The Sun.
London, England, 1835-06-03 00:00:00

THE CHURCH.

Mr. RICE TREVOR presented a petition from a place in
Durham, against the appropriation of any of the revenues of
the Established Church to secular purposes.
Mr. PE ASE would not hold the situation he at present
did, as one of the representatives of Durham if he
thought that the petition just presented by the Hon. Member
opposite, expressed the wishes of his constituents. To his
great astonishment the other day, the House had received pe-
titions, charging perjury upon a large body of its Mem-
bers.—( Hear, hear.) He (Mr. P.) thought it necessary
to ascertain whether that was the feeling of the inhabitants
of Hartlepool, and wrote to a friend there, from whom
he had received a reply, which he would read to the
House. The Honourable Member then read a letter, which
stated that a meeting had taken place for the purpose
of petitioning against the resolution of the House of Commons
relative to the appropriation of Church property—that the
petition had been got up in a very sly way.—( Hear. from the
Ministerial benches.) The writer further stated that he had
called upon many who had signed a petition, and they stated
to him that they actually did not know the meaning
of it—( Hear, hear, hear)—that many of them had
bad never read it, and that many would sign a counter-petition
at that moment.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Pease) stated this
lest it should be supposed that he was acting against the
wishes of the majority of his constituents, who, he believed,
were most anxious for the settlement of the Church question,
and thereby insuring peace to the country.
Mr. RICE TREVOR had been given distinctly to under-
stand, that not one of those who had signed the petition
was ignorant of its nature.—( Hear, hear.) Throughout
the whole of the County of Durham, there was a
very strong feeling upon the subject. He had 10 other peti.
tions to present, but until he saw some of the other Members
for that county in their place he should not do so, as he should
be anxious to reply to anything they might have to say.
YOUGHAL ELECTION.

Mr. STEWART MACKENZIE, as Chairman of the
Youghal Borough Election Committee, reported to the House
that the Committee had decided that John O'Connell, Esq.,
was duly elected—that neither the petition nor the oppo-
sition thereto were frivolous or vexations, and that they had
altered the poll by striking off the names of several voters.
DUTY ON GLASS.

Mr. DAVID ROCHE presented a petition from the
inhabitants of Limerick, praying for a repeal of the duty
on glass. The petitioners stated that this would be a
very great boon, more especially to the poorer classes,
inasmuch as it would increase their cleanliness and com-
fort. Since the Union 300 per cent. had been laid upon
the price of the article, and the duty had been increased 200
per cent. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer) would take the matter into his serious
consideration.

DUTY ON SPIRITS.
The HONOURABLE MEMBER then presented a petition
from the grocers and spirit dealers of the city of Lime-
rick, praying that they might be allowed a drawback
upon the Irish whiskey, which they had purchased previous to
the reduction that had been made during the Fast session in
the duty upon Irish spirits.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said with
respect to the duty on Irish whiskey an alteration was made
with respect to the stock on hand at the earnest request of the
friends of distillers, and it was stated by his Noble Friend that
he could hold out no hope that the drawback would be paid.
The entire reduction of the duty would not benefit Ireland, as
those conversant with the subject well knew.
Mr. CLIVE presented a petition from Hereford for reduc-
tion of duty on exciseable liquors, and one relating to the ex-
tension of the elective franchise. _ _