The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-30 00:00:00

READING.

The Committee appointed to try the merits of this election
sat to-day for the first time, at eleven o'clock.
The Members forming the Committee were Mr. Hogg,
Chairman. Lord Seymour, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Bramston,
Mr. C. Buller, Mr. T. Egerton, and Mr. H. Howard.
Mr. Sergeant Merewether, Mr. Austin, and Mr. Talbot
were Counsel for the sitting Members, Lord Chelsea and Mr.
Charles Russell; and Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Phillips ap-
peared for the petitioner, Mr. T. Mills, the defeated candidate.
The petition of Mr. Mills prayed that the election might be
declared null and void on the ground of bribery and corruption
on behalf of the sitting Members.
The CHAIRMAN, at the commencement of the proceedings,
stated that the Committee did not think it necessary to enter
into any particular resolution. except one with regard to the
exclusion of witnesses, and the usual one in eases of bribery.
The preliminary proceedings of the Committee having been
gone through,
Mr. Coceetraw addressed the Committee on the behalf of
the petitioner. The petition related to the late election for
Reading, and complained that that election and return hail been
obtained by means of bribery and treating, and other corrupt
practices • and the petitioner sought only to void tire
return,
return, the petitioner making no claim to the seat. The Com-
mittee therefore would not be troubled with a scrutiny. At
the last election for Reading there were four candidates—Mr.
Russell, Lord Chelsea, Mr. Mllills, and Mr. Tooke; and the
numbers at the close of the poll were the following :
Mr. Russell
Lord Chelsea
Mr. Mills 4lO
Mr. Tooke
Now the petitioner ascribed that state of circumstances to
the corrupt practices of which he complained. Up to within
a short period of the election the unsuccessful candidates had
reason to believe that their interests were advancing with
every prospect of success; it appeared, however, that some
time before the election a system of treating to an enormous
extent, to an extent unparalleled in modern history. was
adopted by the successful candidates, and that bribery of
a wholesale description was resorted to. Lord Chelsea and
Mr. Russell stood upon the same interest, and acted in con-
cert, and votes were solicited for them in common. Thehead-
quarters of Mr. Russell was the Bear Inn, and those of Lord
Chelsea the Crown ; there were Committees at each, and also
at an inn in Reading called the Broad Faoe. It could hardly be
expected that the petitioner would be able to lay before the
Committee all the cases of bribery that had taken place. All
that could reasonably be expected was, that some of those cases
should be brought forward, and if he only proved one case, that
would be sufficient for the purpose of having the election de-
clared void. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to detail
some of the cases in which bribery had taken place ; in
one an offer had been made of 351. for a vote, and refused.
The voter refusing to take that sum, an offer was made him of a
situation on the Great Western Railway, which he accepted,
and voted for the two sitting Members. The Learned Gentle-
man then went on to detail several other cases in which bribes
on behalf of the sitting Members had taken place, and concluded
by expressing a confident hope that the Committee would de.
Blare the election void.

A short discus3ion then took place as to the production of the
poll-books, when it was arranged that they should be produced
to-morrow, at eleven o'clock, to which hour the Committee
adjourned.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

WHITEHALL, Arun. 28.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, granting to his Royal Highness the Doke
of Sussex, K. G. the offices of Governor and Constable of her
Majesty's Castle of Windsor, in the room of George Earl of
Munster, deceased.

At the Court, at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of
April, 1842; present. the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
in Council :—Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint his
Grace the Most Noble Duke of Marlborough to be Lord-
Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Oxford;
and the Most Noble Charles William Marquis of Londonderry,
to be Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county
palatine of Durham—they this day took the oaths appointed
to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and'
supremacy.

WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 29.
3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet E. Roche to he
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Powr, appointed to the
9th Light ► :racoons; Cornet G. Cookes to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, ♦ice Rose, promoted in the 9th Light Dragoons,
April 29.
6th Regiment of Dragoons—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J.
Babington, from half-pay 24th Light Dragoons, to 'ire Captain,
vice M'Mahon, appointed to the 9th Light Dragoons; Lieut.
F. Thompson to Le Captain, by purchase, vice Babington; who
retires; Lieut. W. Cathrey, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to
be Lieutenant, vice Thompson, April 29.
9th Regiment of Light Dragoons —Capt L. H. French, from
the 25th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Close, who
retires ; Capt. C. M. Dawson, from the sth Foot, to be Cap-
tain, vice Isacke, who exchanges ; Lieut. J. It. H. hose, from
the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rey-
nolds, who retires; Lieut. J. K. Wedderburn, from the 55th
Font, to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice. Cathrey, appointed
to the 6th Dragoons ; Regimental Sergeant-Major W. Hamil-
ton to be Adjutant (with the rank of Cornet), vice Cooke, pro.
meted, April 29.
11th Regiment of Light Dragoons—F. S. Corrance, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Tynte, promotes!, April 29.
2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant. H. \V. Stisted, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Ralph, who retires; Ensign J.
King to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stisted ; R. C.
!Anon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice King, April 22.
3d Foot—Ensign E. N. H. Flood to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Anton, appointed to tire 9th Light Dragoons,
April 29.

.sth Foot—Captain F. J. Isacke, from the 9th Light Dra-
goons, to be Captain, vice Dawson, who exchanges, April 29.
gth Foot—E. Morton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Raymond, who retires, April 29.
I:2th Foot—To be Captains, without purchase—Captain T.
Moore, from half-pay Unattached ; Lieutenant J. F. Kempt,
April 29.

To be Captains, by purchase—Lieutenant J. Boyd, vice
gempt, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled ;
Lieutenant H. J. A. Philipps, vice Stirke, who retires, April 99.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign J. Alarcon,
vice Tidy, deceased, Feb. 8; tneign A. F. Braham ; Ensign
W. Longfield; Ensign W. D. Butcher, vice Kempf-, April 29.
To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign J. Holder, vice
Nriimin, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled
Ensign Hon, O. G. Lambart, vice Philipps, April 29.
To be Ensigns, by purchase—H. Segrave, Gent., vice
J, W. Espinasse, Gent., vice Lambart,
All°p'litcjii' be 3r;LE Aj)r
Ensigns 291 J,
purchase—J. Palmer, Gent., May 1 ;
E. Foster, May 2; W. Stewart, Gent., vice Brahana, May 3 ;
D. Were, Gent,-, vice Longfield, May 4.
17th Foot—Enslgu IL J. 11. O'Connor to be Lieutenant,
without purchaA.. Feb. 1 ; W. H. H. Ellison, Gent., to be
Ensign, vice o'Conor, April 29; Lien,. E. Croker, Adjutant,
vice cooper, promoted, Feb. I.
20th Foot—H. Howard, Gent., to be Assisiant-Surgeon,
vice Menzies, appointed to the 94th Foot, 29th April.
224 Foot—Ensign J. Marock to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice firnith, appointed to the 44th Foot; I. S. B.P.
Boileau, Gent, to be Ensign, vice Maycock, 29th April.
26th Foot—Captain L. 11. Frcneti, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Captain, vice J. A. Guille, who exchanges;
Captain G. Holt, from the 64th Foot. to be Csptaiti, vice Bris-
tow, who exchanges ; Lieut. W. C. E. Napier to be Captain,
by purchase, vice. French, appointed to the 91111 Light Dra-
goons; Ensign H. E. S. Rudyerd, to he Lieutenant, by per-
.chase, vice Napier ; Gentleman Cadet C. H. halguy, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hull-
yerd,lApril 29.
29th Foot—Ensign C. Handheld, from the 64th Foot, to
he Lieutenant without purchase, vice Leslie, whose prniuuticE,
has been cancelled, April 8; Ensign Honourable H. M.
Alonekton to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Edwards, who
retires ; H. G. Walker, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Aloriekton. April 29.
40th Foot Ensign F. Huey to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Colville, appointed to the 9th Light Dragoons,
April 29.
41st Foot— Ensign H. M. Fleming to be Lieutenant by pur-
chase, vice Burgh, who retires ; W. Minchin, Gent. to be
Ensign by purchase, vice Fleming, April 29.
46th Foot—Lieutenant J. Davies, to be Captain, without
purchase, vice T. D'Eyneourt, deceased; Ensign C. F. Camp.
bell to be Lieutenant, vice Davies, March 10.

