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election that most people would be sorry to see them d. is"!
pensed with, yet they swell the cost to the candidat, ,s
so considerab'y, and so fr, que,utly provoke hostile en
counters in the streets,
that it is doubtful whether their
use in West Surrey will survive the present election. i
The three candidates were all in Guildford yesterday.
Co!ol;e1 ChaHoner left the White Lion about one o'clock
f(); Chorrsey, and did not r,turn to Guildford. The .
fol:owing are the nutzberd issued by the Central CJII^ '
servativo Committee fast nizht, at the final clot,,e of ;he
poll :
Drummond. Evelyn. Chslionrr.
... 307 311 358
... 159 170 190
••• 161 195 65
... 257 267 160
.. 140 148 186
... 842 147 171 •
4.. 450 410 259

Chf:r:sey
Cnobtiam
Darkiug
it,estrra
Farni-tatil
Guildford ...

Total ... 1,616 1,649 1,069
Majority for Evelyn ... 280
Maj,-,rity for Drummond ... 247
The bands wetal called off On both sides soon after
the final result of the poll, and no breach of the peace
was apprehended when our final dispatch left last
night; but serious riots took place at Farnham and
Godalming after the closing of the poll on Tuesday
night. The " Blue" version is, that a lot of " Roughs"
from Guildford and Godalming, in the interest of the
Conservative candidates, finding the result of the poll ,
extremely favourable to Colonel Challoner, went over
to Farnham to create a diversion, and to enjoy the
luxury of a fight with the Farnham Radicals. They
went armed with bludgeons, and after the closing of
the poll at four o'clock, they commenced an attack
upon the " Blues," who, being unprepared, were driven
back. The Farnharaites, however, being reinforced by
some "navvies,"--your "navvy" being ever ready for
a fight and eager for the fray—rushed to the- hop-gar-
dens, broke dew; ,some. hop-poles, and having, thus
armed themselves, a terrible fight ensued. Messrli. S.
Nicholson and G. T. Nicholson, county magistrate,
strenuously endeavoured to quell the riot, and Mr.
Everett, superintendent of the county constabulary, did
what ho could with the small force at his command to
separate the combatants. Mr. G. T. Nicholson was
about
twoerreeadeothegrßeaitot
tAhactt,
thbeurte tahpepetuamreudltnoandcon
proba-
bility that anyfi b
to it. The body would pay the smallest attention
light continued • men were knocked
down
on all sides; heads were cut open, and each party
attacked the other with
" showers of stones, until the
Roughs" who we
re the cause of the disturbance,
were compelled to seek refuge in the yard of the Bush
Inn, the head quarters of
E
The infuriated populace then commenced
and Drummond.
upon the windows of the Bush,
and
smashed
an attack
upon the ground floor and many of those in
all those
storeys. It was fortunate for the peace of
the the upper
the " Roughs" did not again venture out, or, in
itnow4that
cited temper of the townspeople, lives might have beeexn.
lost. As it was, several persons received severe injuries
on both sides, and it was rumoured that one or two
lives were lost, but this report is without foundation.
The police were sent round to close the public-houses,
and tranquillity was restored for the rest of the evening.
Yesterday morning it was agreed by the friends of all
the candidates to withdraw their bands of music and
banners, and the friends of the Conservative candidates
having sent away what the Farnham people ealled the
" hired mob," who had come over to create a riot, the
polling went on very quietly during yesterday. Very
few voters presented themselves at the opening of the
poll, and up to half-past ten scarcely half a dozen per-
sons had voted. A large concourse of persons tumul-
i bled in the streets to view the broken windows of the
Bush, and the " Blues" of the lower class were hanging
about in great force, prepared to resent any interference
with their right to vote for the Liberal and Free-trade
candidate. The town of Farnham will be remembered
as the birthplace, residence, and grave of William Cob-
bett, which may account for its being a stronghold of
Liberalism in that part of West Surrey.
At Godalming disturbances of an equally serious cha-
racter broke out after the close of the poll on Tuesday
night. The Liberal candidates were here again in a
majority throughout the day. Soon after four, some
low fellows commenced an attack upon the " Blue"
band. The popular feeling being strongly in favour of
Colonel Challoner, here as well as Farnham the crowd
set upon the "Roughs," and a desperate combat en-
sued, in which bludgeons were liberally used on both
sides, and showers of stones were thrown. The Mayor
of Godalming (Mr. Foster) was preparing to read the
Riot Act, but being unsupported by a sufficient police
force no beneficial effects seemed likely to follow.
Here, as at Farnham, the " Blues" were victorious, and
drove the " Roughs" into the yard of the Angel Inn,
the Conservative house. An attack was then made
upon the windows of the Angel, which were almost
all broken. Mr. Henry Hackaw, an active member
of Colonel Chailoner's committee, ordered the "Blue"
band oat of the town, and walked at the bead of a
' procession, with the view of drawing off the populace
Prom the SC3IIO of mischief. The tetPrupt was success-
ful, and peace was restored. A number of the trades-
men of the town were sworn in as special constables,
and about six o'clock the Own, although in an excited
was tolerably quiet. The same arrangements
wile made us at Vat-ahem) for preservina the peace yes-
terday, by withdrawing the bands and fl age, and no
breach of the peace eccarrrd in the course of one day.
The number of registered electors is 3,897, abou'
3,000 of whom are Nip?"sed to have polled. At no
former election for the western division have so man)
electors voted. We stated Mr. Alcock, M.P., gave a
plumper for Colonel Challoner. His colleague, Mr.
vote at Chertsey for Challoner
Locke King, gave a split vo
Howard, laLP., gave a
and Drummond. Lord E.
plumper for Colonel Challoner.
The official declaration by the High. Sheriff of the
return of Messrs. Evelyn and Drummond will be made
to-morrow (Friday). Colonel Challoner, we understand,
dressthe electors.-
intends to be prevent, and so a d

