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complaining of the operation of the Poor-law Amend-
el% Act generally, and the Bastardy Clause in particular ;
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Petition horn Bolton, signed by 6,000 persons, stating
Go, !11ire approval of the financial scheme proposed by the
it, etriment, and deprecating any unnecessary delay in passing
'kis a law.
jitibaIINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN IRELAND.
I,:or' O'CONNELL presented a petition from an English
thr_eY.'',ll, Sir Charles Wolsey, complaining of the conduct of
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Notk prosecuted for the Crown at the last Assizes in the
' of ieland, in their selecting none but Protestants,
he setting aside all the Catholics who were caled on
(417,,! for the trial of Catholic prisoners, and pray ing-
titi,,ilonse to institute an inquiry into the matter ; also a pe-
li 4:•to the same effect, from Armagh, most numerously
4:0 by persons of the highest respectability, among
(44.. was the most Reverend Dr. Croly, the Roman
str*e Archbishop of Armagh. The Right Honourable
tla arned Gentleman observed that the petition from Sir
Wobey had that gi.ntleman's name written at the top,
tio.lo hanowriting, instead of at the boom of the eti-
iceo". Wag not, he believed, therefore, perfectly regup lar,
I,6„rdirig to the rules of the House, but it would be 50 in
nt of 15,
potTrile SPEAKER stated that the petition referred to was
egulnr, anti could not, therefore, be received.
sior'• O'CONNELL subsequently gave notice that on to-
-31,13.11)w he would move that the other petition on the same
Jt't which he had presented be printed with the votes.
, INCOME TAX.
s • QUTT presented a petition against the income tax.
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tio
JOHN HARMER presented a similar petition from
„Corporan of ull.
st,.4lmain BERNAL presented a petition from Wycombe
,Ipst the income tax.
wl,'• FA N ARD presented two similar petitions.
th!_r•' CRAIG presented a petition from the Edinburgh
er of Commerce with a similar pray, er.
Il THE TARIFF.
lknir• FRENCH presented a petition from Athlone, in Ire-
sgainst the proposed tariff.
istkr•'l'• DUNCOMBE presented petitions from the shoe-
arli of 'Windsor, Southampton, Portsmouth, &c., against
tedoetion of the duty on foreign boots and shoes.
CORN-LAWS.
.14* Row. MaMaxit then presented a petition from Wilts,
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the Corn and Provision-laws.
11 NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND).
RI: Sergeant JACKSON presented several petitions from
tht."lrnek and other places in Ireland, against the present
ki.t4l'of National Education, and in favour of the system
'4etlby the Church Education Society.
RAILWAY BILLS.
41," How. MEMBER presented two petitions from Chipping
hiC4t.l', praying for the insertion of a clau-e iato all Railway
tii4Crtiaking it incumbent on the Railway Companies to main-
itheir own poor.
\,11,1. SYDNEY HERBERT brought up certain papers,
s`fwere laid on the table.
hail FREAIANTLE presented a petition from the in-
iest'nts of Rye, in favour of the financial plans of her Ma-
-I:,_geeernment.
litt4e7 ELIOT brought up papers, which were laid on the
41. the House.
s.' • SUPREME COURT
ei OF SCOTLAND.
%,,Lt JAMES GRA HAM—Seng the Hon. Member for
toOlock in his place, he (the Right Hon. Gent.) had to in.
frirn with regret that illness prevented the Lord • Advocate
11,'" attendin the House, and would, probably for some days.
t, therefore hoped the Hon.,' Member for Greenock would
4Rt to postpone his motion respecting the Supreme Court
eotlandfrom to. morrow until the Learned Lord should be
to attend.
oit7r• WALLACE regretted the illness of the Lord-Advo•
;and therefore, and also out of respect to the House he
Nkr• Wallace) would postpone his motion until Thursday the
instant.
ARNAUT TROOPS.
p,,/t)'• BOWRING gave notice that to. morrow ho would
111, a question to the Right Houourable Baronet at
head of her Majesty's Government, asking
kt`ther the Right Honourable Baronet had received
1411 communication from our Ambessador at Constan-
4.aple respecting the intention of the Turkish Government to
Cqe Arnaut irregular troops into Syria ; those troops being
sststole class of men who in 1841 were removed from that
t tryst the solicitation of the representatives of the Allied
11,, in consequence of the atrocities they had committed on
Christian population.
