The Sun. — London, England, 1828-04-07 00:00:00

.PIRIT OF Tilt VUtLIC JOURNALS A Scotch Jury has, according to a Report which we have copied from the Edinburgh Observer, cast two Justices of the Peace in 2001. damages to a shoemaker, notwithstanding a laboured 'charge from Lord. Chief Co.mmi eioner Adam, who has evidently been indebted to his long practice in England, for a doctrine which gives complete impunity to all Magi strates, if a corrupt motive cannot be proved. he shoemaker having been . sued for an offence Laws, before th e Justices of against.th e Game Peace of the County of Kincardine; assembled himself the mercy dale at Stonehaven, threw Court, and Said, as he had to support an aged father and mother, 114 'h ope d as muc h l en i ency as possible would be shown to Pan. On this - one Magistrate, Mr. Barclay, said he was not a fit object for their leniency, as he was not only as poacher, but also a thief; and referred to Mr. Boswell, a brother Magistrate ; as having accused him of stealing three Lee-dives, and also some leather. Mr. Boswell, on being thus ap pealed to, said he could not speak as . to the bee hives, but he was quite sure as to the leather; for he was informed of it by a respectable farmer now dead. The shoemaker was convicted in the full penalty of 201. It would appear that there was not the slightest foundation for these imputa tions. The Lned Chief Commissioner, in his charge to the Jury, combats a doctrine laid down by the Court of essiou, and observes that "an action cannot lie against a Justice of Peace for anything done by him in his judicial capacity, unless it appear that his office has been nerd by him,. or rather misused by him, as a cloak for malice and slander ;" and he infers that there could be no malice in this case, " as it does not appear that the Magistrates knew any thing about the prosecutor when the words were ' , sea. The Jury, however, seem to have thought very diffe rently from his Lordship ; and wa conceive the Jury wire in the right. In cases of libel the in tention is always inferred from t} e tendency, and tire defendant is not even allowed to prove an other intention than that which is so inferred. If a man use words of which the obvious tend ency is to injure the reputation of another, he is presumed to have had the intention to injure. In this case, two Magistrates sitting in judgment on a man accused, not of any crime, but of an offence against the Game Laws, involving nothing even disreputable, charge him hi an open Court with felony. His character was from that moment gone ; so that under the pretext of giving 11rea e03 for not miti ga ti ng a penalty' petty statu tory offence, the Magistrates inflicted on him the most dreadful of ail punishments. A man branded as a thief is, as a matter of course, driven holm society ; he can no longer hold up his head, and existence becomes a burden to him. Hoot of Court no man dart charge another with felony without eubjectieg.himsellto serious con sequences, on what ground should adifferent rule prevail in Court , Is the eeptitatiai n of every man in the country to be at the inere,a of every one of th e foie thousand' squires and par eons who have interest enough to be made Jus• tires clic • Peace ? May a Justice of Peace say with impunity to any wan charged with a cOn travention of some petty police regelation—the (]tieing on the wrong Side of the road, the sitting am the shafts of a cart, hi places where it is pro hibited under a penalty, the shooting without a license, and so forth— Sir, you arc a murderer, you arc a thief, you arc a forget>, you are guilty of arson ?—Certainty note. They might as well punish a man for niurd . o.'.i.heft on a charge of shooting without a lie accuse Inin of murder or theft when tryi4t e hn on su c h a c h arge It would be monstrou s tq•a - llew them to be pri eileeed thus far. When is made on th e i r leniency, in a case w h ere - the offence involves nothing disreputab:c, and the penalty is pecu niary, they may reject that claim in silence, or they may state reasons fur rejecting it, but these ieasons mug not amount to a crimination of a higher offence than that before them, for that 'would he punishing without trial. In travelling beyond the • case before them e the Magistrates lose their protection, and the Caliianny must be tidged of by the r u l es a ppli ca bl e to any case out of Court. It cannot be necessary to prove the ex ietence of a malicious intention, where the inten tion must be inferred from the act ; and as the Magistrates in deciding on a penalty for a game offence were no more justified in charging the prosecutor with felony than in shooting him, the law which would infer malice in the case of' in dividuals not on the bench must infer malice in their case. These seemed to be the views taken hy the Court of Session, as they were no doubt the views taken by the Jury. Indeed, no man, whose heart and understanding have not been damaged by th e sophistry of E ng li s h j u di cature, could possibly fake any other view. But the Lord Chief Commissioner has unfortunately taken up the idea, prevalent in English Courts, that a man may do what be pleases in the exer cise of his duty as a Magistrate, with impunity, if a corrupt motive cannot be brought home to him:-- horning Chronicle. Were we asked in what particular the present Ministry differed most flow that which they succeeded, we should answer, in their union of sentiment. It was not that the public took ex ception to the parts separately considered, that they hesitated to put confidence in the Cabinet of Lord Goderich—it was because they saw, or fancied they saw, a want of union, and .conse fluently of strength in the whole. The Cabinet was regarded as an assemblage rather than a combination. We believe the- best friends of the Constitution, bath in Ch* - ch and State, would have