The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-02 00:00:00

CHURCH-RATES.

Mr. WILKS presented petitions in favour of the' Mi-
nisterial plan for the abolition of Church-rates from dissenting
Congregations in Buckinghamshire, Northampton,and Essex.
Petitions to the same effect were presented by Sir G.
STRICKLAND, from Huddersfield, and other places i❑
Yorkshire ; and in support of Church-rates, by Sir James
Graham, Lord F. Egerton, Lord Stanley, Sir J. Beckett,
Mr. Gally Knight, and Sir R. Inglis.
Petitions against the Government measure were presented
by Sir G. Clerk, from the Presbytery of Dalkeith ; Mr.
Forbes, from the Presbytery of Stirling ; and by Mr. Fresh-
field, from Falmouth. Petitions in favour of the mea-
sure were presented by Mr. Hodges from Gravesend
and Tunbridge ; Mr. Lennard, from nineteen parishes in
Essex ; Mr. Stanley, from eight places in Anglesea ; Mr.
Potter, from Wigan, signed by 4,527 persons ; Mr.
Pease, from parishes in the counties of Durham and
York ; by Mr. Strutt, from Derby ; by Mr. Dillwyn and
by Mr. Baines, from Naseborough, &dein Chapel, and
many other places. That from Salem Chapel prayed
that the allowance made their minister under the name
of Regiunz Donum might be abolished. His Hon. Col-
league had
,presented a petition from Leeds, signed by
4,000 persons, against the Government measure. He
begged to say, that on a previous day he presented one in
favour of the measure, signed by 14,000 persons.—(Cheers.)
Mr. A. TREVOR presented a petition from Sunderland,
signed by 1,370 rate-payers, against the Ministerial plan
for the abolition of Church-rates.

The Earl of LINCOLN presented several petitions
from Nottingham to the same effect.
Mr. HARDY presented similar petitions from Brad-
ford.

Sir G. KNIGHTLEY pre3ented similar petitions from
Northamptonshire.

Mr. Gil KNIGHT presented four petitions from Not-
tinghamshire against the Ministerial plan for the abolition
of Church-rates.

Mr. PRAED presented similar petitions from Cambridge.
Colonel LYGON presented similar petitions from
Worcestershire.

Mr. E. BULLER presented petitions from Stafford-
shire, in favour of the Ministerial plan for the abolition of
Church-rates.

Mr. SANFORD presented similar petitions from So-
mersetshire.

Mr. DUNDAS presented similar petitions from York.
shire.

Sir CHARLES LEMON presented similar petitions
from Cornwall.

Mr. HUME presented twelve petitions from different
parts of Middlesex in favour of the Ministerial plan for the
abolition of Church-rates.

Mr. MILES presented four petitions from Somerset-
shire, against the Ministerial plan for the abolition of
Church-rates.

Mr. HUTT presented petitions from Hull, in favour of
the Ministerial plan for the abolition of Church-rates.
Sir E. KNATCHBULL_brought up the report of the
Committee on the London and Greenwich Railway.
Captain DUNDAS presented petitions from Devizes in
favour of the Ministerial plan for the abolition of Church-
rates.

Mr. LEADER presented petitions from Bridgewater to
he same effect.

The HoN. MEMBER also presented similar petitions from
St. Paul's, Covent-garden, St. Margaret's, Westminster,
and St. Mary-le-grand.—(Great laughter.)
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE—PUBLIC

PETITIONS.
Mr. A. TREVOR gave notice that he should to-
morrow call the attention of the House to the inconvenience
attending the difficulty of presenting public petitions, and
would move that precedence should be given to them
on Wednesdays after the Speaker took the chair.

JOINT sTocK BANKS.
Mr. C A YLEY seeipg the Chancellor of the Exchequer in
his place, wished to ask him when the Committee on Joint
Stock Banks would make their report, and begged to give no-
tice that he should very shortly move for a Select Committee
to investigate all the causes of the commercial embarrass-
ment that at present existed, with a view to their removal.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made
a few observations in reply, which were not heard in the
gallery.