The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-28 00:00:00

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

4 Mr. P. THOMSON said he would now place in
the hands of the clerk at the table the resolution which
he intended to move to-morrow with respect to private
business.
t Mr. HUMII--I cannot hear a word that the Riglit
• Hon. Gentleman has stated.
Mr. P. THOMSON stated that it was his inten-
ttion to place in the hands of the clerk the resolution
which he intended to move to-morrow with respect to
4 tile private business of the House. His object in placing
the resolution in the hands of the clerk that day was, that
it might be printed, and in the hands of Honourable
Mem-ber.' to-morrow morning, as it was his intention to
bring I:_he subject forward to-morrow, at half-past four
o'clock, iromeJiately after the private business was con-
cluded.
Mr. HUME salld, that upon the occasion of the
Right Hon. Gentleman bringing forward the subject, be
should submit to the House three resolutions as an
amendment, to the effect of haw far local influence
should be permitted in Committees on Private Bills.
Sir J. GRAHAM said, that if the object of the Hon.
Member for Kilkenny was to move his resolutions as
an amendment to those of the Right Hon. Gentleman
they ought to be before the House, in order that Hon.
Members might have an opportunity of comparing them.
Mr. HUME said that he would take care that Hon.
Members should be furnished with a copy of the reso-
lutions he should move as an amendment.
CORN-LADS.
Mr. VILLIERS gave notice, that on the 12th
March he would move that the House' do go into a Com-
mittee of the whole House for the purpo4u, of taking

into consideration the 9th George IV., which regulated
the importation of Foreign Corn.—(Cheers.)
Mr. CHRISTOPHER—Then, Sir, I give notice,
that upon the 12th March, I shall move that the House
be called over.
Mr. PACKINGTON gave notice that on Tuesday,
the sth of March, he would move for leave to bring in
a Bill to alter and amend the laws relating to the sale
of beer.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. GRATTAN renewed his notice respecting the
appropriation of the 50,0001. annually voted for the pur-
poses of education in Ireland, for the sth of March.
Viscount DUNGANNON gave notice that on the
sth of March he would move for a Committee of In-
quiry into the state, expenditure, and system of educa-
tion in the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth.
Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he would move,
by way of amendment, to extend the inquiries of
the said Committee to Trinity College.
Mr. CAYLEY gave notice that he would move,
that considering the heavy debt and taxation to which
this country was subjected, the existing Corn-laws, by
the protection afforded to the grower against low prices,
and to the purchaser against high prices, had essentially
answered the purposes for which they were enacted.—
(Cheers and laughter.)
Lord ASHLEY gave notice that on the 4th of March
he would call the attention of the House to a report
made by James Stuart, Esq., one of the factory in-
spectors, which had been, by command of her Majesty,
laid on the table of that House.
PATTERNS AND INVENTIONS BILL.

