The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-25 00:00:00

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LONDON:
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1840. ;

The Ninthly Bills were last night read a second time
in the Houso of Lords
A considerable number of petitions were agdin pre-
sented for and against the Corn-laws, and on the sub-
ject of Church Patronage (Scotland).
Lcrd itl ELsotrasE brought down such a message,
eoncc rning Lord SEATON, as Lord J. RUSSELL carried
down to the Commons on Monday evening.
A little ccnversatinn took place about the Commer-
eial Treaty with Austria, which the Earl of ABERDEEN
claimed as his work, and the claim was admitted by li
Lord MELBOURNE. It was also admitted that the 4th
Article of the Treaty was opposed to the Navigation.
laws. Their Lordships adjwirned at Six o'Clock.
In the House of Commons, Mr.ViLmeas, on being
asked by Mr. CHRISTOPHER, stated that he had no in-
tention of postponing his motion on the Corn-laws be-
yond the 31st.

- Sir J. GRAHAM hearing that, postponed his motion
concerning, China, which stood for April 2, as Mr.
VILLIERS' me ion was likely to occupy the House two
or three nights, to April 7.

Sr R. PEEL sticks to his iniquities. He presented
a pet:tion from Lancaster, for the total repeal of the
Corn•laws, and declared he did not concur in it.
The Vaccination Bill was read a first time.
Lord TEIG ti MOUT 11, after a few words, withdrew bis
motion for a return of all unappropriated fines levied
under the- Factory Act.

Mr. CRAWFORD moved for a Committee to inquire
into the grievances complained of by the opium mer-
chants. whose property had been given up on Mr. Su-
perintendent ELLIOT'S order. Mr. CRAWFORD en-
terA into a history of the opium trade, which, he said,
had existed since 1786, and between 1796 and 1839
had increased from 4,000 to 27,000 chests. The Hon.
:Member also showed that the trade -vas long recognised
by the Chinese Government The Hon. Member also
referred to the well-known facts of Captain ELLIOT
having called on the British merchants at Canton to de-
!icor up the opium in their possession, and of the Trea-
sury having refused to acknowledge the bills he had
drawn on the occasion.

Sir G. STAUNTON seconded the motion. He gave
no opinion on the validity of the transaction complained
of in the petition of the merchants, but he thought an
inquiry essential. He spoke of trade in opium not as
a smuggling, but as a recognized transaction.
Lord PALMERSTON declined on this occasion to
enter into any explanations of the policy of the Govern-
ment, but he stated that the Superintendent had no
legal power to compel parties engaged in the opium trade
to quit China, and neither was he authorised to encou-
rage them to continue the trade. The motion was
avreed to.

- Sir F. BURDETT moved that the prayer of the peti-
tion of Mr. PEARCE, Mr. HOWARD'S clerk, to have his
ease taken into consideration, be granted.
Sir R. INGLIS seconded the motion.
A little conversation ensued as to the means of Mr.
PEARCE to suitain himself while confined, when Lord J.
RUSSELL said that the House might order Mr. PEARCE'S
bill to be liquidated on his discharge. Thereupon Mr.
Recor3er LAW moved the discharge of Mr. PEARCE.
The motion was negatived by 98 to 56. The original
motion was also negatived by 88 to 63.

Mr. LAW HODGE 3 obtained leave, after a few re.
marke, to bring in a Bill to render the ancient Con-
atabulary of England effective.
Various returns relative to Church Patronage, and
the number of Churches and Chapels erected, were or-
dered, on the motions of Mr. HUME and Mr. HINDLEY.

'rhe House, on the motion of Mr. CHRISTOPHER,
Wag ordered to be called over on the 31st inst.

Some returns, on the motion of Mr. PROTHEROE,
Ivere ordered, relative to stopping up thoroughfares
during divine service. On this motion, Mr. F. MAULE
explained that the Strand on a Sunday was not stopped
up by order of the Police, but by order of the Justices,
under the 2d and 3d of Will. IV.
The House rose at a Quarter past Nine.

_r. GILBART, has just published a pamphlet
entitled " An Inquiry into the Causes of the Pres-
sure on the Money Market during the year 1839,"
which brings great culpability home to the
Bank of England. The very definition which
Mr. GILBART gives of a pressure on the Money
Market, involves the condemnation of the Bank,
and the condemnation is amply confirmed by facts.
The meaning of pressure is a difficulty of getting
money in the London market, either by the way of
discounting bills. or of loans on Government securi-
ties.
Now, as the Bank is the great creator and
reaulator of money ; as It raises or lowers the rate of
interest to suit -its convenience; as it is endowed
ing those credit notes
with a monopoly of issu