The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-04 00:00:00

SMOKE PREVENTION BILL.

On the reading of the Order of the Day for the Cora
mittee on this Bill,

Mr. MACKINITON wished to know from her Ma-
jesty's Government whether be should proceed with this
Bill or not ? _ _

Mr. MANNERS SUTTON said, that since the Bill
was introduced it had been his business to make some
inquiries on the subject of the parties interested in the
Bill, and the result was so very„unsatisfactory that he
felt the, greatest difficulty in pronouncing any decided
opinion upon it ; and as he did not think the House was
then in a condition to come to a decision upon that im-
portant measure, he hoped the further consideration of it
would be adjourned.
Mr. MACKINNON moved that the Speaker should
leave the chair. _ _ _

Mr. WARD moved as an amendment that the Speaker
should leave the chair that day three months.—(Hear,
and laughter.)
After a brief conversation, in which Mr. Brotherton,
Lord F. Egerton, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Borthwick, Mr. M.
Philips, Mr. Parker, Mr. Ricardo, Sir John Easthope,
Mr. Protheroe, Sir R. Peel, and Mr. Muntz took part,
Mr. Mackinnon withdrew his motion for going into Com-
mittee, and also withdrew his Bill, with the intention of
bringing it forward again at an early period of the nest
session.

The Courts of Common Law Process Bill, and the
Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Bill severally went
through Committee, and were ordered to be reported
to-morrow.

The Linen Manufacturers (Ireland) Bill was read a
third time and passed.
BRITISH CUSTOM-HOUSE IN CHINA.

Dr. BOVYIIING, according to notice, begged to ask
the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Govern-
ment, whether the Government had given its sanction to
the introduction of oaths in Custom-house matters in
China, as directed by the British Consul at Ningpo.
Sir R. PEEL said that the administration of oaths was
without' the sanction of the Government, and he had
taken measures to introduce the English practice in
China.

MINISTERS' MONEY.
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY moved that this House will,
upon Tuesday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to
take into consideration the Act. 17 and 18 Car. 2, c. 7,
intituled " An Act for provision of Ministers in Cities
and corporate Towns, and making the Church of St.
Andrew's, in the suburbs of the City of Dublin, presen-
tative for ever," with a view to the repeal of so much
thereof as relates to the payment of Ministers in corpo-
rate towns in Ireland. He said that the Act was passed for
the purpose of providing religious instruction for Pro-
testant immigrants from this country and the Continent
into Ireland. It was no longer necessary; and although it
produced no more than 15,000/. a year, it was at once
oppressive and offensive to the Roman Catholic population.
He knew many Protestant clergymen who derived a
portion of their stipend from this peculiar seurce,• who
would feel grateful to the Government if it would devise
means for relieving them from getting their revenues
in such an unpleasant manner. He had read a statement
from a Protestant clergyman in Cork on this subject.
It was stated that the late Dr. Warren had distrained on
a portion of his parishioners for ministers' money. A
deputation waited on him and requested him to give back
the goods which he had distrained.. His reply
was,. that he wished to God some other mode of re-
munerating him could be devised by the Government,
but that he owed it as a duty to his successor to
maintain his rights, and he was justified in doing so.
—{Bear, hear.) They had replied to him that he had
many rich Protestants among his parishioners, and that
he should look to them. He replied that those who
made the observation knew little of Protestants, for they
were the worst paymasters he had. He trusted the
House would do him the justice to believe that he was
actuated by no sectarian motives in bringing forward
this subject, as all he wanted was to induce the
Government to provide a revenue for the clergy with•
out having recourse to these charges. The Act had