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London, England, 1826-12-05 00:00:00

ATHLONE ELECTION.

previously to the balloting for such select committee as aforesaid,
deposit with the clerk of the fees the sum of SOU for the payment
of such costs as may be awarded against him, her, or them; aud,
at the same time, sign a note in writing, that the whole or any
part of that awn, which the committee may adjudge as costs,
shall be appropriated to that purpose."
Mr. G. BA NK ES- observed, that a great part of
the argument against the resolutions of the Noble Member for
Northamptonshire (Lord Aithorp), with respect to bribery at
elections, on-a former evening, turned on the right of the House to
award costs; and he could not easily divide the two cases. In his
opinion the final decision, with respect to costs, should not be left
with the Committee, and therefore he thought it would he right,
supposing the House to be favourable to the resolution, that these
words, " unless the House should otherwise direct," or words of
that purport, should be added. By this alteration an opportunity
would be given to the House to remedy any wrong, or to rectify
any error, in the adjudication of costs which might be committed
by the Select Cominittee. He was aware that this ultimate sp.;
peal to the House might occasionally take up a considerable por-
tion of their time ; but it appeared to him that the interests of
justice required that course.
Sir T. ACL AND would not, as some had done,
condemn in toto Committees on private Billy. He believed, ge-
nerally speaking, that substantialjustice was administered by those
Committees. They frequently forwarded matters which tended
greatly to the public good, and decided with the least disadvantage
to adverse parties whose interests were affected by particular. mea-
vulva-. Cases, however,. had, he believed, occurred, in which
misconduct was apparent, and therefore he was friendly to a
Court of Appeal, before which persons complaining of being
aggrieved might he heard. At the same time, he thought it was
absolutely necessary that some security should be given, to prevent
frivolous and vexatious complaints from being preferred,

The SPEAKER—Wou!tithe Housepermithim to
draw its attention to the petition which had been received last week
frtim the borough of Athlone ? On. Saturday last he had told the •
House that such a petition had been presented, and had requested
Its assistance in deciding whether it came within the restric-
tions Which were requisite to constitute it an election peti-
tion. The restrictions, as the House well knew, rendered it
necessary that the petitioners should be persons who claimed to be
either candidates or voters. Now, this petition did not describe
the petitioners either directly or indirectly, as persons who claimed
to be either candidates or voters. A question might perhaps be
raised- upon it-7ntunely, bad the petitioners a right to vote, which
they wished to raise by their petition? If the House should he
of opinion that their petition was an election petition, they had
nothing to do but to leave it to the usual course of such petitions;
but if they should be of a contrary opinion, the House ought to
have the petition entered as read, and then some Member could
move hat it discharge the order made upon it, and treat it as a

mere ordinary pentim .
The petition of certain inhabitants of the-Borough of Athlone
w ss then delivered in. and read, setting -forth,
That,. notwithstanding that by the constitution of the charteri
of:Athlone, by law, and by the express rules of justice, by law and
by.the sound principles of the constitution, there should have been
present at the election of a member of Parliament fur the borough
of Athlone; the whole and every of the burgesses, unless proof
made in open -Borough Court of indisposition, or other necessary
cause of absence, yet the same has not only been .tudioualy avoid-
ed'at the late Borough Court for electing a member to represent
the petitioners and fellow townsmen in Parliament, but the 1,M11.•
monalty have been excliffled, and the necessary notices ant posted,
nor the ruler or regulations required by law complied with, but, on
the contrary,.`the election was held by subterfuge, and under the
most peculiar and, unconstitutional degree of injustice ; that, there-
fere, petitionary humbly 'submit to the House, for the reasons
afiiresaid, and: herein stated, that Richard liandeock, Esq. has
been unduly and Unfairly returned, in direct violation of the con-
stitution and of the established law of the realm, and, in particular
Of the laws, rules, and regulations for regulating borough elec-
tions in Ireland,- inasmuch as, four days' notice should have
been given in the most public manner, signed by the re-
turning officer, upon the receipt of two precepts from
the sheriffs of the counties of Westmeath and Roscommon,
to each of which counties the • precincts of the borough
extends; whereas the election was held upon one precept, and
without any returning officer legally appointed, and without the
necessary number of burgesses required by law having been pre-
twit at such election ; and, above all, petitioners humbly submit
to the House, that as the corporation of Athlone has been long
in Part defunct, and the corporate body having died a natural
death, and ought to he dissolved, as will appear by the corpora-
tion books When laid before a Committee 'of the House, with other
substantial incontrovertible proofs, and also by the returns signed
and filed in tl e Hanaper-office, Dublin, of Kerr's return the elec-
tion before last, and of Mr. Handcock's return at the late assumed
e'ea ion; tit it the House will not permit a Member returned not
only unconstitutionally but unfairly, and iu direct violation of the
laws, to sit in -the House es Representative for Athlone; and
whose vote might; perhaps, he calculated to form a majority on
nn important question upon which the salvation of Great Britain
might depind ; wherefore petitioners humbly implore the House to
try and inquire, by the production of the corporation books, of
copies of the returns in the Hanaper-office,'Dublin, and by the ex-
aniMation of witnesses, whether the 'said Richard Handcoek is
constitutionally, fairly, or-legally • returned :or not, and if it ap-
pears that he is not, the petitioners humbly expect that the
House will order new writs to issue to the sheriffs of the counties
of ,Weatmeatli. and Roscommon, and ,that petitioners may be en-
titled to their valuable privileges, the right offeeedom of election.

