The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-27 00:00:00

ELECTION C0MM127218.

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PONTEFRACT.

Committee :-11r. Headlam (chairman), Lord H.
Lennox, Mr. Francis Forteecue, Mr. It. B. !;bridge, and
Sir J. M. Stewart.
The 'dings
.in thts election committee commenced
Mr. Zwin James, Q.C., appeared fur the petitioner, Mr.
Oliveira, the later ember for the borough, and in opening the
case stated the petition charged bribery, undue influence, and
treating. It also alleged that the oonetitueney was the
most corrupt in the kingdom. He would prove that Mr.
Wood, the sitting member, gave voters drink, and was pre-
sent when they signed a requisition to him to stand for the
borough. There was a petition from • few of the electors
against Mr. Oliveira, winch had been sent in for the par-
pobe of intimidating that gentleman. Mr. Oliveira would,
however, prove that there was not the slightest pretence
for that petition.

--The writ OSlreturn baying been produced,
Mr. Oliveira, the petitioner, was called, and examined by
Mr. James.—He stated that ho was member for the borough
from 18.52 to 1857. Knew Mr. Clough and Mr. Wood, and
saw those two gentlemen in 1852 in reference to his election.
He went to use them, and he paid them both through Mrs.
Oliveira, his We, 1,3004 on the day of polling, on 16th of
July in 1&52. On the 7th he woo elected. There woo 1000.
given on the 17th of May, and 1,3004 on the day of poll-
-8001. was paid on the 12th of July by him to Morn.
Boroughs and Son, at Houndaditch, at the desire of Mr.
Clough. The next p Telma was made on the 29th of Sept.
to Mews. Wood and Clough conjointly; it woo 4001. That
made 2,5001. 1001. was paid to Mr. Wood to be applied to cer-
tain charities on the 29th of December, end in May, 1853, ho
paid 3001. to Mr. Wood. The next payment was in February,
' 1864, end was 1001. When he first saw those two gentle-
men they informed him that 2,6001. would ensure the seat.
He said that he bed no objection to pay that sum.
Was told that Mr. Lewis, the conservative candidate, was
paying large *nu for voters at the election of 1832, and Mr.
Rood tad him (Mr. Oliveira) he should advance more
money. His answer was that he most win, and he did win.
At the close of the poll he new Mr. Wood, who was in bed at
the hotel, at four o clock in the day, having been exhausted
by his exertions, and gave him a blank cheque, which wee
returned to him afterward*, when be paid the 82011 a London.
Parliament met on the 11th of November, and a petition
against his return was presented by Mr. Lewis. Knew
Alderman ltoutledge, who was mayor at the time *the
petition. Mr. Wood came to London, and intimated his
anxiety about the petition, and said he thought it might
be withdrawn on the payment of 1,0004 He refused.
Afterwards Mr. Moan and Mr. Routledsa came to him
at the house and suggested 2,0001. ne thes pace of the with-
drawal of the petition. At first he rejected the offer, but
eventually he gave • &aqua through Mrs. Oliveira for
the sum of 2,2034, but the 2001. want subsequently returned
to him as not being necessary. The petition was then with-
drawn. A claim of ~1,000/., in addition to this 2,0004, sae
mode, and paid through Mr. Wood, and he paid another
sum of 1,2.501. to Mr. Jefferson, the then mayor, who wrote
to him to say that his name was suffering in consequence of
hie not paying this money. He paid altogether on account
of that election 6,2001. Having paid that sum, it was stated
by Mr. Moron and Mr Routledge that there should be nt
contest in future for the borough. He woo informed that
1,2601. of the money he had paid wee to be given to Mr.
Lewis, the unsureessful candidate. He went to Pontefract
about a week before the dissolution. Produced a circular
with the name of Mr. Wood, aching for subwriptions in aid
of the Factory Reform Association, and was salted to sub-
scribe 1,0001., which he refused. Mr. Wood refused to act
for him at the last election, and he was obliged to send to
Leeds for a profeasional agent, as all the gentlemen imme-
diately connected with the borough were engaged. Mr
Ferns acted as his agent.
Crooke:monied by Mr. Temple, Q.C.—He denied that
an bnhery had been committed by him.
In reply to Lord H. Lennox, the witness said that there
was no stipulation ae to a contest.
Mrs. Oliveira was then celled by Mr. James. She said
I have taken considerable interest in my husband's repre-
sentation of I'entetrect, and saw Mr. Clough, the attorney,
at my house in London, when he told me that the seat
would require a very large sum, but he would *lure it on
our giving the money. The substance of what passed less,
thatlir. Oliveira was certain of being returned if he would
pay 3,0001. or 4,000'., and I told him I thought the sum •
large one. He said, "You must win, and you shell win."
I agreed that such • cum should be paid, and it was arranged
that Mr. Oliveira should go down, and be did. During
the election I paid Clough 1,3001. ; and be said it would be a
very expensive affair if we wanted • majority of 60, but it
would be lass if we were content with one of 25. Mr. Wood
went to her after the election, and was in tears. He received
• blank cheque, which was returned, end 6001, was paid to •

