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Mr. E. Turner,—Bill for the Prevention of Duelling. ' A PRINCIPLESPassing
Captain Polhill,—On the Motion of Mr. Turner to ostfanner and Degree in which Wages would be Reduced by the
a Ten Hours Bill,
Introduce a Bill for the abolition of Duelling, to move, By R. TORRENS, Esq., F.RS.
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it is ilexpedieat to interfere with the existing Law,
which is already sufficiently stringent on the subject of
Duelling.
tiir Clairles Napier,—Address to the Crown, that her
Majesty will be graciously pleased to confer an honorary
distinction on the surviving Officers and Men engaged in
great Naval Actions.
Mr. Christie,—Address to her Majesty, praying that
She will be graciously pleased to issue a Commission to
inquire into all matters relating to the Statutes, Reve-
nues, Trusts, Privileges, and present general condition as
tagards Education, Learning, and Religion of the Uni-
versities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the Colleges and
Halle in those Universities.
Captain Pechell,—To call the attention of the House
to the system of imprisonment, and the length of con-
finement to which persons are subjected as defaulters
under the 4cts for Assessed Taxes and Game Duties.
Sir Henry Winston Barron,—Bill to regulate and con-
trol Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland.
Mr. Macaulay,—Resolution on the subject of Gwalior.
Mr. Stafford O'Brien,—Bill to prevent Vestries being
held us Churches in places whose population exceeds
one thousand persons.
Mr. Butler,—To move, That this House do resolve
itself into a Commfiptee, to take into consideration the
expediency of imposing a Tax upon the Absentee Pro-
prietary of Ireland, in a manner and to an amount to
be then specified, with a view to assist in relieving the
two millions and a half of her Majesty's subjects in
that country, allowed by men of all parties to be half
starved, half clothed, and lodged in habitations which
are inadequate to protect them from the inclemency of
the weather.
viscount Palmerston,—That an humble Address be
presented to her Majesty, representing that this House,
sharing the deep abhorrence with which the people of
this Country regard the Slave Trade, most earnestly be-
seech her Majesty not to consent to any alteration or
modification of any of the Treaties now in force be-
tiveen her Majesty and Foreign States, fur the sup-
pression of the Slave Trade, which, by weakening the
means- which those Treaties now afford for the preven-
tion of that piratical offence, might tend to render more
easy the perpetration of so detestable a crime.
Sir John flanmer,—To move, as an Amendment to
Viscount Palmerston's Motion, That this House will
resolve itself into a Committee, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the Papers presented to this
'Parliament, by the Command of her Majesty, upon the
affairs of the Slave Trade.
Mr. Milnes,—To move an Amsodment on Lord Pal-
merston's Motion relative to the Slave Trade,, to the
effeet that it is the opinion of this House, that Treaties
between this Country and any Foreign Country, entered
into for the purpose of abolishing the criminal traffic of
the Slave Trade, by means of a mutual Right of Search,
should be regarded as partial and temporary experiments,
which mast leave the question at all times within the
Control of the two Governments.
Viscount Ebrington,—To move for the following
Papers respecting the Archdeaconry of Armagh :-
1. Copy of the Instrument appointing the present
Archdeacon of Armagh ; and Copy of any Orders or
Acts of Privy Council in Ireland for disuniting the
parishes forming the Union of Armagh.
Copies of any Memorials or Letters which may
have been addressed to the Irish Government on tine
'subject of the severance of the union of parishes forming
the Archdeaconry of Armagh ; and of the Answers
thereto.
3. Return of any union of parishes in Ireland dis-
solved under the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 37, v. 124.
Mr. Christie,—Bill to discontinue certain prosecutions
in the Arches Court of Canterbury, for refusal to make,
or join, or concur in making a Church Rate, and to pre-
vent any similar prosecutions.
Mr. Baring Wall,—Select Committee, to inquire into
the progress of the Buildings of the Houses of Parlia-
ment, and to report to the House.
