The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-01 00:00:00

CORN-LAWS,

Mr. W. EVANS presented a petition from Chester-
field against the sliding scale.
Mr. CHRISTMAS presented a petition from some
place in Ireland, praying that in any alteration in the
Corn-laws care might be taken to afford adequate pro-
tection to the growers of oats...

Dr. BOWLING presented a petition frnn Dysart,
signed by 1,162 persons, praying for a total and imme-
diate repeal of the Corn-laws. The lion. Member like-
wise presented twenty-one other petitions with a similar
prayer.
Lord DUNCAN presented 20 petitions to the same
effect.

Mr. ARKWRIGHT presented a petition in favour of
lhe Government proposition respecting the Corn-laws.
Colonel M4TAGGART presented a petition against
'le Corn-laws.

Mr. WALLACE presented a petition to the same
effect.

COPYRIGHT OP DESIGNS BILL.
On the motion of Mr. B. TENNENT, the _ second
reading of the Copyright, of Designs Bill, was postponed
to Monday the 14th of March. .
Mr. o
r Cp
o
The Cottenham Inclosure and Drainage Bill was read
a second time and ordered to be committed.
ckal t7o'iltYLlieia Gs
Leases presented • a petition against
the
Mr KEMBLE presented a petition in favour of the
Southwark Improvement Bill.
Sir D..ROCHE presented a petition from Limerick,
praying Kir an alteration of the duties on barley and oats.
ELECTION PETITIONS.
The following members were appointed Chairmen of
Election Committees :—Lord Ashley, Sir j. Y. Buller,
Mr. Divett, Mr. Home Drummond, Sir B. hall, Sir E,
Hayes, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Hogg, - Mr. Reddington, Sir
P. M. Stewart, and Mr. Charles Wood.
Mr. V. SMITH presented a petition from the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Common Council of. the .borough of
Southampton, expressing dissatisfaCtion at the Corn-law
measure introduced by the Government, and stating their
conviction that the system would never be settled on any
sound basis except by a perfectly f'ree tradein those ar-
ticles-which form the necessaries•oflife. •

A petition was presented by an Hos. MEMBEn, on the
Ministejial .benches; praying that the charge of the
County Rate he taken•fronr the County, and placed Um
the Consolidated Fund.
Mr SHAW presented a poitioa fur regulating Schoul
Education in Ireland. . •

Coloncl'ACTON presented -a petition from-the lligh
Sheriff and Grand Jury of the County of Wicklow, cum..
plaining that Ireland would be greatly injured if the
measures respecting corn, as .proposed by Sir IL Peel,
were carried into effect, and expressing a con% iction
that Ireland would be altogether ruined, if there were
not a sufficient proteetion to agriculture. •
Sir W. CLAY presented several petitions, praying
for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. BARCLAY presented three petitions, onefrom the
Wesleyans of Sunderland, and two other 3 from places in

the county of Darhatn, with the same prayer,
Lord SAN DON presented a petition (we understood
from Liverpool)
,praying the House -to consider. the
propriety I.+v of 110 in,,, foreign corn to be ground in
‘n
bond, under proper regulations.
Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from some
places in the West Riding of the county of York, prayln
that every male, twenty-one years of age, and untaiutec
with crime, should be allowed to vote.la the election 01
Members of Parliament.
An HON. MEMBER. presented a petition from York-
shire praying for an alteration in the Bastardy clauses
of the New Poor-law Bill.
l:it-7e Icdorl:eSspOofdFienlcOeTrle(s)pNe g. the esta-
.etin
Dr. BOWRING gave notice that.to-morrow4cek he
_,v,mid
move
for
blislunent of an English BiShop at Jerusalem.
THE CORN PRICES' AVERAGES.
llNte hatl
Mr.:BARCLAY gave notice, that upon the committee
entering: upon this part of the Corn-law question, he
would move that no towns be added to those from which
the returns have been hitherto made up.
THE NEW POOR-LAW.
Dr
whether
.n°i tG beg gthe Right Hen.the
Ba-
ronet aed to ask
ny
objectionto o lay before
House copies of a memorial; addressed to the Govern-
ment (as we understood), complaining of certain pro-
ceedings:of the Poor-law Commissioners, and also of the
correspondence Mat had taken place between those par-
ties on the subject ?
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that if the Ho-
nourable Gentleman would put his question to-morrow
he (Sir James Graham) would be able to give a definite
answ_er. At present he had •no objection to produce a
copy of the.memorial, and of the answer.
THE EMIR BESCHIR OF, LEBANON. •
Sir CHARLES XAVIER begged Co ask-thy Right

