The Sun.
London, England, 1835-06-11 00:00:00

BRIGHTON.

Captain PECH EL L was desirous of putting a question to
the Noble Lord with reference to the rue :sure of Corporate
Reform introduced the other evening. He wished to know
whether it was intended that the Borough of Brighton should
be incorporated by itself, or with one or more other towns?
The borough of Brighton contained a population of forty
thousand inhabitants, and it was the wish of the majority that
it might be incorporated by itself.
Lord J. RUSSELL spoke so low, and the noise was so
great, owing to members leaving their seats, that not a word of
his answer was heard in the gallery. He said that a conside-
rable number of copies of the Bill would be ready to-night,
and that by to-morrow morning they would be ready for deli-
very generally.
IMPRESSMENT IN THE NAVY.

Sir J. GRAHAM was anxious to put a question connected
with one of the orders of the day, as by doing so he might
ease the House of a considerable degree of unnecessary la-
bold. The House would remember that in the last Parliament
a resolutlon was moved by an Hon. Member, on the subject of
impressment the navy, which, in discharge of his duty as a
Minister of the Cm;7a, he was under the necessity of resist-
ing. In doing so he statCf!' that the Government of that day
uce a measure with reference
had it in contemplation to intrci:_l
to the subject of which the resoluti.o2 treated, which would
supersede its necessity ; and in redemption fit. that pledge, al-
though in the meantime his connexion with thd Government
had ceased, he would during the present session intro,lnce the
measure which that night stood for Committee. The princ4lle
of that measure, as the House were aware, recognized the
right of impressment, should every other possible means fail
in securing the due manning of the navy. To this part of
the principle—namely, the recognition of the right to im-
press--an amendment was announced by the Hon. Member
who brought the subject under notice last session ; and, as
upon that amendment much would turn, he thought himself
justified in inquiring from his Majesty's Ministers what
course they proposed adopting respecting it. If they, his
Majesty's Ministers, were of an opinion that it would be wholly
inexpedient that there should be a statutory recognition for
preserving the prerogative of the Crown ; or. if they considered
that the encouragement held out to voluntary enlistment by the
present measure would prove too expensive—and expensive he
was bound to confess it would be—he considered that he
should best do his duty by proposing that the Bill be again
taken into consideration on that day se'nnight. In the interim
the Bill_ might undergo the necessary alterations, and, pro
forma, be recommitted ; and, after being thus altered by his
Majesty's responsible advisers, be again submitted to the House.
Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that both his
Noble Friend the First Lord of the Admiralty and his Right
Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer thought that
the Bill required considerable alterations ; and, perhaps, it
would be as well to postpone the second reading until those
alterations could be suggested to the Right Hon. Baronet Sir
J. Graham. _ _

Mr. J. S. BUCKINGHAM consented to the postpone-
ment of the second reading.
The second reading was postponed to that day sennight.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S REGISTRATION BILL.

_ .
Mr. G. F. YOUNG inquired if it was the intention of the
Right Hon. Baronet to proceed with the other Bill (the Mer-
chant Seamen's Bill) that bad been introduced conjointly with
the measure, the second reading of which bad been just post-
poned ?
Sir J. GRA HAM did not necessarily connect the measures,
but he entertained the strongest opinion as to the necessity for
passing them. He trusted his Majesty's Ministers would not
withdraw their support from the Bill alluded to by the Hon.
Gentleman opposite. The Right Hon. Baronet then said that
he was willing to postpone the further progress of the measure
until that day se'nnight.
An Hon. MEMBER, whose name we could not ascertain,
would not, under any consideration, have, an enactment of that
House trench upon the authority of the Crown.
Another Hon. MEMBER deprecated the abolition of im-
pressment. England's sun was set, and we might haul down
our colours, if that privilege of the Crown were to be inter-
fered with. He eulogized the present condition of the British
service.

The third reading of the Merchant Seamen's Registration
gill was then postponed till this day se'nnight.
POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL.
Sir R.
,'!•II,ISGRAVE moved the order of the day for the
second readinc, of the Poor Relief .(Ireland) Bill.
Lord M 0 R
hoped that, for the convenience of the
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House, the Hon. Baronet
would consent to postpone the fur-
ther consideration of this measure for a short period.
Sir R. MUSGRAVE would not object to the postpone-
ment for one month.
Lord MORPETH said that in that period the :.:4overnment
would be prepared, he had no doubt, with some furthe: and
authentic information on the subject.
After a few words from Sir R. Musgrave, Lord Morpeth,
and Mr. Richards, tho second reading was postponed for one
month.