The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-11 00:00:00

CIPPAIN KING'S PROMOTION.

Mr. BRADY asked the S,!cretary f,,r War why Capt.
King, of the Depot Battalion Dtparttnent, was promoted
to a majority, he not being the i.et.ior adju.ant or senior
cantann rf that, branch of the service, and was not such
alepointrne:nt contrary to the rules of the servica ?
(.4.1,eral PEEL, appealed to the house as to the pro•
priety of thus, questions being put in that house.
(Cheers.) The only answer be hi:, it his du'y to give to
the question of the hon. member was that he (General
Peel) was fully aware of the apuotnttnsnt, and he held
himself ful y responsible for the proulotion. (Cheers.)

chants, Broadway, Worcestershire, May 29, and June 12d
at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Mrs. Jessie Larnach, hotel-keeper, Edinburgh.'
Currie, M`Larty, and Company, starch manufacturers,
Paisley.
Peter ➢l`lntosh, manufacturer, Aberdeen.
David Braid Paton, draper, Dundee.
Thomas White Harvie, grocer, Lesmahagow, Lana,o6
•hire.

John Hay Rosa, clothier, Aberdeen.
ITPeter Cowieson, draper, Macdnff.

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LIMERICK ELECTION" COMMITTEE.-

The committee on this election has been sitting
these last few days. At its re-assembling yesterday
morning
Mr. Slado, the counsel for the sitting member,

intim tted that the gallant gentleman intended to
withdraw from the contest, as it was impossible to
dispu, e the agency of Mr. Doyle. Major Gavin,
however, hoped ttie committee would allow him to
deny, upon o his knowledge of the bribery.
Major Gavin, the sitting member, stated that
previous to the election he gave his agents strict
ord. rs t 4 do nothing that was contrary to law. He
dechir7d that he would not continue to sit if a single
shining hid been illegally expended in the contest.
He refused to canvass any one who had previously
promised to support Mr. Ball. The evidence of
Captain Browne had taken him quite by surprise,
until he heard it, lie had no idea that Captain
13, 0 wne was in any way connected with his election.

The following was the evidence of " Captain
13! o Arne :"

Mr. J. Browne, jun., examined by Mr. James,
Q.C.—I resida at O'Brien's Bridge, county Clare.
I was an officer in the 15th Foot, and afterwards
served in the Clare Militia. My father has property
in the counties of Limerick and Clare. There are 10
of his tenants freeholders of the city of Limerick. I
learned on one occasion from my wife that Mr.
Daniel Doyle had called. He left word with Mrs.
Browne fur me to be sure that I went into Lime-
rick. I wrote back that I would not go into
Litnr:ck for any attorney without knowing what
he wanted. In consequence of a letter I received
I wort into Mr. Doyle : as I am a poor man—
(laughter)—he said he would pay my expenses, and
give me 107., if I would use my influence with my
lather's ten.ints.

Mr. James—Did you accept that offer ?
Wituess—Of cour,e I did. (Laughter.) I went
amongst the tenants the next day to rob Father
Hennessy',, nest. (Laughter.) They bad all tan
promised Mr. Hennessy to vote for Mr. Ball, and
it was !o get them from him I was to be paid the
10'. Doyle told me at the time he promised me
the 101. that they had all promised to vote for Mr.
8011. I robbedFailLat Hennesay's nest of eight
eut of the ten freeholde,s. lam heir to my
father. I told the voters I was to get 101. if they
voted for Major Gavin. Doyle told me he would
pay the expenses of the voters and give them
something fur themselves. I told them that to induce
them to vote for me. They said they would go
with the as the old gentleman, my father, did not
want them to vote in any particular way, and as
I was to make 10/. by their voting for Major
Gavin. After the election I applied verbally and by
letter to Mr. Doyle for my money, which I ulti-
mately obtained, with 11. for expenses. Mr. Doyle
knows that while the governor is alive my income
is sin ill, and t hat 10/. would be an object to mu.
Cross-examined by Mr. Slade—l don't say
whether it was tight or wrong to take the 10/., but
I roust tty and work my own interest. An eldest
sou can always influence his father's voters. The
letter of the 10th was marked " private." You are
paid for what you do, and so am I too. (Laughter.)
I took money and would do so again.
Mr. E. James wished to examine Mr. Ball with
respect to his alle.g,•,d connexion with the late John
Sadleir ; but the Chairman intimated that, as the
charge of intimAia-ion had not been gone into, it
was not nece-sary to allude further to that allega-
tion. Thr, character of Mr. Ball was too Well known
to require any vindication.
Mr. Slade said they all knew and respected Mr.

Tho room was then cleared, and after a brief de-
literation strangers were re-admitted, when
The Chairman announced that the committee
hail come to the following resolutions, viz. :
" That Geo. Gavin, Eict, was not duly elected
to serve in the present Parliament for the county
of the ui,y of Limerick.

" That-tho last election was a void election.
" That George Gavin, R;(1. was, by his agent',
gu;lty of bribery at the last election for the county
of the city of Limetick.

" Titafit was proved to the committee that John
Doherty, a voter, had been bribed by John
M'Carthy with two orders for 21. and 51. respec-
tively, and by Morgan H. Howard with an order
for 21., in virtue of which orders he received the
value of 101. m goods and money from James Fife,
a grocer, to whom, after appl.cation by post to
John O'Donnell, the said sum of 101. was paid by
the hands of Morgan H. Howard.

" That John Browne, residing at O'Brien's-
bridge, in the county of Clare, and formerly au
officer in the 15th Regiment of Foot, and after-
wards in the Clare Militia, was bribed with 101. by
Daniel Doyle, to semi e the votes of certain voters
who were tenants of his father, and that in consi-
deration of such bribes, he induced seven of those
tei:ants to vote for George Gavin, Esq.
" That these acts of bribery were committed
without the knowledge or consent of the said Geo.
Gavin, Esq., and contrary to his expressed in-
struction,.."
Tire committee then broke up.