The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-11 00:00:00

PRIVATE BILLS.

On the motion of Sir WM. HEATHCOTE it was
ordered that every memorial complaining of non-com-
pliance with the Standing Orders in reference to petitions
for additional provision in Private Bills, and to Estate
Bills brought from the House of Lords and referred to
the Examiner, be deposited in the Private Bilk Bee,
together with two icopies thereof, before twelve o'clock
on the day preceding that appointed by the Examiner
for the examinatiett prany.such Petition or Bill, and
that the Examinerk at liberty to entertain such memo-
rial, although the party (if any) wbo may be spf,cially
affected by the non-compliance with the Standing :)rders
shall not have signed the same.
NATIONAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND).
The National Monuments of Scotland Amendment
Bill was read a third time and passed.
GALVANIZED IRON COMPANY.
The report on the Patent Galvanized Iron Company
Bill was turther considered, and agreed to.
Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from
Brentford in favour of the Health of Towns Bill.
Colonel MURE presented a petition from Paisley
against the Poor-rate Assessment Bill.
Sir T. BIRCH presented a petition from Liverpool
against the Health of Towns Bill.
Lord HOTHAM presented petitions from Yorkshire
against the wile of spiritous liquors on Sunday.
Sir D. DUNDAS presented several petitions from
Sutherlandshire praying for sites for the Free Church of
Scotland.
Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition from 600
solicitors in Ireland, praying for the appointment of
more Taxing-effices in Ireland, in order to render the.
Taxing office more efficient.
Sir T. D. ACKLAND presented a petition from the
clergy of Devonshire, complaining of the mode in which
they were assessed to the property tax.
Mr. DIVETT presented a petition from a place in
Sussex against the Health of Towns Bill.
On the motion of STAFFORD, leave of absence was
grantedi to Lord Henry Lennox, for ten days, on ur-
gent private business.
On the motion of Mr. SPOONER leave.of absence
was granted to Mr. Rufford, fur a fortnight, on account
of a domestic affliction.

Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from a plice in
I.incolnshire in favour of household suffrage, and pray-

ing for other reforms in the Legislature of the country ;
also a petition frcm Wisbeach against the sale of
spirituous liquors on Sunday.
Mr. EW ART presented a petition from the in
habitants of the borough of Lochmaben. praying for a
municipal reform of those boroughs in Scotland which
were excluded from the Municipal Reform Act, and in
which the principle of self-election still prevails.
Mr. EGERTON presented petitions from places in
Cheshire against the sale of spirituous liquors on the
Sabbath; also petitions against the Diplomatic Relations
with Rome Bill.

EXCISE LAWS (SCOTLAND).
Mr. DUNCAN wished to know whether the Chan-
cellor of the EXchequer had taken into his consideration
the working of the present excise-laws in Scotland, and
whether it was intention to bring in some measure built
upon a better and juster system than was the case with
those laws ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
was quite aware of the importance of the subject, and
early in the session he had hoped to bring in a Bill to
remove some of the objections which were entertained
to the present laws. Two Bills had been drawn up on
the subject, and the only reason he had not brought
them forward was that in the present state of the busi-
ness of the House there was no immediate chance of
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