The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-23 00:00:00

Mr. YOUNG begged to tell the Hon. Member for Fins-
bury that his majority was seventeen, and not six.
Mr. LUSHINGTON said he was satisfied with the expla-
nation of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Westminster.
The amendment was withdrawn.

In answer to a question from Mr. HUME,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he would to morrow lay upon
the table copies of the correspondence relating to the affairs of
Lower Canada. In answer to the Hon. Member for Fins-
bury, he would say that he did not mean to take that oppor-
tunity of entering into any statement relative to these docu-
ments.
Mr. HUME made some allusion to papers connected with
Upper Canada and other of the American colonies.
We understood Lord J. RUSSELL to say they would not
be ready to-morrow
Lord J. RUSSELL then moved the postponement of the
Committee of Supply until the 17th of January.—Agreed to.
THE DUCHESS OF KENT'S ANNUITY BILL.
On the motion that the Report of the Duchess of Kent's An-
nuity Bill be received,
Colonel SIBTHORP said that, however painful it was to
him to rise for the purpose of again moving the amendment
upon which he had last night taken the sense of the House,
yet he could not hesitate performing that which he considered
his duty under any circumstances. He would take that op-
portunity of deprecating the indecent degree of laughter with
which his observations upon this subject were last night re-
ceived by the Members of her Majesty's Government--( A
laugh)—who must have supposed that he was acting with an
undue regard to the feelings of the illustrious individual to
whom his amendment related. He must say, however, that
such a supposstion came with a very bad grace from them, and
that he considered there was much greater disrespect exhi-
bited towards her Royal Highness in the laughter which came
from the Ministerial benches than there was in any observation
which fell from his lips. He begged to repeat that he had
the greatest possible respect for that illustrious Lady, and
acted solely from a sense of duty. With respect to the mo-
tion he last night made, he only wished to observe that many
gentlemen who on the hustings professed themselves the ad-
vocates of Reform and retrenchment, went out and voted with
the Government upon it, and shrunk from the performance of
that duty which many of them had promised they would on that
occasion discharge. As the Hon Member for Bridport had
said that night, " Their conduct would have been very diffe-
rent if a general election were nearer at hand."—( Hear,
hear.) The Hon. and Gallant Gentleman then stated that
he had two other clauses he wished to have added to the Bill ;
but as he had not given uotice of them he was afraid he could
not move their adoption by the House without first having
done so. Under these circumstances he should again take
the sense of the House upon the amendment he last night sub-
mitted to it. The Gallant Member then moved " That it
shall be lawful for her Majesty to give and grant, by letters
patent, under the Great Seal of Great Britain, to her Royal
Highness Maria Louisa Victoria Duchess of Kent, for the
term of her natural life, for the adequate provision for her said
Royal Highness, a certain annual payment or annuity of
22,0001. of lawful moneys of Great Britain, in lieu of the pro-
posed grant of 30.0001."
Mr. HARVEY hoped the Hon. Gentleman would give
notice of any further amendments he might have to propose
to this Bill, and not allow his proposition to be received by the
House with ridicule. He (Mr. Harvey) was one of those who
thought there was no reason whatever for the haste and hurry
which had been evinced in passing this Bill—( hear, hear)—
and who considered that this 30,000/. ought not to be granted
to the Duchess of Kent, under all circumstances.—( Hear,
hear.) He trusted the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman would
not, therefore, allow himself to be moved from his mild course.
—( A laugh.)
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no divisicn
took place, as the amendment was withdrawn.
The Report was then received, and (as we understood) the
Bill read a third time and passed.
NEWSPAPER STAMPS.

Mr. BORTHWICK moved " That the Return of the
number of Stamps issued to Newspapers in Great Britain and
Ireland, ordered to the Ist of November, be extended to the
lst of December this year."—Agreed to.
PLURALITIES.

Lord J. RUSSELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill " to
abridge Pluralities and make better provision for the residence
of the Clergy."
In answer to a question from Sir R. INGLIS,
Lord J. RUSSELL stated that he should postpone until
the Ist of February the other notice he had upon the paper for
leave to bring in a Bill t.) carry into effect the Fourth Repo: t
of the Eccles'astical Commissioners. The Noble Lord fur-
ther observed that he should not take any further steps in any
Bill which he had brotz,ht in until the Ist of February.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at Twelve o'Clock to a Quarter to Twelve
this day.

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