The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-25 00:00:00

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
LYME REGIS.
The Committee,: on assembling yesterday morning, pro-
ceeded with the scrutiny into the vote of Agland, which
had occupied them the whole of the preceding day. The
voter was 'one of a number of individuals who
had received certain loans from the agent of
the, hitting, Members, and thereby come within the
provisions of the Bribery Act, which expressly provides
forthis sort of corrupt influence.
After hearing the arguments in support of the vote,
Mr. COCKBURN replied, contending for the validity of
the objection. He 'took his stand on the statute, and
severely denounced the system that had been pur-
sued in the borough, by which a large portion of the
constituency was placed completely at the mercy of the
agent of the party, and disabled from making a free
choice, except at the risk of ruin to themselves and
families.
After nearly an hour's deliberation, the CHAIRMAN in-
timated that the Committee had agreed that the vote
.1% as a bad one. It having been announced that the Speaker
vas at prayers, no formal decision could be given, but it
wilt be made this day.
This decision makes the parties equal on the poll,, and
it will probably decide the fate of several other votea
objected to on the same ground.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC .JOURNALS..
.111031 THE EVENING. PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—If Sir Robert Peel is nut simply to be re-
gorged as tegreat humbug,
.which it would be painful,te
think, and disrespectful to predicate or a Prime Minis-
ter,he must intend (after tripping up the Whigs for
prapoSing too much) to do more than he dares as yet
aistinetly to announce, with his present party behind
hint. It liaS even penetrated the obtuseness of the
Horned Cattle Interest at , his back, tlat the principles
which Sir Robert Peel propounds take a wider- range
than the measures which at present he professes to found
epon. thou principles. If, therefore,- he is not simply
earroting " wise-saws" which. are' no novelties, as they
are familiar to every one who has read the books, and
heard the Speeche.s, of the last twenty years, he is laying
ground for ulterior action, and driamg piles for a future
auperstructure in a soil which (like that of the houses
of Parliament) would not otherwise bear its weight.
This may. be so, and we hope it is so. Sir Robert may
mean, and we hope he does mean, to bid high for
independent support, and to place himself (no
matter for how tong or short a period tilt he
has done -his work at "least) at the head' of -a sort
of Third Party in the State, careless of the immediate
ascendancy of either one or the other of the ordinary
rivals for power. Or Sir Robert Peel, in his general
professions of an enlarged policy, may be merely ex-
citing expectations, and angling for applause, without
any farther object than the. Machiavelism of the moment
—the sowing division in the opposite ranks---the con-
ciliation of those who " go farther" than the propositions
of the late Ministry, and the obtaining a cheap advantage
in debate, by contrasting skilfully the doctrines of ab-
solute freedom with the limited practical measures of
the Whig's, by giving the preference in theory to the
unrestricted adoption of free •principles, and by thus
leading his hearers to forget- for the moment that, with
all his promising dispositions for unlimited liberality, he
falls short, of Whig practice on the, vital point, while
seeming to outbid Whig doctrine. Now this, we have
said, is either a sham, and then its success will be very
short-lived ; or a serious proyisiou for the evil day which
Sir Robert forsees will come on his Corn law: John
Wilkes • told George the Third, " Your Majesty
knoira I was never a Wilkite ;" and Sir Robert Peel may
intend proclaiming, so soon as need be, that he was never a
Peelite, in the sense in which his supposed opinions
raised him originally to power. On neither of the above
suppositions is the course of the present Prime Minister
a straight one. On the first, he would, be playing at
once a paltry and dangerous game. On the second, his
tactics must certainly be deemed more sagacious, and
more, far-sighted. How they harmonise with his past
course, and party connections, we care not to answer.
