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London, England, 1829-05-02 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, 31.4-1-( 2, 1829.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.--(LAST NIGHT.)
At Half-past Three o'clock to-day the steps of
the throne were crowded with Peeresses, and ladies
dressed in the first style of fashion, anxious to•wit-
ness the swearing in of three Catholic Peers. The
arguments on the appeal having been concluded at a
Quarter before Four o'clock, Lords Stafford, Petre,
and Stourton, proceeded to the table, where the
oaths were administered by the Clerk ; after which
their Lordships respectively shook hands with
the Lord Chancellor, and took their seats on the
Opposition Benches.

Lord DURHAM presented a petition from the
city of Durham in favour of the Clarence Rail-way
Bill, and moved that it be referred to a Committee.
—Ordered.

Lord .TEYN HAM moved that the order of the
day for the examination of witnesses on the Thorn-
dike Divorce Bill be discharged, which was
agreed to.
Their Lordships then adjourned to Five o'clock.
The Naval Widows' Pension, Newfoundland, and
several other Bills, wei•e•read a third time.

Sir ALEX. GRANT brought up the Report
with respect to the Police of the Metropolis, which,
upon the motion of the Earl of MALMESBURY, was
ordered to be printed.
Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the Oxford Canal
Acts' Consolidation Bill, the Shrewsbury Supply of
Water Bill, together with two other Private Bills.
Mr. HOME DRUMMOND brought up several Pri-
vate Bills.

Mr. Danvers, from the East India House, brought
up an account of Pensions, &c., granted by the East
India Company.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a
petition from the Ship-owners and Merchants of
Sunderland, against the renewal of the East India
Company's Charter. The Noble Marquis also
presented a petition from an individual in the Coal
Trade residing near Durham, against the Clarence
Rail-way Bill.

Lord MALMESBURY gave notice, on the part
of -his Noble Friend the Duke of Richmond, that on
Thursday week he should bring forward his reso-
lutions respecting the wool trade, which at the
close of the last Sessions he had stated he
should bring forward at an early period of the
present Sessions, and which he should have done
accordingly ere now had it not been for the all-
engrossing-attention of the measure that had lately
been disposed of.--(llear, hear, hear.)—The Noble
Lord said that a notion prevailed abroad that
in proportion to the importation of corn and wool
into this country, there was an exportation of
British manufacture. With a view to this point,
he moved for returns of all corn and wool,
that had been imported into England from the
Continent for the last ten vears—namely, from sth
Jan. 1819 to sth Jan. 1829; and also of the de-
clared valuation of the British manufacture exported
in those years.

The Ylarquis of CLEVELAND presented a pe-
tition from an individual against the Clarence Rail-
way Bill.

Lord HEYTESBURY presented several peti-
tions to the same effect.

Lord KING also presented a petition from
the weavers of Carlisle stating the distressed state
in which they were, attributing that partly to the
monopoly of the East India Company, partly to the
state. of taxation, and partly 'to the 'Corn Laws,
and praying for relief.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved, that
the Marquis of Salisbury might be added to the
Committee for inquiring into the Coal Trade. The
Noble• Marquis moved that a number of witnesses
be ordered to attend the Committee.
Lord SHAFTESBURY moved that the Mar-
quis of Cleveland might be added to the Committee.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE postponed his motion
for the second reading of the Game Bill on Tues-
day next, till Monday week.

•
The House went into a Committee upon the
Lunatic Regulation Asylum Bill, and then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMAIONS.-(LAST NIGHT.)

Mr. Sheriff BOOTH presented a petition from
the Lord Mayor and Aldermen in Council, against
the East London Water Works Bill.

Mr. PROTHEROE presented two petitions
from Chingford and Walthamstow, Essex, against
any alteration in Smithfield Market.
On the motion of Mr. PLANTA, a new Writ
was ordered to be made out for the Borough of East
Looe, in the room of Colonel Elphinstone, who has
accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

Alderman WAITHMAN presented a petition
from a number of the inhabitants of the parish
of St. Dunstan's, praying that one-fifth of the
Poors' Rates should be levied on St. Dunstan's, and
the other proportion from the Liberty of the Rolls;
also from the inhabitants of Fleet-street, praying
for the removal of a coach-stand opposite St. Dun-
stall's Church.

Several petitions were then presented against
Crossley's Patent Bill.

On the motion of Mr. GREEN, the Liverpool
Church Bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. HUME, in presenting a petition from the
Gas Company in Montrose, against Crossley's pa-
tent, took occasion to ask the Hon. Alderma❑ for
the City of London whether he meant to persevere
in his Bill,

Mr. Alderman WOOD replied that he did, and
observed that all those who had petitioned against
it had been using the invention for many years,
and now wanted to get it without paying him any
thing for it. He should always persevere in 4 good
cause.

Col. WILSON said that Mr. Crossley bad, by his
own acknowledgment, enjoyed the privilege for 14
years, and had realized 6,0001. per year, and he
trusted that the House would see the impropriety
of passing this Bill.
Mr. AIABRLY considered that the " gocd
cause" would be a very difhcult one for the House
to adopt. It was not extending the privilege to the
inventor, but to the man who had bought his in-
terest.

Mr. BYNG presented a petition from certain hay-
talomen against any alteration of Smithfield market
Mr. CAPEL presented a partition from Symonds
Inn, against the St. Dunstan 's Church Bill;
The LORD MAYOR, in presenting a petition
from Messrs. Thompson, against the St. Dun-
stan', Church Bill, wished to enquire of the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer what was his intention with
regard to the Auction Duties
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
replied that he had come down to the House with
the intention of stating to them his determina-
tion on that subject. He did not intend to proceed,
with his Bill in the present Session. He did'
not mean to abandon the principle of the Bill,
but he thought it better to allow ample oppor-
tunity for the consideration of the subject, and he
should not therefore persevere in the Bill till next,
Session.

hut, at the same time,
.he assured the House that
he did not by any means support the prayer of
it. This was the petition of Wm. Cobbett, of
Barnes Elms,:a political writer; it was-of very con-
siderable length, and prayed the House to repeal the
Irish Church Establishment. He (Mr. D.) repeated
t hat he did not concur •in the petitioner's views
awl he would now merely move that it be brought
up
.and printed, in order that Hon. Members
might have an opportunity of forming their own
judgment upon it.—Ordered to be printed.