The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-16 00:00:00

THE CARLOW AFFAIR.

Mr. C. BUL LER rose to present a petition from Mr.
Vigors which contained statements relative to the allegations
in the petitions from Bath and Carlow, which complained of
that gentleman having been in illegal concert with Mr. O'Con-
nell, as retarded certain transactions connected with the late.
contested election for the county of Carlow. The petition
prayed for the fullest inquiry into every circumstance connected
with that transaction. As the petition had been put into his
( Mr. Buller's) hand only at six o'clock that evening, and as it
inculpated the landlords of Carlow, and also an Hon. Member
of that House, he should not then enter into particulars ; but
as it intimately related to a question which would come under
the consideration of the House to-morrow (this day)he should
content himself by moving that the petition be printed, and put
into circu!ation amongst Hon. Members. It certainly would
not be proper to make statements calculated to prejudice indi-
viduals, until.such'time as those individuals should be prepared
with answers.—( Hear, hear.) He should, therefore, content
himself with briefly stating the facts. The petition stated that
she monies lodged by Mr. Raphael in the hands of Mr. O'Con-
nell fur a certain purpose had been strictly applied to that
purpose, that they had been duly accounted for, and that no
portion of them had been illegally or improperly expended.
That the petitioner was most anxious in any inquiry which
might take place upon the subject to have all the papers, ac-
counts, and documents connected with the election, and all
matters relative to the petition, fully and fairly investigated.
The petition went on to state the hope of the petitioner that
the House, in entering on the subject, would institute the very
fullest inquiry into all the transactions connected with, or
arising out of, the elections for the county of Carlow which
took place in 1832 and 1835, and stated that such investigation
would show the most unprecedented persecution of the electors
by Tory landlords. The petition concluded by praying of the
House to do justice to all the parties concerned, and to exa-
mine as well the petitioner as all the agents and witnesses
connected with the petition against the late return for Carlow,
and at the same time to allow the petitioner to be heard either
by himself or Counsel. This prayer he (Mr. Buller) consi-
dered could not in fairness be refused. He should, therefore,
as it was connected with an inquiry which would come before
the House to-morrow, affecting_the purity of election, move
that the petition be taken into consideration. The Hon.
Member proceeded to read extracts from the petition relative
to the expulsion of the Roman Catholic tenantry and the_ sub-
stitution of Protestants„ and concluded by moving that the pe-
tition be read.

The petition was then read, and the names of Lord Beres-
ford and Colon©l Bruen were stated in the petition as two of
the landlords who had expelled tha Roman Catholic tenantry
and substituted Protestants in their places.
Mr. F. BRUEN, in the absence of the Hon. Member for
the county of Carlow, did not intend to oppose the reception
of the petition, or the proposition that it should be printed.
The Hon. Member for Liskeard (Mr. Buller) only did
justice to those on his (Mr. Bruen's) side of the House when
he described them as wishing to institute the most searching
inquiry into any thing connected with the freedom of election.
Mr. BULLER explained. He took the earliest oppor-
tunity of showing the petition both to the Hon. Member who
spoke last and the Hon. Member for the county of Carlow.
He could not get it ready before—(A laugh from the Oppo-
sition)—it was not his fault that the petition had not been
ready before.—( Renewed laughter and ironical cheers.) He
had taken the earliest opportunity of reading it to the Hor,.
Members, and it was his impression that they had appeared
satisfied with the course which he had pursued.
Mr. H. F. HOPE, in allusion to the passage in the petiti,n
which alluded to a Noble relative of his, thought it hard that
Lord Beresford, who could not be aware that such a petition
was about to be presented, and who of course could not be
prepared with an answer, should have Isis name before the
public in connection with such allegations before he was aware
of those allegations, and before he could adduce evidence to
show that they could not be substantiated. It was not fair or
right that one statement should go before the public without
the other.—( Hear, hear.)
On the question that the petition be printed, strangers
were ordered to withdraw ; but on our return to the gallery
we ascertained that the motion was agreed to without a division.
The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'Clock.

COMMITTEES.
The following Gentlemen compose the Committers 4-
pointed last night :
PORT OF LONDON.—Mr. Poulett Thomson, the Lord Mayor,
Mr. Alderman Wood, Sir Charles Adam, Mr. Fox Maule,
Mr. Angerstein, Mr. Alsager, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Crawford
(London), Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Labouchere, Mr.
Williams (Coventry), Mr. George Frederick Young, Mr.
Bell, Mr. Hutt.
FOUNDATION SCHOOLS (IRELAND).—Mr. Wyse, Lord Vis-
count Morpeth, Mr. Shaw, Earl of Kerry, Mr. S. O'Brien,
Lord Mahon, Sir Robert Fergusson, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr.
Jephson, Sir Richard Musgrave, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. French,
Mr. J. M. O'Connell (Kerry), Dr. Bowring, Mr. Lowther
Chapman. _ . .