The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-29 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
Last week's arrivals of all kinds of Grain were moderate.
There was a fair fresh supply of Wheat at Market, chiefly in
tender condition, and a quantity of other Corn. The dry
parcels of Wheat were taken off at their previous vale, but
tender runs could not be sold without a reduction of 2s. per
qr. Barley as last quoted. Beans and Peas unvaried. Oats
met a moderate demand, and last terms were fully supported.
In the Flour Trade not much done, and the rates unaltered.
PRICES OX BOARD OF SrIP
Wheat,Red (old) -s. -s. Beans, Small (new) 438 455.
-- White (old) -s --s. ---- (old)
_45. 495.
--411ecy840) 54s 565. - Tick (new) 37 395.
-- Fine 58s. 80s. .-__.--- (old) 42..445.
--.. Superfine 62s 658 --- Harrow new) 404.415.
--I- White (1846) ....565. 60s. --- (old) 448.465.
-- Fine 625. Ohs Brank -3.-s.
Superfine (t s. Ifs. Oats, Feed
--Foreignfree 515.70.. ---- New 204.23 I.
Rye 398. 40s. - Poland
Barley 2d5. 375. New 2ss. 29 w.
- Grinding '63 2.93. - Potatoe 5 5.
........... Malting .325. 355.
Malt s6s, 60s. - Scotch 27..305.
- Fine New Es 63s -,-- Irish 185.... 21s. 24v.
Pease, Grey, New 3tis. 38s. Flour Town (per sack).... 543.58 x.
- Maple New 40s. 425. - Seconds 454.; 2s.
-...- White 345. 355. ----- North Country.... 48; 50.,
....-- Boilers .375. 38s, Bran 9. les.
ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK,
Wheat. _ Barley. Oats. 1 Flour
English
Irish - - 3,8-8
Foreign 2,095 - 950
SMITHFIELD MARKET.
The supply of Cattle was moderate, with a brisk demand,
Of Mutton the supply was short, and the demand very brisk.
Of Veal and Pork we have had a short supply, and a clear
market was soon experienced Beasts, 2,516; Sheep, 16,520;
Pigs, 643 ; Calves, 67. Beef, 4s. to 4s. 10d. ; Alu:ton, 4s.
to ss. Bd. ; Veal, ss. to 6s. 21 ; Pork, 4s. to ss. 4d.
TEA MARKET.
There was but a limited demand, but priries were supported.
Is. 7d. was the value of Company's Congou.
'TALLOW MARKET.
There was but a limited demand for P. Y. Candle, and prices
declined, 455. 6d. was the nearest quotation on the spot.
PROVISION MARKET.
The price of Butter was very high still, but the transactions
were limited to the wants of the Trade. The best Dutch llBs.,
and fine Irish 104 s. to 106 s. per cwt. Bacon was saleable at
improving prices; prime parcels fetched 545. per cwt. Lard
very quiet, but not lower. Beef and Pork unaltered in value,
and much in demand.

XOO rls,

HOP MARKET.
No change. to notice in the value of this article, and the
transactions are limited to small parcels for immediate use.
rhe choice kinds of the last growth have become very scarce,
and will probably advance in price.

WALSALL ELECTION COM-
MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.)

