The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-01 00:00:00

OOLDWIN SMITH.

Ithaca. New York, Nov. 17.

THE FATAL ELECTION RIOT AT CAMBRIDGE.—
The inquest on the remains of Mr. Lofts, the porter of
Christ's College, who died from a blow from a stone
received on the polling day for the borough of Cambridge,
was resumed yesterday at Cambridge. George Clarke,
shoemaker, aged 72, who is charged with having thrown
the stone, was brought op in custody. After some fur-
ther evidence had been taken, the coroner said the origin
of the affair was the driving of a fly. in the midst of a
crow upon the close of an exciting election. ' The
fly had in it a number of person. of one political feeling,
and there were foolishly driven amongst a crowd
of directly opposite opinions, who were rejoicing
in the flush of victory, and in addition to
the vaunting display of opposition colours derisive
gestures were made from the to the crowd. In his
opinion that excited the riot, and the officers would have
been quite_ justified in taking all parties in that fly into
custody. Had they been PO taken and brought before
him he should have thought it his duty to have committed
those parties for a breach of the pence. As it now stood,
they must be left to their own consciences, and unlesethey
were worse men than he took them to be that punishment
would be severe indeed, for it was to their heedless, reck-
less conduct that the death of the deceased in the vigour
of life 11111 to lie attributed, leaving a widow and a
daughter in the direst distress and sorrow. After some
further observations on the evidence, the coroner said he
thought they could come to no other conclusion than a
verdict of manslaughter against Clarke. Aker a (muter
of an hour's deliberation the jury returned a verdict of
" Manslaughter " against George Clarke, who was then
formally committed for trial. At the conclusion of the
inquest, Clarke was taken before the borough bench of
magistrates, and the evidence given at the inquest having
been repeated at length, he was by the justices also ease-
mitted for manslaughter. It will be recollected that he
has admitted to an acquaintance, and to Detective-
constable Denby, that he was the party who threw the
stone.
THE ELECTION OLTRAGES AT IVICAN.—At the
Wigan Borough Police-court yesterday, there had been
entered for hearing a case in which the Rev. Philip F. J.
B. Mains, vicar of lit. George's, Wigan, was summoned
for assaulting James Hunter, labourer, of Ince, on the
24th ult., the day for polling in South West Lancashire.
Mr. Heins was a member of the local committee of Metiers.
Gladstone and Grenfell, and the aesault was alleged to
have been committed near the polling booth at Wigan.
It is stated that, while being jostled by a crowd of roughs,
tie rev. gentleman deliberately struck the complainant
Hunter, without any provocation. On the other side a
=different story is told. The defendant says he la-
bia vote about one o'clock, and afterwards visited
the polling-booth in consequence of information
having reached him that some molt shameless acts
of intimidation bad occurred. ;He reached the booth about
three, and found the •entrance in the possession of about
2,000 tory roughs who vigorously hooted him. He re-
mained in the structure a short tune, and on leaving was
attacked by the mob. He tried to defend himself, but his
arms were grasped behind. The blows fell thick on his
head and fuel and he was kicked with clogs iu the " usual
. Wigan rtyle.' When the case was called, Mr. W.
Mayhew, one of the eonservative agents, appeared on be-
half of the plaintiff, and requested- that the case might
be withdrawn. He said that be had only been in.,tructed
s few minutes before, or he would have stayed proceed-
ings sooner ; and if the complainant had been determined
lig on the case,
liberali d
ahagevne thrownrep urorstlebrief:
defendant,
_and stated that Mr. bad been in bed
ever sines tae;.._ ts,kl44".
EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN Touts.—A little'
before midnight, on Friday evening, the officers in
of the Central Police Station, Suuderland, had anclaugfr-
cation for lodgings of a somewhat unusual character. A
tidy, clean, and venerable-looking little woman, who
stated that she was in her ninetieth year, applied for leave
to remain in the police station all night, as she wished to
travel on to Shields in the morning. Her respectable and
aged appearance, and the apparent truthfulness whiohper-
vaded all her explanations, procured for her the shelter
she sought, and after warming herself by the charge-room
fire, a bed was provided in one of the cells. Before re-
tiring to rest, she stated that she had travelled on foot all
the way from South Wales, and was on_ a journey to some
Mends at North linn*lssid. She MW been nearly a
month on her pedeshean ezpedition, but was perfectly
able to perform the vest of her journey, though so advanced
in life. Further explanations elicited that she was the
widow of a man named Hudson, formerly a soldier
in the 42nd Highlanders ; that he was a native of Inver-
ness, and was one of a family of sixteen children. A good
deal of her life had been spent in Wales, but she had a
wish to visit her friends in North Sunderland, from which
place as will probably travel to Greenock, where she has
a skier being. Her drum, as may be anticipated, was of
a peer character, but was ecrupuloull clean and neat;
she wore a portion of a shawl p forty year, ago
by her husband and the well-worn maligns of which she
preserved for his sake. Her bonnet she scrupulously m-
arred in a imuolharelsief daring the night, and perfect
methodisal habits and care' characterised all her actions.
Her lively, chatty, and agreeable manner secured the
good cases of the peace, and, edam she left the station
mixt miessing to MEM- herimponsy northwards, she was
provided with a good leeskleal, -_ provisos to which she put
111 order the bed on which she bad dept.—Northern Deily
irryreas. _

