The Sun.
London, England, 1835-08-22 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY SUMAMRY.

jn LORDS' yesterday the Royal Assent, by Commission,
was given to numerous Bills, and several other:: were ad-
vanced a stage. was some conversation on the schjeet
of Australia, after which the Militia Staff Reduction Lill waE
passed, and the House then adjouri:.4d.
"In the Coll7.lnxe, the Sergeant-at- Artec informed tho House
that, in pursuance Of the'SPEAKER'S warrant, .he had endea-
voured to apprehend Colonel FAIRMAN; that he gone to
his residence, where be was Informed that indi,--idual ha
qui!ted his hoslse about a quarter a an hour ; that he then
sent his messengers to execute the warrant; that the: had
been relieved at stated times, and that they still continled
there; but the Colonel had not returned. Mr. TooxE pre- •
sented a petition from Truro, expressive of the wanton and
wilful
.mutilations to which- they understood the Municipal
Corporations Bill to have been subjected, and praying the
House to stay the Supplies, or. the " Appropriation" of the
same, until that Bill had received the Royal Assent. Mr.
~,".'",_ARLETT presented two petitions, complaining of intimida-
tion pra;,"`ised at the Kerry election. Mr. O'CONNELL said
that so much cf the petitions as referred to hint was wholly
untrue. Mr. ORD.:, es Chairman of the Committee ap-
pointed by. the House to inquire into the truth or falsehood of
the allegations, declared that the tirst witness ex: mined broke
down, and the charges which this person (Brownrigg) brought
forward were by no means substantiated. Mr. HUE then
presented a petition against the Recorder of Dublin, corn-
plaini.:g that by his political partizanship and attendance in
Parliament justice was rendered an object of suspicion. Thic
petition, it will be seen, elicited considerable discussion;
eventually it was ordered to lie upon the table. The amend-
ments made by the Lords to the Militia Staff Bill were agreed
to. Mr. S. EKE then postponed going into Committee
on the Consolidated Fund Bill, till Friday. Mr. WinKs ex-
pressed his satisfaction, and said the " Appropriation" clause
ought to be postponed until it was known what course the
Lords would adopt. Mr. HOME ant: other Hon. Members,
also concurred in the propriety of not pt.:sing any more money
clauses,lintil the fate of the three great measures now in the ,
House of Lords be decided. This question, the deferring-or
stopping the supplies, led to an animated debate. Mr. E.-L.
Bui.wEtt then brought forward his motion for the reduction of
the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, moving that the House re-
solve itself into a Committee on the subject. The CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER conceded the principle, but he
could not pledge himself as to the time of moving the reduc-
tion. A lung and . highly interesting debate ensued. Mr,
BuLwEit withdrew his motion saying, " that as the GOVeftl-,
rnent and the House had recognised the principle, it was wholly
unnecessary to press the matter, at present, to a division."
Leavewas given (on a division) to bring in a Bill to provide
for the payment, by the EaSt India Companyof compensation.
to Mr. BUCKINGHAM for /eases of properly occasioned by that
Company's seizure of his Nowspaper, &07, &e..