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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS, May 6.

Their Lordships assembled at the usual hour.
The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions from
Middlesex, Essex, and Surrey against the grant to May-
nooth ; also against the sale of intoxicating liquors
upon Szmdays.
The Earl of BANDON presented petitions from Ban-
don against the Macnooth grant, and in favour of the
national system of education.
The Duke of BUCCLEUCH presented a petition from
parochial schoolmasters in Scotland, praying fur an in-
crease in salary ; also petitions against the sale of in-
toxicating liquors on the Sabbath.

The Bishop of CARLISLE presented twenty-one pe-
ions frOm places iu Ireland against the grant to May-

On the motion of the Bishop of LONDON, the Church
Building Amendment Act was coramitted.

THE LAND COMMISSIONERS' (IRELAND)
REPORT.

.The Earl of DEVON presented petitions from Ennis
and another place in Ireland, praying that a measure
founded on the report of the Irish Land Com-
missioneri should be shortly introduced. The peti-
tioners referred to the suggestions of the Commissioners as
to the prActices of grand juries, and particularly to the
improvements effected by the tenants on the land, and
they prayed that in any measure to be introduced a
proper regard should be had to their interest. They all
trusted that the suggestions of the Commissioners with
regard to the constabulary would be acted on.
Lord STANLEY said that the st bject of the Com-
mission embraced points of great importance, and it
would not be desirable to have any hasty legislation on
the subject. He begged to assure their Lordships that
all the recommendations in the report would receive
the most attentive consideration on the part of
the Government, who had not been idle in
taking up and acting upon some of them which they
considered of the greatest importance. One of them,
which he considered of more importance than any, was
the recommendation that some compensation ought to be
given to the industrious tenant for the improvement he
had made. A Bill on the subject was at present in a great
state of forwardness, and he thought he should be able
to lay that Bill upon the table shortly after the recess.
'The Duke of GRAFTON presented 44 petitions from
different parts of Suffolk, praying for the repeal of the
malt tax. .•

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented petitions
from St. Mary and St. John's, LimeriA, against the
payment of ministers' money. The Noble Marquis also
presented petitions from Manchester and Rochdale in
favour of the grant to the College of Maynooth.
CUSTOMS DUTY BILL.

On the motion of the Earl ofDALIIOUSIE, the Cus-
toms Duty Bill was rear! a third time and passed.
RAILWAYS.

Lord BROUGHAM thought it necessary to state to the
House a circumstance which had come to his knowledge,
and on which it was his duty to express his great sur-
prise. Notwithstanding the strictness of the standing
orders of the House of Commow, a Bill had last night
been passed in that-Hou::e in which there were no less
than 300 breaches of those standing orders. He thought

it necessary to state this circumsiauee to the HoUse,
becatiSe the public might be misled by the supposition,
and be inJuced to throw away their money on a scheme
which never could obtain the sanction of an Act of Parlia-
meat. Whatever might be the conduct of the House of Com-
mons, he should feel it his duty to move that this Bill be
referred to the Standing Orders' Committee; and he gave
notice that, on Thursday next (after the recess), he
should make a motion to that effect.

Lord CAMPBELL said, that whatever might be the
proceedings of the Elcuse of Commons, their Lordships
had nothing to do with them. It was sufficient that
their Lordships had standing orders of their own, and
his Noble and Learned Friend had only to abide by
those orders to obtain his object.
Lord BROUGHAM sail he never wished to interfere
with the standing orders of the other House. He did
not care whether they abolished them or not. Perhaps
it would be as well it they did so. He felt every respect
for the other House of Parliament', which could he ex
pected of him. He would remind his Noble Friend that
he had made no motion on this subject.

Lord CAMPBELL—It must be either a notice or a
motion.

Lord BROUGHAM—It was neither one nor the
other—it was a speech— (Laught€r)—and more regular
than yours.