Mr. Cobden,—Select Committee, to inquire into the
'effects of Protective Duties upon the National Revenue.
Dr. Bowring,—To call the attention of the House to
;the necessity of giving effect to the recommendations of
:the Commissioners of Public Accounts, on the payment
of the ?fume,—Copy
Revenues into the Exchequer.
Mr. Hume,—Copy or Extracts from the Correspond-
ence between the American Ambassador and the British
Government, respecting the admission of Paddy and
Rice, the produce of the United States, into Great
Britain, at the same rates of Duty as Paddy and Rice
were admitted into Great Britain from the West Coast
-of- Africa.
• Mr. Hawes,—To move, That an humble Address be
presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty will
be graciously pleased to order the Postmaster-General to
make an Annual Report of his proceedings, and of the
Revenue, Cost, Management, and State of the Depart-
'meat., Also, to move for the following Returns:-
1. An Estimate, by the Post-Office, of the Cost of
earrying into effect the plan of Rural Distribution laid
down in the Treasury Minute of August 13th, 1841.
2. A Return (or, if the facts are not ascertained, an
Estimate, in either case stating which), Ist, of the num-
ber of Government Letters corresponding with the
amount of Government Inland Postage included in
Return No. 201 of last Session ; 2d, of the amount oi
kale Letter Foes ; 00, of tlle amount of Registration
Fees ; 4th, of the amount of Additional Rates on un-
paid or underpaid Letters ; and, sth, of the amount of
other sources of Revenue included in that part of the
Return, No. 201, which relates to Inland Letters
and Revenue : Also, an Estimate, in detail, of the Cost
of managing the Money Order department.
3. Copy of the Resolutions proposed by Lord Lowther
to the. Postage Committee of 1838.
4. Return of any Correspondence between the Trea-
sury and the Post-Office, since August, 1842, with
reference to the discontinuance of either of the two
Birmingham and Gloucester Mails.
5. The Report of the Post-Office to the Chancellor of
the Exchequer on Rural Pests, mentioned by Lord
Lowther in his evidence before the Postage Committee
of last Session.
Also, to call the attention of the House to the Report
of the Select Committee of last Session on Postage.
Mr. Mitchell,—Return of the amount of Russia Due
collected in the last twenty years, distinguishing each
year, in Great Britain and Ireland, and of the mode of
its application.
Mr. Shaw,—Select Committee, to inquire into and
.report upon the importance of an early and complete
-trial of the Atmospheric Railway system.
Mr. William Williams,— Account of the Public In-
:come and Expenditure of the United Kingdom, in the
years ending the sth day of January 1842, 1843, and
1844, distinguishing the actual payments for the ex-
penses incurred in the collection and management•of the
Revenue; for the charges of the Public Debt (the ter-
minable Annuities being also valued by estimate); for
.the expenses of the Civil Government; the allowances to
the Royal Family, and to his Majesty the King of the
Belgians; the Establishment of the Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland; the expenses of the two Houses of Parliament,
arid the Civil Departments; the other Pensions OR the
:.Consolidated Fund, on the gross Revenue, and the Civil
List; also, the payments for the Administration of Jus-
• tice, Diplomatic expenses, and on account of the sums
voted for the Army, Navy, Ordnance, and Miscellaneous
Services; also, Public Works, Bounties, Post-office, the
Quarantine, and Warehousing Establishments, and all
other payments not coming under any of the foregoing
heads; with an Appendix, showing the several items
composing each head of the Account (in continuation of
Parliamentary Paper, No. 494, of Session 1843).
Mr. Charles Buller,—Select Committee on Co!o-
- Mr. Grogan,—Bill to amend the Law with respect to
Coroners in Ireland.
Sir Robert Harry Inglis,—To ask her Majesty's Mi-
:rasters a Question, relative to their intentions Co the
subject of the Parochial Assessment Act.
