The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-21 00:00:00

IMPEACHMENT OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

Lord TE IGN M 0 UTH presented a petiti• n from Mary-
lebone, the prayer of which, at the request of Mr. Gisborne,
was read at length by the Clerk. It stated that Lord John
Russell had taken advantage of the excited state of the
country to introduce an unconstitutional gene d'armerie, or
police force, for the purposes of centralization—:hat he
had abused the power intrusted to him, and had endea-
voured to sap and undermine the institutions of the coun-
try. The petitioners prayed that the Noble Lord might be
impeached.—( A laugh.)
Mr. GISBORNE inquired if the Noble Lord (Teign-
mouth) had given notice to the Noble Lord, the Secre-
tary of the C loMes of his intention to present the peti-

tion- ?

Lord TEIGNMOUTIi answered in the affirmative,
and he thought there was nothing unconstitutional in the
prayer of tie petition, and, therefore, that it was his duty
to present it.
The A 1 TO RNE Y-GENERAL assented to the Noble
Lord's opinion of the Constitutional nature of the prayer
of the petition, and said if it had been placed in his hands
he should have felt it his duty to present it.
Sir James Duke, Mr. Denison, and ltlr. Muntz pre-
sented petitions against ; and Lord Stanley, Lord Eliot,
and Sr G. Murray, presented petitions in favour of
Church Extension.

Mr. BA IN ES presented a petition against Church Ex-
tension, and a petition against Church.ratcs from parishes
in the county of York.

The Llangernien (Denbigh) Ineloser° Bill was read a
third time and passed.
On the motion of Sir J. YARDE BULLER the
Exeter Roads Bill was read a third time and passed.
LOCAL TAXES BILL.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to complain of
the non-attendance of the Manbers of the Committee se-
lected to report on the Local Taxes Bill. It was agree(
that the Committee should have assembled this morning
at eleven o'clock, but the parties interested in the measure
after waiting till one o'clock had found that a
Committee could not be formed. He therefore moved
that some arrangements should be made to ensure
the attendance of the Members of the Committee.
Mr. ESTCOURT said that the absence of the Mem-
bers was to be attributed to the unfavourable day which
had been appointed for their meeting.
. After a f..v; words from Sir G. STRICKLAND and
Mr. WARD, the motion was agreed to.
Mr. WODEHOUSE presented four petitions from
Norfolk in favour of Church Extension. Petitions to the
same effect were presented in favour of' Church Extemioa
by Captain Alsager, from places in Surrey ; by Mr.
Branson, from several places in Essex ; by Mr. Colqu-
boun, from Sheffield and other places; and by Sir R.
Price, from Hertfordshire. Petitions against any grant
for Church Extension, were presented by Mr.
Ward, from Sheffield, St. Ives, St. David's, and other
places in Pembrokeshire; by Mr. Smith, from Norwich ;
by Mr. Elliott, from Roxburgh; and by Mr. Finch,
from Walsall, and several places in Lancashire.
Mr. WARD presented petitions from several districts in
the Wert Riding of Yorkshire against the Corn-laws.
Mr. FIN C II presented two petitions to the same effccr.
Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from Cumber-
land against the present distribution of the merchant sea.
men's tuna.
Mr. BENJA MIN WOOD presented a petition from
Christchurch, Surrey, against Church- rates.
Mr. WM. MILES presented twe petitions from two
parishes in Somersetshirc in favour of Church Extension.
Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY presented a petition
front Cheltenham against any grant of public money for
Church Extension.
Sir R. FERGUSON presented several petitions from
places in Nottinghamshire to the same effect.
Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a petition
from the Protestant Dissenters of Boroughbridge, also
to the sem., effect, and also praying for the abolition of
CLurch-rates.
Mr. HUME presented seventeen petitions against the
Copyright Bill, one of which was from the Coiree-house
keepers of London, which stated that in the opinion of the
petitioners, coffee-shops, temperance, cheap public:-
tions, and knowledge were preferable to giu.shops,
drunkenness, dear publications, and ignorance ; and
as they considered Sergeant .ralfourd's Bill was
calculated to promote the latter, they prayed the
House to reject it; Also a petition from Lanarkshire
in favour of Universal Suffrage ; various petitions from
Dissenting Congregations in Middlesex against Church
Extension; and a petition from Birmingham in favour of
the People's Charter.
Sir CHARLES KNIGHTLEY presented petitions
from various parishes in Northamptonshire in favour of
Church-rates.
Mr. T. DUNCOM BE presented a petition from the
Master Chimney Sweepers of the metropolis against the
praying the House to address her
Majesty to pardon persons convicted of political offences ;
and a petition from Birmingham, in favour of the People's
of a Chimney
public Sweeper's Bal ; also a petition from the Chairman
meeting,
Charter.
Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition, signed by 2.738
beerseilers and other inhabitants of Finsbury, praying that
the House would afford equitable protection to persons en-
gaged in the trade, by making the laws effecting all re.
tailers in beer alike—that every house selling exciseable
liquors by retail should be considered a public-house—that
the license to be granted in every case should be an Excise
license, and that the Magistrates should determine when
additional licenses should be granted.
Mr. T. PARKER presented a petition in favour of
Church Extension.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition for the re-
peal of the Corn-laws.
The Shrewsbury Cemetery Bill was read a second time.
Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from Cumber-
land in favour of Church Extension.
STOCK IN TRADE NOT RATED.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice, that in