The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-16 00:00:00

EASTER RECESS.

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY now moved their Lordships
to adjourn to Wednesday the 28th of April ; and the House in
consequence then adjourned to that day.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The House was summoned by Commission, in the usual
form, to hear the Royal Assent given to several Bills ; for the
titles of which see the Lords' Report.
S:leral accounts and other Papers were presented from dif-
ferent Public Offices, and ordered to lie on the table, and be
printed.
ST. CATHERINE'S DOCK.

Mr. GRENFELL moved the addition of certain Members
to the Committee on the St. Catharine's Dock Bill. The lion.
Member took occasion to olosprve, that many misrepresenta-
tions had gone forward as to the number of inhabitants likely
to be affected by this Bill ; 10,000 -were mentioned, but in fact
there were but 4,000 in the parish.. The number of houses too
were mentioned at 1,400, but there were not more than 600.
This was an exaggeration caused by rival Dock Companies.
etmondsey and
The other objection, as to the want of notices, was of no weight,
as the houses in question would be rendered more valuable by
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neighbouring places awmilnut time St. Catherine's Dock Bill.—
Iteferroi.l to time Committee on the Bill.
AIDES AND SKINS.
Mr. LUSHINGD_VN brought in the Bill for altering the
Duties on Hides and Skins. Read a first time, and ordered to
be read a second time on 11,1onday the 3d of May, after a few
words froin Mr. 3IanEaLY,.
NEGRO SLAVER Y.
Petitions against Negro Slavery were presented from Mac-
desfield, by Mr. Davi:N.l.OAT ; front Bainbridge by Lord A.
HILL; .from Lancaster, by Mr. BLACKBORN ; and from
Chard, by Sir T. Lvetssitir.mi:; and ordered to lie on the
table and beprinted.
STEAM BOATS.
Sir GEORGE H 1 LI. brought in a Hill for regulating the'
number of passengers in Steam Boats.between Great Britain
and Ireland.—Read a first time, and ordered for a second read-•
ing on the 4th of May.
IRELAND.
Sir GEORGE HILL also Nallso brought in a Bill for draining
the bogs in Ireland, which was disposed off' in a manner simi-
lar to the last.
TREAD-MILL..
Mr. DAWSON brought up front the Home Office several
Official Papers relating to the use of the Tread-Mill.—Ordered
to he printed.
OrtPleertedtn from
be rCinitteldn.e againg'the
Colonel KING presented a petition
COMBINATION LAWS.
•Tithe Commutation Bill._
Mr. P. MOORE presented a.
petition from Coventry against
the Combination Laws. Be complained of the conduct of se-
veral Employers as being peculiarly oppressive.
The petition was referred to the Committee on Artisans r. as
was a similar petition presented by Mr. Moon.F. froM Saddle-
worth.
EXCISE LICENCES.
ELlic'ePnrcesees.n—tedo.radered to lie on the table.
duAtylro.nSTEAKeNisLe petition from Bolton againstthe
MR. 3PADAM'S CLAIMS.
Sir TLIOMAS BARING gave notice that soon after the
Holidays he should introduce to the attention of the House the
claims of Mr. Ill'Atlam in respect of his exertions to improve
the public roads:
• CATHOLIC Mii.RRIA GES.
Dr. PIIILLIMORE brought in a bill to • legalize Catholic
Marriages.—Read a first time, avid ordered for a second read-
ing on the 3d of May.
Lord A. HAMILTON moved 'for several returns. relative
to the amount of the Fee Fund of the Court of Session in Scot-
land.—Ordered. _ _ _

IRISH CATHOLICS.
Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition from the Roman Catholics
of Drogheda, numerously signed, complaining of the practice
which prevailed in that part of the country of excluding Catho-
lics from serving on Grand Juries and other public offices,
although their property and numbers compared with those of
Protestants was m the proportion of nine to one; and although
they were rendered eligible for the offices in question by an
Act passed in the year 1793, they prayed fur a revision of the
whole of the laws relating to Catholics.
. . _

Sir J. NF.IWPORT supported the petition. It was pecu-
liarly galling for the Catholic's to find that they were marked
out for exclusion, even in cases wherein they were legally qua-
lified for office.

Mr. HUME also spoke in favour of the petition. Catholics
in some cases were not allowed even to bid at the sales of public
property.
The petition was ordered to lie on the table.
COUNTY GAOLS.