Lord Worsley,—Select Committee, to inquire into the
mode of appointment, the duties, and the present system
of remunerating the Clerks to Justices at Petty Sessions
in England and Wales, and to report the evidence, and
their opinion thereon, to the House.
Mr. Lyall,—Select Committee, to inquire into the
state and condition of the Commercial Marine of this
Country, and to take into consideration how far it may
be practicable and expedient to adopt any and what
measures to extend the beneficial employment of British
Sh4lpinee
Mr. Elphinstone,—That it is just and expedient, with
the view of distributing the burthen of Taxation more
equally.
and fairly among all classes of her Majesty's
Subjects than it now is, to alter and amend the Laws
relating to Probate Duties, and to make Real Estate
(whether such Real Estate be in trust or not) liable to
the same Duties as Personal Property.
Mr. for providing an Appeal in Criminal
Cases.

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 15,
Will be performed the opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL. Ccunt
Arnheim, Mr. Borrani; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devllshoot,
Mr. Streton ; Arline, Miss Rainforth ; Queen of the (iipsies, Mi s
etti.
After which will be produced a New Ballet, entitled LADY HEN.
RIETTA; or, The Statute Fair. Lyonml, t4ilvain ; Walter,
Mr. Howell; Sir Tristram, Mr. O'Bryan ; Queen Allne. Miss
O'Bryan ; Lady Henrietta, Mdhe. Lucile Grahn; Nancy, Miss C.
Webster ; Mina, Miss Carson.
Dress Boxes 75., Second Price Si. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55..
Second Price 3s. ; Pit 3s , Second Price 23.; Mxldle Gallery 2c,
Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. LESSER
THIS EVENING, APRIL 15,
Will be perfotmed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir
Chides Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis
Le_.ch, Me Tilbury ; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia
Bennett ; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs Humby.
After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE
MILL. Marquis de Richeville, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Francine,
Madame Vestris.
To be followed by a New, Original Occasional, and Local Extra-
.iaganza, founded on Fact, entitledT HE DRAMA AT HOME; or,
An Evening with Puff. Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mataews,
Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and
Kiss Lee.
To conclude with the Extraordinsry Performances of Professor
RISLEY and his INFANT SON, surnamed " Le Petit Mercure."
Orcestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. • Pit, 5. ; Gallery, ; Upper
Gallery, is. Half-price—Boxes, ; 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper
Gallery, tad. Doors opened at Hall.past six, and the Performances
commence at Seven
Mr. W. Farren will appear on Monday, April 15, as Sir Peter
eazle, in the School for Scandal.
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box.-
office, from Ten till Five.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 15,
Will be performed an Eng'ish version of dTELLO. Otello,
Mr. Allen; Elmiro, Mr. Weiss • Roderigo, Mr. Gardner; lago,
Mr. Burdlni; Desdemona, Madame Eugenia Garcia; Emilia, Miss
E onner.
To which will be added, the Farce of the SPITALIIELDS
WEAVER.
To conclude with anew Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, called FAIR
STAR; or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANCING
WATERS. The principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul
Bedford, Oxbsrry, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Miss Fortescue.

['REA IRE ROYAL LYCEUM LA rE ENGLISH OPERA-
SE
Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 15,
Will to repeated the New Comedietta, in Two Acts, entitled
HASTY CONCLUSIONS. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear,
F. Mathews, F. Vining, Emery, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs 'Keeley.
After which, MY WIFE'S OUT. Principal Characters by Mr.
Keeley, Mr Wigan, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Keeley.
To he followed by a New Drama, in one Act, called THKinlocE POST
OF HONOUR. Characters by Means. Keeley, Turner, h,
J. Collier, Stanton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the 1 heatre Royal,
Aclelphi, her first appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Grove.
To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burlesque Fairy Extra-
vaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. (.ha.
ractets by Mies Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss
Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother,
And Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan,
Yarnold, and Chaplin.
