The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-22 00:00:00

ENNIS ELECTION.

The reduced list for the Ennis Election Committee having
been handed in, the Clerk proceeded to call over the names,
the first of which was Mr. Thomas Green, the Member
I,r Lancaster. The Hon. Member was repeatedly called
I,v the Clerk, but did not answer, and the Speaker de-
fi:•cd the Sergeant-at-Arms to ascertain if the Honourable
Member was in the House or the lobbies. After some time
I.ad elapsed the Speaker inquired if any Hon. Member could
inform the House whether Mr. Green had been present
(luring the ballot.
An HON. MEMBER believed that Mr. Green at that mo-
xnent was in Lancaster.—(Great laughter.)
Mr. HUME observed that he had taken dcwn Mr. Green's
name because he had heard it called, but he could not say
whether he was in the House or not.
Another HON. MEMBER believed that he had seen Mr.
Green in the House about four o'clock.
After some further delay_
The SPEAKER said that it had been stated that Mr.
Green was in the House—he, in common with other Members,
having understood the same ; but it now appeared to
be a mistake ; the consequence would be that none of the
Committee could be sworn in, and they must therefore with-

draw.
Mr. O'CONNELL moved the adjournment of the debate
of the Trinity Harbour Bill.
Some discussion took place as to whether the House could
Otortain the motion of Mr. TOOKE.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL held that the Committee
bad g rip to do what it had done. The question was, whe-

ther the standing orders of the House had been complied with?
—a question which the Committee had certainly some right to
consider.
Mr. O'CONNELL—As to the question of adjourning this
discussion, the argument for that adjournment was confirmed
by the total failure of the reasoning employed by so able a
Counsel as the Hon. and Learned Member for Edinburgh
( Sir J. Campbell).
Mr. FINN rose to order, and begged to call the atten-
tion of the House to one of its rules, which showed that,
under the circumstance of the present case, no business
could be 'done, except adjourning over the orders of the (lay.
The SPEAKER said that the rule quoted by the Hon.
Gentleman, was not applicable to the present case.
Mr. O'CONNELL then proceeded to prove the necessity
of adopting the amendment he proposed.
Mr. HARDY also supported the amendment, and expressed
himself es opposed to the motion of the lion. Member.
Mr. HUME said, in the year 1899 something of a similar
nature occurred, arid then the eighth standing order was made
imperative upon the House itself. The House could
not, therefore, after the second reading of a Bill, again
open the matter upon the mere question of the standing
orders—how then could a Committee of the House ?
After a few words from the Lord Advocate, Mr. W. Wynn,
Sir John Wrottesley, and Mr. Aglionby, while Mr. Gisborne was
speaking, Mr. Green, the" missing Member at the ballot, en-
tered the House, and was immediately called upon. He rose
and said that he was informed his name had been struck off as
one of the Members on an Election Committee, and he had to
inform the House that he was not present at the ballot.
Mr. SPEAKER said he was not singular in thinking that
he heard the name of Mr. Green called—he was informed
by several gentlemen who had been in different parts of the
House that they had also fallen into the same mistake.
Mr. SO ULBURN said that he was in the House, and most
certainly }'e thought that the name of the Hon. Gentleman
had been called and answered to.—( Cheers. )
The House then stood adjourned till to-morrow.