The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-24 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 23.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
The following Bilk were read a second time, and or..
dared to be committed:—

Aberdeen Harbour Improvement.
Leeds Waterworks.

Regent's Canal Company (Paddington and Limehouse
Railway and Branch)—by order.
Rochdale Waterworks.

Rydc Improvement.
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway (Peni-
stone, and Purchase of Sheffield, Rotherham,
Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Rail-
way, Dun Navigation, and Dearne and Dove Canal).
DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
Major MACNAMARA presented a petition from the
tenantry and landed proprietors of several parishes in
the county Clare, complaining of the state of distress in
that county; also a petition praying for a system of rail-
wsys for Ireland.
COMPLAINT OF UNJUST IMPRISONMENT.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the
working men of Warrington, in Lancashire, complaining
of the unjust imprisonment of two men in that town ;
that no notice had been taken of the petition presented
to the House in reference to that imprisonment; that the
pi isoners had not had a fair trial, and that the tyranny
of the magistrates in the manufacturing districts was
extreme.

RATEPAYING CLAUSE OF THE
REFORM ACT.
The How. MEMBER also presented a petition which
had been agreed to at a public meeting of the inhabitants
of London, at the Crown and Anchor, on the 17th'inst.,
presided over by his Hon. Colleague, the other Member
fur Finsbury, praying for the abolition of the rate-
paying clauses in the Registration and Reform Acts,
which they designated as unconstitutional in their nature
and vexatious in their operations. The Hon. Member
also presented a petition to the same effect from the
city and borough of Leicester.
TEN HOURS' BILL.
Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition from
Warrington in Lancashire, in favour of the Ten Hours'
Bill ; also a petition for the Hon. Member for Devon,
from the merchants and shipowners of Brixham, Devon,
1 against the light dues ; also a petition from Tenbury,
Devon, against the law of settlement.
CHARGES AGAINST' THE MEMBERS FOR
CLARE.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition,
i signedri L ise
abry;
01n4, itahree,rceolimefpciaoimnimngittoefethanedroepthoerz
an officer of the Board of
rnc
oeumn tbye, rosfoCt
character of Mr. O'Brien
y
and other members of that committee, and praying
mWaodreksb,ywiCthaprtaeifenreWncentnoe'the
for a Select Committee to inquire into these charges,
for which, the petitioners asserted, there was not
the shadow of a foundation. Petitioners also expressed
a de: ire that Captain Wynne should not be promoted
(which it was rumoured was intended by Government)
till this Committee should be appointed and the charges
investigated.
DISMISSAL OF MR. LANGSDALE.
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Mr. B. ESCOTT said he had
thaat petitionh to present
Stagtefromeah
jauddgbeesehnipdisir;
from Mr. Langkdale, complaining
a dM feiteshtya'rsgecdou:ittsh
charged by theVbretary of
onewht
col
it
hhee
had
soaftisfaction to the bar and
Ceylon, the duties of
to all interested in the
hadministration of justice ;
that the grounds on which e was dismissed were not
stated to him, and an o
to them ; that his opportunity given for his replying
ruined, andprofessional prospects had been.
praying ' House him
tae to afford . redress.
Li& should-.
move to-morrow that the petition
be printed
with the votes.