The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-02 00:00:00

TUESDAY. MAY 2, 1820.

ROYAL AC IDEMY, SOMERSET-PLACE.

THE EXUIRITION the ROYAL NCA-
DENIY IS NOW OPEN.—A3inis.i,nl (from Eight
"'(:lock till Seven) ONE SHILLING; Cett..higue, One Shil-
ling.

HENRY HOWARD, R. A. Sec.

PUBLICATIONS.

This Day was published,
In Royal Octavo,
_}!rice 10s. in boards,
T}4l,,'t'Wl{V ot the COMMON LAW of
ENGLAND, awl AN ANALYSIS of th CIVIL ?ART
of the L.' W.

:0 his'Majeity by such Members of the House es
were.Mernbers of th,. Privy Council.

.JOURNAi.g;

On the motion of the CHANCELLQR o the Ex-
CREQueu, it was ordered that the journals tit. t.he
House tur the last Session of Paillatueut should
b..' printed, and continued during' the preient Ses-
sion, :under the direction of jeretuigti Dyson,
Esq..

ELECTION PETITIOS.
An 'Election Pefi,iuu from Mr. Vu!entitle Blake,

complaining of an undue return fur the towu ot
Galway ; and one from Mr. Att wood, coml►lHin-
iis an undue re►urn for
,the BOrough ot Car-
Ting:ton, in Cornwall, were read.. arid-ordered to
he taken into. cOu)ideratiou uu:ruesday, the 30th
instant.

FOUR AND A HALF Ftrt CENT. DUTIEA.
me thinuthiAm iogt to move for a Paper
which be lhOught ought to be Idid before the
Hattie previous to the discussion, of hick no-
tice bad been given for Thursday, but which he
understood was to be put off till Friday for the
convenience of a Noble Lord on the other side of
the House. The paper for which he was about
Jo call, appeared to him necessary for the better
understanding of the subject then to be incrired
into. lie moved 10, Add!•ess to his I‘l)..jesty,

praying that he would' be graciously pleased to or-
der a copy of an Act of the Bland liarbadoes,
passed in the year 1663, touching the duties of
four and a halt per cent. on produce exported
The motion was a'greed to.

19r. BROUGHAM then moved an Address, pray-
ing for copit s of all other Acts, authorising the
levying of tour 'wild a halt per cent. on produce
exported from the West India Islaocl.:.—Agreed to.

WEIGHTS AND MEASU,',ES.

Mr. 11. SUMNER, adverting to the inconvenience

felt in. vat i,,taS .parts of the country, on the pre-
sent inequality in weights and measures, particu-
larly in.the county of Surrey, where the precedent
adopted by rice city of London insubdiviling the
minor measnres was acted upon, but on which
prosecutions took place, and the convictions were
quashed, was anxious to 'taro from the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer whether the Commission
appointed for the purpose, whose labours were
for the tf,c) last years suspended, by the serious
inquiry on the
.Bank -note question, hail yet con-
cluded their labours, and whether any general LI:
gislative measure was intended to be introduced
by hi% Majesty's Government
The CHANCLLLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in an-
vv,r, stated, that his lion, Friend had attributed
the delay of the Report to its trite cause—name-
ly, the other very.important inquiry of the Com-
miz:sion. lie could not take upon himself to say
;hat a neral measure would be introduced dur-
ing the pri,:ent Session, but a preliminary step
Aotild he undertaken.

Mr. BENNETT wive notice of a motion for to,
morrow, big- spokd $o inaudibly that the purport
of it could not be collected in the gallery.
Mr. lit,-)GDEN brought up the Report of the
Committee oti the Expiring Livra.--Ordered to
lie on the table.

Mr, li. Ccivit brought up the Report of the
Commit tee appointed to inquire into the salaries,
dniies, and emoluments ot. certain Otficert con-
nected with the Courts of Justice in Scotland,
and with certain Public Charities.

SCOTCH JUDGES.

Lord A. HAMILTON called the attention' of the

House to the appointment of a fourth Baron of
the Exchequer in Scotland. To t►itu this measure
iipp,areil censurable, and be should feel it iu be

his ditty to bring it before the House.
The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND said, when-
ever the Noble Lord thought prorr to bring for-
ward his motion, he hoped he bbould be ready
to meet Ir.