The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-08 00:00:00

SUNDAY TRADING BILL.

The Earl of IIAItROWBY, on moving the second
reading of the Sunday Trading Bill, said he would not
enter into any ststerne-A on the subject, as it would be
proposed to send the Bill to a Committee up-stairs.
The Bill was then read a second time, and their Lord-
ships adjournel.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 7.
The ►SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

PETITIONS.

Several petitions were presented against Sunday labour
in the Post-office; also several petitions in favour of the
Marrive Bib.
Sir W. PATTEN presented a petition from Lancaster
in favour of county financial boards.
Mr. B. HUGHES presented a petition from Carnar-
von to the same effect.
Mr. MIJNTZ presentel a petition from Birmingham
against the excise duty on paper and the advertisement
and penny newspaper stamp duty.
Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from Rugby in
favour of county financial boards.
Mr. HEYWOOD presented petitions from Chorley
and other places in Lancashire praying for a reduction
of the duty on ter.
Mr. CHARTERIS presented several petitions from
places in Scotland against the Marri age Bill.
Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from a place
in Kent praying the House to take into consideration
the remuneration given to surgeons in the Royal Navy.
Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from a place
in Gloucestershire in favour of county financial boards;
also petitions from Wakefield and Bristol in favour of
the ballot.
Mr. BUCK presented a petition from a place in De-
vonshire against the duty on tee.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from a union in
Yorkshire praying for the establishment of county
financial boards; also petitions from Norwich and other

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place: against taxes on the diffusion of knowledge.
Mr. PILK[NGTON presented a petition from a place
in Lincolnshire praying for an alteration in the law of
removal and settlement.

Mr. BANKES presented a petition from Halifax in
'avour of a Ten Hours Bill.

Mr.WRIGIIT presented a petition from Manchester
signed by 19,000 persons, praying for a reduction
of the duty on tea; also petitions from Galashiels and
Dalkeith praying that an affirmation might be substi-
tuted for an oath where persons entertained a conscien-
tious objection to take the latter.
Mr. MILES presentei a petition from Salisbury
against the Marriage Bill.
REAL PROPERTY.

Mr. LOCKE KING gave notice that this day fortnight
ho should move that, considering that the recent legis-
lation of the House hal conferred large benefits upon all
classes but the landed interest, it was expedient to
remove the existing restrictions on the transfer
of real property, and allow real property to be bought
and sold according to the same rule that prevailed in
reference to personal property.
ADMISSION OF JEWS INTO PARLIAMENT.
Mr. P. WOOD gave notice that on an early day be
should move the appointment of a Committee to search
the journals of the House for any precedents which re-
late to the admission of Jews to a seat in the House
without being previously sworn on the Holy Gospel;
also to inquire into and report upon the circumstances
under which Mr. Deedee, in 1833, was allowed to make
an affirmation to the effect of the usual oaths on taking
his seat; and to inquire into and report upon the legis-
lative enactments which allow Jews and persons not
professing Christianity to make affirmation in courts of
law, and be sworn on the Bible where malts on the
Evangelists are usually reguired.
LORD-LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND.

Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice, that at the sitting of
the House to-morrow he should ask the Noble Lord at
the head of the Government if it were the intention of
Government to introduce or support during the present
session of Parliament any measure fur the abolition ;,f
the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland.
SARAWAK.

Mr. HUME gave notice that this day fortnight he
should call the attention of the House to the proceedings
of her Majesty's forces in Sarawak. He also took that
opportunity of complaining that certain papers which he
had moved for on the subject had not been presented to
the House, and said it would be his duty to adopt some
means fur securing obedience to the orders of the House.
QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE
Mr. B. OSBORNE wished to call the attention of the
Houle to a matter of privilege. Ho had seen to-day in
the Morning Chronicle an advertisement to the effect that
the Hoe. Member for Cambridge intended to call the
attention of the House to a matter that occurred in a
recent debate in that House. He (Mr. B. Osborne)
wished to know whether it was competent lOT the Hon.
Member to comment upon a former debate.
The SPEAKER staid au lion. Member could not
comment on a former debate without transgressing the
rules of the House.
Mr. HUME asked whether it was proper for any Hon.
Member to advertise in the public papers on such a
subject ?—(Great laughter, which drowned the reply of
the Speaker.)
Mr. CAMPBELL said it was his intEntion to have
come down to the House this day to call the attention
of the House to a matter personal to himself, personal
to the inhabitants of Kensington, and personal to the Hon.
and Gallant Member for Middlesex (Mr. B. Osborne).
thought in what took place a
sHheort( titheaMr. CgoamhpebelD
had suffered considerable misrepre-
sentation on two points at the hands of the Hon. and
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