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Mr. PEEL said, that on the whole, he thought
great advantage would result, if the House laid down some spe-
cific rule, in accordance with which an appeal might be made
against a decision of a Committee, instead of leaving the matter
in.so indefinite a shape as the prevent resolution did. The reso-
lutions generally went to purify the constitution of Committees,
and, therefore, appeals were likely to beim numerous than, per-
haps, they otherwise 'would he. Put he hoped, if it appeared
that injustice had been done to an individual, that he would not
be. debarred from redress, because, he could not put down 500!.
A poor man ought to have liberty to say, "It is trite, I have not
500/. to advance; but I will state my:case to the House, and call
on them to do me justice." The House ought to reserve to itself
the right of doing Justice to an individual in any stage of a private
bill.
Mr. CALCRAFT felt the proposition for a sie,
posit of 500?. to be so objectionable, that the House ought not,
in his opinion, to adopt it under any circumstances. It would
be adding, most decidedly, to the difficulties which poor people
would have to encounter, in procuring justice from a Com-
mittee. Be the case of oppression what it might, it was quite
clear, that unless the appellants possessed considerable re-
sources, they could not demand justice at the hands of a Com-
mittee. After having been defeated before one Committee, and
having incurred great expenses in the course of the proceed-
ings, persons feeling themselves aggrieved could not come be-
fore this new tribunal without depositing 6001. He had but
little expectation that benefit would be derived from the reso-
lutions of the Hon. Gentleman opposite, and he thought that, in
receiving those resolutions, the House had suffered the conduct of
the private bill committees to lie greatly overcharged. From his
own experience of those committees, he was perfectly convinced
that justice had generally been done. It seemed to be supposed
that there was et present no appeal from the derision of a com-
mittee. But there was an appeal to the • House ; end they had
seen:instances where, when the committee up stairs were mis-
taken, the case had been set to rights by the House. That he
conceived to be a far better tribunal than the new one which had
been devised by his Hon. Friend. He thought this deposit of 5001.
should be given up altogether, and that the part!ii who alleged
that they had suffered wrong, should appeal at once to the House.
If, however, it was still proposed that they should appeal to a corn
mittee, the expend attending such a proceeding, the employment
of Counsel, &c., would be quite sufficient to prove that the appd-
lani's case was sot a frivolous one. He would recommend his
lion. Friend to suffer the other resolution to be carried into effect,
and when he saw how they were wrought, he might, if he thought
propevrzintrodnee a bill, enacting that appellants should enter into
recognisarick, which wield be a much better mode than that of
.culling in individuals to putdown 500/.
Mr. G, 1.A.M11 said, his doubts its to the legality
of calFitig on appellants to put down 600!., out of which costa
were to he awarded, were retnoved!hy the satisfactory precedent
*filch had been adduced by his Hen. Friend, lie should vote
for the resolution, because the very existence of an appeal Com-
mittee argued the necessity of its having the power to award costs.
Mr. LITTLETON was of opinion that a deposit
ought to be required generally, leaving it to the House to depart
from that practice iu any particular case, if they thought fit. If
however the House would consent to adjourn the debate to a fu-
ture day, he would in the interim re-consider his resolutions, and
endeavour to make such alterations as would obviate the objec.
tiona which were made to them in their present shape.
Mr. ABERCROMBY approved of the course
which time lion. Member proposed to pursue.
The debate, wits then adjourned to the 15th of Ferbtmary.
Mr, B. COOPER gave notice, that he would,
after the holidays, bring forwarka motion against the pritctice
of allowing all Members to have voices in private committeei.
The SPEAKER stated to .the House, that in
pursuance of their resolution, he had drawn up a list of members
entitled to vote on appeal committees, according to their respective
60UPtieS• He would, bower, suggest, that nothing ahould be done
with respect to the list till after the holidays.
The list was then laid on the table.

