The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-30 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1852.

the seas befers the lotus, la sem that it night be um.
mined whether they had been polity of the hal charge al.
tLeir Mt, re= lit esit
*Wry= Cllgelf
v_grs7s:ll:lfrillSl 1.0111 eigy Wiz gentlesiestit
rely camp% mato. whisk was
di. divieolume member et tiset eerdser and
wortnigerwurberppy forma ger
Ho would es =lt be hied Mesas deers
ea whieh the petiti was pewee le-
behly ewers that it the Ise" shotheinifekVbsuip et
Derby su st the hoe. gesemass els est
beeseo is the lam parliameA Mr. gm
by aelms. teatimes, Mr. MratthM. st thelrttsran:
inambm •who stood ea the sonosmstios interest. Up to
that tine that him gestisman be boss politically a
=ffln the lime& ; but be had mitrebd late s r roily.
mostbses st ethit were ounathe elk it both by
bedews end by eedileere. thas ef them" gostimos was a
*Meter, oed auther smite IS leni wiha In the violet, of
the mil It MS is the ham st Ws Wier gostleme,
Mr. H. that the arrangenteM wow mete. Previous
to the last Derby was always sanithred a strong-
hold the Mime pasty ; beeline preview bWt eludes
a maser bum" rth
het sub seem NM es Mat eserniss the rusk
saute by wesM
be althease. mod t maid is
tin ientusis• of mom ; sad emu of the mere ardent
peruses. et the anemstivo pony openly declared that
mosey suit set ha weeds& aM that a ears to,
win. Tie mesh slime the this sliegadssithe not &sti-
muli of lessistim latessiseins was elaveyed to Mr.
Mom the shohme et the lame somaitter, that bribery
was telded pleee. la the anmet, bower, h. (Sir A. Cock-
burn) lidt bond to emit UM the ieformaties thus re-
ceived by Mr. Moss same hem •my snsykisns grouter,
me este osly be resehei, libmirm, se he ask was con-
tras" by facts. He weed state the thessmissess under
whisk that information was given. Thom was on attorney,
name Member, In Darby, who had bus for teeny years •
leading passim of the SININIMISSI piny ; but previous to
the lest skean he had Imam greatly dhoostuted with the
party. Is the this Mr. lthwhor was the agent, as usual, for
the eeeelemillee osadidato, sad u such after the
eludes be youssile • petition against the return
of Mews. &Mt lei Gower, sad sounded in
anemia( OMNI, who Meshes being declared void.
I. yeseseating thst ledges. he, of muse, incurred great
aM was eel d yeshot, as it was end, between
_ end 1001. Be of soiree appealed to Ms political
Meads to reimburse him, but was put el" with various pre-
teats and proodm but in the end, it stemod, he never got
hula shilling of lie nosey. Now, it was generally ad-
mitted that Men math a roan so sore as Wog money
Hear." sad a hash) ; and at the last election this
Mr. Flewker refused to act as Mr. Horsfell'a mut, or to
take any part in the affair. His service*, however, were
much desired, and a correspondesco took plass Mem Mr.
Huish, the chairman of Mr. Holston emosimi, and Mr.
Flawkor, which at the close inenseed rather as angry toes,
and the latter afterwards sent a statement of the masons
, which had induced him to refuse to act with the otnurva•

tide ea he had hitherto date to a newspaper, which, how-
ev•r, was not inserted. At the very eve of the election,
however, a penal of the name of Redford made slut effort
to indium Flewker to act foe the conservatives, and
eneatedird. At the interview which took place
between them, Radford eosimaniostod to Flewker important
facts uto the preparationa which had been made to carry
the election by means of mosey. He told him that II Una-
ger was in the town, located at the County Tavern, and that
be was to go to that man, who was prepared with the means
tocsin on the work, andacard wasgiveu to him, which card
he (Bir A. Cockburn) had in his hand, bearing the address of
"T. Morgan Chester." Plewker, with this card, went to
the County 't , and was admitted to a private room,
where the man was. H. aid this area, who was a perfect
stranger to him, that he bad mate teem Mr. Raiford. and
produced the earl. The man said It was ell right ; and in
some conversation that seseined, Flewker having alluded
to the *spread feet that the fanner had come from Chetter,
he said, 'No, I dales MIMS from Chester, but from
Shrewsbury, from Kr. Wren." He then showed a letter
to Flawless, who, the seemeat be saw it, mid, " that is the
writing ;of Major Beessferd." That was all that passed,
except that the .as explained the ansagessents he bad
candy end the maser is whisk le peemeed M wry ea
the besinem rawkee Ikea saw UMW. ead teid him that
the man had not mine bag Chester, bet from Shrews.
