The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-10 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 9.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
LEEDS AND BRADFORD RAILWAY.
Mr. BECKETT moved the third reading of this Bill.
Mr. COLLETT moved, as an amendment, that it be
read a third time that day six months.
The House divided, when there appeared—
For the third reading - 73
Against it

Majority for the Bill
The Bill was then reacia third time, and passed.
The Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bill was teed a
third time and passed.
Mr. M. O'CONNELL presented twenty petitions
against Lord Eliot's Registration and Franchise Bill.
Mr..BROTHERTON presented a petition from Salford
against certain clauses in the Poor-law Bill.
Sir G. GREY presented petitions, on the part of the
Dissenters of Portsmouth, against the Factories Bill.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition against the
Irish Registration Bill.
Mr. MUNDAY presented a petition against the union
'of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph.
Mr. R. YORKE presented petitions in favour of the'
County Courts Bill.
Lord CASTLEREAGH presented several petitions
from Itafhpilatid, Saintfield, Bangor, Drumgoolatid,
Dromore, Newton Aids, Glastry, Clunduff, and Porta-i
ferry, praying for the legalisation of Presbyteriani
Marriages.
ART-UNIONS.

Mr. EWART presented a petition frOm the Art-'
Union of London, stating the number of years it had
existed, and the amount it had been the means of dis-i
tributing among artists, alleging also that it was about
to distribute 14,5001. in the same manner for the encou-;
ragement of art, when its proceedings were stopped by al
letter from her. Majesty's Treasury, declaring thesu
unions to be illegal. The petitioners, therefore, prayed
that the House'would take measures to place art-unions
on a fixed, firm, and legal basis.
THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.
Mr. BANKES presented a petition from Dorsetshirei
complaining of the illegal proceedings of the Anti Corn,
law League ; also a petition from Weymouth, againm
the interference of the League in elections.
Mr. H. PALMER presented a petition from Reading,
in favour of the ten hours' clause.

Mr. CORRY presented a petition from a place in the
north of Ireland, praying for an Act to legalise Presby
terian marriages in Ireland.

An Horr. MEMBER presented several petitions frum
Londonderry, to the same effect.
Mr. FOItBES presented a petition, complaining of
the interference of the Anti-Corn-law League with Par
liarnentary elections, and asking the House to continue
the present protection to agriculture.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS--COUNTY COURTS

BILL. • _ _
Mr. HAWES gave notice that in Committee on the
County Courts Bill he would move. an amendment
upon the 78th clause.
-Mr;"HUMS gave notice that on this day fortnight he
should move that an humble address be presented to her
Majesty, praying that when her Majesty should advance
any person to the peerage for eminent public services,
she would be graciously pleased to direct that no fee
should be charged thereon.

-DROPPED ORDERS.
Several of the dropped orders of yesterday 'were then
disposed of. . -
TOWNLAND VALUATION (IRELAND).
On Sir DENHAM NORREYS being called on to
appeint a day for bringing forward his motion, which
stood for Wednesday, for a Select Committee, to inquire
whether. the 'present townland valuation of Ireland, made
by the Commissioners of Valuatiqn, under the Act 1 and
2 Vie., c. 52, could be made available for the imposition of
poor-rate and other local rates in that country ; and also,
whether it be' not- desirable to alter the principle on
which the townland:faitiation is now constructed,
Sir J. GRAHAM.Said,ilitat if the Hon. Baronetwould
consent to the discharge of the order for a Select Com-
mittee to inquire into the question of the Poor-laws in
Ireland, which stood-on ,the'-paper for Tuesday, he (Sir
J, Graham) would%**;tp,' this motion ; but lie cer-
tainly would not coneentataythe appointment of a Com.
mittee on one importantohrafich'of the question, while
an order remained upon' the ''paper..for a Committee to
inquire into-.the whole subj.ect.- • , •
Sir D. NORREYS said that liebad a notice for the ap-
pointment, of a Select Committqe to inquire into the
poor-laws,generally,. but he thought that a Committee
to inquire into the valuatitin ought also be granted.
Sir .3". GRAITAM paid that the House ...had decided to
go into a Committee on the question of the poor-laws
generally but if it were thought right to appoint the

Committee now sought for, be should certainly move
that the Order for going into a Committee on the poor-
laws be discharged.
After a few words from Lord G. SOMERSET,
Mr. F. FRENCH begged to ask the Right Hon. Se-
cretary for the Home Department, if he intended to
stultify the proceedings of the House, which had con-
sented to the Committee to inquire into the operation of
the poor-laws?
Sir J. GRAHAM stated that he should certainly
move for the rescinding of the order for the Committee.