The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-25 00:00:00

ELECTION COMMITTEES.

11'11.

The Chairman announced yesterday that the committee
had come to the following resolution.. :
That Mr. Mackinnon was duly elected at the last elec-
tion fur the town and borough of Bye.
That Mr. Bourne was bribed by the payment of 5/. and

11. Cy Robert Hoed for his vote. -
That two letters containing U. each were sent about the
time of the election to Samuel Lennard for the purpose of
influencing his vote.
That it was not proved that such bribery was committed
with the knowledge and consent of the sitting member, or
of his agents.
That the attempt made to prove that the Rev. William
Brocklebank was bribed by the promise of an appointment
for his son by Mr. Mackinnon was entirely unsupported by
evidence, and was frivolous and vexatious.
That the attempt made to prove that George Jenner was
bribed by the promise of an appointment for his nephew
by Mr. Mackinnon was entirely unsupported by evidence,
and was frivolous and vexatious.
That there is no reason to believe that corrupt practices
extensively prevailed at the last election for the town and
port of Rye.

In reply to Mr. Went,
The Chairman said their intention was to give costs in
the two cases mentioned.

The inquiry then concluded.

BRIDGWATER. —At its meeting yesterday, the
committee received further evidence, and again adjourned.
HUDDERSFIELD.—This committee met for the
first time yesterday. The petition is against the return
of Mr. Rawson, and contains the usual allegations of
bribery, &c. Evidence was received, and an adjournment
took place.
KING'S COUNTY. —After some examination of the
poll-books, it was decided yesterday to adjourn until
Friday, to enable the petitioners to produce witnesses
which therthink ought to be examined.
NEW Wirinsoft.—This committee examined the
sitting member. i yesterday. They denied having been
guilty of any acts of bribery, but admitted that they had
subscribed to all charities in the town, and to benefit and
other societies.
NORTHALLERTON. this case it RIO alleged
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that the sitting member, Mr. C. H. Mills, had purchased
property and let the houses at reduced rents, on condition
that the occupants would vote for him. The evidence
had not been all taken when the committee adjourned.
WAKEFIELP.—This committee met for the fast
time yesterday. The petition alleges that the sitting
member, Mr. W. H. Leathern, was guilty of bribery. It
will be remembered that in 1859 Mr. Leathern was un-
seated, and was convicted of the charges laid against him
at the York Assizes. At the last election he had a ma-

Jonty of about fifty, but it is said that this majority was
obtained by the grossest bribery. One witness deposed to
having 101. for his vote. The committee adjourned.

CAMBRIDGE ELEcrioN. —The polling opened yes-
terday morning at 8 o'clock, and proceeded fairly and well
up to about 19 o'clock. At this hour there was a large
assembly on the Market-hill in front of the entrance to the
Guildhall, where the polling was going on, and despite the
caution of the university and collegiate authorities, under.
graduates on both sides—conservative and liberal —began
to interfere in order to prevent the exercise of the fran-
chise by voters for the borough. At 1 o'clock this row,
previously confined to hustling and chaff, culminated in
what assumed the appearance eta riot, and voters reached
the poll with difficulty. Shortly after 1 o'clock the mayor
(Mr. Harrell) communicated with the university autho-
rities, and the vice-chancellor and the proctors made
their appearance. The result was an immediate with-
drawal of the undergraduates, who did not retire,
however, minus mutterings of a coming row at night.
The opposition evoked, however, had not lost its force, and
sundry fights took place in the course of the afternoon, de-
spite the University authorities taking up their stand by
the side of those of the town, to maintain order. The
liberals allege that enough of their voters were kept out,
and prevented from exercising their franchise between one
o'clock and two, as, if their votes had been recorded,
I would have turned the election in favour of Colonel
Torrens, and this by reason of the interruption of the
undergraduates. At the seine time nothing could have
been more prompt than the appearance of the university
authorities on the spot when their presence was officially
summoned by the mayor. The official declaration was
at six o'clock, when the mayor, as returninj officer, de-
dared the numbers to be :—For Mr. Gorst, •74 ; for Mr.
I Torrens, 755. Addresses followed from members of both
parties from the hustings anti committee-room windows,
buts disturbance was expected in the evening.
REPRESENTATION OF LINCOLN.—Mr. Bramley-
Moore, the unsuccessful conservative candidate for Lincoln,
has withdrawn the petition which he had presented against
the sitting members, Mr. Seely and Mr. Heneage. Mr.
Moore has taken this step in compliance with a requisition
signed by 101 of his principal friends and supporters.
Aura OF PARLIAMENT.—Up to yesterday only
15 public acts, and one local act, have been passed daring
the present session.
RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.—
In the House of Lords committee-rooms no decisions were
arrived at. In the House of Commons committees the
following bills passed through the committee:—Lynvi
Valley and Ogmore Valley Railway Companies ' • Hex-
ham and Allendale Railway ; Parsonstown and Por-
. tumna-bridge Railway; Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail-
! way (Extension of Time, lee.) ; British Gas Company
I (Staffordshire Potteries) ; Barnsley Local Board of Health;
Weardale and Sheldon District Water ; Newcherch
Parish Divisions ; Tyne Improvement ; l'olchester Gas ;
Mid Hants Railway ; Bideford, Appledore and West-
' ward Ho Railway ; South Yorkshire Railway ; Se-
I vern and East of Fife Railway ; London, Worcester,
and South Wales Railway. The preambles of the following
bills were declared to be proven :--Metropolitan Railway
(Additional Powers) ; London, Chatham, and Dover Rail-
way (Various Powers) ; Bristol anti North Somerset Rail-
way (Deviation) ; East Gloucestershire Railway ; Wee:-
ham, Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway (Additional
Powers) ; Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction
Railway ; Great Northern ailway (Additional Powers).
In the case of the Craven Junction Railway Bill the
referees reported the estimates as insufficient. Several
other bills were adjourned.
The article upon Lord Palmerston, which sp-
Cin the Westminster Amino for January, has been
ar:d lin the form of a shilling pamphlet. The writer,
whose initials only are given, says that Lord Palmerston
did not quit the nursery until eleven years old, and on this
fact he seems to found a theory that the noble lord's life
is a conspicuous instance of tardy development, he being
nothing in the time of his youth, mediocre in middle life,
great in old age.