bury. " Oh, its ell right," sad Redfsed • "be know, what
he has to do, sad I lam premised him 10e1. when
the week is deem" This seamrsation having taken place,
Redlissd peemeded Memos* Fleisher to take on himself •
ukase dived impactor,: that was to go to Nottingham
fora wpm he (Sir A. illeshbum) would state. Now, at
Nottingham than was a mu brio! named Hibbert, who
bad obtained guest celebrity in election matters. This per-
son was at the heed of en organised ug of men who were
paid by him mad teak their orders from him, and had ac-
quired great soletiety for their skill in massaging election
mitten. At Derby there was an attorney or the name of
Huai', The Wed as Mr. Honfall's agent under his solid-
tor Mr. INothateo. Finish and Radford, imapetemod with
the psilimet el elasialag the essisteme Hhhert and
his cawet the dodos. eset tem eemeit limpets to Not-
thews. le ea Mom, there et the name of Bewley, to
maims r Hibbert's servals; hat Bewley, having heard
some norm of what was Om ea at Derby, thought it
agitate hem nothing to do with the matter, sad suggested
be iimmaldgo himself to 'fibbed. Thereupon Finish wrote
thet person, requiting him to some to Derby with
his seen ; but no answer being readved, Redford sup-
posed there might have been mai misunderstand-
mg between Heidi end Ribbed, and Flewker was
seat over to Nottingham. There he saw Hibbert, who told
him he had received the letter from Mash, but would not
tome for that ; but as Radford would undertake to see him
paid, he would come over to Derby, and do the best he
could. Hibbert and his sea could not start for Derby on
the same day, and in the noontime Flewker saw a person
of the name of Coca partisan of the liberal party—and
stated to hint what had taken place. lie went to the
tows sleek, got an introduction to Mr. Has, the chairman
of the liberal committee, and at an interview with him
detailed the fade he had leased. After this be remained
in the town, and became the mesas of eommunication

batwen Hsieh sad Y~~rrggaaoa. on returning from
Derby, to , sad told hire he had secured
the sinless of Ribbon sad his men. He saw Radford
coming out of a door, in company with a man named
I Lund, a cattle dealer ; and hair* told hint that he had
brougLt ewer Ribber; reamedections from his about
ea ins in the interest of the liberal
party oseammiled • view of the County Tavern.
He ilMswssis wait to the Casty Tavern sad while be
was them Lund oasis is and said its had a ;rivals matter
to opmk to Merges sheet. Wks Lead ease Gut of Ker-
ma' sem Ifkowlier wog is. eel Merges ISM Is hie
8 35*le
W.
Briftere,
• that palms wise his Joe•
la brought am the • noting: " noire was la
:Ma'a net • son nand Rise one is to we about
bee of wars, L e.. We wataishas ton Siam of
these perm= wimp were @negated Os be epee le P
inferows. Hoegaa had eimplatrod that the tee its.
whiffs he had bees fonished were set e•Mdentlyasonereua.
Mee ti Ye the seem sail he oodesileed there was
sees is the Vele whisk led bee ark eute sod
asked tit *an Mom showed Ma de lies. La
then maid, " There s son offseke ; thole are net the
right lista. I will Wag yea the eight Hob y.
and Av." emend desonelanese.
he ught eft ft right ea tightthin bee pea when
' conduct we laspliested shield knew the eaten of the eel.
demo sod the mess of the pram foresees b. He had
new brought the esseesdinge to the dose of the evetalle of
the Wes=zlthe oweaUthe meelmatiow. Oat mar
fag of liewhes wee te the &woe lame old
Mr *WM. ail ie his Nisi he weed he
_deed ff
he Webriltis as. Mr. and toff eat Lori Rod
! @My szlibut wao set oneogb win web. sod
to say to that Ise Mews) wattled sees
mere " bone meth" leigh.) It -dieski be staled that
olden wee gives at the Wen that me ism wee In heed.
waled to Iterpoo's seem wept see as gave ewe* ellewb
est Mewl mein pees Wards SIP the sea who bee the
hew, the @eel befog the putting the flogere to the meth
or eido is seas peeferabe Ism end the peewee& to be
stewed were, "It Is ell shebt t Mr. lizilbrd be sent see."
Me•tt sweep thee mese " been sells" MN waisted.
wes ekes to Hr. but that esademen being
sad eel np, it was delivered by Inewler
to a wens servant, who took it up stairs to
her maw. Om the porter of Yee haws, we preset
bataw dee the answer the merge was brought
by the servant " the the leneedle timid be seat,
and Mat the Noma who bed thus weed be with him
(W.
Polikedosho all datold hie the" foes
About twos
right, the
been after Flerier
saw sese had bees seat." AA thee obeeestrome wen eemmsG
Deed by Rawer Is the ewe et the mandog to onof
NNlskea mod by his, with the mere of Meeker, to
tawsabeirma of the Morel ossamittee. He tftir A.
) we net there to tided ?towhee—there *mkt
be as dose that ire all those temeations be we awing s
most eawerthy and was betraying ths 1180611111011
hie party aims vim mow saw
viz, vieristivenses and m
cupidity. (Meer, bear.) Mirtlovil
wasp) noes to nisei his 'videos.. for they eft Mew that
wive was eke /wearied sad aimed, anemed sod
brought to jambe by sews of informatios abeinel bee
pectin whose melees to tusishiag sash ehootaftes It
we impoleible to appree. The release of die Waage,
the spy, eat the aesesellee, was Justly viewed with see.
eke owl Merest ; but no prudent ten west nose to
seed bleesif of such evideee, especial y who lopperted
lame eanobentie tatioasay of seas Ay whs. Ow
were tosight le Pipe*lam dead
ia & Mr. Moss
rilldie etermatien, sod peoeselso et the
sag es; watchword. obtained the males of the
polies sad ,reseeded to the County Tammy to Morgan's
rose. nay Isom the door genial by a sea who wee a
teener as ere, sad who putout his W pewee their
geleg la ; be, an their giving the egad eat
the peseresdole deer was egged siedliaawaiser
dePel=aitteat,
They bead Pleftwe la the nee sod Idel, eat
yea Ma they hind =Lai BM sod oetakieeladieg
11. to 101. seed. On the Mk et whisk liseipea was minim
and imeedietely before him, we • heek, is whisk was
entered Ibe metes of the Men mai their attattsece so the
reshot: sod teeniest teem& of the. moo 111111•111 NMI
were staked, beleating, as desk, the ammo they had
received, or were about to receive, teethed trim, -They
further found a letter, to which be amt od ideation.
