The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-06 00:00:00

ELECTION COMMITTEES•

(Continued fr.-An cur First Edition of yesterde.y.)
CITY OF LONDON.
When Mr. O'Brien was under examination.
Mr. HaartisoN submitted to tht Committee, that his Learned
Friends were going directly against the resolution of the Com-
mittee of Saturday—they had as yet given no e%idence at all
implicating the Sitting Members. If such a system of prov-
ing agency nere allowed to go on, the enquiry would last for
months. He had never seen such a course allowed to be
taken.
The Committee-m.om was cleared—after the Counsel and
Agents were called in.
The CHAIRMAN inquired if the petitioners' counsel had not
been thrown out of their course by the absence of import-
ant witnesles. If such was the case, they would give them
a ic:tle more latitud.
Mr. o!dit)g, a paretner in the firm of Rogers, Towgood, and
Co., was then called. He said he had no accounts opened for
the four candidates.. He had an account of Mr. Travart,,
and one Crew Travers and Son • but they were private ac-
counts. The point was disputed, and the Committee-room
having again been .cased, the Committee came to the resolu-
tion that the boo cou4i4ing the accounts of Messrs. Travers
and Son, or Mr. Travers, Own the Ist June to the 31st
August, be produced. At tine same time they hoped the
Counsel would confine their enquiry to klwolutcly necessary
entries.—Adjourned.

TAUNTON.
Wm, Shadrack Cockram was objected to by the petitioner,
on the ground that there had been an interruption of ocCupa-
tion by bankruptcy.
The Committee, after hearing the evidence, decided the
vote to he a good one.
Mr. Sheubrook was objected to by the petitioner, on the
ground that his name had been struck off the list by the Re-
vising Barrister, but that from having been twice on the list it
had been accidentally retained,
Mr. COCKBURN submitted that as the objection to the
voter's name being twice on the list had rot been taken before
the Revising Barrister, it could not to entertained by the
Committee.
The Committee decided the vote to be bad.
This placed the petitioner in a majority of ono.
Mr. COCKBURN applied for the protection of the Committee
on the part of a witness, twelve years of age, an attempt
naving been made to intimidate her from giving evidence.
The CIAIIIMAK said the Committee would give any charge
that came before them their best attention. They trusted this
caution would be sufficient, and recommended the Learned
Counsel for the petitioner to speak to their friends not to render
an allegation of that kind liable to be proved.
Mr. lattstaN was objected to by the sitting Member, on the
ground that he heal. left Taunton, and gone to reside at
Bridgewater.
The case had not been decided when the Committee ad-
journed.

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME.
Three or four witnesses were examined, whose evidence
went to prove that they had been offered 21. each by Joseph
Bailley and Mr. Mason, to vote for Miller and De Horsey.
That Mr. Mason acted as Mr. Miller's agent, and that the
latter always lodged at Mason's house.
A witness named Sampson Bailley proved that he had re-
ceived 100 sovereitos in a bag from Joseph Beilley, and a book
containing a list of names of persons to whom the money was
to he paid.
Counsel for the sitting Member ebjected to any evidence
being given of the contents of that book, no notice being served
upon them to produce it.
The Committee overruled the objection.
The witness in answer to further questions stated that he
could not recollect the names of the parties to whom ho had
paid the money. He paid a sovereign to some and half a sove-
reign to others. They were all voters, and had afterwards
voted for Nuller and one of the other candidates. The mousy
was given to him at a public house.
The custom at Newcastle was to give a dinner to the elec-
tors after the election, anti in case no dinner is given the vo-
ters get a gratuity of a sovereign or a half sovereign each. I
believe it was for that purpose the money was given to
me to distribute. It has been the custom to give the money
to the poor voters from a belief that it would do them more
good than a dinner. Some persons who did not vote for Miller
I received a portion of the money. Some of them were ten-pound
householders, but the majority of them were freemen.
It being now a quarter past three o',:lock, Mr. Coppock.
the agent for the petitioner, applied to the Committee fur
leave to adjourn till to-morrow morning, in order to consult
with Counsel, whether he should close his case there or pro-
ceed to call further witnesses in corroboration of the evidence
already before the Committee. -
The room was cleared, and on the re-admission of counsel,
the Chairman stated that the Committee were unanimously of
opinion that they should assent to the application. 'rho
Committee then adjourned.