The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-07 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY RAPERS.

BRIBERY.—The following is intended to furnish an AB-
STRACT of the. Bill recently brought in by Mr. Hardy, "more
effectually (according to its title) to prevent Bribery and
Corruption at Elections." The preatnUe sebt out with
stating the expediency of consolidat,g the existing statutes
against Bribery at Elections intl.', one Act.
Clause the Ist accordingly names for repeal certain Acts
passed in the reigns of William 111., George IL, George 111.,
and George I V. - -

The 2nd clause contains a penalty of 500/. against any
person who shall either corruptly obtain, or cause to be with-
held a vote. The like penalty is affixed to the repayment or
compensating of any person who shall have ct.rrupted others.
The following schedule exhibits at one view the substance of
the penalty clauses:—.

POhttiTs.
Ile who corruptly obtains or attempts to obtain any vote,
for every offence 5001..

He who gives anything for loss of time or expensz,,s, cr ar.y
meat or drink for voting, 80/.
He who receives anything for voting, 501.
Any candidate or his agent giving or allowing any ribbon or
mark of distinction, for every one 10/.

Any voter guilty of any of tho above offences, or vex) re-
fnlypt onipmation for loss of time, forfeits his vote.
All persons liable to be imprisoned until such fines be paid.
The 11th and 14th clauses inclusive are composed of lortts
for oaths, _

The 14th renders void the return of any candidate at whose
election corruption has been proved before a Select Commit-
tee, to have taken place either with or without his knowltclge,
16. A Committee to whom a petitioq m, lit refer7:i
against a return is required, tq itvoira hue the ked corrup-
tion of the caytiLdato,)uost as well as 7.l'esent.
The flth declares it ,2Eawful for Ritnesse3 to refuse tn-
swering questions, on the ground of the same criminatirg
themselves,

4110 18th grants indemnity to the informer.
19. To the present punishment for perjury is added dis-
ability either to vote or sit in Parliament.

20: Sheriffs Omit give the fullest publicity to the schedule
we have given above.
21. Penalties imposed by this Act may be recoverei with
full costs of suit. Six mouths is the proposed period within
which proceedings may be taken against offenders.

As Mr. Broadway, house-steward of the Duke of
Buckingham, was trying an apparatus for remoNing- his Grace
from one apparent to another on a different floor, he was pre-
cipitated from the heigh.t of two floors, and killed on the
spot.—Bucks Hera?.

Mr. Morris is now the sole proprietor of the Hay-
market Theatre, having recently purchased from Mr. Winston
the one-eighth share held by that gentleman for a T.:umber of
years. Morris is at present actively occupied in preparing a
most effective company for the opening of his summer cam-
paign, from which, with the accession he has made to his last
year's establishment, great suceeis is anticipated. Young
Charles Mathews ought to be added to the company at the
Theatre Royal Haymarket, where his highly-taleatcd father
made his first appearance in London, and whore he acquired
many of his laurels ; although Tate Wilkinson, the manager
of the Yfirk Theatre, from which the elder Mathews was
transplanted, declared to the writer of this paragraph that be
would never make an actor.

Chevy Chase was played, for the second time, to a
crowded house on Saturday, having been curtailed more than
an hour, as we suggested. It has cost the lessee above 1,5001.
to produce this splendid spectacle.
PAISLEY ELECTION.—A meeting of the clectois
was held on Wednesday. There are three candidates—Mr.

Hastie, Mr. Aytoun, and Mr, Colquhoun.
In the library of the Duke of Buckingham, at Stowe,
is deposited a I;tx coataininft papers, which arc secured with
three seals, said to be those of the late Marquis of Bucking-
ham, the late Lord Grenville, and the Right Hon. Thomas
Grenville. The contents of the boi are understood to be ma-
nuscript letters of, and documents relating to, " Junius."
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The number of visitors
during the past month was 5,605, and the amount received
therefrom 1091. 83. The Council have determined upon
hiring a riding-house, or other commodious premises, for the
reception of the giraffes, on their arrival ht this country,
where they will form a separate exhibition. The arrange-
ments for the breeding seasnn at the Gardens have been com-
pleted similar to thc.so of the last year; and that part where
the pheamts are kept will be ele:sed to the visitors for the
present. The alterations at '.'ne new premises for the Museum
in Leicester-square (late the Museum of National Manu-
factures), are prowaing with rapidity, and it is expected will
be ready fc.,F the collection about Lady-day.
CHELTENHAM, MARCH 3.—FASHIONABLE AR-
RIVALS.—EarI of Antrim, Earl of Kerry, Lord Anson, Lord
Cranstoun, honourable Mr. Courtency, Lady and Miss
Naveiatt, Lady Clive, Sir Hugh Steuart, Colonel and Mrs.
Fulshor, Major Shiebrick, Captain Hughes and family, Misses
Troutbeok, Miss Donovan, Miss Kerwain, Miss Cottrell. The
Batehelors' Fancy Ball took place here on Thursday evening
last, and was attended by about 600 of our fashionables, and
proved a most splendid affair.
The story relating to a new claimant to the title
and estates of a Noble Marquis, which has been inserted in
many of the journals, is utterly worthless and without the
slightest foundation, It is merely the revival of a rumour
loosely eirnuletod at the death of his Lordship's brother, which
event took place in the South of France, where he was-attended
by his tutor, now a member of the episcopal bench.
Mr. Charles Kemble has been prevented from acting
at Covent-garden Theatre during the last Feek, in conse-
quence of the death of his sister, Mrs. Whitlock, which event
took place in London last Saturday week. Mrs. Whitlock
was in her day an actress of considerable celebrity, and to the
last a lady of great mental attainments. She married early in
life Charles Whitlock, Esq., at that time joint manager_ with
Joseph Austin, Esq., of a most respectable company of come-
dians in the north of England. The late Mr. Munden pur-
chased Mr. Whitlock's share in the Newcastle, Sunderland,
Lancaster, and Chester theatres.

