The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-30 00:00:00

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- NOTTINGHAM ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,--Corruption in Nottingham, I am of opinion, has been
carried out to the fullest extent. The poor considered their
own interest to be of paramount importance-5/., 101 151.,
201., and even 25/. for a vote. The returned M. P. very kindly met
their wishes, and bled freely. Formerly 800 used to be bought—
at this election 'twas said 1,500 ; and there is a strong suspicion
that Chartists and leaders were bought altogether. 'Tis said
15,0001. to 20,0001. will pay for both candidates. Purity of
elections ! Surely we merit schedule A.
To-day Air. Walter, 31. P., was chaired, but poor Chart-
ists ! as their green flag, with its motto, passed Tory houses
with ladies at the windows covered with blue, it passed in
silence ! To-day's contempt proves the sincerity of yesterday's
friendship.
This evening the Tory gentlemen of the town and country
dine together, but I hear of n, Chartist leaders invited-3lr.
Sweet to be in the Chair,
and I,:r. Whitehead Vice. How-
ever, they may have been comforte _another way. I hope and
trust that further agreeable favours may future be conferred.
Nottingham, April 28, 1841. Y CIVIS.

GRAVESEND.—A very gay and animated scene
presented itself here on Wednesday, occasioned by ti.e de-
parture under a grand salute, and with colours and signals
flying, of two fine vessels, the Whitby and Will Watch,
A body of civil engineers and surveyors, together with a
complement of labourers are on board, and destined for
New Zealand. This expedition is under the command of
Captain Wakefield, R. N., and is intended as a preliminary
measute for selecting and preparing the seat of a new set-
tlement in that enchanting country, resembling the expe-
dition commenced by Colonel Wakefield, which sailed
from this in May, 1839, and which resulted in the esta-
blishment of Port Nicholson; the first colony of the New
Zealand Company. The civil engineers and surveyors
are eighteen in number, and duplicates of their machinery
and instruments necessary for the furtherance of the object
in view are carried out in each ship, so that no time may
be lost, on the arrival of either vessel, in setting earnestly
to work to prepare the way for those who are to follow.
Captain Liardet, of the Royal Navy, is also a passenger,
having been appointed the Company's principal agent at
their settlement of New Plymouth. This distinguished
officer was Commander on board the Powerful, under
Commodore Napier, in the Mediterranean, and obtained
his rank as Post Captain for his recent services at Acre.
There are several volunteers in the expedition, intended to
be settlers at the new colony to be called Nelson, the first
settlement having been named Wellington. Among these
volunteers are two members of a distinguished Scottish
family, the sons of Mr. Tytler, of Woodhouse Lee, and
nephews of the historian. The vessels, which were scru-
pulously inspected by Mr. Soames, the Governor of the
New Zealand Company, accompanied by Mr. Aglionby,
M. P., Mr. Rosa Mangles, and other Directors, appeared
to be very roomy and commodious, and order and regularity
exhibited itself wherever the eye could penetrate. The
labourers, who are remarkable for their size and strength,
were all clothed in a warm and uniform suit of blue, with
beaver hats ; and exhibited correctness of demeanour and
the most cheerful dispositions ; indeed, it was evident
that everything had been done for them that forethought
and kindness could dictate. They are all under 30
years of age and are married, and before leaving were
mustered on deck, and Mr Soames, in a very appropriate
and feeling speech, gave the fullest assurance that their
wives and families should be sent out to join them by the
May expedition, and that they should be well taken care
of in the meantime. The principal officers of the expe-
dition and their friends, who bad come to take leave of
them, dined at Wate's Hate', and embarked at six o'clock,
under a salute from the ships, which at once dropped down
the river, and proceeded on their voyage.
LIFE AND LITERARY RENIAINS OF L. E. L.
—The mysterious death of the accomplished and ill-fated
L. E. L., we arc glad to learn, has undergone a most
searching inquiry, the result of which her literary executor,
Leman lllanchatd, Esq., is about to lay before the public
in his forthcoming " Life arid Literary Remains of
L. E. L.;" and it is rumoured that the revelations there
to be met with are such as must once more excite general
attention to those strange circumstances attending leer de-
cease, which, when imperfect intelligence of them reached
this country, created such painful anxiety in the minds of
her numerous friends and admirers. It is scarcely possible
to imagine anything likely to create so deep a sensation as
the terrible fate which overtook this amiable and gifted
creature, and whiht Mr. Blanchard's Memoir will fami-
liarize the reader with her "sad, eventful history," the
various productions from her pen appended to it, now pub-
lished for the first time, among which is a tragedy, said to
be of singular interest, will, we have no doubt, still further
increase the public admiration of her genius, and the gene.
