The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-08 00:00:00

ROUSE OF LORDS, May 7.
Lord REDESDALE took his scat on the Woolsack at
Five o'clock.

PETITIONS.
The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND presented a
petition against the grant to Maynooth.
The Earl of FEVERSHAM presented a petition from
a place in Yorkshire to the same effect.
The Earl of RODEN presented two petitions from
places in Warwickshire to the same effect.
The Earl of DERBY presented three petitions from
the city of Ross against the endowment of the Catholic
cler,
The Earl of RODEN presented petitions from the
female inhabitants of Tyrone (3), Londonderry, and
Donegal, praying for the establishment of inspectorships
of nunneries.
LAW OF EVIDENCE (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The Earl of MINTO moved the second reading of
this Bill.
Lord LYNDHURST said he regretted that this Bill
did not go far enough, and did not allow plaintiff and
defendant to be admitted as witnesses, as was provided
by the Bill which passed last session with regard to Eng-
land. The new system had worked most admirably,
and he WAS happy to state this on the testimony of
Learned Judges, who like himself had at first doubted
of it. The verdicts of juries wore mach more sa-
tisfactory under the new system than under the old.
He thought that, with those good effects before them,
they were additional arguments for assimilating the
practice throughout the United Kingdom. Ho had
already given notice of an amendment which he
meant to propose when they went into Com-
mittee, to extend the jurisdiction of the Bill, and he
hoped that before they went into Committee the Noble
Earl would consent to adopt these amendments.
Lord CAMPBELL supported the second reading of
the Bill with the greatest pleasure, although he regretted
that it did not go further than it did, and he hoped
that his Noble and Learned Friend would not abandon
his intention to propose the amendments of which he had
given notice.
The Earl of MINTO said he should certainly not op-
pose the amendments which were proposed to be in-
serted by his Noble and Learned Friend opposite.
doe Bill was then read a second time.
Iffie Disabilities Repeal Bill was read a second time
on the motion of Lord LYNDHURST.
THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and passed:
The Linen, &0., Manufactures.
The Loan Societies.
The Poor Relief Act Continuance.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 7.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Amendments to the Droitwich Junction Canal
Bill were considered and agreed to.
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed:—
Deeside Railway.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Merthyr Tydfil Waterworks.
The following Bills were considered and agreed to:—
Cork Improvement.
Macclesfield and Buxton Road.
Tyne Improvement.
Shillingford, Wallingford, and Reading Road, and Shit-
lingford Bridge.

PETITIONS.
Mr. HASTIE presented several petitions from various
parts of Scotland against the Maynooth grant.
Mr. M. MILNES presented a petition from the Wake-
field Mechanics' Institute, praying for the repeal of all
taxes on knowledge.
Mr. FREWEN presented a petition from Essex against
the Maynooth grant.
Mr. SPOONER presented a similar petition from
Camberwell.
Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from Nantwich,
in Cheshire, praying the House to take steps to put an
end to the practice of flogging juvenile offenders.
Mr. MACGREGOR presented a petition from a place
in Scotland, praying for repeal of the Tests Act; also a
petition from a body of hand-loom weavers, praying the
House to assist them to emigrate to New South Wales;
also a petition from Chelsea and Kensington, against the
Militia Bill.
Mr. W. J. Fox presented a petition from Finsbury
to the same effect.
Mr. G. NOEL presented a petition against the May-
nooth grant.
Mr. WHITESIDE presented a petition from Ennis-
killen in favour of tenant right.
Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition against the
Charitable Trusts Bill from Selby in Yorkshire.
Mr. BRO CKLE HURST presented a petition from the
Macclesfield Institution, praying the House to direct
that copies of all Parliamentary reports and other valuable
public papers may be furnished to that and similar
bodies.
Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition against the Mi-
litia Bill.

Mr. RICARDO presented a petition from the pub-
lisher and proprietor of the Household Narrative of
Current Events, complaining of the conduct of the So-
merset Rouse authorities, who had threatened to prosecute
him for publishing an illegal piper, but yet hesitated
to bring the matter in dispute to issue in a Court of
Record.