The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Agausr 11.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack at
a quarter before Five o'Clock.
The Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The Exchequer Bills Bill and the Exchequer Bills (Public
Works) Bill severally went through a Committee.
The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from Brails-
ford in Derbyshire, against idolatrous worship in India.
The Commons' Amendments to the Benefices Pluralities
Bill were considered. Some verbal amendments were made,
and the amendments were agreed to.
The County Treasurers' (Ireland) Bill went through a
Committee.
The Slave Trade Treaties Bill went through a Committee.
Lord BROUGHAM said there was a Bill called the Per-
sonal Diligence Scotland Bill, the object of which was to
extend the remedy of arrest for debt. So far as the present
Bill rendered the remedy cheaper, he had no objection to it.
—( Hear.) Other individuals, however, had objections to the
measure, who might wish to be afforded an oppertunity of con-
sider.ng them. He would, therefore, suggest that the Bill go
t'lrJugh a Committee now, and postpone the third reading till
Monday. —The Bill then went through a Committee.
The Bankrupts' ( Scotland) Bill also went through a Com-
mittee.
Adjourned at Half-past Five.

ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS.—In Lee's History of
Lewes is published a list of the Members who sat for that borough in
Parliament for the long period of 173 years, and which seems to settle
the question relative to Annual Parliaments, as fresh Members were
evidently elected every year in which Parliaments were held. This is
obvious, inasmuch .as fresh Members were chosen each year. For
instance, in 1360, the Members were Godfrey Wolfnepope and Walter
Nynge ; 1361, Thomas Linfield and William Bochere;—a second Par.
liament being held this year, another election ensued, and Richard Fee_
nour and Thomas Linfield chosen ; 1362, another election, and
Richard Fernour and Thomas Linfield chosen; 1363, another election,
and Robert York and William Darnell chosen ; 1364, William Spicer
and Thomas Morreys chospn. The same Annual Elections to•k
place for 175 years; from 1298 to 1473. It is true that during
this period Parliaments were not called for intervals of sometimes one
or two years at all, but it is pretty evident that, whenever a Parlia-
ment was called, an election took place ; as soon as the Session was over
the Parliament was dissolved, and, if another Parliament was required
next ys ar, another election took place, and sometimes two elections and
two Parliaments were held in the same year. The adjournment of
Parliaments from Sessions to Sessions seems a modern inventioicn.
would
It is
singular, also, that no Esquire was ever elected till 1468, which
seem to n licate that the Members were real and .torta fide burgesses,
chosen by their fellows and equals. In 1401, John Marnyott and John
Mason were elated, and 101. 16s were paid to than by the borough for
their attendance far tifty.fur days in Parliament It is a little curious
that neither the S:ciety of the Friends of the People (estabSised by
Lord Grey and the Duke of Richmond, &c. &c.) nor Oldcastle, Ensor,
Preston, 3!111 (it h rF, should ever have thrrught of referring to the re-
turns of Members of boroughs to prove whether Parliaments were an_
nual or not. On the contrary, they sought for proofs in law-books and
general histories.—Correspondent of the Bri,;111on Herald.

