Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-20 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. (Before ➢lr. MANSFIELD.) ASS/Lift:TING A MusierAs.—Mary Ann Wartin, a stout-:built middle-aged person, was charged i)y Thomas Colley, of Chadwick-street, with assaulting him. Corn- . plainant said the defendant was in the hatit.of accost ing and following him whenever he met her. . He ould . forgive her for that ;. but last night, as h e -was going down - Stonestreet; in company with his' wife, she (de fendant) again accosted him, and, without any provoca tion, struck him.—Mr. Mansfield - : Are yOn .a printer ? Complainant :""A printer, sir, no; a .nmsician.— Mr. Mansfield : Wh a t so rt o f a musician?—Complain ant : . A fiddler, sir.—Defendant said she was drunk at the time.—Fined ten shilling 7 or one monticsimprison b' meat. - OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRF.TMCES.—MichaeI Conn()ly, a short, slender-built elderly person, a native of Knockfinara, vas charged with obtaining £77 10s. from Mr. Robinson,•of the firm of Robinson and:Morton, by false pretences. - Mr. Almond appeared to prosecute, and Mr. Cobb for the prisoner. Mr. - Almond, in open= ing the -case, said he - should just produce sufficient evi dence to-day to satisfy a remand. Mr. Robirisoli stated that,:in thementh Of -September last; he reirientbered the prisoner calling. on him. - He produced this cheque (he held the cheque in his hand). It purported to be drawn by a William Smith, on the Northanipshire Bank, at Stamford, and asked to have it ,cashed. as lie - said ho was going to Ireland, and it would be very inconvenient for him to get it cashed there. He said Wm. Smith was a respectable farmer, and he knew where he lived. He said 'he lived at Sedge Farm, near Ketring, He gave him £77 103. for it, and then trans mitted it to the bank ; and , in coarse 'of time, it was transmitted back dishonoured. • He (Mr. Robinson) went to Lodge Farm, near Ketring ; and there was no person of the name of William Smith resided there, except a William Smith an ironfounder; who lived at Ketring. Cross-examined by Mr. Cobb : He was intro duced to him by a regular customer of his. - He (Mr. Robinson) did not know but that the prisoner might have been taken in with the cheque. 'He knew he was' a harse dealer: He did not know that he had got the cheque for some horses he sold at Barnard Fair. He did not know that William Smith was a farmer at Calloway. He did not know that he rented a farm from Sir Thomas Banke; the M.P for Galloway.—Mr. Scott, a detective officer, then - said he went over to Ireland to apprehend the Prisoner. When lie met him, he told him his errand, and cautioned him. He (the prisoner) asked him to look at the cheque. He did so ; and he pointed to the handwriting on the back of it, and said it was his. Ile said he got it from a man near London, whoM he did - not know. The head-cOnstable searched him, and found £63 on him, and the supe - intendent has kept the money, notwithstanding his asking for it. He saw some persons in the train as they were - coming down from-Galloway; they said they knew the prisoner ; they said he had a small farm at Knockanara, and twelve acres of land, and paid £6 a year for it. Mr. Almond said he Would now ask for a remand, to produce a clerk from the bank.--Mr, Cobb : And I will ask to haVe the prisoner discharged,- as lie has • been deceived himself.—Mr. Mansfield When did you clila the cheque ? Mr. Robinson : I believe it was on the Bth of September.—ln the course of a further convevation, Mr. Cobb said he should advise the prisoner to giVe the prosecutor a cheque for the money, and then to look after the person who had "duped" him.—Remanded until Saturday. .A-DEAR KlSS.—Charles Binnington, commonly callel Henry Binnington, a master carpenter in Church-street, was 'charged by Sarah Bolt, innkeeper, Bridgeivater street, with committing an indecent assault upon her. — Mr. - Cobb' appeared 'for the defendant—The com plainant stated that she was a married woman. Last night the prisoner 'mine into their house into' a roam where She 'was, and kisSed her, threw !lei down on the sofa, 'and - there conimitted.the asSailli core plainedof —Mr. ManSfield : HO* long' haVe you knoWn hiin ? —Complainant Abbut five in enths. IMr. Cobb :He has kissed 'you before; has be he' net ? Complain aat He has come behind my back' and kissed 'nie on the 'cheek, biit not while I was at hini.—Mr. Cobh : The circumstances of the c ase are these; sir :—The defendant has been in the habit of going to. the complainant's }lease to drink; and last 'night he went and called for a bottle of porter. 'The eoniplainant drew it ; and, as it was rather " frothy," 116 told her - to blow it off, and in doing so, he gave her a kis;s arid *as he' had kissed her several times before, he thOuklit 'he went a little further. - He has told me that he is very sorry for it. Aren't you ? Pefendant: 'Cobb (to Complainant) : Well, I suppose if he7giires'ydii a public apology, you will not press for a heavy penalty,' and . then he can come and spend it in porter'at your house; and not pay it to the Corporation? Complainant: I will leave it to Mr. Mans field.—Mr. : I think you said you had been ill since it occurred ? Complainant : Yes, sir. - -Mr. Mansfield said they - must understand that it was not his duty to pay any attention to the complainant requesting him to deal lenient with - the prisoner. He must pay £lO and costs, or be &rinated for six months. (Before Messrs. SHEIL and SMITH.) DISGRACEFUL EXHIBITION IN OPEN COURT.—AN ATTOR- NEY IN A STATE. OF INTOXICATION CONDUCTING A A man named Beaumont Wilson was summoned by Elizabeth Hitchcock for an assault upon her. It appeared that both the complainant and the defendant were servants at the Stork Hotel, Queen's-square, and that during a quarrel which took place between them the defendant struck the complainant a violent blow on the face. Mr. Lightfoot appeared on behalf of the complainant, and_ Mr. Cobb (in the absence of Mr. Blackhurst) for the defendant. Mr. Lightfoot (who was evidently under the effects of intoxication), in rising to state the ease, said he bad to apologise to their worships. He thought Mr. Black hurst- Mr. Sheil—Mr. Lightfoot, I tell you as a friend, that you had better go home. If you compel us to act magistrates in your case, we shall be obliged to do our duty. Mr. Lightfoot—And I must do mine. The complainant's attorney here called the complainant into the box, and at the request of the bench she was mating her own statement, when Mr. Lightfoot, in an irregular manner, began to interrogate her. Mr. Smith—Let the complainant tell her own story. It is much better than you attempting to question her. The complainant continued her statement as to the assault which the defendant had committed upon her. At the moment when she was describing the actual assault, she was again interrupted by Mr Lightfoot, Who said—What did he do ? Mr. Smith—She is just telling you what he did, if you will only let her alone.