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London, England, 1828-02-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 28, 1828.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at five
o'clock.

Lord DACRE presented petitions against the Test and
Corporation Acts, from Protestant Dissenters assembling
for religious worship in Harrow, Bedford, Remblingham,
Olney, Old Bricken, Kenninghall, Gosport, Ware, New-
port, Sawbridgeworth, Little Waltham, Chelmsford, Hit•
chin, Saffron Walden, and Sterling.
Sir A. GRANT and others brought up a Message from
the Commons, stating that that House had given leave
to Sir W. Rae, Baronet, a Member of their House,
to attend before their Lordships, in order to be
examined before a Select Committee, appointed to
take into consideration the Laws relating to Game,
as desired by their Lordships, and to give such information
upon the subject as he should think fit.
The House then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, FZBAUARY 2S.

The House met this day at the usual hour.

Mr. JOHNSON, from the Office of the Chief Secretary of
State for Ireland, brought up an account of the number of
Irish Bank-notes in circulation.

Mr. WILSON presented petitions from Whitby and the
city of York, in favour of the Aire and Calder and of the
Wakefield and Ferrybridge Canals.
Lord MILTON presented a petition in favour of the
Barnsley Canal, from Bradford ; and another from Shea-
ford, in favour of the Aire and Calder Canal.

Lord MILTON preiented six petitions from various
places in the county of York, including one from the Mer-
chants and Corn-dealers of Halifax, in favour of the Wake-
field and Ferrybridge Canal.

COVENT GARDEN VESTRY BILL.
Mr. BURNELL brought up the report of the Corn-
mittee upon the petition, stating that the standihg orders
of the House with respect to the Covent Garden Vestry
Bill had not been complied with. •
_ _ _

Mr. HOBHOUSE said that a reprehensible practice had
taken place up stairs, which required alteration. It was
the practice to put down the names of the Members of
the Committee as present, whether they were so or not,
so that a Member often found tame attached to a
reccoingrotidation of a bill, to the principle of which he
was wholly opposed.
After a few words from Lord Was. RLTSSIILL and Mr.
HumE,

The SPEAKER said, he was not aware that such an
irregularity existed, and he should give orders that it
should not again take place.
After a few word from Mr. LITTLETON, the report
was received.
Mr. H. HUTCHINSON presented a petition from the
Roman Catholics of two parishes in the city of Cork, and
several parishes in the county of Tipperary.—Ordered to
be printed.
Mr. LLOYD presented petitions from the Roman
Catholics of Newcastle and other parishes in the county
of Limerick, praying for Catholic Emancipation, also two
petitions for the repeal of the Subletting Act.
Sir THOMAS ACLAND brought up a Bill for mark-
ing the different divisions between the Counties of Eng-
land and Wales. The Bill was read a first time, and
ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday next.
Sir W. HEATHCOTE presented a petition from Old-
ham for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts.
Mr. MOORE brought up a Bill to allow the use of fire
in vessels propelled by steam, in the harbours, ports, and
canals of Ireland.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, he could not see the neces-
sity of a Bill for allowing fire on board steam-vessels, for
without fire steam could not be produced, and, therefore,
those vessels must have fire on board.

Mr. MOORE said he thought the Rt. Hon. Gentleman
would have understood the word " allowed" to mean le-
gally allowed, and he also thought that the Right lion. Gen-
tleman who was so well acquainted with all the laws re-
lating to the trade and ports of Ireland, must have been
aware that by several Acts of Parliament, the use of fire
on board of vessels, within certain distances of the shores
was prohibited, and therefore such a Bill as the present
was necessary to prevent steam vessels from coming within
the operation of the laws, otherwise such vessels could not be
allowed by law to come into port in Ireland.
Sir J. NEWPORT—Then it would be better to bring
in a Bill for the repeal of those Acts altogether.

Mr. MOORE said it was at first his intention to
bring in such a Bill, but he abandoned that intention be-
cause he approved of those Acts as far as they related to
certain descriptions of small vessels which navigated the
coast of Ireland.—The Bill Was read a first time, and ordered
to be read a second time on Tuesday next. _ _

Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Roman Ca-
tholic inhabitants of Boyle, in the county of Roscommon,
praying for a repeal of the Roman Catholic disabilities.
Mr. POWER presented similar petitions from the Ro-
man Catholic inhabitants of Ballinrobe and Ardmore, in
the county of Waterford.
Mr. JOHN MARTIN presented a petition from the
Protestant Dissenters of Tewkesbury, praying for 'lie re-
peal of the Test and Corporation Acts.
Mr. LAWLEY presented a similar 'petition from the
Dissenters of Birmingham.
Mr. RUMBOLD presented a petitio n from the Maltsters of
Yarmouth, praying for a reperil of the Malt Tax.
Mr. DODSWORTH presented a petition from the
Protestant Dissenters of Tewkesbury, against the Test and
Corporation Acts, and also a similar petition from the
Dissenters of that Church.
Mr. FLEMING presented a petition from the Malt-
stern of Kent against the Malt Regulation Act.
Mr. M'QUEEN postponed a motion of which he
had given notice to Tuesday the 18th of March.
Mr. HENRY GRATTAN presented a petition from
the Roman Catholics of Grange Gorman, praying for
Emancipation, and that the present system of education in
Ireland should nGt be persevered in.
Mr. LEGH KECK presented a petition from the Malt-
sters of Leicester, against the Malt Regulation Act.
Lord MORPETH presented a petition from the
Debtors confined in Horsham gaol, stating the inconve-
nient accommodation for debtors, in that gaol, and praying
for an alteration in that respect. The Noble Lord having
read from the petition a detail of the inconveniences com-
plained of by the petitioners, said he was not one of those
who thought prisons ought to be made places of indul-
gence and luxury, instead of punishment, yet he thought the
situation of prisoners may in some cases be rendered rnore
unpleasant than was necessary'.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY said, that this petition was a
proof of the truth of statements in a petition presented by
himself last Session upon this subject, and he trusted the
Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Peel) would take the
matter into his consideration.

Mr. CURTEIS defended the conduct of the poler, and