This was the letter: "A good and eel N. with judg-
ment and quickness, is wanted immedeiely at Derby.
I oppose dot you cannot leave your WO Sloe ; if not,
sand some one whom you can trust is place. Let
bid go to Derby on receiving this jet the County
Tavern, in the centre of the town. Sad his said to
Cot, Brother% and Co., Lead Works. as wain tree
Cheater. That will be eroingh.--Youre, W. 3.—Meeday."
Besides this the police found upon the maa two cards
Wailer to the one he held is his hand, whisk had bees dell.

vend by s he Nowise. wilt the odium of "J. Mee-
"si." This ass ma beenebt end
he
there be owls se sew. sf the bed.
seemed apon—he esksf kenkiy that
iMstali the amass el eaten who had received
ISM Srwrillig from him and other. who were yet to he
psid. aril Madded. afar all it is but • very wall aide,
Met ehe tenet Wass saidard with V. et IL • pleas, but at
Shrenabery i.e Mee would be worth es swab as SO is
Derby." f" Neer, Mar," and a laugh.) There was one
thing be (Sir A. Cockburn) thought perfectly clear fro.
this statement—that this men Morgan was at the
liiw V^rri to effiltiptiag the voters at Darby
by means of bribery. tout hear.) That was a
point which oddball of as desk. (Cheers.) But
thus went the more isegeetant and the more pitiful gou
da.. Hew Ihr. ea the oinienee QM. imam. the sight bon.
' redeem the Ikaislasy et war gran to be astederfed ,3
having bees ma asewswe ledge week of assemptien P 'lbw
'Melba kall oink had been mews se he in the hand writ-
ing of Ile slob ben. riatemen. It was found in an ea-
sap addemmull la Mr. him Frail, clerk of the °maw,
Iltssorksey, wad hew the Mown of the seal and postmark
Wbish. le ease eased, wes is show that the letter WM •
remise ens (Chem.) Bit impend Ibis the Wirt hon.
polismen had sever denied thee as loner was possine,
ad be teen It that it most be crowd le be se. And if eo,
how far did the letter impikelp She *de hen. andsman ?
One thing osnaot fail to strike the UM amid aliserrsr.
That was, that this mac west to tike glees, where he was
committing this bribery, by the cdimb. and at the in-
stance of this letter of the right hon. gandleman's. (Rear.) '
The letter, it would be observed. sustained • ISOM
of explicit directions, and it mould be hued
that Morgan, the briber. meariall with diem di.
rections so given, to the must slants reticular.
The letter directed that a mass sismil he mat from Shrews-
bury to Derby immediately IS ib Mir received. Now,
the letter wu dated on the Ideadele and sot the Tuesday
morning. Morgan was seises the platform of the railway
station at Shrewsbury, reedy to start by the 8 o'clock train.
That train, however, did sot go by way of Stafford, and he
wss obliged to wait for a later traits, which was the earliest
that would arrive at Derby. The next direction was that
be should go to the County Tavern. which be would find
'ls the centre of the town ; and oa his arrival went imme-
diately sad established himself then, and the County
Taws beam* the asses of acting, and the place where the
balked anted 41111. Neil, the man was directed to
seed seed to Oss, Brothers, and Co., lesdworks. On
this past he had the statement of the landlord of the inn,
gives with great reluctance, for the man was a staunch
partisan, and not willing to give evidence against his party
if he sushi avoid it ; but he stated that no sooner had Mor-
gan arrived at the inn than he gave a card to him to take
to Mr. Co. at the lead works, which he gave to the ostler,
who delivered it to Cox. Then the letter directed that the
card should bear the address' " Chester," and on the card
which he (Bir Alexander Cockburn) had in his hand, and
which, in all human probability, was the one sent
to the lead works —on that card, as well as on

.
the one seised by the polio*, there was the
address, " Chester."- All the directions then were
obeyed to the very letter. Another observation on this
part of the case. It was quite impossible that this letter
could have been written by the right hon. gentleman with-
out previous concert with the parties at Derby—that was
with Radford and the other,. In the first place, the right
hon. gentleman could not himself have known the County
Tavern,or that it was a place that would afford the
facilities; but Radford, it could be shown, was •
frequenter of that tavern. Nor was it likely the writer mf
the letter would have directed the man to send the card to
Mr. Coz, at the lead works, on his arrival, unless there had
been some precoseerted arrangement by which the card,
on being sent there, would be certain to do its office. He
nest turned to the letter, twee if it threw any light on the
object for which the man was to be sent from Shrewsbury
to Derby, and for which all this machinery was set Is
action. And the first thing that struck hint, as showing the
animus of the writer, was—for what legitimate purpose we.
• perfect stranger to bo sent all the way from Shrewsbury
to Derby—a distance of seventy miles? If a safe man for
the election was all that was required, could no such men
be found in Derby, or in any of the neighbouring towns?
The ezperience which they have all had in the eases ia
which systematic bribery had been brought to light mast
have made
them acquainted with the fact that whoa
wholesale bribery is about to take plan it was always a
*anger that was brought into play. The presence of a
*anger was always less suspicious, awl if you succeeded
Ineatting off the trail, detection was less likely to follow,
and was sometimes impossible. Any artifice would, there-
to used fur cutting off the trail in a case like this.
came the nest question—why was a false address
seed ? (Hear, hear.) Every one knew that if a stranger
weld be got for the purpose of bribery, and he could leave
the piaci without leaving any trace behind him, detection
we so far less easy. No one wanted • false address for a
Imiltimate purpose. If you wanted, after a man had done
Ws work, to cut off all chances of following him, thea
SOS of the means would be for him to give •
hies shines. lie (Sir A. Cockburn) then asked foe
VIM MUD did this man give a false address ? Nothing
MOS SO IMINOSO• as for a guilty man to endeavour to shroud
liMlielnhen detection by shrinking from creating ordinary
ea
ivies, meg he could only say that if the eight _
. eselime.