Mr. C. W. WYNN said, that he' hid before stated
the rule of the House and the law of the country on all cases like
the present. Such petitions by law could only ho received from
these who were candidates at the election, or from those who
clamed a.riglit to vote for .them. That was the rule of Parlia-
ment, and Weed the law of the land, till the time of the Gren-
ville Act. The tight of petitioning Was thrown open by that Act
to all persons.
.Considerelde inconvenience, however, arising
from the practice, the former rule wes revived by an Act passed
in 1788. In all points relating to the reception of petitions, it
was the duty of the to lean to the side of the petitioners ;
but In earn like the present the words of the Act were imperative
—and the House wee bound to abide by them. There was one
point to which he wished to call the attention of the House, and
that was, that any decision to which they might that night come
was not final, and that the election committee to which it might
be referred, would have the power of deciding whether it came
under the had of an election petition or not. He needed only
to refer to the diinieien in the Nottingham case, where in the
middle of the 'trial it was discovered that the petitioners who had
deatribed themselves as freeholdata of the town and county of
Nottingham, were not such, and therefore were not entitled to
vote for the election of Members for the said !Wong''. If the
Housewetst to send to an election Committee the present petition,
not being such, as 44 election committee could take cognizance of,
it would be making s losYy infliction on both parties, owing to
the expences which they would have to, incur in bringing their
witntstees to England. Ile mentioned. that circumstance to the
House, in order to show it that the course which ought to follow
was chalked put by the Act of Parliament, and that there wee no-
thing in the pat titular features of the case which ought to induce it
to transgress that course, Now, from the petition itself, it did
not appear that the petitioners were electors—they did not say
that they themselves had a right to vate,all that they said was,
" that at theelection of a Member of Parliament fnram Borough of
Athlone, the whole and every of the burgesses should be present."
They. did not even claim to vote at the late election, unless such
an influence could,be drawn, which he thought that it could not,
from the concluding sentence of the petition.--" The petitioners
humbly expect that the House will order new writs to issue to,
the Sheriffs of the counties of Westmeath and Rosecounnon, and
that petitioners may be entitled to their valuable privileges, the
right of freedom of election." He humbly submitted to the
House, that this petition.eould not he considered as an election
petition. If the House thought that, tinder particular eirum-
stances of the wow, some indulgence ought to be extended to the
petitioners, it could extend the time fur receiving their peti-
tiou beyond the pupal term of fourteen days, and could give
them, but theta only. ant right of presenting another petition
against the return, within a eartain definite and limited time.
Mr. GOULBURN,, in a ono p' yoke not dis-
tinctly audible in the gallery, Contended, that it was evident- from
a former petition presented , by the individuals whose name, were
sobseriffed to this petition,-that they did not claim a right to vote
at the halt , election. He therefore thought that the order made
on' Petitiali'ongh) to' be discharged.
Mr. HUME them* it only fair thattime should
be alloWed to the /*thinners to boned their petition.
The-order was then discharged.
Mr. C. W. WYNN then gave notice, that he wouhl
to-morrow muve for an exteMiion of time, in order that the peti
timer* might have an opportunity to amend their petition, hi
statin in what capacity they came before the House.
Mr. HERMES hrought in the 19,000,000/. Ex,
chequer Bills Bill, and the Bill for the applopriation of rooopou
of the grants of last year to the, service of 1827.«eilIead the first
time, and ordered to be read the second time to-morrow.

