The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-12 00:00:00

IiOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
The Cambuslang- and Muirkirk Roads No. 2 Bill, the
Patn-son's Estate Bill, the Davidson's Estate Bill, Duke
of Cleveland's Estate Bill, Vere's Divorce Bill, and Vis-
count Fitzwilliam's Estate Bill, were read a third time
and passed.
The Lords' anitndments wr re agn'ed to in the Toxteth
Park Paving and Sewerage (No. 2', the Leeds Improve
meat, and the-Let & Burial Grounds Bills.
POOR-LAW AMENDMENT. ACT.

An HON. Mousen presented a petition from unions
in • Gloucestershire and 'Warwickshire against the
bastardy clause in the New Poor-law Bill.
NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND.)
Mr. Sergeant JACESON presented a petition' from•
some place in Cork against the system of National Edu-
cation in Ireland, and in favour of the syStem adopted by
the-Church Education Society.
TOBACCO REGULATIONS BILL.
Mr. LITTON presented' a petition from Coleraine, in
Londonderry, against certain elauses in this Bill, more par-
ticnlarly the sth, preventing the retailer of tobacco from
selling sugar and molasses in same premises where
tobacco is sold: , . •
MR. HULLAII'S CLASSES.
Sir lATEL rose pursuant to a notice he had given,.
to present a petition from the pupils educated at Exeter
Hall, under the sanction of the Council of Education.
Ifeliad been requested by certain parties to present this
petition, and as the tencUr of it was such that it could
offend no one, he 'had acceded to the request to present
it. As he was .presenting a petition, the rules of .the
House would not allow him to do otherwise than read it,.
and that was the course which he should therefore adopt.
'The Right lion. Gentleman proceeded to read the heads
'of the 'petition, which stated that on the -Ist February,
18111 the- singing class.-was established •, since then. AOO
Scllpolmastvo and schoolmistresses had, been instructed
-AO noW,there were not less ',ban 50,000
children. in London learning singing from the masters
and.inistresscS WhO had previously received their instruc-
tion from Mr. Hullith. The petitioners were anxious
to -.be instructed in any Other branch of edu--
cation which the Council of Education might
put -within their reach ; and they stated that classes
• had already been formed for drawing and writing. The
petition concluded by praying that the House would be
pleased- to -make such alterations in the terms of the
grant as would enable the Committee of the Council
to'appropriate • such sums of money as might
be , necessary towards the expenses of educating
the pupils in Exeter Hall. He (Sir R. Peel) assented
to the prayer of the petition ; he approved of singing,
for he thought it would tend to improve the order of the
children in schools, andprtmote the progress of educa-
tion. He thought the application of a small sum of
money, in the manner prayed for, could not be consi-
dered objectionable.
• Mr. LIDDELL presented a petition from the Board
of Guardians of Durham, against the bastardy clause in
the New Poor-law Act ;- also a petition to the same
effect from the Board of Guardians of Easington.
NOTICE OF MOTION. .

Mr. WALLACE gave n o tics that, at the coma! ce-
mcnt of the next Session. he should me% e for a Comnni,
tee to inquire whether it be desirable to have a different
standard of value than was at present in use. He should
also move for a Committee to inquire iato the practice
of the Scotch Law Courts.
1)r. BOWIING moved for a return of the newspaper
stamps and advertisement duty since the last return.—
Ordered.
Mr. HUME gave notice that on• Thursday next he
should move for a similar return-to that which he had

already moved for relative to Pkg.-Officers.
Colonel SIPTUORP expressed a hope that her Ma-
jesty's Government would be pleased to lay on the table
of the House certain papers which he had moved for as
far back as July last, they being important documents
relating to the continuance of a paid commission.
Mr. T. IUNCOMI3F, presented a petition from Pais-
ley, praying for an inquiry into the distressed state of
that town.; also a petition from the NOrth Riding of the
county of York against the New Poor-law Bill.
Captain PECHELL wished to put a question to the
Right Hon. Baronet uith reference to two Bills which
were to be read a third time that evening—the Fishery
Continuance Bill and the Slave treaty Continuance Bill.
He wished to know if the former treaty had been brought
to a conclusion, and he also wished to ask with re-
spect to the Slave treaty Continuance. Bill, whether it
was the intention of the Government to bring -in a Bill
for the division amongst the captors, of property taken
under the Portuguese flag in 1839.
Sir R. PEEL said he wished the Hen. Member
had given notice in the morning of his intention
He (Sir R. Peel) could give no satisfactory inforthation
with respect to the Fishery Treaties Bill. With respect
to the latter question the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman
would not be surprised if it was not the intention of her
Majesty's Government at present to introduce such a
Bill. . .

Mr. T. EGERTON presented a petition from Chester
against the Bastardy clause in the new Poor-law Bill.
BILL FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF HER

. .
MAJESTY.
Sir E. PEEL rose and said that he apprehended the
House would not consider that it was upon light and
trifling grounds that he called their attention to the
state of the law which provided for, the personal security
of the Sovereign—(Loud cheers)—and the necessity
of giving such additional protection to the
person of the Sovereign us much as enactments by law
could secure. He said he did not make that proposal
upon light or trifling grounds, when it was notorious
that within the short period of two years three assaults
upon the person of her Majesty had been made
having been committed by the discharge, or attempt to
discharge, fire arms, either endangering the personal
security of her Majesty. or calculated • to excite
alarm and apprehension in the mind of her Ma-
jesty ; disturbing the public feeling and the public
mind, by naturally great apprehension for the safety
of the Sovereign.—(Gheers.) If it were possible for a
law to afford additional protection, Parliament ought
not to separate before it enacted such a law. He was
glad to state, that in considering the means of providing
that additional protection, he did not feel it necessary to
call in the aid of extreme punishment. He did not con-
template the necessity of creating any new treasons, and
he did not contemplate the enacting any new capital
punishments for (lances directed against the
life of the Sovereign.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the
object might be effected without either the oonstitution
of new treasons or the infliction of new capital punish-
ments. If the state of the law were such that it encum-
bered the trial of certain offences with needless form and
solemnities which were calculated to administer to
the morbid vanity of those individuals who committed
those crimes, partly to secure them an unen-
viable notoriety. In those cares thos. . solemni-
ties and foimal proceedings should he dispensed
with. It became necessary, for the purpose of explaining
to the house the character and tenor of the measure he
proposed, shortly , to review the existing state of
the law with respect to treasonable attempts on
the life of the sovereign in this country. He
might throw from his consideration all those acts of
constructive treason, such as levying war, or an attempt •
to force bertDiajesty:s consent to certain measures by
intimidatiOd. - It was only necessary fur him to refer to
enactments mhich provided for the persosUal security
of the Sovereign, and those laws which provided pu-