The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-19 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
Mr. WARD presented ten petitions from certain per-
sons connected with the Colchester and Ipswich Rail-
way, stating that two railway bills were then before the
House, namely, the Eastern Union Line, and the Har-
wich and Colchester Line, which had been treated as
competing lines, and had in consequence been referred to
the same Committee. The petitioners prayed that the
COlchester and Ipswich Railway Bill might be referred to
the same Committee, as that was a competing line also.
Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET thought it . wa.%
too late to refer the petitions to the Select Committee. -
After a short conversation, the petitions were ordered
to lie on the table.

Sir ANDREW L. HAY presented a petition from
Banff; complaining of the laws which regulate prisons.
Lord ASHLEY presented several petitions in favour
of an Eleven Hours' Factory Bill.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented petitions from twenq-
seven parishes in the neighbourhood of Horneastle, in
Lincolnshire, in favour of protection to agriculture.
Mr. BROALILEY presented similar petitions from
Yorkshire.
Mr. BECKETT presented a petition from the letter-
press printers of Leeds, against the Masters and Servants
Bill.
Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition from
6tockdale, against the Small Debts Bill.
Mr. ROSS presented a petition from a Presbyterian
congregation in Scotland, praying that Presbyterian
marria;:es in Ireland might be legalised.
Mr. FERRANI) presented a petition, agreed to at a
public meeting of nearly 20,000 inhabitants of Bradford.
against the Masters and Servants Bill ; also, from Leeds
and other places, to the same effect.
Sir. G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from the
boot and shoe makers of Preston, in Lancashire, against
the Masters and Servants Bill.
Mr. WARD presented a petition from owners and
occupiers of land on the Trent line of railway against the
Eastern Union Railway.
Mr. JERVIS presented a petition against the Holy-
head and Chester Railway Bill. •
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented thirty-six petitions
including petitions from .Manchester, Birmingham
Bolton, Norwich, Halifax, Nottingham, Rochdale, and
Warrington, against the Masters and Servants Bill,
wLich the petitioners considered unconstitutional and
degrading to the rights of nations ; also a petition from
Charles Price and Henry Thompson (on behalf of the
lion. Member for Warwick), complaining that they had
been summoned before the magistrates for the non-pay.
tnent of church-rates, and that one of them, Mr.
Greenaway, said the magistrates did mot come there to
be made fools of, but to enforce the payment of the rates.
Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition, complaining
that in several instance, where paupers had been found
dead in bed, no inquest had been held on them. The
Hon. Member moved that the petition be referred to the
Select Committee on Medical Relief.

SUGAR DUTIES.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition against the
sugar monopoly.
MASTERS AND SERVANTS BILL.

Mr. SCOTT presented a petition from Horsham,
against the Masters and Servants Bill, stating that, in
the opinion of the petitioners, it would give too much
power into the hands of magistrates.