Mr. WODEHOUSE moved for various returns
relative to the importation and exportation of grain.—Ordered.
Mr. BANKES moved for a return of the average
price of wheat in England from 1815 to 1826.
A. Member presented a petition from the Inhabi-
tants of, Fowey, in Cornwall, complaining of an undue return for
that borough. It was read, and ordered to be taken into conside-
ration on, the 17th of January.
Another lion. Member presented a Petition from Mr. South-
cott, co,oplaining of an undue return for the county of Cavan. It
was read, and ordered to be taken into consideration on the 17th
of January. _

The /ouse then adjourned at a quarter before, seven o'clock.

PRIVATE BILLS COMMITTEES.
Mr. LITTLET(?N
rose to move the resolution,
directing that any individual who appealed from the decision of a
committee on a Private Bill, Omuta, in the first instance, depo-
sit the sum of AWL, to meet such costs and nprtileeal as might
nitnnatalli be awarded by the select committee, which he had
le it it his duty A former eveniag to Withdraw, in consequence,
of the request of several lipu. Members. He 'now meant to
move this resolution in substance ; but, with such an alteration,
ar !•vt)Pla, be trusted, remove, the objections that were formerly
urged fig!',- it. IN lime thought it right to state, that a prece-
dent fqr tot principal ()) Which this resolation ex-
istedin the uniform pewitke fo, that House, which out& it impe-
rativeOn "erY Parliamentary eget); to deposit a certain sum with
the proper officer for die payment of fees ; amell9t of which
ceef4 was, after the wite was disposed of, settled by thii home.
his She subject, the. whole system which he wished to in-
tl•od view
" ;e 1)f
oixilf bir cOatPlefely useless, unless such a security as
that which ,theresplutiko set forth were duly given. It would
effectually preiver4f, a.T°l furl* the only means of preventing, fri-
nPP4lLltfininat the decision of committees on
Private hills. The /fon. Gentleman umelpled, by moving;
"That the party or parties complaining, by their TVA? shad,

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Eton', dated Sunday.)
Tazwre, Novi 18.—We have received news from Constanti.:..
noplea dated October 26, confirming, which we had previously
learnt, the conspiracy . discovered on the 19th. Already, on
the 20th, numerous corpses were seen floating in the sea, and
a great many boats, loaded with exiles, proceeding to Asia Minor.
Revolutions, conflagration*, and the plague, now render Constan-
tinople a dangerous 'abode. The Janissaries, who have fled to
Natolia, threaten to put every thing to fire and sword. But they
will clot do any such thing, because they are cowardly, and
without support. .
Letters from Syra say, that on the I tth of Sept. Commodore
Hamilton was:before Hydra, with three men of war, and bad
delivered to the Hydriot Deputies, who waited upon him, a note
in which .he demands-Ist. The restitution of the goods of eigh-
teen English vessels captured sinee the beginning of the war.
He conkl not neglect, to make the tlaini,
because the English mer-
chants accused hi
excessive indulgence in this matter. 2d.
That neither ships nor boats should be allowed to sail without
passports. 3d. That ships which should be found at that very
moment en a cruise should have to pay a fine of 100 talaris to the
Greek Government, 4th. That all ships which should hencefor-
ward sail on a cruise should be obliged to place a security in the
hands of the Authorities. sth. That if the Government could
not immediately furnish en indemnity for the 18 vessels, it should
fix a tithe and give securities.

