The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-25 00:00:00

LAW Or ELECTIONS,

Ur. C. W. W. WYNN inured for leave to !fling
in a Bill for the regulation of &lectious, and
shortening the duration of Polls. Mr. W. briefly
stated the objects of the 13til, and gave .SeVer.ll
instances of vex•ttious and lit gious protraction of
Poll, merely to harass the 'Successful Carttli-
dates, and _to put them to:an enormous expence.
lie observed, that !ht• heavy expense of Elections
deterred many highly respectable men from offer-
ing theinselv.'s as candidates, who would other!.
wise become useful members of that :douse. lie
stated some rckultitions:respecting the erection of
booths, and,observed, that, one of the clanscs of
tine Bin tv0.014 be to preNgot. (..::andidates, or, tbeir
agents, from giviog.coOodrs, wlslich occasioned
a hvavy expeacei argil ,frequently, produced mis-
chief.

Mr. LoNo complimented bits Hon. Pliend
the introduction 91,04 measure,. which, he con-
ceived, would be.highly , .
Mr. BuTlratt woaTit observed, that the general
principle of the met with his coceurrenec, but
there was one point, to wl.ich,,however, he mit“
call the attention of the Hon, Member and the
House. He alluded to- the .prphibition of Candi-
dates and their ageots from giving ribbons. lie
begged to remind. the House, that the nianuf4c-
-4 ore of ribbons was one of the staple articles:of
our trade. That multitudes of farndies were sup-
ported by this trade., and as,it had been rcru4r6-
ably ba&l for a great !ego') of time, lie considered
it would be extremely hard to check the distri-
bution of ribbons. And as they would be used
at events at ,Elections, it should be considered
whether it would not be better to allow them to
he given in on open and. direct manner, rather
than in an indirect way which 'night be ctinally
xpeusivu to the Candidates. Mr. 13. observed,
that'as. the charges of an Election would be con-
siderably reduced by shortening the duration of
the Pon, be totocehe4 that Candidates might the
more readily afford -to give Away-a few tibbans
among their friends, especially .as it would serve
to employ immy.nselid hands in their manufac-
ture., Mr. B. observed, that as a great number
of his COliStitiletiLli, as well as.the inhobitants td
Spitalfields, .were. interested, in the manufacture
of ribbons, lie must oppose this prohibition,
when the Bill.'weot 'into a Committee.,

The .Lolls) MiYint continued that the Hort,
lictukr'for Coeeptry had observed, with regard
to the ilepretsed state of the silk mule; and
though there,was some. revival in the manufac-
ture of broad silks,, yet there were many hands
still out of employ it; the ribbon !rink.
Lease was givril 10,bringlit the BM.
(1441 MS ON D .AR ENNIK.__
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Sir J. tklAciioso prcietiteil it Petition from
,
certain persont Stine n t mg,troin 1 e colifiscat ion of
their property at the attutek on Copenhagen ill
1807. An aplileation had before beet) made tor
relief, on the gtotimi ot the amount of droit3 re-
reive4 by the Uroivii. lit this case the Crown
had, derived an unparalleled ernolument, I;e,tily
two millions, frnn thy very ii t that catif“...il the
Ines of the petitioners; and thitt tinder very spe.
fial circvouittow3: tur tllvse.droits Ivvre, in htvt,

•I.e. return elrgo ()tithe pet it ioncr.i, whose claim
was tv 100)0001„ They were the more
jastitied in expecting some'remuneration from the
c:ltopensation thm befOre been paid for lost,es
.of the statue curt in Sdain, tot the Speech made
by a Si)le Lord oidolitoth) on that 'occasion,
who expre,i,ed It opinion that the debits ought
to be satisfied. The objection to the claim was,
that it might be a precedent for such application
in flame wara, To this, the Spanish reninneea.
tion was :a, Complete answer; and to the Obiec-'!
tion, that, the allowing these claims would be re-
cognizing the principle, that a foreign power had
a right 10 confiscate, he contended that the grant.:
;lig the prayer of this petition could not be such
recognition ; he, therefore, moved that it should.
lie on the table.

Lord L4SCRI,LES thought, on a general prinei-;_
plc, that merchants could nor call on their Go-
v'ernn►ent fur an indemnity against ouch loises
yet that the case of the petitioners was my pe-
culiar, and that Lostilities having been Commenced
without notice, they were taken by surprise : he
had therefore heretofore supported their clai
and should do so on the present occasion.
The Petition was re►►d, ordered to lie on the
table, and be printed.
The Mill for regulating polls was read a first end.
second time, to be committed on Monday.