The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-14 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTAIt YBUSINESS.

NOTICES OF MOTIONS, AND ORDERS OF THE DAY,
WHICH NOW STAND IN THE ORDER BOOK OF
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK;
MONDAY, FEB.
14, 1842.

ORDERS OF THE DAY,

1. Corn Importation i—Committee thereupon.
2. Supply;—Committee.
3. Loan Societies Ei3;—Report.
NOTICES OP MOTIONS.
2. Mr. Pemberten,—Bill to enable His Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales to grant leases of the possessions of the Duchy of
Cornwall, and to enable Her Majesty to exercise the powers of
His Royal Highness as Duke of Cornwall, during the minority of
His Royal Highness.

3. Sir Matthew Wood,—Select Committee, to take into consi.
deration any plans for the Improvemeni of the Metropolis, which
they deem worthy of consideration ';
and also the Petitions pre.
tented to this House_in the last Parliament :for the purchase of the
interests of the proprietors of Waterloo, Southwark, and Vauxhall
Bridges, in order to their being immeoiately opened to the use of
the public free from toll ; and to report their opinion as to the ex.
pediency of adopting any of the said improvemens, and also as
to the best means of carrying the same into effect :—Sir Matthew
Wood, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Sir William• Clay, Mr. George
Palmer, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Pendarves, Colonel Thomas Wood,
Mr. Tufnell, Sir Thomas Freemantle, Mr. Barnard, Mr. Wakley,
Mr. Planta, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Mr. Benjamin Wood, Mr.
Rigby Wason, Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr: Kemble, Mr. Hawes, and
CLlonel Fox :—Power to tend for persons, papers, and records.
Five to be the quorum.

4. Colonel Sibthorp,—To call the attention of the House, and
more particularly her Majesty's Government, to the policy of sub-
stituting the payment of the several Duties on the Importation of
Foreign:Corn at the period that they are entered into, instead of
the present system of payment of such Duties when taken ont of
Bond.

5. Dr. Bowring,—To move for Copies of the Conclusum of
France relating to the Sulphur Question, dated in July, 1840
Of Instruction given by the British Government to the Corn.
missioners :
Statement of the Claims presented to the Mixed Commission by
British subjects :
Statement of the Awards given by the Mixed Commission :
Copy of the Report of the British Commissioners to the Govern-
ment.
6. Lord John Russell,—Before the Speaker leaves the Chair, to
move the following Resolution
That this House, considering the evils which have been
caused by the present Corn-laws, and especially by the flue-
tuations of the graduated or sliding scale, is not prepared to
adopt the measure of her Majesty's Government, which is
founded upon the same principles, and is likely to be attended
by similar results.

7. Mr. Villiers,—On the House resolving itself into a Commit.
tee, to take the sense of the House on the policy of imposing any
Duty on Corn Food.

S. Colonel Sibthorp,—ln Committee on Importation of Corn, to
Ml"we, That the Duties on Corn be levied or paid at the period of
Importation, instead of when taken out of Bond.
9. Mr. Christopher,—ln Committee on Corn Importation, to
substitute the following Scale of Duty :
50s. and under 51s Duty 25a.
bls. and under 52c.. ..... „ 245.
528. and under 53s
535. and under 54s „ 225.

545. and under 55s „ 21•.
555. and under 565... - „ 20s.
565. and under 57s
575. and under 58s ), 18s.
588. and under 59s s, 17s.
595. and under 60s
60s. and under 61s. ................
61s. and under 625........• ,, 13s.
1 Is.
635. and under 64s
623. and under 635... ...............
645. and under 653 ..................
,i 108.
provide for the more effec-
tual6sl. and under 665... 7l 9s.
ytothe Magistrates in
665. and under 67s
67s and under 665..• ,. 7s.
68s. and under 69s ............ ....i
~ 6..
695. and under 705
70s. and under 7ls
71s. and under 72s ,i, 35.
725. and under 735............• ,, 2s.
735. ..... ...... .................. ... ~ Is.
THURSDAY, Fss. 17, 1842.
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Quarter
Sessions for the reception ofinsane persons in England and Wales.
2. Mr, Thomas Duncombe, -Select Committee to inquire into
the rules, regulations, and discipline of the several Gaols and Houses
of Correction in England and Wales ; to report what alterations
appear to be necessary in the Law now in force for the govern-
ment of Prisons, in order to insure a more uniform system of dis-
cipline throughout the whole; arid Anther, to report upon the ex.
pediency of abolishing the infliction of corporal Punishment upon
criminal offenders.
3. Dr. Bowring,-Reso!ution to the effect that her Majesty may
be graciously pleased to continue the Inquiries made in Foreign
Countries as to the efficacy of the Quarantine System, and to carry
out any negotiations which may have for their object such modifica-
tions as are consistent with the public gaiety aid the
interests of
commerce ;-Also, to lay on the Table of the House any Corre.
spondence, or Extracts of Correspondence, which has taken place
since the last papers were ordered for presentation.
4. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer,-To call the attention of
the House to the subject of the late frauds connected with the issue
of Exchequer Bills.

EPllPieSe°itNentiaries throughout
s•--There are
4,30P6R O F
criminalslT S
confined
inTA ITS
State
the country. In nine of these institutions, there is an actual gain
from convict labour of 63,638 dol. 53 c. above their „Tenses,
and in five there is an annual loss of 14,844 dol. 02 c.—Phil.
Chron.
The Wetherby steeple ch ise, we heal., is fixed for
Tuesday next, and will take place within a mile of the town.
Leeds Mercury.