The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-29 00:00:00

STAFFORD PEERAGE.

The Peers, present in the House resolved into a
Committee ot P!ivikges, and Lord WALSINGIIAM
having taken the ch4ir, the Petition and claims of
Sir Will,Aln Jerningham, J3irt. for the above pee -
age, were taken into consideration, and thd pro,
feedings open d. Mr. Hargrave app eared as Colin-
sel for the petitioner. The further invesnigation of
int cause...via tajourned till Tbesday next.
After some interval, the LORD CHANCELLOR lonli
his seat on the Woolsack, and prayers b-log read,
• The Earl of AYLESI,ORD Os Lord Steward) re-
ported his Royal 1-I=ghness the Prince Regent's An-
swer to the last Addiess of their Lordshipi, signify-
ing his acquiescence, and that dire6tions should be
given accordipgly. _ .

An adjournment during pleasure took place for
some time, and, after the resuming W the House,
heir Lordships w.,ited some time, apparently in ex-
pettation of some communication, but s.othing of
that nature toi,k place.

Lord .WALSINGEAM moved the second reading of
the Sugar Importation and the Malt Duty Bits,
which were accordingly
.read a second tune, and
committed fot to-morrow.

Adjournvd till to-tnori ow, when the second read-
ing 01 the Curn Distillery Prohibition Bill is expected
to take phce.

HOUSE cO,II.IIONS.

TUESDAY, JAR. 23.

I.(ICAL MILITIA.

Mr. HILEY ADDINGTON said, that understanding
it to be the intention. to introduce a new Local Mi-
litia Bill, And to dismiss those who had completed
their four years service under the present' rcgulaticin, '
he thought it right- that the House 'should be Itir•-
nished with certain documents on that sUbje'cl -be-
fore any steps ‘i ere taken in it, add for those docu-
ments he should now move.. He knew from his
own experience,' that- in the corps -at the head of '
which he had the honour to be'piaced, consisting' of
700 men, there -were no less than 300 oat of that
number willing to remain,' so that it a similar spirit
existed in other corps, in the-strew proponiOn; the
intended Bill would be. rendered ahogcthertinneccs--
sary. 'He called upon the Noble 1../;rd who was the
fattier of this measure (Lord Castlereagh), and w horn-
he was happy to see now in his plaCe, to watch over •
it with a tine parental attention; and-he was confi-
dent that if proper care was taken, the country would
at the end of four years possess 40 or 50,000 effec-
tive Local Militjamen. He then moved for a return
of tiro whole Local 'of Great &itain, if com-
plete according to the present establishment,
dis-
tinguishtng the number of each country and also
of the number or Local Militiamen,. including the
Non-coma:issioned—Odicers and Drummers, who
'were entitled to their diSchatge on the 25th of Dee.
1812, in consequence of having completed their
four years ,service, distinguishing the counties, as
before.—Ordered.

Mr.WHARTON
brought
in the Prince Regent's
Alloweiiice Bill, which was read a first time, and or-
dered for a s,'cond reading to-morrow.
Mr. PI ELF: br6lighl ihe Bepons on the
1,50.0,0001. amt the 10,500,0001. Exchequer Bills
Bills, filch wele agreed to, and ordered to be read
a third tune to-inoi

Mr. SIN CLAItt presented a Petition from the Elec-
tors of Caithness, praying a-I'LL:form inliarnent.
Lord FokxsTorgti, in the absence of his Right
Hots. Friend (Sir J. Newport), pstponed his mo-
tion rtlative to the Population of Ireland, until to-
morrow.