The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-13 00:00:00

DUTIES ON SPIRITS.

Lord WYNFORD presented a petition from the licensed
victuallers of Wigan against the duties on spirits.
PUBLIC COMPANIES' CREDITORS' BILL.
On the motion of Lord WYNFORD the Public Com-
panies' Creditors' Bill was read a third time and passed.
TITHE• STAY OF SUIT BILL.

On the motion of Earl RADN6i, the Tithe Stay of Suit
Bill went through a Committee, after some observations from
the Bishop of LONDON, the LORD CHANCELLOR, and Lord
ELLENBORODGH.

The Duke of CUMBERLAND presented petitions from
the University of Dublin, praying for protection to the Church.
CHURCH TEMPORALITIES BILL.

The order of the day for the second reading of the Church
Temporalities' Bill was then read, when their Lordships' went
through the Bill till the 16th Clause, with one amendment,
moved by the Archbishop of Armagh.
The other Clauses wete then agreed to.
The House then resumed, and the report was ordered to be
received to-morrow.
WARWICK ELECTION.

On the motion for reading the order of the day for the House
to resolve itself into a committee on the Beer Bill.
The Earl of WARWICK took the opportunity of vindicat-
ing his conduct with reference to the Warwick election, and

denying the truth of the statements which had 'appeared in
various publications upon the subject. His Lordship declared
that from the commencement of the Warwick :election to the
present moment, he had never done any thing unconstitutional
or unbecoming a Peer ; and appealed to the Noble and
Learned Lord on the Woolsack with reference to the extent
to which a member of their Lordships' House might justifiably
go in such matters.
The LORD C HANC ELL OR observed that although of
course if a Peer were guilty of bribery and corruption, his con-
duct would be illegal and highly criminal, yet that if he merely
interfered in an election as a commoner might justifiably do,
he (the Lord Chancellor) held that he was not acting con-
trary to the law of the land. He spoke as a lawyer, and con-
stitutionally. Undoubtedly such interference would be con-
trary to a resolution of the House of Commons. But that
resolution would not legally preclude a Peer from the kind of
interference to which he (the Lord Chancellor) had alluded.
It might be a matter of discretion with a peer whether or not
he should so act, but in his opinion it was clear that it would
not be illegal. No Peer could be considered as acting unjus-
tifiably or in the slightest degree dishonourably by such in-
terference. He (the Lord Chancellor) remembered that the
predecessor of his Noble Friend the Earl Marshal was in
the habit of so interfering, of canvassing, and even of vot-
ing at elections, although of course his vote was not re-
ceived. By law a Peer was eatitled to canvass, but he was
not, any more than any other man, entitled to commit bri-
bery or corruption. He repeated that a resolution of the
House of Commons declared that a Peer should not interfere
in any way at elections ; but if he (the Lord Chancellor) were
to interfere at an election in the legal manner which he had
described, he should not consider that he had committed any
improper or dishonourable act.
BEER BILL.

The House then went into Committee on the Beer Bill.
Several clauses, after some verbal amendments, were
agreed to.
The bill then went through committee. Report to be re-
ceived to-morrow.