The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-23 00:00:00

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

•CoaN.—The late rains have most astonishingly
benefited the wheat, and indeed all the Lent crops wit(' e
the land was sown not later than April. Those farmer.;
who were so unfortunate as not to crop their land,- about
that time will have only a small yield.—Kent Herald.

IMPEistAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, July 22.

ACTIONS FOR GAMING AT RACES SUSPEN-
SION BILL.
(Continued from our Third Edition last night.)
Lord- EGLINTOUN was certain that his Noble
'Friends on the'Committee would not condescend to act
as they had beer(accused of acting, for the purpose (.f
serving his interests. He would-by no means wish that
on his account any friends of his would be so influenced.
—(Hear, hear.)
The Earl of RADNOR explained.
The LORD
.CHANCELLOR directed the short-
hand writer to read his notes of the question.
Lord BROUGLIAM. said that lie was giving the
House his assistance as a professional Peer, but he would
cease to do so if the House did not protect him from
interruption.—(Hear, and a laugh.)
The witness was then called in and examined by Lord
BROUGHAM., as to whether he knew the name of the
unknown, otherwise than through his brother, and in
connection with these actions ?
Witness—Never.—("Hear, heari" from Lord Radnor.),
Lord BROUGHAM said he never knew such great
indecency before—(" Hear, hear," and " Order")=in a
court of law as to call out "hear, hear" at the answer of a.
-witness. But, it was, now clear, from the answers of the.
witness, that the name was a privileged communication,
and the witness could not be compelled to answer the
question. •
The LORD CHANCELLOR concurred with his
Noble and Learned Friend, as the doubt had arisen
from the ambiguity of the witness's former answer.
Lord CAMPBELL and Lord COTTENHAM were of .the-
same opinion but they thought that the question was
by no moans an unnecessary or unimportant one.
Lord RADNOR begged leave, in his own justifica-
tion, to read what had been said. The Noble Lord then
read an extract from the witness's evidence..
The LORD CHANCELLOR—The question - was
this, and it had been decided by Mr. Baron Parke—Wes
the solicitor bound to disclose his client ? He said no,
and so also decided Mr. Baron Parke.
Lord CAMPBELL thought that further time ought
e allowed for cousideration.
The witness was then ordered to withdraw.
The House went into Committee on the Bill. •
Lord CAMPBELL suggested an amendment for the
purpose of discontinuing, instead of only suspending, the
actions.
The Duke of RICHMOND said if the Actions were
disCoritinued, and nothing further done, then the " un-
known," might renew them immediately. •
After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL,
The Bill passed through Committee, was reporter], aril
ordered to be read a third time to-morrow (this day),
and their Lordships to be summoned.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS,
Mr. GREENE and others from the. Commons, broaghl
up the Joint-Stock Recovery-at-Law Bill, Metropolitan -
Buildings Bill, the Ayr Bridge Bill, and other Bills,
which were severally read a first time.
SLA VE- TRADE.

The Earl of ABERDEEN said that, on Thursday, he
would lay before the House the instructiens which had
been given to officers engaged in the suppression of the
slave trade.

The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition
from medical gentlemen of the metropolis, praying the
Legislature to take measures for improving the sanatory
regulations of the metropolis, and especially calling *at-
tention to the want of drainage, to churehyards; and
crowded buildings; •

Lord COTTIN' HAM presented petitions from per-
sons confined in the Queen's Prison, and in Whitecross-
-street, praying for the abolition of imprisonment for
debt.

Lord WHARNCLIFFE laid on the table a return of
the number of perions in prison for debt in England
and Wales.

SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR called the attention of
the House to this Bill, of which he moved the seeond
reading. The evidence had shown a state of constant
wild habitual brib Ty, more flagrant and corrupt than
anything else that could be found in the history of Par-
liamentary elections. He therefore thought that, for
the sake both of punishment and example, it was abso-
lutely necessary that the Bill should pass.—(Hear,
hear.) His Lordship went through a detailed his-
tory of the Bills which had been previously brought up
from the House of Commons. Counsel had stated that
day at the bar, that the last Bill broke down in that
I But how did that happen ? Before the election
Committee, the witnesses for the petition and against it
proved enormous corruption each against the other aide.
But when these same witnesses came before that House
to be examined, on a Bill for disfranchisement of the
borough, and depriving those witnesses of the power of
selling their votes, the two opposing parties coalescedtl
and their Lordships were unable to obtain sufficient evi-
dence to warrant them its passing the Bill. The House
of Commons, therefore, adopted the course of procuring
a Commission to examine witnesses on the spot. The
Commissioners found, on commencing their proceedings
in Sudbury, a general determination not to answer any
question—the witnesses standing on the point that their
answers would tend to criminate themselves. At length,
I,y obtaining the evidence of electors who had ceased to
reside in the town, and of other persons, the Commis-.
stoners succeeded in collecting a mass of proof am the
corruption of the borough was so extensive, so deep-
rooted, and so inveterate, that it was a duty their Lord-
ships owed to the country and to the Constitution to
deprive the electors of the power of repeating theseenor-
mities.---(Hear, hear.) His Lordship then eye (amidst
much laughter) an account of the procceedings at the
last election, which have already been frequently
before the public. The result was, that there
sins a majority for the liberal candidates of ten for
one, and six for the other. Here the liberal bribery
was successful; but be would be impartial; he would
tell them that bribery was quite as bad upon the Tory
side.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) The same spirit
prevailed on both sides; but the party that spent the
most money obtained they most votes. •The losing side
paid 1,4001,; the successful side paid 3,0001. Ncepart of
the public-ouse-expenses, and only part of the .1,w:4 e*-:
peuses of the election, • had yet hie paid, so that the
whole of these two sums, amounting together to 4,001.,
was applied to those gross purposes. It was true Oat
there were many of the better class pf:*etors who did
.net receive bribes. put there Wll4 the remarkable fact