The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-02 00:00:00

COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES.

'f I,e of SHAFTESBURY, understanding that it ,
would be inconvenient to several Node Lords to attend the
Committee of Privileges on Monday next, begged to inform
die liold=e that the Committee would meet on Monday
only pro forma.

Lord TEY7ifIAM Itegged to impress upon the attention
of the Eloise the Bill, of whkh ti hi.d gi:.ten notice for
Monday rest, to regulate the overseers of the poor. Its
soon as the Bill was printed and laid on the table he
tru.ted Nolik Lords would give it that attention which it

The Bishop of FERNS presented a petition from
Trinity College, Dubin, praying that if any change was
wade in the 4.ketive franchise, it might be assimi!ated to
he franchise of Oxford and Cambridge.
Lord GLENGALL presented a petition from Clonmel
in fax Oyu• of Refohn.
lIINDOO WIDOW'S.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE' presented a petition
from the principal natives of In 1i.3, pr:lying for the total
abolition of the prictire of burning libido() widows.

DEPUTY SPEAKER.

The LORD CHANCELLOR informed the House
that hiR 31+sty had been pleased to command three
Royal Commi,4ions to ksue from the Great Seal, ap-
pointing Lord Tenterden, Lord Wynford, and the Earl of
Shaftesbury, Deputy Speakers, in the ab,enee of the Lord
Chancellor.

Mr. BEaNAL and otter Members of the House of Com-
mons brought up private Bills, which were read a first
time, after which the House adjourned till Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, JuLI- 1.

The SPEA EIL took hid t.eat at Four o'clock.

On tae motion of Lord STANLEY, the Liverpool and
Charlton Rail-road Bi 3 was read a second time and corn-

ruittcd.

Several petitions were presented in favour of the Man•
cheater and Leeds Railway bill, and other Railway Bills.
Mr. HUNT presented a petition froin the la- '
bouring inhabitants of Stockport; the petitioners
stated that the time had arrived when the entreaties and
prayers of an enslaved and united community could not re-
main any longer disregarded by that House. They believed •
the plan of Reform to he a final measure, and they raised
their voice against it, IReause it vas likely to become
the law of the land without having their claims
attended to ; they prayed for a real and radical Reform as
the only means of promoting the happirriss of the country,
and that the bloated clergy and abominable oligarchy should g
he treated with that respect which their conduct merited.
—(Cries of " Order.")
The SPEAKER interposed, and said it was the duty
of lion. ',Umbers to maka themselves acquainted with the
contents of petitions entrusted to them, and then to toter-
cise their discretion in presenting them—first, as to whe- :
ther the sub jeet matter was a fit one to present to Parlia- -
mint, and next, as to the petitions being couched in re- '
spectful language.—( Hear.) If the Hon. Mensber
read this petition previously to presenting it, it was highly
probable that he would have refrained from presenting it.
Mr. YATES PEEL strongly reprobated the very gross
language of the petition.
Alt-. HUNT said he believed he might not have read the
offensive passage in the petition, and he begged to with-
draw it. He had anolier petition to present of a sitniler
nature, but lie would wait for the present and look over it.
Mr. LONG WELLESLEY deprecated such abuse of
the clergy as was contained in the petition. He thought
that the lion. Member ought to consider that he was re-
sponsible for the contents of the petitions he might pre-
sent.

Mr. HUNT wild many petitions were presented, the
content,/ of which were tthktiown to the House.

Tlw SPEAKER intimated to the Hon. Member that
the reason fur that was to be found in the confidence
the House placed in the discretion of Hon. Members.
Mr. HUNT observed that persons might be sometimes
led into error in presenting peti;ions ; the very first pe-
titien the Lord Advocate presented to this House was one
that was in fact addre,ed to the House of Lords.

Mr. HUNT then presented a petition from the inhabi-
tants of a parish in the county of Loogford, praying for a
repeal of the Union. The Honourable Member then
said that he had a few days ago moved for
returns of the importation of corn into this country,
and was referred by an Hon. Member to the library for his
information ; he had examined, and was unable to obtain •
what he required, and he now begged to move for a return •
of the quantity of foreign corn imported into this country
for one year, to the iith of April last, distinguishing the '
qualities, and stating the amount of duty paid into the
Exchequer on account thereof.
Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from a Mr.
Benjamin Hutchinson, of Russell-square, but we could not
learn the object of it. The Hon. Alderman then moved
for a return of the number of persons discharged under
the Insolvent Debtors' Act, distinguishing those whose
estates had paid dividends, and those who subsequently ac-
quired property which was made available to the payment
of their debts. —Ordered.

