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

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On this day. in 17716TreTeTar forts of the kingdom being dis-
mantled, the following resolution is recorded in the journals of
the House of Commons under the above date :—'•That the
several castles of Tickhill, Sheffield, Knaresborou,,h, Cawood,
Sandal, Bolton, Middleham, Hornsea, Mulgrave, and Cralke,
in the county of York, being inland castles, be made untenable,
and no garrison kept or maintained therein."

SPORTING ITT ELL 1•G ENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
ALCASTER STtiEPLE CHA ,ES.—THDRSDAY.
Sweepstakes of 5 Sovs. each, with 25 Sovs. added, list. 71b.
each, winners extra. The winner to be bold for 751. Four
Mr. Lamp!ugh's The Rorap (Owner)
Sir. Matthews's Bellona
The following also started, but were not pLeed —Mr. Ekin's
Duenna, Mr. Smith's Tom, and Mr. Robins's Single Peeper.
Won in a canter.
The Sweepstakes of 3 Sovs. each, with 15 Soya. added
list. 71b. each, two miles, were won in tour heats, by Sir.
Mellon's The Queen (Horley) beating Mr. Lamplugh's The
Romp, Sir. Robson's b. g. by Napolemi, and several others.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY.
DEE STAKES —7 to 2 agst Skiptun, 2 to 1 agst William de
Fortibus, 3 to 1 agst Marion, 8 to 1 agA Lord Stanley's colt.
CHESTER Cur.-10 to 1 agst the Feathers, 6 to 1 agst
Marshal Soult (t), 7 to 1 apt Vulcan (t), 8 to 1 agst Rory
O'More (t), 11 to 1 titst Lanercost, 13 to one agst the
Young-'un (t), 16 to 1 agst Jolly 'Far (t), 17 to 1 agst Alice
Hawthorn, 20 to 1 agst Zelmyra, 35 to 1 agst Retriever, 30 to 1
apt Cormorant. No other change.
DEar.v.-4 to 1 agst Attila (t), 7 to 1 agst Frederica colt,
16 to one agst Jack, 16 to I agst Auckland, 25 to 1 agst Meteor,
30 to 1 agst Lord of Holderuess, 30 to 1 agst Tiptoe. The
rest as before.

BAIL CO CHIC -(1111S DAY.
The Court was i-i,g,ged this day in .dill ofiing of motions
which postess::d no gtnei al interest.

MARi,BOROUGII-TREET.
(THIS DAY.)

will am Saunders, a fashionably dressed young Mall, was
charged with drunken and disorderly conduct, and assaulting
police-constable No. -121, of the C dkision, in the execution of
his duty. The complainant stated, that about one o'clock this
morning he saw the defendant, litho was excessively intoxi-
cated, staggering along Oxford-street, and violently po,hincr
against every person, either male- or female, he• met with.
Meeting a lad carrying a pot of beer, he " slammed" him
against the shutters of a shop, and caused the beer to be
spilt, alter which he " upset" twn men walking together, and
then insulted two respectable females who were returning
home from a friend's house. Vi itness having got up to him,
then seized him by the collar, upon which he struck him
with his clenched list a tremendous. blow on the lelt eye.
(complainant's eye was much talaekened, and nearly cl ised),
which, fur a time, completely stuniied him, but on recovering
himself he followed the defendant, arid succeeded, with con-
siderable difficulty, in taking him into custody.
The defendant said he was very sorry' for what had hap-
pened, but the truth was he had been &inking some ale and
gingcr mixed, with some blends, and it had "ov:rtaken him."
AGISTRATE—In what situation of lift are to„?
Inspector Plume, of the C said di. defendant at the
station-louse represented himself as :7.l.c:cased victualler.
• Defendant—No, 1 am not a licensed victualler, but lam the
son of one.

AIAGISTRATE-T wish it was more generally understood that
411 persons, no matter in what condition of life they may be, will
he most severely punished for amsaillt ing the pine. They must be
protected in the execution of their duty. If they act %%rung-
fully, ncthing can' be riadi r or easier than the attainment of
redress. I shall therefore fine the defendant N., and, in default
of payment, one month's imp) isontnent.
The defendant, not having the money about him, was
locked up.

•
ELECTION I'ONI3III"TEES.
(THU!, DAY )
SOUTHAMPTON.
The whole time of the Committee has bcen occupied with
the subject of a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Gillian and
Mr. Vt renn ; but it was not brougbt to a close when we left,
nor would it be dining the day, the Committee having to rise
at two. The only fact proved ivs, that Mr. Callan v.ted ; t hit
Mr. Wrenn gave Mrs. C. 101., butt that nu one could say ex-
actly what tor.

