The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-26 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the chair at ten minutes past five
o'clock.

Mr. PRESTON brought up certain papers from the
East India House.

Mr. HUGHES HUGHES presented a petition, under
ihe common seal of the company of proprietors of the
Lambeth water works, complaining of the South London
water works, praying that the hill might not pass during
the present session, and that they might be heard against
certain clauses in it.
The house was summoned-'to attend the Lords, to hear
the royal assent given to various hills.—(See Lords.)
Mr. J. SMITH presented petitions from Diss, Aylesbury,
Stony Stratford, North Crawley, Buckingliain, and various
other pars in Buckinghamshire, complaining of grievanc,P,
and praying for redress. They were oppresseu in four or
five different ways. They complained that they had not r.
mode of 11,gistry of births, deaths, and mar-
riages; that they were not permitted to send their

ehirlren to the Universities, and of what they c ;Fed
the alliance of the church and state. He bad no difficulty
in saying in his place in that house that the church had
been iniured by its alliance with the state; but he could
not support any measure that would have for its effect a dis.
severance of that alliance in existing circumstanees. Paidie
opinio64 all powerful, would, doubtless, before many year,
passel away,'remedy the grievance.
The HON. MEMBER presen'ed another petition from
another parish in' the county of Buckingham, relative to
the poor laws, and praying that they might he revised, as
they effected that part of the country. He fully con •
tarred in the 'prayer. Allusion was made in the
petition to certain magistrates, of the facts of which he
knew nothing, but be believed the magistrate principally
hinted at was one of the most honourable and able rnagis •
trate& of the county of Buckingham.
Mr:•TANCIiED presented a petition from the members
of the Royal College of Surgeons in Banbury, camplaining
Of the state of the medical law, and praying far an alteea
lion tar he made in it. The bon, member presented a
petition from the dissenters of Banbury, praying that they
might be relieved from their grievances.
Mr. WILKS gave notice, that on an early day he
should move for leave to bring in whit] relative to friendly
societies..

The How. Ilismagg gave notice that' he would. take an
early opportunity of.preirenting 12 petitions from
Wales, explmatory of the gri-vances under
which they laboured, and praying for relief, upon which
he would take an opportunity of discussing, the gnesti.m.
The HoN. AIEMBER presented two petitions from the
dissenters of 80-ton, and one from the independent dis-
senters and primitive me!hodists of the same place, f .r the
redress of their grievtincvs: He had a'so a petition from
the dissenters of the inhabitants of Burn,,sm, in the
county of Bnckg, of Chipping Norton, in the county 01
OA*, Ord, of Zion chapel, Dartford, in the county of Kent,
,if Swan age, in the county of Dorset, of Waltham Abbey,.
F....ex, of Wilton, Wilts, and of Hythe, in the county of
Kent, to the time effect.

Mr. V. SMITH presented two petitions from congre-
gations of Protestant Dissenters at Northallerton, praying
for relier.

Mr. LABOUCHERE presented a petition from the
inhabitants of Taunton against the practice of employing
children to sweep chimneys.
Mr. CRAWLEY pr.-sented a petition from certain
Dis.enters of the town of Bedford, praying for redress of
gi ievanees.

Mr. G. W. WOOD presented three similar pe-
titions : one of them from a Dissenting congregation
at Bury (Lancashire), and the other two from Warring-
ton in the same county. 1-1- also presenbd a petition
from the hand loom.weav,rs of Chowitent, in that county,
for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into
practicibility of having a board of trade to regulate
the price of wages.

Sir. 0. 1110,-4.EY presented a petition from the
bailiffs and other inhabitants of Burton_on•Trent in the
county of Scaffold, praying for ecclesiastical return,. The
petitioners sated they were sensible of the necessity of
•uppnrt'ng the church of England, and they deprecated 'he
diversion of the property of that church to any other
o eject. than for the support of the church and its mini-
sters, fur which purpose they were of opinion that
property was not more than ,ufficient. The lion.
member also pr sented a petition from Totness (as was
understood), signed by 600 farmers, praying that the told
day ble on lime used for the cultivation of the land might
be taken riff.

TIE SOUTHAMPTON AND LONDON RAILWAY.
Mr. Alterman WOOD moved for a return of all sums
received by the customs at Stu hampton for the last five
years, specifying the amount of each, the names of the
officers employed there, &c.
Mr. S. RICE, in alluding to the time and expen.e
of producing such returns, unless it was intended to in-
troduce some measure upon them, wished to know from
thehon. member wh WAN his objection making the motion?

Mr. Alderman WOOD said the house was aware that
a committee was sitting upon the Sowhampton Railway
Bill, and it wss solely in order to obtain information
as to the quantity of business done at that port
that be wished to have the returns.—( Heir, hear.)
He thought that reason was a very strong one.—(Hear.)
Mr. S. RICE said that was precisely what he wanted
to know. He did not oppose the !notion.
The rettirtv, were then ordered.

Mr. TULLE presented a petition from the dis-
senters of Grittistone, praying to be relieved from the
grievances under which th y lihoured.

POOR LAWS.

Sir J. GRAHAM, on the part of Lord Althorp, gave
notice, that on Thursday, the 17th of April, be (Lord
Althorp) would introduce a hill to alter and amend the
poor laws.
Mr. STANLEY presented a petition from Bolton in
Cheshire, praying that some measure might be introduced
for the betterlobservance of the Sibbath. The hon. member
presented a petition from the dissenters of the same place,
praying to be relieved from their grievances.
Lord G. BENTINCK presented a petition from the
dissenters of King's Lynn, praying to be relieved from
their grievances. The petitioners stated that they bad
not the slightest desire to parti!.ipate in church property.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented two petitions—one from
the butchers, and another from the operative hatters, of
Dublin, praying for a repeal of the Legislative Union.
The HoN. and LEARNED MEMBER presented petitions
from the parishes of Boher, K►lmore, Kenturk, and
Castle Island, praying for the total abolition of tithes.