The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-22 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

BARNSTAPLE.

The result of this severely contested election was
briefly mentioned in The Sun of Tuesday. The
polling-booths were situated in the Square, Bout-
port-street, and the Horse-fair, and great excite-
ment prevailed throughout the day. The Conserva-
tives took the lead ; at 10 o'clock, however, the
numbers for Lloyd and Bremridge were equal, and
at 11 o'clock the latter was four a-head. At 1 o'clock
the tables were turned, and Mr. Lloyd headed his
opponent by 269 votes to 248. Shortly afterwards
the Conservatives, who had become much depressed,
received an accession to their number, which no
party, it appears, had been able to calculate upon—
namely, eight Appledore voters, who had been, it
was reported, waiting about all the morning. The
Liberal party had, it was said, frequent offers of
their services, but these were declined. Whether
they magnanimously proffered their support to the
opposite party without consideration is not known,
but as it has been asserted that not a single six-
pence was improperly expended on the Conservative
side, it is supposed they must have done so. At 3
o'clock Mr. Lloyd was 14 ahead of his opponent,
and at 4 o'clock—the close of the poll—the num-
bers were—Lloyd, 305 ; Bremridge, 281 ; majority
for Mr. Lloyd, 21.
It should be stated that during the morning Mr.
Bremridge's committee issued the following placard :

" BRIBERY I I
"Mr. Bremridge's Committee have Five Sovereigns in
their possession, given to a voter to vote for Mr. Lloyd, at
the StaffGrd Arms. " WILLIAM THORNE."

Subsequently they alleged other cases of bribery
against Mr. Lloyd's party.
At the declaration of the poll by the mayor the
most intenF,e excitement prevailed. Fights took
place, and the crowd surged so violently against the
reporters' box that some
ofits occupants were com-
pelled 'to retire. Showers of missiles were thrown
mayor and the persons on the host-
obont, and the
ings had to beat a hasty retreat after declaring the
state of the poll.
After the numbers had been officially announced,
Mr. LLOYD came forward, and on commencing to
speak was received with tremendous cheering by
the Liberals, and with groans and hisses by his op-
ponents. He said—Electors and non-electors of
Barnstaple (tremendous cheering and hooting)—on
behalf of the whole of the Liberal party in England,
I heartily congratulate you on this day's success.
(Cheers and hisses.) Barnstaple has redeemed the
Liberal cause. I have to thank you personally for
the hearty and generous support which you have
given me on this occasion. (Cheering and hisses.)
It has been honourably fought with the fair wea-
pons of opinion, arguments, and common-sense. It
wilA be my privilege and honour to sit as your re-
presentative in the Commons' House of Parliament
along with your most excellent member, Col. Davie.
I can only say I shall be too happy to follow his ad-
vice in all matters connected with the borough, with
which he is so much better acquainted. You have
won the battle to day, and can still keep it, and as
long as Barnstaple [has such a Liberal party we
will continue to return two Liberal members to
Parliament. Gentlemen, I most heartily thank you
for the honour you have done me. I have one thing
more to beg of you, and that is to hope that you
will forget all party feelings and animosities, and
that you will forget every angry word and every
angry thought. I go to Parliament, gentlemen, not
as the representative of the Liberal party only, but
as the member of every man in Barnstaple—(cheers
and uproar)—and as such, will most honestly and
thankfully endeavour to do my duty. (Tremendous
cheering and hissing.)

