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London, England, 1842-03-03 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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SE OF COMMONS, MARCH 2.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly hefore Four
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Lord HOWICIC took the oaths aialiis seat for Sun-
v-ither outti Eastern Railway Bill, was read a second
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time, and ordered to be committed.
RAILWAY.
SEVERN NAVIGATION.
An HON.
.MEMBER, on the ministerial side of the*
House, presented a petition from the Mayor and cor-
poration of Tewkesbury, acrainst certain clauses in the
Severn Navigation Bill. .

METROPOLITAN BRIDGES.
The Earl of MARCH presented a petition from the
inhabitants of St. George's, Bloomsbury, praying for the
opening of SonthWark, Waterloo and Vauxhall-bridges.
PRESBYTERIAN MIXED-MARRIAGE&
Sir R. BATESON presented three petitions from the
county of Derry and elsewhere, on the subject of Pres-
byterian Marriages in Ireland.
Mr. SUTTON presented a petition from some place
in the .north of Ireland on the same subject, and another
petition from a private individual, praying for an' exten-
sion of the-suffrage.--(Laughter.)
CORN-LAWS.
Mr. 'JERVIS , presented fifteen petitions from various
places in Chester, pritying forthe repeal of the Corn-laws.
An MN. MEMBER presented a petition from the
lanirowners of the county of Cambridge complaining that
the measure proposed by Sir R. Peel, relative to the
Corn-laws would be very detrimental to the agricul-
turists, by putting large portions of the land out of
cultivation.
Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the town
of St. Mawe, in Cornwall, praying for the total and im-
mediate repeal of the Corn=laws; and'as the petition re-
presented' the feelings of hundreds and thousands of
people, he requeAed that it should be read at length by
the Clerk at the table.
The petition was then read by the Clerk.
Mr. FOSTER presented a petition against the Corti-

laws.

Mr. lIORSMAN presented a-petition to the same
effect ; also a petition against the. Government measure.
An HON. MEMBER presented a petition from a con-
gregation of Wesleyan Methodists to the same effect.
Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the Company
of Proprietors of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Navigation against the Severn Navigation.
Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from 850 inhabi-
tants of Blackwall, praying for a- total repeal of the
Corn-laws. ,
Lord JOCELYN presented a petition from the mi-
nister and members of a Preslityterian congregation at
Newry, praying -that all marriages in' Ireland may be,
definitely settled by Act of- Parliament; founded on the
ba;iis of religious liberty, _

Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition, signed by the
chairman, on behalf of a public meeting of no less than
2,000 personS, consisting of merchants and mann-.
fketurers assembled at the • -Exchange, Manchester,
against the existing Corn and Xrovision•!laws. It was a
spontaneous meeting, not called, by any circular ; and
the petition stated that to these lawS the meeting' ascribed
the -great preVailing distress, while they believed them
to he depreciating to an enormous extent the value of
capital invested in trade and manufactures. They con-
sider tlie proposed Measure of the Government as nothing
better than a Mockery of the peoPle and they pray that
protisions
all laws restricting thc-importation'Of corn and
may be totally repealed.-- The Hoii. Member presented
another petition from a place in Lancashire to the same
effect, stating, also, that the petitioners felt no confidence
in the House of Commons as- at prevent constituted, and
praying for a complete suffrage.
Mr. WALLACE presented
,a petition from a place in
Ayrshire for a repeal of the Corn-laws.
Sir H. DOUGLAS preseiitecl some petitions from
Liverpool to the same effect. '
Mr. LITTON presented some petitions from Cole-
raine and several places in the-county of -Antrim, pray-
ing for a higher. protection for oats than that proposed
by the Government measure. •
PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES,

Mr. LITTON presented a petition from the county of
Londonderry, praying the Government to settle the
question of Irish Marriages, and to legalise those al-
ready celebrzted between Presbyterians and Epis,...opa-
Hans by Ministers of the former persuasion.
MAIL BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.

Mr. LITTON presented a petition from several per-
sons in Coleraine, praying for the establishing of an
expeditions mail communication between Scotland and
the North of Ireland.