The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-01 00:00:00

REPORTS 01? ELECTION COMMITTEES

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the house of Commotit)

THE MARLBOROUGH lIOROUGH ELECTION.

lijmi;eirineti,That it ippe;red to the Committee on the
petition of Sir Alexander Malet, Baronet, and John Mirehouse,
Esq., that the merits of the petition did depend in part upon
the right of election ; and that therefore time said Committee re-
quired the counsel for the petitioners, and the counsel for the
sitting Members, to deliver to the clerk of the said Committee,
statements in writing of the right of election for which they re-
spectively contended.
That in consequence thereof, the counsel for the petitioners
delivered in a statement as follows r—
,"rhat the right of election is in the Mayor and Burgesses
only ; such Burgesses being persons holding in and residing in
the Borough, and having been sworn, or having demanded to
be sworn,"

l hat the counsel for the sitting Members delivered in a state-
ment, its follows :
That the right of election of Members to serve in Parlia-
ment for the borough of Marlborough, in the county of Wilts,
is in the Mayor and Burgesses only."
That upon the statement delivered In by the counsel for the
petitioners,' the Committee have determined that the right of
election, as set forth in the said statement, is not the right of
election for the said borough
That upon the statement delivered in by the counsel for the
sitting blembers, the Committee have determined, that the
right of election, as set forth in the said statement, is the right
of election for the said borough.
That the said Committee have also determined, that Thomas
Henry Sutton Bucknall Estcourt, F.sq., and William John
Dankest Esq., were duly elected Burgesses to serve in this pre.
sent Parliament Or the said borough.
That the petition of Sir Alexander Malet, Baronet, and John
Mirehouse, Esq., did pot appear to the said Committee to be
frivolous or vexatious.

That the opposition to the said petition did not appear to the
said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious: to be entered in the
Journals.

CALNE ELECTION COMMIITEE.

House informed, That it appeared to the &-rillnittee on the
petition of Edmund Hopkinson, Esq., and Edward Cheney, Esq.,
that the merits of the petition did depend in part upon the Right
of Election, and that therefore the said Committee required
the Counsel for the petitioners, and the Counsel for the sitting
Members, to deliver to the clerk of the said Committee, state-
ments in writing of the Right of Election for which they respec-
tively contended,
That in consequence thereof, the Counsel for the petitioners,
delivered in a statement, as follows :
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"That the Right of Election is in the ancient Burgesses only,
such ancient Burgesses being the inhabitant householders re-
siant of the said Borough duly sworn."
That the Counsel for the sitting Members, delivered in a state.
ment, as follows
That the Right of Elmtion of Burgesses to servo in Patna-
ment for this Borough, is in the ancient Burgesses of the said
Borough only ; meaning thereby the select body of the cor-
poration."
That upon the statement delivered in by the Counsel for the
petitioners, the said Committee have determined, that the Right
of Election, as set forth in the said statement, is not the Right of
Election tbr the said Borough.
That upon the statement delivered in by the Counsel for the
bitting Members, the said Committee have determined, that the
Right of Election, as set forth in the said statement, is not the
Right of Election for the said Borough.
That the said Committee have determined, that the Right of
Election for the said liorough is in the ancient Burgesses of the
said Borough only ; meaning by the term ancient Burgesses,
Burgesses duly elected and sworn according to the ancient con-
stitution of the borough of Caine.
That the said Committee have also determined, that Sir James
M‘ponald, Bart., Is duly elected a Burgess to serve in Parliament
fur the said Borough.
hat' Thomas llabington M'Caulay, Esq., is duly elected a
Buress to serve in Parliaineet for the said Borough.
That the said petition did not appear to the said Committee to
be Ilivolous or vexatious.

That the opposition Co the said petition did not appear to the
said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious : to be entered in
the Journals.

MAGAZINE DAY.

BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.

fi A Winter Rhapsody, by Christopher
North," is one of those eloquent, but inde-
scribable productions which no living author
save one—and that one ProfesSor Wilson—
can write. It is a mixture of tenderness, elegance,
and humour—a motley union of subtle thought
and broad caricature. In description it is re-
dundant, but not too much so, for no novelist
nor even poet describes external nature with half
the imagination of the author of the undeservedly
neglected " City of the Plague." " Horrible
Stanzas" is an amusing specimen of the Bathos,
suggested evidently by the perusal of Mr. T.
Hood's clever poem " The Ghost Ship."
" Letter on the Spirit of the Age" is written
in a fierce intractable spirit, though it is impos-
sible to deny its power of expression and corre-
sponding energy of thought. The following are
the best remarks in the diatribe, and we give'
them accordingly :

" The great objects of the revolutionny part of the
people have much less to do with politics than they had
formerly. Reform and a republic are but 'secondary mat.
ters and means; the King is popular; and no great de-
gree of exasperation is manifested towards public autho-
rities. The war is ono of hunger against property, and
loss against the causes of it ; it seeks principally employ.
ment, adequate wages, and protection of property. bur
the last two or three years it has been the general remark
amidst the woiking classes, We cannot bear this much.
longer, and if Government will do nothing for um, leo
must do something for ourselves.' The disaffection of the
middle classes ari,es chiefly from their losses.
" Acting upon this, let the new Ministry begin with.
out delay to remove want and loss. Let it clear Kent and
other counties of their excess of labourers. Let it give to
land-owners and farmers that protection which will Secure
their• property and enable them to give adequate wages;
and do the same to every interest, Give employment and
proper wages to the husbandry labourers, artisans, &c.,
and they will be again peaceable and contented; givo se-
curity of property and profits to the landowners, farmers,
ship.owners, &c, &c., and they will be again loyal; give
good wages to your labouring classes, and good profits to
your producers; and you will make your town shop.
keepers prosperous and w4ll affected.

• " In giving the moat prompt and liberal relief to every
suffering interest and class, lit evil things be sternly re-
pressed in every quarter. In giving food and employment
to the la,bourero, ;mt down their combinations, and bring
tl-em again muter the government of their masters. In
giving protection and prosperity to the various interests,
extmgnish lhotie brutal and horrible doetripts which assert
that oat moat fitn4l'llih through the injury of the °them—
that, the capitalist must be eprifrlied by the starvation of
the labourer ; anti manufactures must Pil,,Per through the
insolvency of agriculture. • In giving to each interest all
the protection it can fairly desire, resolutely compel it to
contribute liberally to the benefit of the others."

" Passages from the Mary of a Late Phy-
sipicin" contains one story, entitled a " Man
about Toni 1!"))?4! is one of the most vigorous
pieces of composition vie ewer r,4d. jt cannot
be perused without a shudder. The incidents
are trite, but the working up is wonderfully
energetic. The re►nainder of the number is
chiefly devoted to politioal subjects, of which we
Inge by far too much.