The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-15 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED.

Thomas Hussey, Great Gnildford-street, Surrey, hat-
manufacturer, from April 8, to April 22, at ten, at the
Court of Commissioners.

William Whitehead, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire,
dealer and Chapman, from Feb. 14 to May 8, at eleven, at
the York Hotel, Cheltenham.

BANKRUPTS.

John and Charles Francis Hayes, and Charles M'Callum,
Albury Mills, Surrey, paper-manufacturers, to surrender,
April IS, at eleven, 29, and May 27, at ten, at the Court
of Commissioners. Lock, Arundle-street, Strand.
George Stevenson, John-street, Tottenham-court-road,
coach-maker, April 22, 29, and May 27, at eleven, at the
Court of Commissioners. Young, Poland-street, Oxford-
street.

John Evans and John Worrall, Liverpool, drapers, May
1,2, and 27, at twelve, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liver-
pool. Blackstock and Bunce, Bing's Bench .walk, Temple,
London ; or Booth, Liverpool.
Joseph Iles and Thomas Iles, Chalford, Gloucester,
clothiers, April 22, at ten, 25, and May 27, at eleven, at
the Coui tof Commissioners. Thomas, 4, New Basinghall-
street.

Richard Carruthers, Graceehurch-street, dealer, April
22, 25, and May 27, at eleven, at the Court of Commis-
sioners. Wright, Little Alie-street, Goodman's•fields.

James Whittaker, Loughborough, flour-dealer, April
24, 25, and May 27, at eleven, at the King's Head inn,
Loughborough. Cheslyn and Brock, Loughborough;
Beverley, Temple, London.

Samuel Sparke Porter, Exeter, cabinet-maker, April
30, May I, and 27, at twelve, at the Old London Inn,
Exeter. Brutton and Clipperton, New Broad-street, Lon-
don ; Ford, Exeter.

Alexander Gletinie, Sine-lane, wine merchant, April
22, at eleven, 29, and May 27, at ten, at the Court of
Commissioners. Crosse, Surrey-street, Strand.
Francis Downing, jun., Huddersfield, wine merchant,
April 23, at six, 24, and May 27, at eleven, at the
White Horse, Huddersfield. Walker; Lincoln's-inn; Clough
and Co., Huddersfield.

Henry Fletcher Shaw, Liverpool, plasterer, May 14, 15,
and 27, at one, at • the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool.
Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London;
Houghton, Liverpool.

John Revill, Newark-upon-Trent, whitesmith, April
22, 30, and May 27, at eleven, at the Queen's Head,
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Long, Austen, and Hobson,
Gray's-inn ; Woodcock, Mansfield.

Thomas Curties, Hunworth, Norfolk, tanner, May 12,
at six, 13, at ten, and 27, at one, at the Angel-inn, Nor-
wich. Bridger, Finsbury-circus, London; er Witheas,
Holt.

Henry William Wilton, Union-court, Broad-street,
merchant, April IS, 29, and May 27, at eleven, at the
Cetus of Commissioners. Nind and Cotterill, Throgmor-
ton-street.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Mr. Leveck presented Returns of the quantity of each
sort of British Corn sold in Mark-lane, during the last
four years.

Dr. PHILLIMORE and others from the Commons,
brought up the Penryn witnesses Indemnity Bill.
Mr. TENNISON and others brought up the Bill for the
Naturalization of Frederick William Jacob.

Mr. FOSTER presented return's from the Liverpool Dock
Company.
The Earl of ELDON presented a petition from the Ma-
gistrates and other inhabitants of Kilmarnock, in the
county of Ayr, against any further concessions to the Ra•
man Catholics.
UNITARIAN MARRIAGE BILL.

The Earl of ELDON, in presenting a petition from 153
Clergymen of Staffordshire againt the Unitarian Marriage
Bill was anxions to take some notice of a statement made
in a certain newspaper, respecting his conduct as con-
nected with the Bill which was before their\ Lord-
ships in the last Session of Parliament. It was not
his practice to offer any observation to the House
upon the occasion of presenting petitions, being ge-
nerally of opinion that the petitions should he left to speak
for themselves, but in the present instance he felt
that he ought to correct the erroneous statement which{
appeared in the publication alluded to. It was there
stated that be undertook to propose the introduction'of such
clauses into the Bill as would remove all objection to it on
the part of the Clergy of the Established Church.
whilst at the same time it would afford relief to the Uni-
tarians. It would be in the recollection of their Lord-
ships that he had entered into no such undertaking, and
that he never held out, either to the House or to the