Lord MAHON presented a petition from the Under
Graduates and Junior B ichelors of the University of Ox..
furl, against the Reform Bill. The petition was signed by
770 out of 1,100 persons.
After a few words fnom Lord Moarralr, the petition
was read, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. PEMBERTON presented a petition from the mer-
chants, ship-owners; &c. of the putt of Rye, praying for
the repeal of the marine insurance duty.
Mr. SCHONSWAR presented a petition from the
Mayor, Aldermen, &c. of Hull, praying for the repeal of
the East India monopoly. Tho Hon. Member expressed
his cordial approbation of the prayer of the petitioners.
Mr. C. DUNDAS presented a petition from the No-
bility, Clergy, &c. of the county of Berke, against the
Reform Bill ; and also one front Newbury, praying to be
restored to their rights in sending Members to Parliament.
Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he intended, in the
Committee on the Reform Bill, to move that the people
of Ireland might be placed on the same footing as the
people of England in the English Bill of Reform ; also
that the forty-shilling freeholders might he entitled to
vote, or if that should not be carried, that persons
possessed of property in fee at 40s. a year be entitled to
the same privilege, and that leaseholders of la a year
(we believe) should be allowed to vote. The Honourable
Member then presented a petition from the Reverend
Thomas Tate, a Protestant Clergyman, praying for a
Reform in the Church Establishment, complaining
of the imposition of tithes, and the existence of plu-
ralities, and praying that all ecclesiastical property
(excepting churches and parsonage houses) should be sold
for the benefit of the nation, and finally, that each parish
should elect its own clergyman. The Hon. Member then
presented a petition from the Protestant freemen of Galway,
praying for an extension of suffrage to their Roman Catholic
fellow countrymen in Galway. Mr. O'Connell next pie-
sented a petition from the ship-owners and merchants of
Tralee, in the county of Kerry, for a repeal of the duties on
marine insurances, and one front a parish in Wicklow,
praying that if the House should vote a sum of money for
the poor in Ireland, it should be so distributed that
Roman Catholics should receive an equal benefit from it
with the Protestants.

Mr. O'CONNELL then, in presentio another petition,
begged to ask the Noble Lord (Althorp) if be was aware that,
five days aft, r the Newtownbarry affair, another corps
of yeomanry had been furnished with arms. He had re-
ceived a letter from a man of sound talent in Ireland,
which stated the fact in these terms—" my blood boils
with indignation at learning that they are arming another
corps of yeomanry to massacre the people."
Lord ALTHORP spoke across the table, hut we could
not catch what was said.

Mr. O'CONNELL begged to assure the Noble Lord
that the greatest agitation prevailed in Ireland upon the
subject. He understood that a procession was intended to
be got up for the 12th of July, and if that did
take place he could assure the Noble Lord there
would be some more blood spilt. He begged now to
refer to the petition which lie bad to present, and which
prayed for the re-establishment of the local Legislature in
Ireland. The petitioners had entrusted him with a discre- .
tion whether or not he would present it, and, after the
discussion of list night, he felt it his duty to present
it. He appealed to the many independent men
who had been sent into the House by the late election,
whether Ireland should be so treated by the Reform Bill. •
The counties of England had received additions to the elee,
rive franchise, they had got several very numerous classes,
such as freeholders, copyholders, and leaseholder! ; the people
of Scotland had had their franchise greatly extended, but
the franchise of Ireland would be diminished ; the effect .
of the Reform Bid as now proposed to be brought in,
would have the effect of turning the counties into
_bo-
roughs. The county he had the honour to represent con-
tained a population of 216,000 persons; the number of .
voters for the county would be seven hundred, of which
forty-one were beneficed Clergymen of the Establish/11
Church, and one hundred and thirty-six of them resided
in the town of Iroise ; and as Tralve was an open borough,