STAN DARD.—Two very important subjects engaged
the attention of the House of Commons last night—
election bribery, and Mr. Miles's proposition for modi-
fying the clauses of the tariff affecting the: introduction
of live cattle. The most important incident in the
discussion of the first, of. these subjects was the decla-
ration of Sir Robert Peel, of his " readiness to lend
himself, -• to the utmost of his power, to discounte-
nance a practice which was underndning the influence
of the House of , Commons." This declaration is in
perfect agreement with the practice of the Right
Honourable Baronet, since the day when he pledged
himself, to support the 'Parliamentary constitutiOnestab-
lishedby the Reform Bill. There is no man in Parlia-
ment, or out.of it, who has done so much as Sir Robert
Peel to ensure purity of election. His Bill for the trial
of disputed returns has exposed the extent of bribery
in all its foulness, and almost. achieved the miracle of
making the House of Commons sensible of, its. &Inger
from the corrupt practices' of too many of its Members.
That, danger is imminent : as Sir Robert said the
pracatice ..bribery
•, is " undermining, the influence
a the House of Commons ;" in truth, it has already so
fitr andermined it, that a new ReforM Bill threatens,
:rod a new Beforni Bill will be nothing less than a Radi-
cal revolution. It is right that all who feel an interest
in the existing order of society should know this, and
that they should •feel the extent of their obligation to
the Minister, who, at no small cost to himself, labours
to avert it. That Sir Robert Peel has to contend
against .some opposition in the party of which he
is the honoured leader, is too obvious for conceal-
ment. _lf the, foundations, of this opposition were
analysed, it would be found that the most active
and .actritnonious of those who disturb the har-
mony of the Conservative party, are persons who
quarrel with him chiefly on this ground, that he is the
enemy of election bribery. They are a section con-
. temptible in numbers, and-little entitled to respect from
personal importance ; but they can rail at clubs, and
write spiteful paragraphs in newspapers, and thus create
an appearance of irreeencileable division, greatly inju-
rious to the general interests of the great party of the
country. On the other side, the much greater number
of corruption-loving Whig-Radicals engage in the attack
upon the Conservative leader, and the great opponent of
bribery, as in a " labour of love," and they of course
magnify the division, of which their allies in the Conser-
vative ranks get up the semblance.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DOWNING-STREET, MAY 23, 1842.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Adolphus William
Young; Esq., to be Sheriff of the Colony of New South Wales.
WHITEHALL, MAY 23.
The. Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Alexander
Gardner to the church and parish of Lethnot, in the presbytery
of Brechin and county of Forfar, vacant by the death of the
Rev. Alexander Symers.
Commissions by the Lcrd Lieutenant of Bedfordshire.
F. Pym, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; H. C. Hoare,
Evq., to be ditto, May 18; R. T. Gilpin, Esq., to be ditto,
May 20.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire.
F. Cavendish, Esq., to be Deputy- Liestenant, May 17.
• Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk.
W. B. Folkes, Esq., to be Deputy'-Lieutenant, vice: sir
W. J. H. Folkes, resigned, May 10.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Durham.
Durham Militia—The Most Noble Henry Duke of Cleveland,
to be Colonel ; the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Seaham
to be Major, 'May 16.
_Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire.
Royal Regular Militia—The Hon. H. St. John to be Cap-
tain, !ire Fawsett, deceased, May 2.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Westmorland.
Westmorland Yeomanry Cavalry—G. E. Wilson, Gent., to
be Lieutenant, vice Tatham, resigned ; W. Sl.!ddaleL Gent.,
to be .ditto, vice Fetherstonhaugh, resigned; J. Y. Thexten,
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Sleddale, promoted.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Kent.
West:Kent Squadron of Yeomanry Cavalry—R. Boyd, Gent.,
to be Cornet, vice Latham, resigned, May 21.
WHITEHALL, MAT 19.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Wm. Clifton, of Wat-
ford, in the county of Herts, Gent., to be a Master Extraordi-
nary in the High Court of Chancery.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
THOMAS QUAIFFE, THOMAS JONES TYRRELL,
and JAMES QUAIFFE, brewers, Fulham.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
WILLI A3l HOOPER, tobacco manufacturer, Reading. •
WILLIAM MAWMAN BRAWN, Jun., merchant, Skin-
ner's-Place, Size-lane.
