The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-15 00:00:00

ELECTION RIOTS.

CHAROZ OF MURDER anmrito OUT OF TEE
CHELTLIEHMI ELECTION.—CIEILTINHAX, FRIDAY gvwgc.
—The Cheltenham elections are unfortunately alum re-
markable for the exhibition of extreme party spirit, sad cm
the present occasion it hu been tarried to such a pitch as
actually to lead to a charge of murder being preferred
against one of the electors. The chargocame under invest&
ption today, when Mummer for Gloucestershire, Joseph
Lovegrove, req., held an inquest here op the body of
Witham Lynes, one of the messengers employed by the
committee of Colonel Berkeley, the liberal who
died yesterday atomise from the effects of a pistol shot
wonted received on the previous night at the band, of Mr.
John Thomas Glass, coo of the voters foray. Schreiber, and
son of the parish clerk of Cheltenham. The feels of
the deplorable use are so brief that it is unsecessary
to report in detail the evidence of the Neves or eight wit.
names examined, of whose 'Walnuts the following is a
summary :—lt appeared that on Wednesday night, after
the dose of the poll (which it may be remembered was in
favour of Mr. Schreiber, the conservative candidate), when
the streets were full of excited people, a baud of musk
passed up the High-street, playing the tune of "The bon-
nets of blue," blue being the coloer adopted by the ore-
servative party in Cheltenham. Lyon wee standing in the
street, and as the bend pared him he shouted " Hurrah
for the bonnets of yellow " (the colour of the liberals here).
Oa this Glass mad, some remark to Lynes, who re-
toned by calling out, "Berkeley for ever, " paying
he had been wraiths' hard for Oolomel Berkeley. Glass
then drew from his pocket a four-barrelled revolver, and,
presenting it at Lynes, drew the trigger, and the charge of
one of the barrels struck Lyme in the mouth. Lyons im-
mediately fell on his knees, exclaiming, " Good God, I'm
shot. I shall die." The whole affair was the work of a
moment. The crowd of course got round Glees, and
the pistol was taken from bim. Three of the chain-
boss were found to be loaded with powder and ball,
and the fourth bad evidently just been discharged. Glue
appeared very much excited, sod when Lynes exclaimed,
" I'm dying." as he did on the way to the dispeo-
Nary where he was at once taken, o:ass and—
" No, no; not so bad as that, I hope." Oa
Lynes being brought to the Cheltenham Dispen-
sary he fainted away. He had previously spoken of
his "poor wife and family," and prayed to God to have
mercy on him. Os his wound being examined it win found
to be of inch • character as to leave little hope for the poor
fallow, who died next morning. Glut declared the affair
to be se accident, and that he never intended to shoot the
man. The inquest is adjourned.
figNDZRIAND.—Duriog the time that the three
candidates were Murcia, thanks to the electors and non-
elutes on the hustings a number of roughs amoopt the
dame crowd threw squibs and fireworks Amt. Alter the
crowd had dispersed, occasional squibs, rockets, lb., were
discharged in the streets. As the evening advanced the
conduct) of the mob became more reckless. Numerous I
rockets were fired in the streets, some of them falling on
the dresses of females. A little before midaight a tar
barrel was set on fire in Churehetreet, Monkweermouth,
to the imminent danger of property. The tar barrel was
after great difficulty extinguished. During the disorderly
proceedings on the north side of the water several tar lau-
rels let reset on fire in High-street, one of which, between
12 and 1 o'clock in the morning, was rolled down Cheesie-
st/seised another in Bridge-strut. Several parsons were
taken into custody, and the crowd then commeaced to pelt
the police with atones. One of the burning tar barrels
rolled amoopt some boats which were lying in the river,
bat it was extinguished without much damage heir% deem:,
Several of the rioters were brought up before the magi-
trates yesterday, and fined 2s, 6d. and costs in
Bst.rasr.—At Belfast, the synchronization of the
12th of July with the nomination day gave °cession, as
might have been expected, to a row. Th. oranpmen are
said to have begun the mischief by packing the Court-
house, and refutes a hearing to Lord J. Hay and
his supporters. Sir Hugh Caine was received with
frantic cheering, waving of bludgeons and outage hand-
kerchiefs, and the Kentish fire. Sir Hugh made a
permed attack in his speech 04 Lord J. Hay, and
persons who interrupted were beaten and expelled. Lard
J. flay rine to speak, but for half an hoer he was
hooted and Mood. Meanwhile, bludgeons and orange
scarfs were being waved. He declared that he would go to
the poll and fight to the last. The military wore is forum
the streets of the town, and quietness was at length secured,
though not for a lug time, as stone.throwing mob. met soon
afterwards and engagements ensued. The polies drove them
away, and made some captures, but later in the day 300
moo, armed with bludgeons, dashed out of Smithfield, the
Roman catholic quarter, into Brown. street, the protestant
quarter, where the peeves wrecked the schoolhouses lest
July. They woke all the wisdom, and reemated into
Seeithaid.

NOMPOLI (Raar).—Yeeterday Mr. C. S. Read,
the "independent" candidate for this divisive, issued his
address, in the °muse of whisk be choreal :—"I dears
your support se a malt-tax repealer, being wash Oat
nothing would so much contribute to the prosperity of the
farmer, the comfort of the agricultural labourer, and the
sobriety and improvement of the wort* classes generally
es the repeal of the malt-tax ; sad that the agriculturists
have a jest right to &mead such sa extenaios of the sys-
tem of free trade. And as it is gaterally admitted that
other iatereste of fsr tee. important's than *grimalkin, wry
mon weight is the Rouse of Ominous, from having
men of their own Glass to represent them,
I'Vaeal ba your support se a tenant-farmer.* Yr.
Read rib that he s polo* free from ell rally