The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-10 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN BRIDGES.

Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from
the inhabitants of St. George's, Hanover-square, for
the removing of the toll from Southwark, Waterloo,
and Vauxhall bridges.

Sir E. KERRiSON presented a similar petition
from certain householders in the parish of Marylebone.
CORN-LAWS.

Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from
Bradbury, in the county of Chester, praying for the
repeal of the Corn-laws, and for a complete Suffrage,
Vote by Ballot, and short Parliaments.
Sir JOHN EASTHOPE presented petitions from
the inhabitants of Sussex, Dorset, the Isle of Wight,
and the county town of Southampton, representing
the evil operations of the present system of the Corn-
laws ; and as these petitions came from purely agri-
cultural districts, he thought they should be read by
the Clerk at the table.

On the motion of the HON. BARONET, the petitions
were then read at length by the Clerk.
CHURCH-RATES.
Sir J. EASTIIOPE presented a petition from an
individual in Leicester, complaining that Dissenters
should be compelled to pay Church-rates, and pray-
ing for a dissolution of Chnrch and State.
Mr. EMERSON TENNENT presented a petition
from the solicitors and attorneys of Ireland, praying
for the repeal of so much of the Act of the .50th of
George 111. as imposed on them a stamp duty of 8/. ;
also a petition from the county of Cork against such
parts o the proposed Corn Bill as referred to the re-
lative duties• on the exportation of wheat and flour;
and a petition from Belfast, in favour of the Bill for
Legalizing Presbyterian Alarriages.
Mr. LEADER presented a petition from St.
Martin's sin-the-Fields, signed by upwards of 12,000
persons, praying for the total and immediate repeal
of the Corn-laws.

Mr. YOI 'NG E presented a petition from Cavan, in
favour of the legalization of Presbyterian marriages.
Dr. BOW It ING presented petitions from Edin-
burgh and Greenock, in favour of the total and imme-
diate repeal of the Corn-laws.
Lord IVOR SLEY presented a petition from 285
farmers near Grimsby, against the proposed measure
respecting the importation of corn into this country.
The petition was read at length at the table.
Sir It. INGLIS thought that one passage of the
petition was worded contrary to the rules of the
Ifouse ; but after an observation from Lord WORS-
LEY, it was ordered to lie on the table. _ _ _

Several petitions were presented by Hon. Members
of both sides of the House, against the proposed Corn-
law scale, principally with reference to the relative
duty on wheat and wheaten flour.
Mr. COIII)EN presented several petitions, praying
for a total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from the in-
habitants of Islington, for a total repeal of the Corn-
law s.

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Lord SANDON presented a petition from a place
in the county of Wexford, praying for a further pro-
tection against the importation of foreign corn.
The NouLE LORD also presented a petition from
the American Chamber of Commerce, praying that
the House would take into its consideration the ex-
cessive duties upon the importation of tobacco.
INHUMATION IN TOWNS.
Mr. MACKINNON handed in the list of the
Committee he moved for on the night before on this
question.
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
Mr. COLVILLE gave notice that on the 16th '
instant he would move for a copy of the number
of convictions for the murder of illegitimate
children in England and Wales from the year
1828 to the year 1841, distinguishing the counties in
which those murders were committed ; also a return
of the number of convictions for concealment of the
birth of children within the same_ period.
NEW WRIT FOR SOUTHAMPTON.
Sir GEORGE CLERK moved for a writ for the
election of a Member for the borough of South-
ampton, in the room of
,the late Member, Lord Bruce,
.now succeeded to the I eerage, by t',e name and style
of the Earl of Elgin.
REGISTERED ARMS IN IRELAND.
Mr. SHAW gave notice-that to-morrow he should
move that the returns asked for by t'Ae Lord Mayor
of Dublin, on the subject of registered arms iu the
county of Down should be extendel to the rest of
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county.
Mr. HUTT said he was desirous of stating to the
Right Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir B. Peel) the course
which he proposed to take with respect to the Bill of
which he had given notice, in relation to the importation
off-lour. The Bill stood for Thursday. He proposed on
bringing in the Bill, to have it printed and circulated
with the votes, if the Right Hon. Baronet was not op-
said, without pledging himself to the
posed to tl at c curse of proceeding.
Sir PEEL
adoptio of any particular line of conduct, he had no

Lord J. RUSSELL begged to know from the
Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, whether it was the
intention of the Government that the names of the
Commissioners should be annexed to -the Bill ; and
also whether it would not be better that tfie"nuntexs
of the Commissioners should not be increased frOin
two to three ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that the names would be inserted in the Committee,
and he would take the suggestion with regard to the
increase of the Commissioners into his consideration.
CALEDONIAN CANAL.

Mr. EDWARD ELLICE wished to renew the'
question which he had put on Monday relating to the
Report of Sir Edward Parry on the Caledonian Canal.
He wished to know whether the Government intended
to adopt the suggestions contained in that Report.
Sir R. PEEL intended to refer the Report to a
Committee.

Mr. E. ELLICE—When dots the Right Hon.
Baronet intend to move for the Committee ?

Sir. R. PEEL—lmmediately, without delay.
• TIMBER SHIPS.

Mr. J. PALMER- wished to call the atten-
tion of the Vice-President of the Board of Trade,
to the fact that the Act to prevent the overloading of
timber ships would expire on the Ist of May. He
wished to know whether it was the intention of the
Government to renew the measure. He had written
on the subject to the President of the Board of Trade
a fortnight since, and perhaps- the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman would prefer giving his answer on some
other occasion.

Mr. GLADSTONE would answer the question
on some future day.

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS.
On Sir R. PEEL moving the Order of the Day for
the second reading of the Corn-Importation Bill,
_ _

Lord J. RUSSELL said that, of course there could
he no objection to the Hon. Member moving the Or-
der of the Day for the second reading of that Bill
this evening ; but he wished to know if it were the
intention of the Government to interfere with what had
been considered a night appropriated to the discussion
of measures introduced by individual Members, and
to claim Wednesday as a Grovernment night.
Sir ROBERT PEEL said it was not his inten-
tion to interfere with what had been considered
the right of particular Members, who choose to thke
upon themselves the troublesome task of legislation.—
(A laugh.) He had found the present Wednesday
unoccupied, and, therefore, he had taken it,
but he doubted whether he should find another Wed-
nesday unoccupied, and certainly the Government
had no intention of interfering with the rights of
individual Members.