The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock.
Mr. COCKBURN, on behalf of the petitioners, stated that his
Learned Friend and himself had agreed that they should close
their case with the evidence of Saturday night, feeling that
they might just as well take the opinion of the Committee upon
one case as upon a hundred. They felt satisfied that ample evi-
dence had been laid before the Committee that bribery and
treating to a considerable extent had been practised at the
election. The Learned Counsel then proceeded at considerable
length to sum up the evidence that had been given in supportof the
petition. He referred, in the first instance, to the evidence of
Patch, which had fully established the charge of treating, and
who had distinctly traced the connexion between the voters so
treated and the agents of Mr. Gladstone. If the evidence of
that witness were substantively correct, then the Committee
must come to the conclusion that the election was void. He
admitted that his Learned Friend had shown that the character
of the witness was not the very best—that he was, in fact, a man
living by his ingenuity, and ready for any job that might offer,
and he confessed that a man could not come forward to give evi-
dence against the party by whom he had been employed without
having severe reflections thrown upon his character and motives.
The Committee, however, would recollect that even in criminal
cases parties whose testimony was of the most suspicious na-
ture, from their very connection with the offence, had been ad-
mitted, and cases involving life and liberty had been adjudi-
cated upon such testimony. The only precaution observed
was, that their testimony must be supported in the material
parts by other witnesses. Now, admitting that the character
of Patch were ten times worse than it really was, had not the
Committee received a sufficient corroboration of his evidence
from other, and it might be,, more trustworthy witnesses.
The Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment upon the
evidence of Patch, and the corroboration it had received
from that of Kilner and others, and contended that it fully
established the connection between Patch and Barnett, the
agent of Mr. Gladstone. Patch had received a list of doubt-
ful voters from Barnett. He had taken some of them, by Bar-
nett's direction, to the New Inn. They were kept locked up
there, the greater part of them, in a state of drunkenness,
during the nomination day and night, and they were carried
in that state to the poll the following day. He would now
refer to the evidence of Kilner, who had corroborated the evi-
dence of Patch in the material points, that voters were sent to
his house ; that dinners, suppers, wine, brandy, and every
description of treating went on in the utmost profusion, but
that he -did all that without the sanction or authority
of Mr. Barnett. Why, he must have calculated
very largely upon the credulity of the Committee
when he made such unfounded and ridiculous state-
ments. Nay, he went a step further, and stated that he had
given away all that entertainment, FOOL worth of eating
and drinking, without the expectation of receiving one penny
for it. But that most.extraordsnary statement was not allowed
to pass uecontradicted, and the witness was obliged to admit
that he expected some friends of his in Walsall to pay him the
amount. Why, it was the old hackneyed tale of those who re-
sorted to such disreputable practices. Their reputation had
become a mockery, and the whole system a byeword and a re-
proach, because of the leniency of former Committees, who
had allowed these miserable subterfuges and pretects to pre-
vail, and to screen the offending parties from punishment. He
trusted that a new era was about to commence, and that the
decision of the Committee in the present case would show the
public that such practices could no longer be resorted to with
impunity. But there was another gross contradiction in the
tes:imony of Kilner, because although he declared
that he had no authority whatever for the entertain-
ment of the voters, yet he made out his account
as against the election Committee of Mr. Gladstone.
The whole affair however was liable to the greatest suspi-
cion. The account so headed had been torn out of the book
—the opposite leaf was missing, and what that leaf contained
no one now could tell. He trusted that the evidence would
have sufficient weight with the Committee. His Learned
Friend had t! ought it necessary to depart from the ordinary
course, and to tender in evidence certain letters to show that
Patch was never an authorised agent of Mr. Barnett's. He
( Mr. Cockburn) had never attempted to establish such a
ease. Patch had only been employed for that particular ser-
vice ; but the deviation from the ordinary course which his
Learned Friend had resorted to, was a strong proof of the
weakness of his position, and if ever there was a case brought
before a Parliamentary Committee which required an answer,
it was the present. He submitted most confidently, that a case
against the sitting Alember had been made out, and that they
were bound to avoid the return.
The CHAIRMAN said, before Mr. Sergeant Wrangham
commenced to open his case, he would wish the room to be
cleared.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw.

ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION COM

MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.)

