The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-21 00:00:00

O r CONLVIONS,..

The ~..`':r2r.:tEß WAS stnnntoned to the House of
'Lords, and on his rettir:: anaounced that the
-Royal 'Assent had Lein: 'giver.. by Cotropission to
sewcai B',lls 3 for NV elk, see our- report of the

Sir F. 3t7RDE-17. prev.mti a Pttlori* from cer-
tain prsons residing in .L Q 2 iu.;.....acaslin
.a_gainst -any alteration in .of tlie country ;
the,petitioners stated that they resiuo' near Vtiest
HoughtOß, where several outrages had been coth-
tnitted," and a mill burnt down ; since the repeal
of the,Orders in Council, the country,had become
daily more tranquil, and at present peace was quite
restored. Under these circumAances, having un-
derstood froakthe debates of the House, that some
materiatalteration in the laws was in coutempla-
tion ; they felt it their duty, humbly to approach
the. House, ,to state that in the present state of
. they . conceived that no such , alteration
was necessary. , Ordered to lie on the

The Woods: and; Forests -Bill went through a
tommitz-et.` the report of which was 'received and.
agreed.to, and ti Bill orde,rqd to be read a, third.
-time to-morrow:
•
The Coffee Bill was read a third t:me and passed.
Mr. LUSHINCT9N brought up the'Report of tlle
Medicine Bill, which was received and agreed to,
and the Bill -ordered to be read a third true to:
morrow,

The Biltish White Herring Fisliery Bill, and
the Vote of Cre were. read a secori.l time,
and or,lered to be committed to-nlorrc;

Mr. 1,7:.:"..-li-tiGTON brouglit op theßtort of the
C9m:nir_tee 0.1 the Prh-ice lessae,,
when Lhe Resqiution,fot a Vote of Credit forlrts.-
land, to the anocnt of 20.0,04.1. was -'ea d and.
agreed to,.and provicion, putsuant to the said Re-
solution, was gi
-4,-cv-..•through.
a Committee,
.the Report g'i- which w-Fs !.cceived.
and agried to, and the Bill ordered to be read
.third time ta-rnorrovv.
The Agent General_ far Volunteers and Lord
Militia Bill .:Os re,•_::d a szeOnd thne, and ordered
~to go. through a, Conimit.tee .t!)-niorrow.•
, The
.French Prisoners a War rsoa."e Bill was
read a third time and pazseci. • . -
On .the motion for the -second reading of the
West Lldia Revenue Ei!l,
'f he CHANtELLOR Of ',"h1"! E±CI-1Eat".7,1: stid tbat
consickerable oppositiol? had beea riladeto the eaK-
rying.this hill throngi.d,iring the present Z:.•:esson
he therefore moved that this bill ha read a second
time on this day three weeks ; and this, after. some
'obSer'va,tlons from ..Mr..:',larryat, .I`vir; Grant, ctad.
Mr. Co6hrane.JoHastone, v:-as agreed to.
• Lord CAsTLEIi.EA:GII S th at Zhol,lgli the second
reeding,of the Vice Chancellor's stood fir so-
morrow,. it. was not intended to pros thi;.; Bill
during the present session—the order of tae day
for ,the second reading of this 13ill to;-morrow wa4
therefore read' and 41scharged, and the i,il cr-
dcredto be read a second time on thieda.y two.
mouths. ...
Lord CASTLEREAGH said that it was the
timi of his iviajesty7s Ministers tb propose this
to Parliament again in the very beginiimg of the
next Session.

The "Pricy Fur3e Dill was read 'a third time an&
pcssed.
The Insolvent\Debtors Bill v.,rts read,a second'
time, and ordered, to be committed to-marrow.

