The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-01 00:00:00

ELECTION IBTELLIOENCE.

BERKSHIRE.--On Saturday an address to the
electors of Berks appeared from Mr. John %Vatter' of Bear
Wood, Wokinghani, who, in 1865, lest his seat for that
county, three conservatives, Colonel Lloyd Lindsey, Colonel
Sir Charles Russell, and Mr. Benyon, being returned. In
his address, Mr. Walter says :—" As a general election is
likely to be held before the close of the year, I beg leave,
in compliance with the suggestion of some inn uentiuu
friends, to announce my intention of becoming a candidate
for the honour of representing the county in the next par-
liament. The circumstances under which I lost my seat at
the last election, and with which most of you must be
familiar, might atone plead my excuse for again offering
myself to your notice ; but the important changes
which have been wrought during the last two
years in the composition of the electoral body
render it almost imperative upon me to embrace
the first opportunity which presents itself of
helping to restore that balance of parties in the
county which the last contest overthrew. As I propose
shortly to commence a personal canvass throughout the
county, I will not trouble you on the present occasion with
any lengthened explanation of my political opinions, but
will content myself with referring very briefly to those
points to which public attention is chiefly directed at the
present moment—the Irish church and the removal of re-
ligious disabilities. With regard to the former of these
questions, I bold with the majority of the liberal party
that the time has gone by for effecting any of those com-
promises with the Roman catholic body which the best
and the wisest English statesmen of this country, from Pitt
to Russell, have laboured in vain to promote ; and that
a grievance, unparalleled in the history of any
other country, must no longer be permitted to remain •
perpetual bone of contention between the two countries.
Whatever other sources of discontent or disaffection may
remain in Ireland, we shall never deal with them entices*.
fully till we have removed the great stumbling block that
lies at the threshold of every Irish question. With regard
to religious disabilities, I may say that, without being a
convert to what is called secular education,' I am in fa-
vour of the removal of all religious tests which have the
effect of limiting the benefits of public education to mem-
bers of a particular creed." The Hon. Auberon Herbert,
brother to the Earl of Carnarvon, has been commualcated
with by some of the liberal electors of the county, with a
view to ascertain if he would be willing to come forward
in the liberal interest at the ensuing election. The opinion
prevails amongst many that the enlarged constituency will
give a considerable majority to the liberal party, and that
if an advanoed liberal such as Mr. Herbert were to come
forward with Mr. Walter, a decisive victory would be
pined. Mr. Herbert's reply, which he has promised to
forward in • few days,
_ is anxiously looked for.
THE EAST WORCESTERSHIRE ELECTION.—The
whole of the returns of the poll on Friday are now sent
in. and give a majority of 279 for the Hon. G. C. Lyttel- ,
ton. A total of 5,101 electors polled out of 7,000. It
w ill be interesting to torn back for • moment to the last
contest for this division of the county, which took place
in the spring of 1859, also a few months before a general
election as in the .resent instance, when the number of
electors on the register was 5,924, and the number polled ,
4,269, in about the same proportion for the liberal and
conservative candidate as on Friday, viz , 2,304 for the
liberal, and 1,965 for the conservative. The contest was
on that occasion between the Hon. F. H. W. G. Cal.
their (now Lord Calthorpe), and Mr. Pakington, son of
the right hon. the present Secretary for War. The offi-
cial declaration will be made by the high sheriff to-day at
Droitwicb.

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REPRESZNTATION OF THE NORTH EASTERN
DIVIBION or F.aintx.—On Saturday afternoon, • meeting
of the conservative party of this division was held at Col-
chester, Mr. P. 0. Papillon in the chair, for the ppuarrppeossee of
promoting the return of two conservative candidates.
Two gentlemen were proposed separately. Mr. C. Du Cane,
one of the present sitting members for North Ere: ; and
Mr. J. Round ; and both were unanimously adopted as the
candidates of the party at the dissolution. Mr. Round,
who is about 27 years of age, is • member of a highly re-
spected family long resident in the neighbourhood of Col-
cheater. The meeting was adjourned fora week to admit
of a communication being made to Mr. Du Can, and Mr.
Round, and at the adjourned meeting it is ex that
both gentlemen will attend in person. It was t

The defendant was convicted before the Lord Chief
Justice at the last Hertford assizes for having taken
charge of and received to board and lodge, in n house not
being a duly registered hospital or 'teemed asylum, oue
John Clode, a lunatic or a supposed lunatie, and without
the other conditions and fornutlitleerequired by the etatote
I having been complied with. The point raised on the trial
was whether Clods was a lunatic within the meaning of
the act, the term lunatic being by the interpretation clause
taken to mean "every inmne person and every person being
an idiot orlunatia or of unsound mind." Mr.illode,a man of 55
years of age, had three attacks of paralysis, sensing from in-
temperance, and he had been placed with the defendant, a
medical man, not as a lunatic, but as an invalid whose
memory had become greatly impaired by bodily weakness
and infirmity. It did not appear that be laboured under
any deluidons or mental aberrations, neither was heitubject
to tits of phreasy or violence. But it was clear that his
mental faculties had fallen into a state of exceeding weak.
nem and imbecility, and he was satisfied to remain in
• most revolting state of filthiness. He was visited
by direction of the Lord Chancellor by two physi-
cians, Dr. Blandford and Dr. Bennett, who wore of
opinion there was decided nnsormidneu of mind in Mr.
Clode. Two medical witnesses called by the defendant
were of opinion there were no symptoms of insanity, but
one of then. admitted there was unsoundness of mind in
respect of loss of memory, arising from softening of the
brain. The Lord Chief Justice directed the jury, if they
believed the evidence for the prosecution, to find the de-
fendant guilty, which they did, and looking on the case as
An aggravated one, in consequence of the neglect with
which she patient had been treated, and more especially
as the defendant had insisted on having his pay doubled
in consideration of extra comforts to be afforded, he
sentenced the defendant to • fine of 1001. and six months'
imprisonment, but reserved for the consideration of this
court whether upon the evidence there was lunacy within
the meaning of the sot.
Mr. Woollen appeared for the defendant, and urged
that the fact/ did not amount to unsoundness of mind.
Mr. Poland appeared in support of the conviction.
The Court, without calling upon the latter learned gen-
tleman, affirmed the conviction. No man of sound mind
would have submitted to the treatment Dr. Clode had re-
ceived as described in the case.
Conviction affirmed.

THE POLICE COURTS..

GUILDHALL.

Alderman Cgoston,On taking his mat on the bench on
Saturday, was Informed by the chief clerk that there was
net • single night charge in the Guildhall district, and
that according to ancient custom his worship was entitled
to • pair of white kid gloves for having a maiden sheet
before him. The gloves were presented in the usual form
by Air. Roe, the chief officer of the court, and Alderman
Causton eayreased the gratification he felt at the improved
condition of the morality of the City.