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HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNEsn&Y.

The House met at twelve o'clock, and a considerable
share of private business was disposed of.
Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN drrw attention to an occur-
ence at the South Nottinghamshire election, in order to
give Ministers, if they thought fit to avail themselves of it,
an opportunity for explanation. The bon. member for
Mahon, who had voted for the appropriation clause, and
who was pledged to the abolition of the temporalities of
the Irish Church, had publicly stated, that he had held
conversations with Lord Lincoln prior to giving him his
support in the present contest for that county, and was
satisfied with the explanation given him by the noble lord
of the course of policy which he intended to pursue as
Secretary for Ireland. From this it was to be inferred
bat Lord Lincoln had determined upon a policy hostile
to the' Established Church, and it was highly important
that his real intentions should be understood at the earl-
iest period.

Sir JAMRS GRAHAM said, he did not believe that Lord
Lincoln had ever expressed a feeling hostile to the Estab-
li:,hed Church of Ireland; but the noble lord would pro-
bably be in the House in a few days, when he would be
able to answer for himself.

Lord J. RUSSELL said, he was informed by the bon.
member for Alalton of all that had passed between him-
self and the noble lord, and he could say that nothing had
fallen from the noble lord hostile to the Established Church,
or inconsistent with the policy of those with whom he was
associated in the Government.

Mr. O'CoNNEI.L said, that Mr. S. O'Brien had drawn
a proper distinction between the Church itself and its
temporalities. The former no one wished to destroy; but
the sooner the latter was firmly and properly dealt with,
the better for Ireland, to which this country owed a large
debt of good government.
Sir J. GRAHAM then called attention to what bad pass-
ed on a former evening relative to the case of Seery ; on

which occas:on he .had regretted that a deputation had
waited upon the 'Lord-Lieutenant from the county of
We=tmeatit, for the harsh and.. unusual purpose of praying
that the execution of 'Seery sheeld not be respited. He
had since received a letter from, the Lord-Lieutenant sta-
ting that the deputation bad waited upon him for another
purpcse, and that it was only inadvertently stated that any
lenity shown to Seery would.be considered as a proof of
the weakness of the Government, and tend to encourage
the perpetration of such atrocities, and to keep alive that
sanguinary spirit so fatal tolhe peace of the country. The
Roman Catholic Relief Bill was read a second time with-
out any discussion.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-THORSDAY

The Marquis of WEST MEATH asked Lord St. Germans
whether any deputation from the magistrates of West-
meath had waited on the t Lord-Lieutenant to pray that
Bryan Seery might not be respited, and whether such a
proceeding were " harsh ,end unusual," as it had been
termed ?
The Earl of St. Germans read a letter from the Lord-
Lieutenant, which admitted the fact that such a deputati-
on had waited on him for the purpose specified. With
regard to the second question. he thought that such a
proceeding, if not harsh,-ras at any rate very unusual.
After some further conversation, in which Lords Stour-
ton and Brougham joined, the matter dropped.