ral regret that her splendid career should have been so
abruptly and cruelly terminated‘

Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM resumed his argument for the
petition. The Learned Counsel said his argument on
the previous day had been, that pensioners under the
Crown during pleasure, were disqualified for sitting in
Parliament, and that the pension in this case was of that
nature. He apprehended that it was intended to draw
some distinction between this pension, which was paid out
of the Stamp-office, and the case of a pension which was
paid out of the Civil List. Ho contended, however, that
wherever the Minister, in the name of the Crown,
had power to exercise control over the independence of a
Member of Parliament, under the statute of Anne he was
disqualified.
Mr. AUSTIN said he admitted without hesitation
that it was a pension under the Crown, granted
under the statute. If his Learned Friend could show
that it was also a pension during pleasure, he should at
once admit that Mr. Armstrong could not retain his seat.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIABI said, that being admitted, be
would next proceed to show that the office was held during
pleasure. The Learned Counsel then referred to the case
cited yesterday in the matter of Hand, for the purpose of
showing that the Treasury had power to grant a
pension for life, and that this office was held dur-
ing the pleasure of the Crown. The only other point,
supposing this to be established, was whether sufficient
notice was given of the objection at the time of the election.
Mr. AUSTIN contended that the two questions were
perfectly distir.ct. It should be established that the office
was of a disqualifying nature before they proceeded to the
sufficiency of notice.
A letter was put in by Mr. Austin, and was ideas
t:led by Mr. Cuff, Sub- Sheriff of the county, as the hand-
writing of Mr. Armstrong.
Evidence was taken as to the making up of the
poll-books, but no point turned upon it.
Mr. Pressley was then called, and examined by Mr.
Sergeant WRANGHAM. —Witness said he was secretary to
the Board of Stamps. The Boa-ds of England and Ireland
were consolidated in 1831, and certain reductions were
made in consequence. The office of Receiver-Gene-
ral was among the number. On the 31st of July 1831,
a report was made to the Treasury, recommending an
alteration and reduction of the establishment. On the
Treasury approving of the reduction a report was made of
the officers who would be discontinued, amongst whom was
Mr. Armstrong. In February 1832 they applied for the
ages of these officers with a view to compensation, and Mr.
Armstrong, not having served ten years, they granted him
a gratuity of one year's salary, amounting to 461/. I Is. On
the 17th of June, when the reduction Lad been completed,
Mr. Armstrong memorialised the Treasury, and it being re-
ferred to the Board of S.amps they reported to the Treasury
that he had then completed his ten year's service. In Septem-
ber, 1832, Mr. Armstrong was placed on the redundant
list, and a gratuity of 1231. a year was awarded to him.
A letter was then put in evidence, of the 25th of Sep-
tember, 1532, placing Mr. Armstrong on the redundant list ]
Mr. Armstrong was liable to be called into active service. In
the event of his refusing to serve his pension would cease.
This salary would cease if he were appointed to any new
office. lip to the close of the month of February he had
received no instructions to discontinue the pension. Mr.
Armstrong's receipts were transmitted to the Audit-office ;
his name would necessarily remain upon the list until
,
oruers were received to discontinue payment.
Mr. Tyrrell, Receiver-General of Ireland, then pro•
duced the warrant from the Stamp-office to pay
the salary. He, as cashier, had paid Mr. Arm-
strong's salary by quarterly payments. The last
payment he made was on the sth January in this year.
[Tee receipt was put in evidence.] He had not paid the
salary on the sth of April. He received no countermand
up to the month of March. He should not cease to pay
it without an order to that effect.
Mr. TALBOT then addressed the Committee on behalf
of the petitioners.
Mr. AUSTIN rose to address the Committee on behalf
of the sitting Member. The Learned Counsel commencdby
citing extracts from Roe's Treatise upon election law,
and from Mr. Stevens's work on the same subject, for the
purpose, as he said, of showing the Committee what was
the principle to be applied to cases of alleged disquali-
fication. After referring to the circumstances of disqua-
lifica,ion, it was stated that the whole doctrine of disquali-
fication being restrictive of the elective franchise, the rules
which went to disqualify the persons elected were always
of strict construction, the presumption of law being strongly
against disqualification. That was the principle which
had invariably been acted upon. In this case there were
no merits whatever. If Mr. Armstrong was to be unseated
he was to be unseated upon a mere technical point of law.
