The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-24 00:00:00

BRIBERY AT THE DERBY ELECTION.

The further hearing of this cue, postponed from
Thunday last, when the examinations were in private, took
plain on Thursday at Derby, before the mayor and a nu-
merous bench of magistrates, several gentlemen of the
town and neighbourhood being present.
Morgan (the prisoner) being brought into court,
Mr. Moss slid he proposed to re-call the police, to speak
to certain facts that were omitted in the last examina-
tion. He then proposed to calla witness to prove the hand-
writing of the letter found on the mama of Morgan by
awl'rt Nan.
;ohs Keogh (cousin of the umber for Athlone)
was then called. He deposed ma follows :—I reside at
86, Ring William-street, Londmbridge. lam now out
of =sinew. I was the tarp of the Reading and
Reigate Railway Company. Major Wiliam Beresford,
the present Becretarrat-Wer, was the chairman of the
Board of Directors. Major Beresford is a member of the
Carlton Club ; he is the gentleman who sat for a division
of the county of Essex, mad who has been again returned
for that division. I have had frequent opportunities of
seeing Major Beneford's hand•writing. The whole of the
letter now prods.= is la the hand-writing of Major Beres-
ford. The direction ea the envelope is also his writing.
The direction on the envelope is ma follows To Mr.
John Frail, Clerk of the Course, Berewshury." The letter
was then read; it is as follows:
" A good and safe man with jadeites* and quickness is
wanted immediately at Derby I asepses that yea suaveleave your own place—if set, rem an
lerillihregm.:
in trust your place. Let him go MDerby NI Ail
and Ind the County Tavern in the seat elt He
Bend his card to Con, Brothers, and ►Co., Leal Wide—as
coming from Chester.
That will be asough.—Tours,
I. WoDday... 0 W. 8...
Mr. Beiglwood-1 have no questions to ask Mr. Keogh.
Mr. Moss stated that the seal of the Carlton Club was
upon the envelops, namely, a POLON of Wales' feather, sad
the words " Carlton Club."