ASSAULT BY A NOBLEMAN ON AN INNKEEPER.
—On Thursday forenoon a case of assault was brought before Bailie
Bain, in the Glasgow Police Court, which created a more than usual
degree of interest, from the circumstances of Lord Cranstoun, a Noble-
man of ancient family in the Scottish Peerage, being the defendant. The
case was not gone into, in consequence of the complainant, Mr. Am.
brose Grim:haw, of the Star Hotel, George-square, Glasgow, being
unable to appear in Court from the wounds inflicted by his Lordship.
From what we can learn, however, it would appear that Lord Cranstoun,
,arriving in town on his way to the north on Wednesday afternoon,
had gen,' to the Hotel in question to engage lodgings for the nightuit, , but
finding
the ro,:ir. (the only one unoccupied at the time) would not she
went to Comrie'i where he also was unsuccessful in procuring rooms
to answer him., On ret.::rning past Grimihaw's hotel in his carriage, the
parties came in contact, whet. some high words ensued, upon which his
Lordship alighted, and following *Jf Orimshaw into the lobby, caught
hold of him by the collar and stru6l: lit 4 4eVcre blow on the head with
a stick, to the effusion of blood. He was i 4 the pct qr repenting. the
blow when his arm was arrested by one of the servants ‘„t the lictlid• 4
great crowd was in;tantly collected, and intimation was sent to 00
hce.otfice, upon which Captain 3/Wig proceeded to the spot, and having
heard a statement of the case, f-40k. i7;;Tdship into custody, and had
him conveyed to the office, but ite was soma mAini;tted to bail. He,
however, appeared at the bar on the followini• Torniaig to the
charge, when lie entered into a vindication of his aor4q4, s#i4
had received provocation on the part of the complainant; but being
merely ex parte, and no evidence being adduced on either side, we deem
it but justice to all parties to wig:bold giving publicity to his Lordship's
statement.—Glasgow Courier.

It is stated in letters from Milan that the VialPoY
of Lombardy intends to give an entertainment4o his Sovereign of a pe-
culiar description at the Logo Maggiore, after the Coronation. A tab'e
for a repast is to be set out in the colossal statue of Saint Charles Bor-
romeo, which is placed, as is well known, on an eminence overlooking
Arona. The Cardinal is in his religious costume, holding in one liana
his breviary, whilst with the other he gives his blessing to his native
town. This statue is 66 feet high, and the pedestal on which it stands
46. The head, feet, and hands, are cast in bronze, the remainder of
the figure is composed of thick sheets of wrought copper. There is a
staircase inside it up to the head, in whiah four persons of ordinary
down in the nose of the colossus its eyes serve as windows,
size can !,elield. This is the part in which the collation will he laid Qtlt•
the whole of celebrated lake may be seen at once.
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FORM OF WRITING PAVER.—It would be diffi-
cult to assign a positive reason for the oaprioms 'variety of proportion
given to our writing papers, or to say why a folio pagc shp,w he
so long,
a quarto page wide, an octavo long, &.c. This question has hitherto
been one of little importance; but if the proposed stamped covors be in,
troduced into the Post-office system, it will then be found that consi-
derable inconvenience will arise from this diversity. Fortunately, an
easy remedy is to be found in a very slight modification of the propor-
tion usually given to the original sheets of papseforwiiiioinl tpAh/e7a;lFluafi:a.:crteuthrteips.
It is a property of that paralelogram, which has its sides in the pro-
portion of the diagonal and the side of any square, that, however often
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proportion. transversely,
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therefore,s ti bd ivsioz
be made of this form, and should be doubled and re-doubled into 4tp,
By°, 16mo, the pages would continue to have the
fsoarnteheelciergdainntapryroppuorr:
lion; and if two sizes of stamped covers for letters Were to be made to
contain easily the post-paper sheet folded twice (which woo,' ho
4400
5 inches by 3k), and the Bvo note likewise folded twice
(li by 2i), nq
pur-
poses ofor
cosrorersspiozneds
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folding
letters
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fit the
covers would be avoided.—Scotsman.
The following singular circumstance is said lately
to have occurred at Eaden-Batlen; A young Austrian Count having had
uncommon good luck at roulette, brought Wile, and carefully locked
up, 30,000 florins (about 65,000 francs). When he ilrlfe in thp morn,
big not only his gold was gone, but, to his astonishment, his old faithfnf
servant Fritz was missing also. In about a week's time,to his surprise,
Fritz made his appearanek. " And where do you come from ?" said the Count.—" From Vienna."—" What have you been there for,
and what's
become of my money?"—" Why, Sir, I thought you would
play again,
and lose your money; so I took it home, and here's your father's re-
ceipt for it." Are there any but German valets that would take such
precautions?