fled at last for refuge to a pure Whig Administration, in preference to one which they looked on as neither " fish, flesh, nor good r e d herring." • 'We arc not now inquiring how far this opinion was just ; we are merely stating the fact. When the Duke of Wellington, took . • upon him, by the command of his Majesty, the task of forming a new Cabinet, it was less the soundness of his Grace's principles than the firmness of his temper, that was tile theme of general panegyric. All men rejoiced that they should be relieved from the most dis agreeable of all states, a. vale of continual doubt and hesitation. .eit iS true, that a few weeks before the breabiag.up of the last Ca- binet, the demon of discord had crept into but that was the consequence, not.the cause- of its weakness. It.fell asunder, not because when verging on dissolution its particleseisaa. placed by accident in a state of repul sion,ebut because even in its healthiest and most vig orous con. dition, they had never been una state cif * r e c .:. tion. There was all along a lack otp oe i t i i ii , qualities about it. Its -amity was but a riv e. non of hostility, its union of .dissent, confi-'; , deuce of distrust.. How happened thts? Not; because the men who wade up that Cabinet. were dishonest or inaintere assuredly. Far be' it from us to impute any thing but what is , honoutabla Marig and conduct to such men as the Marquis of Lansdowne, or Lord Carlisle, or any of those who took office with them. To the former Nobleman we give the 'need' of our honest praise when he quitted the Ministry; and we are happy to find him in his legislative labours still the worthy rival of the enduring reputation of the Right Hon. Gentleman who preceded and followed him in the Hotne Department. The weakness and want of unity in the last Cabinet - arose out of the operation of one cause. It was ' the Cabinet of parties not the Cabinet of Eng land. Every Member .when he entered its cir cle, within which only g,eneral views and general principles cttght to be admitted;. carried with him the private views and particular principles of the party to which he belonged. He left without a band of friends, to whose opinions he was attached, and to whose judgments he de ferred, and of whose approbation he was more solicitous than he was of that of his colleagues. Instead, therefore, of a chemical tertiuin quid, differing in some measure in its nature from any of the individual ingredients of which it was composed, we had a mechanical aggregate, in which the qualities of each part were as distinct and perceptible as before they were mingled. This is a state of things which faction begins by eulogising, and ends by des pising, It must appear strange, when we are so very lately delivered from such a state, that there should be men who would - labour to bring it back ; for to what other desire can we attribute 1 the Attempts of those who ought to know better, to hold up the Home Secretary, not as an ele ment of a Cabinet confessedly most desirous to give the utmost security to all classes in the State, but as the head and representative, par excellence, of a particular party in the State ? To that party we are as much attached as the most zealous of our contemporaries can be, but we would not wish to push its interests by means, which, if successful, would inflict on them the heaviest blow they have yet sustained. Were any arguments capable of convincing men who are determined to press their views coute qui coute, we would beg them to -consider, that for the very same conduct ,Mich they condemn as in jurious to the Church, the Home Secretary has been attacked by its enemies.—New Times. • We published last week a short report of the case of Jefferson v. I Eardv, tried at the York Assizes. We have since found the circumstances of the case to be of far greater importance than they at first appeared to our reporter. We there fore publish a very full report, and especially re commend to the attention of members of the House of Commons the cross-examination of the witnesses Wood and Horner. If these wit nesses speak truth,—and there seems no reason to doubt what they admit with as much indiffer ence as if they were speaking of the most ordi nary and daily occurrences,—thee corruption is as plainly b.-ought home to the borough of Pon tefract as it has been to East Retford or Penryn, or any other borough which is undergoing, or has undergone, the process of disfranchisement. Voting-aluney,"— ,, attending Members for the purpose of distributing guineas,"—distinct avowals that two at least of the candidates, and those- the two sitting Members, paid this money to the:voters, are facts which are sworn to in the clearest and most unequivocal terms. One witness will not swear that out of nearly 1,000 voters there are more than ten whO do not receive a regular price for their votes.-- r As far as our recollection goes, no case of cor ruption has ever been more distinctly. ai directly proved ; nor is there one which iiiere loudly calls for severe handling and correction,. We think that it' Parliamentary attention is directed to this rotten member of our representative system, it must be cut off: and should it be dis franchised, we may confidently hope that. Mr. Peel will allow that this is a case where the franchise ought to be transferred to sonic great manufacturing or commercial community. The [louse of Coffi - IM's may save a vast deal of time by observing the mode in which this trial was conducted. Au inquiry which, to judge by the usual practice, would occupy Parliament some weeks, is lucre brought to a satisfactory conclu sion in a few hours, though that inquiry braced other points besides the important one of the general conduct of-the electors.