The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-31 00:00:00

SMALL TENANTS.

Mr. ETWALL presented a petition from a person
named Saunders, of Andover, stating that the present
law materially interfered with the rights of those tenants
who were subject to the payment of rates.
BANKING LAWS...

Mr. SHELL presented a petition from the governor
and directors of the Hibernian Bank, praying that the
law with respect to stamps which now prevailed in Ire-
land might be assimilated to that of England.
EDUCATION.

Lord SANDON presented a petition from the two
rectors of Liverpool, praying the House to take
steps to improve the education of the middle classes.
The petitioners suggested, that as Queen's scholarships
had been established for promoting the education of the
poorer classes, there ought to be founded Queen's
fellowships for promoting the education of the middle
classes.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition against
the proposed Government scheme of education.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL presented several petitions,
one of them from Rugby, in favour of the scheme.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition against
the scheme.
ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL.

Captain P.LLHELL presented a petition in favour o!
this Bill.

LONDON, CHELTENIIAM, AND OXFORD
RAILWAY.
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Several petitions were presented against this railway,
and referred to the Committee.
Mr. HUME moved, that the order made on the 15th
day of February last, for referring the London and
North.. Western Railway (Ilescot and Wolverhampton
Branch, &c.) Bill to the Committee of Selection, be
read and discharged.—Agreed to.
Mr. GREGORY moved that the Appendix to the
Evidence on the Dublin Improvement Bill be printed,
together with the evidence.—AgTe ed to.
MASTERS IN CHANCERY.
Mr. HUME said he understood that one of the Masters
in Chaniery had resigned on account of ill health. Now
he trusted this vacancy would not be filled up until the
abuses, disclobed in the evidence taken before the Chan-
cery Commissions, wire removed.

Lord J. RUSSELL would undertake to say that the
vacancy would not be filled up until sufficient time had
claps.'d to see whether any improiement could be intro-
duced into the office.

Mr. HUME postpone] his motion for returns con-
nected with the boys employed in the navy.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
Lord J. RUSSELL, in rising to move that the 111%11SP,
at its rising, do adjourn till Monday, the 12th of April,
taid that he proposed that on that day the House should
go into Committee of Supply, when the notices of mo
Lion given by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for
Liverpool, and the Honourable and Gallant Gen•
tleman the Member for Westminster, might be
taken, and if there was sufficient time, any other
motion upon the orders of the day, to which there was
no objection, might be disposed or. He did not, how-
ever, on that day propose to take any further stage in
the Army Service Bill, but postpone it till a subsequent
day. On the Friday after the recess he proposed to
take the consideration of the third reading of the Irish
Poor-law Amendment Bill, and the third reading of
the Bill for the Improvement of Property in Ireland.
On the question being put fur the adjournment,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in reply to a question, stated
that Government had a Bill under their consideration for
the removal of the religious disabilities of the Jews, but
he was afraid that it could nut be brought forward in the
present session.
Captain PECHELL asked the Noble Lord if it was
his intention to continue the Poor-law Commissioners
at Somerset House for the remainder of the session ?
Lord J. RUSSELL said it was his intention to bring
in a Bill upon the subject, of which due notice would
be given, after Easter.

Mr. AGLIONBY said several clerks in the metropo-
litan Courts of Request had been thrown out of employ-
went by the establishment of County Courts, and he
wished to know if Government could give them com-
pensation in the shape of employment in another way?
Sir G. GREY said that the appointment of the judges
rested with the Lord Chancellor, but a provision for
compensation in such cases as were thought necessary
was entered in the Bill, and he had no doubt that the
cases complained of would come under the class of cases
to which compensation would be awarded.