House Of Commons, Wednesd...
At a little betore tour o'clock tne Usher of the ilSack Rod sum- moned thie Speaker to the House of Peers, to hear the Royal assent given, by comi:ission, to some public and prirate bills. On his returm, the SrEAKEIL informed the House of the names of the bills whichi had received the Royal assent. Petitions were presented against the hides and skins bill from the tanners and curiiers of Shields, by AMr. BRANDLING; from the butchers and fellmongers of Canterbury, by Alir. LIuSHINGTOY; from the tanners of (jateshead, and from those of Barnard-Castle, by Alr. LAmIlTON. Petitions against the dutv on excise licences were presented-from the licensed victuallers of Salford, by Mr. DAVENPORT; from the licensed victuallers of three parishes in Suffolk, by Mr. LESiXARD; from tnose of the city ofCanterbury, by Alr. LuSHINGTON; and from these ofthe parishofSt. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, by ir. 11. SumiNER. Mr. JAI\1ES presented petitions from several ownters and occu- piers of land in the county of Surrey, and also in Southampton, against the game laws amendment bill. Jr. HURST presented a petition from Horsham, against negro slavery. Mlr. W. E. LOCKHARTpresented a petition from the notaries. public of the county of Selkirk, against the duty on licenaes- to prac- tise as a public nSotary. Colonel O'NEIL presented a petition fronm the Freemasons ofi Belfast praying to be placed on the same footing as the Freemasoiis- of England, as far as regarded the laws respecting- iecret-$orleties. . Ilr. Alderman VOOD presented a petition from seversl inhabit- ants of St. Botolph, Aldgate, in-favour of the intended*iew docks: atSt. Catherine's. SlA petidon vwas presented from the ship-carpenters of the port of Sunderland against the combination laws, ; . - M-I r. T. ijLIS presented- A similar petition, signed b-: Z,900*of the working tradesngen of Dteblin. --: - - Mltr. T. ELLTS broughf in a bill to regulate tie-costs-f - certsirS proceediks in thie Prerogatic CCourse ofDublin. It Vissread a irst t.me, aid ordered -tobe redf i second time on Friday next. Mlr. T. ELWSjrese`ti6ed a petition from the Chamber-of Coni. merce of Dtblin, praying for a repeal of the usury laws. The ban. meraber bore testimony to-the-very great respectability of the- body- from which the petition came, and expreased his concurrence in the prayer, some part of which he rcad to the hopse. A; Orr iUd-EY( E gcDu}djiot 6iteurIt ihethaoctre akld d nk.by tlerpitstionrs. - Mr. CU.WVEN 5aid, so impressed was he of the bad tenceny-of thebil1foT'the rCpegJ of the u nry lavrs th6tlie *6ulad fopposeit wlsenerver if should-be b tog forwartl r - ^r _ ~u1r ASYEXi:S thuglt that the fears ofdidrse who wrere opposed to the repeal of the preiceng'l4aw weresitogeiher ihfopnded.a :Sir T LETHlBRIJ)GE wp.i of: opiniion thatthe repeal of the lsi.'cruIld be p'rodudW&tEofinny bad efFiicts. * Ilt. PHILIPS was it favourof'th'edr repeal. hlr P. GRElN,FEI.L coucurrel in opiniont the repeal would '' Me. Ts WtIsSON thoug~ht that if the present laws against usury wererepealed, the landed interest would be at the mercy of the capi- talistr,, wbenever morey rOse to s per cent. They would be'- then charged Sior 7 Mlr. D. GILBERT diff'ered from the last speaker. EHe was of opinion that the repeal of the laws would be found highly bensficial to the landed as well as to the monied interest. The petition was then brought A' and read, and, after a fevw words from lr S-rKxs, Sir T. LETHBR1IDGE, Sir E. K-NATCHBULL, Ald. HEYGATE, and Mr. AloNcE1, it was ordered to be printed. Sir H. PARNELL presented a petition from certain merclants and manufacturer of Dublin and its vicinity, against the bil for regulating the coal trade of Dablin. iVMr. C. ELLIS supported the bill. Mr. S. RICE said, that there was a general impression in Dub. ino, that the bill to which the petition referred would, so fat from removing the (lifficulties under which the coal-trade laboared, aug- mnent those difficulties in an extraordinary degree. The petition waM ordered to lie on the table. COMBINATION LAWS. Mr. PETER MIOORE said, that as he understood tlat many gentlemen who wished to take a