The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-28 00:00:00

11111'Elt AL PARLIAAIEINT:

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—SATCRDAT, ACIO.
The Sraentia took the chair at le o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
TILLED READING. P ÜB—Earl of Wengall'e Estate Bill.
LIC BUSINESS.
FIRST READINGS—Appropriation; West India Lean; West
India Colonies; Biths.
SECOND RES LANGB.—row-home Lleeneni, Se • roster 155
Newspapers (Channel Islands); Lack-up Douses; Di:stnage Certifi-
cates ; ales
CUMITTEES.—SIave Trade (Mtweat) ing
; Tim Masters; Court of
SI
Chancery (Ireland); Royal Military Asylum ;
REPOR PS.-01 Ways and Means; West In
C
ol
o
niee;oiutions
Tssing
Masters' (Court of Chancery, Ireland) Salaries, we. ; Ites
ta, ha ;
;
Diplomatic Relations with the Court of Rome;
RI Ls. Bat.Crloll-p
TEIRD READlNG.—Westminster Improvements Bill.
HORSHAM ELECTION.
Oa bringing up the report on we es and means,
Mr. ANSTEY said thet he had received a communication
from the 'elicitors in the case cf " Ncwmarch v. the At-
torney-Ger.eral" respecting the state meet made some days
since by the Attorney, General on the subject of the bribery
and treetieg which it was said took place at the election for
Horsham. He had sent the hon. and learned gentleman
elle icts from the letter he received. It would be recollected
that the hon. and learned gentleman stated—
The SPEAKER said that the hon. and learned member
m at confine himself to the question of which he had given
notice, and in as short terms uhe could. (Loud cries of
•• hear.")
Mr. ANSTEY said that he could not put the question
without readies the communication which he had received.
The hun. and learned gentleman then read the letter of
Me-are. Mitchell and Waugh, the attorneys of the plaintiff,
which stated that they had examined the persons named in
the declaration in the action, in which were mentioned the
names of certein parties who were called bribers and bribees,
and that amongst these appeared the name of her hlejesty'is
Attorney-Goitre]. They stated that they withheld the
charge at the request Ut Mr. Jervis, the late member ; they
stated that the Attorney-General had procured situations for
two persons who hod voted for his son at the ,andelection a that
they subtornsed Mr. Tufi.ell, Mr. Waddington, the cetory ,
to the Admit ally, and the see retary to the Pod.otlice to prove
these Lets ; they stated that they postponed the trial in order
not to interfere with the election petioon now pending ; they
aimed that if the Attont y.General gave an urdertaking they
would proceed to trial the ensuing term; they stated that
they were notthe election agents"( Mr. Fitzgerald at the late
election for Meridiem; and that Newmarch was not a clerk,
but an articled clerk, and the son of a beneficed clergyman.
The question he had to ask was, whet her there statements, or
any them, were correct.
''Le ATTORNEY-GENERAL mid he thanked the hon.
and learned gentleman for sending him a copy of the ques-
tion Le was shout to put ; but he begged to assure him and
the house that he had paid nothing to Messrs. Waugh
and Mitchell for putting it. (Laughter.) No person
who knew Messrs. Waugh and Mitchell could accuse
him of having done so. The hon. and learned gentleman
uie that his name was among three who were mentioned as
bribers. He thought that was very likely. Those who had
heard the evideuci of Mr. Padwick would not doubt his
invention. (Meer.) But if the hon. and teamed gentleman
bee made any inquiry on the subject he would have found
that the statement was utterly untrue. Ths nest statement
was, that the petition had been withdrawn at the ri quest of
his son. Now that was purely and unadulterate.dly false.
Act to himself, the first account wh.ch he read of the with.
drawn: of the petition was in a newspaper, which he pur-
chesed at Wolverton. Before he left London for Sidop,where
hew IS Specially retained, he wrote the following letter to
Mr. James, the barb-ter, oa the subject of the petition
17, E,iton.square 20th March, 1015.—My deer latners—l am lust
starting tar Salop, Lad think it right .o let you know distinctly that I
will be no party, directly or indirectly, to may pecuniary onnpnimise
I base written to Easton about the proccedingeurs truly,
Saaos.