The Committee re-assembled this morning. They cleared
the room for a few moments, when parties were recalled and
informed that the Committee had deiermined that the question
of " What did Dr. Webster say ?" should be answered.
The Rev. Mr. Brogden was recalled, and answered, the
Doctor said " Well, whit of that ? the other side are just as
bad." Lord Listowell was within hearing, and witness said
to him "Here is pu-ity of election and liberty of conscience."
The Noble Lord said nothing, but turned very pale, and his
under lip quivered very much.
Cross-examined—lle was rather angry, but not otherwise
excited. There was no other conversation, but the offer of a
rug to stand on to Lord Listowell, or perhaps refreshment by
witness. He repeated the observation two or three times. He
thought it was upon the second time that the Noble Lord
turned away his head. He had seen Lord Listowell canvassing
upon two occasions, but had not been introduced to him.
Robert Adams was then called, and examined by Mr. HILL-
YARD—He resided in St. Alban's, and had an annuity in
Bucks of 151. Ile had seven houses in St. Alban's, and had
a vote in the borough as a freeman. On the day of nomina-
tion 1/.. Webster came up and tapped him on the shoulder,
and in consequence of what the Doctor said, witness and
Stebbings w.nt into his house, Witness was taken into the
surgery, which was in front. Had been in a hack parlour
along wi'h the Doctor. No one else was there.
The witness was ordered to withdraw.
Mr. AUSTIN said the questions were evidently leading to im-
proper Trochees. His Learned Friend had better at once
raise the question of agency. Beating about the bush in that
way was a waste of time.
Mr. HILLYARD wanted to take his own course. He would
promise to take no advantage, and obtain no improper answers
from the witness.
The witness was recalled. Stebbings was in back room
along with Dr. Webster first. When Stebbings came out he
showed witness—
Mr. AUSTIN felt bound to object to the whole course of
examination taken by his Learned Friend. He must object to
any evidence being given of corrupt acts by Dr. Webster until
he had connected him in some way with Lord Listowell. Why
should not his Learned Friend raise the question of agency at
once ? Why step out of his duties as an advoca'e and enlist
himself as a partizan in the case? Why not conduct that case
in the same manner as others before the same tribunals, and at
once raise the question of agency ? He contended that no fur-
ther evidence relating to agency had been given since the Com-
mittee last considered that question, and decided it in the nega-
tive. There was no further evidence except that of Mr.l3rogden,
and what was it ? Why that Lord Listowell upon being inter-
fered with in so unprecedented a manner, curled up his lip ;
might it not be with contempt or anger ?
Mr. HILLYARD said he had refused to shape his course
as one of agency, because he had suffered from it on the
former occasion, by giving his Learned Friend a re-
ply; his position was that he was entitled to proceed
with his line of examination, even should the Committee
think that agency had not been proved. In any court of law
he would be entitled to prove the acts of bribery, if the proceed-
ing were a criminal ow., against Lord Listowell for the pe-
nalti:s. It would shut out all inquiry if they did not let the
examination proceed; for many gross cases of corruption could
only be proved by such means. He did not mean, however, to
admit that the agency of Dr. Webster had not been proved.
-Mo.t material evidence had been given since the Committee
came to their former decision. Dr. Webster was the first
„person that raised the opposition. They trace him to
the neighbourhood of Mr. Coppock's office, who was the
agent of the sitting Member they trace him to the
Treasury. He, and the person with him, learn all of the
expected movements of Lord Listowell. They order horses
fur him on the road, and meet him ; they drive to the house of
Dr. Webster, where the Doctor introduces him to the multi-
tude as the tenth or eleventh candidate he had introduced, arid
added the significant phrase, " and a good one too." The
Doctor is constantly with Lord Listowell in his canvass ;
he proposes him on the hustings ; and even after the
transactions which took place daring the poll, he was the
man whom the Noble Lord had in his carriage after the eke-
lion while going round the borough. He did not say that all this
was positive and conclusive evidence, but he would say that it
was the strongest prima facie evidence that had ever been laid
before a Committee, and imperatively called for an answer.
Mr. AUSTIN replied. His Learned Friend had sprung a
new case upon him, for he had allowed him to argue the case
as if it was one of agency only, but now he put it to the Com-
mittee upon both points, the former of which he had put it
out of his (Mr. Austin's) power to argue. His Learned
Friend had done nothing more or less than to
call upon the Committee to consider their former decision,
and if lie succeeded, how long were those decisions to last ?
He contended that his Learned Friend had not altered the cir-
cumstances since the last decision.
The Committee-room was cleared for about half an hour.
Parties Were then called in, and informed that the Committee
had decided that agency had not been proved, but the Learned
Counsel for the petition might offer fresh evidence.

EVENING EDITION.

