The Sun. — 1812-07-03 (London, England)

DISTURBANCES IN BRISTOL.  -Sir F. BURDETT was desirous of putting,• two questions" to the Gentleinen opposite. The first was, Whether any steps had been taken to inquire into the case of :qr. Fletcher, the brewer, from whom he had some time ago presented a Petition, complaining of; oppression on the part of the revenue officers ? The other question related to a , subject of much grcater importance. Notwithstanding what the Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down had said of the danger which his Honourable Friend ran by his observations in Parliament of throwing the country into confusion, he should always assert his right in that House, to eommenton public men and public measures. ,He had frequently and deliberately declared in that House, that he considered it illegal to call out troops against the .people. It was his firm conviction, that the man who ,ordered troops to lire on the people was guilty of murder) and he was prepared t? contend with every lawyer in that House— The SPEAXER asked the Hon. Baronet what his abject was Sir F. BURD3TT replied, to put a question to his Zilajestyti  The SFEA K2:7 observed,that it was not the.ptaetice of the douse to allow of art argumentative question. If sueli t•.n 'were permitted, a debate would freverttly..ai;ise without any question being before theliome:: • . ,  . . . Si F. RDF:TT that there W=ere N!arions mode's of wh. ch, if he thought ptoper, lie might avail himself to communicate to the House at once his sentiments on this or any other subject. , -At resent he would content himself with asking if his ajesty's Ministers were ,aware that ,there were soldiers present at the taking of the poll at the election' for Bristol ?  Mr. WHARTON,' in reply to' the first question put by the Honourable Baronet, stated, that when the Honourable Baronet presented the original petition from Fletcher, he had looked into the official documents, and had found in them a complete refutation of the allegations of that petition: He had propos'ed to lay those-documents on the table of the House, but his late Right. Honourable Friend had recommended him not to do so.until it should be ascertained whether or not the Hon. Baronet intended to proceed any further in the business.  Sir FruNdrs BURDETT then gave notice, that be would to-morrow make a motion on the subject. Lord PALMERSTO NE (who. was not in the House when the Honourable Baronet put his two questions, but who entered it a few minutes after) re plied to the second question proposed-by the, Honourable Baronet, implying that the onbiliable Baronet had received information of improper interference on the part of the military, during an election at Bristol. He would state to the House what he was sure would be satisfactory to theth, that, as was usual on all such 'occasions, he, -as Secretary at, War; had iskaied orders that the-troops should be marched out of Bristol the, day, before the c.ominencement of the election, and that they. ,should not return until the day after the.election had tertainated„. He had, however, that. morning rec.ived a letter from General Oswald, who was in the command 'of that 'district, informing him, that in consequence' -of a requisitionyfrom the Mayor of Bristol, and. several MagistrateS of plocestershire, he had .mnrched the-Eail Middlesex Regiment into the vicinity of Bristol ; but that he had conkdered it ineXpedient to post the troops in the heart.of the eitv. itself, and had therefore stationed a portion of them in the suburbs, and the remainder out of the city, in the neighbouring part of ,the county .of Gloucester. If the Hon. Baront had received subsequent information, eon-. veyinethe intelligence. that.the troops Were actually in:the city of Bristol, he wasper..-maded that such *a step must have been rendered necessary by some tinn,ultuary proceeding -Which imperiously demanded it ; but of such a fact Govei'mnenf had no 'knowledge wbates er.