The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-28 00:00:00

ARMISTICE.

The Earl of Livii.HPoot, rose and Said, that he
r-,as authorized by his Royal Highness the Prince
Itegelt to lictpialtit the, lionse that a Convention
bad, 'icen signed on the part of hls.floyal:lligh-
mess with the Government of France, for a CeSSA-
ioq of ffostilities by Sea and Land. Ile hoped to
hate the satisfaction, a*S scion as the ratifications
Were, exchanged, to lay a copy of, this Treaty be-
fore their Lordships.--The House then adjoin ned.

• HOUSE OF :COMMONS.
Mr. Coarntt hro%-,,ht in a BM for rrgolating the eiisting
Act respecting the erection of Public flospitalr:orinfirrnaries•
In Ireland. Re;,d a•firat time, and ordereil to he read a se-
cond tiuif on the 6th May, and to he printed..
There was.ordered to be laid before the House an Account.
of the Assessment on Property in the Chuntr,of Devon, dis-
tinguishing the ainountin the different parishes.
Mr. Puorni:aou presenterla 'Petition; signed bv 6000 of the
tradesmen of ,Bristol, praying that the Act of the sth of
Elizabeth respecting Apprenticerdiips should not he repealed.
Ordered to lie on the table.
CONVOY ACT.
- -

Mr. ROSE gave notice, Alit it was his intention to bring.
in a mu t„ continue this Act.
Mr. ROSE.also.gave notice, that to-morrow he would move
for leave to bring in a Bill which shonld give tip ships Con-
demned for haring- been found emphlyed in the Slave Trade,
the same advantages with ships taken from the enemy.
CESSATION OF' HOS I'ILITIES WITH FRANCE.
The CIiAiNCELLOit of the EXCREQUER had greilt

satisfaction in inforn4ing the lionse, that he 'had

been instructed by his Royal Highness the Prince
Regent, Co communicate to it, that a Convention
for the Suspension of Hostilities, by sea and laud,
between this Country. and France, had been agreed
to iiy the French Government and that of his
Britatinic',Majestt; and.that his Royal Highness
would cause a copy of the Conventionto be laid
beforethe•HOUse--(Loud cheers).
The Committee on the Crown Lands Bill was postponed till
to-morrow.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
QUER, the lione resolved itself into a Committee on Sugar
Drawbacks, with orders that the Duties' on Sugar, Coffee, and
other Articles, ,exported from Martinique, Gqadaloupe, iNia-
rigalanti, and other est India Islands, should be considered
by the Committee.
The CHANCELLOR of the ECHRfLUER observed,
that since the House had taken this subject-into
consideration, circumstances had Occurred which
rendered it necessary that the'matter should again
be brotight under the consideration of Parliament.
By a treaty concluded with Denmark,, the villa-
ble island of St.. Croix was to be restored to that
kingdom. On th,: whole, it appeared that it would
be but: inconvenient to continue the duties for
- some Lillie to conic, as they were at prtsent'set.
tied: '[he export duty was such, that little bene-
fit was derived from the drawback. -He would
therefore propose, that if no circumstance should
happen to render any alteration necessary, draw-
backs on exportation should cease after -the 23,1
of May. And as-a means 'of preventing the bad,
effects. of any slid:len shock being sustained in the
market,- he would propose that the present dutieS
should,continue for a limited time, until a perma
neat system could be arranged and adopted. In
the arrangement wllich be was now, about...to pro-
pose, t:-ere was only one class who, from all that
be could learn, %were likely to be sufferers by it ;
and that was those export merchants who had
purchased large quantities of refined sugars, un-
der the conception that, the export duty would be
-continued as it stood. For- the protection of this
class of merchants, he would propose that the,
new inenstirt should not take effect on refined sit-
gam until tile2sth of. August., With respect' to
raw sugar a similar proviso was unnecessary, as
it could .not` be bonded for exportation. The
-Right Hun, Gentleman concluded by expressing.
Iris willingness!, at that or any future time, to give
any explanation on the subject which might 14e
required. He then moved two schedules to the
effect, ‘vhich he bad.mentioned.

