Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-28 00:00:00

it. When the vo
Mr. Cleaver came by i

Rowland

to Hun. I am not aware of
being in the room from the time Mr. H. Layland w.
John Wilson left at half-past two o'clock, and Mr. Jos..„
Wilson coining at half-past six o'clock. The shutters
were closed on Saturday. Mr. Joseph Wilson opened
The middle part only. I saw them

fr.

nem a Hal(

'rem the out:
.eft. I hav

e. They closed the shutters v
never had the keys of the roc

)ickinson was in his own office on Sunday

,ernoote,

do not think he left his office
two o'clock until he left at hal

D when I went t

heard him if he left his room. lie

church. I could have
did not light the gas.

He is in the habit of coming on Sunday of

.s at this

e up the rate boas for the

LOuse besides on the

of Sox

day. I cannot say whether there was any one
ing room ou Saturday, before I heard footst
land and Mr. John Wilson, about kal

Ir. Lay

William Dickinson, rate-book cler

he left

home at half-past one o'clock on Sunday, and
office a little before two o'clock. I have to
time of the year very closely at work, making up the rate-
books, &c. I stayed at the office until I could not see,
which would be about seven o'clock. I did not go into any
other room but my own, but went straight to and from it.
The waiting-room door was closed when I passed. I know-
nothing about what took place on Saturday last.
else was in the office at work on Sunday but myself
Mr. Alfred Bey Barnett, office superintendent and assists
overseer of Toxteth Park, said : I came here at half-past five
o'clock. Mr. Jos.Wilson and I came into the office together-
He went into the waiting room, and I followed him. I sawtbe
helf of the .counter ; he pointed
; there was a number of them ;
Joseph Wilson untied some of the

tend at tidy

0 OW

voting papers, on the
the bundles out to me

the shutters wer

es, and looked at the pail

his has been a column

m a long time with us, that there has
election of 1857

vrong,ly put in, and other

malpractice

know it was intended to or

on the morni

1 Henry I

land eip

eyers, anti the question was, the
)est way of doing- it without any person having
access to them ; I suggested that the proper way
ask Mr. Cleaver for the key of the closet ; they left, aa
- ••-;fo to M. Olca-rct not bcforo Monday),
TUes3—

previous
is to
6,s

ne might bring the key up with him
they deferred writing on Saturday, for fear of c
alarm ; I suggested to write on Monday evening,
he could receive the letter by post on Tuesday mor
then no one could come and take them away; I
it to Mr. Johns on the same Saturday morning,
" By all means, write to Mr. Cleaver for the k
not know who opened the closet door; Mr. John Wilsar,
Mr. J. D. Carter, and Mr. H. Layland all took part nu
looking at the papers to discover if there was anl -
in the type ; they did not find what they expected
nothing to confirm their suspicions
which had been circulated; they put the pal
did not see any key used. On Monday m
half-past eleven o'clock, Mr. Cleaver came witu _
Mr. Siddeley, and Mr. Pickup, and enquired for the ti.t,
I told them I had not got it. I went
it, but ho was not home. I return
and then went to Mr. Joseph Wilson at
and told him Med,
r.
Johns wanted the key of the room. He said it was at
home, and be would not be bothered in fetching it. I told
him if he did not send the key, Mr. Johns was determined
to open the door, when he said, " he was to do 'it at kis
peril." After receiving such answer, ordered a locksmith,
who was waiting, to open the door with a picklock. Kr
Johns, Mr. Siddeley, Mr. Pickup, Mr. Cleaver, and mfr
went into the room. I thought from the way the fl
opened when Mr. Cleaver went to it, that the closet
not locked.
Mr. Richard James states : I am a printer, and I

and he said,
0Y ;" I do

differs

id foul

zits.
in, but I
17„ abcat

waiting-room

to Mr. Lay land's f

the votin

for the year 1857 by c
,000 voting papers. '

or re

They were

ueuvereu at once. About 200 was delivered
o'clock at night to Mr. Kenyion and Mr. Dicki
- •

the 7th

e rime-on:tee on the following
I never received any orders. nor

did I pTuu, any or tuese voting papers for any
had orders from Mr. It. Holden, solicitor, to print on el
June, 60 nomination papers. On the
printed 100 nomination papers for the _
were all delivered on that day. The above a
papers I printed previous to the return of the. election
might have printed the notices of guardians elected
Rich. James produced his trade journal, wherein the
entries are recorded. There are no other orders fn
withother
theperson c t
ifoonr No-oftinorono tilaisetr
im,u7stders co r
Thomas Rogers taxed me with printing 200 voting r
15th instant, I was in the Parish. Office, guardians.g papers,
more than I had printed for the overseers, for some
else. I told him I had printed something. I think It,
him they were voting papers. I did not at that tir,
anguish the difference. Since, my attention has

rawn to the difference between voting and noiniziatiox
^•onversation took place, I told hire I

ay week, the

When the

would print 200 for him or for any othet peron
Mr. Richard James Thwaites : lam a printer f
Richard James. I remember the voting pape
printed for 1857, for the overseers. About th
Jund, or beginning of July, therewere 3,000 of tl
200 were delivered about eleven o'clock at
remainder next morning at eight o'clock. N
papers were printed for any other person. 'I
have been done without my' knowledge
•also
insaotioinlompiaipmerionbepinagperpsrintteeidngfo
the elfection ofa
Ivorivofetor3:: Mr. Richard
pRo,
aoispcooehl
riascorifdft
forth
Jr:
h. e m
printed John
or James
a n
yßarrowamtother
esr.
I
The commitPtere : am ... •
remember the printing
nation papers person.or the overseers.
Th ere
gPunanrdteiarnisn
fotrhelBesm7p. h
Panted for
jtohure
noevder.seers. were T alsohere 100 a(

the over;

printed for Ri

the Celestial has arrived from China, with 464,7

A SHARP SPECULATOR—I do not know if I mentiazrA
that
when we made that ineffectual gallop up to the Re sr
Ghaut we found collected there on one side of the ha im-
yrz
mens equantitiesoro
of magnificent
thegnific upper
thpeewr
forests,ntimbe timber,
wworiltihe
been floated down
£lB,OOO or £20,000. It had been in the hands of the
enemy, but our presence made it ours. Our army P3g9241
over, and up came from Allahabad, as I am informed, am
active and by no means dull compatriot, who at once bought
up the timber from the men who had floated it down,
giving them a rupee or two as earnest money for each log.
whereon he set his mark. When our barrack builders mai
to claim it there was the mark indelible, and there, too, w
the proprietor, averring that he had contracted forthe won&
ere the mutinies broke out (which may be quite true), and
that if the Government wanted the wood they must buyit
from him. There is some muttering about the laws of prim
and of prize money, but the astute speculator will probalti,
gain the day and the rupees.—Letter from Zucknaw.