The petition was withdrawn during his absence with-
out his knowledge or consent. ills eon was a gm-
tlerneri by Lirth and education, and he would b. ashamed
to so by and bear his stet defended by perjury.
It sets said that he procured a situation for a person named
Burl: rd. Now he deelated tat he never heard his name
till tee received the declaration. With regard te Olden, he was
never a voter. He backed a recommendation in his favour,
but he did not receive the si.uation .e applied for, and he
received soother without any ieterference en his pert. The
nee: point ,tea rd was that Messrs. Waugh and Mitchell
withdrew the action pending the petition. That was untrue.
Lastly, they said they were nut the attorneys of Mr. Fitzge
rald. They were the attorneys is the petition against his
sou. They were the agents of Mr. Padwick, who con-
e:meted the election for Mr. Fitaeereld. He believed in
his conscience that the action was brought spinet him to
stop the retitiun present, d by Lord Edward Howard, and he
therefore addressed to him the Lull, wing letter :
47, Eaton-square. Sunday.—My dear Edward,—The action which
has been commenced against me tor brth ey, with a view hi prevent
you from pruceeshug with ys.nr iwtition, ass been alluded to in the
Joh, DWI newspaper, and is so muck talked of that the sooner the
petition is presented the better. lam very anxious to have the whole
matter Cully investigated, and as min as povathle. Nothing short of
the fullest Inquiry will satisfy the public of the falsehood of the va-
ne. reports whisk for political purl
have born industriously
alma:amyl against me—Yours truly, Juts J ravel
This was ens answer to the questions put to him; and now
be defied Means. Wauch and Mitchell, and all directly or
indirectly connected with them, and as they stowed the:n-
atives unworthy of the treatment of gentlemen he despised
them all. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. UUME said that every member who brought forward
charges in that house should have previously ascertained
their truth seed accuracy. (Hear, hear) He had seen the
mos: idurious censequences guise from following such I
a ceurse, tweeter that the time c f the house wis wasted. /
(Hear, hear.) The hon. and learned gentleman would not
consult his own character it he allowed himself to be made
the medium of pressing such charges on the notice of the
house. (Hear, hear.) By a rule of the house they could
not bring in question any statement made on the honour of,
a member ; and very justly so, bee .use it they allowed their
own chareceere to be impugned it would lead to repeated
debetes. (Hear, bear.)
THE BUitNING OF "...HE OCEAN MONARCH.
Mr. RISME wished to know whether the government
woul 1 institute any inquiry respecting she burning of toe
oe-art Monarch, with 39) peewees on board. It was a case
that defeanded inquiry, b. cause it was a ease of humanity.
He undemood that the Orion and the Cambria passed by
without :deeding an) assistance. It wee a painful thing to
0014 that some of the'r own countrymen should have acted
in this wsy, while the Prince de Jeinville and the Duke
d'Auniale made every er“rtion to rave the lives of the poor
people. (Hear.)
foe CHANteELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no
doubt that an inquiry would be instituted, but the hon. gett
tleman must recollect that the vessels he referee t to were
not geverament vessels.
Mr. 110 ME -aid he hoped that some eremite nse would he
given to Jerome, who saved the lives of seventeen persons at
his o greet rick (Hear, hear.)
THE HURRICANE ON THE COAS f OF SCOILAND.
Mr. HUME said that 100 persons had lost their lives en
the late hurricane on the coast of Scotland. lie hoped that
subscriptions would be r Used far the :elided their wtdows
and amines. (Hear, bear.)
DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
Mr. P. SCROPE booed that is the case of the employ-
ment of Irish labourers, they would be employed in works of
utility and not in breaking stones, as was the case during the
last famine. The Irish psor had' now a legislative right to
relief. li hoped, theretere, that they would hear no mote
of the Skulls of Ekihbsreen.
;De v sponsibility would now
vest sin the govcruale..ClT-a-buman Woos was allowed t

Perish.—
DUNNE said it was net often that be ca..ld agree
eu t:.e Am. mem set tor S•rowl, but he qude concurred in
the. eusg,stion he made respec ing the employment of the
poor in produc.ive instead of unproductive wor s.
