The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-07 00:00:00

Mare, and reminded him not to forget his promise.
Mr. Mare put his finger to his:mouth and said, " You
understand." He supposed that meant he was to re-
remain quiet. About three weeks after the election he
wrote two or three letters to Mr. Mare in regard to the
promised situation, but he had received no reply.
Cross-examined by Mr. Slade—My vote was to be a
split vote, and I considered that I had only promised
Mr. Mare one of them. I did not make up my mind as
to whom I would give the other vote ; but if Mr. Mare
had not given me a promise, I think I should have
given my other vote to Mr. Braine. The place in the
Excise was for myself. lam 32 ; but lam not aware
that I was too old for the Excise.
By the Committee—l should certainly have voted for
Mr. Braine had not Mr. Mare promised me a place in
the excise. I don't think I ever told any one that I had
voted for Mr. Mare.
Robert Shears examined by Mr. James—l am a sail-
cloth weaver at Plymouth. At the last election I was
canvassed by Mr. Braine for my vote. I promised him
one vote. Having heard a good deal about places being
given away, I went one day to the Royal Hotel to Mr.
Mare. I saw Mr. Churchward there, and asked him if
he would do me a favour. I told him I wished to get a
tide-waiter's place for my son-in-law. He told me
that I bring the young man to him. We went together
in theafternoon, and Mr. Churchward then said that he
was a personal friend of Admiral Dundas, and that if
my son wished he would get a situation under the Ad-
miral. My son said that he did not wish to go to sea
again, but that lie would prefer a tide-waiter's place.
Mr. Churchward told me that I must " hold my vote
on," and if there was a vacancy I must write to him.
I voted for Mare and Braine, but if I had not promised
I should have voted for Braine and Collier. On the
first vacancy which occurred I got one Williamson,
a schoolmaster, to write a letter to Mr. Churchward to
ask for it, but my son-in-law never got a situation, and
he has been obliged to go to sea again.
Cross-examined—Mr. Churchward did not ask me for
my vote, but only told me to " hold on." I never pro-
mised to vote for Collier, but I had intended to do so.
Wm. King, examined by Mr. Welsby—l am an ac-
countant at Plymouth, and I have a vote. In con-
sequence of what I had heard shortly after Mr.
Mare came down to Plymouth as a candidate,
I went to Dr. Butler and told him that if he could pro-
cure me a situation I should be at his service. I told
him that I wished to be engaged as a steward on board
one of the ships to the Cape or the West Indies. I;then
went down to the committee-room in a day or two after,
saw Mr. Mare, who referred me to Mr. Churchward,
as he said Churchward knew more than he did about
these matters. I saw Mr. Churchward, who told me
that he was Mr. Mare's private secretary, and that he
was going up to London in a day or two, and
would get me what I wanted. I said to him
you must understand that in giving you my vote,
I expect to have a situation before the election. He
said it was " all right." I saw him again sometime
after, and he said that perhaps it would be longer than
I expected, but that it was all right. I again repeated
to him that I expected to have the situation before the
election. I voted for Mare and Braine ; but I should
certainly not have voted for Mr. Mare if it had not been
for the promise about the situation. I have never had
a situation yet, though I have written two or three times
to Mr. Mare. I wrote once about a brother-in-law of
mine, a labourer in the dockyard.
Cross-examined by Serjeant Kinglake—lt was two or
three weeks before the election that I made up my mind
to sell my vote. Ido not know a lawyer's clerk named
Eastiey, nor have I ever stated to anybody that it was
to Mr. Sumpter that I had gone to sell my vote.
Re-examined—lt was in consequence of various re-
ports which I heard that Mr. Mare could get me a
situation in very little time that I went to him. If I
had obtained the situation before the election I should
have voted a plumper for Mare, but as I had only got a
promise, 1 split my vote with Braine.
By the Commitee—This was the first time that I ever
gave my vote for corrupt motives. It was having heard
that Mr. Mare was a bidder, that I fell into the tempta-
tion.
William Geach, a cooper at Plymouth, examined by
Mr. Welsby, said—l voted at the election for Mare and
Braine. Mr. Mare canvassed me about a week before
the election, and having a son a cooper in the town
trade in London, I asked Mr. Mare if he could get my
son into St. Katherine's Docks in regular employment ?
Mr. Mare said that he would do it. My son, however,
did not get an appointment, and I then got a Mr.
Clouter, a schoolmaster, to write to Mr. Mare on the
subject.
By the Committee—l am what is called Conservative,
but I am not a strong politician, and my idea in voting
was that I would vote for the man who made trade in
the town. I promised to vote for Mr. Mare before the
situation was promised.
Edward Clouter, a schoolmaster at Plymouth, de-
posed to having written a letter to Mr. Mare and to the
last witness. The date was August 29.
Charles B. Patrick, a discharged marine, and a voter
at Plymouth, said that, shortly before the election, he
went to the Royal Hotel with a view of seeing Mr.
Mare. He saw Mr. Churchward, and was by him in-
troduced into Mr. Mare's room. Witness told Mr.
Mare that, under the former Government he had had a
pension of 6d. a-day, but that this Government had
taken it away, and gave him 71. instead. He asked to
get it back again. Mr. Mare said it should be done,
and he then asked witness for his vote, and pressed
him to give a plumper. Witness promised that lie
would. Witness saw Mr. Mare again, and asked
him to give a man named Collins some work in his (Mr.
Mare's) yard. Mr. Mare asked if Collins was a voter,
and on being told that he was not, said that such being
the ease he could give him work, but if he had been a
voter he would not have obliged him. Witness, after
the election, wrote to Mr. Mare, desiring him to per-
form his promise as he (witness) had performed his.
Witness received an answer, signed Churchward,
desiring him to send particulars of his claim. Witness
sent the desired particulars, and received an answer
from Mr. Churchward, saying that Mr. Mare
had great hopes of succeeding ; and witness having
waited some time longer, witness wrote again, but never
received any answer.
Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Kinglake—The re-
gulation by which I received a money payment for my
pension was a general one, and affected others as well
as myself. Witness voted a plumper for Mare.
Samuel Medlen, a carpenter and joiner of Plymouth,
was called to prove the agency of Lieut. Sumpter and
Mr. Mennie. Thoseltwo gentlemen canvassed him for
Mr. Mare, and Lieut. Sumpter offered to get an ap-
pointment for witness's son, who had just passed an ex-
amination for a foreman in the ordnance department.
Witness afterwards met those geentleinen along with
Mr. Mare, and, in the presence of Mr. Mare, the former
conversation was repeated, and Lieutenant Sumpter
offered that, if witness would vote for Mare, his son's
appointment would be done in forty-eight hours. Mr.
Mare said he would give me his word as a gentleman
that the offer made by his friend should be carried out.
Witness refused to promise his vote, because he
thought it was inconsistent, as shown on Mr. Braine's
committee. 'Witness voted for Braine and Collier.

