The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-23 00:00:00

BRIDGWATER.
The committee resumed their inquiry into the
Bridgwater petition, at 11 o'clock, when the evidence
against Mr. Kinglake and Sir John Shelley was proceeded
with.
Mr. Henry Cooke, a brewer, of Bridgwater, and partner
of the witness Wm. Heal, who was examined on Saturday, s
corroborated his evidence, and especially the statement s,
made by Heal that Lovibond told him that if he (Heal) St
was not going with him he should be obliged to put up
St
his electioneering shutters • and that, upon Heals corn- SI
plaining that he had been' ill-used by the liberal St
party in reference to his not being able to oh- st
taro • license, Lovibond asked him to meet him at st
his office, when he would see about making that all right. St
Heal said that he had been promised 401. for his cervices at it
the election of 1837, but never obtained it, and also that if lc
they wanted him they knew where to find him. Witness It
remembered being at the office of Mr. Kerslake soon after ic
the election, when Mr. Heal and Mr. Baron were there. et
He heard Mr. Baron say, " Well, Heal, you returned your t
man at the last election," and Heal replied, " Yes, I never St
voted for the losing side in my life." Baron said, " I 24
would tell the truth, if I were you, and make a g:
clean breast of it. Heal replied, " I don't know anything st
about it, and if I did I would not betray my trust," where- 2!
upon Mr. Kerslake said, " Well, Heal, you're • plucky old St
fellow," or words to that effect. St
Wm. Albert Gilbert was next sworn, and stated that a It
week or so before the election he received • note from John ;",
Sherrington coachman to Mr. Lovibond. st
Mr. Campbell Sleigh proposed to give secondary evi-
deuce of the contents of the note,it appearingthat although It
the note was safely brought to London, he missed it on the St
night after his arrival. He was brought up by Sherrington
under a Speaker's warrant to give evidence for Sir J.
Shelley and Mr. Kinglake. st
The production of secondary evidence was success- st
fully resisted by Mr. Powell on the ground that sufficient St
search had notbeen madefor the mistungletter. The witness I St
here stated that a day or two before the polling he received St
an envelope from Sherrington containing 10s. worth of ix
postage stamps. On the day of the election he saw Sher- st
rington, who asked him if he had polled and if he would St
vote for SirP. Shelley and Mr. Kinglake. He refused to It
satisfy him, and then Sherrington said that if he would 51
he should have 31. more than he would get on the other
aide. He subsequently went and polled for Westropp.
In cross-examination he denied that he had ever told

Sherrington that he wan a fool or he should have got
more than he did, but he admitted telling him that a voter
named Pugh lived at Plymouth, but he did not say that
he - .4 another of the black sheep

le WllB
A letter MY then put in and read, to the following

effect:—" John Sherkngton has this day been to me
respecting the Bridgwater, and if I have to appear in Lon-
don to give evidence I will state the truth and nothing
more." This letter was signed by the witness, and he was
asked whether, having seen it, he would swear that he did
not write the first. For a long time he refused to answer
the question, but on being told by the chairman that he
must do so, he at length said that he would not swear that
he did not, but that if he did he must have been fearfully
drunk.
Re-examined—l saw Sherrington in March last, and he
told me that if I would come out like a man and tell all I
knew, he would give me a guinea. The night that note
purports to have been written I was very trunk.
The Chairman—Can you write as well as that when you
are drunk !—Yes, I can write best when I am a little ele-
vated. (Laughter.)
[Left sitting.]