The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-11 00:00:00

PENELIA L ELEC n oNt.

The rumour of an Opposition for Nottliamp;
toushire ‘vai .a mere nesse de guerre, to draw off 4
few votes from the St. Albau's Electiou, and, it
BlieCeCtled.

The nvn of Northampton ‘vill he severely
contested—,we understand Mr. MAZEKLE? is sine
of his Election..

The Freemen of the City of D.irhain hate de-
termined to re-finite of M. M. A. TAvt.oa a de-
claration of his •intentions as to the Catholic
Claims ; for should he decline to give them is
positive assurance on that interesting plestiOn,
there is- no chance of success• whatever that he
will succee:i to the representaiton of that ,ancient
City.

All% BIRCH does not stand for Liverpool, but
-or Nottinoilaw,

Mr, HARVEY 2nd Mr. SMITH are to he opposed
at Norwich by. Mr—GuaNEY.—The County cif
Norfolk ‘Oll not be contested.

It has been iTivmely,mentioned, that' not only
the Town ot embridge, but also the Univer-
sity, will be, cpntested at the ensuing Genet at
Election.

In the course'• or the ensuing week a- splendA
dinner will be given at Mrs. FOSTER'S, tile Qiiet
flead Inn, Neweastle;upon-Tyne, to:Celithrate
the birth-day of Mr. LIDDEL, the eldest..JO-1c of
Sir •Ti-inMA* LIDDEL, Bart. who will then be.of
age. This Meeting will be numerously attended,
• and from the high•character of Mr. Ltbnut., the
iptindness of his principles, and the Well-know'n
attachment of himself and Family to the Consti-
lotion of the Country in Church and State as
now by. Law established, there is every re4son to
helieye, that were he to make a tender or his set-
vices to the Freeholders of Ntirthumberland, to re;
preetit them- in Parliament, !hat he would re..
ceive Their unanimous suffrages, and iii afford
theM the opportunity of rescuing the County
.from its present state of representation. The
general • feelings 'of the Freeholders and Yen-
.minry '‘of N ortlotiubeiland -are decidedly Pro-
testant, aml they are likewise desirous of slippy-
ing the
.dowestic and foreign policy of the present.
Royal Family. We give'no credit to the rumour
of an.allittn"ce between this distinguished Gentle-
mail 4nd one ,Of the datighteri Of a Noble anti
disiliteresked Earl, whosepoliiics are so atlvrrstt o
.the priuciples and systent we have lelerrud to. •
• PITT SCHOLARSHIP.—The decision cif:the Ptir•
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP; et Canibridg6 tont:.
place on 'Thursday last. This hi h bononr Was
unanimously adjudged by the Ex alltill,rs tcs
Mr. EIORATJO WADDILIGION, a &infant of friairy
College. • -

HOUSE OF COMMONS..

(Continued)
914. s,cond reading of the Chaplains officiating
Bill was postponed till Tuesday, the 14th
Aplil.
G!tttNFFLL gave notice, that he would move,
• (11 t e istii of April, for returns of the Issues of
'"t-he of Ireland, similar to those made by
• the -Kink of England.

rrurtoNs.
r,,:rd,FOLKESTONt presented a Petition from William
Pant llmn-rs, of St. Luke's, Chelsea. complaining, of h•trtl-
sh.;•ns oppression which he had sustained, in consequence
of Hi. I;ovitt been active in petitioning for a Parliamentary
16 fool —Ordered to lie on the table.ti •
Petit was presented from the Ship Owners of the pprt
of it it, praVing to he relieved from the Salt Duties.—Order-
c,l to lie on the table. •
Petition was presented front the Tanners of Nev.bury,
praing tfir the repeal of the Leather Dutits.-01dered•to lie

• REFORM.
fir F. BURDETT presented two peti ions from
Wallington in favour of Annnal Parliaments and
Universal Sufffage. In presenting tkse peti-
tions, he contended that it had been proved to de-
monstration that Annual Parliaments had formed
a part of tie old Constitution of England. This
was proved by a •law passed the. tiine of Ed-
ward the Third. He also argued at some length
that there was reason to believe the right of Uni-
vcrsal Suffrage bad been established.
The. Petitions were ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. LYTrt:ETos presented a petition from the
Taunts and Curri,.rs of Wolverhampton, praying
for a repeal of the leather duties.—Ordered to lie
On the fable.

POOR LAWS.
Mr. STURGPS BovaNE brought up the Report
of the Committee on the Poor Laws, which \\*Ns
read rend ordered to he printed. The Ilon. Gen..
ticwit' then gave notice, that on Thursday he
t, cynic! move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend
the P.or Laws.

