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The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-20

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS,ApriI 19.

Their Lordships met at the usual hour.
Several Bills from the Commons were brought up and
read a first time.
Petitions against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill were
presented by the Earl of Rosebery from Berwick-on-
Tweed ; by the Marquis of Normanby from a place in
Ireland ; and petitions in favour of the Bill were pre-
sented by the Earl of Sefton from a congregation in
Renshaw-street, L;verpool ; by the Earl of Radnor,
the Marquis of Normanby, Lord Sudely, and Lord
Beaumont.

Lord MONTEAGLE postponed the second reading
of the Bill for preventing the forestalling. of markets in
Ireland till Tuesday next, for the purpose of amending
the Bill, so as to apply to Scotland as well as Ireland.
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from several
places in Ireland, praying that their Lordships would
legalise the Presbyterian marriages.
The Duke of BUCCLEUCH presented a petition
against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor.
After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL and the
LORD CHANCELLOR, the Dissenters' Chapels Bill was
postponed till this day week. -
Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition praying
for the alteration of certain clauses in the Poor-laws.
The Bishop of EXETER presented petitions from
several parts of the United Kingdom against the Dis-
senters' Chapels Bill. He said that the petitioners felt
confident that the interests of religion were involved in
this measure, and prayed their Lordships not to sanction
it. This Bill, for the reasons he had stated, would therefore
receive his opposition, and he gave his full support to
the prayer of the petition. In presenting these petitions
he would state to their Lordships that there was an irre-
gularity with respect to them, inasmuch as they were
headed as coming from members of the Presbyterian
Church in Ireland. Now, there was no such church
either in England or Ireland. Had the petitions come
from Scotland, of course he would not have made this
observation ; but in England and Ireland no church was
recognised except the Church of England, and there was
an express canon of the Church against any persons
calling themselves the members of any church not the
Church of England.
Lord CAMPBELL wished to know the date of such
canon.
The Bishop of EXETER was perfectly ready to give
the Noble Lord' an answer. The canon was established
in England in the year 1603, and in Ireland about thirty
years later.
The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE presented several pe-
titions in favour of the Bill.
PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND.)
Lord GOSFORD gave notice that he should, on an
early day, call the attention of the House to the subject
of public works in Ireland.
GWALIOIL _ _ _

The Marquis of NORMANBY gave notice that he
should, on Monday, put a question to the Government
relative to certain omissions in the papers which had been
laid on their Lordships' table relating to Gwalior.
Their Lordships then adjourned.
London, England, 1844-04-20

LAW AND POLICE.

The Wills Forgery case closed at the Old Bailey, by the
conviction of all the parties implicated. Barber appeared to
be confident of an acquittal.
Mr. Crook and Mr. Moses Nathan, two gentlemen who are
in the habit of attending the purlieus of the-Stock Exchange,
were charged at the Guildhall with disorderly behaviour in
the space between Capel-court and the Bank. There had
been a quarrel between them, arising out of some transaction
hi Spanish Funds, and the interference of the bystanders was
required to prevent them coming to blows. Mr. Alderman
Johnston exacted from each gentleman a promise that there
should be no further breach of the peace, and dismissed them,
recommending an arbitration of the dispute.
John Ireland Blackburn, Esq., M.P. for Warrington,

waited upon the Magistrate at Queen-square to intercede in
behalf of Mary Laing, who was held to bail on Tuesday for
creating a disturbance at that gentleman's house. She had
formerly lived in the establishment as housemaid, and had
been charged about a month ago with annoying. a lady
related to Mr. Blackburn, when she was ordere& to enter into
her own recognisances. This, however, did not havethe
effect of keeping, her quiet, and on the occasion of her visit to
Mr. Blackburn's it was found necessary to call in the police
to secure her. The woman was sent for from Tothill-fields

Bridewell, and on making a promise not to repeat her con-
duct, was discharged.
Thomas Jones, alias Bradshaw, was finally examined at
Lambeth-street on a charge of embezzling 245., the property
of Mr. John Barrett, his master, and committed for trial.
_ _

Ellen Kelly, a young woman in the service of Mrs. Wilson.
of Camberwell, recently deceased, was charged at Union
Hall with stealing plate, decanters, and wearing articles of
linen, and other property, belonging to her late mistress. She
was remanded.
London, England, 1844-04-20

SUPPLY.

