The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-12 00:00:00

ST. ALBANS BRIBERY COMMISSION.

IRELAND.

Yesterday the ninth sitting of the commission I
DUBLIN, Nov. It.
took place at St. Albans.
The greater part of the previous sitting, on Friday last,' 'fho Evening Mail has the following announce-
had been occupied by the examination, individually, of went:
voters named by Messrs. Edwards and Blagg as 'tarn,. We have been authorised to state that his excellency the
received money for their votes at the last election; and Lord-Lieutenant has been pleat" tnaPPnint the Rev* James
yesterday was entirely occupied in the same way; the list M'Cosb, A.M., LL.D., the distinguished author of "The
at the conclusion of the day still remaining uncompleted. i Method of the Divine Government, Physical and Moral,"
The questions put to the witnesses by the commissioners ' to the vacant chair of Logic and Metaphysics in the Belfast
were of the same routine character as those mentioned in Queen's College. Dr. M'Cosb's work has widely spread his
our last report of these proceedings ;and the answers varied fame both in Europe and America, as me of the most emi-
very slightly in manner or in interest. i neat metaphysicians and original thinkers of the present
the hest man called had received 51. from Edwards for' day, and marks him out as pre-errineutly qualified to dis-
his vote at the last election. The question was then asked, I charge the functions of the important office to which he has
had he voted in 1917 ? He had ; but he could not recollect , been appointed in a manner calculated to adorn the colleges,
for whom :he thought for Itepha el and Itcpton. He was sure,' and impart great benefit to the country. Dr. Weeds was
however, that be had taken money iron, Edwards fur ! one of Dr. Chalmers's molt distinguished students, and a
voting; and he thought it must have been for Mr. Raphael.' well known minister of the Free Church of Scotland.
Outs of the early witnesses was by trade a house-painter. He I The Freeman states, on the authority of a eorre-
had received Cil. from Edwards last election, and he had • apondent whose information we are told may be re- I
voted for Mr. Bell; but ho would not admit that the M. ' lied on, that Mr. Hawes will not continue to sit for
was for the vote. Ile considered it as part payment, on
1, Kinsale,
but will resign as soon as the proper time account, fur some work done by him for Edwards at Ed- ,
ward.... house. He was truss-examined at great length by 1 for issuing a new writ shall have arrived. The
the commissioners in reference to this ingenious account, Freeman publishes the following note on the Wh-
o( the matter; but be persiated, despite all improbabilities, Jed:
in reiterating his own narrative- lie was retailed to pro- Is Selene that Kiwis& is not vacated by the acceptance of
duce his amount-books. His ledger and day book showed a new office by Mr. Hawes ; but 1 have heard, on authority
that Edwards before the election had owed him 51.84.6 d. which cannot be questioned, that Mr. Hawes, in accepting
After this the commissioners had nothing mere to say (on a his nresent office, selected • dignified retirement with a
former day Edwards had told the commissioners that this good pay, and is resolved to rest from all political labours.
painter would repudiate the idea of the bribe, and Ed- Ile will not sit for Kinsale during the ensuing session, but
wards, at the same time, said that when he handed over the will at once resign when the time will have arrived for the
51. he was giving it for a vote, and nosier paymentof a bill). issue of a new writ. The impreasion is, however, that, like
A lame man was put into the box. Ile was • furniture the Dungarvon election, a suitahle time fora whig candidate
broker. Ile had received 81. from Edwards. But that was will be chosen.
for his services "running about." "No doubt, however, An important meeting of the gentry,
he would not have been asked fur his services if he had not landholders,
had a vote." The next witness was a bliud ruins He had and others of the county of Cork, was held in the
received . money at the last election. " Did you vote in County Court-house, on Saturday, for the purpose of
1647 r—" I did." " For whom 1"—" Fur some gent. as protesting against the demand made by government
is dead." " Was it for Mr. Raphael ?"—" 1 heard so." for the re-payment of the labour-rate annuities. The
One man had received 51. at the last election and lot. in chair was taken by the Mayor of Cork, and among
1817. Both sums he said were paid for " services." How
was it, then, he received more in 1347 than at the last the speakers were Lord Beruard, Major Beamish,
election ?—.. Oh, he had two votes (as a IW. householder Mr. Sarstield, Mr. Horace Townsend, 1.P., Mr.
and freeman) in 1847." " Then, the 10/. could not have Drew, J.P., Dr. Verling, Mr. Philip Cross, Mr.
been for services ?"—" Yes it was." " Were hi, services Jeffreyes, &c, The proceedings were interrupted by
in 1317 and last time the same ?"—" Yes, quite the same." some opposition, but ultimately the resolutions col-