It is generally considered as certain at Constantinople, that the
great European Powers have united to obtain from Turkey an ar-
rangentent to put an end to the war. in Greece, which is so afflict-
big to humanity and sufattil to the commerce of the Levant. It
is ppsejbje fh4 the Porte might not be averse to accede to the
-views of the Elgaltesil Cgdnets ; but it is added, that, at all
events, the latter are resolved tliemselvu to take treasures calcu-
lated to lead to the desired result. .
(From the xioile.)
p,ttus, pre. 2.—lf the
opposition Journals are to he believed,
eyents now passing, on the borders of Spain and Portugal,
would form the gravest and most important question of the pre
sent day, 'and a Yleatiaa, as novel u, important. Yet circuin-
tof by,ina means distant date, and the recollections of which
*nillte"'
must have been deep, Present to us a' similarity which cannot
escape but from minds the most inattentive or the most prejudiced.
In 1523, the French troops, conducted by the Duke d'Angoulente,
happened to be near the place whither the Marquis de Chaves,
then Count d'Aramanta, had been pursued by the Portuguese,
Riego (the same who lately entered Tras os Mentes), who
hail entered Spain sword in 40, No doubt was then

entertained of the necessity of France taking a side, and the sa"---.------- '..
germ of a war between France and England was declared PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.
_
evident. It was soon afterwards ascertained, that the Duke HOUSE OF COMMONS. . ~
had refused to receive the Portuguese Refugees into his NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY.
camp, :and the Constitutionalists had returned to Portugal. 1. Mr. Maberly—Returns of articlei imported and exported; also, an
Thai we have seen, at a period much more important, that Account of Bank Notes in circulation.'
ry
France would not mingle in the disputes of Portugal.. If, then, tlSe Cape of , Good 11, ; also, of Lieutenant-Colonel Bird's Exat
•
the Cabinet of the Tuileries acted in this way, under such extra- urination ;
the Commissioners of Inquiry, and between Mr. D and of all Correspondence between the Colonial Dep,ar Mr. Hume—Copy of the Reports of the Commissioners of Inqui
2 at
. Es.
ordinary eirctnnstances (the Portuguese had entered the Spanish meat and
carpi and the same Department.
territory, be it marked in array), it is exceedingly unlikely, that 3. Mr. Alderman Waithrnan—lnquiry into the formation and proceeding
under ordinary circumstances France should alter her policy ; and, of the Arigna Iron and Coal Company, and into the conduct of the
Comps-
more especially, when the Spanish Government had loudly de-
clared its intention of remaining neuter amidst the differences of 4. Mr. George Robinson—Return of Vessels, and Exports and Imports,
pies
wtohresreanadnyoottifetehres it:olsoo respecting other
dotohitieroorJosin
atre
_ti 1636 • •
the parties existing in Portugal ; and when it is well known the 5. MlleitrlnisnetVThil,Anne. „rotg4ivl:lllfsuitahedr time. to the Athlone Petitioners
King of Spain has written with his own hand the declaration of
his neutrality, and given the most positive orders to remove the ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY.
to present asn Election Petition.
Portuguese refugees to a distance from the frontiers. The pretend- '• " Exchequer Bills (10,000,000) Bill—Second reading. -
ed complication of interests in the different Cabinets, so far as V. Transfer of Aids Bill--Second reading. Stock
keerunoedmrs-
France and Spain are concerned, are already perfectly explained. , NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY.
As to, England, we yesterday cited Mr. Canning's words, that . Wednesday, Dec 6.
England would not interpose to give either party a preponderance, I.
AdirOwSPen onneb—furtith and exceptions (for six years last pasty in
ls and of the Vice.Chancellor;i
over the other. These simple and natural explanations are suf- tahoedclo uttofrtehseenVaurter
rofopatol
Ito be heard on exceptions sou
eetrudrnirecoftitohnes number of Orders made or Causes set
uses
fieient for those who seek for truth ; and the pretended anxiety further Directions in both these Courts.
which agitates men's minds on these questionS is nothing hut the 5. Mr. Hume—Return of AReals from the Colonies: Return of Debtors.
y, Feb. D.
uncertainty thrown around them by the prejudiced interpretations
of the Journals. We may judge, by the measures Which theyßankruptcy from the High Court of Chancery.
propose as remedies to this transient disorder of their ideas. One After the Holidays. ,
Mr.
in
nrgs oflo Taylo 'aldacition tending to separate the jurisdiction
of them, the Quotidienne, would have France break through her
neutrality the moment that England declares hers and take up
s Mi. Secretary Peel-1. Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws re•
Bill for
Mr.
mSecreetrotaporlyisP.eel—Police of parishes in the immediate vicinity of the
arms against the order of things emanating from Don Pedro ; the eating to Larceny, and offences connected therewith.
other the Journal der :Debate, would have France withdraw her
troops from a kingdom in alliance with, her, at the moment when tire to Remedies against the Hundre4. t Bill lA' consolida. bug
_ad-
tcoonrrsoolpeidaittyin.g asn. %mill
for
rdeonsoing thliedaLatingws
anreladtalmvemtdio
nnigaltteiolisii,fll3nsjuriiiness:
amending the Laws relative to Embaalements by Journeymen S.,
it is pretended that that kingdom is menaced with danger ; others nufacturers, and Disputes by Journeymen and their Masters. 5..1-'
again, knowing no panatea but that for all diseases, would shave for repealing such Statutes as will be superseded by the preceding
us impose a Constitution on Spain. In the midst of these con-
e Bills.
flieting projects and ideas', ihat Is better than to leave it to. the Mr. Barnsby Cooper—Resolution against giving Voices to all Members
who come to Committees on Private Bills. ~,,.
prudence of the King to adopt; that line
,of conduct, which is at
once the wisest and the most suitable to the dignity of Franee. •
• "(From the Conatitulionnel, Dec. 2.) • '
PARIS, Dec. I.—The invasion of the: province of Tras-os-
Nlontea by the Portuguese Refugees, has' become the subject of
conversation in all political circles. Further intelligence of this
event, and of the sensation it has produced in Portugal,is expected
with the greatest impatience. This is a* very bold and audacious
enterprise on the part of General Silveyra, and of .the. other
Chiefs of the insurrection; nay it would amount to a mad species
of temerity, if these worthies had not the promise of some assist-
ance, soul of some foreign subsidies ; if on their 'departure from,
Spain they had not carried along with them the certainty of being
supported by the Government of that country. The opinions of
all men coincide in the conjecture, that Silveyra has been encou-
raged_and -stimulated to undertake so decisive a step, which renders
every attempt at a reconciliation with the Qmstitutional Govern-
ment of Portugal impossible.
It has been observed that the diplomatical conferences have
become very frequent at Paris during the last three or four days.
The Russian and English Ambassadors nieet very often at the
Foreign Office. The Austrian Ambassador likewise attends on
those occasions. It is conjectured that these meetings have taken
place in consequence of the intelligence which has arrived from
the frontiers of Portugal. Extraordinary conferences have like-
with been held at Montrouge, which were probably occasioned by
the Same advice*, which have been this long while expected in
that quarter.