Sir GEORGE CLERK thought that as. some discus-
sion was likely to take place before going
tee of Supply, it was as well that he should
dstCatoerawmbita i
estimates he intended to proceed with. Ile did not in-
tend to proceed with the estimates in class four, be-
cause some of them were not yet printed; but he should
proceed with class five, the Colonial Estimates; with class
six, and with class seven.
CANADIAN MINISTRY.
Mr. ROEBUCK wished to ask the Noble Lord, the
Secretary for the Colonies, if he would have any objec-
tion.to lay before the House copies of any communica-
tions which had passed between the Governor-General
of Canada and his Ministry on the subject of the late

changes which had taken place in the government of
that colony.
Lord STANLEY would have no objection to lay be-
fore the House such papers as were calculated to throw
a light on the transaction to which the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman had alluded, but he thought it better that
they should wait until all the papers could be laid before
them, so that they might consider the transaction as a
whole.

Mr. ROEBUCK did not want the papers to raise any
dispute on the subject, but merely for information.
IRISH POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS.

Mr. F. FRENCH, in reference to the postponed reso-
lutions in the Committee of Supply, wished to know
when it was likely that the vote for the salary of the
Poor-law Commissioner in Ireland would be propose",
as he intended to oppose it ?
Sir G. CLERK'S answer was inaudible in the gallery.
London, England, 1844-04-20

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 20,
Will be performed Rossiers Ora, entitled
SEMIRAMIDE, _

Semiramide, Mad. Grisi; ArS3Ce, Mdlle. Favanti ; Idreno, Sig.
Corelli ; Assur, Sig. Fornasari ,• and Oroe, Sig. Lablache.
To conclude with the Ballet of GISELLE.
Principal Characters.—Giselle, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Bertha,
Madame Copere; Bathilda, Mdlle. Ferdinand • Myrtha, . Mdile.
Sclieffer ; the Prince of Courland, M. Gosselin ; Ifilarfon, M. Coulon;
WitPrid, M. Gouriet ; Noblemen, MM. Venafra and Bertram; and
the Duke of Silesia, M. St. Leon.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box
Otlic•.., Opera Colonnade.
London, England, 1844-04-20

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 20,
Will be performed the opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL Count
Aralselin, Mr. Borrani• Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Devllshoof,
Mr. Stret:on ; Arline, 'Miss Rainforth ; Queen of theliipsies, Mi s
Betts.
• After which will be repeated a New Ballet, entitled LADY HEN.
RIETTA ; or, The Statute Fair. Lyonn 1, M. ; Walter,
Mr. Howell; Sir Tristram, Mr. O'Bryan ; Queen Anne. Miss
O'Bryan ; Lady Henri. tta, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn; Nancy, Miss C.
Webster; Mina, Miss Carson.
Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 5...
Second Price 38.; Pit 3s , Second Price Middle Gallery 25.,
Second Price Is. ;- Upper Gallery Is., Second Price (id.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKEL
Mit. BENJAMIN WEBSTF.R. LESSEE.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 20,
Will he performed the Comedy of SPRING AND AU fUMN; or
'1 he liride of Filly. Sir Simon Slack, Mr. Strickland; Mrs. Gene-
ral Da tmouth, Mrs. (',lover.
After which, a. New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir
Charles Coldstream, Bari, Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis
Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia
Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs Humby.
To be lollowed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra-
vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or,
An Even ng with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews,
Mr. J. bLnd, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs, Glover, MISS P. Horton, and
Miss Lee.
'co conclude with the Extraordinary Performances of Professor
RISLEY and his „INFANT SON, surnamed Le Petit Mercure."
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 58. ; Pit, :'s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper
Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper
M
Gallery, M. Doors opened at Halt-past Six, and the Performances
cumme..ce at Seven •
Mr. W. Farren will appear on Monday, April 22, as Sir Peter
Teazle, in the Stthocil lot Scandal.
l,ckets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box-
&lice, from Ten till Five.