TILE FIN.aNCIAL STAFEMENT.
Mr. HUNIE complained that the Chancellor of the Ea
chequer was aoing to add another 2,000,0001. to the debt of
the country in a time of peace. Ile objected to the right
hon.
to
pay buying stock at SGL, for wh.ch he would
have to pay 1001. besides the int::rest He would therefore
nt..me to leave on• from the loot resolutions the words •• either
In Three per Cent. Con•ols or Reduced," for the purpose of
laser .‘ng the words ht debentures at is rate 01 into eta n
to
ut
esce.oing 5 per cent. He thought it much pr.trrsble
raw. the money in this way ,red to trust to the replacing
is
before the nest year or two.
The CHANLELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
pout! not assent to tt,e amendment, hie proposition having
been :florid don a mature o.disideratinn
bar of tot s
ue übj
mt-ect, and r
upon tho pr.-meant- of the right hon. ont mlo
foe Taraworth, and other gentlemen who had filled the
office oi Chancellor of the Eseacivier.
NI.. HUME raid he shoul I take the sense of the house on
the second reading of the bill.
Toe report was then reesiv.d.
li CHANCELLOR ni the EXCHEQUER intimated
the. n.! *n dela take mut •ai the bill alter five
e'eock on Monday, in easier t meet th, general wish of th
hood.. to separate for the session -t the earliest passible mo-
ment. (Hear. hear.)
The house adjourned at two o'clock.

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BUSINESS OF THE WEEK I
23N THE LORDS.
MONDAY, Ata. .
ORDERS OF me DAY.—SuCosu Ilitaungau—labourialt Poor
sepal;elrvLdid &Wu Duties; Sbeep met Cattle Importation ProhibitMn ;
nd Cattle ConiagiOUS Das:Mae., Prevention; Bilis. —o.nis ;r.
esit—lletrop Mum Commissioners of Sewers Bill.--Tnnto Remus°,
one Inch:lmre (No. 21 ; Petty Bag, ac. Office ',Court of Chan-
cery) Wolverhampton Curies- (No. 2); Poor Removal (No. 2) ; Re-
productive Loan Fund Itatitution (Ireland) ; London City Small
tsr ; Poor-law Union Churgcs (No. 2) (adjourned debate); Bills.—
Hatie Ili Peoussse: Court
ink SLCOND Itainiso.—Clergy Oh
fenced; Bankruptcy Court P.egulation; Hudson's Ilicone (India);
Davnion'm Divorc- ; Cootros-mte Elm-Coss; Millbank Prison ; Com-
mons Inch:cure Act Amendment ; Nuisance,and Contagious Diemen;
Transfer of Landed Property (Ireland); lama Ada; Fever (Ireland);
Bills.—Wsotsti von Commtriza.—Bail
foe Manslaughter; llamas.
ray Actlma rreveatical; Bilk.
BUSINESS OF
NTHE WEEK IN TIIE COMMONS.
In consequence of ouse having rat on Saturday, tbe votes bad
not reached us at the=
ew.
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THE SALE AT STOWIL—On Saturday there was no
sale at Stowe, but there was, nevertheless, a considerable
I
number of suitors. The sale will not re-commence to.day, it I
will he resumed to-morr,w (Tuesday). Hitherto the pro-
ceeds have been estimatol at 18,6001. ; but though this be
the amount received on the ten den' sale, this proceids of
the remaining twenty.five days of the sale will be relatively
you
greater, as the paintings, the plate, and others of the
ino..t valuable articles are yet to be disposed of. Great ea-
peetati. OS are formed respecting the amount which the
paintings will produce. The celebrated portr o ait6ool. of Shakes
It i-
peare will, it Is supposed, hring 4001. ts
1121rOSibie to say with any ceresnty what the entire produce
will be, but Lbw conversant with such matten estimate the
total proceeds at from 1100001. to 120,0001. This is eulogy,
of the proceeds of the library.