The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-03 00:00:00

• NOITINOIIAN 'ELECTION COMMITTEE.

After our report left yesterday,
Wra. Prooksbank examined—l am father of the last
witness, and am in the employ of the town council of
Nottingham. I have refused to give any information to
Mr. Richards in this ease. Mr. Turner cams to me to get
book 11, he had paid to my son. He said he had given the
money to him to vote for Martin and Clifton, and that
as he ~Manager for Mr. Martin in that ward he was
placed in • false position. He added that the pollahret
showed he had voted for Clifton and Morley. I told him
he should have some regard for my feelings as a father.
rear.) I was in Nottingham on the 26th June, the
platform ma set on fire. I shut up the public
omen for two days by order of the authorities : they were
the day of nomination and the day of polling. I thought
it'was about the upsetting el my dab I was brought hare.
(laughter.) On the 26th I maw stones thrown at the com-
mittee room of Paget and Morley. The cry was, " There
are no bobbies—you maygo it." (Laughter.) I voted far Paget
and Morley. On the day of nomination' was the medium of
oommtmication between the ma or and the major. I hada
cab Ler the purpose, and went and forward several
times. On the day of polling it was rather dangerous, aid I
did not go. (laughter.) I lay in bed late, ae I was up
late the night before. I put the magistrate's clerk to bed
on the Soot at one o'clock in the morning. I was not
much about after I polled. They were act going to retch
me. The town clerk was not out : he had • tooth ache.
(Loud laughter.) I went to an attorney's house after poll-
ing, and as we passed the Mechanics' Institute the cab
was stopped by the lambs, male and female. (Laughter.)
To the Chairman—The men were not distinguishable M
any way, except that some of them had blue end some blue,
red, and white. The men had weapons.
To Mr. Rodwell—The females shouted at me. I saw a
blue paper with some of them, with Martin and Clifton
on it. I am bell-ringer at Nottingham, and am well
known. I was not struck, as I resorted to • stratagem.
What was that put my heed out of the cab, and ap-
pealed to the ladies. (laughter.)
They protected yen!—They did. (Renewed laughter.)
What did you my to them?
Witness—Well, I stated that I wain on a cue not eon-
nested with the election.
What ease ?—A case of midwifery. (Loud laughter.)
To the Chairman—l was sent by the mayor to the major
commanding the military on the nomination day, because
there was • threat made by the mob to burn down the
public offices. Women and men made the threats. The mob
shouted to me and others : "We will have this place ;
you may cut." (Laughter.) I did not see the mayor and the
major together on the day of nomination, but I saw them
together after the platform was destroyed, and frequently
between the 26th end the day of nomination. I did not see
the soldiers about the Areas. It was a reign of terror.
(Laughter.) I have been a voter sines 1826. I have
always gone with what we term the liberal interest. Than
was the highest oonfueion in Nottingham from the Friday
to the Tuesday at the last election. Never law anything
like it, except perhaps the tumult whet Fergus O'Connor
yam returned. I never maw so tumultuous an eleetiee as
the last. It was all on one aide I may say, for lamb dose
not eat lamb. (Laughter.)
James Botterill. examined by Mr. Mundell—l carefully
oast up the poll books, and produce the Mate of the poll in
a tabular form. The numbers are—Moriey, 2,393 ; Clif-
ton, 2,345 ; Paget 2,327 ; Martin, 2,242.
Cromexamined Mr. Rodwell—l did not engage Field,
the detective, to take any of the witneeese to Jersey.
took down the statements of some of the witnesses. I
took down some statements from Pringle. Andrew
Porter told me he had been deterred from voting,
and that he was afraid of voting. Richard Shaw
Kirby made a simile: statement to me. Neither of them
is here.