—Times. We understand that the Commissioners ap pointed to invest ate the state of the common law were not named by Mr. Peel, but by the Lord Chancellor, subject to the approval . of Lord Tenterden. The members of the commis sion are excellent men, honnurable and learned —in short, every thing but reformers. Besides, five will probably be too many for effective work. Mr. Brougham, we suspect, will find that his labours of amendment will still have to be exerted when the commission has completed its func tions.—lbid. THE REVENUE.—We this day present to our Readers an Official Statement of the pro duce of the National Revenue in the Years ended April, 1827 . and 1828, distinguishing the Quarters ; together with an Abstract ; show ing the increase and decrease in the several heads of Revenue—upon the whole of which we have most cordially to congratulate the Public. Con: trary to the dismal prognostics of some of our cotemporaries, we have the happiness to find, that so far from a material deficiency in . the financial p r od uce o f th e country, there is an im portant and most gratifying increase in almost every branch of the Revenue. Whilst in the product of the . whold year we discover de& ciencies only in the department s o f t h e Excise a n d r Post Office (all the others affording a considerable increase) ; in the last Returns—those for the Quarter ending the sth of the present month, we find a great crease in the whole of the branches, with the ex. ception only of that of the " Miscellaneous ;'! upon which however there is an increase upoti the year of no less a sum than 176,8761. Thd general result is, that upon the last Quarter titer is a net increase of 538,1411., whilst upon thd whole year it amounts to . upwards of 1,000,0001 The most gratifyin g consideration is of course derived from the state of the last Quarter's ac-1 counts—showing as it does the growing pro-1 sperity of our Revenue, under the direction of a wise and provident Ministry. • An increas e the Revenue of the country, in one qua r t er on l y of considerably beyond hg, a million sterling is circumstance.regarding which we cannot help indulging in the highest and most heartfelt feel- ings of gratification — and upon which, with honest exultation, we must again beg to ofFeri our sincerest congratulations to the public.-1 Mdrititig A traveiler journeying near Oxford a few da d s , 4nee,',:saw'frve or six of the Oxonians riding at the distance of a mile or two trout that ancient seat of learning, and he ob.erved that something about four inches in length, of an oblong figure, was strapped on at the saddle-bow of each on the near side ; from its place he thought it was a holster, b u t i ts s h ape an d s i ze ma d e t h at i mposs ibl e .—i This put him upon inquiring, and he aszertuined that eachi of these gentlemen was carrying his cigar-care fixed to the front of his saddle.—Berks Chronicle. LENT ASSIZES. HOME CIRCUIT.—,KINGSTON, Aran. 5. John Campbell Lunn, a man of most respectable appearance, and who for thirty years had borne his Majesty's commission in the Army, and had attained to the rank (as we understood) of Major, but of which he had divested himself a few years back by the sale of his commission, ivas indicted , for bigamy, in having intermarried with Sarah Davis during the a life-time his former wife, Mary West. Mr. West proved the marriage of the prisoner to his sister, on the sth of October, 1820, and his de sertion of her a few months afterwards. His sister died in 1823. Mr. Bell, Sexton of St. George the Martyr, in the Borough, proved the marriage of the prisoner, by license, on the 9th of June, 1821, by the name of John Campbell Brown Davis, to one Sarah Davis : witness's wife officiated as bride's maid; they brought no friends with them. _ _ Air. George Offar, in September, 1821, met a lady on board an Ostend packer, who described her self as Lady Davis, and said she was going to Paris to meet her husband, Sir John Davis, a Knight and Baronet. Witness was introduced to the prisoner, who passed as Sir John Davis, a few days subse quently ; they were living in style, and kept their carriage : he had been on visiting terms with them ever since. Mr. Joseph Shaw proved the signature " Sarah Davis" to the second register, to be the hand writing of a lady he had formerly known as Mrs. Sarah Dors," , This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, in his defence, put in a long an d ably-written pap er ,, o f w hi c h the following is the substance :—He had for thirty years held a corn mission,in the army, and had served his Majesty, with honour to himself and advantage to the coun try. He attributed his'misfortunes and present dis graceful situation, solely to a fatal passion for gaming —that most destructive vice. After losing large sums at different houses in London, he was at last driven to the sale of his commission, and, in the hope—the vain hope—of retrieving himself, had ventured its proceeds at the gaming table, where it soon disappeared. Driven to d es p air by his folly, he determined on turning upon his plunderers, and accordingly commenced actions against Crockford, Rogier, Laporte, and others. These actions were, some of them, still pending, and it was to get rid of them (he said) that the present proceedings were adopted. Crockford, that noted gaming-house keeper, whose splendid edifice mocked the laws of the land, had an interest in his conviction; as he (the prisoner) had an action pending against him in the King's Bench. It was his belief Crockford had contributed towards the expenses of this prosecu tion. He denied that he had been guilty of the crime imputed; and, in proof of his innocence, he would produce as a witness the lady with whom he was said to have contracted the second marriage, and who would prove he was not the person she married. Mrs. Sarah Davis was then called—She admitted being a party to the marriage deposed to by Mr. Bell, but denied that the prisoner was the other party. The person she married passed himself upon her as a Baronet, and took her vp France, where in less than a month he stripped her of a large fortune, and then absconded. A few days afterwards she became acquainted with the prisoner, and it was agreed between them that they should pass by the name and title of her quondam husband, but that they should sleep separately. It was. , a. ,r4t . 