The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-24 00:00:00

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LONDON:
SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1841.

In the Lords last night a number of petitions
• were presented, but not one of them was from
any lover of Sabbath-observances, to remove Lord
CARDIGAN from the army; nor did any Bishop,
though several were present, including the Pri-
mate himself, say a word on the subject. Idola-
try in India, Popery at Maynooth, extension of
the Church, exemption of tithes, poor-rates,
deeply interest the Bishops—flogging a soldier on
. the Sabbath, in a place just before consecrated
as a house of worship, is, we are afraid, too much
of a vulgar home matter for the Prelates to take
up. It might be considered, too, as Lord CArtm-
'GAN is apeer, that it would be uncourtecus even to
allude to the subject in the House of Peers with-
oat giving him notice, and enabling him to at-
tend and defend himself, and we can readily con-
ceive that no meek and holy Prelate would like
to engage in a eontest with that great man
of war.
The Drainage Bill was reported pro fornza.
In reply to LOM:LYNDHURST, the Marquis of
NORMANBY said Mr. VIZARD would not be al-
lowed to hold the two situations of Solicitor to
the Ilome-office and Secretary of Bankrupts.
Notices were-given bije the Marquis of Nrnt-
MANRY of a motion for a Committee on 3kondaY)
to inquire into Sunday traffic on canab, and by
the Earl of FALMOUTH o,
a pet,ition which he
would present on Tuesday a g lust removing the
!packet station from Fahnouth to Dartmouth.
Mr. ALEXANDER, the
new Member for An-
trim, took his seat in the Commons.
- On the motion "of Mr. Fox MAUL; and after a
division, it was-ordered by a majority-01440
,30
that all further
proceedings with Bills for the Be'R
covery of Small Debts be postponed till May 10th.
•Notices were given by Mr. LUCAS of a motion
an the 6th' of May for leaveto bring in a Bill to
uttlach.one-fourth of a labourer's wages iii Aus-
tralia, when the debt did not exceed 20/. ; and
by Mr. JERVIS, of a Bill to amend the Turnpike
Act.

The Rouse went. into -Committee on the Ad-
ministration of Justice Bill,, No. I.—the Bill fir
increl6ing the number of Judes—and discussed
the clauses at much length. Mr. J. STE WA RT said
in the course ofthe discussion that Lord BROUGRA
had told him, just before he, left England, that, he
thought two new Judges were necessary. The
Bill went through the Committee without any
important amendments,
,and only one divisioli,
on giving a compensation tO a Mr. SCARLET:',
who may be a Peer.

Some
con'versati!nt fobli:• place on the motion
• ••
for going into a coniuMttee of Supply relative to
diminishing the number of convicts. in the hulks,
agreeably to a resolutiOnorthe House, which it
was explained was difficult to carry into effect.
The House went into a Conunittee of Supply
on the Civil Contingencies, and, after one vote
had been •taken, resumed, to allow Colonel SIB.
THORP to make a speech on some of the otht.r
Yates.

Although the citizens of London have been
very backward on the subject of the import du-
ties, -..”....
they have at length made a move. In
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an article' in the
the present state of the Chartist mind, it In noticing., on Tuesday last,
Times on the subject. of. the Attorney-
may be admitted that prudence justifies - General's
"Criminal Justice. Billy'' as it aft., the
Lord the Char
them in abstaining from calling a public
ter of Incorporation granted to the Borowri ,
• ireeting. They have, therefore, got up a peti-
Lord CARDIGAN has got another slap. Even
B lton 'lv made some remarks, of • 10l
which the
tion, which has been signed by about three hun- () . ' e
his friends at the Horse Guards, who have so
parties opposed to the charter, complain. It is
long, and we think so unwarrantably, shielded dr.ect of the most respectable merchants in the •
the petition of the inhabitant
him, who listened to his backbiting and took his City, nod will bepresented to the Ho
Commons in
la few days by Mr. GuoTE. It rung householders for the charter was "signed tint
an
offences on themselves, have been obliged to tell thus:—
actual and considerable majority of the rate-
the whole army by a general order that Sabbath i The humble Petition of the undersigned Merchants andpayersofthe B h" It
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however.
flogging •
!
of the City of London,
time unwards of 9,w0
is not according to custom. They are ' co,,,,rth T Trade" 11,t 1,-,,, Pot' • • ,of • ' ' thot there were at that-. ' ( !;.,,. mc:rns P - opirvon. that the -
still very lenient with his .hordship, and Ray La,- !'
.. so 0 11;:yni, dctl- vi!,,,,•:i:, •1.-j,-..'.i :ilt. ri..]...11Ht1i,,:11, VCCOrdifig
thino- about its b '
a
eing contrary to military disci- . Filmllial I..iii,a a. tut tael4Ltiti ti..uu U 4 ..L.c: wuncry alai' tu tiro
tue liotwiliss onei
pline and the gooll; ;:overrirnent of the i revenue.
army. 1 That they have the effect of greatly enhancing the prices to 'the ~
GovOrtment to investigate the petitions,' only

The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve.