The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-23 00:00:00

GREAT MARLOW.

The. Committee met again yesterday morning at 11 o'clock.
Tl:c inquiry into the vote of Michael Redmond was con.
tinned. .

William Field stated that he was the agent of Mr. Williams.
Witness had received twelve guineas from Redm )nd as the
rent of the cottages, out bf which he registered. There was a
timber-yard attached to the cottages, which was used for Mr.
William's purposes, lent only by sufference on the part of

After some further evidence, and the arguments of Counsel,
the room was cltared, and the Committee, after some delibera-
tion, decided that the vote of Michael Redmond was a bad
vote, and should be struck off the poll.
The sitting Member was by this decision placed again in a
majority of one.

The 'Committee adjourned till to-morrow (this day.)

WIGAN.

The Committee met at eleven o'clock, Mr Hawes in the chair.

The scrutiny was proceeded with on the part-of the peti-
tioners, and the vote to which the attention of the Committee
was directed was that of John Harrimond, which was adjourned
from yesterday to meet the convenience of one of the Honour-
able Members. Mr. Ct ekbuin now called a witness
named Scott to prove that in September 18.-10 the
voter occupied a house from which he removed previous
to the election. It also appeared that the voter registered from
land connected with the house which he held at the time of the
election. ,
Mr. COCKBURN contended that as by the 27th section of the
Reform Act the voter could not register from lend alone, un-
less he had some tenement or premises upon
,it, he could hot,
having left the house, vote from the land alone, as it could not
originally give him a title to vote.
Mr. HILLYARD cited several cases to enforce a contrary
view.

The vote was struck off, which placed Mr. Standish in
majority of one over Mr. Crosse.

Micliael Davidson was then- put forward by Counsel for the
sitting Members.
The vote struck off.
• Edward Wardle's vote was struck off by consent.
John Jackson's vote was objected to on the part of the peti-
tioners.— I he vote was struck off.

John Kirby was next objected to on the part of the
petitioners.

he inquiry respecting this vote was proceeding with when
it was announced that the Speaker was at prayers. The Com-
.
mittee, therefore, adjourned till to-morrow.
This leaves Mr. Crosse and Mr. Standish eqnal on the poll.

HOTEL AND TAVERN KEEPERS' PROVIDENT IN-
STITUTION.—On Monday the third annual general meeting of
the supporters of this institution was held at the London Coffee
House, Benjamin Bond labbell, Esq., in the chair t 6 receive
the Annual Report of the Commit tee, the Auditors' Report,
and to elect officers for the ensuing year. Mr. J. S. I\.'ew-
bon, Honorary ceretary, read the Report. After alluding to
the disappointment of the Committee in not having received
that support which they expected from the hotel and tavern-
keepers, as also from the general body of cooks and waiters,
the Report conclu.led with the announcement of his Royal
Highness the Duke of t ambridge having condescended to
be patron of the charity. The receipts for the past year, in-
cluding subscriptions and donations, 481(1. ss. 9d., and divi-
dends on 4,1531. 9s. 7d. stock, were 750/. 12s. 1 Id. ; and the
expenditure, including 3501. ievested with the commissioners
for the reduction of the national debt, left a balance of 38/.
Bs. Id. ?here were 430 members. The Report having been
adopted, thanks were soled to the officers of the past, and those
for the ensuing year, were elected. After a vote of thanks to
the chairman Mr. Fox rose, end presented a gold snuff-box,
bearing an appropriate inscription, to Mr. Newborn foe his un-
tiring zeal in forwarding the best interests of the charity. Mr.
.Newbon acknowledged the compliment in suitable terms.
DEATH OF DUG ALI) I3ANNATYNE, ESQ.—We regret
to announce the death of this venerable gentleman, by which
the cause of reform has lost one its of earliest and steadiest
friends. Mr. Bannatyne avowed himself a Reformer, at a time
when the aseemption of such a character required a greater
degree of moral courage and intelligence than have been indis
pensible under more ri cent circumstances. In the discharge
of his duties as a public officer, while presiding over the Post-
office in this city, he enjoyed the confidence and respect of his
fellow-citizens. Glasgow Saturday Post.
A SENSIBLE CHOICE.—" If you don't accept my
challenge," said one gentleman of honour to another, " I will
gazette you—so take your choice." " Go ahead," said the
other, " I had rather fill six gazettes than one coffin."
.A. n. ADAMS'S Oaftlinr.—Mr. C. Adams delivered
the first of his lectures on Astronomy on Monday night at the
Adelphi Theatre, to a numerous and respectable audience, and
his explanation of planetary phenomena by means of transpaten-
cies and moving sceneries, was correct and splendid. After de-
scribing the earth and its phases under a variety of influences,
Mr. Adams represented the influence of the sun and moon in
producing spring and neap tides on his transparent apparatus,
an which were visible the earth and moon, with the
water following the latter as she revolves round the earth
and also showing the solar tide as alternately raised
and depressed by the sun, as the sun and moon respectively
change their line of direction. The proportions, however, of
the depth of water, compared to the small scale of the planets,
are somewhat out of order. The illustrations of the second part
of the lecture, representative of the old astronomical systems,
were represented with truth and clearness, and the lecture ap-
peared to give general satisfaction.
Two young men, named Demerez and Barascon,
neither more than twenty years of age, and both in the employ
of a bookseller at the Batignolles, being enamoured of the
same female, determined to settle their pretenOons by a duel
with a single pistol, for which they were to draw lots. They
met on Tuesday afternoon, without seconds; the pistol was
loaded, arid the chance turned in favour of Demerez, who fired
and lodged the ball in the bosom of his rival, who fell. As-
tounded by the event, Demerez did riot attempt to fly, but was
found by some persens attracted by the report hanging in dis-
tress over his fallen adversary. He was taken before the Ma-
gistrate of the commune, while BarascOn was carried home on
a litter, where he lies in a dangerous state, but not without
hopes of recovt ry.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.—
Handel's oratorio, Israel in Egypt, is announced for perform-
ance on Thursday, the 24th instant, for the third time this sea-
son This circumstance, unprecedented in the annals of the
Society, is a strorg proof of the growing prevalence amongst
the public in general, of the opinion so long entertained by mu-
sicians, that this oratorio is, without exception, the master-
piece of its immortal composer.
A fine full-grown fox was exhibited in Lincoln the
other day, which was caught in the hen-roost of Mr Pask, of
Bardney. Reynard had been a constant visitor during the
winter, and had so thinned the number of fowls that at last it
was determined to capture him, if possible. At twilight he
came as usual, and cautiously looking round and perceiving no
one about, in he bolted, and up jumped a person hidden near
the root door, and shut him in. A dug was then let in upon
him, and a fight fo.luwed dui ing which the man got into and
muzzled Ileynard he be ought him to Lincoln and offered him
for sale.— Lincolu Mercury.
TILE TORY INCOME TAX.—The great obstacle to
the success of'the Ministerial scheme appears to have been
entirely overlooked by both sides. A tax of nearly three per
cent. on all incomes above 1501. will coral el a vast number
of persiris to contribute in a direct manner to the revenue of the
colin:rv. who have at present no voice in the election of mere.
bers of Parliament. Will this class, whit his chiefly composed
of men of etmation, and in many cases of persons of consider-
able influence, quietly submit to an impost by which they e e
such material sufferers, and in the justice and expediency of
which they are forbidden by law to express any opinion? As-
suredly riot. The income tax will thus do more in three years
to disturb the existing franchise than all the arguments of
statesmen during ten times the period. Sir Robert Peel is un-
consciously nurturing a viper which will eventually work the
downfall of his party.— Glusyow Reformers' Gazette.
THE ALDER.MANBURY TRAGEDY.—As soon as the
perpetration of the above horrid tragedy was discovered, the
news spread throughout the City with incredible rapidity, and
was quickly circulated at the west end, through the medium of
omnibusses and other vehicles plying between it and the City,
but unfortunately, like most occurrences of a similar nature, it.
lost nothing by its conveyance, and was either grossly mis-
represented, or very much exaggerated. Among other mis-
takes, the friends of the Lord Mayor were horror-stricken at
the astounding information, " that Alderman Pirie had mur-
dered his family', and had committed self-destruction," thus
confounding the name of Pirie " with that of " Bury," the
latter part of the name of the place where the threefold murder
and suichle was committed, and it was not until the return of
the messengers, who were instantly despatched into the City
to ascertain the trte h of the report', that the friend, of oitr
de-
se. veA s',Jsepirselthouieh cc', at te. Lae t::_ .
had learnt, were relieved from their painlui* anxiety on his
account.