The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-14 00:00:00

INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS.

Mr. WOOD presented a petition from Stamford, corn-
planting of the exercise of undue influence by the
Marquis of Exeter in the recent election for a Member
to serve in Parliament for the borough of Stamford.
The petitioners prayed the House either to adopt some
measure to repress this system of interference, or to
relieve them from the burden of the elective fran-
chise. The Honourable and Learned Member gave
notice, that ho would to-morrow move that the petition
should be printed with the votes, in order that he might
found a motion thereon.
ULSTER TENANT RIGHT.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from Down,
from Ballynaerna, and other places, against the Landlord
and Tenant Bill introduced by the Government, and
prayed the House to pass the tenant right, similar in
its provisions, to the prevailing system in the province
of Ulster.
THE CASE OF JOHN SHELLEY.
Mr. F. O'CONNOR presented a petition from Mr.
Shelley, setting forth that ho had served for a number
of years in the 68th Regiment of Foot, and had been
engaged in eleven different actions; that he had made
unsuccessful applications to the Commander-in-Chief for
some gratuity or reward for his services, and he prayed
the House to take his case into its consideration.
BANK ACT.
Captain FORDYCE presented a petition from Aber-
deen, praying the House to repeal the injurious restric-
tions of the Bank Act of 1845.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented several petitions
praying for the abolition of capital punishment.
Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from the
Health of Towns Association, in favour of the Health of
Towns Bill before the House.
Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from Cocker-
mouth, praying for the abolition of punishment of death.
Sir W. CLAY presented petitions in favour of the
Jewish Disabilities Bill.
Mr. LUSIIINGTON presented a petition from the
inhabitants of Westminster, praying for the abolition of
the punishment of death.
Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from the
inhabitants of St. Ann's, Soho, against intramural
burials.
HARWICH ELECTION.
Mr. S. WORTLEY brought up the report of the Har-
wich Election Committee, declaring Mr. Attwood to
have been unduly elected.
DUNDALK ELECTION.
The Members of this Committee were called to the
table and sworn. The followit g is the list:—Colonel
Peel, Sir J. East, Mr. E. Denison, Lord W. Pane, and
111 r. J. Duncan. _

INCOME-TAX.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from a builder, the
proprietor of several houses in Paddington, complaining
that the income-tax was levied upon him in consequence
of these houses, in cases where the tenants had mate
rially injured his property, and left without paying up
their rent.
Sir G. GREY presented a petition from several
occupiers of land in Northumberland, complaining of the
operation of the income-tax, and praying that it might
be levied upon actual profits alone.
PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
Sir B. HALL presented a petition from Marylebone,
praying for the abolition of the punishment of death.
LOWTHERSTOWN UNION.
Captain ARCHDALL inquired of the Right Hon.
Baronet the Secretary for Ireland why the correspon-
dence relating to a complaint which he had to make
against the guardians of the above union had not been
produced ?
Sir W. SOMERVILLE replied that he had been led
to believe that the Gallant Member intended to bring
on his motion irrespective of the production of the cor-
respondence. Besides, he thought enough of the corre-
spondence was before the House to enable it to come to
a decision on the matter. When the Gallant Member
brought on his motion he should be ready to enter into
its discussion.
Captain ARCHDALL then postponed the following
motion for a week, in order that the correspondence re-
ferred to, and for which he had moved, might be
produced—namely, to bring under the consideration of
the House the allegations contained in the two petitions
of the undersigned persons, late the poor-law guardians
of the Luwtheratown Union, in the counties of Ferma-
nagh and Tyrone, and the undersigned ratepayers of the
Clonelly District of the Lowtherstown Union in Ire-
land (presented February 28).

THE RECENT RIOTS IN THE METROPOLIS.
Sir W. CLAY said, seeing the Attorney-General in
his place, he wished to put a question to him which was
of considerable importance not only to his constituents,
hut to the inhabitants of other portions of the metro-
polis—ho alluded to" the damage done to property by
the recent riots. Window-breaking was carried to a
great extent ; and as the glass broken was
g‘tnerally that in shop windows, the damage
?erpetrated amounted to a considerable sum. He
wished to ask—first, whether the persons whose pro-
perty had been thus destroyed possessed any claim fur
compensation upon the county or elsewhere, and if so,
what was the proper legal course to adopt to recover the
amount?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that before the
Act of the 7th and Bth of George IV., remedies were
given in cases of the injury to property by riot
or otherwise; but by the provisions of that Act,
no remedy was now given except in the case
where the house was feloniously demolished,
pulled down or destroyed. The oases that had been
referred to did not constitute the actual demolishing
of the premises, and ho was therefore satisfied that the
parties had no remedy either against the county or the
hundred. The party themselves, however, were crimi.
nally responsible, and subject to severe punishment.