BANKRUPTS.

ADAM TELFER, smith, Pracd-strecti Paddington, to
surrender June 3, and July 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court
ef Datkruptey. Alsager, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Virg*, Essex-street, Strand.
WILLIAM FINDEN and EDWARD FRANCIS FIN-
DEN, engravers, Southampton-place, New-road, Pancras,
Middlesex, June 3, at. one, and July 5, at eleven, at the Court
(t Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinehall-street ;
*jenkinson' Cannon-street.
MARK QUICK, baker, Compton-street, Burton-crescent,
June 3, at twelve, and July 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
'elite). Turquand, official assignee ; Drake, Bouverie-street,
I•1‘!et-atreet. - ,
' JOHN RADFORD, upholsterer, TivertunNune 21, and
- Ju!y 5,
.at twelve, at they Old London Inn, Exeter. Fox,
Flosburv-circus, London ; anner, Ciediton, Devon: .
ROBERT ATTREE, hosier, .Brighton, June 3, and
Town-hall, .
July 5, at two, at the
Buthamley, and Bentall, Coleman-streetBrighton, London;Freeman,
Chalk,
I;righton.
JAMES SMl'lll,
.wine merchant, Hertford, Jime 3, at
two., and July 5, at twelve, at the Court Bankupty.
LaCkingtor, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Eve-
, rift, Haycion-square, Minories.
JOHN BERRY, grocer, Rugby,. Warwickshi.re, J...u,ne
.8,
and July 5, at eleven, at the Graziers' Arms, Rugny- la rats-
law, Rugby ; Fuller and Saltwell, Carlton-chambers, Regent.
street, London.
ROBERT BIASS, wine merchant, Liverpool, June 3, and
July s,at. twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Dim
mock, Sise-lane; Bueklersbury, London ; Fairclough, Liverpool.
WILLIAM GOVER GRAY, dentist, Bath, June 6, aed
July 5, at twelve, at the Christopher Inn, Bath. Shepi ard,
Caele-street; Holborn, London,
WILLIAM DONALD, furr'er, Brighton, May 28 and
July-5, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Brighton. Bennett,
Brighton; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London.
• JOHN TATTERSALL, coal merchant, Heath Charnock,
Lancashire, June 15, and July 5, at eleven, at the Town-hall,
P, rston. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bed-
fo.ril-row, London ' • Stringfellow, Chorley.
JAMES SINIIIIONS, JOHN SINLVIONS, and JOHN
PINE. manufacturers of prussiate of 'potash. Battersea, May
31, at one, and July 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Gycen, official assignee, Alderraanbury; Lindsay and Mayen,
Cat eaton-str eel.
JAMES FULLER, coal-merchant, Maidenhead, Berkshire,
,tune 7, at two, and July 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official
as,ignee ; Fry, Letley, and Fry, ch„psid.e, • ...y,
_,..I,ANE JONES, woollen-draper, Carnarvon,'
dime n, and
NEIVSPAPNIy 5, at eleven, at the Eagles inn. carnaTron _ Griffith,,
-0 rnarvsin ; Jones, Parliament-street, London. '
.T. ' -` JOSEPH COTTERELL, hinge-maker, Darlaston,
:._ ',.,,, Staf-
fordshire, June 15 and July 5, at twelve,_ at the Swan Hotel,
--" It, f ,;`V- ~,,,... i n "Wolverhampton. Chaplin, Gfa.Y's Inn- mare,. London ;
7, ~tilt 4,. 4,...- . STurrier and Chaplin, Birmingham.
(
:40,' -
'' ---,DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy; Basiughall-street.
B, Littledyke, linen draper, Brudenell-place, New North-road,
.= JOSEPH
- ,June 14, at eleven-H..aonger, merchant, Great Winchester-
ig -i & 'Ziticet, hue 14, at Islilsst eleven-Z. Weedun, banker, West