The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-17 00:00:00

lne Court.

BALMORAL, Sam 15.

Ifer 'Majesty dense yesterday to the Falls of the
Gemmel, with the Duchess or Kent and Count Alexander
Ideas.lore.
Prince Albert went nut d. er•stalkiog.
The dinner patty yesterday included the Duchess of
nt. Count Alexander bleruultuff, Lady Augusta ISruce,
sad the Mon. Mn. Gordon.

Th. prrsi,lent of the Royal College of Physicians, Dr.
y A Paris, with the Senior Censor, Dr. Nauss*, and 1)r.
Bah:ninon. had a conference y day with the General
Burl of Health, at their office, Whitehall, to consider the
motitication about to be issued by the Board, under
awhorsty of the Order in Council of the 15th lust , eta-
powering the General Board of Health to prepare regula•
hot.. 6,1 dwetions for the mitigation end prevention of
rpeletntr tlt•eaees
Vornt.nt l'alinerston left town yesterday for Balmoral
Ihspatcbes were sent yesterday from the Colonial.ufice
to :I e gortroors of the North Anserievn proviaces, and
rilro to the governors of the West India Islands.

BARNSTAPLE BRIBERY CO3I.VISSIO..V.

BARNSTAPLE, THURSDAY Riot?.
Among the witbeases examined to-day were the
(.a0•. log

Robert Elsor (householder and barber) voted fur Berm.
ridge and Fraser, end afterwards got CI. Signed the peti-
tion for the appointment of the commission. (Laughter.)
MI that under a mistrke, as Mr. Kingson told him it was
to pa: • atop to bribery at municipal election., and witness,
who was busy, did not mind that—had no time to look at
it. (I:milkier.) Shaved a good many electors on the de,
of election, and also shaved Mr. Bremridge. Did not gee
more than usual. Mr. Bremridge only gave him Gil. Wit
mil thought it ought to have been Is. for a member of p.a..
liamt ut. (Laughter.) Would not have sigr,«l the petition it
be had known it was intended to put an end to bribery at
porliameatary elections, as he thought that gentlemen who
PPM down to stead ought to spend money, and it did the
town good. (Laughter.)
William Jewell, carver mid gilder and householder, voted
for Bremridge and Fraser, and afterwards got elf 10.
1k fun that election witness had always supported the liberal
petty from Ilse time of the Reform ill. In the mayoralty
of Mr. It Bremridge witnias cleaned the pictures round
the hall (portraits of the mayors of Barnstaple), *.:9 ii
aun,l,•r, for 21. A short time since the pictures wanted
clesn.,.d *gain, and the council, in which the ore,
dominated, gave the job to a stranzer, who charm it 101
Witness tbought he ought to have had the job, and ther, -
fore resolved not to vote for the liberals again. (Laughter.)
J.it.n Parkin, freeman and musician, applied to Mr.
Fetter before the electioa, to know if he would be wanted
in the band Mr. Patter said he would not, but it woad
be all right; by which witaeee understood that he would
be paid the 1400 whether he played in the band or not.
Voted for Bremridge and Fraser, sod got 61.
Benjamin freeman, vat- d for Bremridge and
Fraser, and got 9/. Also received 26!. additi tial to divide
amongst Ms father, uncle, and two brothers, and swathes
elector, for th, ir votes in the same interest.
A witness named Ville, who aci,eowlcilgel the receipt of
• bribe, bearing his name pronounced " Vile," insisted
that it was " and a facetious eonvenation which
thereupon SION ended in a suggis;ion that the Guildhall,
after the Janes of perjury witnessed there, would be appro-
priately christened the " Hotel de Vil(I)e."
John IttStilir, freeman, voted fir Ebringtnn and Dna_
ridge, and got di. some time after from Bremridge's party.
Did root, however, vote for Bremridge because of the 31.,
but because Mr. Bremridge told him that Lord Derhy and
his party had given up all idea of restoring the core laws.
Witness was a free trader, and voted for Mr. Bremridge
solely on that acoesnt.
Mr. C. E. Palmer. solicitor, was agent for Mr. Hodgson
at the election r.f 184 T There was an arrangement between
the candidates that there should be no espenditute but that
which was strictly legal. Wanes., however, believed that
some sealous friends of the liberal candidate had spent
money on that occasion, without Mr. Forteseue's know-
ledge. Witness had no proof of anything of the kind, but
toweled hi. opinion upon the fact that although he ealcu-
land upon a majarity of Shy for Mr. Hodgson, after de-
ducting doubtful promises, Mr. Hodgson was at the bottom
of the pull. A petition was thought of at the time, but
abandoned because witness could obtain no informatin.
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the Chief Commissioner-1u that case it is useless to go
further into the inquiry iuto that election. All the evi-
dence hitherto received with regard to 1817 has shown that
it wise pure election.
Some further conversation took place upon this point, but
nothing in support of Jar. Palmer's supposition was
elicited. . .

.....
About forty electors baring admitted being paid 61. after
•oting for Fraser and Bremridge, the inquiry wuadjourned
till Friday.