REA DING.
The Committee having heard long arguments decided on ad-
mitting the poll-books a, evidence.

PENRYN AND FALMOUTH.

Tue Committee met at eleven o'clock ; Mr. C. WOOD in the

Chair.

The Committee proceeded to hear the evidence of bribery,
of which it has been alleged the sitting Membei, Captain
Pl'imridge, has been guilty by his agents.
The first wiiness produced was Mrs. Gay, who proved that
before the election he husband received 6/. ; and that a Mr.
James came to her on the day of the election and gave her a
sovereign, desiring her to bring her husband to vote for Cap-
tain Plumridge.
The next witness produced was Sarah White, who proved
that Richard James tame,tl her house with Capt. Plutnridle
on the day of canvassing, and that on the day of election she
went to James' house by the direction of Mr. 'filly, a lawyer,
and that she received 61. from James. Her husband voted for
Vivian and Plumreige.
On her cross.examination, she stated that her husband had
nothirg to do with the money. The money belonged to her;
the vote to her husband.—(Laughter.) iler husband was a
voter 35 years ago. '1 he first money they ever received was
from the Vv hig party.—(Laughter.)
The next witness produced was Thomas Williams, who was
under examination when our account was brought off.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF .COMMONS.
The SpEAKER took his scat at TWO &Cluck.
CATHOLIC GRIEVANCES.

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Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition from 'a town in
Yorkshire, pra)ing that the grievances under which the human
Catholic subjects laboured might be remedied. The Hon.
Gentleman presented similar petitions trom a place in Stafford-
shire, from Whitehavon, and from Chi:stow.
INCOME TAX.

Mr. BERNAL presented a petition against the Income-tax,
SOU EHAMPTON ELLCTION:

Mr. THESI GER said, that before proceeding to address
the House on a subject of great importance, he trusted he would
bepermiite.t to say a few words, in order to set himself right in
the opinion of the House, as to the course he had pursued on
the present occasion. It had been :nosed in the course of the
debate that morning, that he had taken advantage of the House
in bringing this grave ann serious:question before them, when
many Hon. elembers had lett the. House unt:er the impression
that the debate would not be brought forward that evening,
and that he, in that way, took theta by surprise. He confessed
it was with considerable pain and regret he heard that Impu-
tation cast upon him by his own side of the House, because he
thought that the course he pursued was so well known to
many of his Honourable and Hight: Honourable Friends rear
him, they would have acquitted him'of any iniputatton of a very
serious character, and which left a vet y painful impression on
his mind, from its being supposed that he could be eatialle of
cot dealing tai. ly with the House.—( Hear, hear.) When he
came to the House yesterday, he made up his mind to give
notice of motion for discharging the inuividual in question.
Hut he found that the Honourattle Member for Knares-
borough had before him given* notice of a similar
motion to the Clerk of the House. He (Mr. 'lhesiger)
mentioned to him his intuition of .-making a meriuti die
the subject, and the Honourable Member very courteously
permitted him (Mr. T.) to subatifu.e his own name for
the Honourable Alember's, and ' after his arrival in
the House he communicated to the :speaker his intention of
opposing the motion for adjoui ument till Monday, and
was resolved, as Jar as Lc pes,thly could accomplish
it, that the house should meet this day, in order
to determine whether the custody of this individual was legal
or not. He communicated his intention to the Chancellor of
the ktic•hequer, to one of the Secre ticks of the Treasury, and
he believed also to the Secretary of the Home Doped tineot,
The Chancellor of the Exchequer told him that his opposition
would probably lead to a debate, and reiniested of hint to defer it
till after the debate on the Income-tax, and that the adjournment
of the House would not be moved till eller his Hon. l'riend the
Member for Cirencester communicated his intention to several
Members on the oppusite side of the House, so th'at he did every
thing in his power to snake his intention known.—( Hear,
hear.) He thought that state.aent was necessary to
vindicate his character. With regard to an observa-
tion made by the Honourable Member for Chester,
that the notice of motions showed " elouday," that hap-
pened by mistake, fur he desired the Clerk to take out Monday,
which he said he would do when the motion was made.
He felt it due to himself to make these few remarks, for he
confessed that he had entertained the deepest feelings of regret
for the situation in which he was placed, by no one who knew
all the circumstances being generuus enough to stand forward in
his vindication. 'He felt it t.ue to himself to explain those cir-
cumstances precious to going into this grave and serious guys.
Lion. In the discussions which had occur s ed upon previous nights
upon this question, as to the continuance in custody of this
individual, he confessed that he might have expressed hisnseit
with an undue degree of warmth. He felt very strongly on
the subj: et of the validity of the warrant. He felt that the
House was committing a grievous injustice towards this indi-
vidual by continuing him in custody upon a warrant %Odell
appeared to be illegal, and be therefore had expressed himself
very strongly on the subject; and having then accomplished his
object, which was to assemlse the House as early as possible. fur
a grave and calm consideration of (hat question, he might be
permitted to apologise for any warmth he might have betrayed;
and to call upon the House with him to consider with all the
caltruess which befitted the dignity ann. impostanee of that
subject—the grave and setious question which was then sub-
mitted for discus:ion. On the oue hand they had
a long continued practtee, which was of course entitled to their
respect. On the other hand, they had to deal with the liberty
of a fellow subject, and they muse take care that that liberty
was not improperly infringed upon, and that the person ought
nut to be continued in custody bey, nd the per:od absolutely
necessary to determine the fact whether it was au improper con-
tinuant:Qin custody. Wi,h these remarks he would proceed to
consider the question which had been submitted to the House.
He apprehenued that they would hav'e nothing on that occasion
to do with the quesiion as to what had been the ordinaty
force of these warrants, except -so far as to be
cautious that they del not supersede any prat—
tier, or any rule of that 11ouse, upon good and suffi-
cient grounds; but provided that practice bad been abandoned,
and therefore became illegal, he was quite sure that the
House would feel that it was absolutely necessary at the
earliest possible period their attention should be called to the
subject, for the purpose of diseontinutng the practice. Nor
did lie consider on the present occasion it would be at
all necessary to introduce into the discussion any-
thing regarding the conduct tof the Soinhampton
Committee, of the behaviour of the vt itness before that Con

