The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-15 00:00:00

CONTESTED ELECTIONS

The SPEAKER announced, that if any Gentle-
man bad Petitions to present complaining of un-.
due Elections of Members to serve in the present
Parliament, now was a proper time to give, the► .
in to the Clerk.
A Considerable number ,were inimediately pre-
tented, the names of ~vbich were severally written
flown on slips of paper, and put-into- a balloting
glass, from which they were &awn by the Clerk,
and the days for taking them into considera-
tion fixed in the order of priority. They Wen: as
follow :

Pembroke County, against die return of Si
John Owen ; the Committee to by the merits o
Ivhich was appointed to be ballotted for on Tues
day, the 2d March, at three o'clock.

Carmarthen Borough, against J. Campbell,
Esq.; Committee same day, at half past three
o'clock. ,

Cork City, against Sir N. Colthrusi ; Com-
mittee on Thursday, 4th March, at three o'clock.
' Liverpool Bormtgh, against the Right Honour-
able George Canning and General Gascoyne ;
Committee same clay, at half-past three o'clock.
Hythe Borough, against M. White, Esq.) Cons-
inittee on Tuesday,. 9th March, at three o'clock.
Grarnpound Borough, against the lion. A. C.
Johnstone, &c. ; Committee on the same day, at
half-past three o'clock. '

Deilbigh Borough, against Lord Kirkwall ;
Committee on Thursday, 11th March, at three
o'clock.

,
Cardigan Borough, against th H e on. Colonel
Vaughan ; Committee on the same clay, half-past
three o'clock.

Pembroke Borough, against. Sir John Owen ;
Committee on Tuesday, 16th March, at three
o'clock.

Youghall Borough. ; Committee same day, hals
past thiee o'clock.

Helston Borough, against U. Hammer!lcy, &c.
Committee on Thursday, • March 18, at three
o'clock.

A Petition against the return for Tregony Bo-
rough; and a Petition against the return for the
Ilbrough of GriMsby, were . severally referred - to
'the same Committees which were appointed to be
balloted for to try former Petitions affecting the
same Elections.

Sir James Graham obtained the further time of
thirty days the• Petitioner against the return of
the Hon. F. Pousonby, far Galway,' entering into
his recognizances, on the grouud that the Member
returned could not be found, to have the necessary
notice served upon him.
On the motion of Mr. INTANNINd. the Accounts
of the ,issue of Bank Tokens laid bet re the
House on a former night, were ordered to be
printed.

GOLD COIN BILL.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXIIECILTER moved the
Order of the Day for the third reading of the
Gold Coin Bill.
Mr. WHITBREAD moved that the Clerk should
read the Resolutions entered upon their Journals
in 1811 (Mr, Brougham's), on the subject of
the Gold Coin and Paper Currency; which being
done, he moved the
_first, as'a question. before
the House. • {This Resdlution states, that, by the
Law and Oinstitution of the realm, every indi-
)idual has an undoubted right to sell. or dispose
4 his.property as lie pleases; to give his Bank-
t otes for nothing, 'keep them, or-exchange them
for any stun in coin.l
The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER met this
motion by the previous question, which was put
and carried.
Mr. WHITBREAD then-moved the 'second Reso-
lution, declaring, that any statute, the object of
which was to restrain this right, was .a. flagrant
violation of the' Constitution, &c.
The previous question was also put and 'carried
en this proposition without a division.
Ma. WHITBREAD proceeded to move 'the third
. Resolution in a similar manner ; upon which the
.Chancellor of the Exchequer baying also moved
the previous question, the gallery was cleared for
-a division.

