The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-18 00:00:00

NOTTINGILANI ELECTION.

Mr. Scrjeant COPLEY presented a Petition from
the Liectors of Nottingham against the decision
the Select Committee —The objection was, the
Cmiltnittec had decided on the form, not on the
tocri:s of the case.

Mr. FAZ.NKEBLEY Sfild, the regular mode would
hr 10 call tor the Minutes of the Committee.
Sir JAmEs MAct:INTosH felt that the Hon.
uoulfl not aflude to what vas not stated
i;) ,he Orport of the Select Committee.
e SI'6AKIzR said, that if any reference was
made to what was not before the Committer, the
Fiwise could not attend to it, as it bail Isol !ling
::efore it. The tega;-ir course certlittly would
tit ,f) rail for :he Mlntite of the Committee who
nt.iCe this liepost,

.6'4tn.iffHto then gave notice of his
tii‘to I tot the said Minutes on Fitrldy.
GRAISViLLU SG:JUR-SET pfebeiltvd A PcCO-

lion• from Atv!rgavennv, in the Conn! y of Mon-
mouth, against any extension of the Duty on
Coals.

Sir J. GRAUAM presented a Petition from Car-
lisle, agaibst the continuance of the Insolvent Act
in its present state.
Mr. CunwFrii said, he could. heartily support
this Petition, hecanse many persons in that City
had been con!,,iCerable sidles-en) by the trawls
practised nude/. this Art.—Read, and vrdered to
he lefetted to the Committee nn the Insolvent
Act.—A similar Petition was presented from
Abington.
Mr. DICKINsoN presented a Petition from So-
mersetsiore against any extension of the Duties
01) Coals.

tier al (ii osvENOR presented a Petition from
the City of Chester against the Insolvent Act.
Mr. Alderman WAyrnm AN presented a similar
Perri ~n from the Wait! ct Curnhill, in the City
411 London. lie could not but observe, that in
the list of Gentlemen nominated by the Attorney-
General last night, and agreed to by the House,
tiffre was a deficiency. He saw there ten or
'twelve professional Gentlemen, while there were
only two mercantile characters connected with
the City of London: The City of London was
deeply inlet ested in a question so vitally import-
ant as the consideration of the Act was, and lie
thought there was an absolute necessity of adding
some commercial characters to the number of
Members. He proposed the following names to
be added to the Committee :—Mr. John Sunlit ;
Mr.N. Calvet t ; Mr. Wm. Smith ; illr. Curwen ;
Mr. Wm. kVilliams.

Mr. littouGnAm tho►lj:ht that his Hon. Friend,
the Worthy Alikrumtt, inid tor:..t)tien that one of
ihe very Gentlemen he now proposed was a
lawyer.. He conceived nothing could he more
fair than the selection made by the Attorhev•Ge-
neral last night.

The motiwi wag then pia and agreed to.
Sir Wm. I.h. CRF.SPIGNY presented a Petition
from Sotithampton against the Ittsohent Act.

Read and ordered to be referred to the Com-
mittee on that question.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

Sir F. Boubwrr presented a Pe;ition from cer-
tain Electors of Westminster, complaining of
the return of the. Honourable George 1,3,11 h.—
The Petition stated the different parishes in which
the right of Electing was vested, including at the
same time St. Martin's-le-Grand. It charged the
Hon. George Lamb, or others connected with
hini, of inducing persons to give their votes by,
giving them money, treating them with meat,
drink, &c. for the purpose of securing his Elec-
tion for the said City. That particularly on the
Saturday 811 d Sunday before the close of the Elec-
tion, such practices were resorted to, anti that
snine hundred persons •;vere hired before the last
day of [tic poll for the pnr,)ose of obstructing the
Electors—( laugh),—arid committing riots and
assaults persons who came vote.--
hear, and laughter.)—That a considerable
number of Electors had been deprived of their
privilege in consequence of the assaults thus made
on them.—(Hear, anti a laugh.)—lt nuttier com-
plained, that Arthur \iorris, Esq. the High 13,614
and Returning Officer for the City and Liberties,
had acted partially and unfairly, in having admit-
ted a number a voters for Mr. Lamb, while the
friends of :Or. Hobhouse were excluded by his de-
cision. The Petition prayed that the Ho„,,
would take this into consideration, and permit
thrm to he heard by Counsel at the Bar iu sup-
port of the rights.
When the petition was read, some Members
requested to hear the names of the petitioners.—
They were, Stephen Ackerman, G. Barber, John
Wild, and Isaac Rainer.
The Petition was fixed to be taken into consi-
deration on the Gth of May next.
On the motion of Sir J. SEBRIGHT, there was
ordered to be laid before the House, Retorns of
the Quantity of Cotton Wool imported from the
year 1812 to 1817—of the Quantity of Cotton
Wool exported from Great Britain during the
same period—likewise, a Return of the Quantity
of Cotton Twist exported during the same period.

SA LT DUTIES.
Sir M. W. RIDLAY, by the desire of his Hon.
Friend (Mr. Calcraft) postponed that Honourable
Membur's intended motion on the Salt Duties
until to-morrow.

Sir M.W. RIDLEY presented a Petition, most re-
spectably signed, from several inhabitants of New-
castle-upon-Tyne, against the renewal of the In-
solvent Debtors' Act, under any modification.—
He ter,retted that he differed in opinion from some
as to the extent to which they carried their oppo-
sition, but as the question would be hilly can-
vassed in the Committee, lie bad the strongest
hopes the revision of the law would remove every
objection.
The Petition was then read, and ordered to lie
on the table.