The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-17 00:00:00

SAUNDERSFOOT .RAILWAY.

On the motion of Mr. KEMBLE, the Saundersfoot
Railway Bill was read a second time.
SAUNDERSFOOT HARBOUR.

Mr. liEMBLE moved •the second reading of tl-e
Saundersfoot Harbour Bill.—Agreed to.
HILL COOLIES.

Mr. ABEL SMITH presented a petition from the
Anti-Slavery So!iety of Hitehen, against the importation
of Hill Coolies into the MinFitin-S%
STA LEYBRIDGE GAS.

On the motion of Mr. TATTON EGERTON, the
Staleybridge. Gas Bill was read a third time and passed.
CROYDON RAILWAY BILL.

An Hos. MEMBER presented a petition from the
London and Greenwich Railway Company, against the
London and Croydon Railway Bill.
NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND.)

Mr. SHAW presented a Otition from Rathcormae
and other places, in the county,of Cork, deprecating the
present system or National EduCttion as unscrptural.

IMPORT DUTIES.

Mr. SCOTT presented, a petition from the members
of the Unitarian congregation at Walsall, praying the
House to remove all restrictions upon food and commerce.
Mr. AGLIONBY presented five petitions from Man-
chester and Salford, against the Corn-laws.
Mr. COLVILLE presented a petition from the Arch-
deacon of Derby and other inhabitants of the same place,
stating that the ecelesiastical.properly of the petitioners
was not properly rated, and praying for relief.
Mr. BALDWIN presented a petitionfrom certain mil-
lers of the United Kingdom, complaining of the grievance
they )yould suffer from the • importation of flour, and
praying the House would impose such a fixed duty on
foreign flour as would place the British millers on an
equality with foreigners.
Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Sunday
schools in Westbury, in "Wiltshire, praying for a repeal
of all laws which enhanced the price of provisions.
LIVERPOOL PAVING AND SEWERAGE BILL.
On the motion of Sir IL DOUGLAS, this Bill was
read a second time.

Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the mer-
chants, traders, and other inhabitants of the city of
Cork, stating that Cork wasAlle,most eligible place for
the West India packets, and praying that it might be
appointed as the station. The lion. Member also pre-
sented a'petition from • a number of small farmers and
labourerS in the county of Meath, in favour of the Go-
vernment proposal to abolish the prohibition upon the
importation of foreign cattle.
An HON. INTENDER presented a petition from Kilkenny,
praying the House to reconsider the Government pro-
posal with respect to the importation of foreign wheat and

The Bristol Boundary Bill was read a third time and
pas,:ed. _ _ _

Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from the manu-
facturers of Lancashire, against the Corn laws.
1)r BOWRING presented petitions to the same
effect frOm Greenock and from the East United Associate
Church of Haddington.

Mr. T. DUN CI.YMBE presented a petition from the
parish of .‘St. (lenient's, praying that a quantity of grain,
at least equal to the deficit of .the home production, be
imported into this country duty free. A petition from
the borough-of Wigan, against the Corn-laws, was pre-
sented by the same lion. Gentleman.

MAIL CONVEYANCE ON RAILWAYS.
Lord It. GROSVENOR moved for copies of the cor-
respondence that had taken place between the Post-office
authorities and the Grand Junction Railway Company!,
relative to the conveyance of the mail to Crewe, Chester,
and Birkenhead.

