The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-10 00:00:00

CORK AND PASSAGE.RAILWAY.

On the motion of Mr. CALLAGHAN leave was given
to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Cork to Passage.
GLASGOW AND AYR RAILWAY.

Lord G. BENTINCK presented a petition against this
Bill.

LONDON AND DOVER RAILWAY.

Mr. V. SMITH presented a petition from the East
India Company against this Railroad.
DURHAM AND SUNDERLAND RAILWAY,
This Bill was read a first time.

YORK AND MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.
Mr. POTTER presented a petition from Lord Palmer-
ston (as we understood) praying to be heard by Council
against this Bill.

Mr. O'GRADY presented petitions from different parts
of Ireland, praying for Corporation Reform for Ireland.
Sir W. FOLKES presented petitions from Norfolk,
praying for the total abolition of Church-rates.

Mr.-LAWSON presented petitions from Knareshorough
and its neighbourhood, against the abolition of Church-rates.

Similar -petitions were also presented by Mr. H. Hughes,
Mr. Chapman, and Mr. Wilson Patten.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petitiori from the
freeholders and landholders of the barony of Dungannon,
in the county of Tyrone, in favour of the Landlord and
Tenants' Bill. He referred to the Bill introduced last Session
stating their approval of the principle of that Bill ; and that
in their opinion such a Bill being passed would ob-
viate in great degree the necessity for the people
resorting to such relief as may be provided by a
Poor-law. The number of names attached to this pe-
petition were between eight and nine thousand. Also a
petition from the freeholders and landholders of the parish
of Errigle Treugb, in the county of Monaghan, to the same
effect, signed by 4362 names.

Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented petitions
for the total abolition of Tithes and Ministers' Money, from
Dundalk (Louth) ; also from the parishes of Clones East
and Errigle Treugh (Monaghan), Fahan and Dysertagany
(Donegal), and Aughaloo (Tyrone).
POOR LAWS FOR IRELAND.

Mr. S. CIIAWFORD—In petitioning for Corpora-
ration Reform from Dundalk, stated that, among, other
causes of pauperism in Ireland, the oppressive and exorbi-
tant rack-rents which are extorted from the peasantry, in
consequence of their necessities, produced by the want of
any legal mode of relief, are such as to force them to dis-
pose of the necessaries of life for the payment of rent,
and thus to render them paupers.
FICTITIOUS VOTES.
Sir R. SIMEON presented a petition against the manu-
facture of fictitious votes.

The petition having been read at length,
Mr. FLEMING said he could assure the Hon. Baronet
of his disposition to afford to a Committee of the House
the fullest information on the subject referred to in the pe-
tition ; but he should protest against the assumption that he
was accountable to the Honourable Baronet, to the
petitioners, or to any authority whatsoever, for the dis-
position of his estate, in a strictly legal manner, subject
only to his own will and controul. He would refer Hon.
Members to the minutes of evidence taken in the court of
the Revising Barrister at the last registration, and from it it
would be found, that after a cross-examination of himself
and other witnesses, it was clearly proved, to the entire
satisfaction of the court, by the petitioners them-
selves, that the property was strictly conveyed away by
him uninfluenced by any conditions, and that the freeholders
were as independent as the constituents of any Hon. Gentle-
man in that House.

Mr. HUME said no person had accused the Hon. Mem-
ber of having acted illegally ; but it was the duty of the
House to prevent any improper interference with the elec-
tive franchise. He hoped a Committee would be appointed
upon the subject, and he should now move that the petition
be printed.

The SPEAKER said the House had wisely limited the
printing of petitions to those cases in which any specific
motion was to be subsequently made, and he should like to
know if such was the case in the present instance ?
Mr. WAKLEY said if no other Hon. Member would
do so, he would move the appointment of a Committee on
the subject on Monday next.
Mr. H. HUGHES was about to address the House,
but the Speaker intimated that it was contrary to the esta-
blished usage of the House.
The petition was then ordered to be printed.
COTTON WOOL.
Mr. THORNLEY presented a petition from Wolver-
hampton, praying for a Repeal of the Duty upon Cotton
Wool.

Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition to the
same effect, from a place in Lancashire.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE presented a petition praying for
a repeal of the law which disqualified voters for Members
of Parliament for non-payment of Church-rates.
Mr. BRAMSTON presented a petition from Essex,
praying for a repeal of the duty on Insurances.
Mr. G. PALMER presented six petitions from parishes
in Essex against the abolition of Church-rates.
Lord JAMES STUART presented a petition from
Ayr, praying for a repeal of the duty on Soap.
Mr. WILKS presented numerous petitions from pa-
rishes in the counties of Montgomery, Bucks, Salop, and
Middlesex, praying for the total abolition of Church-rates.
Mr. GULLY presented a petition from the parish in
which he resided, signed by three-fourths of the electors of
that parish, many of them most respectable and wealthy
gentlemen, praying for Household Suffrage.
Sir E. KERRISON presented several petitions from
places in Suffolk, against the abolition of Church-rates.
Mr. SHIRLEY (we believe) presented a petition to the
same effect, signed by 4,000 inhabitants of Birmingham.

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RECORDS.
Sir F. TRENCH gave notice that he would move to-

morrow for a return respecting the observations made by the
Select Committee appointed to inquire into the management
of the Record Commission.
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CHURCH-RATES.

Mr. HUME presented nine petitions, praying for the
abolition of Church-rates from Bradford, Clerkenwell,
from Brecon, from St. lye's, from Malmesbury, from Tot-
ness, and some other places. The Hon. Member also
presented a petition from a prisoner in the King's Bench,
praying for the abolition of Imprisonment for Debt.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition
from the Society of Solicitors of the city of Edinburgh
against the Attorney tax ; also a petition from the same
place for a reduction of the duty on fire insurances ; also
a petition from the merchants of Edinburgh in favour of the
Bill for the protection of vessels from ship-wreck. The
Hon. and Learned Member also presented a petition from
an individual named Bulwich, praying that the laws in the
Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man might be assimilated
to those of England. The Hon. and Learned Member
also presented a petition from Edinburgh against Church-
rates.

Mr. P. THOMSON presented a petition from Man-
chester, praying for the Repeal of the Cotton Tax. The
petition was signed by the principal Merchants and Magis-
trates of Manchester, and had it not been for the rule which
the House laid down, he should certainly make some ob-
servations on the petition ; as it was he should merely
present it.
Mr. BROTHERTON supported the prayer of the
petition.
Sir E. WILMOT stated that on the second reading of
the County-rate Bill he should move that it be read a se-
cond time on the 10th of April.

Captain WEMYSS presented a petition from Fifeshire
For the abolition of Church-rates.

Mr. GROTE presented petitions from the Congrega-

tions of Protestant Dissenters in the Barbican and I3rod-
street, city of London, praying for abolition of Church-
rates ; a petition from the inhabitants of the city of London,
praying for the reduction of duty on fire insurances ; a
petition from the freeholders of Warwickshire, in favour of
the Vote by Ballot, and a petition complaining of various
abuses under the New Poor Law Act.

Lord ASHLEY gave notice that on Friday, the 16th
inst., on going into Committee of Supply, or on moving the
first Order of the Day, he should move that an humble ad-
dress be presented to the Crown, praying that his Majesty be
graciously pleased to direct the provisions of the Act passed
for the protection of children in factories be duly en-