The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-06 00:00:00

PARLIAMUNTARY PROCEEDINGS.

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Mercurii,- 5' die Mali, 1824.
Gas LlONT—Birmingham-Petition for Bill reported, Report
to lie on the table.
LatcLosu a es—Parriber and Inhuret (Hants)—Bill reported,
to be ingrossed. Abboteide (York)---Bill read a second
time, and committed.
Roens—Whiteparish and Sonthitrripton—Bill reported, to be
ingrossed. Buckingham and Towcester, and Godley Lane
Head (Petitions from llipperholme cum Brighouse, Shylf,
Halifax, Northowrani, and Bradford, in favour, to lie oil
the table)—Bills read a second time, reed committed. Ken-
sington, or Hyde Park Corner—l'etition of William Cobbett,
against, to lie on the table _Account ordered, "of the In-
come and Expenditure of the Trustees for executing two
Acts, of the 3ith avid Slat of his late Majesty, for repairing
the Road from Hyde Park Corner to Counter Bridge, and
certain other Roads, in the County of Middlesex, for each
year since the passing of the last Act of the 31st year afore-
said; distinguishing the amount thereof under separate
heads."
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.14 PANIEs--Compressed Gas—Petition of the South London
Gas Light Company, against, referred to the Committee on
the Bill. London and Westminster Oil Gas—Petitions of
George Mackintosh, and Ship-owners in the Coal Trade,
against, referred to the Committee on the Bill ; and of House-
holders of the Strand, to lie on the table. British Annuity—
Petition for leave to platen a Petition for a Bill reported, and
Petition for Bill referred to a Committee. St. Patrick As..
surance, and Alliance British and Foreign Life and Fire As-
surance—Bills ordered to be brought in. British Gas Light
Petition for Bill reported, Report to lie on the table.
BEER DUTIES Bit. L—Petitions from Brewers, &e. of Black-,
burn, Wilton, Wellington, Wolverhampton, and Dudley,
against, to lie on the table.
FetEr MASOets—PetitiOn of Members of Lodge (No. 66) Tralee„
complaining of Act of last Session, which prohibits the meet-
ings of certain Societies ; to lie on the table.
SALT Diories—Petition from Ilawkshead, and Two from
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for the entire repeal thereof, to lie on
the table.
SPlnrrs —Account" ordered—Of the total number of gallons
of home-made Spirits that have paid, been charged with, or
liable to be charged' with Duty in Ireland and Scotland, be-
twixt Oct. 10. 1823, and May 15, 1824 ; and of the number
of gallons distilled in England, and in Scotland for England,
is t':e same period.
Pent. Ica N s—Petitions of Licensed Innkeepers and Victuallers
of Blackburn, for the repeal of the increased Duties on Li-
cences ; to lie on the table.
COMBINATION or WORKMEN' LAWS—Petition from Not-
tingham, against, referred to the Select Committee on At;
tizans and Machinery ; anti from Wakefield, to lie on the
table.
Ilimt II AND SKINS BlLL—Petitions from Butchers, &e. of Fa-
versham, York, Aberdeen, and Dundee, in favour, and of
Tanners, &c. of Sandwich and Newcastle-under-Lyme,
•against, referred to the Committee on the Bill.
/sir ova: E reported. to be ingrossed.
REG IsTra Orrice—Bill 4' to authorize the establishment of
a Metropolitan Register Ot/ice, for concentrating and pre-
• serving the Registtrs of Bap isme,Marriages, and Burials, in
England," read a first time, to be read a second tints on
Monday next, and to be printed.
Game 'Jews A MreNDINF.N T—PetitiOn front Norfolk, in fa-
vour, to lie on the.table.
Lenot'REtte EMPLOYMENT BlLL—Order for Second Read-
ing discharged.
EQUITABLE LOAN SOClETY—Petition of Inmates of King's
Bench Prison, in favour, to lie on the table.
Tom etsf.—Thantes—Petition of free iVatermen of Church
Stairs. Rotherhithe, against, referred to the Committee on
the Bill.
Cyr r or LoNnox-LBlackfriar's Bridge, Thames Navigation,
and Coal Exchange Debts—Petitions for Bills referred to
Committees.
WeTrILWORKs--Cheltenham—Petition of E. Iggulden, Esq,
against, referred to the Committee on the Bill.
BaisToL Tower Du us —Petition from Painswick, against, to
lie on the table.
TrritEs COMPOSITION ACT—Petition from Blackratli,
against any compulsory Clause, to lie on the table.
M ILL—Petition of Sir J. C. Ilippisley, Dart, and J.
Ivatt Briscoe, against the use of, to lie on the table.
LAND REVENUE SALE or STOCK Commitees on the Bills
New ST itt r. T (Marylebone) . j deferred till Monday.
Poo it itteolLeerrow 'Scotland) BlLL—Second Reading de-
ferred till Monday, May 24.
FisfiEntEs—Bill " to amend the several Acts for the en-
couragement and hoproveMent of the British and Irish
Fisheries," read a first time, to be read a second time this
day.- •
Coe:fery COTYRT3 BlLL—Petition from New Sarum, in fa-
vour ; to lie on the table. Compensation to Officers of the
Course of Justice and of the County of Lancaster—The fol-
lowing Resolutions reported and agreed to, and Instruction
to Committee on the Bill that they have power to make pro-
vision accordingly :
"That his Majesty he enabled to grant an ar.nual sum, out
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, by way of compensation, to be paid to the
persons at present entitleel to the office of Custos llrevium of
the Court of King's Bench in England, of Filacer, of Clerk of
the Inner Treasury, and of Clerk of the outer Treasury of the
said Court; and of Custos Brevitim, and Clerk of the Jurats,
in the Court of Common Pleas in England ; also to the Cursi-
tors for Wales ; ant', to the three Junior Sworn Attornies on the
Plea Side of the Court of Exchequer in England ; and also to
the Steward of the Court of the Hundred of Wirrall, in the
County Palatine of Chester, for any deficiency in their lawful
lararise in consequence of any
Fees anti Emoluments that n
Act that may be passed in the present Session, for the more
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts in England and

