The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-10 00:00:00

POOR-LAW IN SCOTLAND.

Lord DALMENY gave notice that he should to-
morrow ask her Majesty's Government whether they
intended to bring in this session, any measure for
altering or amending the system of poor-laws in
Scotland; and if so, whether those alterations would be
founded on the report of the Commissioners appointed
to inquire into the subject ?

SUPPLY.
The report on the Committee of Supply was then
brought up and agreed to.
COMPANIES CLAUSES CONSOLIDA-
TION BILL.
On the motion of Mr. GREENE, this Bill was read
a second time.

RAILWAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION
BILL.
On the motion of Lord G. SOMERSET the Rail-
way Clauses Consolidation Bill was read a second
time, and was ordered to be committed on Thursday.
LAND CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL.
The Land Clauses Consolidation Bill was read a
second time, and was ordered to be committed on
Thursday.
LAND CLAUSES (SCOTLAND) CONSOLI-
DATION BILL.
The Land Clauses (Scotland) Consolidation Bill
was read a second time, and was ordered to be com-
mitted on Thursday.
RAILWAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION
BILL (SCOTLAND).
This Bill was read a second time, and was ordered
to be committed on Thursday.
COMPANIES CLAUSES (SCOTLAND) CON-
SOLIDATION BILL.
Ou the motion of Lord G. SOMERSET this Bill
was read a second time, and ordered to be committed
on Thursday.
THE RUBRIC AND 1300 K OF COMMON
PRAYER.

Lord EBRINGTON rose to present a petition
From the Rev. Dr. Carwithen, rector of Stoke Clims-
and, in the diocese of Exeter, praying that the sta-
;utes 2 and 3 Edward VI., c. 1, and 1 Elizabeth, c. 2,
may be repealed; and that the House will procure a
calm and temperate review of the Book of Common
Prayer, rubrics, and canons of the Church of England.
The petitioner stated that he was bound by the
canons and his ordination vows to obey the commands
of his bishop ; and that by Acts 2 and 3 Edward VI.,
and 2 and 3 Elizabeth, he was liable to be indicted
by any common informer for any deviation from
the Rubric ; and that on conviction he was liable to a
heavy fine and a lengthened imprisonment. That on
conviction for a third offence he was liable to depri-
vation of all ecclesiastical preferment, and to impri-
sonment for life. That archbishops and bishops were
liable to these punishments for such offences, as well
as the inferior clergy; and that he was anxious to
perform his ministrations according to the directions of
his bishop, and according to law. The petitioner then
alluded to the excited state of the diocese of Exeter, and
stated that he had recently receiv€ d three pastoral
letters from his bishop on the subject, all of which
were of different import, and that he felt at a loss
to know how to perform his ministry with safety to
himself and with satisfaction to his parishioners. He
therefore prayed the House to review the directions
contained in the rubric and the Book of Common
Prayer, as neither the archbishops nor the bishops,
either individually or collectively, possessed the power
of altering a single letter in them—that the present
time appeared to the petitioner to resemble the times
just after the resttoration of Charles 11., when it was
found that the rubric was unsuited to the times,
and that monarch was advised to issue a letter to the
Convocation, commanding them to revise the book
of Common Prayer, when certain alterations were
proposed therein, and approved of by Parliament.
The petitioner, with all due deference, submitted to
the House that a party had without appealing to con-
vocation altered the rubric in the Marriage Act of
George 111., and he prayed the House to take the
subject into serious consideration. The Noble Lord
also presented a petition on the same subject, and to
the same effect, from another place, signed by the
Mayor and Corporation.
After a considerable pause,
Mr. HUME rose and said he wished that in the
taxes which were intended to be repealed that on the
exportation of coals would be included.
WAYS AND MEANS.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
gave notice that, on Wednesday, he would move for
a Committee of Ways and Means, in order to enable
his Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Governmen
to make his financial statement on Friday.
The House then adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The House sat to-day shortly before Four o'Clock.
Earl Sr. GERMANS took the oaths and his seat.
The House then adjourned during pleasure.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the
Woolsack again shortly after Five o'Clock.
Earl POWIS presented two petitions from parishes
in the county of Montgcmery in favour of the Ecclesias •
tical Courts Bill. The Noble Earl also presented a
petition from the Bath Church of England Lay
Society, praying for the repeal of the Bill joining the
sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. The Noble Earl
begged to state that it was the intention of this
Society, shortly after Easter, to bring the considera-
tion of this subject before the House.
The Earl of DALHOUSIE laid on the table
certain returns relative to the Customs.
RAILWAYS.
The Earl of DALHOUSIE gave notice that to-
morrow he would lay before their Lordships some
communicatione, relative to the Railway Department
of the Board of Trade. The papers would bear upon
the powers of the Board of Trade, and the course
pursued by them in obtaining railway accommodation
for the public in the s mth-eastern districts. For
some time past a general misapprehension prevailed
with reaspect to the jurisdiction of this department of
that board in such matters, and the course the Board
of Trade had adopted to obtain this accommodation.
He should at the same time take the opportunity of
submitting to their Lordships his views upon the ex-
tent of the jurisdiction, and the course of proceeding
adopted in coming to a conclusion as to what was
or was not a sufficient amount of railway accommo-
dation.
THE ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had to
crave their Lordships attention while he submitted to
their Lordships her Majesty's most gracious answer
to the Address of their Lordships on the Speech
from the Throne. Her Majesty, in the answer,
which his Lordship read, expressed herself as
being fully assured of the loyalty of the House.
The terms of the Address gave vest satisfaction, and