The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-01 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Sir JAMES DUKE presented a petition from the
city of London in favour of the Chancery 13111.
ANSTEY presented a petition from the ship-
own ere of Youghal, praying for a revision of the exist-
ing navigation-laws.
ber. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition from the
trus tees of a charitable trust in the county of Lincoln,
pra3ing for a reform in the proceedings of the Court of
Chs beery.
Sir It. H. INGLIS presented a petition from the
ministers and elders of the Church of Scotland of the
Presbytery of Glasgow, as we understood, against the
admission of Jews into Parliament.

Mr. WILCOX presented a petition from the chemists
of Southampton in favour of the Pharmaceutical Bill.
Mr. LACY presented a similar petition from a place
in Surrey.

Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a similar petition
from Rochdale.

Sir B. HALL presented similar petitions from Mary-
lebor.e.

Ms. AGLIONBY presented a petition from the cor-
poralion of Carlisle, praying for an alteration in the
grand jury system.
21. r. 1O WATT presented a petition from the inhabi-
tants of the parish of St. Anne's, Westminster, praying
the House not to sanction any measure for the supply of
water to the metropolis which did not place the ma-
nagers under the control of the ratepayers.
The Marquis of GRANBY presented a petition from
the attorneys and solicitors of a place in Leicestershire,
praying for the repeal of the certificate duty.
Mr. COWAN presented a petition, from Glasgow
in favour of the Public Houses (Scotland) 'Bill.
Mr. ,lIUME presented a petition from the spirit
dealers of Paisley ag.ainst the Bill.

Mr. B. OSBORNE presented a petition from Totten-
ham against the Health of Towns Bill.
MAYNOOTEL—BREECH OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr. ANSTEY wished to call the attention of the
House to a matter which concerned the privileges of the
House; but before he founded any motion on the sub-
ject he would move that a certain passage in last Satur.
day's Freeman's Journal be read by the clerk at the table.
(This was done; the passage was a resolution passed at the
Maynooth board contradicting a statement of the Hou.
and Learned Member to the eff-ct that for years past
there had not been an annual assembly of the board at
which a motion was not made against the May nooth
grant.) The Hon. and Learned Member then moved
that Mr. Duffy, the printer and publisher of the paper,
be called to the bar of the House. The House, he said,
would observe that the resolution contained in the paper
was a formal but not a substantial contradiction of
what he stated in the Home the other night. He never
said that a motion had been made against the grant.
What he did say was, that Dr. M'Hale had introduced a
project to the board for the formation of a Roman Ca-
tholic University, to be supported by voluntary contri-
butions and a tax upon the different Roman Catholic
benefices, which would make it possible for
the college to refuse to apply any longer
for the usual grant from Parliament. He
would not press the motion to a division, as he had
merely made it for the purpose of having an opportunity
of giving that explanation to the House.
The motion not having been seconded, then fell to the
ground. _

POOR-LAW (IRELAND).
Mr. G. A. HAMILTON asked the Chief Secretary
for Ireland, why the important tables, numbered 2 to
12 in the appendices to the report of the Poor-law
Commissioners (Ireland), for the year 1849, and in their
previous reports, containing statements of the financial
condition of each union, with the receipts and payments
in detail, had been omitted in the fourth report, recently
presented ?
Sir W. SOMERVILLE was understood to say that
the omission had arisen from the circumstance of the
boundaries of the unions having been changed.
IRISH CENSUS.
Colonel DUNNE asked the Secretary for Ireland
why the census returns for that country were not pub-
lished; those for England being already given in the
public papers, and it being stated that those for Ireland
were in the hands of the Lord• Lieutenant?
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said he supposed the reason
of the delay wai that all the returns had not yet been
received from Ireland; probably all the returns would
be made by to•merrow or next day.
POSTAGE OF LErTERS TO FRA.NCE.
Mr. HUME gave notice that to-morrow he would ask
whether any measures were in progress by the Govern-
ment for reducing the enormous charge now made for
postage on letters sent to France.
TRANSPORTATION TO VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.
In reply to Sir W. MOLESWORTH.
Mr. U&WES was understood to say that a vessel bad
been sent to Van Diempn's Land with 300 convicts.

HINDOO SACRIFICES.
In reply to a question from Sir R. H. INGLIS,
Mr. WILSON said that a Bill was just on. the point
of being passed by the Council ,of India wL:ich wouldprevent the continuance of self idol
of to the
of Juggernaut practised by Hindoo devotees.
THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Sir E. BUXTON put a question to the Noble Lord
at the head of the Woods and Forests, when it was in-
tended to occupy the new House of Commons, and
whether there was any intention of pulling down the
present House before it was ascertained that the new
House would accommodate the Members?
Lord SEYtiOUR said that ho had nothing; to do with
the new Houses of Parliament, and therefore could not
give the desired information. He had nevrx heard of
any intention of pulling down the present Flouse.
JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL.

In answer to a on, stion from Sir B. H ALL,
Lord J. RUSSELL, said that he certainly meant to
proceed with the third reading of this 13i11 on Thursday
neat, as the first order of the day.