The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-14 00:00:00

BEER BILL.

Petitions against this Bill were presented from
Birmingham, by Mr. TENNYSON; from Old and New
Sleaford, by Mr. CHAPLIN ; and from Marlborough,
by Sir T. HEATIICOTE.
The Esri of BELFAST presented a petition
from the proprietor• of newspapers in Belf4st,
against the increase of stamp duties in Ireland,
Mr. FYLER presented a petition from the
weavers of Coventry against the system of half-pay
apprentices.
Sir M. W. RIDLEY presented a petition from
the tobacco manufacturers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
against the imposition of any duties on home-grown
tobacco.

Mr. STEWART presented a petition from a Mr.
Bennett, late assistant-collector of revenue in the
island of Ceylon, praying that an inquiry be insti-
tuted into the proceedings of Sir E. Barnes, the
Governor of that colony, and that the correspond-
ence bete een himself and that offieer, relative to
the flogging of a native who had not been tried,
might be submitted to the consideration of the
House.

Sir G. MURILAY said that he had no objection
to the production of the correspondence required by
tilt! petitioner. The petitioner had been removed
from his situation by Sir E. Barnes, and he had no
objcction to grant the petitioner an inquuy into the
circumstances of his removal, if he thosiyht proper
to require it. The rest of Sir G. Murray's aaswer
was quite inaudible in the gallery.
NEW SOUTH WALES

ST E wis led to kit ?n, what coarse

the Government had adopted, or intended to adopt,
with 'respect to. the impeachment against General
Darling, which had been transmitted by Mr. Went-
worth from the colony of New South Wales ?
When he last made inquiry on the subject, he was
informed that the impeachment had been referred to
the consideration of the Law Officers of the Crown
in consequence of some legal technicalities involved
in it. He thought that a sufficient time had now
elapsed for those officers to hare made their report
on them. He therefore again asked what course
the Government intended to adopt upon that im-
peachment ? The charges which it contained ought
not to remain hanging over the head of that officer.
If they were true, it was evident that he was unfit
to hold the situation which he now filled; and if
they were false, the sooner their falsehood was ex-
posed the more satisfactory it would be to General
Darling.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that as.
the Colonial-office had referred that impeachment,
and the immense mass of papers connected with it,
to the consideration of himself and his Learned Col-
league the Solicitor-General, it would be perhaps
better that he should answer the question of the
Hon. Member than his Right Hon. Friend near him.
The papers in question involved matters of grave
charge against General Darling; and it would not
become him to say that he had yet formed an opi-
nion upon them. If any blame was to be attached
to any quarter for the delay which had taken place
in considering them, he for one must take his share
of it. But the fact was, that he had not yet been
able to devote sufficient time to the consideration of
these papers, in consequence of his other numerous
and important public occupations, and of the un-
usually late and protracted debates which had oc-
curred every night during this Session. The case
should have the best attention paid to it by himself
and his Learned Colleague : it %las even now under
consideration, but what their answer might be re-
garding it, he could not at that moment tell. The
matter then dropped.
The Earl of SURREY presented a petition from
Worksop, in favour of Jewish emancipation.
Mr. KEMP presented a similar petition from the
Jews of Brighton.
Mr. STANLEY presented a petition from Pres-
ton, against the East India monopoly.
LABOURERS' WAGES BILL.

On the motion of Mr. LITTLETON, this Bill was
ordered to be re-committed on Monday, the 24th
instant.

THE MAURITIUS.
A MEMBER asked the Right Hon. Secretary for
the Colonies, whether the increased exportations of
sugar from the Mauritius were to be accounted for
by the fact, that a great quantity of Java sugar was
imported into the Mauritius, and afterwards exported
Sir G. MURRAY replied, that the increased ex-
ports from the Mauritius were owing to that colony
being now placed on the same footing as the %Vest
India islands, and also to the large addition made
to the population by illegal importations of slaves.
Mr. IRVING said, that the late Governor of the
Mauritius had admitted that illegal importations of
slaves had taken place at one period, but he proved
to the satisfaction of every candid man, that he put
a stop to the practice as soon as he had power to do so.
[We believe the above to be a correct report of
the conversation, but it was carried on in a tone
which was scarcely audible.]
Mr. FANE presented a petition from the publi-
cans of Wallingford, against the Beer Bill. . .

Mr. WODEHOUSE presented four peetions of
a similar nature, from different places in Norfolk.
Mr. W. SMITH presented a petition from Nor-
wich, in favour of the Jews.
Lord EBRINGTON presented a petition from
Tavistock, praying for the abolition of the punish-
ment of death in cases of forgery.
Mr. DICKINSON presented a petition of a si-
milar nature from a place in Somersetshire.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from a
parish in Cork, against the Vestry Act. The Hon.
Member took occasion to observe, that the House
felt no sympathy for the people of Ireland.
An HON. MEMBER expressed his astonishment
that the Member for Clare should have made such
an unfounded assertion.—(Hear, hear.)

Mr. O'CONNELL said, that he had made the
assertion deliberately, and was ready to repeat it
there or any where else. The rejection of his mo-
tion for the repeal of the Vestry Act was a proof
that the assertion was true. _ _

Mr. SLANEY expressed a hope that the Mem-
ber for Clare had spoken in a moment of warmth.
Sir J. NEWPORT said that the House con-
stantly evinced sympathy for the Irish people.
,Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice, that on the
question of the House resolving itself into a Corn-
mitttee of Supply, he would move a resolution,
" That the practice of examining Crown witnesses
out of Court was derogatory to the dignity of the
bar, and dangerous to the administration of justice."
Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the
merchants, traders, householders, and others of the
city of Dublin, against the assimilation of the duty
on spirits, stamps, &c. in England.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from
three parishes in the county of Wexford, complain-
ing of the Vestry Bill, and calling for an inquiry
into the tithe.system in Ireland.
Mr. HARVEY presented a petition from Sir
Josiah Barrington, Judge of the High Court of Ad-
miralty in Ireland, praying to be heard by Couns(l
with respect to the charges preferred against him.
The Hon, Member recommended that gentlemen,
before they came down on Monday next to decide'
on the resolutiona of the Committee, would read the
statements contained in the petition.
Sir J. NEWPORT observed that a full opportu-
nity bad been given to the petitioner to meet the
charges before the Committee. The Committee
had waited for several weeks to allow the petitioner
to adduce his exculpatory proofs. If fresh delay
took place, another year might elapse before that
Court could be placed lu a state proper for the trans-
action of business.
Mr. W. WYNN could confirm the statement of
the Right Hon. Gentleman as to the facility which
had been afforded by the Committee to the peti-
tioner. He was anxious that Hon. Gentlemen
should carefully read the report of that Committee.
After a few words from Mr. S. BOURNE and Mr.
HARVEY, the petition was laid on the table.
Sir T. ACLAND presented petitions from the
parishes of Newport, Bishop Dorset, Devon, Newton
tishell, and Newton-Abbotts, and from the inha-
bitants of Chudleigh, against the duty on coals car-
ried coastwise.