The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-11 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL ELECTION.

OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL.
At one o'clock on Saturday his worship the Mayor,
assisted by the Town-clerk, made the following declara-
tion of the poll, in front of the Town-hall :
Horsfall .................................. 6,034
Lidde11.................................... 5,543
Perry
M00re.................................. 1,274
He then declared that Mr. Thomas Berry Horsfall and
the Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell bad been elected to
serve as members in Parliament for the borough of
Liverpool.
It is reported that a petition will be presented against
the return on the grounds of bribery.

ENLISTMENT OF A YOUNG NOBLEMAN.—The Marquis
and Marchioness of Londonderry have been greatly an-
noyed by a very foolish act on the part of their youngest
son, Lord Ernest Vane, who after having had a serious
quarrel with a clergyman with whom he has been re-
siding for some months past as a private pupil, in the
neighbourhood of the Andover-road station, came to
London cn Thursday last, and, fearing to encounter
parental indignation, adopted the absurd alternative of
enlisting in a dragoon regiment (the 4th Royal Irish).
The noble marquis first became acquainted with the fact
by a note from his erratic son, It appears the gentle-
man with whom Lord Ernest has been residing bade Hs
servant accompany his lordship to town. The young
lord left with the servant, but would not accompany
him further than the railway station. The servant
came on to London with a letter to the noble marquis,
but nothing was heard of Lord Ernest until a note was
received by Lord Londonderry acquainting him with
the fact that his son had been formally attested as a re-
cruit at the Westminster Police Court on Thursday last.
This Lord Ernest was the pupil of Mr. Law, who clan-
destinely married the daughter of Lord and Lady Lon-
donderry last year. It is a curious fact that, although
now only a private soldier, Lord Ernest is godson to
the late King of Hanover, son of a distinguished general.
officer, and nephew to the general commanding-in-chief.
MILITARY NEWS. —The several regiments now en-
camped at Chobham Common will move on Thursday, next ; and the regiments ordered to form the new en-
campment will 'arrive and occupy the ground on the
same day. The 6th Dragoon Guards will move to Dor-
chester, the 13th Light Dragoons to Birmingham, the
17th Lancers to Hounslow, the 50th and 93d Regiments
to Plymouth, the 42d Highlanders and 2d Battalion
Rifle Brigade to Portsmouth, the 38th Regiment to
Chatham, and the 95th Regiment to the not therm d's-
trict. We are glad to find that General Sir Charics
Napier is recovering from h;s late severe indisposition.
We have much pleasure in announcing the safe return
to England of Major General Bunbury from the com-
mand of the troops stationed at Jamaica. Lieutenant
Usher, of the 91st Regiment, from the Athlone recruit-
ing subdivision, is to replace Lieutenant Wells, of the
Royal Regiment at Leeds, from the Ist of July, and the
latter officer, upon being relieved, is to procced to Lon-
don, for the charge of the second infantry subdivision.
United Se; .rice Gazelle.
SWEARING IN TIIE RMY. —The camp at Chobham,
in addition to other advantages, will give a good lesson
to officers in command, and teach them how un'ae:..e.,-
sary is all swearing, bullying, and violence—one morne,it
using the most Y;Otellt language, and the next under-
going the humiliation of apologising for it. No man 13 the British army has set his face against this degrading
system than the gallant Lord Scaton, the hero of a
hundred fights. At Chobham you see this distinguished
old warrior and meat perfect gentleman carrying out bis
orders in that quiet butt film and decided manner which
is the admiration of all spectators, and endears him to
those he commands. We shall not indulge in persona-
lities, as we do not wish to wound the feelings of any
soldiers, however high they may
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swearing is now out of date, and that the discipline of
regiments or movements of brigades can be carried on
without swearing or blustering. —United Sereice Gazs;te.
THE CHARGE Or THREATENING THE EARL OF ABER-
DEEN.—Thomas Whithead, an artist, who was examined
on Wednesday last at Bow-street police-cou: t before
Mr. Henry, charged with having sent a threatening let-
ter to the Earl of Aberdeen, and was removed, by direc-
tion of the magistrate, to St. Giles's Workhouse, has,
since his admission, been examined by Mr. Bennett, the
resident medical officer of the establishment, who consi-
ders him to be decidedly of insane mind. He has also
been examined by Dr. Ede, who, although he will not
certify as to decided madness, is of opinion that the un-
fortunate man labours under a very powerful delusion
that a system of espionage was being pursued with re-
spect to his movements. These opinions coincided with
those expressed by Dr. Brooks, of Bedford-street, Co-
vent-garden, and Mr. Henry. The parochial authorities
have decided upon keeping Whitehead in the infirmary
until his relatives, who, it is believed, are respectable,
and reside at Bristol, can be communicated with relative
to his disposal.
MALDON BRIBERY CommissioN.—The inquiry into the
practices at the elections for this borough concluded o
Friday last, when several witnesses deposed to the re-
ceipt of various sums for their votes at the election of
1847, and additional confirmation was given of the free
distribution of money by the agents or friends of all the
candidates. Reference was also made to the reckless
expenditure which took place in the long-contested elec-
tion of 1826, in which year, immediately before the elec-
tion and during its progress, nearly 2,000 persons were
admitted as freemen at a cost of from 10,0001. to 15,000/.,
and the expenses of the contest were estimated at about
18,0001. for Mr. Dick, the Conservative candidate, and
an almost equal sum for his opponents. Much conflict-
ing testimony has been adduced as to the sums distri-
buted by some of the agents, and it is generally thought
that if the amounts charged to the candidates much was
arrested in its course, and never reached the pockets of
those alleged to have received it.
TODD, THE FUGITIVE DISTILLER..'•-A warrant for the
apprehension of Todd, the bankrupt distiller, who re-
cently absconded from Newcastle-on-Tyne, under most
disreputable circumstances, has been placed in the hands
of a detective police-officer of considerable experience,
counter-signed by the American consul at Newcastle,
with the expectation of tracking him in the United
States. The officer, accompanied by a resident of New-
castle, embarked a few days ago for New York. The
creditors of Todd fully expect, from certain particulars
they have elicited, to find him, and bring him back to
this country to be dealt with according to law.
D]ISTRUCTIVE STORM IN BRIGHTON.--A violent, and in
some localities, a destructive storm of thunder and light-
ning, accompanied by heavy rain and hail, passed over
the western part of this county on Thursday night. We
have nince learnt that at Worthing and its neighbour-
hood the storm raged with greater violence than has been
experi, 'need in those parts for many years. The effects
of the t storm were felt more severely at West Tarring,
Goring, Durzington, Salvington, Angmering, and it
seems to have taken the west end of Worthing, the
windows of the houses facil:" in that direction being
smashe,dl to the extent of thousands of panes. The
greatest damage is to the growing crops, particularly
the wh Leats, which is estimated at several thousand
pounds.. The greenhouses and plants of the gentry in
the neighbourhood, • too, suffered severely. The hail-
stones were stated to have been very large, some inea-
nling /04 inches.—Brig4tow Ora.