' confectioner, of Houndeditch, a relative of his wife. I era
up Drat day. I member the petition of Mr. Lewis. Then
ems a cheque for 2,0001. drawn, whi7h 1 paid In notes to Mr.
Rout ledge, the then mover, at the instigation of Mr. Weed
and Mr. Clough. In December a letter was written Ly Mr.
Routledge, stating that the petition spinet Mr. &filar
must be withdrawn. The petition was presented spans
Mr. Whim became I felt that he was not tweeting us
kindly. I met Mr. Moon end Mr. Routledge at the
iltrinnume Hotel, Covent.pirden. I bad NMI Mr. Wood,
who wanted rue to pay 1,0004 towards the withdrawal of
the petition. When 1 met thate gingen- rn they maid that
they would guarantee that the next return should cost me
less if Mr. Oliveira would save the borough. Thu money
was paid in four 5001. notes. They said that they would
support my busload at the next election. I have seen Mr.
Clough and Mr. Wood wince, and they said that Mr Oliveira
was the eavieur of the borough. 1 have paid 4001. rime I
went to Pontefract the Lot day but one before the election.
and found a change at witch 1 wee iotrpriatd. I rolled upon
Mr. linutledgo for so explanation of hi. conduct, but he fIP.
lowed to see me. lat last saw hint in the Town Hall and I
said to hint, " For shame of you," and he went away. I think
he voted for Manes and Wool. I went to Clough and said,
'• Vote for my husband, you have had several good reasons."
Ile said he should do everything against him, and I said,
"More shame for you." I went to Mr. Wood, who said Is
was offended with a letter my buebend had written to Mr.
Jeffereon; that letter was inquiring into the particulars of a
claim of 1,7001. after the 3.0001. was paid. 1 alluded 'cry
often to the fact that Mr. Oliveira had always paid the de-
mands upon hint.
Crtwoexamitted by Mr. Temple, Q.C.-1 was induced to
pnwent that petition against Mr. Milne..
Mr. Itoutledge, the Mayor of Pontefract in 1832, and Mr.
Robinson, the manager of the Yorkshire Banking Company,
were afterward. severally examined.
The committee adjourned until to-day.
MAYO.

The committee assembled yeeterdey, at eleven o'clock;
Mr. Scliolefield in the chair. The other member. were aloe

present—Coloael North, Mr. Tomline, Sir Jolla lianmer,
and Mr. Puller.

Preedergaat, of Ballinrobe. a retired solicitor, woo the
drat witnessesamined—On the Sunday before the poll, at
Ballinrobe, them was • considerable mob. who attacked Col.
Ili .e voters. It was heeded by the Rev. Peter Conway,
and the mob acted under hie direction. He spoke in Irish :
" May the curse of Hod and the rune of the flock WI upon
any one who vote. for Higgins." (The witness gave the
ips•athea mire in Irish, which created great amusement.)
This language wee repeated several limes with great solem-
nity, and had • great effect upon the people. Conway 'e re-
mark. were uttered decidedly in the way of denunciation,
with a view of awing Roman catholic voters, and oertainly
had that effect. Ballinrohe was in a state of ferment dur-
ing the whole time he was there. lie never save a more
infuriated mob, all the violence being on the part of Mr.
MoorWs supporters. No voter in favour of Colonel Higgins
could have gone out in safety without an escort. He saw
Conway subeequently on horseback in the centre of the
town, when he append to have the control of the mob.
Conway was the curate of Ballinrobe, but Mr. Hardinum, the
pedal priest, took no part in the rime. Conway quickly die•
appeared after his denunciation becatuie Mr. Bileke's rot
drew a pistol, and said that if any more violence were
shown he would use it. There wan a third candidate in the
field, Captain Palmer, but there was no violet ce manifested
by-any. 4 hisMends._ _ _ _ _

