The Sun.
London, England, 1833-08-09 00:00:00

timity of giving notice, that early in the next session of
Parliament be would move for a Committee to inquire
who had paid these men ss. a-day, or 1/. a-man, for
thus assaulting and maltreating the electors of Coventry.
The confusion in the House having become so incessant
that the Hon. Member could scarcely (we suppose) hear
himself speak, and was totally inaudible in the gallery, he
appealed to the House whether it was fitting to treat a
question of this importance with so much impatience and
neglect. For himself, he disclaimed all party feelings
'lrmo this occasion, and he hoped that he was addressing
a Houseof Commons equally free from them. He then pro-
ceeded to complain that Rohert Randall, who had acted as
the leader of these bullies at the election, had since the
el-ction been appointed to a corporate office under the
corporation, aurl that one of his accomplices, Hamilton,
known in Coventry by the vulgar name of " the Chicken
Butcher"—(A laugh )--had been subsequently appointed
to a place in the Customs. [Here the Hon. Member's
speech was rendered unintelligible to the reporters in the
gallery by the continued firing of the petards on the south
side of the river, announcing that the boat race, of which
the starting was announced at the commencement of the
Hen. Memher's speech, was approaching to its termina-
tion the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir J. Graham,
followed by Lord Althorp, Mr. Stanley, the rest of the
Cabinet Ministers, and 40 or 50 other Members, imme-
diately rose from their places, went in a body into the
Speaker's garden, and left the Honourable Member
to address himself to almost empty benches.) It was
hia intention to follow up his present motion by
moving for information as to the person or persons
who appointed Randall to the corporation office.
and Hamilton to the place in the Customs. He
next adverted to that clause in the Reform Bill which
gives the returning officers power to postpone the election
de die in diem in case of riot at the poll ; and then com-
plained that though all this rioting, fighting, and beating
of certain electors took place in the polling-booths, and in
eight of the sheriffs, they had not postponed the election
and adjourned the polling till all was quiet. After a
speech of more than an hour's duration, of which the con-
fusion in the House prevented us from giving more than
an outline, the Hon. Member concluded by moving that
The sheriffs of Coventry, Mr. S. Crabbe and Mr. J.
White, do attend at the bar of that House on Tuesday
next, to be dealt with as the House shall think fit, after
hearing what they may have to allege in their own defence.
He should also move that Messrs. Fyler and Thomas do
also attend at the bar—(A laugh)—and give that evidence
which they could not give before the Committee as to the
riotous proceedings at the election. He should also move
!+;r the warrant appointing Robert Randall--
The SPEAKER here informed the Hon. Member that
he could only make one of his motions at once. With
respect to his first motion, the latter part of it was unne-

f,...ary, for if the sheriffs once appeared at their bar, the
House would, of course, deal with them as it thought
fitting.

HALCOMB then altered the terms of his first
motion, and confined it to the mere calling upon the
t,heriffs to appear at the bar of the House on Monday next.
The gallery was then partly cleared for a division, when
Mr. HALCOMB expressed (as we understood) his
willingness to withdraw the motion for the present session,
intending to bring it forward early in the next.
Mr. ELLICE objected to having the question with-
drawn, or to have it deterred to the next session. The
inquiry by the Committee hai been productive of much
good, and since then there had been one peaceable election
in that town, the only peaceable one that he bad ever
kh, awn there. The present motion was, therefore, none-
ce„cry, and certainly there could be still less necessity for
brings rig it forward next session.
Aftel • a few words in exptanation from Mr. lIALCOMB,
which diti not reach the eallery,
sh. 0, I)IOSLEY said that, as Chairman of the Com-
mittee whici; had sat on this subject, he could bear testi.
monv to the good which had resulted from its labours. He
was passing through Coventry during the late election,
and from the ...agents of both candidates he had learned that
the best effects bad resulted fiona the inquiry which had
been gone into. He thought that, under these eircum-
ritarees, such a motion as the present was wholly unne-
cessary.
At. Hoer. MEMBER, who stated that he was also on
the Committee of Inquiry, concurred with the Hon.
Member who preceded him as to the motion being unne-
cessary.
Mr. H. L. BULWER thought there was no ground
for the motion. The parties who complained had been
she ag.gressors, and bad been very properly treated as they
deserved.

The question was then put, and the motion negatived
without a division.
HALCOMB next moved for a copy of the ap-
pointment of Robert Randall, under the sheriffs or corpora-
tion of Coventry.
Mr. BRISCOE seconded the motion, and contended
that his Hon. Friend had not been well treated in not
having greater attention from the House.
Lord SANDON supported the motion (as we under-
. tood).
Mr. HALCONIB said that it was his intention to bring
forward this subject early in the next session ; and it was
with that view that he now moved for the copy of Randall's
appn;ntment.
The gallery was again cleared, and the House divided,
when there appeared:—

For the motion
Against it