'oaic marriage, and it was whil e th e y wer e '• 7 1#'41is state she introduced the prisoner ,to'Mc.:., .;as Sir John Davis. It was not till two yti‘fa'l - 'wards that they slept together. The Jury, after an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. Sentence—One year's iinprison ment. John Savage stood arraigned under the Coroners inquisition (the bill having been ignored by 'the grand jury) for the manslaughter of Patrick SWeeny, by running over him in the Broekelbank, GraVesend steam-boat, while - the deceased was engaged with others in sweeping the river for a barge's rudder. The jury pronounced a verdict of Not quilty. FRIDAY, APRIL 4. Mr. Robert Tate, the insurance-broker, was put upon his trial for maliciously shooting at Hugh Par nell, on the 6th March, with intent to murder him, The particulars of this case have been already fully detailed, The Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. The prisoner was also acquitted under a second indict ment, which charged him with having fired a loaded pistol at Mr. Bellamy, on the same day, and under circumstances similar to those described in the fore going case. The Judge and Counsel engaged in the ease consulted for some time,' , and it was ultimately arranged that Mr. Tate should remain in custody until his friends procured his reception into some asylum ; Mr. Broderick, on behalf of the proSe eutor, stating that allowing Mr. Tate to go at large might be attended with serious consequences to his client. OXFORD CIRCUI C.-GLOUCESTER, Amu, 4. This being Good Friday, the Learned Judges at tended Divine Service at the Cathedral in the morning, and went into their respective Courts at one o'clock. THE KING V. WILLIAM THOILNTOY, ESQ. • This was a criminal information which had been granted by the Court of King's Bench against the defendant, for publishing certain malicious and scan dalous libels in the Gloucester and Cheltenham Herald, charging Captain Marshall, the Master of the Ceremonies at Cheltenham, with having been guilty of cowardly ungentlernanlike conduct, and asserting that he was unfit for the situation he held. The Jury found the defendant " Guilty." APRIL 5. GRIFFITII V. GARDNER AND BELLCHAMIERS. This was an action brought against the defendants to recover a compensation in damages for a libel of and concerning the plaintiff, published in the Glou cester and Cheltenham Herald. An apology, signed by Mr. Gardner, was put in, and read by the Court, after which Mr. Justice PARK said, the apology is very ample, Gentlemen, and the defendant (Mr. Gardner) sub mits to your verdict for 1,000/. damages, and you will have to find a verdict for the other defendant Bel!chambers. r l WESTERN CIRCUIT.—TAUNTON, APRIL 3. The business of this Court has been in general very uninteresting. Two whole days have been oc cupied in a case which Mr. Sergeant WILDE said, was, except to the plaintiff and defendant, the most uninteresting in which he had ever been engaged. The case of Gillimni, who is committed to take his trial for the murder of Mary Bagnell at Bath, has been expected every day ; bnt Mr. Justice LIT-- TLEDALE has now signified his intention, not taking the case until some day after Monday next. An itinerant, exhibitor of little curiosities has come to this town, and shows a model of the young wo man's body as it appeared after the murder. It is expected that, in consequence of the feeling excited by this public exhibition, Mr. Sergeant Bompas will, beforetthe Court rises to-night, attempt to have the trial put of to the next assize. A motion has been already made, with a view to restrain the exhibition of the model ; but Mr. Justice Littledale did not think that he had power to interfere. It will be re collected that Gillham made before the Magistrates a full confession of hie having committed this murder. He now disavows the confession, and puts the pro secution to the proof of his guilt. 'As the evidence is all circumstantial, the trial, when it does come •on, will probably occupy a very long time. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.--AVARWICK,'• Aran, 4. James Wilson, otherwise James Wood Wilson, was indicted for having, on the 12th of July, 1823, at the parish of SY. Michael, in the city of Coventry, feloniously stolen in - the dwelling-house of Thomas Wilmot, and -others his cO-partners; quantity of , promissory notes for the payment of divers sums of money, amounting to MI., then due and unsatisfied, and .14 sovereigns, the property of the said Thomas Wilmot and Co. ,There,were other counts in the indictment vary ing the charge ; and there were three other indict ments against the prisoner, charging him with having stolen other sums of money from the same parties. who were his employers, to ?II of which he pleaded "Not Guilty." After the case for the prosecution had been de tailed, Mr. Justice HOLROYD observed, that the notes were described in the indictment as being then due and unsatisfied, whereas it appeared, from the learned counsel's statement, that they were the prosecutor's own bank-notes, which they had paid. They could not, therefore, taken to be valuable securities for money in their hands, and consequently, the indict ment could not be supported. The Jury having returned a verdict of not guilty upon this indictment, the prisoner was then about to be given in charge upon the amended indictment mentioned by Mr. Reader,_ when his Counsel, Mr. Sergeant ADAMS and Mr. DENMAN contended, that