The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-03 00:00:00

'NEWARK ELECTION.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT—Nom:mm.4x, Ava. 1.
The business of the Assizes for this County began yes.
terday. There were 13 causes, nine of which have been
disposed of, but they were not worth any notice.
Mr. James .Hitchens, William Holmes, John Hanson,
Robert Derry, Robert Walster, and Thomas Walster,
were indicted for having, on the 29th of January 'lasts at
the Newark election, conspired to prevent Frederick The-
siger, Esq., from being elected to represent that borongh
in Parliament, and to prevent William Trickett and other
electors from voting for him. The indictment further
charged them with having riotously assaulted the voters in
Mr. Thesiger's interest, and with having assembled and
taken and kept away the said William Trickett until the
election was over.

Mr. Ba'guy, Mr. Whitehurst, and Mr. Burnaby, were
Counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Hill, Mr. Wadding-
ton, and Mr. Mellor were for the defence of the five last-
named defendants, who looked like labouring men. Mr.
Hitchens defended tilmself. He is, we were informed, Co-
roner for the County of Lincoln, and Editor of the Lincoln
Gazette, and he has for some years taken an active part in
the elections for Newark.

The evidence against the defendants was to the effect
that, on the 24th of January, the day of the election for
Newark (the nomination of Mr. Sergeant Wilde and Mr.
Thesiger having taken place on the 23d), William
Trickett, the prosecutor, who is a scot and lot voter for
that borough, came over from Mansfield, about twenty-three
miles distant from Newark, on foot, and passed Loy the
polling booth about twelve o'clock, and, by firection of his
master, Mr. Clarke, a supporter of the ;:vdi(mr, thesiger's
party) went to the house of a Mr. Read'ditt, one of Mr.
Thesiger's committee. Mr. Readditt, flout two o'clock,
brought Trickett, and a voter named Linchen, in a chaise,
the Mint& up, to the proper roiling-booth ; and as they ap-
proached, the defendant Mr. Hitchens, coming towards
them, called on his party, a numerous body, " Now, my
boys, here arc voters for the reds,. we mast prevent
them going up," or words to that effect. There
was a crowd and a bustle. Mr. Readditt was dragged
out and taken off his legs in a crowd into a yard,
where he got some bruises, and was " bumbled" about, as
he said. Triekett was taken out of the chaise and put
tato Mr. Sergeant Wilde's carriage, with fuur of the de-
fendants in care of him, and the carriage, drawn by four
fine grays, drove off to Beesworth, to the house of Mr.
Bristowe, a Magistrate of the county, and a partisan of
the blues (sergeant Wilde's party), about five miles from
Newark, where he was kept till half-peat four o'clock,
when the election was over.

Mr, WennrecroN addressed the Jury for five of the
defendants, and observed that the prosecution was of the
most trumpery description ; it ought not to have been in-
stituted, The true character of the subject of this indict-
ment was this—Trickett was commanded by Clarke, his
master, to vote for Mr. Thesiger, and for that purpose to go
to Readditt's, it'eout whose control his vote could not be
depended on. He passed by the polling booth at twelve
o'clock, aed might then have voted, but he did not. What
pretereee was there for saying he was prevented from voting ?
He went to Readditt's, where one Linchen, a voter belonging
to the blues, who was abducted two days before by the
reds, bad been confined by them. Readditt put Linchen
end Trickett in a carriage, pulled up the blinds to conceal
them, and drove them to the polling booth. The defen-
dants knowing that at least one of their men was inside
that carriage, insisted on liberating him, and they accord-
ingly discharged Linchen. There was no force used to-
wards Tricktt. He went of his own accord into the
other carriage, and had his comfortable ride and good eat-
ing and drinking at Mr. Bristo,,ve's, at Beesthorpe, where
.he remained without restraint. The fact was, that he did
viot like to vote for the reds. He might, if he was inclined,
but he wanted to have an excuse, although he said in his
evidence he would not by any means vote for the blues.
This prosecution was most disgraceful to the parties who
instituted it. There was no case made by the evidence
in support of the charges of conspiracy and riot—there
was no pretence for either, and the eight witnesses who
were examined in support of the indictment contradicted
each "...her in their evidence of the abduction of the pro-
secutor. .

Mr. it ch ins addressed the Jury ably in his own de-
fence, contending that there was no evidence to support
Ihe charge against him.
The Jury, after hearing the Chief Justice's observations
•an the chief matters of the indictment, and after hearing
his Lordship recapitulate the evidence, deliberated in their
box EA- some time, but not being able to agree they re-
tired. After an hour's deliberation they returned, and
found a verdict of Not Guilty as to Hitching, and Guilty
as to the other five defendants, of assault and imprisonment
of Trickett.—Sentence postponed.
David Gay pleaded guilty, in the course of the morn-
ing, to an indictment charging him with an attempt to
bribe a voter of the name of Aucliffe at said election.—
Sentence postponed.
There Are several other indictments for the above of-
fences yet to be tried at these assizes.

AI. de Beriotmarried was on Tuesday last at
Belles, in Beletirn, to a young German lady,
Huber, daughter of a magistrate of Vienna, who, becoming an
orphan at an early age, was adopted by Prince Dietrischstein-
Preskau, This zoble-un was present at the marriage.