The sham fight commenced under what are
berated " favourable auspioes"—that is to say, the
weather was not tempestuous, and themenhadbeen
stimulated by the inspection of the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales, and a distinguished assembly. As
to the weather, it was more cheerful
than it had been during the day, and
the scene itself was calculated to act as
a powerful stimulant. The forces, without much
Mad, marched off to their posts, and when the
ge= was fired the spectators were in a measure
taken unawares. Those long black lines away on
yonder hill-aide they thought were hedges, and
some were prepared to swear that the dark patches
in the distance were nothingbtrt clumps of furze. The
delusion was not of long duration. It was soon seen
that the volunteers had quietly dispersed in all
directions, and were ready for the word for action.
It was roughly said that the men to be engaged
numbered about 22,000, but the real forces were
probably 1,000 less. The attacking party were
commanded by Major-Gen. Lord F. Paulet, and it
consisted of the Horse Artillery, the Cavalry, the
Ist Infantry Division, and the Ist and 2nd Brigade
of Field Guns. Brigadier-General Campbell com-
manded the defending force, which consisted of the
2nd Division of Infantry and the 3rd and 4th Bri-
gade of Field Guns.
The evolutions were not so difficult as last year,
when they were supposed to have been an imita-
tion of some Indian battle in which the commander
had taken part. This time it was an ordinary
attack and defence. The enemy were on the
opposite side, the defenders on this, nearest
the racecourse. The large field pieces com-
menced the engagement, to the great 'delight
of the country folks, who, heedless of the
warning "dangerous" in front of the guns, flocked
near enough to the muzzles to be stifled by the
smoke. The defenders answered the challenge by
sending out skirmishers, and by some very smart
file firing. The enemy drove them back, and
they then called up a portion of their re-
serves. The enemy boldly advanced in a
long black line, and ensconcing themselves
behind a hedge opened a galling fire upon the de-
fending force, who immediately extended their line
and strengthened their position with the
laudable determination of retrieving their lost
ground, and driving the impertinent
into the nearest sea. This involved some
heavy firing on both sides. In a short time
the enemy again inclined towards victory,
and were about to carry everything before them,
when the defenders nothing daunted, boldly ad-
vanced, and answered the rattle of the enemy's
charge with a fierce outburst of firing. After a
panne the enemy was seen to be retreat in, fol-
lowed by the outraged foes in hot pursuit. The de-
fence had been strengthened by additional men, and
a tremendous fire was opened. The response was
so serious, that the defenders were obliged to draw
again upon their reserves, and the attackers wisely
retreated. The firing then ceased for a few mo-
imenta, the only ammunition then fired being small
shots, in the shape of a heavy storm of hail. For
a short time the enemy had the field in their
hands, but the defenders getting more desperate,
'the combatants began to g, et closer together.
While the forces were thus moving the attention MURDNIt OF A WOKAW AT KIIISAL-41141111t. —At
of the spectators was diverted to the Prince of the Marylebone Police-oourt yesterday Daniel Elmore,
Wales, who approached from the further side =5; Thawing at No. 5. Bridge-term°, en Elmo
with the staff. He was loudly cheered as he , wee brought up in the custody oflnspector
Mackerell, of the X division, charged with the mur-
drove off towards Brighton, where he and the der of his wife, Elmore, in the Harrow.road. John
Princess took luncheon with the Mayor at the Pa- Roes said—l em labourer, residing at No. 18, Cirenoester-
villon. The Princess had previously watched the street, Paddington. I know the primer, and I knew his
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sham- ht from the race oouree. wife. On Sunday night, about half-past , I was in the
Prince of Wales public-house, Harrow-road, when the de-
The entire forces on both sides resumed their ceased came in, and addressing me, said, " Hallos, Mr.
battle amidst a heavy shower of rain, and the fight Rose," and I said, " Hallos, minis." She spoke to me,
' waxed fast and furious as the tide of battle rolled and I told her it would be more to her credit if she was at
towards the town. The batteries were in full work, e
tawitteli youngthchiouldfir instead of being there in
the big guns answering each other from hill to the_!
eaten me to wrist her down the road, verll said for the
1 ; and the firing of the troops was admirably asks of her children I would do so. I tookan hold of her
sustained. Squares were formed to receive image- under one of her arms, and assisted her across the road on
nary cavalry, and just as everybody was looking to the footpath opposite, and I dare say I led her fifteen
or twenty Lards along, whieui? weurmltustlaupdrisounnedr.hel
for said
the proper denouement, in which virtue is re will
-
warded and vice duly punished, the volunteers rageurcii ne
azge oryCCgaou. gr your whether' he heard
me.
were seen marching home in various directions. He was then aimed ir front of us. When he mine
It had got so late that it was felt necessary to near he said to his wife, "You —," and up with his
curtail the movements. hand, and I think he struck her and knocked her
There were several small accidents, but none, it oteknterremn he '
lli;l,coedu
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been te tim
ing es sad and
ock mase
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is hoped, of a serious nature. One man had his a goat many times, now lock me up." He also said, "3
cheek blown off with a ramrod, others were scorched am going into the Prince of Wales, and you will find me
in the face by comrades, who persisted in firing there." Directly after this a policeman came up, and I
with fixed bayonets, and an old man, in falling, assisted him to take the woman to the statics-hoar.
broke his leg. All these cases were attended to by
.oAfterinhthle wHeet wirothut Pi:
he Ic
public-h eman
and
,fistund twhe pii.
the surgeon. It was said that one of the volun- This „widen. wasconfirmed, and a statement which the
teen, who appeared to be a lunatic, had acknow- prisoner had made to the polioe, in which he distinctly
lodged he was a Fenian, and used threatening lan- admitted his guilt, was put in. Mr. George Brown,
gunge towards the Prince of Wales. He was sional surgeon, said—When I saw the prisoner's wife she
secured, and his arms taken away. was lying on her back, quite dead. I saw blood on her
stockings,
and on examining her more closely I found a
The railway company on the whole performed its wound on the pelvic bone about two inches in length,
important part well, but some o the return which had torn the blood vessels in that neighbourhood,
arrangements showed how greatly more accommo- and from which blood had been flowing. I have no doubt
dation is required. that death resulted from the exceseave hemorrhage. Mr.
Mansfield far committed the prisoner to the next anion
With reference to this subject we take the oppor- of the oenteer chnnutei Court on the charge of wilful
tunity of correcting a statement made yesterday on murder.
local authority, that the South Eastern Railway HALL= a STRZWITS RESTORID av DiTRARILT'II
Company bad refused the Brighton Company the macron lavatairra Lames FOOD which aim without mo-
b= of their slate carriage. Mr. liberal, the aida"l"*""lance =to. ")._°(liOtistiak
essiesptiout, debialy, glandes, paignance. atm
obliging general manager of the former company, VONIP. Mena, liver. and atammiteagleale. It eaves fifty lbw
wri to as : Ite cost la other vemsais le Abe best bed tee beasts
66,096 raw sosually.—Do Duey end Os., Me.
We sirs sever asked to lead our state is e, use" w. la tisk at Itb., ;
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at Beigliton, railway sempanies ate is duty bound be mid ass SC ostorgetrest: sat st al enema—(Afteedlaemml I

