The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-03 00:00:00

CANADA.

Mr. F. DOUGLAS, alluding to the disputes be-
tweets Lord Selkirk and the North West Company,
which ishibited • kind of civil war, wished to know
whether sny steps had been taken to put an rod to
the dissracefol I rantleibins in that gamier ?
Mr. GOULUURN repli•d, that when certain pa.
pens, which it was his 'mention to produce,shneldle
laid on the table, the House ',mold are that Gnaws.
sent bad isterfered for the impose alluded to by he
Honourably Gentleman.
Mr. BENNETT wished to know whether any
steps had I.ms takes to punish those who bid ►eee
guilty of =order in that country ?
Mr. GOULBURN (as we understood the Hon.
Gentleman) replied to the afhtmative; and in answer
to a gse.tion fro• Mr. Wilberforce, said that the
rewords of the 1,1.1 had sat yet reached the Colonist
Office.

CASIFLFORD ELECTION.
On the question for taking in.n for,hee voraskleee.
lien the Report of the Came!ford Etection Committee,
Mr. D. W. HARVEY, after °hawing that soli.
chant time had been allowed for the consideration of
the Came%ford case !nitwits*. every Honours%)le Mem.
bee to make up his mind upon it, meted that the writ
fora new electinn for the said 800 Gogh should n. t be
leased until the first city of the neat Session of Par-
liament ; bat, on the seggestios. cf the Spnke,, the
11... Gentleman changed that proposition into a so.
don that the Report of the Camalford Election Com.
mi.tee be taken into farther c• wtldlration en that dry
iii months.
Mr. WYNN, adverting to the situation of Wm.
Hallett, then in cestody, erad to the circumstaece
that no writ had been issued for the election of a seer
Member for that Borough, moved as an amendment,
that the farther coesideratioe of the Report be ad.
journed to Monday neat, when Mr. Hailed should
be celled before the House.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR was of opinion that the
Hesse might to proceed immediately to the farther
consideration of the Raped, and added, that it was
his intention to more an amendment to that effect ; ea
which
Lord CASTLERCAGII rose to eider. He ep-
pealed to the Chair whether such a proceeding would
be regular.
The SPEAKER said, that as there were elmdy
a motion and an amendment before the Homer, they
meat be disposed of before any other prepositiee
could be received.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR proceeded to contend that
so este bad been made nut against the Borough go.
novelly, and yet the Hasse was ceded upon to ne-
rved the fusing of the writs for the Borough to as
Indefinite period. The Committee had node ao Special
Report against the Borough, and yet it was proposed
is effect to disfranchise it. Ile felt it his duty to
ewe, that, in persuance of the Order of the Day to
-that effect, the Repoli be now taken loto farther
consideration.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY observed, that the Hoe.
Gentlemen (Mr. yen) seemed not to have comedy
understood the object of his (Mr. Harvey's) motion.
The lion. Gentleman appeared to think that Mr.
Hallett was a Petitioner to the House, praying that
he might be admitted to the bar to prove one of the
most flagrant instances of corruption and bribery that
had ever been disclosed. The Counsel who condected
the ciao before the Committee, undertook to prove
the esistence of a conspiracy for procuring a corrupt
return for the Borough ; and the Report of the Cow
mine, showed that that charge had been in a great
masers substantiated. The facts were—that there
were 99 Electors for Carnelford—that that Borough
had been frequently the subject of sale or tiortff—
and that it was now the pevperty of a Noble Lord,
reborn be would not name, as those who bad read
the Report of the Committee must know that his
Lordship's name was no secret. Nit foil before
the lest Election, a Sleeting of bee of the rectors
was held at an Inn ',ear the Borough. cati.d the
' Aliworthy, which meeting was joined by a Cerra'*
Reverend Divine, who expressed to the iorkideals
assembled a desire to return two Members to
serve in Parliament for the Borough of Calera-Id.
To this intimation the Electors did mot object Toe/
annexed 'sly one condition to their compliance
with Ir ; namely, that a large sum of mono) should
be deposited tot senile
purposes which Well tett"