The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-14 00:00:00

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.

Dr. BOA RING presented a petition from Manchester,
praying the total abolition of fl ,2giog in the army and navy.
SMALL DEBTS BILL.

Mr. JOHN PARKER presented a petition from Bury
St. Edmund's, praying that the Small Debts Bill might pass
this session.

REDUCTION OF DUTIES.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented several . petitions for a
repeal of the malt tax and the reduction of the duties on tea.
CHANNEL ISLANDS.

Dr. BOWRING wished to inquire whether the Commis-
sion for the inquiry into the state of the criminal law in the
Channel Islands, could be extended to the municipal and civil
law?

Sir G. GREY said that after much inquiry and consider-
ation it bad been deemed better to await the result of the first
inquiry before they entered on the second, as the one m.ght
very much interfere with the other. It was decided, there-
fore, to receive the report of the first. Commission, but after
that it was fully intended to extend the inquiry to the other
branches of the Channel Islands law.

WEXFORD AND WATERFORD RAILWAY.
The Bill for this line was read a third time and passed.
ECCLESIASTICAL PECULIARS.

Mr. NEWDEGATE rose to complain of an order in Council
which had been made for the abolition of peculiars on the recom-
mendation of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. A Bill on this
sultject had been introduced early in thissession, but it was subse-
quently decided that it slit uld not be proceeded with without
notice. He was therefore exceedingly surprised to learn after-
wards, that, in consequence of this recommendation, an order
in council had appeared in the Gazette, abolishing these pecu.
bars. He had thus himself keen deprived of property which
had been vested in his family since the reign of Edward 111.,
and had been deprived of rights of his parish church, on a hich
he had spent several thousands in enlarging and improving it.
He would defy any one to assert that either he, or any of the
preceding heads of his family, had been guilty of any impropriety
in the exercise of those rights, and wished to ask whether there
was any intention to carry this deter-mil ation of the Council
into full effect ?

Sir GEORGE GREY said that the Hon. Gentleman
was mistaken in supposing that this order would have the effect
of transferring these peculiars from the present proprietors
to the jurisdiction of the superiors of the several dioceses, but
not of abolishing them, though that consequence might also
follow. By the 6th and 7th Victoria, chap. 10 the power was
given to the Ecclesiast,cal Commissioners to make this change.
Their powers were not so extensive under this Act, as those
which succeeding Bills had conferred, and would not, as a Bill
would, deprive the owner •f anything more than the spiritual
jurisdiction.

- In reply to a question from Mr. HENLEY, who stated
that his Hon. Friend had an impression that he was deprived
of the pecuniary value, as well as of the spiritual jurisdiction,
Sir IiEORGE GREY •aid, that the powers of the Com-
missioners, or of the Council, only extended to the spiritual
jurisdiction, and only affected the pecuniary privilege, so far as
the one was involved in the other.

COAL USED IN THE NAVY.
On the motion of Mr. HUME, a return of the quantity of
coal used in the Royal Steam Navy was ordered.
JEWEL OFFICE IN THE TOWER.
Mr. HUME moved for a return to the order of the 24th
for a return relative to the British Museum, National Gal-
lery, &c. (so tar as relates to the Jewel Office in the Tower).