The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-03 00:00:00

EVENING SUN

CONTROVERTED ELECTION
PETITIONS.
The following table, drawn up from Parliaments?,
documents, exhibits the petitions which have been pre.
sented against the returns specified, and stand for con-
sideration on the meeting of Parliament ; showing also
the grounds and nature of each petition.
B. denotes Bribery ; 1., Intimidation, Undue Influence,
or Rioting ; Q., Qualification ; R., Returning Officer ;
S., Scrutiny ; T.,_Treating-
CONSERVATIVES.

Name of Place.l Sitting Members.
• r Grounds of
Petition.

Weymouth and
Meleombellegis

C Viscount Villiers
/ G. W. Hope, Esq.
SJ. E. Tennant, Esq. t
W. G. Johnson, Esq. 5
SJ. Attwood, Esq. Z
W. Beresford, Esq.
P. Greenall, Esq 1
T. B. Crosse, Esq
Hon. H. Dawnay
SW. Christmas, Esq. t
tW. M. Reade, Esq. C
J. S. Harford, Esq.
T. Hawke?, Esq
5 J. S. Douglas, Esq.
W. H. Bodkin, Esq.
G. P. Beresford, Esq.
E. Grogan, Esq
J. Hornby, Esq
S Lord Bruce
C. C. Martyn, Esq.
Lord Newry
S W. J. Hamilton, Esq t
C. W. Martyn, Esq.
IC. Russell, Esq
Lord Chelsea
H. Bruen, Esq.
t T. Zunbury, Esq.
B. D'lsraeli, Esq.
t G. Tomline, Esq.
D. Ker, Esq.
jF. Hodgson, Esq. ...1
M. Gore, Esq.
S. T. Carnegie, Esq
W. T. Praed, Esq
R. Neville, Esq.

R.S.B.T.

Belfast

1.8. T.

Harwich

S.B. T.

Wigan
Rutland

S.B.T.
S.B.T.

Waterford City
Cardigan

R.(Lost Poll

Dudley

Books.
Q.S.

Rochester
_Athlone
Dublin (City)
Blackburne
Southampton

S. B. T. I.

B.S.R.T.
5.8.T.1.
8.1.T.5.R.

Newry ...
Newport ..

8.1.Q.T.
B.T.

Reading

Carlow(County)

B.T.R.

Shrewsbury
Downpatrick
Barnstaple
Stafford (Boro')
St. Ireg
New Windsor

B. T.
R. I.
B. T. S.
B. T.
S.!. B. T.
B. T. S.

Great Marlow
Nottingham
Thetford
Clitheroe
Lewes

WHIGS.
Sir W. R. Clayton. .
5 Sir G. G. 1)e Larpent 1
/ Sir J. C. Hobhouse
Earl of Euston
M. Wilson, EN
S S. Harford, Esq
/ IL Elphinstone, Esq
L. White, Esq.
J. Holdsworth, Esq...
F. Villiers, Esq
./
1). 0. Sombre, Esq.
T. A. Mitchell, Esq.
R. Wason, Esq.
G. Rennie, Esq.
D. O'Connell, Esq
E. B. Roche, Esq
c W. Browne, Esq.
M. O'Connell, Esq f
J. Dalrymple Esq,
1 J. Phillpotts, Esq.
M. F. Berkeley, Esq. f
R. M. Bellew, Esq...
Hon. T. V. Dawson. 5
S V. Maher, Esq.
/ R. 0. Cave, Esq
• Lord A. 11. Paget
E. M. Mostyn, Esq
W. 11. Watson, Esq
Sir A. L. Hay
Sir T. Winnington
J. H. Plumridge, Esq
J. S.W. S. Drax, Esq
J. Q. Harris, Esq

R.S.T.
1.8.5. T.
R.S.
T.B.S.
S.R.I.
R.Q.
S.B.T.
B.T.
B.T.

Longford .
Wakefield

Sudbury..
Bridport..

Ipswich .

Cork (County)

Kerry (County)
Wigtown

1.5.8. T.

Gloucester City

5.8.1.

Louth..

5.13. T.

Tipperary
Lichfield
Flint
Kinsale
Elgin Burghs
Bewdley
Falmouth
Wareham
Newcastle under
Lyme
Lyme Regis
Merthyr Tydvil
Stafford (Bore)
New Windsor
Carnar von

1.*8.T.5.
5.8.T.1.
Q. 8.1.5.
5.8.T.1.
B.T.S.
1.8. T.

Q.T.8.1
RT.

W. Pinney, Esc
Sir J. J. Gu.est, Bart
E. Buller, Esq...
J. RamsbotMm, Esq.
Lord G. Puget.

B.T.

