The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-30 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—Nov.- 29.
The House of Lords (ill not sit to-day.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Nor. 29.

The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock.
Sir CHARLES BuLitELL took the oaths and his seat.
Mr. Craf r, from the Treasury, presented Flyers.
Mr. Lee from the Bank of Enl-land, prestnted returns.

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Mr. !I' ie.rney from the lax-otTiee presented papers.
Sir J. YARDE BULLER present ql ;$ P.-tit from
Lord Rolle, for leave to bring in a Bill tdiregulate-t'larket
Rates in Doi onibire.
An HON. MEMBE::, whose nune we could not ascertain,
presented a petition against the return fur the Borough
of Shaftesbury.

An HoN. 111EmsEa presented a petition from the Cham-
ber of Commerce of Glasgow, praying for an equaliza-
tion of the rate: of po,ta;e.
Lord J. RUSSELL Lrou4ht up and laid upon the table,
papers of which the subject was not heard in the ;gallery.

MANOR COURTS-(IRELAND.)
On the motion of Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL, the
Order of the Day for the nomination of a Select Com-
mittee of Inquiry into the Manor Courts in Ireland,
was read, and a Committee. appointed. A.mengst the
names were those of the Attorney-General for Ireland,
Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, 'Mr. Fitzstephen French,
Lord Hillsborough, &c.
COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.

On the readln; of the O: der of the Day for the H fuse
going into a Committee of Supply,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the postponement of
the Committee to Friday.—Agreed to.
FICTITIOUS VOTES (IRELAND.)
On the motion of Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET,
the Order of the Day for the nomination of a Select Com-
mittee to inquire resp..tcting the practice of creating ficti-
tious votes in Irel:ind was read, and the Committee appointed.
ENCROACHMENT ON BRITISH FISHERIES.
An HON. MENIBER, whose no:me:we did not learn, beg-
ged to put a quesion to the Noble Ler], the Secretary
for Foroign Affairs, respecting the encroachmen:s of the
French upon the British Fisheries. Complaints of such en-
croachments by French trawl-boats had frequently been made
by the fishermen of Kent; lout lately those encroachments
had extended to the coasts of Suffolk, Norfolk, and York-
shire. The object of his question was, whether any arrange-
moot was likely t.) be made between the Governments of
France and England on this subject.
Lord PALMERSTON explained that arrangements
had already been made between the two Governments, re-
specting the differences between the fishermen of Guernsey
and those of the French coast. A Commission had been
appointed to fix!upon a line of demarcation which would put
an end to all different:, s. Government would direct attention
to the subject adverted to by the Honourable Member,
and if an amicable and satisfactory arrangement should
not speedily be come to, it would not be their fault.
A NOBLE LORD on the Ministerial side of the House said
the evils complained of by the Committee of 1833 had in-
creased ; and he would at another time put the Noble
Lord (Lord Palmerston) in possession of facts
which would assure him that the question was one deeply
affecting not only the national interest, but the national
honour. He wished to know if the Commission would ex-
tend its inquiries to this question ?
Lord PALMERSTON replied that this particular
Commission was limited to the local arrangements as
to the oyster fishery, and perhaps it would not be conve-
nient to extend its inquiries to the larger. question-men-
tioned by the Noble Lord, which could only be usefully
discussed between the Governments of the two countries.