The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-16 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, APEIL 15.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'Clock.
On the motion of Sir THOMAS TROUBRIDGE
the Dean and Waliner Waterworks Bill was read a
second time and refered to a committee.
The report on the Rochester and Derby Junction
Road Bill was brought up, and the Bill ordered to be
read a second time after Easter.
Mr. GODSON presented petitions from Chester,
Staines, and other places, for the repeal of the Private
Carriage and Post-horse Duties.
Mr. J. ROUND presented a petition against alte-
ration of the Corn-laws
Admiral ADAM presented a petition from Clack-
mannan for the repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. HUME presented petitions from places' in the
counties of Dumbarton and Fife, praying for extension
of the franchise, and for the ballot. The Hen Mem-
ber presented also a petition from Dumbarton, praying
for a mitigation of the punishment of Frost, 'Williams,
and Jones.

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On the motion of Mr. IL HODGSON, the New-
castle•upon-Tyne and North-Shields Railway 13i11 was
read a third time and passed.
Tne ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a peti-
tion from the Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh, in
favour of the Inland Warehousing Bill.
Mr. T. DU NCOMBE presented a petition from a
gentleman in Edinburgh, against the Dublin and
Drogheda Railway Bill ; also a petition from fourteen
individuals in London, complaining of the removal of
Vincent from the Monmouth gaol to the Milbank
Penitentiary.
Lord OSSULSTON presented a petition from a
place in Northumberland, against any alteration in the
Corn-laws.
Mr. PARKER brought up the Imprisonment for
Debt Bill ( Ireland), which was read a first time.
Captain GORDON presented several petitions from ,
places in Aberdeenshire, praying the House to take into
its consideration the present distracted state of the
Scottish Church.
Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from upwards
of 5,000 inhabitants of Greenock, i❑ favour of Annual
Parliaments and Vote by Ballot ; also a petition from
a surgeon in Stowe Market in favour of Medical Re-
form ; and two other petitions to the same effect from
surgeons in Bridgnorth, and the medical practitioners of
Carlisle. The Hon. Gentleman then presented a peti-
tion from Troubridgc,complaining of the manner in which
the trial of three men named Roberts, Potts, and Car-
rier had been conducted. The petitioners stated that
Hale, the principal witness on the occasion, had noto-
riously prevaricated. They complained of the conduct
of the Magistrate, Mr. Saunders, in putting down mi-
nutes and suggesting evidence to a witness a month after
the occurrence. He hoped her Majesty's Ministers
would give their attention to the subject, and that Mr.
Saunders would be able to give them some explana-
tion of his conduct.

Mr. W. ELLIS presented a petition from Market
Harborough against the opium trade.
Sir R. H. INGLIS presented petitions from places
in Cheshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and other coun-
ties, praying for Church Extension. The Hon. Baronet
also presented a petition from Chester against the
Clergy Reserves Bill (Canada).
Mr. B. SMITH presented a petition from Norwich
against Church Extension ; also a petition, signed by
4,500 rate-payers of Norwich against the Norwich
Improvement Bill.
Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET presented se-
veral petitions in favour of Church Extension.
Lord MORPETII presented various petitions from
places in the county of York, for and against Church
Extension, and one against the Copyright Bill; various

petitions from placess—in the North -or Ireland, against
Church Intrusion in Scotland ; and one from certain
medical men of Ireland, for the support of Medical
Charitable Institutions, which the petitioners appre-
hended might suffer from the operation of the
Poor-law Act.

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
Lord. J. RUSSELL, in moving that the House
do adjourn to Wednesday the 29th of April, would
take that opportunity of stating what arrangement it
was his intention to propose with regard to the busi.-
ness of the House after Easter. He believed that on
the 29th of April it was the intention of his Hon.
and Learned Friend the Member for Reading to
bring forward his Copyright Bill. On Friday, the Ist
of May, and on the 4th of May. it was his intention to
propose proceeding with the Committee of Supply, and
on the Bth of May his Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the
Exchequer would bring forward his financial statement.
He proposed to proceed with the Canada Bill on Mon-
day, the 11th of May, and he would postpone the
til ofi
Eccle-
siastical Duties Revenue Bill till Monday the 18
of May. The Noble Lord concluded by moving the
adjournment of the House till Wednesday, tlie29th
of April.
SULPHUR TRADE.
Lord MAHON said, that before the House agreed
to the adjournment proposed by the Noble Lord, there
was a subject on which he wished to put a question to
her Majesty's Gorernment. He wished to ask the Noble
Lord opposite (Lord J. Russell), in the absence of his
colleague, the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, whether any directions had been given by the
Government for commencing a blockade, or for enter-
ins; into any hostile operations against the kingdom of
Naples.
Lord .JOHN RUSSELL said certain instructions
had been given by the Government with respect to the
sulphur monopoly to the British Ambassador at Naples.
That functionary had been further instructed—that in
case a sufficient answer should not be made to him
within
a given time by the Neapolitan Government,
the Admiral commanding in the Mediterranean should
have orders to detain ships sailing under the Nea-
politan flag. The last account which had been
received from Naples stated that the reply re-
ceived by the British Ambassador was entirely evasive
and unsatisfactory. The British Government was now
in communication with the Ambassador as to the fur-
titer measures they should adopt.
Lord MAHON wished to ask whether a paper pub.
lisped on the subject were authentic or not.
Mr. HUME hero read the paper to whih the Nohic
Lord was adverting, but the title of whcich We could
not seize on. Tim Hon. Member proceeded to say
• that he thought Parliament should not adjourn before