The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-01 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1841.

CONTRACT FOR PARCHMENT.
STATIONERY OFFICE, Arum 29, 1,941.
riHE COMPTROLLER of her MA-
JESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE is ready to re-
ceive TENDERS for different descriptions of PARCH-
MENTS required for the public service.
Particulars of Contract may be obtained, and samples of the
Parchments may be seen, at the Stationery-office, between the
hours of Ten and Four.

Ten 'ers tobe addressed to the Comptroller of the Stationery-
office, James-street, Buckingham-gate, and to be delivered by
Twelve o'Clock on MONDAY, May 10, 1841, marked on the
cover " 'fender for Parchment ;" after which day and hour no
Tender can be received.

CONTRACTS FOR RAISING MUD AN DFORMING A

BREAKWATER AT CHATHAM.
DEPAR'IMEN OF THE STOREKEEPER-GENERAL OF
THE NAVI, SOMERSET-PLACE, APRIL3O, ISt).
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT-
ING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of
the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 20th
May next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such Persons as may be willing to Contract for RAISING and
REMOVING MUD from the RIVER 'MEDWAY, and for
FORMING a BREAKWATER opposite to her Majvsty's
Dock Yard at CHATHAM.

The Conditions of the Contracts, and a Form of the Tender,
may be seen at the said Office.
No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the Day
of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party attends, or an
Agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad-
roit alty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Ten-
der for Works at Chatham," and must also be delivered at
Somerset-place, accompanied by a Letter signed by a respon-
sible person, engaging to become bound with the person tender-
ing, in the sum of 300/. for the due performance of the Contract.

ROYAL ACADEMY, TRAFALGAR-
SQUARE.
Notice is hereby given, that the EXHILIITIOS will OPEN
on MONDAY NEXT. the 3d Instant, at Twelve o'clock.
Admission, One Shilling—Catalogue, One Shilling.
HENRY HOWARD, R. A., Secretary.
Exhibitors and Students may receive their Tickets Rnd Cata-
logues by applying at the Academy on Monday after Twelve.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, Alum, 30.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
at five o'clock.
Lord POLTIMORE presented sew,ral petitions from
tt e county of Devon, against Church-rates.
Lord KENYON presented petitions from places in the
county of Middlesex, against the Bastardy Clauses in the
Poor-law Bill.
Lord MOUNTCA SHEL presented numerous peti-
tions from congregations of Presbyterians in the counties
of Down, Antrim, and Londonderry, against lay patron-
age in the Church of Scotland.
The Earl of ROSEBERY presented a petition from
the Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh, against any in-
terference with the system of banking in Scotland; also a
petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Bath, in fa-
vour of the Jews Declaration Bill.
The Earl of FITZWILLIAM presented a petition
from Plymouth against the Poor-law Continuance Bill.
He did not agree with the petitioners, but thought that
the Bill, so far from being oppressive, was highly beneficial
to the descrying poor.
Lord LYNDHURST presented a petition from 13ir-
rringharn praying that the town might be excluded from
the Borough Improvement Bill.
The Earl of WARWICK presented a petition from an
individual against the 130r:.-..igh Improvement 8111.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition from
Trustees of Turnpike-roads in Yorkshire, complaining that
although the Railways had taken all profitable tratle off
their roads, they were obliged to maintain them at their
own cost.
Lord FITZWILLIAM thought it would be the best
way to aboli-h turnpike tolls altogether, and to throw the
expenses of maintaining roads upon the districts through
which they pats.
Earl STANHOPE preseuted a petition from the town
of Derby complaining of certain clauses in the Drainage
Bill, and praying that the ti7`‘ti might be exempted from
its operation unless the powrn; which it was intended it
should give were entrusted to local commissioners; also
petitions from the Commercial-road, and from certain inha-
titants of Clonma, praying fcr a suppression of the traffic
in opium.
The Marquis of L A NSDO WNE brought in a Bill for
fa2ili•ating the sale of lands for the huildiag of schools.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said as the 31st of May
would occur in Whitsun week, he should bring it forward
on the nest Ord• r Day after wards.
Col. SIBTHORP rose amid much laughter. It was
almost impossible to he surprised at any anything that
was done by the Government, but could any one conceive
it po3sible—(Loud cries of" Qucstion")—he;would ask was
it, at was it not, the intention of the Nobl-! Lord to bring
forward a discussion on the Corn-laws—( Cries, of Oh, oh,
and question)—could it be believed that any individual
holding so important a station as the Noble Lord
could gravely come down to the House and give notice cf
so important a motion without that due preoaraticn for
which the Hotke had a right to look ? (The lion. Mem.
ber continued speakirg for a few moments in an excited
mariner, but the laughter and cries of " Oh, oh," and
" Question," effectually drowned his observations).
Lord SANDON—Before the Howe went into Com-
mittee, he begged leave to present a petition signed by
7,000 merchants and inhabitant' of Liverpool, praying the
House at an early period to enter into a revision of our
Commercial Tariff.—(Chners.)
Mr. E W ART presented a petition, signed by 53.000
of the inhibitants of Lit erpool and its neighbourhood, to
the same effect, but more especially praying fur the repel
of the Cora-laws.

Alr. M. PHILIPS presented a peti•ion from the Cham-
ber of Commerce of Manchester, pra)ing the House to
remove all restrictions from t-ade, and, above all, for a
Repeal of the Corn-laws ; the petitioners expressly stated
that they were willing to g:ve up all protection to the
trades in which they were engaged.