The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-03 00:00:00

MONEY GRANTS TO DISSENTERS.

Mr. BRIGHT pres7n-ci a petition from 320 Baptist
congregations assembled in Leicester on the 27th June,
praying the House to withhold from Dissenting congre-
gations the Parliamentary grant, better known as the
Reyium Donum ; also a petition from a gentleman in
Cheshire,
comphining that his servant, who had been
ordered to set traps to catch rabbits, was fined 101., on
the prosecution of the Rev. James Mannering. He
prayed the House that some alteration might be made
in tho game laws, in so far as private property was
concerned.

MEDICAL BILL—SIIORT TIME BILL.
Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition from the
practitioners of London in favour of the Medical Prac-
titioners Bill ; also a petion from the wool-combers of
Bradford, in favour of a short times Bill.
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SPIRIT TRADE IN IRELAND.
Mr. ARKWRIG HT presented a petition from whole-
sale spirit merchants in Ireland, praying for such a
modification of the law as would put them on the same
footing with the trade in England.
FLOUR AND BISCUIT ACT.
In answer to a question from Mr. HUTT, as to whe-
ther a new Flour and Biscuit Act would be introduced
this session, before the present one should have expired,
Sir G. CLERK said it would be his duty in the pre-
sent session to introduce such a Bill.
SPANISH COLONIAL SUGAR.
Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to put a question to the
First Lord of the Treasury relative to a dispatch of Lord
Aberdeen, on the subject of the admission of Spanish
colonial sugar into this country.
Sir R. PEEL, having had no notice of the question,
was not at that moment prepared to reply to it.
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr. DIVETT then rose, and said that he had to in-
troduce to the attention of the House a mattar which was
considered in the highest degree difficult even by the
Right Hon. Baronet opposite, who more than once had
stated that great caution was necessary in its consideration
and as such it was with extreme reluctance that he was.
now compelled to bring the subject before the House.
The petition of his honourable friend Mr. Jasper Parrot
had been ordered to he printed, and he trusted that the
House, after due deliberation, would come to the conclu-
sion that the parties commencing this action had been
guilty of a gross breach of the privilege of the House.
LLEFT SPEAKING.'

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.
A man named John Baker was charged with having
committed bigamy.
Ann Twig, of No. 11, Bennet street, Blackfriars-road,
stated that the prisoner, and a female who accompanied
him, took lodgings in her house, stating that they were
married. Witness suspected that they Iv( re not mar-
ried, and mentioned her suspicions to a friend, who
called at St. John's Church, in the Waterloo-road, and
actually saw the clergyman perform the ceremony. The
name of the female to whom he was united was Ann
Gwynne, and she never slept in the house until after the
amf(tiehr)i,.vards saw them living
ichfeeerein Bennet-street.
solemnization took place, about twelve months ago.
Sarah Gill, the wile of a skarn-vessel engineer, stated
that she went into St. John's Church, and saw the
the prisoner)—Were there not
between the prisoner
ministertsaoenveri\de( several lenrnn married RobinsonGernrrfvoearm ;
inann(etf.dtioll ierl;S't church on that day? Witness—
I believe there were.
Mr. Robinson—And might you not have made a ink-
take in supposing the prison"
to be a bridegroom ?
witness—Not the least mistake in the world.
The Lord) MAYoll—You are a married woman ?
Witness—l am, my Lord.
The LORD MAYon—Then you could not easily mis-
take a bridegroom for an ordinary person on such an
occasion ?
Witness—Certainly not, my Lord. The
bridegroom is in rather a different situation from that of
other men at the altar.—(Laughter.)
The Lour. mAvon—Not the least doubt of it.
Mr. Robinson—Will you venture to swear that he was
married in your presence ? Witness—l will swear it.
Mr. Robinson— Will you swear that you saw him put
the ring upon the lady's finger ? Witness—No, but I
saw him step fore and as the bridegroom, and go regu-
larly through the ceremony.
It was here stated that the female to whom the pri-
soner was married on the occasion alluded to, could not
be found.
Sarah, the first wife of the prisoner, stated that her
maiden name was Alwood, and that she had been mar-
ried to the prisoner thirteen years..
The LORD MAYOR—why was not this case pro-
ceeded in before ? The wite—Because I was confined
by illness.
The LORD MAYOR—Has he ceased to support you ?