47th Foot—Ensign g. T. Williams to be Lieutenant, with.
out purchase, vice Campbell, appointed to the 9th Light Dra-
goons, April 29.
48th Foot—W. F. Wyndowe, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Xlinchin, who retires, April 29.
50th Foot—Paymaster J. U, Dodd, from the 54th Foot, to
be Paymaster, vice Bartley, who exeluages, April 29.
53d Foot—Ensign Anthony Stokes, from the /33th Foot, to
be Ensio.rn, vice Fellowes, appointed to the 78th Foot, April 29.
54th boot—Captain S. Bristow, from the 25th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Holt, who exchanges; Paymaster G. Bartley,
from the 50Th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Dodd, who ex-
changes, April 29. _ .

60th Foot—Second Lieutenant H. F. Kennedy to be First
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Sir U. Mahon, Bart.
deceased, April 7,
68th Foot—Ensign H. C. Cotton, from the 10th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Beale, protooted in the 10th Foot, April 29.
78th Foot—Lieutenant H. Httmilton to be Captain, by
urchase, vice Alston, who retires; Ensign E. Fellowrs to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Neill, who retires, April 29;
Ensign J. J. B. Fox to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ha-
milton, April 30; G. F. Syclenham, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Fellowes, April 29; R. S. Mackenzie, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fox, April 30.
84th Foot—Ensign F. W. Chapman, from the 95th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Seton, whose promotion
has been cancelled, May 8 ; Lieut. L. M'Alister. from half.
pay 48th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hanley, promoted;
Ensign W. Monck to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
M'Alister, who retires; A. Stokes, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, April 29.
86th Foot—EnsiAn C. W. Strong, from 48th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Barnes, kylio,tt promotion
has been cancelled, April 8.
91st Foot—Captain T. A. Girling, from half-pay sth Foot,
to be Captain, vice Fraser, promoted ; Lieut. It. C. Onslow
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Girling, who retires ; Ensign
J. A. Cruiksliank to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Onslow,
H. C. Metcalfe, Gent, to be Ensign, b) purchase, vice Cruik-
shank, April 29.
96th Foot—J. Campbell, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Pursloe, who retires, April 29.

Rifle Brigade—The Hon. P. Barrington, to be Second Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Pollen, promoted. April 29.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Major T. Anderson, to be Lieute-
nant-Colosel, by purchase, vice Macpherson, who retie es
Brevet-Major A. Montresor, to be Major, by purchase,
vice Anderson ; Lieut. W. Caldwell. to he Captain, by purchase,
vice Montrcsor ; Second Lieutenant W. Bagenall, to be First
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Caldwell ; A. Deane, Gent., to
be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bagenall, April 29.
UNATTACHED—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel W. M. Mills,
from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase, April 29.
BaEvrr—Captain T. A. Girling, of the .91st Foot, to be
Major in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837.
GARRISONS—Major-General Sir Neil Douglas, K C.B. to
be Governor of Edinburgh Castle, vice Lieut.-General Lord
Greenock, April 1.
MEmoitaNntrai—The Christian names of Cornet Butler, of
the 7th Dragoon Guards, are Antoine Sloet, not Hort, as pre-
viously stated ; the Christian names of Ensign Hickson, of the
55th Foot, are Theodore Richard; the names of the gentleman
appointed to the 13th Light Dragoons, on the 22d April, 1842,
are Henry Holden, not Henry Greenwood Holden, as stated.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire—
Hertfordshire. Yeomanry Cavalry, Northern Troop—Cornet
M. Pryor to be Lieutenant, vice D. Radcliffe, resigned ; W.
Curling, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Pryor promoted, April 14.