part in the discussion on the mo- tion of which he had giver. notice for the repeal of the combination laws, had stayed away from the house under the impression that no public busine,s of importance woulidbe entered upon this day, being Wednesday, he would decline bringing forward his motion at the presen)tdav Sir E. lkATCHBULL presented a petition from the inhabit- antc of *Voolwich, against the house and window tax. AMr. S. RICE presented a petition from the Chamber of Com- merce of Duiblin, against the Dublin coal bill. Mr. WODEHOUSE presanted a petition from a landholder in Norfolk, complaining that under the operation of the Excise laws, he could not employ salt as an article of food for his cattle. M11r. CuRwENs and Sir 1. COFFIN expressed a wish that the Chancellor of the Exchequer wt6uld iersevere in hts intention of re- pealing the remainder of the salt tai. Mr. WORTLEY presented a petition from the tanntrs of a town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying for the repeal of the leathertax. Alir. WORTLEY presented a petition fronm the inhabitants of Sheffield, praving for the repeal of the house and window tax. Lord IVI LTON supported the peti-ion. After a few words from Air. AInB FILLY, the petition was ordered to lie on the table. Lord ALTHORP presented a petition from the inhabitants of Welbarston, in Northamptonshire, praying for the abolition of slavery in the Mrest Indian colonies. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the licensed victual- lers of Manchester, agairnst the bill permitting the retail of beer by persons tunder the licence of the Board of Excise. and without the licence of a magistrate. Lord STANLEY presented another petition signed by upwards Of 30,000 inhabitants of Manxchester, braying for the gradual aboli- tion of slavery in the West India colonmes. The noble lord sail, that he believed all the sir,natures to the petition were genuine. MIr. CURTEIS observed, that ILr. Corbett, the person about wvhom so m uch had been said in the house last night, had been in the habit of forging signatures to anti-slavery Letitions from Lancashire; he did not know whiether he had exercsed his ingenuity with regard to the present petition. Captain BASTARD prcsented a similar petition from the inha. bitants of Dartmouth. D2r. T. W1 [,SON presented a petition, which he said was signed by iupwards of 1,100 of the most respectable persons in the city of Lonion, in favour of the St. Catherine Dock bill. Alr. S. RICE presented a petition from the linen-manufacturers of Dublin, praying that a fixed duty might be imposed on foreign yarn imported. Sir R. WILSON presented a petition from certain journeymen shoemakers, and another fronm certain journeymen brassfounders, praying for the repeal of the combination laws. blr. GIPPS obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better em- ploying of agricultural labourers in the winter season. The bill was then read a first time, and appointed to be read a second time on Tuesday nexr. M1r. EGERTON presented a petition from the licensed victual- 1ers of Stockport, praving for some alteration in the licensing duties. Mr. C. H UTCHfNSON presented a petition from the Grand Jury of the county of Tipperary, praying for the continuance of the bounties on coarse linen for the next ten years. The hon. member also presented a petition from hlr. Devereux and Alr. M'Donnell, two Irish Catholics of great opulence and respectability, praying that the lrish burial bill may not be passed into a law. Sir C. COLE presented a petition from WVisbeach, in the county of Cambridge, praying for the repeal of the duties on coals carried coastwise. Air. GOULBURN brought in a bill to amend the Irish county treasurer's act of last session. Air. ELLIS brought up the report of the burials in Ireland bill. -It wias ordered to be read a third time to morrow. .Mr. HERRIESbrought upthe report on the law stampdutges act. The board of works bill was read a third time,and passed. Lord PALMIERSTON obtained leave to bring in a b'll for alter- ing the rates of quarterinz soldiers.-Tlie house then adiourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WVEDNESDAY, MARCH 31. I