Th-e Marquis of BREADALBANE presented nu-
merous petitions, principally from Wesleyan Methodists,
in various parts of the United Kingdom, against the
Maynooth grant.
ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK.
Lord BROUGHAM said that a petition had been
placed in his hand which he thought it his
duty to present to their Lordships. He was
ignorant of the facts of the case, but he
knew that the petition was signed by several respectable
individuak, by the church-wardens and other parochial
officers of St. Stephen's, Walbrook. He said that he
felt himself bound to present the petition, though he
would not trust himself to make any observations upon
it, but simply read the petition for their Lordships. It set
forth that the affairs of St. Stephen's and St. Benet's
Sherehog, had been for many years conducted in a most
unsatisfactory manner to the inhabitants of these
parishes, and had consequently become a subject of dif-
ference between them and Mr. Michael Gibbs, the present
Lord Mayor. The petitioners went on to say that those
proceedings were such that no man couldsee their termi-
nation, and that the church of St. Stephen's was falling
to ruin, and thlt such was the state of the parochial
government that the state of the church in those united
parishes was a scan tat to a Christian country. On those
grounds they prayed for some improvement in parishes
governed by select vestries.—Hear, hear.) These ap-
peared to him (Lord Brougham) to be very sensible and
rational representations, and he would leave the further
consideration of them to their Lordships.
FRESH WATER FISHERS (SCOTLAND BILL).
Lord ROSEBERY said he would move the third
reading of the Fresh Water Fishers (Scotland Bill) on
Thursday.
Lord DALHOUSIE corrected a misstatement he
made a short time ago, in reference to the duties on
hides. The Noble Lord then moved the third reading
of the Auction Duties Bill, and also the third reading of
the Sugar Excise Duties Bill and the Colonial Pas-
sengers Bill, which were agreed to.
On the motion of the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, the
Privy Council Appellate Jurisdiction Amendment Bill
went through Committee.
The. Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti-
tion from the parish of Killeagh, in the county of Down,
against the grant to Maynooth.
Vibe Bishop of LICHFIELD presented petitions
against the Maynooth grant.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 6.
There being but Thirty-four Members present at Four
o'clock, the House adjourned.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(Irons the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
MONDAY, MAY 5.

IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (DUBLIN TO GALWAY).
Report (30th April) from Select Committee on Standing Orders
read :—Motion made, and Question put, " That the parties promot-
ing the Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway) Bill, be
permitted to proceed with their Bill." The house divided :

MAJORITY-AYES, 97.
Acton, Colonel Forman, T. S. . Northland, Visconti
Adderley, C. B. Fremantle, Sir T. O'Brien, A. S.
Bagot, William Godson, Richard O'Conor, Don
Bailey, Joseph Gore, Montague O'Ferrall, R. M.
Bankes, George Gore, Robert Phillpotts, John
Barron, Sir 11. Gree nail, Peter Polhill, Frederick
Bateson, Thomas Gregory, W. 11. Ponsonby, C. F. A.
Bentinck, Lord G. Grimston, Viscount Berton, G. W. J.
Beresl'ord, Major Guest,lSir J. Roche, E. B.
Berkeley, Craven Hallyburton, Lord Rous, Captain
Berkeley, 11. F. - Hamilton, J. 11. Shaw, Frederick
Berkeley, Grantley Hamilton, Lord C. Shell, R. L.
Blake, M. J. Hustle, Archibald Smith, T. B. C.
Bowes, John - Hayes, Sir Edmund Smythe, George
Busfeild, W. Henniker, Lord Somers, J. P.
Butler, P. S. Bill, Lord AL Staunton, Sir G.
Carew, R. S. Hodgson, F. Stewart, John
Clayton, R. R. Howard, Philip H. Stock, Sergeant
Clifton, J. T. Hussey, Ambrose Taylor, Edward
Colborne, W. R. Hussey, Thomas Tennent, J. E.
Collins, William Law,:C. E. Thornhill, George
Colquboun, J. C. Leslie, C. P. Tollemachc, John
Coote, Sir C. Lowther, Colonel Trollope,:Sir J.
Courtenay, Lord Mackenzie, T. Tutheil, Henry
Crawford, W. S. Mackinnon, W. J. Tyrrell, Sir J. T.
Hamer, Colonel Macnamara,:Maior Wall, C. B.
Dick, Quintin APTaggart, Sir J. Watson, W. 11.
Divett, Edward Mettle, Fox Yorke, 11. R.
Douglas, Sir H. Maxwell, J. P. Young, John
Duncan, George Manes, R. M.
Dundas, Admiral Morris, David TELLERS.
Escott, Bickham Murphy, F. S. French, F.
Flower, Sir J. Newry, Viscount Redington, T. N.
Forbes, William Norreys, Sir D. J.

