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LONDON,' TUESDAY EVE:.'":- 'NG SUN, FEBRUARY 15, 1842

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PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

PRIVATE BILLS.
I. Resolved—That with respect to all petitions for Private Billet
presented in the present Session which proceed from the same
parties, or some of them, and which are substantially for the same•
objects as were sought by any Bills which had passed the second'
reading in the last Session of the last Parliament, and were pending
at the dissolution of that Parliament, a compliance with the requi.
site Standing Orders preparatory to the introduction of such Bills
in that Session, be deemed a sufficient compliance with the Standing
Orders of this House, so as to authorise the introduction of such
present Session, provided it shall be proved that Notimti
application to introduce such Bills shall have been
goßfii:t
en l in the
iintle intended
London, Edinburgh, or Dublin Gazette, as the case
may be, and in some newspaper of the county or districts to which
such Bills relate respectively, in the months of October or No..
vember last.

PRICE 5d

2. Resolved—That with respect to such Petitions the Minutes of
the Proceedings of, or the Minutes of Evidence taken by, the Com-.
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills in the last Session of the last
Parliament, be taken by the Committee on Petitions for Private
Bills in the present Session, as evidence of the compliance with the
said Standing Orders; but such Committee may call for further
evidence, if in any case they may deem it necessary.
3. Resolved—That the Committee upon any Private Bill do
examine, in the first place, whether the said Bill be for the same
purpose as any Bill which was presented in the last Session of the
last Parliament, and contain the same clauses and provisions as
were contained in such former Bill in the last stage of its proceed.
ing, and whereupon any proceedings were pending on the dissolu.
tion of the last Parliament ; and ill such case, that all Minutes of
Evidence, together with any documents therein referred to, which
were taken before the former Committee on such Bill be received
in evidence of the allegations therein contained.
4. Resolved—That, to enable the parties promoting any Arch,
Bill to avail themselves of the last.mentioned resolution, thu
hall, after the introduction of such -Bill, and previously to the
second reading thereof, give notice, once in the London, Edinbtsgk,
or Dublin Gazette, as the case may be, and once in some newspaper
usually circulated in the district or districts to which the Bill spe-
cially relates, that it is their intention to proceed with the Bill, and
to avail themselves of the above resolution; and that the Ccan.
mittee on the Bill do examine how far such resolution has been
complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report
of the Bill.—(Lord Granville Somerset.)

GREAT MEETING AT NOTTING-
HAM.
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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Norri:voltam, FEE. 14.—0 n the news of Sir R. Peel's measure
arriving in Nottingham, the greatest disappointment and cchisterna:
tion were expressed by the inhabitants ; and during Thursday and
Friday crowds of people congregated in the streets, discussing the
proposed plan. All were unanimous in one feeling, that Sir Robert
had grievously insulted and arcked the miseries of the starving
people. A deputation of Anti. Corn-lays Delegates, therefore,
waited on Lord Rancliffe, at Bunny-ball, on Friday, to request him

to take the chair, which his Lordship immediately consented to do,
deeming that every Englishman ought, at such a crisis, to be up
and doing.

The day was beautifully fine on Monday, and all the increasing
crowds of people kept coining from the country and thronging into
the Market-place. A large platform had been erected in the
centre of the large area, from which the speakers were to address
the meeting.

By two o'clock a crowd of about 8,000 had collected In the
Market.place, round the platform, which was crowded by Alder-
men, members of the Town-Council, and vast numbers of the most
respectable parties in the town.

Lord RANCLIFFE was called to the chair by acclamation, and
briefly addressed the meeting. He urged the people to stick to.
gether, and go heart and hand to destroy that Ministry which had
acted so base and treacherous a part towards them. He declared
he sided with the Chartists in almost all their plans, and had all
his life been the same contisttat supporter of them. Amid loud
cheers lie declared himself in favour of Annual Parliaments, Uni-
versal 'Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Payment of Members, and no
Property Qualification for Members. It was the abominable
system of class legislation that had caused the infliction of the
Corn-laws and other bad laws upon the people, and only by the re_
moral of the root of the evil could they obtain a full measure of
justice. Still he was not averse to gaining by a step at a time, if
he could not get all at once, the object he desired. He would as-
cend the ladder step by step, and thus gain in the end all they de-
sired. He also earnestly advised this meeting to separate quietly
to their houses when this busintss had concluded, and not by any
acts of violence, or appearance of excitement, give their enemies
the power to say they were not worthy of that for which they
so earnestly struggled.

A number of speakers then addressed the meeting, denounc-

ing the New Sliding-scale, and making powerful appeals in behalf
of the starving population. Press of matter (as our readers must
see from the length of the debate) prevents us from giving even an
outline of the speeches, but the resolutions will sufficiently describe
their character.

Mr. Bccas moved the first resolution—" That this meeting re-
ceived the proposed alteration in the present Corn-laws, brought
for ward by her Majesty's Government with the utmost indigna-

tion and contempt. They conceive it to be a cold and heartless
mockery of the sufferings of the people, proving that men who
could offer so flagrant an insult to an outraged country are mo-
rally incapacitated to discharge the high functions." -
Mr. Alderman KNIGHT, moved the second resolution—" That
this meeting is firmly of opinion,that with a Government constituted
like the present, all further petitioning would be vain, and only
subject the petitioners to additional insult and more aggravated in-
jury; it conceives, therefore, that the salvation of the country de.
pends upo. the energy and unity of the people, and Whereby
pledges itself to a persevering agitation until the Iniquitous Corn-
laws are repealed."
Mr. BURBACH, a Chartist, and a working man, in an able speech,
which would have done credit to the House of Peers, seconded the
motion.

Both motions were carried unanimously amidst immense cheering.
Mr. BAIRSTOW, a Chartist lecturer from Birmingham, proposed
a resolution, which he said might be added to the others, and
which would render it so complete a meeting that the most prying
eye could not detect a hole out of which to creep. It was to the
following effect :—" That this meeting is of opinion that the Corn..
laws were enacted by an irresponsible Government, and that, were
they repealed under existing circumstances, there would be no
guarantee that other equally cruel and oppressive laws should not
tie enacted ; we therefore have no confidence in any agitation that
has not for its object the enactment of the silt points of the deco-
mcnt called ' The People's Charter,' which would mediately
secure not only the repeal of the corn but of every othirlaw."
The resolution was carried by loud and continued acclatnationt,
which resounded through the vast market.place.
A vote of thanks to the Noble Chairman was then passed, and the
meeting separated in great order.