The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-28 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Colonel FREESTUN presented a petition from the
Catholics of Weymouth against the Papal Aggre-
sion Bill.

Mr. FAGAN also presented several similar petitions.
Lord ARUNDEL and SURREY presented 40 peti-
tions from the secular clergy of the Roman Catholic
Church in this country, and several petitions from other
parties, against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
Mr. MONSELL presented several petitions to the
same effect.

Mr. SULLIVAN also presented similar petitions.
Mr. STUART presented a petition praying that the
Ecclesiastical Titles Bill might not be extended to
Scotland.

Mr. ROCHE presented a great number of petitions
from the county of Cork against the Ecclesiastical
Titles Bill.

Mr. HENLEY presented a petition from a place in
Oxfordshire against the admission of Jews into Parlia-
ment.

Mr. HNSTIE presented a petition from Glasgow in
favour of the abolition of the window-tax.

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Mr. REYNOLDS pre,ented a large number of pe-
titions from places in Ireland against the Ecclesiastical
Titles 13d1, and several petitions from the Dublin news-
paper proprietors, praying fur the repeal of the duty on
paper. _
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Mr. KEOGH presented a petition from Meath against
the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Petitions to the same
effect were presented by Sir Joshua Walingley, from
Bolton; by Sir E. Buxton, from Essex; Mr. Sadlier,
from Carlow; and Mr. Scholefield, from Birmingham.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS and Mr. B. OSBORNE presented
petitions praying fer the repeal of the pap.•r duty.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER and Colonel &union'. presented
petitions from places in Lincolnshire. complaining of
agricultural distress.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Seaham against
the Mercantile Marine Bill; also seven petitions against
the Bible monopoly.
A great number of petitions were presented against
the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.

MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

STATEMENT OF LORD J. RUSSELL.

Shortl/ after fire o'clock, HON. MEMBERS who had
notices of motion having postponed them, the orders of
the day were then called on.
On the motion for the second reading of the Ecclesi-
astical Titles Assumption Bill,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, amid the most profound
silence, rose and said—Sir, in moving the postpone-
ment of this order of the day, I will take the
opportunity of stating to the House what has occurred
since I asked them on Monday to adjourn to this
day. Before I do so I think it necessary to
notice a contradiction to a statement which I
made on Monday last.—(Great cheeriug.) I then
stator' that Lard Stanley having been sent for by the
Queen had stated to her Majesty that ho was not then
prepared to form a Government, and that I
was then required to repair to Buckingham
Palace. I received a contradiction to that statement
in terms very peremptory, and in a manner
not very courteous. I feel it due to my own honour to
state, in the first place, that nothing was further from my
intention than to misrepresent the conduct of Lord
Stanley. For that Noble Lord I have the greatest possible
respect, I have fought in Parliamentary matters side by
side with ,him—(Cheers,—I have fought face to face
against him.—(Cheers) In all times and in every
situation. I have had occasion to admire his
spirit, is courage, and his honour.—(Great cheering.)
Therefore I should be sorry indeed if anything which
fell from me did not give a correct representation of
%hat that Noble Lord had stated.—(Cheers.) The
House will recollect that it was not then my duty to
go into detail, not to relate particular circumstances, and
not, above all, to narrate what had come to my know-
ledge of conversation, but yet to state clearly
what appeared to me to be the general result of
alI that had occurred.—(Hear, hear.) It was quite ne-
cessary that I should sate a reason why, after having
once tiken leave of my Sovereign, I was again required
to repair to the palace ; that it was necessary is obvious,
from the various statements circulated—statemeelis,
some of them previously to the Hon. Gentleman's con-
tradietion and some of them subsequent—(Cheers)
—which represented that Noble Lord as anxious to form
a Government, and myself as having endeavoured to
force my,elf into the presence cf my Sovereign, when
that Noile Lord was engaged in that task.—((;hears.)
And what, Sir, then occurred? His Royal Highness
Prince .filbert wrote to me is letter on Saturday after-