13:T,

•
* Under the head of " Intimidation," in this petition, are
embraced allegations—that placards were posted in all direc-
tions denouncing all who should vote for petitioners; that all
such persons were also denounced by the priests in their cha-
pels ; that their hotel was in a state of siege from an armed
mob ; that multitudes of men lay in ambush to attack said
voters on their way to the poll ; that their progress to the
poll was interrupted by stone walls and carts and waggons
placed across the road ; that they were attacked with guns,
scythes, and pitchforks, and the drivers of the carriages beat,
and also the electors, in the most frightful manner, broke their
carriages into pieces, which they carried off and burned ; that
the electors were compelled to call upon the military to protect
their lives against the fury of an armed mob, &e.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2.—The Vindictive ;tai. had all
her guns and stores taken out, and is being dismasted,
prepatory to her hull being repaired. She is very much
injured, and will require at least three weeks, if not
longer, before it can be properly amended. Had not her
bows been peculiarlyaand strongly constructed, there is no
quest.lon but that she must have been destroyed by the se-
-verity of the bumping she experienced when on the shoal.
A Court of inquiry was held on Monday to investigate
the particulars of the affair, -w ith a view to ulterior pro-
ceedings by Court-martial, or to the perfect exoneration
of the Captain and officers by such facts as might be
adduced before the Court, which would render any
further investigation unnecessary. This being a pre-
liminary inquiry, its details are private, and the result
is not yet known, though it is generally believed
that the explanation has been most satisfactory, and
that the inquiry will not be carried further. Indeed,
the known skill and ability of her Captain, his long
standing, and meritorious conduct in the service, are
sufficient to justify this belief, and to afford a guarantee
that nothing hut uncontrollable difficulties, which nei-
ther skill nor experience could surmount, could have
placed his ship in its late disastrous position. When
once her hull is repaired she will not be long in being
refitted, as she is not like a ship newly commissioned
with a paucity of hands, but has her full complement, or
men, who will speedily make her all ataunt again.
The recent Court-martial on Mr. Elton, late midship•
man of the Cambridge, is
,the subject of much comment
hero, both in the naval and military circles. There •is
scarcely an officer in either service that does not consi-
der the sentence as unusually severe, and quite dispro-
portionate to the offence. Indeed the conduct of Captain
Williams, the prosecutor, is looked upon by all the
officers at this port, even those of his own rank, as harsh
in the extreme, and much more deserving of censure than
that of the unfortunate gentleman who has been dis-
missed the service and imprisoned through his instru-
mentality. They all admit the truth of Mr. Elton's
second letter to Captain Williams, and agree with him
that there was a want of courtesy and gentlemanly
bearing on the part of the Captain in not replying to his
first letter, yet they do not think he was justified, ac-
cording to the stringent rules of the service, hi sending
such a letter to his superior officer, though he would
have been perfectly justified in sending it had he been
merely a private gentleman, and received the same pro-
vocation. But while they condemn the junior officer for
a breach of discipline in writing these unpalatable
truisms to his superior officer, they still more severely cen-
sure the conduct of the superior in wantonly insulting a
gentleman in every respect his equal, though of inferior
rank to him in the service. Mr. Elton's first letter to
Capt. Williams was most respectful; courteous, and gen-
tlemanly, and according to the rules of society was en-
titled to an equally courteous reply. It is to be hoped for
the honour of the service that no other officer would have
refused it. Under painfully excited feelings at the slight
put upon him, Mr. Elton wrote the letter which formed
the subject of complaint ; and although neither the
military nor naval officers here justify his conduct in so
doing, they all think the provocation he received a very
fair excuse in extenuation of his fault. Captain Wil-
liams is much condemned for not receiving the ample
apology made 137 Mr. Elton, and his bringing him to a
ing, is considered not altogether creditable to him. With
Court-martial after this had been made to hun in writ-
regard to Captain Basil Hall, who volunteered his assist-
ance' to conduct the prosecution against Mr. Elton, there
is but one feeling among the naval and military officers
here on that gentleman's conduct, not very flattering to
him. It frequently has happened that officers have come
forward and assisted another officer in his defence when
tried by a Court-martial, but Captain Basil Hall stands
alone in the unenviable position he has selected in volun-
teering his aid to crush a young gentleman and ruin his
prospects in the service, not for any moral crime, but
for a breach of discipline, his first and only offence.
His Excellency Lord Ashburton (appointed to proceed
to Washington on a special mission) is expected here on,
Friday, to embark on the following day on• hoard thee
Warspite, 50, Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8., for convey-
ance to New York.
The brig Scylla, 16, has been commissioned at Ply-
mouth, by Commander Robert Sharpe, of this neighbour-
hood, it is reported, for the South American station.
The Rapid, 10, Lieutenant Earle, will leave this port
for Sierra Leone, Ascension, and the Cape of Good
Hope, about Feb. 5.
The brig Ringdove, 16, has been commissioned at this
port, by Commander Sir William Daniel, it is supposed
for the Mediterranean.
The Queen, 110, Captain Rich, is fully niaw.ed at
Spithead, and is only waiting the arrival of .4:ice-Ad-
miral Sir Edward Owen, K.C.8., to proceed •
with him to
Malta. Emeric Vidal, Esq., has resign%)'ilie Secretary-
ship, and has been succeeded by Gorge Smith, Esq.
This noble ship will have onP:rd more than twelve
hundred men, including supereurAeraries.
b 0
The Wolverine, 16, CO‘M nwader Johnson, arrived last
Sunday from the eastwuct,
on her way to the .East
At Spithead—que.n
110, Warspite 50, and Wol-
verine 16.
In HarbtAlr--ISt. Vincent, Victory, Hastings, Excel-
lent, Royal George yacht, Carysfort, Ringdove, Rapid;
Nautilus, F:eho, and Tender. •.
In P":"ck—Vindictive (repairing damages).

On Saturday, the 29th of January, the King, of
Prussia honoured his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen
with his gracious company to a dejeuner. In the bourse
of the morning the Chevalier Neukomm, and MMc's-
chelles performed together on the Organ end
Grand
Piano-forte. His Majesty subsequently requested M.
Moscheles to perform on the instrument (one of Erard's,
manufacturer for the Royal Palace at Berlin), and placed
himself behind the chair of the artist, who thus inspired
extemporised, and hit most happily on subjects which eli-
cited from the August hearer his loud approbation, Tito
subjects introduced were " God Save the Queen," being
also the National Air of Prussia, " Robin Adair,* and in
conclusion, Handers "Halleluja.