The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-14 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We are obliged to " A Subscriber" for pointing out a
typographical error in Tattersall's betting report, which
appeared in The Sun of Thursday. In the manuscript
we find that the betting against Japonica is 20 to 1, and
not 10 to 1, as printed. The other error was rectified
in the Morning Edition.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1640.

'The LORD CILANCELIOR. lei I on the table of the
%use of Lords a Bill for recorming the Court pf
Chancery, which was read a first time, but no day ftir
the second reading was-Appoint e,I.
Several petitions were presented, amongst which
the' Nerr-intrus'ori petitions were numerous, as were
petitions, pro and con.
Lord 13,ED4SnaLE had a Bill for the enfrancbisemet ,
i;,,reopyhoias read a first' time.'
• A little further conversation took place about the corn
"notation of. LYNAM'S sentence, .and some of the ,Tory
Lords will not be pleased because his blood has not
lien 'shed.
In
the Commons a good, deol of' private business was
-transacted, in:chiding the. postponement of the,.Londen'
and Greenwich :Railway ,Bill for a month.
'treat numberof petitions was presented, two OE
Which, praying the House to inquire into th'e treatment br
,Igessrs,..Lovgri and ,COLitr;s,-stated that an experi-
Ment was makieg on tbipa to ascertain how much time
k will take to starve two respectable men to death.

"—Various notices were given, and questions asked,
which are shortly given in the Report. We shall only
notice here that Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to Sir
JAMES GRAHAM, stated that no official information had
been received with regard to the hostilities between the
British and Chinese vessels. There was no official
communication by the last mail.

The Printed Papers Bill, after some discussion, went
through the Committee without material amendments.
Those proposed by Sir R. INGLIS and Sir E. SIJGDEN
having been lost or withdrawn.
The petition of Messrs. HANSARD was then taken
into consideration, concerning the fifth action brought
against them by Mr. STOCKDALE, and Lord JOHN
RUSSELL moved a resolution that Mr. STOCKDALE had
bcten guilty of contempt and breach of privilege, and
that all Sheriffs, or others, who might act or assist
in the action would be guilty of a breach of privilege.
Sir R. INGLIS, Mr. LAW, and Mr. DARBY, opposed
the resolution, which was carried, on a division, by 98
tq 33.

_Jord PALMERSTON then announced that since he
had answered a question in the early part of the even-
ing, he had received dispatches from Cnina ; one dated
the end of October, announcing a settlement, by which
trade was to be recommenced ; and another, dated in
November, announcing the rupture of arrangements
made in October.

Ina Committee of Supply several votes for the army
were agreed to, without causing much discussion.
There was some laughter at some observations of Mr.
for which we refer to the report.
The order for referring the Designs' Copyright Bill
to a Select Committee was (Ls-charged, with a view of
introducing another Bill, to originate, as the Bill con-
cerns the trade of the country, in a Committee of the
whole House.
The Commons sat tai Twelve o'Clock.

The House of Commons, by ordering the last
petition of the Messrs. HANSARD to be printed,
has contributed much, we think, to place the con-
duct of the Courts of Law in subserving Mr.
STOCKDA LE'S purpose, and the law itself, in a
Proper light. The petitioners mention that they
have been served with a" writ of damages in the
tifih suit commenced against them in the Court
01Queen's Bench by JOIIN JOSEPII STOCKD ALE,