The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-11 00:00:00

were of • permanent character, and a saving of fifty
per emu. in the consumpart of coal would be
effected by them. The working profits for the three
months •gaing In January were 2,3601. Tits profits for
January were 8601., and they bad every reason to believe
they we be as much in February and Marsh. A dri-
ttul.d stahanent of the redoes of the various lod of the
asines,arrA the works entered upon in reference teem, was
then give', and the directors, in conclusion, stated that when
the ores 0 present raised were sold, a dividend would be de-
clared.
The repot of the captain of the mine was next reed, which
gave a moat favourable account of the progress of the works,
and of the quntiry and quality of the ores which had been
obtained.
The SEDERTARY read the statement of the aceounb of
the compasi, from which it appeared that the total expendi-
ture, inclarmg a balanenof 2101. 145., which was spina the
company at gesorlast meeting, was 7,2361.45. 85., and that
the receipts copper, tio, and arsenic, disposed of during
the months November, December, and January were
8,1821. Se. 44.. leaving a balance In their favour of 9461. Is. 86,
In reply to a SHARIMOLDER, the CHAIRMAN stated
that the divides& would be about 5 per cent. on
the capital, sad would be mad*, in .11 probebility,
within two months, but he would not undertake to
. promise that a Mmilar dividend would be made every two
months. He ales stated that the full number of SUITES
(3,000) in the tritons* tin smelting works had been applied
for, and the direct' had determined on apportioning them
at the rata of one for every two shares held in the mice.
Mr. FISHER suggested that their meetings should be
quarterly for the future.. but after a short conversation it
was arranged, without, however, coming to any form al trio.
lu:ion, that the nrxt meeting should take place in six
months from that date.
The report was then adopted unanimously. Thanks were
given to the eh sirman and to gra captain of the mine, and
the meeting separated.

CORONER'S INQUEStr—YEaTERDLY.
THE MURDER, IN THE BLACICIPHIAR*E-ROAD.—Be-
fore Mr. Payne, at St. Thomas's Hopilml, or the body of
Henry Coosa 'Lamb.,ll, a biscuit baker, the unfortunate
young man who was murdered the B•ackfriar'..road on
Monday morning last by a man named Wititun Bailey. The
prisoner was already in c Cody,
and full particulars of the
case have already appeared in police news.
• It will be needless to give an account et * evidence
taken by the coroner, inasmuch as the major portion of it
consisted of a mere recapitulation of that addueed at the
police court. The only additional testimony was that of
George Minim= who said that he had bean with deeoued,
the prisoner, suetwo other persons It Ito Mitre Taws,
Broadwall, 'from 10 o'clock on Sunday night. The par*
all almened to the Duke of York, in the Blacktriare.
road, where a quarrel took place between deceased and the
prisoner. The latter asked him for 55., which he bad lent
him to fight a prroon named Denman, bat which he
(deceased) refused to give up until Saturday night,
whereupon prisorer became enraged and used threatening
language. Shortly after this the prisoner followed deceased
out of doors, and after they had walked a little way up the
toad, at the corner of Surrey-street, prisoner pulled out a
duped knife from his palest, and stabbed deceased in the
breast. Deceased was put into a cab end removed to the
hospital, but died on his way thither. Two knives of the
same description were found upon the prioner, who never
off red to escape upon the commigion of the bloody deed.
The Coverer summed up very minutely, and the jury re-
turned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Wm. Bailey."

