The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-16 00:00:00

THIRD READINGS.

The following Bills were read a thirdtime and passed:
Carlisle Gas Light and Cuke Company.
Clerical, Medical, and General Life Assurance Society.
Ramsey, Up wood, and Great Raveley Turf Fens, and
Lockspit Lots and Lockspit Lauds Drainage and Im-
provement.
South Wales Railway (No. 1).
PETITIONS.

Mr. FREWEN prevented petitions from Newhaven
and other places against Post-office labour on Sundays.
Viscount BARRINGTON presented similar petitions
from Cheadle.
Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from the Midland
Railway Company complaining of the inequality of the
proposed stamp duties.
Mr. W. PATTEN presented petitions from various
parts of Lancashire against Sunday labour in the Post-
office.

Mr. HARRIS presented a petition from Market Her-
borough praying for the application of the funds of the
Church to the relief of national burdens.
Mr. W. J. FOX presented a petition from Glasgow
against Sunde.y labour in the Post-office.
Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from
Chelsea in favour of secular education.
Colonel CH ATTERTON presented petitions from
various parts of lrelund against Sunday labour in the
Post-office.

Mr. THORITELY presented petitions from places in
Leicestershire aid Devonshire iu favour of secular edu-
cation.

Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from
Neil on and Co., of Glasgow, in favour of the abolition
of the punishment or death.

Sir H. HALFORD presented petitions from different
parts of Ldicestershire against Sunday labour in the
Post-office; also a petition from Market Harborough in
favour of the extension of the jurisdiction of county courts.
Sir DE LACY EVANS presented petitions from dif-
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ferent rants of the metropolis praying for the repeal o
the taxes on newspapers.
Lord GALWAY presented several petitions agains
Sunday labour in the Post-office.

Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented similar petitions
from various parts of Lincolnshire.
Mr. W. BROWN presented, a petition from Liverpool
in favour of secular education.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAW FORD presented petitions
from Rochdale praying for the reduction of the duty
o❑ tea.
Mr. B. DENISON presented petitions from Dews-
bury and several other places in Yorkshire iu favour of
an eleven hours' Factory Bill.
Mr. TRELAWNY presented petitions from various
parts of the West of England against Sunday labour in
the Post-office.
Mr. BRIGHT presented petitions from various par-
ties in Manchester against the existence of an Esta-
blishc Church.
Mr. WALPOLE presented a petition from the law
stationers of London praying for an alteration of the
Stamp Duties Bill.
Mr. COWAN presented petitions from Edinburgh
and other parts of Scotland against Sunday labour in the
Post-( ffice.

Lord HOTHAM presented a petition from a plane in
the We.st Riding complaining that the Stamp Duties
Bill made no provision for re.tueing the duty on the re-
gistration of deeds.
Sir It. IL INGLIS presented a petition from the
R.,yal College of Physicians in favour (f the claims of

naval assistant-surgeons to additional accommodation;
also a pet tion from the president, vicr-president, and
members of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Insti-
tution, taking notice of the great loss of life arising out
of the indiscriminate sale cf poison, particu!arly arsenic,
and praying the House to take steps to restrict iti sale.
Colonel THOMPSON presented three petitions from
Bradford—one against the Education Bill, the other
against Sunday labour in the Post-office ; and the third,
praying for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge.
Mr. POWER presented a petition from Cork against
the Fisheries Bill

Mr. BAGSHAW presented a petition in favour of the
Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill.
Captain
Bill.
Sir DUNDAS presented a petition against the
Marriage
Sir D. DUNDAS presented a petition from Suther-
landshire to the same effect.
favour knowledge.
of the Edu-
cation
Sir T. BIRCH presented a petition from Liverpool,
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son.—(Renewed laughter.) The petitioners prayed the
House to give the matter its most serious considera-
tion.—(Roars of laughter.)
Mr. HUME also presented a petition from Framling-
ton, in Northumberland, in favour of the Bill fur secu-
lar education.

Mr. WA SVN presented petitions from South Shields,
as we understood, against the Marriage Bill, and pray-
ing for the cessation of Sunday labour in the Post-office.
Mr. G. HAMILTON presented a petition from the
Irish Church Association, complaining of the diversion
of the episcopal fund from its legitimate objects.
Lord JOHN MANNERS presented a petition from a
place in Lancashire against the relay system in factories.
Lord R. GROSVENOR
presentod a petition from
Chelsea and other places against Sunday labour in the
Post-office.

Mr. KERSHAW presented a petition from a Baptist
congregation in Brecknock against church•rates.
Lord JOCELYN presented a petition in favour of the
Marriage BM.
Sir J. WALSH presented a petition in favour of the
Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill.
Mr. C. BRUCE presented a petition from a place in
tl • county of Elgin, complaining of the operation cf the
poor-law in Scotland; also several petitions from places
in Scotland against the Marriage Bill, and against
Sunday labour in the Post-office.
Mr. STAFFORD presented a petition from a place
in Northamptonshire in favour of the Bill for the regis-
tration of copyhulds.
Sir GEORGE CLERK presented several petitions
from places in Scotland against Sunday labour in the
Post-office.

Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from Bir-
mingham against church-rates.
Lord BARRINGTON presented a petition from the
Great Western Railway Company against the stamp
duties.