public, any such promise. He had merely declared
that if the House should persist in forwarding the Bill to
the second, he would then be prepared to offer such
amendments at would make the Bill less objectionable
than it was in its original form. The Bill was brought
in at a very late period of .the last Session, and • the
business of another office, which the Noble and
Learned Lord then held necessarily occupied so very great
a portion of his time, as to leave him little opportunity of
attending •to any other matters, however interesting they
might happen to be. It was now, however, said by
the publication in question, that he undertook to bring
in an• Unitarian Marriage Bill in the present Session of
Parliament, whilst, in fact, he never even dreamt of such
an undertaking. There could be no question, but that if he
or any other Noble Lord should pledge himself in a former
Session, to bring forward a particular measure in a
subsequent one, it would be still open to him to withdraw
from that promise, if, upon further consideration, lie
had any reason to alter his former judgment.—
The Noble Lord's opinion always was with respect to the
Unitarian Marriage Bill that a relief was asked which was
not at all necessary, regard being had to what the marriage
ceremonies of this country were. But if Parliament
granted any such relief, then it appeared to him that a Bill
much less objectionable than the one presented to
the House last Session might be brought in. It, however,
having been the Noble Lord's opinion that no such Bill
should be passed, he ventured to affirm that he could not
have entered into such undertaking. He was sure he spoke in
the hearing of Noble Friends, who could corroborate his
assertion. One of those in particular (Lord Tenterden),
he well remembered, proposed a very considerable number
of useful amendments; buts until the publication, the Noble
Lord alluded to, appeared, he knew not what had become of
those amendments. He would not have thus troubled
the House, except to hope that if any Noble Lord
intended to bring in a Bill respecting Unitarian marriages,
no such step would be delayed by any thing to be expected
on his part. He now declared that he had never made
such an undertaking, and further, that should a Bill
of the nature of the one which had been brought
into the House last Sessions, be again brought forward, be
should certainly feel it his duty, on the introduction of that
Bill, to say " Not Content." Nevertheless, should
his judgment, with respect to the measure, he overruled,
and if it appeared that such a bill should be read a second
time, be should do his utmost to make that bill as good as
it could be with his assistance, reserving to himself the right
of forming a judgment, as to whether, on the third read-
of it, he ought to say Aye, or No.
Lord ELDON then presented a petition of a similar na-
ture to one presented during a former Sessions from the
Electors of the Borough of Penryn, praying their Lordships
not to pass the Bill that had been brought in for disfoan-
chising that borough, and that the petitioners might he
heard by Counsel against it. His Lordship then moved that
Captain Wm. H. Robinson, R.N. ; John Stene,,Thomas
Pierce, Richard James, James Piper, and several others,
might be ordered to attend this House with respect to that
Bill. In presenting this petition and making this 'notion,
the Noble Lord meant no snore thou at present merely to
lay them before the House.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that be corrobo-
rate the Noble Lord's statement who had just sat down
with respect to the Unitarian Marrrage Bill. That Noble
Lord had certainly made no such undertaking as it was now
asserted he had. The Noble Marquis had a perfect recol-
lection of what pissed, not only from the circumstance of
his having been the individual who brought that Bill into
the House, but because about a fortnight ago he had re-
ceived a letter from a person calling himself Secretary of
the Unitarian Association, and requesting him to call
upon the Noble and Venerable Lord (Eldon) to fulfil
The Noble Marquis wrote an answer stating that the Noble
Lord had made no surh pledge. He knew not whether
that answer had been received but he had now received
another letter abusing him for the neglect of his duty.
That iiidis Huai had, it seems, now resorted to the public
newspapers for the purpose of bringing the Noble Lord to
account.—(Loud laughter)—The Noble Marquis added
for the character of the Unitarian Association, that
he had applied to that body for the purpose of ascer-
taining whether such an individual represented them or
not, and the reply was, no such person was known to them.
Lord ELDON observed, that lie had also received a
letter from the individual alluded to, and which began by
saying that he would publish in the Morning Herald, in
Carlisle's Lion, and other publications, which at the mo-
ment he could not recollect.__( Hear, and laughter.)—
He further noticed that he had often had the fate to see his
name appearing in ,no very respectable colours in the news-
papers.

- Several petitions were. presented for the repeal of the
Test Acts, and also against further concessions to the Ca-
tholics.

The Alarquis of LANSDOWNE presented petitions from
the surgeons of Liverpool and Leeds, awl neighbourhood,
praying for measures to be adopted for the facilities of dis-
section.

