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Impala parliament.

HOUSE OF LOUp

sad SIDNEY presented a petition from his relative, Lord
Charles Townshend, only brother and heir-presumptive of
the Marquis Townshend, which, from the extreme novelty
of the circumstances, as well as the character of the applica-
tion, excited much interest. The petitioner stated that his
elder brother had, in 1807, married a Miss Gardner, of Chat-'
-ies, from whom, however, he separated almost immedi-
•,fter their union. A suit in the Ecclesiasti,cal Courts
'AP. the marriage was commenced, but while it was
Marchioness eloped with a person named
was married at Gretna-green in 1809.

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rson she continued to live, adopting his name
as his wife until 1823, and by him she had six

children, all of whom bore the name of their father until
1823, when they were baptized as the children of the Marquis
Townshend. These facts he claimed to be allowed to prove
before their lordships, that the testimonies of the witnesses
to whora.the circumstances were known might be perpetu-
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ated, and the mor
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specially as the title of Earl of Leicester,
tinily, had been wrongfully assumed by
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Some conversation ensued as to the manner in which an
investigation so wholly unprecedented should be proceeded
with, and a committee was ultimately appointed, at the
suggestion of Lord BROUGHAM, to search for precedents.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY.
Some discussion took place as to whether Mr. C. Buller's
motion, respecting the bribery alleged in the petition of Mr.
Warburton to have taken place at Bridport, could be consi-
dered in the light of a question of privilege, so as to take pre-
cedence of all other business.

SPEAKER decided that it could not come under the

class of questions of privilege ; and Mr. BULLER, therefore,
gave notice that he would bring it forward on Thursday next.
Mr. MITCHELL and Mr. B. COCHRANE complained that
the petition had been printed in the Morning Chronicle,
contrary to the understanding usually acted upon in such
cases, and said it was hard upon them that they should not
have an earlier opportunity of defending themselves from the
gross charges made agoinst them in that petition.
Mr. C. BULLER said Thursday was the only day he could
bring it forward, the others being order days.
In reply to a question from Lord PALMERSTON,
Sir R. PEEL said that the commissioners who had been
sent out by the noble lord to examine into the North Ameri-
can boundary had made their report within the last few days,
but the annexes to that report were not yet completed. When
those annexes were ready, the whole would be laid upon the
table of the house.

Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN asked the noble secretary for
Ireland if it was intended to proclaim the county of Tippe-
rary where so many outrages had recently taken place.
Lord EExor said that those statements were much ex-
aggerated. During the first four months of the year 1841 the
cumber of offences in Tipperary was 305. During the same
;period of 1842 the number was 327, but the number of the
rmore'serious offences was materially diminished. The go-
vernment had sent an increased force into the county, and if
that should not be sufficient a still greater number would be
added. He felt confident, however, that the exemplary con-
duct of the catholic clergy, in denouncing all illegal pro-
etedifigs from the altar, would ultimately be attended with
the success which their exertions merited. _ _

The louse then resolved itself into a committee of supply,
and Capt. BOLDER° proceeded with the ordnance estimates.
A conversation arose respecting the non-adoption of Capt.
Warner's projectile, in the course of which
Sir R. PEEL said he had caused an offer to be made to
Capt. Warner to make a trial of his invention upon a large
scale at the expense of the government ; but this he declined
doing except certain conditions were attached, to which the
government did not think it advisable to accede.
Mr. BROTHERTON expressed his satisfaction at finding that
neither the late government nor the present government had
rewarded this gentleman for his infernal invention. (A laugh.)
The ordnance estimates having been gone through,
Mr. S. HERBERT moved the remaining navy estimates,
which were all agreed to.

After which the house resumed, and the report was ordered
to be received on Monday next.

The report on the Colonial Passengers Bill was brought up,
the amendments were agreed to, and the bill was ordered to
be read a third time on Friday next.
Sir J. GRAHAM, in moving that the house resolve itself
into committee upon the Ecclesiastical Corporations Bill,
said that its object was to enable ecclesiastical corporations,
whether corporations aggregate or sole, to grant leases of 99
years, and to apportion the increased value thus given to
church property to the augmentation of small livings. He
was sure there could be no objection to the details of the bill,
and the discussion on the principle might be taken on the
report on the third reading.
Mr. HAWES thought that such an appropriation of the
increased value would not give satisfaction to the public.
When a similar measure was formerly before the house, the
increased value was to be applied to supersede the necessity
of church rates. It was to be recollected that on a former
occasion Lord Stanley had declared that such increased
value given by an act of parliament could not fairly be con-
sidered as church property, and that it was quite open to be
dealt with by parliament as it pleased. This principle he
thought good, and should adhere to it although it would seem
that it was abandoned by the noble lord.
Sir J. GRAHAM denied that by the law of this country
there was any maximum beyond which church property
should be increased, or which authorised the state to take all
that exceeded any given amount.

Mr. ROEBUCK said that the right hon. baronet was, by his
bill, enabling the state to deal with this contemplated increase
in the case of corporations aggregate, and yet he left the in-
crease untouched in the case of corporations sole. This in-
consistency

e thought required explanation, apart from any
consideration of the propriety of the suggested appropriation.
Mr. WAKLEY said that he understood that by this bill
some property in the possession of corporations sole would
be enormously increased, and yet the whole increase was to
be given to the individual, and not to be touched by the state.
Sir J. GRAHAM said this bill applied only to leases for
building purposes, where the land for such purposes was va-
lueless unless a lengthened lease could be given.
It was eventually arranged that the discussion was to be
taken on the report, and the bill then went through com-
mittee.

Mr. ROEBUCK moved the first reading of a bill to prevent
bribery and corruption at elections, by giving indemnity to
gases. The bill had already passed the House of Lords,
ad it would for the present answer his purpose, though he
-fter bring forward the one of which he had given

witnesses

ll was read a first time, and ordered for second read-

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The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the house adjourned.