The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-13 00:00:00

DERBY ELECTION COMMITTEE.

The committee met on Saturday, at the usual hour,
she excitement in the corridors and lobbies adjoining the
room being as high, and the number of persons in at-
tendance to endeavour to learn something of the pro-
ceedings as great as on former days.
A medical, practitioner from Derby, was the first per-
son called in and examined. He stated that he had seen
Radford at Derby, and that it was impossible for him to
attend in consequence of illness. His state of bodily
health was such that it was not likely he would recover.
Morgan was then called in and examined. He stated
that he went from Shrewsbury by Frail's directions,
who gave him a letter to Major Beresford, and told him
to follow the instructions in the letter. Frail also gave
him the sum of £2. He went to Derby and arrived
there about three o'clock in the afternoon. He went to
the County Tavern, and sent in his card to Cox's. The
first man he saw after he sent in his card was Radford.
He afterwards saw Flewker. He corroborated the cor-
rectness of the statements made as to his employment
with regard to the payment of men upon checks, which
he thought was for a legitimate purpose. He gave 2/.
each to the people who brought the checks. He was
aware that there was a man at the door to prevent
anybody entering but those who had the checks ; but
he did not know thb.t he was engaged in an illegal em-
ployment. He stated, further, that the money was
brought to him twice, in order to pay those checks, by a
man dressed in drab ; and he subsequently stated that
the man in drab was Flewker. He said that all he
had told the policeman before was false— he had done so
because he did not feel bound to tell the policeman the
truth. Although he had told the policeman falsehoods,
he had no supposition that he was engaged in any
illegal work ; and he thought the money which was
given him, and which he paid away, was for a legal pur-
pose. He did not see anybody but Radford and
Flewker in the matter, and denied having seen Lund.
The only point that now appears left for elucidation
is the identity of "the man in drab."
The landlord of the County Tavern was called, and
stated that he saw Lund at his house on Wednesday
night, and that he was dressed in drab. He also saw
Flewker in the house for some time, and he was dressed
in black. Flewker has been in mourning for the last
four years. '
The committee then determined that Lund should be
sent for, and also the Coxes and Frail, who was too ill
to attend to-day, and the proceedings were then ad-
journed till Wednesday next.
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HOW WILL THE IRISH DIVISION n

Both the the Nation and the Tablet of Saturday, contain
letters from their respective editors, Mr. Lucas and Mr.
Duffy, now attending their Parliamentary duties in
London, which show that they are by no means deter-
mined as to the manner in which they arc to vote on the
budget now under discussion in the House of Commons.
In a communication under the head " Party Prospects,"
Mr. Lucas says :—" I cannot help thinking that, if the
Irish property tax part of the scheme were withdrawn,
the rest of the budget is one
Almwh et
imembe the Irish
r of our
party might very fairly support. eetng of
Liberal members is summoned for Friday to consider
this point, and it is better, therefore, that I should ex-
press no opinion until I have heard the reasons that can be
alleged on each side. But I feel
wsuhraet thatg the
time is now come for ascertainin
Ireland is to be got out of the English Liberals,"
morning, Mr.
In a subsequent letter, dated Friday
Lucas, discussing the course that ought
the "Irish party" on the budget, say to beri taken by
present time we have received nothing,B--" -13
to the
thing, from the Liberals ;that. after absolutely no-
s mot receiving from us
good service on Villiers'
ti.on, they have absolutely
deserted us on the land ques lon,-and have left us to
fight our own battle unaided,
ties shamefully abandoned
-there is no denying—there
us.
There is no mistaking
plain fact, and the inference can be no evading this
is irresistible that we shall
be great fools or great traitors if we throw ourselves
away on such hollow and rotten friends. Wbat
then shallam we do to-night 11, for one, very
strongly inclined not to oppose the present budget ;
and the house tax, which is especially distasteful
to the worst, the most fanatical, the most selfish, and
the most corrupt enemies of Ireland (such men as the
101. householders of Marylebone, of whom Sir Benjamin
Hall is the leader—l say that lam strongly inclined
not to oppose it without having some very good Irish
reason for taking such a course." Mr. Duffy, in a letter
to the Nation, after referring to reports of a Coalition
Ministry, embracing Lord John Russell, Mr. Gladstone,
and Mr. Cobden, says :—" Thank God, such a Ministry
could not stand a week against the will of the Irish
party ; and, methinks, without Crawford's bill, it will
not be an easy task to soothe some of the men who
' stand no nonsense.' I cannot undertake to foretell
what the Irish party will do under the circumstances of
the case ; but I am tolerably sure they will seize their
opportunity between a tottering Government and an
eager Opposition impatient for place, to obtain -what
they can for the country."