The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-11 00:00:00

KOORIA MOORIA ISLANDS.

Sir J. DUKE moved an address for copies or extraes
of correspondence relating to the cession of the Scoria
Mooria Islands to Great Britain by the 'maim] of Mu,
cat, and to the grant of a licence from the Crown to
John Ori, of Litherland, near Liverpool, iu the county
of Lancaster, late master mariner, and Joseph llindson
and James lienshall Hayes, both of Liverpool aforesaid,
merchants and brokers, to take the guano on those
islands.

Agreed to.
TURNPIKE TRUSTS ABOLITION (IRELAND)

BILL.

The order of the day for the second reading of this bill
wai read and discharged.
ECCLESIASTICAL CORPORATIONS BILL.

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On the motion of the Marquis of BLANDFORD, aft3r
some remarks from Mr. E. DENISON and Mr. WALPOLE,
the order of the day for the second reading of the Ecclesi-
astical Corporations Bill was read and discharged. Ti
object of the bill was to make better provision for the
parochial wants of the various dioceses throughout the
country. His lordship expressed a hope that the new
Parliament would entertain the subject on an early day.

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT, &c., BILL.
Mr. A. PELLATT rose to move the second reading
of this bill.
Sir G. GREY expressed a hope that the hon. member
would not proceed this session with this very important

Mr. A. PELLATT said he moved the second of
.he bill to show the country and the persons ha repre-
sented that it was not his fault that the hill
was not proceeded with. The object of the
bill was to punish only fraudulent cases of debt,
and not those who were comparatively innocent,
from misfortune or from adverse circumstance's
over which they had no control, or where no fraud was
committed by a pereon contracting a debt he was unable
to pay. A man should not be imprisoned for what was
a misfortune. Thousands of persons were committed
not because they would not pay their deb's, but because
they could not pay them. Under the C ninty Court Act
comniittals were greatly on the increage, and it
was lamentable to think bow much distress was occa-
sioned by the heads of poor families being locked up for
debt, and thereby being prevented from supporting their
families. By the criminal law imprisonment got ri iof
a debt such as a floe, but not so with the civil law.
There were many instances of men having been impri-
soned four or five times for the same debt. In reference
to the Insolvent Court, the hon. member said that no
man ever got a pecuniary benefit from putting a man in
prison for debt, and he doubted if any creditor had
ever got a dividend from an Insolvent Court. He moved
the second reading of the bill for the sake of the debate.
Sir G. GREY said it was inexpedient for the house
at that period of the session, to enter into a debate with-
out any practical result being likely to follow from it.
He lisped the hon. member would withdraw his motion,
and that the house, acting on the general ru►e adopted
with bills of importance under such circumstances, and
refuse the second reading.
After some remarks from Mr. CORBETT and Mr.
WRITESIDE,
The second reading of the bill was negatived without

a division.
GRAND JURIES (IRELAND) ACT (1536)
AMENDMENT BILL.
The order of the day for the second reading of this bill
was read and discharged.

SUPPLY.
The house then went into Committee of Supply.
The following vote was agreed to :--21,049,7001. for
the discharge of Exchequer Bills payable in 1857 at
present unprovided for.
On the vote of 1,553,2001. for the charge) of certain
civil services till 31st March, 1858, including the educa-
tional grants. •
Sir J. PAKINGTON protested against their increase,
and said that a bill such as that be bad proposed would
greatly reduce them. The country did not get the ade-
quate return from these grants they ought to obtain.
Sir G. GREY defended the vote, in the course of
which he said he differed entirely from the right hon.
hart., and he hoped the subject would be fully discussed
in the new Parliament.
Mr. HENLEY agreed with the Home Secretary that
the educational grants had been of great advantage to the
country.
Mr. E. DENISON hoped that in the next Parlia-
ment the Government would state their views on the
question of education. They must look to the increase
of these grants rather than to an improved system of
education.
Sir G. GREY said that in the new Parliament the
Vice-President of the Council would make such a state-
ment.
After some remarks from Mr. Ewart, Sir J. Paking-
ton, Mr. Pellatt, and Sir H. Willoughby,
Mr. SPOONER asked if the vote included a sum
for the Kensington Gore estate ?
Mr. WILSON said no, and explained that all the
votes were for continuous services for the ensuing
three months. Nothing new had been introduced into
them.

The vote was agreed to.
Oa the vote of 1,510,0001. for the Revenue Depart-
meet,
Mr. WILSON remarked that the house must expect
a gradual and considerable annual increase in this de-
partment, for during the past 10 years our shipping
trade bad doubled, and was still rapidly increasing.
The Post-office could not be looked upon as a source of
profit.
The vote was agreed to, and the house resumed, and
the report was ordered to be read to-morrow.
INCOME TAX BILL.

This bill was considered as amended, and ordered to
be read a third time to-morrow.
EXTRA. PAROCHIAL PLACES BILL.
This bill was considered as amended, and ordered to
be read a third time to-morrow.
BILLS COMMITTED.

The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill, the Customs
Duties Bill, the Indemnity Bill, the Copyhold and the
the Inclosure Commission, &c., Bill, passed through
committee, and were ordered to be read a third time to-
morrow.