The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-25 00:00:00

IRISH LAW COURTS.

Mr. LITTON presented a petition from Mr. A.
Ilushe, Prothonotary to the Court of Queen's Bench,
Ireland, against the Irish Law Courts Bill, and pray-
infr to be heard by counsel in opposition to the measure:
°Mr. BECKLTT presented a petition from the
bankers and manufacturers of Leeds, complaining of
the distress, and praying the House not to separate
without adopting some measure for its relief.
Mr. SHELL presented two petitions from officers
of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland against the
Common Law Courts (Ireland) Bill.
Mr. SHEPHERD presented a -petition from the
Bath and Bristol Medical Association, praying that
no measure might be passed by the House, with re.-
spect to Medical Reform, until the whole subject had
undergone consideration.
Lord ELIOT presented a petition from the gun-
make:s of Ireland, praying for an amendment of the
law regulating their trade, with respect to selling and
repairing fire-arms.
Mr. LITTON gave notice of his intention to,
morrow to move for certain returns
_relative to bene-
fices and union curacies.
MIDNIGHT SITTINGS.

Mr. HUME gave notice that he should to morrow
move for a return of the number of hours the House
had sat during the present session, distinguishing
the number of hours the House had sat after mid-
night. He intended, next session, to introduce a
measure founded on this return, for the purpose of
preventing the transaction of any business of the
'louse after midnight.—(Hear, hear.)
UNIVE RS ITY OF LON DON.

Mr. G. W. WOOD gave notice of his intention to
move for the production of certain correspondence,
which had taken place between the Government and
the authorities of the University of London.
CHURCH-RATES.

Mr. HL' ME presented a petition from a person
named Price, whose goods had been seized for non
payment of a Church-rate, praying the House to pass
a law for the abolition of Church-rates altogether.
MARSHALSEA COURT, DUBLIN.

The HoN. MEMBER also presented a petition from
an individual named Hanna, complaining of abuses in
the Marshalsea Court, Dublin. He wished to draw
the attention of the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ire-
land to the petition.
AMERICAN SLAVES IN CANADA.
In answer to a question from Mr. HAWES,
Lord STANLEY stated that the papers relating
to the giving up of a coloured American subject to
the authorities of the United States by the Canadian
authorities would be laid on the table without

COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH' PORTUGAL.
• Si R. PEEL laid on the table, by command of her
Majesty, the Commercial Treaty entered into be-
tween this country and Portugal.
CHINESE WAR.
In answer to a question from an Hos. MEMBER,
Sir.R. PEEL stated that the supplemental esti=
mate for the expenses of the war in Chi-na would be
brought forward this evening.
EDUCATION.
The RIGHT HONOURABLE:, BARON ET said he
would also reply to a question which had been put
to him the other evening by the Noble Lord (Pal-
merston) on the subject of the education grant. The
demand on the funds appropriated to educational
purposes was so numerous, that he doubted whether
the amount would be capable of meeting it, and an
addition to the grant, to the extent of 10,0001., would
be proposed to meet those demands. He spoke only
of the grant under the control and distribution of the
Committee of the Privy Council.
Lord PALMERSTON asked whether the addi-
tional grant would include any allowance for the
singing classes of Mr. Hullah at Exeter Hall ?
Sir R. PEEL said it would not, nor was he pre-
pared to say that any general vote would be proposed
for that purpose. He merely proposed the addition
to meet the expenses contemplated in the Orders in
Council of July, 1840.
'• Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought the. classses of Mr.
Mainzer also deserved some encouragement.
Sir R. PEEL said it was impossible to' attend at
Exeter-hall and not derive the greatest satisfaction
from the proficiency of the two classes ; but the ques-
tion required some consideration.
Mr. DUNCOMBE said if the Right lion. Baronet
attended the classes of Mr. Mainzer also he believed
he would derive equal gratification.
POOR-LAWS (IRELAND).
Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice of his intention. to
move for a Committee of Inquiry into the working of
the Poor-laws in Ireland. He also gave notice that
on going into Committee on the Courts of Law,
(Ireland) Bill, he should move that it be committed
that day three months. He also withdrew his motion
that the counsel be heard at the bar of the House •
against the Government of Newfoundland Bill.
TRANSPORTATION.
Mr. EWART wished to ask questkin,4dthe-
Right 116 n. Paronet, the Secretary for the,-,lJome
Department. At the last Waterford Assizes, a man
named Nash, had been tried for having returned from
transportation. He gave a most frightful description
of his sufferings in New Holland. He wished to
ask, (and he did so at the desire of many persons
interested in the state of the criminal law)
whether the night Hon. Baronet was prepared to con-
sider the subject of some substitute for the punish-
ment of transportation ?
Sir J. GRAHAM said the particular ease referred
to by the Hon. Gentleman was quite unknown to him,
but the general question put to him he could easily
answer. Speaking for himself, as connected with the
administration of the justice of the country, he was
not prepared to submit any substitute for the system
of transportation as a punishment.

JOINT STOCK BANKS BILL.

The Joint Stock Banks Bill was read a third time

THE CHARTIST LECTURERS.

On the motion for reading the Order of the Day
for going into a Committee of Supply,
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose to renew the motion of
which he had given notice some time ago, and which
be had postponed at the request of the Honourable
Member for Stafford and the Secretary of State
for the Home Department. The observations of
the Right Honourable Baronet on that occasion
had been read with much astonishment and sur-
prise by the persons interested in the fate of the
unhappy men who were now suffering in Stafford
gaol. The trial took place on the 2d of the present
month, and they were immediately sent to prison. A
petition and memorial were:immediately forwarded to
the Home-office on the 12th, and on the 16th a reply
Was ordered to be read to them by the Right Hon. Baronet.
He was sure that when the Right Hon. Baronet had
stated that he knew nothing of the transaction, he
must have been ignorant of the reply which had been
sent to the memorial forwarded to the Hothe-office.
He should further say, that such a circumstance ap-
peared to him to show that the present Government,
which it was said was never to stumble—never to fall
into an error—did not conduct the public business
in any way more accurately than their predecessors.
Ile believed that if Lord Normanby had fallen into
such a mistake as that to which he had alluded, they
would never have heard an end of the reproaches
which would be directed against him. The answer of
the Hcane-office to the memorial in favour of the pri-
soners was, that Sir J. Graham saw no sufficientground -
for advising her Majesty to comply with its prayer.
Now, it appeared to him (Mr. Duncombe) that the
case in question involved the right of the people to
meet peaceably in public for the purpose of discussing
a public grievance ; and if that right had been vio-
lated by the Magistrates of Staffordshire, he hoped
the House would aid him in obtaining from the Go-
vernment that information for which he was
now about to move. It appeared a report had
gone abroad that a statement had been made
by some gentleman in Sedgeley, that if a
Chartist dared to show his face in the town, he should
be immediately arrested. Mr. Mason, however,
thinking that the. Magistrates had no right to make
such a statement, determined on holding a meet-
ing in Sedgeley. He had proceeded about ten mi-
nutes in his lecture, when be was interrupted by a
constable of the name of Beman (as we understoo4), •