The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-09 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS) ALIF S.

Sir M. S. STEWART presented petitions from the
Glasgow Chamber of Commt.rce, and from the Magistrate%
and Tools Council of Greenock, in favour of the E lin-
beret ttnd Glasgow Railway MIL
Sir. C. D'UNDAS presented a petition against that
On t}te motion of Mr. CATEL, the Newcastle and Car-
lisle Railway Bill was read a secott Ihne, and ordered to
be committed.

Mr. M'KINNON dented a petition from the Vest),
f St. Marylebono, praying for compensation for the loss
of burial fees in the event of the passing of the General
Cemetery Bet.
Mr. W. ELLIS presented a petition from the Leicester-
shire Political Union, praying for &repeal of the taxes in
neempapers and on other publications.
Mr. HUME begged to ask the Hon. Member fer SP.
Ives., if it was his intention to bring on the motion, of
which he had given notice, to repeal the duties en news-
papers and other publications.
Mr. L. BULWER said it certainly Was his intention,
and he regre'ted that circumstance% over which he had no
control, Fad prevented his bringing on that motion at as
earlier period.
-Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition ftotta fifteen
'respectable farmers residing in the patielt of hmly, in the
county of Tipperary, who complained that they had been
esomenitted to prison, where they ',mined for five months,
revert the evidence of a anhorned witness, who swore that
they were implicated in an attempt to murder some other
person, and at the following assizes they were discharged
for want of evidence. Their innocence was attested by
their fellow parishioners, and Also by seven magistrates.
The whole of the circsmstances had been reported to his
Majesty's Government) and he (Mr. O'Connell) now gave
notice that be tretild, at a future period, move for a select
Committee to inq lire into the whole case.
The petition was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr, O'CONNELL then presented a petition from
Richard 011orau, of Dublin, who stated that his brother,
who had possessed about 6,000/ , disposed of all of it on
various charitable institutions, and gave 6001. to a
monastery in France, to which he went to reside ; that
while them he was obliged to work at daily labour, and
eventually was banished that kingdom, without compensa-
tion for the lore of his property. The circumstances ex-
hibited a total disregard of the liberties of a British subject
by the King of Prance, and the petitioner was justly en-
titled to what he required, viz., a compensation for the
money invested in the French monastery. The facts had
been laid before his Majesty's Government, at whose
roggestion the present petition was presented, and the
Hon. and Learned Member gave notice that he would very
soon bring it formally before the House.—The petition wan
cedered to be printed.
The Hon. an I LEARNED MEMBER then presented a
petition from the Royal Callege of Surgeons in Dublin,
praying that the Anatomy Bill might not he extended to
Ireland. Alio from a certain parish in Ireland against
the tithe system.

Mr. SPiIING RICE moved for the issue of a new writ
stir the town of Chester, in the room of Mr. Cnnliffe
Offle7, deceased.
Mr. JAMES JOHNSTONE presented a petition from
the Presbytery of Stirling against the Irish education
Bil!. The Honourable Member gave notice, at the
lame time, that be would, present a similar petition from
the Presbytery of Edinburgh.
Lord SANDON presented a petition from certain Li-
verpool merchants, relative to the distressed state of their
ITade with Brazil.

Mr. HUME eupported the prayer of the petiti.m.
Captain GORDON presented several petitions ag&ns•
tne Government plan of Edncstion for Inland ; and
among others one from the Provincial Synnd of Ross, corn
posed of upwards of fifty clergymen and e'ders of the
Church of Scotland.