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London, England, 1845-04-17 00:00:00

TEMPORAL PEERS OF IRELAND.

Mr. FERRAND, seeing the Right lion. Baronet the
Secretary for Ireland in his place, begged to ask, whe-
ther, at the late election of a temporal Peer of Ireland,
one or more Noble Lords did not decline to vote on ac-
count of the Irish Bequests Act being a contravention of
the oath of supremacy ; whether the Crown lawyers
were consulted upon the validity of this objection ; and
if so, whether he Rill lay a copy of their opinion on the
table of the House?

Sir THOMAS FRE M ANTLE had made every inquiry
but could not ascertain that any such circumstance had
occurred as that to which the lion. Member had alluded.
JUSTICES' CLERKS BILL.
Mr. JERVIS said that seeing the order for taking
into consideration the Justices' Clerks Bill was on the
paper, he begged to ask the Right Hon. Baronet, the
Secretary for the Home Department, whether it was his:
intention that it should supersede the adjourned debate,
or whether he intended to postpone it?
Sir J. GRAHAM said that it was his intention to
move that the Bill go into Committee pro forma, but, as
it was his intention simply to carry the Bill into Com-
mittee, he did not intend to make any further motion
upon it. Several of the clauses required alteration, and
the Government would therefore be obliged if the House
would suffer the Bill to go into Committee, in order that
it might be printed, and those alterations receive due
consideration.

PETITIONS ON MAYNOOTH.
Colonel SIBTHORP begged to make the motion of
which he had given notice, that there be laid before this
House a return of the numbers of petitions that have
been presented for and against the present proposal, on
the part of her Majesty's Government, of an increased
grant out of the Consolidated Fund to the College of
Maynooth in Ireland, with the total number of signa-
tures annexed thereto—the above return to be
made up to Friday the 18th day of April. The
Right Honourable Gentleman expressed his respect for
those who waited upon him, but he thought the Right
Hon. Gentleman would show his sense of the respect he
entertained for them, by consenting to the proposition
so strongly recommended by them, that the number of
those who signed the petitions should be specially
printed, in order that they might, as soon as possible, be
spread through the country.
Mr. ROEBUCK rose to order. He believed the Hon.
and Gallant Member was out of order in moving for the
number of petitions, with the signatures attached to
them, which might be presented up to Friday next.
The SPEAKER said that the question before the
House was, that the order of the day be now read.
Colonel SIBTHORP would bow with profound re-
spect to the decision of the chair.
Mr. HINDLEY said he wished to present 134 peti-
tions against the grant to Maynooth.—(Order, order.)
The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Member was not
in order. Neither could the Hon. and Gallant Officer
make the motion he sought to make at present. What
the Hon. and Gallant Officer sought for wou'd be laid
on the table of the House in a few days, in the report of
the Select Committee on Public Petitions.—(Hear.)
MUSEUMS OF ART BILL.
Mr. EWART would defer his motion on this mea-
sure until after the Maynooth Bill had been disposed of.
CALICO PRINT-WORKS BILL.
On the motion of Lord ASHLEY, the House went
into Committee on this Bill pro forma, and it was for-
warded a stage.
Petitions against any further grant to the College of
Maynooth were presented by Dr. Bowring, Mr. Packe,
Sir John Easthopc, ;sir C. .Napier, Colonel T. Wood,
Mr. Godson, Mr. Caley, Sir G. Clerk, Mr. Craven
Berkeley, Mr. Colvile, Mr. Pattison, Sir R. H. Inglis
and Mr. Alderman Humphery.

---Mr. HINDLEY presented 134 petitions to the same
effect, and similar petitions were presented by Mr.