Ia iiisweriWiii7ci;sicoilie. Mr. Keogh said it was four
or ire Teen sines he was secretory to the railway com-
pany. He has seen Major Bersekint's handwriting since—
that was six or eight ineathe after the company was
dimolveL Witness was em*yed sin maths, and had
anoint spoortanitits or set Major Bereaford's hand.
wrilftem—lleve yea the ilightest doubt about that being
Meta Barmbrllse d's
N ot ma
welled.the
sza=ars was this welled. He rid—After my
ea
the bream mossisa I heard the imitator
ea la Mr. iliss'easessee, that I bad spokes the truth.
Yes, I
?Ohlosuar—Was that la reply to a question from
you
aorgesat Fears—No, I believe ast.
Mr. Baiabrigio—Did Mr. lime ark hiss mating ?
Yosea—No. I omitted is wa boom amn
titsil to slatlsorma e Oat. be* la the beat slam y sad ea his way to
gaol (ikpremass ef itagesat Hardy and Maw).
" Tsar% (meamieg Derby) is • peer ekes t• !gee=rid,
es mask lase We mete at lasewsisaryt ft Ike
bass." lb else mid, "The sway that I MI
mimed) somata me km Masi me two flimewebrary
—I think am sae." I seised sae bag of said, sad aerostat
Hub sailbw, whisk he gave Into my Inslsdy.
one I stied esatelmed sae sad obi b. mess, tad
134 omestiotemask biamoresalorm. The wastes /her
raek hes ikk massiag sassmotaisi me sad paw
mast Maar to the Orem, Tamer libaseek pelmet&
oat to Kiss end wadi the dam of the neat where
ha meld he lad resolved the two estareigm he hal
spoke. to is his midterm The doer he pabloa eat is the
door of the some rasa la 'bleb we vpishimiel Maya
This morning the primmer, whit woWft lathe otheresem,
said, " I think I amid isee know the sea owls that
brought at the mem mks I Ma sem esamesellea
with him." He mid he bleaglit it late the mem whoa It
was pawing dusk, sea the Am was net ported bat ho
was a IA Aim mew, dromeCia seem Wad et bah dears.
The beg djoid now Reims& sad the paw
wee* lemisLes me by liergerat lardy, bailee Cllalei
sliest soma
Mks, pan Mbar, stassimeated this statomat.
'llase was may eat is the room.
toss by at dm amt.
Mospe—Well, no mailer.
august Hardy szembsed—l bfawi Yams sad Mese
to the Nasty Taws. I Gamest& eseethed the palmier
pM the Wrap. Daskiss the memo
_assi
ampa Yeats, I hued ia hie boalmed beam
the while beg I wow pedalo,
W. is semseipt balikievmtgas,
loather parse mes, halkomeeiga,
aides a
awl Is. I egad hi. sein
eMo oda 4j me him sash tberi
MS Is the beg. H. mid. “ Kr° Men smalsa IS am
big Yes. I dolimiM the ho ma pairs sad their ow
tab teliergsaat Neer Os Me mat mambas, whilst
be ape babe to Harp& la the magistaitsof nom begesat Fears
" I awns Ibm thswilbory sad am
*ma wow, sad the name I amatimea Chub" est that
real viand me tend to." He ebbe le mile le Dusty out
Treed* tr_ he west le lboOtimgoTsvem word-
iacto So itas la the Isetsr,eisil that Utast his card
ti Wes Ikaberm, sad Oa He mid he wises imliestrasgmln
Dinh aid Mid he did met Mew gay emu lb said the
ittOtefts were gives Is Wm. sad Sea they mem as mush
as MA can bet we might se wall hem MIN as any one
else, brat es M had beam glow le him he Mild claim it.
He midi he_no be arms to Deby Asa poll tiork,•. sad
that if he MI Wu be sight before whet he was is-
tended is,, he wadi set have stayed. He Baia he had beta
=IV raw be darn that wiseie
he Mind the amines is lb u.d
the maw paid. Re mid Derby
is
spur
fa we pay m lamb he two miss ia affiffliabaUrainCli
i,lO Ws alog that the wary wail MI

EVENING. JULY 24, 1852.

bise twe hews, mod aet este. is Shrewsbury. I was
waiting la the tem lee del ; Merges
rid be wee Ed they woad art este he got
seven years It_theripsa est et ; bat be had • fatally to
leek IS, sod AIMS W ell shoat it when he west into the
ether nem (Pelieeveame.) He said, You have got the
wreag was is treab—ges Mrs what I uses."
Ciase-examaisal by Xr. SiseSweed—l was set isualsed
het twresiss. This asavenetima seek plies both beton sad
Ale the Ineasi. Re repealed this asendag that he had
bet, vlekalsed.

--Henry Sham* wee 711101ilta. Be said—l have been
this morning with pollee enotables Nara and Mellor to the
Comity Tavern. I pistol est ee this the door of the
MOM at whisk I teeelvoll H. two warelen stated is ley
former deposition. I palatal eat tally that deer, and they
said, Time is the roan in which we salsa Ilibergen."
By Mr. °laborite—l confessed having resolved this V.
on the Saturday after the *lntim. I teid my brother-in-
law, Benjamin Newbold.
By XL Smallwood—Prom whom I received it I did not
know._

