The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-25 00:00:00

SHERIFF'S BILL.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL brought in his Bill fur
placing the Sheriffs of counties and cities on the same footing
with respect to the oaths administered on taking office. The Bill
havin7 been read a first time, the Attorney-General said as
this was an important question, a Gentleman of the Jewish per.
suasion having been ele(lted Sheriff of the city of London, he
should move the second Kading on Tuesday next.
Mr. LA W (the Recorder of London) expressed his hearty
concurrence in the object of the Bill.

Mr. R. STE WA-RT presented a petition against the
Scotch Registration Biil.
An HON. MEMBEA asked when the Government Report
would be ready?

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was understood to reply
that it would be ready in the course of a week.

SCOTCH BUSINESS.

Sir W. RAE, in presenting a petition, called the attention
of the House to the state of Scotch business before the House.
There were twenty Bills connected with Scotland before that
Houso, not one of which had gone through Committee.
He thought that such a mode of legislation could not be useful
to the country, as these were Bills which ought to be fairly
and fully discussed. Unless Bills connected with Scotland
were brought in before Easter, it would be much better to post-
pone them altogether.
Mr. R. STE WART had adopted the recommendation of
the Hon. and Learned Member with regard to some of these
Bills.

Mr. WALLACE complained that when he brought for.
ward measures in the early part of the Session, they had been
interfered with by the lion. and Learned Member.
The petition was then laid on the table.
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.

Colonel SIBTHCRP wished to ask the Attorney-General
whether it was his intention to press the Bill for the regula-
tion of the Ecclesiastical Courts. It was impossible, at that
late period of the Session, to carry this measure through, and
if it were attempted to carry it through, he should offer it the
most determined opposition.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—It was quite unne-
cessary for the Gallant Colonel to show such extreme
vigilance on this subject, as he had told him that he
would not move the second reading of this Bill except
when he had an ample opportunity of bringing forward
his objections. He would state that it was his intention to
move the second reading of this Bill the first opportunity. It
was a subject of the greatest importance to the public,
and had met with very general approbation, and one of
the enactments of it entirely abolished the jurisdiction of
the Ecclesiastical Courts with regard to tithes. He should
consider himself guilty of a very great dereliction of duty
if he were not to press forward this Bill.
Colonel SIBTHORP, could not but remind the Hon.
and Learned Member that the sentiments he had just uttered
with respect to the abolition of the Ecclesiastical Courts was
directly the contrary to those which he had sometime since
expressed.
Mr. VE SE Y presented a petition from Queen's County,
against the Irish Tithe Bill.
Mr. C. BRUCE presented a petition from Elgin, in fa-
vour of the Church of Scotland.
Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from a place, the
name of which we could not hear, for the institution of some
rational amusement on Sundays.
Colonel LEITH HAY presented petitions from Elgin and
Inverary, against the Aberdeen University Bill.

REGISTRATION OF VOTES (IRELAND).
Mr. H. GRATTAN had given notice of a motion for
bringing in a Bill to regulate the registration of votes in Ire-
land, but as he had been given to understand that his Majesty's
Government intended bringing in a Bill on the subject, he
should withdraw his motion. If the matter was not taken up
by his Majesty's Government, ho should certainly renew his
notice