Star.
London, England, 1825-04-28 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSIL OP LORDS, APRIL 27..
The Roelof *HAREWOOD presented a Petition from the In.
habitants and Manufacturersof Sheld in favour of the Equitable
Lan- Dill. In putting it into his hands, the Petitioners had ex-
pressed their anxious desire, that the fullest information possible
on the subject should be laid before the House.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE wished to know whether the
prayer of the Petitioners was• in favour-of the Bill before the
•libuse, or for the establishment of an. Equitable Loan*Company
at Sliefield?*
The Earl of HAREWOOD said that the Petition was in favour
of the Bill before the House.—Read and laid do the table.
Petitiois to the same effect were then preesoted—By the Earl
of Hasswooo, from the Inhabitants and Tradesmen of Halifax; by
Lord Beater, from the &trough of Reading ; by Earl Frtzwu.-
mut, feerp the Manufacturers ofilradford, in the County of York:
'by the Dike of Witmer:ow, Mon the Coichmakers of the City of
London.—These Petitions were read, and kid on the table.
The Earl of HAREWOOD presented 'a Petition from the
Landholders of Pontefraet, spinet any alteration in the Corn
Laws.--Laid on the table.
Similar Petidoos were presented—By the Earl' of Waittricz,
from the Occupiers of Land in the City of Warwick and its vici-
nity; and from thcise of Coventry, Alverston, Stratford, and Alces.,
ter, and their respective vicinities ; and by Earl Ftrewnaaass, from
the neighbourhood of Doncaster.
The Ibrl of HAREWOOD'presented a Petition from the Mil-
lers of Leeds, against the importation of flour; And 'from the Inha.
bitants of Doneaster,for an alteration in the law fel- the recovery
of Small Debts.—Laid on•the
The LORD CHANCELLOR presented Petitions from-. two
United Parishes in the County of Kent, against further conceilions
to.the Catholits.—Laid on the table.
Petitions of a similar nature were alto presented,-*.the Earl
of. Haexwooo, from the Town of Bradford ; by the Bishop of Barn
and WILLS, front the Town of Farnham; by the Bishop of Low-
DON, from the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Archdeaeoury of He-
reford, and from the Town of Saffron Walden, in the County of
Essex, and the Parishes of St. Botolph, Aldgate, and Christ,
Church, Spitalfields. The last the Right Rev. Prelate stated to be
signed by 1885 individuals.—Laid on the table.
The Bankrupt Laws' Amendment Bill, and the Seamen's Wages'
Bill, were read'a second time.
The King's Personal Property Bill went through a Commit-
tee.—Adjourued.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

At four o'clock, there being but twenty Members present, the
House wan adjourned till tomorrow.

SYRIA.

The Malta Oazetle of the 23d of March says,—
" Intelligence from Syria states, that the country is
involved in horrid commotiona A blooiy war has
broken out in the mountains—the Druses against the
Christians. The Sheik Beschir, Chief of the Druses,
joined by several other Sheiks and Christian Chieftains,
who could no longer brook the unrelenting tyranny of
the ruling Prince, Emir Beschir, since his return from
Egypt, came down in great force into the vicinity of
Monkterra and Ptedin, where a• dteadful fight took
place on the 9th of January. Letters from Baruch give
but a confused account of the action ; but it must have
been very revere, since the Prince Beschir lost many of
his most valiant troops, and a great number of his most
zealous partisans are wounded. Abdallah Pacha ven-
tured out of Acre as far as Seid, making a demonstra-
tion in favour of the Prince. These contentions, it was
feared, would have a serious effect upon the Pachalic
of Acre, which was reduced to such a state of wretch-
edness, that even famine, with all its concomitant
horrors, was dreaded to an alarming degree by eke
inhabitants."