The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-18 00:00:00

LIGHT SOVEREIGNS.

The bankers of Perby have given notice that they cannot
receive any gold of less than tho full standard value, from and
after the 10th day of June, without a charge of 6d. on each
light sovereign, and 3d. on each half-sovereigd.—Nottingham
Review.

Great difficulty has been experienced in this town by holders
of sovereign., during the past few days, to get them changed.
The same difficulty exits in almost all parts of the empire, in
consequence of the Government proclamation, which has mani-
festly wrought a greet injustice. The deficiency in the weight
of the light sovereigns is, however, much less than was at first
supposed, not in fact so much as one half._ We are informed
that several lots of sovereigns have been very carefully weighed,
and that the greatest deficiency on any one lot was eight shillings
per cent., which is not quite a penny a piece. This ought to be
generally known, as certain persons in this town are buying up
sovereigns at the rate of 19s. 6d., which ar", in reality, worth
from 19s. 10d. to 19s. Ild.—Nottingham Review.
What have we now? A proclamation, and nothing less,
which changes the current value of the coin ; gold sovereigns,
it seems, are not one in a hundred worth twenty shillings ; for
a half-sovereign think yourself well off if you can realise nine
shillings and sixpence. You who carry on your business by
means of the geld coinage, are liable at every step to have your
reckonings questioned, your coin depreciated, and every one
you deal with converted into something worse than a Govern
ment collector, demanding a shilling on every sovereign you
produce.—Leamington Chronicle.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 16.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock.
POOR-LAWS.
Mr. ROCHE presented a petition from Middleton, in
the county of Cork, against the operation of the Poor-
laws.
Mr. BRAMSTON presented a petition from West
Ham, praying for the discontitittance of the employment of
Assistant Poor-law Commissioners.
Sir B. HALL presented a petition from the parish of
Marylebone against the Poor-laws ; also another from
St. Pancras to the same effect.

WITNESSES OATHS.
Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from Warrington
against the fractice of making oaths.
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.
Mr. F. MAIILE presented a petition from the county
of Roxburgh against the system of Church patronage.
MERSEY CONSERVANCY BILL.
Lord SANDON moved that the Committee on the
Mersey Conservancy Bill have leave to sit and proceed
on Monday.
Sir T. ACLAND seconded the motion.
Mr. GREENE opposed the appointment of Monday, and
proposed Wednesday as being more just to the parties.
• After a short conversation,
Lord SANDON consented to alter his motion to
Wednesday.
The motion was then agreed to.
POOR-LAWS.
Captain PECHELL presented a petition, agreed to at a
public meeting in Brighton, against the new Poor-law.
Mr. S. CRA WFORD presented a petition from the
Guardians of the Rochdale Union, to the same effect.
Colonel T. WOOD presented a petition from the
Guardians of the Whitechapel Union, to the same effect.
Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from a union
in Warwickshire against the New Poor-law.
Lord ASHLEY presented three petitions from Bolton,
Hull, and Rochdale, in favour of the Mines and Collieries
Bill.
Sir W. JAMES presented a petition in favour of a
Ten Hours Factory Bill.
NOTICES OF MOTION.—POOR-LAWS.
Mr. M. GIBSON gave notice that, on going into Com-
mittee on the Poor-Law Bill, he would move au instruc-
tion to the Committee relative to certain clauses of
,1 the Bill.