lie was pressed to explain this contradiction, but he •
was obstinate and would not admit that he had been bleed .in the object of the meeting were carried.
paid at any time for his vote. At the conclusion of his '!he extensive property of the Springfield Mills at
evidence, tan was Baked if he wanted a certificate. He Pareonstown was totally destroyed by tire yesterday
replied that he would like one. But, said the commis- morning. The following particulars an given by a
siouen, you are in • dilemma. If you did not receive correspondent of Saunders s News Letter:
money fur your vote, you don't want a certificate; if you
did take money fur your vote, you have told us a falsehood. About 2 o'clock, a.m., a man who is employed on the
The witness had nothing to say—he made no further appli- river drainage adjoining the mills, when proceeding to his
cation. A "surgeon,' a gentleman practising in the town, employment observed the mills on tire. Ile at once aroused
acknowludged that he had receives! 8!. ha his vote at the the watchman on the premises, who alarmed his employers,
last election. There was another "surgeon." Ile was one Messrs. Palmer and Booth. It was then found that the
of the Ludtn party and had been employed by Mr. Low, buildings on the cut end were on fire, comprising the rope
Mr. Carden's agent, and had sent in to Mr. Low a bill for and fie: crushing oil mills. On the first alarm Mr. Palmer
aui. fur„ cape.... when examined on a
previous day, went to the office, and had the books and papers connected
he had represented that he had given 201. out of the 301. to with the Wheel removed to a place of security, uud had
other persons—the remaining lot having been kept every possible exertion made to save the property. 'the
by himself. lie was now reminded that, can explains- depots of the 49th and 68th Regiments were, with the bar-
thin of that he haul stated that portions of his rack engine and the police, promptly on the spot, and ren-
own "tapestries' were incurred in paying other surgeons tiered meet effectual assistance in subduing the flames. The
to attend patients of his own whom he had neglected while devouring element had attained such • head that all exer-
looking utter the election. What surgeons had be paid ? thins were unavailing to sere the mills from destruction,
was the question now asked. !le mentioned a case—he had therefore the communication between the house and mills
paid another surgeon GI. fur attending a patient. What was cut off; yet the tire was so great it was deemed pru-
else ? Ile could out remember; the Gs. was the only item dent to remove the furniture, which, together with the
of this kind he remembered out of the la he had spent fur house, was saved. The origin of the fire, up to the
his own " espenees." Generally he remembered that Dr. present, is almost inexplicable. A man had been engaged
Ilastings had engaged to attend patients its his absence., hut during Sunday, up to seven o'clock in the evening, keep-
he had never asked Dr. Hastings fur particulars. Dr. lag a small fire to the rapeseed kiln, as the seed had been
flutings was then called. Dr. Hastings denied that the received in ea unfit state to store, and cousequently was
last witness had ever made any such request as that which getting heated. When that person left he slackened the
had been mentioned ; and, as a fact, lie (Dr. flutings) tire, and there was no appearance of danger; even if the
had not at the time of, or Rear, the election, at_ fire had been left at the kiln, there was no way npparently
tended any of the patients of the last witness. lie by which it could have communicated with timber, or any
had, on different distant occasions, attended the last wit- combustible likely to cause the fire. The entire buildings,
ness's patients ; but he regretted to say that that gentleman on which during the past season several hundred pounds
had never, in any instance, paid him one farthing for his have been expended in improvements, are now onus mass of
services. There was then a contention between Dr. !lust- rwiwn The stock of wheat was very large, amounting to
logs and his friend as to whether the former had not been upwards of a thousand barrels, together with • very large
paid by the latter in sine special case ; but Dr. linguini quantity of dour and oatmeal, nearly all of which have been
utterly denied that in that ease his friend had called him in destroyed. The firm are partially insured in the National
—it was the patient's own act. Assurance Company. Tho loss sustained its premises and
Mr. George Braley Wvgett's name wee called. ii Hem. stock is computed at over 3,00 W. Many families have been
shoaled a bold voice at the back of the court; and then, thrown out of employment.
amid great laughter, the long-missing Waggett appeared, The Rev. Dr. Cahill has published another of his
took his place in the witocie-box, and was sworn. lie is philippics against the government, addressing himself
a little, emaciated, ghastly pale maw i an Irishman, with • this time to Lord John Russell, instead of Lord
native accent, but slightly deteriorated by his long residence although