mittee, or before the House. Diffetect opiihons might be
entertained on that subject. Some honowahle
Ilrm-
hers might think that the witness had exhibitted a
disposition to conceal the truth, which would make him a fit
subject of punishment. Oth,rs might believe that he meant
jutly and fairly to state everything which he knew regarding
the subject matter before the Ccmmittee. But whatever opi-
nion Hon. Utntlemen might entertain on the subject, they,
ou.4ht then to enter into the discussion of the question.
He contended that the conduct of the prist ner was not what
they had to consider. If he had not misconducted himseif, it
was of course au irresistible arguirent in favour of proceeding
immediately to discharge him. But they were not here to ex-
ercise any discretion on the subject, or to consider whether the
individual deserved punishment or nut. He wished

to call the atientii:o of the House to the validity
of the proceedings under which the alleged contempt arose.
He wished to point out to the House, the view he bad taken, after
the most anxious consideration, of the warrant under which

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this party had been suppo.ect to be compelled to attend
before a Committee of the house of Commons,
assembling in the present session of Parliament, but which was
not a valid or even an existing warrant for t at purpose.
Therefere there could not be a contempt committed by
the witness refusing to produce papers which were
specified in the warrant. It might be useful if he
first called thr attention of the House to the form of the
warrant it.elf, on which the question arose. It was dated the
lOth of September, 18:Hon.41, which an .on- Member might
recollect was during the last Session of Parliament.
It recited that, " Whereas a petition had been presented corn-
plaining of an undue election for the town and county of ,t,outh-
ampton to the present House of Commons, the matter
of which petition is to be II." in the present
year of tier
every person, to bring in their
Session of Parliament by a Select Committee, ap..
pointed under the Act passeu in the 4th and 5:11
present Majesty, he there:ore retitiiiei', among others, Air.
Mabson, and each and
custody every list. with accounts, and other general
words, no doubt sufficient to include the book of counter-
toast and cheques which had been Int ntioned, and therewith to
such
and appear
ratphpec;
ordersarbef as such Select ore thesaideScet Clectem Committee, and receive
mittee should appoint
and decide. Now, he was into: tiled that warrants forme' ly
required parties to attend on the day on which such Committee
was to he struck, and to attend from day to day under the
orders of the house. The conset,uence of this form was,
the parties were in the habit of attentimg on the day whin
the Committee was struck, and to the great expense of parties
continue their attendance
_in London. Very irequen:ly
notice was given that their attendance would rot
be required for the present, and they were discharged,
and a new warrant afterwards applied for, which
was issued by the speaker, to compel their attendance
at the particular period when their attendance was required.