The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-03 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Mr. DUNC AN presented a petition from Dundee,
against the Scoth Sanitary Bill.
Mr. C. LUSHING"TON presented a petition frees
Bethnal-green in favour of sanitary reform.
Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition from
Manchester in favour of an eleven hours Bill.

Mr. STANSFIELD presented a similar petition.
Mr. ALCOCK presented a petition in favour of med
cal reform.

Mr. CORNEWALL LEWIS presented st petition in
favour of the paising of an efficient health Bill.

Mr. LITTLE niN presented a petition against the
Marriage Bill.

Mr. F. SCOTT presented a petition from the Presby—
taT of Dunse against the Scotch poor-laws.
Mr. DEEDES presented a petition from the life of
Thanet praying fur an alteration in the imposition of 0-03
income-tax, fir an imposition of duties on all manpf,,e.
tumid produce, and for a reduction in the salaries of
public official:z.
Mr. F. O'CONNOR presented a petition from Staf-
fordshire for the appointment of a general mining in-
spector; also a petition from Glasgow in favour of a
ten hours Bill.

CaptAin FITZROY presented several petitions in
favour of an extension of the oourty courts.
Colonel THOMPSON presented several petitions
from the clerizy of the metrop)lis in favour of the Ex-
tramural Interments Act.

Sir J. TROLLOPE presented a petition from Spald-
ing praying fur the imposition of duties on importel
prod uce.
Mr. FOX presented a petition from Walbrook in
_favour. of the Bill prohibiting intramural interments;
also a number of petitions in favour of national arbi-
tration.

The O'GORMAN MAHON presentoi a petition from
the medical men of Ennis in favour of the Medical
aaritieg Bill.

Numerous petitions were presented against Sunday
labour in the Yoatnffiee.

Lord DUNCAN presented a petition from Hastings
against the window tax.

Mfr. SULLIVAN presented a petition from attorneys
and solicitors cf the city of Kilkenny for the repeal of
the annual certifieite tax.

Colonel FREESTUN presented a petition from the
attorneys, solicitors, and proctors of Weymouth and
Melcombe Regis, praying exemption from their annual
certificate duty.

Lord JOHN MANNERS presented 17 petitions from
pl,tcos in LinCashire in favour of a ten hours Bill.
Mr. GREENALL presented a similar petition from a
place in Scotland.
Sir IL WILLOUGHBY presented a similar petition
from Bolt,)n.

Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a similar petition
from the factory workers of BelfiA.

Mr. MACGREGOR preseuted a similar petition from
Glasgow.
Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR presented a petition
from Chehea in favour of the Extramural Burials Bill. •

Air. MACKINNON presented a similar petition from
the Tuwer HArnlets.

Mr. HUME presented a petition to tl-_e same effect
from Marylehone.
Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from the Chamber
of Comnatrce of Manchester on the subj,let of the pro-
dectiou of cotton in India. The petition stated that the
industry of Lancashire depended for its raw materials
upon one marker, namely, the United :States, and
pointed out the importance of opening up a
second mark, t. The petition alio stated that,
net aithstanding that many costly experiments had
been made by the East India Company to encourage
the growth of cotton in India, no sensib!e production of
cotton bad yet been accomplished, and the petition
therefore prayed the House to take into its serious con-
sideration the propriety of sending out a Commission to
the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, for the purpose
of ascertaining what were the real ebktacles to the culti-
vation of that plant in India. The Hon. Gentleman
gave notice that to-morrow he should move that the
petition be printed with the votes, with the view of
founding a motion upon it.—(Hear.)
Mr. HENRY presented a petition from Ashton-under-
Lyne in favour of secular education.

Mr. HUME presented seven similar petitions from
places in Scotland.
Mr. SCULLY presented a retitlon from sharehol lers
in the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Rail-
way Company praying fur an inquiry into the conduct
of their direc:ors.

Mr. HUME presented a petition from East Cowes
praying fur the abolition of church-rates.

Mr. -BANKES presented several petitions against
Post-office labour on Sundays.
The Hon. NIE24BER also presented two petitions from
attorneys in the county of Dorset against the attorneys'
certifioate duty.
Mr. CARDWELL presented a similar petition.
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented petitions from in-
habltants of London in favour of the Bill for extramural
interments.

Mr. SLANEY presented similar petitions from Clerk-
enwell, Fulhrin, Aid Margaret's, WestminAter.
The Hon. Member alio presented a petition from
Hack[lel praying that the Health of Towns Bill might
be extendo.i to that suburb.

Mr. HERBERT presented a petition from Ireland,
nutn,?rously signed by landowners, merchants, and others,
praying for certain alterations in the Encumbered Es-
tates Bill.