Mr. BREMRIDGE next came forward, and, al-
though he obtained a somewhat better hearing, the
noise had far from subsided. He said—Mr, Mayor
and gentlemen—l am to-day to tell you that this is
the greatest triumph I have ever secured. I am here
to tell you, in the presence of the professed purists
on the other side, that I am now the defeated can-
didate in consequence of the gold which they have
brought into the town. (Immense cheering.) It is
an honour for me to stand here to-day ; I prize ray
defeat more than Ishoald a victory—(applause)—a
-victory gained by gold and nothing else. (Con-
tinued cheering.) I received promises of support
from two-thirds or nearly so, of the electors of
Barnstaple, and the other two know by what means
those promises have been fulfilled. (Mr. Lloyd
and his party here left, and were shortly afterwards
followed by the Mayor, although Mr. Bremridge
'was still speaking.) Is my opponent afraid to hear
what I have to say ? (Loud cheers.) I pity him ;
and I pity his itinerant mob orator (Mr. It. R.
Moore). (Cheers.) I dare say my hon. opponent
does not like to hear the truth ; but I tell him I
shall claim this seat. (Protracted cheering.) I
wonder what my friend Mr. Clay now says of
purity of election. (Laughter.) I repeat that I
consider this the greatest day of my life, to stand up
before my fellow-countrymen and to be defeated by
means of corruption, perpetrated by the party
who throughout their lives have professed to be
such purists. (Cheers.) My hon. opponent has
tot stayed to hear what I have to say ; but I tell
/ou that your rights shall be defended. (Applause.)
I am the defeated candidate, but I shall be the sue-
t.eesful member. (Continued applause.) Mr. Lloyd
,ser the present your representative, but I believe
a will never sit in the House of Commons to repre-
sent you. (Hear.) For those men who have so
disgraced
themselves as to sanction the libels
Zwhichh.aa the
ebeen cast upon me and upon every gen-
haZlie
mat) county, by supporting Mr. Lloyd, I
at unmitigated contempt. (Cheers.) I
repeat that
Ted bookshall leave them to extract from the
which
they presented to me those names
of honourable
testimonyl: which they have borne to
my character. (Cheers.)
you—that if yea rs_*) This much let me tell
yet represent you
in h_evethlost the victory to-day I shall
(Loud cheers.) In Bent House of Commons.
conclusion,thaus If tender to my honest
supporters my best
a oe their hearty and
generous support, without
couldsingleha farthing of ex-
panse on my part. If I
wauveldgained it upon
any other terms whatever I
gala
aandotaghaaivne,
adnodnle
so. (Applause.) I thank you a •
defeated Candidate b t
leave you not only as your
as your future member. (Immense cheering
Subsequently Mr. LLOYD addressed electorsthe
from the
window of the Fortescue Hotel, audh,imin_,
answer to the allegations of bribery against
distinctly
denied that, to his knowledge, a single
shilling had been spent illegally in the election.
Mr. BREMRIDGE presented himself to his friends
at the balcony of the Lion Hotel, which adjoins the
Fortescue Hotel. No speaking could be heard, and
the scene of tumult and disorder in the square was
repeated with even greater intensity. There were
continual fights, and at length some person threw
an orange at Mr. Bremridge's party. This led the
way to an interchange of missiles between the two
parties, one aiming them at the windows of the
Lion and the other at those of the Fortescue. The
windows were speedily broken, and several of the
persons standing in front of them received blows,
though happily none of a serious nature. An egg
directed against Mr. Moore struck him full in the
face, which was bespattered with
its contents. The
police did all they could to prevent the crowd from
indulging in any serious mischief, and owing to
their
great tact the assemblage at last dispersed.
Meet of the windows of the two hotels were broken,
but
beyond that we believe no other damage to pro
perty was sustained.

NEW WINDSOR.
The Conservative Colonel Richard, party have brought forward
Colonel Howard Vyse,
James's, andof Park-place, Sr.
Stoke,
in the
as a candi-
date for the vacancy lie representation of this
borough in Parliament' in opposition to the Liberal
candidate, Captain A. liityter, nt. South-hill- ark
Bracknell. Colonel Vise is thepiosecoud SOR of Gen.
commission Vyse. He received his co
a 8 captain in the
Royal Horse Guards in September,l fce, 1842. whipper-in He mar-
ried a daughter of Sir William J.olihipper-in
of the House of Commons. Colonel vy„ is a
ontih
staunch Conservative, and in favour of protection to
agriculture. He was elected member
for South
Northamptonshire in February, 1846, and is now
his 50th year. Although neither of the candidates
has yet issued his address to the electors, there are
symptoms of a quiet canvass having commenced. It

is difficult to say which has the best chance of
seeming the vacant seat.

