PARLIAMENTARY DIARY.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Mosznav, April 6.--A great many petitions were presented for and against the Catholic Relief Bill ; and some against the clauses affecting the Monastic Institu-

tions, the Jesuits, and Mr. O'Connell. The Duke of Wellington moved the second reading of the Disfranchisement Bill. The bill was supported by the Duke of Wel- Wigton, Lord Redesdule, Lord Manners, the Marquis of Bute, the Earl of Rosebery,

the Earl of Mountcashel, Lord Holland, the Earl of Enniskillen, the Duke of Hamilton, the Earl of Longford, the Earl of Haddington, and the Earl of Dudley : opposed by the Duke of Richmond, who moved that it should be read a second time that day six months ; Lord Farnham, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Malmesbury, and the Earl of Winchilsea. For the second reading, 139 ; against it, 17 ; majority, 122. Proxies were not called on the division, in consequence of the decisive majority of Lords present in favour of the bill. The bill was ordered to be committed on Thursday. Adjourned at eleven o'clock.

TUESDAY, April 7.—Many petitions were presented for and against the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, and one or two against the clauses in that Bill affecting the Alo-- nastic orders. The Militia Staff Reduction Bill was read a third Mine and passed,— Lords Oriel and Farnham objecting that the bill did not provide for some ofthe officers on their retirement. On the motion of the Duke of Wellington for going into a Com- mittee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, Lord de Dunstanville and the Bishop of Llandaff stated their approbation of the bill ; and the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Claticarty, Lord Colville, Lord Longford, and Lora Kenyon, gave it their decided op- position. The find clause having been put, a debate followed. Speakers against the bill

—Lord Farnham, the Earl of Mountcashel, Lord Eldon, (who spoke five times,) Lord

Tenterden, and the Bishop of Durham. Speakers in favour of the bill—Lord London- derry, the Bishops of Liandaff and Oxford (who spoke three times each), the Lord Chancellor and Lord Plunkett (who spoke twice). Lord Tenterden proposed au

amendment which was objected to by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Plunkett, and Lord Holland, and withdrawn. On a division, there voted for the clause, 142; against

it, 83; majority, 70. Amendments were next proposed by Lord Mountcashel, Lord Falmouth, Lord Winchilsea, and Lord Tenterden ; brit they were all negatived without a division. Lord Kenyon moved an adjournment, which was negatived by 113 to 14. The House however adjourned at half-past one o'clock.

NYEDNEti»Ar, April 8.—The presentation of Catholic petitions has at length reached a manageable point, only four were presented to-night, three of them in fa- vour of the bill. Lord Farnham presented an Anti-Catholic petition from a place in Ayrshire, which also complained that our troops in Catholic countries were obliged to attend on the ceremonies and processions of the Catholic religion. The

Duke of Wellington explained that the British troops did not go abroad to establish

our laws, constitution, and religion, but to perform the military service on which they were sent, us directed by the commanding officer. The House again went into

Committee on the Catholic Relief Bill. Eight amendments were moved, but all of them were either withdrawn or negatived. The Peers who took part lu the conver- sation were those who from the beginning have either supported or opposed the mea-

sure, with the addition of Lords Melville and Duncan, who both supported the bill. It passed through the Committee without a division, and the third reading was Axed for Friday.

Tut oRSDAY,, April 9.—The Earl of Clancarty gave notice that he should to-morrow move for papers relative to the illness of Mr. Eneas Macdonnell, who had been dis- charged front prison while the Marquis of _Anglesey was Governor of Ireland. The Duke of Wellington declared that lie would resist the production of these papers;

and the Earl of Harrowhy, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Richmond, and Lord Goderich, deprecated the motion as a useless attempt to throw obstacles in the way of the Relief Bill. Lord Clanearty was with difficulty prevailed upon to put off' his motion till Monday. A few petitions were presented her and against the Relief Bill. The Duke of Wellington moved the committal of the Disfranchisement Bill.

Speakers in support of the Bill—the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Bathurst, the Earl of Wicklow, Lord Lauderdale, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Limerick, Lord Farnham, and the Earl of Carnarvon : against it—the .Furl of Haddington, the

