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Drip: vial Parliament.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, APRIL G.
The Earl of Shaftesbury took the woolsack in consequence
of the absence of the Lord Chancellor, who could nut attend
through indisposition.
..Petitions in favour of- the. establiihed church in Scotland;
and for church accommodation in that country, were presented
from parishes in the counties of Haddington, Lanark, and
Edinburgh, by the Duke of Gordon,.' Viscount Melville, the
Dukes of Argyll and It ichniond, and the Earl of Ripon.
Mr. Roebuck and others, from the Commons, brought up the
ill,•gal securities' bill, which was read a first time.
On message from the Commons, leave was given to Lord
Brougham to attend and give evidence before the English eriu7
/ cation committee.

The Earl of ItipoN also presented a petition from Montreal,
in Upper Canada, signed by 11,000 persons, expressing their
attachment to the existing constitution, and their loyalty to the
Sovereign of thase realms, and praying that the legislature
would not alter the constitution granted to thtm by the act of
1791, under which Canada had hitherto flourished.
THE REVERE:ID PR. WADE.
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The Earl of CARNIRVoII presented a petition from a curate
of the church of England, complaining that he had not been
paid the stipend attached to the curacy since the year 1832, in
consequence of the living having been sequestered to meet the
debts of the incumbent. It was a case of great hardship; but
he believed it was not in the power of the bishop of the diocese
to correct the evil. The fault did not rest with the bishop,
but was to be attributed to the existing law of sequestration.
It was a subject to which he thought his Majesty's government
ought to direct their attention ; and he was quite sure that the
right rev. bench would give every assistance in their power to a
revision of the law.
The Bishop of BATH and WELLS admitted that the case was
a very hard one, but unfortunately it was nut in his power to
interfere. Of the incumbent, Dr. Wade, he would say nothing,
because he could say nothing, good of him. After the act of se-
questration, be could 'do nothing whatsoever in the matter; and
he Was extremely sorry that it was not in his power to interfere;
but the deed of sequestration put it totally out of his power to
- deal with the case, or to lay hold of the money claimed by gie
petitioner. An appeal bad, however, been made to their lord-
ships, who, be was sure, would pay due attention to it, and
would agree to a proper alteration of the existing law. Ile was
anxious to do everything in his power to remedy the evil, but he
was prevented from acting by the law.
BUILDING NiiW CHURCHES.
Lord BhOUGHANI presented a petition against any grant of
public money for the erection of churches. The petition, the
noble lord ssii, %tas signed by 1250 persons, churchmen and
dissenters, of the parish of Eastwood.
Lord K.ENTON feared that the objections' made in many of
those petitiOns erase from an unfriendly feeling towards the
church, and did not rest on the fact that church accommodation
was not wanted. Thus, objections were made to the, building
of churches or chapels in Shoreilitch, though the church com-
missioners stated that accommodation was wanted
.for 20,000
persons.
The Bishop of. Lostnniv at id, that one of the ~e'reatest orna-
ments of the Scotth church had expressed himself strongly in
favour of building churches at the public expense, because in-
dividuals would not do so. That opinion Dr. Chalmers bad
supported, because he viewed the church as thegreat instrument
fur instructing the peopfe. ( Hear, hear.) If that were so, was
it not, heatsked; right that the piddle should provide for that
instruction ? It was the only effectual mode of instructing the
people, and he thought it seas the duty of the public to support
it. In the resent instance, he believed that a 'very consider-
able part o. the papOlation of Scotland were in favour of some
such measute.
RIGHT OF PEIITIONING IN 'Ttla WELSH LANGUAGE!

Tim Earl of Rosst.YN presented a petition from a place in
Wales, in which the subscribers claimed the right of petitioning
the house in the Welsh language. (Laughter.) Of the original
petition, tshieh was in Welsh, be could say nothing, but the
translation, which he supposed was faithful, was most respect-
fully worded.
Cin the Earl of SHAFTESBURY putting the question, "That
this petition be now lead," there was a general burst of laugh-
ter. The petition was laid on the table.
On the motion of the Earl of Mulgrave, who briefly stated
the nature of the measure, the bribery witnesses' indemnity bill
was read a second time.
On the suggestion of Lord Brougham, who observed that he
believed his learned friend the Lord Chancellor would not be
able to attend to-morrow, the bill was ordered to be committed
on Thursday next.
On the motion of the garl of Roseberry, the report of the
Lords of Session on the future.eutails bill, and the entails relief
bill, both respecting entails in Scotland, was referred to a select
committee.

DUDLEY ADDRESS.
Lord WA n plaid that he rose in that house for the first and
possibly for the last time in his life for the purpose of asking his
majesty's ministers opposite, touchinf a report that has gone
abroad. namely, that his majesty's ministers had advised his
hon. friend the meinber for Dudley
.to present an address to his
majesty front the town of Dudley, in favour of his majesty's
present ministers. He wished to learn from his majesty's mi-
nisters whether that was true ? No answer being returned, his
lori:ship proceeded to say that the address to which he alluded
r;as a hole and corner one, not in accordance with the feelings
of the people of Dudley. and that if it. had been so presented his
majesty had been cajUled by the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
an it was necessary that his royal mind shuuid be disabused as
soon asossible on that important subject.
The Duke of Wict.i.tNiiroN said that he had no knowledge
whatsoever of the circumstance to which the noble lord had
alluded.
Adjouined.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MoNmY.
The Speaker Wok the chair at half-past three o'ciock
wmpsou ELECTION.

Sir JAMBS GRAHAM appeared at the bar with the report of the.
New Windsor borough election committee, which was that Sir
J. E. De Beauvoir was nut, but that Sir J. Elley was, duly
elected for the said borough, and that neither the petition
against the return, not the opposition to it, was frivolous or
vexatious. _ _ _

The return, having been amended, Sir John Elley took the
oaths and bis Acid. Mr. G. Knight also took his seat for the
county of Nottingham, in the room of Lord Lumley, now Earl
of Scarborough.
. . _

The house was occupied for some time in receiving petitions
on various subjects.

GENERAL MILITARY ORDER.
.Mr GRATTAN wished to ask the right hon. baronet whether
the order that, he understood was to issue from the Horse
Guards on the 17th March had issued, and whether it was a
general order, applying to the service of the military through-
., out the whole of the empire, or applying to the military in
Ireland alone?

Sir IL Pi Eil. said that in pursuance of the judgment given
by the house some time since a general order had been pre-
pared and issued applying to the service of the military through-
out the whole of the empire, when they should unfortunately be
called upon to act by a civil. officer.
Mr. GRATTAN wished to know if there would be any objection
to have a copy of that order laid on the table of the house? .
Sir H. HALIDINGic did not know there could be any other
oljectiun to that than the unnecessary establishment of a new
precedent. The hon. Member might see the order, and might
himself have a copy of it.