The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-20 00:00:00

Mr. TOOKE moved the third reading of this Bill.
Mr. GORDON trusted that the Hon. Member wouli
postpone his motion for the third reading till to-morrow.
Circumstances had taken place which he could not detail to
the House which bad induced him to make this request.
Mr. TOOKE said that he had every disposition to act
courteously to the Hon. Member ; but be felt that he
•should not be doing his duty towards those who had in-
trusted him with this Bill if he did not move its third read-
ing tn-daY. He was quite sure that the suggestions which
had been alluded to by the Hon. Member would not be ac-
ceded to by the principal party concerned, in addition to
which no Parliamentary ground for delaying the third read-
ing had been brought forward. From the information
he had received, he felt quite convinced that no possible
good could result from the delay.
Mr. GORDON trusted that in the next twenty-four
hours an arrangement would take place that would do
away with the objections he entertained for the third
reading.
After some observations from Mr. AGLIONBY, the
800. Member for Truro agreed to postpone the third
reading till to-morrow.
On the motion of Mr. LAMBTON, the Durham June-
tion Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
ommitted.
On the motion of Mr. DOTTIN the London and Green-
wich Railway Improvement Bill was read a third time and
passed.

On the motion of Sir E. WILMOT the London and
Birmingham Railway Improvement Bill was read a third
time and passed.
_-14r. CHALMERS presented a petition from the mer-
nts and agriculturists of Montrose, complaining of the
'mismanagement of the Clyde Canal Company.

WORCESTER CATTLE-MARKET.
.Mr. ROBINSON brought up the Report of the Corn-
llnttee on the Worcester Cattle-Market.
.o.n.the motion of Mr. MARK PHILLIPS, the Vic-
. Park (Manchester) Company Bill was read a third
Mme and passed.

CHURCH RATES.
Petitions against the Ministerial plan for the abolition
of Church-rates, were presented by Mr. Davenport, Sir
tdward Knatchbull, Sir Roger Gresley, and other Hon.
tMembers ; and in favour of the abolition of Church-rates
"Y. Ur. Potter, Mr. Divett, Mr. Chalmers, Mr. Baines,
"Ir. Ord, and other Hon. Members.
Sir J. TYRRELL presented a petition from a Board of
Guardians in Essex against any material alteration in the
Poor Law Bill.

SUMMARY PUNISHMENTS.
Sir E. WILMOT brought up his Bill giving power
to Magistrates to punish summarily in cases of theft where
the parties convicted were under 15, and the article tolen
!)f lees value than 10s. He would move the secondsread-
lug of it on the sth May.
_ Captain ALSAGER presented a number of petitions
from operatives in Manchester and Stockport, praying for
A Ten Hours' Bill.
Mr. CLAY presented petitions from the power-loom
weavers of Glasgow and Manchester, praying for the abo-
lition of the Corn-laws ; and one from the Literary Insti-
tution of Poplar, praying for a national system of education.
Mr. WILKS presented a petition from Brosley, in favour
of the Church-rate abolition Bill.
Mr. WYNN presented four petitions from places in
...Wales, against the abolition of Church-rates. The Hon.
Member also presented a petition from the county of Mont-
gomery, praying that the surplus revenues of the sees of
13augor and St. Asaph, instead of being applied to the in-
crease of the revenues of those sees, might be devoted to
the augmentation of poor livings.
An HON. MEMBER presented 25 petitions from different
Pans of Gloucestershire, against the abolition of Church-
rotas.

, Mr. HUME presented a petition from Chiswick, com-
Plaining of the operation of certain parts of the Poor Law
Amendment Bill in the Union of Brentford, and praying
the House to afford such relief as it might think proper.—
Referred to the Poor Law Committee.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented petitions from Man-
chester in favour of the Ten Hours' Factory Bill. _

Mr. AGLIONBY presented petitions from the ope-
ratives of Manchester and Salford in favour of the Ten
liours' Bill, and that no person under ten years should
be employed in factories.