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HOUSE- OF COMMONS, April 23.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
NEW WRIT.
On the motion of Mr. TATTON EGERTON, a new
writ was ordered to be issued for the borough of Wood-
stock, in the room of the Marquis of Blandford, who had
accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds.
The Spoad (Clun) Inelosure Bill, the Kendal Reser-
voirs Bill, and the London and Greenwich Railway Bill,
were each read a second time.
The Ely and Huntingdon Railway Bill was read a
third time, and passed.
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
Mr. LOCKHART presented petitions in favour of this
Bill from the parishes of Carluke, Old Monkland, Both-
well, Glassford, Rutherglen, Shotts, Hamilton, Lishma-
hagow, Dalzill, East Kilbride, New Monkland, Dalserf,
Cambusnethan, Cambuslang, Blantyre, Stonehouse,
Carnwath, Carmunnoch ; and from the towns and vil-
lages of Rutherglen, Airdrie. Lanark, New Lanark ;
also from the following parishes in the county of Mid-
Lothian :—Colinton, Currie, Ratho, Kirknewton, and

Midcalder.
THE GRANT TO MAYNOOTH.
Mr. WAWN presented a petition from shipowners
and other inhabitants of South Shields, in favour of the
proposed grant to the college of Alayn,oth.
Lord CIIARLES MANNERS presented several pe-
titions against the grant from Rlsecs in Lincolnshire.

Mr. PLUMPTRE presenteil a great number of pe-
itions to the same effect from various places in different
parts of the kingdom.
Petitions to the same effect were presented by Mr.
Cobden, Sir John Tyrrell, Mr. Beckett Dciaison, Lord
Clive, and Colonel Wood. -
NOTTINGHAM INCLOSURg.
Mr. FERRAND presented_ a petition from Notting-
ham against the Nottingham Inclosure Bill.
SETTLEMENT BILL.
Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from Stour-
bridge against the LawMAYNOOTH of Settlement Bill.

Captain PECHELL presented petitions from diffe-
rent parts of Sussex agamst the grant to the College of
Maynooth.
Sir W. HEATHCOTE'presented siLailar petitions.
Mr. DUGDALE presented similar petitions from
Warwick.
Mr. ROSS presented petitions from Belfast in favour

of the grant.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from diffe
rent places against the arrestment of wages and the
grant to Maynooth.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN presented petitions from Northamp-
tonshire and Stafford against the grant.
Mr. B. DENJSON presented petitions in favour of
the grant.
Mr. HAWES presented similar petitions from Surrey.
Mr. HINDLEY presented 111 petitions from the fol-
lowing places against the Maynooth grant :—The in-
habitants of West Hackney, Middlesex ; Brockwear,
Gloucestershire ; Burkett Green, Berks ; Covesham,
Oxon; Knowl Hill, Berks ; Woodly, Bucks ; Linlithgow,
Bannockburn ; Bush Hill, Berks ; Teigh, Rutland ;
Little Fransham, Norfolk ; Great Fransham,
Norfolk ; Wendling, Norfolk ; Protestant Dissenters,
Ebenezer Chapel, Camden Town; Chiswick, Middlesex;
Falcon- squire, London;
Glasgow Jamaica Chapel, Bermondsey;
Woolaston, Northamptonshire ; West Nile-street Cha-
pel,; Ebenezer Chapel, Upperhead Mill,
Saddleworth ; Brooken Hurst, Hants ; Church-
street, Windsor ; Ruthin, Denbighshire ; Groes
wen Eglwysilan, Glarnort,anshire ; Earls Colne,
Essex ; Thorfield, Hants ; Salem Chapel, Mashylith,
Montgomeryshire ; Crown-street. Chapel, Soho ; East
. Dean, Gloucester.; Endless-street, Salisbury ; Wring.
ton, Sornersetshire ; Bethlehem Chapel, Pene-
gross.; Blandford, . Dorset ; Dry Drayton, Cam-
bridge ; Dryffryn, Brecon ; Howe Kinson, Dor-
set ; Green Chapel, Assett, York ; Dogly-lane Chapel,
Kirkburton, York; Ranelagh Chapel, Chelsea; Mapple-
well, York; Henrietta-street Chapel, St. Pancras, Mid-
dlesex; Tenby. Pembrokeshire ; Sirhowy Iron Works,
Monmouth; Zion Chapel, Whiford Flint ; Lampton
Chapel, Heston, Middlesex ; Portobello, Scotland ;
Heol Mostyn, Flint ; Salem Chapel, New North-
road, Hoxton, Middlesex ; Howard-street, Shrews-
bury • Beauleaue Rails, Boldoe, Hants ; Village
Preachers, from Castle-street Chapel, Reading
Sway, Boldoe, Hants ; W est GI orge-street Chapel,
Glasgow (Dr. Wardle%) ; Salem Chapel, Ipswich ;
Falkenham, Suffolk; Sutton, Suffolk; Sidburv, Devon;
Romford, Essex ; BlaenaK for, M onmoutwith ; BiTredW-
llesden,
Skeffington ; Maidstone, ent; Tinstle ,
stun, Brecon Brechfa, Brecon ; New North Free
Church, Edinburgh; the First United Secession Con-
gregation at Alloa, Clackmannanshire; Wesleyan Me-
thodists, Aberystwith, Cardiganshire; Neath, Glamor-
ganshire ; Seven Oaks, Kent; Deptford, Kent; Inverary,
A berdeenshire; Shoreham, Kent; Molina and Killaloa;
May's-lane, Antrim; Knockholt, Kent; Bingham, Nor-
folk; Calvinistic Methodists, Hill's-lane Chapel, Shrews-
bury; Cwmian ; Baptists, Zion Chapel, Bradford, Wilts;
Hales Owen, Worcestershire ; Redcross-street Chapel,
Cripplegate ; Sunday School Teachers, Hollinworth ;
Hatherton Chapel, Stockport ; Woodley, Berks ; Bute-
gay, Suffolk ; Padfield; Sidbury, Devon ; Tintwistle ;
inhabitants of Sparle. Norfolk ; Southminster, Essex ;
Lingfield, Surrey ; Protestant Dissenters, Zion Chapel,
Cwm Cvin, Glamorganshire ; Poultry Chapel, London ;
Wimbledon, Surrey ; Whitestone Chapel, Withington,
Hereford/hire ; Old Chapel, Llantyn Mair, Montgo-
meryshire; Elswick, Lancashire; Chowbent, Lancashire;
Bedford streatChapel ; Stroud, Gloucestershire; Cross-
street Chapel, Cheshunt - Ebenezer Chapel, Boston ;
Rowley Regis, Staffordshire ; Pengllys Llanfehaenyal,
tigiliVirAl nihk,141g53,W1,0k1521,fi1t'1,..,909,1Tf5, Mont-
shire ; Baptists, Stockwell-gate, Mansfield ; Union-place,
Longford, Warwickshire ; Llannefydd, Denbighshire ;
Chester-street, Wrexham, Denbighshire ; Teachers of
Sunday- school, Barking, Essex.
Mr. PATTISON presented several petitions to the
same effect.
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against
Mr. p the grant.
Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition from the
Presbyterians residing within twelve miles round Lon-
don in favour of the Maynooth Bill, and two petitions
fromcerlt‘aßinK
PETITIONS.
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Mr. EVANS presented a petition from Derby against
the desecration of the Sabbath.
An Hort. MEMBER presented petitions against the
London and York Railway Bill and against the Man-
chester and Sheffield Railway Bill. The petitions were
ordered to be referred to the Select Committees on the
Bills.
Lord MAFICYN presented a petition against the plans
of the Eastern Counties RYN ailway.
MA
Mr. GEORGE BANKES presented petitions from
five parishes" in the county of Dorset against the
grant to Maynooth. He also presented several peti-
tions from landowners and labourersrespecting the exist-
ing agricultyral distress ; and petitions from the county
of Dorset against the Poor-law Settlement Bill.
CONDITION OF THE LABOURING CLASSES.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he would, on Monday
next, state the terms of his motion in reference to the
condition of the labouring classes in this country.
Sir ROBERT PEEL said, in answer to a question
from Mr. E: Denison in reference to the law affecting
utiner om
terms
s of leases, that the Hon. Member must be
e" Mistake with regard to the time he had
spoken of. But he begged to assure the HOD. Member
that the subject to which he had alluded had been under
the consideration of a Committee ; that Committee had
made a report ; and as the rule adopted upon that
report did ycry materially affect the interests of many in
this country, he would not have the least objection to
lay it upon the tal)le-Pf the House.
LANDS CLAUSES CON
LLSOLIDATION (SCOT-
LAND) 81.