as this was in effect the same charge as the last, or at least was partly so, as both indictments charged him with stealing 14 sovereigns, as well as the batik notes, to try the prisoner on this indictment would be truing him asecond time for that for which he had already been placed in jeopardy and acquitted, and that therefore he had a right to plead autre fois acquit. After a long conference between the Learned Counsel on both sides and the Learned Judge, his Lordship said he would take until to-morrow morn ing to consider of the question. SATURDAY, APRIL 5. James Wilson was aglin put to the bar this morn ing, and the indictment to which the prisoner was yesterday about to plead autrc _pis acquit having been abandoned, he was arraigned upon another, which charged him with stealing 3331. in Bank notes, the property of Messrs. Goodall and Co., his employers, in the dwelling-house of Thomas Wil mot. In a subsequent count, he was charged with embezzling this sum. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The announcement of the verdict was received with marks of approbation by the auditory. The prisoner will be tried en another indictment on Monday. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—YORK, 111Aacii 29. JEFFERSON V. HARDY. Mr. WEIGHTMAN, in opening the pleadings, said, that the action was brought to recover compensation for work and labour performed by the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded he was not liable, upon which they joined issue. Mr. Sergeant JONES stated the case for the plaintiff. He said, that in this action, the plaintiff Jefferson was an attorney at Pontefract, an ancient Parliamentary borough, and the son of a physician in that town. The defendant was a gentleman, a. Learned Friend of his (Mr. Jones's), whom he saw not far from him, the Recorder of Leeds, who was a candidate at the last general election for the repre sentation of that ancient borough. Lord Pollington and Mr. Houldsworth had been the Members for that place during the last Parliament; but his Lordship declined the honour again, and that cir cumstance was no sooner known than a number of gentlemen were applied to, to commence canvassing as candidates for the last election ; and amongst the rest, his friend Mr. Hardy, who was the . first to offer himself for one of their future representatives. Parliament was dissolved in June, 1826. But as early as the month of March, Mr. Hardy and his friends made a thorough canvass of the whole borough. Mr. Mitton, a solicitor of that town, was his general and confidential agent, and he had no doubt the cause of the dispute between Mr. Jef ferson and Mr. Hardy arose in some way or other between Mr. Mitton and Mr. Jefferson, from some circumstances of which M r . H ar dy cou ld not have heard, and over which he could have no controul. The first canvass occupied nearly four days. Mr. Houldsworth next declared himself a candidate ; and Mr. Hardy then stood the second man. There is, however, a very ancient and laudable custom at Pon tefract—viz., always to take care and support the third man.—(A laugh.)=-He was sure to meet with consitlei able support; and with many of the burgesses, if they had never seen him before, he was sure to be a great man. There are from nine hundred to one thousand voters professing the elective franchise of that borough; and many of them keep themselves disengaged from the other two candidates, until the arrival of the third malt, that they may have an op portunity of voting the more according to their own consciences. In the management of an election of that sort it required considerable activity and atten tion, on the part of the agents, that the voters should not improperly be approached by the ?dverse party. If, for instance, the agent of one party was seen taking a walk to a voter not quite steadfast in his principles, or decided as to the party with whom he should identify himself, it was the duty of the other party to go and neutralize his effort, by inducing him to rally round his own standard. For these reasons, Mr. Mitton was anxious that Mr. Hardy should have a right number of agents, as well as a good show of voters, the two being connected like cause and effect; and there was also a sort of etiquette or point of honour about it, which he did not like to see lacking in Mr. Hardy ; for Mr. Houldsworth had three agents • Mr. Starkie had three agents; and Mr. Mitton thought that Mr. Hardy should also have three agents on his side : there seeming to be in the eyes of the free and independent electors of IPontefract, a peculiar virtue in that number. Mr. Hardy h'ad already two ; and for a third Mr. Mitton employed the plaintiff. Mr. Jefferson accordingly attended Mr. Hardy on his first canvass, and also on his second canvass, when Mr. Hardy and his friends were thrown into a state of alarm on hear ing the news of the third man having started. But Mr. Jefferson's services were not confined to the period of the actual canvass • for he believed that more good was done during the intermediate periods than at the canvass itself, and in this way Mr. Jef ferson rendered great assistance. Mr. Mitton, how ever, had stated as one ground why the plaintiff was not to be better paid, that lie had not much busi ness in his profession ; but he (Mr. Sergeant Jones) thought that was a good reason why he should be better paid, because it showed he had more lei sure time to devote to Mr. Hardy's interest. In the event, the third man was successful ; from what cause, whether owing to the splitting of the votes, or what else, he could not say. He regretted that his learned friend did not win the race. He really thought the judge ought to have placed him firsti but it appeared that was not to be his fate or his case. Mr. Jefferson was extremely anxious to stand well with Mr. Hardy at the election, and even