OM= Miegel aader any suspicion, he had only lannHa
reek he beau been accused of a guilty perms. Ho
rathe. Clatithern), looked beck on all this as part sofa cont.
_i and he would take the liberty of putting this
me: He had himself assisted in the administration of jaw
duo mid he saw before and around him • number of legal
Mae wits were equally accustomed to do so; and, at the
sane limn, be observed many hon. gentlemen, who, in dif-
ferent Adrift of the country, were in the habit of assisting
is the administration of criminal justice • and he would pat
M them the ease of a man taken
en
!agnate delight," and
at kin wen found a letter directing him to • eertaia plug,
dining lin what to do when be got there, and petting
W la ommanication with • person whowas to intrust him
whit srapard to the result of the work he was about to do,
and directing him to assume a disguise to prevent detection;
and den a criminal trial the party writing the letter was
charged with being an aseessory before the feet, would it
not be the duty of &jade! to tell the jury that such facts,
unanswered and unexplained, was evidence of complicity ?
He said only if unanswered or unexplained! Heaven for-
bid that he should say that the present ease was not capable
of being answered or explained ; all he meant to say—that
it demanded inquiry. In his long professional experience
he had often seen how appearances might decei=uthew
often in what seemed an irresistible and over,/ ma
the introduction of new facts put the matter Ia anew
He did not say that this was not such a case, but he,
did say that it was • case which demanded sifting and in-1
quiry, and that the public wind would not be satisfied
without sea an inquiry. (Hear, hear.) But for the eir-
easetnese to which be was now about to advert, he should ,
lone the oat here, satisfied that he had done enough to '
*OM the bore to think it worthy of an inquiry. Bat
there were ether eirournatanen walk gendered it n
he go further. The right MA prillmea bad stook=
and declared at a meeting et Ile imailimeets that the heft
Ali he had stated wan the Bernd eta Neighs, end
hermas fraud, and that the aim mien bas win wag-
mitigarl fraud and perjury •, ad We_ Mir A. Oaddhre)
from all quarters that **Shads of no right
hea. gardenia declared that the Wait handset Mamma,
oven N had rohrenee ea te thelhation of 1882, but
le • semi was wails ahem he was not fn.
wilh the eenpanerbftitiee of dim and therefore it was
affair sal segnereas to visit him with the consequences.
It duals were true' and If this was an old and stale
he agreed that It would be unworthy of the
item le ego it ep. (Hear, hear.) Having hard this,
whin be (ilkA. Cockburn) was agile& to by the ped-
erasts he hefts the ease before the hem, be felt it anat-
hema at him he oath& his mad whether thee wee say
hinailis it Ikon helm a igelast the right
hazgillonim or Chat the Wats gonaion referred to se
Y MK Net nay was mask • course due to
dae-kis.bat it was ale
.due . to
he wand give him g morttheatvon
and mint than to find that be hadreat er
bees made the
inaguand el carrying out ff ben sal villeins*
pin mond the eight hoe. 'enflames'. Ni bad=
his own Mad on Inlet, and he ford that
were sot le him in the iffiemigation, for the
..tilof aliag ring been neeadmil. had put every,
f:Dosby on Ms nettle. Mr. Flewker, ad thoes'whe
lei adoi iffe lelliniattoot were amigos be throw light 1
wtho or Aka, and to obtain infornatka la min to Mow
whither am latter which was in Hari% genthilea eIP
Sinai le dr statism of 1862 or tpleCreleillee. Ho
m hod hood komisy that it so that the sight hes.
maineasi oiariogoaded with&prebut he
vious
omeng s wish regard te se Masks at Derby,
was serried that the MOW rlnnen had no
roloremo he any chaise pen= to 1848. It 'p-
=eat the right ima gentleman had not
red is the election ** Derby in 1847, and
list Kr. Frail was a stranger to that borough so far as
dmilowering matters moo eamorood, till 1848. It was
Impayftat to make this elms ad le should be able to do
is lig the correspondence of ales,
right hon. pathogen him. 1
odd Mr. fkrutt and Mr. Gower were returned for Derby
hi Pe sad • petition was presented against their ream.
The
witenhoirourable gentleman was applied is let Win carrying out that petition, and he
!SON SO 11r. Flewker on the 21st of November, 1849
" Arhartgork. —Dear Sir,— I received your letter in
Loadia y. jest as I was starting. I should think
sthing, indeed, to unseat Mr. Strstt for Derby."
He ( sr A. Cockburn) did not complain of that. They ander&
were all infisenoed by kindly and amiable feelings
towards each other; but when they came to an election
they were not over nice. The letter went on—" bet
I feu that hay. not the nieans of accepting your proposal,l
as 1 Wiwi nnds at m 7 diaposal,just after the expenditure'
attending a general election, to pay the costs of the petition."
He (Sir Alexander Cockburu) supposed that, after
this election, considering the number of petitiune, the
brads wen mote flourishing. (Hear.) " If you get up
a case, and a subscription for the purpose, I can pro-
mise a entwerlption of 1001.; but I cannot do more. I
will speak to Collate. if he is in town, when I get thereon
Tueday.—Believe Ine.yours truly, W. Bereeford.—Nov. 21."
Se the matter rested until I. ebruary, 1848, when the
right honourable gentlemen again wrote to Mr. now/ker.
