The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-01 00:00:00

THE VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND BMPEZB3

OP THE FRENCH 719 TBB QUEEN.

The squadron at Spithead was reinforced early
gsterdgh,mocrirr by
ain j the CLrmo
,brids 7
ad 8, gunnery
teihip
paddle at
on, 6,
sloop, Commander larshall. Other men-o 6 war are
expected hourly, to do honour to the Emperor sod Empress
of the French.. _

It is reported that during the Emperor'. stilt a strong
body of French police or its agents, will keep a strict mar-
wellies*. in the neighbourhood of Osborne, at Portsmouth,
and the locality generally.
Thu Royal Wilkens, 1211; Edinburgh, 60; Apia, 80, Ste.,
ere hourly utpacted at Spithead. At present at theed are
the fk. Vint, 103 ; Cambridge, 78 ; Blenheim, 60 • Bern-
ands, 6, peddle; Dessatatten, 8, peddle ; end Seakirk, 10,
gun brig (off (Mont*

THE VISIT OP PI2IItOR NAPOLEON.

Prince Napoleon left Osborne at 11 o'clock on
Thursday night, in the Imperial yacht, La Reim Horner.
As the Imperial yacht passed throne► Blahs's!, the Bt. Vin-
cent. 103, and Blenheim, 60, salated. The yacht went on to
the East, to Cherbourg it is undennood.

MN LATE 1111. 0. I. muArrz,

A vacancy has occurred in the representation of
Birmingham by the death of one of its representatives, Mr.
poor. Frederick Mentz, which event took place on Thurs-
day therm= at Umbralads, his seat in Warwickshire, after
• short but severe illness, which it has been known for the
lath few days could not end otherwise then fatally. At the
tinted his death he was in the sixty-fourth year of hie age.
The deceased gentleman was the sen eta German merchant
of high reepsetability, who settled in the town of Birming-
ham is or about the year 1783. and married • Him Pardon
of that town, where be himself wee bon in the latter part
of the year 1794, and where be carried on fur many years the
business of a merchant and metal roller. He evinced great
skill In the practical application of metal to ship-
ping, and more especially was the inventor and
Inimthicturer of potent yellow metal chip-sheathing and
bolts, by i which he s understood to have ode a large for-
tone. He was a magistrate and deputrlieutenant for the
county of Warwick. Ile wee also the first vice-chairman of
the Political Union of Birmingham, and was one of its most
active end strenuous supporters both in public and private.
He was one of Its leaders at the time that tho Reform Bill
was under discussion, and, in 1837, became the object of a '
prosecution far a riot which took place at a meeting fur the
abolition of church rates. He was convicted upon the indict-
ment, but the proceedings were ultimately quashed
on being carried before a higher tribunal, the judge
(the late Mr. Justice J. Allan Park) sad the
Omit of Queen's Bench being of opinion that they wen
illegal, and that the prosecution ought never to have been
instituted. Mr. blunts wan first returned to parliament by
his fellow-townsmen of Birmingham in February, 1840, on
the retirement of the late Mr. Thomas Attwood, of " cur-
rreeeerryy larne,when his opponent was the late Sir Charles
Wetherell. He was again elected after the dissolutions of
1841, 18470 and 1852, and again without oppoeition in April
last. The strong opinions which he hold upon the currency
and other cognate question, of finance, commerce, and eco-
nomy, on which he wrote several Ws pamphlets, are too
well known to need being recorded here. lie was a ra-
dical reformer of rather an advanoed school, and opposed
more especially to the principle of church rates and religious
endowments. His remarkable appearance in the Howe of
Commons will be long held in remembrance, se will also
the rough, term Anglo-Satin style of hie blunt but
common-sense speeches on subjects that came within the
range of his experience and peritonea knowledge.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(TJIIS DAY.)

