The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-03 00:00:00

11015S1,; CONINIONS.

(Continued from our Second Pa;e.)

CANIELFOITh ELECTION%
Ar.vzy, after obset sing that encrigh
r.f time had been allowed fm the consideration of
this CASE', to enable every Member to make np.his
rind urn it, moved that the Report of the Coto-
leitre on this Election be taken into considera-
tittn this day tix montbs.
Mr. WvNNP. thought !itch A course as that now
proposed tvonld he Very inconvenient, and tillnd-
ing the itultioto of William nn,Y.,
to
co!tody, :Old to the ,cirenfustßnce that nt, ‘v,rit had
is•utd for the election of a new Member for
tLis liorongh, moved ai an Amentlment, that the
Re ;:ort of the Committee he taken into further
oo!“.ideration on Monih'y next, when Mr. Hanoi

f,l.rt.lt! be ca:!eci before the !louse.
Air. 'M. A. TAYIna t-ilone,bt the !lou onttlit
to r-or, et! immr+fiatcly to 1169 Tort, Jilt, he
intct,dvi! t, move tin Amendment to (bat effect.
C•ASTLFRFAGI-llnke to order.
'FIR! isl2,gvtcri, thht there WRS ft rno•
Co.!) amel,(lntent !tetOre fte nonce,
he tlivo.ed of before any other amemlnteni

zrt,lo
I\l A. Taylor proceeded to vay that no case
had heel) made- out egai!).t the BoionOt gene-
ra!!:,., yet the tiouse was calltd upon to suspend
the is.oing of !he Ivrits for an ludt.finitc period.
'The Comminve had nride no report against the
Ecrough, yet it was 11701;osed in effect that this
liwoo;:h be tlisiraochisrd. Thk was not dealing
!Ably by the Electors ofCamelford. It was pro-
osed that Mr. Hallett (who 410 absconded from
giviliz evidence before the Committee, where be
v.00d(1 hate been examined npun oath), should on
Alondsr he c.lied before the House and examined,
not npon oath,
,with the view of extracting evi-
ritnee from him which should incolpate the whole
body of the Electors of the Borough of Camel-
fold. lie therefore moved, that the Order for
further considering die Report of the Committee

be now read.
Mr. D, W. HARVEY sad, that the Hon. Get
tleman (Mr. SVyttoe) seemed not to have con
etrued his (My. liarvey's) motion very correctly
Be seemed to think that Mr. Hallett was a Peti
Timmer before the House, praying that he might
he admitted to the Bar to prove one of the most
flagrant instances of corruption and bribery that
had ever been disclosed. The Counsel who con-
ducted the case before the Committee, undertook
to prove a conspiracy for procnring a corrupt
election for this Borough ; and the Report of the
Committee showed that this had been made out
to a great degree. The facts were, that there
were twenty-nine
.Electors for Camelford ; that
this Borough had been frequently the object of
sale or barter; and that it was now the pro-
perty of 'A Noble Lord whom he would not name,
AS those who had received the Report must know
that his Lordship's name was no secret.—(Laugh-
ter.)—Shortly before the last election, a_meeting
Olive of the Electors teas held at an Inn, near
the Borongh, called " The All-worthy," where
they. met a certain Reverend Divine, who ex-
pressed to them a desire to return two Members
to Parliament. To this desire the Electors made
no objection, but annexed only one condition,
namely, that a large sum of money should be
deposited for certain purposes, mentioned
whispers at the- meeting. With this condition, it
appeared that the Reverend Divine did not or
could not comply. The five electors, however,
did not abandon their design. Accordingly they
inet again at another inn, called " The Five
Lanes," near Camelford, where a letter, signed,
James Harvey, was mead, offering 6,0001. for
procuring the return of two Members for the
Borough, to he distributed among any fifteen elec-
tors. This proposal was agreed to. The re-
ply to the letter, which contained an accep-
tance of the proposal, was addressed to a
Nr. Sibley, the partner of Mr. flatlet. It was
proved before the Committee, that Mr. Hallet had
held op 60001. before his partner Sibley, and said,
!' Sibley, do you think the Camelford Electors
will bite at this." As a security for the money, it
appeared that the half,notes of the 60001. were
deposited at Camelford. In the end, however, the
conspiracy failed, and the election was lost. On
this, hovVeVer„it did not appear that the half notes
had been delivered back ; for it was proved that
Hallo or Sibley had said, " What damned rogues
these Camelford Electors are—for, do you know,
I could not get back the half notes from them with-
(it mailing some compromise." After all this, he
did not see how the Horse could forbear from cal-
ling Mr. Hallet before them, considering that he
had absconded to avoid giving evidence before
the Committee. It had also appeared before the
Committee that there were two sets of candidates,
both on the ministerial interest. But as they found.
they could not all come in, they had agreed to settle
their claims by time very tasteful mode of draw-
ing tickets out of a tea-pot—(Laughttsr).e—and in
this way the lot bad fallen on Mr. Stewart and
Mr. Collett, the two unsuccessful candidates be-
ing Colonel Pannier and Mr. Collett. There was
no mode so effectual for abolishing the abuses and
corruptions of the borough system,. as by taking
each particular case which came before the House,
and punishing those who appeared guilty. The
arguments of the Honourable Baronet (Sir F.
Burdett) yesterday, by which-he contended that it
was injustice to inflict punishment in individual
cases when corruptions of the same kind were so
general, were erroneous., It was now contended by
an Hon. Member (Mr. M. A. Taylor) that it was
bard to punish the whole 29 electors for the mis-
deeds of only five. But there was no force in this.
it was no object with him that this Borough be-
long.erl 'to a Noble Lord of Ministerial Politics ;
he would be for acting in the same way, whether
the politics of the proprietor were opposition (31'
quiuisterial.—(Hear, hear !)—lt seemed to him
that by such a System as that which prevailed in
. this Borough tbere were two Houses of Lord's,
and that the Peerage was represented in both
bear, bear 1)--He therefore
thou; ht the !louse ought, consistently with its
own dignity, to prosecute this matter.
Lout t:ArrLEREAGH said, the Hon. Member
seemed to think he wall adverse to Wilier pro-
ceedings in this case : but that was not the fact ;
kr cordially se,rted with the propotai of the Lipp.