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Imperial varliament.

HOUSE OF LORDS.--TuEsbAys

Barons, Ashhurton (Mr. Baring) and Glenelg, jMr. 'Charles
'Grant) were introOliced with the usual forraakt4es, 'by Lords
Farnborough and Wharncliffe. •
Several petitions were presented, praying for arrant of public
;money for further church accommodation in Scotland.

IRISH CHURCH 1311.L.—APPROPRIATIoN BILL,
The Duke of Iticlistoxb presented a petition from the Pro-
'testant inhabitants of .a parish in the county of Meath, praying
'that out of any surplus of church property in Ireland that might
-remain under the system contemplated by the other house of
parliament, a portion Might be allotted to them, to enable them
to emigrate to some foreign land, wtei e they might, unmolested,
--Worship God in accordance with the religious principles which
lad been handed down to theta by their ancestors.

PRISON DISCIPLINE.

The Duke of Rrctmorin brought up the report of the Com_
=Wee appointed to inquire into goal discipline.
The Duke of Ru-mom) then moved, "That the select
.committee on prison discipline be empowered to extend their
inquiry to the state of prisons in Scotland."—Agreed to.
The noble duke next moved that au address be.presented to
His Majesty, praying that the returns relative to prisons made
under the .sth George IV., cap. 85, be laid befure the house.--
Agreed to.
Viscount DUNCANNON wished to know from the right rev.
prelate (the Bishop of Exeter) when he intended to present the
petition from the Rev. William Story, complaining of the con-
duct of certain of the commissioners of the commission of public
instruction, the presentation of which he had. postponed till
after the Easter recess ?
The Bishop of EXETER answered, that it was not his inten-
tion to present the petition alluded to until Government laid
before their lordships the report of the commissioners of public
instruction. He had hoped that a report from the commission
would have been made by this time, and as he did not think
that the report of the commissioners could be much longer de-
layed, he should abstain at present from bringing the subject
before their lordships. Having waited so long, it seemed to
him that more justice would be done to the case by waiting a
little longer for the production of the report of the cominis-
sioners.
Viscount DUNCANNON said he was anxious that the petition
should be presented immediately, as the persons to whose con-
duct it referred, and who wished to answer the charge made
against them, were now in town. He saw no necessity for
waiting until the report was presented, since the matters con-
tainedin the report would not affect the allegations of the
petition.
The Bishop of EXF.TER hoped the noble viscount would for-
give him when he said, that he could not come to the conclusion
-.that the petition would not be affected by the nature of the
report. Knowing the importance of the petition, he was anxious,
before he presented it, to see the report of the commissioners.
A complaint had been made as to the conduct of certain-com-
missioners, and he wished to know how that conduct was no-
ticed in the report.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT RETURNS.

Lord BROUGHAM said, that as several charges had lately
gone forth against the learned judges, in which it was alleged
that under the criminal court bill a very small proportion of
cases were tried by them, although the object.of the bill was to
give to the country the benefit of their labours in criminal
cases, he would, in order to show- how utterly groundless those
charges were, move for a return of the number of cases tried
before the cite judges (the recorder and common serjeant,) and
the judges of the land respectively, for the sit months ending
on the sth of April last, and a similar return for -each of the
six months ending on the sth of April, 1831, 1832, 1833, and
tsat.

NEWSPAPER STAMPS.

Lord BROUGHAM gave notice, that he would on Thursday
next plesent to their gave
a petition from the Lord Mayor,
Aldermen, and Commons, of the city of London, in Common
Council assembled, upon the subject of newspaper stamp
duties.