Air. WHITBREAD took the opportunity to ask
the Right Hon. gentleman what measures had
taken place respecting the Island of Guadaloupe ;
and whether its cession to Sweden had been con,
firmed in the Treaty with. France -Considering
the glorious result of the operations of the Allies',
be hoped that there was - now no circumstance
which could induce us to force the Norwegians to
becOme a part of the kingdom of Sweden.; and,.
al)-ove .411, that we would not be compelled to
ft,sst in the horrible measure of starving them
into submisSion to Sweden.
'['he Cf:ANcx,t4oß of the EXCHEQUER bad no
difficulty in .replying to the Hon. Gentleman's
question. No mention of Guadaloupe was made
in the convention with the French Government.

Some unimporstanrobsrvations were made by
Alterman ATKI NS, wbich were replied co by Mr.
ROSE.

SITUATION OF NORWAY.

Mr. WHITBREAD rose to repeat the questions
which the Right 1-lon. Gentleman.opposite had re-
fused to answer, especially respecting the situation
of Norway._ He wished to know whether Go-
vernment had endeavoured to intercept the sup-
plies, of provisions to Norway ? Would any an-
swer be given to this question ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had al-
'ready answered the Hon.‘,lllernber's question re-
speeting Guadaloupe, and bad now only to
,say,
that both the subject, touched on by the Lion.
Gentleman remained liable to general arrange-
mentg. _ _

WityrtnEND.-,--Sb far it was well : but no
an-A, er ct,as giVell to his., last question. had our
cruizers renei red-instructions to intercept the sup-
. plik.s of pro Visions for Norway ? ,
Mr. W: SMITH expressed some alarm at the
-course which .-was likely'to be pursued towards
Norway. It was likely to bring matters, directly
to this issue; that France being strong enough
had the power of securing the 'Government Which

shereferred ;. but I,Zotavvoy being too weak to re-
sist.the oppression, was to be forced into an orion,
and subjected, to' a Government which silo
horred. This was reducing the question qf right
and wrong to one of streogth'or weakness. He
hoped it would not be so. -_
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEO,VER.—So long
as the question remained to be discussed, it was
by no means likely that
.any thing would be done
which could be disapproved of by the house on
any just principles.
Mr. C. W. WYNNE said, the question had not
yet been annouticed. Hitherto the case of the
Norwegians appeared to coincide with that of
the-Spaniards. in both cases, there. had been. a
cession of territory against the decided wish of
the people ; and as such, the cause of each people,
must, of course, be equally dear to the friends of
independence.
The Re,olutions of the .CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER then passed without opposition, and
the House having resumed, the Report of the
Committee was ordered to be received to-morrow.
ANNUITIES TO IRISH JUDGES.
On the motion of MT. PEELE, the House went
had- a Committee on the Act 40th of George 111.
rellitiug to the- granting of Annuities by the
Crown, in which it was resolved that annuities
of 8001. per annum .Irish currency should be-
granted to the Judges of the Court of Kiog'S
Bench; &c. &c in 'lreland ; and also of 600/. to
Puisne Judges of .the Court of King's Bench,
Barons of .the Exchequer, &c. &c. in Irpland.—
Report to-morrow. •
POOR LAWS.

Sir E.'llityncE, after some prefatory observa-
.
tions, moved for leave to bring in a Bill for 'titer-.
ink; and amending the Poor Laws. The fnain altera-

