The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-26 00:00:00

TEAS DUTIES.

Mr. TATTON EGERTON presented a petition from
a parish in Chishire praying f)r the repeal of the duty
on tea.

BURIAL IN TOWNS.

Mr. MACKINNON presented a retition from the
Society for the Prevention of Burials in Towns praying
for the passing of a general Act for the building of na-
tional cemct:ies far removed from towns.
COUN ry COURTS.
Mr. BERNAL presented a pt-Ction from the Isle of
Sheppey praying fir the extension of the jurisdiction of
'county courts.
MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S
SISTER.
Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Ashton-un-
der. Lyre iu favour of the Bill for revising the law rc-
lating to marriage with a deceased wifi's sisw.
REPEAL OF STAMP DUTIES.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented petitions from Manches-
ter and Carlisle, praying for the repeal of the stamp duty,
the tax on paper, and the trivertisement duty.
SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST-OFFICE.
A number of petitions were presented from various
places, especially from Scotland, against the employment
of Sunday labour in the Post-office.
CHARTIST LAND SCHEME.
Sir B. HALL gave notice that on the Ist of March
next he should present a petition from certain sub-
scribers to the N.stional Land Company, comp!aining of
the conduct of the chief promoter of that company, and
pra3ing the Hou:e to take their case into its cooside:a-
-tion.—(llear.)

ARMY AND NAVY.
Mr. HUME moved for a series of returns connected
with the army and navy, which were tweed to.
LETTERS OF MARQUE.
Mr. H. BERKELEY wisLed t) asked the First Lord
if the Admiralty if he had any objection, and what, to
produce the papers uf ain vessela of war—viz., the
King George, Prince Frederick, Duk:,, and Princess
Amelia—which in the year 1745, or between that and
the year 1747, sailed from Bristol under letters of marque
and capture:l numerous prizes, amounting in value to up
wards of 1,000,0001. sterling. Some dispute arose about
the distribution of the money, and eventually the dispute
was carried into the Court of Chancery, the money being
paid into the Bank of England, where it had remained
ever since.
Sir F. BARING would be glad to know what the
objrct of the Hon. and Gallant Member was in wishing
to 11%.va these papers produced. If it was for the pur-
pose of carrying on the Chanceiry suit ho was not aware
that there would be any objection to their production,
but then the Hon. and Gallant Member must consult
with him privately on the subject.
TITHE COMMUTATION IN IRELAND.

Mr. SADLEIR rose to ask the Home Secretary
whetter it is the intention of Government to introduce
a mewure during the present session, to amend and
simplify the laws of Ireland for enabling a party to alter
his tithe composition according to the average price cf
wheut or rte.!.
Sir GEORGE GREY was understood to say in reply
that the justices in quarter sessions in Ireland had the
power of increasing or altering tithe rent charges accord-
ing to the al orage price of corn, Ile was not aware cf
any inconvenience arising from the present state of the
law; at least no such inconvenience had been brought
under the notice of the Government. At present there
was no intention on the part of the Government to in-
troduce a Bill upon the subject. -
TIIE FLORIN. •

Major BERESFORD asked the Ma3ter of the Mint
why it was that the words "Defender of tbe Faith" hai
been omitted from the new florin piece, after the Qthell'd
nam', and why the Queen's name had been omitted
from tEe reverse of the coin?

