The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-02 00:00:00

PAROCHIAL HATES.

Lord H. VANE presented several petitions, praying
for a new assessment of railways to parochial rates, and
for a reduction of the amount levied upon the lines for
highway rates.
LAW OF MARRIAGE.

Mr. STUART WOItTLEY, in the absence of his
Hon. Friend the Member for the West Riding, presented
a petition from the solicitors and other respectable inha-
bitants of Doncaster in favour of the proposed alteration
of the law of marriage to enable a widower to marry the
sister of his (licensed wife.
RATE IN AID BILL.

Mr. STAFFORD presented petitions from several
places in the county of Tipperary against the Rate in
Aid Bill.

ADULTERATION OF COFFEE BY CHICORY.

Mr. ANSTEY presented a petition numerously signed
by the coffeehouse-keepers of London, praying that the
order of the 31st August, 1840, allowing the introduc-
tion of chicory free of duty, may be rescinded. They
stated that the allowance for such a practice was in the
highest degree detrimental to the poor, and injurious to
the fair deafer. He gave notice that ho 010%111 to-
morrow move that the petition be printed with the votes.
ECCLESIASTICAL OPPRESSION.
Captain JONES presented a petition from the county
of Derry, praying that an investigation might be made
into the case of Mr. Shore, and that immediate relief
might be granted to him.
ALLOWANCE TO POOR-LAW OFFICERS.
Mr. URQUHART presented petitions from a large
number of the officers engaged under the poor-law
guardians in the county of Stafford, and also from a
great number of the most respectable inhabitants of
Stafford, praying that superanuation allowances might be
granted to the poor-law officers.
CLERGY RELIEF BILL.

Mr. BROWN brought up the report upon the Bill.
THE IRISH CHURCH.
Mr. OSBORNE gave notice that after Easter he
would move that the House should resolve itself into
a Committee of the whole House, to take into con-
sideration the temporalities of the Irish Church.
(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.")
COLONIAL POLICY.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH said that, after Easter,
he would submit to the consideration of the House a
motion on the subject of the colonial policy of the Bri-
tish empire.
PLURALITY OF LIVINGS.
Mr. HUME gave notice of his intention (to•morrow)
to move for a return of all clegymen, holding two or
more benefices in the Church, who had been appointed
since the passing of the last Act, together with the
amount of income derived from their livings, and the
number of the population comprised within each of them.
SMITHFIELD MARKET.
Mr. MACKINIs!ON gave notice of his intention to
postpone his motion relative to the nomination of a
Committee upon Smithfield Market, until Tuesday, 17th
of next month, in consequence of a public meeting hav-
ing been advertised to be held in the city in that interval.

COLLECTION OF MALT -DUTY.
Sir EDWARD BUXTON asked the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, whether he could lay before the House
an account of the expense of collecting the malt duty,
and of the net amount received from it in each of the years
ending January 5, 1847, 1848, and 1849. He said he
had been induced to ask the question, as a great deal
of misrepresentation existed with reference to the ex-
penses of collecting the malt-duty. It had been stated
by one public print that it amounted to a million and a
half.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
was much obliged to the Hon. Baronet for giving him
an opportunity of answering the question. The expense
for collecting the whole Excise duties only amounted to
900,0001., and, therefore, the collection of only a portion
of those duties—the malt'duty—could'not amount to a
million and a half—(Hear). He found, from papers
which lay on the table of the House, that the whole ex-
pense of collecting the malt-tax was 188,0001. The
net proceeeds of the malt duty was in the last three
years as follows:—In 1846, 5,084,0001. ; in 1847,
4,456,0001.; and in the last year, 5,224,0001.
COLOISIAL LAW.

Mr. EWART asked the Under-Secretary for the
Colonies a question relative to statements which have
appeared in the Sydney papers, of the execution of a man
for a crime not capitally punishable by the laws of this
country. .
Mr. HAWES replied that it was true that a person
in November, 1848, was executed for the crime of rape,
but according to the laws of the colony rape was punish
able by death.