Mr. P. THOMSON said, seeing his Hon. Friend
opposite in his place, (Mr. Mackinnnon) he wished to
ask him whether he could, consistently with his duty,
postpone the above Bill. In consequence
of the various Bills brought in by the Hon. Gentleman
last Session, the attention of Government had been
turned to the subject, and he was quite prepared to
show that the Bill of his Hon. Friend, then standing
for the second reading, ought to be divided into two
Bills. He was prepared to show both his Hon.
Friend and the House good reasons for so doing ;
but as the whole subject was now under the
consideration of Government, probably he might think
it consistent with his duty to postpone the con-
sideration of the present Bill for a short period. In
the present state of the question he (Mr. Poulett Thom-
son) did not think that the question would at all suffer
from the delay ; probably his Hon. Friend would consent
to allow the matter to remain is the hands of the Go-
vernment for a short period.
Mr. MACKINNON would willingly have acceded to
the wishes of her Majesty's Government, but he must say,
that having given great attention to the subject, having
devoted a great deal of his time to making researches con-
nected with it, he thought it was hardly fair to take the
Bill out of the point of his mouth at the moment
he had come to the mark. He would ask his Right
Hon. Friend whether he had any objection to let his
Bill go to a Committee up stairs in eonjitnction with his
own Bill. His Right Hon. Friend might name his own
Committee, and out of the two Bills a measure might be
formed which would be valuable to the House and the
cotntry.—(Hear, hoar.) He bad bean two years occu-
pied with this Bill—(Hear)—he had been disappointed
in bringing it forward for two successive sessions ; and
now when the time had come for the second reading
of this Bill, her Majesty's Government bring in a Bill
on the same subject. He would therefore ask his Right
Hon. Friend whether he had any objection to refer
both Bills to a Committee up-stairs.
Mr. P. THOMSON must oppose the proposition
of his Hon. Friend. Upon the consultations which he
had had with the trade on the subject be was satisfied
that his Hon. Friend's Bill was very unsatisfactory to
them. There was nothing at all requiring that
they should go before a Committee up-stairs. Since
hi, Hon. Friend refused to accede to his proposition,
he must bring his measure before the House in the re-
gular way.
Mr. MACKINNON said, that in consequence of
what had fallen from his Right Hon. Friend the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, he would beg to postpone
the second reading of his Bill to that day fortnight.
FICTITIOUS VOTES (SCOTLAND.)
Mr. G. W. HOPE seeing the Noble Lord in his
place, would wish to draw his attention to the recom-
mendations contained in the report of the Committee on
fictitious votes in Scotland, and he would wish to ask
whether it was the intention of the Government to give
effect to those recommendations.

The LORD ADVOCATE replied that it was the
intention of the Government to introduce such a Bill.
Mr. HOPE asked when ?
The LORD ADVOCATE said he could not exactly
state when.
COMMITTEE RESPECTING MR. WYNN.

Mr. JERVIS then moved the appointment of the Se-
lect Committee respecting Mr. Wynn ; substituting for
the Attorney-General Mr. O'Connell, and for Mr.
Aglionby Mr. Harvey.—(Hear, hear, from the Liberal
Members ; No, no, from the Opposition.)
Mr. AGLION BY said he had requested the Hon.
Member for Chester to withdraw his name from the
Committee, because he was Chairman of Committee
No. 3 on Private Bills ; and there were some hundreds
of specific objections to be considered ; and the Com-
mittee had to sit day by day till these objections had
been disposed of.—( Hear, hear, and a laugh.)
-""*On the SPEA VCR putting the names of the Committee,
Mr. GOULBURN said the object of publishing the
names of the Members who were to be proposed on the
Committee was of course to give full notice—(Hear)—
and that object was frustrated by proposing two names
which had not been published in the Votes, and of
which, therefore, no notice had been given.—(Hear.)
Mr. O'CONNELL said, to-morrow the Attorney-
General might be in his place, and he might be able to
serve.

Mr. JERVIS said he did not know whether the
Attorney-General could serve. As a, matter of
privilege he doubted whether he could not have
proposed the Committee without any notice. But
he did not wish to press that. He was anxious
for a full and fair inquiry, and to that end
wished every name proposed on the Committee to be
thoroughly canvassed.—(Hear.) If it were the wish of
the House, therefore, he would give notice :bat to-
morrow he would move the appointment of the Com-
mittee, with the names of Mr. O'Connell and Mr.
Harvey included.
Mr. HUME—Sir, I wish to ask the Noble Lord the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a question re-
specting Belgium.—(Several voices on the Ministerial
benches exclaimed " He is not here, he is not here ;"
which created great laughter, in the midst of which the
Hon. Member resumed his seat.)
HAND-LOOM WEAVERS.

Sir R. BATESON wished to ask the President of
the Board of Trade if he knew when the Report of the
Hand-loom Weavers' Commissioners would be laid on
the table of the House, as very great anxiety was felt
by that class of her Majesty's subjects relative to this
matter.

Mr. P. THOMSON said the Report of three of the
Commissioners had not as yet been sent in, conse-
quently it was impossible for the Commissioners
to make their general report. The Reports of
some of the Commissioners would shortly be laid
on the table of the House, and no time would be lost
in presenting the general Report.