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pledges, and believe that poor forbearance on our part 
d vindi Keats the honour of our State 
ill p ili it will ce: certainly prove humili- 
Tt, eakste reanived | 
ating: 0 
to diat t oe roops of the 
Queen of Great Britain no mist ge on - territory 
called Pistia y & ue" British ( vchetastherg but by the 
one of 1783, he resolutions of both Houses of 
ress passed in "1838, and b y re chee resolves of | the 
Legis ture of Mai 4 y a part of 
the ra soil of this ‘Site a the gee of Mr. 
M‘Leod, the latest acco that his trial was ex- 
ecncd to take place on "Mosiday | the 22d ir and that 
be would most agence Ae be convicted and hanged. 
, 
HOUSE OF LORDS. 
lof Mounrcasust called the attention of the 
ed from America, and inquired 
had any official communication 
f a document get to be the 
committee on foreign affairs of the House of Re- 
report of the 
presentativ 
Viscount MeLzovrne said he was unable to answer r the que: 
rmation had as yet been peesived 
fe dehy pe «mr i at Was. 
penta bie Considering the fo wo the document, and 
ended, enn e am of the document, an 
cer ie ack k beees untry, there could be 
The Marquis of Nonmaay stated that he had been requested 
on the J poor — to propose gn a 
that union 
The Marquis of meters assented to the m, and added 
that he had written to Mr. Nicholls, pl 7 oe ee 
po isang in order to give 
ion of vario' 
a oa see Go coop ers hip of Bi- 
i the Rev. Mr. Can to the ofessorship of Bi- 
db) st of E be 
first established in conformity with the report of the Royal Com- 
Universities. The noble Eari entered at 
dissensions existing in in the Church of 
of these differences 
Mr. Candiish 
ent party in the General rons and that within the last three 
himself to the law of the land 
that its protection be afforded to all who conformed 
to the provisions of it, concluded by w the noble 
Viscount was aware of the circumstance he at 
their Lordships, and calling on him as a gent and 
repudiate an act so repugnant incon- 
sistent with 
iscount MELBOURNES admitted that he had been fairly quoted 
in dto what he had formerly said of his determination to 
the at the same time he had said that 
j Ss thought it neither necessary nor ex- 
those who entertained and exp: 
strong opinions on the ivechepect subjects of political interest. 
heard 
ent subject. He would only say that 
mo such appointment had taken place as t! ‘h the noble 
Earl referred. A notification sent to the town 
had 
council of Edinburgh that an appointment of a professor of biblical 
eriticism would be made, eee Te which the noble 
stablish: 
in favour of Mr. Candlish her Majesty’s 
er conbiowa, owe tines of others, his claim to the 
TA iY some petiti by the 
Marquis of saves the Duke of Asa ge moved that an ad- 
dress be presented to the Queen, praying that her Majesty would 
be pleased to order to be laid on e of the House a copy of 
the record kept by the Poor-law Co} of ireland of their 
proceedi Snions ef Chom SHUN Minemeaaetene 
and Naas. 
The Marquis of No said he no objection to the 
motion, but as Mr. Nicholls, gfe poor-. 
* commueioner, could 
mot be personally present in London ieee ineonveni- 
ence to the public service, cig Stanley, the secretary of coenae the com- 
would be in town in the beginning to 
"afford such explanations as their Lordships might Toaieee Tt was 
‘ultimately arranged that Mr. Stanley should attend at the bar on 
‘Tuesday. The moble Marquis then moved th 
_ connected with motion of which the Bishop of Exeter had 
given notice, on he Romanist seminary of St. Sul- 
pice, in Canada, the table.—As it was generally 
considered that these were of considerable importance, 
and as they could not be in the ae beni of noble Lords till Friday, 
the Bishop of Exerea was me his motion until 
expressed his entire dissent from the opinions of the petitio: 
though he sta e same time, that he was in favour of the 
pular election of ministers. In answer to a question by the 
of Aberdeen, the noble Earl guarded himseif 
thought veto claimed by the General Assembly, 
peer dec! hat he considered as a middle 
the veto and absolute popular election. 
