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London, England, 1837-08-26 00:00:00

TUE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1837.

CORK COUNTY ELECTION.

SWINDLING EXTRAORDINARY.

(FURTHER PARTICULARS FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
HENLEY-ON-THAMES, AUG. 05.
I yesterday informed you of the capture of the Baron
De Behr, and that he was to be examined this day. The
Magistrates present were Dr. Phillhnore and C. Lane,
Esq., and the interest which the proceedings caused was, if
possible, greater than at the examination of Mr. Vaughan,
on Monday. The Town-hall was quite crammed during
the proceedings, and among those present were many Mice
of the neighbourhood.
The evidence given was exactly to the effect of the de-
positions of the witnesses on Monday ; indeed, the scruti-
nising nature of the examination on that occasion left little
to be known by the further questioning of the witnesses
We shall, therefore, abstain from entering again into the
details : there are, however, some facts relating to the
disant Baron, which were elicited in the examination of Jose
Maria Pitta, and which may be interesting :.--The witness,
it appears, was in 1831 Consul from Trieste, and imported
some of the wines of that country. His acquaintance
with the Baron arose from the latter purchasing some of
the wines, to the amout of nearly 4001. The wines were
not paid for by De Behr, who at that time had not assumed
the title of Baron, but was a wine-merchant in the City,
and the witness lost sight of him for some years. On
meeting him again not long since, he reminded him of the
debt, when De Behr informed him of his elevation in rank,
and said he would now soon be able to cancel this obliga-
tion. The fact. of his so long losing sight of him was ac-
counted for by the residence of the Baron in the Bench for
two years ; where, as the Solicitor said, he went in a plain
Mister, and came out a Baron. The Baron offered six
1001. Cachoeira shares to this witness, but witness politely
declined taking them, as he considered the value to be only
that of a very trifling coin—sixpence. When the witness
was asked whether he considered De Behr to be a Baron,
as he represented himself, he replied he considered him a
swindler. The Baron was highly indignant, called witness
a blackguard and liar, and applied other choice language,
which was of course instantly repressed by the Magistrates.
- A Sheriff's officer, at present in this neighbourhood, iden-
tified the Baron as having been in the Bench (as we have
stated)—a fact, the eliciting of which seemed to disconcert
the Nobleman not a little, and the accuracy of which he
bad donicd.
The Magistrates, as in the former instance, decided on
sending the case to a Jury, and bail to the same amount
was demanded. This was not forthcoming, although the
Baron yesterday talked very largely of laying down a check
on his bankers for the amount of the personal security ;
and he was soon after conveyed to the Castle at Oxford, on
two counts ; the first charging him with conspiring with
Mr. Vaughan and others to defraud Mr. Allen of a large
sum of money ; and secondly, for obtaining, under false
pretences, a further sum of 5001. from the same gentleman.
The prosecutor and witnesses were bound over in bonds
of 2001. each to appear to sustain the charge.
In our former report we omitted to say that Behr was
discharged from the Bench only in November last.
In the evidence of Mr. Wright, that gentleman said, on
making enquiries as to the respectability of Bchr, he was
told that he had before proposed a similar scheme, and they
thought he had succeeded in making many dupes in the City.
We understand that Behr was horn at Massenburg
which accounts for his assuming the title of Count de Mas-
senburg, in honour of his native town. Too Baron how-
ever denies his being a foreigner (which his accent fully
betrays) ; and in travelling on the coach in custody of the
officer, informed a fellow-passenger that he was a native of
Hanover-square, London.

L\Vc copy the following excellent article from that staunch
ord well-infGrmed organ o the Liberal cause, the C'oac
Satthern Reporter.]
A tedious tirade against the Catholic, c.lergy witti refe-
rence to the late county election, appears in tiro Constiln-
ti.,,, ihig mnrninir. The truth and justice of the charges
may be judged of from the following summary :
It is imputed to them—
That they have debauched and deluded the minds of men.
That the profligate ambition of the Romish Church has not
hesitated to resort to the most degrading influences.
That spiritual denunciations to compel the obedience of
t'leir flocks were based on the most revolting and brutish su.

perstition.
That they worked on the stupid ignorance of electors by
threats of melting them into the ground, turning them into
daggers, makin; goats, beasts, brutes of them.
That the land is in a woeful state where such idiots are the
depositaries of power.
That they trample the first duty of a Christian under foot.
That they abandon the duty of a priest for the fraud of a pa.

