The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-12 00:00:00

sampan) 41 witness ceased before tie til truss. Lid r.e.
Aar slates to be an iscumbeauce on hint in any
may.
):right—That is one way of using business. Were '
thy eutishltreil torteited or not pu. f-ap
ll:fitness—They wire treititerri ', and the director sail
Gait Lothi g wool I sense of them az ithi ss tit tiny
tutu's: time. lt, however, on al.} other interpretation if
the less, be wan to be held liable for these shares, at any
rate it would he only fair to gin him credit for their value,
which roil I he :.m • Gilt. owe:rile the liquiletien ef the
kuslirtn.ut. voltntss then went en to slepo,e to hi-
ay.ng snala declaration of his qualification before Mr.
Froseh. Mr. Orse., and Mr. Maginn, and he told the ma-
gi.trate'e tl As to furnish him with a coup!_ of di.sen de-
claration pilot-, in e tee he was Milt It upon to give tines
up. 11•1 n tarred with a Speo`eer'ii warrant, caning
non him te pe idaeo the deeds relating to his property
It.rodueini them). The tout mentionel is the declaration
Vas dated 19th July, tell, grantin4 to him an annuity on
own lit., the granters being his father and mother, in
ntit,cii alien of his standing ao • eand limbo far
Aa.lone ins 1917. The amoirot was three hundred
pounds. The property was situated in Gallery and Mayo,
and had b en la tie family for generatiens. The other tide
mast Vase known of this from the e Anne nceinent of the
priteerdines. Wert.se was a registered lot. freeholder, of
Gelway, a.a,l ho I been ealled on the grand jury. :rt.
second was a al id (,iroduceil) creating a rent charge of loOf ,
and whieb had bin regularly paid since the execu-
tion of the in dilly, 017. The third deed (produced)
ere led a rent charge of titlol. a ye-r, dated 211'is Jun:,
18,1, made witness by Mr. Corcorse, end conveyed to
him in anticipation of his being a candidate for the county,
which required o rooilitiestien of COOL a year. Witness
hail since he i see ,tien of the deed reit ived " the gale"
under that : nniiity. These rent charges wire out, and with
one of them was a ouneetid the name of C:.ief Baron Pea-
azfathi r.
Mr. Jam: t (interrupting)—But you are Solicitor-General
now. (Laszt,ter.)
Witness tow,' produced the certificate of negative search,
sinned by l'otrrel Vir.oent Fitzpatrick, the proper officer
mid registrat, under Sir J. Itorailly's act, in Ireland, who
'toted that feet J ely, ISM, up to the present tune, after
mating rareh, he tenni no incumbrance on the property
give. to by: is • quablication—that the:o was no
juogment register, it under that act, and therefore no legal
ef.arge. It IN:, not the practise in Ireland to register elicits
suivirsely, ar.l soarer of the lest lawyers in the laud hid
been against tae It eiatrAtion tit deeds. There were hun-
dreds aid thou, .aile of deeds that were never registered.
It was coat op. ions], though if there were marl Coxes in
the world—(loud langhter)--it might be found necessary.
It was sittis. tortr however to lie ,w, that there were not
many COIC.. (Lataghter). Questions arose every day in
the Irish courts of law o• the nut jvct of priority between
terish red and unregistered deed.
fise cussaitteit that adjourned to eleven o'clock this dap.

TAUNTON.
Yesterday, on the committee reassemMing, Sir
George Ore; in the chair,
J. Worry s iid, a person camel Gilerd, told him that if
hi would vole for Mille he should have six months' work
found him. Witness had promised Colebrooke.
J. Hawker, atl ix-to arcr, deposed to having been paid for
hie wining by Lucton.
J. N. Chapman slid that a voter named Coombe gave a
plumper far Milk. Witness heard Coombs say he was a
few wins behind with his rent, and asked witness to aisiat
hum. \Vito. es toll him he would make it all right, and
try and get ,t paid he !Lib's party. Saw Luiton about it,
as l atterws:ds Coombe toll him the rent was all right, and
that he was going to vote for Mills, observing that Mills
was one to prows** the interest of the town. Voters
voted for Mills after having had their clothes taken out of
pawn. Mr. M ash dl gays a breakfast on the day of the
election, and directed the witness to bring votes to it.
Bay. Mr. Smith also gun a breakfast.
Crow-exarnined—Had Dace been convicted for perjury.
Bast been parish clerk, and endeavour, d to procure a mar-
riage certificate by miorepresenting hinselL
Join Welsher, printer, and Jesse Alty wen tailed to esta-
blish the oswes Of Millis committee and their agency.
Had never for 30 yeah knows so little mosey spent at an

election as at the Cut.
J. Eyre. dnrkeeper at maw. committee-roonsoreseallrd
to prose agency. bat trial!, he stated, between two doors,
could not see whet was smug ea.
(Ault* Sits.; stated that Linton frequently gave him to
uadentand that he was agent for Mills.
Other witaturs deposed to the breakfasts at Mantuan'
sad Sre:th's, an I the subsequent marching of voters to the
poll, and the committee adjourned to this day.

