The Sun. — 1833-05-23 (London, England)

MONTGOMERY ELECTION. Sir T. WINNINGTON reported that the Committee appointed to try the merits of this election had met today ; but in consequence of the absence, l'eurn indisposition, of Mr. Sydney Herbert, they bad been unable to proceed, and had adjourned till to-morrow. A medical gentleman of the name of Hussey stated that, in his opi nion, Mr. Herbert would be unable to attend the Committee until Monday. Mr. Herbert was then excused from attending the committee. Lord LINCOLN presented petitions from Sutton Bonnington, and the delegates residing at Manchester, in favour of the Factories Bill. Mr. CLAY presented petitions from the parishes of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green; St. Luke, Mile End ; St. Mary, Whitechapel; Christchurch, and several other places, in favour of the Beer Bill ; and from St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, complaining of the police and county rates, more especially those for the metropolitan police. —Referred to the Metropolitan Committee. The Hon. Member then presented a petition signed by 706 ship sawyers, employed on the river Thames, complaining of the state of business, arising chiefly in consequence of the various Acts of the Legislature relating to navigation, and the British shipping. The petitioners prayed for a general revision of these Acts, but whether that would restore to the rtitioners their lost employment, he was not prepared to say. Of his own knowledge, however, he could declare, that no commercial distress was equal to that experienced by the shipping interest of the port of London ; nor did he see any chance of amelioration, for nothing could be more gloomy than the present prospect of the commercialists of the port of London. That port had been supported, as it were, by four great branches of trade. Of these the silk manufactures of Bethnal Green had not only to contend with those of France, but with those of Manchester. The East India trade, it was presumed, would no longer be confined to London, but would be distributed among the outports also ; and whatever its general effect, there could be no doubt of its injury to the metropolis. The trade of sugar refining was alre oly all but lost; indeed, 4.sths of it were gone; and all who were concerned with the West Indies began to feel the effect of the projected measures of change for those colonies. Thus all the great sources, for those he bed named were the only great sources of employment of the population of London, would he either greatly reduced or cut away. He recommended the prayer of the petitioners to the consideration of Government, lamenting at the same time fillet none of them were present to hear that prayer. It had become absolutely necessary that the utmost economy should make way for great reduction in taxation, and above all taxes, those on houses and windows ought to be abolished. Indeed, they could not touch longer be paid. They pressed, perhaps, with more severity on the eastern suburbs of the metropolis, than on any other port on of the kingdom. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table, there being then only ten Members in the House. Mr. DONKIN presented a petition signed by the whole of the shipowners of Berwick•upon-Tweed. The petitioners had embarked a large capital in the shipping interest of the country, which was now in a measure destroyed by foreign competition. Foreigners could build and fit out vessels at one half the cost of British, and could also provision and sail them for half the money it would cost in this country ; by which means our shipping was likely to lose the whole of the carrying trade. A similar petition had been, he understood, presented from Newcastle-on-Tyne, to which also he wished to give his support. Mr. AGLIONBY presented four petitions in favour of beer shops, praying that they might he placed on the same footing as regards time with licensed victualling-houses. They were from St. James's, Clerkenwell, St. George the Martyr, and St. Mary, Newington, Surrey. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from Bedford against the registration of voters. Mr. FITZSIMON presented a petition from Claon, King's County, praying for the abolition of the punishment of death except in cases of murder ; and from Tullemore against slavery. Lord MORPETH presented a petition from Wakefield fur the better observance of the Sabbath.