PRICE'S OF ADMISSION.—First Price—Poxes, 45.; Upper
Boxes, Ss. ; Pit, 2s. - Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ;
Upper Boxes, Is 6cl'. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier
Molding eight persons), Two Guineas Private Boxes on the Second
rier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private
Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad-
mission 'rickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly
Transferrable Free Tickets (for tha first forty nights), Three guineas.
Doors open at Half-past Six. Performances begins at Seven o'Clock.

Viscount Ebrington,—wr the Government Turn-
pike Bill comes before the se, To call the attention
of the House to the hardslarpnflicted upon Turnpike
theiTrusts and their Creditors bycomplete exemption
all c
from toll at present enjoyed by ()aches conveying
oeto intro-
any Letters for the Postmaster-General, and
duce a proviso for remedying this grievance.
Mr. W. 0. Stanley,—To call the attention of
the
House to the proceedings of the Athlone Election io
Com-
mittee, and to move for a Select Committee,to' inluire
into all the circumstances attending the conduct of the
Petitions against the Return of Mr. Collett f the
Borough of Athlone, at the last General Election.
Mr. Blakemore, —ln Committee on Factories (No. 2
Bill, to move, That Clauses to the following effect b
introduced :
The workers of mills or of other works affected by
the Bill to be required to take out a License annually
for the working thereof.
Such Licenses to be oeTanted to authorise the working
by single Watches, and also to authorise the working
by double Watches.
Single Watches not to exceed, say twelve, hours in
etch day, including two hours for meals, &c.; during
which two hours the machinery to be stopped.
'
Double Watches not to exceed in the whole twenty
hours, or ten hours for each Watch; one hour in each
. Watch to be allowed for meals, Scc. • during which hour
tae machinery to be stopped.
Children under, say nine, years of age not to be em-
ployed,
Boys under, say
ono eighteen, years of age not ti be em-
plc ed in more than• consecutive Watch.
YEWS]
be ameewferaitcaile i:l
to be employed in more than one
onviction's for penalties under the Act in any
jr bißear, to deprive the party convicted of a License for
*succeeding year.
1:../;tero .
, .. , .., _
.. ons,..cpnvicted of a fourth
~.-Ity'..j.:- 1it..40 one e. year, their License to be immediate)penalty under
ythvoeidA.ct
ofrestri.ctions upon
j. __, --:,. : *tongs from the said Bill all
<24.:1";. ~
• 15Ciur; and the free employment
..._ capital, not re-
: fer carrywg iato effect the Ogre cif& '
uses.
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ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY.
Triumphant Success of the Grand National Spectacle.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 15,
Will be repeated the Historical Spectacle of the INVASION OF
ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR or, the Battle
of fl,stings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death
of Harold, &c.
Monsieur Plege on the Tight Rope, New Scenes in the Circle, by
eminent French and Bri' ish Artistes.
To conclude with a Favourite Farce.
Mr. Batty (the Proprietor) begs respectfully to quaint the
Nobility, Gentry, and public that, encouraged by the flattering
;moms during the past year, and finding the "theatre not suffi.
siently commodious for its numerous patrons, he entered into an
3xtensive arrangement with Messrs. Haward and Nixon, the emi—
ient builders of Lambeth, for the re-constructing on a magnificent
and novel principle, the whole of the interior of the Theatre,
which has been rebuilt, dress boxes enlarged, upper boxes widened,
and pit and galleries extensively improved. Fourteen glass lustres
ire added, and a Grecian dome ceiling, with entirely new splendid
lassic decorations, and gorgeous apppointments, which, with the
first-rate talent to be offered, he presumes cannot fail of,
obtaining
/hat support so liberally bestowed on his endeavours during the
last season. The grand Easter national Spectacle will combine all the
•plendid historical effects of the Norman Conquest of England,
iroducod by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Olymplquo will in-
roduce unequalled equestrian talent, and the double company cote-
raise talent of the highest order.
The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances
tommence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The
private boxes have been reconstruoted and decorated with care and
splendour.
Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.