The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-09 00:00:00

DUNDALK WESTERN RAILWAY.

Mr. GREENE brought up the Report of the Committee
on the Dundalk Western Railway Bill.
LIVERPOOL APOTHECARIES' BILL.

Mr. MARK PHILIPS presented ptitions from the
College of Physicians and the Company of Apothecaries,
London, against the Liverpool Apothecaries' Bill.
LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.
Sir J. WR.OTTESLEY brought up the Report of the
Committee on the London and Brighton Railway, and
stating that the Standing Orders ought not to be dis-
pensed with.
On the motion of Mr. ROBINSON the Worcester-
shire Cattle Market Bill was read a second time, and
ordered to be committed.

Mr. CAN ENDISH presented a petition in favour of
the direct line of the Brighton Railway.
Mr. BROTIIERTON presented a petition from the
spinners of Stockport, praying for a repeal of tile duty on
Italy Cotton.
Captain ALSAGER presented a petition from Clap-
ham praying that tile House would not accede to the abo-
lition of Church-rates.

Mr. GREENE presented a petition from the spinners
of Manchester, praying for a repeal of the duty on Ra%N
Cotton.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the
parish of St. Mary, London, praying that the Poor Law
Amendment Act might not be introduced into the City.
Sir A. L. HAY presented a petition from Banff, praying
for the abolition of Church-rates.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition
from the Council of Edinburgh, either for or against the
Glosgow and Edinburgh Railway Bill, according as a cer-
tain clause was struck out or retained.
Mr. LEADER presented a petition from Bridgewater,
praying for the abolition of the duty on Soap.
Sir R. VYVYAN presented a petition from Bristol,
praying, that under the Corporation Reform Bill some par-
ticular freemen objected, upon frivolous grounds, to a vast
number of their co-freemen, and praying that one freeman
should only have power to object to one name.
CH U RC H-RA TES.

Sir C. BURRELL presented a petition against the abo-
lition of Church-rates.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL.

Sir. W. FOLLETT wished to ask a question respecting
this Bill of the Hon. and Learned Attorney-General. Air,
impression prevailed out of doors that some of the clauses of
this Bill were calculated to effect a very material alteration
in the. internal commercial relations of this country, and he
(Sir W. Follett) very much wished that the Bill should be
recommitted, with a view of affording time for the reconside-
ration of these clauses. He wished to know whether it was
the intention of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to have
the Bill recommitted, and if so, on what day ; as it was de-
sirable that some day should be fixed on when the subject
would be likely to come on early in the evening ?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied that on the even-
ing on which ho had moved the Committee on this Bill, its
provisions had been discussed during the whole interval be-
tween five o'clock and past midnight. He regretted that they
had not been favoured by the attendance of the Hon. and
Learned Gentleman on that occasion. However, though the
clauses had been very fully discussed by Hon. Members on
both aides of the House, he nevertheless intended to move on
Monday next that the Bill be recommitted ; and if he were
prevented from moving on that day, he should take the next
earliest opportunity. Ha would only add, that he most
anxiously wished that the measure might be sent to the
Upper House with as little delay as possible, in order that, if
possible, it might pass into a law before the Easter recess.
CHURCH-RATES.

Sir G. SINCLAIR, seeing the Right Hon. the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer in his place, would beg to ask him
respecting the resolutions which he had presented on Church•
rates, whether those propositions had been framed with the
corc►urrence of the Ecclesiastical Commission, of which some
of his Majesty's Ministers were Members?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER intimated
that tlhe question would with more propriety be addressed to
the :Noble Lord who was the organ of Government in that
House.

Au Hors. Menage said that the Right Hon. Gentle-
man had, on making the statement the other night, declared
that he should not lay on the table the calculations on which
that statement rested. Now, if ho (the Hon. Member) were
not misinformed, a Noble Lord in another place had intimated
that these documents would be forthcoming. He wished for
information on this point ; as also whether the measure was
intended to apply to the leases of mines as well as of lands.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
it was wholly impossible for him to answer the latter question,
involving, as that answer must, numerous details, in a manner
that would be satisfactory to the House. He would repeat,
however, what he had stated the other evening, that the mea-
sure was intended to have reference to mines ; but those Hon.
Gentlemen in that House who knew the very great anxiety
svhich existed in the country as to questions relating to mines,
would agree with him that no imperfect statement on a subject
so delicate ought to be permitted to go forth to the public. It
would be, in his opinion, a much preferable course to open the
whole subject fully and in detail, since Hon. Gentlemen and
tl. e country at large would have thereby a much better oppor-
tut. ity of judging of 'the merits of the plan, than could be af-
ford., •LI by any explanations which could be given in a desultory
discussion across the table of the House.
(COUNTY-RATES BILL.
Sir L. WILMOT wished to ask the Hon. Member for
Middlesex what was the course he intended to pursue with re-
spect to the County-rates Bill, and whether he would con-
sent to postpon." it to the 3d of May, in order that the mea-
sure might be la.;d before the Grand Juries, and that the
Ileuse might have the benefit of the suggestions of their
experience ?
Mr. HUME had no intention whatever of delaying the
Bill, and he fully intended to proceed with it that evening, in
casd he should be able to do so before ten o'clock.
CHURCH-RATES.

Sir E. WILMOT was understood to ask whether the
Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer would object to
lay on the table the data on which hi; calculations respecting,
Church property were grounded?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. could only
reply, as he had stated on a former occasion, that he was not
prepared to iay the ground-work of those calculations on the ,
table : and if he were prepared to lay those documents upon
the table, they would not convey all the information that the
House would require, whilst they would convey some inforsim-
tion which he had no right to give. The difficulty was, thy.
g great part of them statements were merely replies to ques-
Cons put verbally, and hence, in their present state, those
st sten:ems were necesso.ri'ry in an imperfect shape. Again,
pr. et of them were drawn from documents which had been
coi, tiden i illy imparted to him, and which, therefore, he had no
rig', 1. to make public. But he had no doubt that, from the au-
thority of Mr. Finlayson, and other gentlemen who had been
I" MA In working out these calculations for him, he should
1:".' '''''' . 40.1trs4tisfy the House that his anticipation of a fund of
a.kiik,lo derived from the means he had indicated was
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to put an end to the exportation of foreign grain, and foreign
flour and biscuit, under bond at Liverpoo?
Lord PALMERSTON replied that immediately his Ma-
josty's Government had received information of this practice
the officers of the customs had been apprised of it, and he had
no doubt that they would be able to put a stop to it by enfor-
cing the performance of the shipmasters' bonds.