Tits.r.7\a:y presented al'etitio:r from Bolton,
siinila'r to-that presented, by Sir F. Burdett from
Yeovil. Ordered to-lie on 'the tabl:t.
' v4EsFatvATtoN OF PEACE.
On the motion Tor the' Order of the Day for the
Third reading of the lli,ll,for the Preservation of

the Peace,

Lord A. HA:ll7LTO:si'opposed the third reading
of the .
'Sir T. Tuivroll, though-he did not approve al-

t,T ether ortheßeport of the Committee, thought
that it put: .the }louse in possession of one im-
portant fact—the seizure of arms by bodies of
men fle.regretted to hear that even the latest
acc,unts froin.Yorkshire, stated that arms still
continued' to be seized. Uilder these circum-
stances, though no man could be
_more zealous
.for the rights of the people, he felt himself
-bound to support the Bill, in order to 'defend the
Ceinstitution, by a temporary aberratiOil fro•mtbie
practice.
Mr. cALCRAFT censured the refusal of parole-
evidence ,by the Committee, and contended, that
as nothing was known of the state of the dis-
turbed counties since the 23d of June, they ought
not to go on legislating as if the disturbance still
continued, particularly as private accounts repre-
sented that tranquillity was restored. •
;Mr. C. 11.riTcHiNsoN opposed the 'Bill, not:,
merey upon principle, but upon ekperience., hay-.
already 'witnessed theconsequences of a simi-
lar measure in Ireland. •

Mr. HERBERT spoke in favoUr of the Bill.
Mr. TIERNEY declared himself ready to concur
in giving the Government sufficient power to put
down assemblies, lnit objected_ to the clause
thorising the seizure of arms, and particularly in
the night time. He submitted whether it would
not have been better' that no counties had been
mimed in the Bill, but that the-application of it
to any counties in which it might appeaeto be ne-
cessary, had been left to the discretion of Govern-
ment.. He should take the sense of the House
ngim the ineastne.
• 'Mr. BATntraSi argued. from the fact of the
seizure of arms by nocturnal depredators, that
Parliament was bound to take some decisive, step,
for; even suppoSing that disorder had sub-
sided, they could not calculate' securely that it
would not break out again. The fact, however,
was unfortunately the reverse ; for, on this very
morning, intelligence. had` reached Government,
that no less than
.eight houses were plundered of
arms in the course of one.night. Would Parlia-
ment then take upon themselves tl:e responsibility
of refusing to adopt some defensive measures' for
the protection of the loyal and peaceable inha-
bitants of those parts
H, MARTlN'begged leave .to state hOw, -as
he Conceived, the law would stand, after the pass-
ing-ot this Bill, with respect to those persons
• who were sent to execute the purpose of seizing
arms.. An Hon. Gentleman (Mr. W. Smith) had

expressed a doubt upon a former night, whether
the killing of persons demanding arms. in the
night time, would amount to the crime of mur-.
der ;. his (Mr. Martin's) opinion was that it would,
and he though it of importance that that fact should
be gerwrally understood.
Mr. W SNIITII said he had never intimated a

doubt upon the subject in case the party demand-
ing arms shoved that he came properly authorised.
His apprehension, was that by permitting search
in the night time, the disturbers might avail them-
selves of the pretence of legal authority, and that
by such a clause the Bill woutd give a colour to
their deman-ls.-

Mr. D. GIDDY apprehended it would be corn:-
petent for any one to call upon the Officer coming
to search to produce his authority, and -did not
suppose that strangers would be employed on such
an errand.

Mr. TIERNEY wished to make a provision,
tnacting that it should be lawful for his Majesty
to terminate the operation of the Act by pro-
clamation, when it shall appear the disturbances
no longer continue in those districts to which the
act extends.

Lord CASTLEREAGFI had no objection to a t1"0-
vision like that proposed by the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman but the operation of the Bill being limited
to a short period, he did not conceive it to be
necessary.
The House divided.
For the Third Reading
Against it l5
Majority —54 '

The Bill was then read a third time, and the
further proceeding upon it postponed.
The Report of the Frame-work Knitters Bill
was taken into further consideration, and the Bill
re-committed.

Several amendments were moved, on which a
discussion of some length took place, after which
the House resumed, the Report was brought up
and agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read
a third time tomorrow.

The futther proceedings on the Bill for the
better preservation of the Peace, were then re-

Mr. TIEIPZEY brought up his clause, which
teas added, by way of Rider, and the Bill was

passed.

OVERTURES FOR PEACE.

Mr. SHERIDANO at the request, of Mr. Tierney,
who-Observed that be had erroneously eommuni-
dated by letter to an Honourable Friend of his.
(Mr. Whitbread) that the motion respecting the
Etc overtire fro France stood for to-morrow in-
stead of for to-day, postponed._ his motion until
to-morrow.