The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-08 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(LAST NIGHT.)

Mr. R. COLBORNE reported to the House that r 1,..
illness of General' Sir G. Boyle rendered it necessary for
the Dover Election Committee to adjourn till to-morrow
morning. A Medical Gentleman stated that he would be
able to attend to-morrow morning, and leave was gralited
for the Committee to sit to-morrow. The attack was
ilts.zilied as of a bilious nature.

Lord ALTHORVE presented a petition from Leicester
and Northampton, against the Smithfield Market Bill.
Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN moved that the Committee
of St. Dunstan's Church pill should hare Jeave to make
their report on or before the 18th inst.
Mr. C. PALLMER presented a petition from the Society
for Suppressing Cruelty to Animas, praying that a Bill
May be introduced to abolish the practice of bull-baiting.
Mr. KING presented a petition from several parishes
in the county of Cork against the Sub-letting Act.
Mr. HUSKISSON presented a petition trout the boot
and shoemakers of Liverpool against the importation of
foreign shoes.

After a few words from General GASCOYNE, the pe •
tition was ordered to be printed.
Mr. HUSKISSON presented a petition from a Mr.
Horsvood, of Liverpool, complaining of the unequal assoo,
meat of the taxes .on inhabited .houses,
Colonel LYGON presented. a petition from J. graft,
silk throwster, of Worcester, against the reduction of the
duty on thrown silk.

Mr. W. HORTON presented petitions from two Etni:.
gration Societies, praying for means, to assist them to
emigrate.
Mr. ROBINSON presented a petition from eleven silk
throwsters of Manchester, against the Silk Duties Mil,
and praying for compensation for their losses.
Mr. DUGDALE presented a petition from Birmingham,
against the renewal of the East India Charter.
Mr. BULLER presented a petition from persons eon_
cerned with the Pilchard Fishery, praying for a continu-
ance of the original bounty.
Lord F. L. GOWER brought in a Bill for amending the
Statute relating to Offences against the Person; also a Bill
to amend the Acts for the encouragement of the Irish
Fisheries; both of which were read a first time.

Sir M. S. STEWART presented a, petition from eel:
tain Manufacturers of Hami:ton, Lanarkshire, praying
the House to consider their situation. He also pre-ented
a petition from the Emigration Society of Glas;'ow, pray-
ing for assistance to enable them to'emigrate.
Mr. HUME presented a petition front the BoronglA of
Culross, against the Gaol Enlargement (Scotland) bill.
Also a petition from the Carpenters and •Joiner• of Man-
chester. He was sorry that none of his Majesty's Ministers
were present, as the petitioners stated they were williug to
work, but could not get it to do. They prayed for theme-
peal of the Corn Laws, as they considered it would not
only benefit them, but the country at large. Oi•dered to
be printed; alSo a petition to the same effect from New
On the petition being brought up,

Mr. WELLS said, that be should oppose this petition,
if it was contended that the present distresses of the peop!e
was attributable to the Corn Laws. He denied that such
distresses were in any way owing to those laws.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY said he could nut suffer the ob-
servations of the Hon. Member fbr Maidstone to pass
without remarking that every one must know that the
Corn Laws were calculated to affect the condition of the
labouring classes. He trusted that some alteration
would be speedily made to relieve the labourin:,
classes from the distress which the Corn Laws were cal-
Culated to increase.

Mr. WELLS said something in explanation which was;
inaudible in the gallery.

