The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-10 00:00:00

BRISTOL DOCKS,

Leave was given to bring in the Bristol Docks' Act
Amendment Bill.
THAMES' HAVEN, DOCK, AND RAILWAY.
Leave wus given to bring in the Thames'.Haven,
Dock, and Railway Bill.
Leave was given to bring in a Bill to improve
the town of Liverpool.
Leave was given to bring in the Boston Pier Bill.
Leave was given to bring in the Birmingham and
Derby Junction Railway Bill.
Leave was given to bring in the Liverpool Build-
ings' Bill.
Leave was also given to bring in the Northern
Union Railway Bill.
Mr. R. CLIVE brought in the Ellesmere Canal
Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a
second time to-morrow.
Mr..B. WOOD brought in the New Cross Roads'
Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a
second time to-morrow.
Lord BERNARD presented a petition from Cork,
against the duty on• the importation of flour.
Lord CHARLES FITZROY presented five peti-
tions, for the repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. GREENE presented a petition from the millers
and mill owners of Lancaster, complaining of the duty
proposed to be put upon flour.
Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from an
individual residing in Manchester, against the law of
primogeniture.
HULL MAGISTRACY.

Mr. HUTT rose to present a petition of which he
had given notice, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and.
Common-Council of Kingston-upon-Hull, complain-
ing of the manner in which certain gentlemen
had been recently appointed to the Magistracy of
that borough. lie would beg to call the attention
of the House to the great importance of this petition.
involving as it did serious charges against the Right
lion. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Department.
The petitioners state that from the time of King
Edward the Third until the passing of the Municipal
Corporation Bill, the • power of electing the magis-
tracy was vested in the Mayor and Corporation of
Hull; that after the passing of that Bill the
Noble Lord, the member for London, continued
to them the privilege which they had before
possessed, but that lately the Secretary for the Home
Department sent a body of eight gentlemen, whose
names he ordered to be inserted in the Commission of
the Peace, all of them being partisans of the Govern-
ment. The petitioners believed that the appointments
were conferred for services rendered to the party in
power. lle trusted the subject would meet the at-
tention of the House.

PRESBYTERIAN MIXED MARRIAGES.
Mr. SIIARMAN CRAWFORD presented four
petitions most numerously and respectably signed,
from the first Presbyterian congregation of Down-
patrick ; from the first congregation of Kilmore ;
from the congregation of Grey Abbey, in
the County of Devon ; and from the Re-
monstrant congregation of York-street, Bel-
fast. These petitions represented the manifold evils
which would arise from permitting the late decision
of the Irish Judges to stand as the law of the land,
without some remedy being provided for all those who
might be sufferers therefrom, and they prayed the
house to pass such an Act as would remedy those
evils both retrospectively and prospectively, placing
all sects on an equality as to the rights of marriage.
METROPOLITAN BRIDGES.
_ _

Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from
the inhabitants of St. George's, Hanover-square, for
the removing of the toll from Southwark, Waterloo,
and Vauxhall bridges.
Sir E. KERRISON presented a similar petition
from certain householders in the parish of Marylebone.
CORN-LAW S.

Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from
Bradbury, in the county of Chester, praying for the
repeal of the Corn-laws, and for a complete Suffrage,
Vote by Ballot, and short Parliaments.
Sir JOHN EASTIIOPE presented petitions from
the inhabitants of Sussex, Dorset, the Isle of Wright,
and the county town of Southampton, representing
the evil operations of the present system of the Corn-
laws ; and as these petitions came from purely agri-
cultural districts, he thought they should be read by
the Clerk at the table.

On the motion of the HoN. BARONET, the petitions
were then read at length by the Clerk.
CHURCH-RATES.

Sir J. EASTHOPE presented a petition from an
individual in Leicester, complaining that Dissenters
should be compelled to pay Church-rates, and pray-
ing for a dissolution of Chnrch and State.
Mr. EMERSON TENNENT presented a petition
from the solicitors and attorneys of Ireland, praying
for the repeal of so much of the Act of the 50th of
George 111. as imposed on them a stamp duty of 8/. ;
also a petition from the county of Cork against such
parts of the proposed Corn Bill as referred to the re-
lative duties on the exportation of wheat and flour;
and a petition from Belfast, in favour of the Bill for
Legalizing Presbyterian Marriages.
Mr. LEADER presented a petition from St.
Martin's-in-the-Fields, signed by upwards of 12,000
persons, praying for the total and immediate repeal
of the Corn-laws.

