The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-21 00:00:00

MILITARY PUNISHMENT.

Mr. WALLACE presented a petition from Pello?kshaws
praying for the abolition of flogging in the army and navy.

POLICE.

Mr. HAWES gave notice that on Thursday nrxt he would
move for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the
subject of Police regulations.
Mr. BARNABY gave notice that on Tuesday next he
would move for a Committee to consider the laws relating to
Highways : also one to consider the question as to the pro-
priety of Lunatics being confined in Houses of Correction and
Gaols.

Mr. G. F. YOUNG gave notice that, on the sth of De-
cember, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and
amend the laws relating to mortgages on ships and vessels ;
and on a future day he would move for a Committee to inquire
into the expediency of erecting harbours of refuge on the
most exposed cuasts of the country.
Mr: STANLEY gave notice tbst on the 30th of November
he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the
education and improvement of the poorer classes in England ;
and also he would move for leave to bring in another Bit
to provide public walks in the vicinity of large towns.
POST-OFFICE.
Col. LEITH HAY presented petitions from Elgin and
Banff, praying for reform of the Post-office arrangements, par-
ticularly in favour of Mr. Hill's plan.

MANOR CO'JRTS (IRELAND).
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL gave notice that ho should on
Friday next move for a Committee on Manor Courts in Ire-
land.

CORN LAWS.

Mr. VILLIERS gave notice that on the Ist of March he
should submit a motion to the House upon the subject of the
Corn Laws, with a view to their total repeal.—(Cheers.)
LAW OF LIBEL.

Mr. O'CONNEL L gave notice that he should, on the 14th
of December, more for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the
law of libel.

PRIVATE BILLS.

Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE gave notice that he should
move for a Select Committee on Private Bills to-morrow.

On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, it was agreed
that the House would receive no petition for a Private Bill
after Friday the 16th of February ; that no Private Bill should
be read a first time after Monday the 22d of March ; and that
the House would not receive any Report on such Private Bill
alter Monday the 11th of June.
DUTY ON BRICKS.

An HON. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn,
gave notice that on Fridry, the 2d of March next, he should
move a Resolution that, on the 30th of September next, the
duty on Bricks should cease.
ELECTION PETITIONS.

Mr. C. W. W. WYNN inquired of Lord J. Russell what
course he intended to pursue with respect to election petitions.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he intended to propose to the
House, that no election petition be taken before the holidays.
He did not intend to propose that the House should come
to that resolution now, it not being a convenient time to
consider that question. He should therefore now move that the
first election petition be considered on the 12th of December
next, merely fixing that day for the purpose of proposing the
adjournment of that and other petitions to a future day, with
the view of their being considered after the holidays.—
Agreed to.
The petitions against the returns from Salford, Ipswich,
Canterbury, Belfast, Petersfield, Bridgnorth, Sligo, Bristol,
Honiton, Marylebone, and Longford (county) were accord-
ingly postponed for consideration till the 12th December.
THE ADDRESS.
Lord LEVESON brought up the Report of the Com-
mittee appointed to frame an Address in answer to her Ma-
ty's most Gracious Speech.
Mr. LEADER, on the Report on the Address being
brought up, said—l have some observations to offer on one
portion of it, which I abstained from making last night, as
I did not wish to interfere with the tenor of the debate.
But some mention of the subject novv becomes the more
necessary, since the declaration of the Noble Lord.
the Member for Stroud, that he would not consent to
a reform in the representative system-.—a declaration which
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has taken from us all hope. It was ill-tined and most fatal to
the Administration of which the Noble Lord is a member, and
he must not be surprised if it deprives them of the confidence
of tie representatives of the people. —( Hear.) The eager joy
displayed by the party opposite at that decl iration must have
cot Minced the Noble Lord of these facts. They hail him as a
part.;san to that compact which they consider for ever binding
on ilk, two sections of the aristocracy, but which has not been
ratifed by the sanction of the people.—( Laughter from the
Or/ osition.) Sir, sneering allusions are made to the I