The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-13 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PAR L A_ MENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
Sir R. H. INGLIS presented petitions against the
opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays, against the
Jew bill, against the abolition of Scotch university tests,
and against Maynooth. . .

Sir E. FILi
bill.

HER presented a petition against the Jew

Admiral GORDON presented a petition from Aber-
(ken, against ]'iaynooth.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented petitions from places
in Lincolnshire, against the admission of Jews into Par-
liament.

Mr. O'MORGAN presented a petition from a place in
Monmouthshire, against the county rate expenditure.
Mr. FITZGERALD presented a petition from Dub-
lin, praying for the amendment of certain defects of the
Registration Act.
Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from the
proprietors of the Preston Guardian, praying for the
abolition of the advertisement duty.
Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from Sheffield
to the same effect.

Lord DWAINE and Capt. SCOBELL presented
similar petitions.

Mr. gPOONER presented a petition from Birming-
ham against the opening of the Crystal Palace on
Sundays. . . _

Mr.. W. PATTEN presented a similar petition from
Lancaster.

Mr. BOUVERIE presented a petition from Glasgow,
and other places, against the Public House (Scotland)
Bill, and also petitions against the Scotch University
Tests.

COUNTY ELECTIONS POLLS (SCOTLAND)

BILL.

On the motion for going into committee on this bill,

Mr. DUNLOP moved that it be an instruction to the
committee to extend to boroughs a provision of the bill
repealing a clause of a former act, prohibiting county
polls from being commenced on a Saturday.
Agreed to.
The house then went into committee on this bill.
Clause 1 was agreed to.
On clause 2,

Mr. F. MACKENZIE moved the omission of certain
words giving a power of appeal to the Lord-Advocate
from the Sheriff with respect to the nomination of addi-
tional poling places. He thought the appeal ought to be
to the Sheriff's Appeal Act.
After some discussion, the committee divided, when
there appeared—

For the omission
Against it

, • Majority
The words were, consequently, retained, and the
clause was agreed to.
Clause 3 was agreed to.
On clause 4,

Mr. HUM-E
moved the omission of the words by
which polls were prohibited from being held on Monday.
Mr. DUNLOP supported the clause as it stood, be-
cause the feelings of the people of Scotland was strongly
against the desecration of the Sabbath, and he con-
sidered that appointing Monday as a polling day, would
lead to such desecration.

Mr. LOCKHART reminded the hon. member for
Montrose, that. in some parts of Scotland the railways
were stopped on Sunday, and consequently, persons
who had to travel from a distance, would not be able to
get a Monday's poll.
Mr. HUME said he was perfectly aware that
the Scotch people had been so foolish in many
instances ; but he saw no reason why the monomania
of certain individuals who sought to make their con-
science the rule of other person's conduct, should be
an argument for making the law of Scotland different
from that of England.
,After some further discussion, the committee di-
vided, when there appeared--
For the omission
Against it .

60

Majority
The clause as amended was then agreed to
Clause 5 was then agreed to.
[LEFT SITTING.]

SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS .D.AY.)

(Before Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a full bench of
Magistrates.)
UNGRATEFUL ROBBERY.

John Crag West, 22, pleaded guilty to stealing a purse
containing forty-six pounds, the property of Alfred
Tassell, from his dwelling-house in Union-street, South-
wark.

It appeared that the prosecutor was a small trades-
man, and the prisoner's sister was his wife, and en-
tirely through charity the prisoner was allowed to
live with them. Prosecutor had . saved forty-six
pounds, which he deposited with his wife for security.
In the early part of March the prisoner suddenly de-
camped, having broken open his sister's box and stolen
the cash. Nothing was heard of him until the 6th of
March, when the prisoner was seen spending a great
deal of money by superintendent Morton at Tunbridge-
wells. Having some suspicion that he was the bank
clerk who had absconded from London, he apprehended
him, when the prisoner confessed that he had robbed his
brother-in-law the prosecutor. He was brought up to
London and twenty-two pounds was found on him, he
having expended the remainder.
The prisoner having expressed his contrition, and the
prosecutor recommending him to mercy, the Court sen-
tenced him to six months' hard labour at Wands-
worth.

ROBBERY BY AN OLD SERVANT.—George Simmons, 45,
pleaded guilty to stealing a large number of seed bags,
the property of Alfred Barry, wharfinger in Tooley-

street,

The prisoner had been nearly 20 years in prosecutor's
employ, and was detected in stealing the property.
The prosecutor having recommended him to mercy,
the Court sentenced him to six months' at Wandsworth.