The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-13 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Petitions against the financial propositions of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer were presented by Sir W.
CLAY, from the Tower Hamlets ; Lord D. STUART,
from St. Pancras; and by several other hon. members
from other places.
Lord D. STUART presented a petition from Ken-
dal, praying that the Government remonstrate with the
authorities in Italy to allow the Bible to be read by the
people in that country ; also several' petitions from the
metropolis, praying for the interference of the house in
the case of Edward Murray.
Mr. PHINN presented a petition from a Mechanics'
Institute at Bath, praying for the transmission, at a
small cost, of Parliamentary reports to literary insti-
tutions.

Mr. MONSELL presented a similar petition from
Limerick.

Mr. COBDEN also presented a similar one from the
West Riding of Yorkshire.
Similar petitions were presented by Lord BARNARD
from Galway, and Mr. LOCKE from Honiton.
. .

Mr. 0. doNNOR HASTIE presented a petition
from Kildare, complaining of the interference of Roman
Catholic clergy at the. last election in Ireland, and
praying for the adoption of the ballot.
Mr. W. LOCKHART presented a petition from
Edinburgh against opening 2 the Crystal Palace on
Sundays.
Mr. WILKINSON presented a petition from Mary-
lebone, praying for the interference of the Government
to obtain the liberation of Edward Murray.
Mr. HA YTER presented a petition from Wells
against the proposed increase of the house-tax.
Mr. GRANVILLE BERKELEY presented a peti-
tion from Evesham, to the same effect.
Mr. ISAAC Burr presented a petition from
Youghal,_praying for an enquiry into the interference
of the Roman Catholic clergy at the last general election
in Ireland.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the
Holborn Union against the recent order of the Poor-
Law Board.

Mr. TUFNELL presented a petition from Devonport
against, the extension of the house tax.

MR. BOYD.

Mr. M. MILNES wished to ask the Under Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, ,whether any steps had been
taken by the intervention of his department with foreign
governments to ascertain the fate of Mr. Benjamin Boyd,
supposed to have been murdered or held in captivity, on
landing at one of the Solomon islands in the latter part
of the last year, and whether there_would be any objection
to lay such information as her Majesty's Government
might have received on the table of the house.

Lord STANLEY had no information to lay upon
the table because no information had been received, but
in reference to the first part of the question he
might perhaps be allowed to state that in the month
of June last a dispatch was written to our Minister at
Washington, requesting him to make application to the
American Government on the subject, and request them
to assist this country in obtaining information. Mr.
Webster, the then Secretary of State, promised to com-
ply with that request, and shortly afterwards a notice
was published in the newspapers of the States, requesting
any private individuals who might obtain information
connected with the fate of Mr. Boyde, to communicate
it to the American authorities. He was sorry, however,
to say, that up to the present moment no information
whatever had been received.
INCOME TAX.

Mr. HEADLAM wished to ask the right hon. gen-
tleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer a question rela-
tive to the proposed reduction of the income tax. It
was proposed to reduce the incomes liable to the tax
in cases where the income was derived from
fixed and certain sources from 501., and those
derivable from industrial sources, to 1001. Now, sup-
posing a person to be in the receipt of 401. from realised
property, and 1001. from professional resources, would
he be exempted from payment of the tax, or would he
have to pay it upon the whole 1201. ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it
was extremely inconvenient to enter into such questions
then. It would be much better to leave it for the Mi-
nister to state his details when the proper time arrived
for doing so.