The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-11 00:00:00

POST-OFFICE LABOUR ON SUNDAYS.

Mr. SIMEON presented a petition from a place in
the Isle of Wight against Sunday labour in the Post-
office.
MONUMENTA HISTORICA BRITANNICA.

Sir R. H. INGLIS, on behalf of Mr. Hutt, moved for
returns of the cost of preparing for publication, and of
printing and publishing, the work entitledr Monumenta
istorica Britannica; or, Materials for the His-
tory of Britain;" of the number of copies: printed ;
of the number of copies sold, and of the price
at which sold ; of the names of the persois or
parties to whom copies havo been given gratuitously ;
of the names of the persons or parties who have applied
for copies, but whose applications have not been cern-
plied with; together with the number of copies remain-
ing undisposed of : and also copies of the correspondence
which took place in November and December, 1848,
botwcen the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment, the Lords cf. the Treasury, and the Master of the
Rolls, regarding the sale and distribution of the said
work. He (Sir R. H. Inglis) said the work hrd been
pronounced by competent authorities to be one of the
finest that had been published in Europe.
LORD TORRINGTON'S CONDUCT.

Mr. STUART WORTLEY said that he wished to
draw the attention of the House to a circumstance with
respect to the Select Committee on the affairs of
Ceylon, which involved a branch of privilege. That
Committee was a Select Committee, and the usual cus-
tom of Parliament was to take all evidence with closed
doers ; but the Committee, with a view to make the
inquiry as public and select as possible, hal allowed the
admission of strangers. The consequence was, the
printing of a portion of the evidence, in a very
garbled state', in which. a portion of one poi-
son's evidence was altogether distorted and
given in a way which was deeply injurious to the
party concerned. What he wished to inquire was whether
the Hon. Gentleman, thu chairman of that Committee,
bad taken any steps to prevent a similar abuse of privi-
lege.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. BAILLIE said that having observed this abuse of
privilege the Committee had only this day come to a se •
solution to take the evidence with closed doors.
LAW OF SETTLEMENT.

Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR presented a petit;on
from several parties in Middlesex for an alteration in the
Jaw of settlement.

PARTY PROCESSIONS (IRELAND) BILL. -
Sir G. GREY said that he was about to afk the indul-
gence cf the House. The second order of the day was
the Party Processions (Ireland) Bill, which had come
down from the Lords with one amendment, among
others, which he had desired that Members might hare
an opportunity of considering, and agreeably to a
motion of his the amendments had been printed
and were now in the hands of the Members. TLe
amendment was one relating to the penalties for being
found in possession of fire-arms at meetings, and as the
17th of March was approaching, on which it was to be
feared that some occurrences similar to those late de-
plorable ones might take place unless some Act of this
sort were in force, he (Sir G. Grey) wished that this
Bill should be accelerated as much as possible.
The Lords' amendments to the Party Processions
(Ireland) Bill were then agreed to.