litician.
That the fruits of the religious ignorance produced by them
are that no man's life or property is safe.
That the witnoss will give false evidence, the jury return a
false verdict, and that the very judge may be a partisan.
That the Clergy are a cancer on the political body of
Ireland.
That the Priest is the agent and victim of despotism—his
parish his political department—his pulpit his rostrum—his
chapel his forum; and his congregation alternately his audience
in public or his dupes in private.
That they, the Clergy, are clay-clods—parvenus—that their
habit are those of brute force or vulgar fraud.
And that they make an habitual display of the wild riotous
zeal of brawlers of cudgels, horse-whips, fists, draggirb-r,
blows, impudent assumption, arrogance, Priestly power, ana

tyranny.
These are the terms in which the organs of the Orange
faction habitually speak and write of the Pastors of the
Irish people. These are the opinions, in reference to them
they seek to inculcate on the minds of the landed gentry,
we fear with but too much success ; and these aro the ants=
Christian sentiments which, being impressed on but too
many of those in the higher classes, have produced that
want of good understanding between landlord and tenant
which we have never adverted to without lamenting, and
which can only he cured by the former endeavouring to
acquire juster notions of men and things than can be learned
from the habitual perusal of a factious, and mendacious

Press.
Mr. Longfield, the late county Member, in his address to
the electors on his defeat, contributes in a small way his
quota of abuse on the Catholic Clergy. " Their extraor-
dinary conduct was inconsistent with their Clerical calling,
and they held forth threats of eternal punishment to influ-
ence electors in their choice of candidates. It is to be
hoped that they abused their authority and that the use
made of it is not sanctioned by their religion." Mr. Long-
field attributes to their influence that " Hundreds of votes,

DESPERATE ATTEMPT is ESCAPE
FROM GAOL.

On Tuesday last, during the absence of t he Governor,
a most daring attempt was made by a number of prisoners
to effect their escape. Mr. Neale prior to his leaving, took
the precaution to visit all the cells, and made arrangements
with Mr. Marson, as his deputy, for the better security of
the prisoners. About five o'clock in the afternoon, C.
Pigg, a turnkey, went into No. 5 yard with Mr. Fairchild,
assistant to Mr. Cromer, the surgeon to the gaol, to see
Robert French, a convict, who had represented himself to
be too ill to leave his cell and go to the Dispensary. Mr.
Fairchild was therefore on his way up stairs to the cell of
the patient, when four convicts, Robert Coote and William
Shuttlewood (two of the three triad at the last Assize for
the murder of Lince), William Handel!, and Stephen
e
Moss, suddenly entered the room, seized. Fagg and en-
deavoured to drag him into a passage, bat he clung to an
iron post. Several others then joined them, they tore his
to,elonw,.ict Conte
cheeringote then opened fear
theirhim,
shirt to pieces, and Conte having obtained his ke • from c
a
gates, calling to his companions, " You b s w:h l
all leafier,
eolul called
t directly." the rest follow.
The o
followed him to the side gate leading into the yard
in front
of the Governor's house, which they supposed Pigg's
key
would open, but Wm, Godfrey, a smuggler, who
wassta-
tinned there, seeing them advance towards him, an
the turnkey" room and gave Marson his key's, shouting
" For God's sake take these keys—they are breakin'ts u.'
At that moment Marson heard Pigg out, l3octor,ot7
doctor, they've got my key." The door of the turnkeys'
room was immediately bolted, and Godfrey, armed with a
brace of loaded pistols, was rationed at an open window
commanding the entrance. Marson, having
alarmed his
brother officers, procured a supply of blunderbusses, swords,
&c. and the whole staff were quickly armed. By this time
the fellows, to their great disappointment, had discovered
that their key would not unlock the gate, and that
Godfrey's key had not been secured according to pre.
vious arrangement. Perchment, pointing a blunderbuss
through the iron fencing at Coote, called on the party,
between thirty and forty strong, to retreat, or he would
shoot them all ; on which they all fell back to an inner
passage, and, talking among themselves, appeared to be
undetermined what to do. Coote, who had sheltered him-
self behind a part of the buildings, defied Parchment to
fire, and Shuttlewood, when he saw the muzzle of Marson's
pistol, crouched down, and called out, " Fire away." A
blunderbuss with a spring-bayonet was then handed to H.
James, the master shoemaker, who was within the space
occupied by the primers, and that officer immediately
charged Coots, who was at the time armed with a large
stick. Coote retreated, but made a stand at No. 5 day-
room door. Parchment then came up with a blunderbuss
in one hand and a pistol in the other, whilst Marson from
an upstair window levelled a blunderbuss at the party.
Coote looking up, called out, " You b—s, run, look here ;"
and seeing the three pieces levelled at him, called out to
James, the nearest to him, " Fur God's sake, master, don't
pull, for we have lane with it." James repliod, "if )(are
nut done with it, I'd soon do for you ;" and they were imme-
diately driven to their cells. Marson came down, and fol-
lowing Coote with a pistol in his b Ind, pushed him into
his cell, where he fell on his knees and exclaimed, " Oh.
for God's sake don't kill me, let me go on my knees and
siy my prayers before you kill me." The prisoners were
all locked up and the ringleaders were afterwards put in
irons. An express was sent to Southend for Mr. Neale,
who immediately returned, and made such arrangements as
he thought necessary. At the moment the prisoners got
out of time yards, some of them were armed with the iron
bolts, 19 inches long, which are the principal fastenings to
the cells, and when driven back, a party broke to atoms
the iron frame of one of the windows, at the back of the
prison, with these belts, with which they would, no doubt
have killed any body who approached them. A bolt, %ed.
ing upwards of 151 b. was thrown out of a window at Mar.
seen, and it f(l4 within a foot of where he stood. Great
praise is due to the officers for their alertness, their courage,
and their coolness of temper ; and the prompt attendance
of at least 500 of the inhabitants of Chelmsford, who sur-
rounded the prison ot, the first alarm, to prevent the escape
of any of the prisoners over the wall, might have been of
the greatest assistance. The officers who were not imme-
diately engaged, were distributed, securing other parts of
the prison.
In consequence of an alteration in the law, which will
take effect in October, prisoners convicted of offences for
which sentenee of death may now be recorded, will be ad-
judged the particular sentence they arc to undergo ; and if
ordered fur transportation they will be immediately removed.
This will tend much to prevent the recurrence of such corn-
binations.—Chebneford Chronicle.

