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LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1844,

The House of Lords met at twelve o'clock yester-
day, and, after appointing a deputation to present the
address to her Majesty, adjourned till Monday.
In the Commons Mr. THORNELT presented a peti-
tion, adopted at a very numerous meeting in Liver-
pool, complaining of the selection of the jury in the
Irish State trials, and the rejection of every Roman
Catholic, and prayed the House to institute an in-
quiry on the subject.
Mr. WARD gave notice of an amendment on the
motion of the Member for Pontefract, relative to the
Irish Church.

A number of other notices of motion were g:ven,
for which we refer to the Parliamentary report.

In answer to a question from Sir GEORGE GREY,
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the LORD CHANCELLOR had
announced in the other House his intention to bring
in, at an early period, a Bill for the improvement
of Ecclesiastical Courts.

Mr. DI VETT, in answer to a question from Sir
ROBERT PEEL, said the charge which he intended to
bring against Mr. BONHAM, on the Bth of February,
had reference to his conduct at the last election for
the City of London, inasmuch as that gentleman had,
either through himself or guided by others, made
representations which, if not fraudulent, were cer-
tainly reprehensible. The statement made by the
Honourable Member caused much laughter on the
Ministerial benches.

Mr. WALLACE brought forward his motion on the
presentation of petitions, the object of which was to
allow, as formerly, discussion on their contents. Sir
ROBERT PEEL opposed the motion, and thought that
the standing order. adopted by a large majority of
the House, was for the public advantage.
Mr. BaurnEwrox also opposed the motion, which,
after some remarks from Mr. WARD, Mr. FIELDEN,
and a reply from Mr. WALLACE, was withdrawn.
Sir GEORGE CLERK moved the usual sessional
orders, which, after some opposition from Mr. WIL-
LIAMS, were agreed to.
Lord CLIME brought up the Report on the Address,
when Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved that all the words
relating to the union be omitted. This led to an
interesting debate on the late exhibition in the Four
Courts, by Mr. SMITH, the Attorney-General for
Ireland. Mr. ROEBUCK made the first onset, and
other Liberal Members followed. Sir ROBERT PEEL
and Lord ELIOT endeavoured to make the best
of a had case, but even the Premier was, after nu-
merous attempts to palliate his conduct, compelled
to admit that the Chief Justice had rebuked that high
functionary in terms which must have been highly
painful to him. On a division the motion was re-
jected by a majority of ]O7.

After some conversation relative to the Irish Land
Tenure Commission, Mr. DUNCOIKBE brought on his
amendment on that paragragh of the address having
reference to the franchise in Ireland, but withdrew
it, after some remarks from Sir R. PEEL. The
report on the address was then agreed to.

The Metropolis Improvements Bill was read a first
time, and the House then adjourned.

Our Dublin :Correspondent makes the following
remarks on the proceedings in the Court of Queen's
Bench, Dublin, on Thursday :
The speech-making in the Queen's Bench still goes
on without intermission. Mr. Whiteside, Counsel
for Mr. Duffy, of the Nation newspaper, spoke to-day
And did his work well. His speech is decidedly the
most able that has has yet been delivered for the
traversers, with the exception of that of Mr. Shell.
He ridiculed the idea of any analogy existing between
the Repeal "monster meetings" and assemblages of
the Chartists in England, or any seditious meetings
that had ever been made the subject of a State pro-