The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-16 00:00:00

*PETITIONS.

Mr. HENRY presented two petitions, one from Pres-
ton, and the other from St. Helens, in favour of the
repeal of the navigation-laws.
Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from the soli-
citors of Warwicli.hire, praying lor the abolition of the
attorneys' certificate duty.

Mr. ifRENCII presented a petition from the grand
jury of the county of Roscommon ;against the proposed
alteration in the Irish poor-law.
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Mr. CLAY presented a petition from the captains
and Sailors of Kingston-upon• Hull against the re peal of
the navigation-laws.

Mr. MILES presented several petitions from places
in Somersetshire against the all for legalizing marriages
with a deceased wife's sister.

Sir W. VERNER presented several petitions against
:he rate in aid.

Mr. HUME presented several petitions, praying for a
reduction of the public expenditure. The Hon. Mem-
ber also presented the following petitions:—From a
numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of St.
Luke's, Finsbury, held on the 14th February, adverting
to the present state of the country, and to the
defective state of the representation, and praying
for an extension of the suffrage; another petition from a
meeting held in the National Hall, Holborn, on the
evenirg of Feb. 15, adverting to the distress of the coun-
try, and complaining principally of the manner in which
the poor-law is carried out, and praying the House would
take steps to prevent the farming of pauper children;
another petition from a number of Chelsea pen-
sioners at Chipponham, complaining of a per-cent.
age having been taken off their pay; and another
petition from Mr. M'Dowell, who is now in prison, and
who was tried at Liverpool on the 28th of August last,
and condemned on a charge of conspiracy on the evi-
dence of certain policemen, some of whom, as he al-
leged, were not present, and could not have witnessed
the transactions to which they deposed.
Sir C. BURRELL presented a petition againt the re-
peal of the navigation-laws from a place the name of
which was inaudible in the gallery.
Mr. SCUOLEFIELD presented a petition from the
congregation of Dissenters assembling in Zion Chapel,
Birmingham, in favour of referring national disputes to
arbitration.

Mr. BOURSE presented a petition from the grand
jury of Sligo complaining that the inhabitants of that
county, and particularly the poorer portion, suffered
from constant depredations on their cattle and sheep,' and
praying for relief.
Mr. P. SCROPE presented a petition from the inha-
bitants of Stroud in favour of referring national disputes
to arbitration.

Lord H. VANE presented a similar petition from the
county of Durham.
Mr. SCULLY presented a petition from a place in
Ireland against the Rate in Aid Bill.
An HoN. MENDER presented a petition from the Town
Council of Cupar, praying for a reduction in the national
expenditure.
Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition from the inha-
bitants of certain hamlets in Surrey, against the Bill
for legalizing marriage with a deceased wife's sister.
An HON. MEMBER presented a petition agreed to at a
large meeting in Cornwall, pray ing for a more equal
apportionment of taxation on agricultural produce.
Lord MAIION presented a petition from certain soli-
citors, praying the House to remit the tax to which
they are annually liable for tha certificate to practise
their profession.

. STEAM-VESSELS.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to aAr. the First Lord
elf the Admiralty if six steam-vessels, the Myrmidon,
le Torch, the Zephyr, the ater, the Adder, the Dot-
er Tell, have been sold, and if sold, for what sum, end t,
wl 'tom, and if such sale was by private contract or public
au, All'ort.

t3i.r F. BARING said the vessels had been sold in
const quence of the purposes for which they had been
used having been rut an end to by alterations at the
port a of Holyhead and Harwich. He had no objection
to ay the papers on the subject before the House.
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