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London, England, 1831-09-08 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8,

UNITED GENERAL GAS LIGHT COMPANY.
11,, KING'S A 11111 S-YA 12111 srpr. 1831.

THE DIRECTORS of the UNITED
IL GENERAL GAS LIGHT COMPANY beret:),
give notice, that the TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com-
pany will be Shut from the 26th (lay of September, in-
Ntant, to the 10th day of October next, when a HALF-
YEAR'S DIVIDEND will commence paying between the
Hours of Twelve and Three, an,i continue to be paid on
ev,ry MONDAY, TUESDAY, and IVEnNEsnAY, durinz the
a,ma ll:mrs, until the 2 I November, after which it will be
payah!e on TUESDAYS only.,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, SEPTEMBER 7.

The LORD CHANCELLOR %vas occupied in hearing ap-
pe,ils till past four o'clock, when, there being no businsss
before the House, their Lordships a.ljourned till Friday.

the sum of M. pet-diem be paid td ttttla bartitter while
ctnployed under this Act.
Mr. CAMPBELL proposed that the sum should he
guineas, for pounds had long been unknown in Westmin-
ster-ball.—(A laugh.)
Lord ALTIIORP acceded to the alteration, and the
Luise, with this amendment, was read a third tints and

carried.
Lord G. SOMERSET rose to move the additional
clause of which be had given notice—namely, that a new
district of boroughs be formed in the county of Monmouth,
for the purpose of sending one representative to Parlit-
matt. He grounded his motion on the facts that the
you:Ay of Monmouth would not return under the Bill its
due share ci representatives, as compared with the coun-
'les with which it was more than equal in population—in
the amount of assessed taxes paid to the revenue—and in
the amount of its bona fide constituency. If, for example,
Mme took three counties in the north of England,—the three
counties of Northumberland, Combed ind, and Durham,—
and compared them with the counties of Monmouth, G!a-
raor.,,,an, and Brecknock, in Wales, he would find that
while the former returned one Member for every 19,400
of the inhabitants, the representation of the latter was as
one to 23,400 Thea the constituency of 'Monmouth,
Chepstow, and Usk, was upwards of 600 la house-
holders, that of more than fifteen towns. in the Bill,
ti return one Member, was not on the average 500;
while, in addition, the average of the assessed taxes far
exceeded the average of these fifteen towns. The Noble
Lord moved that the boroughs and parishes of Monmouth,
Chepstow, and Usk, do in future return one Member to
Parliament.
Lord J. RUSSELL, on the part of Ministers, could not
assent to the Noble Lord's proposition. If inequality of
representation to population, or as compared with taxation,
were once admitted, there would be no end to the amend-
ments which might be, on equally valid grounds, moved
on ti,e present Bill. He did not deny that the Monmouth
district of boroughs, and Monmouth county, would not
return as many Members as other districts and counties
with apparently no better claims; but he contended that
Monmouth was not worse off in this particular than many
_ . .

other counties,—than Derby for example, which returned
but one representative fur every 25,000 inhabitants,—
than Yorkshire, which returned but one for every 32,000,
and still more, than Lancashire, which would return but
one Member for every 47,500 of inhabitants.
Lad G. SO NIERSET thotubt it ne,iless to press this
clause to a division in the present disposition of Minister.
The clause was accordingly negatived without a divi-
sion.

Lora G. SOMERSET next moved that the district of
Abergavenny and Newport return one representative to
Parliament.

This clause was also negatived without a division, and
the otiginal clause agreed to.
Mr. HUNT then animadverted at some length on the
iaterterenc,?. of Peers at the elections of Members to serve
in Parliament, and moved the insertion of the following
clause, having previously caused the Clerk to read the
resolutionof the house against such interference :—" That
front and after the 31st Jay of December, 1831, if any
Lord of Parliament, or other Peer or Prelate, sh,ll he
guilty of the cm ime of interfering, either directly or indi-
rectly, in the election of any Member to sit and serve in the
Commons' floue of Parliament, such Peer shall, for such
unlawful interference, be adjudged, upon conviction, to pay
a fine to the State of 10,0001., and be imprisoned in the
Tower for the space of one ye tr ; and if any Peer be
convicted a second time of a sind'ar crime, he shall be
adjudged to pay a fine to the State of 20,0001., and be
imprisoned in his Majesty's gaol of Newgate for the space
of two years; and if any Peer shall he convicted a third
time of a similar crime, such Peer shall be degraded from
the Peerage, his title shall become extinct, and the culprit
shall he transported blond the seas for his nouns'