"Feb. 17.—Dear liir,—l em very glad to hear so good an
account as you give of the prospect of success in the Derby
petition. I shall be glad to give you any assistance in my
p war when the case comes ow—Yours truly, W. Beresford."
Then 01111211111111081 important letter, and to which he begged
to call the particular attention of that bout.. *1 he right
boo. gentleman was not content with subscribing 1001,
but thought he might reader miasma with regard to the
eleeti n petition by sending Mr. Frail to Derby, and on the
36th February he wrote the following letter. Ile (Sir A.
Cockburn) read that letter to show that, as regarded else-
tin matters, Mr. Frail was a stranger to Derby till
that time, and that appeared dearly from that letter.

Dear haw en went who is skilled in all election
matters, and aadeeataada every manner of scheme with
regard to petitions. He will be in Derby next Monday,
sad will bring an Introduction from me. You may trust
hiss moat implicitly, and you will get some very useful
blots probably from him respecting your petition.—Yours
truly, William Ileresford.-77, Pa February 26."
It was clear that letter referred to a person who was a
complete stranger in Derby, to whom the right hen. gentle-
men gave an introdsetlon, and for whine capacity and
teristirorthiaem be was called on to vouch, and for which be
did vouch. H' wrote another letter on the same '
, day, the VAL Weirrnary, to Nay which was
brought to him two days after by Mr. Frail :—" Dear Sir,
the barer, Mr. Frail, is the person I wrote to you
about—Years, truly, W. Bereeford." This showed
conclusively that up to the 25th of February, 1848,
Mr. Frail was a fetal stranger in Derby, and had
never istionseddled In any of its election mitten. The
neat letter he wield read would be for the purpose of show-
ing the relative eircumstanees that existed between the
borough of Derby and Mr. Frail. On the 3rd of March
the right hon gentleman wrote to Mr. Flewker as follows :
"Dear Sir,—l have endeavoured to see Mr. Cravat., but I
find he is in the country hunting, probably near Athcr-
stone. I will speak to him whenever be comes up to tows.
I have Peen Mr. Frail, who gives me a good account of the
ease that can be made out against the sitting members. I
have requested him to give you every assistance in his
power, and attend to everything that the Derby party
desire to be done. I shall be happy to assist you alma
when the committee sits." [What this meant ho (Sir
A. Cockburn) did not altogether know.] " The great
matter to be looked to is to collect funds and to keep
the use quiet till it is brought before the emu-
isittee.—Yours, truly, W. Bereaford.-77, Pall mall "
The next letter he should read was one written by Mr.
Frail, and was important, as showing the footing on which
he stood with regard to the political and electioneer•
ing interests of the borough of Derby, and it was
written and dated from Carlisle. (Cheers and great
laughter.) It appeared that an election was going
on at that moment in the city of Carlisle. A petition had
been presented against the honourable gentleman who had
been returned at the general election of 1847, and the peti-
tion having proved successful in unseating them there was
a new election in order to fill the vacant seats. Mr. Frail
appeared to have been sent if not by the direction, but with
the connivance of the right hon. gentleman to lend his as-
sistance in the conduct of that election. and Mr. Frail
wrote to Mr. Flewker to the effect, "That he had
just received his letter, and that he would be in town on
the following Wednesday, and that he had written to make
the necessary arrangements for the lodgings of the wit-
nesses. If ho could he was to get Andrew. or Alexander."
(This meant two learned friends of his eminent members of
the parliamentary bar.) " If not get Bylee." That meant
his learned friend Scrjeant Bytes, one of the meet dis-
tinguished advocates in Westminster Hall, but who would
probably be better known to hon. gentlemen opposite as
the author of a work entitled " Fallacies of Free•trade."
(" Hear, hear," and laughter.) Ito was really very sorry
that his learned friend should have stepped aside from his
professional career to enter on matters of that kind, and
should now be left high and dry with nobody to read his
book, and no one, except, perhaps, such gentlemen as the
hon. and gallant member for Lincoln, who would be reedy
to offer him any inducement to publish a second edition.
(" Hear," and laughter.) But the most significant part
of that letter was, that although it was signed in the name
of "Frail," above the signature was written the words
"Nixon, King's Arms, Carlisle ;" thus 'bowing in what
manner he was to be addressed at Carlisle; and he added
" my best compliments to Ilibliert, and remember that it
is Thomson and not Johnson." Thus showing that there had
once been a mistake about a name. Theoext letter was from
the right bon. gentleman to Mr. Flewker, and was as
follows:—" Dear Sir,—Mr. Frail has been out of town on
very important business for four or five days, and that is
the reason why you have not heard from him. I do not
think that he has got your letter. I think he will be able
to get to 1) Thy on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning,
but not before. I have sent to speak to a gentleman from
Derby, and will give him any direction I can that
may be serviceable. I regret that Frail is out of
town.—Your truly, W. Bereaford. Saturday (1818)."
That correspondence clearly established the purpose for
which he (Sir A. Cockburn) had used it, namely, that Mr.
