The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-18 00:00:00

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES RILL.

it F. BURDETT presented a petitioß from
Storritpoe, county of Chester, against the Bill now•
before the Lipase for the regulation of Friendly So-

cleties.
After a few woos from Sir JOHN NEWPORT, Mr.
COURTENAY, Mr. PITMAN, and Mr. BERNAL,
the petition was referred to the Committee on the
Bill.

Sir R. WILSON presented a similar petition
tcom the Members of the Atlas Friendly Society,
Bermondsey, which wos also referred to the Com-
mittee on the Bill.
Mr, LUMLEY 11130 presente4 a petition front the far-
;niers and wool-growers of the Forest a Sherwood, pray-
or, for an increased dutv on imported foreign wool.
Jr. MIME presented six several petitions from r4rious
, in the .counties of Chester and Monmouth against the
..s. societies' Bill ; and Mr. Francis Baring similar
Friend,, tthe towns of Portsmouth and Portsea.
petitions fro.. -.wired for certain returns, in continuation
Mr. 111-111 E to the following effect :—/tn
the several articles charged
of a return made in
account of the ~.tities ,41te other four years ending
with the duties of racise
.I,lu. 5, 1827, stating the rateo
notfocifu:B72le:
zzieetsin
,esaoehleyveie4ar
on each article, the total amount such
in each year, and the respective Increase or detNMe oh-
Great Britain from - Ire-
servable therein, distinguis nig
Ire-
land. —Ordered.

SINKING FUND.
Mr. MABERLY rose to move for soe Whichu and
said, that the papers he moved for, and he hoped
the House would grant, were intended to show the amounts
whit, (on account of the Sinking Fund and the Debt gene-
rally) the nation really borrowed at, and those at which
they were really paid. What they came to he would not
say ; but he thought that thqsdifference would be found. to
he as ten to twenty. The House should also bear in mind
that there wag zi charge for collecting and managing,
which, if taken at eight percent., would ensue to 400,000 L
per annum. Ile would not, however, longer detain the
House, as the accounts would show what be desired much
snore dearly than any statement he could make. Papers
uefere the House showed that, in 1815, notwithstand-
ing the Sinking Fund, the capital of the Debt was
162,000,0001. ; and by the last returns it appeared that
the Debt now was 833,000,0001,. leaving an excess at
present of 39,000,000/. of Debt, and besides an excess of
annual charge to the amount of 40,000/., notwithstand-
ing the reduction of the gross annual charge by the sum of
1,900,000/. from the conversion of the Four and Five
per
Gas. He would therefore now move for papers, with a
view of, at a future period, originating a measure fur the
repeal of the Acts relating to the Sinking Fund. He then
moved for—
" An Account of the Amount received upon each Loan,
from the year 1792 up to the present time, stating the
Amount of Nominal Capital created, with the Annuity paid
upon each."
" An Account of the Actual Sums laid out by the Com-
missioners of the Sinking Fund, together with the Amount
of Three per Cent. Annuities thereby received."
Also, " An Account of the Expences incurred by the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, with those of the
National Debt Office."
The Hon. Gentleman, ip conclusion,' said that he should

in candour remark, that in 1815 there were upwards of
60,000,000/. of Unfunded Debt, which, of course, was in
considerable part funded since.
The question was then put from the Chair, and agreed to
without a division.

Mr. DUNDAS presented a petition from the Friendly
Societies of Greenwich, Deptford, and Lewisham, against
the Friendly Societies Bill.

CORN LAWS.

Mr. IfEATFICOTE presented petitions from farmers
(we- believe) in the county of Berks, in favour of the
Corn Laws.

Mr. PORTMAN would give notice, if no other Hon.
Member took the subject up, that he would, in the Com-
mittee on the Corn Laws, move an increase in the scale
from Is. to 2s. as the price of Corn descended in value.
The petitions were then read, and ordered to be printed.