The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-28 00:00:00

ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY.)

IPSWICH.
KR. ADAIR PRONOUNCED DOLT RIATTZD.

On the meeting of the committee this rooming,.

The Chairman (Lord Stanley) announced-that it was
the opinion of the committee that Mr. Muir wan duly
elected • burgess to serve in parliament for the
borough of Ipswich. It was, however, their opinion that
certain voters, whom they named, had been bribed ; but it
was not proved to their satisfaction that inch bribery had
been committed with the knowledge and consent, either of
Kr. Adair or his spats.
Mr. E. James then proceeded to open the case spinet Mr.
Cobbold, alleging bribery and contipt practices, and the case
was proceeding when our report lark

GREAT YARMOUTH.

LY WMIEBS.

On the meeting of the oonunittso this morning,

Charles Woollen, • gardener, watt called and esamincd
as to her having received • bribe from Last, the person
who ham be• frequently siluded to ea an ac-
tive sgent of the sluing member. He denied that he
hid received any witch bribe. This witness had terns
to Loudon in consequence of reeiving • warrant, and it
appeared that on getting it he made a communication with

the other ettle, end wee informed by them where to go 011
his arrival in town.

He wee now examined ea to when he had gone since he
had been in London, and how it happened that there
won an endorsement upon the bark of the warrant, directing
him to go to a place in the Sanctuary, at %Vert whist( r, the ogler*
it was understood of the parliamentary agent on the other
aide. He said the endorsement was written by young Mr.
Lao; but he refund to answer any further questions about it.

Several questions were put to the witness, bat he remained
obstinately dumb.
The Chairman-1 caution you, that if you do not answer,
you will be sent to prison.
The witness, however, persisted In refusing to open his
lips, and by direction of the chairman, he was removed in the
custody of an officer of the house.

Severe' other triturates were then examined and spoke to
the agency of the parties impliemed, stating that they had

sena them in the

and Irking en active

part in the election.

This evalopeo t Wed the ease of the petitioners, arid Mr.
Clerk proecedol to sum up the case end wee left vaulting.

HUNTINGDON.
The scrutiny in thin caw is NU pruconling.
GLOUCESTER.

Mr. James opened the ease tine morning against Alderman
Carden, motioning several oats In which he 'Urged that
bribery had Leen committed. Ile then proceeded to tall
witness.

The select committee to whom the Eccl• elastics'
Corporations Dill and the Eccle:duties! Commission,
Bill, were connubial, report " That the object of the two
bills committed to them is to a greet extent the serue, bat the
committee are not prepared to recommend to the house to
proceed further with the Ecelesiaiticol Cerporatinna Bill."
THE REPRESENTATION OP BIRMINGRAM.—The
paragraphs which hove appeared in many of our
contemporaries respecting the intention of Mr. Mentz
to accept the Chiltern Hundreds are not cornet. It is
feared, however, that from the alarming Menu under
which the hen. gentleman laboura, a vacancy in tho ropt e •
mutation will take plum at no very remote period. fhe
diecom which for some time beck bas prevented Mr. Manta
from attending to his parliamentary duties is au internal
tumour, of a very dangerous nature, which, according to the
opinion of hie medical advisees, may prove fatal at any
moment. —Moorlierter Guardian.

THE I'UBLIC BANQUET AT ROCIIEATER. The
committee for making the 'arrangements for the public ban-
quet to celebrate the triumph of litter.' priacipke in the re-
turn of P. W. Martin, Burp., and Mr. Serpent' Kinglako, for
the city of Rochester, have fined Wednesday, the 12th Att-
ica.% Ise that event. In addition to the two mennbera for the
city several other bon. members have announced their inten-
tion of being ;assent.
THE LEANDER AND WEaTMINSTER
The annual dinner given by the Leander Club of Putney to
the Westminster Eights took place yesterday. The mews
met off R1.13.11.1.1.P, but, as is usual on such occasion% in
"jogging up together," the pave of the bouts of the respec-
tive clubs soon beanie so accelerated Se to wanes the sem-
blance of a trial of speed. The Westntintecra left their stairs
by the New Houses of Parliament with the Leander. along-
Me of them, and soon gained the lead. The wind was
Wowing very strong from the west, and a very high sea was
running, in spite of which the Wentruinaters inere teed the
load till near Wendororth. In the 'smoother watcr the
Le seders were able to diminish the distance between th-nt
and their plods ontsiderably, coming in through the bridzo
thirteen strokes behind them. Nothing could exceed the
finished style in which the " boys " rowed, or the determined
manner in which they brought their boat up against the
strong gale blowing. The party then rat down to the usual
plain cold collation at the Star and Oarter, and broke up at
an early hour, in order to enable the two Westminster crew*
to reach borne before the canonical bourn.

ROYAL SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB REOATTA.—
SOVVIAMPYON, MONDAY —The prim of 60 sovereigns, 00n.
tested for on Friday, and PAM to hove been won by the
Wildfire, hot been awarded to the Vestal. A protest we,
catered against the Wildfire, en the ground of her not re-
turning to the starting-post with the same number of hands
she left with (ono of her crew having fallen overboard). The
protest was decided by the committer to be valid. A prong
entered against the Mosquito, against her claiming h.', Ma-
jesty's Cup, contested for on Saturday, is under considera-
tion. It bto the elect that the Mosquito wee not entered
according to her right tonnage.
YACHTING.—As the autumn holidays have ap-
vmeched, the number of tourists to the north hoe been doily
increasing, end this year a considerable portion of our vi 4
trr have arrived either in their own or hired yechts, in the
enures of their circuit of the coast, or on their way to the
Orkney and Zetlind behinds. Last week a party of patis
men from London, who had during the ',retinue seem
visited the north to puma the sport of meal shooting, arrived
at Wick, and, embarking In en ordinary Firth fishiest boat,
which hod been specially built and fitted up for their no. at
sail foe Zealand, Intending to revisit the vote and molds of
those islands, end, when condoded with their tpewt, to retnm
to London by the same r:mple maw of minveyence.—John
0' Groat Journal

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
THIS DAT.

COURT OF OF BAN
(Before Mr. Com:diem

Tits bankrupt, a .MerichXt.rt; bliiroad-street, applied
for his certificate. The aceotent• showed a surplus at the
.Vaceignel of 1855 of 11,0281. The beaMmit_ now owes to
creditors 22.5441. ,• wets, 1,5001. The trade
imam were large, 25,8381., being eleven per cent. on his
purchmes.
Mr. Murray opposed for the meioses
The principal Charge against the bankrupt mu, that hehsd
obtained advances twice en the same goods—a lot of tin—
which was lying at a wharf.
His Honour expressed salvias how this could be deem if
the business were properly conducted at the wharfage/NI.
Mr. Hurray explained that it was not customary for the
whefingere to conduct their buidnem coo sandy as at the
docks. It was not usual for the parties making edemas to
require to see the dock warrants.
The bankrupt was examined, and admitted baring ob-
tained an advance of 9004 on some saltpetre, from Mews.
Vanden°, of Cartharri, of which he hod only repaid 521.
On the 23rd of Feb. he paid to Bishop, Spike, and Co., a sum
of 2,3001.; two days sfierwarcla ho suspended payment. He
went on paying his somptanoes as they came due until the
time of his stoppage. He paid sway about 30,0001. in that
month to the *Amery 000 ram of his buena..
His Honour said that this we, a serious blot on the came,
which otherwise presented favourable Stature,. The bank-
napes books bad been wail kept, and all his transactions were
faithfully recorded with the exception of them complained of.
As he could not ggrraanot sa Immediate certificate, he would
adjourn the considentica of the cam until after the noes.