When the committee met yesterday morning,
Mrs. Oritti!h•, wife to a witness who had been examined
on Saturday, and who is ea innkeeper and timber-merchant
at Dartmouth, no. called, and produced an account-book
in which were entries of refreshments—meat, cheese,
bread, and heir ; also of various sums of money given to
voters on the three or four days preceding the election,
amounting to 33t. 4s. 9d. ; and the bill of which she deli-
vered herself at the office of Mr. Pridauz, a solicitor in the

interest of rh. petitieners party.
John Soper said he voted at the last election for Sir I
Thomas Herbert A few days before the election Colonel
Wolridge, one of the committee acting for Sir T. Herbert,
came to witness %hist a horse which ho (wittier) had to
sell. Wanted* asked 401. fur this hose. lbs colossi said
he would give 301., and witness replied be mast have 331.
which theca:onel agreed to give his:. The colonel did not
try the hors, be had often seen witness ride the hone be-
fore. and knew it well. The colonel, a few days after,
gave witness 201. on account, saying be had not all the
money by him. lie (witness) rode the horse home again,
and has the hone now, so that be has Loth the horse and
the 201.- About a furtnietht or three weeks after, the
colonel gave him 10,., saying, " Here, Soper, here's some-
thing more far you, and I'm ill. still in your debt." Wit-
nem is a veterinary surgeon, and is using the hone con-
stantly for his own purposes. • The colonel did not ask for a
warranty, net if the horse was sound ; the colonel lives
within about a quarter of a mile from witness's house, but
has been in London almost ever since the election, and
therefore witness has not seen him since, till he
saw him this day in the committee-roam. Wit-
ness has not yet charged the colonel anything for
the keep of the horse, but he means to charge him
he. a week for it ; hut there was no understanding with
the colonel that he should pay for the keep. Witness has
bad the horse about two years. Had it in ezehange from
• man named Davis Heve another horse, some hay, and
some cash (about 31. or 41.) fur the bona It is a mare,
rising eight years old ; it is a riding mare. Witness, while
talking with the colonel about the hone, said that he and a
farmer, named Stranger, a tenant of Sir 11. Seale, intended
to ride their horses off on the piling day, and not to vote.
on which tho colonel said they might do as they liked ; he
would press no min (orbit vote. Witness has paid the last
half-year's tan for this horse—ho compounds for his horse
tax, having other horses. The farmer, Stranger, voted for
Sir T. Herbert, and so did witness.
Crossezainined—Witness voted at the previous election
for Mr. Prinsep, but is neither a conservative nor a whig—
be is as much one as the other—has no strong opinions
either way. He will swear the purchase of the hone by
the colonel had no influence whatever on his vote.
Richard Coombe, who had been examined on Saturday,
was recalled to speak as to what he thought was the value
ct the hone in question. He said the horse was a worn-
out one. When asked what he thought the horse was
worth, counsel fur the sitting member objected that the
question could not be put, as there was no rule of law more
clearly understood than that counsel could not bring for-
ward evidence to contradict their own witnesses. The
chairman took this view of it, though he said the committee
might exercise their own discretion in putting it. Subse-
quently the chairman himself put the question, and the
witness said he thought the horse was not worth more than
61. or 71., as it was worn out, was between 20 and 30 yeah
of age, and had two broken knees.
Mr. Rodsrell said he must now ask the committee to send
=order fur the attendance of Sir Thomas Herbert, for the
purpose if his being examined, which the committee speed
to. and the chairman having signed an order to that effect,
the committee adjourned for au hour. On their re-assem-

bling,
Mr. Macauley objected ta Sir Thomas Herbert being
amincd for the purpose, an avowed by counsel oa the other
side, of giving evidence to incriminate himself.
Mr. James contended that, by the 11th and 15th Vie.,
any person who could give evidence wax admissible end
compelled to do so when called upon by either party in the
case ; sad, therefore, that Sir Thomas Herbert came dis-
tinctly within the sena letter and spirit of the proper con-
etreetiost of that act.
The room was cleared, and when the public were again
admitted,
fhe Chairman said, be woo directed by the committee to
dais, that they had come to a unanimous decision that
the sitting member being admissible as a witness. the
patitiours ceteld not be denied their right to examine him.
Sir Thomas Ilerbert was then examined by Mr. James—
He said he was a candidate at the he election at Dart-
mouth. lie had no local influence, except some friends.
He had no property there. llia 'mond address V) the
ahWers stated, that since he Brit canvassed them he hid
Deis appninted one of the Lords if the Admiralty. Ile
went does with Mr. Cooke as his legal adviser. Mr.
Brooking and Mr. Proclaim were Lis agents. There was a
committee room ; but be sever went to it. Beheld Col. Wol-
ndge with him oes hie mew. Ho gave, after the election,
jail)!. to Mr. Cooke, who wee to give it to Mr. Pridaux to
pay the legal ceramic of the election. Iles seen no
account of the uistribution of that money, nor does
he know how it was expended. Is not aware if
the expenses of Brooking end Fridge' were in.
eluded in that sem. Ilas had no claim made on
him since the election, except one nrale by the landlord
of the Cantle Hotel, for certain expenses which be declined
to lets He paid his own private expenses at once. before
he Dartmouth. He had the influeuce of Sir H. Seale,
who proposed bias. Was aware Mr. Litelsey bed received
arequoition from a larp number of the voters to support
him. Witness bad so reciuitition culdres.ed to him from the
voter. • s.or oatld he etsud them by asking them for one
bet he had a lerge number of personal promisee. Does not
know if his committee had a private room at the Castle
Mote: They weight have bad, but he a went near
them, bee :use he theeight it better to hoop away (Laughter.)
la DV/ a friend nrst suggested his goLig down to Dirt-
meth if be was aimless to get into pernament. He was
sat there who, the Harrieouta, ceam-frigate went to
Dertennesb. het /wows she went there. That was after he
was apyistaftil ass tithe L-ods of the Admiralty. Does not
haw by wham MAIM she west fennel there, but heard that
lie aaptalars=aiseirts) invited a number of Mr.
Unisys as well as his (witness's) supporters
ea Mai. (Imeglesr.)