• Shortly afterwards there was a dispute between Mr. Cobb and Mr. Lightfoot, on which the latter, in a state of excitement, said to Mr. Cobb, " I will not mind yon." Mr. Sheil—l tell you again, Mr. Lightfoot, that you are-not in a fit state to conduct any case, and I doubt very much whether it is not our duty to exercise the power which, as magistrates, we have. Mr. Lightfoot—l have a great respect for the bench. Mr. Smith—You have no respect for yourself. The evidence of th e complainant having been corro borated by another wit ness , Mr. Cobb addressed the bench on behalf of the defendant, urging that it was a common quarrel between two servants at the Stork, and that the case ought to be dismissed. The magistrates considered the case proved, and inflicted a fine of ten shillings and costs. Mr. Lightfoot—Ten shillings and costs, of course. (Laughter.) Mr. Cobb—You ought to have a fine of more than that inflicted upon you. lam sure that if either Mr. Black or myself were to come into this court in such a state, we should soon be found on the other side. Mr. Sheil—Well, Mr. Cobb, if you will prefer a charge, we are ready to go into it. Mr. Cobb—No, gentlemen, you are both judge and jury in the case before you. It is bad enough to .have to come into this court and conduct such cases as are daily brought here, without being brought into contact with what we have just seen. Mr. Wybergh—l wonder how it is that people can !employ such a person ? Mr. Sheil—Now, sir, you had better go home at once. Mr. Wybergh—lf you think that this man is not in a fit state, from drunkenness, to conduct a case, you have power to fine and imprison him for contempt of court. Mr. Shell sw , Mr. Lightfoot, do withdraw at once. kr. Lightfoot here left the court, exclaiming, as he made his exit, « I know there is a grand mutiny against me here :" EXTRAORDINARY _INVESTIGATION AT ST. JAMES'S CHURCH. • Last night, an adjourned meeting of the pew-owners ,of St. James's Church, Toxteth Park, was held. in the church, for the purpose of hearing from , the incumbent, the Rev. Mr. ThomaS,.a series of charges, preferred by "him against Mr. Claringbold, the-clerk of the church. There were about twenty pew-owners present. At the commencement of the proceedings, Mr: Cope man, solicitor, was present, on behalf of the minister, and Mr. Clarke :Ismail, solicitor, was also in attend ance, on the part of Mr. Claringbold. Mr. Clarke lcpinall said lie appeared on behalf of Mr. Claringbold. He came there at the for mer meeting, on the suggestion of the incumbent, that it would not be - desirable for Mr. Claringbold to be without an adviser. He :(Ntr. Aspinall) assented to the proposition, and so did Mr. Claringbold. Un derstanding that it was now the intention of Mr. Thomas not to allow legal advisers to - be present, all he wanted was, that Mr. Thomas should-state what course he intended to adopt, so that. there .might be no mis take about it. He wished it to be stated, in the pre sence of the Reporters, whether he (Mr. Aspinall) was to bo present at the enquiry or not. The Rev. Mr. - Thomas said that at the former meeting he thought it would be only right that Mr. Claringbold should have a legal adviser, and he named that to Mr. Copeman. At his suggestioa Mr. Copeman wrote a letter to Mr. Claringbold, informing him that he might have a legal adviser to watch the proceedings. Sub sequently he stated to Mr. Claringbold that the, party who might appear tot him was not to act as-an advocate. When, however, Mr. Aspinall came forward at the former inquiry he did act as an advocate, and he (Mr. Thomas) did not approve 'of it. This was , a court of inquiry under a certain local act, and it. was under this act that he was about to proceed. Mi. Copeman and Mr. Clarke Aspinall here retired at the request of Mr. Thomas. At the request of several parties present, the witnesses also retired. The Rev. Mr. Thomas then came forward, and slid that •in opening the proceedings he might say to the pew-owners, that it was with extreme pain that he eame before them that night, • because, the charge which lie was . about to make against Mr. Claringbold, which was of a twofold character, was a very grave one, Having referred to Mr. Claringbold's appointment, first as sexton and then as clerk, he went into kis dealin g s with the books, and fees arisin g from marriages and baptisms ; and having dwelt at great length on this point, lie concluded a speech which in going through the several details, occupied upwards of an hour in its delivery, Several witnesses, parties who had been married at the church, were examined, with a view to prove the dis crepancies between the sums they had paid at the time of their marriage, and the entries in the books. The enquiry was adjourned at half-past ten, till Friday evening next, at half-past six. COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY. (Before W. A. Ilui.rox, Esq., Judge.) Tn.ANERs - e v. LocToirr.—The plaintiff in this action was Thomas Traverse, auctioneer. residing at Prescot ; an the defendant was William Lockett, wine merchant, Kiue-ThTet, Liverpool. The action was brought to ~ , •or the sum of •£8 18s. 71d. for loss sustained on a _ , -.oods alleged to have been sold to the defen d It appeared that the plaintiff had a sale on ,!' '-fr. Moss, at Tarbuck, in November last, whie!: t'..:ulant attended, in company with a person name! "1:: , - with. Mr. Lockett left the sale, and Smith re t:,ti l behind to bid for him. A quantity of mangold'Wntzel was sold to Smith; at £l3 7s. 6d; and. the plaintiff uniFrstood that he was authorised to pur elase:for Mr. Some time after, Smith went to Mr: 'Lockett's ftrinA-, and borrowed a cart, to have the 'marigold • Wurtzel taken to Liverpool market, wliere 7 : it hrl3 'rc-s9:tl for £4 Bs. 10,11, by the which \vai the murket price. '• This sum Mr. LoCkett };a:ifte.d over to the plaintiff, and the present action was brought to recover the balance the original amount; the, plaintiff nlways being referred to Smith, when he asked the defendant to pay it. The defendant totally denied having given authority to Smith to pur chase the goods in question.—His Honour said he Ras sorry to see Mr. Traverse in the position that he was :placed in. Ile should be paid, and must be paid. It was clear that Smith was the person liable. If Mr. Tra verse had chosen to resort to litin,.iusteai of Mr. Lockett, the case might have been sustained ; but, as it was, the plaintiff was =suited. THE GREAT EASTERN-VISIT 02 PRINCE NAPOLEON. . Before eight o'clock on Tuesday mr>raing, Prince Napoleon, attended by a numerous party, pail a visit to the ,Great Eastern at Holyhead. The play, which visited the great ship during a pelting shower of rain, were conveyed to Holyhead in his Imperial Ala jes! - v's steamer Dauphin, which has arrived here. `1" is Pririe.