1':: Sergeant JACKSON gave notice that to-morrow he
tpt_o move for leave to bring in a Bill to aassimilate the law
Velatid as regards the punishment of death to the law in
C.
ettid, and to abolish the punishment in certain cases.
C. ore 'of absence was granted to Mr. Hoskins on account of

A, DRAINAGE BILL.
1i„,.1% P. MAULE wished to put a question to the Right
)4,:' Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
kV with respect to the Drainage Bill. The Right Hon.
coelet must be aware that there were two Bills under the
(leration of the Committee up stairs. He was anxious to
froin the Right Hon.. Baronet when he would be able to
1 ilialiee the Drainage Bill into that House?
iti: GRAHAM could not, at present, name any particu-
tliet, , but he begged to assure the Right Hon. Gentleman
4, Bill was in a forward state of preparation.
* . EXPORT DUTY ON COALS.
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wished to know whether coals taken on board
(attr: ships for the ship's use merely, would be subjected to
eli'",,,Yir tended to be imposed upon the exportation of coals?
live , ROBERT PEEL said that he could not at present
NI 'in answer to the question. It was a subject requiring
' Pave consideration.
he THE TARIFF.
Ifih' BUTT wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether,
the the second reading of the Income-tax Bill, he would pro-
k..ifith the consideration of the tariff, or whether he in-
-14 to postpone the consideration of the tariff until all
s•°ns relating to the supply of the year should be disposed of.
too ,r It. PEEL said that the statement he had made was, that
IS,:ished to be certain that e Income-lax Bill would be
lkred by the House before hthe proceeded with the considers-
See,l the tariff. It was of great importance that the House
Iv sht. decide upon the question of the Income-tax, as, if it
Ittjnied the principle, there would be many details to be
ks, AT as to the mode of collection. He hoped, however, that
sO "cession in Committee would not be very protracted, but
roue,
telheee not bring forward the tariff until he telt pretty well
46e,"1 that the Income-tax would pass. When that
ttio,7l be the ease, he would be perfectly willing to pro-
-4 h with the tariff. He was as well aware as
Ilsm,°ll. Member could be of the importance of taking the
%Leone early consideration, and lie trusted that the House
kte „7-torasider that measure as a whole, whenever it should be
'ltiVtled to their consideration. He saw no reason why the
*:should not be submitted to the consideration of the Com-
V,_e in exactly the form in which bad been laid upon the
is Of the House
ea' —•"- TURNPIKE ROADS BILL.
t,:_sre-GRIMSDITCPI would suggest to the Hon. Gent'eman
c`,:, him the propriety of postponing the second reading of
Is kt!Sirnpike Roads Bill, in order to give the parties interested
h_tebecome acquainted with its provisions.
NZ.: M. SUTTON was sorry he could not accede to the sug-
e7lef his Hon. Friend.
A D THE INCOME TAX.
IL'OBERT PEEL brought in the Incornce tax Bill.
SiqPrdere of the Day having been moved that the Bill
,I_s'e read a first time, ,
7.lsel_st. RUSSELL and Mr. R. Wasoer rose together to ad-
'h,7 til-7 House. The latter Hon. Alember was proceeding to
),"iihj. 4he wished to bring a case relating to the liberty of the
`7 esie tleder the notice of the House, when he was interrupted
hl_orOrder."
i he wA L L ACE also attempted to address the House, when
il'lteelb SPEAKER interfered and said, that when an Hon.
Bider brought forward a Bill from the bar of the House
tsste, 5° in obedience to the order of the House; and no other
I'Lllfilceuld be introduced after it had been moved that such
Nes" taken int• their consideration. The Noble Lord, the
Luer for London, was, therefore, in possession of the House.
NI, " JOHN RUSSELL then rose, and said that he
eiliseili t° speak to the question then before the House.
N t • ouse would perfectly well remember that on the question
the heir approbation or disapprobation of the Income-tax, al-
501,4 g, h there had been divisions of the Committee, and divi-
le,,,"? the House, there had been 110 division of the House
llei the main question. From some misunderstanding that took •
liii,°_,in the Committee of Ways and Means, the resolution
SI, eh° without any division of the House. Afterwards, when
lot
leteport was laid upon the table, he proposed to the House, ,
korePly a negative to the proposal of an Income-tax, but he ;
I'lli"„ed a resolution containing a general outline of the plan i
etlkit° he thought ought to be pursued.—( Hear, hear.) !
to rnre the euestioa which the House had now 1
tsbe"ide, and in which many Honourable Members
le,,'rier they could not concur with him without approving of
' h°
b
ht ad proposed on a former occasion, was, whether the
'srs some Hen. Gentleman's prorosal should be accepted, or whe-
ify other alteration should be approved of by the House.
oh, ,9,t division, it being very late at night, and the House
NrcZeeiat!gued with the several discussions, and the Right Hon.
