid before the House ?
Sir J. GRAHAM said that his Hon. Friend the
Member for Cambridge had already presented the re-
port, and he (Sir J. Graham) thought it had been printed.
COURT OF REQUESTS PRISON, BIRMINGHAM.
Mr. W. 0. STANLEY wished to know from the
Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, if he would lay before the House copies of
the correspondence which had taken place respecting the