MINORITY—NOES, 81.
Adam, William Fitzroy, Lord C. Palmerston, Viscount
Arhuthnott, 11. Wynne, Sir S. Parker, John
Arkwright, George Greene, Thomas Pendarves,:E. W.
Baldwin, Barry Grey. Sir George Pringle, Alexander
Barnard, E. G. Grosvenor, Lord It. Pusey, Philip
Beckett, ,William Hatton, Captain - Rushbrooke, Col.
Blackburne, J. I. Hcathcote, G. J. Russell, Lord J.
liouverie, E. P. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Itutherfurd, A.
Bowring, Dr. Hobhouse, Sir J. Sanderson, Richard
Bright, John Howard, Sir R. Somerset, L
W. ord R
. G.
Brotherton, J. ‘ Hume, Joseph Stausfield, C.
Buck, L. W. Matt,William , • Stuart, Lord J.
Chapman, Aaron Inglis, Sir It 11. Strait, Edward
Sir
Childers, J. W. Irving, John Thesiger, F.
Christie, W. D. James, Sir Walter Thomiely, T
R homas
Clerk, Sir George Jenny'', Earl Trevor, G. .
Colebrooke, Sir T. Labouchere, Henry Turn,r, Edmund
COM pton,-11. C. Lowther, Sir J. Vane, Lord H.
Corry, Henry Lygon, General Waddington, IL S.
Dodd, George Macaulay, T. B. ' Walker, Richard
Douglas, Sir C. Manners, Lord C. S. Warburton, Henry
Duncan, Viscount Mildinay, ii. St. John Wilmington, Sir T.
Buncombe, T. Mitcalfe, henry Wood, Colonel T
buncombe, 0. Morrison, James Wortley, John SI
Egortoa, W. T. bluntly, E. M. Wrightson, W. B.
Elphinstone, 11. Napier, Sir C. TELLERS.
lilltWisle, William Ord, William •- Esteourt, T. G. il
Evans, William Pakington, J. S. Patten, J. W. '

THE YORKSHIRE SOCIETY.—The 34th anniversary
of this benevolent institution was celebrated on Saturday at the
Lor,don Tavern, when a party of about 70 sat down to a dinner
which reflected the littlest credit on the attentive proprietors of
that establishment. The chair was taken by Mr. C. Wood,
M.P., who was supported by Sir J. V. B. Johnstone, Bart., M.P.,
Mr. R. M. Manes, M P., Mr. W. B. Hughes, M.P., &c. After
the usual introductory toasts, which were duly honoured, the
children at present under education in the schools were introduced,
and their healthy and intelligent appearance was the theme of
i universal congratulation. The chairman then explained the
means he had taken to test the condition of the school by strict
examination, and earnestly appealed for aid in maintaining its
present efficiency, and extending its benefits to additioNal num.
hers. This appeal was responded to, and a sum amounting to
about 300/. was collected, including donations by the Archbishop
of York, 201.; the Chairman, 101. 108. ; Sir J. Hall, 5!. ss. ; the
Hon. Mr. Petre, 51. 55., &c. The proceedings were enlivened by
the aid of a small corps of vocalists, under the direction of Mr.
Martin ; and an amusing Yorkshire ditty, written expressly for
the occasion, and containing amusing allusioni to parties present,
was sung with much effect by a professional gentleman, to whose
musical skill the Society has boo Zotith'lndebted ever ei2ce its
forritatiOL

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