A petition to the same effect was presented from the
medical students of Glasgow.
Lord MALSMBURY gave notice that he should' move
on the 23d instant, the second reading of the County
Lunatic, and Pauper Lunatic Asylum Bills.
Lord GODERICH moved for returns of the gold and
silver imported into this country, as far as regarded the re -
ceipt of it by the Mint during the last year; also, for an
account of the Rank Notes circulated through England,
Scotland, and Ireland.

Lord 111ALMSBURY for certain Returns witk respect
to Moors' Rates, Way Rates, and Church Bates. He
hoped that some Bill would be brought in by some Mem-
ber for the purpose of having such Returns regularly laid
before the House.

On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWVE that the
Pill for consolidating the laws for Offences against the
Person be read a third time.

Earl GREY objected to the omission of that clause
which provided that the bodies of murderers should not be'
given up to the surgeons for dissection.
After some discussion, in which the Noble Earl, Lord
TErrEaDEN, and the Marquis of LaNsoowx took part,
the Bill was read a third time and passed, with the clause
referred to by Earl GREY restored.
The Marquis of LANSI3OWNE moved the third read-
ing of the Bill for amending the law of evidence in certain
cases.

After some verbal amendments the Bill was read a third
'me and passed.
Their Lordships adjourned at six o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

A person from the Liverpool Dock Trustees brought
up an account of the dock and light duties.
Mr. PLANTA moved for a new writ for the borough
of Ennis, in the room of Mr. Frankland Lewis, who has
accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds.
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition from
the inhabitants of St. Paul's, Shadwell, praying that they
may be heard by counsel against certain douses in the
London Docks Bill.

1111., Alderman THOMPSON presented another petition
from the truetees for watching and lighting Wapping,
-against certain clauses in the Whitechapel Roads Bill.
Mr. BELL presented a petition from the Mining
Districts of St. Catherine, Durham, praying that the im-
portation of foreign lead ore might not be allowed.
Mr. FERGUSON. presented a petition from the Magis-
trates and Ministers of Paisley, praying for the repeal of
the Test and Corporation Act•.

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Mr. ALEXANDER DAWSON presented six peti-
tions from various parishes in the county of Louth, in fa-
vour of the Catholic Claims.

Col. DAVIS moved that Dr. Phillimore he added to
the Committee on the Cities and Boroughs Poll
Agreed to..
Sir JOHN NEWPORT mcved for returns of the ex-
ports and imports of %eland in the years 1720, 1760.
1790, 1800, 1810, and 1820. distinguishing the nature,
of the goods and the county from whence imported, the
value, and the gross amount of revenue collectep during
these periods.

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Mr. HO/MOUSE presented a petition from the Friendly
Society of Botley, praying that the Friendly Societies'
Bill might not pass into a hw, until they shogid have an
opportunity
of being heard against it.—Referred to the
C°mitte the said Bill.
Colonelm BAILEY presented a petition from the mer-
chants and traders of Headon, in Yorkshire, against the
Air and Calder Navigation Bill.—Referred to the Com-
mittee.
Mr. CAPEL presented a petition from the inhabitants
of the South of Durham, praying to be heard by Counsel
against certain clauses in the Tees Navigation Bill.
Lord DUNCANNON presented petitions from the Ca-
tholics of various parishes in the county of Kilkenny,
praying for " free and unshackled Emancipation.—Laid
on the table.

Mr. PONSONBY presented a similar petition from

31r. HUME presented a petition from a person named
Thomas Poynter, of Fulham, apinst the Hammersmith
Bridge Road Bill.—Referred to the Committee on the Bill.
Mr. LYTTLETON presented alsetition from the Ti us-
tees of a road in Staffordshire, complaing of the costs on
Turnpike Bills.

The Hon. Member presented a similar Petition fret the
Trwteei of the Birmingham toad.

Mr. BERNAL postponed a motion for which he had
given notice for Thursday next, to Thursday, May 3.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Weavers o
Kilmahon, in the Queen's County, complaining of distress
arising fro-n tithes, taxes, and the want of employment,
and praying for the introduction of the Poor Laws into
Ireland.
On the motion of Mr. TENNYSON the order for com-
mitting the East Retford Disfranchisement Bill was dis-
charged, and it was ordered that' the Bill should be re-
committed on the 2d May. The Hon. Member's object iu
moving for this postponement was to wait and see how the
other House would dispose of the Bill.
FEES ON TURNPIKE BILLS.

