The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-12 00:00:00

EXETER AND EXMOUTH RAILWAY.

Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH moved that it be an in-
struction to the Committee of Selection to appoint the
Committee on the Exeter and Exmouth Railway Acts
Amendment Bill to sit forthwith if they shall so think fit.
Agreed to.

RIVER NENE.
Mr. HASTINGS RUSSELL moved that the report
from the Committee on the River Nene Improvement
and Drainagej (recommitted) Bill be considered on Fri-
day next, provided amended prints be delivered to the
duo keepers one clear day previously.—Agreed to.
Sir BENJAMIN HALL presented several petitions
from Marylebone in favour of Parliamentary Reform.
SUNDAY TRADING.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented several petitions from
the metropolis and other places against Sunday trading.
Similar petitions were presented by Sir L. O'BRIEN.
CHANCERY COURTS (IRELAND).
Mr. G. HAMILTON, pursuant to notice, wished to
ask the Secretary for Ireland whether it is the intention
of Government to propose any measure for the appoint-
ment of additional taxing masters of the Court of Chan-
cery in Ireland; also, whether it is intended to introduce
any measure for consolidating and amending the laws
relating to attorneys and solicitors in Ireland.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE could not undertake to say
that it was the intention of the Government to appoint
additional taxing masters, but the subject was under the
consideration of the Government, and he hoped that
some measure would be adopted by which existing evils
in the Court of Chancery in Ireland might be done away
with. In reply to the other question, the laws relating
to attorneys and solicitors in Ireland, he begged to in-
form the Hon. Member that they were at present under
the consideration of the Government.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND) BILL.
On the order of the day for going into Committee on
this Bill being read,
An HON. MEMBER moved that it be postponed until
this day week.
Sir B. HALL said the Bill had been brought in by
an Hon. Member (Mr. Reynolds) who called himself an
independent Irish Member, and who said that it in-
volved matters of the greatest importance to municipal
corporations in Ireland; but although it stood the first
order of the day, and thus presented the best opportu-
nity of bringing the subject under the attention of the
House, the motion had again been withdrawn. He now
only wished to say a few words, for the purpose of call-
ing the attention of the House and the country to the
absurdity of this proceeding. The paper of the House
had been constantly filled with notices given by Irish
Members, and as soon as an opportunity presented itself
for bringing the question on, however vital and important
it might be, the invariable practice was to postpone it
until another occasion.—(Cries of " Hear.") He
also referred to a notice of motion which stood on
the books yesterday relative to the temporalities of the
Church, than which nothing was more interesting to the
Irish people. That notice of motion had been on the
books for some months, and month after month it had
been postponed. With regard to the present Bill, here
was an opportunity for bringing it on; and, there-
fore, he hoped that the Hon. Gntleman (Mr. Reynolds)
who brought it in would state when he went back to Ire-
land the real facts of the case, and admit that though the
Bill stood the first order of the day, and the House was
willing to pay attention to it, he was not himself
in his place, and took no concern about it whatever.
Sir GEORGE GREY stated that the absence of Mr.
Reynolds was owing to his being engaged upon the Dub-
lin Election Committee.
Mr. STAFFORD observed that as the duties of that
Committee would, in all probability, not be concluded
until the end of the session, the Bill might be looked
upon as virtually postponed until next session.
The motion for going into Committee on the Bill was
then fixed for this day week.
SUNDAY TRADING (METROPOLIS) BILL.
On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill,
Mr. HINDLEY presented a number of petitions from
Lambeth, Marylebone, St. Luke's, St. John's, and St.
Margaret's, Westminster, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, St
Bride's, St. Andrew's, Holborn, St. Dunstan's, Christ
church, Surrey, and a number of other places, all agains
Sunday trading.
Mr. BARING WALL rose, and was
(LEFT SPEAKING.)