willingly promised to him before the election, were, in con,
sequence of a system of intimidation hitherto unusual it
this county, given to his opponents."
As to the charge of intimidation made by Mr. Longfield
e deny and repel it. We recapitulated on Saturday the
long catalogue of his political delinquencies. No farmer in
the county, to whom was left the free exercise of his own
will, or the right of acting on his own judgment, would vote
for its late member—for the man who would withhold from
his children the benefits and blessings of education, and
who would leave the voter himself exposed to all the
enormities and oppressions of an unreformed Tithe system.
A remarkable admission—an acknowledgment worthy of
comment and observation—is elicited from Mr. Longfierd's
address. " He was disappointed, to the amino of at least
iOO votes, being considerably under the number of regis-
tered Conservative landlords who did not vote." We men-
tioned on Saturday that we indulged in the expectation
that the landlords were beginning to acquire a just percep-
tion, of their true interests and of those of their country, and
that when another election should occur they would be
found in their proper position—at the head of their te-
nantry. We were not then aware of the important fact,
announced on such unquestionable authority as that of Mr.
Longfield, that considerably more than SOO registered Con-
servative landlords had assumed a position of neutrality in
the late contest, thus indicating disapprobation of, or at
least an indisposition to support, the political principles of
the faction with which Mr. Longfield associated himself;
and exhibiting an unwillingness to identify themselves with
that Lyndhurst popsy which would degrade and debase
their country by legislating for its people as " Aliens."
The fact stated by Mr. Longfield is satisfactory and plea-
sing. Considerably more than three hundred of the regis-
tered Conservative landlords of the county can coa-
stitute little, if any, less than a moiety of the whole. It is
gratifying to find so large a proportion of them declining to
give support to the Tory faction by withholding their votes
from their candidates. That they should have adopted
such a course does not surprise us. The great public ques-
tion of a settlement of the Tithe question materially in-
terests them. To a just and equitable arrangement, whe-
ther the Bill for the purpose (lid or did not contain an
appropriation clause, the Tories, as a party, hare been in-
variably opposed. The recent Bills in the last two or three
Sessions they threw out, under the pretext of their contain-
in, the appropriation clause ; but they treated in the same
tnanner the. Bill, known as Mr. O'Connell's Bill, which he
carried in the House of Commons against the united opposi-
tion of Lord Althorp and of It. Peel, of Whigs and Tories,
That Bill secured SO per cent. of their incomes to the
Clergy, while it relieved the land from 40 per cent. of the
composition, leaving it only liable to sixty, and contained no
appropriation clause, nor any provision for altering the dis-
tribution of the Church temporalities. . That, the best
Tithe Bill which the country could hope for or expect, the
Tories threw out in the House of Lords, and hall at least,
according to Mr. Longfield's acknowledgement, of the Con-
servative landlords of this county have abandoned a faction
which was capable of exhibiting such an utter disregard for
the peace and happiness of Ireland.
It is under these circumstances, of an abandonment of the
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siittition, with an amiable simplicity, which is quite amusing,
recommends remedial measures. First—the registry must
be watched. Next—the landlords arc recommended to
give no leases, or to give them in such a form as not to
qualify the tenants as electors. These be your Tories,
who are always prating of our glorious Constitution, and
who, if their advice were followed, would withhold from
the people a Constitutional franchise, which in this country
they have exercised virtuous:v and disinterestedly, to the
best of their judgment, for their country's good. In the
county of Cork, with a population of eight hundred thou-
sand, there are four thousand electors. The greatest
enemy of popular rights will hardly assert that this num-
ber is excessive and may not safely be increased ; and yet
the Orange Tories would limit and contract it !
The landlords of the county have a plain interest its
Ivaco and good order, in the security of life and property
These they enjoy under the present Govei•nraent. A Tor
Administration ruling in Ireland thraugh the instrutnenta
lity of the Orangemen—ruling for the minority and agains
the majority of the population—would not, and could not
secure to them any of thsse blessings. The landlords re-
member days not long siice passed, when the country was
governed with an iron hind ley Insurrection and Coercion
Acts, and when, nevertheless, nu man's life was safe, or his
properly secure. Let them contrast the form,r condition
of things with the present, and say which is the preferable
system of Government ? If this question be coolly and
maturely considered, we should hope that on a not remote
occasion the Tory faction would iind themselves abandoned
in this county, not by half the landlords, but by the whole
of them. It' they want—what they ought to have—the
legitimate political power consequent on the possession of
property, let them acquire it by a true perception of the
interests of their country, in which, up to this time, they
have beets preceded by their tenantry.

