The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-20 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

On the motion of Mr. PLANTA, a new writ was or-
dered to be made'out fur the Borough of S indwieh, in the
room of Sir E. \V. It. Owen, who has accepted the Chil-
tern Hundreds.

Mr. CARTWRIGHT presented a petition from Er-
thingborough, in the county of Northampton, against the
Catholics. _ _

Mr. BANKES presented two petitions from Scotland,
against concession. He also gave notice that on this day
week he would mcve the usual grant to the British
Museum.

Sir R. INGLI3 presented eighteen petitions, against
concession from the city of Aberdeen and other places.
Mr. DOWNIE presented two similar petitions from
Scotland.

Mr. B. COOPER presented it similar petition from a
parish in Northampton.
Lord. FORBES presented a petition from Ireland, pray-
ing for concession.
Mr. PAYNE presented petitions from Pernick, and
several parishes in Oxfor.lshire, against concession.
Mr. FELLOWES presented a petition from Ramsey,
against concession.
Mr. MOORE presented a similar petition from a parish
in Hertfordshire ; also a petition from the county of Clare,
in favour oldie Disfranchisement 13i11; also from the Com-
panies i;f Suiiths and of litewers, in Dublin, against the
Catholics.

Mr. BELL presented a petition from two parishes in
the coupty of Northampton, against concession.
Admiral SOTFIERON. premented several similar peti•

Lions bons the county of Nottingham.
Mr. DENISON begged to make a few observations re-
lative to one of those petitions. It Contained the names of
a great number of persons who had never signed it, or
authorised any other person to do it for them. The
person who had the getting up of it had so far allmeed,his
zeal to overcome his judgment as to sign the names of
persons whom be could not possibly have seen.—(Llear,
hear.)—He was informed that the name of his own
groom was attached' to it, and upon inquiry he found
that it was the case although the servant was fifty miles
from the place,-and could not possibly have known of the
petition. lle should not have objected to his signing it,
but on questioning him he found that he was averse to it.
Admiral SOTIIERON not rising to reply to these
otservat
The SPEAKER observed that perhaps the Hon. Mem-
ber would wish to offer some obseivations in reply to the
charge which had been made against the mode of getting
up the petition, which had been presented to the House.
Admiral SOTIIERON lepled that lie 'must admit that
the petitions had received the signatures of three persons
at the instigation of their respective svives.—( Laughter.)
—He knew nothing more about the signatures than that
it here the name of a great many respectable persons, and
he thought it his duty to offer it to the House as be had
received it.

The SPEAKER observed, that the Hon. Member must
have found that nothing like a charge had been made
against the petition till after a subsequent enquiry. The

pott to which, however, be wiateil to call the Hon.
3lembers attention was, that whenever a petition

was presented by any lion. Member, lie did so in the eon-
fitience that it was the petition of thos:_, whose names were
attached to. it. A charge Iris been made ag•tit:st,this peti-
tion, and the I•Ion. Aletniter has owned th;,t be Lid
reason to delieve that the petition had been signed
at the instance of the wives of c,...ttlin persons wlso
were absint.—(Hear, bear.)-11-•wever competent they
might be to sign their own nano s, and tittle was no law
which directed them to reject petition• signed by women,
yet the House had never gone so far as to allow signatures
by proxy to petitions without the consent of the individuals
themselves. He trusted the Hon. Member would, under
these circutn•tiitces see the propriety of withdrawinj this
pet;tion, as, if the Home 'received it, it Must be as the
petition of those who were admitted not to have signed it.
If the persons whose names were signed were of that
opinion they could still rankly the error by signing their
own names. - _ _

Mr. DUGDALE presented a petition from the Ribbon
Weavers of Warwick, revecting the state of their trade,
also a petition from Oldham, against concession.
lIUSKISSON presented a petition from a land-
holder of Midd!e:ex in favour of concession. The petitioner
had in a resident in Rotterinn, where the fullest reli-
gi( us liberty was enjoyed, and all classes mixed in the ut-
t harmony.
After a few words from Mr. C. PELHAM and Mr.
THANT, the petition was ordered to he printed.
Mr. BALFOUR presentel petitions from places in
Argyleshire against concessions.
Mr. WILLBRAHAM presented a petition from Nant-
wich, in favour of Gtteolie Emancipation.

Mr. HUME presented several simimalar petitions from
places in Scotland.
The Marquis of CLIANDOS presented nineteen peti-
Cons from plgces. in the county of Buckingham, against
concessions to ti c Catholics. .
_ _

Mr. PEACH presented a petition from some place in
Yorkshire, again Concessions. -
Mr. SLANEY presented a petition from the inhabit rots
of Che,worth, praying that- all laws which either directly
or indirectly. imposed civil disabilities on account of reli-
gious opinions, might be removed.
Mr. CHAPLIN presented several petitions from Lin-
co!nshirr a4ainst En,anripation.
Sir VIM. INGILBY said, the most unfair means had
been made use of to get up some of these petition.. Gne
of them was from the neighbourhood where the Champion
of England, Mr.Dymoke, resided, and he had made him-
s If very busy upon the occasion, by publishing large hand-
bills, de.iring the people to sign th s! petitions, which
would support the Constitution, of which he was the Cham-.
pion.—(Laughler.)—He thoto4ht these band-hills would
not reflect much credit upon the Champion, for" under all
of them was posted up an hatubbill of Dr. Eady's,—
(Great laughter,)—se no ore could read the name of
Henry Dymo:k, Champion of England, without coupling
it with that of Dr. E7..dy,—(Great laughter,).--he thought
the means that had generally been made use of to get up
petitions agoinst the measure, most disgraceful.
Mr. CHAPLIN denied that there was any unfair mans

used, but if a person impres.<cci with the Banner of •he
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measure trued to convince ethers, and bring them over to
his opinion, he did not see why his name should be
mixed up with Dr. Eady's, or that of any other doctor.—

(Laughter.)
Mr. TENNYSON must say that most of the petitions
lovl been got up by the Clergy, but the great proportion
of the inreligence and property of the county of Lincoln
were in favour of the measure.—(ffear, heat, and cries of
no, no.)—Hon. Members might say, " No," but he was
cenlident that such was the fact, and they would have pe-
titioned in supprt of it had they not thought that it was
safe in the hands of it's Majesty's Government.
Mr. JEPSON presented a petition against the dis-
franchisement of the forty-shilling freeholders from the pa-
rish of Waitecburch, in Cork. •
Lord RANCUFFE expressed his willingness to sup-
port the disfrarcbiFement of the forty-shilling freeholders,
upon the ground that it was the price to be paid for the
great measure of Emanciparinn.
Mr. GRATTAN presented a peetion ftom. Alarybo-
rough, at aint the Fr; n hire Bill ; and three other peti-
tions in favour of cone:arsions.

Mr. ESTCOURT s ii, one of the petitinns, presented

by a G.Olant Colonel (Sibthorpc), the other night, from a
villag in Lincolnshire, professed to IT from the majority of
its iuhabit.ints. Now he would only remark that a friend
of his, why was the proprietor of 9-20ths of that place;
hail never head a single word of the petition till it was
presented to the Howe, awl the Clergyman also was in
tet.il ignorance of any such petition.
After a few words flout Colonel IStlrruottel and Sir
RO3ERT Ihnobt,•the petitions were brought up and read.
(LEFT SITTING.)