On the question that the clause he brought up,
Lord J. RUSSELL raid there was no law or resolu

:ion of the House which could prevent the iu.iirect intrr•

Terence of Peers at contes'ed election: ;—that the clause
proposed was more monstrous and unjust than any resolu-
tion that had ever before been submitted to the considera-
tion of the House ; and was, beiideQ, totally different
from the resolution which had be9n read by the Speaker at
the beginning of the Session. He should, therefore, have
no hesitation in negativing the lion. Mea,er's motion

that it be brought Cp.
Colonel SIBTHORPE said, he should take the present
opportunity to complain of a contemptuous report of a
speech of his in the Committee yesterday, which had ape
peared in one of the Morning Newspapers of that day.
The report to which be alluded was interspersed with
laughter, and other expressions of derision, which he
flatly denied had been justified by the fact.—(Hear.) He
considered he bad the more reason to complain, as this re-
port had been inserted in a journal of the highest respec-
tability—he meant the Times—and it was therefore only
an act of duty to the house and to himself to contradict
so gross and unwarrantable a statement.
Mr. H. GURNEY added that the dignity of the House
must necessarily be lowered by the truckling spirit which
they had latterly exhibited towards the daily Press, which
for some time past had habitually been publishing lists of
the Members who were absent as well of those who were
present, specifying who voted one way, and who voted
another and, in short, now exercised a degree of despo-
tism incompatible with the independence of Members and
privileges of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. CRESSET PELI'IAM, in reference to the ques-
tion immediately before the House, thought that if a case
of interference should be clearly proved, the resolution al-
ready on the journals would be quite sufficient to meet it.
Sir E. SUGDEN complained of the ji alous and hostile
disposition which had Et en lately manifested towards the
Peerage, and of the desire to subvert the just privileges to
which they were entitled by the letter and spirit of the
Constitution. This feeling assumed different forms, some-
times appearing in the shape of threats, and sometimes
under the disguise of" friendly advice," but exhibited the
self-same enmity, take what colour it might.
Lord J. RUSSELL disclaimed having perceived any
such symptoms as the Hon. and Learned Gentleman pro.
fes,ed to have discovered.
Mr. HUME insisted, that bad as the proceedings of
that House had unquestionably been for a l'aig series of
years, they would have proved much worse but fur the
salutary coutroul and unwearied vigilance of the public
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that the mode in which Members voted should be accu-
rately made known to their constituen's, and the sys'em
by which that was so well accomplished he trusted would
never be departed from.
Mr. HUNT briefly replied, and his motion was nega-
tived without a division, no voice but his own having
been raised in support of it.
The preamble was then read by the CHAIRMAN, and
agreed to, after a few observations from Mr. CRESSET
PELHAM, which were inaudible in the gallery.
Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the Chairman do re-
port the Bill with its amendments to the House, which
was carried with loud cheers, and the House accordingly
resumed amidst general acclamations.
Mr. BERNAL brought up the report, which was re-
ceived, ordered to be printed, and to be taken into further
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The further stags of the Enclosure Acts' Title Bill was
postponed to Friday se'nnight.

WINE DUTIES.
On the question that the SPEAKER should leave the
Chair in order that the House might go into Committee
„0 the Wine Duties Bill,
Mr. ROBINSON said he should defer to another op-
portuhity his intended refutation of certain charges which
had been male against bins personally with reference to
his conduct i:i opposing this Bill. He had conscientiously
opposed it all along on the ground that it was a direct de-
parture frem the principles which bad hitherto regulated
the export trade of this country. The Hon. Member
added, that there had been no opportunity of fully dis-
'the future progress of the Bill unless that opportunity
c,oujossuiln: the
be given.
and he was determined to oppose
.
Mr. HUME regretted that the question of the Cape
wine was not separated from the other part of the Bill.
la the equalization of the duty on wines he concurred—
provided the Cape wine, which was encouraged on the
iaith of Acs of Parliament, was left untouched.
Afcer a few words from Mr. KEITH DOUGLAS, Lord