Honourable Baronet at the head of the Government,
whether lie had received intelligence from Constan-
tinople, respecting an alleged- imprisonment
of the. Emir Rishir, by, th: Turkish government, and
also of the arrival of two Capidan Paellas at Beyrout, on
their way to govern the province, lately under the ad-
. ministration of the Emir.
Sir ROBERT PEEL begged the Gallant Commodore
to reserve-his question until to-morrow, when he should
receive a full answer.
LORD. ELLENBOROUGIL
In answer to a question from. Mr. E. BULLER, re-
specting the salary of Lord Ellenborough,
Sir R. PEEL said that he had no doubt whatever
that the compensation received by Lord Ellenborough for
the office. to which he was appointed by his father when
Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, must, under
the • law, be continued. A question might arise
whether under the Act passed at the time the
new charter was given' to the East India Company, an
equal reduction ought not be made in the salary of per-
sons appointed to the Guvernmentof India, who helot at
the same time situations in this country, but that was a
question between the East India Company and the
Governor-General of India. That was now under
the consideration of the East India Company When
be (Sir Robert Peel) in the perfiu'mance of his
public duty offered Lord Ellenborough the appointtnent j
of Governor-General of India, believing he was best '
qualified to fill that office, he (Lord Ellenborongh) said,
that he considered it would be hard, if the compensation
which was due to - him, were forfeited ; but as
he. accepted office from a sense of public duty,
even though the office which he held tell within
the provisions of that Act, still it would not pre-
vent him from acce:.ting the office of Governor-General.
It nas entirely a question for the decision of the Last
India Company. Ile looked at the Act, and he appre
headed the Treasury could not aop-the compensation.
Air. BUTT made an observation, which was inaudible
in the gallery.

TREATY WITH
.NAPLES.
Mr. BAILLU wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentle-
man, at the head of her Majesty's Government, whether
the Neapolitan Government had entered into a treaty
with Mr. M`Gregor, and if so, whether he had any ob-
jection to lay that treaty on the table of the House.
Sir R. PEEL said he had the satisfaction of being
able to state that negotiations were now pending with
the proper authorities, and (as we understood) when it
was properly ratified that there would be no objection to
lay it before the House.
AMERICAN CORN. . .
Sir C. NAPIER asked a question relative to what
had fallen from the Right lion. Baronet, the Member flit
Tamworth, on a former night, relative to the time in
which a vessel could make the passage from America to
Liverpool. The Hon. and Gallant Member stated that
there was a proper officer whose duty it was to ascertain,
and who in filet did ascertain, by questions pUt to the
captain, as to the periods of the ship's departure and ar-
rival, the exact time occupied by the voyage. ..
Sir R. PEEL said, if he found on further inquiry,
that the means of giving such information existed, and
that there was an officer who had such a record of the
time of voyages, he should have no objection to state it
to the House.
Mr. FITZROY hoped that if there were the
means of supplying the information, asked
for by the Honourable and Gallant Member
for Marylebone, the Government would give it. He
hoped they would go farther—(Order, order)—he would
ask if the Right lion. Baronet would also grant a return
of the quantity of flour brought over by American vessels.
to Liverpool, with the number of days such vessels were
on their passage.
Mr. THORNELY was about to make a few observa-
tions, when he was called to order.
Sir R. PEEL repeated what he tad before stated,
that if he found any public authority had a record of
the time referred to, he would immediately furnish the
information required by the Hon. anti Gallant Member.
Sir CHARLES NAPIER rose. again, but was loudly
called to order, and the conversation dropped.
• ENGLISH REGISTRATION BILL.
Mr. ELPHINSTONE asked what were the inten-
tions of the Government with respect to the English
registration ?
Sir It. PEEL said, as soon as they had made some
progress with the important measure now occupying the
House, the next Bill to which he should call their atten-
tion would be one relating to English registration. He
should not lay any other Bill on the table till the present
measure was disposed of.
RAILWAYS.
The Order of the Day for the second reading of the
Railway Bill having been read,
Mr. F. NIAULE begged to ask the Right Hon.:Gentle-
man the Secretary for the Herne Department, a question,
to which his attention had lately been drawn, relative to
a practice in Scotland, which had been adopted by certain
sheriffs. In the :case of railways requiring more land,
.they were freqUently in the habit of taking any land
contiguous to the railway, of which they were in need ;
and questions not unireqnently arose between the railway
company and the former proprietors, as to the amount
of compensation to be received by the latter for the land
thus 'taken. In these cases,- the • Sheriffs, when called
upon to interfere, consiMing that they were acting in an
extrajudicial duty, believed themselves entitled to remu-
neration for their services. His object in referring to this
matter was, that it might be made knoWn ; he was sure
the Right lion. Gentleman would not refuse to calltb
attention of the Government to it, and he was conten
therefore, to leztve the matter in the hands of the Gove
meet.

