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London, England, 1842-06-11 00:00:00

TEN HOURS BILL.

Lord ASHLEY presented petitions from Wigan,
Bolton, Carlisle, end York ; also twelve petitions from
ciifferent trade societies, signed .by upwards of 19,000
persons, praying for a Ten Hours Bill,
Mr. FEHR AND presented six petitions, from different
places in Yorkshire, to the same effect.
INDIA SILK.

Mr. lIASTIE presented a petition from the Chamber
of Commerce of Calcutta, praying that the duties on
manufactured and unmanufactured silk for India might be
equalised.
METROPOLITAN BRIDGES.

Mr.-RUSSELL presented a petith-n, praying that the
metropolitan bridges mi;ht be opened to the public.
NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND.

Lord I3Eri NA Ill) Presented; petition (ruinplace
in Cork,-against the present system of National Education
in Ireland.

TEN HOURS FACTORY BILL.

Mr. lIINDLEY preSZted ;;;;;Ipetitionsirom places
in y,irkshire in favour
of this Bill.
COMMUNICATION WITH BELGIUM.
Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition, signed by
the Earl of Glengall, and upwards of 100 inhabitants of
Belgium, praying for an improved communication be-
tween this country and Belgium, so that there might be
a daily post between the two cOuntrietz, as there was
between this and France.
POOR•LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
Lord ELIOT presented a pedant), praying for cer-
tain alterations in this Dill.

Mr. S. WORTLEY presented siE peti dolls f:-ow tind •
dersfield and its neighbourhood signed by :.1(1.4
1D diri-
duals, against this Bill.
TEN HOURS BILL.

• The:HoN. MEMBER presented severei pt aims from
places in- the West Riding of Yorkshire ,in favour of
this Bill.

POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL.

Mr. J. BAILEY presented a petition from eve Guar-
dians of the parish of Ross, in the county of , Vereford,
aga.nst the introduction of the Poor-law Comm. 'lslihniers
into that parish.
TEMPLRANCE PROCESSIONS IN IREL.

Col. ACTON wished to ask the Noble Lord, doe Se-
cretary for Ireland, whether he -proposed to adopt' any
measure for the restriction of the parades of vast ho 4 les
of men, called Temperance men, dressed in blue scarfs 4 d
ribands, who were in the habit of promenading in vi
lions parts of Ireland ?
Lord ELIOT said it was not the intention of her Vs.- •
jesty to introduce any measure fur the restriction of the
Temperance parades.---(Hear, llear.). • He believed the*
societies referred to were very beneficial to the lower
orders; nor did he believe that outrages to the publics
peace resulted from such processions. :At the same Uwe,
he was aware that vast assemblages slid meet, and if soy
improper consequences should result, he should put
shrink from repressing those processions. .
Mr. D. O'CONNELL said that'the'se processions had
been in the habit of marching for the last three years; he
%%ished to know if any representa!ionS-had been made to
the Noble Lord of a breach of the law in consequence.
Lord ELIOT was not aware that any such repro-
sentation had been made to him
HUSH MAGISTRACY.