• carefully examined every part of the ship, and b..eitk,. fasted with Captain Harrison in his cabin. He frvoured Mr. Nottage, of the Stereoscopic Company, with two sittings, or rather standings, surrounded by a group o f Frenc officers. Mr. Nottage presented his Imperial Highness with a set of views of the ship, having done the same.to his Royal Highness Prince Albert on the previous day. Commander Evans, R N., and Lieut. Eaton were on board in undress uniform to meet the Prince. some of the sailors of the Dauphin went on board, and the idity with which they seized upon a man-o' man from the Hastings showed that at least with them, however it may be in more exalted quarters, the entente conlittle is still existing. The guns on deck seemed to be a great attraction. Scarcely a Frenchman except his Highness passed them without stopping, taking out the tompiou, and peering down the muzzle, in order, it may be presumed, to see whether these are the terrible Armstrong weapons of which stories have got afloat among our neighbours. The suite of Prince Napo leon consisted of M. Ron de la Ponciere, captain, Imperial navy ; Count Buanicki, M. Roca, commander of the Dauphin; M. Pisani, M. Ragon, and M. de Buiffon, aides-de-camp; Viscount Clerc, equerry; and Messieurs Choidetty and Wyatt, secretaries. His Highues re mained on board from eight to half-past eleven a.m. ; and when he left, shook hands with Mr. Campbell and Captain Harrison, at the same time expressing to them the pleasure he had received, and offering his best wishes for the success of the undertaking. On Monday there was on board the largest number of visitors since the arrival of the Great Eastern at Holy head. The total number of tickets issued was 2,854, the greatest number of visitors since the launch was at Weymouth, where 7,800 or 7,900 were admitted ; but these numbers are as nothing, when compared with those of the visitors expected on the other side of the Atlantic by the sanguine directors. The surveyors, Messrs. Patterson and Gibson, and the umpire, Mr. Hawkshaw, are on board, and engaged in their duties. • As soon as their inspection is concluded, there will be, it is said, no difficulty in procuring the Board of Trale certificate, immediately after the recep tion of which the Great Eastern will depart for her Atlantic trip. Some important repairs to the boilers are just being completed. The " patch" is no longer in existence, and the boilers are now as before the explosion. Mr. M'Lennan, the chief engineer, who was " chief " of the Great Britain, is confident that in twenty-four hours from this time he can have his department in full sea working order and ready for turning the paddles and screw in the rollers of the Atlantic. Mr. Cobden, M.P., left England on Monday to join his family in Paris, where it is his intention to pass a portion of the ensuing season. TIIE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—Lady Franklin has re solved to sell the steam yacht Fox, which so successfully conveyed Captain M'Clintock and his brother heroes to the fulfilment of their mission. The sale is to take place at Lloyd's, early in November, and will no doubt create much interest. Under the title of the " Schiller Foundation," an association has been established by writers, publi s h ers , and professors of Germany, for the purpose of relieving literary men, esßecially poets, or their widows and o rphans, in distress. The association is to carry on its operations for the first five years at Weimar, after wards, for periods of fi v e yea rs each, at Dresden, and Berlin, Stuttgart, Munich, and Frankfort. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.---There is but one disease, the fountain of all others, bad blood ; and but one infallible remedy, liollo wafs Pills. There 'can be nothing in the system unsound, while that vital fluid is perfectly pure and rightly tempered. Firm flesh, a brilliant complexion, a quick digestion, an elasti city of animal spirits, and a consciousness of health and strength, are a few of the innumerable advantages attendant on purity of the blood; a blessing which every one can obtain who will take freely these inestimable Pills, which are free from mercury and every noxious substance. WAKEFIELD ELECTION COMMISSION: The inquiries into the bribery Cases at this election still proceed. On Tuesday, Mr. W. 11. Tomlinson was the first witness called. He stated 'that he had been a volunteer canvasser ghr Mr. Charlesworth, but he denied having offered a bribe.or used any threats to any voter to induce him to vote for Charlesworth. Like all the Conservative agents who have yet appeared in the witness-box, he cont - adicted pointblank the evidence of the witnesses who have implicated them in corrapt proceedings. • Samuel Gifford voted for Leatham, for which he had £lO in money and £lO in goods. Alfred Ash and . Boston came to fetch hi m t o vo t e , b u t hi s w if e wou ld not let him go until the money 'was put down. Ash then took off his watch and offered to leave it with Mrs. Gifford until the cash and goods were put into the house. They were obliged to comply with thiS con dition, and then he voted. Previous to this, Joe Brear had given him £3O to vote for Charlesworth. Eliza Gifford, daughter of• the last witness, corrobo rated her father's evidence with regard to the offer of the watch. Mrs. Gifford also gave the same evidence. Mr. A. Ash was recalled, and gave a positive denial to the story of the watch. George Craddock was next called, and contradicted fiely the evidence of Bairstow. who, on a former day, had sworn that the witness offered him £5O to vote for Charlesworth, and that he had been discharged from his situation after voting for Leatham. He characterised the story of the man and his wife as a " pack of lies." Mr. Craddock also denied the statement of a witness named Wainwright, that he had endeavthired to induce him to vote for Charlesworth by offers of increased custom. The witness was subjected to a severe cross examination, but he gave his evidence in such a stupid and prevaricating manner that the Commissioners threatened to commit him. Nothing, however, was got out of him. Mr. Thomas Field Gilbert was next called.—He said I am an election and parliamentary agent. I came down to this town at the last election to assist Mr. Wainwright in conducting the election on behalf of Mr. Leatham. Mr. Wyatt, the parliamentary agent, asked me to come down, telling me that it would involve considerable hard • work, and would last several weeks. He did not intimate in any way, either directly or indirectly, that it would be necessary to resort to illegal practises ; and it was only after I got to Wakefield, that I learned that bribery would be necessary. My terms were £3 3s. a day and all . expenses. I saw Mr. Wainwright immediately after my arrival. Nothing passed between me and Mr. Wainwright about bribery at our first interview; and it was not until the middle of the month of April that it became apparent that bribery was going on. I beard within a week of my arrivE that there was likely to be a good deal of bribery on the other side. I think it was Sharp ley told me that. I did not speak to Mr. Wainwright about this until I came to have the real condition of the borough before me. 