The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-30 00:00:00

IMPORTANT TO ELECTION AGENTS.

At the Mallon County Court, on Friday last, the cue of
" John Mann r. Charles DriMeld" came un for hearing be-
tore W. (Jordon, 1,..41.
This was an action to recover 381. 17s. for a supper and
refreshment. supplied in connection with the last Mahlon
election, and was partly heard at, and adjourned from, the
last court._ _ _ . _ . .

Duffield, of Chelmsford, appeared for the plaintiff.
and Mr. O. W. Digby for the defendant.
The case excited great interest. It appeared from the
evidence of the plaintiff and his wife, that on the Bth July,
1817, the defendant, who is • gentleman residing at Tol.
le shunt D'Arcy, come to the Lion Inn there, then kept by
the plaintiff, and ordered a supper for about twenty or
t'airty people, to be ready on the next Saturday, the
10th ; that uu that day • much larger number of persons
&relied than bad been provided for, and the defendant
ordered further provisions ; that defendant was extremely
active during the whole evening, and ordered all parties
who applied to be provided with something, and ulti-
mately the house became full of people, and the wine,
spirits, were carried into the rooms in large quantities
and emptied into pails; that a great number of persons
remained until two o'clock on Sunday morning. The
plaintiff and his wife also stated that the defendant had
several times since promised to pay the amount. This
evidence was corroborated by a witness named Howe, who
assisted plaintiff in his business.
The witates,es were subjected to • long cross-rumination
by Mr. Digby, to show, amongst other things, that the
plaintiff knew that the supper and refreshments were sup-
plied to the parties present on behalf of Messrs. Dick and
Waddington, and to induce them to vote fur those gentle-
men at the election. Mr. Digby subsequently contended
that for that reason the consideration fur the debt was ilk-
gal, and the plaintiff could not recover, and cited the act of
parliament and crews in support of this view.
Mr. Duffield called the attention of the court to the fact
that parliament was not dissolved until the 20th of July,
and therefore the debt was contracted before the tette of
the writ and before the seat became vacant, and therefore
did nut come within the Treating Act.
Ultimately the objection was overruled, and Mr. Digby
having addressed the court upon the facts, called upon Mr.
Duffield, who denied giving the order as sworn to by the
plaintiff's witnesses. Several other witnesses were called
to contradict the plaintiff, and to show that the plaintiff
knew that the supper and refreshments were supplied for
the purpose of ieducing them to vote for Dick and Wad-
dington.
Without calling on Mr. Duffield to reply, his Honour
stated he felt nu difficulty in saying that the plaintiff was
entitled to a verdict. He eguld not believe but that the
plaintiff had received an order from some person, and,
from the active part taken in the affair by Mr. Duffield, ha
saw no reason to doubt the statement of the plaintiff mod
his wife. If gentlemen chose to mix themselves up la
matters of this kind, and gave orders under the circus.
stances of this case, they made themselves responsible.,
legally end morally liable, to the parties supplying
those orders. His Honour then made some strong o
nuns upon the diagracefal scenes of drunkenness and do.
bauebery which took place during the election, u disclosed
in this and other cases which had tome before him ; and ex-
' pressed a hope that what had taken place in his court would
I have some effect in putting a stop to such scenes in future.
He thought also he should discharge his duty to both par-
, ties by giving judgment fur the plaintiff for NI., with the
tons of the attorney and witnesses.
The decision, with the observations which fell from the
' Judge, were received with evident satisfaction by a crowded
II court. —Eases Herald.

IRNII It'ses.—Captain Cain, R.N., of Falmouth,
and Mr. John Williams, of Truro, Cornwall, have just ob-
tained a .4 years* lease of Cuolartra lead and silver mine
tom the proprietor, Edward W. Bond. Esq., of Boodville.
The only lode, out of several sets, which lies been proved,
averages Id feet in width, and from it large quantities of
rich silver lead ore have been raised, although only from
4tl to 30 fathoms have yet been worked. The lessees pur-
pose Bringing up what is technically termed an " edit
level,' which will seawater the lodes, drain at least 40
fathoms deep, and obviate the necessity of expensive en-
gines. We understand that in the working of this valu-
able mine rich bunches of see have been met with, and so
much as 10 t 11.4 daily brought to bank, and readily dis-
posed of at 131. per ton. This, indeed, presents an encou-
raging prospect ; and as the cost of working the mine will
not exceed 401. a menth, it may be considered a safe and
remunerative speculation. The residence, too, of intern-
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