Mr. FOX MALTLE wished to pat a question to the
Noble Lord, the Secretary of Ireland, relative to some-
thing that he had seen in the public prints. • It
appeared that Mr. St. George had been removed
from the Commission of the Peace in' Ireland, in conse-
quence of a letter which he lied addressed to the late
Secretary of State for the Home Department when he
held the office of Viceroy of ;Ireland. Au attempt
was shortly after made to restore Mr. St. George to the
position he had previously held, and a representation to
that effect was made to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland,
whose answer was, that if the letter Was withdrawn, or
an apology were made, he should have no objection to
restore' his name to the -Commission. The statemert
which he (Mr. Fox Mettle) had received was that Mr.
St.; George had been restored without apologising, or
consenting to withdraw the letter. He wished to :teak
the Noble Lord, first, whether Mr. St. George had been
restored to the Commission, and, secondly, whether he
had apologised; or•withdrstwn the letter in question ?
Lord ELIOT. said, shortly after the Lord Chancellor
of Ireland was appointed to that place in the Govern-
ment, a representation was made to him of Mr. St.
George's case, and he was so strongly impressed with the
impropriety of the letter already referred to, that be•de-
termined not to consent to his restoration to the Commis-
sion. of the Peace, till a satisfactory explanation was
made by Mr. St. George ; such -explanation had been
made to the satisfaction of the Lord Chancellor, and he
had therefore re-instated Mr. St George.
F. MA ULE was afraid the Noble Lord hai/ not
quite understood his question. His question -ivos,
whether the letter had been withdrawn, or an apolcai-v:,
made. He might Aliso ask the Nob!e Lord whether he
had any objection to lity tile letter, with the other cor-
respondence, on the table ?
Lord ELIOT said the letter had not. been withdrawn,
but such explanation had been given to the Lord Chan-
cellor as was satisfactory to him,. the having before re-
fused to reinstate Mr. St. George without an explanatiom
—The matter then dropped.
• The dropped Orders were then disposed of.
• BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. •
Sir ROBERT PEEL said that from the state of pub-
lic business, and the period of the.. session at which they
were arrived, and there not being many petitions for pre-
sentation, nor. any great amount of private business, he
thought it wouhl be for the general convenience, if the
House should, from Monday next, begin the pub-
lic business at half-past four o'clock.—(dear, hear.)
He should also move on Monday nexrthat Orders of the
Day have precedence on Tuezday.F,:-:,(Hear. hear.)
Mr. HUME hoped the Right Lien. Baronet would
move that the Orders of the Day have precedence on
Thursdays also, as for the last two Thursdays there had
been no business done whatever.—(Hear, hear.)

BLOCKADE OF THE EAST Go AsT OF MEXICO.
Mr. D'ISRAELI said he wished to ask a question on
a subject of great importance tn,the interests of
the commerce of this country. In more than one of the
shipping ports of this country' a • Conaerable num-
ber of consignments had been made to the East
Coast of Mexico, and the greatest depression ;;Ini been
caused by. the intelligence of the.blockade of that. coast
by the Government of Texas. A week since, by• the
sanction of the Noble Earl, the Secretary of Stater
proclamation appeared in the London Gazette, from to
• person styling himself the President of the Re-
public of Texas, stating that a blockade of the
Eastern Coast of Mexico had been instituted
by that Government. Of this proclamation, that had
been so inserted in the Gazette, no officiarcommunica-
tion had been received by the Secretary of State, from
the person pretending to be under the authority of the
President of Texas. The proclamation had occa-
sion great perplexity and alarm, especially among
the merchants trading to the coast of Mexico.
The question he wished to ask was whether it was in-
tended by the proclamation to sanction that blockade, or
if not,. what was the intention of inserting it in the
London Gazette?

Sir ROBERT PEEL said he apprehended that
the proclamation was inserted in the Gazette
according to the usual practice in similar cases.
The notification of the blockade' stated that a block-
ade was said to be instituted, and that expres-
sion was used because the Government had no official
information from the Texas. that such a blockade had
been instituted. But they had received a notification,
on which they had every reason to rely, from her Ma-
jesty's Minister at Mexico, ‘vtio had sent the document
containing the notice of the blockade, and he stated
this blockade had been regularly issued. By the
notification of the blockade, the Government did not in-
tend to infer that it was a legal one ; all that it stated
was, that of two belligerent powers one had determined
on forming a blockade, nor did the Government give its
sanction to it. He might add, that` he was exceedingly
sorry that the Government of Texas had resorted to a
measure so inconvenient to commerce.

