The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-27 00:00:00

EDUC ATION.

The Hos. GENTLEMAN also presente3 a petition from
Lancashire in favour of the Government scheme.
MARY YOUNG.

Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from Mary
Young, of Finchatp, in Norfolk, complaining of the con-
duct of the cLmreitting magistrate towards her boy.
The lion. Member said, that on the 9th of December,
184 G, the petitioner's husband seht his son, a boy of
fifteen years of age, on a message to the superintendent
of police. When the bay appeared there the superin-
tendent said, " That's the boy that stole the spoons nine
months ago." The boy was con,equently charged be-
fore the magistrate, notwithstanding that the charge
was distinctly repudiated ; and the magistrate, when
the petitioners said that a witness, Small by name,
in court, could prove that the boy was absent five
miles from the place of the robbery at the time
in questhin, would not hear Small upon his oath.
l'he boy was therefore remanded to Swaffham gaol for
nine days, and daring that period both the silversmiths
to whom the spoons had been offer d for sale
were confronted with him, when both positively
said the boy was not the same pQrson. The boy was
discharged ; but in consequence of the ill condition of
the cell in which he had been confined for nine days he
had been seized with inflammation in the hip joint,
which would make him a cripple for life. The peti-
tioner's husband, in conseqm ace of his anxiety and the
aposure to which he was subjected, had become ill, and
died. The Hon. Member hoped that the statement of
the case would receive the attention of the Secretary for
the Home Department.
Mr. HODGSON lIINDE presented a petition from
the magistrate mentioned in the petition of the Hon.
Member for Finsbury, praying the Ilouse to receive
with caution the statement contained in the petition of
slary Young, and denying the correctness of the asser-
tions made therein.

Sir G. GREY said that with regard to the petition
presented by the Hon. Gentl: man, the facts had not as
yet been brought under his notice. When he received
an official intimation of the facts he should be better
able to judge what course should be pursued.
The petition was ordered to lie on the table.
HEALTH OF TOWNS.

Sir G. GREY then presented a petition from the
clergymen of Sheffield iu favour of the Heald' of
Towns Bill.

SUPERANNUATION ALLOWANCE OF POOR-

LAW OVER4:ERS.

Mr. HODGSON presented apetition from the over-
seers and administrators of the poir-law, praying the
House to adopt some means of giving a proper super-
annuation allowance to persons employed in that capa-
city. He wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the
Secretary for the Home Department whether it was the
intention of the Government to adopt any means for
making these superannuation allovrancs in this session?
Sir G. GREY said that he was not prepared at that
moment to state the course the Government intended
to pursue.
Lord MORPETH presented a petition from the West
Riding of Yorkshire against the Factories Bill ; and
also seven petitions from the same place, six against and
one in favour of the Government scheme of education.
REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES BILL.

Sir ANDREW LEtru HAY said he wished to ask
the Learned Lord-Advocate of Scotland, first, what was
his intention with regard to the Registration of Mar-
riages (Scotland) Bill; and, secondly, whether he in-
tended to alter or omit the twelfth clause, and whether he
proposed any, and what, alteration in the Bill?
The LORD-ADVOCATE said, in answer to the
question of his Honourable and Gallant Friend, he
could state that it was his intention not to in-
sist upon the twelfth clause. The ground upon which
the Bill was introduced bad been much misrepresented,
but he should have another opportunity of explaining
himself upon that subject. With reference to the
various objections made to the Bill, he proposed
to make many great amendments which he should
not have hardly otherwise ventured upon. He
believed that his Hon. Friend would not object to
the course he intended to pursue, namely, that they
should go into Committee pro forma, so as to enable him
to send the Bill down to Scotland in time for the public
meetings which were shortly to be held in different parts
of the country.
Mr. HUME hoped that the alterations which were to
be introduced in the Bill would be at the same time
made clear to the persAls interested in it.
Mr. RUTHERFORD intended to do so.
After a few words from Sir R. H. INGLIS,
Mr. RUTHERFORD said that time had been given
to enable the people of Scotland to express the objec-
tions they might entertain against parts of this measure.
Sir G. CLERIC would not object to go into Com-
mittee pro forma, but he reserved to himself the right