The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-09 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 9, lB5O

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Fcb. s.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon tl.e
Woolsack at Five o'clock.

Pe. titions in favour of a re:-:.,nactment of protection t
agrien'ture acre presented by Viscount COMBERNERE
and the Eirl of NI INCiIILSEA.

The Bishop of EXE rElt presented ale itiun fr,m the
Archdeaconry of Eit:t Cornwall against a Pust•ofli,;e
delivery on Sunday,

-DOLLY'S BRAE.

Lord STANLEY gave notice that on Monday, the
18c1', he should bring under the notice if the Houco
the transactions connected with the affairs of D,lly's
Brae and the dismissal c f the magi:traces in consequence
f that affair; and he gave this lengthened notice in
orCer that the Lord-Lfeu.e.n.nt of Ireland might be in
his place, or at least might instruct his colleagues to
defend the course which he had pursued in rela.ion to
those transactions.

The Earl of RODEN hoped that the Lord-Lieutenant
of Ireland would be in his place in that House when the
debate should come on.

LAW OF DISTRESS IN SCOTLAND.
Lord BROUGHAM introduced a Bill to amend the
at-e of distress in Scotland.

ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION.
The NOBLE AND LEARNED LORD also withdrew the
motion cf which he had given notice, last night, on the
subject c f the appointment of secretary to the Ecclesi-
astical Commission, bet ause he understood that the other
House had had better notice c f the introduction of the
clause than their Lordships had had.
CRIMINAL CODE.
Lord BROUGHAM brought in a Bill for consoli-
dating the criminal code. He hoped it would not un-
dergo those alterations in another place which had
caused so much mischief in another measure. rat;

POOR-LAW RETURNS.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH called the attention
ef the Noble Earl opposite to the very important ques-
tions that had been addressed to the chairmen and
vice-chairmen c f the poor-law unions of England and
Wales, and which would show the act,:al atata of the
various classes of the United Kingdom. He wished to
know if tl e answers to those questions had been received,
end it received, when they would be laid before Psi-
liament.

The Earl of CARLISLE said he would make inquiries
about it.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 8.
Tie SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
PETITIONS.
Mr. Heald, sir G. Strickland, Mr. M. Milnes, Mr.
Coil an, and other Hon. Members presented petitions
praying f*Jr the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-
office.

Mr. W. BROWN presented a petition frcm Bradford
praying for the e:tablibhment of county financial boardr.
Colonel CHAT rERTON presented a petition from
Cork praying for a grant from Parliament in favour of
national education in Ireland.
THE COLONIES.

Sir WILLIAM MOLES W 011TH presented a petition
from New Zealand complaining of the conduct of the
Colonial Office in not giving free institutions to that
colony.: Also a petition from Graham's Town, accusing
the Governor of violating the rights of the colonists.
Ho also presented an important petition from New
South Wales, bearing 6,000 sigr atures, and com-
plaining of the proposal for sending transports to the
colony, and threiteaing to oppose it by Every
constitutional means. The petitioners observed that
such proposals were calculated to shake the union which
subsisted between the colonies and the mother country.