The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-01 00:00:00

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they should conduct themselves properly. Sind that period,
none of the doctrines thus laid down and promulgated. have
been over-ruled, or even controverted in debate but id prae.
tice they arc set at runt& at every election. The difficulties
and disadvantages under which a plaintiff' or prosecutor must
lie who should institute a suit for any Of these mal-pritetices,
deter them from going into courts ; while the patrons of
boroughs, unawed by declarations which impunity teaches them
t 9 disregard, and encouraged perhaps by the accidental odds-
sion of the partkular right of voting pointed at in the .jiresent.
Bill, have gone on violating the law, and deriding its pro-
hibitions.

The present fill, therefore,
_is framed for the purpose of giv-
ing effect to the law as declared, not by Sir Francis Pemberton
alone, but by many other great men on the Bench, and in
and out of Parliament, since his time;—for the purpose of
bringing the yractice of the law of elections to that state of Uni-
formity in which all reasoning men delight, and in which alone
true justice can be found and for the purpose of repressing
abuses too notorious to be denied, and too gross to be de-
fended.

This Bill Is not intended td extend to Bur rage Tenure 80.
roughs, but is liinitted to Freehold Boroughs, tom a deft.
renes to the opinion of many respectable individuals.

EASTER. MONDAY,

Yesterday, pursuant to annual custom, seTeral
of the Aldermen, the Sheriff's, and other City Officers, as-
sembled at the Mansion-house, for the purpose of accompany-
ing the Lord Mayor, in procession, to Christchurch, to hear the
Spital Sermon, and a Report of the state of the diffitrent City
Hospitals, At twelve o'clock the late Lord Mayor, the Sheriff's,
Recorder, Chamberlains, and other City Officers, partook of an
excellent dejenhe with the Lord Maya, in the Chinese parlour.
At half past twelve the Christ's Hospital boys, to the amount
of 670, arrived In procession, and fell out at the Royal Ex-
change, where they wa'llded• about with their friends till two,
when all being in readiness, the procession set out in the fol.
lowing order:—

Street-keepers and Constables, to clear the way.
The Governors and Masters of Christ's Hospital, with their
Wands.
The Head Boys of the School, two and two.
The Boys educated in mathematics and navigation, each carrying
a sextant, telescope, globe, quadrant, or Some other
appropriate article.
The Reading and Writing Boys, to the amount of 600, two and
two, each with the words, " He is risen," on a card,
pinned on their left breast.
The Beadles and Ushers, &c.
Six Marshalmen in liveries two and two.
The Head City Marshal in uniform, ori horseback.
A grand Military Band of Music, playing several Marches, &c.
The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor in his Robes, in his
State Carriage, accompanied by his Chaplain, and
attended by the Sword and Mace-bearers.
The two Sheriffs, with their Ladies, in their State Carriages.
The Recorder, nine Aldermen, with their Ladies,
in their Carriages.
The Chamberlain, the Town Clerk, and City Remembrance,
in their Carriages.
The day being very tine, the streets and windows were un-
commonly cro*ded.
The Church Service being,ended, the following statement of
the Hospitals was read