" That his Majesty be enabled to grant an annual sum, out
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, by way of compensation, to be paid to the
of Counts'
th.ePalatine of Lancaster, and the
present
of Cursitors of the e
Seals of thcmmty Palatine of Lancaster, for
any deficiency in their lawful Fees and Emoluments that may
arise in consequence of any Act that maybe passed in the pre-
sent Session, for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small
Debts in England and NV ales."

NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY.
1. Mr. Hume—Committee to consider of the Church Establish.

ment in Ireland.
2. 31r. Wodehouse (of Norfolk)—Continuance of the present
Salt Duties.
3. 31r. Peter Moore—Bill to repeal Combination Laws.
4. 31r. Jones--Committee of the whole House on Salaries and
Annuities to Welsh Judges.
5. Mr. Goulburn—Committee on the state of the Counties in
Ireland in which the Insurrection Act has been in form.
G. Sir John Newport—Statistical Returns respecting the Popu.
latio9 of Ireland.
ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY.
1. Dublin Small Debts Bill—Second Reading.
2. Vagrants Bill—Further Consideration of Report.
3. Plymouth Victualling Office Bill—Committee.
4. Saving Banks Acts—Committee thereupon.
i. Dividends Transfer Bill—Committee.
G. Passage Vessels Regulation Bill—Committee.
7. Glass and Sweets' Bill—Committee.
IL Roman Catholic 31arnages MR—second Reading.
J. Warehoused Wheat Bill—Second Reading
10. Fisheries Acts—Second Reading.

NOTICE GIVEN YESTERDAY.
Dr. Lushington,---TO..offer Claus& on Third Reading of Slave
Trade Laws Consolidation Bill, to make the trading in
Slaves Piracy.

A SUBSTITUTR FOR. lAISIf WlllSKY.—Yester-
day Roberts, a watchman, brought before 31r.W YAT T, at Lam-
bath-street, a woman of the name of Mary Davis, who had been
given into his custody the night before by the proprietor of the
Green Man public-house, upon a charge of being drunk and
disorderly. The charge being fully established,
the woman in
her defence stated that she had only that morning been dis-
charged from the tread-mill where she had been kept moving
,
. for two months • and she solemnly protested it was neither
whi4ky nor gin diat caused the change in her, but the motion
of ` c wheel, which kept floating in her imagination, and gave
her the appearance of being in liquor. Her story not being re-
lied on, she was held to bail for future good behaviour.

A HINT TO PAwNnitoKEus.—Yesterday Mr.
Parsons, of New.street, St. Luke's, pawnbroker, appeared at
Worship-street, before 3lr. liEVIISLE,upon an information ob-
tained against him by Edwards an approver, for an overcharge
of sixpence upon the loan of 18 shillings. The defendant en-
treated the Magistrate not to go into the case, as he committed
the offence through the hurry of business, or in " a bewildered
moment." Under these circumstances the Magistrate fined
him in 40s. and costs.

Monday an old house in Gaol-street, Saint
Francis's Abbey, Dublin, fell with a tremendous crash, and
buried Ellen Meade, the wife of the occupier, and her infant
child, in the ruins. The child was saved, but the mother was
suffocated and died.