The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-17 00:00:00

VAUXHALL GARDENS.

Lord G. LENNOX presented a petition from the proprietors of
Vauxhall Gardens, praying for leave to bring in a Bill to dispose of
those Gardens by allotments.
This being the last day for receiving petitions on Private Bills, a
great number of such petitions were presented; but owing to the noise in
the House, and the low tone in which Honourable Members spoke, it
was impossible to catch the purport of many of them.
PORTMAN CEMETERY—PRIMROSE HILL.

Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition lor a Bill for the establish-
ment of a Cemetery on the Portman estate; and for securing to the
public the right of recreation on Primrose-hill free.

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HERTFORD SCHOOL.
Mr. ALSTON presented a petition for the amendment of the Act
incorporating Hertford Free School (as we understood.)

WEST DURHAM RAILWAY.
Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition for the formation of a Railway
to be called the West Durham Railway.

ABERYSTWITI-I SMALL DEBTS BILL.
This Bill was read a second time.
RECLAMATION OF WASTE LANDS.

Mr. GIBSON presented a petition from the Marquis of Donegal,
praying for leave to bring in a Bill for the reclamation of some Waste
Lands bordering on Lough Swilly.

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the Grand Junction
Railway Company,praying for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act.

B ALLOT.

Mr. THORNLEY said that he had a petition to present, which he
regretted he had not an opportunity of laying before the House
last night, owing to his not having been in town. It was a
petition from Liverpool, in favour of the Ballot, signed by
5,000 persons, consisting of merchants and bankers, but chiefly, he un-
derstood, of the trading classes of that town. The petitioners stated
that at the last election for the borough of Liverpool there were
more than two thousand voters who were on the Registry of
last year who did not poll, and that this would not have been the case
if they had the protection of the Ballot, as those persons were intimi-
dated from going to the poll. The Hon. Member also presented a pe-
tition from the same place, signed by 4,500 persons, in favour of House-
hold Suffrage.

Mr. SPEARS presented a petition from a place in Yorkshire in favour
of the Ballot.

Mr. HEATHCOTE presented a petition from Spalding, in favour of
the Bill for rating the owners of small tenements.
Mr. BAINES presented a petition from a congregation of Protestant
Dissenters at Horsington, county of Somerset, praying that the system
of negro apprenticeship be put an end to on or before Aug. 1. The Hon.
Member then presented a petition from the medical practitioners of
Leeds, complaining of the great number of persons practising medicine
who had not been regularly educated, and praying the enactment of
some provision for the infliction or penalties on persons so practising.
Mr. GASKILL presented several petitions against the Municipal
Borough Boundaries Biil.
Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY presented a petition from Holkam
against the Negro Apprenticeship system.
Mr. HOPE JOHNSTONE presented a petition from the Presbytery
of Edinburgh, in favour of the system of religious instruction for the
people of Scotland.

Mr. DUCKWORTII presented a petition from Leicester, signed by
5,345 inhabitants, in favout of Household Suffrage.
Mr. E. ELLICE presented a petition from Coventry, signed by the
Mayor and Aldermen, praying for the introduction of a system of Na-
tional Education. The Right Hon. Gentleman also presented a petition
from the same place against the Municipal Boundaries Bill; also, a peti.
tion for cheap and expeditious communication by post.
Mr. S. LEFEVRE presented a petition from Nottingham against the
Negro Apprenticeship System.
Lord W. BENTINCK presented a petition from the Chamber of
Commerce of Glasgow, praying for a Repeal of the Duties on Marine

Insurances.
Mr. BRUGES presented a petition from Bath, against th• Poor Law
Ireland Bill.

Mr. REDDIYGTON presen4ed a petition from Dundalk, in favour
of the Ballot.

Mr. PLUMTRE presented a petition from one of the Directors of
the Home and Colonial Infant School Society, praying the .House to give
no sanction to any measure for national education that was not founded
on the Scriptures.

Captain ELLICE presented a petition from Harwich, praying that
the " Shipping Gazette" might bcput on the same footing, with regard to
the Post-office, as the " Commercial List." •

Mr. GUEST presented a petition from a place in Wales in favour of
the Ballot. Had he been present last night he would certainly have
voted for the motion of the Hon. Member for London.—(Order -)
Mr. ELLICE hoped his Hon. Friend would abstain from making eh-
servations upon the presentation of petitions. if he did so then other
Members would follow the example, and the rula of the House would be
set at nought.

Mr. WILBRAHAM presented a petition from a place in Cheshire,
praying for the repeal of the Poor-law Amendment Bilk. He could not
agree in the prayer of the petition.
Sir It. INGLIS presented a petition from the Universities of Oxf
and Cambridge, against the conjunction of the Bishopric of Soder
and Man.

Sir W. FOLLETT presented a petition from Exeter, against the
Ballot

Mr. DENNISTOUN presented two petitions from Glasgow,
each signed by 6,'200 individuals, in favour of the vote by ballot,
and a repeal of the Corn Laws. Also two other petitions in favour of
Universal Suffrage. The Hon. Member stated that he was not prepared
to vote for Universal Suffrage, but in the prayer of the other petitions he
most cordially co.lc:irred. . .

Lord WORSLEY presented a petition from a place in the Isle of
Wight, in favour of the Ballot, Uni7ersal Suffrage, and Annual Par-
liaments.

Mr. H. G ATTAN presented a petition from a place in the county
of Wicklow, for the abolition of Tithes.
A great number of petitions were then prevented by different Hem.
bers ; but in consequence of the great disorder that prevailed in the
House, it was impossible to collect the names of the petitioners, or the
objects of the petitions.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN presented a petition from Canteely, in the county of
Limerick, praying for the abolition of t;thes.
Mr. OTONNELL presented a petit:on, whence we could not hear,
praying for an Act to build an additional bridge over the river Anna Litry,
and urging upon the attention of the Imperial Parliament, that the City
of Dublin contributed much to the revenue of the United Kingdom,
being deprived of any return in consequence of the Act of Union.
The SPEAKEIt intimated that the petition could rot be received
without the consent of the Crown, as its prayer referred, though indi-
rectly, to a grant of money.

MR. O'MALLEY IRWIN.
The Mom. Memnea then presented a petition from Mr. O'Malley
Irwin, a member of the Irish Bar, which was real by the Clerk ;
but we could not hear its exact import. We understood it to complain
of some grievance in the law regardin3 afislstant-l)arristers in Ireland.
The Honourable and Learned Member presented another petition from
Dublin in favour of tha abolition of negro appr,:ticeship,

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA Y, FEBRUARY 17, 1838.