The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-29 00:00:00

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SUN OF F I CIE, Seven n'

AYLESBURY ELECTION.
(THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.)

SThTE OF THE POLL.
NINE O'CLOCK.

Dick ...
Houghton ...

TEN O'CLOCK.

Dick ... ~. ... •••
Hough ton ... ... •• •
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

Dick ...

Hough ton ... •• • •• •
TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Dick ...

lloughton

ONE O'CLOCK.

Dick ... ... ...
Houghton ... ...
TWO O'CLOCK.

... 357

Dick ... 558
Houghton ... 330
HALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK.
Dick ... ... 582
Houghton ... ... • • 332

Majority for Dick ...

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SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY
AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.)
The sale of Railway Shares to-day, by Messrs. La-
mond and Co., was well attended; but, on account of the
great fluctuation in the market, there was no great
inclination to buy. The follocing are a few of the
principal quotations:—
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate £6 10 0
London and South-Western, Thirds
Eastern Counties
Great Northern
Shrewsbury and Birmingham ( A)......... 2 10 0
Northern Counties Union 0 2 0
Paris and Lyons 1 9 0
London and Madman ... 4 17 0
North Staffordshire

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
(TIIISDAY.)

BODMIN.

The Select Committee appointed to try the merits of
the petitien against the return of Messrs. Lacey- and
Wyld for Bodmin, tnet fur the first time this morning;
Mr. Hamilton in the chair.

Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. Merewether appeared
for the petitoners; Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and Mr.
Rowe for Mr. Henry Charles Lacey; and Mr. Edwin
James and Mr. Wordsworth for Mr. James Wyld.
The usual preliminaries having been gone through,
Mr. WORDSWORTH directed the attention of the
Committee to the circumstance of the recognisances
bell 6, defeated, and applied for an adjournment till
sueh time as the House should have decided on Mr.
Wortley's Bill for removing the objections.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAILE resisted the application,
contending that the Committee had not the power to
entertain it, and observing that the petition having been
referred to the committee it could make no difference to
them, in their decision upon the merits, whether the
Election Recognisances Bill passed or not.
After the room had been cleared, and the Committee
bad consulted for a few minutes, the parties wore re-
admitted, when
The CHAIRMAN said the Committee had come to the
resolution that they saw no necessity for their applying
to the House for leave to adjourn ; and they had, there-
fore, to call upon the Counsel for the sitting Members to
proceed with their arguments as to the validity of the
recognisances, and the power in jurisdiction of the Com-
mittee to dispose of the point.
Mr. WORDSWORTH, on the part of Mr. Wyld, then
entered into a long and elaborate argument, with the
view of showing that the Committee had the power of
deciding whether the recognizances were good or bad.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM, on behalf of Mr Lacey,
Followed in the same line of argument, contending that
the 7th and Bth of Victoria, the last Act passed upon
this subject, did not deprive, but reserved to the Coin
mittee the jurisdiction of determining these preliminary
points.
Mr. Sergeant KINCLAKE replied for the petitionary,
insisting that the decision of the Examiner of Recog-
nizanees appointed by the House was final, and in the
face of that officer's certificate on the back of the recog-
nizances the Committee had no power whatever to re-
open the question. It was the House that delegated its
authority to the Examiner, and it was the Ilouse alone
that could recal it, or alter or revise the deci,ion which
the Examiner had arrived at in his official capacity, and
it must therefore be taken for granted that this was not
the tribunal to duei,le upon the validity or inval:dity of
the recognizances c titcred into in the case of the present
petitioner.
The arguments had not closed when the Committee
adjourned.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.
STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE RAILWAY
(EXTENSION, ALTERATION AND

i3RANCIIES )
The order of the day for the second reading of
this Bill was read for the purpose of being dis-
charged.
Mr. G. BERKELEY presented a petition from the
solicitors of Gloucester for the repeal of the annual
duty upon their certificates ; also a petition from the
inhabitants of the western division of Gloucester,
prving for an inquiry into the late interferences of
the Lord-Lieutenant with the late elections. The
Hon. Gentleman gave notice of his intention to move
that the latter petition be rinted.
Mr. A. STAFFORD presented petitions from
Northampton praying for a repeal of the duty upon
solicitors and attorneys' annual certificates.
Sir W. JONES presented a petition in favour of
the exemption of charita)le suits from the payment
of legacy duties.
Mr. F. EGERTON presented a petition from
Cheshire against some of the clauses of the Public
Health Bill ; also a petition in favour of the repeal of
solicitors' certificate duty.

Mr. SPOONER presented a petition against the
Diplomatic Relatiom with Rome Bill ; also a petition
pra:iing for the exemption of the payment of legacy
duties upon bequests left for charitable purposes.
The Earl of MARCH presented a petition from a
number of distillers of Banff, praying that British
spirits might be bonded in ti:e same manner as foreign
sprits.
Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from a Mr.
Packman, praying for an alteration in the County
Courts Act; also a petition from Cockermouth in
favour of the emancipation of the Jews ; also a peti-
tion from Staples Inn against olici:ors' annual certi-
ficate duty.
MEMBERS' REFRESHMENT ROOMS.
Mr. A. STAFFOIW gave notice that he would
to-morrow move for a Select Committee to inquire
into the convenience afforded by the kitchen and
eating rooms of the House, and what improvement
could be made in the present system of providing
refreshment for lion. Members. •
KINSALE ELECTION.

Mr. GOULBURN moved for a Select Committee
to inquire whether the oaths required to be taken at
the table by Members of this house had been duly
taken by Benjamin Hawes, Esq., and to report their
opinion thereupon to the house. The Hon. Member
said that he had not brought forward this motion
• with any personal feeling. Ile considered that the
course which had been taken by the lion. Gentleman
(Mr. Hawes) and the officers of the House, had raised
a very grave question with respect to the right of any
lion. Member to sit and vote in the House, .end he
thought that it was extremely desirable that a Com-
mittee of this House should be appointed to inquire
into all the transactions of the arse, and to lay down
some rule upon the subject. According to law every
,
lion. Member was bound to take the oaths at the
table upon his return being certified by the
proper
officer, or subjected to heavy
penalties. The statutes imposed'-penalties upon
those who did not duly take the' oaths,
the House would remember that in several cases newwrits had been moved for in consequence of Hon.
Members
rnot having taken the oaths in a regular
manner. Ilere were, however, distinctions in this
case, and he thought that the better course would be
to adopt the course referred to in his-motion. The facts
of the case were these :—The Hon. Member was a
candidate for the burgh of Kinsale; he believed that
that election terminated on the 11th, and on the 15th
the Hon Member presented himself to be sworn at the
table ; the return was not, however, interfered with
until the 18:h by the proper re'urning officer. It
might be contended that as the lion. Ceittleinen had
the majority of the votes, that he was, therefore a
Member within the meaning ot. the statute, end that,
therefore, he hail taken the oath within the period
that he was acknowledged a Member of the house.
Now. what were the means, and the only means, the
House had of knowing it the Hen. Member was duly
a Member of the House ? Why, by the return to
the Crown-office, and until that return was sent to
the Crown- office he contended the lion. Gentleman
was not a Member within the meaning of the statute.
Added to this, the Clerk at the table had no authority
to recognise any gentlemen as a Member of the
House or administer the oaths to him unless he pro-
duced evidence of his return. Now, when the
lion. Member fur Kinsale presented himself at
the table to be sworn, where, he would ask, was