Mr. LYTTLETON rose to move the resolutions of
which be had given notice, for exempting Turnpike Bills
from fees on renewals. The subject bad already been before
two Committees, both of which recommented the aboli-
tion of those fees ; but notwithstanding those recommen .
dations the fees existed, and were much larger than the fees
which were paid on what were called Naturalization Bills
He had some documents which would prove that the subject of
fees on the renewal of Turnpike Bills was one of great im-
portance. The floating debt due by urnpike Trusts, for
which in fact those Trusts were mortgaged, was enor-
mous. In England the amount of the debt was
4,474,5301. and the annual interest was 500,581/. The
debt of the trusts in Wales was 231,1681., and the
inteierest 34,078 ; and in Scotland the Trust were
mortgaged for 1,357,8461. and the interest paid
was 263,975/. The total sum for which the whole
Trusts of England, of Wales, and of Scotland were
mortgaged was 6,839,278/. independent of the great an-
nual charge for maintaining and repairing the roads.
Having brought this subject before the House last session;
he (Mr. Littleton) was in possession of communications
on the subject, and all those communications led him to
the conclusion that the Turnpike Trusts throughout
the country were breaking down with the
weight of the debts with which they were
incumbered. The receipt of some trusts were actually in-
sufficient to pay the fees on their renewal, which happened
on an average once in 17 years. The ordinary expense of
, a Turnpike Trust Bill in both Houses was about 1481.
The fees in the House of Commons amounted to 83/, and
the fees in the Lords to 65/. ; but this was a single Bill,
the least expensive description of Bill. He had received let-
ters from Devonshire, which 'stated that 278/. had been
had been paid for fees on one bill, 2801. on another, and
273 on a third. In poor countries the expense of renew-
ing those bills was very great. In Glamorganshire last year
the expense was 1,000/., and that was a very poor country.
He should propose first that from and after the end of the
present Session of Parliament all Bills containing among
other matters a provision for the renewal or repeal of any
Acts of Parliament now in force for turnpike-roads be
free from the payment of the fees now chargeable by the
Resolutions of the House; secondly, that the Com-
mittees upon Petitions to bring in Bills of this de-
scription should be dispensed with ; and thirdly, that
in cases where the parties applying for a renewal of those
Bills had complied with the standing orders, such Bills
should be engrossed and printed al the public expense: He
was aware that under those resolutions, a party having in
view other objects than the renewal of a Turnpike Bill,
might avoid the payment of fees ; but in order to meet
that, he should propose that no Bill which, under the pre-

tence of avoiding hills or, bad ground. should extend the
old line of road by more than one fourth, should be con-
sidered a renewal Bill, and therefore discharged from the

payment of fees, but that such Bills should be chargeable
with single fres and no more. The last resolutiuu which
he intended to submit to the House was one of very great
importance, and one which deserved the serious considera-
tion of the House. As the object of that resolution was

to extend the renawal period from 21 to 31 years. By
the three first resolutions, a saving of 234/, in passing each
Bill would he effected, and if the last resolution were agreed
to, the saving would be greater than he could state with any
degree of accuracy. It was well known that although the re-
newal period was at present 21 years, that those Bills
were upon an average renewed once in every 17 years, and
that the average expence of each renewal amounted to
two years revenue of the trust. The Hon. Member con-
cluded by moving hii final resolution.
Mr. SPEAKER having put the question,

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—As he
was not at present aware of the extent of the resolutions
to Le submitted by the Hon. Member for Stafford, he
did not feel himself called upon to enter into a de-
tail of his opinions upon the subjeCt; and he was'
• the less inclined to do so, because' he understood.it to
be the intention of his Hon. Friend to :postpone to a fu-
ture occasion the discussion upon those resolutions. He
trusted, however, that he should be excused for offering
one or two observations to the notice of the House upon
the resolution which had been submitted. The question
of fees involved not only the interests of those who ap-
plied to pass those Bills, but it also involved in a great
degree the principle upon which fees were demandable by
this House, and he thought it would be well if the
House, before it acquiesced in the resolutions proposed,
considered what effect such acquiescence may have upon
other branches of fees likely to come under the considera-
'tion of the House The House must recollect that the
fees payable upon those bills were applied to public ob-
jects, and that if those were cut off the House must vote
the means for defraying those public charges, which were
heretofore defrayed out of those fees. By the pre-
sent practice bills, which were strictly renewal bills,
were chargeable with the lowest scale of fees, but
if the resolution no proposed were agreed to, he
thought the House may as well give up the fees altogether
upon private Bills, as there could be no difficulty in intro-
ducing into a private Bill of any description a clause for
the renewal of a Turnpike Bill. He did not, however,
mean to oppose the resolution at present, but should re-
serve his objections to a future occasion.
After some observations from Sir Charles Burrell, Sir
T. Lethbridge, Sir R. Gordon, Mr. Home Druminond,
and Mr. Burrell in support of the Resolutions,
Mr. BARING said he did not see how the pawing of
those resolutions could affect the fees chargeable upon those
Bills in the House of Lords, and he therefore suggested that
after the expiration of the first twenty-one years the Bill
should be considered to he in force until some notice of a
proposed alteration by the Turnpike Trust were given.
Mr. LYTTLETON having replied, and entered into a
detail of the advantages to be derived from his resolutions.
Mr. MUNDAY suggested to the propriety of post-
poning the further consideration of the Resolutions to
Monday next.—Postponed accordingly.
ROMAN CATHOLIC LAND TAX.
Mr. G. BANKES moved the postponement of the
further consideration of the Report upon the Bill to
Monday next.—Agreed to.

