The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-03 00:00:00

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1837

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In the House of Lords yesterday, after the presentation
of some Petitions, and the passing of several Bills, both
P 1 ivate and public,
Lord DENMAN gave notice that, on Tuesday next, he
Will submit a motion relative to the Resolutions which
were recently agreed to by the House of Commons, on the
anhiect of the privileges of Parliament.
Their Lordships soon afterwards adjourned.
In:the House of Commons, Mr. WASON having asked
tome` question respecting the delay that had attended the
Imprisonment for Debt Bill,
Ile ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he himself was not
;It
chargeable with the fault, and that he deplored the
delay as most unfortunate. Sir
G. SINCLAIR then took the opportunity of Lord
RUSSELL'S moving the adjournment of the House till
I°oday' to observe on the postponement of the " Budget,"
at the same time to throw out alarms and to sow distrust
11111:4 dissatisfaction—predicting, or affecting to predict, from
ee,. present temporary embarrassments of commerce, that
It've-many months we should have a National Bankruptcy.
'Lord JOHN RUSSELL deprecated such desultory and
'
diseu.sfon Mr RICHARDS followed in the wake of
, ,
xiSir• ,G • oINCLAIIt, as did Colonel SIBTHORP. Mr. Ito-
thN•soiq did not see what the Government had to do with
Prevalent commercial distress, nor did he share Sir
Sinclair's alarming forebodings. The present distress
Zvasf not nearly so great as that witnessed in 1826, and
thought that the worst had already passed away.
Lord MORPETH stated, in reply to Mr. Crawford, that
fue-'inilitary who recently attended a tithe sale at Wex-
tlived
swiittehri_loaded arms' had acted under the authority of
n answer to a question, put by Mr. Roebuck respecting
iLe:ctiPture of the Vixen, Lord PALMERSTON stated that
""iiegociations between the, two Governments had ter-
!lliOited in a conviction that England would not be justified
making any further demand on Russia.
„'he remainder of the sitting, was chiefly occupied with
.consideratio-n in Committee of the Irish Poor Relief
- Two. amendments were negatived ; that proposed by
BkatioN by a majority of 68, and Mr. SMITH
Yl3ltiEses, in favour of " out-door domiciliary relief to
the aged, helpless, and infirm poor," was rejected by 138
over a minority of 50.
The clauses from 36 to 42, inclusive, were eventually
disposed of.
- The House then went into Committee on the registration
of Births and Marriages Bill, .and eighteen of the clauses
were then snood to.
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The House adiourned at a Quarter to Two o'Clock.

Loud complaints have been made for some time in
the Commons, and chiefly by •the Tory underlingS,
ana, men who came into • Parliament as ardent Ito-
f°rlnerg, like Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR and Mr.
IlIcHAnDs, that the House has for days and nights
been discussing questions which are of no moment to
the country, and that almost an entire stop has in
aequence been put. to public business. No doubt
there is some truth in the statements ; and the only
fault We have to find With these gentlemen is, that they
doi not tell the whole truth, and admit that it is the
tl Pe't-uf their party to do everything in their power to
obstruct business, for the purpose of annoying and
Weakening the Ministry. We have only to look at
1;e..-House of Lords—the body that represents true
°rYi'inl--to be convinced of the fact. For the
fomle of the Session they have done nothing to
thr';vard, but every thing to retard and obstruct,
Ce measures sent up by the Commons. With the
thePti'm of the 'Wills Bill, we know of no Bill of
lie slightest importance that has originated in that
.use and the only Bill of great national importance
to dth3hat required immediate discussion, when sent up
by etn' Was, after one pretence and another, thrown
forest rnore than six weeks, with the view probably of
;cling it altogether. In the Commons the party
Lion ntadttlie same object in view. By wanton opposi-.
th° beneficial measures they have protracted for
ree
'nights, debates which ought to have been fully.
r"ed of atone sitting;
of for • they have introduced questions
to eL'e elgn policy on Order nights, and contrived also
aay. ate adjourned debates on them ; and even at 444
at
Period of the g
...eqvioll we are threatened for