The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-24 00:00:00

THE NEWPORT ELECTION.

The poll at Newport began at eight o'clock yesterday-
morning. Mr. Cavendish Clifford, the Liberal candidate,
took the lead from the beginning of the election. The
following lists of the votes recorded were issued through-
out the day :
NINE O'CLOCK.

Clifford (L)..
Kennard (C)

104
66

TEN O'CLOCK.

Clifford
Kennard

ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

Clifford
Kennard

270
219

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Clifford
Kennard

ONE O'CLOCK.

324
275

Clifford
Kennard

TWO O'CLOCK.

Clifford
Kennard

THREE O'CLOCK.

405
333

Clifford .
Kennard 345

CLOSE OF THE POLL.

Clifford
Kennard

437
351

Majority for Clifford

ARREST OF SUPPOSED FENIANS.
Vie have already reported the arrest at Manchester of
two men who were supposed to be Fenians. When before
the stipendiary magistrate the following proceedings took
place. Police officers 115 B and 47 B said that in
consequence of private information which the police
had received they were sent to the Victoria Station about
three o'clock on Monday afternoon. Whilst there they
saw the two prisoners enter a carriage of a Leeds train
at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's end of the
station. Boucher had a parcel under his arm which was
wrapped in a coloured pocket-handkerchief. The two
officers at once entered the carriage and seized the parcel,
which, on being opened was found to contain 300 cartridges.
Boucher said he had bought the cartridges the same day
in Manchester, but he could not tell the street in which the
shop was situate, nor the name of the shopkeeper. He said
he was going to his home near Bishop Auckland, and in-
tended when he got there to buy a revolver and take out
a license. Walsh said he knew nothing at all about the
matter. On being searched several documents were found
on the prisoners, some of which were written in cipher.
The two officers having given their evidence, Superinten-
dent Goadsby applied for a remand. Boucher asked if
.E 2 which he had in his possession might be sent to his
wife and family at Bishop Auckland. Mr. Headlam:
What are you ? Boucher : An ironworker.—Mr. Head- •
lam : Where do you work at ? Boucher : At the Wear-
dale Iron Company, near Bishop Auckland. Mr. Head-
lam ordered the money to be sent. Altogether £4 was
found on Boucher. The prisoners were remanded for a
week.

THE NORWICH ELECTION PETITION.—TiIe Court
of Common Pleas was engaged in hearing arguments on
a rule to set aside an order made by Mr. Justice Byles, to
strike two paragraphs out of the Norwich election peti-
tion, such paragraph 3 charging that Mr. Tillett was guilty
of bribery at a previous election. The arguments had not
been concluded when the court rose.

Ile Guardian is requested to correct a statement,
taken from the Brighton Gazette, to the effect that the
personalty of the late Vicar of Brighton was under
£lBO,OOO. " Our informant," it says " has the best of
reasons for knowing that it has been sworn under
£loo,ooo—a large sum, indeed, but which, owing to the
considerable fortunes which came to Mr. Wagner, would
hare been much larger had he not been Vicar of Brighton
and forward in supporting its churches, schools, and other
chari ties,"

• THE VoYsEY CASE.—A. writer on this subject
says :—" But for the paramount attraction of continental
politics, the Voysey case, heard last week before the •
Committee of the Privy Council, would have absorbed a
larger share of public attention in London. The pend-
ing decision of the adjudicators is looked forward to
with no little interest in religious circles. By
many it is thought that the issue, whichever way it
may tend, either to the encouragement of free
opinion among the clergy or to a more rigid
doctrinal conservatism, can it fail to have an important
influence on the future of religious inquiry in England.
There are not a few in orders who would be glad to see the
artificial barriers of article and creed which bar the speech
and not the consciences of men, broken down, and the
Church of England become in fundamental theory what
Ahe is said to be in practice, broad and comprehensive. •
Lawyers more than clericists think that the judgment
will be of that vague and indefinite nature which practi- • •
(Ally decides nothing, and of which we are not without
many prelous examples,"