The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-01 00:00:00

IntrlY 21Ittion

SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock.

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
(THIS DAY.)
HORSHAM.

Mr. Crowder, in thecour;eTof his reply yesterday
suede some observations reflecting upon the character of
the sitting Member, Mr. Fitzgerald. It would seem that
the Learned Gentleman insinuated that Mr. Fitzgerald
had tampered with his own servants to give
false evidence before the Committee, and after
the rising of the Committee a personal alterca-
tion took place between the Honourable Member
and the Learned Gentleman, who represented the peti-
tioner, Lord Edward Howard.ll4The Hon.,Gentleman, it
appears, warmly protested against the personality of the
remarks the Learned Gentleman had indulged in at his
expense, denying that they were founded on truth, and
giving his decided opinion that such observations re-
flected great discredit upon the bar.
At the sitting of the Committee this morning,
Mr. CROWDII tendered an apology to the Hon. Gen-
tleman, disclaiming all idea of having meditated a per-
sonal attack upon the Hon. Gentleman, or intending,
in the remotest degree, to impute improper motives to
him.

Mr. Fitzgerald; readily ::accepted: the apology, which
he considered most ample, and he begged leave to re-
tract any inadvertent observation that might have escaped
him yesterday in a moment of excitement.
Mr. CROWDER then closed his reply on behalf of the
petitioners, after which the room was cleared, and the
Committee having deliberated for about two hours,
strangers were re-admitted, when
The CIIAIRMAN announced that the Committee had
unanitaously come to the two following resolutions:--
"That William Robert Seymour Fitzgerald, Esq.,
was not duly elected at the last election to serve in the
present Parliament as a burgess for the borough of Hor-
sham.

" That the said William Robert Seymour Fitzgerald,
Esq., being a candidate at the election for the said bo-
rough, held on the 9th of July, 1847, was by himself
and his agents, guilty of treating, and the said William
Robert Symour Fitzgerald, Esq., was in consequence
thereof at the last election, held on the 29th of June,
1848, incapable of being elected or sitting iu Parliament
or the said borough."
The COMMITTEE wished to know what course the pe-
titioner proposed to pursue now ?
Mr. CRowDER said, the petitioner claimed the seat
or Lord Edward Howard, on the ground that previous;
to the last election notice was given to the electors or
Mr. Fitzgerald's difAualitintion, and having proved that
fact, he hoped the Committee would declare his Lordship
to hare been duly elected.
Such evidence having accordingly been put in,:
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

F The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woo
sack at Five o'clock.

Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the
parish of Lambeth, complaining of the Grand Jury
system._

CITY OF LONDON SEWERS BILL.

The Earl of RADNOI: presented a petitiuu from an
individual, praying to be heard by Counsel against the
City of London Sewers Bill, and that the Bill might be
referred to a Select Committee.

Lord CAMPBELL apprehended that the prayer of
the petition could not be complied with without violating
their Lordships' standing orders.
Lord BEAUMONT said a motion was on the paper
for suspending the standing orders in favour of the Bill,
and he could not see why the same indulgence should
not be conceded to its opponents. The hurried manner
in which their Lordships disposed of Bills towards the eud
of the session almost rendered the rights of property
unsafe, and he really did hope that the first business
their Lordships entered upon next session would be the
censideratioa of some remedy for this evil.
The subject then dropped.
CITY OF LONDON SEWERS BILL.
This Bill was read a second time time.
COPPER DUTIES.
Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from the
County of Cornwall, signed by 21,545 persons inter-
ested in the mining trade of that part of the country,
against the Bill for the duties on copper and copper ore.
The Earl of FALMOUTH presented a similar
petition.

MILBANK PRISON BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
BATTERSEA PARK BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
(LEFT SITIENG.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Two o'clock.
Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition from Dublin
against the national system of education in Ireland.
Mr. ANSTEY presented a petition from Mr. William
Cobheft, describing himself as a state prisoner in the
Queen's Bench, praying that the House might make an
order for his discharge and for the production of the
correspondence relating to his incarceration.
TIDAL HARBOURS AND RIVERS.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice that early
next session he should move for a Select Committee to
inquire into the River Dee, and other tidal harbours and
rivers in the United kingdom.
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

Mr. lIIJME gave notice that he :would, early next
session, move that the House did uot, as at present con-
stituted, fairly represent the population, the property,
or the industry of the country, and that it was, there-
fore, expedient, with the view to amend the national re-

presentation, that the elactive franchise should be ex-
tended, that the votes of electors should be taken by
ballot, and that the duration of Parliament should be
shortened to three years.
UNFUNDED DEBT.

Mr. WODEIIOUSE put a question to the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, relating to a memorandum which was
ordered to be printed on the 4th day of March, 1836,
entitled, " Memorandum respecting the proceedings of
Government as to the Unfunded Debt from the year
1ii15," in explanation of the views and objects of the
Government at the conclusion of the peace, 1814.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
memorandum in question had bean printed in 1836, and
reprinted again on the Honourable Member's motion in
1842, and ho did not think it necessary that it should
be again circulated among Members. As to the other
memorandum to which he referred, he begged to
say that it did not exist, and therefore could not be
produced.
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