Mr. LABOUCHERE begged to know from the Lord
Advocate of Scotland when it was his intention to lay
before the 'Rinse the Lords' amendments on the Lands
Clauses Consolidation Bill of Scotland?
The LORD ADVOCATE said something in reply,
but it was inaudible in the gallery.
ACADEMICAL-, EDUCATION IN IRELAND.
Lord ASHLEY, in postponing till Friday next
the Committee on the Calico Print Works Bill,
said—Sir, I take .this opportunity of put-
ting a question, of which I have given notice,
to my Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Government.
Sir, in reference to A communication made by my Right
Hon. Friend last year to this House, and in refe-
rence to the opening statement he made in the
grant to Maynooth, I wish to ask him whether
it is his intention' to propose any further plan
of academical education in Ireland, and if so,
whether he could, before going into Committee, or im-
mediately afterwards, state the simple outline cf the
schemes which he is inclined to propose?
Sir R. PEEL—I am much obliged to my Noble Friend
for having given 'me notice of this question, and I beg
to state THAT IT IS THE INTENTION OF HER
MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT TO PROPOSE
FURTHER MEASURES . WITH REGARD TO
ACADEMICAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. It
was my intention to proceed with this Bill now
before the House, and ,to bring it to a close
before any other business was gone into, with the excep.
tion of that of which I have given notice for Friday ;
but I will undertake to say with respect to the measures
which we intend to.Propese, having the same bearing as
that at present under discussion---1 will undertake, be-
fore the third readirg of the Bill, that either myself, or
some other member of the Goverment, shall give a gene-
ral outline of the measures we intend to propose:
Mr. M. GIBSON presented four petitions againA the
Ma3nooth grant.
Mr. B. ESCOTT presented a petition from a place in
mgSr,e,amansuet.rrsee,t in favour of the grant.—(Hear, hear.)
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The
Mr. NEoWne fDErGomATaEbopdreysented a petition against the
Sir R. PEEL presented four petitiOns in favour of the
signed by persons of very olifigEhngrelis.sphecPtart7l
petitioners stated that they had the strongest feel-
ing against the tenets and doctrines of the Roman Ca-
tholic religion. They did not think that they were vio-
lating any principle in. supporting an increased grant for
religious education in Ireland. Another petition V. as
from the ministers and elders of the Old Presbyterian
Church of Affleek ; the third petition was from the
Presbyterians of Armagh ; and the fourth petition was
from the north of Ireland also.
MAYNOOTH—APPROPRIATION OF THE IRISH
ECCLESIASTICAL REVENITES.
On the motion that the Speaker du leave the Chair,
Mr. WARD said that they had now reached
hat tap the Bill at which, n concurrence,