The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-20 00:00:00

NEW POOR LAW.

Mr. GRIAISDITCH presented three petitions, one from
Lancaster, the others from places the names of which we could
not catch, against the New Poor Law.
Mr. GLADSTONE presented a petition from Coventry,
signekby 800 persons, praying the House not to pass any
Act for national education which should lot be based on re-
ligious principle.
Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a petition from
Barnsley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, signed by 2,500
persons, praying for the abolition of the system of Negro Ap-
prenticeship.
Mr. GL AD STONE presented eight petitions, in favour of
the Boundary Bill, and wished to know when it was likely to
be proceeded with ?
Mr. VERNON SMITH intended to propose the second
reading to-night, to which he considered there would be no
opposition. Many small objections had been pointed out,
whick could easily be remedied, and he intended to propose
to refer the Bill to a Select Committee, where it might be
much more easily discussed than in a full House. If the
House acquiesced in this proposition, he would move that the
Bill be committed, to give an opportunity of circulating it
throughout the country.
Sir E. KNATCUBULL said that the Hon. Member was
under a misapprehension when he stated that this Bill would
pass the second reading without opposition.—( Hear, hear.)
The Honourable Gentleman must not for a moment imagine
that a Bill so unfair in principle and so objectionable
in its details—( Hear, hear)—would be suffered to pass
this House without opposition. He called on the Hon. Mem-
ber to name some distinct day for the second reading of the
Bill, in order that they should have an opportunity of dis-
cussing it.
Mr. VERNON SMITH said that is was his intention to
move the second reading to-night.
BALLOT.
Mr. BANNERMAN presented a petition from Aberdeen,
signed by.,?,09.0 persons in favour of the Ballot.

BISHOPRIC OF SODOR AND MAN.
Lord GEORE LENNOX presented & petition from a
parish in Sussex against the union of the Bishopric of Sodor
Rad Man with the See of Carlisle.
NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP.
Mr. PEASE presented petitions from Kirkby Lonsdlle,
and other parishes in the county of Durham, praying that
the system of apprenticeship should cease on the Ist of August.
Mr. VILLIERS presented petitions to the same effect from
Worcester and Stafford.

IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN GRAIN.
Mr. THORNLEY stated that be had given notice on a
courier occasion of his intention to move for certain returns
relative to the importation of foreign grain last year, iihich he
now begged to renew.

Sir RONALD FERGUSON presented a petition from
Nottingham in favour of the Ballot.

Mr. LANGDALE gave notice, that on Tuesday the 6th
of March, he should move an instruction to the Poor-law
Committee, to consider how far the system of workhouses
should be adopted.
Mr. DUNDAS presented a petition from a place in Flint-
shire, in favour of the Vote by Ballot.
Mr. GILL ON presented a petition from Stratheden in
Lanarkshire, praying for Triennial Parliaments. The Hon.
Member observed, that from the noise which generally pre-
vailed in the House during the presentation of petitions, the
public out of doors had no means of ascertaining from what
places they had come, or their purport. Formerly the
Clerk was in the habit of reading the names of the places
f. om whence the petitions came, and their prayers,
but that had been discontinued, and he understood
the matter had been much complained of out of doors.—
( Hear, hear.) Ile hoped there would be no objection to the
re-adoption of that system. The Hon. Member then pre-
sented a petition from a place in Linlithgow, praying for
Universal Suffrage.
Petitions were presented by Mr. COLLINS and some other
Hon. Members praying for the abolition of Negro Apprentice-
ship.
Mr. W. EVANS presented a petition from Ashford, in
the county of Derby, praying for a total abolition of all plu-
ralities in the Church. The. Hon. Member also presented a
similar petition from Derby ; also a petition from Chapel le
Frith for the abolition of Negro Apprenticeships
Mr. C. R IPPON presented petitions from parishes in An-
trim for the abolition of tithes.
IRISH CORPORATION BILL.
Mr. LITTON presented petitions from all the guilds and
officers of the guilds in Dublin, stating that they
would be great sufferers if the Irish Corporation Bill were
passed in its present shape, from having given up their
business on taking their offices, and to which they could not
return—they prayed the House not to pass the Bill without
making them an adequate and full compensation, so that they
might not be left at the mercy of the Town Councils which
were likely to be returned.
Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented petitions from several
places in Cork, praying the House to pass an Act for the
purpose of preventing the Roman Catholic Clergy interfering
at elections. The petitioners stated that the Roma. Catholic
Clergy not being satisfied with the spiritual influence which
they exercised over their flocks, had shown themselves parti-
cularly ambitious to acquire politizal power in the House of
Commons.

An HoN. MEMBER (on the Ministerial side of ae House)
asked if the Colonial-office had received from Jamaica
a copy of the Police Act recently passed by the Co-
lonial Legislature, and sanctioned by the Government ;
and whether that Act contained matter similar to that
which had been objected to by a Committee of this House,
for inquiring into the Apprenticeship system. He would also
put the same question in regard to the Fire Arms Aet.
Sir G. GREY said, within the last few days, by the West
Indian Mail, had been received a Police Act passed in the
existing session, by the Jamaica Legislature, and differing 13
several ♦ery important respects from the Act which had been
law before—not objected to by the Committee referred
to. As to the Fire Arms Act he ( Sir G. Grey) had not
heard of an Act of that name, or relating to fire-arms, which
had been passed by the Colonial Legislature.