'lefr7Joreph Burke, son of Mr. Isidore Burke, a magistrate
of Mayo, said he collected his father's tenant' who were to
vote for Colonel Higgins, and accompanied them to Bailin-
robe. Three men mixed his bone and endeavourod to pull
him off into a yard belonging to Mr. Moore's party. One of
the dragoons drew his sword and made a slash at the fellow,
who than lit go. He saw Peter Conway, the priest, kneeling
on the wall. H. spoke to the men, end a moment afterward'
Colonel voters were smailed with moon. Witrin
drew a plaid from his bag and presented it at the priest, who
had a atom in kin hand, saying, " By Ood, the first man
that throws a stone I'll blow his brains out." Hill reverence
then disappeared from the wall. (Laughter.) The mob Wea
moot angry, and most of the men carried stick.. He YAW
Conway again in the Kilmaine booth, where he shook hie fog
in a voter• face elope by hie nose.
Mr. James French, rdTuarn, said he wait a landed pmprie-
tor in Mayo county, and a Homan catholic. Ile was at Bel-
linrobe on the Sunday, and heard Mr. Conway at the chapel.
Mr. Conway remarked that Colonel Higginv was a coneum-
mate scoundrel ; that every promise which he had made ha
had broken; that he had sold his country, his body, and his
soul, and that he had now the presumption to ask fur their
support, but they might believe him that the curse of God
would rest upon every man who voted for him. Mr. Con-
way added that every one had a perfect legal right to hoot
and shout at every one who supported Colonel Higgins, brat
they must take are not to molest the soldiers or the polies.
His manner and gesture were quite unworthy of a clergy-
man. Later in the day he saw Mr. Conway haranguing a
mob In the town, and then the excitement began.
Mr. W. F. O'Connor, chief of the polies at Ballinrobn.
remembered the day prior to the pulling. The people wen
more excited than be had ever previously seen. At one time
he was obliged to order the police tinder his direction to In
bayonet, lie did not see Mr. Burke point a pistol at Con-
way while be was on the wall. He heard Conway speak la
the mob, but was not near enough to hear what he said.
Air. Burke, of Ower, a barrister, said that on the
Sunday prior to the poll he was accompanying his father,
aged seventy-six, to Ballinrobe. On nearing the town
they mot an excited meb of 300 or 400 people, most of
them half drunk, the most dangerous state an Irishman
could be in. (Laughter.) Peter Conway was with them.
The mob stopped them, and Conway rode up and said, Oh.
You are Colonel Higgiroes supporter., and I wash my handl
out of you." It was said for the mob to hear. He then rod*
of about one hundred yards, and two men came and pulled
vitness off the car. The mob seined his par on all aides.
They dragged him about one hundred yards in the same
direction in which Peter Conway had ridden off. One of tho
men was exceedingly violent. Conway was near enough to
see everything that was going on, as he was issuingerders to
the mob. Witness said to Conway, "It 4 a shame, at m
father. age, to be treated in this way in your presence, and
you not to prevent it." He said, I can't help it." H •
then rods back to where Lie father was. While he ins
struggling with the men who held him he also saw his
father struggling with other men. The old man was se-
verely beaten on his back, face, and cheat. Some time after
this Conway took his father out of the hands of the mob, and
put him in his car. Witness wished Conway to allow hit
and his father to go home, but Conway mid be would detain
them, so as not to allow them to vote for Col. Higgins. Father
Conway pulled a hat of voter. out of his pocket, and Mr.
Burke, Mn., said he would not vote for Higgins if Conway
would let him go home alive. Conway having extorted this
promise, said to the mob, " We will let Mr. Bake go hormy.
boys, as he has promised not to vote for Higgins at this
election."
The committee then adjourned to eleven o'clock (this day).
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CAMBRIDGE.
The committee mat yesterday at eleven o'clock, when
some further evidence was given with respect to the employ-
ment of messengers and the payment of travelling expenses,
but the proceedings were almost entirely devoid of public in-
terest. After considerable discussion among the learned
counsel upon the point being left to the committee, they de-
cided that the allegation of corrupt practices in the employ-
ment of messengers was not proved. With respect to the
payment of voters' travelling expenses, the Chairman said
that as this was the first case since the passing of the Corrupt
Practices at Elections Act, the committee would draw up a
special report upon the subject. It was then arranged that a
scrutiny should take place, to commence to day at eleven
o'clock.

