The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-30 00:00:00

ELIICTIO.

:ERLAIN.

STATE OF THE POLL THIS DAT.
HALF-PAST TEN O'CLOCK.

Sir John Key
Mr, Benjamin Scott

Majority for Key
HALF-PAST ELEVEN

Sir John Key
Mr. Benjamin Scott

Majority for Key
TWELVE O'CLOCK

Sir John Key
Mr. Benjamin Scott

Majority for Key
HALF-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK
Sir John Key
Mr. Benjamin Scott

Majority for Key
ONE O'CLOCK

Sir John Key
Mr. Benjamin Scott

Majority for Key
TWO O'CLOCK

Sir John Key
Mr. Benjamin Scott

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• 2691

Majority for Key.

107

2879
2757
122

.. 2925
2779

2,989
2,813

3,035 .
2,832

3096
2863

ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS D4l''

LIVERPOOL.

The committee re-assembled this morning, when coo
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake proceeded to open the tile
for the petitioners. The case, he said, was one
greatest importance with regard to the represen co'
system of this country. The question before the .4
mittee was whether the voice of the greatest cellll3l
,5w
town of this country should be truly heard in of
ment, or whether it was to be stifled by rneens
general system of bribery, corruption, and tre!,,o
which had for a long time existed in Liverpool, en,"tioi
in full operation at the last election. He trate'" to
the result of this inquiry, however, would be to eraelo
the evil. The peculiar facts of the case were some* •
intricate and involved. ty
The nomination took place on the 6th of July,
polling was held the day after. The numbers were

Turner 6,693
Mackenzie 6,367
Cardwell 5,247
E ward 4,910
os
It was alleged by the petitioner that this majoritY
behalf of the sitting members was gained by the 90.
of the freemen of Liverpool. The number of these
hey
men was about 1,500, and it was well known that '.'
held the balance of the election, and any one who gtwirio•
the favours of the freemen had the greatest chance of °l-7-1:0
ing the election. He had no hesitation in saying that .Tl°,l
ofthe chief allegations of the petition was material P-0.
direct bribery of the great mass of the free.rter
This was not the first time that the conduct of -1-'/0
pool had been impugned. In the year 1832, a bill of
introduced into the house to disfranchise the freemenog
that town, which did not pass ; but in the folloWity
year a petition was presented, and an inquiry held, of
result of which was that it was proved that, at 01
last election, 261 freemen had been bribed. In the to
following another bill was introduced to disfranc,7ol
the freeman, which was thrown out in the Iloas. 00.
Lords. The constituency of Liverpool exceeded 17,0 by
The mode by which the freemen were corrupted Was
a regular system of bribery and treating conjoined,, ;
ried out by sub-committees, Each freeman receive
"a,„,f,
and was treated indiscriminately, during the polling 76.
The result of this influence was that out of 1,800 lir.
men, 1,030 voted for Mr. Turner and 1,016 for idA
Mackenzie. The learned counsel was still procee'
when our report left. tll°
A map of the town of Liverpool was exhibited ja
committee-room, divided into wards, with the words COw
mittee-rooms, and the public-houses opened by the 49,
ting member during the election, to the number of to
marked upon it, but on the suggestion of the conlraitto
it was ordered to be closed up during the time that
evidence was being taken.

COUNTY CLARE.
The committee re-assembled this morning at eleos
o'clock, when the cross-examination of Mr. Searle
proceeded with.

PETERBOROUGH. if°
The evidence in this case was proceeded with, but
of an entirely unimportant character.

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BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) 114$
IN RE ASHTON AND SPRIGGS.—CAPTURE OP A /VG'
BANKRUPT IN AUSTRALIA.
These bankrupts, it will be remembered, had 0111.'4
on business as warehousemen in the City, and SPI
absconded to Australia with considerable property, „hi
was pursued to Port Philip, apprehended, and brotleiA
back to England in the Sarah Sands. He was 100101
up from Plymouth this morning, and it is expected,ol
undergo an examination this afternoon, and be eomill"
to Newgate.