The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-22 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

BRADFORD ELECTION.
BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE, TUESDAY AFTERNOON.—
The election of a Member in the place of the late
Mr. Busfield, M.P. for the borough of Bradford,
took place this day, in the yard adjoining the Court-
house.

The proceedings were of a formal character; Mr.
Robert Milligan, a Liberal in politics, and an emi-
nent local merchant, being the only candidate.
Mr. Milligan and his friends went in procession
from the Exchange to the hustings, and was there
met by between one and two thousand persons,
though the apparent paucity of attendance cannot be
taken as an index of the public feeling in favour of
Mr. Milligan, who was solicited to become a can-
didate by the most numerously-signed requisition
of electors ever before presented to any gentleman.
Few gentlemen are held in higher esteem, or have
rendered more essential service to the Liberal cause.
Mr. JOHN RAND, the mayor, officiated as return-
ing officer, and briefly introduced, with the usual
formalities, the necessary preliminaries.
Mr. TITUS SALT, who two years ago filled the office
of Mayor of the borough, nominated Mr. Milligan.
He said he was happy to say Mr. Milligan required
no introduction to a Bradford constituency, having
for forty years carried on a very successful career
amongst them. His high integrity and unimpeach-
able honour were well known to them, as well as his
political views, which were liberal and progressive.—
(Loud applause.) He had ever been ready to aid
every good work in the borough, and it was a grati-
fying circumstance that those amongst whom he had
so long and so honourably lived, had now the privi-
lege of sending him to represent the interests of the
' borough in Parliament.—(Cheers.) He begged to
propose Robert Milligan, Esq., as a fit and proper
person to represent them in Parliament. (The nomi-
nation was received with loud cheering.)
Mr. Alderman S. SMITH seconded the nomination.
He spoke of the late Member in terms of great eulogy,
and also referred in most honourable terms to the ca-
reer of Mr. Milligan.
No other candidate being proposed, the Mayor,
after a short pause, declared Mr. Milligan duly
elected.

Mr. ROBERT MILLIGAN then presented himself,
amidst great cheering, to acknowledge the honour
conferred upon him. He spoke but briefly. He
thanked them most sincerely for the distinguished
position in which they had placed him. lie should
not have ventured to occupy the position be now did
had he not been requested to do so by a large number
of his most intimate friends; and also by a requisition
presented to him, respectably and numerously signed
by his fellow-townsmen.—(Loud cheers.) A seat in
the House of Commons had never been an object of
his ambition ; but, from the spontaneous and generous
way in which it bad been proposed to him, he had
considered it his duty to comply with the request to
offer himself to them for election.—(Applause.) Hav-
ing resided in Bradford for the greater part of his life,
and having taken his share in nearly all the the great
questions of the day, his political principles must be
very well known to most of them. He was therefore

sure they would not wish him to detain them in order
to explain his political views in detail.—(Hear, hear.)
He was now, and ever had been, a firm friend to free-

(tom, to order, to progress, and to good government..._.
(Loud applause.) After again thanking them for the
honour they had conferred upon him he concluded his
remarks amidst loud cheers.

After a few questions had been asked by a Chartist
named Lightower, which were apparently answered
to the general satisfaction, the proceedings termi-
nated.

DR. LEICHARDT'S PARTY.
SINGAPORE, AUG. 15.—The Pioneer, one of the ves-
sels engaged by the Government of New South Wales
to call at Port Essington to make inquiries for Dr.
Leichardt's party, and leave supplies for them, has not
succeeded in fulfilling its mission, having suffered ship-
wreck in Torres Straits. All the information regarding
this occurrence which has reached us is contained in the
following statement, made by one of the seamen of the
vessel, who rea,cbed this town from Batavia some weeks
ago:—" Thomas Gallagher, able seaman on board the
brig Pioneer, states that the above vessel was wrecked
on the Cockburn Reef; in Torres Straits, about half.past
four o'clock in the evening on tho 30th of May last,
from Sydney to Booby Island and Port Essington, to
look after Dr. Leichardt. The crew was brought by the
barque Waverley, of London, to Batavia. Captain Mor-
gan, of the Waverley, kept the starboard shore all the
way up, and did not sight the coast of Australia after
leaving Booby Island. I did not hear anything about
tents being seen on the coast of Australia. I arrived
hero from Batavia in the Ellenora. I never heard any
account of Dr. Leichardt. We had provisions on board
the Pioneer to be landed at Booby Island and at Port
Essington.ll heard in Sydney that there were tents
seen at Port Essington about four years ago, and that
the natives drove the people away. The people were
sent there by the Government of Sydney; they all came
back to Sydney."

