The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-20 00:00:00

FINANCE.

A tote for 201. being expended in agitating a certain
district of Scotland under the superintondenec of Mr.
Mathew, gsve rise to a long and animated discussion. It
was supported by Messrs. Pitkeithley, Carpenter, Mills,
Maling, &c., and opposed by Messrs- Neisam, Feargus
O'Connor, Marsden, Sankey, Ryder, Skevington, Penny,
and tl.e Rev. -Wade. It was finally carried by a majority
of thres.

Some other money votes being negatived, the Secretary
called for the notices of motion, which were handed in
accordingly.

THE ARMY.

Among them was one by Mr. O'Connor, to the effect
That the Convention do prepare an address to the army,
calling on that portion of the people to get up an address
to the Queen, to induce her Majesty to use her authority to
prevent the safety of the country being entrusted to the
intended rural police, instead of to themselves, the ac-
knowledged guardians of Britain.—The meeting then
dissolved.

IMPERIAL PARL lAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock.
On the motion of Mr. HECTOR, the South Moulton
Roads Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed.

On the motion of Mr. WALKER, the Bury Market
Bill was read a second time, and ordorcd to be committed.

SALE OF BEER BILL.
Mr. G RIM S DIT C H presented a petition from Maccles-
field against the Beer Bill.
Mr. FENTON presented petitions to the same effect
from Rochdale.

Mr. D'ISRAELI presented similar petitions from
Nlaidatone.

Mr. BROADLEY presented a petition from Selby,
Yorkshire, against the Beer Act, and a petition to the
same effect from Ripon.
Mr. M. PHILLIPS presented a petition from Sal.
ford, from upwards of 600 beer sellers, praying the Houac
to institute an inquiry before they legislated on the subject.
Mr. E A S'FHOPE presented a petition (we believe)
from Leicester, in favour of a penny postage.
Mr. GREENAWAY presented a similar petition.
Mr. BAILEY presented a petition from Sudbury
against any further grant to Maynooth College.
Sir C. STYLE presented a petition from the county
of Donegal, fur an equalization of political privileges be-
tween Ireland and England.
Mr. SC AR L ETT presented a petition from some place
in Lancashire, complaining of the operation of the Beer Act.

Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from some place
in the county of Chester against the Beer Act. Also a
petition from some place in Sussex, praying the House not
to sanction any system of Public Euucation which was not
under the superintendence of the clergy of the Established
Church ; also a petition, praying for the repeal of the Ro-
man Catholic Emancipation Act.
REPEAL OP THE UNION.

Mr. O'CONNELL presented nine petitions from pa-
rishes in the counties of Kerry, Tipperary, Cavan, Long-
ford, and Donegal, calling on the House either to make
the Union a real one, by identifying the Irish with the
English, or to restore to Ireland her domestic Legislature.
Mr. O'CONNELL also presented a petition from the
Rev. Henry Edwards, who was the Minister of an Inde-
pendent Chapel at Long Sutton, in Lincolnshire. The peti-
tioner stated that he was a hater of popery—( A laugh)
_—but that he hated still more the enormous temporalities
of the present Established Church in Ireland,and praying the
House not to grant the prayer of the petitions fur abrogat-
ing the grant to Marnooth, as he did not believe the peti-
tioners were actuated by any sincere love for religion, from
which sentiment he ( Mr. O'Connell) did not widely differ.
The petitioner prayed that the House would take the tem-
poralities of the Established Church and apply them to
public purposes, and would resist any attempt to take the
grant from Maynooth, without at the same time lessening
the temporalities of the Established Church in Ireland.
The Hon. and Learned Member also presented a petition
from Newfoundland, signed by the Speaker of the House
of Assembly, a great number of merchants, and 2,600
other individuals, complaining of the calumnious charges
which had been made against the popular party in that
country, and praying the House to examine into the facts
before making any alteration in the constitution of the
colony.
Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the Report of the
Standing Orders Committee.
Mr. MILES presented a petition from Glastonbury
against any alteration in the Corn-laws.
Mr. HODGSON presented a petition from the county
of Northumberland complaining of spiritual destitution in
Canada.

Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL presented a petition from
the county of Kerry in favour of the Government plan for
establishing railroads in Ireland.
Mr. MUSKETT presented a petition from St. Albans
against any alteration in the Beer Bill.
Mr. W. DUNCOMBE presented three petitions
from the North Riding of Yorkshire against any altera-
tion in the Corn•lan•s; also a petition from Dewsbury,
praying- for an alteration in the Beer Act.
Sir JAMES DUKE presented a petition from Boston,
signed by 3,000 persons, against any alteration in the
Beer Bill, and eight other petitions from places in Lincoln-
shire to the same effect.

Petitions were presented complaining of the evil working;
of the Beer Bill, by Mr. Milnes, from six parishes in York-
shire ; by Mr. Baines, from five places in the West Riding
of the county of York ; by Mr. Parker from Sheffield ;
by Mr. Marsland from Saddlewortb, Chapel-le-Firth, and
other places.
Mr. BR ANI STON presented a petition from Essex
in favour of the County Courts Bill.
Mr. POW ER presented a petition from Waterford
praying for Corporate Reform.
CORN-LAWS.
Mr. 'VILLIERS presented a petition from an indivi-