The Sun.
London, England, 1831-08-18 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OiIFIOE, Seven o'clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMEIVI

THIS EVtNING.

711OUSE :OF COMMONS.

The Si'EAKER took his seat shortly after Throe o'clock.
Mr. SADLER presented a petition fro'-..n the inhabitar.ts
Of a parish in the city of Dublin. signed, among others, by
'.he Lord Mayor, pritying the House to take into its ma-
ll deration the state of Ireland, with a view of establishing .
a system of poor laws, and describing the di3ttess and •
mivety that pet varied the country,—Ordered to he printed.
Mr. BAILLIE presentell ta petition from the merchants,
bankers, &:c. Rtistol and its vicinity, against the Bill ,
now te•fo'e the House, for allowing the refining of
fottign sugar, which the Hon. Metnber said tTo'uld be an
ndirect means of encouraging the 'fo'.-e'iab trade.
Mr. BURGE supported the .tsrayer of the petition, and
said that inttepen'dent the relief which the resistance to
the proposed Bill t'ould afford to the West India colonies,
the cause of humanity would also he benefitted) for the 8,11
was not only an indirect encouragement to 'the cultivation
of foreign sugar, but to the cultivation of it in the foreign
colonies by means of slaves.
An five. MamisEat (whose name tte. could not learn)
condemned the proposed Bill, 33 actuated by a most heart-
' less policy.
Mr. ROBINS6N moved an Address to his Majesty, pray-
ing Ott there he laid before the House a rettria of all
orncers and appointments in the British dominions, the
duties of which are rrforrned by deputy; stating the
names, principslv, And deputies, the nature of the offices,
the dates of the appointments, amount of salaries paid by
are public, and of the sums actually received, as Jar as
could be ascertained.—Ordered.

Sir R. FERGUSSON presented a petition from the
norchants of Lonslowderi-y, against the proposed duties on
wine ; and also a petition from the distillers of London•
deny, against the drawback of the duty.
Lord HOWICK presented two petitions from the
farmers of Northumberland and Ber Wick against the use
of molasses in disttlierice ; also, a petition from ship.
owners of the pat of Newcastle, resident in North
Shields, agAitist the duty on marine insurances, and com-
plaining of the hardships imposed on them by what were
termed the Reciprocity Acts. The Hon. Member also
presented a petition from the planters of the island of
Mauritius for a reduction of the duty on sugars.—They
were read, and ordered to be printed. . . .

Lord HOWICK adverted to a notice of motion given
last night by an Honourable. and Learned Member oppo-
site (Mr. Burge) ftnt an address to his Majesty fur the
production of certain documents, relstive to the emancipa-
tion of slaves in the Crown colonies, and entered into a
statement to show that it would be excedingly inconvenient
to produce a certain despatch from a Governor of one of the
West India 'Arm lie
hoped that under these circum-
stances the Hon. and Learned 3lember would have no
objection so to word his motion for the address as not to
comprehend that document.
Mr. BURGE had no objection to the proposition of
the Noble Lord, if the document in question were one of a
confidential nature; if not, the duty lie owed to the
colonies and to this House compelled him to put the
House in full possession of all the information now in
possession of his Majesty's Governmen'.
Lord HOWICK could not say it was a confidential
despatch, because it was not so marked ; but he was con-
fident that the Governor who wrote it never contemplated
its being laid on the table of this linos...
. .

31r. i3IJRGE felt sati,fied with the N,ble Lord's state-
ment, and agreed to model his motion as proposed. The
motion for the Address wa. then altered and agreed to.

Lnrd MAITLAND presented a petition from the Ma-
gistrat,s and town council of Dunbar, aglinst the use of
mollaßses in distilleries.

Mr. LEFROY presented a petition from the corpora-
tion of bashers and surgeons in Dublin, against that part
of the Reform Bill which affected their privileges. Alpo
a petition from the Roman Catholic Clergy of Galway,
in favour of the Galway franchise.
Mr. HUNT presented a petition from the Kensington
and II Immersmith branch of the National Union ;
the petitioners stated that Kensington and Hammer
smith contained a population of twenty thousand
per-one, and they thought themselves entitled to have a
representative in Parliament. They prayed that all per-
sons who paid rates and taxes should be al'owed to vote,
and that they might have the protection of the ballot.—
Ordered to be printed.
Ti e lioN. ME3niga. next presented a petition from
John Gilbert, at present confined in the gaol of the
Isle of Man, where he bad been incarcerated
for eight years, upon a debt of 13/. The petitioner
prayed for the extension of the Insolvent Debtors Act to
the Isle of Man.