'lt was not till a fortnight before the election that I had the state of the borough before me. I had a list prepared of the number of voters on both sides whom no sort of influence could touch ; then a list of doubtful and unpledged persons who might be expected to be influenced in some way or other, either legitimately or otherwise ; then a list of the neutrals. These are the three classes into which we electioneering agents generally divide the can vassing books. Sharpley also handed me in a long list of persons who were bribable on both sides, and the number was so great that I said, " Really, Sharpley, you must have made a mistake ; Wakefield can't be so corrupt as this." (Laughter.), I should think there were at least 200 on the list. I don't know where that list is,—lost I should think. I conversed with other per sons besides Sharpley on the subject; and though some thought that Sharpley had formed an extravagant estimate, yet the result was that I came to the opinion that if the election was to be won, it must be by something more than the ordinary and legal means. I then said to Mr. Wain wright,—" I want to know whether I am to be absolute director of this contest, and whether I am to be at liberty to use all the means 'Which I may think neces sary for winning it." Wainwright took a day to make up his mind, and then he said the matter would be left entirely in my hands. Of course I did not say what means I should have to use, but he could perfectly understand what I meant. This was about the 16th of April. I then said, "If my plan is to be carried out, the first thing required will be some money." To which he replied he had no doubt some would come. When I got down to Wakefield I found, to my great disgust, that the town was invaded by a host of. what are called " watchers." There were droves of them about the streets, and no one could go out without being followed by a lot, watching where he went and what he did. The system was a very foolish one. I sup pose its object was partly to intimidate voters, and partly to prevent voters being carried away. It would have been a good job if a lot of them had been carried away. (Laughter.) I received about £2OO from Mr. Wainwright to pay the expenses of these men before the conversation of which I have spoken ; and after that conversation I received £2,000 through Messrs. Overend and Gurney, in three separate parcels. The parcels were laid on my table by somebody, I can't say by whom, and I opened them. There was generally a letter of advice with each packet—here they are. (The letters were handed in.) I made no entry of the amounts I received, partly because I thought the letters were sufficient evidence, and. partly because the transactions being of an illegal character,. I was not likely to be so minute in my memoranda. Since the election • I have had -C375 from Mr. Wainwright. After I had received the mo - ley I was put in communication with a number of persons whose names I have put down on this list. (The names were Sharpley, Armstrong, Beverley, and Co., who have already made their appearance before the Commissioners. To all of these men I gave money to buy voters ;—there is a list, so far as I can recollect, of the voters who were so b: - ,aght. I made a list at the time, though I don't know where it is, of the amount paid to each; but the evidence which I have read in the papers on this point is for the most part cor rect. The largest sum 1 ever sent was £5O. I remember £96 being - sent, but that was for two votes. I. am certain of that. The price ran from £lO to £5O. Generally it was on the other side of £25. The general way in which the bargains ran was this : Sharp ley, or some other agent, would get a voter to promise for £l5 ; then, a day or two after, the voter would send word that he could not vote for Mr. Leatham for that sum—the most he could do would be to stand neutral, and for that he must have something more. Later on, he would ease his conscience by offering to vote for Lea tham for an additional sum; and; after all, sometimes he would both keep what we had given him, and vote for the other side. (Laughter.) The total amount spent in bribery on Mr. Leatham's side, as far as I know, was between £l,BOO and £1,900. That is all which passed through my hands, and I have no knowledge of any other sums. I believe, in fact, that no other money but that was spent on Mr. Leatham's side in bribery. During the elec tion I received a letter from some man, who has since gone to America, offering to vote for Leatham for £l5O. (Laughter.) I showed the letter to Mr. Wainwright, and he put it in the fire at once. It was entirely Mr. Wain wright's doing that I went by the name of Field. had no wish at all to pass under an alias, nor conceal my presence in the town. Mr. Wainwright said he didn't want the other side to know that he had a regular electioneering agent assisting him. I saw and talked frequently with Mr. Leatham during the election, but nothing passed between us . about bribery. I have no reason to believe that he knew anything of what was going on, except that as I was in receipt of a large sum of money, it was for the gentleman w h o was finding it to know what it was for. I generally kept the money in my pocket, and took it out as it was wanted for each person. I nev er k ept i t i n a drawer, and never put it in envelopes directed to particular voters. I never handed money to any voter personally. The whole sum which passed through my hands was £2,762 12s. Bd., of which from £l,BOO to £1,900 was for bribery, and the rest general expenses. I advanced myself about £lBoas employedfrom my v own pocket for the geanner,alrvces. exclusiveexpenses.lw of Imhaonveeyneovuert hreecreeivefidftyauseyvtehn days,ingfo my d services. of pocket, my claim is pretty nearly £2OO. Mr. Wain wright came to me not very long after the e l ec ti on and asked me for an account, and I said I was perfectly ready to go into the accounts, but my advice to him was, if he expected to be examined before the committee, the less he knew the better : lam aware, from reading Mr. Leatham's evidence in the papers, that he says £2,500 came down from Overend and Gurney's; but ' £2,000 is all th a t I ever received, and I thi n k there must be some mistake. All the money which I paid mit for bribes was before the election, so that if any of the bribes were delayed it was in the hands of the underaingietiirtgsa.tedl never heard Mr. Wai n wright mention any sum as the limit placed on him by hi s p r i n cipal. That i s an tm lie of Godfrey Noble's. Parties engaged in electioneer ing matters in London noW, when they meet with any NORTIUERN DAILY TINES. • - lie bigger than another, call it a "Noble." (Laugh:tell Noble's statement, tee; that he saw notes and gold in my possession, is another lie. The. first time I saw him was in 'the - presence of-the hon. member for Huddersfield, Mr. E. A. Leatham ; and when he went away I said to Wainwright, "I don't know what ground you have for 'confidence in that man, but