in St. Albans.] His examination was very brief, the commis- Palmerston,
the theme of his attack is still
simmers having nu power to inquire into any matters eclat- the foreign policy of the cabinet.
V to the " petition," in respect, to which ouly is Mr.
peculiarly isformed:— ' Did you vote at the last . - -
elestiV J"
—" 1 did." " Did you receive money for your
vested"—" I did." "From whom?"—" Mr. Edwards."
ei How much ?"—" .51." " Did you vote at the election of
11117 ?"—" I did." "For whom ?"—" For Raphael and
lepton." " Did you receive money on that occasion ?"
re I did-51." Mr. Forsyth then said—" I hope Mr. Wag-
gin your health is improved by the mild climate of
Franco." tLaughter.) Mr. Waggett replied—" Thank
you, sir, I'm much better." (Great laughter.) Mr.
Gresham here, as Waggett was leaving the box, suggested
that the question should be put—" Did you receive more
than U. tor your vote at the lust election ?" The
prompt reply was, "No, uo more." Mr. Gresham : "Or
since ??' But this:question the commissioners would not
allow to be Liked, and Mr. Waggett then departed.
Another voter acknowledged to the receipt of 51. from
Edwards at the last election. But he did not vote for Mr.
Bell ;he plumped for Mr. Carden. lie was asked his rea-
son for not voting for Edwards's candidate, but
he " couldn't say.' The next person called was •
millwright. lie had received 8/. from Edwards at
the last election. But he insisted that the 81. was not for
his vote, but pert payment of an account for work dour
which he had had against Edwards. Ile denied that he
had received money for his vote in 1847. Mr. Edwards
being here examined contradicted the witness, and stated
that be had given him 61. or 71. in 1817. There
was some effort made on the part of the commissioners to re-
concile the contradiction, but with little eucceas. A master
saddler confessed to having got 71. for his vote at the last
election. Besides this he admitted that his son had got a
place in the excise. But he had nothing to do with that.
Mr. Birelimore was called.
Mr. Birehmore, a labouring man, is one of the "missing
witnesses" who accompanied Mr. Waggett to Boulogne,
and Mr. Birchmore's appearance in the witness box was
the occasion of considerable merriment. Questions were'
put to him in reference to the election only ; and his an
ewers were that lie had received 51. fur his vote, and that
the money bad been received from Edwards. Ile
received the same compliment as Mr. • Waggett,
and was also indeed if the atmosphere of France
had improved his health ; and he, like Mr. Waggett,
intimated to the inquiring commissioners that he was ex-
ceedingly well. There was ono case of intimidation. A
"respectable" tradesman was engaged at the time of the
election by Edwards (of course, on Mr. Bell's side) to hire
and manage the baud, &c., receiving upwards of 40/. for his
services. Before the day of nomination he threw up his
engagement with Edwards and went over to Mr. Carden's
side. The commissioners asked him why he changed sides.
He had found it more to his interest to go over to Mr. Car-
den. Why was it more to his interest ? AU he could say
was, he hail found it iiii. lied he received a notice from
his landlord to quit his house while he was engaged with
Edwards ? Yes; he had. Had he quitted his house?
No, he hail not quitted it ; and it was nut likely now that
he should quit it. But there were no direct threats or
hints proved; and the witness did his beat to shield his
landlord and his landlord's agent, leaving the commissioners
howeier, toe very safe inference. James Skeggs, another
of Mr. Waggett'ii companions, was called. Mr. Skeggs (a
labouring man) was received in court with a sort of cheering
laughter. lie had received 5/. from Edwards at the last
election, end he had received 51. also from the same hand
at the election of 1817. No other question was asked, and
no explanation was offered; and Mr. Skeggs left the court
perfectly at his ease, so far as the inquisition of the commis-
sionen concerned him. The next witness wes a very young-
looking man. He had voted in 1850, and he had received
Al. for his vote and services (the services being generally
those of a copying clerk). His juvenility of appearance and
manner being mispicious, he was asked how old he was.
He was not yet 21. He was told that he had no right to be
on the register. He said he knew it; and, further, that he
knew he ought not to have voted when he did.
The lists of Messrs. Edwards and Blagg having now been
very nearly gone through, Messrs. Harris and N ass (agents
to Mr. Willis in the contest of 1847) were called upon to put
in their lists. The names given by these gentlemen were
dealt with in the same way as all the other names—the same
readiness being still manifested by the parties implicated to
supply the commissioners with all the iuformation, personal
and general, of which they were possessed.
At half-past three o'clock about 100 persons had been ex-
amined, and the court was then adjourned to this day—to-
day to finish the whole of the lists, and therewith to con
elude the inquiry.

