The Sun.
London, England, 1818-05-14 00:00:00

MARRIEM

At Cheltenham, on the 12th inst.. Samuel .Sotheby, Esq. of
Hampstead Licht'', to 'Miss Laura Smith, of St. George's
Place. .. .

DIED.

On Tuesday, 12th inst.. at Putney, John PooleyKeilsington,
Esq. in
.the 531 I 1 year of his age.
On the luth i'ust. at Guy's Hospital, of a typhus fever,
while prusecutin;: his medical studies, aged it), Edwin, 4th
son of Mx. Geoige Stanley, Bideford, Devon.

PAR LTA NLENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY," MAY la:

The Writers to the Signets Widows' Alkk-
ances, the Edinburgh Gas Light, and the :...otith-
wark Bridge Bills, were read the third -time and
passed..
The Liverpool Gas Light Bill was read. the se-
pond time, and referred to the consideration of a
Cymmitiee.

Mr. Rippon, trom the Bank of England, pre-
sented an Account of the Advances made to Go-
vernment by the Bank of Englaud, and outstand-
ing, on the 6th May, 1811, pursuant to a recent
vote of their Lordship, and which, on the mo-
tion of the Earl of LAUDERDALE, was ordered to
be printed.

Lord KENYON expressed his understanding that
it would be for the convenience of some Noble
Peers if the Committee on the Cotton Manufac-
turers Bill were postponA Irons Monday next
!nod the tollowing clay, and moved to shape their
Lordships' Order accordingly.
The Earl of LAUDURDALE would not object to
the postponement,. but took occasion to rentatk,
that, with
,such a mass of evidence as their Lotd-
ships' had before them, it was impossible they
could consistently sanction such a measure, with-
out much farther consideration and examination
of the subject.
Lord KEYON'S motion, tending to postpone
the Committee, was then agreed to. _

The Earl of LAUDERDALE, 00 moving the third
reading of the. Labourers Wages' Bill, matl6 a
few remarks upon the subject. Its principal ob-
ject was to obviate the injurious custom of pay-
ing the wages of Labourers by what was called
" Shop Notes," a practice wit,ich tended touch to
the inconvenience and loss of those poor persons,
and to prescribe that in lot ore they shall be paid
in lawful money of, the realm.

The Earl of SIIAFTE•BURY observed, that some
amendments were intended ti) be offered to the

measure.

The Earl of LAUDERDALE was not aware of
such a circumstance, but had no objection to
withdraw his motion lof the-third reading for the
preent. •
The LORD CHANCELLOR WAS of opinion, that
in its present shape the Bill could, not properly
pass. Some of the clauses would certainly re-
quire amendment;principally• with reference tO
the way in which:they tended to affect the power
of conviction in case of offences against the Bill ;
and also with rektinn io a due definition (Bank of
England Notes being considered in the Bill as
such) of what was the lawful coin of the realm.
Such parts of the I3iII, in his opinion, required
to be new hodie4,...

The Earl of.LALTDERoALE shortly explained; and
in the result, ihe Bill in question WAS ordered to
be re-commit te(l-.• •

•
On the suggestion of the Earl of EGREMONT,
the present Order for re,coniniitting:the Chapels'
Union Bill, received A short further. postpone,

ment.

On the Motion of the. Earl of ROSSLYN, a Mes-
sage was ordered tcl be seat to the Commons,
de-
siring Copies of the first and .second Re.portS of
the Committees of that House un the subject,
the Poor L . • •
INTENDED MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF KENT.

The liarl of LIVERPOOL presented a Message
from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent,
which being read, appeared to be as follows:

" GEoRGE P. R.

" The Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the be-
half of his Majesty, thinks it right to acquaint the House of
Lords that he has given his consent to a marriage between
his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent and her Serene High-
ness he Princess Maria Louisa, widow of the late Prince of
Saxe Meiningen, and sister of the reigning Duke of Saxe Co-;
bourg, and also sister of his Royal Highness the Prince Leo-
pold of Saxe Cubourg Saalfeld. His Royal Highness the
Prince Regent feels persuaded that such an alliance cannot
but be acceptable to all his Majesty's faithful subjects ; and
he rtlies on the concurrence of the House of Lords in mea-
stu es to enable his Royal Highness to make a suitable and
proper provision fur this important occasion."
The Message bring read—

7~hc Earl of LIVERPOOL moved, that the Prince
Regent's • most gracious Message be taken iato
consideration to-morrow, and the Lords sttat-
moiled ; which were ordered accordingly.