41,1ie1) t intimating that he meant on this day to move the first
sNg of the Bill, he (Lord John Russell) thought it more
Sthi ',lent not to take a division then. He therefore came simply
*iltuestinn to oppose it as though it were a question for leave
, joring in a Bill, to which Bill he had an insuperable ob-
TV, He would not attempt then, having already
V°
11the House at length upon the question of the
NO. he had had the honour to propose—he would riot
".OPt again to go over the general arguments ageing, the
'4,• 'ition. But he must say, that he looked at the conclusion
tloi,,e debates of last week, and he considered that the argu-
e,tes„,t„lten used against tisproposition had been unanswered
Al,4' "ight Hon. and his colleagues. The general
114 ente which he (Lord J. Russell) had attempted to este-
3e,te Which several of his Hon. Friends had followed him,
0§6.°11 tax ought not to be imposed, except in times ef ex-
necessity, and that that case of extreme necessity
%not arisen ; that there were no such circumstances
Se general state of the country which justified
klott 4 step, and that the financial difficulties of the
itldi, Were such, that much less objectionable measures
Zile-Leave been adopted. When he (Lord J. Russell) spoke
s",Ler evening, he found that the general course of argu-
tel 'as not only the course of argument which the Members
ii We
th t, etn he had generally the hapeiness to agree used, but they
by argnments'which were stated very forcibly some years
t the Right Hon. Gentleman himself, now the organ of
44sent Government, against imposing such a tax. He was
k, Le're of the arguments at the time last week, but if he
tad wen aware he did not think he could have better tallied
llthn with that Right Hon. Gentleman's. He would
IS, feese arguments to the House made ‘se of by the Right
"tti rentleman in 1833 upon this subject, in speaking against
Ntlh,,ll,thorp, then Chancellor of the Exchequer. He then
ki::tl it;'"illg could justify the Noble Lord in proposing an income '
~..teAjetliernt;
thtaex bpueetiLceasfe of extreme necessit Cheers
Petii Jetting this country, in a timey Of peace),
e4d ,ftat an inquisitorial process must be resorted.. to.—
,t ahem.) He must have made that declaration in a pro-
'hood, 4Strep:eod, and he then contemplatedhis proposition of 1842.
Rye re, when he stated the other objections that were made
%tilts he did tot think it was very justly observed that it
or Y from their disposition to find fault with everything
4potrkia t Government did, that they ventured to give their
t t,,tirl to a proposal so harmless and unobjectionable
eeie2er an become-tax•—( Hear, hear. ) The Right Hoh.
stte °ran went on to say, " such a tax was a great resource in
is, War, and he was therefore unwilling to establish pith an
No
ash ns as it would be accompanied with an
Ife againth it that would render it almost ins-
, i•,, Se resort to it in a time of extreme necessity."
L ,as the objection which he (Lord J. Russell) had ven-
t,
„T„,,,0, repeat in the name of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He
to ventured yentured to make it in such strong language, or to
t•e ii_lt.would make it impessible to resort to it in case
trat,.t:it int bssi,sul a time of need,s
utthat should
wouldo?ldit give the pope beneceessariy
suchto
'Fikst,te,te the tax, and it would become so very unpopular,
tight
be a great bar in the way of any Government
Night wish to establish it in a time of great peril.
INei:l4'kiptuhe,arguments which had been
on stated in favour of this
m pon which the Right H. Gentleman relied for
N4telarity, was, that it would only affect persons of
;' -1 above one hundred and fifty pounds a year ;
b4„,Neil speaking of the petitions against the tax,
'sl4est invited the poorer classes to petition in favour
,I
ok so, order to put down the petitions of those who felt
lik es aggrieved by its being imposed on them. He
Itot:' the that that invitation was quite unjustifiable,
li, ,e 3 `ue persons immediately and directly affected by this tax
titehe °lnch objects of the consideration of the House, being
ee • ee
' ‘ . linen, clergymen, and surgeons, persona who were
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