The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-06 00:00:00

BOROUGH OF NEWARK.

WEnNEsDAv, Aran. 4.—The election proceeded this
morning at ten o'clock. Mr. Sadler's votes took the leads
and shorted that the NeWt'asite party, which had been
making prodigious eff.rts, was not exhausted. The crowd
in the market-place, and in the hall, was still greater than
it was yesterday. Tile Blue colour preponderated in the
town, and the further consideration of the Catholic Ques-
tion, joined with the conciliatory manners of Sergeant
Wilde, procured it fresh friends and additional strength.
witiiih tilh hall the Duke's tenants and the Corpora-
Hob ihtineriee prevailed. At the close of the pull the
numbers were

For Mr. Sadler .. 796
Mr. Sergeant Wilde
Majority for Mr. Sadler
Mr. Saiii.ex then stepped hirivard, am! after 'filthy incitec-
tual attempts to obtain a hearing, and stating something
about principles, which the immense clamour of the as-
sembly prevented oar hearing, said he would defer the ex-
pression of his gratitude until a more favourable opporunity.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE then ruse, amidst great applause,
and said—" My opponent tells you that this day is the
triumph of pi inciple. I agree with him that it is so, but
of what principle? Not that of tyranny, but of free-
dom ; for although I have not triumphed, the borough
has, since 639 freemen have voted upon prin6ple.—
How can my opponent boast of a triumph upon such
ground, when he knows how his votes were obtained?—
Will he put principle to the test? Will he give
up the votes procured by terror? lvilf he strike
off from his number all those who have, through
fear, voted for him, although they in their own
hearts were desirous of voting for me? Will he
give lip all those who have supported him, not
from love of the puke, but from a mistaken opinion of the
Catholic question, which they now regret they ever suffered
to influence their votes ? Will he give up those votes which
were promised to him before it was known that I should
start? If be will do this, we shall soon see who has the
majority. The only principle on which he has succeeded,
is that which prevents a poor man from voting according
to his conscience. The whole value of election consists in
its freedom, and I rejoice that I have been the humble in-
strument to rescue you from the iron grasp by which you
were bound in thraldom. The election of your future mem-
be

re will be in your own hands. If the Duke's candidate
really meant to stand upon principle, why was the pledge
refused that I demanded at the commencement of the elec••
tion,—a pledge that no vote given from conscientious mo-
tives should being any one to ruin? Let such a pledge be
now given, even in this the eleventh hour of the contest,
and I shall be your representative. My opponents know
this, and they will not, they dare not give such a pledge.
But this is not the whole : I have other complaints to
make. I complain that men who have lived for years in
this borough, seine upwards of thirty years, and who have
always paid their rates, have been rej,cted, and from no
other cause than the gross neglect and inaccuracy of the
parochial officer, who has omitted to enter their names in
the rate-books ; and, would you believe it, this officer,
who is an agent of the Duke, has had the effrontery to
object, before the Mayor, with a smiling countenance, to
these volts, and urge, in support of his objection, no
other argument than that which is derived from his
own misconduct? I have received the spontaneous suf-
frages of snore than 600 freemen. The majority against
me is great, but may be redeemed. It is your own exer-
tions alone that can ensure success." The learned Sergeant
then entreated that the electors would in future give Mr.
Sadler a candid bearing, and called that gentleman to enter
fully into the detail of the principles on which he relied,
and, after exhorting his hearers to remain quiet and
peaceable, and to do no act which could give their oppo-
nents an opportunity of charging them with disturbing
the peace and harmony that had prevailed during the elec-
tion, concluded amidst the loudest cheers front all parts of
the hall."

CLARE ELECTION COMMITTEE.

(Concluded from our Paper of yesterday%)