(From the Courier Francais.) .
'PARIS, DEC. 1. —The Rtoile quotes the following article from
another journal
4. We are assured that the late despatches from Spain, declar-
ing that that Government would remain neutral with respect to
the affairs of Portugal, have been written throughout by the
King's own hand; and that Colomarde, the only Minister near
his Majesty, was not even called upon to sign them ; but that the
King sent for M. Melgar, the Director-General of the Post-office,
and gave him the dispatches to be sent to their destination."

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`Our market has continued through•the past week very
inactive, and the business done very trifling: The holders
of manufactured goods have found it very difficult to make
sales at last week's quotation, and in some instances have
been compelled to reduce prices in order to effect sales.—
We have had some business doing in the low numbers of
Water Twist, say 6s. to 18s.,at I 1 to I I per lb., 'which,
considering the lowness of the counts, is comparatively a
much better price than the higher numbers will bring.—
There has been a fair inquiry for• Mule Yarn, end some
sales have been made at prices fully equal to our former
quotation. The demand for Power )Doom Cloth still con-
tinues fair. Velveteens, for exportation, are uncommonly
bad to sell, prices, however, keep steady. The 1,789 bags
of Sea Island Cotton, which we last. week noticed would
be offered by public auction in Liverpool, yesterday came
forward, 1,465 of which went off at a reduction of id. to
Id. per lb. ; the remaining 324 bags were withdrawn.—
The demand for Cotton by private sale, both here and in
Liverpool, has been very steady, and prices have been fully
supported.