The Sun.
London, England, 1832-02-22 00:00:00

BRISTOL, FEB. 21.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
A petition goes up this evening to be presented to the
House of Commons, against tic Most Worshipful
corporation of this city. The worthy gentlemen have
been, as you are aware, dabbling of late in Parliamentary
affairs, for the good (as a matter of course) of this most
favoured of cities. Not having, however, much experience
in the introduction of private Bills to the Honourable
House, their Worships neglected to give the timely notice
which the rules of the House require, and found them-
selves in consequence placed in an awkward position. The
question was to get rid of the difficu!ty, and it having
been known to these heroes of the Bristol •' three days,"
that certain of the citizens had been presumptuous enough
to think about their own concerns, and had, with this
intention, attended to the required form of advertising
their intention of introducing Bills, the present session
they thought quite an opportune circumstance, and ac-
cordingly produced the advertisement of the notice referred
to, to the Committee, and obtained the necessary leave to
bring in their Bills.
The laugh may now be all against the citizens, who
very uncivilly conceived that the Corporation had no con.
corn with the notice which they had given for a very dif-
ferent purpose, and wrote accordingly to their Parliamen-
tary agent and to the City Members, to ascertain the facts,
which are as I have related. Letters received to-day ad-
vises the immediate sending up a petition, and one will in
consequence go forward by to-night's post, to be forthwith
presented to the House. It is expected that the matter
will make some noise, and will, perhaps, by the mention
of Bristol, afford queer old Charley an opportunity of
lecturing the House upon the success of the boroughmon•
gers' doctrine of " re-action."

The inhabitants are daily becoming more and snore tired of
the Corporation, and wish most heartily that Government
would rid the city of the corporate incurnbrance altogether,
and without delay. The Magistrates are daily closetted
for hours in consultation since the receipt of Lord Mel-
bourne's notice.
The Jamaica intelligence has caused a good deal of
alarm, and the mercantile portion of the community are
very anxious for further advices, as many of them are
d,eply connected, as proprietors and otherwise, with the
colonies. It is thought by some that the late news is
very much exaggerated fur party purposes,

The Diario di Roma, of the Bth instant, an-
nounces the deaths of Cardinal RAFFAELE Marto, who
was born in 1765, and received the Cardinal's hat from
Pius VIII. in 1830 ; of Cardinal CESARE GUERRPRI
Goiszaca, who was horn in 1749. and created Cardinal
by Pius VII. in 1819: and of Cardinal BoxavicrrTuKA
GAZOLA, Bishop of Muntt•fiascone, who was bora in
1744, and promoted to the carditialate by Pius VII. iq
1820. These three deaths occurred on the 4th and 6th
instant, and 20th ult., respectively.

ST. LEONARD'S, HASTINGS.--The alarm-
ing certainty of cholera in London has &ready had the ef-
fect of pending many families to the southern coast of
England. " 'Tis an ill wind that blows nobody good ;"
visit b e
the scarcely
several b
tnd we do not suppose that the hotel and lodging-house-
keepers
of this place, or Hastings, will be backward in
providing for the reception of !heir guests, although the
sea
pat the worthy boniCaces on the gni wive ; and the san-
guine and dapper little librarian has evabited wore than
his usual vivacity.—Brighton Guardian.
arrivalsitthhienir these accustomed
to days at

•
HAMPDEN A BURGESS OF EDINBURGH.---•
The following interesting extract, besides showing *ha
HAMPDEN was a burgess of Edinburgh, confirms the im-
portant fact in history, that the Parliament of 1640 sent a
Committee of their body to Scotl;nd dt;ring CHAALIS
First's vii•it, to overlook his Inoveinenti. Lord HOWARD,
it is understood, was not of the Committee :—" 19th No-
vember, 1641, omitted in yr a in dait, in respect ye
tickets wer not all till now wryt.—Vieesimo Secunde,
Octobris 1611.—Tbe quhilk in fine of the Provost, %Mies,
Dean of Gild, and ane pairt ofye Gild Counsel', Enwatin
Lord HOWARD of Estreek, Sr WILLIAME ARMY NE of
Gsgodby, in ye couatie of Lincotir.e, iitarronet, Sr Pnittrr
SrareirrouiktE of Warton; in ye C'outitye of Yoik, Knight,
JoHN HAMPDEN of Great .Hampden, in ye countye of
Buchinyhame, Esquyre, NATHAIN ELL FIENNES of
13rembie, in ye countie of Lincoline, Barronet, compeir
and ar maid Burges and Gild Brother of yis burgh, and
hes gevin ther aithes in commune forme."—(We consider
ourselves much indebted to our correspondent for this cu-
rious communication,)—Scotsb!an.