NEW POST-OFFICE.
Sir R. GORDON moved for a return of the sums ex-
pended in providing a site for the New Post Office, and
building the same—distinguishing the proportion defrayed
or to be defrayed in the city of London.
Sir J. NEWPORT and Air. HUME expressed their
approbation of the object of the Mover, and they thought
it desirable that the expences of this building should be
laid before that House instead of being as hitherto defrayed
out of the Post-Office Revenue, without the intervention
of that House.
The Hon. Member then concluded I*' asking if the ex-
pensive range of building which was now going forward
at Liverpool, for the purposes of a Custom House, was to
he at the expense of the Revenue, or at the expense of the
Corporation.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
that with respect to the Post Office, whatever objection
there might be upon that subject, he could assure the Hon.
.Member that It had not been adopted without a great deal
of discussion up stairs ; and with respect to the builing at
Liverpool, he could inform the Hon. Member that the
Corporation of Liverpool entered into an agreement, by
which they, bound themselves to find the scitc, and also to
contribute all the expenses which might be incurred above
a stipulated sum.
After a few words from Col. DAVIS, Mr. BARING, and
Mr. GORDON, the retOrns moved for were agreed to.
Sir ROBERT WILSON presented a petition from the
Glive Branch Friendly Society assembling at the Two
Brewers in Red Cross-street, against the Friendly So-
ciety's Bill.

Mr. S. RICE moved the second reading of the Execu-
tor's Bill, which was agreed to, and the Bill was ordered
to be committed on Friday.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS•

COUNTRY MA RY.—Tntatsovr, Aron. r.

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Ashwin, W. Redditch—Swan Alcester lO
Body, W., Sewhaven—Star,Lewes I I
Bullock, E. Bath—White Hart, Bath ll
•Pe:codd, G.,,Southover—Star, Lewes
Robinson, J., Tenbury—Crown, Ludlow lO

INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED,
retitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lilac()ln's-inn-fields,
ApFit 19, at Nine.
Ilenou, Sarah, Bedford-row, authoress
Brien, William, Croydon-common, plasterer
Browne, N., Chigwell, Essex, gentleman
Colbeck, David, Pimlico, stonemason
Ellison, Charles, Blackheath, innkeeper
Gillman, James, Walworth, victualler
Harper, William, Halesworth, printer
!Jill, JaMVsi lloonplcinovick, Luke'.

SPARRING, THIS DAY.
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ROYAL TENNIS COURT.
Bitton took his benefit to-day, and we fear it must hae.,;
proved a loss. Hardly any of the top-sawyers attended,
and the sport was so so. Jack Lyons, Col. Lennox, Ned;
Murphy and Sam Foote, Scroggins and H. Jones, Alec
Reid and Paddy O'Rafferty, Jem burn and Adam Dale, all
passed off w4hout anything worth notice. Harry Jones"
then had a turn with " a citizen of the. east," and cer- ,
tainly proved himself anything but a bad one, although he
caught nearly as much as he could carry. When Harry
had nearly "finished," he said many persona wished'
that he should fight Dick Curtis. The Pet, however,
would not fight for less than 1001., and Harry said he
could only muster 50/. He then made a most eloquent
request foli some friend to back him for 501., as he would
sooner fight Dick 'Curtis than any man in the world.--
(Cheers.)
After some minor bouts, Bitton set-to with Jem Ward,
made a speech, and the fancy departed.

LAW NOTICES.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

Sittings appointed to be held in Middlesex and London, be-
fore the Right Hon. CHARLES Lord TENTIRDIEN, Chief
Justice of the Court of King's Bench, in and after
Easter Term, 1828 :