§ Mr. Calcraftpresented a petition from upwards of 1000 inhabitants of the parish of St. Pancras against the bill for the erection of a workhouse, and some parochial regulations in that place. Ordered to lie on the table.—Mr. Williams, from the commissioners of naval enquiry, presented at the bar the correspondence with the treasurer of the navy, which was ordered on a preceding day. The papers were ordered to be laid on the table, and on the motion of sir R. Buxton, it was ordered that they should be printed.—Mr. Johnstone, from the office of the chief secretary of Ireland, presented copies of the contracts which had been entered into for the purchase of houses or ground for the scite of the Roman catholic seminary. Ordered to be laid on the table.—Mr. Parnell presented statements of the public expenditure in the Irish chancellor of the exchequer's office, which were also ordered to be laid on the table.—Mr. H. Thornton gave notice that, in consequence of the resignation of sir Francis Burdett, he would, to-morrow, move that the petition against Mr. Mainwaring be discharged.—Mr. Creevy rose for the purpose of putting a question to his majesty's ministers. Three weeks shall have elapsed to-morrow since the resignation of lord Melville, and yet no successor had been appointed. He wished to know who was to succeed to that important office, as under all the circumstances of the country, and considering the forward state of the enemy's fleets, it was extremely desirable that a person should be appointed adequate to the urgency of the times, and arduous duties of that high office.—The chancellor of the exchequer had no difficulty in answering the hon. gentleman's question: the appointment had taken place, and would be men- 457 tioned in the Gazette of to-morrow; and the successor to that noble lord was one who fully answered the description of the hon. gent. and would be satisfactory to the wishes of the nation. (After having sat down, the right hon. gent. mentioned the name of sir Charles Middleton.)