The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-13 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE 01 I.ORDS Astir.
.
The Duke or WEnnisoTOrpresented a Peti-
tion from the Corporation'ofDublin, against the
Catholic Claims.--LLaid on the -table.
The Bishop of Et,. v, the Earl DE .DUNS'I'AN..
VILLE, and the Lord "LIVERPOOL, presented simi-
lar petitions from the' ArchdeaConry of Ey, the
Royal Brirgh. of Dunfermline, and the Corpo-
ration of the City of Dover.—Laid on the table.
Mr. HOLME SUMNER, and 'othe"r Members,
'brought up from the Commons the Lambeth en-
closure Bill, which,was read the first time.
The Marquess of LANSDOWNE presented
Petition from the Guild, Steward) Burgesses, and
other inhabitants of the town of Caine, in the
county of Wilts, praying for the revision of the
Criminal Code.—Laid on the table.
GRAMPOUND.
On the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the
Order of the Day was read and Counsel called to
the Bar, to examine witnesses.
Mr. Alderson then appeared in stipport, and
Mr. Adam against the Bill. The Learned Gen-
tlemen having taken their stand at the bar, asin
cases of Appeals)
The Loan CHANCELLOR addre'ssed them :
Mr. Alderson and Mr. Adam, you have both got
on the wrong side.
The House laughed, and the Learned Gentle-
men hastened to set themselveS both in the right.
The following witnesses were .then called up
and examined by Mr.•..ALDERSoN-, aiid cross-ex-
amined by Mr. AnAm :—William: Hore,. Alder-
man .of the Borough of Grarnpound ; George
Hunt, Agent to Sir• Manasseh Lopes :
.Thomas
Cool?, Clerk of the Poll ; John Teed, one of
the Candidates ; John Edwards, Attorney at
,Truro ; and Walter Pomeroy, Draper and Dis-
senting Minister.

Mr:A r.nEnsoN then stated, that he wished to
offer in evidence.the records of the indictment
and conviction of Sir Manasseh Lopes and the
Grampound Electors, who had been found guilty
of bribery and corruption.
The Earl of CAERVAR VON suggested, that as
the prouuction of the original records and of offi-
cial copies would cause an expense of 2001., and
occasion much delay, the House might perhaps
be satisfied with extracts, compared with those
which were already on the table, and proved to
be authentic and correct by those by whom they
were made. If this course were adopted, as he
understood that Mr. Adam did not intend to call
any witnesses against the Bill, it was probable
that the whole case could be closed to-morrow.
The Loan CHANCELLOR stated, that it was the
practice of the House to have the original Records
submitted t 9 its view, and an official copy left
for its consideration. As, however, the indict-
ments and convictions for corruption against the
Grampound Electors were all thesame, he thought
that the production of two of them, with an ad-
mission on the part of the Counsel against the
Bill, of their identity with the rest, might be
considered sufficient. As the case of Sir Manasseh
Lopes was wholly distinct, the record of hii—in-
dictment and conviction must also be produced.
In this manner, both time and expense would be
saved..

The Counsel on both sides assented, and after
it bad been ordered, on the motion of the Loam)
CHANCELLOU, that the case be resumed to-mor-
row at, four o'clock, the House Adjourned..

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. P. Moon!: presented a Petition from the
Vicar, Churchwardens, and. Inhabitants of the
Parish of the Holy Trinity, in the City of Co-
ventry, praying that the Catholics might not be
admitted into political pOwer.—Ordered to lie
on the table.

SEPARATISTS.
Mr. JOHN SMlTH.said he had a petition to pre-.
sent from a body of Christians, who felt religious
scruples similar to those entertained by the
Quakers on the subject of oatli.i,and who prayed
for relief sitnilar to that which had been afforded
to that body:and to the Moravians. Like the
Quakers, these persons were, as many Members
of the House could answer, of exCellent 6arac-
tel., and estimable in their proceedings in all re-
spects, but from .the religious objection which
they felt to the ceremony of an oath, they were
subjected to the greatest disadvantages in all the
tranSac.'iO:iS of life. The petitioners stated to
him, that throughout the United States the affir-
mation of persons having any religious scruples to
an oath was universally received. - 'The petition
was read and purported to be from:o a body of
Christian People residing in London, commonly
called Separatists." . .„
Mr: SHAW presented a petition from a similar
body of persons professing -the 'same belief in
Dublin. Two or . three.of these petitioners; he
stated, had suffered most materially ia. their. con-
cerns by their religious scruple. The petitions
Were ordered to be printed. I.
Lord LOWTHER presented a.. petition from
Kendal against the Wool Tax:
Mr. LAMBTON presented petition from the
Resident Freeholders of the Borough of- Lyme
Regis, in Dorsetshire, stating, that from the time
of Edward the-First, until the, year 1727, the
Elective Franchise' for that Borough was in the
resident Freeholders ; but that at the latter pe-
riod the right of voting became vested in the
Corporation, by a decision of the House. That
the Borough has now become a seat of patronage
for a Peer of the. Realm, who, by his sole influ-
ence, causes his own relatives to be returned
and that, consequently, the inhabitants have nO.,
share in the, representation. The petitioners
prayed that the House would take their case into
its consideration, and afford them such relief as
they might be considered entitled to. The Hon.
Member said, that the subject of the petition
was of the highest impoitance ; but that at pre-
sent he should merely move that the'petitiOti' be ,
brought up.

liozuousr thought his Hon. Priem], the
Member for Durharn; had not dyne altogether
right in confining himself to moving that the pe-
tition be brought up. The House, in a case -like
the present (in which the petits hers complained
of the interference of a Peer in matters of Elec-
tion), ought to refer the petition to a C:ommittee