Mr. COURTENAY brought up the Report on the County
Gaols Bill.—Read, and ordered for consideration on the 3d of
May.

COMBINATION LAWS.

Mr. HUME brought up a lteport of the Committee of Ar-
tizans—Ordered to he printed.
Mr. Il TIME moved for several Returns relative to the Dis-
tilleries.—Orilered.

111 r. HUM E presented a PetitiOn from Cheshire against the
Combination Laws.—Referred to the Committee on Artizans.

WOOL DUTY.
Sir T. LETHBRIDGE presented a Petition front Wilt-
shire against the repeal of the Wool Duty.—Ordered to be
printed.

THE SABBATH.
Mr. BUTTERWORTH presented a petition from Doncas-
ter against Cruelty to Animals ; and another from several
Poulterers and Fishmongers of Westminster, against the Pro-
fanation of the Sabbath. 'Ate particularly complained of the
sale of mackarel on Sunday—(laughter)---observing that this
was a fish which would keep as well as any other.__( Loud
laughter.)—The petitioners observed that they were forced to
violate the Sabbath, and deny rest to their workpeople from a
fear of disobliging their customers; and they therefore prayed
the Hotise that a law might be passed prohibiting the sale of
the coramodies in which they dealt, on Sundays.
Mr. HUME thought it strange for these Petitioners to apply

to the House. They might meet if they pleased, and agree not
to serve on Sundays.—(Hear, hear !)—"We had penal statutes
enough ; and there was no occasion for any additional ones.—
We had passed laws to prevent the sale of game : and it was
notorious that these laws were openly violated. He hoped
the Honourable Member would call
,a meeting of the Peti-
tioners, and state to them that if their scruples were sincere,.
they might easily agree amCmg themselves not to profane the
Sabbath. For his own part, if le were a dealer in these arti-
cles, and felt the scruples they professed, he could easily for-
bear dealing on the Sanday,•witbout applying to Parliament
fur assistance.

Sir M. W. RIDLEY said the Petition was of a most ab-
surd, ridiculous, and canting nature.—( 1 1 ear, hear !)—lle
hoped that the names of the Petitioners would be printed, in
order that their customers and the public might gratify their
scruples, and take care not to deal with them on the Sabbath,
but with others who had no such scruples.—(Cheers and
laughter.) _ _

Sir T. BARING supported the Petition, and thought it was
necessary, for sound morality, to shut up our shops on
Sundays.
Mr. Alderman SMITH said we ought, at altevents, not to
prevent the Jews selling fish on Sundays.—(A laugh.)
The Petition was read, and ordered to lie on the table ; and
after a few words from Mr. BUTTERWORTH, was ordered to
be printed.

REDEMPTION OF STOCK.
Mr. ELLICE moved for several Accounts relative to the
Redemption of Stock by the Commissioners of the Public
Debt, and other public Offices.—Ordered.
ADJOURNMENT OF THF. HOUSE.
Mr. CANNING moved, that the House on its rising do ad-
journ to Monday, • the 3d of May. The usual period of ad_
journment at this season of tne year was a fortnight ; and his
reason for prolonging .it on this occasion was, that if it were to
meet on this day fortnight, this year, it could do nothing more
than adjourn-over to the Monday following-, in consequence of
a solemnity occurring on that day, at which it was usual that
the Members of both Houses should attend. Ile had the less
regret in making this proposition, on account of the forward
state in which the public business was at present.—Motion
granted.; . .

• RUM DUTIES BILL.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
QUER, the House resolved itself into a Committee on the
Runt Duties Bill.
In the Committee, a conversation took place between the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. ELLICE, Mr. It.
ECUs, Alderman BRIDGES, Mr. BRIGHT, and Mr. T.

Mr. BRIGHT asked when the remission of Is. lid. pergal-
lon of the duty on rum would take place ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered,
from and after the passing of the Act.
The HouSe then resumed, and the report was ordered to be
received on the 3d of May.
The British Museum Bill went through a Committee.—Re-
port on the 3d of May.,
The' Beer Bill went through a Committee.—Report on the
7th of May. •
• The Sugar Bounties Bill went through a Committee.—Re-
port on the 3d of May.
The other orders were then disposed of, and the House ad-
journed at Seven o'Clock.