For the previous question • "1
Against it.
' 29
' Majority against Mr. Whitbread's resolution-44
On re-entering the gallery we found Mr: Aber•
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crOlhbit upoli liifi legt) Oppasingtfie third reading
of the Bill; both parts of Ivhicli he condernned;
and contended., that the establishment of :two
prices .in the country, namely, h paper price and
a coin priee, would. be productive of many ad-
vadtages.
Mr. Rost,t, again mentiOned the facts, which he
had stated on - a former occasion,' relative to the
issue of Notes from the Bank, These facts, he
said; 'Wove!d incontestibly that issue of Note's
neither ratsed:the price of gold,, nor lowered the
rate of, exchange.
Mr. J, P. GRANT, to d maiden speech, recapi-
tulateds most 'of the- arguments, Which had, been
Urged. against the Bill. He thought that 62
rate of exchange could throw no light whatever
on, the subject. With regard to what had been
said about a pound note anda,stkilling be:ing eq'ii-
valent to a guinea,-he thought that it proved that
the parliameptary'meaning of the word equiva-
lent was very difkrent front the common acc,epta-
tints of it ; and that thus the word equivalent, like
perptaneat (ai a Noble Lord had; stated a few
evenings before) had two different meanings,—
:Unless this were the case„ it was certainly im-
possible.tO prove that a poundnote,and a shilling
'weree
qual to a guinea. The two prices of_gpld
which had been talked of were quite imaginary;
it was, quite inipossible that two prices could
exist,
.except in fancy. The ohjcctl of the Bill ,
being-to draW a veil setween the public and its
situation.• The effect of this Bill would' not he to
remove the evil' Which he professed to suppress ;
it could not'even palliate that evil;, on the con-
trary, it would aggravate it to a degree,altogether
incalcalahle. Under these eiretimstatiCes;be foUnd
himself called upon to protest against tbe'Bill;
thinking that to urge the .matter further, after
all that had been said on the subject, , was quite
unnecessary.
Mr. Alderman C. SMITH .stipported. the Bill.
He was not alarmed .at the exportation of gold,
the effects of which had:been considered by some
Members as ruinous. Ile saw no reason why
gold should not be exported as well as any species
of merchandise.
Sir F. FLOOD thought, that from the nature of
the should have been called We Bank
Note and Shilling Bill, and no Coin Bill. The
Hon. Baronet then told.several anecdotes to il-
lustrhte the truth of the doctrine which he vehe-
mently supported ; 'namely, that, for any number
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of guineas;
.a greater quantity of goods Would be
prOcured than for , the .same number of Bank
Notes and shillings. He had on that very day
been inquiring at a .goldsmith's shop- what the
• intrinsic value of a guinea was, and he found that
it was worth .28s. Such being the case, did any
Gentleman in the House suppose that any body,
would part with a guinea for 21s. knowing that it
was worth 28s. ? He did not oppose the Bill as,
a party question, but from a conviction that its
effects could not fail to be eminently injurious to.
the country.

Mr. AlanairAT thought that the present qnestion
Was somewhat like that among the Ancients,
whether the earth moved round the sun, or the
sun round the earth, width queftion had come to
such a height, that the Legislatore was obliged to
interfere, as it had done in the' matter now before
the House. He considered the public as a 'pa-
tient, on whom, at an early stage of a disease, an:
operation might have been performed with 'suc-
cess, but-that crisis had been allowed to pass, so
that the opportunity was lost. Of late the' issue
of paper money had gone to such an excess, that
he was' happy that the. present question had been
agitated; Although he had'all along opposed the
Bill, yet considering the state of affairs now, he
was inclined to support it.' The Hon. Gentleman
then 'Arent into a detail of the state of trade be-
tween this county and France during the opera-
tion of our retaliatory Orders in • Council. He
concluded by proposing to the consideration of Mi-
nisters., some alterations in the issuing of licenses
for the exportation of the, different articles to
France. He thought that the exportation of those
articles which are most necessary for Buonaparte
should not be permitted.
Mr. Wnyrnar.Ab made a number of satirical ob-
servations on the ,speech of , the Hon. Gentleman
(Mr. Marryatt). , He said he would not commit
/he absurdity of which that Hon. Gentleman had
been guilty, by opposing the Bill on two fornier
occasions, and at last,_ without any visible cause,
on the third time that the question Was agitated,
agreeing to the Bill. He would continue to be
consistent with himself, by protesting against the
Mato the last.
The House then divided—,
For the sd reading 9O
Against it
Majority for the Bill
The Bill was then read a third time, and
passed.

MALT BILL.
The Malt Bill went through a Committee of
the whole House, in which some conversation
took place between Mr. Wharton, Mr. Brand,
Lord A. Hamilton. Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Har-
vey, and Mr. Robinson.