The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-30 00:00:00

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CITY OF DUBLIN.—(SscoND Dar.)
Mr. HARRISON said that' he should not trouble the Corn. L;
mittee at any length, as he would confine himself to a mere
recital of the facts of the case, which were as follows : —The :"3
election for the city of Dublin took place on the 12th of
January, and ended on the 17th. At the termination of the
contest the numbers appeared as follows:..- i
For Daniel O'Connell, Esq - 2,678 -.: 1-1-
Edward Southwell Ruthven, Esq 2,630
George Alexander Hamilton, Esq.
John Beaty West, Esq.
Thus making the majority obtained by Mr. O'Connell over
Mr. West 243. The Committee were now to inquire by 'what
means that majority had been obtained. It was necessary,
before be proceeded further, to call the attention of the Com.
mince to many of the provisions of the Irish Reform Nct, by
which the new-constituency had been created. • The Learned
Gentleman, after adverting to the several classes of persons
entitled to vote, said that the petitioners sought to unseat
the sitting Members for the City of. Dublin on several
grounds. The first was that class of voters who had not
paid their rates and taxes before they voted. Many of these
voters had been stimulated to go to the poll, without
adopting the course pointed out by law, by inflammatory
handbills. The next allegation in the petition against
the sitting Members was that of intimidation, and in order
to show the extent to which this species of conduct was
pursued, he would read to the Committee a placard which
was posted on the walls in the city of Dublin. It stated that
there would be a list of all those voters who voted for and
against Messrs. O'Connell and Ruthven, and that a bellman
would traverse the city calling out their names ; and this was
actually done, and the result was, that one person's house was
,in fact pulled down. Another placard was headed as follows :
--4 g Stop, stop ! The following renegades voted against
O'Connell and Ruthven." Then followed a list of names which
the placard said should be pd' fished in black and white, and
he (Mr. Harrison) believed that it was the house of one of the
persons mentioned, in this bill that had-been pulled down:
Mr. 'O'CONNELL said that unless the Learned Gentleman
would be jable to connect the pulling down of the house with
the sitting members, he had no right to state it.
Mr. HARRISON complained of the interruption, and said that
he would be able to prove the fact.
Mr. JOHN LONG, the Town Clerk, was then called in, and
produced the poll-books. He handed in the necessary affi-
davit of verification.

Mr. O'CONNELL objected to its ,beinr, received in,-evidence
on two grounds ; first, that the names of the deponents were
not mentioned in the jurat of the affidavit ; secondly, that the
jiwa4istrate before whom the affidavit was made, did hot state
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Mr. Timssiouu thought to supply the deficiency by oral tes-
timony, bait this was opposed by Mr. O'Connell and his coun-
sel', Mr. Austin. and finally the .Committee agreed to hear Mr.
Thessiger on Monday, as to the admissibility of oral testimony
to supply the supposed defect in the affidavit.