The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-12 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Sir R. H. INGLIS presented several petitions against
the Bill for a system] of secular education ; also twenty-
six petitions against Sunday labour in the Post office.
Mr. BECKETT presented a petition from" a place in
Yorkshire in lavour of the County Courts Extension
Bill.

Mr. BRO PHERT ON presented several petitions in
favour of a Ten Hours Factory Bill ; also several peti-
tions in favour of the extension of county courts.
Mr. H. BERKELEY presented two petitions from
Bristol, one against the increase of beer-shops, and the
other praying for a repeal of the taxes on the diffusion
of knowledge.

Mr. THORNELY presented several petitions from
NotLinghamAdre in favour of the County Courts Ex ten-
sion Bill.

Colonel DUNNE presented a petition from King's
County against the Irish Fisherie3
Mr. E. DENISON presented several petitions from
Yorkshire in favour of the County Courts Extension
Bill.

Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Forfar
against the Marriage Bill.
Mr. SOTHERON presented several petitions from
Wiltshire against Sunday labour in the Post-office.
Mr. WAWN presented a petition from Shields against
church-rates.

Mr. LOCKHART presented a petition from Glasgow
in favour of the Marriage Bill.
Mr. COL VILE presented a petition from Darby
shire to the tame effect.

Mr. GIBSON CRAIG presented a petition from
Edinburgh against the taxes on the diffusion of know-
ledge.

Mr. MOODY presented several petitions from places
in Sumersetshire against Sunday labour in the Pest-
office; also a petition from Yeovil praying for an altera-
tion in the constitution of the ecclesiastical couch;
also a petition from the same place against the
attorneys' certificate duty; and a petition from Chard
praying tor an amendment of the puor•law in respect of
out-door relief.

Lord J. MANNERS presented a petition from Man-
chester against the Marriage Bill; also several petitions
from Chester, Bradford, Rocbdale,Staleybridge, Ashton-
under-Lyne, and other places in Lancashire, in favour of
the Ten flours Bill.

Mr. HEYWOOD presented a petition from a place in
Lancashire in favour of general disarmiment; also a
petition in favour of the Tea Hours Bill.

Sir J. TYRELL presented a petition from a place in
Essex praying for a reduction of local taxation.
Mr. GRAN VILLE BERKELEY presented a peti-
tion from persons residing in Gloucester, stating that
they had confidence in Mr. O'Connor, and praying that
a short Act might be passed to legalise the national
land scheme.

Mr. ADDERLEY presentel a petition from a place
in Staffordshire against Sunday labour in the Posi-
office.

Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from Liver-
pool praying for protection to the West Indian interests.
Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Borstal' in
favour of an!Eleveu IloursFactory Bill; also petition from
Huddersfield, against the punishment of death; also a
petition from Barnsley against taxes on the diflu'iou of
knowledge ; and a petition from Doncaster in favour
of the extension of county courts.
Mr. BANKES presented a petition from a place in
Gloucestershire against the Marriage Bill; also several
petitions from places in Lancashire and Cheshire in
favour of the Ton Hours' Bill.

Mr. FltE WEN presented two petitions from placei in
the county of Essex, one praying for the extension of
county courts jurisdiction, and the other for the repeal
of church-rateF.

Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Rochdale
praying for the abolition of the taxes on knowledge.
Captain BOLDER() presented a petition from the
Roy al College of Surgeons in favour of the claims of as-
sistaut-surgeons i❑ the navy.
Sir G. CLERK presented a petition against the Mar-
riage Bill.
THE MALT-TAX.

Mr. CHRISTOPHER, on behalf of the Member for
the East Riding, gave notice that it was not the inten-
tion of that Hon. Gentleman to bring on his motion,
next Tuesday, for the repeal of the malt tax.
Mr. SPOONER moved for a return of foreign glass
imported, retained for home consumption, exported, and
remaining in bond for the year ending the sth day of
January, 1850, with the duty paid thereon, and the
countries from which imported ; and similar return of
British glass exported.—Agreed to.
BIDEFORD UNION WORKHOUSE.

reply to a question from Mr. BUCK,
Mr. Poor-law
on reading IIA
INthEeS said the
deathPorthoo-
of h
girl, Mary Anne Parsons, instituted an inquiry into
the case. Before, however, their instructions
directing an inquiry had arrived in the country, it was
found that the master of the workhouse in the Bideford
union had resigned his office. That being so, the master
of the workhouse was no longer amenable to the Poor-
law Board; and another reason why they bad not pro-
ceeded with the inquiry was, that the persons concerned
in the death of the unfortunate girl-were to be put again
on their trial for the minor offence of assaulting her.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL.
Mr. ADDERLEY said he understood that certain
dispatches bad been received from Van Diemen's Land
in favour of a double chamber, and he would ask the
Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) it he would have any ob-
jection to lay those dispatches on the table previous to
the resumption of the adjourned debate on the Australian
Colonies Bill?

Lord J. RUSSELL said one dispatch had arrived, and
it would be laid on the table before the adjourned debate.
Mr. ADDERLEY asked whether the discussion
would come on to-morrow?

Lord J. RUSSELL replied that it would not come on
after ten o'clock to-morrow.
DEANERIES OF HEREFORD AND SALISBURY.
In reply to a question by Mr. Honsra.ot,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said with respect to the
deanery of Salisbury, there was a Bill before the House
proposing to raise the income of that deanery to 1,5001.
a year. According to the existing Act deans were not
entitled to more than 1,0001. a year, but his intention
was to propose to the House in Committee on that Bill,
that the Dean of Wells, and the executors of the Dean
of Salisbury should receive 1,5001., they having entered
office upon that understanding. But with respect to
future Deans of Wells and Salisbury, he should
propose that they should receive only 1,000/. a year.
He did not think it would be possible for the Government
to get a dean for a less salary than that.

Klr. HOUSMAN wished to know whether tho dean
who was about to be appointed was to have 1,000/. a
year, or more?
Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that the
income of the new dean would be only 1,000/. per annum.