Mr. &MIL said, really he had no other reply to make
to the Honourable Member's question than the facts
of the case. Ho knew the Pope bad nothing at all
to do with it. He might farther reply that he could very
well abettor himself under the assertion that it was no
part of his business to consult the Society of Arts. For
the sake, however, of giving satisfiction to the House, he
had received instructions from the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer to prepare a coin which should be of the value of
1-10,h of a pound, according to a certain form; that a Bill
for this purpose had passed the House, and he had simply
carried his instructions into effect. With regard to
the omission of the title of the Queen on the
reverse of the coin, all ho had to say was, that as
soon as he had,entered upon the superintendence of the
Mint he had caused a very beautiful coin to be issued—
a five-shilling piece—on which that title was impressed.
With respect to tie omission of the words "Fidei De•
Tensor," all he could offer was:that ho regarded the Queen
as the head of the Protestaat Church—(Cheers)—but
did not conceive that her authority in any way_intai-
fered with that of the Pope.—(Cheers.) Ile might
as well frankly state what were his sentiments with re-
spect to the words "Fide/ Defensor," Dei Gratis."
With respect to the first, be could only say he regarded
our Sovereign as the head of the Protestant religion,
and he hoped the title to the appellation would never be
destroyed.—(Cheers.) As to the words "Pei
he thought the Sovereign who reigned over them ves
adorned with so many virtues as to be indeed the gift
of God, and he trusted she might long be spared to
them by His f.,vour.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. HUME—But are we to have these florins or not?

Mr. SHELL—The Master of the Mint is merely the
manufacturer of the coinage. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer it is who will determine on the issue.—
(Hear, hear, and a laugh.)
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

Mr. ANSTEY R Lilted to ask the Under-Secretary of
State fur the Colonies, whether the Government had
received from Sir William Denison, Lieutenant-Gover-

nor of Van Diemen's Land, any communication on the
subject of the applications of the leszees of Crown lands
in that island, held for grazing purposes,to hal e their rents
reduced from their present tender. rate, M 3 being exorbi-
tant and oppressive, to a fixed lower rate; and whether
the• Government will lay the papers relating to that sub-
je_t bef,ro the House?

Mr. HAWES replied that no papers had been re

ceived.

TURNPIKES (IRELAND).

In answer to Mr. BRIGHT,

Sir W. SOMERVILLE reilied that he could give no
definite answer to the question as to whether he would
postpone his Bill for requiring the transmission of
annual abstracts and statements of trus:ces or commii-
sioners of turnpike roads and bridges in Ireland to the
Lord-Lieutenant to be laid before Parliament.
THE BUDGET.

Lora J. RUSSELL--Perhaps, Sir, I may as wel

state, for the convenience of the House, that we propose
to take the navy estimates on Monday next, and that
on the Monday following I propose to take the principal
votes for the army, such as those with respect to the
number of men; and on the 15th of March it is pro-
bable the Chancellor of ths Exchequer will make his
finaacial statement.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL.

In answer to a question from Mr. GLADSTONE,
Lord J. RUSSELL said that he should proceed with
the Au3tralian Colonies 13111 on the day f,r which ho
haegiven notice, unless the navy eitimaios prolonged
the discussion too far.

PARLIAIIENTARY_ VOTERS (IRELAND) BILL,

Oa the motion fir going into Cenimittee on this Bill,
Mr. DISRAELI complained that the Bill had been
pressed on too rapidly, considering that it was a measure
of such importance, tending to create an artificial suf-
frage; and also that the Irish assczes were beginning to-
morrow. At no time was the presence of Irish
Members more needed than at the present time.
He trusted the Government would not proceed with this
Bill to-night, and he did so on broad and valid grounds—
on the-same grounds of validity which had been folly
acknowledged by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secre-
tary for Ireland in reference to another Irish measure, in-
troduced a few years a 40, and which applied on the present
occasion with tenfold force.—(Hear.) It appeared to him
very preposterous that the Government should purpose
going into a Committee on a Bill of such great interest
and importance, when it was notorious that nearly
every gentleman connected with Ireland was absent.
He hoped, therefore, the Government would postpone the
measure until the termination of the Irish assiz tr.
Mr. FIUME said a large portion of the Mcmlyns • at-
tended the House at great inconvenience to themselqcs,
and he did not think it would be a good practice to es-
tablish to postpone a measure of such importance simply
to suit the convenience of a few Irish Members.
Lord CASTLEREAGH observed that the considera-
tion of Bills was often postponed in order to snit the
convenience cf English Members when, they had to
attend their county sessions, and he could no; see why
the recommendation of the Hon. Gentleman. could not
be acceded to.