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

PETITIONS.

Sir IL 11. INGLIS presented a petition from Barba-
does praying the Howe to Like measure fa. the sup-
wession of the slave-trade.
Mr. EVANS presented a petition from Worthing
-aying the House to take steps to put a stop to Post-
( ((Sunday labour throughout the country.
An HON. MEMBER presented; a petition from the
zueevs's County, praying for protection to agriculture.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER, pursuant to notice, presented
petition, agreed to at a public meeting, held
in the Castle yard of the city of Lincoln,
at which it was computed that between
15,000 and 20,000 persons were present. The petition-
ers stated that they were materially concerned in the
good cultivation of the land ; that the importation of
corn and agricultural produce in a season of unusu
abundance had compelled them to be undersold
in the markets of the United KiLgdom to a vary
-uinons extent, and the consequence, had been
that the demand for and the wages ( f labour
hroughout the country had undergone a very serious
diminution. They stated, also, that in consequence of
the restrictions imposed upon them they were prevented
from growing tobacco and otherwise cultivating the
soil, to the greatest profit for themselves, while, as the
owners and occupiers of land, they were unfairly
dealt with by the Legislature in consequence of the
additional burdens imposed on them by having to contri-
bute almost exclusively to the local taxation of
the country. They stated also that whilst they
were exposed to free traee in corn the
manufacturers of this country were protected to
a considerable extent by Customs' duties, and they
therefore prayed the House to take their cam into con-
sideration, and relieve them from some of their
local taxation, and also to impose such a just
and reasonable duty on foreign agricaltural pro-
duce as should enable them to compete with the
foreigner is British markets. The Honourable Gen-
tleman also presented two petitions from places in the
county of Lincoln, one praying for the' suppression of
Sunday labour in the Post-office, and the other praying
the House to take measures to prevent the sale of spiri-
.tuous liquors on the Sabbath.
Lord G. MANNERS presented a petition from a place
in Leicestershire praying for the suppression of Sunday
labour in the Post-office.

Lord HOTHAM presented a petition to the same
effect from a place in the East Riding.
Mr. COWAN presented a petition from the Free
Church of Kilcoutrir, and other places, praying for the
discontinuance of Sunday labour in the Post-office.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY presented a petition
from Southwark to the same effect.

lir. MARTIN presented a petition from Pontefract to
the same effect.

An [ION. MEMBER presented a petition from Bottes-
ford, to the same effect.
Mr. FREWEN preseLtecl a petitioa,from Leicester-
-shire to the same effect.

Mr. ADDERLEY presented a petition signed at a
public meeting by 4,271 of the inhabitants of Cape
Town, in South Africa, setting forth that they felt
deeply aggrieved by certain Orders in Council, dated in
September, 1848, by which that colony was 'made a
penal settlement for convicts under sentence of trans-
portation from this country; also petitions, very much
to the same effect, from the inhabitants of Port Eliza-
beth, in the eastern province of the Cape of Good Hope,
and from the commissioners and ward masters of Cape
Town. The Hon. Member gave notice that on Monday
next he should move that those petitions be printed with
the Votes.