The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-01 00:00:00

DURHAM ELECTION PETITION.

On the order of the day for the adjourned debate on
the motion for a select committee,
Lord GALWAY thought the committee ought now to
bo appointed to inquireinto the circumstances of the with-
drawal of the petition.
Lord PALMERSTON said that the debate had been ad-
journed till after the motion of thehon. member for Surrey,
which stood on the paper, had been disposed of. As that
motion had been postponed till Tuesday ho begged to
move that the present debate be adjourned to that day.
After a few words from Sir J. TROLLOPS,
Mr. DISRAELI said that it did not follow that the
motion of the hon. member for Surrey would be agreed to,
and thought the better course would be to appoint a select
committee to inquire into the circumstances of this case.
Sir J. TROLLOPE said if the house went into inquiry
it would be necessary to go beyond the agents, and inquire
who were the parties who instructed them.
Mr. BENTINCK said that it was matter of notoriety
that the agent had not acted on his own suggestion. He
was credibly informed that the suggestion of the country
petition came from the Attorney-General. (Laughter, and
cries of "Name.") His informant was Mr. Trotter, a
medical man of Stockton. He thought they were entitled
to ask for inquiry.
Mr. ATHERTON said that what the hon. member had
referred to was unfounded gossip. He had certainly
spoken to the Attorney-General on the subject as a private
friend, and he knew not how the matter had escaped.
The hon. member then explained the circumstances con-
nected with the petitions and the course which be had
pursued.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL protested against private
conversations being made the ground of public charges.
He did not shun investigation, but it was possible that the
one petition, as well as the other, had ulterior objects.
Mr. DISRAELI said a grievance had been admitted,
and a remedy ought to be applied. A fictitious petition
had been presented by a person who was notorious as a
dealer in such petitions. He hoped tho house would
come to a decisibn at once on the question.
The house divided—
For the adjournment of the debate BO
Against it

Majority against adjourning the debate —9

On the question that the select committed bo appointed,
Viscount PALMERSTON thought it rested with those
who made the motion to state the reasons why this case
required a special committee. In his opinion it would come
more properly under the general motion of the hon. member
for Surrey.
Mr. DISRAELI repeated his statement that the peti-
tion was a flagrant tampering with the privileges of the
house, and ought to be inquired into.
Mr. ELLIOT moved the adjournment of the house.
Sir J. SHELLEY said that perhaps the best course
would be for the house to consent to the appointment of
the select committee. The case, in his opinion, would
prove a trumpery one.
Mr. S. HERBERT said that the Government had no wish
to throw any obstacle in the way of the appointment of a
committee ; but ho agreed with the noble lord that the
case was one which should come under the general inquiry
of which notice had been given.
Mr. BUTT thought the CPI3O involved a gross breach of
the privileges of the house, and should vote for inquiry.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that all seemed de-
sirous of inquiry. (Hear.) The only question was as to
the time. The day after to-morrow the committee would
proceed to try the petition against the return of the noble
lord opposite (Lord A. Vane), and ho thought that this in-
quiry should be postponed till after that committee had
made a report.
Mr. BENTINCK said, if the house would agree to give
the committee, he would agree not to press its nomination
till after the decision of the committee in the case of the
noble lord (Lord Vane).
Lord PALMERSTON consented, and suggested that the
motion for the adjournment of the house should be with-
drawn.

The motion for the adjournment of tho house having been
withdrawn, the motion for the select committee of inquiry
into the case of the Durham election petition was agreed to.
The other orders were disposed of, and the house ad-
journed, at half-past two o'clock,

Lancashire Hussars—Lord Otho Augustus Fitz-Gerald
(late of the Blues), to be Lieutenant, May 26.
Norfolk Royal Militia Artillery—Francis L'Estrange
Astley, Esq., to bo Captain, May 11.
Royal Berks Militia—Lieutenant William Whoble to bo
Captain, May 23.
Royal Brecknock Rifle Regiment of Militia—Arthur
Wilks Ludlow Gompertz, Gent., to be First Lieutenant,
May 22.
Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia - Charles William
Watkins, Esq., late Lieutenant in the 38th Regiment, to
be Captain, vice Captain Frederick Vernon Wentworth,
resigned, May 24 ; Henry Stone, Esq., late Lieutenant in
the 13th Regiment, to bo Captain, vice Captain Fitzpatrick
Henry Vernon, resigned, May 25 ; Frederick William Bow-
man the younger, ent.' to be Ensign, May 21.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
George Francis Cooper, Esq., M.D., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, May 26.
sth or Royal Elthorno Regiment of Middlesex Militia—
Captain Lodge Murray Prior to be Major, May 26.
BANKRUPTS.
James Sharp, builder, Queen's-road, St. John's-wood, to
surrender, June 10, and July 9, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-cham-
bers, Basin ghall-street ; Hutson, Upper Clifton-street,
Finsbury.
Richard Wallace Dare, shoe factor, Lombard-street,
June 14, at half-past two, and July 11, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-
lane ; Linklater and Co. Sise-lano.
William Pulford, cordwainer, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire,
Juno 17, and July 3, at ten, at the Birmingham District
Court ; Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Coop; Not-
tingham.

John Malloy, silversmith, Lancaster, June 15 and July
6, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, offi-
cial assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Ship-
man, Manchester.