now. But he felt that when there was an attempt made to deduct so large a sum-from his charges, a sense of duty impelled him to come there that day, to ask a jury Nvhether the pittance he had already re ceived was sufficient for the arduous services he had rendered to the great cause impersonated in Mr., Hardy._ Mr. Wm. Wood, examined by Mr. WEIGHTMAN. —Said he was an attorney at Pontefract. At the' last election he was employed in behalf of Mr. Starkie, whose canvass began early in March. Mr. Hardy had been announced as a candidate some time' before that. Mr. Jefferson is attorney' at Ponte fract, and was employed by Mr. Hardy. His father is a physician there. Saw Mr. Jefferson first about the latter end of February. He was busy prevailing on the inhabitants to promise their votes to Mr. Hardy. Had seen him frequently with Mr. Hardy and Mr. Mitton. He carried a book with him, in which he made memorandums of those who appeared. favourable, and those who would not vote at The first canvass lasted three or four days. The'.', second was in,March, which continued two or three days. Mr. Hardy came to Pontefract several times: after that, in a m ore ' p r i va t e way, up to a s h ort perio& befoie the eleCtion which took place en the 9th ofi June. If Mr. Jefferson had k eeeived 1001. for his' services, he would not have been overpaid. By Mr. BROUGHAM.—He did not think he should have given him four guineas a-day, but te would not have been overpaid . with thiee. .Flri not know whether the most respectable attornies; such as Mr. Tottie, of Leeds, had any more than three guineas a-day. Mr. Jefferson was engaged every day, and. night too, sometimes; in the absence of Mr. Hardy. He should think he would be engaged two or three hours a-day, and sometimes five or six hours. He was also under the necessity of attending various entertainments at Mr. Hardy's expense. Mr. BROUGHAM.—What do you mean by attend ing various entertainments ? Do you mean that he drank to the honour and glory of Mr. Hardy ? Witness.—He would do a little at that way amongst the rest.—(Laughter.) Did he smoke to his name ?—I can't say that I saw him smoke.—(Loud laughter.) Then did he not eat to his praise ?—He might. Did he magnify him by dancing ?—(Loud laugh ter.)—l did not see him• dance any. Who were Mr. Houldsworth's agents ?--Mr. Smithson, Mr. Ramskill, and Mr. Horner. Mr. Starkie's ?—Mr. Forrest, Mr. Wood, and Mr. Foster. Mr. Hardy's P—Mr. Mitton, Mr. Norton, and Mr. Jefferson. Mr. BROUGHAM.—WeII done, Mr. Wood ; you have dome more in one minute than they could do in four days in the House of Commons. They were examining witnesses four days in the commit tee of the House of Commons, and they could not learn who were the agents to the respec tive candidates at the Pontefract election. What do you give at Pontefract for head money ? Witness.— For head money, Sir? Mr. BROUGIIAIII.—For head money ? YeR, for head money, Sir; don't you understand what I mean by head moneY ?—I don't understand you, Sir.— (Loud laughter.) Oh dear ! No. I dare say you never heard of such a thing at Pontefract, did you ?—I don't un derstand you, Sir. Well, Sir, but I mean voting money. Do you understand that ?—Yes, I do, Sir ; and Mr. Hardy paid it.—(Roars of laughter.) And so did Mr. Houldsworth too, did he not ; Yes, he did. And Mr. Starkie ?--No, he did not. Well, but it will be paid, I suppose ?—I won't say so. • But you expect it, don't you ?—I dare say some of them do. Tell me, Sir, do you believe there is one man in Pontefract that would refuse to take head-money —Yes, I believe there iF. Well, now, to save the place, will you swear there are 10 righteous men in it ?—(Laughter.)—Yes, - there ale more - than 10 who have never received any thing. But you won't swear to more than 10 to save the city ?—No. Witness—Saw Mr. Jefferson walking with Mr. Hardy continually. They went into different dwell ing -houses. When he sees a professional gentleman walking about a town with a candidate, he considers him as the agent of that candidate, and that lie ought to be paid for it. Few profeSsional men (looking at Mr. Brougham) like to work without being paid for it.—(Laughter.) Mr. BROUGHAM---I candidly tell you lam one of them; I suppose that hit was aimed at me. —(Loud laughter.)—Theo, do you mean to say that when ever you saw Mr. Hardy, Mr. Jefferson was with hint can't say so; I have seen them separately, but more frequently together. Witness—Mr. Clough was also an agent of Mr. Hardy's,• and so was Mr. Norton : they were both in one firm. Mr. Brooke was not one. Won't swear it, but he never saw hint there (hiring the election. He was staticned at" Huddersfield, al though a partner with Messrs. Clough and Norton. Saw Mr. Milton's son with Mr. Hardy. Has known Mr. Jefferson for 20 years. Thinks he took out his certificate as an attorney in 1820 or 1821. Has never heard Mr. Jefferson say that he did not obtain his certificate till 1826, or from that to four years ago. Did not know that Mr. Jefferson • wrote to Mr: Blakelock, in London, for his certificate, and that Mr. Blakelock refused to send him it' till lte had paid for it. Did not know what business Mr. .Jefferson had ; never saw his chambers. - Never saw his clerks. As to his clients, he never pryed into his books to see whether he had any. (Here Mr. Jef ferson's certificates were put in, tplie first of which was dated 9th February, 1824.) Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant JONES—Saw him frequently active in the presence of Mr. Hardy ; and Mr. Hardy might have known that he was canvass ing for him. Mr. Wm. Horner, by Mr. JONES.---WipleiS was one of the agents of Mr. Houldsworth. -Was born in the ancient borough of Pontefract,, and has known Mr. Jefferson very well. They have elections there; law-agents are employed, and they have a good deal of trouble. From what he knew of the services of Mr. Jefferson; he should conceive that fifty guineas would have been as little as he would have been entitled to. Cross-examined by Mr. BROUGHAM.