Mr. F. PoLt.oex, for Mr. O'Connell, said that he
would not follow either the course of argument pursued by
his friend Mr. Harrison, the day before,• nor would he
make any allusion to the first two hours of Mr. Adam's
speech. It was unquestionable, that before the lotion be-
tween Great Britain and Ireland any Catholic refusing to
take the oaths would be unduubtedl, excluded from sitting
or voting in Parliament. Agreeing in all that Mr. Adam
Atatal up to that period, he denied his conclusion ; and
with respect to the Act of Union, and the subsequent Act
he would not trouble the Committee, because the question
must be decided elsewhere. The general question of
Eatancipatiout had nothing to do with this particular sub-
ject, which must be considered as a mere point of law.—
He had nothing of overwhelming confidence in hie
own opinion, nor would he enter into those differences.
or mistakes which might have been fallen into by
some gentlemen who wrote pamphlets. He, how-
ever, doubted whether what Mr. Harrison stated
was any thing more than a re-publication of what
had been published by a Learned Member of the House
of Commons. But it had very little to do with the
queation then before the Committee. The first point, he
asserted, was, tint up to the Union of Great Britain and
Ireland, any person was entitled to be elected without any
disqualification affecting a Boman Catholic as such ; for
that, although the oaths and declarations were necessary to
entitle a person to sit and vote, yet until that period had
arrived, and he failed in doing so, he was completely a
• Member of the House to all intents end purposes, arid his
election was good and valid ; that lie proved by reference
to the first statute quoted, which directed that Members
theretofore elected should take the oaths before the Lord
Steward, and should not otherwise he deemed knights of
the shire. The language of the 30th Charles 11. was
equally clear in recognizing the validity of the election, but
left it on the conscience of the Member whether he would
take the oath in the time and manner specified. Peers
and 3lembere of Parliament were on the same fouling.
The Act of 3d William and Mary was the only one that
applied to Ireland, and that said that no Peer could sit
and vote or give his proxy without taking the oaths,
nor any Member of the House of Commons could
sit or vote without taking the oaths thereinafter mentioned.
That statute thus recognized him to be a member, and only
enacted that he could not sit or vote until he had taken the
oaths, &c. It went on to say that such Peer or Member
of Parliament should be disabled from thenceforth ; where-
fore the distinction was plain. The Committee were only
to decide upon what was enacted, but they could not de-
cide that if an individual were once a Catholic, he should
he incapable of being at any subsequent period elected. It
was urged'at the other side that there was a test, and yet
they would not abide by it, nor by the care and the provi-
sions of Parliament, but would call on the Committee to
declare that there was no necessity for that test. Those
enactments were devised because the Legislature
found it impossible to dive into the consciences of men, and
perhaps with a view that by being allowed to be elected
persons might be induced to take those oaths. Peers were
entitled to their seats on merely taking the oaths; but still
the King could create Catholic Peers. He would then
leave that part of the question, satisfied that the validity
of elections was recognized by every statute up to
the Union. The second point he contended for was that
the Act of Union left the question precisely where it found
it. This part of the subject the Learned Gentleman illus.
trated by a number of quotations from the Scotch and Irish
Acts of Union, and continued to say, that if the Act of
Union provided that all Members must take the oaths be-
fore they voted, that alone must settle the question, and
that Mr. O'Connell was not subject to any disqualification
that was not shared by others in the kingdom—namely,
the not taking the oaths. The Learned Gentleman pro-
ceeded to say, that he merely assumed that it was neces-
sary to take the oaths for the purpose of the Committee
entering his protest that that part of the question must he
decided before the House of Commons. The question fur
the Committee %Vat, not whether there was evidence of
Mr. O'Connell's being a Catholic, or of his final per-
severance in the Catholic faith, for they could not
know what he might do when he went to demand
his seat in the House. The term disability could not
refer to Mr. O'Connell: he was under none, for
there was no divine into a man's conscience, and no
one could say whether he might or might not take
these oaths elthought it was contended that Mr. O'Con-
nell was at this moment disabled, because by and by he
' might not choose to take the oaths that were required.—
Blackstone bad been referred to, butt that eminent consti-

tutional lawyer, amongst the disabilities he enumerated,
never mentioned the fact of Catholics being disqualified
from being elected.—[llere Mr. Adam put into the hands
of Mr. Pollock Mr. Coleridge's edition of Blackstone, which
in a note enumerated Papists, Peers, and outlaws, AS having

been omitted in Blackstone's catalogue of disqualified per-
sons.l—Mr. Pollock commented ehurtly:uponthis note, nad
asked what necessity existed to enumerate Peers amongst
disqnalified penums, when even Judges who were com-
moners were included in the list on account of their at-
tendance on the Lords' 'louse. Ile proceeded to say that
he was not there to deny Mr. O'Connell's being a
Catholic, but merely to watch the evidence given.—
There was, however, no Act of Parliament which
fixed the indelibility of the Catholic faith upon a man, like
holy orders; and the history of the country showed, from

that

the many eh:lnge:3 of religion whieh had taken place, --,
the Legislature intended to give the very last moment.rart
the taking of those oaths. What was there to prete°
Mr. O'Connell from taking those oaths, although l';/
learned friends at the other side would argue, that ?It'
though he did so, he could not yet he a member of Part's'
went? The Committee must, to decide in favour of tht
petioners, adopt two propositions—first, that Mr. O'Connel`
will not take the oaths; and, secondly, that when he pee'
seats himself for the purpose of doing so, he will not la.
permitted. That discussion could only arise wtieii 11416'
O'Connell presented himself to the House, and then a great
question would have to be decided. He trusted that
O'Connell was returned to try a great right, and that
Ctunrnitteewoulel Bice him an opportunity of doing so, an
that they would net totila to a decision contrary to tbl
usage of all tribunals. by anticipating Wiait any iniiiVl,llll_,
bight de at it future perkl. The Leaned i3Etitlewt°
ceased speaking at half-past three ..•
The Cnatam.3.l3 of the Committee (Lord Win. guseelq
than asked whether the case was closed on both sides, A'
having been answered in the affirmative, strangers were.
ordered to withdraw, when the Committee, after a fel,
minutes' deliberation, adjourned until to-morrow (this del
at two o'clock.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HUNTING INTELLIGENCE.

