The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-14 00:00:00

THIS DAY

This morning, at eleven o'clock, the Committee met,
when
Thomas Swain was called in, and examined by Mr.
Harrison. He deposed as follows :—On a Wednesday
previous to the election, Mr. Thorp asked him fur his vote,
and told him be had better vote for the Red party—Mr.
Harris and Mr. Shelley ; he told him it would be better
for him—if he did not the borough would be disfranchised
altogether; he said he should be behaved well to in every
respect. In the evening he saw Captain Harris and Mr.
Thorp, at Richmond's house ; they had some conversation
together, and he told Thorp he wanted some money. He
went with him into another room, where lie saw Mr. H irris
and Mr. Shelley, and he promised them his vote, and
Tborp gave him 15 sovereigns. He told him he would not
vote for them unless he was paid for it, and then he gave
the fifteen sovereigns ; he had a glass of wine up stairs,
and some more brandy when he went below ; was after
that at Richmond House with Benjamin Smith, where he
bad victuals and drink. Smith is not a freeman ; he
went there several times ; sometimes twice in the course of
the day ; always had meat and drink there, but never paid
for any. There were other freemen present, eating am!
drinking ; never saw any of them pay for any thing
they had. He went there after the election was over, and
was paid so much a mile to carry him back to Hull,
twenty miles distant ; they gave him two sovereigns, two
shillings, and a guinea. His fare to Hull from Grimsby by
the steamer cost him eighteenpence. He was in several
public-houses in Grimsby during the election, and always
had plenty to eat and drink free of expence.
Cross-examined by Mr. Fora.grr—ls a shoemaker.
Saw Mr. Beale, of the Blue party, at Hull. He did not
ask him to vote for the candidates in Lord Yarborough's
interest. He had been a freeman some time before that.
He told him there would be a full Court on Tuesday and
he went down. Mr. Thorp asked him at Hull for his in-
terest fur the Red party, and he told him he would give it.
' Hail been at the Isle of Wight. Knew Lord Yarborough
had a seat there. He was there a fortnight, and lodged in a
private house in Newport, and paid all his own expences.
He was advised to go to the Isle of Wight, by Mr. Atkin-
son, as it was a pretty place.
The cross-examination was proceeding when our re-
por er left.

Sometimes a good thing said in the Houses
of Parliament escapes unnoticed. The other night Mr.
O'CONNELL, in reply to some taunts thrown out against
his supporting Ministers, by the Member for Preston, re-
plied, " The party to which he was attached had been
nicknamed (by the ultra-Tories) the Mountain ; he would
only say that the Member for Preston appeared to be their
Refuge for the Destitute." The retort produced a uni-
uersal laugh.
Mr. MORGAN, of Deptford-yard, hereby
makes this public acknowledgment, that the accusation
which he brought forward against Mr. GRAY, of the said
place, was perfectly unfounded through mistake.
It is understood to have been hinted in a very
short speech to the Members who met the Ministers on
Monday, relative to the,Refarm Bill, that during its pro-
gress through the Commit'ee there may be as many
"silent Members" as possible, after the ample discussions
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propriety of the hint.
that have taken place :—" Votes now, and speeches
exclamationheifreafter of Hear
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ckn lo"w butle,g.On the arrival of the mail in Paisley, Gn Sa-
turday of ernoon, there was a great crowd in waiting to
learn the particulars of the division on the Reform Bill,
and on Mr. DUFF announcing the result, the crowd gave
three cheers for the glorious majority. Parties immediately
started off for various quarters of the town with the news,
and flags were exhibited in various quarters, but particulaFy
in the west end.— Glasgow Chronicle.
Hay-making may now be considered almost
finished in this county, and though the crop is not large,
more good hay has been stacked at less expense to the
farmer than has been done before for several years. The
wheat maintains its good appearance fully• The barley
and oats are generally looking well. We have heard com-
plaints of the dolphin in the peas; but it is not general,
and the beans are every where promising a good crop.—...
Although the weather lately has been very scorching for
the turnips, yet many pieces of Swedes improve daily, and
sowing the whit. rounds is going on as favourably as can
be desired. The fallow., both for turnips and wheat, are
much cleaner than could have been expected, where the
The
farmer has taken advantage of the fine weather.
flocks are doing well, and the lambs generally are very
healthy.—Brighton Gazette.
ON THE STATE OF PARTIES IN THE CA-
Baser OF ST. PETERSEURGII.--:fhe common statement
borrowed from the French Newspapers is not exactly cot."
rect, that the Court of St. Petersburgh is alternately
swayed by two parties, called the German or foreign party
and the Russian party. There are individuals of both
these nations in almost every Cabinet, and these indivi-
duals in general are no doubt so far influenced by national
partialities and antipathies, and endeavour to obtain pro-
motion for their own relatives, friends, and countrymen,
as is natural, in preference to these who are not related to
them in any of these capacities. Hut it is no less true that
there are no particular principles of action which distin-
guish the one set of men from the other set of men ; and it
must also be observed, that the Russians, as well as the
Germans, in the Cabinet often form cabals amongst them-
selves, and split into parties, or rather coteries, which are
not distinguished by any national difference; again, it
must not be supposed that either of these two classes of
courtiers are identified with the aristocratical body, or
with any section of the community in •
particular without
the elide of their own friends, relations, and
dependants.
The prevailing hobby of the Emperor for the time being
may be said with greater truth to give a tone to the Ca-
binet apart from all national distinctions; thus,after
ALEXANDER'S confeiences with Madame KitDENE
u the
its evangelical party, with Prince GALLITZEN It :it,
ad
tie hall at their foot for a time ; they were
oustedhea , hb
combination of the other courtiers with the highclergy a
working upon ALEXANDER'S temporal fears them,Afy
ARAETCDERF, with his military colonies, ; erere the hobby
AturrotgEr was disgraced on the accession of Nicr
and DIEBITSCH had his ear, and yet not somL '
completely a
tb prevent his mortal enemy Tom, (likewisea
German)
from being nominated the second in command. NICHO
LAS himself is said to be almost a fac simile of his Dutch
MAJESTY, rising early and sitting up late, buried among
papers and dispatches, wishing to be a pattern of uncom-
promising justice and pedagogic strictness, and to have all
the movements of the Sts e dependent on himself alone.