The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-27 00:00:00

REIGATE.

At the sitting of the committee on Saturday,
Henry W. Goss stated that he occupied a 101. home,
and voted at the last election for Mr. Gower. He also
canvassed. One man named Barham said he should vote
for "pocket." Barham had some peas and cabbsges,which
he was willing to sell at 101. a row. There were fifteen
rows. He reported this to the committee. He refused
to take any money for his service...
Richard Goldsmith, a gardener, who paid ICJ. a year
rent for his house, voted for Mr. Gower. He borrowed It.
from Joyes after the election, which be never repaid, and
he received 10e. on the day of election. He thought the
I/. might Dave something to do with the election.
(Laughter.) He was at the Black Horse a night or two
before the election. There were 40 or 50 persons there.
He bad some beer. He did net know whether any spirits
were put into it, but that might have been so. (Laughter.)
He .lid not lay for anything. He believed the non-electors
paid. (Laughter.)
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Thos. SCOuiell, carpenter, and T. Wood, boot and
shoemaker, were employed u canvassers for Mr. Gower,
the former receiving 7a. W. a day, and las. on the
nomination and polling days, and a present of 1/., and the
latter 51.

John Palmer, a smith, wee canvassed for Mr. Gower end
offered by Joyes five weeks' work at IL a week. He could
not do anything for the election as a smith. and Joyes said
as he was not to do any work. be might walk about with his
hands in his pockets. (Laughter.) Joyes said be might
go to Hearne's beershop. He went there lots of times
when he warn fatigued. (Laughter.) If Mr. Monson's party
bad come first and offered 5/. it was very likely he should
have gone with them.

Several other persons who had been employed as canvas-
sers or to bring up voters were examined, after which the
inquiry was again adjourned.

TOTS ES.

On Saturday Mr. Philip Cnndy, a brewer at
Totnes, was examined. He said he had lived in the
borough since 1836, and had taken an interest in politics
on the liberal side. There were rumours of bribery in
Ifr39, and be knew there was a good deal of treating. He
was the landlord of the Lion Inn. The different landlords
supported the liberal party in turns. He supplied three
cwt. of meat, and believed his hill for the public-house
wax 50/. • day. There was a good deal of bribery in 1840.
In 1841, when Lord Seymour and Mr. Baldwin were
returned, two bullocks were brought into the town
and killed and the meat distributed among the
poor. He bad heard that it bad been the
custom to pay the voters' rates just before the election
in that borough. There was a good deal of bribery in 1847,
which was between Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Ricardo. Lord
Seymour, to the beat of his belief, never spent money in
bribery. Mr. Mills'. return in preference to Mr. Baldwin
might have had something to do with monetary influence,
but Mr. Baldwin was at that time not so popular as he
had been. He heard that at that election the voters
received 401. and 50/. each. The system of
manufacturing votes began in 1837 and l&IS.
Between 1841 and 1347 there was a large in-
crease of voters in Bridgtown. The votes were manu-
factured by putting several persons as occupiers of a
small harm and erecting some buildings on it. The votes
were let in on the Gemstone property by twos and threes.
Mr. Baldwin was the first who put nine persons on for
some fields let at 901. or 95f. He did not think there was
any bribery in 1857. Bribery had crept into the town
council election. He believed the bribery had been far
greater on the part of the conservatives than on the part
of the liberals. In 1837 a voter received a horse and cart.
Mr. Baldwin was the first to commence the system
of bribery which bad been continued by both sides
ever since. He could not say within 10,0001. how much
had been spent in bribery during the last 15 years, but he
should say 50,0001. was the outside sum.
Mr. W. Bentall, wine and spirit merchant, the person
alluded to as having offered a voter • horse and cart in
14517, denied the truth of the statement. He said every-
body kicked against the coercion of the Duke of Somerset.
Mr. R. A. Huxham said the preponderance of the con-
servatives in the town council and of the liberals at the
parliamentary elections was undoubtedly due to bribery.
The inquiry was adjourned till to-day.

METROPOLITAN FEES HOSPITAL,
swam, CITY.—The aggregate number of' patients relieved
during tke week ending August 25 wee—Medical, 955 ;
ensgiaal, 560 ; x, 1,515, of which 749 were new ranee.