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LIGENC
ASSIZ E INTE L •
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, JuE
ly 20.
WIGHTMAN.) '
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justic(?
Joseph Morley wai indicted fur the wilful murder of
Sarah Senior, at High [Leyland, on the 26th of April last.
Mr. Blanchard and Mr. Shaw prosecuted, and Mr.
Bliss, Q.C., and Mr. Overend defended the prisoner.
It appeared that the deceased was a widow, having
several children, and residing in a cottage at Skelman-
thorpe, near Mewsbury. The prisoner, who is a
la-
bourer, lived at the same place, and it appeared had
established an improper intimacy with her. On Sunday
night, the 25th of April, he called upon the deceased
sod proposed to her to go out and take a walk. The
eldest son of the deceased opposed her going out, as
did the other children; but she contrived to soothe them
by promises and halfpeace, and putting on her bonnet
and shawl, went out with the prisoner, which was
the last time she was seen alive. This was about
half-past eleven o'clock, the prisoner having parted
with a man named Whitehead at the top of a lane
leading to the deceased's house, at a quarter-past eleven
The prisoner's account was, that he spent two hours
with hen, walking about, and at length wanted her to go
h .me, but she said she was afraid of her eldest son.
and they parted, he agreeing to meet her at a future day
Ho watched her after they parted, and saw
e
her g .
across a close called Fisher's Close, behind a haystack,
where subsequently the body was found. Next morn-
ing, about half-past eleven, Joseph Fisher found the
body of the deceased at his stack. She was lying on
her back, quite dead. Her shawl was s
and her clothes up to her knees. There was nopreadunder her,
of any struggle having taken place. The evidence
moved, and on being examined by two medical thereewn:g y-
found extravasated blood mbout the right side of the bead,
nec
ere k, aud shoulder, and also down the back. The lungs
w congested in a manner sufficient to cause death.
One of the medical Men was of opinion that this con-
gestion was the resultna named
fda struggle and external vio-
lence. A labourer, James Walter stated that be
hoard cries about half-past three o'clock in the morning
in question
apardocteheeding from the spot where the body
was found;
tody, and taken past the
on being taken into cduss.-
e,l,dThwhere th e bode Where I covered, said to the officeer,
did fired, as I had often done before.'r3'l;nteheofPth
n cross-examination, said the blackness inikd hav:
arisen from natural causes, as also the congesuoen
been
e surgeons,
overflow of blood into the pericardium Inigh6 havxertion
occasioned by mental excitement and oserse-e.
acting on a body not altogether free from r ',do: prisoner,
' Mr. BLISS having addressed thejurY
contended that he could have no
hie she left the
violence, for it was clear with who o:d- • which the
nidi:irte to offer her
Avon in
The Pclorn, and there being
house to accompany him.
body was found, the dress being un _
~ ed at no violence had
no evidence of a struggle,es-weeks upon her person, she
been offered to her, and
atho
aid y
b the surgeons, might
being in ill-health, itd wb excitement, or by natural
eccasiorie YE, diseased. There was no
have been
causes, acting the prisoner bad offered h
her any
on a body
evidence to show that
H
violeinee. Loarisoir be„ivg very carefully summed up the
s
eviTdhenocjeu,ry
retired for a short time, and returned with
a verdict of Not guilty.
JULY 21.
(Before :dr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
This morning was fixed tor the trial of John Snap
and John Smith for the " garotte" murder of Williun
Francis Mapplethorpe, at Bull, on the 1 ih of June.
The grand jury threw out the bill, but Mr. Granger,
Q.C., on behalf of the prosecution, determines to pro
cesdo.n I ho' Coroner's inquisition.
This morning Mr. GRANGER applied to have the case
postponed.,aa to the next assizes, a 51. note of the ElOll
I 3
, 'Ring Company, of which the deceased was robbed,
flaying been traced, and there was every reason to be.
lieve toat it would be brought home to the prisoners'
Possession.

Mr. DEARSLEY, on the part of Snap, opposed the ap-
plication; ay also did Mr. SEYMOUR, on the part of the
uther prisoner.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN said, as the evidence which
formed the ground of the application had only been dis•
covered last Saturday, he thouv..ht that, upon the whole,
for the purpoa2 of jubilee, the trial ought to be postponed
for the next gaol delivery,
Thin Gabe ovuoluded the usizes.shis mauling.