The committee then adjourned until 12 on Monday.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)

MANCHESTER, May 6.—Two causes have contributed
to increase the firmness of the Liverpool market in the
present week—first, the continued falling off in the
receipts of cotton at the American ports ; and, second,
the announcement that the total stock in Liverpool
proves to be 62,185 bales below the brokers estimate—
a difference which is attributed to the large imports by
spinners have been taken from the ships as they arrive,
without being included in the weekly returns—from
which it is inferred by holders that the consumption is
greater than has been generally supposed. Although,
however, the trade thus appear to have had an aver-
age supply, in the present year, of 37,000 bales,
or 4,000 more than the prevailing estimates, most
parties here conclude, not that the consumption is
so much greater than the estimate, but that the
trade have a larger stock, and will therefore be all
the more able to keep the Liverpool market in check.
Spinners are evidently disposed to persevere in the po-
licy of abstaining as much as possible from any action
upon the cotton market. They see, in Liverpool, 516,934
bags of American against 269,500, and a total stock of
769,571 bags, against 414,270 at the corresponding
date of last year. Yet, they are paying for middling
Americans 11-16 d. and for fair to good fair id. per lb.
snore than they did a year ago ; while, for mule twist
of the medium and lower counts, they are obtain-
ing only id. to Ad. per lb., and for water twist,
in bundle or warp only about an average of id. per lb.
more than at the same time last year. With a good
bona fide demand for the produce of their mills, which
not only prevents any accumulation of stock, but keeps
them constantly under contract, they yet find their
position seriously changed for the worse, and the
fair profit upon their capital nearly absorbed by
the disproportionate price of the raw material, and be-
lieving, as they have reason to do, that this price is
unduly and artificially bolstered up by the force of
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stances adverted to, produces exactly the sameeffect
upon their customers, whether home or foreign. Al-
though, therefore, the former have'endeavoured to ob-
tain rather higher prices this week, they have in general
only succeeded so far as to command the full quotations
of last week. On such terms, we have to report some,
though not much, increase of business both in yarns and
goods. In the extensive department of domestics, the
state of things remains most unsatisfactory, though sales
are somewhat more easily effected. Under the circum-
stance, it is most perplexing to millowners to find their
workpeople trenching upon the hours of labour, and in
some places claiming an advance of wages.

MIGRATION OF SEAMEN. —The Aim o'Groat Journal
says, "That in the last two trips of the Duke of Rich-
mond steamer, the number of passengers from Shetland
was beyond all precedent, and that a corresponding
number have left these islands by sailing ships. Among
them are several emigrants, but the majority are sea-
faring men, induced by the present high rate of wages
to seek employment at the southern shipping ports.
There is every prospect of an extensive exodus from all
the northern counties during the ensuing season.