—Are all the candidates' bills paid at Pontefract ? Witness.—l believe not. Who do you think would be at the head of the poll, suppose there was to be an election there to morrow ?—I can't tell. Is there a river at Pontefract ?—No. Any water there ?—Not much. I mean a place, you know, where they could give a man a few good ducks, if he had come into the town and did not please them 2—There are net many places of that sort. Is there no water called the non-payment mem ber's ducking-pond, with some green stuff upon it ? No. (Continued laughter.) Is it a common thing for an agent to go round when the candidate is not there 2—lt is necessary to go round in his absence. Did you say so in the House of • Commons ?—. The question was not put to me. Did you say it was necessal y to go round in the absence of the candidate 9—The question was not put. 1 ask you not whether the question was 'put, but did you state that in the House of Commons 2-1 don't recollect. Did you give that answer, Sir 2—l mean to say, I do not recollect either the question or the answer. Now, Mr. Horner, have a care ; we have the mi nutes of the House of Commons before us. I as k you again ; will you swear that you did not repre sent it to be useless going about in the absence of the candidate ?—I don't recollect. I don't ask you what you recollect, but did you swear that before the . Committee of the House of Commons 9-I again say I do not recollect. Ay, but will you swear you did not say so 9--I do not believe you can find it, Mr. Brougham ; look at the minutes and see. . I will not look at the minute., Sir; I will fasten it into you a little more yet. [Here Mr. Brougham persevered for some time in putting this question, but never received a positive answer whether he did or did not.] What is a proper charge per day f6r attending and services at an election ?-1 think three guineas or more, ought to:be paid. Was you with Mr. Mitton at Lord Pollington's eleetiom?- 7 Yes, I was. Why, what did you charge tkcn can't recol lect now. (Mr. BRotrott*presented aim to witness.) — Do you know th,at.hand-writine4Y.e s • ,ls it not yours.?--.Yes • • • ;.• (Mr. BROUGHAM - then read the.followipgitems):-..-: Attending YOu,' myself, and Mr. Homer, on your', canvass, three guineas per day. • Attending you for the purpose of distributing g ineas, three guineas." I can't say how many persons attended Mr. Hardy : Mr. Srnith, Mr. Barker, and Mr. Flintoff Leathem. were there. By Mr. Justice BAYLEY.-' No • professicat man attentled Mr. Houldsworth but what was paid for it. Mr. Wm. Wood recalled by the JUDGE.—No professional man attended Mr. Sterkie but what waS paid for it. Believes Mr. Jefferson is not a voter. After some conversation between Mr..BßouGng4 and the JUDGE, in which the Learned •Gentlecnati sought to have the plaintiff ndnsuited, his Lordship said he thought there was evidence to go to the jury. The Jury, without hesitation; returned a verdict , for the ' defendant. As soon as the :verdict was taken, one of the Jurymen said, "We all think he has had sadly too much.",, 11IEETIGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DlARY.—TuEsnsv, APRIL 8.--At the Court oil Commissioners, Bainighall.street. Gandon, A., Somerset-street, bookseller 1 Marriott, W , Broad-street, stockbroker l ll Odell, W. ' Catherine-street, housekeeper Palmer, PI. Whitechapel, coachruaker Payne, R., York-street, bookseller ll Robinson, F., Poplar, ironmonger lO Sykes and Co., Bucklersbury, warehousemen l ll Winn, J., l3rownshill, Chaltord ll Williams, F., Park-street, plumber l/ CO UNTIIY DI A RY...-WEDNZSDA V, APan.. 9. Astley, J., Liverpool—Clarendon, Liverpool...-. ............. 1 Boscow, J., Stockport—P a l ace Manchester ..... .... ....... ; Hargreaves and Co.,' B acu p — Bull, Burnley HethGrington, R., .Macclesfield—White's, Manchester Jackson and Co. Salford—White's, Manchester Johnson, W., Thirsk.—Three Tuns, Thirsk ........ ......« 1 Lunn and Co., Newcastle—George, Newcastle II Moreland, H., Borwick—King's Arms, Lancaster • $ Pearson, Z., Kingstor.upon-Hull—liingston hotel, King ston-on-Hull 1 Radnedge J., Bathwick—Whit e Li on , B at h J Walker, ~ Halifax—Sessions -house, Wakefield l/ INSOL VENTS APPLYING TO RE DISCHARGER, Petitions to be heard at Portugal.street, April 13, at Nine. Adams, William, Newman.street, upholsterer /hurlll, William, Grimsby,• grocer Connor, Edmund, Goswell-street, furrier Davies, Henry, City-road, fishmonger Goodman, Edward, Kennington, car t er Johnson, Benjamin, Herbert's-passage, printer Jolly, James, St. Pancras, hackney-coachman M.Kenzie, Neill, Camberwell, plumber (;OLIN 'TRY CORN MARKETS 7 . 771.1::( 7 - LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats, Beaus. Per Quarter. Carlible , s. to s. s. to s. 56 21 17_ 47 1 32 32 60 29 35 41 52 :30 34 34 26 47 SS 130 36 51 62 29 30 s. d. s, d. 64 733 3 4 42 83 8 6 4 0 - 0; 6 0 80, 4 .0 4ti 00 8 6 ' , 4 6 :0 0 60 '66 39 40 64 74 33 40 ; S. to s. 16 22 It 11 21 25 .• 26. • 21- 19 28 20 23 .s. d. s.d. 28 42 36 46 2 9 . 30 36 40 23 26 30 40' to 56 0, 52 Carmartlten-- Hexham--,-- Morpeth --.~..... Penrith Sheffield ............--- 50 5 : 3 40 30 Winchester s. d.so liU cc!: 43 by s 0 86 3o t; 70 73 0 0 0 , --(8 Per Bushel., Coventry ---, Newcastle (Staff) Northallerton -- Stafford Swansea --- iNarwick Per Barnardeastle Darlington .-- Durhani -- NVoisingharn 140 16 0 86 90' 106 15 6 96 11 1 . 20 149 80 86 ' 140 14 6.8 6 90 00 7, i:6 66, 00 '6O 70 00 12 0 0 11 0 100 1. 