LIGHT SOVEREWNS.
Mr. CHILDERS wislied to put a question with
regard to a proclamation that had been issued ft
few days back, referring to sovereigns which were under
the standard weight. This proclamation had caused
.the greatest inconvenience, and, indeed, had deranged all
commercial proceedings. He begged to task e nether
this proclamation had reference to any ulterior measures;
also with respect to the conduct of the Bank, who, when
a sovereign was taken. there, weighed it, and if under
weight, it was cut in two, and the person was told to
sell the gold wherever he could, which left people to and
out dealers in gold ; they were thus left to those respect-
able gentlemen, the Jews, to buy it at what price they
pleased.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
should confine himself to the question. put as to
the proclamation ; it was a repetition of proclama-
tions that had been issued, though not very recently,
from time to time; to warn the pub:ie of the standard
under which gold was not the current coin of -the
realm. Great complaints had been made of it
portion of the gold coin being below the proper
weight, and it therefore had been thought nece&-
snre to call the public attention to. the.weight at which
gold coin was current, and to make arrangements with
the Bank, .by which they agreed to receive it at the
Mint price of 31. 75.10-Id. per ounce f6r all light gold coin.
Mr. BERNAL wished to know from the Right Hon.
Gentleman, the Chancellor of the. Exchequer, What
should be clone with sovereigns which accumulated from
time to time in the hands of small tradesmen ? _ _

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The CHANCELLOR of the Px-C • HEUER said
they should deposit them with their private, banker, fur
the purpose of having them exchanged.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN asked whether similar facilities
would be given for the exchange of gold coin in other
parts of the country.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
circumstances there were different, and the evils had not
been stated.

Mr. 0. PALMER said such discredit had been thrown
upon the gold coin of this country, that hardly any poor
person dare touch it.—(Laughter.) lie wished to ask
whether her Majesty's Government would take into eon-
.sidera t ion the inconvenience which every person through-
out the country was now suffixing from the discredit
thrown on the gold coin ?

THE SCOTCH CHURCH.
Mr. F. MAULE wished to ask • the Right lion. Gen-
tleman whether the Government had made up their
mind to take into their own hands the subject of the dif-
ference which existed in the Scotch Church, or whether
they intended to permit the .discussion upon the Bill
of the Hon. Member for Knaresborongh to precerd on
Wednesday ?
Sir , 'TAMES GRAHAM said the House would re-
member that at. the commencement • of the Session
the question was put to him whether, on the
part of her Majesty's .Government, there was any
intention to bring forward a legislative measure, in the
hope of healing the unhappy difVerences which flow dis-
tracted Scotland, with reference, to ecclesiastical affairs.
To that question he answered, lhat von the most care-
ful review of all circumstances of the case, it was not the
intention of her Majesty's Government to bring forward any
measure. So matters stood until his Hon. Friend, the
:Member for the county of Argyle, moved for leave to
bring in a B r
Bill. The overmunt dia not oppose the in
trodoction of that measure, but a dns itesion tool; place,
in which it was pretty plainly
intimatel that. to its prin.
ciple her Mr Government Were opposed,
a
and that, at a future stage, .they would
consider it their duty to oppose its enactment.
The consequence of that was, that, communications were
itie,hobluwt, not very eon.
made to the Government from Scotland, which led the
vernment would be able
still 3uch as to
eocouragc u.
dreesnein,tu• Gs I
he
e r
amdesnt
at t toe d
hope that legislative measures, founded on
tar; tetrhtenitin
1., support, might conclave to the Tat., of seet.
told to the settlement of the I.li...eput d
uch prtneiplea ns the Go
point:. He
bad so'l'd to the House that, matters mood at the
bloc, he could not Fledge himself' to the introduction
of such a measure, but that. it would be the duty of Go-
vernment very carefully" to ci,nilder. the represen•
tationsmade to them on the stqeet. beforer n
they
inn y
d„tided. That sate, on the eve of the. meeting of the Ge•
neral Assembly or Scotland. That .Ai,aetnbly etubodied
the views of the .general Church ofScot la.nti. Prneeedinga
took place which wero known to I he'llote,e, and which be
might be permitted to- say he ere..fely ele,ploredi hilt at
the same time, it did not beetite him at-the pre tent time
to characterise thoe proceedings by any harsh
Yet still, after a careful deliberation of thoto proccedingne
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