The Sun. — 1841-08-30 (London, England)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.  The Speaker having taken the Chair a few 'minutes before Four o'Clock, Sir S. Canning took the oaths and his seat.  Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from. 132 working people of the vicinity of Newcastle-uponTyne, which stated, " That the Petitioners heard with joy the declaration of Lord John Russell, that it was her Kist Gracious Majesty's intention to diFsove her Parliament and appeal to the people ;, that ,your Petitioners alcordingly proceeded to the place of election, but were told they were no part, of the people, and had no right to 'take .part in the election ; that her Matjesty's intention. was- thus rendered of no effect. Petitioneis pray-7,--That• you will address the Queen to send you all buck again to the people ; having first enacted that.all her Majesty's adult male population of 21 years and upwards should be allowed to vote. Petitioners farther . state, if such a law had existed previous to the late election, instead of a few only of the late Parliament ,of blessed memory being displaced; the services of nearly the whole would have been dispensed with." Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from Leeds, Nottingham, and Durham, praying the House to commit political suicide by addressing her Majesty to dissolve the present Parliament after having passed an Uniyereal Suffrage Bill. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from 180 inhabitants of Montreal, in Upper Canada, stating that they approved of the proposed changes in the tariff of duties on provisions imported into the West Indies. The petitioners further prayed that that House• would' be further pleased to repeal the duties upon beef, pork, butter, wheat, flour, and other articles, the produce of Canada, and allow them to-be imported into British ports free of duty. 1)r. BOWRING presented a petition from a working man, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws ; a step demanded by the sacred principles of religion, as well as of commercial policy. Sir VALENTINE BLAKE presented a petition, praying that all Members of Parliament might be exempted from the mecessitysof taking the oath of supremacy, in as full and ample a manner as persons professing the Roman Catholic religion are exempted. The SPEAKER having observed that the petitic n was signed by the Hon. Member himself, Sir VALENTINE BLAKE said he had already stated that the petition was signed by*an Hon. Member of the House.—(Great laughter.) MR. GOULBOURN objected to the petition being accepted. . • The SPEAKER having declared that the petition would not formally be presented by the Hon. Member himself,  The petition was withdrawn amidst the loud laughter of the House.  Petitions against the election returns for the boroughs of Wakefield, Sudbury, Bridport, and Richmond, were presented and laid on the table of the house. • Mr. WALLACE gave notice that he should move for n Select Committee to inquire into .the management of the Post-office department, with a view to promoting greater economy and efficieney; also that he should early next Session move for a Bill for aboliShing the W.:ice of Poitmaster-General;-and' placing. the duties of that department in the hands of Commissioners also that he would call the attention of 'the I-louse to the evidence in the report of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Supreme Court of Scotland, and to the propriety of reducing the number of the Judges of the Courts of Session, from thirteen to nine. ANSWER To