in my mind he is not to be trusted-4 think him a scoundrel." I.was therefore particularly cautious not to do anything before him. Hinchcliffe, too, is another of the same stamp. He says gave him £7O, but the fact is I gave him £9O, and much of the money which.l gave him for voters did not reach their hands. He lies, too, in saying that I au thorized him to keep the £2O given to *Wainwright if he could get it back. I gave him no such authority. Mr. Willes—Do you know whether there was any person on the other side engaged in a similar way to yourself? Mr. Gilbert—l was told frequently of a mysterious stranger being at work on the other side, but I don't know who he was, nor have I any suspicion. I know there.were very experienced tacticians at work on the other side, and the only wonder to me is, seeing the high prices paid on the other side, that we succeeded at all. I wish to say in conclusion, with reference to the insinuations of dishonesty which have been thrown out," that they do not apply to me at all. Apart from my love of truth and honesty, it is my interest to be honest to my employers. I came to Wakefield with an unsullied reputation as a Parliamentary agent; and but for some few acquaintances I have made here, I regret deeply that I ever set my foot in it. I have never been engaged in bribery before, except, perhaps, what I may call legitimate bribery. - I have been engaged in many county contests, and I have known villages in which the inhabitants have been split up into. different parties—. Liberal and Conservative. The Conservatives have been taken care of by the clergyman or the landlord, but there has been nobody to look after the Liberals, and I have felt it quite legitimate to find them a good breakfast and give them half-a-crown for their day's wages. That is the only kind of bribery I have ever been engaged in before this Wakefield affair. Mr. Joseph Brear, mister (one of the Conservative agents, and, to judge from the evidence of former wit nesses, their chief bribery agent), was next called. He said--I canvassed for Mr. Charlesworth at the last election. I suppose TM have heard, gentlemen, that I did a little of the amiable " during the election ? (Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant Pigott—Well, such a suspicion has been breathed against you. • Mr. Brear—So to save you trouble I have drawn up a list, as far as I can recollect, of those to whom I "tip ped the ready" during the election. I gave Robert Beaumont £25 ; Alexander Brady, £3O ; Charles Brady, £3O ; 'William Cass, £3O ; Michael Cox, £25 ; E. 0 wen, £5O ; Benjamin Johnson, £2O ; George Perkins, either £35 or £4O ; J. H. Steed, £2O ; William Warrener, £35 ; William Wells, £4O ; Gifford, LO ; Joseph Briggs, £l5 ; William Newsom £l5 ; J. Beaumont, £2O or £25 ; Mr. 'Williamson, £l5 ; Mrs. Dtinhill, £lO. I also gave Archibald Crowther £2OO to deal out among his friends ; George Moore, £35 ; " a man unknown," £5OO. (Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant Pigott—What name did he go by ? Mr. B rear—l never heard his name. Mr. Thomas Alder brought him down to my house one evening in the election week. He sat down, and we had some talk about the election, from which I came to the conclusion that he was one of the right sort. I met him next morning, when he told me he could secure about a dozen voters, and I gave him £250. The next day I met him again, and gave him another £250. I did not make many offers that were not successful. I did cer tainly offer money to other people, but it was mostly "chaff." They got more chaff than money; did that lot. (Laughter.) for instance, one day I met a man in the street who drives an omnibus to Leeds. He was strug gling along with two,bonny horses, and I asked him how be meant to vote. He said he was going against us, and I said, " What a fool you must be ; I'm In a position to buy you four grey horses, new sets of harness, and a bran new omnibus; "—(laughter)—but he .drove on and would have nothing to say to me. I went, too, into the house of a man named Mitchell, a customer of Mine, who is a voter. I sat down and called for a glass of beer; and seeing a clock hanging up against the wall, I said, "What a pretty clock that is." "Yes," said Mitchell, "it is, but it's a rare bad 'un." "Oh," said I, "I can soon cure it; it wants greasing—£2s a wheel would soon cure it." (Laughter.) I must say, however, it was more fun than anything else. I don't think he would have taken a shilling from either party. He is as decent a man as any in the town. THE LIGHTS COMEISSION.—We understand that the Royal Commissioners, having completed their examina tion of the lights and beacons on the coast of the United Kingdom, have proceeded to France to visit the princi pal lighthouses on the French coast. The labours of the commission will then, we believe, be closed, and the report will be agreed to and presented without further delay.—Shipping Gazette. • , ACCIDENT TO MIL SAMUEL WARREN, Q.C.—We regret to hear that Mr. Samuel Warren, Q.C., who with his family has been spending the recess at Lynton, North Devon, a few weeks ago fell heavily on the rocks, while stepping into the water to bathe, and receivei a severe injury to the right shoulder, which was vio lently wrenched. He is now, however, nearly recovered, and is again able to write, though not without some effort. NEW BATTERY ON THE CLYDE.—Ifer Majesty's Gov ernment have resolved to erect a new battery on the Clyde, on the shores of Roseneath, nearly opposite to Gourock; and this week some officers of the Engineers have been inspection the grounds, and holding consul tation with the Duke of Argyll, who is Lord of the Manor. With this battery at Roseneath, and the other one already erected at Gourock, both sides of the Clyde will be completely protected.—North British Daily RAILWAY WORKMEN.—The Courrier du Havre states that a project is under consideration for removing to a distance of fifteen leagues from Paris all the great work shops of the railways. The execution of the project would necessitate tile removal of a great number of workmen from Paris, and would thereby tend t o reduce rents in the districts occupied by working men ; it would besides be profitable to the companies, as they could sell the ground which they now occupy for a much larger sum than the purchase of new sites and. the con struction of new workshops in the country would cost. GOVERNMENT EMIORATION.—The government emi grant vessel Escort, 765 tons, Captain Daniel Smith, belonging to. Mr. John Temperley, of London, which sailed from Liverpool on the 30th of April, arrived at Adelaide, South Australia, on the 9th of August, with 41 married couples, 75 single men, 96 single women, 22 boys between,the ages of 1 and 12, 30 girls between the same ages, 7 male infants, and 5 female, making a total of 317 souls, equal to 279 statute adults, under charge of Surgeon-Superintendent Matthew Moorhouse. Three births and two deaths (infants) occurred during the voyage. NEWSTEAD ABBEY.