The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-07 00:00:00

PUBLIC BILLS.

Mr. WALLACE rose to call the attention of the I-louse
to a petition from Greenock, presented Aug. 3, complaining of
th • introduction of public Bills affecting trade at a late period
(.f the Session, and declared his intention of making a motion
on the subject to-morrow.
DUBLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE.

Mr. O'CONNELL moved that the Roport of the proceed-
mg, and evirlinec taken before the last Dublin Election Com-
mittee be lai i before the Ih-insp.—Agreed to.
DISMISSALS OF NAVAL OFFICERS.

Sir E. CODRINGTON moved for returns of the grounds
on which the late Commander Edwards, Mr. Willi. m Boyce
(late surgeon), and Mr. Rowland Milner (late a Lieutenant
in ILT Majesty's service), were deprivr d of their commissions:
Mr. C. Nr% OOD opposed the motion, as he felt that such
appeals to this llouse were mist injurious to the good of the
service, and as the circumstances had already been fully inves-
tigited and adjudicated on by a competent Admiralty tribumd.
begged to be excused entering into a defence of that
Court now, as be had already three times made speeches on
this very motion.
An H9N. 41EMIIER moved that the House be counted, and
there not being more than tweuty Members present, the
House stood adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS, AuGusr 6

The LORD CHANCELLOR taok his seat on the Woolsack
ihertly after Five o'Clock.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented petitions from
several parts of London against tho Comity Rates Bill.

The Marquis of SALISBURY presented petitions from
Liverpool and Chester against the Prisons Bill.
The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from Bury St.
Edmund's against idolatry in India. The Right Rev. Prelate
presented similar petitions from Bristol and Andover. Also,
petitions from Elphin and Limerick, ,gainst the Tithe Bill.
A twssenger from the House of Commons brought up the
Bank of Ireland Repayment Bill, tha Oaths Validity Bill,
and several other Bills.

Lord SEG R AVE presented a petition from the Grand
Jury of the Summer Assizes at Gloucester, praying for
an alteration of the Beer Act. The petitioner,: stated
that it was their firm belief that the present Beer Law Act en-
couraged drunkenness and dissipation. The Noble Lord fully
concurred in the prayer of the petition. At the same time he
begged to say that he thought there was a great difference
between the beer shops in town and country. In the country
they w‘sre attended with the worse consequences.
Lord BROUGHAM agreed with his Noble Friend that
the wc.rst effect of the beer-shops was felt in the country, and
the only doubt in his mind was whether he should not, in the
next Session of Parliament, in any measure he might bring
forward, draw ti line between the town and the country.
COPYRIGHT BILL.

Oa the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, after a few words
from the Marquis of L ANSDOWNE, the Copyright Bill
was real a third time and passed.
Lord STRAFFORD presented petitions from Bow
against the Beer Act.
Lord A SHBURTON presented petitions from Hampshire
to the same effect.
Lord RODEN presented petitions from different parts of
Ireland against idolatrous worship in India, and also against
any further grant to the College of Msynooth.
The Earl of CHICHESTER presented similar petitions
from different parts of Sussex.
The Duke of RUTLAND also presented similar petitions
froM Leicester.
The County Clare Treasurers:Bill went through Committee
after a few observations from Lord PLUNK ET.
The Earl of RIPON presented a petition from Ripon against
idolatrous worship in India. The Noble Earl also presented
a petition from Mr. Bell, the owner of the Vixen, which was
seized off the coast of Circassia, complaining of that seizure
by the Russian Government, and pra)iug for an inquiry into
the circumstances of that capture. At the present late period
of the Session, it was not his intention to bring forward any
motion on the subject, but from all that he had heard relative to

the relations-of this cou:try and the East, he ti ought it
subject well deserving of the attention of the Government.
1,, aescrer to a question from Lord LYNDHURST,
Lord GLENELG stated that the papers with re.,prct to
Canada would be laid on the table on Thursday next.
Lord BROUGHAM F;ave notice that he should rrove for
certain rape :s connected wi7n t ee succession to the Throne of
Oude.

The Duke of WELLINGTON presen:cd a petition from
the Easton Division of Kent, complaining of a change made
by the House of Commons in the Imrriionment for Debt 1:'11,
by which the time of its coming into oirition was delayed.
Lord BROUGHAM felt glad that the Noble Nuke had
called tho attention of the [louse to the subj. et ; he thought
that the alteration of the House of Commons was cruel in
the extreme.