DROGHEDA,

The committee met at eleven o'clock this morning,
when Richard HatrieLstated that be had been present at the
electionis addressed the mob from the White
Hone Hotel. Fa er Montague made a violent speech, and
mid that Captain Moor was introduced by the here.
ditary tesetaies of their religion, and their country._ He
vehemently denounced those who voted against ilteann.
A vigorous attack was then made upon Captain Moor's
tally-room. and serious injury was done to it. Great vio-
knee was directed towards the supporters of Captain Moor on
the nomination day. Mr. Rolm, the brother of Captain
Moor's conducting agent, wee threatened with such vio-
lence on the day aucoeeding the nomination, that he applied
to a magiarate to interfere. In his opinion it would
been dangerous to vote for Capt. Moor.
Mr. Moore, a dealer in dour, mid that the people sur-
rounded his house in such forte that he had to pay them to
go away. On the day of nomination his customers were
dragged
away, and told not te buy the sonpela moat. His
shop Ina obstructed till the Saturday, when ho went for the
magistrate to interfere.
Mr. Hammond was then examined, and stated that ke had
beta Mayor of Drogheda in 1855. The violence of the mob
was such as to oompel him to keep within his house. He
rent to the stipendiary magistrate to my that Mr. Bro
digan was threatened, and asking for protection. His Ike
opinion was that Captain Moor's voters could not have
voted with meaty.

Cromemorained—He did not prove of his own knowledge
that Mr. M'Cann polled more then half of the registered
electors ; but he knew that many who promised to vote fur
Captain Moor, voted for Mr. Dreamt.
The evidence was proceeding when oar report left.

• DUBLIN.
The committee upon this petition met again this morning
at eleven o'clock, and proceeded with the evidence of the
petitioner.
A freeman named John Hamilton, who had been in the
habit of receiving relief in Meath xtreet, was called. He stated
that he had been in the habit of receiving soup tickets. A
few days before the election he was waited upon by a person
of the name of hewn, who had a conversation with him
respecting his vote. Witness said he did not think that he
should vote without having money for it, and Frewen replied
that if any man could get him money for it he
thought he could. After some further convereallon
they parted on the understauding, as witness conceived, that
if he voted for Vance and Orogen he was to have H. He
accordingly voted fur those gentlemen, and after he had given
the vote he had 6s. Next day he celled en Prevost, and asked
for the money for his vote, when Frewen slapped his pocket
hut did not tell him when he should have it. He had not
had the money yet, and supposed now that he should not.
He considered himself very ill-treated. (Laughter.)
In erase: taimation byMr.O'Malley,thewitness said that
the agents were very shabby people. He had bean completely
taken in, rand every one knew it.
The chairman asked him how he had been taken
in, when he replied, because he did not get what he had
expected and bargained for; end that if he had not met !
Pretreat, he should certainly have voted for the two other
cendidates. Ile admitted that he was angry, because he had
got no money, when he knew there was money going.
By Mr. 0 Malley.—Frewen used not to give him a ticket
for medicine, but for what he called soup, bat which was in
fact nothing but salt and water. (Laughter.) When he went
to Frewen after the election to demand his money, he got
in a passion with him,_ and told him to be off. He had been
completely done. (Laughter.)
ath
The winless was then examined at conaiderable se
to his general mode of living, when it ap that
be aimed a few shillings • week by knitting stoc . He
wee • very. old man and walked with crutches.
Benienatu Rogera, a man in great poverty, and also • free-
man, gave eimilar testimony, with the exception that in this
owe the name of Downes, another alleged agent, was subell-
tiled for Frewen.

Some further evidence wen given, end the committee ad-
journed.

The prootordings in thu election committee to-day were
not at all interesting, the evidence called being chiefly ae to
the former inaolvenciee of the sitting member, and a great
deal of the time was occupied with the arguments of the
counsel.

MEETING OF ELECTORS AT YARNOLTTIL —On
Thursday evening Mr. Welkin, who with Mr. M.Cullagh
baa just born unseated by the election committee for Yar-
mouth, arrived in that town, and woe ereorted from the rail-
way station by a great number of his supporters. In the
course of the day, Sir J. W. Hogg, formerly elmirman of
the East India Company, visited the town, and waited on
some of the leading elector. It is toxlemtood that Sir
James intends to come forward ea a candidate in the conser-
vative total-et in conjunction with Sir B. Lwow. who repre-
sented the borough from 1862 to 1857. Mr. Watkin
addreraed a large open air meeting in the evening. He re-
viewed his votes and speeches, and protested monist the de-
riolon of the committee, assuring the meeting that Mr.
24•Cullegb and himself weft ready to offer themselves for re-
election, or to istrodnas two other candidates to the electors.
A resolution wee carried unialmously to the effect that the
mw bag deeply regn twd the decision ot the committee,
which had deprived the borough of the senior of Itheare.
Within and liMullagh, and that the meeting pledged itself
to use every of et 84 the return of two liberal candidates.
Lord Mona, Mr. W. S. Lindsay, and Mr. Cherry, a local
barrister, an spokes du possibis ordidatee.