His friend, therefore, was entitled to no indulgence what-
ever at the hands of the Committee; he was bound to
prove a disqualification within the clear letter of the statute.
It had been concluded by the counsel for the petitioners
that Mr. Armstrong was disqualified from sitting
as a Member of Parliament, by the circumstance
of his being a pensioner at the pleasure of the Crown, as
well as upon the ground that he was still an officer of the
Stamp-office. He would first state, in reference to this
argument, that whatever pension Mr. Armstrong had held
before the election, that pension had been resigned. }fly-
ing two strong points, he would not have failed in his duty
to his client bad he not availed himself of both. He
trusted, however, that he would be able to show that, upon
both points, his learned friends were wrong. First,
then, with regard to the duration. Before the year 1827,
Mr. Armstrong was Receiver-General-of the Stamp Duties
in Ireland. In 1828 passed the 7th and Bth of George
the Fourth, which enabled the Government amongst other
things to consolidate the Boards of Stamps in Dublin
and London. It had been stated that the two Boards
were consolidated in 1831. Upon the occasion of the
consolidation of those two boards, the Government acting
under the powers of the 7th and Bth of George the Fourth,
abolished the office of Receiver-General of Stamps in Ire-
land. That was the first material fact. The office was
abolished and had never been revived. This pension,therefore,
was granted upon the abolition of an office, and not as a
superannuation allowance. The Learned Counsel then
referred at considerable length to the 3d of Geo. IV.,
section 15, in support of this view. He contended that
this pension was a pension during good behaviour, and as
such a pension for life. With regard to the point that
Mr. Armstrong was still in office, he would only remind
the Court of what he had before stated, that the office of
Receiver-General, which he formerly held, was abolished.
That in his opinion completely set that point at rest.
He would now come to the second part of his argument,
and for this purpose he must suppose an entirely new state
of things; namely, that Mr. Armstrong was, in fact, a pen-
sioner at the pleasure of the Crown. It was notorious
before the election that Mr. Barnard had no chance of
being returned, and all were astonished that he should
persist in going to the poll. A day or two, however,
before the nomination, Mr. Armstrong was told that the
secret of this strange conduct was that he (Mr. Arm-
strong) was a pensioner under the Crown, and his return
would be opposed. The nomination took place on the 19th,
and on the 20th Mr. Armstrong, in order to secure him-
self against this species of objection, resigned his pension.
The Learned Counsel then read the resignation and the
subsequent proceedings, by which the warrant for the pay-
ment of the pension was revoked.
The Committee adjourned at Four o'clock.

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COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of bu-
siness.
THE PR',JECTION OP TIIE SUN FIRE OFFICE.
Mr. DIXON requested to be informed by the Chairman
of the Commissioners of Sewers, whether any measures
had been taken by the Commissioners with respect to
the extraordinary projection of the nc's building of the
Sun Fire-office, in opposition to the regulation for the
approaches to the Royal Exchange?
Alderman Giuns replied that the Commissioners had
put the power vested in them into exercise ; that a ne-
gotiation was going on upon the subject of complaint,
and that the works at the Fire-office were suspended.
The intimation appeared to give much satisfaction to
the Court.
Mr. WELLS gave notice of a motion to refer it to the
Irish Society to examine and report who is at the present
time the solicitor to that Society.

THE OFFICE OF CITY COMPTROLLER,
The LORD MAYOR read a letter from the City Comp-
troller, one of the most profitable offices under the Cor.
poration, representing that he was labouring under inflam-
mation of the spine, produced by over-exertion in his
business, and that total relaxation from business for
some time was ordered by his medical attendant.
The letter stated that the writer had been a servant of th©
Corporation for the term of thirty-four rears; that be
most rigidly attended to the duties of the situation
which be bad filled, and that he was ready to adopt any
course which might appear to the Court to be most suitable
to the interests of the Corporation.
Mr. R. L. JONES, on moving that the letter should be
referred to the Committee of Clerks and Officers, spoke
highly of the attention paid by the Comptroller to the
business of his office.
Mr. JONES (of Bishopsgate) seconded the motion, and
said that the office of Comptroller required very great re-
vision.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.")
THE POOR-LAW IN THE CITY OF LONDON.
Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR presented a petition from certain
freemen, householders in the City of London, Guardians of
the West London Union. The following are the principal
parts of it
That your petitioners being a Ivised that by the
provisions of the Poor-law and under the regulations of
the police, guardians and officers of the Poor-law unions
are required in cases of sudden and urgent necessity to
give immediate ' temporary lodging,' and such relief as
each case shall require, but not in money, have thought it
their duty, in compliance with the law, to provide a r. cep.
tacle in the house of the said union for all destitute per-
sons applying- or found by the officers of police within
their district—that the adjoining, or City of London union,
having no such receptacle at hand, bus administering relief
partly in money, the consequence is a vastly dispropor-
tionate resort of persons suffering or pretending destitu-
ti,in to the West London union, of which your petitioners
are the guardians. That the great influx of casual pau-
pers of this description thus resorting and brought by the
officers of the police throughout the night is pernicious
and grievous, as being subversive of the discipline of the
union Louse, which ought rather to be a quiet and orderly
asylum for the deserving and unfortunate of the district,
than a receptacle for disorderly and habitual vagrants, and
further as entailing an undue burthen upon tEat portion
of the City for which your petitioners are concerned. Your
petitioneri bavo moreover most especially to recommend tbit

THE WEATHER.—NooN, APRIL 29.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Barometer
Thermometer 66.5 I Highest 76 f Lowest 49
Wind S. E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARI-
NERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—The anniversary meeting
of this society was held on Wednesday at the London
Tavern, Bishopagate-street, Admiral Sir George Cock-
burn in the chair. There were many gallant ofbcers pre-
sent. A preliminary address having been delivered by the
chairman, Edward West. Esq., the secretary, read the
rep. ort It stated that the number of subscribers had
greatly increased, the fishermen enrolled as contributors
amounting to 1,972. During the past year 126 widows,
.IC6 children, and 487 aged parents of fishermen and ma-
riners, had obtained relief, which, with the number of men
assisted after shipwreck, made a total of 1,861 persons
participating in the benefits of the institution. The num-
b'r of auxiliary societies, at present, amounted to 406.
From the balance-sheet it appeared that the subscrip-
tions and donations amounted to 1,8931. Is. sd. ; the re-
mittances from the bunch associations to 2,0021. 17s. 3d.,
which, with the a dijon of the interest on stock, and
other items, m ide tl e receipts 4,9581. Bs. 10d. The dis-
bursements left a Ware° in favour of the society of
4531. 4s. 3d. Reso uticns were moved by Sir George
Westphal!, Major 01 phant, Captain Sweeney, Captain
Redmaync, and Sir James Adolphus, after which the offi-
c2rs for the year mere appointed, and thanks voted to the
chairman. The meeting then broke up.
JEREMY WHITE'S COURTSHIP. —Jeremy
White, one of Oliver Cromwell's domestic chaplains, paid
his addressee to Lady Frances, the Protector's youngest
daughter. Oliver was told it k a spy, who followed the
matter so closely that be hunted Jerry to the lady's cham-
ber, and ran immediately to the Protector with the rows.
Oliver, in a rage, hastened thither himself, and, going in
hastily, found Jerry on his knees kis,ing the lady's hand.
In a fury he asked what was the meaning of that
posture before his daughter ? White said, " May it
please your Highness, I have a long time courted
that young gentlewoman there, my lady's woman,
and cannot prevail ; I was therefore humbly praying her
ladyship to intercede for me." The Protector, turning to
the young woman, said, " What is the meaning of this.
busscy? Why do you refuse the honour Mr. White
would do you? He is my friend, and I expect you should
treat bim as such." My lady's woman, who desired
nothing better, with a low curtsey, replied, " If Mr. White
intends me that honour, I shall not be agaiast him." " Say
you so, my lass ?" cried Cromwell, " call Godwyn; this
business shall be done presently, before I go out of the
room." Mr. White had gone too far to retreat; the
parson came—and Jerry and my lady's woman were mar-
ried in the presence of the Protector.

