The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-25 00:00:00

'DUBLIN " ELECTION.

Lord Duzycalfh ox. presented. a Petition, signed
fiapseveral.,FTeemen oEDublin, and coMplaining
:the' undue, interference- of :the -Horsn. Police
;.during the late electicui for that. city. .The:P.eti-
rtioti. detailed several acts of violence,:which, it
../Umidited tdtlie Police; •and -• asserted: that they
sure .li4or fed' ih. favour of. Master. Ellis,• the
secceSsfill kiandidate.; It appeared that a con-
.sicierable riot had taken` plate; that-some Tersons
'were xv-dundedi''and.that 'one Williams,. who at-
, tempted to-Inak4.a speech, was. forcibly,- seized
.to.-Nevtgate. The Petition in con.
sequence of these,chatges, .called- on • the ,;14use
',to:vizi/pa* into the.conduct ,of the. Nigh Sheriff,
oftthe,-Magistrates•of Pollee, and of theaorse
tt?olieej whoieCigterference Was. :hostile to the
fireedorn,of eleCtipn, as well as hurtful t 9 the feel-
of the Roman Catholic population.
. • '.:O Lt. the _motion that this Petition. be- laid . on .the
table, 4 + ' ,
il£ll.olt 4.:.,Eresiecli a 'doubt whether
of.ita allegationa.did.not-bring it within the
description:of an Election Petition, such as ought
to 17,e,:refarred•to the Committee to whom ,Mr.
UtattaiVip b ee& sent. . • :
Sir GEORGE HILL, on behalf of the -Govern.
Mint of freland.;*ffirmed. that the alleged grieve
a2c'es, had not been. brought under it„s notice;
which, if they. had, they, would immediately have
'been,leaally investigated, and if found true, re-
!.dres'sed.7: . :lie lamented the bitter party-spirit
.which had prevailed at this election, and which
...this Petition. seemed.. framed:
,to. :perpetuate,
vAtije every good , man must .wish theme con.
to oblivion. —A, Right :Honourable 13a.:
.r•rotit :had:, pa
.a former.' occasion brought for.
: ward .a statenient < founded on what. appeared
in ' The' Dublin Evening. • Post, into which in.
liuiry 1444, and the
~ matters
• ascertained to be :fabrications... -So he•presnmed
might: some, of the.outrage'o described. iii this Pe-
and' he cautioned the House against at-
ale same credit to. themaS if they had
li4.el7`litained by ail- 'offer of proof to support
them. They might have been carried before the
proper tribunals, and if redress had been refused,
then •the House would have had reason to inter-

here, but tliis,Ours.e.lia4 en; and
viewed the. Petition as an 'election ebullition, cal-
culated to keep alive, animosities that had far bet-
ter be btirieii.
Mr. CALCRAFT -reminded the lion:, Gentleman
that. fhe,party spirit which. he stigmatized
.might
belong to the Orange Pa.ctiOn; Wl,ickno
man was more intimately connected than hints-elf:
Sir GEORGE HILL- pointedly denied any such
conneicion. :He was not, and never had bOen; an
Orangeman, and the lion. Gentleman. ought to
make more careful inquiry befoi.e he Ventured on
such assertions.--(Order!)--Afe had fUrbOrne to
attach the distinction-tO either side ; but since the
lion. Member did otherwise, he would say,- that
he believed the spirit, prevailed most among those
who acted with the Petitioners. _

Mr. CALca AFT explained ; and, after it few
words from Mr. VERNON, Sir G. HILL, and Mr.
V. FITZGERALD the. Petition was laid on the
table.

Mr. TIERNEY expressed his opinion that it
merited a further distinct notice "hereafter; to
which the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re-
plied, but was inaudible.