The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-16 00:00:00

MR. BUCKINGHAM'S CASE

Mr. TULk brought up a Bill to compensate Mr. Buck-
ingham for his losses in Ind►a.—Read a first time.
Several petitions were presented in favour of private Bills.
Mr. BERNAL presented a petition from the corporation of
Gravesend, praying for leave to amend, as (we understand)
the Gravesend Pier Act.
Mr. (,ILLON presented petitions from several places in
Lanarkshire against further grants to the Church.
STEAM NAVIGATION ON THE THAMES.

Captain ALS AGER presented a petition, signed by 900
inhabitants of Rotherhithe. complaining of the reckless speed
of steam •vessels on the River Thames. The Hon. Member
moved that the petition be referred to the Select Committee at
present sittinz on the subject.
ERRORS OF THE MORNING PAPERS.
Colonel VERNER begged to correct a mistake which the
newspapers had fallen into respecting a statement which he
made a few evenings ago in the House. He was reported to
have stated that he had been- dismissed from his Majesty's
service. Now such was not the fact. He could produce the
highest testimonials as to his military character.
NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
Mr. riAwES presented a petition from the rejected can
didates, pra:,ing that their plans might be exhibited in the
National Gali,-ry. He was sorry that the Commissioners
had so soon returned the plans of the rejected candidates, as
the public were most anxious that they should be publicly
exhibited, and he hoped the House would accede to a request
coming from so respectable a body of men.
Mr. HOPE concurred in the prayer of the petition. He
hoped a public exhibition would be allowed, as many of the
architects had been put to very great ex pence. With respect
to the immediate return of the plans he bOeved the Commis-
slot ers had nothing to do with that, as, after haOlg made their
decision, they immediately sent them to the office of Woods and
Forests. He trusted there would be an exhibition not oti!v of
those plans which had been unsuccessful, but also of ti;ose
which had been approved.
Mr. ROEBUCK supported the prayer of the petition.
Mr. HAWES then presented two other petitions to • the
same effect.
THAMES STEAM NAVIGATION.

The Ho;. MEMBER then presented a petition relative to the
rapid navigation of steamers on the River Thames.
MR. BUCKINGHAM'S CLAIMS.
Mr. GRA NTL Y BERKELEY presented a petition from
a place in Gloucestershire, in favour of Mr. Buckingham's
claims.

BIRMINGHAM PETITION.
Mr. ATTWOOD presented a petition from Birmingham,
to which he prayed the serious attention of the House. The
object of the Birmingham Political Union. was to protect the
rights and privileges of the Crown. The Meeting from which
the petition had emanated had been the cause of some dis-
agreement in the town of Birmingham, as to whether it should
be considered a town meeting or not. It had been convened
in the same way that all meetings had been called together
for the last 'twenty years, as there was no regUlar
constituted authority for such a purpose there. The
people of Birmingham might have slumbered over the
°Wets of' the meeting for a long time, had it not been for the
opposite party, who made themselves exceedingly busy during
the last year in getting up Political Unions in the form of
Conservative dinners, where they spoke a great many Conser-
vative lies, and put forth many Conservative falsehoods in the
:public papers. It was necessary therefore for the people of Bir-
Juingbam to meet, in order to show the falsehood of those lies,
tr,rors, or misapprehensions—(Hear, and laughter)—and to
show that House that they were still rooted in their desire for
Ream The petitioners stated their intense desire for Re-