ACCIDENT ON TILE RlVER.—Friday afternoon,
a short time before high water, the Queen, East Indiaman,
a large ship of 1,400 tons' burthen, was towed up the river,
under the guidance of a pilot, advantage belly* taken of the
spring tide for the purpose. On arriving off the King and
Queen, Rotherhithe, about 200 yards from Mr. Christall's
yard, the Pool was so crowded with vessels and craft of every
description beating up the_river, that, in order to iwevent any
mischief, the tow-line was cast off, and an attempt was made
to bring up the M. Queen by means of small kedge anchors,
but the anchors did not hold, and the ship was carried by the
tide with great velocity against a tier of shipping. She first
ran foul of tho William, a collier, and carried away her bow-
quit. new jib-boom, bulwarks, and some of her shrouds. Tl.e
topmast and mainmast head also fell, and the vessel appeared
complete_ wreck. 'I he 31' Queen sustained considerable in..
jury by the collision, and having cleared the William, brake
another ship adrift, which, coining athwart the next tier, da-
maged several vessels. A coal barge, from which several
lightermen with ditEculty escaped with their lives, was stove
in, and several boats were swamped. The huge ;Lip was
eventually brought up and made fast to other vessels, and after-
wards moored alongside Mr. Christall's %%had, All the large
ships of the East India Company hay% with two or three ex-
ceptions been broken up.

A person of tin) blame of Drury of Etton, near
Beverley, died on Monday week from the effects of poison that
bad been mixed among some flour, V% itich was made into cakes
for tea. His son, who is suspected of having been the perpe-
trator of the act, has been oommitted to York Castle for trial.

The old gentleman's housekeeper, who partook of the cakes, is
in a dangerous state. _ _

The Liverpool Standard, a Conservative Journal,
says—" There was a fierce skirmish and someth;.ig like a split
in the town council on Wednesday, about an affair of money,
in which Mr. William liqthbone was cruelly pummelled and
beaten. At a former meeting Mr. Itathbone proposed to fix
the salary of his friend the town-Qlork at 2,5001, and in order

to induce the council to agrk,o to it, bo stated that Mr. Rad-
cliffe's private business was worth that income. As a second
inducement, hg aoserted that Mr. Radcliffe was the only attor-
ney in LivOrPo4l competent to discharge, in an able manner,
tlko duties of town-clerk. There is to be a deputy town-clerk
with 1,0001. a year ; but who the fortunate scribe is to be, has
not been officially announced, Mr. Radcliffe has accepted the
offer of 2,0001,"

CMAMITOUS EVENT NEAR FALKIRK.—On
Friday forenoon, about clown o'clock, while the workmen in
the Mingle Pit, near Bridgeziess, were at work, it was disco-
vered that watee was making its appearance in rather unusual
cluantitios, and on ono of the man tasting it with his finger, the
salt taste instantly showed that the sea was making an inroad.
The numerous workmen quickly left their labour and ran
towards the shaft, and we are happy to say that they all suc-
ceeded in escaping with their lives, and without sustaining any
material injury. The water soon entered with such immense
force, that a great quantity of timber (it is said about 501.
worth), besides all the materials in the way of the subterranean
flood, was borne up the shaft, and within three hours the water
had nearly reached the surface. A large steam-engine cf
about 1,000/. value, which had been but lately erected, has
been totally destroyed, but, independent cf the more immediate
damage, it is lamentable to think that the families of several
hundred industrious workmen have been thrown destitute. It
is well known that these pits, like many ethers in the neigh-
lantirheed, are sunk to a great depth, and penetrate beneath
the Forth.—Scotsman,
The late Mr. Skimmels, of Scawby, near Brigg,
whose death we announced last week, had a favourite dog of
the spaniel breed, which, on the day the funeral took place,
was tied up. On the day following he was observed by a
person in the churchyard scratching the sod off his late mat-
ter's grave. The house is situated at somc distance from the
churchyard.—Lincoln Mercury,
RUMOURED MARRIAGE IN IRELAND...-. The
on dit amongst the Dublin fashionables at this moment is that
a certain Marquis, who has been a widower about a year and a
half, is about to be united to an English lady of large pro-
perty. His Lordship, who has six children, is about 50, and
the lady is said to be of a snitable age.
TRANSATI,„ANTio, KINDNESS._. —, the come-
dian, went to America, and remained there two years, leaving
his wife dependent en her relatives. Mrs. expatiating
in the Green-room on the cruelty of such conduct, the come-
dian found a warm advocate in a well-known dramatist.
have heard," said the latter, " that he is the kindest of men,;
and I know ho regularly writes to his wife by every packet.
" YOS, ho writes," replied Mrs. --,
about theof absence, but he has never
.remitte,d her a
agony
dedl ' replied
shilling. Do you call that kindness ?" Decidedly," y,
" a parcel of flummery_
the authori " unremitting kinduess."