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London, England, 1842-07-30 00:00:00

I.I',eIPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, July 29, •
Their Lordships assembled at Five o'Clock.
' 4 - :On the motion of the Duke -of Buccp:uca,lthe
4,lnoSoUth Australian Bill was react a third time, and passed.
Earl of RADNOR presented a petition from
i4".'zinictuiline, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws.
° NOBLE EARL also laid on the table a Bill to repeal
751471140.C0rn-laws, which was read a first time, and ordered
4: be read a second time on Thursday next.
lo. The Poor-law Commission Continuance Bill was read
Ics4-ithird time, and passed.
"z-The Court. of Chancery Offices Abolition Bill was
'?.13-xcread a third time, and passed. •
The Earl of CLANCARTY, pursuant to notice,
begged to
_put a question to the Noble Lord the Presi-
-414-.,. dent of the Council. Ile wished to know whether it Was
41.; intention of Government to sanction the appropriation
'4l' of any portion-.of the education grant fir Ireland for the
}''l establishment :and endowment of agricultural schools in
ennnexion with the schools of the Board of Educa-
?.l',.tion in -that country, and if so, whether such
,endowment would be limited according to the principle
)I.l,:laid down in the seventh Report of the Education Com-
ers ? • -

LordWHARNCLIFFE said that it was not the in- I
Ott mention of the present Government to withdraw illy
''-14ortion of the present powers of the Education Comniis-
ni.%akmers in Ireland.
‘,114' - :SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL.
. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said, that looking
.at the present state of public business, and considering
the late period of the session, he did not think it possible
4€liefer their Lordships to bring this Bill to a satisfactory
termination. He begged, therefore, to move that the
?::order of the day for the second reading of the Sud-
s, 3 bury Disfranchisement Bill be discharged.
After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, the mo-
tion was agreed to. ,
is POOR-LAWS (IRELAND.)
4
The Earl of GLENG ALL presented a petition froth a
.t.Place. in Ireland, praying that the conduct of the medical
charities might riot be placed under the control of the
Poor-Yaw Commissioners. The Noble Earl took that
°PPortunity of deprecating the extravagant sums paid
'a:, to the Poor-law Commissioners and Assistant C0m-
;14.: Missioners as travelling expenses,addition: to
their salaries, and also passed some strictures on the
-tioor-law Commission generally.
The Earl of WICKLOW said that the expenses' of
:-`"0 Commissioners, if extravagant, from whatever
fund they might be taken, ought not to he permitted :
``'but he must say he never knew of public servants who
~fitter deserved the remuneration they received than the
4,41 ssi oilers and Assistant Commissioners.
'After a few observations froth the Bishop of DERRY
lA,' the petition was ordered to lie on the table.
The itarl of MOUNTCASHEL presented a petition
?from-the
medical practitioners superintending- the fever
.
-40spitias, dispensaries, &c. of the county of Dore gal,
,gainst placing the administration of the medical ch
ch.'"„tes under the control of the Poor-law Commissioners.
The Noble Earl also presented two other petitions to the
-: "tame effect.
The Earl of GLENGALL presented a petition to the
* tame efff!ct, from a Board of Guardians in the county a
ermanagii.
I°(P,:7 The Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland) Bill was
read a second time.
The Fisheries (Ireland) Bill was considered in
C(lntniitee.—Report to be received on Monday.
The Municipal Corporations Act amendment Bill
Passed through Committee.
The Rivers (Ireland) Bill also passed through Com-
taittee.—Report on Monday.
The Manchester, Birmingham, and Bolton Police Bill
Was read a second time.
The Assessed Taxes Bill was also read a second time.
The -Joint Stock Banking Companies Bill passed
through Committee. •
Debtors
the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, the Insolvent
. ebtors Relief Bill was read a second time.--Committee
" Wednesday next.
The House than adjourned at a Quarter-past Seven
151 Clock, till to morrow at Twelve o'Clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 29.
The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'Clock.
I, The Lords' amendments to the Mersey Conservancy
iil we ...e considered and agreed to.
SewelTs Divorce Bill was read a second time, end
ordered to be committed.
Mr. BROTHERTON brought up the Report of the
Committee on Public Petitions.

FREE TRADE.
, Mr. VILLIERS presented petitions from a benevo-
',eat society, Elgin ; from the hand-loom weavers, Mid-
dleton ; from a friendly society at Northwich, in the
county of Chester ; from the machine makers in the
tL•4I°Y of the Messrs. Slmrpe, all complaining of dis-
tress, ess, andpraying for the removal of the restrictions on
Lrade. •
holclir• BROCRLEHURST presented a petition 'from a
lowYof Operatives in Lancashire, complaining of their
r
rrayinate of wages, and of the laws affecting labour, and
House not to separate without taking their
cue ingt the
consideration.
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.
34, Mr. SHEIK said he believed it was a breach of privi-
lege to attribute to a Member of the House expressions
disereditable to him, and sentiments which he had never
tittered. In the Morning Herald report of the debate on
the Bribery Bill, he was represented to have said that
in his opinion in Ireland the bribery oath was no check
the practice, and that it was frequently violated. He
had uttered no such sentiment ; what he had said was.
that the oath was a very great restraint. He was sa-
ti‘fi
.t•„,- ed the reporter did not intend to misrepresent
h llttn but he was naturally anxious that no erroneous
Impression of what he had said should go abroad • there
)1: rid been a misconception, but it had arisen from his own
"Litinctness.
c. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had paid particular atten-
ta to what the Hon-and Learned Gentleman had said.
though
was the first MeMber who objected to the clause,
`lliigh he alleged that its stringency was very great,
and had been effeetual.
Mr. SHEIL-L-It was a mere mistake.
BRIBERY BILL.
• In answer to a question from Mr. HUME,
Lord GRANVII,LE -SOMERSET said, as the evi-
' "nee on the Bill, "as taken before the Committee, con-
tained various matters connected with individuals and
the public; he was not prenared to say that ha could'lay
it all on the table.
Mr. HUME would put a question on ;he subject on
• monde}.
Dr. BOW RING asked, as the evidence referred prin-
Vpally to one locality, whether it would be followed up
"Y any other Report?
Lord G. SOMERSET said another Report had been
Prepared, but he could not say when it would be pre-
sented.