Duke of Richmond, and the Marquis of Clanricarde. The bill went through the Committee ; and was reported without amendment; to be read a third time to- morrow. Adjourned at eleven o'clock. Fa IDAY, April 10.—Among the Anti-Catholic petitions presented to-day, was one from Liverpool by Lord Eldon, so bulky that one of the porters about the House could scarcely carry it on his shoulders ; and which his Dordship declared he was unable to lift upon the table. Lord Goderich then presented a counter-petition from Liverpool, signed by twenty-two thousand persons. This led to some allusions to the late Mr. Canning, by Lord Eldon on the one side, and Alt. Cannies's friends ozt

the other. The Duke of Wellington moved the order of the day for the third reading of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill.—Speakers for the bill—the Marquis of Camden, Lord Granville, the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of Norwich, the Dolce of Athol, Lord Middleton, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Duke of Sussex, the Marquis of Lans- downe, Lord Reiland, and the Duke of Wellington :—against it—the Earl of Eldon, ihe Earl of Abingdon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Roden, the Earl of Fal- mouth, the Duke of Cumberland, the Bishop of Bath and %Wits, and Lord Redesalale. Their Lordships divided : Contents present 149, proxies 64-213; Non -contents present 76, proxies 33-109; majority in favour of the third reading, 104. Adjourned at two o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mora/nava April 6.—Petition presented by Mr. Ward, from graziers and others. tchepding Smithfield Market, praying to be heard by counsel against some clauses In the bill for Regulating Smithfield Market. Petition complaining of the depressed itate of the diool-trade, presented by Mr. Pendarvis, from owners and occupiers of land in the vicinity of Launceston. Mr. Tennyson's motion for the disfranchise- ment of East Retford postponed till the 5th of May. Petitions were presented by Mr. Brownlow and Mr. George Dawson from the physicians of Armagh, Londonderry, and Tyrone, complaining that they had been disturbed in their professional pur- suits by the Apothecaries' Company of Dublin enforcing a penalty of 211/. a year, because they had not undergone an examination before them, and taken out a license l'p iiriletise, though they had been educated at Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dublin : in Hie North of Ireland, there were about 250 physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries; and the fine of 201. would put about 5000/. into the pocket at' the Apothecaries' Com- pany : the Secretary for Ireland had previously ordered the matter to be inquired Into. Mr. G. Dawson brought in the Excise Duties' Regulation Bill •, which was lead a first time. Mr. Dawson also brought in the bill to carry into effect the late convention with Spain. Sir H. Purnell moved for and obtained papers connected with the public revenue. Mr. Macleod presented a petition from Sudbury, complain- ing of the distressed state of the Silk Trade. Mr. V. Fitzgerald presented a similar petition from Coventry. The Lord Mayor presented a petition from the Hackney- Coach and Chariot proprietors, complaining of the monopoly enjoyed by the owners of Cabriolets, who are few in number, and are supposed to make a profit of from l01: to 201. a day. Mr. Hume presented a petition front the brewers of Dundee, Complaining that the reduced duty cal whisky laud greatly depressed their trade, by lessening the consumption of small beer. Mr. Milne also presented a petition from the inhabitants of Callan, praying for the repeal of the laws disqualifying the Jewv from the exercise of civil rights, on account of their religious opinions. Mr. l'eel gave notice (baton the 14th of April, lie would move for leave to bring in a bill for the improvement of the Police of Westminster and places adjacent. The House went into a Committee of Supply and afterwards received the report of a previous Committee- In both cases the amount of the votes, and the extravagance of some of the items of expenditure, were objected to by Mr. Hume and others ; but no motion for their re- duction was made. Mr. Hume also complained of the increased expense of the Com- missariat Department ; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer explained, that by some changes which had been made in the department, the increase was more ap- parent than real, and would in fact be a saving. The Newfoundland Fisheries Bill —the object of which is to renew, for three years, two acts passed in 1824, for regu- lating the administration of justice in the colony, and for regulating the fisheries— were, on the motion of Sir George Murray, read a second time. The provisions of the bill are to be merely temporary, us Ministers are waiting information to pursue a better course of legislation towards the island. The Swan River Settlement Rill ,was read a second time. Mr. Wortley's Bill for Leaf alizi ng the Sale of Game, went through a Committee ; Mr. Leycester and Mr. Lockhart objecting to its provisions, as likely to prove inefficient to the object in view—the prevention of poaching—if it did not hold out an inducement to poachers. Adjourned at twelve o'clock.

TUNS DAY, April 7.—Returns connected with the coal-trade were ordered, on the motion of Mr. Bell. Several petitions were presented complaining of the state of

