The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-24 00:00:00

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that,
with reference to the employment of the constabulary in
the collection of the spirit revenue, the Government had
not altered the intention he had formerly announced, but
that intention, he begged to remind the house—the
Government being fully alive to the immense importance
of the other duties of the constabulary—was, that the em-
ployment of the constabulary on this service should inter-
fere as little as possible with their other duties ; that they
should be made available only so far as they could be made
available without injury to their thorough efficiency in the
main purpose for which they were constituted. There was
no idea, for example, of employing them on " still hunts,"
but it was felt that they could be properly employed in
escorting prisoners to gaol, and that they might also take
cognisance of spirits in transitu when they met persons
conveying such spirits.
After a few words from Mr. M'CANN, Mr. R. MooRE,
and Lord C. HAMILTON against the policy of employing
the constabulary police in carrying out the provisions of
this bill,
The house divided on the question that the bill do pass,—
Ayes
Noes

Majority BO
The bill accordingly passed.
The Customs' Acts Bill passed through committee and
was reported.

The Assessed Taxes Bill was read a second time.
The Malicious Injuries (Ireland) Bill passed through
committee and was reported.
THE RECOVERY OF PERSONAL LIBERTY BILL.
On the order of the day for the resumption of the ad-
journed debate on the second reading of this bill,
Mr. PHINN moved that the debate be further adjourned
till Wednesday, the 13th of July.
Mr. C. BERKELEY deprecated proceeding with a re-
ligions discussion of this nature, and suggested to the hon.
and learned gentleman to move for the appointment of a
commission, similar to that which had been appointed to
inquire into Maynooth, instead of a select committee.
Mr. PHINN was ready to accede to any reasonable pro-
position, and, if so desirable a contingency were possible,
would accept it with pleasure.
Mr. NEWDEGATE considered that themajority who
had carried the motion for the reference of the bill to a
select committee ought to be considered, before the hon.
and learned gentleman could accede to any proposition of
this character. He begged the hon. gentleman to consent
to the adjournment till the 20th of the month.
Mr. PHINN was quite ready to adopt any plan that
might suit the convenience of the house.
Mr. MOORE moved that the debate be adjourned to
that day six months.
The house then divided,—
For the adjournment till the 20th of July 83
For Mr. Moore's amendment

Majority
SLIGO.

On the motion for resuming the adjourned debate upon
the issue of the Sligo writ,
Mr. GIBSON said that he, being a friend of Mr. Towne-
ley and of Mr. Stoner, had naturally looked into the evi-
dence upon which Mr. Towneley had been unseated. He
found that the main ground for this course was a bribe
said to have been given by Mr. Stonor to a man named
Donovan ; but, as that letter did not appear upon the evi-
dence, he wished to inquire what had become of it?
Mr. MACARTNEY moved the adjournment of the de-
bate till Tuesday.
Mr. HINDLEY supported this view, particularly as the
chairman of the committee was not present.
Mr. BOUVERIE was of opinion that the writ should
issue, and denied that the question of Mr. Stoner's charac-
ter had anything whatever to do with the matter.
Mr. NAPIER observed that it was 2 o'clock in the
morning, and that the house had to meet at 12 on that
day.

Mr. FITZGERALD had carefully perused the evidence
which had been given before the committee, and he defied
any one to show him any legal grounds upon the face of
that evidence why the writ should not issue.
Sir J. V. SHELLEY said, that after the decision in the
Harwich case, it appeared to be very necessary that this
question should be inquired into. As far as he could see
the decision seemed to have been arrived at upon a letter
which was not in the evidence at all. (Hear.) He certainly,
thought it behoved the house to know whether this com-
mittee had acted, contrary to all the rules of evidence, or
without any evidence at all. (Hear, hear.)
Sir E. FILMER, as one of the committee, said that,
although reference had been made to a particular letter,
as though the case against the member unseated rested
solely upon that, he must state plainly that his vote was
not given merely upon any particular letter, but upon the
whole evidence as it struck his mind, and from the testi-
mony of Donovan himself. As to the letter in question,
he could not see what that had to do with the issue of the
writ. (Hear, hear.)
Lord PALMERSTON said, that as ho had expressed
an opinion the other day that it would be better to post-
pone the writ, he was bound to say now that it seemed to
him there was no longer any reason why the writ should
not be issued. (Hear, hear.) He had thought it better,
at first, considering what had passed, that the writ should
not issue until the evidence had been placed in the hands
of members. Hon. members now had that evidence. No
special proposition affecting the borough had been founded
upon it, and therefore it would not be fair to the electors
of Sligo to keep them unrepresented merely in consequence
of some question about a letter to Donovan. If there
should be anything in the evidence upon which any mem-
ber wished to found an inquiry upon other grounds than
bribery, such as the intimidation alleged to have been
practised at the election, he would not be precluded from
making a proposal upon that point after the issue of the
writ. It would not be necessary to suspend the issue of
the writ for any purposes of that kind, and he therefore
thought that, following the invariable practice of Parlia-
ment in not keeping a constituency unrepresented any
longer than was necessary for the purpose of inquiry, it
would not be right to postpone any longer the issue of the
writ.

