The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-30 00:00:00

TENANT RIGHT.

In reply to a question,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND said
the Tenant-Right Bills of the Government would be
printed and ready for delivery to-morrow.

DERBY ELECTION.
On the order of the day for the consideration of the
petition of the inhabitant householders of Derby on the
subject of the last election,
Sir A. COCKBURN rose to bring under the atten-
tion of the house the allegation of the petitioners. He
said they alleged that gross and profligate bribery had
been • carried on at the last election, and with that
bribery a member of her Majesty's Government was
closely connected. He should abstain as much as possible
from saying anything that was unbecoming a gentleman
or at all hurtful to the feelings of the right hon. gentle
man to whom the petitioners referred. The hon. and
learned gentleman then proceeded to relate the circum-
stances connected with the last election, and in doing so,
reminded the house that until recently, Derby was one
of the strongholds of liberalism, but at the last
election Mr. Horsfall, who had not been previously
associated with the borough, entered the field on
the part of the Tory interest. At the previous elec-
tion a solicitor of the town named Lewis, had succeeded in
unseating on petition the two liberal candidates ; but,
greatly to his annoyance, he found, when success was
accomplished, that he was 7001. out of pocket, and, as
none of his Tory friends were disposed to come forward
with the necessary funds to reimburse him, he deter-
mined to have nothing to do with the last election.
(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Now, it was generally ad-
mitted that nothing made a man so sore as losing money
—(" hear," and a laugh)—and at the last election this
Mr. Flewker refused to act as Mr. Horsfall's agent, or

