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London, England, 1824-06-01 00:00:00

PARLIAMEN7'ARY PROCEED r

HOUSE OF LORDS, NAY 31.

This being the last day of Taster Ttrm, the LORD CHANCELLOR
was occupied the greater part of the mornin3 in his own Court, and
therefore the Noble and Lesrned Lard did not arrive at this House
from Lincoln's Inn Hall until four o'clock.

l'raycrs were then read by the Bishop of GLOCCISTiIt ;after which
the Judgments mentioned on Saturday were read and confirmed.
Dlr. Tomuss, from the Treasury, delivered in a Return of the
number of Oaths taken at present by the Officers of Excise and
Custom;, in consequence of the permissbn of the Commissioners,
and in obedience to the orders of the House. •

Lind KENYON gave notice, that he should, on Wednesday,
submit to their Lordships a motion for the better administration
of justice in the Court of Great Session; in Wales.
Lord ELLF,NI3OILOUG H presi!nted a Petition from the Resi-
dent Householders of St. Mary, Islington, who prayed to be heard
against the Islington Improvement Bill.—The Petition was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Bill.
The Duke of LEINSTER presented a general Petition from the..
Freemasons of Ireland, who prayed to be exempted from the Secret
• Societit; Act, and placed on the same footing as the Freemason; Of
England. The NJble Duke presented a similar Petition from Cole-
raine ; and both Petitions were laid on the table.
The Archbishop of CA NTER.I3URY presented a Bill for the
relit[ of such of the Established Clergy of the Church of England
who ?..ad, owing to the circumstances of the times, under Kilhers'
nrsrtgaged their tithes. The object of the Bill was, his Grace
added, to enable such Clergymen to pay back the mortgage money
by instalments at stated times and in specified sums.—The Bill was
read a fist time.
Upon the motlon of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Transfer of
Stock 13i:l, the Durham Improvement 11,11, and the Newfoundland
Marriages- Btil, were severally read a third time, passed, and sent to
the Cunt:nous.. . _ .

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The Earl of SIIA I.7EBIIEIIy presented to their Lordships the
Report of Cie 6:-ivct Committee appointed to search for Prece-
dents in Reversals of Attainted P...erages. The Noble Chairman
said that the Report was very long, and as it not lie desirable
to read it at length in the present state of the inquiry, he should
mot r that it lie on the table, and be ordered to be printed.—The
motion was ol.;reed to.
Lord SUFFIELD presented three Petitions from certain places
in the Cotastits of Dorset and Wilts, praying for the abolition of
Colonial Slavetys lie observed that the Petitions were numerously
and respeczably signed; but, after what had ttanspired on the sub-,
ject. h: sisould consider it an unw u t astable waste of their Lord-
thips' nine to enialz-•,e on the subj: cc of them.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a similar Petition to
the above from :he Inhabitants of Whitby, in the County of York.
The same Noble Marquis next presented two Petitions, one from
Ross, in the County of Ilere:Ord, and the other trom Caine, in the
County of Wilts; both praying for the enactment of some measure
for the snore speedy recovery of small debts.

JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.
The Eat' of LAUDERDALE rose for the purpose
of noticing the 4eraticti3 which he had purposed to
submit to their Lordships with respect to the Standing
Orders of the Howe. Ile wished that a slight altera- ,
tiiin should be made in the motion of which he had
given notice, by substizining the word " transfer" for the
word " Irish." He. would next propose that all copart-
ners in sUch Cour3anies should hereafter be liable by
bonds, severally and individually, for the debts of the
copartnership.. With these observations he wished to
discharge the Order of the Day, in order to fix the con-
sideration of the subject for Wednesday.
The , Mirquis of LANSDO\VN said that he was
hippy to find pat the word Itish Was applied 'by his
Nobli.i Friend to' the currency or that .country only, and
not to the country itself. While stating thus much, he