By Mr. Mace—But I stated that I received it from a
hand at the door.
Mellor produced the book found on the table in the room
with Morgan' containing the numbers and the sums at-
tached to each. Is the book there is • number 1,053, and
opposite it is the figure 2—that is Bharrack's number.
Mr. Man—That is the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Smallwood submitted, that supposing the ease to be
made out against the prisoner, it was not one over which
the court had jurisdiction. He had no doubt of the legal
innocence of his client, but he confessed he was labouring
under a difficulty on the present occasion. Without for one
moment imputing improper intentions to the Bench, yet the
best regulated minds were not free from bias. and the
difficulties of his client were therefore greater. He then
proceeded to argue, that the case was out of the juris-
diction of the bench, and he was justified in this
view by the opinion of an eminent Queen's Counsel.
He had not eross-esamined the witnesses, because
not having been Ws to speak with the prisoner, he had no
means of • whether their statements were true •
but even admitting em to be correct, he thought, looking
at the position of Morgan, at his ignoranee,—who was, no
doubt, in a state of excitement when he found :himself in
custody,—it was hardly fair to bring his own admissions
against him. But miming all this to be perfectly true,
the communion of the offenee of bribery bad not been
proved, for no evidence had been given that Morgan's was
the hand that gamy the mosey. Aecordieg to his own ad.
mission he was brought here as a poll clerk, and, if he did
ant thing wrong, he was an innocent tool in the hands of
others. It would not do to commit • man on mere suspi-
cion, and no evidence ,had been adduced to prove Morgan
guilty. Or the general case he had abstained from saying
anything. What now appeared to be a dark mystery could
not be cleared up in that place ; he would simply confine
himself to the evidence, and upon that ask for a discharge.
The magistrates then retired. On their return into ccurt
the Mayor stated that the bench had arrived at the conclu-
sion that a sufficient case bad been made out for a commital ;
they would, however take hail.
Mr. Moss said the cue was one of great public import.
eves, and as persons occupying a respectable position were
involved in the transaction (whose case would be gone into
in another place), it was very desirable that such an
amount of bail should be required as to prevent its being
forfeited, and the prisoner being got out of the way.
Mr. Smallwood said he bad not produced irrelevant
matter before the court, nor dragged forward the name
of the Secretary at War, but he had simply dealt with
the case as he found it. All that the magistrates ought
to do was to require such bail only es would i the
prisoner's appearance at the assizes. God forbid that
any respectable individual should tamper with the ends of
justice.
The Mayor said the bench had given due consideration
to the amount of bail, and their decision was that Morgan
should be bound, himself in 3001. , and find two sufficient
sureties in 1501. each. _ _

The magistrates decided to retain the money. The fol-
lowing persons were tendered and accepted as bail; John
Lloyd, of the Tiumpet Inn, Mardol ; and John Lloyd (no
relation to the other) of the Wiliam Hill's Arms, Mardol,
Shrewsbury.
We are informed that a good deal of important evidence
has been collected to prosecute the petition with ; and that
Mr. Sergeant Kinglike and Mr. James, Q.C., have been
retained.—Derby iieporter.

INAUGURATION OF THE STATUE OF THE
LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL, AT TAMWORTH.

A ceremony peculiarly interesting in its character
took place at Tamworth yesterday—the iaauguration of a
statue to the memory of one of the greatest of England's
ratermen in the town which he had for so long a period re-
presented, and near which be Lw the greater part of his
life resided. We lay se tea, dwell upon the detaiM of
a ceremony whisk W whams it ell des gentry Ikea
the surrosaillwg limp sambas of plasm Goa the 1
neighbouring massastmkg to ma at Birmingham, and in
which the saayee and moporatioo, several members of the
family of the late Sir Imbed Peel, and other of dis-
tinction took part. Saks It to my that Is liwtoftho old
Town-hall at Tamworth, on a marine (rash, pedestal,
there now stands a majestic statue of the second Sk Illobert
Peel—of him for whom a nation mounted.