Jonathan Waddington, draper, Wigan, June 10 and
July 1, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Lee,
official assignee, Manchester ; Salo, Worthington, and
Shipman, Manchester.
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Charles Parkinson Benjamin Laing, master mariner,
London, Juno 9, at half-past eleven, and July 7 at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Laurance, Plows, and Boyer, Old
Jewry-chambers.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
Francis Sadler, of 1, Fore-street, City, furnishing under-
taker, second dividend of ls. lid. in the pound, payable
at 2, Basinghall-street, on any Wednesday.
Joseph Hughesdon and Alexander Mackay, of Calcutta,
merchants, first dividend of 3/. 10s. per contum, payable
at 2, Basinghall-street, on any Wednesday.
George Colclwell, of Ashton-under-Lyne, boot maker,
first dividend of ls. 10d.. in the pound, payable at 45,
George-street, Manchester, on Tuesday, June 21, or any
subsequent Tuesday.
Howard James and Thomas James, of Rushall, Stafford-
shire, millers, first dividend of 15s. 2d. in the pound, on
the separate estate of Thomas James, payable at 7, Water-
loo-street, Birmingham, on any Thursday.
Robert Wall Ogilvie, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant,
first and final dilidend of 3N. in the pound, payable at the
Royal-arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Saturday, Juno 4,
or any subsequent Saturday.
Wm. Crittall, of Now Romney, Kent, grocer, first and
final dividend of 2s. 74d. in the pound, payable at New
Romney, Kent.

George Waghorn, of Ticehurst, Sussex, carpenter, a
dividend of ls. 9d. in the pound, payagle at the County
Court, Tonbridge Wells.
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John Brooker, of Hurst Green, Salehurst, Sussex, car-
penter, a dividend of I.s. 61. in the pound, payable at the
County Court, Tonbridge Wells.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
F. W. Baddeley and John Blake, of Liverpool, insurance
brokers—Joseph Blake and F. W. Baddeley, of Liverpool,
ship chandlers--George Perry and Henry Meacham, of Tip-
ton, Staffordshire, coal dealers—George Mackay and H. S.
Champion, of 13,Austinfriars, ship brokers—Elliott Hirst
and Thomas Shaw, of Berry Brow and Huddersfield, York-
shire, woollen cloth manufacturers—Hiram Nuttall and
Benj. Tasker, of Manchester, plumbers—Francisco Antonio
Franco and Samuel Gardner, of Birmingham, merchants--
John Hargreaves and Henry Edwin Sykes, of Bradford,
Yorkshire, stuff merchants—Edward Jones, Edward Lewis
Jones, and Meyrick Jones, of 29, Marchmont-street, Bur-
ton-crescent, drapers—John Dangerfield and Thomas Ben-
nett, of West Bromwich, Staffordshire, patentees for the
safety-valve and water indicator—Robert Jinks, of Stanion,
Northamptonshire, and William Jinks, of Leicester, fancy
hosiers—Henry Mills and William Hodgson Potter, of
Liverpool, shipwrights—Alexander Hotson and Peter For-
rest, of Manchester, joiners—John Watson Burton, Robert
Chase, and Daniel Penning, of Eye, Suffolk, flax manu-
facturers (so far as regards Daniel Penning)—George Paw-
son, John Smith, and Jesse Smith, of Ossett, Yorkshire,
cloth manufacturers (so far as regards George Pawson)—
Abraham Benisch and Abraham Pierpoint Shaw, of 11,
Camomile-street, City, printers Jabez Oldfiold, John
Waller; and William Townend, of Bradford, Yorkshire,
stuff manufacturers (so far as regards Jabez Oldfield)—
George Hosking Wills and Anne Allin Grigg, of Bideford,
Devonshire, linen drapers William Mason and John
Dodsworth Abrams, of Sunderland, Durham, tailors—
John Hetherington, Thomas Hetherington, and George
Barlow Scholes, of Manchester, joiners —Fulke Tovey
Barnard, George Thomas, Richard Jackson, and William
Bartram, of Bristol, accountants—W. T. S. Oakes, A. S.
Patridge, T. W. S. Oakes, and John Collier Shackleton,
merchants (so far as regards John Collier Shackleton)—
Robert Whewell and Henry Wl:two% of Bolton, Lanca-
shire, printers—Henry Taylor Roberts, Samuel Howship
Barrow, and George Newby Wardell, of 7, St. Martin's-
court, Leicester-square, attorneys (so far as regards Samuel
Howship Barrow).

- SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Thomas Kay, of Dundee, baker, June 6 and July 4, at
one, at the Dundee Arms Inn, Dundee.
Alexander Haggart, of Paisley, boot•maker, Juno 2 and
23, at one, at the Saracen's Hoad Inn, Paisley.
James Liston, of Glasgow, oil manufacturer, June 7 and
July 1, at ono, at the King's Arms Hotel, Glasgow.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—IMPORTANT SALE OF RICH SILKS,
SHAWLS, AND LACE Goons.—Bankruptcy of Mr. E.
Blakely, Shawl Manufacturer to the Queen. --Messrs.
Atkinson and Co., Silk and Shawl Warehouses, 69, 70,
71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lam-
beth, beg to inform the ladies of the United Kingdoin
that they have purchased of the assignees of the estate
of Mr. Edward Blakely, shawl manufacturer, silk
mercer, and laceman, of Norwich, a bankrupt, the
whole of his stock, amounting to 9,0711. 16s. 2d., at a
large discount off the cost price. It consists of the
richest selection of shawls, silks, robes, dresses,
mantles, lace goods,- &c., to be met with in England ;
all in excellent condition, newly manufactured, and is
now selling off at reduced prices.
THE EPSOM TRAFFIC OF THE LONDON, BRIGIITON, AND
SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. The arrangements of the
Brighton Company for the convenience and accommoda-
tion of the public, during the race week at Epsom, have
received general approval. We understand the total
number of passengers conveyed between London and
Epsom during the races was 41,164, the number on the
Derby day amounting to 26,926,

The Vesta, London to Port Philip, was spoken April
10, lat. 3 N., long. 23 W.
The Empire, London to Australia, was spoken April 3,
lat. 4 N., long. 18 W.