ArrbiNTMENTS FOR TILE PRESENT WEEK:.
his Majesty's Stag-hounds, on Monday, at Mile-hot:
(between Salthill and Maidenhead); and Friday, at iVe
Heath--at half-past ten.
Mr. Farquharson's Hounds, on Friday, at Totnell (01
tier ; and Saturday, at Kingcomb.
Mr. O'Keily's Buck Hounds, on Saturday, at Role
Down.
Mead

H. Jo!Idle, Esq.'s Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Chipsy,
Church ; Wednesday, at Walton Windmill; Thursdays
the 23-railc.atone, Crawley-road ; and Saturday, at King'
wood-gate—at eleven.
The Surrey Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Hastrsey-green;
Thursday, at Locks Bottom ; and Saturday, at Gotham:ll
—at lialf.past ten.
The Sanderstead Harriers, on Monday, Wednesdays°
Saturday, at the Kennel—at ten.
Lord Harewood's Fox -hounds, on Monday, at Collipc
ham ; Friday, at Follifout ; and Saturday, at Iteesk"
at ten.
The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Toft-hall ; Tue.'
day, at the Thiel: Grey Hounds; Thursday, at Mere-hall'
and Saturday, at Oulton-lodge—at hall-past ten.
The Worcestershire Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Shra'V
Wood ; Thursday, at Goosehill ; and Saturday, at the a

Hills—at half-past tea.
Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Viroodootr
green; and Friday, at Park-hall—at half-past ten. s_j
The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patcham ;
nesday, near the Race Course; and Friday, at the Dyke'''
at half-past ten.
The Brookside Harriers will continue to meet eel
Monday, at Newmarket ; Wednesday, at the Lewes RAC
Course ; and Friday, at Tellescombe Tye—at half-past ten'
Mr. Price's Hounds, en Tuesday, at Llanyffydd; TheO-
r!:,
day, at the Girt (Nantglyn); and Saturday, at Moe! F
—at half- past ten.
The Blacktnoor Vale Hounds, on Tuesday, at PostW
hury Wood; and Friday, at Stuck-house—at half-past tf
The Gransden Hounds, on Monday, at Caxton Earths;
and Ft iday, at Boxworth —at ten.
Earl Fitzwilliam's Hounds, on Monday, at Trarhori
Wood ; Wednesday,. at Hunts Closes ; and Saturday',

Perrey—at ten.
The Pnekeridge Hounds, on Monday, at Wadeernillit
‘Vednesday, at Rockell; and Saturdiy, at Cumlrelow--'

half-past ten.
Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Blythford; Thn
day, at Keddleston ; and Saturday, at Langley Common/
at half-past ten.
Lord Scarborough's Fox-bounds, on Monday, at CI "'S'
ber-house ; Wednesday, at Knighton School; and rride,
at Grove—at half-past ten.
The Barleworth Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Worrierslel;
hall; Thursday, at Kirkby Guide-poet; and Saturdlyt 8
Woolley-ball—at half-past ten.
Sir G. Sitweil's Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Sutton,
and Friday, at Mosbro' Moor—at ten.
Lord YarbOrough's Hounds, on Monday and Wednes
day, at Usselby-liouse ; Friday, at Lndborough Village;
and Saturday, at Thornton Village—at eleven.
Sir Richard Sutton's Ifonnds, on Monday, at Spit
Tuesday, at Usselliy-honiie; Wednesday, at Sudbrookec,
house ; Thursday, at Usselby-house ; and SatnrdaYr
Gientworth—at eleven.
The Quorn liound4, on Monday, at Allextort-bald
Tuesday, at Ayleston Village; Thursday, at Goadby ; as
Friday, at Howthorpe, Northamptonshire--at half-past tiff);
Lord Anson's Hounds, on Monday, at eaters over'4
Wednesday, at Bosworth ; Friday, at Normanton ; s°
Saturday, at Clifton—at half-past ten,
Sir John Cope's Hounds, nn Monday, at Hartford'
bridge-flat ; Wednesday, at Pinliney-green ; Friday, 1°
Bradfield ; and Saturday, at' Hartley-row Tnrnpike•"
at ten.
The Craven Hounds, on Monday, at the Cross Key"
Froxfield ; Tuesday, at Mr. Dundas's Lodge ; Frids)t
at the Red Cow, near Marlborough ; and Saturdays s
Chillon-house—at half-past ten.
Mr. Freeman's Harriers, on Monday, at the first Toile'
stone from Hampton, op the Bnekland-road ; Wednesd3P
at Denchwortii ; and Saturday, at Bourton, near Shrive'
ham—at half-past ten.
General Win. Fitzroy's Hounds, on Monday, at Kieft,'
Ash Heath ; Wednesday, at Mr. Watts's, Flintry;
Friday, at Newton George—at eleven.
Sir Jacob Astley's Hounds, as Monday, at Banton ti
Wednesday, at Duker's bridge ; and Friday, at Bintry--"-

