The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-02 00:00:00

IRISH RAILWAYS.

The HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN then presented a
petition, agreed to at a meeting, at which the Lord
Mayor of Dublin presided, and which was composed
of the Nobility and Gentry of all sects and parties,
calling on the House to take such measures as would
place in the hands of the. Government the construction
of Railways in Ireland.
NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
Mr. I3AINES obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
alter the fine of the North Midland Railway.
Mr. WALLACE presented petitions from the town
and county of Ayr against the Corn-laws.

SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.
Captain PEC HELL presented a petition from the
Brighton Railway Company, stating that the South
L istern Railway Company hail not complied with the
Standing Orders, and praying the House not to allow
their Bill to pass.
Lronrod, ASHLEYanother
prpeslaccnet presented two tpwoorspectsthitiiroen:
afgr:trinnsSt lalenry-
boualteration in the Corn-laws.

THE STEWARDSHIP OF DENBIGH HALL.
MR. W. W. WYNN.
Mr. JERVIS brought up the Report of the Select
Committee appointed to inquire into the circumstances
under which the Right Hon. W. W. Wynn had ac-
cepted the office of Steward of Denbigh Hall. The
Committee, after hearing evidence, had come to the
following resolution—" That the office of Steward of
Denbigh Hill was an office the appointment to which
was in the Crown ; that the Right Hon. W. W. Wynn
had been appointed to that office by her Ilinj-sty ; but
that he had not accepted that office from the Crown
since his election."

Mr. JERVIS, in moving that the evidence taken
before the Committee should be printed, begged
to state in justification of that Committee,
that the resolution which had just been read
had b2en unanimously agreed to by all the Mem
hers that were presets-. He must also state, in
justice to himaelf, that it would appear from the evi-
dence adduced that every allegation he had made had
been fully supported.—(Hear.) He believed that he
might also state that it was the opinion of the whole
Co:nrnittee that there bad been great laxity in the office
from whence the patent came.—( Hear.) As soon as the
evidence was printed, he begged to give notice that he
should call the attention of the House to it, in order
that the laxity in the office might be remedied, and, if
necessary,.that an inquiry might be instituted whether
any alteration had been made in the patent, and whether
or not it had bean ante-dated.—(Hear.)
The evidence was then ordered to be printed.
Mr. HAWES presented a petition from a respect-
able class of gentlemen, in favour of the Oaths Affir-
mation Bill, or one similar. Also one from Ly:ne Regis,
in favour of the abolition of Ecclesiastical Courts.
Sir ROBERT INGLIS presented a petition from
the clergymen of Canterbury, against the Ecclesiastical
Revenues and Duties Bill ; also one from the clergymen
of another place, to the same effect.

Captain PECHELL, seeing the Hon. Secretary for
the Admiralty in his place, wished to ask him a question,
to which he hoped it would be in his power to give a
positive answer. Seeing that Monday was fixed for the
Registration of Voters' Bill, and first notice of an

amendment upon that Bill had been given, he
wished to know whether the Navy Estimates
were to be brought on on that night. There
►vas considerable excitement prevailing on the
subject, and it was important that the day fixed for that
purpose should be known.

Mr. C. WOOD said the Government were very
anxious that the Navy Estimates should be brought on
as soon as possible. It was therefore his intention to
move them on Monday, unless be was
.prevented from
doing so by the notice of motion given by an Hon.
Member opposite on going into Committee of Supply.
Sir JAS. DUKE also wished to put a question to
the Secretary for the Admiralty connected with the
Navy Estimates. There was still a difference of 11. per
month in the pay of the petty officers in the navy.
Was it intended to preserve that system, which, in
his opinion, did not work well ?—( Hear, hear.) If
it was not intended to make any alteration, he
would consider it his duty to submit a resolution
to the House on the subject.
Mr. N. WOOD said a change had very recently
been male in the pay of petty officers, except in the
case of those serving in first-rates. They had been put
into three classes, on the same footing as the Lieu-
tenants (as we understood), which he believed would
much abate the objections made to the old system.
Captain PECHELL asked whether the midshipmen
and mates were included in that arrangement.
Mr. C. WOOD—No.
FACTORIES.