Star.
London, England, 1827-03-15 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE Or COMMONS, Meanie 14.
The House met at four o'clock, and a Member took
the oath. • •
Mr. DUG DALE presented the report of the.Pentefract Election
Committee, announcing that the sitting Members had been duly
skated, and that the Petitiou seeing their return was not frivolous
Or vezatioub.
• Lord MILTON presented the report of the Sudbury Election i
C4matittee, announcing that.thileitting Member, J. B. Waldron,
I..:aq. had beemeluly elected, and that the Petition against his return
1E44 pot frivolous or vexatious.
Mr. LAW LEY presented a Petition from the operative Sawyers '
of tUrminekant„ praying fora tax upon Machinery, which, after a
feu/ words from Mr. W. Santa, Mr. Lixrurron, and Lord
toe, was ordered to lie upon the table.
fir.. VAN HOMEIGH presented a Petition from certain
Inhabitants of the county Of Thogheda, complaining of distress, and
praying that measures might be taken for their relief.—Ordered to
lie upon the table and to be printed.
fait J. POLLEN preseoted.* Petition from Banbury, complain.
hag of the effect of the Law for the regulation of Measures.
Mr. M. FITZGERALP presented a Petitlou from the Mer-
chants and Traders of Tralee interested In the Butter Trade, corn-
piainiog of the regulations which were enforced at Cork, corn-
pelting them to re-brand the firkins, which, after a few words
tram Sir W. COULTROUT and Mr. J. Gustav, was ordered to lie
on the table.
Mr. HUME gave notice, that on Tuesday nest, he should move
for a Return of the number of Corporal Punishments inflicted In the
Army for the last three years.
Mr. HOME presented a Petition front persons confined in the
Fleet Priem, referring to the death of the late Lieut. Devenish, and
Oriying for an improvement in the state of the Prison, which, after
a few oheertatioo. from Mr. Alderman Woori and Mr. Ulllll/AL,
was ordered to lie oo the table.
Mr. HUME. in moving that the above Petition be printed, said
that he owed it to the Right Hon. Secretary of State for the Home
Department, to state. that in consequence of the representations
which had rodently been Made to hint, he had appointed a compe-
tent medial attendant for the beneht of the poor class of prisoners.
Colonel DAVIES presented a Petition front the Sawyers of
the City of Worcester, praying for a tax on timber sawed by ma-
chinery.
Mt. Alderman WOOD presented a Petition from Mr. Joseph
White, for the preservation of lootpaths.
Lard MILTON presented a Petition from T. Flanagan, eclat-
leg to the late election for the Brit ough of Athlone. This Petition
samodad In rivosrole, but be had toind in it nothing which ap-
peared disrespectful to the House, and had therefore thought it his
duty to comply with the request of the Petitioner to present it to
the House. He might, perhaps, however, be pm:nitwit to express
his hope, that this person would nut again apply to him.
On the Petition being received, it appeared to the Settee's to
possess the character of an Election Petition, and it was withdrawn.
Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition from Sir C. Waller, praying
the /loose to enquire into the expediency of introducing some mode
of provision for the pow in Ireland.
Lord PA L.%1 EIISTON presented a Petitita from the Univer.
sity of Cambridge, praying to be beard by Counsel against the Bill
for erecting a County Gaol one particular spot is the immediate
sricinity of some of the Celleges.—Referred to the Committee On
the aid Bill.