The Sun.
London, England, 1820-06-17 00:00:00

BRIDPORT ELECTION COMMITTEE.

On the motion of Mr. N. CALCRAFT, Loud Milton was
excused front further attendance on thi, Committee, in which
he was nominee fur one of the parties concerned, on account
of the death of a near relation.
BINHOI"S•CASTLE ELECTION COMMITTEE.
The Report of this Committee was also brought up, which
declared that William Holmes and Edward Rogers, Esquires,
were duly elected. The Hon. D. Kinnaird and Mr. Wright
were, therefore, of course excluded.
Mr. SHAW presented Petitions for and against the Dublin
Gas Light Bill. •
NEWINGTON CHURCH BILL.

Mr. H. SUNINER brought up the Report of the Committee
on the Newington Church Bill; the Amendments to which
werr read, and ordered to he engrossed.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY presented three Petitions front dif-
ferent parts of the County of Essex, in farceur of the Cot.
chester Quarter Sessions Bill.
Sir 'l'. ACLAND presented a Petition, complaining of agri-
cultural distress, from some Landholders in the County Of
Devon.—Orderedto be refeired to the Agricultural Com-
mittee.
INSOLVEST DEBTORS' ZILE.

Lord ALTHORICmovrd the Order of the Day for the
third reading of the Insolvent Debtors Bill. In snoring that
the Bill shoulo go through its last staige in that House, his
Lordship said he was called upon to state, that he had heard
••of an evil, the existence of which called for theinterventton
of some legi,lative act like the preseist Bill; but which had
come to his knowledge too late for him to :mike a provision
fur it in this =arum He understood that in this islands of

(trerrrsey, .Tersey, and Alderney, there were several debtors
orifintd in the prisons there, who not having it in their power
S. derive any benefit fro►u the present Bill, were almost in a
sate of starvation, no legal provis►on being in any wad• made
be their subsistence. In the course of the preSent Session,
e feared there would not be time to introduce any measure
o remedy this evil ; but he should' make a point of bringing
Urward something for that purpose.
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
PENAL CODK.
The ATTORNEY-GENER.►L rose to inquire whether an
Honourable and Learned Gentleman (Sir J. Mackintosh) had
any objection to postpone the second reading of the Bills re-
lative to the Criminal Laws. which stood on the ' 'rders of the
Day for that day ? His object in wishing that the further pro-
gress of the measure should be postponed for the present was
with a view to a private meeting between the Learned Gentle-
man and himself, by which much public discussion might be
obviated.
Sir J. MACKINTOSH was perfectly willing to agree to the
postponement of these Bills. He concurred with the lion.
awl Learned Gentleman in thinking that the course he pro-
posed to adopt would be the means of abridging in a consi-
derable degree the public discussion on the question.
The Order of the Day having been read for the second
reading of the Navigable Rivers Robbery Bill,—the Privately
Stealing in Situps Bill,—the Dwelling House Robbery Bill.
the Commutation of Punishment Bill,—the Capital Felonies
Repeal Bill,—and the Forgeries Bill ; the second reading of
the same was postpouLd till Wednesday neat.

LICHFIELD..
Mr. LYTTLETON presented a Petition from the Bailiffs,
Burgesses, Magistrates, and Freeholders of the City of Lich-
field, complaining of grievances. caused ;by the interference
of Peers in the election of Members to serve for their City.
The Petition recited many Acts which had been passed in
vat ions reigns for the purpose of preventing undue influence
in elections, but which, laudable as was their intention, had
failed in the present case, in consequence of, their not apply-
ing. The Petitioners concluded by ;praying that the House
would adopt such measures for the remedy of the evils
they complained of as would effectually restore to the City
of Lichfield its full, free and Cowstitutianal exercise of
the Elective Franchise.—The Petition was ordered to lie on
the table.

Mr. WILLIAMS stated his intention of again bringing in
0 Bill on the subject of thu Petition which had just been read,
which he bad offered to the last Parliament..

INDIA COMPANY'S CORPS OF VOLUNTEERS.

Lo►d BINNI \ G brought in a Bill to enable the East India
Company to raise a C-irps of Volunteers.
On the motion that the Bill be read a first time,
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR asked if the Noble Lord meant to
stateoto tl►e House any of the reasons which actuated the East
India Company in wishing to raise a Corps of Volunteers at
present ?
Lord BINNING was afraid that it was not in his power to
give a satisfactory answer to the question of the Honourable
Gentleman; he could only state, that it was thought to be a
very desirable thing that such a corps should he raised ; and
as it was thought necessary to have a Bill for that purposo
passed through Parliament, he bad undertaken to present
that lii I.

Mr. Nl. A. TAYLOR deprecated thy measure, as entailing
an unnecessary expense upon the Company.

Tim Bill was then rend a. first time.

After some conversation, vin which Mr. Hume, Lord
Binning, Mr. Creevey, Colonel Darr •r., and \l r. M A.
Taylor took part, the second reading of the svai appointed
fur Monday next.