The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-06 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. M. DA WSON. presented a petition from the lodge of
Freemasons No. 66, in Ireland, praying to be placed in the
same situation as the Freemasons in .England. • .
Colonel BAGWELL presented a petition from the Society
of Friends, in Ireland, praying .for the abolition of.. Negro
Slavery.
Sir M. W. RIDLEY presented a petition from Newcastle-
upon.Tyne, against the salt duties. A .similar petition was
presented by Mr. C u awEN, from the inhabitants of a parish
in Cumberland.

• Mr. STANLEY presented a petition, from the Licensed
Victuallers of Blackburn, against the beer duties. Similar
petitions were presented from the Licensed Victuallers of Dud.
ley, in 'Worcestershire, and from those of Wolverhampton, in
Staffordshire, by Col. LYGON and Sir J. WROTTESLEY. re-
spectively.

Mr. OE NMAN presented a petition from several thousand
artisans of Nottingham, praying for a total repeal of the Com-
bination Laws,. The lion.. Member said that he warmly sup.
ported the prayer of the petition. •
Mr. WA RAE presented a petition from Caine, praying for
the repeal of the assessed taxes, which, after a few words from
Mr. MABERLY and Qeneral GAscoirsE, was ordered to be
printed.
On thernotion of Mr. KEISIP, the Bill to authorize the este-
blishirient of a Metropolitan Register •. Office, for concentrating
and preserving the registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials
in England, was read a first time.
Mr. P. MOORE presented a petition from the inmates of the
King's Bench Prison, complaining of the extortion of Pawn.
brokers,.and praying that the Equitable Loan Bank Bill might
be passed into a law.
Mr. S. RICE presented a petition from a class of Christians
commonly distinguished by the name of " Separatists," pray-
ing the House to afford them relief by passing " a Bill by
which their sOlenin affirmation or declaration should be admit-
ted in place of an oath, in all cases where Quakers have the
same privilege; and by which they, should be subjected to 'the
same pains and penalties for false affirmations as are embodied
in the legislative enactments in favour-of the Members of that
society.'
Sir JOHN NEWPORT wished to know from the Hon.
Secretary for Ireland, whether a proclamation, purporting to
come from the Government of Ireland, and consolidating
several Diocesan Schools, was authentic or not ? If it were
authentic, he could not but feel surprise at such a measure,
being as it were an anticipation of the labours of the commis-
sion which had been recently appointed upon his motion.
31r. GOULBURN was not aware what Proclaination the
Right Hon. Bart, was alluding to. A Proclamation had been
issued last year, consolidating several schools ; but he could not
suppose that it was to that Proclamation the Right Hon. Bart.
alluded, inasmuch as it had been issued long before the com-
mission was thought of.
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The Sheriffs of the City of London appeared three several
times at the bar, with petitions from the Lord Mayor, .Alder-
men, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Coun-
cil assembled. _ _ _

On the Motion of Mr. Alderman Wool), they were read.
From the manner in which they were read by the Clerk, it was
impossible to ascertain their purport; but we believe that One
of theta related to the repairs of Blackfriars-bridge, and another
to the erection of a new market instead of Fleet-market. Of the
third petition we are entirely ignorant.
Mr. D ENISON presented a petition from the Watermen
of Rotherhitbe against the Bill for constructing a Tunnel un-
der the Thames at Rotherhithe ;..and praying that if.it pats
into a law, some compensation may be made to them for the
injury which it will inflict upon their interests.
COBBETT AND THE KENSINGTON TOLL-GATE.
Mr. HUME said that he had a petition to present from an
individual of whom every body had heard, namely Mr. Wm.
Cobbett, on a.subject which he thought the House would con-
sider to be important. The petition related to certain abuses
which. had taken place at the toll-gate of Kensington, and
which Mr. Cobbett had been greatly instrumental in remov-
ing ; and the object of it was to state certain circumstances to