FATAL ACCIDENT AT KING'S-CROSS.--011 MOH-
day afternoon, as some masons in the employ of Messrs. Jay,
the contractors for building the terminus of the Great
Northern Railway, at King's-cross, were raising a piece of
stone to the top of the building, some of the tackle gave way,
and three men fell to the ground, and the stone, weighing
nearly half a ton, fell on a man of the !name of Lucas,
breaking both his legs, and causing such other injuries that
he died in a few hours, leaving a wife and seven children.
The other two men eseaped with a few bruises.
THE INHABITED HOUSE DUTY.--•ThO first half.
year's duty on inhabited houses is now due, and will be
shortly collected under the following schedule, forming a
part of the assessed taxes :—" For every inhabited dwelling-
house which with the household and other offices, yards, and
gardens therewith occupied and charged is or shall be worth
the rent of 201. or upwards by the year, where any such
dwelling-house shall be occupied by any person in trade who
shall expose to sale and sell any goods, wares, or merchan-
dise in any shop or warehouse being part of the same
dwelling-house, and in the front or on the ground or base-
ment story thereof, and also where any such dwelling-house
shall be occupied by any person who shall be duly licensed
by the laws in force to sell therein by retail beer,' ale, wine,
or other liquors, although the room or rooms thereof in
which any such liquors shall be exposed to sale, sold, drunk,
or consumed, shall not be such shop or warehouse as afore-
said, and also where any such dwelling-house shall be
farm-house occupied by a tenant or farm servant, and beau
fide used for the purpose of husbandry only, there shall be
charged for every 20s. of such annual value of any such
dwelling-house the sum of 6d., and where any such dwelling-
house shall not be occupied and used for any such purpose
and in manner aforesaid, there shall be charged for every
such annual value thereof the sum of 9d."

CORONER'S INQUEST.—SUICIDE BY ONE OF MESSRS.
CLOWES'S PRlNTERS.—Yesterday forenoon Mr. William
Carter, the Surrey coroner, held an inquest at the Dover
Castle, Commercial-road, Lambeth, on the body of Frederick
Franklin, aged 55, pressman, at Messr2. Clowes and Son's,
who
committed suicide in the following manner:—The de-
ceased resided with his wife at No. 6, John-street, Cornwall_
road, and of late had mixed himself up with parties taking a
prominent stand in politics. This circumstance, added to
his having indulged rather freely in drink, no doubt affected
his mind. On Saturday morning last he got up about half-
past four o'clock and retired to the yard. lie returned soon
afterwards, and went to bed again. lie however left his
bed in a short time again, and soon afterwards a noise was
heard outside the bed-room door, and on his wife going to
ascertain the cause, she found her husband suspended to the
railings of the staircase by means of a piece of rope which he
had cut from one of the clothes lines when he went into the
yard. The poor woman raised an alarm, and with the aid
of three of the inmates, the man was cut down alive, and Dr.
Menzies was quickly sent for, who bled lira), and applied
sundry other remedies. For some time there seemed every
probability of the unfortunate man's recovery; he, however,
continued to sink, and expired at half-past nine, having
lingered five hours in pain. The jury, taking all things' into
consideration, returned a verdict that the "deceased de-
stroyed his life whilst in a state of unsound mind."
THE HIGH SHERIFF OF NORTHUMBERLAND.—.
Sir Horace St. Paul, Batt., High Sheriff of Northumberland,
has annonncei the offer of three prizes, of 100 guineas each,
Elmay4 vu Tewperancee4Vevicants Courant"

WINDSOR, ( )cr. 21.
Her Majesty and his IRS al Highness - Prince Al-
bert went out on horseback yesterday aft, !moon into
the park, attended by the Hon. Miss Sey niour, Col.
Buckley, and Col. F. H. Seymour.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abel !corn, with
Lady Harriet thmilton, Earl Granville, and Vis-
count Canning, arrived yesterday evening on a visit
to the Queen.

The Royal dinner party last evening included her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Abercorn, Lady Harriet Hamil-
ton, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness Speth, Earl
Granville, Viscount Canning, and Sir G. Couper.
The bind of the Grenadier Guards attended during
dinner, and performed the following pieces :
Feckel Tenn Meyerbeer.
March de la Caravanne, from " Le
Desert"
Duettino de la Nuit, from the Opera
" Les Montenegrina" Limnander.
Osterur Polka . . . ... Kuhner.
Selection from " Cenerentola"
Her Alajesty's private band was in attendance in
the Castle after dinner, and played the following se-
lection :
Overture, " Die Genueserinn"
Pas de Schal, " La Bayadere"
Marche du Sacre, "Le Prophete" Meyerbeer.
Sinfonia (No. 1), Adagio molto, Alls
con brio
.. Beethoven.
This morning her Majesty was driven out in an
open carriage by his Royal Highness Prince Albert
into the Park, attended by Colonel F.H. Seymour on
horseback.

The Prince of Wales, Princess Royal, and younger
members of the Royal Family took their usual walk-
ing and pony exercise.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce, arrived at her residence,
Clarence House, St. James's, at half-past twelve
o'clock yesterday from Frogmore. Her Royal High-
ness visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, at Gloucester House, and in the afternoon
left town on ber return to Frogmore.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.