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London, England, 1842-02-26 00:00:00

BR ANDLING JUNCTION RAILWAY.

The Brandling Junction Railway Bill was read a
second time, and ordered to be committed.
CHELTENHAM AND GREAT WESTERN UNION

RAILWAY.

The Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
was read a first time.

YARMOUTH RAILWAY.

Mr. WODEHOUSE presented a petition from the
Yarmouth Railway Company, for leave to bring in a
Bill.—Ordered to be referred to the Committee on Pri-
vate Bills.
BELFAST AND CAVEHILL RAILWAY.

, Mr. CHORLEY presented a petition from the Belfast
and Cavehill Railway Company, praying for leave to
bring In a Bill.—Referred to the Private Bills'Committee.
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY BILL.

On the motion of Mr. OSWALD, the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway Bill was read a first time.
SEVERN NAVIGATION.

'Mr. RICARDO presented a petition for improving
the navigation of the river Severn.
METROPOLITAN BRIDGES.

Lord DALMENY presented a petition, praying for
the abcilition of toll on Southwark, ;Waterloo, and Vaux-
hall Bridges.
CORN-LAWS.

Capt. BERKELEY presented a petition from Chel-
tenham, signed by 4,800 individuals, against
the Corn-
laws.

Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from the working
men of Ashton praying for the immediate and total
repeal of the Corn-laws.
Sir ANDREW LEITH lIAY presented a petition
from the Elgin Burghs with the same prayer.
Mr. ARI?WRIGHT presented two petitions from
Stratford-le-Bow, praying that the measure proposed by
Sir R. Peel, or some similar measure-for amending the
Corn-laws, be adopted by the House.
Mr. P. M. STEWART presented a petition from 'a'
place in Renfrewshire, praying for the total and imme-
diate abolition of the Corn-laws.

Mr. BODKIN presented a petition from the Metro-
polis,praying that the tolls might be taken off the bridges.
Sir G. STRICKLAND presented several petitions
from Doncaster and otoer places in Yorkshire, praying
for a total repeal of the Corn-laws.
An Hox. MEMBER presented a petition, signed by 160
inhabitants of the parish of St. James, Westminster,
praying that the tolls on the different bridges of the
Metropolis should be taken off.
Mr. MILLER, presented a petition from a Baptist
congregation of Lyme Regis praying fur a total repeal
of the Corn-laws.
Lord GIUMSTONE presented a petition relative to
the plan of her Majesty's Ministers with regard to the
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Mr. G. W. WOOD presented a petiti.in from London,
complaining of the difficulty of recovering small debts.
Mr BARCLAY presents] a petition from Durham
against the Corn-laws.
Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from St.
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Member also presented ten petitions from various parts
of England, signed by many thousands of individuals,
,and one from the Cordwainers' Corporation of Dundee,
signed by the Deacon, all praying against the Corn-laws.
Mr. BARNARD presented a petition from Greenwich,
praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws.
Lord ACHESON presented a petition against the
Corn-laws.

The Marquis of GRANBY presented a petition, pray-
ing that Waterloo-bridge might be, opened to the public.
Mr. J. 1). JACKSON presented a petition from an
individual of the name of John Lord, solicitor, of Dub-
lin, complaining of the manner in which attorneys were
paid, and praying for an alteration in the Stamp Act. The
Honourable Member also presented a petition from Cork,
praying that measures might be taken, relative to Pres-
byterian marriages.
Mr. RICARDO presented eight petitions from Stoke,
in Staffordshire, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. E. TENNENT presented petitions from the city
of Belfast. county of Down, and several other places in
the north of Irela-id, praying that an Act might speedily
be passed for legalizing mixed marriages.
Mr. LEADER presented petitions 'from Ackrington,
Shadwell, the Tower Hamlets, and Somersetshire, pray-
ing for a repeal of the Corn-laws. The Hon. Member
also presented a petition from Westminster, praying for
an abolition of the tolls on the bridges ; and one from
the borough of Bridgewater, against the Municipal Cor-
porations Bill, brought in by the Attorney. General.
Mr. WALLACE presented petitions from Dundee and
Glasgow, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. VILLIERS presented petitions from Yorkshire,
Dundee, and Preston Brook, in Cheshire; a public meet-
ing in Wolverhampton; the members of a Dissenting
Church at Leeds; the members of a Baptist Church at
Steventon, in Scotland; and from a congregation of Pro-
testant Dissenters assembling in Eagle-street chapel, Red
Lion-square, all praying for a total repeal of the Corn-
laws.