MARLBOROUGH.
The parliamentary committee againet the return of Mr. H.
B. Baring met yesterday ; Mr. K. Beyrner, chairman. The
committee were composed of the following members Lott
R. Cecil, Mr. Collier, Mr. Malin", and Mr. Dundee. Mr.
Edward James appeared to support the petition. The pro-
oeedings were not of great public interest. The question n-
icked itself into one of qualification, and the committee
adjourned till this day without having settled it.

WA R EH AM.
This committee met in Room No. 18, Mr. J. Manes Qua.
kelt hi the choir. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr Thine,
Q.C.,_and Mr. Weleby, appeared for the sitting member;
and Mr. Montague Smith and Mr. Clarke appeared for the
petitioner*. The evidence was purely of a localvharacter,
as to boundaries of certain property giving a quablimtion to
• voter. The evidence in this use was not concluded at four
o'clock. The committee adjourned until this day.

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ItOaHDALE.
The committee met at 12 o'clock in Room No. 8 Sir J.
Verde Buller in the chair. The evidence wee proceeded with
in respect to the allegationa in the petition of bribery by the
agents of the sitting member. The committee then laboured
until to-day.

APOTHECARIES' liALL.—The following are the
names of gmtlemen who passed their examination In the
science and practice of medicine, and received certificate., to
practise, on Thursday, June 25 :—Arthur D'Oyley Brooba,
Henley-on-Thames, Oxon; Richard Henry Hayes, Langton,
Staffordshire; Edward Wm. Humphrey Pitcher Arundel-
terrace, Islington; Robert Tait, Coldstream, N.B. ; George
Predeviek Ay 'lmg, Great Portlend-street (as an assistant).
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN/S.—At the =Rd
y meeting of the Comitia Hegira, held on Thursday,
rattls, the following gentlemen having passed the near
eery examination., fur the diploma, were admitted members
of the college:—Dr. Stallard, Leicester; Dr. Mania, Grs
Ormond. street; Dr. Meyer, London,. Dr. Cecil Has
Albemarle-street, and Hr. Moon, Brighton. AlsotV.
Alcor*, Evesham, and Dr. Lancaster, Clifton, were admitted
as extra hermits*. At the same Comitia, Dr. Juaffreson,
Finsbury-equare ; Dr. Pitman, Montague-place; Dr. Berne
Jones, Brook-street, and Dr. Riaden Bennett, Finsbury-
square, were eiected censors for the ensuing year. And Dr.
Lister, Madeira; Dr. Chowne Connaught-placeWest ; Dr.
Caps, Corson-street; Dr. Roxburgh, Gloucester-place; Dr.
Child, Devonshire-terrace, Hyde-park; Dr. Oldham, Fine-
bury-square ; Dr. Burslem, Bournemouth ; Dr. Stuart
Babington, Hertford-street, May-fair; Dr. Symonds,
Clifton; and Dr. Evans, Birmingham, were chosen fellows al
the college.
SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, between the boars
of 12 and 1 o'clock, a man about 40 years of age, whom
name is at present unknown, got over the parapet of South-
wark-bridge, and jumped into the centre of the river. La
alarm wae immediately raised, when the boats and drags of
the Royal Humane Society were put into requisition, bet
after considerable exertion were unable to find Um body. The
deceased is described to have limn about five fest sera
inches., and dressed in dark clothes.