The Sun.
London, England, 1830-02-16 00:00:00

GAME LAWS.

The Martinis ofCWANIiOS, understanding that
the Hon. Member for Aberdeen intended to perse•
eere in the motion of which he had given notice for
that evening, postponed his proposition with respect
to the Game Laws.
WEST INDIA PRODUCE. _ _ _

The MarqUisof CIIANDOS gave notice of his
intention to present on Tuesday,the 23d, a vet), im-
portant petition with which lie had been entrusted
by the West India Planters and Merchants, and
which prayed a reduction of the Duties on Sugar
and Rum.

PUBLIC DISTRESS.
Mr. EGERTON presented a petition from the
Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, and Freeholders of the
County of Chester, praying the House to inquire
into the cause of the universal distress which pre•
wailed, and sugesting an alteration of the currency,
and a rigid system of economy, as the best and most
obvious means of remedying the evil.
Mr. DAVIES DAVENPORT supported the
prayer of the petition, and observed, that unless Mi-
nisters consented to adopt some remedy for the dis-
tress, he feared it would become still more general
and afflicting.
The petition was ordered to be printed.
Mr. WODEHOUSE, on the part of his lion.
Friend the Member for Shaftesbury (Mr. E. D.
Davenport) postponed, on account of ill-health, the
motion on the State of the Country, of which be had
given notice for to-morrow. It was, however, from
a disinclination to embarrass the Government at the
present moment that he (Mr. Wodehouse) was glad
to postpone the motion ; but he begged at the same
time to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman, at what
time or under what circumstances he intended to in-
troduce those modifications and extensions of the
system of banking which be had the other evening
intimated his wish to see established. It waa on tic-
count of that intimation principally that his Hon.
Friend and others were anxious that the motion
should not be pressed.
Mr. Secretary PEEL denied that he had made
any declaration such as that attributed to him by
the Hon. Member ; and he left him at full liberty to
go on with his motion, or to withdraw it, as it
might suit his convenience or his wishes. All he
had stated on the evening to which the Hon. Mem-
ber alluded was, that it might be possible to im-
prove the system of country banking by a removal
of some of the restrictions at present imposed on it.
He had added, that be hoped, at an early period, to
see a sounder system established; but he was not
prepared to say at what time that was to take place,
nor to make any other decimations on the sohject.
SAVING BANKS.
Mr. WILBRAHAM, in moving for an Account
of the Amounts of the Produce of all Stock received
or paid by the Commissioners for the Reduction of
the National Debt, en account of Savings Banks,
observed it was continually asserted that, notwith-
standing the appearance of distress, the capital of
the country was increasing. lie was not prepared
to question that assertion at present ; but he thought
it might prove that such capital was every day get-
ting into fewer and fewer havds;and for the purpose
of understanding that more plainly, he wished to be
informed on the amount of monies collected by the
lower classes.
Mr. WODEHOUSE took this opportunity to
ask the Right 800. Gent. (Mr. Peel) two ques-
tions. The first was, whether Mr. Frankland Lewis
whose labours were much missed by the commercial
interests of the country, had been appointed Trea-
surer of the Navy ? The second question was,how
it happened that in the minutes of evidence of papers
just laid on the table, the evidence of Mr. A. Baring
was given at length, and the evidence of the
Governor and Members of the Bank of England
either generalized or omitted ?
Mr. PEEL, in reply to the first question, an-
swered, that a new writ bad that evening been
moved for Radnor, in consequence of Mr. F. Lewis
having accepted the office of Treasurer of the Navy.
To the second he could not give an answer; but
as there weie two gentlemen in the House front
with the Board of Trade, he was sure, when
they took their places, that they would satisfacto-
torily explain the omission to which the Honour-
able Member alluded.
Ott the suggestion of the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER, the motion of Mr. Wilbra.
ham was amended, as the Right Hon. Gentleman
explained, for the better accomplishment of the ob-
ject ; and a return was ordered of all monies had
and received from Savings' Banks from the Ist of
January, 1828, to the 31st of December in the
same year ; with a return of the same kind to the
31st of December, 1829, acid continued to the latest
period at which it could be ascertained.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from an
inhabitant of Cork, whose name we could not hear,
praying for a Repeal of the Legislative Union with
Ireland.—Ordered to be printed.
On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL, Returns
were ordered to be laid before the House of the names
of the Members of Grand Juries in Dublin, f:orn
Dec. 1822, to Jan. 1830 ; and of the names of
Members of the Common Council of Dublin, on
the Ist of January of every year, from 1821 to
1830, inclusive.
Mr. O'CONNELL moved for a Return of the
number of persons discharged under the Insolvent
Act, specifying their names, and dividends, if any.
It being, however, stated by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer that such a return would be exceedingly
voluminous, and Mr. Hume having said that he had
last Session moved for an aggregate' return, al-
though he did not know whether it was yet on the
Table, Mr. O'Connell withdrew his motion.
Mr. BANKES presented the usual annual peti-
tion from the Trustees of the British Museum.—
Ordered to be printed.
Mr. CALLAGHAN gave notice that on Wed-
nesday next he would move for certain Returns
relative to the Church Establishment in Ireland.
Mr. DICKENSON presented a petition from
William Towsey, M.D., complaining of.the increase
of small-pox, and praying that the House would
adopt some means of remedying the evil.
Mr. HUME thought the attention of the Right
Hon. Gentleman ought to be especially paid to this
important subject, in order to prevent the spread of
the small-pox by carelessness and inattention.
Parents, whose children were inoculated with the
small-pox, ought to be compelled to keep them at
home, in order to prevent their coming in contact
with other children.
After a few words from Mr. DICKENSON, the
petition was ordered to be printed.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL postponed, until to-
morrow, his Motion on the subject of the arrange-
ments respecting Greece.
The Lunatic Licensing Balances' Bill went
through a Committee, the Report of which was
ordered to be received to-morrow.
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tion •
• •to the collection of the Revenue, was
examining in SOGNre,attheseßale,poforrt
ordered to be printed.
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COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved the Order of the Day for the House resolv-
consider further of the supply to be g
ranted to his
Majesty.
ing itself into a Committee of the whole House, to
Mr. HUME wished, before the House resolved
itself into the Committee, to submit to the House
what, as it appeared to him, it was their d.uty to
perform before they granted any supplies w
red hatev
ier
He had, for many years past, endeavou to m-
ing on the country, and which were likely to weigh
press on the House that the difficulties then weigh-
on it till a different course was pursued, arose from
the scale of expenditure which the Ministers thought
proper to keep up since the conclusion of peace. lle
had no hesitation in saying that this country, inste,d
of enjoying all those advantages which the people
I had a right to expect after the termination of so long
a war,—the advantages of peace and plenty,—was,