The stelae, which u i. bronze, ;7veri striking
of the right hon. baronet ; the lice is 8 feet 4 ; the
attitude is good and the peculiarity of feature whisk eke-
ruterised Sir Hobert is weU developed. The as is Mr.
1 Matthew Noble, who has certainly done the Meet Julio.
to the gnat work entrusted to him.
At two o'clock in the afternoon the Anal ceremony of in-
auguration took place in the open air, opposite to the
statue. On the platform VIM Sir Charles Clarke, the
mayor and corporation of Temworth, Sir Robert Peel, Mr.
Fred. Peel, M.P., Captain Townshend, M.P., Captain
Peel, C. H. Brainbridge, Req., of Athentone-hall, and a
number of other persona of distinction in the neighbourhood.
After the formal prooseding of uncovering the statue,
the company retired to the Town-hall, where some 3001
persons—the larger proportion bong ladles—partook of an
elegant difjesoser, served up by Mr. Rhodes, of the King's 1
Arms Hotel ; Sir Cetiazza Cuistin again presided.
Sir CHARLES (who had been Sir Robert's physician),
with kindly allusions to the domestic life of Sir Robert
Peel gave the toast To his memory," which wee drunk
in solemn silence.
The MAYOR of TAM WORTH ant gave a tout," The
=health of Sir Robert Peel and the members of his
Sir ROBERT PEEL Wady wad with great
ackuowledpd the esesplbeest line geld en his hall It!
in tenenning slam the ezpressisit et that
In its onsonir, lady Peel, who wee abused, le sold that he
tare she weld be deeply atoned, end anil Ise the ma
moo she eight in @meanie la hoe mew et gnalisolise at
the Mennen *Waned ea thin awls% es masa inked all
trhe Urn the ease Ili Peel, and who pawns& any thins of
Madre/ He mama hie nallain at wig Ea statue
phis& hi Twiny's& Markentgiste—e spot inereeddy awe-
dated with hie terboes publis mew read mown.
C pee' barevist) The Ma. proposed the leolik .„
Sir CHARLES estnowietW the einglimat
and the health of the7Wer et Tosaweelh, wllal
his as
Mr. Ili SiatiV, who wee eesslead he
a wed elholisaately tardiel manner, in a mese
feeling, sad thoughtful upseeh, gave the kneader:Li
artist eaphpal in eztanting the ,statse Mr. Nab, ex,
pressing his iselleas sense Mite dilleskka aa man
always eneenstee is the eadoseene to one the seal end
tie:oritit et the seiMmel einvoylog by the all et the
sad the dila his wow ar to marith.
potash' hell* e iiNotr hair% Monty to
lad of hi mew*, with end he the
Progerlifigrr that
delta la comisy, sad
supremo' hieekihhellsa that net way hen but throughout
the eswisby his lettlimma.hY priaclpka, and his pule eat
dust were tali
Mr. C. A. DOE afterwoodn adhered the
ansuably, old* la polo of the exesSenoe et the Maw ;
and oar Mt. Noble of Mr. Heaven hod rispeetholy re-
turned Owls he Iholr Waft being dunk, t e esmjeny
di=darseeel to oven a piomenese sow., Me Robert
Peel had hiellg thrown open Ms gime ma his low wad
Mpiety et *earn to the lathe. TAIMYR the
Geeing to clew wad admire lea las halo et the latt
suitin pales IngMlnar le Ins • =thinks el his mast
edi sealaspeendes.
But as time is hilt to ere to spook et Draysta Kra or he
emanate: la the ad ownliaes.pe,tzterovereatially
wended their way to Sir Robert
les heeled, effirl tearfaliTh= looked ea lie tomb. His
whoa sal bed
at MAW! Tabard, or
Dieldatfe le the MOMS of Lioldhgew, are now no
awe drearily situated than Is that of the peat Sir Robert
Peel. But he la sestenhered and Ms recateey will be
ids party
&Mad hy
em Whim mkt thus vbe assai hira and
ihrgettea.