Mr. WHITMORE- concurred in the sentiments of the
Hon. Member for Colchester. He had always:opposed
the Corn Laws; because he conscientiously believed
that they were the parents of much of the distress under
which the country was now suffering.
Mr. P. TEIOMSON contended that the distress was
mainly attributable to the defective laws by which' the im-
portation of Foreign Grain had been for many years re-
gulated.
Mr. M. FITZGERALD considered that it would be e%-
tremely inconvenient to go into any general discussion of a
question of so much moment as the Corn Laws, particularly
as the system of averages was calculated to deceive. the
public. Such, he knew was the case at present, as re-
spected Lancashire, where so much distress priva
Mr. HUME said that the system of free trade had be-
gun at the wrong end ; for the House should in the first
instance have commenced with the article of corn, the most
important of all others. It was preposterous to-keep up
the price of corn, when so many poor persons- were
starving.
11fr. Alderman WAITHMAN said he wholly differed
from the Hon. Member for Aberdeen, but should rcion.„
what he had to say until a future opportunity,
Colonel SIBTHORPE called the attertt;bn of the House
to an Advertisement in an Irish Ne".vspaper, the Dublin
Evening Post, stating that the ‘,‘ Cathedral Catholic
Church of Newry would be consecrated, on the 6th of
May, by the Most Reverend Dr. Curtis, Roman Catholic
Primate of Ireland, assisted by the Most Reverend De.
Murray, Roman Catholic ArchbishOp of Dublin. The
sermon to he peeached by Dr. Doyle, Roman Catholic
Bishop of Kildare."—(A laugh.)—He said thiswas the
fruit of that detestable Bill recently brought into this
House, and be wished to know from the Right Hon.
Secretary opposite if this was not in direct variance with
the Bth clause of that detestable Bill ? He thought Minis-
ters were bound to see if that advertisement Lad the sanc-
tion of the Catholic Clergy, and.if so, steps should be taken
for subjecting them to the provisions of the clause he had
referred to. The penalty fur the assumption of those titles
by them was 100/.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Secretary Peel, was in the House but made no
answer.

Mr. V. STUART presented a petition from a Society
for the Encouragement of Industry, praying that the poor
laws might be extended to Ireland..—Ordered to lie on
the Table.

Mr. 11. GRATTAN presented a petition from Mr. E.
Laycock Cokely, formerly of Wexford, and now of the
Tee of Man, complaining of the severe treatment he hart
experienoed on proceedings relative to a debt of 13/. I3s,
The Hon. Member presented eight petitions from parisi!efi
in Ireland against the Sub-letting Act, and a petition front
another parish in Ireland against the Vestry Act,

WATER COMPANIES,
Mr. S. WORTLEY observing Hon. Baronet (the
Member for Westminster) in hiS puce, would wish to call
his attent'on to the subjeict of the supply of water to tile
Metropolis. Ile coultit not help expressing his womb r
that, after the water companies had occupied the atten-.
tion of two parliamentary Committees, the subject shouhd.
be allowed entirely to drop. He hoped the Hon. Baronet
opposite would not relax in those praiseworthy exertions
which he had hitherto made upon this subject.
Sir F. BURDETT felt much difficulty in taking any
further step on the suWyzot. He had represented the de-
cision of the Committtee to the Right .ion. Gent. oppo-
site, and he (Mr. Secretary Peel) appeared most anxicus
to afford every facility in
_pis power to remedy the evil.
There was one short rtmEdy tvhich he begged to point out
as the only means of providing a supply of good water.--_
namely, that of having a survey directed by Government ;
this might be done at an expence of 3,0001. or 4,000/.--.:
a sTatu too insignificant to stop for a moment a measure of
such vast importance.

Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that after the Report made
by the Committee last year, Mr. Telford, thc, engineer,
was applied to as to, the probable expenci) of a survey,
with a view to asoertain the best mod., r.f supplying the
metropolis with pure water. That Gent., than whom no
twre competent authority could be applied to, was of
opinion that the survey would take from 3,000/. to
5,000/., but he amid not he positive that the latter stint
would cover it, Under these circumstances, Ministers did
not feel themselves justified in entering upon the measure.
If the present Companies did not act upon the advice of
the Committee, he trusted that a new Company would he
started; and if so, they should receive every possible
facility from Government upon proper security, that the
country should be indemnified.--(Hear.)
Sir C. BURRELL (as we understood), and Mr. WAR-
BURTON, were about to address the House, when
Air. SPEAKER observed, that as there was no specific