The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-11 00:00:00

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After a fete words frog i Sir R. PALMER, Colonel
RUSLIWORTII, end Mr.. PR YME,
Mr. POTTER complained of the expense incurred in the
erection of gaols and °the,. buildings under the direction of
magistrates. The Castle of York, upon- which ninety-six
thousand pounds was said to have been expended,, appeared
to him a monument of the folly of the magistrates. The castle
of Leicester, also, awl of Lau:weer, were too large for their
lee--poses as prisons; a.rel thug imlrti_!w;g, sums were extrava-
epenclud. He: should be glad to see this extravagance
checked and controliesl.
Mr. C HAPM A N said this Bill mas mischievous in its prin-
ciple, and ohnoxiou.s in its details. It was degrading to the
magistracy, subvei.-sive of the order of society, and derogatory
to the privilege of: the Crown itself. Ile objected to the mea-
sure, both in principle and details.
Captain PECH ELL said that in places where quarter ses-
sions were held, and where hospitality was extended by the
gentlemen of the neighbourhood to the magistrates, there was
a good attendance ; but where the doors were closed, the
Chairman was almost left alone. He was an instance in his
own person of the Lord Lieutenant refusing to appoint a ma-
gistrate, unless he had the sanction of the bench of magis-
trates, amongst whom he was to sit. That was a species of
self-election which he should be glad to sec got rid of as soon
as possible.
Mr. WAKLEY expressed his warmest approbation of the
principle and details of the Bill. Ile should be glad to see
this measure tried, even in Middlesex, because he was sure that
other counties, seeing its practical benefits, would be eager to
adopt it. Ile totally dissented from the calculation of the Hon.
Gentleman, who said that the electors would pay only one-
twentieth of the rates.
Mr. G. F. YOUNG perfectly accorded with the principles of the Bill.
Mr. GORING objected to the Bill, and said that the rate-
payers did not demand it.
Mr. WYSE was glad, for the sake of Ireland, that this im-
provement was begun in England.
Colonel L. PARRY remarked that the present Bill was
not called for, because the peoplo were satisfied. with the ma-
gistrates.
Mr. HUME said in reply, that three Committees had sat
and examined into this subject. A Commission appointed by
the Crown had reported in its favour, and he had presented
petitions from eight counties in support of it at the time of
asking for leave to bring in the Bill. The rate-payers of
Warwickshire had been refused a sight of the accounts, and
after a trial, in which they were put to an expense of 1801.,
Lord Denman decided that they were not entitled to see them.
Was this a state of law that ought to be continued? He was
sorry to find any of the Representatives of the people object to
consulting the people on what of their interests.
The motion was then agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be
brought in.

EXPENSES AT ELECTIONS.
Mr. HUME then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to re-
gulate expenses at elections. His proposed measure, he said,
was an improvement upon that of last year ; and was founded
upon the report of the Committee which sat upon this subject.
After a few words from Mr. FORSTER,
Colonel SIBTHO RP was afraid of the Bill ; for ho
thought that its tendency was to bring members of Parliament
under the control of a niggardliness and meanness utterly in-
consistent with the British character.—(Laughter.) His
constituents, he was happy to say, were a most respectable and
social class of persons ; be liked to be amongst them, and they
liked to be with him. If the Hon. Member for Middlesex
would only pay a visit to his (Colonel Sibthorp's) county, to
which he had often given him an invitation, he should be happy
to afford him an opportunity of ascertaining their social dis-
position, and, on the other hand, if the Hon. Member for Mid-
dlesex would open his doors, he (Colonel Sibthorp) should be
extremely happy to partake of his hospitality.
Mr. HUM E informed the gallant Colonel that the part of
the former Bill to which he so strongly objected was omitted
from that which he now proposed to introduce.
Alter a few words from Mr. ROBINSON and Mr. A. TREVOR,
The motion was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be
brought in.

Mr. HUME postponed his BREVET
motion for a Return of the late
Brevet, until Monday next.

POST-OFFICE.
On the motion of Mr. WALLACE, certain Returns rela-
tive to the purloining of money letters, &c., at the General
Post-office, were ordered.
GRAND JURIES (IRELAN BILL.
The House went into Committee on thi D)s
Bill.
The first four clauses were agreed to.
On clause 5, repealing the proviso of the Act of last year,
which prohibited any presentment for grants to dispensaries
established by private subscriptions, in case it should appear
that the salary of the medical attendant during the last year
amounted to one-half of the sum to which the subscriptions,
donations, and the sum presented would amount,
Lord CL ENIE NTS thought it would be better to omit this
clause, and leave the present proviso of the Act standing.
Mr. O'CONNELL hoped that the clause would be re-
tained ; that proviso was exceedingly inconvenient in its ope-
ration, especially in those districts of Ireland in which the
medical attendant could derive little additional remuneration
from private practice.
Mr. WAKL EY also hoped that the clause would be re-
tained. He had received many communications, showing the
great inconvenience which had resulted from the proviso.
Lord MORPETH should certainly retain the clause.
There bad arisen under the old system an abuse which the
Act of last year had been intended to remove ; but it had been
found that the proviso inserted for that purpose was not the
proper means of remedying that abuse, and that it had the
effect of rendering the remuneration of a medical attendant
most scanty in districts which did not happen to be opulent.
The clause was then agreed to.
The remaining clauses were agreed to.
Clause 11 was struck out.
Clauses 12, 13, and 16, were agreed to.
Clauses 14, 15, and 17, were struck out.
The House resumed.
Report to be received on Monday next.
Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition in favour of
the Westminster-bridge, Deptford, and Greenwich Railway.
Mr. C. BULLER obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
amend the law relating to the trial of controverted elections.
Adjourned at a quarter before eleven.

THE LITERARY GAZETTE (No. 1047) for
Saturday, Feb. 11, with an extra sheet of letter-press,
and a fine Medallic Engraving of seven subjects, printed on
Dickinson's new veneered plate paper, will contain a
thorough examination of the questions at issue on the sub-
ject of Medallic Engraving, and the Invention of the Ma-
chines in France and England, (investigated last Session by
a Committee of the Ilouse of Commons), and Conclusions
drawn from a full statement of the case.—The latest Ac-
counts of the Euphrates Expedition, in a letter from Bag-
dad, where it has arrived ; and other original Correspond-
ence. There are, besides, the usual Reviews of New
Works :—Aristophanes ; Mr. Morrier's (unpublished)
Novel of Abel Alnutt ; Croker's Ancient Tour in Ireland,
and View of that Country in 1644 ; Ten volumes of
Poems ; History and Present State of Manchester, with
Memoirs of Dr. Dalton, 'l'. K. Harvey, W. H. Ainsworth,
Swain, De Quincy, and other eminent natives of Man-
chester ; Walker on Female Exercises and Dress ; &c.
&c. &c.—Reports of Scientific and Learned Societies ; the
Fine Arts, Exhibitions and Publications.—Obituary of
Distinguished Persons.—The Drama, and Literary Va-
"rieties. Published every Saturday Morning by W. A.
Scripps, 7, Wellington-street, Strand.

LONGEVITY.—On Sunday week, four funerals
passed up Kirkgate Wakefield, the united ages of the de-
ceased parties amounting to 300 years. The youngest was
72 ; the oldest 79.—York courant.

WOOL MARKET..The trade for both long and
short wool has been extremely dull. There has been diffi-
culty in obtaining the prices for the little that has been
done, which would readily have been got for a quantity two
weeks ago.— Yoi k Courant.