The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-02 00:00:00

mittee. He had considered the petition addressed
against his clients, apart from the charges to which he
had specifically alluded to, and he could only say
that could this result have been arrived at, in i3elfast
instead of here, had it been said that this petition was
to be prosecuted simply upon the matters opened by Mr.
Austen, great expense might have been saved, and neither
side would have had the trouble of appearing. The
statement of his Learned Friend went to show that abuses
prevailed at the last election ; that a great number of
persons whose names began ,%ith M were not abla to
poll ; he had, also stated that minors officiated as de-
puty returning officers. These facts, in the opinion Of
Counsel of the first eminence, had been decided to
be fatal to an election, and being conscious that the
sense of the constituency had not been ascer-
tained at the late election, not admitting the num-
ber of votes who were not taken,l but allowing to a cer-
tain extent that the constituency was deprived of its
expression of opinion, he was prepared to say that he
could not uphold the petition against the icturn
made at this election. The other charges of
the petition he was not called on to defend,
but he was prepared to say that the election ought to be
made void on the grounds that had been stated. He was
therefore not disposed to give his Learned Friend the
trouble of proving his case at a great expense, nor to
give the Committee the trouble of deciding on the matter ;
he admitted that the election must be voided, from the
impediments that arose at the election, and the other
points that had been adverted to.
Mr. AusTEN said- that in consequence of this admis-
sion, his labours would be much abridged ; he only had
to call on the Committee to declare the election void.
The room was then cleared, and after a delay of a few
minutes,

The CHAIRMAN declared that the Committee had
come to the following resolution :—" That Mr. J.
Emerson Tennent, and Mr. W. G. Johnson, were nut
duly elected to serve in Parliament for the borough of
Belfast, and that the last election for the said borough
was a void election."
The Committee then separated.

CORN A VERA GEN,
GENERAL AVERAGE I'RICES OF BRITISH CORN,
Fur ;he Weekended May 27, 1842 made up from the !tett:ma of
the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and
Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat 6ls. 00d. Oats
Barley 2ss. lld. I I Rye

AVERAGES OF THE LAST SlI WEEKS.
Week ending WHEAT. BARLEY.i OATS. 1 RYE. BEANS. I PEASE

April 22
29 6l 0 27 6 19 1 31 7 131 6 32 1
May 6 6) 8 '27 4 19 9 33 3 131 8 zio 7
1:1
20 6O 9 25 1. 19 5 32 4 31 7 31 4
27
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OP THE SIX WEEK
Wheat......... 60i. 9.1. I Oats ......... 19s. 5d.1 Beans 31s. 71.
Karley. . 263. 9d.1 Rye
- ---- -

DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN.
Wheat l2s Od. Oats
Barley I Od. Rye llls, fd.l Dease Cd.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
COLONIAL MARKET.
There was not much business done in the market, but prices
were firm, and the quantity of produce pressed for sale was
small. 'the imports were to a fair extent. Raw Sugar sus-
tained the previous value, but the trade operated with caution.
Coffee was firm and in request. Ceylon good and fine ordinary
at 71s. to 775. per cwt. Rum less in request.
TEA MARKET.
A fair business was done in Free Trade Tea at full rates, and
the Market was firmer. Company's Congou, Is. Bd., cash.
TALLOW MARKET.
There were few buyers, prices kept up, and 48s. 6d. was the
value of P. Y.C. on the spot, and 495. for delivery in the last
three months of the year.

-WHITgCHAPEL.
There was a good supply of Hay and Clover, with a fair de-
mand for the fine and middling qualities; ordinary sorts more
in request. Of Straw a better supply, and the demand brisk.
Clover, first cut, 2/. 10s. to hi. 3s. ; Meadow Hay, 1/. 16s. to
41.; Straw, 1!. 10s. to IL 14s.

A RKET.
last market .day, '23

s. d.
W. E. Braddyll'sHotton 2O 6
Walls End Hetton 2O 0
Walk End Lambton
Walls End Musgrove :6 6
Walls End Stewart's 2O 6
Walls End Whitwell lB 9
Walls End Tees Hetton
Wal,s E., d'l ees
Cowpen
Hartley
Howard's Netherton Main 17 6
Llangennech Coal YI 0
Walls End Elgin 29 6