The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-01 00:00:00

WESTNWRELAND ELECTION'.

Mr. LI.!HINGTON presenled a copy of a Cor-
respondence between the Tax Office and the As-
ses.nr of Tax in 'Westmoreland.
Mr. Baouc uAti4 wished to call the attention of
the House to this correspondence, particnlarly
to the letter of a Mr. Johnson, to the Commis-
sioners of 'Faxes, in which he describes himself
as 'wing the Secretary to the Committee for ma.-
the Electicm of the present Menthe's for
Wiistmoreland. He goes on to ask for certain
returns of Land Tax, in which return Mr. John-
son tells the Commissioners of Taxes that Lord
Tnanet's property need not be included. Now this
was the letter of an electioneering agent to the
Cunqiiisioners of Taxes, a person who never
might to have been allowed to approach the Tax
Office ; -yet to this letter, Mr. Winter, the Secre-
tary to the Board of Taxes, the next (lay returned
hint a most courteous answer, recognizing him in
his character of Secretary to the Couonittee for
managing the election of the present Members,
and informing hint that the ;cum's for which he
asked wo.ild he fornished to him by the assessors
of the several districts. It, however, arty should
be wanting there, the Tax Office would furnish
(Item. The Pon. Member observed, this was a
most flagrant breach Of the privileges of the
House, and if notice was not taken of- it by,the
proper eptarter. be woold himself move to bring
the parties implicated to the bar of the House.
No answer being given to the ob3ervations of
the Honourable Metnher,

Mr. TIERNEY could not avoid expressing his
snrpfise that the Chancellor of the Exchequer
should sit si'ent, and hear such a statement, with-
out saying a single word in explanation.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the
whole of this correspondence was new to him,
and Ice ‘wished to have time to make inquiry he-
orehegave any opinion upon it.

Mr. TtFr.mEY was dad to hear the reason as-
signed by tt;e Right He Gentleman. He trusted
the subject would receive the consideration which
its importance demanded, and that on Monday it
would Fig.,in be brought under the consideration
of the flouse.

Mr. Bit+►UGt4AM trusted that Monday!would not
he allowed to pass over without- the Right lion.
Gentletnan's again mentioning the subject.• It did,
indeed, appear• to him that there was a system of
electioneering policy established in favour of the
present Members for Westmoreland, and that the
Commissioneis of Taxes were parties to it. If
such a proceeding as this were to be tolerated,
Parliament might es well be dissolved at once.
This was one of the grossest attacks upon the
her. ies of the people r►nd freedom of election which
he had-ever witnessed, and l►e trusted the House
would not pass it over 'without sliming its sense
of it by calling its authors to the bar : and, how-
e►er po,,erftil might be the support by which they
were hacked, show -that-the House of Commons
had still energy to "resent-so gross an invasion of
their privileges,bypunishing its authors with that
severity whirl' they deserted.—The papers were
then ordered to be printed.—Mr. Broug:ha►n then
observed)_ that the letter• to which he had on a
t truer night alluded, namely, that of a Mr.
Thoinp;,oo;,liad turned out to he areal document,
and t.ot a fabrication, as some Gentlemen hadde-
clared it to be if; their opinion.

fp.rd LonfTnFa declared himself ignorant of
th,eovliole transaction.

Mr. BROUUHAM gave notice of bis intention,

can Tuesday, to brink fortv:lra a ttiotion on the
subject of the abuse in the application of Chari-
!able Donations

EDUCATION OF THE l'ooll.-

Mr. BhouGHAm said,, that he had on Thnrsday
given notice, that he would next Thursday bring
forward a proposition rod itive to Charitable Do-
tiation3. He gave that notice under an impres-
sion that his Hon. Friend (Sii• F. BUrdett), whose
motion on Ntliarnentary Reform stood for that
day, would give !-dace to his (Mr, Brougham's)
Understanding, however, ,that the Hon. Baronet
bad cbtinged his opinion, he ‘lould give his no-
tice for ‘Vednesby, in the event of not being al-
lowed to introduce it sooner.