The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-21 00:00:00

MARYLEI3ONE ELECTION.

The Clerk of the Committees appeared at the Bar, with
the reduced list of the Committee appointed to try the merits
of the petition ageinst the return for the Borough of Mary-
lebone.

The names were called over at the table as follows :—.

Philip Pusev, John Ireland Blackburn, William Taylor
Copeland, Edward Basil Farnham, William Miles, Henry C.
Stunt, Alexander \Vin. Chisholm, and Lord Eastnor, Tories;
John Ileatheoat, Henry Jeffre3s Winnington, and Luke White,
Liberals-8 Tories, and 3 Liberals.
BISHOP OF QUEBEC.

Sir R. PEEL had a petition to prevnt from the clergy
and people of the Cathedral Church of Quebec, complaining
of the suspension of their Bishop, and pra3ing that Parlia.
ment would continue the allowance to the Protestant Bishop.
lie was not quite sure whether it might not be considered a
money petition.

The SPEAKER gave his opinion, but in so low a tone of
voice as to be inaudible in the Gallery.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said the petition was decidedly a
money petition, and must have the consent of the Crown be-
fore it could be received.

Sir R. PEEL said the petitioners feared great political
ell's would flow from the discontinuance of the grant,
and it appeared to him a harsh construction of the. rule
to shut them out on such grounds. Perhaps the Chancellor
of the Exchequer would relieve them of their difficulty by
then giving his consent.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his
rule had always been to give the greatest facility to petitioning
in his power; but be had seen en much inconvenience arise
from those filling his office giving their consent merely for
discussion, that he was not then prepared to give his consent.
Sir R. PEEL did not want the consent of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, unless it was cordially given to the propo-
sition, and not for the sake of mere discussion.

The petition was then withdrawn.
Sir R. PEEL then presented a petition from Wendon
praying for a universal penny-post.—( Laughter. )
Colonel EGERTON presented a petition from Bollington,
praying for a repeal of the Poor Law Bill. •
YNN presented four petitions from places in Wales,
deprecating the system of Negro Apprenticeship. ANci one
from Welshpcol against the Borough Boundary Bill, and pray-
ing that their borough might have the same boundaries as those
for Parliamentary purposes. He asked if the Government in-
tended to bring cu the Bill to a second reading, because it
was very inconvenient to Members that the Bill should be
on the Orders from day to day, without its bein,, known
at what period the second reading might take place.
Mr. V. SMITH said the second reading of the Bill was
fixed for to-morrow, and the difficulty was to ascertain when it
would suit the House to enter into a disc ssicn on- the
print iple of the Bill. It was not a party Bill, but a Bill that
alr•oted the emwittients of gentlemen on all sides of the House.
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[ Sir A utn-sTt7s t!i trronn, the IT,lier of the Black - Rod,
here entered the 11-nw. and suttlotolied the Speaker to attend
the llowe of Lo; d for the pnrpot of hearing the. ROyal
As:;ent given to the Banking Copartnership Bill.)
- The SPE AKE R haiing returned from the House of Lords,
informed the house that the House had been to the House of
Lords, when the Royal Assent was given by Commission to
the Bankers' Copartnership Bill.