The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-09 00:00:00

CORN-LAWS.

The Earl of RADNOR gave notice that he would move,
on an early clay, for the quantities of wheat and flour entered
for home consumption during the years 1835 and 1845 in•
elusive, and also the average prices during the same period.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA BILL.
The several clauses of this Bill were agreed to in Com-
mittee.

SCOTCH BURGHS BILL.
The Duke of bUCCLEUCH moved the third reading of
he Scotch Burghs Bill.
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
THE RAJA OF SATTARA.
Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition praying that the
Raja of Sattara might be set at liberty, and his personal pro-
perty restored to him. He would not state any more on that
occasion than this—that from 1818 to 1839 the Raja was con-
sidered a loyal subject, and strictly maintained his engage-
ments with the East India Company. Shortly after the last of
these years a charge of conspiracy was brought against him by the
Supreme Court of Bengal, but the accusations against him had
never been proved, though he had repeatedly sought to be put
on his trial with respect to them. With regard to another
charge, he was treated in the same way; but instead of being
allowed the trial which he courted, in order that he might prove
his innocence, he was carried off in the dead of the
night and committed to prison, where he was at present
confined. The whole of his personal property had been since
secured. He also presented another petition from
a servant of the Raja, declaring that his master had always been
a loyal subject, and that he himself had been placed over a
powder-magazine, and imprisoned, before he consented to sign
a paper containing charges against the Raja.
The Earl of RIPON had no particular answer to the ob-
servations of the Noble Lord (Beaumont), and all he could
say upon the subject was, that it had been fully considered in
the session of last year. It had been maturely considered by
the Governor of Bombay, and been minutely examined by the
Governor-General in Council. and had received every
attention from the late President of the Board of Control
( Sir John Cam Hobhouse), who had gone most fully into
the question, and it had afterwards been most maturely discussed
by the Court of Proprietors of the East India Company ;
in fact, this subject had been under discussion at least sixteen
or seventeen times ; and the original decision had in every
case been confirmed. With respect to the jewels of which the
Noble Lord spoke, they were not the private property
of the Raja, and had been as the property of the
State handed over to the successor of the Government,
with the exception of jewels, worth about two lacs of rupees,
which the Raja had retained for his own private use. With
respect to the purport of the second petition, which complained
that insufficient evidence had been adduced' against him, this
was the first time that any such allegation had- been made. He,
himself, was not responsible for whatever had occurred, for the
circumstances took place before he had anything to do with the
office he now held, or, indeed, before the present Government
came into power at all.
A NOBLY LORD did not rise to give any opinion upon
the subject, but he would beg merely to state that he had un-
derstood that thefactshad occurred before the year 1841 ; conse-
quently before the Noi,le Earl (Ellenborough) opposite went to
India, but it seemed to be a matter of some interest, and might
possibly be worth inquiry.
Lord BROUGHAM fully concurred in the observations
made by the Noble Earl who had just sat down. He had read
a paper on the subject from the pen of Sir R. Grant, the late
Governor of Bombay, and he considered the decision come to
was perfectly just.
After a few words from Lord BEAUMONT, who said
that his only complaint was that he was condemned without
a trial.—The subject then dropped.
Lord KINNAIRD moved fur certain returns connected with
railways passed and projected.
The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S presented a petition against
the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday. If a measure were
brought forward for this purpose, many of those disgraceful
scenes which occurred on the Sabbath-day would be prevented.
There was a simple and obvious remedy, which had been tried
before, and which had been attended with complete and un-
questionable success. Under these circumstances, it was not
too much to ask why petitions had been pouring in for years
and yet nothing had been done, nor even any notification of the
intention of her Majesty's Government to do anything to
remedy the evil.
Lord KINNAIRD said that he had attended to the ob-
servations addressed to the House by his Right Reverend
Friend, and entirely agreed with him that it was possible to
put a stop to the scenes which took place, but that stoppage
would he a difficult question. Their Lordships were
aware of the necessity, under the existing law,
of public-houses being closed at a certain hour, and the conse-
quence of that was, that a certain description of coffee-shops
had been encouraged in London. These coffee-shops were the
worst p!aces it was possible to conceive, they were the resort of
the most abandoned persons, and were the scenes of the most
dreadful profligacy.
The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S said that some remedy might
still be provided. He would take the opportunity of present-
ing another petition, to which he wished to call the attention
of the House and of her Majesty's Government. The subject
was one of importance, if he might judge by the language which
had fallen from some Members of the Administration. It was

a petition from the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the
county and borough of Caermarthen, regretting the defective
state of education in Wales, and requesting the attention of the
Government to it. They stated that they were sensible of the
importance of education to the social interest of the com-
munity, and requested that Honourable House to provide, cn
a liberal plan, some means of extending the blessing of educa-
tion in Wales.

CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR stated that he would bring
'orward the Charitable Trusts Bill on Thursday next.
SECOND READINGS.

The following Bills were read a second time :—The Brighton
and Chichester Railway (Bognor and Lath hampton branches);
South Eastern Railway ( Ashford Station Enlargement); East-
ern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway ; Glasgow, Paisley,
Kilmarnock, and Ayr Amendment and Branches, Nos. 1, 2,3;
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Amendment and Branches;
London and Brighton Railway (East Grimstead Branches) ;
Helensburgh Harbour—Helensburgh Extension and Police;
Bolton Waterworks.
The House then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 8.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
SOMERSET SMALL DEBTS BILL.
This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be corn
mitted.

HARROGATE GAS.
The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to, and
the Bill was ordered to be engrossed.
GLASGOW 'MUNICIPAL AND POLICE BILL.
Mr. DENNISTOUN moved that it be an instruction to
the Committee of Selection to refer the Glasgow Municipal
and Police; Bill and the Bridgeton Police Bill to the saute
Committee.—The motion was agreed to.
WEXFORD, CARLOW, AND DUBLIN JUNCTION