BRUSSELS, APRIL 27.—The Moniteur Beige
has the following article :—" A letter from the Hague of
the 20th of April, says—A general subject of conversation
here is the audience given by his Majesty while he was at
Amsterdam, to the clergy of the Calvinist Church, who
came to remonstrate against the execution of the Con-
cordat. A person who nays that he heard himself the conver-
sation, says that the King, answering to one of the clergy.
men who reminded the King that, being himself a Pro-
testant, he ought not to favour the Catholics to the detri-
ment of Protestantism, expressed himself merely in the fol-
lowing terms : —Yes, Gentlemen, I am a Protestant, I
know it, and nobody is more attached than I am to the re-
ligion which my ancestors professed and defended by all
the means in their power. I, toe, am proudly resolved to
tolerate nothing which can injure the interest or dignity
of their religion, but, above all things, Gentlemen, I am
King. I recken among my subjects a considerable num-
ber rif Roman Catholics, and they have an equal claim to
my Royal solicitude; they, too, have rights guaranteed by
the fundamental law, which is my only guide. I will not
suffer them to be deprived of them, and nothing shall
hinder me from doing what I think conformable to rr y
conscience and my duties as King."—Moniteur Beige,
April 20.
MR. WARD'S NEW NOVEL, " DE CLIFFORD,
OR, THE CONSTANT Max."—Again do we hail with great
pleasure a work from Mr. Plumer Ward; full of all the
vigour of his earlier writings, rich in all the raciness of
humour, and in every passage displaying his knowledge
of human nature, and his insight into character, comes
"De Clifford"—fit follower, or, rather, fit companion,
te charact
public
will for his " Tremaine" and his "De `'ere."." In a world in
which there arc never %venting heads ready to fit on caps,
when manufactured like those of Mr. Ward in this novel—
pwrejahteadveeintoherdobuybt
different m any
prominent
f h
illprsobeeaPnPs t r°o
themselves, or they will be helped to them by their
friends. It is, however, one of Mr, Ward's great gifts
to be able,' while on the one hand he can make the mean
and despicable writhe under his satire, on tha other, to
embody in his personifications, real or imaginary, of the
great and good, all those qualities and attributes which
tend so beautifully to adorn his pages and delight his
readers. "De Clifford" is a first-rate production.—John
Bull

FATAL EFFECTS OF A QUARREL.-1111 in-
quest was held by Mr. Carttar, at the Oakley Arms, Lam-
beth, touching the death of Richard Humphreys, aged 27,
a coach spring maker, living at No. 32, Baker-sti
Lambeth. Tte deceased went to a beer-shop, called the
Rose and Crown, in Charles-street, Waterloo-road, on
Saturday night, in a half-drunken state, when he laid the
wager of a penny with a man named Joseph Hunt, that the
person then playing at skittles would not knock them down
at twice. He did so, when Hunt asked him to pay his
penny, which be refused, and used much foul language, at
the same time making a drive with his head at Hunt, who
got off his scat to push the deceased away, when they
both closed and fell together, the deceased being under-
most, when his neck same in contact with the ridge of the
boarding across the skittle ground, and he was so ihjured
that he was obliged to be carried home to his lodgings,
where he shortly afterwards lost the use of his limbs from
the neck downwards, and died about half-past four on
Monday morning. Mr. Avers, a surgeon, said the death
of the man was caused by,his neck having been broken,
the bones of which pressed theupiosnownspinalimprudence."
pden
Jury gave a verdict that:" the death of Richard Humphreys
was accidervally produced by h
On Friday, 26th ult., died sudden Santiago,
ru chord.ce: The
General Don Antonia Quiroga, the leader of the Spanish
insurrection in 1820. General Quiroga has died a poor
man, but bequcathes to his widow and daughter a good
name. He descended from a very old and distinguished
family, and was related to many of the nobility. Com-
mencing his career as a midshipman, he shortly after
entered the army, and served during the Peninsular war,
at the expiration of which he held the rank of lieutenant-
colonel. Having emigrated to England in 1823, be suc-
ceeded in acquiring the esteem of a large circle of friends,,
to whose kindness, during his long stay amongst us, Ge-
neral Quirogs, to the very last day of his existence, referred
with sentiments of heartfelt gratitude. —Liverpool Journal.
FOSSIL REMAINS FOUND NEAR WHITBY.
—A few days ago a very splendid specimen of the Plesio-
saurus Dolochodeirus was discovered in the cliffs in the
neighbourhood of Whitby. It measures in length 15 feet,
the neck is 6 feet 6 inches long, exclusive of the head,
and 8 feet 5 inches across the fore paddle. The specimen
is entire, without, we believe, a single joint wanting, and
bas been very cleverly excavated from the strata in which
it was found; it is the only perfect specimen of the kind
in this country. The council of the Whitby Literary and
Philosophical Society have been making overtures for its
purchase, but we are sorry to say without success ; exerbi.
tanco of price its stated as a reasoo...Yorkshirerawt.