The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-11 00:00:00

PRIVATE BILLS,

A great number of private bills were brought up by
Mr. EROTHERTON, and read a first time.

PETITIONS,

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Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the
letter-carriers of Manchester, complaining of the in-
adequacy of their salaries.

Mr. ICIACGREGOR presented a petition from a me-
chanics' institution, praying for grants of Parliamentary
papers.

Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from
London, praying the house to take steps to procure the
withdrawal of French troops from Rome.
Mr. BRIGHT presented two petitions from certain
Mahommedans of Bombay, complaining of the adminis-
tration of the law in that Presidency, so far as it related
to the succession of real property.
Mr. B. OSBORN presented a petition from a large
body of tea merchants, praying for the repeal of the
duty on tea.

Colonel BLAIR presented a petition from the hand-
loom weavers of Paisley, praying for the abolition of
the truck system.
Mr. ADDERLEY presented a petition from the Cape
of Good Hope on the subject of the constitution of that
colony.

Mr.
Mr. TUFFNELL presented a petition from the
Maintree and Bocking Mechanics Institution in favour
of the gratuitous supply of Parliamentary papers to those
institutions.

NOTICES OF MOTION.
Sir X. V. SHELLEY gave notice that on Monday
he sh-ould move for the appointment of a select corn-
mitt ee to inquire into the operation of the law under
NvbTich dues or taxes were levied in the introduction of
ccials into the metropolis or its neighbourhood, and the
'.node of collection, and the expenditure of such dues or
taxes. (Hear, hear.)

Sir H. WILLOUGHBY gave notice that in going
into committee of supply, he should move for the pro-
duction of documents to explain the policy and final
object of the Burmese war.
Mr. BUTT gave notice that on Wednesday next he
should move for leave to bring in a bill to limit the time
between the proclamation and the day of election for
counties, and the time between the receipt of the writ
and the election for boroughs, and also to limit the time
of palling at elections for the universities of Oxford and
esznbridge.

RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN SPAIN.
On the motion that the house at its rising do adjourn
until Monday next,
Sir R. H. INGLIS drew attention to a decree which
had been published in Spain, prohibiting foreigners in
that country from professing any other than the Roman
Catholic religion. It was due, he said, to the character of
this country to prevent such :decree from being enforced.
The decree was dated the 17th of November, and ap-
peared in the Madrid Gazette of the 28th of that month.
The decree was not credited by the late Government,
Sand they promised to write to our Minister in
pan on the subject. Now he wished to know
any information had since been received, and
also whether the noble lord at the head of the Foreign
Department intended to protest against the decree, in
the name of her Majesty ? (Hear.) Mr. M. IMILNES wished to ask the noble lord an-
other question incidental to the subject. Some
time ago a burial-grcund was granted by the
Spanish Government to the Protestants resident in
Maddd, but it was only with the condition that no
funeral ceremony should be
know
over the dead
dried there. He wished to if that condition was
at:111 in force, and if so, whether the noble lord would re-
'q
ue
Lst our Minister at Madrid to re-open the question ?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said Lord Howden was re-
quested by the late Government to communicate ver-
bally with the Foreign Minister of Spain on the sub-
to referred to by the hon. baronet the member for
retie University. Lord Howden had ddne so, and the
answer he received was that the decree would not
change the Spanish law, as it had existed before the
publication of the decree. There would be no ob-
jection to produce Lord Howden's dispatch on the
subject. (Hear.) With regard to the question relating
to the burial ground, he would answer that on a future
day.

DEATHS IN EMIGRATION VESSELS.
HILDYARD wished to inquire of the Under-
Se:zetary of State for the Colonies, whether the Govern-
n-,ent had caused inquiry to be made into the mortality
which, according to recent accounts from Australia,
took place on board four vessels chartered by the Emi-
gration C.)mraissioners to convey emigrants between the
ports of Liverpool and Melbourne.
Mr. F. PEEL said no less than one hundred
deaths occurred on board three vessels, and
when they arrived in Melbourne, it was found that
they had 300 sick persons on board. This arose out of
.i'-eurnstances over which the emigration commissioners
DM no control, as owing to the state of the shipping trade
'chey were unable to charter single-decked ships. In
three similar vessels 179 deaths occurred ; out of that
number 167 were children, there being on board a num-
ber of children vastly disproportionate to the number
of adults, owing to the Emigration Commissioners having
relaxed their rules as to children. In future, however
none but single-decked vessels would be chartered, while

each family would beirestricted to two children under 7,
years of age, or three under 10 years of age. (Hear. )
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THE GRAVE-YARDS OF LONDON.
In answer to a question from Lord D. STUART, who
alluded at some length to the state of St. Clement's

Churchyard in the Sirand.
Lord PALMERSTON said that the state of this
churchyard had been lately brought under his notice
a short time ago by a ddeputation, and in a few days an
order in Council would be issued to shut up that church-
yard. With regard to the general state of the churhyards
of the metropolis, he considered they were a disgrace to
the country at large, and he could assure the
noble lord that it was a subject which would claim a
considerable share of the attention of the Government.
(Hear, hear.)
SIR CHARLES WOOD AT HALIFAX.
Mr. DISRAELI next gave notice that on Monday
next he would ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Pre-
sident of the Board of Control, whether he was correctly
reported with regard to a speech which he had lately made
at Halifax, in which he was represented to have spoken
of a neighbouring country, France, as suffering under a
despotism more grinding than that of Napoleon the First
—that the press there was gagged, and that the reason
of his hatred for this country was his inability to gag the
press of this country as he had gagged that of other
countries. He thought it was desirable to have
an answer to that question before they came to vote the
army estimates. (Hear, hear.)
LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND THE ECCLESI-