The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-13 00:00:00

SUGAR DUTIES.

Mr. HUMS gave notice, that on that day fortnight, he
should move a resolution to be adopted with regard to the
produce of our West India Colonies, viz., that the duty on all
sugars used there for the purposes of manufacture and distilla-
tion be removed. .

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Mr. SPOONER gave notice that, on that day fortnight, he
should move for leave to bring in a Bill for the more effectual
suppression of prostitution and the better protection of females.
BRIDPORT ELECTION.

Mr. G. BANKES moved that the petition which he pre-
sented the previous evening, with reference to the case of
Wm. Rocket, be printed, and in case of the House acceding to
that motion, he should give notice that on Thursday neat he
should move that Vim. Rocket have leave to state his ease at
the bar of the House.
POOR-LAWS.

Mr. P. BORTHWICK said he had a motion on the paper
for a Select Committee to inquire into the state and operation
of the laws which relate to the administration of relief to the
poor in England and Wales, and he wished to know whether the
Right Hon. Baronet would grant him the Committee without
his saying one word upon the subject?
Sir R. PEEL said he could not accede to so important a
motion without any previous discussion taking place upon it.
He put it, however, to the good feeling of the Hon. Gentleman
not to interpose his motion in the way of the adjourned debate.
Mr. P. BORTHWICK said he had tried to get his motion
placed first on the list that day fortnight, but unsuccessfully.
Yet he put it to the House whether they would not give him
the same position on Thursday fortnight as he held last night.
He hoped the Government would, as he had yielded so much
to them by enabling them to resume the adjourned debate, as-
sist him in this matter. . _

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Sir R... PEEL said he was scrry he could not give the Hon.
Gentleman the assistance he desired.

Mr. BORT H WICK said he was very sorry to be placed in
the position which he then held ; but the House would agree
with him that the question was not second in importance
even to the corn-law itself—it was a question of the
most vital importance to the country. He would,
however, leave it to the fate of the ballot, trust-
ing that when the time would come for its discussion,
her Majesty's Government would not forget the sacrifices
which he had made. _ _

Mr. HUME moved for a copy of all reports to the Admiralty
of trials made at Woolwich, Portsmouth, and on board the
fleet, of Mr. Rettie's signals for the prevention of the collision
signals of distress
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regulation upon the subject.—The motion was agreed to.
Mr. HUME moved for leave to bring in a Bill to relieve the
rapemakers of the United Kingdom from the operations of the
Factory Act.—Agreed to.
The Hoax. MEMBER then moved for a return of the total
amount of costs and law expenses incurred and paid during
each of the ten years prior to the Ist day of January, 1844, by
the four following trusts, viz.—the town council of Glasgow,
the trustees for managing the river Clyde and harbour of Glas-
gow, the trustees for managing the bridges over the river
Clyde, at Glasgow, and the trustees for managing the markets
of Glasgow, in preparing, promoting, opposing, and also the
expenses of deputations in any way relating to Bills before
Parliament, and for all other Parliamentary and law proceed-
ings connected wills each of these trusts, in prosecuting, de-
fending, or in any way relating to judicial and Parliamentary
proceedings ; distinguishing the amount incurred and ex-
pended in each year for each such trust ; stating the particular
business or proceeding in which such costs or expenses were
incurred; and the persons by whom they were conducted, and
the parsons to whom these moneys were paid in each year for
each trust; and also the aggregate of law and Parliamentary
expenses for each trust, in the ten years up to January, 1846.
His object was to show the immense expenses which were in-
curred by legal proceedings, with a view to some remedy being
applied to prevent their recurrence in future.
LORD LINCOLN AND MR. HILDYARD.
On the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate,
Mr. HILDYARD rose and said that he wished to take
the first opportunity of replying to a charge which had been
made against him by the Noble Lord the Member for
the Falkirk Burghs. The Noble Lord was reported to
h;,ve said that he (Mr. Hildyard) had imputed bribery to the
Noble Lord. Now, in ti.e strongest language which the
rules of that House would permit, he begged to
deny that he ever did so. He was perfectly aware
that this was only the assertion of one man against the asser-
tion of another, but he thought when he referred to the news-
papers published at that time that they would bear him out in his
assertion. He would not trouble the House by reading his own
speech, but it could not be considered as hostile to the Noble
Lord. He would, however, read a portion of the speech of
the Noble Lord which had reference to himself. The
Noble Lord had represented him as stating that,
notwithstanding the lavish expenditure of the other
side, they would be enabled to gain the victory.
He certainly had stated at the election that bribery had been
Practised for the purpose of securing the return of the Noble
Lord, and he maintained the same opinion now. But he did
not then believe that that bribery had been practised by the
Noble Lord himself.—( Hear, hear ) He really could not per-
ceive how the Noble Lord could make the statement which he
had.—(llear, hear.) But lie (lid impute bribery to the Free
Trade Commitlce at Nottingham, and he would now state to
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the House why he did so. At one of the polling-places during
the election, two men were pointed out to him by some re-
spectable people, living in the town, as having received 21, a
piece for their votes. He went to those two men and they
repeatedanother hde same3 thingn to
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ohad the same offer. Hewaisep went
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then went to another polling-booth,
and he stated what he hadheard. He was perfectly willing to
admit that he ought not to have made the charge of bribery
against the free-trade body, and he was now perfectly willing
to retract it.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had stated
that the county was canvassed before he vacated his seat.
Now, he (Mr. Hildyard) could assure the Noble Lord that he
had been strangely misinformed upon the subject. The first
intimation that he (Mr. Hildyard) heard of the election taking
place was a letter from the Noble Lord himself, asking for his