- think there were ten or twelve who
told me they were afraid of voting. I don't lower where
James Pringle is to be found. A Speaker's warrant was
obtained for him, and I saw him in London two or three
times before the meeting of the committee.
Mr. Mundell said he had an application to make re-
specting Pringle. The statute prodded that if say per-
son summoned by a committee, or by the warrant of the
Speaker, disobeyed such summons or waurant, tha Glair-
man might report the rune to the house. Ha should be
able to show that the Speaker's warrant bad hems served
on Pringie.
Mr. Desborough proved the service of the warrant on the
pith February, and that he saw Pringle in London two
days afterwards. He had had a conversation about the
2nd or 2rd of March with a person named Best, who said
be could state where Pringle was if he was paid for it. He
said Pringle bad been sent away through the arrangement
of the opposite party. Witness believed Pringle to be at
CaLia
The Chairman inquired if Mr. Mandell considered Pringle
an essential witness.

Mr. Mundell—Yea. That is my case.
Mr. Rodwell tumested that Mr. Stephen, who repre-
sented Mr. Marley, should now be heard on the subject of
riot.
Mr. Mundell tabraitted that the battle ought to be
fought out between himself and Mr. RodwalL Mr. Morley
was no party to the present record: he was a mere watcher
in the case, and ought not to be allowed to intervene at the
present stage of the inquiry.
Mr. Stephen contended that the position of Mr. Morley
ought to be foundered on its men* and that be (Kr.
Stephen) ought to bear the whole of the widense before
he was called upon to comment on the effect of that
evidence.
The Chairman said the committee were of opinion that
Mr. Rodwell must proceed with his address.
The learned gentleman had not coneluded when the
committee rose.