The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-08 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The Loan CHANCBLLOR took his seat on the Wool-
seek at Five o'clock.
PETITIONS.

The Earl of EGLINTON presented several peti-
tions from various places in Scotland praying for the
adoption of some measure to repel papal aggression.
The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented several peti-
tions with a similar prayer.
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S DEBT.

Lord MONTEAGLE asked if the Government would
lay before the House the papers relating to the demand
of 400,0001. recently made by the East India Company
on account cf the Chinese war?

Lord BROUGHTON said it was quite true the East
India Company bad made the demand in question, and
that a correspondence was going. on on the stfeject. He
bad no objection to lay the papers before the House.
MUTINY BILL AND MARINE MUTINY BILL.
On the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, these
Bills were respectively committed.
HALIFAX RAILWAY.
Earl GREY presented certain papers relating to this
railway to the House.
COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR presented some peti-
tions against. this Bill.
Lord BROUGHAM, in moving that their Lord-
s hips do resolve themselvs into committee ,n
this Bill, contended that the Bill would not render
necessary either a large increase is the number
of those judges or a greater increase in the
salaries of existing judges than they bad already ample
funds to meet. Now, the average number of days during
which each County Court Judge had sat was 157 days in
the year, and not one of those who had sat above the aver-
age had bat mere than 167 days in the year; therefore,
allowing ample time for vacation, they could give
a much greater number of days to the public service.
There would be, therefore, no necessity to make
say large increase in their numbers, although such
increase might be necessary in the metropolitan ,
dis-
tricts, and perhaps in somi, few others. The fund at
present in hand for fees would be amply sufficient to meet
all increased charges, for these courts were not only self-
supporting, but gave a considerable surplus. The fees
accruing iu IS4B for judges were 87,6611; and for clerks
87,2821. They had now nearly 120,0001. a year
accruing from these courts, out of which they
had to pay 60,0001. a year to the judges, and to
the olerka 5001. a year each, excapt in some few in-
stances iu wl,ich the clerks still received fees. Under
the present arrangement there was a great surplus, and
under a better arrangement, making all the clerks de-
pendent upon a salary, the surplus would be still
greater. If the business increased of course they would
have to increase the salaries of the judges and of the
clerks, but every addition of business brought
an increase of fees more than snfficientito meet the in-
crease of expenses in these courts.
Their Lordships then went into Committe on the Bill.
On clause 1 being proposed,
Lord BROUGHAM proposed that as the arbitration
clauses and the reconcilement clauses were those most
likely to meet with opposition, they should be postponed
to the last.

After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR
the course proposed was agreed to.
On the proposal of the clause giving to the County
Court judges a jurisdiction in Equity,
The LORD CHANCELLOR ro=e, and was
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
PETITIONS.

A great number of petitions were presented against
Papal stE.rgressi,u.

kr. 8.-WALL presented a petition from Clerkenwell
against the Sunday Trading Bill.
The Si )LICITOR-GENERAL presented a petition
complaining of the mode in which petitions on disputed
elections were at present adjudicated upon.
Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from the
hoard of guardians of Bradford in favour of the Small
Tenements Rating Bill.
Mr. PORTAL presented a petition from a farmers'
club at Winchester, praying for the abolition of the in-
come-tax as car E.s regarded farmers.
Mr. LOCIIHA.RT presented a petition from the
Presbytery of Glasgow againq the Schools (Scotland)
Bill, unanimously agreed to by that reverend Pres-
bytery,

r. LOCIIIIART also presented a petition praying
that no alteration may bP made in the Ecclesiastical
Tides Bill to impair its efficiency, and for more stringent
measures to r,pA Papal aggression, from the Free
Church congregations of Stonehouse and Maryhill, and
from the inhabitants of Beith and Stewarton, numerously
signed from the Free Presbytery, and from the Free
Kirk Session of Lanark.
AYLESBURY ELECTION.

Mr. HAMILTON then moved that the evidence
taken before the Aylesbury Election Committee be
printed and laid on the table of the House.
ST. ALLAN'S ELECTION.

Mr. AGLII )NBT presented a pi: tition from Henry Ed-
wards, one of the persons connected with the St. Alban's
Committal!, committed yesterday by the Speker's war-
rant into the cuAociy of the Sergear,t-at-Arms, pra) ing
t) he diicharged fr m custfAy, or to 1)3 heard at the bar
of the House in his own defence.

