The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-22 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION,

HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 21.
THE BALLOT.

Motion made and question put, " That, as a general election
is impending, and it is notorious that our electoral system
is defective and corrupt in practice, and as we have no
law which can put down the intimidation of voters, nor
prevent bribery, it 13 therefore expedient that a fair trial
should be given to the vote by ballot." The house divided
—Ayes, 123 ; Noes, 212.
AYES-123.
Adair, H. E. Greene, J. Pease, H.
Alcock, T. Gregson, S. Peto, Sir M.
Athlumney, Lord Grenfell, H. A
R. Pilking-ton, J.
Ayrton, A. S. Greville, Col. F. Pollard Urquhart W
Baines, E. Hadfield,lG. PonsonbT, A.
Baxter, W. E. Henderson, J. Potter, E.
Bailey T. Henley, Lord Powell, J. J.
Bellew,, R. M. Hennessy, J. P. Pr se, E. L.
Berkeley, C. P. F. Hibbert, J. T. Robartes, T. J. A.
Biddulph, Col. Hodgkinson, G. Rothschild,Baron M
Black, A. Hodgson, K.
Russell, A.
Blake, J. King, P. J. L. Russell, Sir W.
Bonham-Carter, J. Kinglake, A. W.
J.
Seely, c,
Shafto,Bennour IL D.
Digby
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Butler, C. S. K
Buxton, C.
Caird, J. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Clay, J. Lanigan, J. Sheridan, H. B.
Clifford, C. C. Lawson, W. Sidney, T.
Clifton, Sir R. Leatham, E. A. Smith, Augustus
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Cobbett, J. M. Lefevre, G. J. S. Smith, J. A.
Cobden, R. Lee, W. Smith, J. B.
Collier, Sir R. P. Lewis, H. Stacpoole, W.
Corbally, M. E. Lindsay, W. S. Stuart, CoL
Cox, W. MacEvoy, E. Talbot, C. It. M.
Craufurd, E. H. J. Maguire, J. F. Taylor, P. A.
Crawford, R. W. Martin, P. W. Tite, W.
Crossley, Sir F. Merry, J. Trelawny, Sir J. S.
Dalglish, R. Mitchell, T. A. Villiers, C. p.
Davie, Sir H. R. F. Moffatt, G. Vivian, H. H.
Davie, Col. F. Monsell, W. Waldron, L.
Dent, J. D. Morris, D. Warner, E.
Dillwyn, L. L. Morrison, W. Watkins, Col. L.
Doulton, F. Neate, C. Weguelin, T. M.
Duff, M. E. O'Brien, Sir P. Westhead, J. P. B.
Fenwick, H. O'Conor Don, The Whalley, G. H.
Fermoy, Lord O'Hagan, T. Whitbread, S.
Forster, C. O'Loghlen, Sir C. White, J.
Gavin, Major Onslow, G. Williams, W.
Gibson, T. M. O'Reilly, al. W. Wyld, J.
Gilpin, C. Owen, Sir H. TELLERS.
Goschen, G. J. Padmore, R. Berkeley, H. F.
Gower, F. L. Paget, C. Locke, J.

NOES-212.
Adderley, C. B. Gore, W. R. 0. Naas, Lord
Agnew, Sir A. Gower, G. W. L. Nicol, W.
Anstruther, Sir R. Greenall, G. Pakenham, Col.
Aytoun. R. S. Greenwood, J. Pakington, Sir J.
Barllie, H. J. Gregory, W. H. Palmer, R. W.
Baring, H. B. Grey, Sir G. Palmer, Sir R.
Baring, Sir F. Grey deWilton,Lord Palmerston, Visct.
Baring, T. G. Grosvenor, Earl Papillon, P. 0.
Barrow, W. H. Grosvenor,Lordßd. Paull, 11.
Barttelot, Col. Gurdon, B. Peacocke, G. M. W.
Bathurst, A. A. Hamilton, Major Peel, Sir R.
Bathurst, Col. H. Hamilton, Viscount Peel, F.
Beaumont, W. B. Hardy, G. Portman, W. H. B.
Beaumont, S. Hartopp, E. B. Powell, F. S.
Beecroft, G. S. Herve 3, Lord A. Powys-Lybbe, P. L.
Bentinck, G. C. Hay, Sir J Price, R. u.
Benyon, R. Heathcote, Sir W. Pritchard, J.
Bernard, Col. Heathcotr, G. H. Proby, Lord
Booth, Sir R. G. Henniker, Lord Ridley, Sir M. W.
Bouverie, P. P. Herbert, R. A. Rogers, J. J.
Bovill, W. Hesketh, Si; T. St. Aubyn, J.
Bramley-Moore, J. Heygate, Sir F. Salt, T.
Bramston, T. W. Heygate, W. U. Scott, Lord H.
Bremridge, R. Hoiford, B. S. Scott, Sir W.
Bridges, Sir B. W. Hood, Sir A. Scourfielo, J. H.
Brooks, R. Horsiall, T. B. Selwyn, C. J.
Bruce, Lord E. A. Howard, C. W. G. Smith, Sir F.
Bruce, Sir H. Howes. E. Smith, M.
Buller, J. W. Hubbard, J. G. Smollett, P. B.
Burghley, Lord Hurnuerstone, P. S. Somerset, Col. E.
ButlerJohnstone,ll. 'Hume, W. W. F. Somes, J.
Cairns, Sir H. Hunt, G. W. Stanley, Lord
Cecil, Lord R. Jervis, Captain Steel, J.
Chapman, J. Jervoise, Sir J. Stronge, Col.
Coke, Col. Johnstone, Sir J. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W.
Cole, H. Jones, D. Sturt, IL G.
Cole, J. L. Kekewich, S. T. Sturt, Lt-Col. N.
Collins, T. King, J. K. Surtees, 11. E.
Cowper, W. F. Knatchbull, W. Taylor, Col.
Cubitt, G. Knight, F. Thornhill, W. P.
Curzon, Viscount Knox, Major W. S. Thynne, Lord E.
Dalkeith, Earl of Lacon, Sir E. Thynne, Lord H.
Darner, S. D. Laird, J. Tottenham,Lc.-Col.
Disraeli, B. Leader, N. P. Tracy, C. It. D.
Du Cane, C. Leeke, Sir H. Treherne, M.
Duff, It. W. Lefroy, A. Trollope, Sir J.
Duncombe, A. Legh, Major C. Turner, C.
Duncombe, W. E. Legh, W. J. Vance, J.
Dunne, Col. Lennox, Lord G. G. Vandelenr, CoL
Edwards, Col. Lennox, Lord H. G. Vansittart, W.
Egerton, Sir P. Leslie, w. Verney, Sir H.
Elphinstone, Sir J. Liddell, R. G. Verner, E. W.
Evans, T. W. Lopes, Sir M. Vernon, H. F.
Fane, Col. Lovaine, Lord Vyner, R A.
Farquhar, Sir M. Lowe, It Walcott, Admiral
Fellowes, E. Lowther, Col. Walker, J. R.
Fergusson, Sir J. Lyall, G. Walpole, S. H.
Filmer, Sir E.
IMPorayle,kJi •VP.
Macaulay, R.
Max Walsh, Sir J. B.
Finlay, A. S.
Fleming, T. W. Mackie, J. watungron, J.
Forester, Gen. Malins, R.
Lord R. Welby, W. E.
Foster, W. 0. Manners,
Col,
J. Whitmore, H.
Fraser, Sir W. A. Manners, Lord G. Wood, Sir C.
Gallwey, Sir W. P. Martin, J. Wrightson, W. B.
Gard, R. S. Waterhouse, S.
Wynn, C. W. W.
Gaskell, J. M. Miles, Sir W. wyvill, 31.
George, J. Miller, T. J. Yorke, E. T.
Getty, S. G. Monareiff, J. J. R
Yorke,
Gilpm, Colonel Montagu,
Go Gladstone,ddardA W. VE.E E. Morgan,m o r itt xi
, W, puke, TELLERS.
puke, Col.
Gore, J. R. 0.
R. Trevor, Lord A.

