The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-16 00:00:00

EXPULSION OF JAMES SADLEIR.

The ATTORNEY-3ENER.A.L for Irelam: proposed
the foil 'wing resolution :—"That James Sadleir, Esq.,
a member of this house, having been charged with
divers frauds and fraudulent practices, and bills of indict-
ment for certain misdemeanours having been found
against him, aryl arrants issued for his apprehension,
and the said Ja,ees Sadkir having failed to obey an
order of this house that he should attend in his place on
Thursday the 24th day of July last, and having fled from
justice, that the said Jan. Sadleir be expt-11-td this house."
In doing so he thought the time had now arrived when
be shonld ask the house to accede to the above resolu-
tion, axd remarked that the house in former
times had exercised a similar authority on technical
and legal grottoes, anti also where none existed, but
where the bons, considered their dignity had been com-
promise R -kr gt ) the records of Parliament he fu .d
that in 1580 Mr. Hell was fined, imprisoned, and t xpel-
led the house for having published a book reflecting on
some Of its members ; iu 1606 the then member for
Buckinghamshire was expelled for having used words
of " obloquy and scandal" ;—(laughter)—in 1620
Mr. Sheppard was expelled for using profane
language ; in 1628 Sir E. Sawytr was expelled
for inforulieg a wittle,,a the. as his evidence would
not be taken before a committee on oath, he
need not tell anything that had passed between
them. The right honourable gentleman then

referred to precedents of 1612, 1667, 1668, 1715,
1720, 1722, 1732, 1810, 1812, tv'd 1814, when many
wembe-s were txpelled for contempt of the house. Hr
then ca ltd attention to the circumstances of Mr. Sadleir's
case, referring to the facts in order of date, and the diffe-
rence of position Mr. Sadleir now stood in to that he did
in July last. Everything bad been done by the consta•
buliry of Ireland to apprehend Mr. Sadielr, but without
effect, and there cool! to no doubt but that he had
left the country. In August last he took measures of
'outlawry against Mr. Sadleir,
.that individual having
omitted en two occasions the aseizss —to ap-
pear, and, by answering to the indictment, clear ha
character. On Friday lest he received a letter from a
gentleman, signing his name jams); Scully, and dated
from Per's, in which the writer said that on Wednesday
he met Mr. Sadleir in a restaurant in the Palais Repel,
where Le understood from the keeper that he dined
every day. His countenance was much altered, that he
had loseflesh, and that his appearance was disguised with a
erioustache of a forioidahls character. Mr. Scully was
unknown to him (Mr. Fitzgerald) Lut he believed be
was a gentleman respectably connec'ed, and formerly
reeided in Tipperary with an aciple ~rtune, but owing
to tSe fa lure of the Tipperary Bank, had been ruined
and i'rawn from his country. No doubt the question
woul I be asked why the Government bad not
arre-ted Mr. Sadleir in Paris, and he would anticipate
the question by answerinf that the Government could
not do it, because bis c ise did not come within the
treaty between the two countries signed in London on
the 13th Feb., 1843, and made liw under 6 and 7 Viet.,
c. 73. The ca es that came within that treaty were mur-
der, attempted murder, forgery, and fraudulent bank-
' u .t cy, so that the Government had no legal right either ; o
arrest him in France, or, if arrested there, to demand
from the Goverreneet of France his extradition Iron.
thatcoUntry. In that respect the Government of this
country was powerless, and het ad replied to Mr. Scully
accordingly, and that, unless he learned from hint
to the cootiaty, he should make known the contents
of his letter to the House of Coreteong, and as be had
not heard from him to the contrary he made them
known. He (Mr. Fitzgerald) believed that Mr. Sa, lair
bad by his own conduct imposed on himself voluntary
exile, which would be a heavier punishment than what
the law would have inflicted on him, and he concluded
by cal'ing on the hou.e to vindicate its honour by ex-
pelling Mr. Sadleir.
The motion having been seconded,
Sir F. T.IIEStGER,said he thought there wool I be
no difference of opinion on that occasion as to the ex-
pulsion of Mr. Sadlier, but it was necessary to know
before they added another to the list of disagreeable
precedents—(boar, hear)---on what grounds they
were proceeding, and he asked what additional infor-
mation they bad now to go on that the house was
not in possession of in July last ? (Hear.) He did not
think it discreet in the Government that, knowing where
Mr. Sadler was to be found, they should inform him of
through the press, with the addition that he was per-
fectly safe, because his case was without the treaty of
ex radition. (Hear.)
Mr. ROEBUCK clmplAined cf the conduct of the
Government in giving Mr. Sadleir time to run away, and
that the Government had not interfered earlier. All that
the Attorney-General for Ireland had stated to-night he
(14 July r. Roebuck) informed the house in last. He
said that the time was come when they ought to look
riund and see who amongst them was open to such a
charge. (Hear, hear.) It was necessary to the honour
of the house that they should Exp el every member who
did not on theoutburst of such charges rush to meet them.
Such men were unworthy the nonour of being represen-
tatives ; and sympathy for such persons did not redound
to the credit of the house, nor of those who defended
them,whether openly or secretly. (Cheers.)
l'h. SOLICITOR-GENERA L defended the conduct
of the Government, and said that they had gained
everything by the delay. It was at his request that
time was given in July last. The delay bad not got rid '
of this denunciation. Tile Government had not com•
mitted itself by stating that the treaty with Paris
did not meet this case. It was not a "secret treaty
—(la.tighter)--but one tbat such men as Mr. Sadlier
were no doubt well acquainted with its details, and
Paris was the most pleasant capifal a man could, under
such circueistancea, reside in.
Mr. WHITESIDE addressed the house, contending
that they ought to have expelled Mr. Sadleir in July
last. They had obtained no new facts since.
After some fir ther disscussion, the motion was agreed
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