to take any part in the affair. His services, however;
were much desired, and a correspondence took place be-
tween Mr. Huish, the chairman of Mr. Horsfall's com-
mittee, and Mr. Flewker, which at the close assumed
rather an angry tone, and the latter afterwards sent a
statement of the reasons which had induced him to re-
fuse to act with the conservatives as he had hitherto
done to a newspaper, which, however, was not inserted.
At the very eve of the election, however, a person of
the name of Radford made a last effort to induce Flewker
to act for the conservatives, and succeeded. At the in-
terview which took place between them, Radford com-
municated to Flewker important facts as to the prepara-
tions which had been made to carry the election by
means of money. He told him that a stranger was in
the town, located at the County Tavern, and that he was
to go to that man, who was prepared with the means to
carry on the work, and a card was given to him, which
card he (Sir A. Cockburn) had in his hand, bearing the
address of "T. Morgan, Chester." Flewker, with this
card, went to the County Tavern, and was admitted to
a private room, where the man was. He told this
man, who was a perfect stranger to him, that he
had come from Mr. Radford, and produced the card.
The man said it was all right ; and in some conver-
sation that occurred, Flewker having alluded to the
supposed fact that the former had come from Chester,
he said, " No, I don't come from Chester, but from
Shrewsbury, from Mr. Frail." He then shewed a letter
to Flewker, who, the moment he saw it, said, "that is
the writing of Major Beresford." That was all that
passed, except that the man explained the arrangements
he had made, and the manner in which he proposed to
carry on the business. Flewker then saw Radford, and
told him that the man had not come from Chester, but
from Shrewsbury. " Oh, its all right," said Radford ;
"he knows what he has to do, and I have promised
him 1001. when the work is done." This conversation
having taken place. Radford proceeded to request
Flewker to take on himself a mission of great import-
ance : that was to go to Nottingham for a purpose he
(Sir A. Cockburn) would state. Now, at Nottingham
there was a man living named -Hibbert, who had ob-
tained great celebrity in election matters. This person
was at the head of an organised gang of men who were
paid by him, and took their orders from him, and had
acquired great notoriety for their skill in managing
election matters. (Hear, hear.) At Derby there was
an attorney of the name of Huish, who acted as Mr.
Horsfall's agent, under his solicitor Mr. Forshawe.
Huish and Radford, impressed with the importance
of obtaining the assistance of Hibbert and his men at
the election, sent a man named Simpson to Nottingham,
to an attorney there of the name of Bowley, to negotiate
tforHibbert's services ; but Bewley, having heard some
rumours of what was going on at Derby, thought it
better to have nothing to do with the matter, and sug-
gested he should go himself to Hibbert. Thereupon
Huish wrote to that person requesting him to come to
Derby with his men ; but no answer being received,
Radford supposed there might have been some misunder-
standing between Huish and Hibbert, and Flewker was
sent over to Nottingham. There he saw Hibbert, who
told him he had received the letter from Huish, but would
not come for that ; but as Radford would undertake to
see him paid, he would come over to Derby and do the
best he could. Hibbert and his men could not start for
Derby on the same day, and in the meantime Flewker
saw a person of the name of Cox—a partisan of the
liberal party—and stated to him what had taken place.
He went to the town clerk, got an introduction to Mr.
Moss, the chairman of the liberal committee, and at an
interview with him detailed the facts he had learned.
After this he remained in the town, and became the
means of communication between Huish and Morgan.
Flewker, on returning from Derby proceeded to Rad-
ford, and told him he had secured the services of Hib-
bert and his men. He saw Radford coming out of a
door, in company with a man named Lund, a cattle
dealer ; and having told him that he had brought over
Hibbert, received directions from him about watching
an inn in the interest of the liberal party which
commanded a view of the County Tavern. He
afterwards went to the County Tavern, and while he was
there Lund came in and said he had a private matter
to speak to Morgan about. When Lund came out of
Morgan's room Flewker went in, and Morgan said to
him, "that person who has just left is a friend of Rad-
ford's, and has brought me the 'needful.' " While
Flewker was in Morgan's room a man named Rice came
in to see about certain lists of voters, i. e., lists contain-
ing the names of those persons who were supposed to be
open to pecuniary influence. Morgan had complained
that the two lists with which he had been furnished were
not sufficiently numerous. Rice, on coming into the
room, said he understood there was some objection to
the lists which had been made out, and asked what it
was. Morgan showed him the lists. Rice then lists,
"There is some mistake ; these are not thv.ight
men-
I will bring you the right lists by-and-bye. He
tioned these circumstances, as he thought it right the
right hon. gentleman whose conduct was implicated
should know the nature of the evidenee and the names
of the parties furnishing it. He had now brought the
proceedings to the close of the evening of the Wednes-
day, the eve of the nomination. On the morning of Thurs-
day Flewker went to the County Tavern, and saw Mor-
gan, who said to him that he would be obliged if he would
go to Mr. Radford, and tell him that Lund had only
brought 2001., which was not enough to win with, and to
say to him (Radford) that he (Morgan) wanted some
more " horse nails." (A laugh.) It should be stated
that orders were given at the tavern that no man was to
be admitted to Morgan's room except such as gave cer-
tain signals and uttered certain pass words to the man
who kept the door, the signal being the putting the
fingers to the mouth or chin in some particular form, and
the pass-words to be uttered were, " It is all right ; Mr.
Radford has sent me." Morgan's message, that more
"horse nails " were wanted, was taken to Mr. Radford,
but that gentleman being unwell, and not up, it was de-
livered by Flewker to a woman servant, who took it up
stairs to her master. Cox, the partner of Forshawe, was
present at the time the answer to the message was
brought back by the servant " that the horse-nhalls
should be sent, and that the gentleman who €l,,
them would be with him (Mr. Radford) all day.
About two hours after, Flewker saw Rag°, rad;
who told him that "it was all right, the money n.
been sent." All these circumstances w.ner.egctoomcmouxnoif-
cated by Flewker in the course of theo
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was acting a most unworthy part,and was betraying the
confidence of his party, actuated by motives which none
could approve, viz., vindictiveness and
his cupidity. (Hear,
hear.) Still that was no reason to reject evidence,
for they all knew that crime was
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criminals arrested and brought justice by
information obtained from parties whose motives in fur-
nishing such information it was impossible to approve.
The evidence of the informer, the spy, and the accom-
plice, was justly viewed with suspicion and distrust ;
but no prudent man would refuse to avail himself
of such evidence, especially when supported by the
corroborative testimony of others by whom the offenders
were caught in fiagrante delicto. Well, Mr. Moss
having this information, and being in possession of the
signal and the watchword, obtained the assistance of the
police and proceeded to the County Tavern, to Morgan's
room. They found the door guarded by a an who was
a stranger to them, and who put out his hand to pre-
vent their going in ; but, on their giving the signal and
pronouncing the password, the door was opened and
they were admitted. They found Morgan in the room
and apprehended him, and upon him they found 2651. in
gold and 40/. in notes, including 11. to 101. notes. On
the table at which Morgan was sitting, and immediately
before him, was a book, in which was entered the names