Mr. VANCE said, this evidence had only been before
the house 48 hours, and it was impossible, therefore, for
them to determine whether it would be right to issue a
commission. There was one remarkable omission in this
evidence, in addition to the non-insertion of the letter
complained of. He had been present at the sitting of the
committee, who had ocular demonstration of theintimi-
dation of the Roman Catholic priesthood, which was car-
ried into the very committee-room. He observed a Roman
Catholic priest place himself opposite to the witnesses
while they were giving their evidence, and the counsel for
the petitioners at last requested that this gentleman should
be removed. The committee, however, could not believe
that anybody in the garb of a gentleman, much less in that
of a clergyman, could act in such a manner as that de-
scribed. But the chairman at length perceived that, by
threatening motions and other gesticulations, the witnesses
were prevented by this person from giving their evidence,
and then the chairman ordered him to be removed from
the position he occupied. (Hear, hear.) The reputation
of the borough of Sligo, as regarded bribery and priestly
intimidation, was notorious. He thought they ought to
pause before they issued this writ, with the view of giving
the house time to deliberate upon the matter, he moved
that the house do now adjourn.
Mr. EVELYN, as a member of the committee, did not
think any case had been made out for suspending the writ
any longer.
Mr. WORTLEY supported the issue of the writ.
Mr. BOWYER thought it very important that, though
this house was not to impugn the decision of its committees,
still some opinion should be expressed in case of a mis-
carriage by them, and a more extraordinary miscarriage
had never occurred in any court or tribunal than had oc-
curred in this instance.

Lord C. HAMILTON thought that these personal mat-
ters showed the wisdom of the motion for adjourning the
debate.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose, and hoped the
house would not divide. No reason had been shown why
the writ should not issue. What, then, could be the ob-
ject of an adjournment ? Was it to renew a discussion of
the topics they had heard that night? The only question
was, whether the writ should issue. Nothing had been
urged why it should be suspended. The house, on reflec-
tion, must see that they were committing a violation of a
constitutional principle in suspending a writ merely upon
a personal and collateral question.
The house then divided. The numbers were—

For the adjournment of the house l9
Against it B6

Majority

67

Mr. VANSITTART, seeing the lateness of the hour

(twenty minutes to 3 o'clock), moved that the house at its
rising do meet at the usual hour of 4 o'clock p.m.
The SPEAKER said the house had already determined
to meet at 12 o'clock.

The writ for the Sligo election was then ordered to be
issued.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained
leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to the
stamp duties upon newspapers. The bill was brought in
and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time
on Monday next.
Mr. M. MAHON obtained leave to bring in a bill for
the improvement of the Irish fisheries.
The bill was read a first time.

The house adjourned at a quarter to 3 until 12 o'clock
this day.

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details ; he objected distinctly and entirely to the prin-
ciple of the bill, and he had stated his objections pri-
vately to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he
thought the right hon. gentleman bad done him a gross
injustice in taunting him with not having been here
to oppose the details of the bill, when he knew that it was
not to the details, but to the principle that he objected. It
was quite preposterous that Irish members should be met
on Irish questions with taunts such as those, put forth,
too, in a tone of offensive familiarity. (Laughter.) The
hon. member enlarged upon the impulse which would be
given to illicit distillation by the increase of the tax, and
on the consequent extension of demoralisation. If the
consumption of spirits could be decreased by increased
duties, then, indeed, increased duties would be a great
boon ; but, so far from that being the case, the extension
of illicit distillation increased to an enormous extent the
consumption of spirits. He moved a direct negative to
the motion.