The Sun.
London, England, 1811-03-22 00:00:00

[PRME SlXEEfibt HALFPENNY.,

LYPERIAL
..PARLL4MENL

mouqz OF PEERS.
Tit libAv, MARCH el*
MISCELLANEOUS.

Their. Lordships sat for along time in a Commit- I
tee of Privileges, on the case of General 1(11041,
as claimant of the Earldom at Banbqry,
The Earl of RADNOR and Lord REDRSDALi poke
at' Considerable length against the case made ant art
the part of the claimant ; and,
On the suggestion of the Loin CHANctmt.orz,
the further discnssiona were' adjourned till Mon-
day. •
The Frouse then resuming, Prayers were read,
and during the exclusion of strangers, whibh con-
tinued for some time after, Several Bills, we tinder.
stood, were received 'from the Commons, and re.
vetlively read a first time.
On our re-admission to the House,
Earl STANHOPE +gas ad\lr,•ssing (heir Lords tips
on the great fitness and propriety of enacting, by a
separate legislative provision, that proposition hitt'
broilOt for Ward on a former evening, and propo,ed
its eitActment as a clause or rider to o,e Mutinp
Bill. The title of the Bill he now proposad to in.'
traduce was, " An At for the better seeming Li. .
berty of Conscience."
The E .ri of Li VLit'POOL did not objet to the first
reading of the Bill, but reserved' to himself the op-
portunity.of expressing his sentiments with respcet
to\-sneh a kreaSnre on a subgegyent stage. 1-le con-
tinued, h weVer, to think. that such a legislative pro•
vision was 'wholly unnecessary, and on the grounds
be .tated,an a former evening.
A short conversation ensued between LPd GRRN•
vtt.t.e, the Noble Secretary of State, and E.ul
STANHOPE, principally on the criestion of the Par-
hatnenviry right of Noble Lords tea present Bids at
once to the Hpu.e, the•first readielgs.of wiiiCh oc-
curred a+ a waiter of course; the first mention,d
Peer s,,eit*ig to take the affirmative side, Nattnle. the
Earl Of I.4lvaroor. .nclined to a ontrary opinion,
.but allowed that such; as a matter of convenience
ter courtesy,' was the general praMice.
Tile Bill- being read a first time, the Noble
Moyer named an early day tar its second reading,
which the Noble Lord on the Woolsack thinking
too soon, • • ,•

BarI*STANHOPE urged, as a reason to. the eon•
wary, the ex:renurmevity of rhe,Bill, which cols-
tained but t.%0 chines, and was vs-ry unlike, thGbr!
" eloak-hagi" ofAifis, which the Noble nod Learn-
ed Lord was used to.

...After a few words between the Earls STANHOPE
311C1 LiVsuront„ the foymer notified his intention 4
to move the*second reading of the Bill on -Toes.
day.
Lord HOLCAND then rose to move, pursuant to
his notice, for the printing of the evidence and the
Verdict given at the Inquisition of the Coroner of
Surrey, on view of the body of the unfortunate
Man, who died In the rviarshalsea prison. The
Noble Lord prefaced his motion with a viriety of
observations, tending to shew the propriety of the
proceeding e recommended, and also, of a further
investigation into the business. There appeared to
hiM, on his view of the evidence, a degree of in-
consistency between what had been so delivered, •
and the.verditit pronounced by ttrt Jury. ,A degree
of mystery Seemed to hang upon- it, and even in
justice to the Jury, the proceedings, he thought.,
shoold be printed, and the case further itivestig:,teit.
Were his interference on the present occasion at
no other o'6B than to call,the attent telt
of the Legislature generally to the state of the Lai,
sons, he Was satisfied that his endeavottrewoold ;pit
be wholly uieless; He did not attribute hlarn..
any individual with respeot to the aEiettel state ui
prison in question, or to impogn the iminatOt)
Mr. Jenkins (we believe the keeper of the prix .it),
but the state of the prison as to the building, and
want of accommodation', was such as to render it
improper for the purpose it was designed for. His
Lordship added some further observations, tending'
.to shew a necessity for inquiring into the state of:
the Marshalsea Prison, and the particular case in
question, and concluded by moving as above.
The Earl of AYl.RiFolin (who, as Leaf Steward,
is,* we believe, Judge of the Marsh:llse:l Court),
made a 'few 'observations in conseqeence at wth,it
tell trem the Noble Lord, in .0 low lone of voice.
We understood the Noble Earl to express big deSire
for every proper inveiitigation to be nude into the
affair alluded to.- and expressed los indivirlealt wil•
liegnest to .I.le.ert himseft to that end ; trot he gig.
gesiett that We appointment of a Committee to in.
quire, would 'be ar, much more efficacious mode.
Hi., Lordship tilso observed, that the buildings and
repair, alluded to by the Noble Lord opposite, •for
the better accodimodation of the prisoners, were, n
eotisiderible forwardness. .
Atter a short explanation from Lord Het.t.Aen,
and, a, tee words from Lord ELLENBOROD3R, the.
motion for th,! Printing of the Vertnet .and
14 #.O, abt.ve, was agreed to,. and ,a cotrentitt‘o
o lielt.tiry appointed.
BANK TOKENS.

Lord G vt t.. 14 said tie should beg lemc, before
their I,,rk!ship4 had-proceeded to. the Order ot the
Dad the Atention of tht, II Cif
.
St:t nit!, of h.• utthost importance. What, lie was
about to adreN to, --every man was aelittAinted with,
Direeois of the Rank ot England had
;aken up(ln 4ulelves to exelcise the highest pre-
r,,gatite ..)overeign, not lesi; tban to raise iho
,setinro;nati,,n of the current coin ot the r,flinix 3,1 d
li)Iht; *if Committee the I',;y
tie ,:t.)ntois,d that all the ideas he hag