hal►•past ten.
Mr. 11. Villebois's Harriers, on Tuesday, at Winburel
and Saturthy, at Guuderstone—at eleven.
Mr. H. M. Chadwick's Fox-hounds, on Tuesdaf, i!
Canwell Inn ; and Frid.,y, at Draycot Waste--at

past ten.
The Warwickshire Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Overael
Wood ; Tuesday, at Farnborough ;, Thursday, at Eatingt°,.!
Village; and Saturday, at Bishop's Itchington--at
past ten.
The Vine Hounds, on Monday, at Ashe Park ; The:
day, at Hannington Church; and Saturday, at the rin"
Apple—at ten.
The Marquis of Cleveland's Fox-honnds, on Monday'
al
Hilton ; Wednesday, at Taft-hill ; and Friday, at Su,""*
House Village—at eleven.
The Lambton Fox-hounds, on Monday, at GrinJol
Tuesday, at Sheraton ; Thursday, at Great Stainton; an
Friday, at Fishburn—at ten.
Mr. Wickstead's Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Adderleil
Thursday, at Whitmore ; and Saturday, at Willow-bridsl

_at half past ten. so
Mr. Lester's Harriers, on Monday, at Parkstone
Wednesday, at. Major Brice's Plantation—at half-pa't
The Shropshire Hounds, on Monday, at Eaton Masco ,_':,'
Wednesday, at Pradoe ; and Friday, at Shawbury Wla

Gates—at half-past ten.
The Derbyshire Deer Hounds, on Monday, at Pike-bail;
and Friday, at Haddon-field—at half-past ten.
The H. H. on Monday, at South Wm nborough ; Turdday, at Brookwood ; Thursday, at Rotherfield }'ark ; au
Saturday, at Nutley Church—at ten.
The 'lambledon Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Hbrndeo.:
Thursday, at Swanmore-house; and Saturday, at 111
Oa k- hoe--at hal-pas ten.
Mr. Nicoll's Houfnds, ton Wednesday, at Beaulieu; l'Pri
Friday, at Downton Common.
The Oakley Hounds, on Monday, at Kernpston-bou'eoi
Wednesday? at Astwood ; and Saturday, at Halsey NI
—at eleven.

BIRTHS.
On the 4th instant, at ThirMaine House, near Chelte
ham, the lady ofJ. It. Scott, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 3d ins,tant, at Cheltenham, the lady of II •

Honywood, Esq., M.P., of a daughter.

The lady of George Turner, E.g., of a daughter.
At Connaught-place, Lady Wigratn, of a daughter.
On the 28th ult., at Lincoln, Lady Sutton, of a datigh".
MARRIED.
On the 3d instant, at St. George's, Hanover.sinarefo
Rev. John Thomas Maine, Rector of Husbands Root°r pI
Leicestershire, to Eliz. Penelope Anne, eldest daughter
the Rev. John Cracroft, Rector of Ripley, Yorkshire-
On the btla instant, by the Rev. Dr. Moore, Sir Js`v-01
Williams, to Ann, eldest daughter of Mr. Goodms°,
Tokenhouse-yard.

DIED. e°
At her house, No. 7, Ulbter-place, Regent's-par'P col
the 26th ult., Sarah, widow of the late Lieut.-Of°
Macleod of Macleod.
thif

On the sth inst., after a short illness, Rebeecs,
daughter of William Ball, Esq. of King-street, CO'g
Garden, in the 23d year of her age.
On Thursday week, at Paris, after a few days' rUn
Charles Jones, Esq. formerly Major of the Sth
and son-in• law to the late Johnson Atkins in Busfield,
On the 4th instant, at his residence in Sloane-str'
Thomas Huristone, Esq., aged 72.

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