Singular Attempt to Shoot a Young Woman
near Gainsborough.

On Saturday last Martha Howell, of Springthorpe, near
Gainsborough, was broubt up in custody, before Sir Henry
Emmahavingam e Hickman Bacon, Bart., it the police-station, Gainsborough,
charged with having, et the 17th instant, at Corringham,
attempted to shoot another young person named Emma
J
at Gainsborough. On the evening of the 17th inst., about a
the following Saturday,
and
to
six,
the Johnson
prisoner
c been sworn said,—l live
to our house and asked
me if I would go to Spr ngthorpe he
and spend Sunday with her. She remained till about seven
o'clock. At that time LA.r yowl_
g ladies and myself set off
to go part of the way home with the prisoner. On the
road the prisoner frequently asked me to go and stay with
her; I said I could not. When
we arrived at the wood
side, at Somerby, whe-e there is a footpath alongside
of it leading across a field, I gave way for the prisoner
to go through the handgate first; she turned when
about a yard or so from one, and pulling a pistol
from her pocket, said, " I'll shoot t you ;" I said "No
don't." She pointed the pistol close to my right ear and
fired it; I felt the fire upon my face, and something
seemed to go through my ear. I tell down, and after
about half a minute I got up, and
the prisoner had
moved to the opposite side of me. She had the pistol in her
hand, and was feeling in her pocket, I ran away and the
prisoner shouted to the other girls to hold me. She ran
after me a short distance. I went to Mr Ranby's farm-
house, about half a mile on the way back to Gainsborough.
They (the Ranbys) sent for a policeman. I have not seen
the prisoner since until this morning. About a
year and
a half ago the prisoner tried to bring me into a family quar-
rel of her's. We had some words at the time, and since
that time we have never been so friendly as we were before.
Several times since then I have been to her house to stay
all night. When I have been teaching the girls at the
prisoner's school music, I always slept with her, and she
has many times got up in the middle of the night and pointed
a pistol at me threatening to shoot me. I did not know
whether it was loaded or not. There was generally none
else in the house besides our two selves. She had often
complained that I did not go so much to stay with her, but
I went to her friends with whom she
had quarrelled. I
always considered her a very passionate woman.
Elizabeth Milburn said—l live at Springthorpe. On the
evening of the 17th inst. I went into the prisoner's house,
she having sent for me, as she was very poorly. She said,
"Give me a little porter, I'm very ill." I said, "What is
the matter ?" and she replied, 'Do take my cloth off.".
She looked very much excited. She said, " I may s s well
confess to you. I've shot Miss Johnson." I said, " Surely,
to the Lord, not." She said, " I have." I said, "Do you
think you have shot her ?" She replied, " Yes, and I'm
only sorry 1' ve not shot her dead." I said, " What have
you shot her with ?" She replied, " A pistol—it is in my
pocket.' I looked in her pocket and found the pistol pro-
duced, two balls and some shot wrapped in brown paper, a
little powder, and two caps. The pistol was very bloody.
I was very much frightened and kept the pistol. Her right
hand was hurt.

On being cross-examined by the prisoner, the witness
replied she (prisoner) said, " I intended to shoot Miss John-
son, and then to shoot myself and die at her feet."
After the superintendent of police had deposed to appre-
hending the prisoner and to her admitting that she had shot
Miss Johnson, the magistrate committed her for trial at the
next Lincoln assizes.—Leeds Mercury.

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