The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-18 00:00:00

DECEASED WIFE.

Sir R. H. INGLIS said, that seeing his Right lion.
and Learned Friend Mr. Stuart Wortley in his place, he
wished to ask why it was that he having received per-
mission to introduce a Bill into that House, unhappily,
as he thought, for facilitating certain marriages, he had
not done so. Leave was given for the 7th of February,
a time now long since Fast; and ho trusted, therefore,
that some explanation would be afforded to the House
respecting the course which the Hon. and Learned Gen-
tl, man had adopt •d.
Mr. S. WORTLEY said that it was true that leave
had been given to bring in this Bill on the 7th, but that
his own avecetions had, up to the present time, been
very pressing, and his Hoc, and Learned Friend the
Member for Plymouth (Mr. R. Palmer) had kindly sug-
!;estcd an alt ration which was of very great importance
in one particular clause, and hence the delay.
Sir R. INGLIS said that, in his opinion, no altera-
tion ought to be made in a Bill aLer leave had teen
given to bring it in, except for the correction of purely
clerical errors, and appealed t ) the Speaker as to whe-
ther it was competent fir any Member to delay the in-
troduction of a 8111 be) and the time specified for it.
The SPEAKER said that any Member might delay
his 8,11, but was not at liberty to make any substantial
alieraoions in its principles.
Mr. STUART WORTLEY said that the Bill was, as
he had sta ed, substantially the same as that of last ses-
arid tha the alteration he had mace did not affect
the principle. He should very shortly have an oppor-
tunity of laying it before the House.
MR. FEAIiGUS O'CONNOR.
Mr. F. O'CONNOR said that a grievous attack had
been made upon his character in another place, and he
wisbcd to ask whether any means were (pen to him fir
bringing it before the House.

The SPEAKER replied that there were not.
SUNDAY LABOUR.
Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Simeon, and Mr. Hume pre-
sented p(Vtions praying for the cessation of Sunday
labour in the Pest-f.ffice.

ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND).
Mr. JOHN STUART gave notice that on the bring-
ing up ( f the Bill for the amendment of Chancery pro-
ceedings in Ireland, he should move to introduce pro-
visions for the facilitating the management of the estates
under the control of the recievers of the Court of
Chancery.

GAS RETURNS.
DOLLY'S BRAE.
Lord STANLEY rose to move for copies cf the car- GAS HUME moved fo
Turn, or statement, from
respondence between the chief magistrate of Armagh and
gas company estabrlisah
the Executive Government, in the months of June and ' by Act of Parliament in
the every gas
KinAd_cm, stating.e the several Acts of Par-
July, 1846; also copies of any instructions to the con- the
'lament under which established, the rates per I,ooocubic
stabulary in reference to any processions expected to
take place on the 12th of July last; and of instructions feet at which each company or corporation have supplied
cf the three years since 1846 to 1849,
to the stipendiary magistrates who were spec ally sent down to Castlewellan before that da • also copy of andgas tihne each
brage price of the coals used by the company
in each year for the same period; also, stating the
official communications from the y!
stipendiary
proceed- amount cf fixed capital invested by each gas company,
gistra:es and constabulary officers as sttipetnh inga of the 12th of July, 1849, in anrpaort Ulster; also -a-lso i
3 2. Icr pi cprietors on their shares in each year since that
ar.rl the rate per cent. cf dividend to the slareholders
copy of instructions to W. Berwick,
the Commission of the ()7th of July, 1849; also, of John Jardine John Porter,a so,
.copy of
tc:, g,,,,,i2,icnitsi4n7u)a.tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 734,
flied in the
GRAND JURY SYSTEM.
Court of (ueen's Bench rind Hilary Terns last; and of
the report annexed to the affidavit of John Porter, and In reply to Mr. FORSTER,
verified thereby; and til.o, copy of any Official report to The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the Bill for
the Lord -Lieutenant or the Lord Chancellor of Ireland
a reform of the grand jury system in the metropolitan
of the proceedings at the Petty Sessions held at Castle-'
districts was still under consideration, hut would be
welkin on the 11th of September and the 9,h of October,
introduced in the course of the present session.
1449. He assured their Lordships that he never Mit. DISRAELI'S MOTION ON THE I 00R-LAWS.
felt more in need of their Lordships' indulgence In reply to Sir G. GREY,
than he did is bringing forward this me- Mr. DISRAELI said the motion of which he had
tion, which went to impugn the Conduct givcn notice, and which was on the table of the House,
of the. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. He did not impute was a specific motion, on which he would take the first
to his Noble Friend any personal irrprepriety.....he did division. It the House consented to go into committee
not impugn his motives, far he believed that throughcut on the subject t 3 which it rcforred, he should
his administration his Noble Friend had been actuated the-ti Propose a series of resolutions for the con-
by the highest motives; but he thought he had cetcol sid.ration of the House, and bcf)re he asked
without proper discretion. He had also to impugn the for a division to-morrow, he would, in detail
conduct if the Commission sent down to co duct' and specifically, state what those resolutions were.
At the same time he had a disinclination to put the re-
the investigatior, and also to impugn the conduct of
the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, for not protecting the solutions on the table of the House Lefore making some
magistracy, of which he was the cfficial guardian. He observations upon them, because without some prefatory
felt ho had to labour against preposessions which observations they would lead to an erroneous conclusion.
3ir. lIUME observed that he was anxious to have a
their Lordships entertained,tuid in which! e join 4 against