The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-11 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Mr. BERNAL presented a petition from Stroud in
favour of a measure lor the enfranchisement of copyholda.
A great number of petitions were presented against
Papal aggression; also petitions against the Ecclesiasti-
cal Titles Bill.

Mr. KEOGH presented a petition from the guardians
of the poor of the Athlone union praying for an altera-
tion in the Irish poor.law.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the
incumbent, churchwardens, and parishioners, of the
parish of We, ton against Papal aggression.
Mr. LOCKE KING presented petitions from
Streatham and Clapham for more stringent measures
against Papal aggression.
Mr. MEAGHER presented a petition from the cor-
poration of Waterford, praying to be relieved from the
payment of the ministers' money tax.
Mr. G. HAMILTON presented a petition from the
resident and fellows of the College of Physicians, Dub-
lin, against withdrawing public aid from the hospital in
that city; also petitions from Skryne, Benmore, Bal-
lengarry, Kilmarnagh, Ki!rush, Portclere, Gringle,
Bathepark, and Tydanant, in favour of the Church
Education Society, Ireland.
Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from the parish of
liilbride, in the island of Arran, Scotland, praying for
,fficient measures for repelling Papal aggression.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH presented a petition from
Van Diemen's Land, praying for the abolition of trans-
portation of convicts to that colony.
Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from Liver-
pool, praying for a revision of the income-tax.
Mr. G. C. GLYN presented a petition in favour of
secular education.

Lord ASHLEY presented a petition from a beneficed
clergyman of the diocese of Exeter, complaining of the
conduct of his diocesan in refusing to license a curate
whom he had engaged to perform his duty owing to his
own ill-health.

Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from the trus-
tees and managers of the Literary Fund, stating that
they had a sum of 13,8331., and praying the House to
remit the legacy duty on charitable bequests.
Sir R. H. INGLIS also presented a petition against the
duty on carriages.
SAVINGS' BANKS (DUBLIN) DEFICIENCY.
Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice that he should on an
early day move for a return of the way in which the
30,0001., voted in 1850 for the relief of the depositors in
the savings' banks in Dublin, had been appropriated for
the benefit of those who had suffered from the defalca-
tions. _

POOR-LAW (IRELAND).
Mr. SCULLY gave notice that he intended to call the
attention of the House to the operation of the poor-law
in Ireland.

PUSEYISM.
Sir B. HALL gave notice that he should shortly after
Easter call the attention of the House to the conduct of
the archbishops and bishops with respect to the
Tractarianism which has been prevalent with many
clergymen in the Church of England.
AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.
Mr. DISRAELI claimed their indulgence for a few
moments, while he stated the mode in which be should
move bis amendment. In consequence of what had
fallen from the Right Honourable Gentleman
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, several gen-
tlemen were under the impression that he was about
to propose his motion as an amendment to the proposal
of the Government f.ir the repeal of the window-tax;
but it was nut his intention to do so, nor would he sup-
port any amendment that might be offered to the motion
for the repeal of that tax.—(Hear, hear.) The question
which would come before the House to-morrow would
be in the form of a motion for going into a Committee
to consider the imposition of a house-tax, and under
these circumstances he had thought that would be an ex-
cellent opportunity for asking the opinion of the
House upon the omission of an important body from the
financial statement of the country; but in consequence
of the erroneous impression to which he had just referred
it would be necessary to make a slight alteration in the
terms of his amendment.—(Hear.) He never intended
to submit it as an amendment to the repeal of the win-
dow-tax, and he should therefore be glad to know what
motion Government would propose to-morrow ?—(Hear.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said to-morrow Government
would propose to go into Committee for the imposition
of a house-tax in lieu of the window-tax.
Mr. DISRAELI again stated that he had no intention
to propose an amendment to the repeal of the window-
tax.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it
was intended to-morrow to go into Committee both on
the window-tax and the house-tax.
Mr. DISRAELI said the amendment he should
propose to the latter part of the motion would be this,
namely, " That before any relief is granted, either by a
revision or an adjustment of taxation, due regard should
be paid to the distressed condition of the owners and
occupiers of land." The words he had omitted from
his former notice were "in the first instance."—(Hear.)
BEER SELLERS.
Sir J. PAKINGTON moved for a return showing the
number of persons in each of the several collections in
the United Kingdom licensed as brewers, victuallers, to
sell beer to be drunk on the premises, and to sell beer
not to be drunk on the premises, in each year from the
year 1832 to the year 1851.—Agreed to.
CASTLEB AR UNION.
Mr. HIGGINS wished to ask the Chief Secretary for
Ireland whether it had been reported to him that 78
persons have died in the Castlebar Workhouse during
three weeks of the last month; whether that mortality
had been attributed by the Poor-law inspector of the
union to the unwholesome quality of the food; and also,
whether it is the ease, that between old and now rates a
sum of 10,0001. is suffered to remain unpaid by the ex•
officio guardians of that union, the other ratepayers
having, in most eases, paid up?
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said tho report was not true.
VIOLATION OF THE TREATY OF VIENNA.
Mr. ANSTEY asked the Secretary of State for Fo-
reign Affairs whether he had received any information
respecting the measures now being taken at Dresden by
the Courts of Vierina and Berlin/ to smite the admission