The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-01 00:00:00

HOUSE OP COMMONS, Jw 30.

In consequence of the Ballot for the Committee on the
Penryn Borough Election, the Gallery was not opened until
a quarter past four o'clock.
On the order of the day for the third reading of the Shef-
field Gas Bill being moved,
Mr. BARC L A Y (we believe) proposed that it be read that
day six months.
Mr. Halford, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Baines,
supported the third reading.
Owing to the noise which prevailed in the House, the re-
marks of the Hon. Gentlemen did not reach the gallery.
The Bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. E. TENNE NT presented a petition from Belfast,
against the Belfast Railway Bill.
REDCAR HARBOUR BILL.
Mr. CAYLEY, in consequence of some communications
he had received, postponed the second reading of this Bill.
LEEDS GAS BILL

On the motion of Sir G. STRICKLAND, this Bill was
read a third time and passed.
Sir S. WHAL LE Y presented a petition from the Vestry
of Nlarylebone, praying that certain clauses in a Bill then be-
fore the House, by which the power the Vestry at present pos-
sessed, of fixing and regulating the stands of hackney cosi-Liles
was limited, might be expunged ; also a petition fror-,
an
indi-
vidual praying for the repeal of taxes upon ir.iiowledge, and
a petition from another individual, g c°n3Pl'-inin of having been
dismissed from the service of the F-
_,Ast India Company, without
receiving any compensation.

PENRYN "' •
Mr.
iDYSoCi; ELECTION COMMITTEE.
brought up the reduced list of this Commit-
tee' 7, an were sworn, and immediately retired to appoint a
Chairman.

Mr. RICE presented a petition from Sandwich, praying
for the preservation of the inchoate rights of the freemen of
that borough.
Mr. PRAED presented a petition from Yarmouth against
the C•rporation Reform Bill.
Colone). GORE LANGTON presented a petition from
Somersetshire, signed by 400 persons, in favour of the Muni-
cipal Reform Bill.

Sir G. C ARE W presented a petition from Derby, signed by
350 persons, in favour of the Established Church.
Mr. MILES presented a petition from Bridgewater against
certain parts of the Municipal Reform Bill.
YORK ELECTION.
Mr. AGLIONBY had a petition to present of considerable
importance, to which he wished to call the earnest attention
of the House. The petition complained of certain matters con-
nected with the elections for the town of York, and he should
in the first place move that it be printed, in order that it might
be in the hands of all the Members of that House previous
to his making any motion upon the statements con-
tained in it. The name of the Hon. Member for Ycrk was
alluded to in the petition, but it was not so much an attack
unon that Hon. Member, as a complaint against the mode
of conducting elections in that town.—( Hear, hear.) He
did not go into particulars, but the petition alleged that gross
bribery, corruption, and drunkenness were carried on to such a
pitch, that electors were unfit to gibe a vote during the election.
It also alleged that letters were sent to the voters. containing
enelosures of one and two sovereigns, and that the postma❑
had delivered as mane as five or six hundred of a day, taking
receipts from the persons to whom they were delivered. It
was a rather extraordinary circumstance that lie (Mr. A.)