The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-31 00:00:00

REFORM.

Colonel THOMPSON presented 81 petitions from
Preston, Lancashire, in favour of household suffrage,
vote by ballot, electoral districts, and short Parliaments.
Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a petition
also from Preston, praying that there might be a curtail-
ment of the national expenditure, and in favour of Par-
liamentary reform.
BAKERS IN THE METROPOLIS.
Mr. MASTERMAN presented a petition from jour-
neymen bakers is London, praying that an inquiry might
be instituted into their particular grievances.
Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a similar
petition from master bakers.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH also presented a similar
petition from the bakers of Southwark.
UNION WITH IRELAND.
Lord CASTLEREAGH presented a petition agreed
to at a public meeting held at Newtonards, and signed
by 1,400 persons in favour of the existing legislative
Union with Ireland. On the motion of the Noble Lord
the petition was read in detail by the Clerk at the table.
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.
An Hoff. MEMBER presented a petition from Preston
in favour of Parliamentary reform.
Mr. HUME presented one hundred petitions to the
same effect from Preston, stating that the present
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of the national expenditure, and in favour of household
suffrage, and the restriction of the duration of Parlia-
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Mr. COBDEN presented petitions to the same effect.
THEBAKERS.
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Petitions to the sameineede.ct were presented by Mr
H. Drummond Lord Dudley Stuart, from Marylebone,
Mr. C. Lushington, from Westminster, and Mr.,D'Eyn-
court, from Lambeth.

THE POOR-LAW.
Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from a clergyman
in the neighbourhood complaining that the guardians
of the poor had not properly treated a poor woman,
one of his parishioners, and praying that the House
would allow him to substantiate his allegations at the
bar of the House.
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

Mr. ROCHE wished to put a question to the Hon.
Member for Montrose with respect to his motion relative
to Parliamentary reform. There was a great difference
of opinion as to the intention of the Hon. Member in the
making that motion in Ireland. One party thought the
Hon. Member and those with whom he was associated
were entitled to the name of real Reformers, while
others thought that the course they intended to
adopt was not calculated for the good of Ire-
land, but for that of England only. He wished
therefore to know from the Hon. Member for Montrose
whether he did or not intend to include in his notice
Ireland.

Mr. HUME said that he meant, as well as those who
acted with him, to do justice to the whole of the
United Kingdom.--(Hear, hear.)
IRISH REGISTRATION.

Mr. BATEMAN asked the Noble Lord at the head
of the Government, pursuant to the notice he had
given, whether the Government intended to go into
Committee on the Irish Registration Bill before Whit-
suntide?

Lord J. RUSSELL said the Government did not
intend to do so.

COPYHOLDS.

Sir G. GREY, in answer to a question from
Mr. AGLIONBY, said that the Lord Chancellor would
shortly lay on the table of the House of Lords a Bill
with respect to copyholds.
STAMFORD BOROUGH.
The report was brought up of the General Committee
of Elections, nominating the following Members to try
the merits of the Stamford election :—Sir T. F. Lewis
(chairman), Mr. W. P. Wood, Mr. J. Stuart Wortley,
Lord H. Vane, Sir J. W. Hogg, Mr. Ellice, Sir J.
Pakington, Mr. Horstnan, and Mr. Henley.