The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PAUL/AMEN T.

ROUSE OF LORDS, F. 2

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the
Woolsack at Five o'Clock.
Lord BARHAM presented a petition from the
County of Rutland against any alteration in the Corn-
laws, also fifty petitions from different places in the
County of Rutland to the same effect.
Lord DALHOUSIE presented petitions from
Preston Kirk and several other places against any alter-
ation in the Corn laws.

Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition f:orn
the county of York against any alteration in the Corn-
laws.

The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented pe-
titions from the Chamber of Commerce in Greenock,
from the bankers and merchants of the same town, from
Berwick upon Tweed, and 4 m other places, praying
for a total repeal a the Corn-laws. The Noble
Marquis said that their Lordships had thus before
them petitions from the commercial, manufactur-
ing, and operative parts of the community, praying fur
the repeal of thoxa laws which they considered to be
most oppressive. The Noble Marquis presented a
petition from a place in Perthshire, praying f.r Church
Extension.

The Earl of RIPON moved for a Return of the
average importation of corn, the exportation of manu-
factures from this country to different parts of Eu-
rope, and also of the quantity of foreign and colonial
wool imported to this country for the last ten years.
The Marquis of NORMANBY said that in con-
sequence of a question put to him on Friday last by
a Noble Lord opposite, he had communicated with
his Noble Friend the late Lord Commissioner of
Canada, and he was now given to understand that the
second appendix to that Noble Lord's Report, would be
in his (the Noble Marquis's) hand on Friday next, and
he should lose no time in having it laid on their Lord.
ship's table.
Lord RIPON said that in the course of last Session
he had moved for certain returns respecting the Church
and t're condition of the Canadian provinces. The
Noble Lord, the then Secretary for the Colonies,
said that he had searched for the papers, but that
he had been unable to find one of them. The Noble
Lord also said, that he could not therefore lay the re-
turn before the House, without a communication with
Canada ; but the Sesi4ion terminated before that com-
munication could have been replied to. Ile, there-
fore, wished to know from the Noble Marquis,
opposite whether he would be able to furnish the returns.

The Marquis of NORMANBY said he should in-
quire about them.

- Lord NV ARNC LIFFE presetited a petition from
(as we understood) Barnley, in Yorkshire, pray-
ing for relief from the duty on po,t-horses, which
he moved might be referred to the Committee. He
really hoped her Majesty's Government would take
this subject into their serious consideration. If there
was to be the competition which there was every rea-
son to expect between the railroads and the turnpike
roads, no doubt the turnpike roads would suffer most
severely, and that many posting inns must be entirely
knocked up. Therefore he apprehended there could
be no doubt that this was a subject well deserving of
consideration.

The Marquis of SALISBURY moved that there
be laid upon the table of the House an abstract of
the expenses incurred in the maintenance of highways
in England. He found that no abstract of this sort had
been laid upon the table since the year 1808.
Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that upon the
House resoling itself into a Committee to-morrow,
on the Burgh Courts Bill, brought in by his Noble and
Learned Friend the Lord Cldef Justice of the Queen's
Bench, he should call the attention of their Lordships to
the very important subject of Burgh Courts, with the
view of having some general rule and principle laid
down for the conduct of the Legislature in passing
those Acts, or in substituting Acts for local Acts gene-
rally.

Lord DUCANN ON laid on the table a return of all
the rewards which had been offered by the Lord Lieute-
nant in Ireland for outrages committed in that country
since December, 1837.
POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) ACT AMEND-
MENT BILL.
Lord DUNCANNON moved the second reading of
the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill. The
principal necessity for this Bill arose from the diffi-
culty that was experienced from what were called
town lands, there being many parts in Ireland in which
that denomination was not known, and it gave the
Commissioners power to declare certain districts to be
town lands.

The Duke of WELLINGTON had no objection
to this Bill, as it seemed to be considered that some
amendment of the Bill that was passed last year was
necessary, and therefore he bad no objection to this
amendment, inasmnch as the original principle of the
Bill was adhered to.

Lerd BROUGHAM agreed with the Noble Duke
on this occasion ; last year he differed with the Noble
Duke, and also with the majority of that House upon
the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill. But still it was not
necessary to keep that Bill less perfect than it m;glit be
made now. He had not seen .a Bill more capable of ex=
tensive amendment than this. He approved of the 10th
clause of the present Amendment Act, which gave
their Lordships power to amend this Amendment Act.
—(Hear, and laughter.) He was satisfied it would be
necessary to amend this Amendment Act before the Sea.
sion closed.
Lord WICKLOW would like to hear the Noble
and Learned Lord opposite name a single Bill which
had been brought in by the present Government
and passed that House, which had not required an
Amendment Act to he passed the Yew next Session.—
(Hear.) He agreed in the propriety of bringing in this
Amendment Act, and he wished to call the attention of
the Noble Marquis to the Bth section of it, which was
the only section that related to that part of the Bill on
which an animated discussion took place last year.
When the Bill was before the House the Noble
Viscount bad contended that the appeal to the Quarter
Sessions, if granted at all, ought to be in the presence
of the Assistant Barrister, but this clause allowed the
appeal without the presence of the Barrister. He (the
Earl of. Wicklow) did not object to the clause, but he
thought it strange that such a change should take place.
Lord DUNCANNON said a few words in explana-
tion, which were inaudible.
Lord BROUGHAM said, when it was stated that
all Legislation was bungling, or at all events 811 the
acts of the present Government—of which he would
not say a word—he must refer to the English Poor
Law Act—an Act of a much more extensive nature
than the one now alluded to—but which had not re-
quired any amendment.
Lord MELBOURNE said most acts of an extensive
or important nature had required amendment. With
regard to the English Poor Law Act he must, however,
say that the reason why no amendment had been
introduced, was not because it was not required.