The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-27 00:00:00

APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE.

At four o'clock both sides of the House were nearly
filled with Members. The Opposition benches were
most crowded. They were occupied by the friends and
supporters of the late Government, while the Ministerial
side was taken possession of by the friends and fol-
lowers of tbo now Administration. Mr. Hayter and
Lord Marcus Hill wore the only Members of the de-
funct Ministry whom wo observed on the leading Oppo-
sition benches.

Mr. Hume came in some twenty minutes after four
o'clock, and he was on the point of taking his usual seat,
but seeing Mr. Cobden and some of his other friends on
the other side, ho hurriedly retreated, and room was
made for him on the corresponding bench on the Op-
position side of the House. Lord Palmerston took his
former seat on the Ministerial side below the gangway.
NEW WRITS.

Mr. F. MACKENZIE, who Eat on the Treasury
benches, moved for the following new writs —For Buck-
inghamshire, in the room of Mr. Disraeli; for Midhurst,
in tho room of Mr. Walpole; fur Droitwich, in the room
of Sir J. rakington—(Laughter)—for Stamford, in the
room of Mr. Herries; for Oxford, in tho room of Mr.
Henley; for the Northern Division of Essex, in the
room of Mr. Beresford ; for Abingdon, in the
room of Sir Frederick Thesiger; for Colchester, in the
room of Lord J. Manners; for Purtarlington, in the
Dunne, who had accepted the office of
Secretary
Ordnance—(Loud laughter
for Kildare, in the room of Lord
from
mams ofwhohe
0 Coloneltophpatosh3e tbeenißoardoD) a_
N
appointed Secretary fur Ireland
(Laughter from the Opposition,—
and counter cheers)—
for the Univcreity of Dublin, in the room of Mr. Napier;
for Ennishillen, in the room of Mr. J. Whiteside; for
the county of Londonderry, in the room of Mr. Thomas
I3ateson ; for the borough of Buckinghamseire, in the
the room of Lord Henry Lennox ;
for the southern di-
vision of Lincoln, in the room of Sir John Trollopo ;
rfoorom of
thenotrhteherniadriqvuis
division of Chandos ; for Chichester, in
of the same county, in the room
of Mr. Christopher, who accepted the chiltcrn hundreds ;
for Dorsetshire, in the room of Mr. Bankes; for the East
Riding of Yorkshire in the room of the Hon. Arthur
Duncombe; for the county of Tyrone, in the room of
Lord Claude Hamilton; and for Wenlock, in the room
of the Hon. Cecil Forester.
Mr. HAYTER moved for a new writ for Cork in the
room of Mr. Morris Power, who had accepted the office
of Governor of St. Lucia.—(Laughter.)
HARWICH ELECTION. _ _

Mr. BR AMSTON moved for a writ for Harwich,
which had become vacated iu consequence of a decision
of a Committee of the House.

Sir DE LACY EVANS, who appeared on the Op-
position
the opinion o opposedhe againstb aus ea
any
ye
nbeew-
election taking place; for that borough since the corrupt
position benches,
practices which prevailed there had come to light. There
House was
were peculiarities connected with Harwich which made
it distinct from any other corrupt borough. While the
town was falling off in population and wealth, by an ex-
traordinary concurrence of circumstances the number of
voters was increasing; and the greatest misfortune was that
the state of things which prevailed there was not tempo-
rary but permanent, and the only way of remedyieg the
evil was by actual disfranchisement.—(Hear.) He con-
cluded by moving that the writ be suspended for six
months.
Mr. B. OSBORNE was in favour of the amendment.
It Ives:perfectly notorious that the present Solicitor-
General intended to present himself for Harwich.—
(Laughter and hear from the Opposition benches.) He
held in his hand an address from the electors, calling
upon that gentleman to come down to this estimable
place.--(gear.) He confessed ho felt considerable sur-
prise on hearing the Hon. Member for Essex (Mr.
Bramston) move for a new writ for the borough,
because be was a Member of the Committee. which, in
1842,
that Mr. Attwood and Mr. Beroaford's election cost
-inquired into the return for Harwich, and reported
6 3001., that thirty-three electors received from 50/. to
101)1. each, and that the greater part of the constituency
dbeen bribed.—hear. ) He lamented that Mr.eCgit:
pock had not been called to the bar.
The
so in the hope
lettid hmad
Attwood was a ntemb:,r of ti.e Carlton Club,
man,
d
clhotaher
figured more in corrupting boroughs thane y
t di
oak, and ho
a snare to talk of calling forth Mr. Copp
hoped they should hear no more of such stun. ll® would
.
cheerfully second the amendment, and herb('
sweps
that the borough of Harwich would
be
sent ultimateembersly to the
from the list of boroughs that Bela
House.
a member of the Committee,
in this country. Thou it was a mockers,
Mr. FERGus said, as-
Committee could
now nevertheless no member of that
the grossest(
now be otherwise than satisfied thatcarried on atand
most fraudulent practices wer?cb._
(Ilear, hear,)
that the decision come to turned upon a technical point,
elec-
tions for the borough of ilarTi-3 to, investi h
Commieliou ought tol be PPPQlnr"`ii te