The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-06 00:00:00

MARRIAGES:

The HoN. MEMBER then presented a petition from
the Dissenters of the same place, complaining of the dif-
ficulty of access, without the payment of heavy fees,
to the documents relating to births, deaths, and mar-
riages, and praying for some alteration in the present
system.

SABBATH OBSERVANCE. •
Lord SANDON presented a petition from some place
in Scotland, praying for the enactment of a law for the
better observance of the Lord's-day.
NOTICES OF MOTION.
Mr. S. FRENCH gave notice that, on that clay fort-
night he should move fur leave to bring in a Bill for the
better regulation of Medical Charities in Ireland.
ELECTION YETI LIONS.
Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that, to-morrow, he
meant to ask of Lord Chelsea, Mr. Russell, Captain
Plumridge, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Sir G. Dc
I.arpent, and M. 11. Elphinstone, whether any of
them was cognisant of or party to any arrangement,
by which it had been agreed that one or other of
&rise Honourrble Methbers were to accept the Steward-
ship of the Chiltern Hundr,:ds, in order to vacate their
scats, notwithstanding any of them had been declared
duly elected by the Select Committee appointed to try
the merits against his return.—(hear, hear.) Be
also gave notice that he should, to-morrow, move for a
Select Committee to inquire whether certain parties con-
nected with the trial of petitions presented to that House
against the return of its Members, were not guilty of
a gross breach of its privileges. The Hon. Member
then added that he should put the same question to Mr.
John Attwood and to Major Beresford, as to the other
Members he had mentioned ; and he should oppose the
issuing of any writ for a return for any of the places re-
presented by those Honourable Members, until the
questions he should put were satisactorily answered.
Mr. BORTHWICK gave notice that, to-morrow.
he would move that the petition which he had presented
yesterday, from the Mayor and Town-Council of Eve-
sham, be printed with the Votes.
Mr. lIUME moved for returns, under various heads,
of sums expended for the public service ; but the Hon.
Gentleman spoke in so indistinct a tone of voice, and the
noise in the body of the House was such, that he was
qei:e inaudible in the gallery.
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.
Mr. P. M. STEWART begged to put a question to
the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, of the deepest import-
ance to the people of Scotland. Owing to the unex-
pected turn which the question dt the Scotch
Church had ' taken on the previous night, from
the Government promising to introduce a Bill for the
.settlement of the Church of Scotland, he begged to ask
when that. Bill would be introduced, and to express his
earnest wish that, in justice to the people of Scotland,
it might be introduced between the present time
and the meeting of the General Assembly, which would
take place a fortnight hence, that the measure might
receive the consideration of that body.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he would appeaUto the House
to say Whether the Hon. Gentleman had rightly stated
what he (Sir J. Graham) had announced to the House.
In putting the question, the Honourable Gentleman
had assumed that he had promised, on the part
of the Government, the immediate introduction of the
Bill. What he had stated was, that her Majesty's Go-
vernment had received from various quarters in Scotland,
from persons of opposite opinions, all entitled to the
highest respect,- such communications as had led her
Majesty's Government to entertain a hope that a settle-
ment of the unhappy differences that had divided the
Church of Scotland might be possible.—(Hear, hear.)
To that statement lie adhered. Those communications
were still in progress ; no measure had been matured
but he. did entertain a hope that it would be possible for
the Govornmeht, on its responsibility, to introduce such
measure. The Hon. Member for Argyllshire had con-
sented to postpone his Bill for six weeks, and he (Sir J.
(iridium) would say now what he had said before, that
between this time and that, if the hopes of the Govern-
ment should be realised, the Bill would be introduced,
and the Hon. Member should have due notice of its in-
troduction.