The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-16 00:00:00

rtpaate4 question to the Noble Paymaster of the Forces,
respecting " d definite rule" for dealing with the boroughs.
Mr. SADLER-said that an Hon. Member had taken his
seat that night who• had been sent into the House by a
Earl. Itlinit•ters intended to retain the borough for
which that Member sat, and yet they talked of destroying
nomination boroughs.
The CHANCELLOR •of the EXCHEQUER then
I.°le, and moved. that ,the Chairman do report progress,
and ask-leave to sit again. -
lir. CROKERcomplained that the Hon. and Le trued
Member for Kerry h td -spoken. discourteously of him.
'Sir R. INGLIS again repeated the question, and ob-
served that the Hon. Memberfor Kerry would make a bad
'ledge, as he wished to decide without evidence.

Qr. O'CONNELL said .that he had not intended to
°Peak disrespectfully of the Right Hon. Member for Able•
bull!). There were recollections of early life which would
prevent him from doing that. As to what had fallen
froln the Hon. Member for the University of Oxford, h.
Would It ite that the people'knew that corruption prevailed
jo that House, though the Hon. Member for the Univer-
sity of Oxford might shut his pious eyes to the fact.—
(Rears of laughter.)
A conversation then took place, the details of which it
iinpossible to give owing to the desultory nature of it,
LIM the. quick succession of speakers, which terminated
°rare adoption of a motion of Lord ALTHORP, that the
,7,llairman report progress, and ask leave to sit again on
tfeiday, it being agreed (not till' after the question had
°ern twice put) that Aldeburgh, Suffolk, stand part of the
clause.
The other Orders of the Dav were then disposed of, and
the Route adjourned at Two o'clock till Monday.

ASSOCIATION FOR THR ENCOURAGE-

MENT OF LITERLTURE.

Yesterday a meeting of the friends and subscribers to
d above Association was held at the British Coffee-house,
"•
ckspur-street, for the purpose of considering the best
4"kas of promoting the objects for which it has been in•
ttituted.

Lord Doyen was called to the Chair.
Mr. MacKinnon, M.P., stated that, since the list
general meeting, a variety of works had been forwarded to
the Committee for the purpose of publication. Amongst
thrill's were a work " On the Rise and Progress of the
Landed Interests since the Revolution," "Treatise on Me-
tsoPhYsics," " Dictionary of Ideas," " History of the
"tier; or, Retrospections of the Events that have taken
~.,149e in the Lives of the Leading Characters of the
"rams," "A Treatise on Architecture," &c. The ma-
nuscripts were in the possession of Mr. Campbell and Sir
Charles Yates, the secretaries; but the Society was not
sufaciently matured to justify the Committee in accom-
plishing the wishes of the authors.
The Noble CHAIRMAN said he was disposed to believe
that the most judicious course to pursue was to adjourn
their proceedings altogether until the next session, on ac-
"tint of the extraordinary excitement now existing in the
rtblic mind on the Reform question. He understood that
ALlt Murray and other eminent booksellers complained
44r, so long as the excitement to which he had alluded
Ihlted, they could not expect works to sell, and he (Lord
the state
thought the situation of the booksellers analagous to
state in which the Association was pl.ced. His Lord-
ship then inquired how many gentlemen had become mem-
wrs of the Association ?
Sir CHARLES YATES said there were at present fifty-
eight members. The second resolution of the Society re-
commended, that as soon as 100 members shall have sub-
scribed, the Committee should commence operations.
Rio LORDSHIP observed that he would recommend the
Association to defer calling public attention to the pur-
Poses for which they had proposed to establish it until next
spring, for as soon as the Reform Bill was settled every
bed
Y Would hurry out of town.
Mr. RALPH WATSON coincided in the opinion expressed
°I the Noble Chairman. He did not, however, consider
there was any reason to suppose that they would not lila-
kately succeed.
His Loansuir then suggested that the manuscripts now
the the possession of the Secretaries should be returned to
-",„C respective authors of them, and that resolutions to the
effect which be had suggested should be forthwith proposed.
Mr. Wallow accordingly moved that, in consequence
of the public mind being at present entirely occupied with
Phlitical subjects, no general or quarterly meeting of the
Association should be convened until 1828, and that, in
the mean while, the present gentlemen who were Mem-
teni of the Association should be earnestly requested to
use their best endeavours to promote the interests of the
Institution.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. BALFOUR, and
4gleed to unanimously.
On the motion of Mr. MacKinnon, seconded by Mr.
Bow CARRELL, it was also resolved, that the authors of
f.manusclipts should be informed that the Association
`* ng still in its infancy, it was impossible to undertake
the publication of any works until the requisite number of
alehrisers should be obtained.
Thanks were then voted to the Noble Chairman, and
the?. meeting, which, from the commencement of the pro-
ciedings, did not consist of more than'a dozen persons,
%eh broke up.
,zittie of the works which had been forwarded to the
Association were described as very elaborate productions.