The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-14 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Railway 2vt!gazine the sums re-
ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain
tor the week ending on the day of the month prefixed
to each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer-
chandize :
Week Miles Total.
Name of Railway.
ended Opened: E. s. d.
Slay 7 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 1,214 711
6 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,662 4 1
Apr.3o Brandling Junction 25 896 0 2
May 6 Chester and Birkenhead ..
7 Dundee and Arbroath ..,. 164 208 12 6
8 Eastern Counties 174 930 18 3.
7 Edinburgh and Glasgow
7 Glasgow and Ayr . ...
7 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 224 762 10 3
7 Grand Junct., Chestei& Crewe 113 9,335 0 7
7 Great North of England 45 1,3'21 15 8
8 Great Western
9 Hayle
7 11011 and Selby ?S'' 31 861 19 8
7 Lancaster & Preston Junction 204 472 10 2
6 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,451 17 11
7 London and 8irmingham.......1125 • 17,111 9 11
12 London and Blackwall
7- London and Brighton . 404 2,550 5 3
7 Ditto Shoreham- Branch 54 285 5 10.
10 London and Croydon
12 L, ndon and Greenwich 3 739 , 0 6
8 London and South Western
5 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 548 12 115
9 Manchester & Birmingham
7 Alanchester and Leeds
7 Midland Counties 575 2,650 7 0
7 Newcastle and Carlisle 604 1,378 7 8
5 Newcastle and North Shields 7 348 8 6
8 Northern and Eastern .. 304 1,226 6 7
7 North Midland
6 North Union ...
7 Preston and Wyre 194 176 11 1
9 Sheffield and Manchester— 7 251 9 0
8 Ulster
7 York and North Midland 2B 1,534 13 5

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF C OMJV O.A. S., May 13.
Mal/PORT ELECTION.

Mr. C. BULLER said, he rose according to notice, to
present the petition of -Mr. Warburton, detailing the
circumstances of the late election for the borough of
Bridport, together with the resignation of his (Mr.
Warburton's , seat. He (Mr. Buller) had given notice to
the two sitting Members, on Wednesday, that he in-
tended to present the petition yesterday, and that on
this day he should discuss that, petition, and that he
should then request the Honourable Member for
Bath to include- Bridport in.. his Committee .of
Inquiry.—(Hear, hear.) . There being no House
yesterday it was impossible for him to present the peti-
tion, and he could therefore now only preseut the peti-
tion without taking a vote upon it, as it -was impossible
to take a vote upon a petition of which the house had
no knowledge, but he should do so the first opportunity
after Whitsuntide. llc would, however, state the outline
of the petition. The petitioner stated that his resigning
his seat had been subject to considerable comment, and
had been more particularly commented upon by
one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of
State -at• it public. dinner ,in Bridport. It stated
that, in 1826, when he became a candidate, it
was the custom in the borough :.f Bridport to pay after
the election 10/. to each voter, under the denomination
of head money, but that no, previous promises had been
made • that every gentleman of honour felt himself'
bound' to pay this money ; that 2,0001. were paid at his
first election ; that in 1830 ; money ..was paid on the
same understanding ; that after ,the Reform Bill it was
hoped a better system would be introduced ;
the petitioner begged that from consideration _for tht
poorer voters,. the House would not go toe severely into
•a general scrutiny Of their conduct in this respect. He
stated that•the usual expenses of the election wereifrotn
1,5001. to 1,7001., of which 100/. consisted of the cost of
dinners after the election, and 4001. for the expenses of
the processions.; that he was assured by his agents, that
the expenses paid were only the usual expenses, and
that large sums were paid for breakfasts at the election ;
that Mr. Mitchell became a candidate in 1839, and that
from some correspondence which he saw, he understood
the friends of Mr. Mitchell expressed their determination
to carry that election by bribery, and that such facts could
be proved, and that Mr. Mitchell stood and was returned.
The Hon. and Learned Member then proceeded to read
part of the petition, but in so low a tone as to render it
almost impossible to catch a single word in the gallery ;
we, however, understood him to say that the petition
stated that as Mr. Mitchell had conducted the bribery,
it was only just that -he. should resign his seat ; that
the seat . was resigned on . the. Bth of September,
and Mr. Cochrane was declared to be duly returned ;
that he understood that it was Mr. Cochrane's intention
to attempt to unseat Mr. Mitchell, but that-Mr. Coch-
rane's agent at the same time stated that cure should be
taken not to compromise the petitioner in any ruanner.
'The petitioner then went into a minute history of the
transactions respecting the election, and subsequently
stated that Mr. Warburton's expenses at the last election
had amounted to 2,150/., Mr. Mitchell's to 3,200/, and
Mr. Cochrane's to a considerable sum, the exact amoun:
~f which was unknown to the petitioner. The
petitioneii concluded by praying that his petition might
be referred to the Select Committee, to be appointed
investigate the compromiseS which had taken place, be-
f'Ure which Committee the petitioner would be willing tc
attend to give every information in. his pOwenWlear.)