• the Silk Trade. A petition was presented by Lord Tullamore front the Royal Canal Company in Ireland, complaining of an infringement of their vested rights by the Directors of the Grand Canal Company. The canals of both companies were executed in parallel lines, running about thirty miles from Dublin, at aboutsix miles distance from each other. At the point at which they diverged, Government had sanctioned, by a loan of the public money, the execution of an off-branch from the Grand Canal which will again approximate the two Canals : this was the matter of complaint: the undertakings had been ruinous to both parties. Mr. Hume obtained returns of the number of Writers, Cadets, Assistant-Surgeons, and Chaplains, sent out to India in 1826, 1827, and 1828. He also obtained returns connected with the number of resident and non-resident freemen in the Irish corporations. Mr. W. . Harvey moved for returns connected with the improvements at Charing Cross and the Strand : the sums voted for which had already been exceeded, though they were Bat nearly completed. The Motion was opposed by Lord Lowther, as the triennial accounts would be laid before Parliament soon: it was withdrawn. Lord F. Gower moved for and obtained a Committee to inquire into certain proceedings of the Irish Admiralty Court, of which Sir Jonah Barrington was Judge. Mr. Warburton ob- tained a Committee to carry into effect the recommendations contained in the Report presented to the House last Session on the subject of providing subjects for the advantage of Anatomical Science. The Report of the Committee of Supply was received. The House wentinto Committee on the Newfoundland Fisheries Bill, and was about to divide on the question whether the bill should exist for three years or one year ; but it was discovered that there were only thirty-seven members present, and the House adjourned at eight o'clock. WEDNESDAY, April 8.—Petitions presented by Sir Thomas Freemantle from the owners of collieries on the rivers Tyne and Wear, praying that the duties of Gd. and 4d. per chaldron on the coals imported into London might not be continued for the purpose of defraying the expenses of making the approaches to the New London Bridge. The petition was referred to the Committee ; and counsel ordered to be heard in support of the prayer, if the point was not already decided. Mr. Courtenay postponed a motion respecting the Silk Trade, to Friday, "or any day after it." Mr. Sugden obtained leave to bring in four bills ; the first to amend the laws for payment of debts out of real estates ; the second to amend the law relating to illu- sory appointments ; the third to amend and consolidate the laws relating to lunatics, femes couvertes, and infants ; the fourth to amend and consolidate the laws relating to lunatics and infants, being trustees. Adjourned at half-Fast five o'clock.

Titons DAY, April 9.—Mr. Fyler's motion on the Silk Trade again postponed, at the request of Mr. V. Fitzgerald, till Monday, when Ministers mean to state their views. A petition was presented by Mr. J. Grattan, from the Roman Catholic Bishops in Ireland, stating that they agreed with the report laid before the House by the Commissioners of Inquiry recommending a system of national education. A petition was presented from the clergy of the Archdeaconry of Berks against voting any more money to the College of Maynooth. Major Fane's motion on the subject of a new writ for East Retford was postponed till after the holydays. Mr. Baring gave notice of his intention to bring in a bill to compel members to vacate their seats when they accepted offices abroad. Mr. Tennyson is, on Tuesday, to move for a Committee to inquire into the receipts, expenditure, and management, of the Orphan's fund. Mr. Lennard obtained a select committee to inquire into the pre- sent state of the laws and practice relative to the granting of Patents for Inventions. Lord F. Gower referred three grants in the Irish estimates to a select committee,— the votes for the Society for Discountenancing Vice, the vote to the Kildare-street Society, and the grant to Maynooth College. Sir George Cockburn brought in a bill to provide for the better management of the affairs of Greenwich hospital; there are at present four or five hundred governors and twenty four irresponsible Managers,—a system which is to be done away with. The House went into Com- mittee on the Assessed Taxes Composition Act; when leave was given to bring in a bill to continue the provisions of the bill for a further term. The Scotch Seisin Registration Bill, the Naval Officers' Widows' Pension Bill, the Naval Commis- sioners' Quorum Bill, and the Newfoundland Fisheries Bill, went through Com- mittees. Adjourned at eight o'clock.

Fax DAV, April 10.—The Archbishop of Canterbury's Estate Bill was passed : the object of the bill seems to be to advance a large sum to the Prelate out of the fund called Quaen Anne's Bounty, to enable him to repairLambeth Palace, and for which four per cent, interest is to be paid for forty years. A petition war presented from Maurice Holland, silk throwster near Glasgow, in which he sought a duty of 401. per cent, on thrown silk. A petition was presented from a society in Paisley, by Mr. Wilmot Horton, praying for aid to emigrate to America. A petition was presented from certain inhabitants of Dublin, complaining of the disabillities of the Jews. Mr, G. Lamb presented a petition from East Raiford, complaining of the proposed measure for disfranchising the borough. The Spanish Claims Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. The House went into Conimittee on the Swan River Settlement Bill, which was reported without amendment. The Greenwich Hospital Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Tuesday. The report on the Newfoundland Fisheries Bill was brought up, and the bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. Some amendments were made in

Committee on the Lunatic Asylums' Regulation Bill; and it was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. A Committee was appointed, on the motion of Sir R, Harclioge, to inquire into the state of the pay and clothing of the Midtio of Great Britain and Ireland. The Chancellor of the Exchequer's Bill to prolong the period for the composition of the Assessed Taxes, read a first time. Adjourned at nine o'clock.