0 00 0 0 WAKEFIELD,' April 3 There is a good supply of Wheat here this.morning; the factors commenced with asking high rates, but the millers were unwilling to comply, and 'What sales have been made are Is. per quarter aboVe last Friday's prices , Oats are without variation. The.supply.of Barley fresh up is very short, but there - is some quantity in granary ; the best • heavy qualities sell 'sloWly at last week's prices? and there is very little demand for the thin and light sain• pies. 'Beans are unaltered in value, but there is little de mand for them, stud the soft samples are unsaleable. The currency same as last week, except Wheat, which is Is. 'per quarter higher.- ' - Wheat, Nortblk and Sullolk,. lied ....;j :44. , ,tfiP0s. fine ti2s. While.... 60s. to 00s. fine figs. New, Red 6os. to 00s. tine 00s. --- White • ........ ~,,-•.••••• 37s. to tils. fine 64a. Forigit, lied Barley, Norfolk and Suablk oos to Ste. fine 34, - Lincolnshire - oos. to 285., fine 31.5. -- Yorkshire Wold &Os. to 241i.' tine 31i. Beans, ,'Pick stis..ta 595.. fine 41s. --•--- Small s9s. to Ms': fine 40'.. Oats, Poland and Potato .208. to 245„ line !'64 Frieziand and Small l7s. to 225. fine 345. ----' Mewling Shelling .2Bs. to 295. —s. to —s. per Load. . Malt ' ' 418..135. fine 00s. per Load. Rapeseed SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN :NIA ?MEE—April 3. • Barley went off readily to-day at advanced prices, top 2s• and average 2s. ld. up —6B quarters in market, and 61 sold. It was a prime parcel of 12 quarters from - Mr. Vs vidson's farm of Monkrig that brought the top price. Oats were considerably behind lent. market ae no quantity 236 quartars offered, and 218 sold—top down 25., ave rage nearly the same as last day. A middling supply of Wheat in market—sales quick, and although the top is down, the average has advanced Is. 9d. " Of Pease 7° quarters were sold, and 41 quarters of Beans_uverageg of both down. Wheat. Barley. Oatx. I First cos Od 40 s Od 28 s Od Second s2s Od 37a' Od 26s Id Third There wera 240 qrs. of Wheat in inarket,•l 24 Unsold.-4 Grey. .21. 12s. Od, Pease. I 32s Od 29s Od 27s Od !12,,whereot Beans• 33s Od 31s Od tem Od were sold• A veragi L 12-12ths DALKEITII CORN MARKET.—ApriI 3. , The supply of all kinds of Grain at this day's market is middling, which in general Fold. - higher, but nut brisk sale. Wheat, best, 61s. ; current, 565. Barley, best , 41 s. 6d. ; current, :38s. Oats, best, 29a. ; current, 25 8 ` Pease and Beans from 28s. to 365. per quarter. Wheat. Barley. Oats. - Pease. • Beans_ First 6ls Od . 11s 8d 29s Od 39s Od 38s s! Second Third-- 50s Od 3Us Od 22s Ud 28s Od 28s & COANWAtrNIARKETS. 1' u o.—Wb eat (aren:Q.) 20s. 3 , !.—Barley,los.—Onte, 9s. Id. HEL.iroN—Wheat, 19s. r ey, 9s. T. A esrEtt—Wheat, 20s. to 23s.—Barley, 93. to 10.0..-.oatio Ss. to 9s. BoomiN—Wheat (average) 208. dd.—Barley, 9s.—:Oat*, ss. Od. LA U NCES'i ON—Wheat (average) 21s. Od.—Barley, 106.04. 7s. Od.—Beef, dd.—Mutton, 50. Lisanoan—Wheat, 18s. 611. t ) 20s —Barley, 9s. eats, ' 7o ' to Bs. fkl. ST. CoLumn—Wheat, 19s. to 216.—Barley, Ss. to and Mutton, 54d. to 6d.—Veal and Lamb, Od to Od.' PENZANCE—Wheat, 19s. to .22s.—Barley, I Is. tol2a.—Oal s, Os. to bs. Od.—Beef and Mutton, 4d. to 6d.—Pork, 44. to Od , ' Butter, 12d. per lb. MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. (3% 1 ' Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thursday 2,6il 0 Average Produce .6% 9 Quantity of fine Copp er Amount of Sale, 13.4514 Os. (16—Ave;age Standard, 1131: lbs. fal• BIRTHS. On the 3d inst., the lady of iienry Edwards, Esq., Of Brunswick -square, of a daughter. On the iith inst., Mrs. H. Hart, of Brixton-hill, of a daughter. At Hawarden Rectory, tie Lady Charlotte Neville, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the sth inst., at Guist Church, Marylebone, by the Rev. Dr. Penfold, Finlay 34 Martin, Esq., late of Carac els, to Grace, youngest daughter of the late Charles \Aral lond, Esq., of the island of Anqua. At Walcot Church, Bath, Captain Jackson, of the Royal Staff COrps, to Fanny, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Grotie Muttlebury, C.B. and niece of Lieut.-Col. Watts, late of Croydon, Surrey. At Tormobant, in the county of Devon, the Rev. P e ter Legit, to Jane, youngest daughter and co-heiress of the late Harriott Steward, Esq., of Watford, in the county of Hertford. DIED. On the sth inst., at his house in Hertford -street, May fair, Edward Bilke, Esq., an active Magistrate of the coun ties of Middlesex and Surrey, and city of Westminster, On the 9 d inst., 'in Camden -street, • Anue, the wife of Captain Cumberlege. On the Ist inst., at Eaton-hall, near Congleton, Mrs. Antrobus, aged 78. On the 4th inst., at Hackney, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. J. ,(1) B ra y, ot i t t 1 1 e 13 4 . t ,h after ye a a of fv ter ho ag u e rs . , illness, John Gant, Acton -place, Kingsland-road, in the 87tb year of his age.. On the Ist inst., at the house of Mrs. Law, in Poilland place, Charles L aw , E sq., o f th e H on. E ast India Com. pangs BontlOy Civil Service, nephew .of the late - luaus Law, Esq. On the 2d inst., at Belstead Lodge, :Suffolk; Eliiabeth Dorothy, the eldest daughter of the late RObtrt Collins, Esq., of Ipswich. On the 6th inst.;, in ber 28th; year, Katherine, wife of Mr. Thomas Edwards, of No. Bb, 'Hatton-prden. On the l lth February, in tbe:connnand of his Majesty's sloop Zebra, of a brain fever, .Commander Charles Cotton, second son of the late Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, Bait. At Southferry, near Dundas; Mr. Alexander' Master R.N. aged 68 years. , . . . . • , . In St. .Aubyn-stre e t, D evonport , of .a paralytid ,- seizurr, in the 53d year of his age, Thomas Billing, Esq . .. -. On the :Id inst.,.after a long and painful illness;- Mr,. E. H. Finlay, ft:f the Albany-road, Carnberwell;AigiidlVlV Anne, youngest daughter of .the very Revi . ;lir: Muni, Dean of Peterborough. PRINTED and PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG. at the SUN OFFICE, No. 112, Stiatitl. I ( 7 tea b ra NP iO IM; To Jo] 'Cr it,