Frail had kiad nothing to do with Derby in 1847, nor until
1848 and that letter in question could have nothing to do
with any election before that time, but that it was written
subsequently to the election of 1818; and looking to the
position which the right hon. gentleman and Mr. Frail had
established in the borough, it was possible they had applied
to him for a safe man, and that if he had sent Mr. Frail he
would have been readily accepted as an agent. The petition
in 1847 ended in the vacating of the seats of the sitting mem-
bers, and there was to be a new election; the writ was
suspended till the 24th August, and the new electiou
took place on Friday and Saturday, the Ist and
tad September. Did the letter in question apply to that
election? It certainly might, looking to the position the
parties to it held in the borough ; but in order to test that
point, the proper way was to look at the letter itself, and see
whether it applied to the circumstances of 1848 or to those
of 1652. It should be observed in the first place, that the
letter was addressed to Mr. Frail, and directed him to send
a safe man to Derby, on the assumption th..t ho was too
much occupied to leave " his own place." But how would
it hare been known to persons in London what his occupa-
tions were ? Now, Mr. Frail was in no business at all. He
was originally a hair dresser, but left that business some
years ago, and had applied himself to two pursuits each'.
sively—horse-reciag and electioneering. (" Hear," and a
laugh.) Ile was described in the letter as clerk of the
course at Shrewsbury, and was anything going on in the
way of horseraciog and turf matters which would have con-
fined him to that place just then in 1848? Nothing of the
kind. The Shrewsbury rues took place in the spring and in
November. Nor were there any races in the neighbourhood
of Shrewsbury at that time. He would next ask whether
there was any electioneering going on at that moment ? None.
The seats for that borough were both full and no election
was going on. But there was proof that Mr. Frail did go
to Derby at that time and appeared at the races in a jockey
costume; that he called on Mr. Flewker, and having taken
an interest in the unseating of the late members, asked if he
could be of any use in the next election ; but he found that
there was no money stirring. Whether it was that the hon.
and learned gentleman the present member for Falmouth,
who was then a candidate, had a great aversion for corrup-
tion, or whether it was that there being two conservative
candidates, only one of them having a chance, there wee no
spirit in the election —(bear, hear)— Mr. Frail WWI in-
formed that there was no money going, and he withdrew,
no doubt not without great dissatisfaction. (Hear, hear.)
But he (Sir A. Cockburn) turned to the election of 1852.
Was there anything to keep Mr. Frail at Shrewsbury
then ? Yes ; there was a contested election ge rig
on there, and besides, it required peculiar acti-
vity on his part, seeing that a contest had arisen at the
last moment. The election at Shrewsbury took place on
Tuesday and Wednesday, while that at Derby did not take
place until Wednesday sad Thursday ; while the contest at
Shrewsbury did not arise until the previous Friday. There
was great excite= nt and turmoil, and the exertions of Mr.
Frail were aeesslarily confined to his own borough, and
therefore the right hon. gentleman had a right to suppose
that Mr. Frail could not leave. But that was not all. The
writer of the letter directed that a man should be sent from
Shrewsbury to Derby immediately on the receipt of the
letter. The letter was written on the Monday, and on the
Tuesday Morgan started from Shrewsbury. In 1848 the
election at Derby took place on the Friday and Saturday,
and there was no necessity for each speed; and, in fact, on
that occasion Mr. Frail himself did not appear is Derby
until the Thursday, when the races commenced. It ap•
peered to him (Sir A. Cockburn), therefore, that looking at
all the circumstance", the letter applied to the election of
1862, and not to that of 1848. But the greatest difficulty was
yet behind, for it was impossible that, if that letter had
been written with reference to the election of 1848, it
ooud have been made available for the purposes of the
election of 1852, incept by the concoction of a villainous
and abominable conspiracy. He looked to see if there was
the remotest proof of such a conspiracy, and whether all the
proof did not tend the other way. In order to
establish a plot and a conspiracy, It was necessary to include
the whole body of agents and partisans of the conservative
party. lie would begin with Mr. Frail, and he would
ask this tu_setion of those who asserted that there was a eon-
spirsey—How came the letter to Mr. Frail to be in the
hands of Morgan ? It was addressed to Frail and came into
the hands of Morgan, and what was the natural supposition
but that it was given by Frail to Morgan in order that he
might show be had a right to go to Derby. He bad heard
it said that that letter was one which had been given by
Frail to Flewker, and placed by Flewker in the hands of
Morgan in order to the preparation of his scheme. Nothing,
it appeared to him (Sir A. Cockburn) could be more irn•
probable. But there wereeircuuntances which set that gun •
lion entirely at rest. He had paid particular atiention to
what he was about to state, and he thought it was clear
that the letter must have been delivered to Morgan at
Shrewsbury, and must have been given to him by Frail and
not by Flewker. On the back of the letter was written in
pencil, la the same handwriting as the entries in the book
containing a list of the electire which was found on Mor-
gan, and which was proved to be in his handwriting,
these few words—" Stafford, Lichfield, Burton-on-Trent,
Derby." Now those were the places at which a man
travelling from Shrewsbury to Derby would have to
change carriages. There was no direct communication be-
tween Shrewsbury and Derby, and a man who was a
stranger to Derby, and going there for the first time from
Shrewsbury, might be supposed to ask for information as IQ
where ho should have to change carriages and go on dif-
ferent lines of railway, and nothing was more natural than
that he should write such information on the back of the docu-
ment which he took with him. That was a fact which was
significant to show that the letter must have been delivered
to Morgan at Shnwsbury, and not at Derby ; and any other
hypothesis was out of the question. Then if the letter
was delivered by Frail to Morgan, the consequence
was that it was impossible to conceive the concocting of
any conapirecy by any one except Mr. Frail. Now, who was
Mr. Frail ? Ile was a person wi'h regard to whose electioneer-
ing character he (Sir A. Cockburn) had the worst opinion
Well, then, they came to Morgan; and the nest question
was—was Morgan in the conspiracy ? Morgan, it was un-
dentoad, was the confidential man of Mr. Frail. Mr. Frail.
among his other duties, had to superintend the regicruion
of Shrewsbury and of the county of Salop; and Morgan
was the man whom Frail employed to serve notires, Mor-
gen being an estate went and valuer (iso we understooil),and
therefore being very ii.eful to give evidence fur or against
Mr. Frail's friends claims when necessary. (Laughter.)
