The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-21 00:00:00

OLD PARLIAMENTS.

The following extracts, showing the unideldi°l
course of ancient Parliaments, are taken frntat",,
Parliament toll, No. 16, and Sir Robert Cotton"
mons granted to the King a subsidy,
Abridgment :--
" In the 7th year of Richard 11., the C°111"
to the tenour df a schedule delivered in Plana"
merit, requiring it may be enrolled in the Put.-
nals of that Parliament ; in which schedule if
the following explanation, viz., that it is not the
meaning of the Commons to give the said sub'
sidy, without the King's granting the following
conditions:—
" Ist. That the clergy, having the third Ptirt
.
of the kingdom in their hands, shall, propore
tion, grant the like subsidy.
'" 2d. That the Bishop of Norwich and others
be compelled to answer and repqY all such sorts
as he and they have received for the service hY
them undertaken and not performed. And that
the King remove from his resence such persons
as the Commons look upon to be pernicious ts
here to be noted, that the clergy according
the public.' To which the King assented. It i!
excepted
against the first condition, and said they were not
to be taxed by the Cornmons, but drat theY
would use their own discretion. To which the_
Commons replied, ' That if the clergy would not
condescend to pay a third part of the subsidli
that as they insisted upon ecclesiastical privi-,
leges, so they should not have a share in temporal
matters in Parliament.' Upon which the bishops
went out of the house, for that time. di
• " In the 29th of Henry VI., the Commons Et .1
dressed the King to banish all persons of elt
fame and evilly thought of by the CofrimonS'
viz., Edward Duke of Somerset, Mice Duchess
of Suffolk, William Bishop of Chester, the Bishop
of London, the Abbot of St. Peter's, Glocester;
the Baron of Dudley, Thomas Lord Hastings;
Thomas Pulford, Esq.; Sir John Sutton, Sti,
Thomas Hung..rford, and 27 more persons Yilj/
are called' of the King's retinue, attendants and
favourites : all of them upon the bare desk* It,1t,
:
the Commons, without any accusation, by Icor:
or article exhibited, only upon common ill faul,'.
were compelled in that Parliament to /cave tn:
King's presence, and never to come within ten
miles of the Court, during their lives. The l(P,ft
seemed unwilling to part with some,
leave them to be punished by law according
01:
their demerits, and to be moved from his Per She
for one year; but the Commons insisted, and t
King was obliged to yield.
'‘ At a Parliament held at Westminster,
Her/
next day after St. Hilary, in the sth of
IV. On Monday, the 14th of January, beirlt
the first day of that Parliament, the King accor
ea.
ed that four special persons should be removn:
from his person, at the request of the Coml,ll° e'r
viz., the K Confessor, the Abbot of l'eotrb:
Mr. Richard Durham, and Mr. Crosby, but svul3L
Chamber : whereupon Saturday, the 9th dr e..
the said Confessor, Durham ro
°la
, and Crosby, g,
into the Parliament, before the King and then
where the King excused them, saying, that
ed,
he knew no cause why they should be real, and
but because they were hated of the peo r house,
therefore charged them to begone from his, like
according to the Commons' desire : and the like
sentence was pronounced against th"
though then absent."

yesterday morning at the shop ~,,n dent
DARING R OBBERY.-,-One of IfIP most .--rti a
robberies that has lately come to our knowledge wag coloolltoted
jeweller, in Fleet-street. Between the hours of eight and to
o'clock, soon after the shutters had been taken down, •"lila
were observed looking through the window where theiew the
is generally displayed : after some time, they went int° 0
shop, and asked the young man in attendance to show thee'o4
of Mr. Grant, vratchuntket ini
reasonable priced watch which he could warrant to ke,ePl:rs,
time. The watch was produced, and the pretended Purr'"„7oet-
affecting to examine It, kept the shopman in waiting per,o"iffre
able time: at length, however, they said it would an,;bod
warranted it, for twelve months : the man replied, thBt ".00
not the slightest objection to do so ; and in order the ": of
effectually to lull suspicion, if any
them, who was dressed like a gentleman's groom, end ear
to cheapen the price, alleging, that he was only a poor Itiea to
could not afford more than a certain sum, though he /1.',40
get a good watch, if possible. The shopman stated theft': coo,
price at which he could sell, and a bargain was finalot of,
were entertained, one
eluded. The mock groom then laid down ss. as WI:01M
purchase, desiring that the watch might be laic\ aside, roof
would call for it in the course of the day. They went t35:1,0,10
the door, but es though suddenly attracted by sonic _rod,
which hung in a glass case behind the counter, they
rettrict,
and asked to see one ? The shopman, not perceiving the...,.0
turned about to get it, and the fellows watching their oP_lf:a.l
nity, snatched up a small counter glass-case, containingir'll th
gold watches, to the value of 300 guineas or upwaraZ wa,e
which they made off: When the young man returned,,,, ot.
surprised to find his customers had disappeared, bu_t ift thi
prise was coverteti into dismay, when he discovered
ttet! dive
giass-case lad disappeared with them. fie imtnetliaol_tro
alarm of robbery, but the thieves got clear off, noe d. •tn, oat
turning up the contigious alleys. Information of th _!;ticei
given soon Mier to Lee, the resident officer at flattorre.to:
stance at all the other offices in the metropolir, giving ~,110,
scription of the property. Up to last evening no trace . who recommended the informant to communicate the CO;
ads'
ever had been obtained of these daring offenders. •
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BIRTHS. v.. WO
On Tuesday, the 11th inst., in Stamford-street, DOC
Mrs. William Smith, of a daughter.
On the 19th inst. in Northumberland-street, Strsza)
lady of Charles Hertsiet, Esq., of daughter.

ofOßnois,Tathet.tirosddagev,lsalstts„::::.l%sipAecßiaßl liEeeDn 'cc, at Wytharv, vc
the 4116. d,,
ofo_ the Earl of Abingdon, John flodgete Flagete Politil 1:04
tor Preatwood.house, Staffordshire, and Member for Protiol.,
Charlotte Margaret, second daughter of John age?
P'
On the 18th inst., at Bognor, the Bev. Willistn PI ,614
rector of liteventon, Hants, fourth eon of Edward Knight'
_,,„7,,,.
ofs Gotimersha m-park, in sent, and Chawto-house, in Ir.'''re'
_ljriere, to Caroline, eldest daughter of John Portal, A q '
if efolk.house, in the same couuty. hester,
The Rev. M. a Taylor, of Great Boughton, near. rel.,
of Eriviatt,
youngest daughter of the late John Foolk It
I Eriviatt, 10enbighshire.

On Thurntlay, the 20th inst., in the 17th
DIEM f hi/ giel
Sophia 'Weatlake eldest daughter of Alr. James /111,it:90, of
Bridge-strelt Ill'ackrria' rs and niece of William WO"
Stockwell-cornmon i's ' ~,,bbef,
On the 18th inst 'ill 11{angham16-hill, Waldo'
Essex, Robert Sharp 'Colvin, E 59.7 aged flo. rOlO,
,of goofieid4
On the 10th inst., Edward Knipe, Esq.,
Epsom, aged 81. f Sr. °I.
the wife o
On Wednesday, the 19th inst., Susan,
ward Bailey, of Holborn. f 00
Louisa Wife °' PP
At Bromyard on the 15th ist., ~, Arket, '
Howell, Esq and' youngest daughter of Nirdham r ,
younge
of Worcester': 74 13 thl I" '
On the Isth inst., at 'Cells, in GAIIO,OI, •-• "
year 0 _AA
William Gillespie, minister of that parish.

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