The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-01 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF CO:11111ONS, April 30.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
RAILWAYS.
Mr. FOX MAULE presented a petition, numerously
signed, in favour of the Scottish Central Railway.
Mr. BUSFEILD presented it petition in favour of tit°
Leeds and Dewsbury Railway Bill.
The Epsom and Dorking Railway Bill, and the Ere-
wash Valley Railway Bill, were read a second time.
Mr. COLLETT presented a petition from the borough of
Athlone in favour of the Mullingar, Athlone, and Longford
Railway.
On the motion of Mr. PLUAIPTRE, the South-Eastern
Railway Extensions 13iils were read a Feco-.d time.
Mr. THORNELY presented a petition praying to be heard
by counsel again the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway.
Mr. DARBY wished to draw the attention of the House to
a petition of his Grace the Archbishop of York against the
Direct Northern Line, a project in Group X ; also petitions
against projects in groups before Committees on Railways, and
also the right of parties to present petitions to be referred to
Committees on groups of railways in case projects may after-
wards come before them in the shape of Bills.
After a short discussion, the matter dropped.
GRANT TO MAYNOOTH.
Mr. JAMES presented several petitions from Hull against
(as we understood 1 any further grant to Maynooth.
Mr. LOCKHART presented petitions from Lanarkshire to
the same effect.
Air. R ,UND presented a similar p?titicn.
Mr. FOX 31AULE presented petitions against railway
travelling, on Sundays.
.Ir. B. DEN [SON presented four petitions against any
further grant to Maynooth.
Lord EMLYN presented petitions praying the House to
take some steps to improve the state of harbours of refuge.
Mr. BRIGHT pl er:ented a petition from Liverpool against
the practice of flogging in the army, and one from Edinburgh
against the game laws. He also presented sixteen petitions
against the grant to the College of Maynooth, and
others against the sale of intoxicating liquors on the
Sabbath day, and also a petition from certain proprietors
of railway property for the establishment of some rule by which
railway directors should not dispose of their property without
their consent.
Sir J. Y. Buller, Mr. Greenhough, Mr. Greene, Mr. Ha-
milton, Sir G. Strickland, and other Hon. Members, pre-
sented petitions against the Alaynooth grant.
Mr. HAMILTON presented twelve petitions against the
national system of education in Ireland.
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY presented a petition from an indi-
vidual signing himself Mackenzie, in favour of the grant to
May moot h.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the Presby-
terians of Manchester, approving of the grant to the college of
Maynooth ; but praying the House not to take the fund for its
support out of the taxes of the country, but from the revenues
of the Irish Church.
Mr. P. BORTHWICK presented a petition from the agri-
culturists of Worcestershire, praying that an inquiry be made
into the operation of the income-tax, as it respected the small-
class farmers, who, in consequence of the depreciation in the
prices of their produce, were unable to pay it.
AIAYN.OOTH.
Mr. T. S. DUNCOAII3E gave notice that, in the event of
the Maynooth College Bill being read a third time, he would
move that it its provisions be limited to three years.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD wished to give notice that
when Lord John Russell moved his resolutions he would move
an amendment to the first resolution, that after the :word
st opportunity" in the second line, these words should be in-
serted—" give immediate attention to the claims se repeatedly
urged for extending the Parliamentary suffrage."—( A laugh.)
Mr. WYSE postponed his motion regarding the University
of Dublin.