Morgan was known in Shrewsbury to be devoted to Frail,
and was it to be supposi d that such a man would have
lent Aimed', supposing Mr. Flewker selected such a
man, to an act of villainy to his party ? But if the house
were to believe all this, there are still a difficulty to over-
come. No sooner did Morgan let to Derby than he was

taken by the head by the Meads of Mr. Nonfat!, the
didani. He we IM to the Messrs. Cox. Would If
Coe have betrayed their relative and their candidate?
If the letter had been, indeed, written in reference to west
termer election, it could only have been mode use of by
Morgan on some understanding with idiom. Coo; or, sup,
posing those gentlemen net in the conspiracy, was it pos.
sible that Morgan could have deceived them with se old
letter of 1848 ? The neat question was as to Radford ? It
would not be doubted for a moment that Mr. Radford was
the stanchest partisan of the conservative party in Derby.
The statement of the landlord, Taylor,was, that the moment
Radford was made aware of Moritater arrtvoi in Derby, Le
went to the County Tavern and bad an interview with
Morgan. Well, then, was Radford in the conspiracy ? In
effect, therefore, the house had to make up its mind, if it
wouldentertain the idea of a conspiracy, that all these person.
Frail, Morgan, Messrs. Cox and Radford, were in the plot 2
But there was another circumstance to be horns in mind
The stranger who was found guarding the door wbea the
police were in search of Morgan was the men who cunt
from Nottingham with Ilibbert by the desire of Bid*
and Radford. Bat there was another test to he applied to
this theory of a conspiracy—the expenmertts" 'ads ; and
the inference appeared to him to be conclusive. le all
these people were in a conspiracy, what would have been
the conduct of the responsible agents of Mr. Horsed], when
the facts were brought to light. and Morgan was taken
before the magistrates ? If Morgan had been an One
poster, they would have denounced him. But they
came forward, and threw the shield of protection
over him. (Rear, heart Was oat the conclusion obvious 2
(Hear, bear.) When Morgan was brought before the
magistrates, Mr. Furshawe, Mr. llorsfell's solicitor and cone
fidential agent, appeared with a Mr. Sale, another attorney
who had been acting as a subordinate agent. Mr. Furrilmwo
was seen talking in a corner of the hall with Yale while the
preliminary proceedings were going on before the =giro
trues; and at the end of the conversation Sale rushed foe.
ward, and announced himself as blorgan's legal ruiwisee.
Morgan, in the first instance, not appearing to have any
legal adviser whatever. When the magistrates intimated that
they would remand the prisoner, Sale said, " I hope you will
take bail we are prepared with bail to any amount.'
Was that reconcileable with the idea that Morgan had been
betraying the conservative party ? (Hear, bear.) Again.
when Morgan was brought up • secoad time, succour ape
peered from another quarter. Of course, when the dice*.
very was made public, there was consternation in the minds
of Frail and of his conservative friends in Shrewsbury and
elsewhere ; and it did happen that two solicitors from
Shrewsbury suddenly appeared in Derby. One of them
was an intimate friend of Mr. Frail—Mr. l"rail'a son being,
in fact, in that solicitor's office ; and the other, the clerk of
the peace at Shrewsbury, was also a kir nd of Mr. Frail.
These persons busied themselves in the affair of Morgan.
and in the end they procured the bail for Morgan. ‘t eU.
now, was it credible that there was a conspiracy to the
detriment of Mr. Frail ? These (continued the hon. sod
learned gentleman) constitute the facts of the case; and I
have gone through them with • twofold purpose. In the
first place, to justify myself, in order that it may appear to
the house that I have not rashly or inconsiderately brought
the matter before them; and in the nest ;duce, to put the
right hon. gentleman in possession of the whole case.
(cheers)—both as to the frees and US to the argument
(Cheers.) Unquestionably, if I had been conducting this
ease as an advocate at nisi per" he should have rested
upon the prima facie ease, waited far the answer el the
party charged, and reserved fur the reply the midi.
tional facts he bad adduced, and the observa-
tions arising out of them. But he had thought
that in a case like this such a mode of proceeding would
not have been handsome—(cheers)—and, in consequence,
he had brought the whole of the evidence in the most
ample manner to the knowledge of the right hob. ie.ntle.
man. (Cheers.) Under these circumstances, what was the
course which the house ought to pursue ? Ile apprehended
that it was impossible to say that an inquiry should not be
instituted ; and he was happy to know that in that opinion
the right hon. gentleman himself concurred. Ile was beta
to do the right hon. gentleman the justice to say, that from
the very commencement, he had demanded an inquiry into
this matter. (Hear, hear) In his address to his coatis
' tuents in July last, the right hon. gentleman had
declared that he would insist on a complete inqutry into this
" conspiracy," and that if no one else asked be an inquiry,
he would himself propose it to the house. (Ileac) 'that
was a manly and straightforward declaration; and he was
glad that the right hon. gentleman apprised of the motion
for an inquiry. The hon. baronet (Sir J. Y. Buller), who
bad spoken ter the right Eon. gentleman the other evening,
had also expressed himself favourable to an inquiry, Moho
had at the same time hinted his doubts w het her such an inquiry
instituted by the house would not he preju,iiciiii to theobjtee
of the committee who would try the Derhy election petition.
