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

DUTY ON PAPER.

Mr. MACGREGOR presented a petition from Glas
gow praying fur the abolition of the duty on paper.
MARRIAGE WITH THE SISTER OF A

DECEASED WIFE.

Sir R. 11. INGLIS said, that seeing his Right Hon.
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 he trusted, therefore,
that some explanation would be afforded to the House
respecting the course which the Hon. and Learned Gen-
tleman had adopt d.
Mr. S. WORTLEY said that it was true that leave
had bet n given to bring in this Bill on the 7th, but that
his own avocati ma had, up to the present time, been
very pressing, and his Hon. and Learned Friend the
Member for Plymouth (Mr. R. Palmer) had kindly sug-
gested an alt ration which was of very great importance
in one particular clause, and hence the delay.
Sir It. INGLIS said that, in his opinion, no altera-
tion ought to be made in a Bill after leave had Leen
given to bring it in, except for the correction of purely
clerical errors, and appealed to the Speaker as to whe-
ther it was competent for any Member to delay the in-
troduction of a Bill beyond the time specified for it.
The SPEAKER said that any Member might delay
his Bill, but was not at liberty to make any substantial
alterations in its principles.
Mr. STUART WORTLEY said that the Bill was, as
he had stated, substantially the same as that of last ses-
sion, and that the alteration he had made did not affect
the principle. He should very shortly have an oppor-
tunity of laying it before the House.
MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR.
Mr. F. O'CONNOR said that a grievous attack had
been made upon his character in another place, and he
wished to ask whether any means were cpen to him for
bringing it before the House.

Tile SPEAKER replied that there were not.
SUNDAY LABOUR.
Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Simeon, and Mr. Hume pre-
sented petitions praying for the cessation of Sunday
labour in the Post-office.

ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND).
Mr. JOHN STUART ga►e notice that on the bring-
ing up of the Bill for the amendment of Chancery pro-
ceedings in Ireland, he should more to introduce pro-
♦isions for the facilitating the management of the estates
under the control of the recievers of the Court of
Chancery.

GAS RETURNS.
Mr. HUME moved for a return, or statement, from
every gas company established by Act of Parliament inthe United Kingdom, stating
i the several Acts of Par-
liament under which P
stabl shad, the rates per I,ooocubic
feet at which each company or corporation have supplied
gas in each of the three years since 1846 to 1849,
and the average price of the coals used by the company
in each yea': for the same period; also, stating the
amount of fixed capital invested by each gas company,
and the re to per cent. of dividend to the abareholders
or prcpri etors on their shares in each year since that
date (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 734,
of Sess. ton 1847).
GRAND JURY SYSTEM.

In 'reply to Mr. FORS TER,
Th e ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the Bill for
a refs irm of the grand jury system in the metropolitan
dish... Lets was still under consideration, but would be
intro duced in the course of the present session.
MR. ;')ISRAELI'S MOTION ON THE FOOR-LAWS.
In re ply to Sir G. GREY,
Mr. I..`,ISRAELI said the motion of which he had
given notice, and which lints on the table of the House,
was a specific 'notion, en -which he would take the first
division. If the How .© consented to go into committee
on the subject to le.lich it referred, he should
thens_, propose a aeries of resolutions for the con-
sideration
a divisi on I.
foriration of the Flouse, and before he asked
e same tine pecificell.
At tb
observations r -morrow, he would, in detail
°3 ,tate what those resolutions were.
solutions on the '0 X e had a disinclination
to put the re-
observations . tahle of the House before making some
..pon th..?m, because without some prefatory
air. Rt' they would lead to an erroneous conclusion.
' -ezved that he was anxious to have a

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