The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-01 00:00:00

NATIONAL AirBITRATION.

Mr. THORNELY presented a petition in favour o
national arbitration.

Similar petitions were presented by Mr. Martin, Sir
G. Strickland, Mr. Cowan (two), and Mr. Adderley.
ADVERTISEME N T DUTY.
Mr. WATKINS presented a petition from the earn-
poiitors of a newspaper at Newry praying for the repeal
of the advertisement duty.

SEC ULAII EDUCATION.
Mr. STAFFORD presented a petition against Mr.
Fox's Education Bill.
COVI:LIOLDS—ENFR,A.NCIIISEKENT.
Mr. ADDERLEY presi,ntod a petition from Boron--
dale, in Cuinetrland, piajing for the enfeanehiseinew,
of copyholds.
Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Edinburgh
praying the House to pass a Dill to shut up beer-homes
on the Sabbath.

REGISTRAR OF PREROGATIVE COURT.
Sir B. HALL said he must claim the indulgence ( f
the House for a few moments, in consequence of a cir-
cumstance that had occurred to him this morning. I;
would be in the remembrance of the House that
he had on a former day asked a question of the
First Lord of the Treasury whether the reversion of the
office of the Registrar of the Prerogative Court had
been filled up by the Archbishop of Canterbury with the
name of his own son, or with that of the son of the
Bishop of Winchester. To that question the Noble Lord
answered that the Archbishop had appointed his own son,
a young gentleman studying at the Temple, to the re-
verion of the office. He (Sir B. Hall) perceived that the
answer of the Noble Lord had been stated by some of the
public prints to be that the son of the Bishop of Win-
chester, and in consequence of that he had this morning
received a letter from that prelate, by his SOll, Mr. C.
Sumner, calling his attention to the subject, and stating
that no son of his had had anything to do with the
affair, and begging him to take the earliest opportunity
of setting him (the Bishop) right with the public, as
he considered that if there were a❑y blame attached
to such appointments, those who received them were of
course to be considered as particips criminis. He
therefore now stated in the House that the answer
which the Noble Lord had given him was that the son
of the Archbishop of Canterbury had received the ap-
pointment.

POOR-LAW RELIEF.
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY asked the Right Hon. the
President of the Poor-law Board whether it was his
intention to introduce any measure with regard to the
law of settlement; also,' whether, he intended to intro-
duce any measure for the alteration of the Union Charge
Act, and if not, whether ho would be dispirited to take
Any measure to introduce a Bill having reference to the
city of London only, where the inequalities were the
greatest.
Mr. BAINES said that with reference to the two first
questions, the subjects of which were connected with
each other, the matter had been long under the considera-
tion of the Poor-law Board, but the state of business
precluded the Government from bringing in any measure
this session, though ho would be under the necessity
of asking the House to prolong the Union
Charges Act for another year. With regard to the last
part of his question, he aid not think any special mea-
sure necessary fur the city of London; any measure
which he might introduce would be a general one.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
In answer to a question from Lord DUNCAN,
Sir J. DUCKW ORTH said that ho interuied to pro-
ceed with the Weights and Measurce Bill as early as he
could.
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