The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-14 00:00:00

DUBLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE.

The Committee met yesterday at eleven o'clock. Ato 011
The vote of John Armstrong having been objecteTspogo
Thursday evening, on the part of the sitting Member, ""eet ill
the class of persons disqualified, as holding an emploril
the Post-office at the time of the election, A otea
Mr. WRANGIIAM contended in favour of the vote, 9.11"
decisions of former Committees in proof of its validity' c. esr
Mr. AUSTEN replied, relying on the 43d Geo. 111" totil'
which disqualifies all persons, " the Postmaster or rli per'
tees-general, and his or their deputy or deputies, aorl,lll,,etitt
sons concerned under him or them, in receiving, c°' -e psi'
or managing the revenue of the Post-office, or an any
thereof."
The COMMITTEE, after a short deliberation, resolved joy
" That as John Armstrong is proved to have been .Pe the
under the Postmaster-General in receiving and collect„Paeli-
revenue of the Post-Office in Ireland, he is expressly °lig.,
fled from voting by the Ist section of the Act 43 George
c. 25, and his vote must be struck off the poll." on til
There being three voters named John Armstrong a that
registry, two of whom voted, Mr. Wrangham submitte font"
there was not sufficient proof of identity to warrant the
mittee in striking the vote off the poll. before
The Committee resolved—" That the evidence oil° „o te-
the Committee is not sufficient to identify John Armstrel tbe
letter carrier, whom they have directed to be struck
,4,ste'
poll, with John Armstrong, of No. 7, Wormvi°°-'t i/
described in the register as a furrier ; but, eS, it
iii
alleged that the identity would have been prove tome
list laid before the commissioners had been reo,yeot.
by them, the Committee will, if required by the &Pi.
for the sitting Members, give directions to their P("
missioners to send over immediately any document in t ate. r
session necessary to tLe elucidation of the facts of the c fogibe
This vote, therefore, was allowed to stand over for
consideration. OA
The vote of James Campbell, a letter-carrier, vescgopsoolll
off the petitioners poll which restored Mr. 0' ,of
majority. Flaine7o
Patrick Wogan, of 2, Taaffe's-row, and Wm. meov-be
Gloucester-street, were then struck off the sitting 17041 t
poll, for an arrear of 'Wide-street cess. This P gby
sitting Member in a minority of one. lt °P
John Horan and Henry Harris, jun , were then strttc tiooets
consent of the petitioners, which again. placed the P- 1
in a minority of one. i,;ectedeti:
William Bray, of 8, Clarence-street, was the!' °i'rectc
by Mr. Ti estoett on the ground of arrcar of Wide's
od'
e 0
Struck off the poll. ars.n-
Thomas Maguire was also struck off on the sata cti'
This again gave the petitioners a majority of one. e the P et.
John Ennis, letter-carrier, was next struck Ot of otg,
tioner's poll, which restored the parties to an equa,gYee 64
Mr. AUSTIN said that there were no more post-eluvoirgoo
Mr. WRANGIIAM—What vote do you intend IroP.trity. to
Mr. AUSTIN—It is your part to place us in a min
hitherto
Mr. Youso—Has it not been the usual course n
other
strike off two voters a-side alternately ? • e tne Bawer)
individual
uAalus
tTotNo—b
jeleftthtoe, HI onn,o.ol\idlesnvihneiro;loyulodbiagcltr_4l,aug
—but I don't believe I can find another. fete
Mr. WRANGIIAM—i take it that that is decisive.
other
Mr. AUSTIN—Take it as you choose; strike off alt the
if you can. on f
khsot. 0
The petitioners then objected to Thomas Bac the teno
ground of being in arrcar of Wide-street cess at
Col-
voting. 4' the "1(
A discussion ensued as to the applicability 0. e'li''
lector's evidence.
The Committee decided that there was no stllncien'
11• of donee to remove the vote of Backhouse from the Pe_.,it o the
Considerable amusement was afforded by the_ ree_ibted
_at
decision. The faces of the petitioners' Counsel
Alamo
Whereltgl,
appearauce of blank dismay, and the sitting ers
asserted with confidence that of the few objecte.o.
_iitbo. w
remained to the petitioners, there was not one will° to
certain would be decided in their favour. ,_ ut the c!rtfi,
The probability n-as audibly discussed througcn„%ither Part}
the proceedings would terminate ill favour 11.
olifti
by what is commonly termed a " tie."
0 'l‘lCleril oNfVBRIA,NT(Zni
cess. 4 beiligr
, •CO° cote
Mr. AUSTIN objected to the evidence in this ,rhe
~,
ett
very confused with reference to door-numbers.
asn-street,
talge:ortoef
‘o,t,ride !stret
Thomas"
t
himself deposed that there were 4 houses in
allAoffte‘ h
rviischmni.teioreteskneomovsnolatsatBio2o,,Ttlhioemcaso-rostoriejettt.ee
_ti,roeicileccilf tvel,
there was " no sufficient evidence to remove the lie
f atriA
ward O'Neill from the poll."
Kelly (the lowest in their list of objected vote
s_lcoolfood,
The petitioners abandoned the objection orgssa.inst . c
oh,
The petitioners having thus failed in thrbee„ "__ prey 1,00
tll°
by
o'clock.
iweacsti°sntisn tfhuerthfeerveirnischreaasicixdi.ety Itsv hvii•calsi Inlsd• a egtooraerter ,to 1
a 0c
petitioners.lDuring the discussion upon the case, it wa
.1 ob.' '
liehael Brien was the next objected vo_t_esransento
announce
0
occon the
the Speaker was at prayers.
jetted N Ir.
tAot•stirl
the
x receptionhaviiig obotfaitnheed
er,),iedremnic,sesioialcir tatonhtisPor.ca-assev,osetneclor
ground that the date of the collector's in* I Roc,
to the period of Brien voting. the Committee
when Mr. AUSTIN observed, that by a ru
replying.,
_f the
Mr. TIMMER was proceeding to address the
he was precluded, in a case like this,
Mr. YOUNG objected to any
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Past fonr
Committee. In
;tv of c'lle:011
o'clock, until eleven o'clock thids
al mai°rdterdaY ..1
The sitting Member has a provisieoinsion
The Committee then adjourned at tcn
of ye 4. _
consequence of the Committee's de
departure u r e
11 lea°
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reference to John
_Armstrong's vote.
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