OXFORD.

Up to the present moment no candidate has for-
mally announced himself for the vacancy in the
representation of this city, occasioned by the death
of Mr. Langston. The last rumour is that Mr.
C. Neate, who was returned for Okford in 1856, bit
was unseated for bribery and corruption, will be
brought forward by the extreme Liberal party,
in which case Mr. Fletcher, of the Reform Club,
who meant to contest the seat on the same princi-
ples, has pledged himself to withdraw. Sergeant
Gaselee and Mr. Cartwright are still spoken of as
probable candidates, and there is a desire among
other parties to bring forward Mr. A. Peel. The
Conservatives indulge the hope that a disunion
among the Liberals will enable them to run a can-
didate in their interest with a prospect of success.

The Loss of the Georgia Steamer,—Official
Report,

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS OF THE COX-

MITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL FOR TRADE.

My Lords,—l have the honour to report, for the
information of your lordships, the result of the in-
quiry which, in conjunction with Captains Harris
and Baker, as Nautical Assessors, I have held into
the loss of the Georgia on Sable Island, on the 4th
irono f screw
2,876
of August last. The Georgia was an
steamer, built at Jarrow in 1863. She was
gross, and 2,414 registered tonnage, originally
owned by Messrs. Fernie Brothers, of Liverpool,
and transferred on the 3d August, as it appeared by
her certificate of registry, to certain persons trading
under the designation of the British and American
Southern Steam Navigation Company. She was
commanded by Mr. Benjamin Gleadell, who held a
certificate of competency as master, dated 9th Aug.,
1853. The Georgia made the outward voyage from
Liverpool to New York in perfect safety, and sailed
again from New York on the homeward voyage, in
all respects thoroughly equipped, on the 31st July
last, drawing 23 feet 3 inches aft, and 20 feet 7
inches forward, She carried, in addition to her
crew of 94 hands, 20 cabin and 27 steerage passen-
gers, and a very large and valuable general cargo,
and was left in safety by the pilot off Sandy Hook
shortly before 7 p.m. At noon on the Ist August
a good observation was obtained, which placed the
ship in lat. 40 58 N., and long. 70 27 W., a position
to the northward of the Nantucket Lightship. The
weather had been fair, with passing clouds, up to
this period, but at 1.20 p.m. a dense fog set in. A
cast of the lead was taken at 1.30 p.m., which indi-
cated shoal soundings, but the speed of the vessel
was not slackened to take soundings or subsequently,
and in ten minutes afterwards she struck on some
outlying danger off the Nantucket Shoals, the pre-
cise spot never having been ascertained from the
density of the prevailing fog. She continued
grounded for from five to six hours, during
which time some cargo was thrown overboard
to lighten the ship, and eventually about
7 p.m. she floated. Sail was then made, the
ship standing for the southward, but after proceed-
ing shout a mile the vessel again took the ground,
but very shortly went off into 10 fathoms water.
From this the master proceeded cautiously, steering
various courses, until she got into 22 fathoms, and
then shaped his course S.E. and by E. till noon of
the following day, soundings having been occasion-
ally taken during this time in 30 to 40 fathoms.
From noon of the 2d a more northerly course was
shaped, and continued until she struck on the north-
west bar of Sable Island about 1 a,m. on the 4th, no
soundings daring that time having been taken, and
the vessel continuing under all sail, and steaming at
a rate of from nine to ten knots an hour, notwith-
standing the fog, which continued unabated. At
daylight the fog lifted, and the master then dis-
covered his position, when the second officer was
sent on shore to find a good landing place, and to
seek assistance, bat he did not return to the ship
till the following day, and the passengers and the
greater part of the luggage were all safely landed
in the course of the morning. Efforts were made
during the next 48 hours, the weather being mode-
rate, by carrying out both a kedge and a bower
anchor, to heave her off, but unsuccessfully, and
some portion of the cargo was got upon deck, but