A CLnUCAL CONVEBT.—A clergyman of the
Church cd England writes :—" Will u affow me, with the
edam* brevity, to state effect of the general
a'7dsMtaa MEL Abhooglt I bare never thosOt the
estebbismet of the Mese M a minority capable of
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BNITING IN LONDON.—Nonnai.
the date were amieready attended to-day, three
ereoAlthrVittie ere, Ida events teemed Into notice
=et beet rereein end Italy soll labs Weirdos
Cep. Per the spratia conteit, end Wiley were
to2aig jaestriagg badmed et erre money, bet treporde the dame the
besot dijghtly the better favored% end edit or it to
0 ,on bid en bka. Pee the Weirdos Omni' Ceirlelebsak,nooti-
settees of lard lArapre, sad el Ilwehard.
end Jane pewit is nod demand. Prier se time:
BOAT RACK (SADLER v. KOLLNY).
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Weight for ; certain ailoweaces. One mile.
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Mr. J. Audinwood's Luey, 3 yre, Met Mb (Mater) 3
The following also ran :—The =er, Tram , Simple Simon,
Bedford, Ceder, erusabuses eWt,
Barlimgron was weighed foe by Kennedy, bet be wad not be
found in time, sad did not go to the post.
Betting: ET'n Nolfo, to 1 each oast Cater sad Trumpery,
sad to eget Casiteent.
Tar Wiersoirourax Haameu Hi:MA Rana of 30 Isom :
whiners eaten; the winner to be sold by auction for BO sm. One
mile and a-half, over in bovines
Kr. Norris,. trios, by Loop aeres—Birthday, ard, Watt I
Kr. C. Semen's Lydia, Slit lab Mt't
Mr. J. Iteese's love is a age& lid db.— Daniels 3
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3 in. high, and that have never bets to • subtle hailing silk ;
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Mr. D. Plumb's nays
Kr. P. Mongliton's Washerwoman.
Mr. Bolton's Veto
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sad Veto.

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Betting: to lon blaidOl it7nt. Wm by thirty ohs; a
seek between mond and third.

Scrums' It aca.—A boat-race took place yesterday in outriggers
lowa Putney to Barmy, for Its a side. The men Warr W. Spencer,
of the Temple, sad B. Bradley, of Lenooles-inn, both amateurs,
sad they have frapiently Ilgured before to mike stream •
elessaboat accompanied, aad bettia sto 4 on Spencer. Mr.
J. 0. Kent was referee. They got wayigether, Open= having
the beet station.and they so rowed to the Foist, where Spencer
gradually drew away and won by tea leagths.