Mr. YOUNGE presented a petition from Cavan' in
favour of the legalization of Presbyterian marriages.
Dr. BOWRING presented petitions from Edin-
burgh and Greenock, in favour of the total and imme-
diate repeal of the Corn-laws.
Lord WORSLEY presented a petition from 285
fanners near Grimsby, against the proposed measure
respecting the importation of corn into this country.
The petition was read at length at the table.
Sir R. INGLIS thought that one passage of the
petition was worded contrary to the rules of the
House ; but after an observation from Lord WORS-
LEY, it was ordered to lie on the table._ _ _ _

Several petitions were presented by Hon. Members
of both sides of the House, against the proposed Corn-
law scale, principally with reference to the relative
duty on wheat and wheaten flour.
_Air. COBDEN presented several petitions, praying
for a total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws.
Air. VILLIERS presented a petition from the in-
habitants of Islington, for a total repeal of the Corn-
laws.

Lord SANDON presented a petition from a place
in the county of 'Wexford, praying for a further pro-
tection against the importation of foreign corn.
The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from
the American
.Chamber • of Commerce, praying that
the House would take into its consideration the ex-
cessive duties upon the importation of tobacco.
INHUMATION IN TOWNS.
Mr, MACKINNON handed in the list of the ,

Committee he moved for on the night before on this
question.
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
Mr. COLVILLE gave notice that on the 16th
instant he would move for a copy of the number
of convictions for the murder of illegitimate
children in England and Wales from the year
1828 to the year 1841, distinguishing the counties in
which those murders were committed; also a return
of the number of convictions for concealment of the
birth of children within the same period.
NEW WRIT FOR SOUTHAMPTON.
Sir GEORGE CLERK moved for a writ for the
election of a Member for the borough of South-
ampton, in the room of the late Member, Lord Bruce,
now succeeded to the Peerage, by the name and style
of the Earl of Elgin.
REGISTERED ARMS IN IRELAND.

Mr. SHAW gave notice that to-morrow he should
move that the returns asked for by the Lord Mayor
of Dublin, on the subject of registered arms in the
county of Down should be extended to the rest of
Ireland.
Mr. O'CONNELL had no objection ; he had re-
ferred to the county of Down specially, because more
murders had taken place there of late than in any other
' county.
Mr. HUTT said he was desirous of stating to the
Right Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir R. Peel) the course
which he proposed to take with respect to the Bill of
which he had given notice, in relation to the importation
of flour. The Bill stood for Thursday. He proposed on
bringing in the Bill, to have it printed and circulated
with the votes, if the Right Hon. Baronet was not op-
posed to that course of proceeding.
Sir R. PEEL said, without pledging himself to the
aioptio of any particular line of conduct, he had no
objection to the Hon. Member pursuing the course
which he had stated.
Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL wished to know from
the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Ireland, whether
it was the intention of Government to propose any
alteration in the system of offering premiums for in-
formation, which had led to such a painful result in
the case of Delahunt. The system was viewed with
great dissatisfaction in Ireland.
Lord ELIOT said that he could not give any
other answer than the one he• had given on a pre-
vious occasion. He thought the practice of holding
out inducements to persons to give evidence was
in itself objectionable ; but in the present state
of Ireland he did not think it could be safely discon-
tinued. At present there was great difficulty of pro-
curing evidence, arising from the reluctance of wit-
nesses to expose themselves to the friends and relations
of the accused party. He hoped, however, that the
growing feelings of security in the law and in its ad-
ministration would, in time, render it unnecessary to
continue the practice; but if it were at once and altoge-
ther discontinued, hewas afraid that many crimes would
remain altogether unpunished. With regard to the
cases alluded to* by the Hon. Gentleman, it was im-
possible for him to give any definite answer.
DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY.

Dr. BOWRING said' that he would then re-
peat the question he had put some even-
ings ago to the Right honourable Baronet
opposite, respecting the distress of the country.
He thought that if the Right Honourable Baronet
laid the information he received on the subject before
the House it would be very valuable, and would be a
great satisfaction to those who interested themselves
in the matter.
Sir J. GRAIIAM said, in consequence of what
had been said by the Hon. Gentleman he had made
inquiries on the subject, and very voluminous documents
had been received at the Home-office signed by three or
four individuals, but he had not as yet time to look over
them, so that he could not at present accede to the
wish of the Hon. Member.
Dr. BOWRING said that he would then give
notice for the production of the documents on Tiles,.
day next.