THE DEPTFORD CHARTISTS.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he perceived by. the notice
-Paper that the Hon. Member for Finsbury intended to
Present a petition from Dr. M'Douall this evening, and
- to -submit a motion to the House upon it. The Hon.
qentlennin had submitted his motion in this particular
it, form, in consequence of the Standing Order adopted
April last, which made it competent to the
4ctouse to discuss any petition complaining of
personal grievance, which pressed for a remedy.
understood that the person whose grievance was
I„..titended to be brought under the consideration of the
-tieuse was not in custody, but at large on bail. At
Present, therefore, there was no personal grievance
'rered ; had there been he would not have asked
tce Honourable Gentleman to postpone his motion.
But as the parties were at large, it would be a great
' cciavenience if he would adhere to the customary
":I'4,_'age in presenting petitions, and give notice of
‘"e precise motion he intended to make. As a
Point of form, there would be greater advantage
Statepting that course. He (Sir James Graham) would
that he had, yesterdav, written to the Magistrate,
requesting to be furnished with a full report of the pro-
ceedings in the case. Ile had not yet received the re-
. tort, but he expected to receive it by Monday.
4,,t would, therefore, be more conducive to the ends of jus-
`4ee if the Bon. Member would postpone any motion he
blight be desirous of bringing forward until Monday, on
Which day her Majesty's Government would give him
every facility for bringing forward his motion. He (Sir
• Graham) requested, as a personal favour to himself,
that the Hon. Member would postpone his motion till
.:.t konday, • •
1‘; Mr, ,T. DUNCOMBE would be happy to accede to
I proposal of the Right Hon. Baronet, and would post-
Q'-illune his motion, on condition that he should have pre-
ence on Monday.—(" Hear, hear," from Sir James
sla,,„Atraham.) He - would now confine himself to pre
—Ceeenting two petitions. He thought certainly that
Nei Thole petitions came within the rule which allowed
1114-2,4 discussion to be raised on the presentation of
it1,..1k Petition, complaining of an immediate public and per-
;ilcrlal grievance. The petitioner had been held to bail
)1;),:h,..0. six months, when be had committed no offence, but
bad merely exercised his right of attending a
4,l7tliblic meeting, which the police, acting upon the
,tot was laid -down by the Right Honourable Baronet,
''4441 chosen to interrupt as illegal. The first petition
14,-'‘'filich he would present; was signed by the Chairman of
114,14 e,„ It Public meeting, consisting of 5,000 or 6.000 of the in-
,,,-fe:"allitants of Deptford, comp!aining of the conduct
.14 the police in arresting Dr. M‘Douall, and the
.I;,l,s,:teher was from Dr. M`Doitall himself, a surgeon,
L't;,resitling in HaroPton-street, Walworth, complaining
.I Z! the conduct of the police in interrupting a public
ceting," and arresting him ; of the hardships which he
bM endured in the station-house, and of the obstacles
which had been thrown in his way to prevent his pro-
'`t Curing evidence to show that the charges of the police
-141 ,were "ere unfounded. He moved that the petitions be printed.
The petitions were then brought up and ordered to be
vrinted with the Votes.
• RAJA OF SATTARA.
Air. HUME presented a petition from Puntaub
Skean,
the deposed Raja of Sattara, who was now
,s4' state prisoner at Benares. He_ had last year
,;,Zsefered a petition to the House on the same subject,
t3uut as it wus written in the Mahratta language, and un-
-11ciecolnpanied by an English translation, it had been with-
Zawn. He now presented a petition from the same in-
ividual, written in the English language. The petition
vas signed at Benures, on the Bth January, 1842, and was
ruled with the seal of the Mahratta kingdom of Sevajee.
It was attested by four inhabitants of Benares and
j a Magistrate. The petitioner stated that he
as the lineal descendant of Sevajee, the
, under of the Mahratta empire ; that he was
"• lo the legitimate head of the Mahratta empire ; that
.44 1819, on the deposition of the Peishwa, he had been
1i
festered by the British Government as a feudatory of the
tish empire ; that from that period, up to the
year 1835, he had enjoyed the unlimited confidence
of the Court of Directors, who ix that year had sent him
-1 sword of honour, and stated that his conduct was
I'orthy of the imitation of the other native Princes;
that since that period he bad been deposed, under the cir-