The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-29 00:00:00

COAL COMMITTEE

Mr LABOCCHERE presented the report of this

POOR LAW.

Sir T. ACLAND presented a petition from a district in
she county of Devon, complaining of some enactments in the
Poor-law Bill.
PLURALITIES IN THE CHURCH.

Sir C. GREY presented a petition against Pluralities in
the Church.

sir. K INNA IR D presented several petitions from dissent-
ing congregations in the County and City of Perth, against
further endowment 3 to the Church of Scotland.

Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the
Grand Jury of the county of Londonderry, against several of
the provisions of the I ish Poor Law Bill. The petitioners
complained of the extensive scale upon which relief was af-
forded by the Bill, as they thought relief should be limited to
the IvApless destitute. They expressed their surprise that the
Bill should have been framed on the report of an individual
who displayed such ignorance of the red c,Adition of the
people of Ireland.

- Mr. HUME presented several petitions against further en-
dowments to the Church of Scotland. The Honourable
Member also presented a petition from Melrose, signed
by 266 persons, expressing their surprise that his Ma-
jesty the King of Hanover, although at the head of a foreign
State, should be allowed still to receive a pension from this
country, to which petitioners were obliged to contribute. The
Hon. Member presented another petition to the same effect,
but from what place we could not catch, and gave no-
tice, that on the second Thursday after the recess, he
would move thq 4uspension of the payment of the pension of
the King C,'; Hanover.
ATT`jIINEY AND SOLICITORS'(IRELAND)BILL.
Mr. O'CONNELL brought up the Attorney and Solici-
tors' ( Ireland) Bill, which was read a first and second time,
Ind ordered to be committed.

Mr. WA LL ACE presented several petitions against fur-
ther endowments to the Church of Scotland ; also a petition
from the parish of St. Ehn, Westminster, for a cheaper mode
of administering the affairs of the Post-office, and expressing
ark approval of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan.
Mr. A. WHITE presented a petition from Sunderland,
praying for a reduction in the rate of postage.
Mr. SHAW presented a petition from the Corporation of
Dublin, praying that their rights might be preserved in any
measure which might be passed for reforming the Cor-
porations of Ireland ; also, a petition from the congregation of
York-street Chapel, Dublin, praying that the system of Negro
apprenticeship might terminate on the Ist of August next.
Sir R. INGL IS presented a petition from the Chancellor,
Master, and Scholars, of the University of Oxford against the
suppression of the Bishopric of Sodor and Man.
Mr. WALLACE presented a petition from a person named
Henry Jones, a native of Canada, complaining that four years
ago be had an action instituted against him in the Court
of Session, and as yet he had not been able to force a trial,
which was most inconvenient to him, he having a family
without protection in the present state of Canada. The reason
assigned was that a person skilled in phrenology could not
,d. Ind the More the Judges would not bring on the trial.
light it would be better to require that the
:end Phrenological Lectures than that such
place.
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