The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-08 00:00:00

MALDON ELECTION.

The SPEAKER informed the House that in the
matter of the petition complaining of an undue re-
turn for Maldon no recognizances had been entered
into, but the sum of 1,0001. had been placed in the
Bank of England, to meet any expense that might
be incurred.

CHELTENHAM ELECTION.
The RIGHT HON. GIINTLEMAN also informed the
House, that the recognizances entered into upon the
petition complaining of an undue election for Chel-
tenham were unobjectionable.
CHANGE OF VENUE IN IRELAND.
Sir J.,WALSH, seeing the Attorney-General in
his place, wished to repeat the question he put to
him yesterday, as to what was the present
state of the law in Ireland in cases
of change of venue. He was anxious to know whe-
ther it differed from the law in that respect in this
country?

The-ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the law
in both countries was the same, and the venue could
be changed upon application to the Court of Queen's
Bench, either in civil or criminal cases, where it
could be shown that a fair trial could not be had at
the place where the venue was originally tried.
NOTICE OF MOTION.
Mr. HUME gave notice, that after the recess he
should move for a Select Committee to inquire into
the causes of recent shipwrecks, and to report to
the House whether, in all cases of shipwreck attended
with loss of life, persons should be appointed to in-
quire into the attendant circumstances of such ship-
wrecks.

SUGAR DUTIES.
Mr. HOPE gave notice, that on the 9th inst., he
should move for a Select Committee to inquire into
the operation of the Sugar Duties Bill of 1846.
Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that, after the recess,
he would move for a Select Committee to inquire
into the progress of the growth of cotton in India.
THE ARMY.
Mr. HUME moved the renewal of an order for
certain returns relating to the army.
BIBLE MONOPOLY.
The Hon. MEMBER also moved for the continuation
of returns respecting the Bible monopoly in Scot-
land, with a view to the abolition of the same U1OBJ•
poly in this country.
COPYRIGHT IN THE COLONIES.
Lord MAHON inquired whether any of our colo-
nies had availed themselves of the Act of last session,
whereby the Crown was authorized to suspend the
operation of the statutory prohibition against the im-
portation into any colony of foreign reprints of
English books, in cases where the Legislature of the
colony made such a provision with respect to the
rivhts of the authors as should be approved by the
Crown ? ,

Mr. LABOUCHERE answered, that two among
the North American colonies, namely, Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick, had passed colonial Acts, and
sent them here for confirmation, imposing a duty of
twenty per cent. upon the importation of what were
before pirated editions of English works published in
the United States, and providing that the proceeds of
that duty should be remitted for the benefit of those
who had the copyright in this country. Her Majes-
ty's Government entirely approved the principle of
these Acts, but there were certain details which ap•
peared objectionable, and therefore the Acts had
been returned with a statement of those objections ;
but the details would, no doubt, be satisfactorily
arranged. _

ELECTION PETITIONS.
Petitions were presented, complaining of undue
returns for the following places :—Athlone, Sligo,
Aylesbury, Carlisle, Bewdley, North Staffordshire
Nottingham, Dublin, Harwich, Hythe, Andover,
Horsham, and Lincoln.
CULTIVATION OF COTTON LN INDIA.
Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that, after the recess,
he should move the appointment of a Select Com-
mittee to inquire into the progress of tte growth of
cotton in India.

THE BRAZILS.
Mr. WILSON, seeing the Noble Lord the Secre-
tary for the Colonies in his place, wished to put a
question to him of which he had given notice. He
was informed by the last arrivals from Rio de Ja-
neiro, it had been ascertained that the Brazilian
Government had recently issued a decree by
which they imposed a duty of one-third extra upon
all ships and their cargoes, which might enter the
Brazilian empire after the Ist of July next, from
those countries which did not place Brazilian ships
entering the ports of those countries upon a footing
of the most favoured nations. He understood this
decree would apply to all ships sailing from this
country.
Lord PALMERSTON said be had received a
Brazilian newspaper within the last few days, con-
taining a decree that had been issued by the
Brazilian Government, and which was to the effect
stated by the Hon. Member. The decree would
apply to all nations that did not, on and after
the let of July next, extend to Brazilian vessels all
the privileges they had hitherto enjoyed, uuless they
should bind themselves by a convention to continue
the advantages now denied to Brazilian ships for a
specific period.