The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-10 00:00:00

RETURNS.

Mr. M‘Gregor, from the Accountant-General's Office,
appeared at the bar, and delivered in certain annual re-
turns connected with the estates under the control of the
Court of Chancery.
QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.
The Governor of Queen Anne's Bounty appeared at
the bar, and delivered in an account of the d►sbursements
and receipts connected with the fund far 1847.
POOR LAWS.

Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from
Marylebone, praying for an amendment of the poor-laws.
The petitioners in particular complained of the system
of farming out the children of parishes, and praying that
an inquiry might be made into the recent Tooting case.
CHURCH-RATES.

Mr. B. OSBORNE presented a petition from Wake-
field, praying for the abolition of chureh-rates.
CUSTOMS DUTIES.

Mr. EWART presented a petition from the same
place, praying for a reduction of the Excise and Customs
duties generally, and especially of the duty on tea.
ECCLESIASTICAL LAW.

An Hott. MEMBER presented a petition, praying for
an amendment of the ecclesiastical law, so as to enable
clergymen seceding from the Church of England to offi-
ciate as Dissenting ministers.
GREENWICH PENSIONERS,
Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from 500
out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital praying the House
to take their case into consideration and enable them
to recover certain stoppages which had been made from
their pensions.
CHURCH TEMPORALITIES.
Mr. HORSMAN presented a petition from Sunder-
land complaining of the distribution of the temporalities
of the Rectory of Bishopswearmouth.
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.
Mr. G. THOMPSON presented a petition from Wake-
field, praying for the abolition of ecclesiastical courts.
THE NAVIGATION-LAWS.
Mr. LABOUCHERE gave notice of his intention to
move for a Committee of the whole House on Friday
next to consider the navigation-laws.
Mr. ROBINSON was anxious to know from the
Right Hon. Gentleman whether it was his intention to
put the House in possession of the resolutions he in-
tended to move relative to th• navigation-laws, before
the House went into Committee on the subject.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said that it was his intention
to adopt the same course he did in the last session,
namely, to move for a Committee of the whole House on
the subject, and as he should then state to the Com-
mittee the resolutions he ' intended to propose, he
must decline putting the House in possession of it
until after he had explained to the Committee the course
he intended to pursue.
THE RECTORY OF BISHOPS WEARMOUTH.
Mr. HORSMAN wished to ask the Noble Lord at
the head of the Government whether he was enabled
to tell the House what the new arrangements were with
respect to the distribution of the temporalities of the
rectory of Bishopswearmouth since the death of Dr.
Wellesley.
Lord J. RUSSELL said, in consequence of the
intimation he had received from the Hon. Member, he
had written to the Bishop of Durham, informing him of
what had passed, at the same time stating to him that
it was entirely at his option whether he gave the
information or not. The Bishop, in his answer, stated
that he did not recognise the right to a►k' him
the question, without further inquiry; but that he
had no objection to furnish the means of giving
all the imformation required, and in his power.
It appeared that when the vacancy occurred by the
death of Dr. Wellesley a deputation waited upon the
Bishop and stated that it was their wish that
a new division should take place with respect
to the revenues of the rectory. Those revenues
consisted of tithes, of the rents of the glebe lands,
and the rents of way leaves for coals. The whole
value of the rectory of Bishopswearmouth in the time of
the late incumbent was 3,628/., out of which the pay-
ments he had to make amounted to 1,6051, leaving
2,0234 The future rector would receive 1,200/.; the
remainder would be placed in the hands of trustees for
the four incumbents.

Oa the motion of Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL leave
of absence was given to Mr. Maurice O'Connell for a
month, on account of indisposition.
THE SECESSION OF MINISTERS OF THE
ESTABLISHED CHURCH.