After a short discussion, the petition was ordered to be
printed and taken into consideration to-morrow.
Mr. ELLICE,the Chairman of the Committee,appeared
at the bar of the House to report that the evidence of
Thomas Birchmore and James Skeggs was necessary to
ensble the Committee to come to a conclusion to whether
bribery had been committed or not. These persons had
wilfully absented themselves from their homes.

After a short discussion, in which Mr. HENLEY and
other Members took part.
Mr. ELLICE said that it was his painful duty to move.
first, that in the opinion of this House, those two per-
sons, Skeggs and Birchtuore, had committed a breach of
privilege in absenting themselves from the Committee,
and in the event of that motion being carried that they
should, when apprehended, be committed to the custody
of the Sergeant-at-Arms, no effort either by the police
or advertisement having yet secured their apprehension.
Both these motion were carried unanimously, and it
was ordered that the Speaker's warrant should be issued
for the purpose of apprehending the delinquents.
LLOYDS'.

Mr. HUME moved for the following returns:—Re-
turn, from Lloyds' books, of all collisions, accidents,
and wrecks of vessels, distinguishing in columns, the
sailing from steam-vessels, and specifying the nature of
each collision, accident, or wreck, acd the number of
lives lost by cacti, in each year, since the Ist day of Jan,,
1847, up to the 31st day of Dee., 1850. Return of every
steam. vessel accident, reported to the Board of Trade,
by the respective owners, masters, or other persons,
since the let day of January, 1847, stating the date and
nature of the accident, the number of lives lost, and the
date of the report to the board; also, the number of
cases investigated, agreeably to the Steam Navigation
Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 100; a copy of the reports of the
Board of Trade Inspector, under the Act 9 and
10 Vic., c. 100, on the loss of the steamers Sirius,
Tribune, and Fin Mac Coul, on the coast of
Ireland; of the Orion' on the coast of Scot-
land; of the Dumbarton Castle on the coast of England;
and of the Royal Victoria in the Baltic; also, any re-
port on the necessity of systematic supervision of steam-
ers, and of the present state of " denoting lights " on
board of steamers.

Mr. GOULBURN objected on principle to the House
calling upon a private association to make expensive
returns.

Mr. HUME said similar returns bad already been
made by Llo3da', and they were paid for by the country.
The returns he required were now ready, and Lloyds'
bad no objection to making them.

BORNE6'
or copies
Mr. HUME moved f '
or
patches from the tffi commanding command extracts of any dis-
garaw
the ng the Nemesis war-
steamer, and officer commandins
British forces, and
Sarawak, respecting their
also from Sir Rtja Brooke of
military operations against alleged
p!sces in the EasternPittrites on
the river
Moratattas and other
in March and April, 1849. Archipelago,
Mr. LABO tit:HERE said he wished to c
ver-
bal inaccuracy in the return. He apprehended
n a "
Sir Raja " was not the correct way of describingd! cithat
the
gentlemen whose mime waq mentioned in_the motion.

VICTUALLING THE NAVY.
Colonel CEI&TTERTON asked the First Lord of the
Adavir,alcy
what portion of the sum of 529,6591. voted for
victualling the navy for 1850-51, was paid to English,
Irish, and foreign houses; and whether he intended the
supply f
o Pr"istonv required for the British navy for the
years 1831, 1852, should be open to fordign competit;o-.?
Sir F. T. BARING. was understood to say that
18,1831. were for Irish provisions, and 15,641. for
Dutch provisions. TT
"'' did not intend to make any alte.
ration in the mode pursued on former occasions with re-
gard to victualling the navy.
Mr. BANKES wished to know at what period the claim
of 400,000/., made lay the RAE, India Company on the
British Treasury became first known -to the Board of
Control?
Mr; WILSON *aid as no notice of the question had
been given, he was not prepared to give the Hon. Gentle-
man an answer__ _
__

Tba CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
400,0001. forwed the balance alivgt d to be due on a long'
transaction with regard to the China War. Ele had ap-
pointed two offiesrs to institute a minute investigation
into tho claim and N
e W
circumstancAesND. under which it arose.
ZEAL

Mr. ADDEFILEY asked the Under Secretary for the
Colonies, whether the Government intended to intro:luee
any mtasure this session providing a representative
constitution for New Zeal snd, on the approachitg expi-
ration of the suspending Act; also, whoher all further
correspondence and papers which had been received on
the subject since the last preseuted would be speedily
laid bolero the House.
Mr. HAWES could not give a decided answer at
present to the first question of the Hon. Gentleman.
With regard to the second, the papers would be before
the House in a short time.