Lord WORSLEY presented a petition from Lincoln-
shire, against the change in the existing Corn-laws
proposed by the Government. .
Mr. CO LVILLE presented a petition from the Gilbert
Union in Derbyshire, ;praying that they should not be
in'luded in the new Poor-law Amendment Bill, and
stating various reasons why they should be specially
xempted.
MUNICIPAL REFORM BILL (IRELAND).
Mr. )'CONNELL wished to ask the Noble Lord,
the Secretary
,of State for Ireland, if it was the intention
of her Majfisty's Ministers to bring in any Bill during
the present Session to amend the Municipal Reform Bill
in Ireland ?

Lord ELIOT said, as the Right Hon. Gentleman had
not given notice of his intention to ask the question, he
regretted he was not then able to give a decisive answer
to it ; however, he (Lord Eliot) knew that the Irish
Municipal Reform Bill had been under the consideration
of her Majesty's Ministers, but it was not in his power
to state precisely what they proposed to do.
Mr. O'CONNELL said he merely wished to know
whether the matter was under consideration.
BOROUGH OF WAREHAM. _

The SPEAKER informed the House that he had re-
ceived a communication from the agent of J. H. Cal-
craft, Esq., of the borough of Wareham, to the effect
that it was not his intention to prosecute his petition
against the return that had been made for that borough.
PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES.

Lord ELIOT presented a petition from the county of
Antrim, praying for a legislative measure, regulating
Presbyterian marriages.
IRISH POPULATION RETURNS.
Dr. BOWRING asked the Noble Lord, the Secretary
of State for Ireland, when the Irish Population Returns
would be laid upon the table of the House.
Lord ELIOT said the returns were in a very forward
state, but he did not know when they would be laid upon
the table of the House; he would, however, make in-
quiry, and inform the Hon. Gentleman on Monday next.
Lord J. STUART presented a petition from Ayr, for
the repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. FOX MAULE presented a similar petition from
Perth, signed by 3,600 persons.
BOROUGHS IMPROVEMENTS BILLS.
Mr. FOX MAULE then brought in two Bills—one for
Regulating Buildings in large Towns, and the other for
improvements in Boroughs, which were severally read a
first time.
Mr. T. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the hand-
loom weavers of Lancashire, who stated that their case
was well known to the Right Hon. Baronet the first Lord
of the Treasury. They complain of great distress, and
they prayed that the House would not consent to any

On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, the Apprentices'
Regulation Bill, and the Debtors' Prisons Bill, were each
read a second time.
Sir GEORGE CLERK moved that the House at its
rising should adjourn till Monday next.—Agreed to.
RETURNING OFFICERS.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that he had that morning
received a letter from a gentleman in Preslon, stating
that much dissatisfaction had been created in the Bo-
rough by the appointment of the Clerk to the Board of
Guardians to be returning officer. His correspondent
stated that those parties had a direct pecuniary interest
in promoting contests ; and that temptations were held
out to them to act partially from the nature of the
situations which they filled. He (Mr. Duncombe)
wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet opposite whether
he could inform him if the same species of appointments
were likely to be made in other towns ?
Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Poor-law Commis-
sioners were of opinion that the Clerks to the Boards of
Guardian's were on the whole the most eligible persons
to fill the office of returning officers. He was himself
of the same opinion, inasmuch as those parties were
already discharging offices of trust, and were liable to
dismissal if they should in any way misconduct them-
selves. He could not, therefore, see any objection to
confer on them the appointment of returning officers.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that the
order of the day for the House going into Committee on
this Bill, should be read for the purpoSe of being post-
poned till Tuesday next.
Mr. DIVETT suggested that the postponement
should be for a longer period.
After a short discussion the motion was finally post-
poned till Friday next.
Sir C. NAPIER gave notice that on Monday next he
would move for a return of all the vessels which had
arrived at Liverpool from America, from the Ist of
January, 1841, to the Ist of January, 1842, stating the
number of days occupied by the voyage.—(Laughter.)
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL begged to ask the Right lion.
Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government, when
he would bring forward his proposal with regard to the
importation of foreign cattle ?
Sir B. PEEL said it would be included in the arrange-
ments with respect to the Tariff, and would be stated at
the same time as the other parts of the measure.
Sir ANDREW LEITH HAY postponed his motion
for calling the attention of the House to the present
state of the Church of Scotland, until Friday next.