Preparations .are making At the Royal Harbour,
Ramsgate, for the reception of the Kin.- of the Belgians, it
being confidently expected that. he will land there early in
the ensuing week.
Sir Francis Burdett, and his dauAter Angela, the
heiress to 1,800,000/. of the wealth left the Duchess- of
St. Alban's, visited Lincoln Minster on Monday morning
last. Their carriage changed horses at the White Hart,
on their return from Redbourn, and the aged Baronet
seized a few moments to bear his wealthy (laughter on
his arm for a brief gaze at the venerable pile.—Lincoln
Mercury.
The equestrian statue of Sir Thomas Munro, exe-
cuted by Sir Francis Chantrey, has been just finished. It
was viewed on Monday last by the Munro Committee, and
by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who expressed
themselves in terms of the highest possible admiration of
the workmanship and the design. The statue Goat, we un-
Count Pahlen has left Berkeley-square for ,the derstand, 9,0001.
Russian embassy at Pais. 6411 E (IP LAND IN KENT.—It will hardly be
The Earl and Countess of Harrowhy anti Lady doubted that a favourable re-action, and to a considerable
Harriet Rider left Sandon hall, their seat in staffordshire, extent, has taken place in the value of laud. An estate,
for a tour of visits, called Rhodes Farm., near to the late Lord Sondes' 'pro-
Major Estcourt, who recently returned from the perty, in Kent, containing 201 acres of land, and a suitable
Euphrates expedition, has made himself stationary in his farm-house, three miles out of the high Tciad ircstn
native country, by his marriage with the accomplished Miss sham, on a lease eNpiriug to xi\ai;s, at rang Qf
VaFewt sister t 9 the Countess of St. germaigS! 140,3 AfsliiArOax, lay Mr. ciecago Robins, at
Mr. AlecCadY is to pay, wo untleata'nti, a nightly the 4art,l‘ eor. ritousancl Tstiree Hundred Guineas.
rent of 40/. for the use of Covent-Garden Theatre ; the This is realising forty-five years' purchase (it will be per-
lessee of Drury-Lane is to give 22/. nightly, which, for ceived), and upon a rack-rent.
two hundred nights, is 5,500/. . The Commercial Steam Packet Company are go-
tiir Walter Scott, when resisting the terms of a ing to establish a daily communication between Boulogne-
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