The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-04 00:00:00

ieration.
Mr. PARKER gave notice of his intention to move
r.or leave to bring in a Bill exempting union workhouses
'ram taxation.
An HON. MEMBER moved for certain returns relating
o the times of sailing of the steam packets from the
river Meraey.—Orderei.
Mr. HA WES moved for returns relating to the
Pew-rents and Church-rates of the parish of La:nbcth.
—Ordered.
Lord M AHON wished to make a communication to
;he House relative to the case which he had yesterday
wrought under their consideration. He had been in-
'armed that Mr. Freeman, having felt it desireble to
obtain another medical opinion with regard to the case
of Mr. Sheriff Evans, that gentleman had this morning
received a profeseional visit on the part of Dr. Cham-
bers, who was now in attendance, if it were the
ileasure of the House to examine him at their
bar. He-(Lord Mahon) had not seen the Sheriff, nor
had he seen Dr. Chambers ; but, feeling it important
to ascertain the real facts of this case, he had felt him-
self bound to bring it forward. He had only done so
it the request of the medical gentleman, of whom he
sad received the highest character, and he had no
)bject but the elucidation of the facts in making the
notion which he now proposed. The Noble Lord con-
eluded by moving that Dr. Chambers be called to the
Bar of the House and examined.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that he did not see any
necessity for such a proceeding. It appeared to him
..hat the evidence which they had received yesterday
vas fully sufficient to enable them to decide
he question with respect to Mr. Sheriff Evans.
He was not acqu tinted at the time with the name of
-he gentleman who had attended before the House
last night, but he had been since told that he
was a gentleman of the highest professional respect-
ability. He had stated carious particulars, show-
ng undoubtedly that Sheriff Evans was afflicted
eith indisposition, and that, perhaps, of a serious cha-
racter, but he did cot think that the Gentleman had
stated anything which could show that the Sheriff's
life was placed in any immediate danger, or which could
induc' them to have recourse teeny extraordinary step on
the occasion. But, besides, there was a circumstance
which he considered of a very conclusive nature, with
respect to the evidence of yesterday, and that was
that there had appeared an advertisement in the
newspapers of to-day—( Hear, hear)—from which that
Gentleman was quite ready, it would seem, to go at
once to canvass the e'ectors of the borough of Lewes.
—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") It could not, there-
fore, be pretended that there were any serious grounds
for an inquiry into the health of the Sheriff, and
he saw no reason for adopting the course which had
been recommended.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir R. H. INGLIS said that from the first part of
he Noble Lord's speech he, thought that it would
naturally follow that he would consent to the
proposition that Sheriff Evans should be forthwith
discharged. The Noble Lord, however, had
concluded by saying that there were not yet sufficient
grounds for the release of the Sheriff, and he appeared
to think that they might keep lifin in custody a little
longer, and try his constitution a little more. It was
true that he was growing worse under his confinement
—it was true that he was in no immediate danger ; but
that there would be danger if he were to continue
under restriction. Afrer that he (Sir R. H.
Inglis) thought that the Noble Lord was jus-
tified in saying that he wanted no further evidence ;
and he hoped the Noble Lord would have been pre-
parhd, on that evidence, to give way to his own
natural feelings, and to release the Sheriff altoge-
ther.—(Hear, hear.) One might have expected that
the Noble Lord would have been anxious to take
the opportunity that had been afforded for liberating
Mr. Evans. Mr. Freeman had told them last night
that the health of the Sheriff would be every day en-
dangered by continuing his confinement, and that
he was growing worse and worse under it.
But then the Noble Lord thought it consistent with
his position in that House to state it as another ground
for resisting the motion, that there had appeared an
advertisement in the papers, stating that Mr. Sheriff
Evans had expressed his wish to become a candidate
for the sxffrages of the electors of Lewes. Had the
Noble Lord read the advertisement—(Hear from Lord
J. Russell)—then the Noble Lord had forgotten it,
for it stated that he being a prisoner, the Sheriff
could not solicit the support of the electors in
person. But that, if elected, he would endeavour
to serve them.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The
Sheriff did not state that he would canvass the
electors. He knew that the tyrant majority in that
House had effectually prevented his doing so. The
Noble Lord would have acted consistently if he had
substituted for it the discharge of the Sheriff. But when
the Noble Lord said he was not quite satisfied as to
the necessity of that discharge—his consistent course
would have been to agree to the calling in one of the
highest physicians in the country. He (Sir Robert
Inglis) hoped the Noble Lord would not press his oppo-
sition to the motion to a division, but would at once
call in Dr. Chambers.
Mr. GORING said he had that day seen Mr. Sheriff
Evans, and had learned that it was not with his concur-
rence, or at his wish, that the Noble Lord (Mahon's)
communisation had been last evening made. The medi-
cal gentleman who had made the statement had done so
from a conviction of what he owed to the health of the
Sheriff.
Mr. MILNES thought the House was engaged in a
very undignified discussion.—( Hear, hear.) After the
evidence that was given last night at the bar, the pre-
sent discussion could not beuseful or creditable
to the House, or to Mr. Sheriff Evans. The evi-
dence that there was no ground for the application
made by his Noble Friend last night was not invali-
dated by the fact of Doctor Chambers having been called
in. He thought his Noble Friend had not consulted
the dignity of the Sheriff himself by his arguments ad
nrsericordium.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Appeals
were made from day to day as if the House was acting
in a vindictive capacity, or any bad feeling existed to-
wards Mr. Evans. Had not that gentleman been
treated with every mark of respect and homage ?
(Oh, oh, and leughter.) Yes, his conduct had been
quoted with respect by every Member who opposed his
liberation. Every indulgence, short of liberation, ought
to be granted to him —Hear, and a laugh.) The
Hould stultify itself if it altered its course, and that
the confinement was rendered imperative. What was the length of those intervals ?„-- I cannot
Sir A. DALRYMPLE did not think that the dig- say.
nity of the House would be lowered by attending Was he more frequently ill or well ?—I should -say
to representations made by gentlemen of high proles_ more frequently well.