The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-12 00:00:00

EAST INDIA TRADE.

Mr. HUSKISSON gave notice that he should
to-morrow present a petition from the Mer-
chants, Bankers, and others, of the town of Liver-
pool, praying that, on the expiration of the East
India Company's Charter, the same ►night not be
renewed.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. WODEHOUE. moved for various returns
relating to the Beer and Malt Trade, for the last
two years.—Ordered.

Sii• H. HARDINGE brought in a Bill for the
afuntdu reregulation
ordered
t o
be
read
etade Ms
eicl
oi Militia.—Read a. —Ra a first time.
next.
Admiral HARVEY presented a petition from a
parish in Essex, against the Metropolitan Road Bill,
Mr. SPRING RICE moved for various returns
relating to the sums of money paid to grand juries
in Ireland, and likewise for accounts of the funds
o( charitable inst,tutions in that country.
Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from the
county of Cumberland, praying for the imposition of
a heavier duty on foreign wool. He observed that it
was rather startling for the House to consider
the anomaly that the wool-grower of this country
complained that he was obliged to sell his wool at a
ruinous loss, and the manufacturer complained that
he was obliged to sell the manufactured erticle if
not at a loss, at a profit infinitely too low,
After a few words from Mr. C. Pclas‘m,
Mr. HEATHCOTE was sorry that the short wool
trade was in its present depressed state, as wool
which had sold at 58s, was now selling at 225. and
235. He believed that no other department, of
trade had undergone a similar degree of depression.
The Right Hon. VESEY FITZGERALD felt
that it would be at present impossible to follow the
Hon. Gent. (Sir J. Graham) in the various topics
he had touched on in the course of his speech. At
a proper time the question respecting the state of
the wool trade would no doubt receive from this
House all the Lit teut ion that it deserved,
After a few words from Lord MILTON and Mr.
F. LEwis, the petition was laid on the table.
Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from an
individual in Cumberland, against the Assessed
Taxes.

A Message was brought up from the Lcrds, sig-
nifying their Lordships having agreed. to several
Privatv NU.

SLANEY presented a 'petition from certain
inhabitants of the borough of Ipswich, against the
licensing system.

ROMAN CATHOLIC PRELATES.

Col. SIBTHORPE said that on Thursday last
he asked the Secretary for the Home Department
respecting an advertisement which appeared in a
Dublin paper, in which a Dr. Curtis was called the
Roman Catholic Primate of Ireland, and a Dr. Mur-
ray the Roman Catholic Archbishop of
To that question the Right Hon. Gent, was n,,t so
courteous as to return an answer. He now begged
to ask the Right Hon. Gent, under wliat sanction
those two 54.,1t-created beings were named in the
advertisement ?

Mtn. PEEL was sorry that there khd been any ap-
pearattia taf discourtesy on his past On a former night,
taut he could assure the Hot:a. Member that he put
no question on that occa:dion. He made several ob-
servations, but conchtdod without proposing h ques-
tion. The Hon, Dde,mber now wished to know by
what authority two self-created beings were named
in a cettAiti advertisement. It was not in his power
to give the Hon. Member a satisfactory answer upon
that point. He could only say that by the late Act
of Parliament for affording relief to Roman Catho-
lics, certain pow4us devolved on the Attorney-Ge-
neral for Ireland, who had received instructions stu-
diously to, enforce the law, Whether the circum-
stances to which the lion. Member had called his
attention was an infraction of the law was a point on
which he thought it would be improper to pronounce
an opinion, He could only repeat that the AttOr.
ney•Qekood for Ireland had received general Instruc-
tions to enforce the law, and that no tiwitht he would
do so.

Mr. FYLER. presented It petition from certain
agriculturellabourers, praying the House to pass a
law so establish that the minimum wages of an agri-
cAltural labourer should he of the value of two
bushels of wheat.
Mr. BARING brought in a Bill to exclude per-
sone

members of Parliament, which was read a Gait, and
ordered to be .read a second time on. Friday.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE BILL.

Mr. PEEL, on rising to move the Order of the
Day for the House to resolve itself into a Committee
on the above Bill, observed, that he had received a
great number of communications on the subject
front various parts of the country. Some of these
contained valuable suggestions, by adopting which
the Bill would be materially improved. He there-
fore proposed, in the course of the present session,
to make the Bill as perfect as possible, and to allow
it to stand over till next session, itt order that it
might during the recess receive the attention which
it merited.—( Hear.)
Mr. HEATHCOTE recommended the R;ght
Hon. Gentleman to introduce a clause to abolish
the practice of justices' clerks receiving fees in as-
sault cases. _

Mr. F. LEWIS suggested that a clause should
be introduced respecting magistrates in local juris-
dictions ; or, if that were found inconvenient, a se-
psrate Bill could be introduced on that subject.
S'r R. HERON objected to the fees which per-
sons charged with assaults were compelled to pay.
Mr. PEEL, in explanation, said, that he would
not pronounce any opinion at present on the sug-
gestion of his Right Hon. Friend, but he doubted
whether what he proposed should not be made the
subject of a separate Act
MONCK suggested that (as we understood
him) some fixed salary shold be allowed to Magis-
trates' clerks, instead of fees.
Sir E. KIN ATCHBULL expressed his concur-
rence in the postponement of the Bill.
After a few words from Mr. PEEL, Sir JOHN
WROT'rg.SLEY, and Lord W. POWLETT, the Bill was
then ordered to he committed for Friday week.