radar of the constituency. The payment cf lweg
money was, indeed, by a sort of consent, megned,
t°e old scot-and-lot vot res. Bat the smell to;
pounders in the paste included in the new bonds!,
soon began to grumble that the Pontefract peeee'
should be setting their golden guineas whilst &;:
were receiving nothing. No long time elapsed be-4-
they discovered their value and importance, tied them
are many amongst them whose price at the peeeset
moment is quite as high as that of any of the
and-lot men remaining on the listen seat.
The elections of 1835 and 1847 have been tb,:e
which, since the Reform Bill, have exhibited this
town in its worst colours. In 1832 two liberal
sentatives were returned. One of them, Me geitu.,—
Jerningham, eon of Load Stafford, hsd bees et,.'"t,,,
to the previous par:iament, but the other press-ea
himself upon • new interest. This wee
John Gully, whose contests in another arena were ai
that time the subject of popular centers:dims. If;
Gully had very recently become the pommel. dm.
worth park, in the vicinity of the borcuzli, and bid
made himself extremely popular throughout Me
district. He was liked for his 'fluty ginfto,t,
and benevolence of disposition ; and when he
pressed a wish to represent Pontefract, altbou,-.,
he met with much discouragement from tory feeeLi
yet he found a strong party ready to support be,..
Mr. Gully's return in 1832 was the subject of melt
comment on the part of those who had expressed
a belief that the reformed parliament would witner
the introduction of an inferior clues cf representatives
into the House of Common,. These, however, who
passed each unjust reflections were not only Lowed
if the man, but forgot that he was returned not by
new bat by an old constituency. For the suffrage ia
Pontefact havirg been scot and lot prior to the
Reform Act, the new franchise very little altered the
character of its electorate.
Mr. Gully was by no means well fitted for the
House of Commons. His votes, however, were always
conscientious, and public opinion was favourable
to his conduct both as a politician and sea member of
society. When the general election came in 1835 he
presented himself again. His colleague,Mehming.
ham, retired, and his place was proposed to be sup.
plied by Mr. Alexander Raphael, "the sheriff for
London and sheriff for Middlesex," who came don
to Pontefract making some parade of hie pewee
importance and official dignities. As the reputed pos.
seem of enormous wealth,Mr.Raphael was Terrine!,
the man for Pontefract. But he had not been
long wren his canvass before some of these brought into
more immediate contact with him thongbt that they
observed sympsoms of less liberality of disposition
than the men of Pontefract were wont to expect ins
candidate. A " third man" has always in this
borough, as among other corrupt constituencies, bee
a favourite with the populace. He comes, Is the
electors thick, to afford them the advastagea
they always derive from a contest; aid he e
received with acclamations proportionate to their
expectations. On this occasion, the third
candidate brought out was Viscount Polling.
ton, the son of their old representative. Tory.
ism was by no means so unpopular at this
time as it had been three years previously, and Lord
Pollingten's local connexion and the fact of his being
on the side of the then existing government were eh
cumstances that told greatly in his favour. The
probabilities are, however, that the "Sheriff of
London and the Sheriff of Middlesex" would We
got the seat bad he at all consented to bleed with
sufficient freedom. A large sum was spent withal
consulting him, but when he was consulted it
was evident that there was extreme backwirdnee.
With this disadvantage, however, he went to
the poll, and the numbers proved to be be
Gully 509, Viscount Pollington 498, Mr. Sheriff
Raphael 478.
The defeated candidate endeavoured, as all the
world is aware, to make up for his disappointment at
Pontefract by securing election by an Irish comets
' ency. The Carlow county election case is so mach a
matter of history that it is unneccesaty to go late its
details here. Mr. Sheriff Raphael's "friends" in
Pontefract were, perhaps, the only parties whey!.
filed in any way by that affair. There were setter
claims upon the candidate uuliquidated, and which
he did not appear inclined to settle. The momeatthis
Carlow affair came on the tapis, Ms. Raphael vu
threatened with exposure, and as that would hen
been inconvenient the demands were paid.
Still, however, there was one very important item
at this election which was left unpaid. Instance
had been known ire Pontefract in which the nere
cesaful candidate had not paid the head-money. In
stances, we say, had been known, but they had beet
rare, and of course no candidate omittirg so he
tomary a payment ever could hope to succeed ameba
time. Mr. Raphael, considering that purity of eke
tion was a great virtue, that he had already opal
very nearly 2,0001., and that he never intended t
come again, declined to pay any head-money t
all. The effect of this was to excite coraidersbh
indignation, and it is amusing, even at
ttu
distant day, to hear in Pontefract the gaud
disgust with which the name of Raphael
is to
ceived, wherever you may bear it mentioned. lb
Pontefract people have never forgiven him, and matt
of them believe to this hour that they have a legal
claim for their head-money which no statute of list
tations possibly could bar.
The members who were elected in opposition to hi
sheriff, .were neither of them destined to retain the
oats for any lengthened period. Mr. Penh:ear
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sad his own long connexion with the term
and
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retired.
At the same time Mr. Gully, tired of a parliesi
tary life, in which he reaped little distinction, a
endured much toil and incessant annoyance from
constituents, resigned likewise. His interest
transferred to Mr. (now Sir William) Mimi Stark',
a very moderate whig, but a very ardent sporting
There was no party to oppose either of the two cad
dates thus put forward. The eoeservatirs
was with Mr. Mimes, the Guly interest with 31
Stanley, whilst Lord Pollingtoa was hoes gle '4l6°
But some ardent dissenters in the town tholhfl°ll
would bring down Sir Culling Eardley South, el
had been once elected for the borough Peijr,t4,.;
passing of the Reform Bill. Sir Cultist 8°1"
spun_ very different principles now from thaw
Willa be bad contested the town node;
be spent six or seven thousand pounds; now he eVi
on purity principles, determined not to geed 6
thing. Ho polled 123 vo'ci, out of a °satinet
consisting at that time of WO. This was fete
many as could have been expected.
In 1841, Mr. Stanley, who had taken Ye_lci,
part in politics, retired from the repres
the field being clear, Lord Pollington grit!'
ward. Mr. Gully at this time was eanviestogsnei
borough for which he had been asked to
bad no chance there, acd retired before t
tion. Some of his friends hearing this, Mel,
to make " a thirdhim, and, eotrir-
own wishes, they put him into onnomioati t
tract. Had he been regularly in the Sold em°
have been little doubt of his return. As rte'
were pledged, and there was no real eostO_:j
Pollington and Mr. lanes being
both eR
large majorities.
Fom these combiing ircum•terthes f'lll°f
that the elections ofn 1837 e and 1841 at Ps
were as pure as they could be under the g
stances of the place. It might have been
the lapse of a dozen years would have done slo-
to cure this town of corruption ; but out oot
the disease brake out again in 1817, wit Peil
increased virulence. Some time prior to thst,1,
it was understood that one of the seats CO,
vacant by the resig ces nation of Viscount ?oil
who, in consequence of family circumstan t,°
?°
it is unnecessary to refer, desired to re
tire.,."o
House of Commons. It was understood le%
liberal aide Mr. Samuel Martin, the Quede
would be introduced to the town by Mr. -
pr
whom he was on terms of very le.;
intimacy. The conservative albeit"
• part, applied themselves to obtain i!
• candidate. Through the medium of 6