The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-06 00:00:00

INSANE OFFICERS.

Capt. PECHELL gave notice that he should call
the attention of the House to the petition of Charlotte
Forbes (presented on the sth inst.) on the 21st.

TRINITY PENSIONERS.

Mr. HUME moved for a return of the pensioners
on the Trinity-house fund, in continuation of a return
ordcred by the House, up to 1836.
THE COINAGE.

Mr. HUME gave notice that to-morrow he should
move for a Select Committee to inquire as to the
order issued by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for
the reception of light sovereigns and half-sovereigns,
with respect to their re-issue, and the state of the
silver currency.
Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the
Rev. Charles Miller against the Tithe Commutation
Act.

On the motion for the Order of the Day being read,
Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that in
order to prevent any obstacle being thrown in the
way of proceeding with the Committee of Supply he
would consent to postpone the third reading of the
Lunatic Asylums, Bill, if other Hon. Gentlemen si-
milarly situated, would consent to do the same. He
hoped the Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Redington)
would consent to postpone the Sudbury Disfranchise-
ment Bill.

Mr. REDINGTON said, that as he had not
such opportunities as her Majesty's Government, he
could not do as the Noble Lord wished.

Lord G. SOMERSET said he would postpone the
Lunaatic Alylums Bill to this day week.
Lord STANLEY said he would postpone the
Newfoundland Bill, as it was highly desirable that
there shonld be no further delay in proceeding with
the Committee of Supply.
SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT.

On the Order of the Day, for the third reading of
this Bill, being:read,
Mr. BLACKSTONE rose to propose an amend-
ment in a clause. In looking over the evidence on
the Sudbury case, he did not find that more than
eight cases of bribery had been proved, but if even
the bribery extended to two hundred, that was
not a majority of the constituency of Sudbury.
There may be a prima facie case for further
investigation, but he did not think the innocent
electors should be punished with the guilty.
One great argument for what he proposed was, that
wherever bribery had been proved to have been com-
mitted in boroughs, it ceased when they were incor-
porated with the adjoining hundreds. He should
therefore move, in line 14, after the words, " passing
of this Act," to insert " be held and considered as
comprising within its limits the hundred of Babergh,
in the county of Suffolk, and the hamlet
of Ballingdon cum Brundon' in the county of Essex,
and that the right of voting for any Burgess or Bur-
gesses to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of
Sudbury, be hereafter vested in those persons residing
within the said hundred of Babergh and the said ham-
let of Ballingdon cum Brundon, having the qualifica-
tion required as electors for cities and boroughs,
under the Act 2 William the Fourth, c. 45 ;" and
also that from and after:the passing of this Act the fol-
lowing persons, whose names are hereinafter inserted,
be disqualified from voting at all future elections for
the borough of Sudbury, viz., John H. S. Gooday,
William Warner, Thomas,Gooday,:James B. Johnson,
Francis Making, James Brown, Thomas Brown,
Charles King, Richard Steed, William Jolladay,
Samuel Shelley, and J. Wheeler, junior.
Mr. REDINGTON expressed his surprise that
such an amendment should be psoposed by the Hon.
Member opposite, whose former course would have
led him (Mr. R.) to expect his entire support.
The House then divided, when the numbers were,
For the third reading 134

Against it v 53
• • Majority for the third reading —Bl
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
MR. ROEBUCK'S COMMITTEE.

On the question being put by the SPEAKER,
that Mr. Cochrane be ordered to attend before the
Election Inquiry Committee and give evidence,
Mr. ROEBUCK said as he saw the Hon. Member
in his place, and hearing what had taken place yes-
terday, on the understanding that he was about to
attend the Committee, he had moved that the order
be withdrawn ; if he still declined to attend he must
move that it be enforced.

Mr. COCHRANE said that pending the inquiry
of the Committee appointed to search for precedents,
he was unwilling to occupy the time of the House un-
pleasantly ; ani if the House had decided that he
ought to attend, he should obey its wish and appear
before the Committee..

Mr. ROEBUCK then moved that the order be
withdrawn.—Agreed to.
The Right of Voting (Dublin) Bill was read a
third time and passed.
POOR-LAW BILL.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM postponed the further
consideration of the Poor-law Amendment Bill until
Friday next.
COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.—ADJOURNED
DEBATE on the DISTRESS of the COUNTRY.
On the Order of the Day for going into a Committee
of Supply being read,
Mr. WILLIAMS rose and said that he was aware
that the House, he had observed, since he had a seat
in Parliament, always showed (very great willing-
ness to vote away the public money rather than give
the distresses of the people consideration ; yet as the
present distressed condition and suffering of the people
were admitted on all hands, he did not deem it
necessary
,to offer any , apology to the House
for moving as an amendment upon going into Com-
mittee of Supply the resumption of the debate on the
resolutions proposed by his Hon. Friend the Member
for Greenock. The overwhelming distress, privation,
and difficulty in which the people of this coun-
try, more especially the industrious and produc-
tive classes were now placed, were not confined
to one particular district of the county, or to our par-
ticular branch of trade, but was daily spreading and
extending, until at last, it nearly embraced every
condition of the people in this country, except those
who lived upon the public taxes, and those
who derived great advantage from monopolies,
which had created to maintain their interests. He
was sorry that it was his painful duty to have testi-
mony in that House, in addition to that furnished
from every part of the country, that great
and ,overwhelming distress now exists in the
city, and the manufacturing districts surround-
ing it,
„whia he represento in that lioaie.