STATE PRISONERS.
Mr. PROUGHAM presented a Petition from James
Boherts, a Weaver, •of Glasgow. The Petitioner
stated that he had- been taken .up in February,
1817, when he and others bad met to consider of
:Tidying for parochial relief to the Sheriff of the
y. 'They were searched ; no papers were
found about then, of a treasonable nature; they
were,- however, all committed to prison. When
confi,ernent, he was treated with great.rigotir,
and his criends were denied access to hint. His
fro•onvite child died, but he was not allowed the
s.Hsfaction of following her..to the grave. He
liims,dr. Was taken ill. The physician who at-
tended him stated his lite to be in danger, but his
rs remained ittexoraile He was, ulti-
nrot-de released on giving bail to the amount of
50/. Being completely ruined by the confinement
lie had suffered, the petitioner had applied to a
Magistrate for relief, but had been very loyally
told that he had been a State Prisoner, and was
therefole not a proper object, acid so the applica-
tion.was dismissed. The Petition detailed rations
other hardships, and under ail the circumstances
of the case, the Petitioner, who strongly asserted
his innocence, had thought it right to have re•
ccorse to that house for-relief.

Mr. FINLAY thought it unnecessary to enter
it;ro the details of this Petition, as it came froM
the same sort of you ter at several othete .that had
latf Iy I),•rn before the Morse. For the tueeting
which wti;- mentioned, he knew that- the object of
it n not thaq stated in the Petition.- lie was con-
viori:d that it was impossible the l'etitionev could
have experi-.7nced in the prison tre,atment likeihat
which he described. From the personal know,
le•lge lie had of all the Magistrates, he was pOsi,'
tive the conduct imputed to one of them could iiot

he true.
Sir F. BURDETT hoped the House would .not
'l3f, satisfied with this sort of contradiction, and.
trusied sou;e inquiry would take•place.
I\ir.l3aouGnAm contended, that because other
Petitions received from persona • who had been
confined at Glaagowwere not entitled to credit,
it did not follow that this ought to be viewed in
.the same li4ht, on account of its coining from
the same sort of quarter"
Mr. FINLAY repeated what he bad before
stated as to the meeting at which the Petitioner
was arrested, and the character of the Magis-
trates —The Petition was ordered to he printed.
Mr. BRoUGHAM presented a Petition from John
Keith, a cotton•spintier of Calton, near Glasgow,
complaining of similar hardships while in-confine-
ment on a charge ot treason.—Ordered to lie on
the table.
Mr. BROUGHAM presented a third Petition of
the'same character from a person of the name of
Wm. E Igarth. •
Mr. IloswELL rentinded the ,House, that these
fetitionera had not been taken up under the So-
pension of the HabeaS'COrpus Act, andilinse who.
had been guilty of the oppression of which they
complained would not be screened from punish-
ment by the Indemnity Act. If, however, the
parries were to go into a Court of Law, so tar
• front recovering damages, he was sure the very re-
verse might he expected.
- Mr. BROUGHAM said, it was clear from the
sptech they had just heard that the Hon. Member
-who had last spoken knew no more of some of the
provisions of the Bill for which he had voted On
the preceding night, than the child unborn. . He
had said it only went to indemnify Ministers for
• what had been done under the Habeas Corpus
Suspension Act. The Bill; however, covered
every-thing thathad.been done froni the 26th Ja-
sivary, 1817, in order to secure persons ansPected
ot treasonable practices. It he (Mr. Boswell) had
only..svotedfor the Bill on the supposition that it
was only to indemnity Ministers for 'what had
been done under tie Habeas Corpus Suspension
Act—if lie wont(' put his vote on the question
Wheiher he (Mr. Boswell) was right or not in
this view of the 'Bill, he' (Mr. Brougham) was
confident he should have the Hon. Gentleman's.
vote against the measure.
'Mr. BosELL had 'thought the Petitioner had
•
hiS remedy "at common law. Knowing the belie-
firti which ScOtland had derived from the arrests
-whiell had taken place there, be. was glad the Bill
covered what had been done in that country.--
`l he Petition was ordered to lie on the table.
. .
PETITION FROM LIVERPOOL.
Mr. Bitouun'Am held- in his baud ti Petition,

signed by snore of the most respectable Mer-
chants and Iniothitants of I.iverpool.and its vici-
nity, against the Indemnity 11. The parties, he
stated, hart been revented from calli:,tz a public
meeting, and in consequence the l'e!ition had been
privately signed.
General GAAcuTGNP: said the Petition might 'he
very respectably signed, hat the.nitmes were very
few, compared t%ith the popnhtion of Liverpool,
and he was satisfied the great majority of the people
were opposed to these Petitions.'
After a few words from Mr. lititcti, the Peti-
tion was ordered to be rioted.