The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-14 00:00:00

RYE WRIT.

On;the order of the day for resumiag the 'di turned debate
on the motion for issuing a new writ fur the borough of
It e,
Lord PALMERSTON, on the part of the g .vernment,
hod no objection to urge to the i=euior of the. w, it. He
bo disposed to leave the matter to be d.•cided en-
,tirely by the house, but he might be allowed to say that he
himself saw no rufficient grouud for suspending the writ.
Die general practice of the house was that if a writ was

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ly seek I:Mention, he had no opposition to offer to
itiire on the part cf. the government.
BASS use, bet boxing spukeu on the subject when
haulm er disco:do% he was met by cries of " Spoke,
" and
SPE stated that the hon. member having
on the motion before, could not address the house

BASS again Nee, but was not allowed to speak.
J. SHELLEY moved that the house ao adjourn.
BASS seconded the motion and stated that his only
A in rising to speak, was to gm) that it was his intention
eek for leave to introduce a bill for the disfranchisement
of thlboronglit
_Tear.)
Sir J. SHELLEY laid u his object was only to give the
hon. gentleman= opportunity of speaking, he would with-
draw his minden. (Gibed " no," and" divide.")
The house this divided—
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193-141
FENWIIMI esimplakied that hon. members had had
an; et looking into the evidence; and he
=Mahe% support the motion for the postponement
of the *writ.
Mr. MILES said the house wet reoolleet that this was
the second committee which had sat upon the question ;
and that oonsequentlythe matter had been fully investigated.
As the committee had not recommended the postponement
of the writ be thought it ought to June.
Col. KNOX regretted that he felt compelled to coma to
a different eenolutoa. If they issued the writ In this case,
it would render their proceedings on election petitions a
perfect farce. This was a very &grant instance, for in
addition to a most vicious system off low, it was notorious
that the grossest treating had been resorted to. Yet it was
only the other day that they refused the writ for Harwich,
where there was hardly a tittle of evidence. (" Oh I ")
Here was a case in which the hon. gentleman who had
been unseated had deposited 2,0001. with his banker, the
whole of which was expended in the most corrupt prac-
tices; and out of 39 public-houses, 34 had been opened for
the purist= of demoralising the electors. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. PHI I4I3LORE ehould vote for the postponement of
ON writ, because he thought that if they took no notice of
this case they would expose themselves to the charge of
hypocrisy. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. TUFNELL thought the hon. and gallant member
should have intimated his views on one of the four occasions
on which the question had already been debated. (Colonel
Knox : rose five times the last night.) He should oppose
the motion for the postponement, after the statement of the
right hon. gentleman (Sir J. Pakington) that the committee
did not recommend the suspension of the writ.
Sir F. KELLY should support the motion for the imme-
diate issue of the writ; for he thought it was unconstitu-
tional sad unjust to suspend writs unless with a view to
ulterior measures likely to result in the disfranchisement of
the borough.
The LORD ADVOCATE thought there was no case for
. . .

Mr. BASS stated that although Lord J. Russell was for
issuing the writ on Monday week, he had gone over the
report with the noble lord, and the noble lord authorised
him to say that the writ ought not to issue without further
inquiry. (Hear, hear.) That opinion his lordship had not
since modified.
Lord A. VANE, amidst great impatience, taunted with
inconsistency the government and the hon. baronet (Sir J.
Shelley), who seemed =Biogs to constitute himself the
public prosecutor, and who was always making motions
respecting the issuing of writs and moving prosecutions
against gentlemen who were quite as honourable as him-
self. He begged to move the adjournment of the debate.
(Cries of Oh !")
Sir J. PAKINGTON expressed a hope that his noble
friend would not press his motion. (Hear, hear.) He
deprecated theie proceedings, which were is their nature
judicial, and should not take a party turn. As he could
not think that there was any case for the disfranchise-
meat of the borough, he should vote for the issuing of the
writ.
Lord SEAIIAM said, on all questions of issuing writs he
usually voted with the chairman of the election committee,
but in this case he thought a case had been made out for
inquiry, and he should vote for the issuing of the writ.
Mr. BASS urged that after the report of the committee,
which went to the length of saying that the corruption of
the borough was so clear that there was no necessity tor
inquiry by a commission, it would be a farce to issue the
writ.
The house divided :
For the adjournment
Against it
The motion for issuing the writ was then agreed to.
PILOTAGE BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill.
Mr. CARDWELL said that he wished those clauses to
which there was no objection should be paved at once.
Sir F. KELLY said he was quite willing to consent to
proceed se far as there was no opposition, but no further.
Captain SCOBELL objected to proceeding at that time
of night. Ile had an amendment to propose, which, if ho
did justice to it, would take him some time to enforce.
Mr. CARDWELL should not waste the time of the
committee by discuuioa whether they should go on. He
thought hon. members who had amendments to make
ought to be obliged to him for clearing the way.
Mr. 0. HUDSON did not think the right hon. gentleman
would gain anything in the course he proposed to pursue.
The CLIAIRtdAN then put the question that the pre-
amble be postponed.
Mr. D. SEYMOUR moved that the Chairman report pro-
gress.
Capt. SCOBELL seconded, and after a few words from Mr.
Cardwell and Mr. G. Hudson, the motion was agreed to
and the house resumed.
THE MALDON WRIT.
Mr. T. CHAMBERS moved that a writ be issued for the
borough of Malden.
Lord PALMERSTON said it was quite impossible that
the house could agree to this motion. The house had agreed
to an address to the crown for a commission of inquiry, and
the address was now before the House of Lords. Under
these circumstances it would be quite inconsistent that they
should issue the writ.
Sir J. SHELLEY suggested that the motion should be
withdrawn.
Mr. T. CHAMBERS said it was true an address had been
sent up to the House of Lords, but it had been lost or mis-
laid, or at any rate was not proceeded with. After the sug-
gestion which had been made be should withdraw the
Motion.
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LONDON AND
DUBLIN.
On the motion of Mr. 11. IiEBBERT the following mem-
bers were appointed a select committee on cemmuaication
between London and Dublin :—Mr. Henry Herbert, Lord
Alfred Hervey, Sir Richard Bulkeley, Mr. Vance, Mr.
Henry Corry, Mr. Forteseue, Mr. Repton, Mr. Tolle-
macho, Captain Duncombe, Lord Naas, Admiral Berkeley,
Mr. Richard Fox, Mr. Bright, Viscount Jocelyn, and Mr.
George Hamilton.
INCOME TAX.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up
the Income Tax Bill.
The second reading was fixed for Friday next.
CUSTOMS DUTIES ON SPIRITS.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up
the Customs duties on Spirits Bill. Second reading fixed
for Thursday next.
PLYMOUTH ELECTION COMMITTEE.
On the motion of Mr. AOLIONBY the evidence taken
before this committee was ordered to be printed.
The house then adjourned at a quarter to one o'clock.

ELECTION EXPOSURES.