The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-20 00:00:00

DARTMOUTH ELECTION.

Mr. PAKINGTON brought up the report of the
Select Committee appointed to try the merits of the
election for the borough of Dartmouth. The Com-
mittee reported that Mr. Jose•ih Somes had been duly
returned, at the last election for the borough of Dart •
mouth, to serve in Parliament for that borough.
Several Members then presented private Bills.
RAIL WAYS.
Dr. BOWRING presented a petition against the
Berkshire and Hampshire Railway.
Col. PEEL presented a petition from Huntingdon
in favour of the London and York Railway Bill.
Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from Stamford
(as we understood) against certain portions of the
Peterborough and Syston Railway Bill.
GLASGOW POLICE BILL.
Mr. LOCKHART brought in the Glasgow Police
Bill, which was read a first time.
SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS
ON SUNDAYS.

Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from
Bristol praying the House to pass a measure prohi-
biting the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sundays.
Mr. BRIGHT presented petitions from several
places in Scotland to the same effect.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND.

Mr. LABO:JC HERE presented a petition praying
the House to inquire into the manner iu which the
proceeds of the Merchant Seamen's Fund were ex-
pended.
Lord DUNCAN presented petitions from places in
the county of Lincoln against the keeping open of
public-houses on Sundays. _
Mr. MITCHELL presented a petition from several
medical practitioners in Bradford, against several pro-
visions in the Medical Bill brought in by Sir James
Graham.

Mr. M. BELLEW presented petitions from places
in Ireland, complaining of the arbitrary powers exer-
cised by the Poor-law Commissioners.
Lord A. LENNOX presented petitions from
various places in Essex and Sussex. The Noble Lord
did not, however, mention the prayers of them, where-
upon there was a general cry of "For what ?"
Lord A. LENNOX (in a low tone of voice)—
Against the tariff.—(Great laughter, and cries of
" Hear.")
Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition from the
Anti-Slavery Society, numerously signed, against
the emigration of labourers into the Mauritius, which
emigration, it was understood, was encouraged by the
Government. The petitioners further complained that
the greatest immorality prevailed in the Mauritius
in consequence of this importation. It was prayed
that the Government might not advance any loan
for the purposes of such emigration as the petitioners
said had been contemplated.
NEW ZEALAND.

Mr. C. BULLER moved that the petition of mer-
chants, bankers, and traders of the city of London, on
the subject of New Zealand be printed.—Agreel to.
THE TARIFF.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY presented a petition
from Bermondsey against the tariff.—(Laughter.)
MAYNOOTH.

Sir R. INGLIS said his Right Hon. Friend at the
head of the Government had answered a question the
other evening, put to him by an Hon. Member, with
respect to the measure it was intended to introduce
on the subject of Roman Catholic institutions. His
Right Honourable Friend did no more then than
state the time when he proposed to call the attention
of the House to this subject. He (Sir R. Inglis)
requested now to be permitted to ask in what way the
Right Hon. Gentleman proposed to deal with this sub-
ject, whether by an increased grant in the estimates,
or whether by Bill? He also wished to ask whether he
intended to leave Protestant institutions as they now
stood ? He wished to ask these two questions—first,
whether it was the intention of his Right Hon. Friend
to proceed by Bill in the case of the Roman Catholics,
and secondly, whether it was his intention to leave
the Protestant institutions to an annual vote and dis-
cussion?
Sir R. PEEL was sorry his lion. Friend had
thought it right to ask questions with respect to in-
dividual points of the measures it was intended to
propose : it was a very great advantage to
state the objects of the measures generally ;
but he could have no objection to answer
the question of his Honourable Friend. He
certainly proposed to proceed by Bill in the case of
Maynooth, and the establishment of other academical
institutions for Ireland ; and if the House should
be prepared to assent to the proposition of
an increased grant to Maynooth, he thought
great advantage would be derived in doing
away with the annual discussion on the subject.
There would be a great advantage in making the
grant permanent, that it might not be subjected to
an annual dispute. As to the grants to the Protes-
tant Presbyterians, whether they were to be annual
or not, he thought they fell within the same general
principle, and he saw no reason why they should not
be made permanent. He was not aware of what the
Right Hon. Gentleman referred to.
Sir R. INGLIS said he referred to the I?egium
Donum and the grant to the Presbyterian Church of
Scotland.

Sir ROBERT PEEL presumed the Right
Honourable Gentleman did not mean to object
to those grants.—(Great laughter.) If he wished
for a guarantee for the continuance of those grants,
from the great respect he felt for the Presbyterian
body in Scotland, he (Sir Robert Peel) was not at
all prepared to say it should be refused.
Sir R. INGLIS disclaimed having any intention
to object to the grants.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir R. PEEL—Then it is hardly fair for the
Right Hon. Gentleman to raise a prejudice against
my proposal with respect to the grant to Maynooth,
by appearing to imply from it that the Presbyterian
Protestant bodies are to be dealt with on a different
principle.—(Hear, hear.)