not thrown overboard. The crew, at midnight of
the sth, knocked off work, and early on the follow-
ing morning went aft to the master, and insisted
upon their effects being landed, fearing, as they
said, a change in the weather, which might render
their position dangerous. This request the master
reluctantly complied with, but, notwithstanding,
eventually in the course of the morning the engi-
neers, firemen, stokers, and all hands, save the first
officer and four others who volunteered to remain
with the master, left the ship. The impression
made on the mind of the Court by the evidence on
this point certainly was that the master did not pos-
sess either the necessary confidence or control of
the ship's company. At the same time, I feel bound
to add, that the superintendent of the island had
stated in the hearing of some of the men, that the
ship was in a dangerous rosition, and could not be
got off, while if it came on to blow she would
probably go to pieces, and there would be
considerable difficulty in landing. It appears to me
only right to state thus much ; and as the dangers
of the position must have been known to the
master, it may account for his not having opposed
more strenuously, as it would seem to have been
his duty to do, their departure from the ship; and
it may also be some extenuation for the men being
so anxious to leave, At 11.30 a.m. on the 6th the
vessel floated, and remained in 28 to 30 feet of
when she again grounded
water till 4.30 p.m.,
heavily, the six remaining handy on board being
unable, of course, to save the ship in the interval.
When she thus again took the ground, it was
supposed she settled down on her pert anchor, as
she began to make water fast, and finding that
nothing could be done, on Friday morning, the
7th, the master and remaining hands left the vessel
with 10 feet of water in the forehold, 6 feet in the
mainhold, and 5 feet in the afterhold. The ship
was visited subsequently several times, and some of
the stores and provisions were saved. In review-
ing the circumstances of this catastrophe, I am
compelled to pronounce the master in default. This
case adds another loss to the long catalogue of
disasters which have occurred through the want of
common precaution, in not using the lead while
running in a dense fog, and in this instance in an
uncertainty as to the true course. Not withstanding
the warning upon this latter point which the
master had received by his first misadventures in
grounding upon Nantucket Shoals, he took no
further soundings after noon of the 2d, relying
upon his course being correct and safe. Had he
timely warning
occasionally 'continued his soundings as he ap-
proached the meridian of Sable Island, he would
have had el
Captaini of the approaching dan-
ger.field, Royal Navy, speaking of
this vicinity, ea
North America Bay
in
Island), on the the Sailing Drections for
cont"raTo the southward (of Sable
dually out for so
far the
ferny miles,
the water deepens gra-
miles, that it would seem
almost impossible Zer
caution to run on ehoreyonveeeel using common pre-
island or its bars ; yet by
shipwrecks have taken place there,greater number of
that side, either of the
soundingaffording_ lead sad
d so
proof of the culpable neglect of thee
many miles in shall-
common in the mercantile marine.
Same of these
running
thefor lead would have shownw
vessels came on shore in fine, although foggy
water,
weather,w half
hem their danger, and, in many cases, nt ero
nrenenans
savedt
both
life and property. Although, therefore, the master,
his statement, thought he was steering
to judge by
would have taken him a long
a course that way
to the southward of Sable Island, yet in the absence
of observations to corroborate his assumed position
in a Court cannot but condemn the
dense fog, the Co
d • for, even admitting that he was
neglect of the lea ,
misled by his compasses, under all the antecedent
circumstances, he should have taken warning and
continued his soundings. In the judgment which
I have, with the full concurrence of my assessors,
to pronounce upon the master, I have taken into
consideration that he was making his first Atlantic
voyage as commander. But it is my duty to visit
hie conduct with aheavy censure, and I accordingly
suspend the certificate of Mr. Benjamin Gleadell for