The Sun. — 1837-05-27 (London, England)

CHURCH-RATES. no objection in the way of the motion being then made.— (Cheers.) Lo rd STANLEY presented a petition from Bury in Sir JAMES GRAHAM had not given notice of his Lanevshire, against the abolition of Church-rates. M-. GRANTLEY BERKELEY presented petitions motion, because he could not believe the statements which praying for the abolition of Church-rates. he received from Glasgow.—(Cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh 1") The only question was, whether they should examine Mr_ WI LKS presented petitions from the Wesleyan Meinto the precise facts of the case, which would all be before thodisrs of' Leicester, in favour of the Ministerial measure. .Mr. WARBURTON presented a petition from the the House on Tuesday next, by agreeing to the present motion. If the writ were transmitted in the usual way, it rate-pryers of Haddington, in Dorset. The petitioners I stated that at vestries held in the years 1835 and 1836, the I would be well ; if not, they would know the reason. rat:.-poyers refused to grant Church-rates ; that subse- •. Mr. GISBORNE considered the motion as premature, qiieat. to that period no attempt had been made to levy as it was at variance with all the rules of the House.— hit C rch-rates ; that the existing state of things only tended (Cries of ,a No, no.") He knew that any Member had to keep alive party strife, and they highly approved of the the abstract right of making motions without notice at any time lie pleased, but what was the practice of the measure introduced by his Majesty's Government for the abolition of those rates. House ? If an Hon. Member made the attempt, he was instantly told from all sides that Members did not Mr. HANDLEY presented a petition from Lincoln, in favour of the restriction of the sentence of death to the come down prepared, and that the matter could crime of murder. not then he properly discussed : so it ought to be in the . Sir W. TRELAWNEY presented two petitions from Present case. Let the Hon. Baronet give notice of his moparialles in Cornwall, in favour of the Church-rate Bill. tion, and he would most cordially support him. Petitions with a similar prayer were presented by Mr. Mr. W. W. WYNN had sat upwards of forty years in toat House, and during the whole of that time this Tooke, from a Wesleyan congregation in Truro; by Mr. :11,1orrison, from three parishes in the county of Suffolk : h was the first time that he had heard a doubt thrown upon Mr. Gisborne, from two parishes in the county of Nottiney the right or the duty of a Member of Parliament, ham ; and Mr. T. Duncombe, from the parish of St. to whom information was given of a breach of privilege, to George in the East. The petition had been signed since lay his statement immediately before the House, and found th a motion upon it. It would be for the House to deterthousand division of' the other night, and contained nearly a , thousand signatures. mime wnether, from the statements that had just been made Ailr. WYSE presented three petitions in favour of the to it, the subject was a fit one for it to inquire into. Agricultural Bank of Ireland, and one from the Waterford Mr. WARBURTON denied that there was any breach Chaneber of Commerce, in favour of grinding foreign corn of privilege in the matter. It was an offence against an in bon d ; also one from the same body against the Liver- Act of Parliament. pool Llnprovement Bill. Mr. WASON said if there was any irregularity in the Mr. MORRISON presented three petitions from transmission of the writ, of course the election would be Wesley an congregations in Ipswich for the better obserdeclared void.—(Cries of " No, no.") vance of ' the Sabbath. Mr. WYNN instanced the cases of Poole, where the Mr. W. S. O'BR.IEN presented a petition from writ had been delayed three weeks, and Kircudbright a large body of shareholders of the Agricultural Bank of where a delay of four months had taken place ; and yet in Ireland, praying for legislative protection against the Bill neither case had the, election been declared void. There for dissolving. the Company, was a sum of 5201. a year granted to the officer of' the Court of Chancery to ensure the safe transmission of. the '