The phe Marquis. of Noasansy then moved for further pe Son 
the subject of Romanist Ecclesiastical Corporations in 3 
bserved, went to abolish capital punishment in 
e Earl of Rrron complained that the pape papers he had moved ec 
for, a Sansa ago, in reference to our relations with Persia, had cont reason and murder. * It was necessary, he said, to an 
not yet been presented. how the past changes in the law had worked, and what now 
iscount MeLzovrne Pp ‘o inquire into the cause of the | the state of public opinion upon the subject ; because, even if the 
capital punishm any particul fe ere not otherwise 
romised to 
delay.—The Tithe Composition bra Bill apr through 
committee, on an understanding t Sener e should 
be remodelled before the third r 
mittee, and the 
niceoral ot be deterr 
wratal punishmen o 
disti angie 
reason again: 
find out ier or not it was feasible 
ice. of duelling. 
me conversation then ensued between. the Mar 
were advance Pi stage; 7 Irish Tithes 
mes sition Bill and the Irish Court of Exchequer Bill were 
MMO. 
Monday.—In git “ question oie ae re Peel, Mr. Labou- 
chere consented to the re-appointment of the committee on 
railways. 
Lord Joun Russe. moved that the order of the day for going 
into committee on the Poor-law Bill be read, with a view to post- 
inte’ ht ra ‘asefally rem 
deserve death ; 
ae * indeed, ‘might ple 
m™m 
ral guilt. He inoue vat the green gusra of death, transporta- 
should all be ri 
explained several 
pone the commit! geo sone His Lordship 
amendments which Wi ended to introduce into the bill; the | tion, and impris ned in our code, each 
most important of whieh was - Herp fix the duration of the poor-law | for its proper p 
commission at five years inst Mr. K said that at he had heard. the statement of the nobl 
The third reading of Lord Sener. aving been | Lord with much gratification, not unmixed with regret that, the 
“Annui ity Bill ha 
moved, Mr. Hume repeated er he bare the remuneration too 
yantry too much exhausted to bear 
it. He therefore moved that the third iy ei se agg be Swed abolished altogeth: Mr. Sa doubted whether the general 
yond day six months; which, on a divis' nega- | principles which r end mitigation in oth appli- 
the Re i respecting the = i Fhe "bil, Sir R. | cable to the case of .—Sir C. Do ny Mr. 
ved.—On 
teeie urged the Claims of Sir F. 
Head t marks of the | Kelly upon this fruit of his labours ; and Mr. Ewart contended 
royal favour, butt the suggestion nh taken r the principle of total abolition. Mr. P. Howarp objected to 
m the motion for into co: e of 8 apply on army e case of rape.—Leave th ven 
estimates, a discussion jock place or on sie pte ese xe a a portion ills proposed by Lord John Russell. 
of the yeomanry.—Lord Joan Russext and ay —Mr. Oxmspy Gore moved that the Severn Naviga- 
featel the Chaduct of Geverssient on that oceasit. tion Bill should be referred to a select committee, instead of the 
Mr. eae bifom z Ae peped ceities irwe a oa Sg | usual committee on private bills, as the river Severn was naviga- 
some Son. 5 ble for —- of 200 mes and fie a erage of it involved in- 
Lord . He hoped, before the end of the session, some terests of too mus ati = to. allow of its treated like 
member ore influence than himself would move fora co’ eee being 
re pri 
Mr. Lanocensns cans he was unwilling to depart from the rules 
of an private business, as it would lead 
rebels when he said that was pro- 
just treatment, more “particularly by joo wee of that 
ue of Canada without the 
ened 
ly suffered. 
3 aonaet to the appointment of a select 
committee, but should move, as an amendment, that all the Bae 
tions that had been presented with reference to the bill be refi 
e select paint eine on private business. In moving — 
cenit: = dines ap es peg ~wagl the beggar 4 
woul yee ie regular co 
bearyiss ge oh 7 mon ee was nae 0 eaten ‘ion = 
I oad took by oti 
A long ion iota tae ions for granting leave of 
martial on Capt. thon. 
cy Evans was of opinion that it — not — — th. aes! ig =e og ee. per 
of unfairness an 
Sir Gzorce eae shorty vindicated the court- 
Reyno! 