. . .
Sir J. GRAIIAM confessed that until last week, his
attention lied not been drawn to this subject, when he
was directed to it by a paragraph in a newspaper. On
general principles, he thought that great inconvenience
would arise from :officers who received salaries for their
official duties, looking for other compensation for
their services. If their salaries were not sufficient re •
znurieration for all their duties, they should be in-
.creased.:(-1-lear.)- When people were called on to act as
arbitrators they were generally paid by both parties Oil •
cerned in the arbitration He did not know how that was
in this case, but he was disposed to consider the subject.
Mr. FOX MAULE said that in the case he referred
to he believed the Sheriff had not been remunerated by
both parties, but only by one of them: -
Mr.. THORNELY wished to put a question to the
Right Hon. Baronet. He (Sir R. Peel) had just stated
that an order had been sent to America for flour, which
flour had been received in Liverpool in six weeks. Ile
(Mr. Thornely) begged to state-that he had received a
letter from Liverpool; stating that it was fifty-one days
from the sending out of the order to the arrival of the flour
in Liverpool. The Right Hon. Baronet had just stated
that the flour was ordered on the 13th September,
his (Mr. Thornely's) informant stated it to be the 24th.
He begged_to ask the Right lion. Baronet whether he
had any objection to lay on the table of the Rouse a
copy of the statement lie had referred-to.
Sir ROBERT PEEL said lie had a letter in the
hand-writing of the person who imported the flour,
and if he (Sir Robert Peel) had made any mistake,
he was sorry fur it. his information stated that the
flour was ordered on the Ist of August, and received on
the 13th of September. He felt quite sure this was the
statement he received, but he would refer to it again,
and give the Honourable Member the information
he wished.
Mr. THORNELY—I am much indebted to the Right
Hon. Baronet, and if lie would bring that statement for-
ward.--s (Cries of " Order, order," in the midst of which
Mr. Thornely sat down.)
Lord SANDON lie.did not wids to delay the Bill
upon Railways passing through a second reading, but he
hoped that a pledge would be given by his Right Hon.
Friend that couple time would be given for going into
the consideration of this great branch of enterprise, in
order that communications, if necessary, might be had
with parties interested.
Mr. GLADSTONE said he belieVed that no very
great time would be required to.proceed with this Bill;
the parties interested were quite alive to its merits.
He (Mr. Gladstone) could readily' give a pledge that no
attempt would•be•made to interfere with the interests of
certain parties connected with the subject, without
giving ample time to those parties to make any conlmu-
nication they might think proper.
COLONIAL PASSENGERS-
Mr. HAWES begged leave to ask the Noble LOrd
the • Secretary for the Colonies a question re-
specting; this very important measure. Believing the
Bill • • the Noble Lord meant to introduce •- to
be precisely tins :lame in principle, though per-
hapsnot in all details, to the Bill before the House
last year ; he (Mr. Hawes). meant to give the present
Measure his must strenuous opposition. Therefore, he
benged to asks. the .Noble ..-Lord whether he meant
to move the second .• reading ••of •, his Bill this
evening'. If so, .it would • be necessary for him
to take the sense of. the Hiaise on the question ;
on•the other hand, if the Noble Lord did not mean to
proceed. to night, 'he trusted the Noble Lord would
ti-x some day when the would have en oppor-
tunity of going into a aicmsion on the second reading.
LOH 'STANLEY admitted that his Bill had been
placed in the hands of Members that morning ;
still it could not said. to-.have ,taken them by sur-
prise, as it .was in a great degree an embodiment of the
clauses founded -upon the Report of the Commissioners.
of Emigration, which' had been fUrnished to the House
-Looking to the ieriod of the year now approwAingin whirl
the business of cm•igration commences, he was Very
anxious that tin, Bill sh, add be passed aS speedily- as pos-
sible ; but being miXieus to meet the wishes of the lion.
gent!emen and otherS Who were anxious oil this subject,
he (Lord Stanley) would not proceed with the Bill.
that evening, but would promise to fix a day for the tlis-•
eussion on the 'second reading, which would allow Hon.
Gentlettento have amply considered the question.
Mr HAWES said this answer was perfectly satisfac-
tory ; he hoped however the Noble Lord would give
them due notice when he determined to fix the day.
THE RAILWAY BILL;
This Bill was then read a 'second time.
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND BILL.
This measure then went through ComMittee.
MARRIAGES IN IRELAND BILL.
;On the Order of the Day for the House going into
Committee onthis Bill being moved,
Mr. VERNON was understood to gay he was pleased
to see the Government bring in the Bill eo soon ; but he
hoped the measure would be 'strictly retrospective, iii
order that before any further measure were introduced;
the whOle la,✓ of marriage in Ireland; • which was in a
very anomalous state, might be reconsidered, and assi-
milated to that of England.
Mr. SHAW 'concurred in the views of the last
speaker. He (Mr. Shaw) agreed to, asretrespective
but at present, if a prospective one were -proposed, he
would oppose it in behalf of the clergy Of the- Established
Church, and for the sake of the interests of society.
Sir R. BATESON was determined to advocate thh
rights and interests of those persons whO sent hidt there
and he- assured the- Moose that there was nu subject,
whielthad excited greater terror and thoie alarm.among
the re.siseefable as well as , tile. huOale- classes. of the
people of the lgorth of Ireland than that of the Presbyterian