MUSIC.

GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
(num 0171{ 11.11.011111.)

GLOUCESTER, FRIDAY.

The awned performances in connexion with the
Festival of the three choirs " for 1853 were brought to a
close this afternoon by one of the most brilliant gatherings
at the Cathedral to listen to the divine strains of Winders
Messiah that any previous festival within the century and
a half of its existence has witnessed. The success of the
Meeting is beyond doubt, and it is expected that the stew-
ards will be relieved of all pecaniary responsibility. All
the reserved tickets were sold early in the week ; and to
order to provide fur the extraordinary influx of strangers, a
supplemental issue of tickets for portions of the sacred edi-
fice sorer before used on inch occasions had to be issued.

et new feature la the arrangement of this festival is the
holding.( full cathedral service each morning (Tuesday
excepted) at eight o'clock. la these services all the mem-
bers of the cathedral choirs have waived, and the effect was
exceedingly fine. All the early morning services were well
attended, the choir of the cathedral being filled each day.
Collections were made also at these services for the benefit
of the charity for the relief of the widows and orphans of
clergymen of the three dioceses, and the sums thus raised
base contributed to swell the receipts in behalf of this noble
institution.

It The result of the festival is most gratifying. The num-
ber of persons who attended the cathedral this morning was
about 3,000, and such was the demand for tickets to-day
that some hundreds of tickets beyond the number originally
intended to be issued were sold. These were accommo-
dated around the base of the orchntra and in the
and lastly in the choir out of sight of the orchestra,
but neverthelesa by no means the worst position for hearing
in the sacred building. The collection yesterday on behalf
Otitis aunty amounted to 1761. 14a. Id., the whole collec-
tion on behalf of the charity being MI. 14e., including to-
day's collection. To-day's collection was 2661. Oa. 3d. Thu.
ars many more donations yet to come in.

',cryptic! ROBBILIti.—A circumstance has arc-
toured during the past week, against a repetition of which
we deem it our duty to guard the public. Two young
fellows, attired in the first style, went into the house of Mrs.
Davies, a respectable shopkeeper, In Creerstreet, on Tues.
day oftentimes, and stated to her that a wager of 501. had
been laid, at one of the principal inns of the town, spun
their production of one hundred shillings, each bearing a
facsimile of the Queen, in the spier of half an hour. They
were willing to make any sacrifice to obtain them, net
snarly for the wager itself, for they made it appear that
money to them was of no account, but merely for the honour
of winning it. They also made several inquiries as to the
welfare of Mrs. Davits and family, end said they were on
very intimate terms with her son, Mr. Sion Turner, who,
they stated, bed mown them for several years, end by whom
they bad bean sent there. Mrs. Milt', believing them
statements to be come% went immediately for her cash box,
in which there was a quantity of silver, and also a numb. r
of sovereigns. The three then sat down, and made a close
inspection of the stilliogs, setting those ou one side that
bore the impren of the Queen's head. When this had been
done, and the number of shillings counted, the men pro-
dated a quantity of gold, and paid for them, expressing
Unit warmest thanks to Mrs. Davies for supplying them
with the valued stiellinga, and protesting that she should
receive a premium upon them. The men having taken
their leave in the most courteous m reiterating their
thanks for her kindacas, Mn. Davies proceeded to plate the
cult box in its usual place of keepin:, previous to which,
however, she thought at advisable to count over its contents.
On doing this, as might have been ezpected, six sovereigns
were found to have been stolen. She knew that they were
in the box before she had expelled it, fur she had only that
morning added an additional sum, when she had counthel
the ithule. She immediately informed her son of the treas.
action, who knew nothing of the persons described.
Information was then conveyed to the police, with a de-
strintion of the thieves, but no clue has yet been obtained
to their discovery.—Derby Reporter.
SUICIDE OP A NI illte/lANT.—On Wednesday after-
noon at 2 o'clock, Mr. Robert Lloyd, a merchant, residing
at 204, Soon rset.itreet, l'ortniamiquare, committed suicide,
under the following circumstances :—lt appears that at the
time loused the deceased, who has lately not been right in
his mind, went to a water-clout on the first fluor. A per-
ms, who had been fur some time employed u an attendant
upon him, waited outside, sad presently heard a gurgling
noise. De pushed open the door and saw deceased bleed-
iug profusely from a frightful wound which he had auflicted
open his throat. A Mar covered with blood was found
upon the floor.
FRAUDULENT UTTERING OF FOREIGN COINS.—
yesterday a laige number of tradesmen appeared at the
Hammersmith Police Court, to give evidene7. against Ed.
ward Corny, • youog men, who had been at considerable
pains to .s off foreign coins as current money of the
realm. The piece elsioen by the prisoner is a gold coin
from the Mint of his Sardinian Misjesty. Its disk is el' the
size of a sovereign, but it contains lees pore gold, snil in
eselesage is only worth 16s. Bd. The lightness of the glees'
tendered led to the detevion of the fraud, and yesterday
the prisoner woe committed for trial for obtaining money
Mader tabs pretences.