—It is reported that the venerable and classic pile at Newstead, the residence of the late Colonel Wildman, together with the estate, exceeding 3,000 acres in extent, will shortly be brought to the hammer in one lot. The late lamented owner of New stead purchased the estate in 1818 for £94,000, and since that period very large sums of money have been expended in improving it, so that, independent of the great increase which has taken place in the value of landed property during the last few years, there is every reason to expect that it will fetch a very high price. The connection of Byron with this charming rural retreat will also, no doubt, act as an additional attraction to pur chasers. It is said that the late Colonel Wildman has left the whole of his real and personal property to his widow for life, with remainder to his brothers.—Not tingham Journal. CURIOUS CASE OF PROLONGED CONCEALMENT OF SEX. —On Saturday an inquest was held at Pendleton, before Mr. W. S. Rutter, county coroner, on the body of a person dressed as a labouring man, and apparently about fifty years of age. The body had been found in the river on Friday, and according to the evidence of the landlady of a beerhouse, the deceased personage had called at her house and had drunk two or three glasies of beer. The witness remarked something strange about the manner of her customer, who made some inquiries as to the hour at which the gates of the adjoining works were usually closed. The deceased was not after wards seen alive. It transpired that the deceased, who was known as Harry Stokes, but who was in reality a woman and named Harriet Stokes, had for thirty or forty years worked as a bricksetter. She had taken contracts for work, and had been engaged in building some of the tall chimneys in the neighbourhood. She had actually married a woman, and they lived together as man and wife. The „jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned." com.mmAL OF A FATHER FOR THE MURDER OF HIS SON. A fortnight ago; - a young man; named Georgeitilby, a screw-wrench maker, residing in a court off Brickkiln street, Wolverhampton, was found dead in - his workshop about mid-day, under extraordinary circumstances. The . 'body of the deceased was lying across the shop, with the head pushed ' under the work-bench, 'and lying in a box half full o f i ron fili ngs , th e nec k pressed upon the sharp end of the box. The hands of the de- . ceased were also in his trouser's pockets. Shortly afterwards, an inquest was held. on the body, be fore Mr. W. H. Phillips, the deputy coroner, and evi dence was adduced which went to show that the de ceased, who was a very sober and religious young man, had for a long time been very cruelly treated 'by the father. The post-mortent examination showed that death had been caused by suffocation from the pressure of the throat .upon the' edge of the filing or swarf box .mentioned above. The inquest was thrice adjourned, in order to enable the police to make further inquiries. The fourth sitting took.place on Monday, when. several new witnesses , and the most important of the old ones, were examined. John Liven, a young man who had forinerly worked for the deceased, deposed - to the treat ment of the father. The latter, he said, used repeatedly to quarrel with his son,' and once in the presence of the witness struck him on the head with a stick. • The deceased told this witness that what he saw was nothing to what happened in the house, and that he had to change his . meal times on account of the way his father used him, and to go to bed to escape his ill-usage: This witness also said that if the deceased had fallen at, his bench, his head could not have gone into the swath box, if it was in its usual place.—William Hutchinson, the. deceased's class-leader, stated that deceased often spoke to him about his father's bad conduct, and said that he was so persecuted at home that he was afraid he must give up his religious profession, his fath er annoying him, among other things, when he retired for private prayer. He also said that he had a presen timent that he should be " called away" soon. On the day deceased was found dead, he went to see the body, when the deceased's mother "opened out very . free," saying that nobody knew the cruelty . with which his father treated him.—David Baker, a joiner, who occu -pies the next shop to that of deceased, deposed that about a quarter of an hour before the body was found, he heard two persons quarrelling in the shop of the deceased, and afterwards sonic one uttering a cry like " Don't," and then all was still until the alarm of death was raised.—A man, named Lilly, however, who worked along with Baker, stated that he heard nothing but the de ceased singing hymns and whistling. Baker also stated that when the body of the deceased was carried out, Mrs. Kilby cried out that somebody must have gone into the shop and done it:—Phoebe Cobage, who prepared the body-of the deceased for interment, stated that she found several marks upon it on the face, neck, and breast, and that afterwards Mrs. Kilby had seized her by the hand, and begged of her not to "kill her hus band."—Mr. Coleman, surgeon; who made the post mortem examination, deposed that the deceased had died from suffocation-,---that there was- on the left temple the mark of a blow or fall that might have produced temporary insensibility ; but that it was pos sible, if the deceased had fallen on the box in the way stated,i and with his hands in his pockets, he might have been suffocated before he was able to withdraw his hands to free himself.--The most important witness was an old man, ; working in the neighbourhood, named Walter Wootton, a latchmaker, who swore positively that, about half-past one on the day which deceased died, he saw the father " walk sharp" from the shop to his own house,. and about ten minutes afterwards the alarm was raised that young Kilby had been found dead..—The jury' found the elder Kilby guilty of the wilful murder of his son. SUICIDE OF A SOLDIER, NEAR BRIGHTON.—On Friday morning a melancholy suicide was committed at the Preston Barracks by a young soldier of the 4th Dragoon Guards, named John Mitchell Langwell, by blowing out his brains with his carbine. The unfor tunate young man had bßrne an excellent cha r a c t er f or sober, steady, and orderly conduct. THE DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT WORCESTER. —The inquest on the body of the deceased Emily Harris, on Saturday, terminated in a verdict that she destroyed herself by drowning while in a state of temporary insanity. The jury appended to their verdict an opinion that the insanity of the deceased was occasioned by the brutal ill-treatment of her husband and his sister ; and they censured the mother-in-law for her conduct, and expressed their dissatisfaction that medical evidence had not been placed before them at the inquest. . Mr. Hughes, the deputy coroner, had previously offered to adjourn the inquest for this purpose ; but the jury returned their verdict as above. ANOTHER STABBING CASE IN SHEFFIELD.