Adams was recalled, and was under examination when we
went to press. •

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE•

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Baron Rothschild's stag hounds, Tuesday, at Hardwlck ;
Friday, at Wing—half-past eleven.
Mr. Bradley's stag hounds, Tuesday, at Prior's Hardwick.
Devon and Somerset stag hounds, Friday, at Waste/
Mill, near North Moulton.
Essex Union hounds Tuesday, at Ashington. Wen";
Saturday, at Laindon Hill—half-past ten.
Essex and Suffolk hounds, Tuesdays at Harley-Wood;
Friday, Wiston.
Chll-
Pickhain hounds, Tuesday; at Halfway House, i,
lock ; Friday, at Herne Hill Chuicl.—half-past ten.
Puckeridge hounds, Wednesday, at Woodside Green;
Saturday, at Sandon.
Oakley hounds, Tuesday, at Weston Underwood ;
Thursday, at Lidington ; Saturday, at Easton Wood
quarter to eleven.
Lord SeagraVe's hounds, Tuesday, atWestvvood ; Tbure•
day, at Bradworth ; Friday, at Litcomb.
Mr. Drake's hounds, Tuesday, at Fenny Compton
Wharf ; Thursday, at Souldens Gate—hal&past ten.
Heytbrop hounds, Wednesday, at Tangley; Saturday'
at Sandford Park.
Sir John Cope's hounds, Tuesday, at Stamford-erget;
Thursday, at the Lion, Basidon ; Saturday, at UPWa
Court—eleven.
Hambledon hounds, Wednesday, at Bury Lodge; Fri-
day, et Bordein House. A.
Mr. W. Hor lock's hounds, Tuesday, at Catcomb- vv°°"'
Friday, at Bittlesea Wharf—eleven.
Vine hounds, Tuesday, at Maunydown Park; Sato'
day, at Wolverton House.
Fivehead hounds, Tuesday, at Puddle Moor—half-P39t
ten.

Mr. Heanlay's hounds, Tuesday, at Haugham Pasture,
Thursday, at Kennels; Saturday, at Walton Mill—eleveo•
Warwi_ksbire hounds, Tuesday, at Compton Verney;
Thursday and Friday, at Alcester—half past eleven.
Duke of Grafton's hounds, Wednesday, at Soulden
Windmill ; Friday, at Woodard Green—half-past ten.
Duke of Rutland's hounds,.Tuesday, at Weaver's Lod g°
—half. past ten.
Badsworth hounds, Tuesday, at Rawcliffe • TWO*
'
at Red House; Saturday, at Cudworth Bar—half-past ton'
Mr."Foljambe's hounds, Tuesday, at Cantley ; Saturdeh
at Osberton—half-past ten.
Mr. Gdes's hounds, Tuesday, at Newcut; Facial, at
Roughborough—ten.
Albrighton hounds, Tuesday, at Hagley, Friday, at Castle
Hill—half-past ten.
Wheatland hounds, Wednesday, at the Wrekin ; SaturdaY?
at Muckley Cross—eight.
Tivyside hounds, Thursday, at Briddell Village ; Saturday,
at -Boneath Bridge—ten.
Sir M. W. Ridley's hounds, Wednesday, at Middint°ll
Bridge; Thursday, at Needless Hall Moor House ; Saturday
at Stanton village—half-past ten.
Northumberland and North Durham hounds, WednesclaPlt.
Detchant Wood ; Friday, at Chatton ; Saturday, at Iless-
pool—half-past ten.
a, t
Stayley Hounds, Wednesday, at Prudhoe ; Saturday,
Stocksfield— nine.

Mr. Watson's hounds, Thursday, at Ulgham Village; sat al'
day, at Morpeth Quarry Bank—ten.
Sinnington hounds, Friday, at Dalby Bush—ten.
Earl of Harewood's hounds, Wednesday, at Alwootley
Gates—half-past ten. t
Bedale hounds, Wednesday, at Garriston Village; Fridays
Thornborerigh Bar.
Hurworth hounds, Thursday at Enter Common ; Saturday'
at Yarm Bank.
aea ;
Eddlestone hounds, Wednesday, at Settrington B"--
Friday, Birdsall Hall—half-past ten.
Cleveland hounds, Thursday, at Marton seven.
Wynyard hounds, Thursday, at Shincliffe ; Saturday, 1°
Hawethorn—seven.
Mr. W3ndham's hounds, Thursday, at Chicklade re;
Botto
Satur day, Barford Down.
. Fr Mr. Farquharson's hounds, Thursday, at Kingsgrove,
day, at flulywell Gate.
Lord Portman's hounds, Friday, at Murchiston Down.
N. V. H., Thursday, at Beaulieu Village ; Saturdsl,
at Paulton's—half-past ten.
Mr. Drax's hour.ds, Wednesday, at Stock House.
Odiham harriers, Thursday, at Kennel—ten.
H. H., Thursday, at Chilton Old House; Saturday, at Sat"
ton Common.
Pembrokeshire hounds, Thursday, at Ryndeston—ten.