Lord 
olds.—Sir DE 
ent was declared by the ome 
in’a state neither nesetnl for beerai = nor fi 
vp eee ‘expressed by hinr on 
go's. ad ‘heed ex- 
the country.—Mr. Ke_ity moved ae the peti- 
tion of Mr. T. Reeves, complaining of an eT it retirmg 
allowance as a surveyor of taxes, should b ae 
committee 
The CuaNcentor of the Excrequer said that this was the 
fourth time this case had te moe — the House, byseac it 
The 
dinance, he certainl 
a lawful one, ik that any attack upon it would be 
, fact was that 
ed ae as arising bet ti from an unfavourable disposition 
the lasers Catholic 
sage ee and sir H. HarpincE bore testimony to the 
revailing in Lord Cardigan’s regiment.—Mr. 
alr 
Mr. Reeves’s case did not =: mater the Su 
Act, because he was a retired fr re a superannuated officer, 
and there could, in no view of his case, be the slightest claim for 
think that the Government should 
ourse proposed by this et as it 
a — 
mittee. 
Mr. Hume said he — = 
ion 
loor to applications that had no just 
ree duty against re, resis! —The House having di 
poo but temporary clamour. The admonition given to the 
regiment related not to the actual state of it, but to the general 
tendency of its dissensions. 
Sir RK. Pest asked whether Mr. Hume might not have uncon- 
sciously allowed his dislike of Lord Bill to prejudice him 
Lord Cardigan. 
return orde: 
manner in which the sctarel Is Vi 
cea teaee rs amounting feast 1 -700,ee0l., were ex- 
of the number of m ; an fire- 
i swords, nne'g the quantity and kind e; 
» 0 
ae gteig rae rmca ym nna ary ed caine Op to ant landed in Syria since yaly Ieee and a return of the num- 
Scotch, an mimi 
Mr. W. Mites bess agence bring in a bill to give 
pyran eembled, i 
marriage, 
ives in an unexceptionable 
The B House having resolved itself into committee 
pen anes moved the vote for volunteer corps, w’ 
er from Friday i 
being of opinion that the same amount 
usefal.. 
regim Marine Mutiny Bill were severally read 2 
poet et —The 
Sir Husssy Vivian then opened the Ordnance Estimates. 
and 
—Mr. Hume ea gunn a hope Lapel the usual returt 
of the military punishments inflicted in the urse of the year 
principal feature of his statement the provision of a much- | would be laid before the Ho’ mer 
improved ion of muskets.—The several votes were Wednesday.—S pri were forwarded in their several 
to with very little discussion.—Mr. Humes took the op| stages, Many petitions ants —Sir R. Peet gave notice 
of of the items to urge that the ission-mi to that. wh: Copyright of Designs ttee be 
fourpence. The reduc- | should move to extend the protection of the inventors of designs 
tion to sixpence, he said, led to an increase of revenue, and a | to nine months, in order to tthe the manuf: r the benefit 
her reduction would; no doubt, lead toa farther in of | the season.—Mr. OUCHE id that he should endeavour to 
revenue. On i t i pro forma, of the it the period to six months. eto 
Poor-law Colonel StstHorr and others ex- eply to some questions put by Mr. EasTHoré, relative 
pressed their i the Government had no sympathy with | the e of postage on petitions, the CaanceLLon of the Ex- 
the poor. which charge Mr. Fox Mauce, on the part of the admi- | cazqver said that the law in existence before the penny-postag® 
ni , denied.—The er having left the chair, Mr. e was lished ail petitions under a certain weight, 
Dunco imadverted upon the system of unions viz.—six oun: Beyond that weight petitions were —. 
and oe wae larly roan m the union between m and Chelsea, | with postage. — warrant under which the penny rate was 
and be the new eo brought in to divorce esa and proposed | troduced made no alteration in the law, ee the course arse therefore 
that t —— jhould report progress.—Mr. FP. MAULE ob- that all petitions exceeding six ounces in weight 
saat “ons parteous and um cemanemienpenintaing wherethe | sent free. The senstice ix the Post-office was that ey aay 
maesehy acommnitanent ee forma.—aAfter so * power of ions which required a cart to aaa 
een him and Mr. Duncombe, the bill , but upon such as were not of an unreasonable Se oe. 
%> go through this be hand, the postage, if charged, waS TT "tue 
Lord Jouw Russet. moved for leave to introduce certain bills | If any subject, he wo’ 
for the amendment of the criminal law. Mr, Keliy’s pending bill, | care to set it right. 
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