The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-05 00:00:00

PERSONATION OF VOTERS AT CITY ELECTIONS.

Mr. GRESHAM said he should feel obliged if the City
Solicitor would inform the court what had become of the
directions given respecting three men, namely, Thomas
Penny, James Penny, and Laurence Shaw, who on the
16th June were convicted at the Central Criminal Court
of personation at the election, he believed, of Chamber-
lain. The court had then directed a reward to be of-
fered for the detection of the persons who had been in-
strumental in procuring the bribe. There had been two
or three elections since the period in question, and the
same practice had been found to be in existence.

The CITY SOLICITOR replied that, in pursuance of the
orders of the court, advertisements had been generally
circulated through the City, as well as in the districts
where the parties resided, who had been instrumental
in procuring the bribe, and also on the river side,
the low neighbourhoods from which it was sup-
posed the practices complained of generally pro-
ceeded. He bad 'not received any information
in answer to these advertisements calculated to throw
any additional light upon the subject. It was per-
fectly well known who -the man was that hired the
parties to personate, but he had no means of obtaining
evidence against him, except the oath of the parties
, themselves, who, although competent, were not credi-
' ble witnesses. He (the City Solicitor) could
not
into a court of justice with any expectation of go
attheofpa
con-
victing a man of inciting them to the commission
crime of perjury. Ho had no doubtth
crime, when they themselves stood convicted of
thert y
whom it was well known employed these
ducted a sort of trade in mattersof parties con-
of the men found guilty had v this sort, for two
can-
didates, and another, hired andoted for one of the
had voted for the other candidate.paid by the same man,
the same source that lt was, therefore,
ther. ANDERSON 1 supplied both elections.
man who found believe the greatest criminal is
laughter.) the money. (Hear, hear, and
Mr. .... a
RESHAII —IV
Solicitoralludes ho is the party to when the City
as being well known ?
THE CITY SOLICITOR—The name was stated in
answer to a question at the trial at the Old • Bailey.

THE CRYSTAL PALACE, STDENHAM.-011 Monday the
whole of the firemen selected from the London Fire En-
gine establishment left the brigade, and took up their
new quarters at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. The
works being sufficiently advanced as to be rendered-'in-
secure without a body of firemen to be present to ren-
der assistance in the event of a fire breaking out in such
a vast otablishment, more especially as so many carpen-
ters and builders are constantly employed in the build-
ing. As yet no residence or sleeping apartments have
been formed in the Palace for the use of the firemen, but
a house has been hired for their temporary accommoda-
tion near the building.
THE STATUE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL AT MANCHESTER.
—The bronze statue of the late Sir Robert Peel, Bart.,.
to be erected at Manchester by public subscription,„and
which has been cast by Messrs. Robinson and Cotton,
of the Pimlico bronze works. from a design by Mr.
Marshall, A.R.A., arrived in that city from London on
Saturday evening. On Monday afternoon it was re-
moved from the railway station to the site, in front of
the Royal Infirmary, and was successfully raised and
fixed upon its pedestal. The inauguration,.itais under-
stood, will take place next week, and Wednesday is
mentioned as the most probable day. This is the third
statue of Sir Robert Peel which has been cast by the
above firm in one piece—the first having been for Leeds,
and the second that for Bury, Lancashire.