—A small shopkeeper, named Fawcett, residing in Broomhall, Sheffield, lately summoned a woman, named Pagc, living in the same neighbourhood, for debt, and obtained a verdict against her in the County Court. This so exasperated the female, that on Monday evening she entered Fawcett's shop, mid seizing two carving knives that lay upon the counter, stabbed him twice in the head and twice in the left side, and then succeeded in making her escape. Fortunately the wounds are not likely to lead to any serious results. A WHOLE FAMILY POISONED.—A few days ago a family, named .Penfold, consisting of a husband and wife and six children, living in the neighbourhood of Staple hurst, were taken suddenly ill. A medical man was called in, but was unable to check the complaint, and one child died, then a second, and a third, and subse quently the mother died also. The husband and the other children were then, by the advice of the medical man, removed to the union, and have. since been gradually recovering. A woman, named Cook, residing next door, who went to assist, was also taken ill, and, it being thought that the disease was infectious, Cook's family were removed from the house, and it was thoroughly cleansed. They then returned, when after dinner the family were taken suddenly ill, with symptoms similar to those observed in the case of the Penfolds. Upon the husband making inquiries of the wife, he found the water used for cook ing the dinner was taken from a tub at the back door, which had previously been used for sheep-dipping com position, and which poisonous mixture had impregnated the water, thus causing the death of four persons, and placing in jeopardy the lives of several others.-3faid stone Journal. THE LIBERAL SUPPORTERS OF THE DERBY GOVERN MENT.—Mr. Miller; M.P. for Leith, in addressing his constituents on Friday evening last, read a letter which he said had not before been published, written to Lord Derby by - Mr. Lindsay and the other Liberal members who voted against the no-confidence motion which put an end to Lord Derby's Government. Mr. Miller, by acting with the Conservatives in that division, naturally gave effence to many of his Liberal supporters in 'the Leith burghs, and it was in self-vindication that he pro duced the following document : " We, the undersigned, are desirous of providing f or the-welfare and good government of the country, and to that end we wish that the Government should be pledged to do the following things :—First, that as respects our domestic policy, they should, upon the debate upon the address, state that they are prepared to introduce a Reform Bill, which shall meet the wishes of a majority of the House of Commons, and which, for that purpose, shall contain provisions conferring upon the burgh constituencies a considerable extension of the fran chise, and upon the county constituencies a £lO rental franchise, and which will also disfranchise a great number of the smaller burghs, and distribute the seats thus liberated among that portion of the peo ple who are most worthy of enjoying the franchise. And, secondly, that as regards their foreign policy, they shall pledge themselves to take all the necessary steps to maintain the existing neutrality, and to take no part with any of the belligerents, and to be prepared to de fend to the utmost the honour and interests of England, if either should be attacked. If the present Government are prepared to give these pledges, we are prepared to support them should they be met by a vote of want of confidence, or by any other motion the sole object of which is their destruction." Mr. Miller stated that Lord Derby had countersigned the document, thus accepting its pledges ; but, beyond giving the names of Mr. Lindsay, Mr. Digby Seymour, ere r ea 1 n y thein earnest to d measure of reform from House L s eater surety a gett in g a g oo gita that av d et th ethosen a himself, mw he of f signedht o h n e . other , e member reckoned subscriberse c e r k o s n a e i said h t h e at w ot aittsh. they unable Hbea to o d saida gr administration, more he influence w pLaso o r r ei d dsa D uab e ai r nu, b y an , hye b elhevaahtdiisgem, OCTOBER 20, 1859. EXPLOSION OF A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE• 7j - Gn Mondarevening great consternation- was caused at Wombwell, Lundhill, and the adjoining neighbour hood, in consequence of a loud report, caused by the ex plosion of a locomotive' engine, about half-a-mile from the Wombwell station on the South Yorkshire Railway, The similarity of the sound to that of a colliery explo sion caused many of the inhabitants of the district to turn out in great alarm, and on the cause of the explosion being made known, there was soon a large number of persons on the spot. It appears that as the No. 8 .engine was going to Mexbro' with a laden coal train from Westwood, when near the Elsecar Junction the centre of the boiler exploded, with a fearful crash, sending part of the boiler chimney dome and side gearing up in the' air for a considerable distance, large portions of which fell at least 150 yards from the spot. At the time there were four persons on the engine—Joseph Walker, engine driver ; 'James Spencer, fireman ; George Stocks, guard ; and Mr. Schofield, station master, Mexbro'. The fire and smoke-box luckily resisted the violence of the shock, and was thus the means, ,no doubt, of saving the men from almost certain and immediate death. As it is, they have all been more or le ss inj u red by the fire and steam—the engine driver seriously. The effects of the.explosion were visible for more tha n on e hundred yards, the fences being blown away, and the heavy branches of an oak tree which stood just by shattered, whilst one of the fields was in several places literally ploughed up, deep indentations being made by the heavy metal which fell. The engine was thrown across the line, some of the rails torn up and broken, and the passenger traffic impeded for about forty minutes, the passengers by the Doncaster train having to walk over the debris to a train which was brought up, on the other s id e . The injured parties were removed by a special engine to their respective homes, where they were promptly attended by Mr. Carmichael, surgeon, Mexborough. The engine appears to have been an old one, and the crank axles, - and other heavy pieces of metal, were broken and crumpled up by the force of the explosion, and re ndered o entirely useless. It i s no t a littl e s i ngu l ar th a t, a bout four years a go , th e b o il er o f th e same eng i ne exp l o ded, about , a when mile th di e ssttaonkterfrwomastl k re ill s e c d e . ne of the present explo sion, THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH AT HULL.—An inquest was held at Hull, on Monday, on the body of the man who had been found l a id dy ing i n th e passage o f t h e Lord Durham public-house, Cross-street. The deceased had been identified as George Hayes, a painter, who had left his work on the Wednesday morning previous, and had been "on the spree" till the time he was found. fir. M'Manus, surgeon, who had made a post-nvrtent es; amination, positively stated that the deceased had died from apoplexy, and a verdict was returned to that effect. A JUDGE ON A TREADMILL.