The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-19 00:00:00

C)YLON.

Viscount TORRINGTON rose to give notice of a
motion for this day fortnight on the affairs of Ceylon.
He was anxious to take the earliest opportunity of vin-
dicating himself from tht accusations which had been
brought against him in relation to the affairs of Ceylon.
While this matter was the subject of investigation be-
fore a Select Committee of the other House of Parlia-
ment ho felt that he was condemned to silence. A notice
of motion had been given in that House for March 25th,
imputing to him the commission of the gravest crimes;
that m
Lodehipaad beenattention gave notice that, he shop uli, this day fortnight, direct
their
thhaed fi keen
i c
1a affairs withdrawn,
of
accused of the greatest crimes by the Chairman of the
etrion had
ostponed, and, therefore, he
to this subject. He had been
Committee, who had a perfect knowledge of the facts ;
t and,h e
country, h
however
he
thought the characters of a Member of their Lordships'
House, of a Minister of the Crown, and of the troops in
Ceylon, ought not to be lightly treated. He had no-
thing to conceal, he believed he had faithfully dis-
charged his duty to hit Sovereign and his country,
and he should not have brought forward the motion
of which he had given notice it he had not been
prepared to justify all he had done. He had given
this notice in order to afford ample opportunity to
those who had any charge to bring forward against him;
he should be prepared to justify himself and to appeal to
the kindness, the attention, and the justice of the House,
satisfied that he should be enabled to prove to their
Ldrdships that the accusations which had been brought
against him were wholly without foundation.—(Hear.)
COUNTY COURT'S EXTENSION BILL.
Lord BROUGHAM would, on Friday, move the
second reading of this Bill, and would then state the
additions and alterations he proposed to make in the Bill.
The Bill to which he alluded was the Bill to which he
had last drawn the attention of their Lordships, and had
nothing to do with bankruptcy.
"Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF CONMONS, March 18.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
HASTINGS IMPROVEMENT BILL.
On the second reading of this Bill being moved by
Mr. PIGOTT,
Mr. HOLLAND said that he must move that this Bill
bmust, as Hon. Members were aware, arise from
the.. readin institution
utis day six months. Many inconveniences
onof several boards of commissioners.
The town was at present abundantly supplied
with the conveniences which the Bill was introduced to
cure, and the Bill was therefore neither mord nor less
than an incubus which was already provided for. .
Mr. PIGO rT said the Bill was merely of a sanitary
nature, and therefore to oppose it was only a work of
supererogation. The Bill, if passed, would work a great
improvement in the peculiar position of the town, and
was certain to secure a great benefit for the inhabitants.
FREWEN said that when he saw the names of
three Members on the back of a Bill, and one of those
rt2fused to, give his sanction to it, he believed that a suffi-
cient reason had been supplied for the rejection of the
Bill. He should therefore vote against it.
:The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the amendmentt
Majority ••• ••• 59
Against
,The Bill was consequently lost.
FIRST READINGS.
Several Bills were then read a first time.
PETITIONS.
;Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from Wolver
hampton praying
for the establishment of county
financial boards.
Lord C#ARLES MANNERS and several other Members
presented petitions from Brighton and other places
against the Papal aggression.
Mr. BRIMSTONE and Sir E. BUXTON presented several
petitions against the Bill for the removal of Smithfield-
market.

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Sir R. INGLIS presented petitions from Clerkenwell
and other places, praying the House to take some mea-
sures for repressing
The Hex. BARONET also presented petitions from
several places praying that the Jews' Oath Bill may not
pass into a law. the Papal aggression.
Mr. MI rc Emu, presented a petition, signed by
many influential mercantile firms in London, prayinz for
an.inquiry into the management of the Board of Cus-
toms.

Mr. SHAFTO ADAIR presented a petition from
Cambridgeshire praying that the present Papal aggres-
sion Bill might not pass into a law.
Colonel GILPIN presented several petitions for and
against the Eccle.iastical Titles Bill, and for and against
the Financial Boards Bill.
Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition, very nu-
merously signed, praying for the abolition of Sunday
trading. They stated that nothing was obtained for the
Exchequer by Sunday trading, and that in other ways
much was lost to the nation.
Sir DE LACY EVANS presented pretitiona from
theparishes of St. John's and St. Margaret's, Westmin-
ster; praying for some alteration in the tariff.
Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from the Bath
Asibciation for the promotion of Protestant
Prtnciplqs,' stating that within the last few years
no—less a sum than 383,0001. had been granted by
1.•
thuipovernment for promoting the encouragement of the
Romiah religion.

Lord NAAS presented several petitions from Sligo
and other phteel pr vice for 5 r,-rn'sqinn of the anties on
norm-made spirits.
Mr. SCULLY presented a petition from the county of
Tipperary praying for the imposition of a duty on foreign
-corn and flour imported into this country, and stating
that unless such duty was imposed tho farmers in that
part of the country would be ruined.
Mr. Grogan Mr. Frewen, and other Members pre-
sented: a large number of petitions against the Papal
aggression. and praying the House to adopt stringent
measures for its repression.
Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition from Carlisle,
and another from Darlington, against the Ecclesiastical
Titles Bill.