He (Sir A. Cockburn) could nat see the justice of the ob-
jection ; he thought on the contrary that it would be rather
an advantage to the defendants to know exactly what they
were charged with. (Hear, hear.) When a nun, io a dell
like this, had to defend his character and his scat, he (Sir
A. Cockburn) spoke feelingly—it MRS wo very desirable he
know the grounds upon which he would be rat ai Iced; and he
therefore did nut anticipate that any practical ineonvenience
could accrue from the house proceeding at sere to Monti-
este the circumstances which he hail laid before them.
(Hear, hear.) Even were it admitted that there would be
some inconvenience, that inconvenience would be out-
weighed by the consideration brought before the
house. (Rear, hear.) Were this an ordinary case
it might be left to the ordinary tribunal appointed by
the house to deal with election matter.. But a ease which
affected • right hon. gentleman, a member of the govern-
meet, and a Privy Councillor, did appear to him (Sir A.
Cockburn) to assume a very important aspect, sad into
which it would not be beyond the province or beneath the
dignity of the house itself to inquire into. ((tear, bear.)
The form in which that inquiry should be carried on Its
would leave entirely to the botoe ; and he should only move
that • special committee should be appointed. The coned-
, tution of that committee—the quarter front which it should
be selected—that he would leave entirely to the house, feel-
ing confident that whatever the number of the committee,
and from whatever side of the house it was taken, an impar-
tial and careful investigstiun would result satisfactorily-
,
(Hear, hear.) In conclusion, the hon. and I anted geode-
, man (who was frequently, in consequence of yoking with
his back to the reporters' gallery, very indistinctly heard),
thanked the house for its attention, and expressed a hope
that from a coneideration of political morality, and in deal-
ing to great offenders that justice which was insisted on to
7u,rhl would meet °lterr, ge
motion, 10 1
11.wneor were
madtempted opposition.the into venality, the motion
Stanza, was that a seled
committee be appointed, &e.
Sir J. YARDE BULLER setonded the motion, as the
best means of obtaining justice fur Major Bereaford, and
clearing him from the charge.
Mr. STUART WORTLEY objected to the form of io-
auitrhye constitution,
dangerousution .
wphr
eche dgeanyte, andth e
caosniadi
ligation. to more impartial tribunals.
Mr. WALI'OLE was in favour of the proposition as it
stood, and recommended that the committee should be
opposed
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of !

appointel by a committee of seliction.
Lord J. RUSSELL said • few words in favour of the
motion.

—Mr.IIORSFALL corrected some points of detail in Sit
Cockbunt's speech.
Sir C. WOOD suggested that the committee be chosen bp
the Gemara] Committee of Elections. . .

—Mr. WALPOLE explained that it wit through an inad-
vertence that he hnd not proposed that course himself.
Some conversatif6 in which the Attorney. General, Sir
A. Cockburn, Sir Charles Wood, Sir I. Y. Duller, and
Lord J. Russell took part, followed, as to the constitution
of the committee ; after which the formal resolutions were
for its appointment by the General Committee of
passed for
COURTS OF COMMON LAW (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Mr. FITZGERALD said he believed the bill eon
tained 144 sections taken from the Common Law Pro.
mitre Act of last session. Now he conceived there woe
nothing more prejudicial than ill.adjusted or hasty amend-
ments of the law, leaving them in a state of uncertainty
whether what had been made law one session would con-
tinue to be law for the next twelve months. During the
vice-royalty of Earl De Grey a commission was issued for
the purpose of inquiring what should be the amendment is
the law; and their recommendations were embodied into
law in 18.50; and it appeared strange' after so recent a
change that they were to have a fresh chenge in an act of
276 clauses. The commercial transactions of Ireland were
so interwoven with those of this country that it was unwise
to have one late for one Mall,' and un,!rher for lalltilen
This act, however, made a strange alteration. It was well
known that chose. in action were not by common law se-
signable, with the exception of hills of exchange. The
208th section of this set made chose, in action assignable,
but only in Irelend, and the conu queue° was that policies
of insurance, and contracts of that nature would be usign-
able in Ireland, whereas they were not so in this country.
Then in some respi et's:this bill did not go far enough. There
was the greet question whether the dietiretirm of the courts of
law and equity should be allowed to eaist. lie did not profess
to have formed his own opinion on it, hut in thus bill
this question hail been dealt with, and in some important
particulars that distinction had been swept away. lithe
principle were good why should they stop short and apply
st only in measure ? If they did not take grist care what
they were abc art they:would have his hon.and learned friend
coming forward with another bill next erasion to emend
this. He was not going to object, nor should he object, to
its being stated in the preamble that this was "a wiser
just, and beneficial measure." Ile thought, however, in
order that there might be time to corsider the bill, that
it it were now read a second time it should Outgo into cos-
mittee till after the recess.

Mr. LOWE observed that he was bound to say, as one
who had paid great atten.ion to the subj, et of law reform,
that this was a measure very much in advance of that of
last session. In the first place, it did away with the uch-
nical division of actions. In the next place, questions
might be raised without the necessity of pleading. Then
it introduced another valuable principle, that of assignment
of chows in action ; and in many other respects he con-
sidered it a great advance of the bill of last session. But
just in proportion as it did honour to the bon. and learned
gentleman, was it a reflection on our system of legislation,
as instanced in law reform. Last session they dealt
with the common law procedure of England. This
Tear they dealt with the common law precede!'
in Ireland, tho principle in both being idenu-
cal, and it was not wise that on two subjects so
identical, there should emanate from that house two bills
so different; fur although Ireland might bo truly geld to
he in advance of this country, with regard to her junspre-
deuce, still the two subjects were identical. A conference
of eminent persons had been lately sitting to bring the laws
of the three kingdoms into unison; but this bill tended to
raise up new diversities, and even its very improvements
weft, in • meg, rather a retrogreuion. I'aerefore