—A story is told of Baron P—, who, when once visiting a penal institution, not only inspected the 'mill, b u t to ascertain the precise nature of the punishment, trusted himself upon its treads, desiring the warder to set it in motion. The machine was accordingly adjusted, and his lordship began to lift his feet. In a few minutes, however, he had had quite enough of it, and called to be released, but this was not so easy. "Please, my lord," said the man , " you can't get off, it's set for twenty minutes ; that's the shortest time we can make it go." • THE CONFERENCE.—The following apologue, relative to the conference of Zurich, appears in the German journals :—" Three diplomatists came and took a room at the Bauer Hotel. Scarcely were they installed when they asked for a map o f L om b ar dy. Th e fi rs t said, ' Fair land, I would fain possess thee!' the second, possess thee, but I transfer thee to my friend, who de sires thee :' and the third, ' I possessed thee once, and if I get thee back again ! . . . .' Lombardy was there awaiting the result of their deliberation ; she waits still. And they parted, none of them over pleased; except, however, M. Bauer, the landlord of tke hotel, who alone was satisfied with the business done." ACCIDENT ON THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY. --4 little before five o'clock on Tuesday evening, all accident occurred near the Radcliffe Station, on the East Lancashire Railway. A goods train was proceeding towards Manchester, when, in consequence of a cotter having come out of the engine, the train was brought to a standstill. In a few minutes another goods train came in the same direction, and dashed with violence into the standing train. The driver and stoker of the train in motion jumped off, the stoker escaping unhurt, but the engine driver was supposed to be seriously injured. About half a score of the wagons were thrown off the line, and presented the appearance of a ruinous heap. ANOTHER TRADE OUTRAGE AT SHEFFIELD.- -- AllOt her of the disgraceful trade outrages occurred at the Tower Wheel, Sheffield, on Tuesday, whereby the life of grinder, named Joseph Helliwell, was greatly je0.15 dised. Helliwell was working at his glazing-AN-bee!' - " t h e a quantity of powder having previously been put trough, it became ignited, and an explosion, owing the sparks from the steel falling upon it, was the en, n a lt quence. Helliwell was severely injured in the rig eye; his arms were also burnt, and his clothes set Lrt,o to, but fortunately nothing more serious happene d him. He has for some time past been in fear of , life, and during work he has locked his room door, a nd, ' as a number of the union men, about thirty or forty, or them, were on the premises on Monday, the supposit io . n` is that some of them have been the perpetrators o f this , most cowardly and disgraceful act. Helliwell Nos; 0 short time past, so much afraid of the unionists, n that applied to the secretary of the union to become a ine i j n i ; ber, but unless a number of other men, warned on the occasion, would also go with him, he was told that 0, could not be accepted. The consequence wai, tha t ' Helliwell had to remain a " knobstick," and the pres en occurrence was the result. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT TRI NIDAD . —A ter- Able tragedy was enacted on the night of Wednesday, 4ib September, at the barracks of the 3rd West India R e g; meat, Lower Prince- s t ree t. It appears that betw e e , nine and ten o' c l oc k, L anc e-Sergeant During ord er ( l: Private James Howard to join the St. Ann's Gua r , Howard felt himself o ff en d e d, declared that it w''. not his roll, and b ecame ver y noisy in the barrae_ l l . room, in which many men had retired to 1 ?_ 0. He was enjoined silence —he continued his not.% He was ordered in more peremptory terms to be silent —he refused to be so. During ordered an escort of two men, which he accompanied, to take Howard to, I t "; guard-room. During held a light. Howard hal ev i e . this time possessed himself of a knife, which must 1 1 „/ been concealed under his, great-coat, when he al:V .3 n: to be making ready to go to the guard-room. In 1 3 . 3 ": 0 ing nea r D ur i ng , H owar d i n flicted a mortal hi Howard,was then seized and taken towards the door Private James Nichol, whom he dangerously wound_ee; During died on the same night on which the wound inflicted. Nichols was taken to St. James's Ilespi?!:: and died on .Friday night. The murderer has uncle' gone a preliminary examination.—Trinidad Press . 00 , CONSECRATION OF A COLLEGE CHAPEL AT Oxr new —On Tuesday the ceremony of consecrating t he o.e chapel at Exeter College, took place. There was a ,„v gathering of persons connected in different way!seter the College, among whom were the Bishops of fesoa and Oxford, Sir John Coleridge, the Regius Prowsco of Divinity, the Principal of Magdalen Hall, Dr . gr. b , the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, Archdeacon Llony , r Gilbert Scott (the architect), &c., the whole " a_ we d being between 200 and 300. The services cominorning at ten o'clock, when the consecration service an d I n was prayers were read. At twelve the holy commurii . o, „to p administered, and a sermon preached by the In of Oxford. At three o'clock there was a collatlZoo, m the. College-hall, after which several toasts were Eshoo and speeches ade. Those delivered by the AT for j, of Exeter, Visitor of the College, the Bishop of o. "_ wore' Sir John Coleridge, and the Rector of the Colle,t 000 - vehemently applauded. The ceremonies of the 41 ],, rr aon eluded with the evenino• prayers at r 5 30, when a , ,!;„ a nd was preached by Dr. 'Sewell, Warden of Baalej bar tl Fellow of the College. The appearance of the, t io t he rchitect , sufficientlya the stone Scott. Nothing can exceed the beauty of . _ 1 w as magnificent, high d fa t NNo-fillthceertaainly add M r. G. m ad a the ifi ornamental work in wood an I thre e much admired by all. At present there are only, _ l . , t wo These others in memory of two former fellows. . nte d by much increased by the good painted windows, one in memory of the late recto win _ dews are extremely beautiful, and were P al iv os wa s con - Clayton and Bell. The interest of the ser hoir a;tly of sisting partly of a number of young choristers, P A hand some undergraduate members of the college; ‘ r on frog!, some organ is soon to be presented by subscpPt_ nsc The total °IP' 0 a number of the undergraduates. Of this X 11,00,, the chapel is estimated at £15,000. from the a l ; has been raised by voluntary subscription that tber college, so £3 50 and present members of the col _ remains a deficit of about £4,000: th of e omexpenso for was collected at the offertory, in aid completion of the chapel. sin ging of the c carving, was,t.vi alreadyn g very,