Mr. HDNT also presented a petition from Samuel
Fletcher, who complained of having, ever since the year
I Sl5, been defrauded of a sum of 1591. due to him on
account of dt awhacks, and praying an inquiry into his case.
Ordered to lie on thy table.

Mr. LITTLETON presented a petition from ► farmer
(4. Staffordshire, named Wakefield, praying that the In-
surance Duty on Agricultural Produce might be reduced
two-thirds. The Hon. Member supported the prayer of
the petition, and stated that if the duty had been lowered
last year, nearly all farmers would have insured their
property, and many of the fires which had occurred
would not have taken place, for what man who
wished to he revenged upon the farmers would set fire to
his property if it was known that the loss, instead of falling
on the farmer, fell es the insurance company ?
After a few ohservations from Messrs. Whitmore, Ben-
nett, Robinson, 'Western, and Hunt, the petition was laid
on the table.

Sir JOHN SEBRIGHT presented a petition from the
land owners of Bishop Horford, against the use of mollasses
in the distilation of spirits.
Mr. BYNG presented a petition from St. James's,
Westminster, auainst the Vestry Bill.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented petitions from various
parts of Ireland, against the grant to the Kildare-street
School, and the Sub-letting Act; and also fur the intro-
duction of poor laws into Ireland.
Mr. WESTERN presented a petition from the land-
owners of Colchester againrt the use of molasses in the
distillation of spirits; also a similar petition from Saffron
Walden.

Mr. HUME moved for a copy of the Report of the
Commissioners of Legal Enquiry on the Claims of Lescene
and Escoffery in 1826 and 1827. He did so for the pur-
pose of enabling the House, before it sanctioned the pay-
ment of 16,0001. the sum awarded to those two indivi-
duals for injuries they had received, in consequence of being
removed from the island of Jamaica by the Governor, to
asnertain whether these parsons had been unfairly de It
with. If that were so, he (Mr. Hume) did dot see why

the people of England should be called upon to pay
so large an amount, because the Governor of this colony
had dealt harshly with these persons. He felt quite sure
the House would never vote so large a sum of money for
such a purpose ; at least it would take care, before
it did so, to see that Government had taken all the mea-
sures to get the money from the party who ought to pay it
if it was due, namely, the Governor of the colony, the
Duke of Manchester.
Mr. HUNT seconded the motion. _

Lord 110 WICK objected to the production of the papers,
on the ground, that if they were produced more would be
required, the production of which would be attended with
a heavy expence, and would kid to no practical result.
The Government of this country were pltdged, and there-
fore the money ought to be paid. There was not a case
strong enough to warrant the House to call for papers, as
they would, by so doing, entail on the country an expence
of between 5 0001. and 6,0001.

Mr. HUME said his object was, that h tying the pa-
pers laid upon the table of that House, they should be re•
ferred to a Committee up stairs. The expense of copying
them would not exceed fifty pounds.
Lord HOWICK said, that unless with a view to being
printed, there could he no practical end accomplished by
the production of these papers.
Mr BURGE contended that if this case was to be
made the subject of discussion in that House, it could only
he discus•rd, in fairness to all concerned, up,in the produc-
tion of all the papers and documents on the subject.
Dr. LUSHINGTON begged to state the case with re-
gard to these individuals. It appeared that in Octobei,
1823, being then resident in the island, they were ar-
rested by order of tie Government. Upon which
they sw-fd out a writ of Habeas Corpus, claiming to
be considered British subjects. The Supreme Court de-
cided that they were entitled to be so considered, and they
rtbepeoirrtedielfri,:beainrdcotntideuyetw,
eurefitphootutoocal
were liberated. A Secret Committee afterwards sat and
blionagrdon a thahemip
anti
carried to St. Domingo, wi hoot having an opportunity of
moving a second time for a Habeas Corpus. Thee
inquiry,
at were afterwards the subject of
at the request of the late Mr. Canning, bytii
Government at home, and the result was that the

;oluals were entitled to redress. Now he (Dr. L.) wot—xid
state why he opposed the Huvourable Member's motion.