The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-23 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)
HORSHAM.

The Horsham Election Committee reassembled this
morning; Lord Courtnay in the chair.
Mr. M. D. HILL said in accordance with the intima-
tion the eommittee threw out yesterday, he was prepared
to call witnesses to prove the allegations of treating.
Charles Henley, waiter of the Anchor Inn, Horsham
proved that • in May last, Mr. Jarvis, with several of his
friends, was at that house, where they were well
supplied with drink. Subsequently similar meetings
were held at the same place, and one of them he remem-
bered lasted all night. The " free and independents" of
Horsham were during these meetings entertained with
I the performances of a local brass band and liberally fur-
-1 ished with refreshments and cigars. The orders were
g iven by Captain Thomas.
The agency of Captain Thomas was admitted on
half of the sitting Member.
William Sopfr, another waiter at the Anchor, con-
tin ned Henley's testimony.
Ir. HILL said he did cot propose to call any other
with esses, whereupon the Committee ordered the room
to be cleared. After a lengthened deliberation strangers
were r, s-admitted, when
The CHAIRMAN said, I am instructed by the Com-
mittee to announce that we have come to the following
resolution :—That John Jervis, Esq., is not duly elected
a burgess, to serve in the present Parliament for the
borough of . Horsham.
That the East election for the said borough was a
void election.
That the said John Jervis, Esq., was, by his agents,
guilty of treatierg at the last election; and, lastly,
That with reference to the allegation contained in the
petition of the prevalence of extensive bribery for the
:Borough of Hursham, counsel for the petitioners be re-
quested, in act •.ordance with the preliminary :tesolution
tof the committt le to produce a list of the names of the
electors alleged.
to have been bribed, and of the parties
charged to have given the bribes.
Mr. M. D. urged that it was not quite regular
to put the petitio.ners to such expense, seeing that the
object they had in view in presenting the petition had
been obtained, and ,that they did not wish to proceed
further in the matter.
The CHAIRMAN said the Committee were anxious to
ascertain whether the petitio;:ers had been bona fide pre-
pared to suLstantiate their allegation of bribery?
Mr. M. D. HILL remarked that the production of the
list required could prove nothing, but he could assure
the Committee, as counsel for the petitioners, that they
were prepared with the necessary evidence to substan-
tiate the allegation.
The Committee then ordered the room to bo again
cleared, and after a short consultation, the parties were
called in, when
The CHAIRMAN stated that the Committee had come
to :he following t esolutiee:—
The sth and 6th Victoria, chap. 102, having been read,
resolved that the agents of the several parties be called
in, and examined with reference to any circumstances
that may have lead to the forbearance of the charge of
bribery.
The agents were accordingly called in and examined
by the Chairman ; and, from their evidence, it appeared
that a proposal had been made to Mr. Padwick, the local
agent of the petitioners, by parties whose names the
Committee did not press for, that the treating should be
admitted, and the election declared void, if the peti-
tioners would consent to abandon the other allegation of
bribery, &c. The proposition, however, suggested by
Mr. Sergeant Wrangham in the Committee, was made
unconditionally, without any reference or relation what-
ever to the previous overtures, but from a conviction on
the part of the agents of Mr. Jervis that the evidence
the petitioners had at their command was such that it
was quite impossible that he could retain his seat.
The room was then cleared for the third time, and
after a few minutes consultation, strangers were read
glitter), when
The CHAIRMAN said he bad to inform the parties
that the Committee had come to the following resolu-
tion:— _ _

That the circumstances attending the forbearance of
prosecuting the charge of bribery contained in the peti-
tion do not appear to the Committee to call for any
F pecial report.
The Committee then broke up.

TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING
Six O'CLOCK.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
5 to 1 agst Ballinafad
10 to 1 agst Joc o' Sot
15 to 1 agst Lady Wildair
15 to 1 agst Thistledown
20 to 1 agst Sagacity
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
8 to 1 agst Rat-trap
9 to 1 agst Jericho
12 to 1 agst Marquis of Conynghan
CHESTER cur.
30:to 1 agat War Eagle
30 to 1 agst The Swallow
30 to 1 agst Hetman Platoff colt
35 to 1 agst Enchanter
1000 to 15 agst Rufus
DERBY.
.79 to 1 agst Surplicej
10 to 1 agst Springy Jack
12 to 1 agst Glendower
20 to 1 agst Loadatone
20 to 1 agat Fern.
25 to 1 agst Nil Desre:andum
40 to 1 agst Whitstone

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The Loan CUANCELLOR took his seat on the
Woolsack at Five o'clock.

ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS (CHAN•

CERY) BILL.
On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR.
this Bill passed through Committee.
PETITIONS.

The Earl of BARROWBY presented several
petitions in favour of the Health of Towns Bill.
The Archbishop of YORK presented a petition
from some place in the county of Cheshire, against
Jewish emancipation.
CRIMINAL LAW.

Lord CAMPBELL laid upon the table a Bill for
the amendment of the criinival law. One of the ob-
jects of the Bill was to enable the coroner to admit
parties charged with manslaughter to bail in cases in
which he may deem it proper to do so. Many
cases had arisen in which persons committed by
the coroner had suffered a longer period of imprisonment
previous to trial than the imprisonment to which they
would have been condemned by a judge, had they
been tried and convicted immediately after the com-
mission of the offence.

The Duke of RICHMOND highly approved of
the Bill, as he considered that imprisonment previous
to trial was in many cases most demoralising to the
persons imprisoned.
LEGACY DUTY ON CHARITIES.

The Bishop of LONDON presented several peti-
tions praying for a repeal of the legacy duties on
monies left to charities.

The Bishop of OXFORD presented several peti-
tions with a similar prayer.
The Marluis of LANSDOWNE considered the
petitions were well worthy the attention of the House,
but it was impossible for him to say what his col-
leagues might say on the subject. Any measure of
the sort must originate in another House, and the
present time was exceedingly unfavourable for bring-
ing forward such a proposition. The temper of the
other House of Parliament seemed to point rather to
the extension of the legacy duty to property at pre-
sent exempt than to the exemption of property at
present liable to it.
ODD FELLOWS.

Lord BEAUMONT asked if the Government in-
tended to introduce any measure to legalise the
societies of Odd Fellows ?
The Marquis of LAN SDOWNE believed that
these societies were in general composed of persons
exceedingly respectable and well disposed, but still
there were circumstances connected with their con-
stitution which took them out of the the category
of friendly societies; and he believed that it would
be better to give them relief, by extending the
Friendly Societies' Act, rather than by the intro-
duction of any special enactment legalising
these societies, and a Bill for that purpose
had been introduced into the other House, if not by
her Majesty's Government, certainly without their
disapproval, and it would be more convenient to in-
troduce a clause into that bill legalising these socie-
ties. The Government would give their best atten-
tion to the framing of some measure for the
removal of this grievance, if it could be removed
consistently with justice to the parties themselves.
Lord BEAUMONT believed that the Bill alluded
to was Mr. Feargus O'Connor's Bill legalising his
land scheme. lie was sorry to see so respectable a
body as the Odd Fellows confounded with the
Chartists, and he thought there would be difficulties
thrown in the way of the other Bill which would
not be thrown in the way of a Bill simply
legalising the society of Odd Fellows. He was how-
ever gratified with the course the Government had
pursued, and he trusted that if the other Bill should
be rejected some measure would be introduced by
the Government legalising the society of Odd
Fellows.

The Duke of RICHMOND would have preferred
seeing those petitions referred to a Select Committee.
in order to inquire into the manner in which these
societies are constituted.
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from a
lodge of Odd Fellows, praying to have their society
legalised.
TOLL-HOUSES (SCOTLAND).
The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition
against the licensing toll-houses in Scotland for the
sale of spirituous liquors.
PENINSULAR MEDALS

The Duke of RICHMOND gave notice that he