CLERICAL.

Rev. Freeman Heatbeoto Bishop, to be chaplain to the
Earl of Lanesborough.
Rev. James Bullock, to High Hem Rectory, Somerset-
shire; value, OWL, with residence; patrons, Worcester
College, Oxford.
Rev. Belford Robert Burdett, to Bugbrooke Curacy,
Northamptonshire.
Rev. W. 11. Charlton, to the pariah church perpetual
curacy, St. Marylebone, London; value, 2001.; patron,
the Rector of St. Maryebone.
Rev. John Rill, 11. D., to Wyke Regis Rectory, Dorset;
value 6234 with residence ; patron, the Bishop of Win-
chester.

__Rev. Thomas Parkes, to
Lancashire.

Rev. John Taylor, to be Second Master of St. Bigh's
School, Cumberland.
Rev. Richard Vance, to be chaplain to the Earl of
(Bengali.
Rev. William Jeffery, Allen, to St.. Michael Church Per-
petual Curacy, Somerset; value SOL : patron, Sir P. Acland,
Rev. Robert Leach Bartlett, 8.A., to Corton-Denham
Curacy, Somerset.
Rev. John Burrow, to Ditchmt Curacy, Somerset.
Bev. Thomas Robert liurrowes, to the Abbey Church
Curacy, Bath.
o Rev. James Watts Ellaby, to West Hatch Curacy,

Rey. J. Garrett, to Biwathorpo Rectory, Lincolnshire;
slue 1801.: patron, Lord Cluaicellor.
11ev. Arthur Deane Hilton, to St. John Perpetual Curacy,
'abridge-moor, Middlesex; value 1201., with resideuce :
'troll, Bishop of Loudon.
Rev. Richard Jeues Hughes, to Ilchestcr Curacy, So-

Rev. C. B. Knox. to Ballycultcr Curacy, diocese Down.
Rev. George M'Cleland, to Cong Curacy, diocese Tuam.
Rev. William Mills, D.D., to St. Paul Rectory, Exeter,
Table 1721.: patrons, Dean and Chapter of Exeter.
Rev. William Frederick Seville (Vicar of Butleigh), to
the Canonry of Barton St. David in the cathedral church of
Wells : patron, Biehop of Bath and Wells.
Rev. Thames Parker, 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of
the Parish Church of Ashton-under-Lyne.
Rey. Robert Polwhide, to St. Mary Curacy, Taunton,

Rev. William Price, to Darwen Rectory, Denbighshire;
value 415/., with residence: patron, Ilishop.of Bangor.
Rev. J. J. Scott, to Dartmouth racy, Devon.
Rev. W alliam Shaw, to Vold:lotto.. Curat.y, bontotiott.
Rev. George Stallard, to Tideford Perpetual Curacy,
Cornwall ; value 461.: patron, the Perpetual Curate of St.
Germans. _ _

Her. John Remington Stratten, to St. Mary Curacy,
Taunton, Somenet.
Rev. Thomas James Thirlwall, to North rethcrton
Curacy, Somerset.

REevonv.—Fenpeed,ireifoll7l diocese of Norwich;
4001., with residence; patron, C. S. Moneykyrle, Esq. Rev
B. Peering deeeased.
P ZZZZZ CAL CULAClLll.—Buspage, county and diocese
of Gloucester; value, 301.,with residence ; patron, Bishop of
Gloucester and Bristol. Rev. R. A. Suckling deceased.—
Hampton-Gay, county and diocese of Oxford ; value, 20/. ;
patron, C. Venable., Esq. Rev. J. Hill promoted.
LHAPLAINCIEA.—Farringdon Union, Seeks; stipend,sol.;
application before December 2.—Stroud Union, Glouces-
tershire; Rev. A. Suckling deceased.
PROPEASORSUIPS.—Sydney College, N.S.W. Of classics
and principalship, salary, 600/. ; of mathematics, salary,
5001.; of chemistry and experimental philosophy, salary,
300/. ; with 100/. per annum (or residence. Testimonials
before December 6.