tions %Ville!) the lion. Baronet proposed were,
that persons residing. in a palish for a certain
number of years should obtain a settlernea-t, even
without reaiting a house or pAying parochial dues;
that paupers should not be reMoved for temporary
relief, or to obtain medical aid ,to the parish to which
they belonged ; but that sach relief and aid should
he adminiseered by the parish in which the pauper
might reside, to be subsequently defrayed by the
parish to which be belonged. •
Mr. LOCK.HART thought that the compulsory re-
moral of paupers should in no ease be allowed,
but that, should the pauper consent, he might re-
Main wherever he became necessitated to receive
parochial -relief, and .that such relief should he
granted him in that parish, to be repaid by the
parish to which the pauper legitimately belonged.
- After a few words•from Mr PRESTON and Mr.
WBITBREADS who promised to aid the MOVer's
object, which in a great measure corresponded
with the proposition which he some years since
submitted to that House, the motion was agreed
to. The Bill was brought in, read a first time,
ordered to be printer!, anck to be read a second
time this day fortnight.
In reply to a question from Mr. -Alderman
ArgiNs,
The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER stated,
that the duties upon raW-Anit:elaycd sng.ar weie
to continue the same after the stli of May as they
were at present fixed, by law.
• - • • APPV.EN rICE LAWS. -
Mr. Serjeant:ONSLOW rose, pursuant to a no-
tice he had given, to move for a Repeal of that
part of the' Slatute of the sth of Eliz. which in-
flicted a penalty upon any person exercising cer-
tain Trades and Professions, not havitig served a
regular Apprenticeship to them. The Honourable
and Learned Member went into a variety of de-.
tails, to skew the impolicy and injustice' of this
law., 'which he ,pronounced to be a disgrace to
the Statute Book, Its effects,: indeed, were al-
ways frittered away by Courts of Justice, when-
ever an-y•pro'seentions were -had upon it : but that
Was only an additional reason for repealing alto-
gether an enactment whose severity was such that
no Judge thought himself justified in inflicting the
full force Of it. A mistaken notion had gone
abroad, that the object of this law was to pro-
mote trade, whereas;alanost every clatise of it
proved that its tendency was to obstruct and in-
jure it; rind it there was any one set of men .nore
torested in its repeal than another, it was the wo! •
ing.mechanics. The Bill which he_ll(4 proposed
would not affect the by-laws of any corporation
Or. charteted 'company ; and lest it should be
thought to do so; he had introduced .a saring
clause expressly to prevent any such apprebcn-
?ion. The object of the Bill merely was to re-
peal fife part of the' existing statute which in-
flicted the penalty of forty shillings per month,
and he should conclude with moving for leave, to
bring in. the Bill accordingly.
'Mr. LOCKHART agreed that the mode of en-
forcing this statute was inexpedient, and thought
some regulation ought to be adopted ; but he was
of opinion•that it would be better a Committee
should be appointedto:inquire into all the Various
topics connected with the subject.
Mr. Rose expressed his concurrence in the
principle of thi.: Bill, as it went nb further than
to -repeal a part only of, the ,statute of Elizabeth.
He had understood the lion. Member, when he
gave his notice,' that he intended to move for the
repeal of the. whole law, and hence his opposi-
tion at that time. '
Mr. PHILLirs spoke in favour of the motion,
and argued upon the general impolicy of the law
n question, which he, thought could nit do half
so much good as if things were left to themselves..
Mr. Rosa explained.
Mr. P_Mookte objected to the general principle
-of the Bill, and thought his Uonourable and
Learned Friend had. excee'ded his original notice.
Mr. Alderman ATKINs emertained serious
doubts of thepropriety of introducing so import-
ant an alteration in the established regulations of
the country. . .
Mr. W. SMITH was for the Bill.
After Mr. Serjeant ONsLow had replied shortly
to different objections-, th.c.
,question was
put and carried.
Mr. COURTNEY- moved for- leave to bring in a Bill for
regulating Sales byAuction.—Leave given.
The LORD ADVOCATL‘of SCOTLAND moved that the
Scotch Creditors' Bilt be read a second time.—Read and coi;i-
mitted to-morrow. -
Setteant ONSLOW brought up his Bill to repeal the Sta- •
tute of Elizabeth—Read ar'first time, and ordered bu be read
a second time on the 13th of May. '
Air. COURTNEY brought uitthe Auction Bill, which was
read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time ou'the
lithe of May.—Adjourued,