The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-06 00:00:00

;•n his colleagues after attending the Queen's ELECTION . The Council sat three hours and a halt.
Court. POS if RES.

BESIGNATIONs.—NIeftre. Keogh, Sad!, ir, and
Mussed hare. it is now uod,ricood, re-considered
their determination ou the subject of resignation,
and iatend to hold their places. Mr. Brewster is
likely to obtain at once a !eat oc the Bench in Ire-
taw, to which case Mr. Keogh will in due course
j„,cognc Atturney-General fur that country.

LIVERPOOL •
On Saturday the inquiry was resumed before to.:
committee—Mr. R bt. Ingham (chairman), Hop. J. P.
Maxwell, Mr. J. Bill, Mr. Fresblield, and Mr. Williams.
John Dimsdale was the first waives' examined by Mr.
Bodkin—Was a butcher and voter, and voted at the last
election for Turner and Mackenzie. Saw Mr. Forbes
Mackenzie at the Adelphi hotel a few days before the elec-
tion. He did not remember any conversation with Mr.
Mackenzie, before the election, fora aitnation in the Cus-
toms, but he did apply for a situation after the election, in
November. Ile did not see Mr. Matkeezie personally,
when making the application, but wrote to him on Satur-
day night week.
Thomas Swetenhsui (a hostile whines.), examined by Mr.
Serjeaut Kioglake—Hail been an estate agent and collector
of rents, bat was oat of employment at the last election,
and was put on as committee clerk, to make up the moven
books at the Swan. Never gave any card or piece of paper
to any voter denoting he was to native atom of snon_ey, or
any directions as to how he was to receive raeoop. Never
bent a voter to his wife, or any other pinion, with a card
with • private mark, the trade letter, on it—witoess being a
draper—as a token that the voter was to have • sum of
money. Had nothing to do with the appointments of
colour-bearers or the ribands with the small sticks. Never
told Mr. Diekron he had received 450!. from Mr. Lloyd's
race, or any sum of money, and that ha went there by
Oleave's direction. Never received any sum of money
through a hole in the wall at the Swan, and w any
hole in the door except the keyhole. (Laughter.)
Mary Swetenham, another negative witana, and wife of
the last, said she knew her husband was being employed by
Oleave at the last election, but din not knew the " grade
latter." showing the pries of goods.
Thomas Tudor, an original spteimen of the Liverpool
" ship hand," was examined by Mr. Bodkin, sad stated he
was a " freeman," and voted for Mackenzie and T
He was at Oleave's house on the nossinati a day, and
(Heave asked him to vote for Mackenzie and Terser, end
wits.. said he would. Went to Gleave's and got " drunk "
on the Saturday, and went there again and got " drunk "
on the nomination day. Okays said he might tarry •
colour, and be got Si. for carrying it, bat, said the witness,
" that 'eras not no bribery." (Laughter.) Oleave paid
him the ss. He could not, he was so drunk, say whether
the colour was • Union Jack or any other colour. Was
" drunk" for dire, weeks together at that time, and
work, i while he was drunk. " Now (taming his back dog-
gedly to the counsel) I've nothing more to ear to you ; I
don't west to tell • parcel of lies again." The agents for the
petitioner since he had been in Linden had read the statement
over to him, bat he did tot know be told them it was " all
right," but it was a fact that he was "drunk again," and
had been drunk every day sines he had been In London.
Although he had 'dyed to the 'gelds that he had seen at
the Swan lan rosettes and ribbanda in which sovereigns
were eoacealed, held by hands out of a hole in the wall,
and taken by voters as regularly as the hand appeared, be
had now to state that it was false, and that he was drunk
when he made that statement.

Cross-examined by Mr. M. Smith.—Sins he had been
in London the people connected with the petitioner had
given him as much to drink as he wanted, and had made
him " drunk again." They wou'd not let him have it is
the house he was staying at, and so he got whiskey round
the corner. " Yes, I got as much as aver I biked."
(Laughter.)
The committee adjourned to this day at 12.

Oa the committee re-assembling on Saturday, Mr.
Brenton, the chairman, ordered the r.som to be cleared,
sad the committee remained in deliberation for two hours;
and, on our readmission, it was announced that the commit-
tee had come to the resolution that counsel for the peti-
tioners are not entitled to go into acts of bribery and
treating remained at the election for the city of Durham,
in July, DMZ.
Mr. Marshall, solicitor of Durham, was then cilia, and
stated that a voter named Atkinson came up to the poll,
accompanied by one Blagden' a carrier, Greene, and others,
after most of toe Marquis of Londonderry's supporters bad
voted, and, to his set p lokinson voted for Fenwick.
The committee was then adjourned to this day.
SLIGO.

On Saturday this committee met again, when Mr.
Divett, the chairman, stated that, !midair fully considered
the question, and taken the best advice apes it, the com-
mittee were prepared to hear say objection raised by cosh-
ed for the petitioners ageism the sitting member, proceed-
ing with the recriminatory ass.
Mr. Slade, Q.C., said that, to save trouble, he would
state that comsat' for the petitioaen would sot proceed With
the ncrimivatory caw, as the mate grounds woad exist to
unseat Mr. Somers, should he stand and be relented for
Sligo, and that they could not better their use.
The committee then broke up.