Tim Tan o.7lM—Frow is *pity which hee
nese* bon loolliesed it has bees meathat a lame
miler et ilosommile el the highest he the
Tithelase toe Yoely owing to thole bon 401
ettee alto et aM set et rev* bard oho*
kw el the
sea li
ameba ds Omeisieseee.isbeeesbesee boobies
. This dienvery nee=
give rho to otelea. • retain of the
of the Tithe ussmisiessee as their elletel dude see
entered* the Ikea' of Oemseme is April lash • righ-
ter eflisir sillesamee is sheep beet by a reddest Meer
of tbe Tithe ispelesest. The beaky has revealed Nue
miser Nukes= es te the less wow is wbieh 'overs-
aw" isles ems emelbees pesibmweL Few, a Tithe
Osweebeissw sew anieg awe Ile INtroollies r doing
the Ablaut ibety kr s poled keg_ wee. is Neosho
SOIL ef the pulite mom is is sliw ef whey,
Older his alms& /a • 'peek= ef the Wassmat sr
bilseeleatheirte wesmetTistskte amiss* es •=1 item be
Sat die theme.
sf Tesweey telebisee 31111=1.11 pee sot am the
Irma et the TlNtosNee dedwas Now_
sides the pills essesilluis Tale OMB Ma WM me
beet pew et their Ness is ibessewswest geniis, mid
wham el thew wee wseiviss ass sista ef eatery el ow
olds esswebeissew. New theme abets has lilt the go-
ewareest sinks Is dimwit Law sada= will have to
be empleyel. whisk will east the matey he ewe tiles if
Ile seesmwest bed waled their sidewise*, est Iherelly
pelt the.. The sales* ef the Nees Tithe Osswiselesets
aeassat to twig, as melt es Ne ambit's of all their esberdi •
seise. It is expelled that the weer will miss rather
the. bee a peritswastery isipay. The MOSS 'Went can-
Wawa hes eke* Nisei is be eossestedl with Use
degedsrat.

7

RETURN OF HER MAJESTY AND THE ROYAL
FAMILY TO OSBORNE.
PORTBNOUTZ, JOLT 23.
Her Majesty (sa stated in yesterday's Express) re-
turned to Osberne-honse from her sea voyage lest night
The deep sea squadron, consisting of the Retribution,
28, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond; Odin, 16, Cap-
tain Henderson, C.B. Lewis
Magicienne, 16, Captain Ramsay ;
Sampson, 6, Captain Lewis T. Jones; and Barrecouta, 6,
Captain the Hoe. S. T. Carnegie; left Plymouth at six
o'clock,
o'clock, yesterday morning, being preceded by the Vivid
steam-packet as avant courtier.
At 6.20 a.m., the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Cap-
ala Lord A. Fitsclarence, having her Majesty, his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, end the royal family on board,
also left Plymouth Sound, accompanied by the Fairy steam
tender, Muter Commander Welch ; and Black Eagle Admi-
ralty steam yacht, Master Commander J. E. Petley, the royal
standard being tainted by the Impregnable, Queen, and
Spartan men-of-war, and the fort. The h.avy steamers
had made the but of their way to the eastward, but the
royal yachts caught up to and pared them at Bolt Head,
although they had their steam well up and their canvas
spread. At 12 o'clock the Victoria and Albert, Fairy, and
Black Eagle arrived at Portland, where Prince Albert
landed and inspected the works going forward there, her
Majesty remaining on board, and having luncheon. A stay
of two hour was made here, the heavy ships going forward
in advance. These latter ade the Needles at about five
o'clock, the Barracouta being considerably in advance, and
coming to in Yarmouth roads, where she awaited the coming
up of the other ships. By the time they bad arrived up
the royal yacht was seen advancing at a rapid pace, fol-
lowed by the Black Eagle and Fairy. After a delightful
voyage of little more than teu hours from Plymouth,
_ex-
clusive of the stoppage at Portland, her Majesty arrived at
Osborne-house, landing there at half-past seven o'clock
last evening. Having disembarked her Majesty and suite,
the royal yachts dropped down to Cowes roads, where the
heavier ships had come to anchor, and remained there for
the night.
This morning at half-put seven o'clock the whole of the
royal squadron weighed anchor and came up to Osborne
where they saluted, manned yards, and dressed in
colours. They then came on to Spithead where
thelarger ships anchored, the Victoria and Al-
bert, Fairy, and Black Eagle coming into this
harbour to coal and await orders. The Magicienne,
Retribution, end Odin have received orders to come into
harbour this afternoon to complete fuel, and return to
Spithead. The Victoria and Albert and the Fairy will re-
turn to Osborne on Tuesday next, according to present
orders.

Of the heavy or " deep se►" squadron, the Barraoouta
proved herself decidedly the fastest sailor, and the Bald-
button the slowest. The Black Eagle had a difficulty in
keeping well up with her feat steaming companions, the
Victoria and Albert and Fairy, for being deficient in her
requisite complement of stokers, she was hardly able to
maintain her steam ►t a due pressure.