THE INCOME TAX.
Mr. MILNER GIBSON said he believed he had the
permission of the -Right Hon. the First Lord of the
Treasury to repeat the question this evening which he
put yesterday. The question was this, whether it was
the intention of the Government to extend the Income
Tax to those pensions which were charged upon the
Consolidated Fund, under particular Acts of Parliament?
Sir R. PEEL, apprehended that the measure which he
had proposed would extend to all annuities or salaries
received-by any of her Majesty's subjects ; and it there-
lore followed that any annuities chargeable upon the
Consolidated Fund would be subject to a reduction of
3 per cent.
HER MAJESTY-AND THE INCOME TAX.
Sir 1.1. PEEL then proceeded as follows :—Sir, I
may take. this opportunity of making a communication to
the House, which I think the House will receive with
great satisfaction. When upon the part of her Ma-
jesty's Government, I intimateti •to her Majesty, that
her servants thought that the itiancid'necessity of the
country were such, that it was desirable fur the' public
interests to submit in a time of peace the in•
come of the nation for a limited period to a charge
of 3 per cent.; .her Majesty, prompted by those
feelings of deep and affectionate interest which she
has ever shown in the welfare of her people,
observed that, if the necessities e? the country were
such that in time of Peace Parliament should deem it
'necessary to submit the income .of the country to a
charge of three per cent., it wt►s HER VOLUNTARY DE-
TERMINATION THAT HER OWN.INCOME SHOULD BE SUB-
JECT TO A SIMILAR REDUCTION.—(Loud and general
cheering.)
Mr. RICARDO wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet
whether it was his intention that , terminable annuities
should also be subject to the charge ?
Sir R. PEEL said he wished the Hon. Gentl,man
would reserve his question till Friday, when the whole
subject would come under the consideration of the
House. It was very inconvenient to . put questions of
detail, and require an answer from him without having
given him any previous notice with regard to them. He
had no doubt as to the answer he should give to the
present question ; but he did ►iut-think it would be con-
venient that the Government should at once declare its
intentions as to the particular items of the tariff, or of
the taxes which it meant to propose.

Mr. RIC A.RDO gave notice that he should repeat his
question on Friday.
CALEDONIAN. CANAL.
H. Parry on the
111 :r. • wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet
if a Committee
aC
edsot
would be appointed to examine that Report, .as the holi-
annrelativeanal. toI
it he ewlilsehpeoar
oo fkSniorl
days would commence so soon ; unless that Committee
was appointed in a few days, he was afraid its labours
would have no effect. The Right Hon. Baronet would no
doubt think this was a matter of minor importance,
but he (Mr. Ellice) could assure him that great anxiety
was felt by the-whole of the inhabitants of the North of
Scotland nit the subject, inasmuch
,as the safety of a
large district was involved, and they expe:ted that the
matter would he decided one sway or the other The
question he had to put to the Right Hon. Gentleman was
whether he proposed to nominate that Committee before
Easter? . .
Sir ROBERT PEEL said he could assure the Hon.
Gentleman that he . did not consider the matter one
of minor importance, but he had been unable to give it
proper attention owing to the immense mass of public
business before the House. But he saw no reason why
the noice for the appointment of a Committee should
not be made to-morrow.
PRISON CHAPLAINS.
Mr. O'CONNELL said he wished to call the atten-
tion of the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretaty for the
Home Department, to a subject which had been before
the House last n'ght—the
v.ndication of the conduct of
the Rev. Mr. Bradshaw in his treatment of the prisoners.
It appeared that a Catholic prisoner had requested the
assistance of a priest, and liad made his
appl;ealion to the
elergyman. On this application being made, the cl
ergy-
man made inquiries of the prisoner Why he wished a
priest to be sent for, and it appeared that he required
the priest to assist him in his deence, and therefore the
application Was resisted. Now he (11.11% O'Connell) had
looked into the Act of Parliament, and he found no such
discretion was given to the clergyman. The Act of
Parliament expressed that if a Catholic prisoner .,, priest, the
re-
quested the assistance ofpriest was to be
sent and admitted. He (Mr. O'Connell) wished to
know if the Right Hon. Gentleman considered that
the c!ergyman acted properly in resisting this application?
Sir JAT‘IES GRAHAM, who spoke in. so low a tone
as to be scarcely audible in the gallery, was understood
to say, that the-words of the Act had been rightly con-
strued, but he (Sir J. Graham) did not think they ap-
plied •to I:Ye case referred to, •• -